I defeated Emperor Chongzhen at the beginning!

Chapter 15 "Take these silver taels and go to do something for me.

Hall of Supreme Harmony.

In the morning.

"Your Majesty! According to a report from Dongyang County, the rebel army has been completely suppressed, and some of the emergency food relief has arrived in Dongyang County, calming down the anger of the people."

Hong Chengchou read the informant he had just received recently.

"good very good!"

"Zhu Dadian has contributed to disaster relief and rebellion, reward!"

"What about the west? How about the west? Are the Manchu and Qing forces still lingering? Has General Yuan left for the border?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, General Yuan is going to the western region today."

"Okay! Very good! When General Yuan actually arrives at the border, the Manchu Qing forces will not dare to act rashly and recklessly."

Zhu Youjian nodded with satisfaction.

"Report!"

A man dressed as a soldier rushed into the hall. This man was dusty, his hair was a little messy, and he was panting. It was probably due to the panic of running all the way.

"Presumptuous, above the main hall, how decent it is!"

A civil servant who wanted to flatter stood up and reprimanded the soldier.

But the generals knew at a glance that this was a scene that would only appear when there was an emergency military report.

"Why are you so panicked? Don't worry, speak boldly and listen to His Majesty."

After a general finished speaking, he gave the civil servant a blank look.

Zhu Youjian didn't have the energy to worry about these at this time.

"But what military report?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's the Hongmao Fan! The Hongmao Fan in the south of me has cholera again. This time they came by sea and have reached the southern border of our Dynasty. I can't resist the army. I have already lost a city, and that city has been destroyed. The red-haired fan has taken over."

Hongmaofan is the name of the Ming people for the Dutch.

As soon as the soldier said this, all the civil servants and generals in the hall gasped in unison.

Even Zhu Youjian was shocked.

Over the years, except for the suppression of the Manchu Qing forces and Western European forces on the western border of the Ming Dynasty, most of the rest were peasant uprisings. Unexpectedly, this time the Dutch would target the southern region where the peasant uprisings were most prevalent.

Now most of the troops stationed by the imperial court in the south are used to resist the peasant uprising, but they have relaxed their vigilance against these foreign invaders.

This gave these red-haired fans who came in by sea a chance.

"How can this be good..."

"As soon as internal troubles were alleviated, foreign troubles followed one after another. We really didn't give us a chance to breathe..."

"Hongmao Fan is not weak. They seem to have some kind of firearm. I heard that they can kill people ten feet away!"

"We won't lose a few more cities!"

The voices of discussions were endless, and the voices also changed from low-key discussions at the beginning to loud arguments later.

Zhu Youjian pressed his temple with some headache.

"Okay! Don't talk about it! What is the response strategy of the family?"

It was very loud during the discussion, but when someone really needed to make a decision and someone came out to speak, no one said anything.

These civil servants can only talk on paper, but when it comes time to come up with a reasonable plan, they are all timid.

Zhu Youjian also knew that he could not rely on them.

"Put down my will to order Zhu Dadian to go to the southern border immediately to put an end to the chaos of the Hongmao Fan!"

Zhu Dadian?
"Your Majesty! This person may be difficult to reuse! After all, Your Majesty, don't forget that this person was demoted by you in the action of clearing up corrupt officials a while ago!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! This person is not available!"

Zhu Youjian sneered.

"Oh, he can't be reused. So, among you dear friends, which one is willing to go south to quell the Hongmao Fan rebellion?"

The underground was as quiet as a chicken for an instant.

Everyone was speechless for a moment.

No one wants to do such drudgery.

In addition to Hongmaofan, there are continuous uprisings in the south for years.

No matter which official goes there, it may be difficult to resolve these matters.

But Zhu Youjian believed that Zhu Dadian could do it.

Not because of anything else, but because he saw what was recorded in the official history.

The Hongmaofan Rebellion in the Ming Dynasty was put down by Zhu Dadian.

"This matter has been decided, don't say any more, retreat!"

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Dongyang County.

Inside the Yiguan.

Zhu Dadian opened the secret letter sent to him by the emperor.

When he first started reading, he frowned, but gradually, the worry between his brows turned into firmness, and his eye sockets gradually turned red.

"The goddamn red-haired fan! Don't even look where this is! Let's see if I don't go and kill them!"

"Master Zhu, what's the matter, Your Majesty?" the magistrate who was waiting by the side lowered his head and asked.

These days, the county magistrate has been working around Zhu Dadian.

After all, it was not easy for this place to come to a court official. Although he is only a small county magistrate, he also has a heart to climb up.

These days, the magistrate has helped Zhu Dadian a lot, whether it's flattery or doing things in a down-to-earth manner.

"It's okay, it's just some red-haired fans, I have the ability to calm down."

The county magistrate nodded with a smile on his face, and said flatteringly: "Naturally, with the ability of adults, it is easy to put down the uprising, and it must be easy to put down those red-haired fans."

In fact, to be honest, things are not as simple as Zhixian said.

Although Zhu Dadian now has the ability to quell civil strife, he does not have many troops on hand.

The troops he brought from the court had been consumed a lot in quelling the peasant uprising here, and the remaining troops were less than [-]% of the troops he brought.

If you want to pacify the Hongmaofan who are fighting on the southern border, you need a lot of troops.

Now that many troops from the imperial court have been transferred to the north and the west, there are not many troops left for him in the south, and it will take some time for these troops to arrive here.

At present, the southern border can't wait any longer, and those red-haired fans must not be allowed to act recklessly.

Thinking about it, Zhu Dadian looked at the magistrate beside him, showing his first smile in these days.

Looking at this smile, Zhixian always felt that there was a pit in front of him waiting for him to jump...

"It's been really hard for you these days."

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, this is the duty of a subordinate official!"

The county magistrate was flattered and kept his head down, not daring to look at Zhu Dadian.

"I heard that although there are not many people here, there are many businessmen coming and going, right?"

"Yes, most of the silver in Dongyang County comes from the sales activities of these businessmen."

"What are these businessmen doing on weekdays?"

Zhu Dadian seemed to be asking casually, but his eyes were firm, and it seemed that he had his own idea.

"Anyone can do anything, such as food, cloth, weapons..."

"Weapon? Very good!"

Zhu Dadian finally heard what he wanted to hear!

Now it is too late to wait blindly for the supply from the court.

He must set off from Dongyang County immediately with enough troops, enough equipment, and enough strength to rival Hong Maofan!
Soldiers and weapons are the most indispensable on the battlefield!

And what the merchants in this place sell happens to be weapons.

"The silver taels you gave me a few days ago..."

Zhu Dadian looked at the county magistrate as he spoke, and raised his eyebrows to point out something.

The county magistrate quickly understood the meaning, and quickly replied: "The lower officials are all reserved for you, Mr. Zhu."

No, isn't there silver tael?

"May I ask my lord, are these bank officials sent to your house or sent to a more secluded place?"

This kind of bribery has been done a lot, and the county magistrate is also familiar with it.

But this time, Zhu Dadian did not intend to take the silver taels.

What he wants now is only the weapon sold by the merchant, and she has no silver taels in hand, so she can only use the silver taels that the magistrate wants to flatter to solve this urgent need.

"You take these silver taels and go to do something for me."

"What's the matter?"

The magistrate is very active.

"Go to those merchants to buy some weapons for me. The more the better, the sooner the better. And let me release all those people who were imprisoned after I paid off the peasant uprising before."

"Release it?!"

(End of this chapter)