nanming man

Chapter 1081 Liang Yizhang supervises the southeast

In February, Fuzhou City.

On the city wall, soldiers of the Wei army patrolled back and forth, and soldiers with muskets on their backs at the city gate checked the people who entered, and the defense seemed extremely tight.

At this time, outside the city gate, a group of cavalry guarded a senior official, galloping over, causing the people on the road to dodge one after another.

The cavalry galloped all the way to the bottom of the city, but was stopped by the guards with their horses. The leading cavalry notified their identities.

The person who came was none other than Liang Yizhang who came from Guanzhong to Fujian to take over the southeast affairs.

After the cavalry entered the city, they galloped to stop in front of the governor's mansion. Liang Yizhang got off his horse, and Ding Qirui, who got the news, had already come to the door to greet him.

"Liang Ge's department came here from Guanzhong, so we are welcome!" Ding Qirui cupped his hands with an ugly look on his face.

Liang Yizhang took a deep breath, "Old supervisor, let's talk inside!"

During the reign of Chongzhen, when Ding Qirui supervised Henan, Liang Yizhang was the prefect of Guide, and Ding Qirui was his old boss.

The two entered the governor's mansion and sat down in the hall. Ding Qirui turned his back to the left and right. After everyone left, he suddenly said in a deep voice, "How does the imperial court plan to deal with me?"

Liang Yizhang sighed, "Your Majesty asked me to take over from the old supervisor and supervise the southeast affairs. The old supervisor will be transferred back to the capital to accept inquiries from the court."

Ding Qirui seemed relieved when he heard the words, and said to Liang Yizhang in a deep voice: "The situation in the southeast is fierce, Liang Ge's department takes over the southeast, so we should proceed with caution."

Liang Yizhang said seriously: "I'm new to Southeast, what can the old supervisor teach me?"

Ding Qirui sighed and said: "I originally wanted to delay until the Nanyang navy was worthy of a battle. I didn't want the Ming army to attack in advance. After the war, I guarded several important places to protect the navy and shipyard, while the Ming army navy Thanks to maneuvering and the provision of coastal intelligence from within, the Ming army can always attack the weak points of coastal defense. Although I saved the navy and shipyards, I also lost Zhangzhou, Funing, Wenzhou, Taizhou and other places.”

Liang Yizhang frowned and said, "The situation is like this, the old supervisor didn't manage to turn the situation around?"

Ding Qirui said: "Of course there are. I asked Duke Zhao to order the cavalry to reinforce the various places, and at the same time I wrote a letter, asking for the support of the imperial court. I intend to wait for the reinforcements from the land and water, and then look for opportunities to attack Xiamen and Nan'ao, sweep the islands occupied by the Ming army along the coast, and launch a counterattack. .But the cavalry failed to rescue repeatedly, and there was no news of the reinforcements, so we can only barely maintain it until now."

Liang Yizhang's expression sank, and he nodded. Instead of continuing the topic, he asked, "Old Supervisor, today I have brought tens of thousands of reinforcements, and the Beiyang Navy is going south to help in the battle. How should I deal with Nanming?"

Ding Qirui said: "If you want to reverse the decline, you have to wait for the opportunity first, and find the opportunity to attack Jinxia first, and then take Qiongzhou. The navy of the Ming army and these two islands are their nests, so they can get information and attack everywhere to facilitate supplies. If you capture Jinxia In summer, Zheng Sen's navy will have to retreat to Penghu, or even Taiwan. At that time, it will be difficult for the Ming army's fleet to resupply, information transmission will be difficult, and the round-trip time will increase. It is difficult to recover, Qiongzhou is close to the land, and the navy is weaker than Zheng Sen, I suggest you take Qiongzhou first, and once Qiongzhou is obtained, Taiwan will sooner or later be occupied by the imperial court."

Liang Yizhang nodded heavily, bowed to Ding Qirui and said, "Thank you for your teaching, old supervisor."

