Chapter 20 The Governor of Zhejiang
The new governor of Zhejiang is named Wang Weiru, who is an old subordinate of Ma Shiying. He has been following Ma Shiying for more than ten years. Although King Fu Zhu Yousong was only appointed as the governor of the country and did not become emperor at this time, Ma Shiying Yan is now the chief minister of the Nanjing court, so it is natural to promote and appoint old subordinates.
Among the people who followed Wang Weiru and his party to Zhejiang, there was another special person, that is, Ma Sheng, the only escaped three sons of the Ma family when they were wiped out. This time, the dispatch of Zhejiang governors also had a bit of direct relationship with Ma Sheng.
Ma Heqiang, the leader of Majia Village, recognized Ma Shiying as his uncle because he was of the same clan and climbed this big tree. Therefore, after the Majia Village was destroyed, Ma Sheng immediately fled to Fengyang and surrendered to Ma Shiying's uncle for refuge. Of course, he also wanted to use Ma Shiying's power to avenge his family. Ma Shiying was not bad, and not only took Ma Sheng in, but also promised that he would definitely avenge Ma Jia Village. However, Ma Shiying was just the governor of Fengyang at that time. Although he was higher than Shang Yi at the time, he could not take care of Zhejiang, so he had to give up temporarily.
Later, the ministers of Nanjing discussed the establishment of emperors. King Fu Zhu Yousong operated privately and sent people to contact the merchant army, but they were politely declined. However, after Ma Shiying heard about Xun, he immediately agreed. After Ma Sheng learned about it, he couldn't help but secretly glad that if Shang Yi agreed, his family feud would probably be difficult to avenge.
After Ma Shiying supported King Fu, he was in Nanjing and was very proud. Ma Sheng took advantage of Ma Shiying's good mood and came to beg Ma Shiying to avenge his family.
Although Shang Yi is rich in military achievements, he has become famous for too short and his prestige is not enough. Ma Shiying and Shang Yi have never dealt with him. He has only heard of it. In his opinion, Shang Yi is just Gao Jie, Huang Degong and others. Ma Shiying is at the time of confidence and thinks he has great power. Since he can play in the four towns in Jiangbei and the people of Donglin, he will naturally be no longer a word when dealing with Shang Yi. Moreover, on the other hand, Zhejiang has always been a wealthy area in the south, and it is also necessary to take control of it in his own hands.
Therefore, Ma Shiying immediately stated that Zhu Yousong and appointed Wang Weiru as the governor of Zhejiang. Now Zhu Yousong naturally obeyed Ma Shiying and did not pass other officials, so he immediately issued an edict to accept it.
In fact, Ma Shiying did not forget Ma Sheng, but unfortunately Ma Sheng's fame was too low. He was just a beautiful family and was not even qualified to be a magistrate. Even if Lao Ma wanted to promote him, he had no place to do his best, so he had to arrange him to Wang Weiru as a staff member. So when Wang Weiru came to Zhejiang, he also brought Ma Sheng.
Because Wang Weiru also knew that Ma Sheng was Ma Shiying's nephew, he also valued him very much. Although Wang Weiru was in a spring breeze from Nanjing to Hangzhou, Ma Sheng was also proud, with a bit of "I, Hu Hansan, are back again". He was also thinking about how to return to Haiyan County in a grand manner, kill back to Majia Village, and avenge his father and brother; in addition to Shang Yi, there are those people in the list of enemies.
Nanjing is not far from Hangzhou. Among Wang Weiru and his group, in addition to the eight-man carrying bridge he rode, there were more than ten horses riding, and horses were among them. Although the brigade was not moving fast, four days later, they also arrived outside the Yuhang Gate of Hangzhou City. Wang Weiru looked out from the sedan window and could see the walls of Hangzhou City from afar, and there were many people coming in and out, but they could not see an official who was welcomed by the governor.
Wang Weiru couldn't help but feel quite strange. He called a master and asked, "Is the official document for my job in Hangzhou sent out? Why isn't anyone here to welcome me?"
The master said, "Reporting to Master Futai, I also find it strange. Before we set out from Nanjing, I sent out the official documents for the Lord. And when we stayed yesterday, I ordered someone to notify the Hangzhou Prefecture, saying that the Lord will arrive today. When we set out for lunch, I sent someone to notify me again, but why did no one come to greet the Lord? It is difficult to get these three official documents, and did not receive them in Hangzhou Prefecture?"
Wang Weiru snorted and said, "If it is not delivered, there should be an echo. Then it won't sound like this? I clearly see that it is an official in Hangzhou who intends to neglect his official."
The master hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, should you send someone to send a letter to me? Then you said that the adults had already arrived outside the city and asked them to come out of the city to greet me?"
Wang Weiru said calmly, "No need, let's go to the city first and go to the prefect's office to see what they have to say."
The master hurriedly said, "Yes, yes."
Then the group started to set off again, and soon they arrived at the city gate. Just as they were about to enter the city, a group of soldiers came over, and about a dozen people stopped them and said to the person who looked like an officer: "Where are you from the team?"
