The so-called enemy simply refers to the invading Japanese. If we have to define it clearly, it refers to the title of "pirates" who invaded and plundered the coastal areas of China and North Korea from13rd century to16th century, composed of Japanese samurai, ronin and profiteers, with the famous support and encouragement from all over Japan. The earliest record of Japanese pirates invading China was from Yuan Wuzong to sophomore year (A.D. 1308), and the word "enemy" was first used in the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1369). Since Hongwu two years ago, the Japanese invasion has been quite frequent and serious. Thirty-one years after Jiajing (1552), Japan's invasion reached its peak as it entered the troubled times of the Warring States. Later, under the leadership of patriotic generals such as Qi Jiguang and Yu, the Ming army finally put down the Japanese invasion after a series of arduous struggles. However, after that, there are often small groups of Japanese pirates harassing along the coast.
In order to prevent the enemy from rising again, Wang Xiuyun of Xingquan Road in Fujian proposed to recruit 800 patrol soldiers, and 24 merchant ships were divided into two posts, making Shen Yourong one of them. After Shen Yourong got this new unit, he immediately patrolled the sea until he reached the border with Guangdong. On May 17, he met the enemy, "beheaded 32 times and recaptured a ship that captured Zhang Jingbing from South Australia", making great contributions. However, because Shen Yourong did not return the ship to its original owner, some officials framed him and said, "All the soldiers killed by the Japanese army on this ship were killed by Shen Yourong himself in order to repay the kindness." . If convicted, Shen Yourong will not only be dismissed for investigation. Fortunately, Kim was observant and cleared away his grievances. However, due to this incident, Shen Yourong failed to get a promotion in the first five years.
In the same year1February, Zhu Yunchang was transferred to Fujian Governor and Wu Yu (that is, Zhongzuowei Station, now Xiamen). Cheng Da, the magistrate, thinks that this place is far from Chongwu Wei Institute and Liaoluo Wei Institute, and it is impossible to take care of each other. Moreover, Xiamen also has its own water army, so it is suggested to move Shuicun to Shihu. This suggestion was approved by Xu, who was patrolling the sea at that time, but people in the lake were unwilling to do so. They think that "soldiers will be afraid of themselves". Taishou Chengda had to tell people that it was Shen Yourong who moved to this town that people calmed down. Because Shen Yourong was strict in running the army and pleading for the people, he asked the tax supervisor at that time to stop collecting taxes and fees on grain carriers. Fujian is close to the sea and mountainous, with little grain output. Most of them are imported from Guangdong, and the food price is already very expensive. If heavy taxes are imposed again, the people's livelihood in Fujian will be fatally affected, so people are very grateful to Shen Yourong and have built a shrine for him. If Shen Yourong wants to lead troops, it will naturally not infringe on the interests of the people.
Reach an agreement from top to bottom, and transform Shihu Water Village. Shen Yourong didn't ask the government for a penny. All the money he used was a reward for his meritorious service in selling materials from the old water town a few years ago. It took about a year to build this water village. During this period, Shen Yourong also organized foot soldiers to build a long embankment made of stones for the coastal areas of Shihu Lake, which effectively prevented the intensification of soil salinization. Shortly after the completion of Shuizhai, seven Japanese ships wandered along the coast of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, but the coastal soldiers could not kill two birds with one stone. On the second day of September in the 30th year of Wanli (1602), the enemy fled from Zhejiang to Wansuo, Fujian, attacked the city and plundered the land, burned ships and plundered the people, and stayed in the West House for more than ten days. After Shen Yourong got the news, he led the water army to Chongwuwei for standby. The enemy dare not come. He left the Penghu Islands from Wuqiu and fled to Dong Fan (now Taiwan Province Province).
