Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 325: Zhu Houcong’s ruling power, the emperor’s personal army controls the world!
When Lu Bing went to meet Wang Yangming, the court was also carrying out preparations for the Japanese invasion in an orderly manner in other areas.

Xu Pengju, Duke of Wei in Nando, was an ambitious young man who was keen on developing firearms.

Since he submitted a petition to develop Western firearms, Zhu Houcong put him in charge of supervising the Nanjing Arsenal in the Southern Capital to supply military equipment to the southern government, thus saving transportation costs instead of transporting equipment from the north.

At the same time, this was also to solve the problem of a large number of military craftsmen under the Nanjing Five Military Governor's Office fleeing due to unemployment.

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Therefore, the sound of iron hammering can be heard constantly day and night in the newly built arsenal in Nandu City.

The sound of knocking on iron was accompanied by the sound of a transport ship loaded with firearms, armor, swords, guns and arrows. After obtaining the approval of the Nanjing Ministry of War, it was transported to various government offices in the southeast that requested imperial decree to allocate military equipment.

The iron materials used to make these weapons were transported from the north.

Most of it comes from newly opened iron mines in North Korea.

Just like the transport ships that continuously carried military equipment from the Southern Capital to the east, there were also ships that continuously carried iron materials south from the capital to Yangzhou.

Along with the material and equipment transport ships, there are also troop transport ships.

Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Jinwu Guard were being transported to Hangzhou, Zhejiang in batches by troop transport ships, and they were setting up camp outside the city of Hangzhou at the site of the former branch factory.

at the same time.

Because the Ministry of War, in accordance with the imperial edict, allocated special funds for maintaining stability to urge the provincial governors, prefectures, and even counties in the southeast to strengthen preparations against the Japanese invaders.

Therefore, the officers, soldiers and militia of each garrison, inspection team and inspection office also increased their training efforts.

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"kill!"

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Yongjia County, Wenzhou.

Wan Lu, the magistrate of Yongjia, used the funds allocated to him by the provincial government and the funds retained by the county treasury to replenish the quotas of the inspection teams under the county inspection department, purchase sufficient weapons, armor, meat, rice, vehicles and ships, and strengthen the training of the inspection teams.

Therefore, these days, there have been frequent shouts and cries of killing heard from Yongjia County from time to time.

For the first time, the officers and soldiers of Panshanwei, a garrison not far from Yongjia County, were reissued with food and wages. The soldiers who stayed in the garrison were no longer arranged by the garrison officers to farm, but were organized by the officers to conduct training.

The Ming Empire seemed to have turned on its war machine.

From top to bottom, from the government to the people, everyone began to prepare for the Japanese invasion.

no way.

The emperor issued a strict decree in the imperial study, stating that anyone who did bad things would be severely punished.

Therefore, after the information was passed from the ministers in the Imperial Study to the local authorities, bureaucrats at all levels did not dare to be careless.

However, there was still some delay before the court's actions were transmitted to the wealthy families and even pirates along the coast.

Especially now that the bureaucrats and local officials who were supposed to be the umbrellas for the big coastal families have begun to remain silent for fear of getting into trouble, the big coastal families and pirates who are directly involved in smuggling have been able to obtain information at a much lower rate than before.

Xu Zhen, Irita Kinsei and others had just recently heard that Wang Yangming was going to give lectures at Luofeng Academy in Yongjia County.

They planned to anchor the first location of their rebellion in Yongjia County.

to this end.

One day in early summer.

Xu Zhen, Irita Chikomasa and more than 3,000 other Japanese pirates, consisting of Japanese people and pirates, sailed to Yongjia County on several large sailing ships, and secretly landed at the Longwan Town in Ningcun, and stayed at the home of Huang Yi, a wealthy and influential scholar who was their internal supporter.

After Huang Yi saw Xu Zhen and Irita Chikasei, he said, "Right now, Wang Yangming has been lecturing at Luofeng Academy for three days. It is said that he will leave the day after tomorrow!"

"Then it seems we have to hurry!"

Xu Zhen said to Irita Chikamaru.

Irita Shinsei nodded, still looking at the bustling streets of Longwan Town with greed in his eyes.

For Japanese people like Irita Yoshimasa who have lived in troubled times for many years, they envy the current stability and prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. In their eyes, the Ming Dynasty, which has been peaceful for more than a hundred years, is a rich treasure that they are eager to invade.

Therefore, they wanted to cause chaos in the Ming Dynasty and use the Ming Dynasty's wealth to quell the war in their own country of Japan.

