Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 268 Entering Penghu
The Penghu Inspection Department was established in the 18th year of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. It is a local agency that manages the Penghu Islands and Dongfan Islands.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the establishment of this inspection department was also followed, and it was placed under the administration of Tong'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture.

However, due to the sea ban, the Penghu Inspection Department was abolished in the 17th year of Hongwu. It was not until the Jiajing period that the Ming Dynasty re-established the Penghu Inspection Department in order to suppress Japanese pirates.

Penghu is actually less than [-] miles away from Quanzhou, and only [-] miles away from Nan'ao. This distance is naturally not a big deal for ships.

Early the next morning, Taichang, Yuan Keli, Shen Yourong and others led the navy fleet and set off.

On the three-story gun tower of the Longya battleship, Taichang stared at the old picture of the Wanli Dynasty in front of him, and couldn't help asking: "Shihong, Quanzhou Prefecture is only about three hundred miles away from Penghu. It shouldn't be too much to transport food for a hundred people." It turns out that the people from the inspection department can stand firm on the island, why did the people from the inspection department return to Quanzhou Prefecture?"

It's not that simple!

Shen Yourong quickly explained: "Your Majesty, at that time the southeast coast was encircling and suppressing Japanese pirates, so naval warships often went to Penghu, and it was convenient for the people in the inspection department to replenish food. After the Japanese pirates were wiped out later, it was different. Naval warships They have all returned to the coastal guards, and there are no warships going to Penghu at all, and it will be troublesome for the people in the inspection department to replenish food."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but wondered: "The inspection department still has to rely on naval warships to transport food?"

Shen Yourong couldn't help but sighed with emotion: "Yes, Your Majesty, the inspection department is just a small official from the ninth grade, and it is not easy to recruit dozens of townspeople. What's more, to go to Penghu, you need a big boat. The boat can’t go there at all. They have to borrow a big boat from the nearby guards to go to Penghu, and it’s good if they can lend them a few times, but how can they lend them all the time and let them use it to transport food!”

Does the inspection department have to borrow a boat to go to Penghu?

Taichang was quite puzzled and said: "Penghu inspection department is overseas, why doesn't it even provide a large ship, and you have to borrow a boat to go to Penghu inspection, isn't it absurd?"

Alas, there are so many ridiculous things these days.

Shen Yourong sighed slightly: "Your Majesty, the Penghu Inspection Department is just a small yamen under the Tong'an County Government. Even a seventh-rank county magistrate may not be able to build a large ship, let alone a small ninth-rank inspection department. Besides, even if They can afford it but they can't build it. The "Law of the Ming Dynasty" clearly stipulates that officials and people are not allowed to build large ships with two masts or more, so they must borrow this large ship from the nearby guards and cannot build it themselves."

What a mess!

Alas, when it comes to matters at sea, the former Daming simply lost his mind.

A small inspection department under the county government is in charge of a super big island that is bigger than a Quanzhou prefecture, and they don't let them build big ships to go to sea. How can they manage it?
Alas, in the future, a small inspection department must not be allowed to manage Dongfan, at least a Dongfan mansion must be set up.

Another thing is very strange. Although it is very troublesome to build a city fortress in Dongfan and send a large army to garrison it, it is very simple to send more than a thousand guards to garrison fields. Why did the Ming Dynasty never build a city in Dongfan? What about a garrison of thousands of households?
Taichang thought for a while, and then asked: "Shihong, what was the situation back then? Since you were able to regain Dongfan, it proved that there was no problem for the navy to go to Dongfan at that time, and Dongfan did not lack water or fertile land. Why didn't the imperial court simply set up a guard station or guard the thousand households in Dongfan, and send people to garrison the fields?"

Alas, this is easier said than done!
Shen Yourong recalled: "At that time, the last general was a general of the Fujian Navy, and his subordinates were only 24 Haicang ships and more than [-] sailors. The Chuan Shogunate took advantage of the momentum, and they dared not use troops against the vassal state of Korea in the north, so they turned to attack the vassal state of Ryukyu in the south. Alas, it is a pity that there were too few warships capable of sailing to the sea at that time, and there was no way to support them. Dongpu has taken it."

Alas, there is no way, when it comes to matters at sea, the previous Daming was so incompetent!
Hearing this, Taichang gritted his teeth and said, "When the navy has enough ships, I will definitely recover Ryukyu and destroy Dongpu!"

