Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Chaozhou.

In the night on the pier, a few fish lights were slightly lit, and under the thin light, a group of strong men were busy back and forth cautiously.

In an attic not far away, two people were quietly watching this scene.

Until a gust of sea breeze blew into the attic, both of them involuntarily tightened their clothes.

The old man sighed and said: "Ah Fu, now that the new year is just over, the clan will make you rush out to sea, the third uncle really can't bear it, but you also know that there is nothing we can do, you I wrote in a letter a few years ago that the imperial court may have some big moves against Nanyang this year. Now that he is an official worship minister, he will definitely not lose everything, and our family has prepared this batch of goods for two full years. , is very important to our entire Cai family, and there must be no mistakes, so I have to let you go to sea in this kind of weather, in case there is any change in the court."

Ah Fu's full name is Cai Fu, the younger brother of Cai Qing, the current Minister of Rites. Although Cai Fu and Cai Qing have somewhat similar faces, their bodies are very different.

Compared with his elder brother who has been an official, Cai Fu is many times stronger, with a bronze complexion and strong muscles. It is obvious at a glance that he is a good player in fashion.

He smiled and said: "Third Uncle, look at what you said, as if I am not from the Cai family."

"The main reason is that going out to sea in this kind of weather is really too bitter." The third uncle said that everyone at the seaside knows that going out to sea after the cold weather is undoubtedly a difficult thing, because the crew has to operate on the deck, and there is no way to hide often. In the cabin, the cold weather and the wind and waves at sea, especially if the sea water hits the body, the various feelings are definitely not something anyone can bear.

But Cai Fu smiled casually and said, "It's okay, not to mention that it's getting warmer now, I'm not afraid of even the cold winter weather."

The third uncle looked at Cai Fu's confident and heroic appearance, and patted Cai Fu's shoulder emotionally.

Cai Fu smiled again and said, "Third Uncle, it's windy at night, why don't you go back to the house, I'll just keep an eye on it here, and I can definitely set sail when the sky is bright, and it won't cause trouble for Liu Zhizhou and the others."

The third uncle shook his head, originally wanted to accompany Cai Fu, but then another gust of cold wind hit, making the roots of the third uncle's teeth tremble uncontrollably, he opened his mouth, and finally nodded in agreement with Cai Fu's proposal.

When you are old, your body will not be able to withstand the wind and waves after all.

Gradually.

There was a dim light in the sky, and after a busy night, the Cai family's fleet had also packed up, and after Cai Fu's order, the ships slowly sailed towards the sea.

……

At the same time, the first rays of the sun shone on Tsinghua City.

Zhen Wu got up early and punched a set in the courtyard, and then he ate his food under the service of his servants, and after he was tidied up, Zhang Fu and other generals had come to wait outside his courtyard.

The court's will has been conveyed to Qinghua.

Zhen Wu, Tan Zhong and others will return to the court, while Zhang Fu, Zhu Rong, Lu Yi, Huang Zhong and others will stay to guard Annan, while waiting for the officials arranged by the court to set up the third division and other matters.

These days, Zhen Wu has already explained what he should tell Zhang Fu, and there is no need to say anything more today. After seeing Zhang Fu and others, he led them directly to the barracks. …

Then order the class teacher.

This time, Zhen Wu left [-] soldiers for Zhang Fu, including Yunnan soldiers and Guangxi soldiers. These people will follow Zhang Fujiu to Annan in the future, and then settle in Annan.

The rest went back the same way.

Mu Cheng took his army back to Yunnan, and Zhen Wu took their army back to Taiping Mansion in Guangxi first, and then after the soldiers from Guangxi and other places returned to the guard post, he would take some meritorious deeds with him. General, and Zhili soldiers and horses returned to the capital.

And it was on the way of Zhen Wu's class teacher.

In the capital, Zhu Di finally received a request from King Champa for Daming to help clear up the pirates.

Zhu Di laughed out loud on the spot.

Finally came.

He was thinking about how to negotiate with the courtiers to allow Zheng He to go to Nanyang.

Isn't there something to say?