Ding Qirui sighed, "I assisted the two dynasties. I failed to pacify Zhongzhou in the previous dynasties, and now I can't stabilize the southeast. I really owe your Majesty's entrustment. For the rest of my life, I only wish to devote my love to the mountains and rivers."

Liang Yizhang said, "Don't worry, old supervisor, I expect His Majesty will use you again."

Ding Qirui waved his hand, "Since the cabinet department is here to take over the southeast affairs, then we will recruit the southeast civil and military personnel. After the handover is completed, I will set off for Guanzhong to accept inquiries."

At the moment Ding Qirui summoned civil and military officials, Liang Yizhang took out the imperial decree, fetched Shangfang's sword, read out the decree, and formally governor of the southeast.

After Ding Qirui completed the handover, he was escorted by Xuan Yiwei and left Fuzhou with a downcast expression.

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Jiangnan, Songjiang Prefecture, the center of silk and cotton spinning in the world.

Although Gao Yihuan paid special attention to Jiangnan's textile industry, gave him many preferential policies, and sent many orders to Jiangnan, many workshops in Jiangnan still closed down.

The war in the southeast spread, and the imperial court had to tighten the coastal defenses, resulting in the accumulation of goods in the south of the Yangtze River, and the workshops could not recover their costs. Many workshops could not support them, and they closed down one after another, or suffered splash sales to recover funds.

The Huating Chen family is a well-known large silk weaving family in Songjiang. It has more than [-] looms and employs more than [-] workers.

Chen Yuanwai heard from people that the war will end soon, and once the war subsides, a large number of sea merchants will come to buy goods, so there is no reduction in production, but who knows that the turmoil in the southeast has been chaotic since last year until this year, and there is no sign of improvement.

He mainly produces high-quality silk, which is mainly sold overseas. Now the goods are piled up and cannot be sold. After that, they can only borrow money everywhere.

In Songjiang City, in a restaurant, Mr. Chen found a wealthy family through the trustee's relationship and borrowed 5 taels of silver.

"Mr. Chen signed the IOU, and the 5 taels of silver bill can be taken away." A wealthy Yangzhou businessman said with a slight smile.

Chen Yuanwai looked at the IOU, but hesitated, "Zhou Yuanwai, can I think about it again. If I don't make it, I will take away the workshop and goods. My workshop is more than 5 taels, let alone the goods?"

The wealthy Zhou Yuanwai smiled and said: "This is just a mortgage. I can't just lend you the money without asking for anything. I heard that the imperial court has dispatched the Liangge Department to supervise Dongnan, and the Beiyang navy will also be transferred to Nanyang. I expect Dongnan will soon It will settle down. If you still don’t want to borrow it, that’s okay, you can sell the workshop to me, but the price has to be lower~”

"No! The workshop is my painstaking effort!" Chen Yuanwai immediately shook his head, but without money, the workshop would not be able to survive tomorrow, and the hired workers had already blocked the door. The upstream suppliers were going to take him to the government, so he had to raise money.

Zhou Yuanwai looked at him calmly, drinking tea while Chen Yuanwai struggled for a while, and finally gritted his teeth, "Okay! I'll sign."

At that moment, he took the brush, signed the IOU, and pressed his fingerprints.

"Hehe~ three-point profit! Zhou Yuanwai put it away, a total of 5 taels." Zhou Yuanwai smiled.

Member Chen picked up the banknotes, counted them, cupped his hands, and left.

As soon as the others left, a young man came in with a fan, Zhou Yuanwai immediately got up, and said with a smile: "Master, it's done!"

The young master nodded slightly, "Good job!"

Zhou Yuanwai worried: "Young master, what if he still sleeps?"

The young man waved the paper fan coquettishly, pointing Jiang Shan, "Don't worry, Dongnan won't settle down for a while, and he will definitely not be there. It's not just him, the owner of the whole Dongnan will change this time."

(End of this chapter)