Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 153: Please ask for the Emperor’s Sword and invite the King to the capital!
Smuggling ships are returning one after another.

Slowly sail into Qiantang Bay and prepare to dock.

The people who were immersed in the smuggling ship's return with a full load did not notice that the coolies and porters on the shore had changed their "hearts".

That straight back and strong physique were completely different from the skinny, dark-skinned, hunchbacked coolies and porters.

As soon as the anchor entered the water, the ship was fixed in place. The people on the smuggling ship had long been tired of drifting on the sea, so they got off the ship one after another, and shouted at the coolies and porters around them to unload the cargo carefully.

But what made people suspicious was that the coolies and porters, who were usually obedient, did not rush to get on board to unload the cargo. Instead, they looked at them with cold eyes and then slowly surrounded them.

Those who can travel back and forth in the endless ocean are both powerful and clever. Many people who get off the boat turn around and try to escape back to the boat.

"Whoosh!"

"Whizzing!"

The sound of a crossbow arrow breaking through the air.

Accurately hitting everyone who wanted to escape one after another.

Like harvested straw, they fell down in large pieces under the sickle, and the dock was suddenly littered with corpses.

"boom!"

The sound of firecrackers sounded.

The fire bomb flew towards the Jinyiwei who were holding crossbows in the distance.

Unfortunately, the distance was too far and there was no sight, so the shot missed the target and hit the ear of a Jinyiwei and went to the back.

However, in the land of the Ming Dynasty, the sound of muskets meant that the nature of everything had changed, especially since the target of the attack was the Jinyiwei, the emperor's personal guards.

Standing on a high place, Zhejiang Qianhu Captain Shen Yu no longer followed Hai Rui's order to capture as many people alive as possible. He issued an order to allow all Jinyiwei to hunt freely, and even sent out the Ti cavalry behind him.

Hai Rui's face changed slightly, but the Jinyiwei had no need and no obligation to obey the orders of him, the prefect of Hangzhou Prefecture.

Moreover, the people on the smuggling ship used muskets. From that moment on, the mission of the Jinyiwei changed from catching ordinary smugglers to suppressing rebellion.

When dealing with rebels and rebel forces, the Jinyiwei have always launched powerful attacks.

All the Jinyiwei from the Zhejiang Qianhu Suo showed up, each armed with muskets and crossbows, and launched indiscriminate attacks on all those who got off the smuggling ships.

There is no doubt that if there were no people from their side on the dock, the Jinyiwei would have dared to use artillery to bombard him!
There was a loud sound of gunfire.

This alarmed the people who were still on the smuggling ships, and most of them chose to weigh anchor and escape, but a small number of smuggling ships had cannons and turned their guns around, intending to fire at the Jinyiwei on the dock.

Every smuggling ship was under strict surveillance as soon as it entered Qiantang Bay, especially those ships equipped with artillery, which were watched closely. Each artillery smuggling ship was aimed at by five to ten artillery pieces, and the moment the muzzle was noticed turning, the attack would be launched immediately without any orders.

There was a loud roar of artillery fire.

The shells hit the artillery smuggling ships at an extremely fast speed, causing a huge explosion. In the blink of an eye, dozens of artillery smuggling ships were destroyed and sank into the rivers and seas.

Those smuggling ships that wanted to weigh anchor and escape stopped all actions. It was not because they were afraid of the artillery in the distance, but mainly because hundreds of Ming Dynasty warships appeared at the mouth of Qiantang Bay.

The Ming dragon flag fluttering wildly in the sea breeze blocked the entrance of Qiantang Bay, like a pocket that was tied up artificially.

Where to escape?
Giving up resistance was the only way to survive. Getting off the ship and being caught was done in one go. The Jinyiwei and the Southeast Army took over all the smuggling ships.

At the same time, the Embroidered Uniform Guards found out who was the first to use the musket: someone from Prince Xiang's Mansion!
We also found out that most of the people who turned the artillery to try to attack the Jinyiwei on the shore, except for some Chaozhou merchants' ships, were people from the royal palaces!

