"Apart from Jinshan Temple, have you been bombarded elsewhere?"

On the city wall, the prefect of Zhenjiang Wang Yinglin couldn't help but ask the group of yamen soldiers who came to report the battle. When he confirmed that apart from the direction of Jinshan, the Wei Yi fleet on the river had not shelled the rest of Zhenjiang, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, he was also very surprised and did not understand why Wei Yi wanted to shoot Jinshan Temple.

"Master, in my opinion, this eunuch Wei is probably warning us."

The person who spoke was Yu Xuedu, the Tongzhi of Zhenjiang, who was the Central Government of Zhenjiang. The magistrate was the fourth-rank official, so his Tongzhi was the fourth-rank official, and he was the first-rank higher than the Tongzhi of Xiafu. The Tongzhi was the deputy chief of the prefecture, in charge of local robbery, salt and iron, river engineering and other matters.

Because Zhenjiang was a key town in Jiangfang, Yu Xuedu also served as the Jiangfang and the cleanup of the military affairs under the government. The officials and patrol officers who could be called in Zhenjiang City, and the bow and horse scholars and sergeants were all dispatched by Yu Xuedu's Tongzhi Department, and the contacts with the garrison office and the Nandu War Department were also under the responsibility of the Tongzhi Department. Therefore, some people called this Yu Tongzhi the director.

Since the Tongzhi Office has been engaged in military status, military preparations, and robbery all year round, Yu Xuedu has some vision. After a little analysis, he will know that Wei Yin was using shelling Jinshan to intimidate Zhenjiang, hoping to make the prefect surrender in order to force the extortion.

"After a cannon fire, there are tens of thousands of taels of gold, it turns out that's what it means."

Wang Yinglin snorted coldly. He would definitely not be surrendered by Wei Yin's "power". However, he was actually a little grateful in his heart. Although Wei Yin was lawless and extremely domineering, he never dared to bombard Zhenjiang City. If that were the case, he would be afraid that he would not be able to stop the people below from opening the door.

There are no defenders in Zhenjiang City at the moment, but they are just supported by some yamen runners and officials. These people can't really defend the city. At this time, they can't ask for help, and they are not as far as mobilizing the whole city to defend the city.

Because what happened today is really absurd!

If you really care, Wei Yi was unreasonable, but his magistrate Wang was also unreasonable. One was blatantly bombarding Buddhist clean land and threatening local officials. The other was a pride of refusing to reject the emperor's personal army and the emperor's internal ministers, refusing to recognize the other party's identity.

Both sides have mistakes.

If the lawsuit starts, the board will probably end up with half of each person.

If this triggers a greater conflict and causes death and injuries to the people, Wei Yin will be blamed, and the future of his magistrate Wang will definitely come to an end.

Therefore, Wei Yi only dared to shell Jinshan, which made the prefect Wang feel a little more destined. As long as the other party did not dare to shoot cannons in the city, he would have enough confidence to persevere.

Zhenjiang is the gateway to the Nandu. No matter how late the Nandu reacts, it will eventually move. As long as Nandu comes forward, Zhenjiang will easily cause harm to the Wei eunuch.

In this way, Wang Yinglin became famous and the reputation of a "strong order" was absolutely unavoidable.

Today, the court is very important to the rank of the officials, and it is particularly important to the reputation of the officials. If it is due to luck, it is hard to say whether the prefect Wang will take advantage of this to become a governor and governor.

Unlike Wang Yinglin's "toughness", Yu Xuedu wanted to persuade the prefect not to do things so utterly. Wei Yi's intention to intimidate is confirmed, but this person is greedy for money, and his intention is nothing but that the wealthy businessmen in the city can cooperate with him, and Zhenjiang does not have to fight him head-on. After all, what does this matter have to do with their government?

Regarding Wei Yin's convening merchants to discuss maritime affairs in Beigushan, Yu Xuedu later asked the families who went to Beigushan in the city, and the causes and consequences were clear.

That day, Wei Yi led his troops to show off his power outside the city, and made a sign of "Let's visit here" to ridicule the civil and military officials of Zhenjiang. In the final analysis, was it because the prefect did not take him seriously and refused to enter the city like a thief?

This is the bondage.

The eunuch has a dark personality and will definitely revenge. Today's shelling is due to cause and effect.

According to Yu Xuedu, this kind of grudge should not be too cruel. After all, the other party is a person around the emperor, and the relationship with the palace is faster than that of the prefect. To put it bluntly, it is probably because the prefect's memorial was still halfway through the passage, and the question of Wei Yi turning aside was placed on the imperial court table.

One is a slave and the other is a foreign minister. Who is close to whom?

Moreover, the emperor is famous for not favoring the foreign court.