Shen Yourong nodded repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty is wise, Dongying's wolfish ambitions, if they don't destroy them, it will definitely be a disaster in the future. At that time, Dongying was not greedy enough after taking over the vassal country Ryukyu, and even tried to take Dongfan in vain, so as to use Dongfan as a springboard to invade the coast of Daming At that time, the governor of Fujian, Zhu Yunchang, Mr. Zhu, received the news of Dongying’s invasion of Dongfan. He was very anxious. However, none of the navy generals dared to attack. In the end, Mr. Zhu had to hand over this important task to the last general.”

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being annoyed: "Are the navy generals at that time so afraid of death?"

Uh, that's not the case!
Shen Yourong quickly explained: "Your Majesty, at that time the navy generals were not afraid of death, but they were afraid of being wiped out by a sea storm. Because it was the twelfth lunar month and the sea wind was howling, it was really not a good time to go to sea. The last general was also biting the bullet He led his subordinates to attack, but as soon as they arrived near Penghu on the first day, they encountered a strong wind. Weichen quickly ordered his warships to enter Penghu Bay to take shelter, but unfortunately, ten warships were blown out of sight, and more than [-] sailors The divisions and soldiers are gone!"

My God, isn't this storm at sea too scary?
It seems that in a sea battle, encountering a storm is worse than encountering an enemy. This is true for the Spanish Armada, and so is the Daming Navy.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but looked up at the sky, and then sighed: "Unfortunately, it is impossible to predict the storm at sea at this moment. It is really dangerous for the navy to go out to battle!"

Shen Yourong nodded again and again and said: "Yes, the storm at sea is really terrifying, that time it was a lucky escape, and there are still fourteen warships left.

At the end of the day, the general led fourteen warships to Dongfan Daguan, and took advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese pirates' unstable foothold to fight to the death, and then drove the Japanese pirates out of Dongfan.

However, the Weichen did not go to Dongfan in the next two times, because the Japanese pirates invaded Dongfan's fleet in those two times and was blown to the coasts of Zhejiang and Fujian. The Japanese pirates were defeated, and there was no danger for the first time. "

It turned out to be the case.

Taichang suddenly said: "Shihong, the reason you suggested to station in Penghu first is because you are afraid that the naval fleet will encounter storms at sea, right?"

Shen Yourong nodded again and again and said, "That's right, like chariots and warships in inland rivers, they may still be considered big ships, but when they reach the sea, they are like small sampans, unable to withstand sea storms at all. Once we lead the ship When the team is searching along the coast of Dongfan, it will be troublesome when encountering sea storms, because there are no ports to call there."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being surprised: "Don't Dongfan even have a shelter from the wind?"

Shen Yourong quickly explained: "There are safe havens, like the big officials who were entrenched by the Japanese pirates back then, it was a big natural harbor. There are only a few harbors, if we are not near those sheltered harbors when we encounter a storm at sea, we will suffer heavy losses."

This is indeed.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but suddenly said: "You mean, even if we are stationed in Penghu, we will have to wait for the weather to be good before we can send a fast boat to search along the coast of Dongfan, right?"

Shen Yourong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "The emperor is wise, indeed."

Alas, no wonder they still have to hoard food.

From the looks of it, it didn't take a few days to search for pirate lairs along the coast of Dongfan!

Taichang just chatted with Shen Yourong and others all the way. After more than four hours, a huge black spot finally appeared in front of the fleet, and Penghu finally arrived.

This Penghu is indeed a good shelter from the wind. Not to mention the surrounding islands and reefs, there is also a huge natural harbor at the southwest end of the main island. any danger.

At this time, there are still some buildings on the main island of Penghu, such as the original inspection office, and the Tianhou Palace built in the Wanli period.

Unfortunately, there are not many people on the island.

Because there is not much fresh water here, and there is no way to farm, they can only make a living by fishing.

Therefore, there are only a few dozen fishermen on the island at the moment.

When these fishermen saw that the imperial court navy finally came again, and the emperor also came, their eyes were filled with tears, and they kowtowed vigorously on the ground, begging the navy to stay here and never leave again.

How many years, they have been in fear!

You know, this is a place frequented by pirates and Japanese pirates. As long as pirates and Japanese pirates come, they may be robbed of everything, and their lives may not be saved.

(End of this chapter)