The Qiongzhou battalion did not let the cabinet bosses wait too long, and half a month after the elimination of the Japanese invaders, Fujian reported the news: the Hongmao fleet besieging the Kinmen area for many days collapsed at the touch of the Qiongzhou Battalion Water Division, and fled in the desert, and the crisis created by the Hongmao was resolved. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

If there was a little accident in the process of "exterminating the Japanese pirates", and even a real battle with real swords and guns, then the performance of the East India Company's fleet can be scored full marks. From the vicious comeback, to the closure of the port without a word, and finally being "expelled" by the Qiongzhou battalion and "fleeing in embarrassment", the established script was perfectly completed, and the image of the Qiongzhou battalion sailor in the eyes of the imperial court was established.

After the play directed and acted by Nan in the summer is finished, it will be up to the VIP audience such as Chongzhen and the cabinet ministers to reward them.

Mu Tianyan, the governor of Guangdong, who originally stayed in China, asked to open a town in Qiongzhou and was brought to the court meeting for discussion, Chongzhen already had a case in his heart, but he wanted to hear the opinions of the ministers of the court.

The views of the Cabinet are generally unanimous. Wen Tiren set the tone as the first assistant, and the second assistant Wu Zongda agreed, Wang Yingxiong is Wen Tiren's follower, and maintains a high degree of consistency with the first assistant, Qian Shisheng and He Wupeng have nothing to do with themselves, and they can't offend the first assistant, so they agreed with Wang Yingxiong's proposal of "building Qionghai Town, sealing the second rank of the dragon and tiger general, adding the right governor, and awarding the general military officer of Pingyi".

In the past, as long as Wen Tiren put forward an opinion, the ministers of the Donglin Party faction would definitely oppose it, and whenever Wen Tiren wanted to promote important people, the Donglin Party must step on it. But this time it was different, the Japanese invaders went deep into the heart of the south of the Yangtze River, and the Donglin Party faction, whether it was the incumbent ministers or the literati in the opposition, was very frightened. Jiangnan is their rear, is the basic plate of the Donglin faction, the vast majority of the Donglin Party members are from Jiangnan, if Jiangnan is turned upside down by the Japanese invaders, the entire Donglin Party will not be happy.

Considering that the Japanese invaders have reappeared after many years of extinction, no one is sure that there will be no next time, and everyone needs Xia Nan, a strong military leader who can protect coastal security, to sit in the south. As a result, the ministers of all the Donglin factions were highly unanimous: on the basis of facts, this time they would not attack Wen Tiren's proposal, and ensure that the reward of the Qiongzhou battalion could pass the court meeting.

Chongzhen, who was accustomed to ministers attacking each other, was ready to endure the long quarrel process, after all, the establishment of a military town is such a big thing, no matter how rigid Chongzhen is, he will not dare to be arbitrary, lest he fall into an arbitrary comment, but it is too difficult to want the ministers with their own thoughts to agree on it. Considering that Wen Tiren, a "lonely minister", lacked help at the court meeting, Chongzhen even considered asking Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to come forward to put forward this bill, so as not to make Wen Tiren the target of public criticism, and the proposal to reward him could not be passed. However, this recital was drafted by the cabinet, and the matters involved were too important, and the weight of the military department was not enough, so it had to be abandoned.

But what Chongzhen never expected was that the proposal put forward by the cabinet was unanimously agreed by the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other important departments, and there was almost no opposition. The only controversy that arose was about the name of the "General Officer of the Razor".

