While Ningbo's wealthy families were discussing countermeasures, Man Zheng, the chief of Jinhua's Qianhu Station, led his 300 sergeants to Hangzhou.
Manzheng was originally the deputy Qianhu of the Haining Qianhu Office. His father didn't care for him and his uncle didn't like that, so he was sent to escort the ordnance to Beijing. This job was quite disgusting, and there was no credit for completing the task. If something went wrong, he would have to
Take responsibility.
It is estimated that the ancestral graves of Man Zheng's family were well buried. On the way, he encountered bandit soldiers surrounding Cangzhou. He cooperated with the Cangzhou magistrate to successfully repel the bandits. Then he was deceived by Wang Yuan into fighting. In this battle, Liu Liu and Liu Qi were killed. Man Zheng was because of this.
He was promoted from Deputy Qianhu to Chief Qianhu.
It's a pity that Manzheng has no backer. Although he was promoted, he was thrown into the Qianhu Office in Jinhua. It would be better to work as deputy Qianhu in Haining, which is a lucrative place - Haining produces salt.
"Manzheng, who is in a humble position, please see Wang Zongzhi!" Manzheng knelt down on one knee, feeling extremely excited.
Wang Yuan smiled and helped the man up: "General Man, are you okay?"
Manzheng hurriedly said: "I am afraid of calling myself a general because of my humble position. Thanks to Wang Zhi, I am a member of thousands of households in Jinhua. I look forward to joining him in battle day and night to kill the enemy!"
Wang Yuan patted Manzheng on the shoulder, and asked as if he was one of his own, "How many soldiers did you bring?"
"Three hundred soldiers, all elites!" Manzheng replied.
Manzheng's accounting force only had a thousand men, so he probably brought out all he could, and finally managed to collect 300 capable men.
Wang Yuan asked: "Can you fight a naval battle?"
Manzheng smiled and said: "Bizzhi grew up in Haining. He soaked in the sea every day when he was young. How can he not fight in naval battles?"
"Very good," Wang Yuan was quite satisfied, "Just rest here for a few days and then go recruit troops in a few days. You still have to make up for a thousand men!"
Manzheng asked curiously: "Where can we recruit troops?"
Wang Yuan looked at the sea and said with a smile: "Pirates!"
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Now, Yu Zhi, the head of Zhejiang Beiguan, has completely surrendered to Wang Yuan.
The person in charge of Zhejiang Nanguan is Zhang Yue, whom Wang Yuan brought from the capital. Historically, Zhang Yue himself dared to carry out reforms in Huai'an Chaoguan. Now with the support of Wang Yuan, he has firmly controlled Zhejiang Nanguan in just a few days.
Chang Lun has some headaches. He serves as the magistrate of Qiantang County and manages half of Hangzhou city and a large number of villages and towns outside the city. But when a new official takes office, he will inevitably be deceived by subordinate officials and subordinates. It will take at least a month to manage the county affairs.
Shun.
As for Jin Xianmin, the admiral of the Hangzhou Shipping Department appointed by the emperor, He Tang, the Hangzhou Shipping Secretary, and Gui E, the magistrate of Renhe County, are still on their way to their posts at this time. After all, they were all in other places before, and official transfer documents were issued from Beijing.
It will take time, they can only come after receiving the appointment.
Tang Bohu and Pang Jian are not in Hangzhou at the moment.
Tang Bohu was sent to Nanzhili to contact wealthy businessmen, and Pang Jian sailed to contact Zhejiang pirates.
Another scholar named Zhong Hao was sent to Huizhou and other places to contact wealthy businessmen. There was also a knight-errant named Ning Botao, who claimed to be able to recruit Taihu water bandits and knew several wealthy businessmen in Huzhou.
In addition to Zhang Cong who was in Ningbo, these were the only people in Wang Yuan's shogunate, and the rest were all errand-running officials - more than ten disciples were not included.
When Zhang Cong began to contact Fujian maritime merchants under the introduction of the Ningbo Hao [81 Chinese website www.81zw.info], Pang Jian had already returned with his old troops.
"How?" Wang Yuan asked.
Pang Jian looked ashamed: "The commander-in-chief, I am incompetent and failed to convince the pirates to surrender."
