Chapter 144 Fujian layout

Yinzhen set out from Shanghai and did not go to Fuzhou, but landed directly in Quanzhou.

Fujian Navy Admiral Shi Shipiao, worried about Yinzhen's safety, had never stopped contacting him. When he learned that Yinzhen was going to land in Quanzhou, he led the navy fleet to wait in Quanzhou one day earlier.[.]

Fujian Land Admiral Lan Li was originally accused of guilt, but he did not dare to neglect the slightest after receiving the retribution. He led Quanzhou civil and military officials and local famous gentry to wait at the dock early in the morning.

When Yinzhen took the Western sail warship he bought slowly on the dock, the navy generals under Shi Shipiao were swallowing their saliva secretly. How could this sailboat, which was only about a thousand materials, be able to carry so many artillery pieces? Aren’t you afraid of shaking the ship apart?

Lan Li and his generals looked at the two rows of military uniforms standing on both sides of the ship's side, with a straight and solemn navy. They had long heard that the Fourteenth Master had set up a Naval Academy in Shanghai to practice the navy. These were navals? It was indeed incomparable to the navy.

After Yinzhen got ashore, he could only respond to the ceremony of welcoming the imperial envoy. He rushed into the land admiral's mansion under the rush of officials.

In the signing room, when Yinzhen sat down, Shi Shipiao and Lan Li met again with their identities. After Yinzhen got up, he said lightly: "Sit down, let's talk about the current situation in Fujian first."

After sitting down, Lan Li bowed and said, "Back to Prince Heng, in the southwest of Fujian, except for Fucheng and the coastal areas, all other counties have been looted by mobs. The number of thieves is about 300,000. The rioters have now been divided into three major stocks. Since there is no food to rob in the coastal plains, they have turned around and entered the inland mountainous counties."

Hearing that there were 300,000 people, Yinzhen couldn't help but frowned, "Can the passes leading to Guangdong, Jiangxi and Zhejiang be heavily guarded?"

"When I returned to Prince Heng, the local garrisons in the three provinces were afraid that mobs would flow into the country, and there were heavy troops guarding them at all levels of the passage and passes, which would be foolproof." Lan Li replied respectfully.

The possibility of violent hungry people flowing out of other provinces is very small. Yinzhen had long expected this. After Lan Li personally confirmed that he was completely relieved and pondered for a while, he continued to ask: "Xinghua, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou are all plains, and the population should be more than 300,000. In addition to the prefectures and county towns, there are scattered hungry people outside?"

Lan Li replied: "When Prince Heng returned to the riots, the hungry people often killed innocent people to steal food. The hungry people either followed the thieves or fled into the government. The county town had no way to survive outside the city."

Upon hearing this, Yinzhen couldn't help but feel heartbroken. I don't know how many people died in this hungry riot. Now the population is very precious. After a while, he asked: "Has the emperor's decree been announced to the public? Is it effective?"

After hesitating, Lan Licai said: "Prince Xun, all prefectures and counties have announced and posted them, but the large mobs have entered the mountains, and no one dares to enter the mountains to post the emperor's decree."

Don't dare? Yinzhen frowned and then sang for a while: "Call the magistrate of Quanzhou in."

Liu Kan, the governor of Quanzhou, was waiting outside all the time, and immediately trotted in after hearing the news, "Liu Kan, the governor of Quanzhou, paid homage to Prince Heng."

When he got up, Yinzhen said, "Gather all the yamen runners of Quanzhou Prefecture, in groups of five or ten, bring gongs and emperor's decrees. Each group will send fifty Fujian soldiers to escort them into the mountains to promote the emperor's decrees. Each recruitment of hungry people will be rewarded with two cents of silver. If all the yamen runners die, all the soldiers will not get a single cent of silver, and all the rewards will be paid by me. You can immediately spread the word."

When they heard that Yinzhen was rewarding so much, Lan Li and Liu Kan were both very happy. There must be brave men under the reward. Now there is no need to worry that no one goes into the mountains to promote the imperial edict. Liu Kan hurriedly bowed and said, "The officials will go and post the notice and publicize it."

After Liu Kan went out, Yinzhen took a sip of tea before smiling at Shipiao and said, "Shi Junmen, I will use your navy's warship again this time."

Shi Shipiao immediately stood up and bowed and said, "The prince commanded all the water, land and horses in Fujian, but he had an order. How dare he refuse to obey if he had not been general? I also asked the prince to order."

Yinzhen pressed his right hand twice and said with a smile: "It's still early now. I'm going to let you prepare first. This violent hungry people, I plan to move them to Taiwan."

"Move all to Taiwan?" Shi Shipiao was shocked when he heard this. The transportation volume was very large.

Zhen nodded, "You can go out and arrange it, and you can also contact the sea boats from each port."

Shi Shipiao stood up and left, and Yinzhen said to Lan Li again: "Transfer the news of my heavy rewards to all prefectures and counties, and limit the prefectures and counties to only send four teams of troops into the mountain, telling them that I only pay 300,000 people for the reward."

The news that Yinzhen rewarded the yamen runners and soldiers into the mountains to recruit hungry people spread throughout Quanzhou City within an hour, and all the yamen runners and soldiers were in full swing. It is said that birds died for food and people died for money. With such a heavy reward, the yamen runners immediately rushed to enter the mountains. At least 300,000 people were violently hungry people. They could just pull back a bunch of tens of thousands of people, which was 2,000 taels of silver. One person could easily get 30,000 taels of silver. What else could be more profitable than this?

The news that came out immediately pushed the atmosphere to the peak. There were only four teams in each mansion, and Prince Heng only offered a reward of 300,000 people. As soon as these two news came out, a group of yamen runners and soldiers almost fought for the quota, and they were smart and immediately spent money to bribe them.

Liu Kan couldn't help but sigh that having money is good. No one was willing to do an errand before. In a blink of an eye, he was scrambling to spend money and bribe him to go. If Prince Heng had come early, this violence would have been over.

Lan Li walked around and gave the errand to the point. He immediately returned. Seeing that only Yinzhen was signing the room, he salivated and said with an old face: "Prince Xun, before he defeated his subordinate Wang Jinxianyou, he died in one battle. He is now in a low morale. When the court's pension is brought back, I don't know if the prince can understand these hardships until the year of the Monkey and Horse Month. Haha, reward some money to inspire morale."

Yinzhen stared at him after hearing this, "I want to support 300,000 hungry people for two months. How much money do you want for me? To inspire morale, you are also an old military service. Is there no other way except silver?"

Lan Li was snatched by Yinzhen, and her old face turned red and she couldn't speak.

Seeing his embarrassed look, Yinzhen was not very good at it. Most of the violent hungry people might be able to be comforted, but it is not ruled out that there are dead and hard elements who resist to the end. Thinking about this, he sighed lightly before saying warmly, "I am also a person who leads troops. I know the difficulty of leading troops. I will give you a way."

When Lan Li heard this, he immediately became energetic and bowed, "I hope the prince will give me some advice."

Yinzhen glanced at him, "How many wealthy families have been destroyed in this hungry riot, and how many lands have become unbroken land?"

When Lan Li heard this, she felt extremely upset. She used to laugh at others with a golden bowl of rice to beg for food, but she didn't expect that she would be the same. He hurriedly bowed to thank him and said, "I didn't give Prince Xie's advice."

Yinzhen chuckled and said, "Don't say that I didn't remind you that the difference between eating is too ugly. Although it is a land without a home, the court will eventually check it. You are just waiting for the crime, so it's better to be cautious."

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