Tang Shiji, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, put forward a different view: "The theory of leveling is nondescript. I am prosperous in the Ming Dynasty, all countries come to the dynasty, even if the Japanese people, the red hair occasionally invaded, it is only the disease of ringworm scabies, do not need to care too much, the establishment of military towns is designed to prevent razing, it is inevitable to laugh off the big teeth of the descendants, it is better to change to Pingnan, take the meaning of pacifying southern Xinjiang. ”

Tang Shiji was the backbone of the Donglin faction, and his meaning was immediately understood by the ministers of the Donglin faction: setting up the general military officer of Pingping, just like the general military officer of Pingliao, raised the Japanese and the red hair to the level of equal opponents, which was too elevated to the other party. Pingnan, on the other hand, has a much higher grade of high-end atmosphere, and the entire southern coast is its defense area. Another most important point is that since Nan must rely on it this summer, even if the proposal is put forward by Wen Tiren, he cannot oppose it, and the only thing that can be provoked is the issue of the name of the military attaché. Entangled in this issue that has nothing to do with the overall situation, at least it reflects the position of our Donglin Party that we will not let you be too happy with Wen Tiren.

Chongzhen didn't know what these ministers were bored, but he felt that this name was really atmospheric, so he nodded and agreed: "Then change it to Pingnan Chief Military Officer." In addition, since Qiongzhou was set up as a military town, it was no longer subject to the control of the two Guangzhou, and the prefectures and counties of Qiongzhou only managed the people and did not care about the army, and they had to give full assistance in wartime. ”

The cabinet proposed, the minister had no objection, and the emperor personally made the decision, so the reward for Xia Nan was decided.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Qiongzhou Mansion General Xia Nan exterminated the Japanese Kou, expelled the red hair meritorious, sealed the Dragon and Tiger General, the right governor of the Five Army Governor's Mansion, and promoted the general officer of the South Army. In addition, in order to guard against overseas bandits such as Xiyi and Nanban, a town was opened in Qiongzhou, named Qionghai, which was guarded by Xia Nan and was not subject to the control of the two provinces, and the prefectures and counties of the prefecture were not allowed to interfere in military and political ......"

In the Lingao South Park, Xia Nan and Sima De and other henchmen knelt on the ground and patiently listened to the eunuch read out the holy decree, overjoyed, and finally achieved the goal with great effort, and it was better than imagined, and it became a semi-independent kingdom in the name of righteousness, out of the jurisdiction of the governor of Liangguang. As for the official mansion of Qiongzhou Mansion, it was originally taken care of without the slightest temper, but now it has the sword of the Holy Decree, from the prefect to the prefect of the county, he doesn't even dare to let out a fart.

After sending away the eunuch with generous gifts, everyone was overjoyed, and Sima De said: "Congratulations to the general, as soon as Qionghai Town is established, the general has become one of the few generals in the Ming Dynasty, and has reached the peak of martial artists." ”

Xia Nan replied happily: "This is just a false name, the important thing is that Chongzhen gave me considerable autonomy, Xiong Wencan can't take care of me, the nominal restraint is gone, and there is no scruple about immigrating and expanding the army in the future." ”

The people answered, "What the general said is very true." ”

A big drama came to an end, and finally ended with Xia Nan getting what she wanted. The Qiongzhou battalion was upgraded to Qionghai Town, becoming a semi-independent military kingdom, and except for nominally accepting the control of the imperial court, there was no one in the entire south who could give orders to Xia Nan.

After solving this problem, Qionghai focused its efforts on immigration and army expansion. After the first batch of 9,000 immigrants arrived in Lingao and were successfully settled, the second batch of more than 10,000 immigrants arrived in Lingao with the full assistance of the new governor of Denglai, Xie Sanbin.

There are not many places available for reclamation in Lingao, and it is not enough to continue to resettle these more than 10,000 immigrants. The indigenous population of these two counties is not large, and the area is relatively rich, and it is not a big problem to accommodate tens of thousands of immigrants. The two magistrates didn't even dare to offend Xia Nan during the period of the general, how could they dare to offend the new Pingnan chief military officer? An official document was delivered in Qionghai Town, and the two counties obediently mobilized the county's government officials, lieutenant chiefs and other forces to settle the immigrants transported from Lingao, and all policies were handled in accordance with the territory of Lingao.