However, what Irita Shinmaru didn't know was that at this moment in Longwan Town, an old woman who was sweeping the streets saw them and quietly returned home. She reported their situation, as well as the Huang family's reception of them, to the Jinyiwei spy living in his home.

After Xu Zhen said this, Irita Chikamaru said, "Then we can only capture Wang Yangming first, and then plunder Longwan to attract the attention of your country's nearby troops!"

Xu Zhen smiled and nodded.

Xu Zhen, who also wanted to cause chaos in the southeast and make a fortune with his pirates, continued, "They are just some garrison troops, worse than the guards of a rich man. There is no need to be afraid. As long as the navy of the Coastal Defense Office doesn't know about us, we can not only plunder Longwan, but also Yongjia County!"

"That being said, the nearby guard posts have been conducting drills recently, so it's better to be careful."

Huang Yi said something at this time.

Xu Zhen frowned after hearing this, and then analyzed: "It may be that a new military officer has come, and the new officer is just doing his best." "It is better to be careful."

Huang Yi said.

After hearing this, Xu Zhen said, "Then we should plunder Longwan Town first, and then decide whether to go to the county town after seeing the strength of the government troops!"

Huang Yi and Irita Chikamaru both nodded.

Xu Zhen then looked at Huang Yi and asked, "Has your brother received any news in Beijing? Have Master Tao and the others been sentenced?"

Huang Yi's younger brother worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Revenue in the capital, so naturally he could find out some secrets of the central government.

"They haven't been sentenced yet, but there's news that the imperial court sent Jinyiwei to the south to investigate the case of the Xie family being exterminated."

Huang Yi replied.

Xu Zhen's face darkened after hearing this: "Here comes with bad intentions, I'm afraid he's not here to investigate the Xie family!"

"Yes, I'm afraid they are here to secretly investigate us, the big coastal families, and want to find out what we will do next."

Huang Yi nodded and started talking.

talking.

Huang Yi said to Xu Zhen: "So you have to be careful."

"It's the same no matter how careless we are. If the imperial court doesn't give us a way out, we can only cause chaos in the southeast! And this time, I borrowed Japanese soldiers from the East with the intention of testing their strength. No matter what, let's test it first!"

Xu Zhen thought about it and said.

Huang Yi nodded, then glanced at Irita Chikamichi and the other Japanese soldiers, and then he bowed to Xu Zhen and the others and said, "I wish you can successfully capture Wang Yangming, and then we can turn the world upside down in Zhejiang and let the current emperor know how stupid he is!"

Xu Zhen and others also returned the gift.

then.

After resting for a night, Xu Zhen, Irita Shinmaru and others went straight to Luofeng Academy at the foot of Daluo Mountain in Yongjia County.

Wait till this afternoon.

They arrived near Daluo Mountain.

Before long, their outposts even saw Wang Yangming lecturing in the academy.

Xu Zhen therefore drew his sword at this time, and said to Irita Chikamaru with a smile: "It's time to give this diligent emperor a surprise!"

"That's right. He's so disobedient that he's destined to cause chaos here, giving us the opportunity to make a fortune!"

"But we need to think about how much money we should ask Wang Yangming for after we capture him!"

Irita Chikomasa also drew out his Japanese sword, smiled, and talked about blackmailing Zhu Houcong.

"It all depends on how much influence Wang Xuemen has!"

"But we can still get some money. Even if the emperor doesn't give it, his disciples will."

"No matter what, if we catch Wang Yangming, Zhu Houcong will definitely be more embarrassed and angry!"

Xu Zhen spoke at this time.

"It would be best if he died of rage! No one forced him to impose a strict sea ban!"

After saying this, Irita Yoshimasa led his Japanese army and rushed up Mount Dala first.

Xu Zhen also followed with his own private pirate soldiers.

Soon, they arrived at the mountain path near Luofeng Academy.

The mountain road at this time was lush and green, with many village houses on both sides of the road, and there were a few mountain villagers sweeping fallen leaves on the road.

Irita Chikama even sighed when he saw people sweeping the mountain roads: "I've come all this way and found that you Ming people are really particular. You even hire people to sweep the mountain roads."

But Xu Zhen's face darkened at this moment: "Something's wrong!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a large number of flags suddenly appearing around him!

then!

A large number of musketeers appeared nearby, with muskets raised. They were running around in circles in the valley, like a large number of armored pythons that suddenly appeared and circled in the mountains.

And those who were sweeping the floor quickly disappeared.

dong dong!

Then there were bursts of war drum sounds, which made people panic.

(End of this chapter)