During the Ming Dynasty, the governors and governors were always nominal imperial envoys, representing the court to station in the localities, comfort the people, and supervising the three departments. However, since the orthodox period, due to the intensification of social contradictions and separation of power, the three departments, which were shirking responsibility and procrastinating, were obviously unable to do it. They must use centralization to increase the mobilization of the government and deal with the endless civil unrest and rebellion.

As a result, the governor gradually became the actual territorial officials. Generally, each province had a governor who controlled the civil affairs, justice and military affairs of a province. At the critical points at the junction of several provinces, special governors were also provided, such as the governor of southern Gansu, the governor of Yunyang, and the governor of Liaodong.

In comparison, the imperial court was much more cautious in setting up the governor, because this official was too powerful, saving money, food and military affairs, and setting too many would make the court uneasy. In addition to the Zhejiang-Zhi-Zhi Governor who was temporarily established for the anti-Japanese war and the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the Governor of the G

In order to take into account the defense of Guangdong Guangxi, the Governor General of Guangdong and Guangxi was not located in Guangzhou City. After the establishment of the third year of Jingtai, the Governor General of Guangdong and Guangxi was always located in Wuzhou, Guangxi at the junction of the two provinces. During the Jiajing period, the Japanese invasion in Guangdong were severe and the pirates caused disasters. The Governor General of Guangdong and Guangxi turned to preparing for Japanese. Only in the 43rd year of Jiajing, the Governor General of Guangdong and Guangxi moved the Governor General of Guangdong to Zhaoqing, Guangdong.

The governor's office, which was originally in Zhaoqing, moved to Guangdong City, to guard the provincial capital that was repeatedly looted by pirates.

Two years ago, Guangxi was uneasy again. Wei Yinbao led the Yao people to rebel and captured the provincial capital Guilin. The focus of stability maintenance in Guangdong and Guangxi was moved back to Guangxi. At that time, Guangdong Governor Lin Run was stationed in Zhaoqing headquarters and continuously transported materials to Guangxi's rebellion suppression army.

With the joint efforts of the two provinces, the Wei Yinbao rebellion that was almost about to split Guangxi was finally destroyed for several years. Guangxi Governor Yin Zhengmao was also very successful and was promoted to the Minister of War, Governor of Nanjing, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was in charge of military affairs, food and salary and governors. The two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi were all in one hand and became the one-on-one king of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Lin Zhongcheng's situation is a little embarrassed. He worked hard to be the hero behind the scenes and did not receive the reward he deserved, but in the end he had a domineering ancestor.

It would be fine if it was just a matter of work style, but the problem was that Yin Zhengmao was famous for his corruption. When he was appointed as the governor of Guangxi, there was a lot of opposition in the court.

Because everyone knows that this guy is greedy for fame. He used to be a local official, so he embezzled the court taxes and asked him to manage military affairs, and embezzled military expenses. He was addicted to corruption and would be uncomfortable if he didn't greedy for a day. If he used such a person to suppress the rebellion, he was afraid that the military pay was not enough for him to be corrupt, and he had to scrape off the land in Guangxi three feet.

But Gao Gong disagreed with the public and insisted on using Yin Zhengmao because he had extremely high military talent. Gao Huzi knew that no one could do it except Yin Zhengmao if he wanted to quickly quell the Guangxi Rebellion that had been in trouble for several years.

Gao Gong covered the sky with one hand, and the situation in Guangxi was indeed corrupt. On average, one governor was transferred to another year, but he still did not improve. No one dared to wade into the muddy water. So the ministers had to pinch their noses and pass the court, but they proposed that the precautions that should be taken should be taken if they are used.

So an official suggested to Gao Gong that another imperial envoy should be sent to take care of military pay, money and food to prevent Yin Zhengmao from embezzling. However, Gao Gong rejected this seemingly reasonable but actually making a fool of himself. Because this is a presumption that Yin Zhengmao is guilty, who would still obey him? He himself was also reluctant to do so, how could he decisively quell the rebellion?

As a result, Yin Zhengmao took office without any restrictions. In order to repay Gaoge's kindness for his goodwill, he tried all his best in Guangxi, successfully suppressing the rebellion at an extraordinary speed, and executed Wei Yinbao and his son Lingchi in the capital, which fired the first shot for Gao Gong to implement the new policy.

Of course, he also made a lot of money. Anyway, he thought he was a corrupt official and he didn't believe it. It would be better to let go of his hands and feet and make a lot of money. However, the rebellion that lasted for several years was quickly quelled, saving a lot of military spending, and allowing Guangxi to return to rule. After all, the court was the biggest winner.

Gao Gong promoted Yin Zhengmao to the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, encouraging him to continue his efforts, wipe out the pirates of Guangdong and completely pacified the southeastern sea. So Yin Zhengmao turned to Guangdong again, but he knew that the Feng Shui of Guangdong Province was not as strong as Guizhou Province. Governor Yin encountered a big nail as soon as he took office.

His beloved general, the new Chaozhou magistrate Li Zuoguo, was ambushed by a rich man on the way to take office, and his whereabouts are still unknown.

Yin Zhengmao suffered such a great humiliation and was so angry that he was so angry that he was filled with smoke. But as the number one Confucian general in the world, was he an impulsive person?

He knew that Chaozhou was the key to pacifying the sea troubles of Fujian and Guangdong. More than 90% of the pirates came from the two prefectures of Chaozhou, Zhangzhou, at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong. Zhangzhou Prefecture belonged to Fujian and was not under his jurisdiction. Yin Zhengmao focused on Chaozhou. Therefore, he secretly invited Gao Gong to replace Hou Biden, who was close to Chaozhou tyrants, and asked his own people to investigate and see how to take down the pirate's nest.