Taiwan Province Province has a close relationship with Chinese mainland since ancient times: Sun Quan, the great emperor of Soochow in the Three Kingdoms period, sent Wei Wen, a general, to Taiwan Province Province in 230; Yang Di has sent people to Taiwan Province Province three times; In the Southern Song Dynasty, he stationed troops in Penghu Islands; Kublai Khan of Yuan Shizu sent people to Taiwan Province Province twice, and in 1335, he established the Penghu Inspection Department to manage Penghu. Zheng He arrived in Taiwan Province Province during his voyage to the West in the Ming Dynasty. By the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Chinese mainland people had traveled all over Taiwan Province Province and started the process of developing Taiwan Province Province.
After the enemy arrived in Taiwan Province Province, they set up a stronghold in Daguan (now Anping, Tainan) and plundered everywhere. And collect the "water report" (so-called "protection fee") from the businessmen and fishermen who went to Taiwan Province Province along the southeast coast. Even the aborigines in Taiwan Province Province suffered greatly. They dared not go hunting in the coastal plain again, so they had to move to the inland mountainous areas to escape. Zhu Yunchang has a great headache about this. "Andrew hero, who will share my worries?" Only Shen Yourong, of course. Because Shen Yourong is "good at fighting, he is the first to board the enemy, and he is leisurely; Two ships were separated by Zhang Xu, flew past with knives, and several people were beheaded. One boat is invincible, and then all the soldiers follow. He also tried to be more resourceful, and the enemy was surprisingly many. " Where can I find such a wise and brave general?
After Shen Yourong got the secret order from Zhu Yunchang, he first sent Guo Yan, a fisherman, to scout and prepare for the war in secret. After Guo Si learned the exact news of the enemy, Shen Yourong ordered an expedition on1February 1 1 day. However, "it is the twelfth lunar month, and all generals and helmsmen will be reluctant to part with it unless they are waiting at sea." Shen Yourong issued Zhu Yunchang's secret order, but in order to prevent spies from reporting, he only said: "I am close to my ear and I am afraid of those who whisper to me." Disguised as a routine patrol. As a result, 24 United front ships from Shen Yourong went to suppress. Unfortunately, the weather was bad, and the fleet encountered a hurricane when crossing Penghu, and the fleet drifted away. Because it was getting late, Shen Yourong had to risk berthing at Ding Yu Gate, where the terrain was steep and the ships were not allowed to be parallel. After waiting here for three days, the drifting boat returned to the team, but only 14 boat was left. Shen Yourong thought that there were only seven Japanese ships, and our army was twice as large as theirs, which was enough to break, so he moved to Taiwan Province Province again. The next day, the eighth day of December, I met the enemy. "The general led all the soldiers to do or die, invincible; The thief was defeated, and we threw all the trench into the sea for our army to pick up, but it delayed our division. No one in our army took advantage of the autumn to fight hard and attack the fire for a while. " In the battle, "fifteen steps of decapitation, not counting falling into the water, saved more than 300 fishermen in Zhang Quan" and "I went to Dong Fan and stayed at sea for ten years". When the Ming army landed for renovation, an indigenous chief of Taiwan Province, Da Maitreya Buddha, "helped the elderly and took care of the young, contended with kettle pulp and deer for a visit, and increased our salary so that our army could also sweep the security guards" and invited them to visit their stockade. Qian Di, an accompanying scholar, recorded what he saw and heard along the way and compiled The Story of Dong Fan, which is the earliest existing historical data of Taiwan Province Province. Shen Yourong's military action was an important action of the Ming Dynasty to declare sovereignty in Taiwan Province. However, at that time, the Fujian government failed to set up a county in Taiwan Province Province and left no troops.
Shen Yourong made this contribution and returned to Fujian, but what was waiting for him was "Fang Suobao's General Office, and this matter will be answered". If Zhu Yunchang hadn't supported him in this matter, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been accused. But the final result turned out to be "news, civil and military officials all know merit, only one platinum", and only six or two awards were given.
At this time, Zhu Yunchang died, and Shen Yourong was very sad and begged for seven times. However, the new governor Xu insisted on not allowing it, so he had to continue to run between the dangerous waves along the coast of Fujian.