Ma Sheng immediately jumped off the horse's back and said, "Your dog eyes are blind, this is the new one..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard a "slap" sound and was already slapped in the face. The officer said, "Let me cleanly, even if you want to be wild, you must also recognize where this place is."
Ma Sheng was hit by this palm and his eyes were full of gold. He covered his cheeks for a long time before he recovered. He couldn't help but feel angry and said, "Good boy, don't look at who I am, Master, just dare to hit me." As he said, he took two steps, grabbed the officer's armor and said, "Master, I can't spare you today."
The officer snorted, and somehow shook his body. Ma Sheng felt his hands numb and he immediately let go. Before he could understand what was going on, he felt a trip under his feet. With a "putong", he fell to the ground. The officer slammed his legs and kicked Ma Sheng's butt a few times, saying, "I'm just hitting you, so what can you do? Brothers, do it and do it well and clean up this kid."
Three or four soldiers immediately came over and pressed Ma Sheng to the ground, and they beat Ma Sheng to the ground, making Ma Sheng scream.
In fact, things happened in a blink of an eye. Wang Weiru and his group were stunned. They never dreamed that they would encounter such a thing after coming to Hangzhou. Wang Weiru hurriedly came out of the sedan chair and shouted: "Stop."
At this time, several soldiers also stopped. The officer pointed at Wang Weiru and said, "Who are you?"
Wang Weiru said: "I am the new governor of Zhejiang. Is it difficult for you to not receive the official documents from Nanjing? How dare you beat my subordinates like this? Is there any other king's law?"
The officer said, "Bad, what kind of Zhejiang Governor, we haven't received any official documents. I think you are pretending to be the governor of Zhejiang. Is there any other kingly law?" The other soldiers also surrounded the lunar calendar and burst into laughter.
Wang Weiru's face turned pale with anger. He ordered people to take out the official documents and his own governor's seal from the sedan chair and said, "Look, this is the official documents of the court, and the seal of the official is here."
The officer raised his hand and snatched the official document and the seal. He didn't even look at it, so he tore the official document into several pieces and said, "What kind of official document seal, who are you lying to? Find me a piece of wood, and you can carve a few big seals, and you can write a few pieces of official document." As he said that, he threw the seal to the ground and stepped on it several times with his feet.
Wang Weiru was so angry that her whole body trembled. She pointed at the officer and said, "You, you, you..." But after talking for a long time, she only said the word "you".
The officer said, "What am I?" and then reached out and patted Wang Weiru's official hat, saying, "This gauze hat is really like that. I'm doing it there. I'll sue me, and I'll make a belt tomorrow."
A soldier also came over and pulled Wang Weiru's official uniform, saying, "This is from that opera troupe, and it's really similar."
Wang Weiru was furious and waved her hand and said, "Come on, take them all down for me."
This time, he accompanied him at times. In addition to his staff and servants, he also brought more than 30 servants, and more than 20 yamen runners. There were fifty or sixty people. After hearing the order of the governor, everyone immediately rushed in to capture more than ten soldiers.
When the officer saw it, he said, "It's a long way back. Brothers, everyone will do it." He saw countless soldiers suddenly popping out of the city gate, hundreds of people. He surrounded Wang Weiru's group of people in one go.
Wang Weiru was shocked when he saw the situation. It seemed that the other party had prepared, but before he could figure it out, the soldiers of the Merchant Army had already started to take action. The servants and yamen runners brought by Wang Weiru were opponents of the Merchant Army, and the number was much smaller. Therefore, after a while, they were beaten to the ground and fell to the ground. Even the staff and escorts were not spared. However, the Merchant Army was still quite sensible when they started. They just knocked down people and did not attack them. When these servants and yamen runners saw them, they learned to be well-behaved, so they all lay on the ground and couldn't get up. Then the soldiers of the Merchant Army took out ropes, tied them one by one, and captured them alive.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Weiru was about to escape. At this time, two soldiers had already arrived, one left and one right, grabbed the shoulders and two arms, then took out a rope and tied them up. Wang Weiru struggled and shouted, "I am the governor of Zhejiang, I am the governor of Zhejiang, you dare to arrest me, rebel, rebel..." But without saying a few words, he was blocked by a piece of rag and could only make a "um, um" sound.
In a short while, Wang Weiru and his team, including Ma Sheng, who had been beaten up before, were tied up by the merchant army, and none of them ran away. Then they were taken into Hangzhou by the merchant army and rushed straight to the governor's yamen that had been changed to the General Office. The officer before said to Wang Weiru with a smile: "Governor, look, isn't this your yamen?"
In this way, the newly appointed governor of Zhejiang and his group finally entered the governor's yamen in Hangzhou, but were imprisoned in the prison of the governor's yamen. Wang Weiru didn't know that before he entered Hangzhou, two documents had been sent from Hangzhou to Nanjing. One was to tell the Nanjing court that Shang Yi brought the will of Emperor Chongzhen, the jade seal, and the two princesses Kunxing and Zhaoren back to Hangzhou from Beijing; the other was to say that someone pretended to be governor of Zhejiang in Hangzhou and had been arrested and waited for the defeat.
Chapter completed!