"Except for Jinshan Temple, there has been no shelling anywhere else?"

On the city wall, Wang Yinglin, the prefect of Zhenjiang, kept asking a group of soldiers who came to restore their lives. When he confirmed that except in the direction of Jinshan, the Wei Gelding fleet on the river had not shelled the rest of Zhenjiang, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time he was very surprised, and he didn't understand why Wei Gelding wanted to bombard Jinshan Temple.

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

It is Zhenjiang Tongzhi Yu Xuedu who speaks, Zhenjiang is the central government, and the prefect is the official of the fourth grade, so he is the same knowledge of the fourth grade official, which is one grade higher than the same knowledge of the lower government. Tongzhi is the deputy of the prefect, in charge of local theft, salt and iron, river work and other things.

Because Zhenjiang is an important town for river defense, Yu Xuedu is also responsible for river defense and cleaning up the military registration of the government. The officials and inspectors who can be called in Zhenjiang City are all dispatched by Yu Xuedu's Tongzhi Department, and the liaison with the Fu's internal guard and the Nandu Military Department is also responsible for the Tongzhi Department. Therefore, some people also call this Yu Tongzhi the director.

Since the Tongzhi Department has been dealing with military registration, military equipment, and arresting thieves all the year round, Yu Xuedu has some eyesight, and after a little analysis, he knows that Wei Gelding is intimidating Zhenjiang by shelling Jinshan, and wants to make the prefect soften, so as to coerce and blackmail.

"As soon as the cannon goes off, ten thousand taels of gold, that's what it means."

Wang Yinglin snorted coldly, he would definitely not be succumbed to Wei Gelding's "obscenity". However, in his heart, he was actually a little lucky, although Wei Gelding said that he was lawless and abnormal, but he didn't dare to really bombard Zhenjiang City, if that was the case, he was afraid that he would not be able to stop the people below from opening the door.

In Zhenjiang City, there are no defenders at the moment, but they are maintained by some officials, where can these people really defend the city. At this time, there is no way to ask for help, let alone mobilize the whole city to defend the city.

Because what is happening today is really absurd!

If you really think about it, Wei Gelding is unreasonable, and his prefect is also unreasonable. A blatant shelling of the Buddha Gate and intimidation of local officials. One is to magnificently keep the Son of Heaven's pro-army and the emperor's ministers out of the door, refusing to recognize the identity of the other party.

On both sides, there are faults.

If the lawsuit starts, I'm afraid that this board will end up with half of one person.

If this causes a greater conflict and really causes deaths and injuries to the people, Wei Eunuch will not be able to escape the blame, and the future of his royal prefect will inevitably come to an end.

Therefore, Wei Biao only dared to shell Jinshan, which made the prefect of Wang feel a little more determined. As long as the other party does not dare to shoot at the city, he has enough confidence to persevere to the end.

Zhenjiang is the gateway to the southern capital, and no matter how late the response of the southern capital is, there will eventually be action. As long as Nandu comes forward, Zhenjiang will not be afraid to call the Wei eunuch a scourge.

In this way, Wang Yinglin is famous, and the reputation of a "strong order" cannot be run away.

If it is luck, it is difficult to say whether the prefect will take this opportunity to become a politician and a governor.

Different from Wang Yinglin's "toughness", Yu Xuedu wanted to persuade the prefect not to do such a desperate thing, Wei Biao's intention to intimidate is confirmed, but this person is not greedy for money, and what he wants is only that the rich businessmen in the city can cooperate with him, and Zhenjiang can't make a hard encounter with him. After all, what does this have to do with their government.

Regarding Wei Gelding's convening of merchants in Beigushan to discuss maritime affairs, Yu Xuedu asked the few companies in the city who went to Beigushan afterwards, and the causes and consequences were clear.

That day, Wei Gelding led the soldiers and horses to show off his might outside the city, and made a "Come here" sign to ridicule Zhenjiang Wenwu, in the final analysis, it was not because the prefect did not take Wei Gelding in his eyes and did not enter the city as a thief.

That's the end of the beam.

The character of a eunuch is dark, and he will be retribution, and today's shelling is due to cause and effect.

According to Yu Xuedu, this grudge should not be too ruthless, after all, the other party is a person around the emperor, and the contact with the palace alone is faster than that of the prefect. To put it mildly, I'm afraid that when the prefect's recital was still halfway, the question of Wei Gelding and a rake was placed on the emperor's desk.

One is a domestic slave, the other is a foreign minister, who is close and who is far away?

Besides, today's Son of Heaven is notoriously unwelcoming to the outside world.

sued the royal court, and most of the results were also beneficial to Wei Gelding.