The Palace of Prince of Qin, the Palace of Prince of Jin, the Palace of Prince of Zhou, the Palace of Prince of Jing, the Palace of Prince of Huai, the Palace of Prince of Rong, the Palace of Prince of Chong, the Palace of Prince of Ji, the Palace of Prince of Hui, the Palace of Prince of Yi, the Palace of Prince of Heng, and so on.

Dozens of royal palaces in the Ming Dynasty were involved in smuggling, and flags representing the royal palaces were flying high on the ships.

And after being discovered, he did not immediately give up resistance and surrender, but wanted to put up a stubborn resistance.

Rampant! Rampant!
Hai Rui didn't know how to describe the arrogance and stupidity of these princes' palace people. Looking at the princes' palace people who were captured by the Jinyiwei and tried to threaten the Jinyiwei, he took out the Emperor's Sword and headed towards the dock where blood was flowing like a river.

If I don't kill anyone now, I'm afraid my thoughts will become unclear in the years to come.

Wang Yongji, the Tongpan of Hangzhou Prefecture, was stunned when he saw Hai Rui stabbing to death a man who claimed to be the steward of Prince Xiang's palace with one sword, and then drawing out the Emperor's Sword and stabbing to death another man who claimed to be the steward of Prince Ji's palace.

The team had been together for some time, and Wang Yongji had seen Hai Rui use many of his thunderous methods, but this was the first time he had seen someone using the emperor's sword to chop people.

The white knife goes in and the red knife comes out.

Captain Shen walked up to Wang Yongji and asked, "Are you not scared?"

Zhejiang has experienced several large and small purges, and the Jinyiwei Zhejiang Qianhu Suo, which acted as executioners from beginning to end, had long since mastered the skills of killing.

Hai Rui, who participated in and presided over the purge and execution of people in Zhejiang, had used the emperor's sword to kill people more than once and twice, and everyone in the Jinyiwei was used to it.

But this Tongpan was promoted from the magistrate of Jiande County and had less experience.

"is acceptable."

Wang Yongji didn't want to breathe, but the smell of blood kept drilling into his nose. He suppressed the urge to vomit and said with emotion: "The world has been peaceful for a long time, and the country, especially Jiangnan, is very prosperous. The wealth has accumulated day by day and is much greater than before.

The princes conferred by Emperor Taizu, the princes conferred by Emperor Chengzu Wen, Emperor Renzong, Emperor Xuanzong, Emperor Yingzong, and Emperor Chenghua, dozens of princes were conferred, most of them in this prosperous water town.

The emperors of all dynasties and the current emperor have treated princes and royal family members kindly. Among the 500 million acres of fertile land in our Ming Dynasty, 30% are owned by princes and royal family members, and the grain produced is all consumed by princes and royal family members.

Last year, our great Ming Dynasty collected 45 million taels of tax, but spent tens of millions taels of silver on rewards and rice subsidies for the royal family.

The generous treatment of the royal family is rarely matched throughout all dynasties.

But why could the prince and the people in the palace be so greedy?
They compete with the people for profits, they compete with the country for profits. Is there any profit in this world that the royal family won’t compete for?
Acting recklessly and defying the law, is there anything else that the royal family wouldn't dare to do, except rebelling?"

After hearing what Wang Yongji said, Shen Yu couldn't help but smile: "Wang Tongpan, the emperor is a human being, and the royal family is also human beings. As long as they are human beings, they will be driven by human nature.

Water flows to low places, but people go to high places, and human hearts always want to go higher.

However, the glory of the royal family has come to an end. These remnants of the old era cannot board the ship of the new era created by the emperor. "

The emperor has agreed.

Identify all the prince's palaces involved in smuggling, and then have the Imperial Guards "invite" the prince to come to Beijing and escort him along the way.

(End of this chapter)