May of the 20th year of Yongtai, Shanghai County.
Shanghai at that time was under the rule of Songjiang Prefecture. Since it was separated from Huating County at the end of the 13th century, the place has been using the organizational system of "Shanghai County".
Speaking of which, I don’t know when it started, but there seems to be a saying circulating throughout the country, that is, the impression that "Shanghai was a small fishing village before it was occupied by foreign powers in the mid-19th century." However, In fact, if you think about it, you will know that this is unlikely
According to the Shanghai Chronicles compiled by scholar Tang Jin during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, "Songjiang County, the annual endowment to the capital reaches 800,000 yuan. There are many wonders. Paying attention to the richness of the local products, the differences in the sea, the silk of kapok, and the clothing and quilts in the world, it can be said that the world is rich."
In addition, there is also "In the 28th year of the Yuan Dynasty, since then. When the people were prosperous, the five townships in the northeast of Huating were cut off and established as a county and town, under the jurisdiction of Songjiang Prefecture. "In the past hundred years, the prosperity of people and wealth has led to several cities in the north of the Yangtze River, and they have become famous cities in the southeast." Songjiang Prefecture, which has been here for 150 years, has become more prosperous and prosperous. No one in the world can be called a county since Huating." and so on.
Some people may ask after seeing this, is this Tang Jin a rainbow fart because he is determined for his hometown?
Then I can answer you with certainty that it is not the case.
First of all, the eight volumes of this book contain mostly dry information on astronomy, geography, local customs, and various maps. In fact, there is not much that can be regarded as " "Rainbow fart" thing; secondly, Tang Jin has a good reputation in compiling chronicles. He often writes prefaces at the beginning of volumes, which mention some principles and theories of compiling chronicles, such as "give both praise and criticism, praise in detail and criticize in detail." ”, which means that he himself doesn’t like Fang Zhi’s behavior of doing rainbow farts; moreover, this book was published that year, and the preface to the Zhi was written by Wang Hao. If the content of the book is nonsense All kinds of hair-raising, this Tang Jin may not live to be eighty-one
Of course, the most important point is that in ancient times, most of the people who were invited or had the ambition to compile records and scriptures, except for the historian It’s too long to expand on the question, forget it. Anyway, those who engage in humanistic geography are relatively good and have a more rigorous attitude. Generally, if they don’t understand, they won’t write about it, or if it is clearly stated in the article, I didn’t check it. Understand, I only know that there are probably a few versions. If they don't write it down, maybe someone will add marginalia to them in the future. .
After all, this is not about talking about cross talk at a party.
Someone must be complaining when I see this. You wrote such a long paragraph, but it was left here waiting for us.
Well, I am not just setting up this joke. At the same time, I It was also through this little popular science that I came to the conclusion that even if Shanghai in the Ming Dynasty was not as prosperous as those important towns in Suzhou and Hangzhou, it was definitely a wealthy county and definitely not a small fishing village.
So what was the situation in Shanghai County in the 20th year of "朙" Yongtai?
It's almost the same.
The textile industry and shipping are particularly developed here. In addition, there are also the cities we mentioned in the previous article.The most famous brothel in Dashu is "Xinghui Tower".
Early morning, beach.
A sea ship is slowly approaching from the sea.
Looking from a distance, you can see that the ship's sail is in tatters and has basically lost its ability to sail. At this moment, it can approach the coastline largely due to the rising tide.
"Let me show off your tactics in formation." On the coast, a group of soldiers responsible for coastal defense were waiting on alert. The leader of the soldiers shouted at the top of his lungs so that the soldiers behind him could be alerted. They all cheered up.
For them, this kind of large ship that goes directly to the coast without going to the port is a huge potential threat, because no one knows whether there are Japanese pirates hiding on the ship, or even the entire ship. It's a Japanese pirate.