After complaining about the imperial court, it was mostly beneficial to Wei Yin.

It depends on the bold move of shelling Jinshan today. If there is no support and no confidence, Wei Yan dares to order the artillery?

Even if we don’t talk about today’s incident, we will talk about the civil war in Wuxi City, Changzhou Prefecture, what will happen?

Hundreds of people were killed and injured, and Donglin Academy called a fire to burn it. Hundreds of Donglin disciples led by Mr. Jing Yi Gao Panlong were kidnapped. For such a big thing, Wei Yi should have been beheaded by Tiqi Lock, but now he is jumping around on the river and has caused trouble in Jiangbei for a while.

What does this mean?

There are people above them.

Unfortunately, our mansion master cannot see through it. He only says that he is a eunuch, so he can't tolerate it.

The prefect is the chief official, and the co-guidance is the deputy. If the affairs in the city are not subject to Yu Xuedu's decision, it would be useless to say more, and he could only complain to him. In order to make a name for himself, your mansion will not hesitate to form such a big enemy, and you will not hesitate to tie the people of Zhenjiang to you. If something really happens, your mansion will just play with fire and burn yourself.

Why bother to be angry if you can solve things with money?

Anyway, it’s not the one who paid the money.

If Changzhou Prefecture does not come forward, Suzhou Prefecture does not come forward, Yangzhou Prefecture does not come forward, you can only Zhenjiang Prefecture!

Let’s see how your mansion master ends.

Wang Yinglin didn't know that his deputy had a lot of opinions about him, and waved his sleeves and said, "You will preside over here. I will go to Jinshan Temple to check the losses. If there are many monks who are killed or injured, I will go to the capital to file a lawsuit against the emperor and will not let him go to Wei Yan!"

After saying that, he saw a group of gentry and wealthy families gathered under the city to discuss, and many people were panicked, which seemed to be frightened by the bombardment that broke in. Therefore, Wang Yinglin went to comfort everyone and let everyone not panic. However, with him, Wang Yinglin was there, he would never allow the eunuch to be bullied. With him, the gate of Zhenjiang City would never be opened to Wei Yin.

Seeing that the prefect is so tough, all the wealthy gentry were excited. Later, when the prefect was about to go to the Jinshan Temple, where the prefect was bombarded, some people said that the Jinshan Temple would suffer such a disaster without any wickedness, and the losses in the temple would be serious, and there would be no more monks to be injured. If the building in the temple is damaged, it should be raised to rebuild it, and it will soon be cold. Everyone should donate generously and not let monks suffer from the wind and snow.

This proposal was immediately supported by many wealthy gentry, and now several people and the prefect went to Jinshan Temple to visit the "disastered" monks.

Among them is the culprit, Hu Shihai, who runs Tianfeng Goods Store in the city.

The reason why the gentry was so concerned about Jinshan Temple was not only that the temple was the authentic Zen Buddhism and the first of the temples in Jiangnan, but also that the presidency of Master Dexin in the temple was a well-known monk who was well-known. If there were any rituals in each family, Master Dexin would never ask his disciples to come. The female family members of each family went up the mountain to worship Buddha and were more taken care of by the masters. Now that the master is in trouble, this difficulty is still brought to a certain extent, so they should express their feelings no matter what.

The prefect would not refuse the feelings of the gentry and wealthy families, so he asked people to prepare carriages and horses, and a group of light chariots rushed to Jinshan.

After going up the mountain, I saw the monks from Jinshan Temple gathered at the mountain gate, and many people pointed at the Yangtze River at the foot of the mountain and cursed.

Master Dexin will be exhausted physically and mentally. Several disciples are taking care of him and whisper to comfort him.

Seeing the magistrate and the gentry in the city who were coming, Master Dexin was in great pain. With the help of his disciples, he came forward and scolded the brave and arrogant officers and soldiers in the Jiangzhong who were decisive and damaged the Buddhist holy land.

The old monk didn't know that the one who shot him was a eunuch at Jinshan Temple, but he just said which officer and soldier attacked him by mistake.

While comforting Dexin, Wang Yinglin asked about the specific losses in the specific temple. When he heard that the building was damaged a lot, but no monk was killed, he couldn't help but comfort him and said that it was a Buddhist place after all, and the Buddha protected him.

"I have been building a temple for thousands of years in Jinshan Temple, but I have never experienced the difficulties today. Please make sure to make the decision for the entire temple!"

Master Dexin's face was ashen. What he was most concerned about was what to do with his losses! Whether it was officers and soldiers or bandits, if he destroyed his Jinshan Temple, he would have to compensate him. If the Zhenjiang Mansion did not uphold justice for him and he would ask the Empress Dowager and the Elderly, he would ask the Empress Dowager to come forward. You should know that Master Dexin just received a request from the palace last month, inviting him to go to Beijing to celebrate the birthday of the Empress Dowager next month.