Wang Yuan comforted and said: "This is normal, don't worry about it. After all, I am an official and they are bandits. It is normal to have concerns."
Pang Jian hesitated and said: "President, in fact, some pirates are still willing to be recruited by the government, but they are afraid that the government will renege on their promise, or they will be forced to die after being recruited. Therefore... therefore..."
"Say!" Wang Yuan said.
Pang Jian said: "The largest pirate gang in Zhejiang is Chen Dana from Dinghaiwei Shuangyu (Shuangyu Island in Zhoushan), who owns twelve sea-going ships. Chen Dana said that if Mr. Wang dares to go there alone in a small boat,
, he immediately led his troops to defect to the imperial court."
"Hahahaha!" Wang Yuan laughed.
Chen Dana from Shuangyu is a descendant of the remnants of the giant bandit Yan Qisheng.
Decades ago, due to strict maritime restrictions in Zhejiang and Guangdong, Fujian became a paradise for maritime smuggling.
At that time, Fujian's Zuobu chief envoy and the city's shipping department were all from Jiaozhi. They bribed the eunuchs in the DPRK and colluded with the eunuchs of the city's shipping department. They not only preyed on the people in the Ming Dynasty, but also turned a blind eye to maritime smuggling, and even actively participated in it.
Seeking huge profits therein.
It was under such circumstances that Yan Qisheng gradually grew into China's largest pirate leader. After being recruited many times, he returned to his old business.
For the last time, the Fujian navy pursued Yan Qisheng for seven days and seven nights, from the sea where Guangdong and Fujian met to the sea of Zhejiang, with eleven large and small battles before and after.
Yan Qisheng defeated the army, captured the leader Wang Xiong, gave him thirty sticks, and detained him for three days. Then he let Wang Xiong go. He also said to Wang Xiong: "I have sinned too much to be a good citizen. Let you go back today, but I will not be a good citizen."
The Fujian Third Division made it clear that they should report it to the imperial court. If the imperial court is willing to forgive my guilt, then all you have to do is come alone in a small boat, and I will be completely convinced and will definitely accept the imperial court's offer."
Wang Xiong managed to survive, so how could he dare to go back alone?
So Yan Qisheng led his troops to Guangdong for development, and Fujian became the province with the strictest maritime ban.
Chen Dana from Shuangyu Island in Zhoushan belonged to the Yan Qisheng Group. After being attacked by the army, he came to Zhejiang to develop and now owns twelve sea-going ships. After receiving Wang Yuan's recruitment order, they actually started playing tricks again.
In the previous trick, Pang Jian told Wang Yuan: "As long as the public comes in a small boat, we will all obey."
Wang Yuan laughed several times and asked, "Do you think I dare to go?"
Pang Jian said: "The total control of the body is ten thousand gold, so don't take risks easily."
"I would like to have a meeting," Wang Yuan sneered, "You said Chen Da Na is the biggest pirate in Zhejiang. If he can be subdued, the rest of the pirates will naturally obey his orders!"
Pang Jian was impressed by Wang Yuan's arrogance, but at the same time he was afraid that something might happen to Wang Yuan, so he only reminded: "Even if the general secretary goes to Shuangyu, Chen Da will not necessarily accept the recruitment."
"You have to give it a try." Wang Yuan didn't really believe in Ningbo's wealthy people and didn't want to put all his eggs in one basket.
Immediately, Wang Yuan ordered his disciple Bao Chaoxiang to temporarily take charge of the affairs of the Governor's Mansion. He also asked his disciple Bao Chaozhen to misappropriate banknotes and silver to cooperate with Chang Lun, the magistrate of Qiantang, in building the harbor.
As for Wang Yuan himself, he disguised himself as a commoner and went to sea with Pang Jian to Shuangyu.
No matter how courageous the pirates are, they would not dare to kill the governor of Zhejiang, otherwise they will suffer endless liquidation. The entire maritime merchants and pirates in Zhejiang will be implicated. By then, everyone will stop doing business and think about how to survive as soon as possible.
Bar.
Wang Yuan was sure that the pirates did not dare to kill him, and the pirates were also sure that Wang Yuan did not dare to go to the meeting alone.