Shanghai County is experienced in fighting against Japanese invaders. The city wall here was built during the Jiajing period when Japanese pirates were most rampant. The set of "beacons" and "posts" that were used in Dashu Coast Defense a hundred years ago The "road" system is still complete, so when the officers and soldiers on duty today saw a large ship of unknown origin on the watchtower about to land on the coast, they immediately sent a signal to notify the nearest guard station to send troops. .
As the ship approached, the soldiers became more and more nervous. However, their nervousness did not last long because they soon saw clearly that the broken sailboat was standing on the side of the ship in front of them. More than a dozen people were wearing the same military uniforms as them.
Of course, based on this alone, they will not take it lightly. After all, the fact that the Japanese pirates killed the officer Qiao Zhuang and then landed in disguise did not really reassure them. The reason why they were standing on the bow at the moment was One, they knew each other
A few minutes later.
When the person at the bow of the boat stepped off the boat and came to the beach, the soldier leader who was leading the team on the beach came forward, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and bowed, "I see you, general."
"Oh, you recognize me," the man known as "General" said while helping the other person up.
"What did the general say to our veterans here? Who doesn't know you, General Fan?" the officer and soldier replied in a very respectful tone.
"Ha" General Fan smiled bitterly, "Since you recognize me, don't call me general, I am no longer a general."
"No, no matter what position you currently hold , you will always be our general," the officer said again.
The words of these two people can be understood by the soldiers around them, because most of the soldiers in this area also know the cause and effect of this matter.
This "General Fan" was indeed a general, and a famous general with outstanding military exploits. However, because of his outspoken words, hot temper, and his provocation of soldiers, he was slow to serve as an official, so he was He was framed and falsely accused, and was finally demoted to work at the grassroots level at the Coast Guard near Shanghai County.
Some people may want to ask after seeing this, even if he offended someone as a general, would he be in such a state of decline?
Harm, in those days, if you offended someone in the government If you can offend someone who shouldn't be offended, it's already considered a shame to be "in such a state of desolation"There are better results, but there are worse ones; after all, what kind of general is not a general? To the old Zhu family, you are just a person with a foreign surname. Your mother-in-law's family has been raided and beheaded, so you are just one of them. Ball
If General Fan didn't have a good reputation among soldiers and civilians, he might not even be able to keep his position as a non-commissioned officer, and it's hard to say whether he would still be alive.
"Hey, you can scream if you want." General Fan sighed, turned around and directed the soldiers on the ship to carry off the wounded first.
"General, this ship doesn't seem to belong to our army, and how could the brothers on the ship do it?" The soldier leader couldn't help but wonder when he saw this situation.
"Humph" General Fan became even more angry when he heard this, "It wasn't Master Wei who came up with the good idea to let the man surnamed Qiao lead the brothers to chase the Japanese pirates. Look at it. , Five boats of people went, and one boat came back, and even this boat was snatched from others.”
The officer and soldier surnamed Qiao were stunned when they heard these three words. After a moment, let’s say again, “拤马奇”
Ladies and gentlemen, don’t get me wrong, this “拤马奇” is not really called this name. He is actually a person named Qiao, because he rides a horse. His skills were poor and his posture was weird, so the soldiers gave him this nickname.
Although this guy doesn't have the ability to run an army or lead troops, and can only reap benefits, but because he has "someone above him", his official career has been smooth, and he once even led the border troops.
Later, due to his ability gradually being exposed, he could no longer stay in the border army, so he was transferred to the navy, where he held the title of Chief Inspector.
Here, we have to mention that in this parallel universe, because the power of the Japanese pirates has declined and Japan’s Warring States Period has been postponed, the Dazao Dynasty, which lasted for more than 300 years, has been in a long period of time. In the absence of a strong maritime threat, its navy has gradually declined, so many guys like Ma Qiao who can't make it in the army will go to the navy to continue working.
Two days ago, this Miao Ma Qiao was ordered to lead five ships of soldiers out to sea to pursue a ship of Japanese pirates.