Just look at today's bold act of shelling Jinshan, if there is no support and no confidence, Wei Gelding dares to order the cannon?

is not to talk about today's incident, just talk about the civil rebellion in Wuxi City, Changzhou Prefecture, what is the result?

Hundreds of people were killed and wounded, Donglin Academy called a fire to burn, and hundreds of Donglin disciples led by Mr. Jingyi Gao Panlong were kidnapped.

What does this mean?

There's someone on top of the house.

It's a pity that our mansion can't see through it, but he can't tolerate it if he is a eunuch.

The prefect is the main official, and the same knowledge is the deputy position, and the affairs of the city do not belong to Yu Xuedu, and it is useless for him to say more, he can only slander one or two, your mansion does not hesitate to make such a big enemy in order to make a name, and does not hesitate to tie up the people of Zhenjiang with you, if something really happens, your mansion is playing with fire and self-immolation.

If you can solve it with money, why bother with it.

Anyway, it's not the government that pays the money.

Changzhou Mansion is not out, Suzhou Mansion is not out, Yangzhou Mansion is not out, you Zhenjiang Mansion can!

I want to see how this matter ends.

Wang Yinglin didn't know that his own deputy had an opinion on him, waved his sleeves and said: "You will preside over this for the time being, and this mansion will go to Jinshan Temple to check the losses, if there are many dead and injured monks, this mansion will go to Beijing to sue the emperor, and will not spare him Wei Gelding!" ”

After speaking, seeing that a group of gentry and wealthy families in the city gathered under the city to discuss one after another, many people were panicked, obviously frightened by the sudden bombardment. Therefore, Wang Yinglin deliberately went over to appease everyone, so that everyone did not panic, but Zhenjiang had him Wang Yinglin there, and he would never allow the eunuch to be bullied. With him, the gate of Zhenjiang City will definitely not be opened for him.

Seeing that the prefect was so tough, all the rich gentry were excited. Later, when I saw that the prefect was going to Jinshan Temple, which was shelled, some people said that Jinshan Dharma Temple suffered this disaster in vain, and the loss in the temple must be serious, and there could be no monks who were killed or injured. If the building in the temple is damaged, it should also be rebuilt with funds, and it will be freezing soon, so everyone should be generous to prevent the monks from being frozen by the wind and snow.

This proposal was immediately unanimously supported by the wealthy gentry, and several people were immediately sent to visit the "disaster-affected" monks in Jinshan Temple with the prefect.

Inside, there is the culprit, Hu Shihai, who runs Tianfeng Goods Store in the city.

The reason why the gentry are so concerned about Jinshan Temple is not only that the temple is the authentic Zen sect and the head of the Jiangnan temples, but also that the master who presides over the temple is a well-known monk. If there is any Dharma on weekdays, Venerable Dexin will never ask his disciples to come if he can come in person. The female dependents of each family went up to the mountain to worship the Buddha, and they were also taken care of by the teacher. Now the mage is in difficulty, and this difficulty is still caused by them to a certain extent, so he has to express his heart no matter what.

The prefect would not refuse the wishes of the gentry and wealthy households, so he asked someone to prepare a carriage and horses, and a group of light cars rushed to Jinshan.

After going up the mountain, I saw that the monks of Jinshan Temple were gathered at the mountain gate, and many people pointed to the Yangtze River under the mountain and scolded angrily.

Master Dexin will be physically and mentally exhausted, and several disciples are taking care of him, whispering something to comfort.

Seeing the prefect and the gentry in the city, Master Dexin was in pain, and with the support of his disciples, he stepped forward with great difficulty, and scolded the officers and soldiers in Jiangzhong who were bold and reckless and destroyed the holy land of Buddhism.

The old monk didn't know that it was a eunuch who bombarded his Jinshan Temple, but he said which officer and soldier hit him by mistake.

Wang Yinglin comforted Dexin, while asking about the specific loss in the specific temple, when he heard that the building was damaged a lot, but no monks were killed, he couldn't help but feel comforted, and said that after all, it is the land of Buddhism, and there is a Buddha to protect Yunyun.

"I Jinshan Temple has been a temple for thousands of years, and there has never been today's difficulty, please prefect must be the master of my whole temple!"

Master Dexin's face is pale, what he will care about most is what to do with his losses! Whether it is an officer or a bandit, if he breaks his Jinshan Temple, he will have to pay compensation. If this Zhenjiang Mansion does not administer justice to him and recover the loss, he will ask the Queen Mother and her old man to come forward. You must know that Master Dexin just received a letter from the palace last month, inviting him to enter Beijing next month to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother.

Today's Queen Mother respects the Buddha and treats the monks with courtesy, but the world knows it.