Today's empress dowager respects the Buddha and treats monks with courtesy, which is well known to everyone in the world.

"Don't worry, the abbot, today's affairs are something that has never happened in the dynasty for more than 200 years. Our government decided to seek justice for the abbot!"

The prefect said nothing, he had to do it. However, as soon as he finished speaking, a rumbling sound came from his ears.

Shooting again?

Master Dexin's face also tightened and looked into the air with the prefect. At this time, the old abbot's face changed drastically, and the prefect also felt a sudden grip.

"Be careful, sir!"

A follower stepped forward and threw the prefect to the ground with force. When he fell to the ground, the prefect was shocked to find that Master Dexin, who was over 70 years old, was actually more flexible than him, and he was already lying there.

The monks of all sizes moved quickly, either hiding on the rocks or lying down. It seemed that they had experience. The gentry who followed the prefect to the mountain saw this and followed suit and fell down one by one.

If Eunuch Wei saw this scene, I would definitely feel moved.

You must understand that the monk and the gentry lying down on the spot is a standard dodging action. Whether it is a solid bullet or a flower bullet, this action can minimize casualties.

Master Dexin now believes that it was not a mistake, but intentional action. Otherwise, how could he continue to fight after the fight?

After the Buddha's name, a large iron ball fell down not far from the mage, smashing a large piece of floor tiles, smashing a deep pit, and then bounced back and crashed into a rock, stuck in it.

One large iron ball after another flew from the river and kept falling over Jinshan. This time there were more shells falling than before. There were more than a hundred of them falling over Jinshan Temple alone, and they were afraid that they would smash the temple into pieces.

Fortunately, all the monks ran to the mountain gate, which was empty and there was a slope. Everyone was hiding there, but no one asked the shells to hit it.

The monks and the prefect were almost deaf in their ears. They lay down there one by one. I wonder when the shells were finished. No one dared to get up. The cannon was really blind. If you want the big iron ball to hit the body, you can imagine the consequences.

Finally, there was no whistling or roaring in my ears, and no iron balls fell around me.

Everyone waited for a while and then came together after confirming that they were safe.

Wang Yinglin got up from the ground in a little embarrassedly and looked up at the temple. When he saw it, he was shocked. It turned out that the spire of the Cishou Tower, which was several levels tall, had actually been crooked, but it didn't fall down for a while. It looked very scary.

Seeing that Master Dexin was struggling to get up, Wang Yinglin hurriedly wanted to help him. Before he could stretch out his hands, a loud bang suddenly came, and then he felt the ground tremble.

Then there were a few more sounds.

These loud noises were even louder than the previous shelling sound, which made the heads buzzing.

The sky is thundering?!

Several young monks subconsciously looked up at the sky, but there was nothing.

"Under the mountain, under the mountain!"

Hu Shihai shouted, and everyone looked at it and found black smoke rising from the foot of the mountain, looking at the other side of the city wall that seemed to be connected to the foot of the mountain.

The smoke blocked people's sight, and no one knew what had happened.

Wang Yinglin opened his mouth wide in shock. He was not frightened by the black smoke at the foot of the mountain, but frightened the black smoke rising from the other directions.

If he read it correctly, the places where the black smoke rises should be located in the city walls of the city.

"Big...sir...the city wall collapsed, the city wall collapsed!"

A follower of the prefect screamed like a ghost. In his sight, the originally continuous city wall at the foot of the mountain seemed to be moved away by a god, revealing a huge gap about dozens of feet wide.

this!

The prefect, the abbot, and a group of gentry and wealthy families were shocked.

There were only a bunch of black smoke rising in the air, but there was silence in the fields.

what happened?

The same questions also bothered Director Yu and a group of officers on the city wall, and their eyes were also blank. They stared blankly at the suddenly disappearing city wall, and at the black smoke rising into the air.

"Is this... the city wall called... the explosion collapsed?"

With the knowledge of the prefect, he was incredible about what happened in front of him. It was precisely because of the incredible that his upper and lower teeth trembled involuntarily.

Not only the prefect cannot imagine it, but no one who sees this scene can accept it. In their impression, the city has undergone several major renovations, which is as solid as a decisive thing. When the Japanese pirates saw it, they all took a detour, and even if they fired thousands of cannons at once, they would not be able to blow up.

But with just a loud bang, the city wall fell!

How is it possible, how is it possible? How is it possible!

The prefect's eyes were a little dark. The collapse of the city wall means that the city gate has lost its original defensive meaning, which means that anyone can enter the city.

If you go further...

Wang Yinglin dazed and looked at the Yangtze River with his somewhat stiff neck.
Chapter completed!