Originally, this was supposed to be a "war merits" type operation. As the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how bad the Dashu Navy is, you are still a regular army and have more troops than others. It would be a big deal to kill a boatload of Japanese pirates on the sea in front of your home
Who would have thought that this would be the end of the chase.
"Isn't it him?" General Fan did not have any objection to the soldier leader's behavior of calling Ma Qiao's nickname. He just replied, "But it doesn't matter now, everyone else is already at the bottom of the sea. Feeding the fish.”
“This.” After hearing this, the officers and soldiers’ expressions changed, “How can we explain such losses to our superiors?”
“They still have to do this. I have the face to confess." General Fan frowned when he heard this, "How many times have the Coast Guard Chiefs been replaced with one term after another? p>
"Ma Qiao also has a reason to say, who did I take with me before?, Border Army, who are these people of yours? You asked me to lead the Dashu Navy. There are only a few people at any level now. Then Xiao Zhao is also a captain, can he be?
" Do you know if you don’t have this ability?
“If we continue, we will lose to the Koreans. Hey, after losing to the Japanese pirates, we will lose to the Koreans, and then we will lose to the Vietnamese. If we continue, no one will lose. ”
At this point, General Fan already had a tone of hatred for steel, and spread his hands.
“Well” the soldier leader was also told by him. He was helpless, and at the same time he was afraid that General Fan's blunt words would be used as a snitch by some people, so he quickly handed it over to the next level, "On the other hand, the brothers who came back from our ship have experienced the great crisis. There are people who have come to the battle. If there is another war in the future."
"Oh, thank God." General Fan didn't even wait for the other party to finish speaking. He clasped his fists and bowed to him, "It's just the people on this boat. Including me, I was lucky enough to come back alive today, all thanks to the help of noble people. If it weren't for good luck and meeting Sun Shaoxia, we would have died at sea. "
"Sun Shaoxia", the soldier leader heard these three words and looked confused again.
It just so happened that at this moment, a man who looked about twenty years old came out of the boat. , the young man with small eyes.
“Hey, that’s him. General Fan also pointed at Sun Yixie, pulled him over and introduced him to the soldier leader, "This Sun Yixie and Sun Shaoxia, known as Dongxie in the world, is the savior of our brothers." "
Sun Yixie was also very polite. He walked over and said to General Fan with a smile, "No, no, no, you are my benefactor. If the ship of the military masters hadn't happened to pass by the day before yesterday, I would have saved him." I fished it out of the sea, and it sank with the little broken boat. ”
“Hey, that’s not a big deal, it’s just a piece of cake for us. "General Fan said, "But Sun Shaoxia, your plan to change ships and use those strange weapons to help us break through is really a great help. Otherwise, I'm afraid all the people on our ship will be found at sea." . "
"It turns out to be Sun Yixi, Sun Shaoxia, whom I have admired for a long time." The soldier leader was not just making up words. He had really heard of Brother Sun, so his tone seemed more sincere, "Since Young Master If a knight has such a righteous deed, he should report it to his superiors and be rewarded. "
"Thank you for your kind words, military master, but" Sun Yixie declined politely, "It is really an accident that I am drifting at sea this time. I should have returned home a month ago, and the letter has been sent to me long ago. Send it off. I think my family is in a hurry now. I have to leave immediately and it is inconvenient to stay longer. ”
What he said is true. It is said that he set out from Guangzhou in early March, taking the waterway, and should have arrived in Hangzhou long ago. Now that he has been missing at sea for nearly two months, no one from the Sun Mansion is there. Maybe there's no rush.
To be honest, Brother Sun doesn't care much about the awards from the army. He doesn't want to join the army to get a job, so the most they can do is reward him with a little money. Money didn't matter to him.
Therefore, although General Fan tried to retain him several times, Sun Yixie still declined.He said something like "I will repay you with a plan", so I said goodbye.
Shanghai County is not too far from Hangzhou. Sun Yixie bought a horse directly after entering the city, and quickly embarked on the journey back home.
At this time, he still doesn’t know that when he returns to Hangzhou this time, he will face a series of shocking changes