Therefore, if something happened to Li Zuoguo, he became particularly angry, but he was particularly alert, worried that it was a joint fight against him by Chaozhou maritime merchants and pirates. Therefore, Governor Yin would not act rashly before clarifying the situation and grasping the chances of victory.

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Yin Zhengmao was able to calm down, but Lin Run couldn't help it anymore.

A few days ago, he received news that Zeng Yiben gathered tens of thousands of people to capture Nan'ao Island and invaded Chaozhou Prefecture. Lin Run hurriedly sent a quick horse to Zhaoqing and asked Governor Yin to send troops to quell the rebellion quickly.

Unexpectedly, when waiting for the left and right, the Governor's Office only ordered the troops to prepare for war, without any explanation of when to advance, and even did not arrange which troops to send or which generals to choose.

When Lin Run learned that Zeng Yiben had already arrived at Chaozhou City, he finally couldn't sit still. He came to Zhaoqing with a fast horse and went to the Governor's Office to pay a post to meet Yin Zhengmao.

But he was meticulous and took advantage of the opportunity before Yin Zhengmao to find Zhang Yuanxun, the general of Guangdong who was also obeying orders in Zhaoqing. The Ming Dynasty used literature to control military affairs. Although Zhang Yuanxun was a second-rank military officer, he was his subordinate.

"What is the situation now? Are there any signs of getting out?" After several years of disagreement, Lin Run's style was still the same, but the hesitation between her eyebrows was even more painful, which made people feel distressed.

"No." Zhang Yuanxun is a native of Taizhou Prefecture, Zhejiang. Like Hu Shouren, he was both from hereditary military families, but grew up in the Qi family army. Soldiers in the system like them are obviously more trusted by the court and are basically valued.

The soldiers recruited by Jinke, Wang Rulong, Zhu Jue and other Qi Jiguang from the miners were completely different from the Ming army and were basically excluded from the Ming army.

However, Zhang Yuanxun was promoted to the general of a province at the age of less than 40, which was related to his elegance and integrity, good governance of the army, and a rare Confucian general.

He studied since he was a child, and his poems and essays were amazing. He passed the exam for scholars at the age of fifteen. But when he was sixteen, the Japanese pirates invaded Taizhou. His father Zhang Kai spent a lot of money to train the village to defend his hometown. He was helpless and the enemy was strong and we were weak, and he died heroically. In order to avenge his father, Zhang Yuanxun joined the army, inherited his father's position, and served as the 100 households of the Haimen Guard Xinhe. He was brave and strategic, and was valued by Tan Lun, the governor of Taizhou at that time. Later, he was sent to Qi Jiguang by Tan Lun. After many years of fighting in the Qi family army, he made countless contributions.

In the first year of Longqing, Qi Jiguang went north to train troops, and Zhang Yuanxun stayed in Fujian and won consecutive victories in the battle with the pirates. His old superior, Tan Lun, was taken care of, and his official position was also rising. This spring, Guangdong General Guo Cheng died in office, and he was promoted from the deputy general of Fujian.

Of course, he is just a "general officer" now and he has to work for a while without any problems before he can be properly promoted.

Who knows what he is afraid of? Zeng Yiben, who escaped by chance in the joint attack of Fujian and Guangdong provinces in the past, led tens of thousands of people to attack Chaozhou Prefecture. If the city falls, the court will definitely hold him accountable.

According to the tradition of the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty who were at the limelight and the generals took the blame, he, as the general in charge, could not escape the first one.

Therefore, Zhang Yuanxun was so anxious that he was full of money. When Lin Zhongcheng asked, he shook his head depressedly: "Except for the two battalions of soldiers directly under the Governor, who are ready to go, the troops under the general have not received the order from Ren's military... Until now, they have not been allowed to collect gunpowder shells, and there is no food and salary for the trip."

As he said that, he lowered his voice and said, "Zhongcheng, I think the ministry is determined to wait and see before talking about it."

"Yeah." Lin Run nodded without comment. With the current chaos in Chaozhou, the two battalions have only 6,000 soldiers, and it would be useless to open them all. Yin Zhengmao really wants to solve the Chaozhou problem, and at least he has to mobilize half of the troops in Guangdong Province to be able to be enough. At least he must not bypass Zhang Yuanxun, the general officer.

"Zhongcheng, this is not possible. Once Chaozhou City is lost, the ministry has just taken office, so we don't have to be responsible. We will have trouble." Zhang Yuanxun said anxiously: "Let's go back and you must persuade the ministry, and you can't sit idly by. The final general wants nothing. Just a military order, and immediately gather a large army to rescue Chaozhou City!"

"I will naturally persuade you." Lin Run nodded, still frowning, obviously not optimistic.

"Zhongcheng, if the troops do not move, do we want to..." Zhang Yuanxun suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "Contact Chaoyang first to help?"

"Unless it is absolutely necessary, you can't drink poison to quench your thirst." Lin Run frowned and said, "Even if you want to ask Lin Daoqian for help, we can't come forward, otherwise he will definitely take the opportunity to grow bigger."

"That's right." Zhang Yuanxun nodded. Since Lin Daoqian accepted the recruitment, he has built half of Chaoyang County into an independent kingdom. If the province asks him for help, that guy will definitely speak loudly. Whether he agrees or not will be left with endless troubles...

"Oh." Lin Run sighed lightly, looked at Chaozhou, and murmured: "It would be great if Zhao Zhuangyuan arrived."

"Ah?" Zhang Yuanxun was stunned, wondering where Zhongcheng started.
Chapter completed!