"Abbot and rest assured, today's incident is really something that has never happened in the more than 200 years of the country, and this government is determined to seek justice for the abbot!"

What the prefect said was not a scene, he had to do it. It's just that as soon as his words fell, there was a rumbling sound in his ears.

Gunfire again?

Master Dexin's face was also tight, and he and the prefect looked into the air together, this look, the old abbot's face changed greatly, and the prefect was also fierce.

"Be careful, sir!"

An attendant stepped forward and threw the prefect to the ground. When he fell to the ground, the prefect was stunned to find that Master Dexin, who was over seventy years old, was even more agile than him, and he was already lying there at this moment.

The monks of all sizes moved quickly, either hiding in the rocks or lying down, it seems that they have experience. Seeing this, the gentry who followed the prefect up the mountain also fell down on the spot one by one.

If Gonggong Wei saw this scene, he would definitely sigh with emotion.

It is important to understand that this monk and gentry lying on the spot is a standard dodge action, whether it is a solid bullet or a flowering bullet, this action can minimize casualties.

Master Dexin decided that it was not a mistake, but an intentional one, otherwise, how could he continue to fight after the fight.

After a Buddha horn, a large iron ball fell not far from the master, smashing a large piece of floor tiles, smashing a deep pit, and then rebounding into a mountain rock, stuck in it.

One after another, large iron balls flew from the river and landed in the sky above the golden mountain. There are more cannonballs falling this time than before, and there are more than 100 shells falling in the sky above Jinshan Temple alone, and it can be said that the inside of a temple is smashed.

Fortunately, the monks all ran to the mountain gate, which was open and there was a slope, and everyone took refuge there, but no one called for the cannonballs to hit.

The monks and the prefect were almost deafening, and they lay there one by one, not knowing when the shell would finish, and no one dared to get up. If you want to smash that big iron ball on your body, the consequences can be imagined.

Finally, there was no whistling, no rumbling, and no iron balls falling around.

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

Wang Yinglin got up from the ground in a little embarrassment, looked up at the temple, and was startled. It turned out that the spire of the Cishou Pagoda, which was several stories high, was crooked, but it didn't fall for a while, and it didn't look scary.

Seeing that Master Dexin was struggling to get up, Wang Yinglin was busy helping him, and before he could stretch out his hands, suddenly another loud noise came, and then he felt a shock on the ground.

After that, there were a few more sounds.

These loud noises were louder than the previous shelling, and they shook the brains of a bunch of people.

Thunder?!

A few little monks subconsciously looked up at the sky, but there was nothing.

"Downhill, downhill!"

Hu Shihai shouted, and everyone looked over and found that black smoke was rising from the foot of the mountain, which looked like it was on the side of the city wall connected to the foot of the mountain.

The smoke blocked the view, and no one knew what was going on.

Wang Yinglin's mouth opened wide in surprise, he was not frightened by the black smoke at the foot of the mountain, but by the black smoke rising from the rest of the directions.

If he was not mistaken, the places where the black smoke rose should be the city walls.

"Big... My lord... The walls are falling, the walls are falling! ”

One of the prefect's entourage screamed as if he had seen a ghost, and in his sight, the originally continuous city wall at the foot of the mountain seemed to have been forcibly removed by the gods, revealing a huge gap about dozens of feet wide.

This!

The prefect and the abbot, as well as the gentry and wealthy families, were all stunned by the sight.

In mid-air, there were only clouds of rising black smoke, but there was silence in the four fields.

What happened?

The same question also plagued the head of the hall on the city wall and the group of messenger catchers, and their eyes were also blank. They stared blankly at the suddenly disappearing city walls, at the black smoke that rose into the air.

"It's... The walls of the city are called... Blown up? ”

With the prefect's knowledge, he couldn't believe what was happening in front of him. It was also because of disbelief that his upper and lower teeth trembled involuntarily.

Not only could the prefect unimaginate, but everyone who saw this scene couldn't accept it. In their impression, the city has undergone several major repairs, which can be described as impregnable, and the Japanese invaders all took a detour to avoid it when they saw it, and even if they fired ten thousand cannons, they might not be able to blow up.

But with such a loud bang, the walls fell!

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

The prefect's eyes were a little dark, and the fall of the city wall meant that the city gate had lost its original defensive significance, so it also meant that anyone could enter the city.

A word further...

Wang Yinglin looked at his somewhat stiff neck towards the Yangtze River in a daze.

On the Yangtze River, the admiral's minister, Wei, was rolling up his sleeves and shouting to his subordinates: "See, this is our king!" ... Zhenjiang City is now a girl without clothes, waiting for our family to do it! ”