Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 235 Riot
Zhu Youxiao was standing on top of a tall building at this time, holding a newly imitated monocular telescope from the Royal Academy of Engineering in his hand, adjusting the focus from time to time, looking at the vast and boundless river in front of him and the Ming ships floating and sinking on the river .

Accompanied by the sound of the passionate and powerful tide, on the school field not far from the river, the soldiers of the Caojiang Water Army have also assembled one after another, waiting for the inspection of the current emperor.

The Caojiang Navy and the Denglai Navy in Nanjing can be regarded as the relatively powerful navy of Ming Dynasty at present, but in the strict sense, they are not considered a navy. Perhaps it is more appropriate to call it the Marine Corps, because Zhu Youxiao is now The sailors I saw with my own eyes were no different from other troops of the Ming Dynasty, with mandarin duck shirts, guns and cannons, as well as various standard cold weapons.

Even when practicing now, it is nothing more than simple movements of soldiers with cold weapons such as chopping, stabbing, shooting, and chopping. The same is true for firearm operations, stuffing gunpowder into the barrel, lighting the matchlock, and shooting. Even the order is a bit chaotic. Some soldiers When operating, you can only operate by watching the actions of others.

All army tactical drills and weapon preparation.

Xu Hongji blushed a little. He could tell from Zhu Youxiao's face that His Majesty was obviously not satisfied with the performance of these sailors. He didn't know how His Majesty would deal with him.And Xu Hongji himself did not expect that Zhu Youxiao would suddenly inspect the sailors, so he was caught off guard.

"Commander Ye Zhen!" Zhu Youxiao gave an order, and Ye Zhen, the commander of the first battalion of the Imperial Guard Army, hurried forward: "The last general is here!"

"From now on, you will temporarily act as the admiral of the Caojiang Navy. Together with Wei Guogong Xu Hongji, we will select [-] soldiers who are good at water and have courage, and then reorganize a navy of the Imperial Guard. The specific screening mechanism is the same as that of the Imperial Guard. It's the same as recruiting recruits," Zhu Youxiao said, and then ordered Wu Jin to pass the decree to Lu Xiangsheng, and he immediately dispatched the Denglai Navy to go south.

According to Zhu Youxiao's idea, he wants to reorganize the rudimentary troops of these two armies into the first navy of the Daming Imperial Guard system. I'm afraid it's too late by then.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also ordered Wang Chengen and Wei Zhongxian to choose a site in Nanjing to establish the Daming Naval Academy, and ordered Tang Ruowang and other Western missionaries who were now recruited by the imperial court and those who were good at water fighters from all over the world, and even passed it on to the governors of the world. Recruit pirates and water bandits with fair conduct, and select the good ones to enter the Daming Naval Academy to participate in the preparations for the establishment of the Daming Navy.

Sun Yuanhua and other scientific researchers from the Royal Academy of Engineering also received a team to set up a dedicated naval artillery and firearms manufacturing team. Like the establishment of the Daming Ship Administration Bureau, from the training of soldiers and the training of reserve officers, to the development of ship artillery, the emergence of the Ming Navy is just a matter of time. A matter of course.

And all it takes is time.

However, the law and order in Nanjing City has not been curbed by the death of Ye Dingyi, the magistrate of Jiangning County. On the contrary, the crime rate is still rising.

The gangsters are rampant and domineering, the people dare not walk alone, and the women who usually dare to dress up in men's clothes or boldly come out in women's clothes can only stay in the Xiulou, and Wei Min'er in Lishui Pavilion dare not go out easily, especially on that day. After her little niece was almost robbed, she didn't dare to take her little niece out for half a step.

However, the yamen servants in the entire Jiangnan are working hard. Wherever there is a fight, whose house is smashed, they can come immediately. It is surprisingly soft-hearted, after all, these troublemakers did not kill anyone, and Jiangnan officials who dare not easily set up a big prison have nothing to do with these gangsters.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao can't blame him, because even if Zhu Youxiao does it himself, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, he can only whip these gangsters or imprison them for a few days, but these gangsters will still do evil and bully the market after they come out.

At dusk that day, you can still see hooligans striding towards the city of Nanjing. These people may knock down the stalls of small vendors, then pick up the oranges that fell on the ground and send them to the water. Dare to say a few words, and there are even people who blatantly pick up other people's chickens and ducks and run away.

Of course, there are quite a few people who eat Bawang's meal, some taverns even closed down because of this, and some big taverns have to rent some thugs, but this still affects the lives of the people, and some taverns even started malicious competition because of this At that time, the phenomenon of hiring thugs to blackmail customers or customers of other taverns also began to appear.

What's even more frightening is that in Nanjing City, there are still people blatantly selling human flesh buns. At night, women's cries can still be heard, and some naked female corpses will even float out of some narrow rivers. It is not uncommon for children to be lost.

It seems that intentionally or unintentionally, some forces have disrupted the economic and living order of the entire Nanjing city, and it is not even just Nanjing. The news Zhu Youxiao got from Dongchang is that the entire Jiangnan and even Jiangxi and Anhui This also happened, some caravans along the way were all slaughtered.

"Your Majesty, I just got the news that Zhang Dai, the editor-in-chief of Da Ming Daily, was beaten by a dozen gangsters when he returned home today. Fortunately, he was found and rescued by the guards of the eunuch's mansion. In addition, someone directly burned the carriage of Mao Yuanyi's elder brother Mao Yuansheng. Yi Wei From my minister's point of view, these gangsters seem to be consciously attacking my royalist party or your Majesty's New Deal system, or beating, burning, or robbing, but they didn't hurt their lives, so that we can't deal with them strictly, but this makes us Our people are panicking, Your Majesty, do you think we, Dongchang, should take immediate action to stop this riot."

Wu Jin made a chopping motion while talking beside Zhu Youxiao. Now Dongchang can mobilize more than [-] troops in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not impossible to take countermeasures against these small businesses.

But Zhu Youxiao just sneered and said: "This is not a riot, it's just a long-planned conspiracy. Forget it, the mountains and rains are about to come and the building is full of wind. Let them make trouble first. They are banned in Qin Botong's two camps Before the guards come, don't act rashly;

However, my people still need to be protected. We will secretly send capable personnel to strengthen the protection of Wei Zhongxian, the Mao brothers, Zhang Dai and other important members of the royalist party. In addition, the important officials in Nanjing must also strengthen their protection, beware of them Take the opportunity to make the situation worse, so that I can't get down. "

"According to the order!"

Wu Jin responded, and at this time, Zhu Youxiao asked again: "You told me the day before yesterday that Dong Qichang, the teacher of the late emperor, is going to invite old and young friends in Lishui Pavilion to reminisce about the old days. Is there such a thing?"

"There is such a thing. Scholars from all over the world, especially people from Fushe, have been very active recently. The leader of Fushe, Zhang Pu, will also come to this Lishui Pavilion meeting." After Wu Jin said this, Zhu Youxiao said: " Let's go and have a look, I would like to know what these Jiangnan literati are doing every day, this rich and romantic place is so chaotic, do they still have the desire to sing the wind and play the moon?"

(End of this chapter)