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu were talking with Zhu Di, seeing Zhu Di suddenly laughed, they looked at Zhu Di suspiciously for a moment.

Zhu Di glanced at the two brothers, then ignored them, and then looked down.

When he saw the tribute list of Champa this time, Zhu Di's expression became strange again for a while.

This…

Military pay?

How fucking polite.

Zhu Di knew that Zhen Wu was going to Champa as an envoy. He had discussed with Zhen Wu a long time ago, but according to the content of the previous discussion, Zhen Wu only went to Champa to discuss with the king of Champa to jointly eliminate pirates.

Why did that old guy, King Champa, give him more things.

Zhu Di murmured in his heart, what the hell did Zhen Wu do, wouldn't he make King Champa lame?

At this time, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu couldn't bear it anymore.

"Father, why are you so happy?"

Zhu Di calmed down, and his face returned to the mountain-like look of the past: "You can see for yourself." After speaking, he threw the memorial to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly caught it with his short hands, causing the fat on his stomach to tremble, but no one cares about it at the moment.

After Zhu Gaochi finished reading it, he was puzzled all over his face.

He knew that Zhu Di planned Zheng He's voyage to Nanyang, and it was a coincidence to combine this memorial now, as if Zhancheng was a roundworm of Ming Dynasty, so why would he give him what he lacked.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu had already received the memorial from Zhu Gaochi and began to read it. He just took a few glances before exclaiming excitedly: "Father, this is too...Lang's coincidence."

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't take back the scolding words.

Zhu Di glared at Zhu Gaoxu: "Coincidence? Do you think it would have been such a coincidence without Zhen Wu and I's planning?"

Zhu Gaochi suddenly understood: "Father, brother-in-law did this?"

Zhu Di nodded, originally intending to explain to Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu, but after thinking about it deeply, he thought of Zhen Wu's style of plucking wild goose in the past, and immediately cursed and said: "Grandma, this dog may get a lot of benefits. If his mother doesn't get enough money, will he benefit me? No, you can't just take advantage of him like this."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi and the others and said, "When he returns to Beijing, you two go to his house to fight the autumn wind, and say that I allow it, and you scrape a layer of oil out of him for me."...

Zhu Gaochi was overjoyed.

He is not favored by Zhu Di, dare not and unwilling to accept any benefits from his subordinates, let alone run any business, but the whole prince's mansion needs to be supported by him, he is really too poor.

Now that Zhu Di asked him to go to Zhen Wu to fight the autumn wind, he was really happy.

Immediately, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help it anymore: "Second brother, let me see again. I'll see what Zhancheng gave this time. I think my brother-in-law will not miss it when he sees good things. I will help you choose a good one for your sister-in-law." Two good things."

Ok?
Zhu Gaoxu cast a glance at Zhu Gaochi, seeing how happy this guy is.

This boss is too worthless.

……

On the second day of the court meeting, Zhu Di raised the matter of Zhancheng, which caught all the courtiers by surprise. In Zhu Di's words, Zhancheng is our Ming Dynasty's more obedient younger brother, and now it's finally come to us. , we have to help, and cleaning up the pirates is also a good thing for our southeast coast of Ming Dynasty, so why not do this kind of thing that kills two birds with one stone.

Cai Qing and the others were stunned.

They had prepared their speech for a long time, and it was completely useless at this moment.

Who would have thought that Zhancheng would suddenly appear.

However, they, a group of officials with thousands of horses and horses who passed the imperial examination, had really good reflexes. They immediately reorganized their words in their hearts, and then opposed them in the court.

When one person speaks, the others have more time to prepare.

All of a sudden, one opening after another unexpectedly formed a wave of opposition.

Zhu Di was a little surprised by this. It was beyond his expectation. He didn't expect that the resistance he encountered was many times greater than that of going to Annan. It seemed that this was what hit their sore spot.

His face gradually darkened.

Cai Qing was standing on top of the court hall at this moment, as if he hadn't realized it, he was talking eloquently and said: "Your Majesty, now that I have just pacified Annan in the Ming Dynasty, it is really inappropriate to fight again, and the problem of pirates has existed since ancient times, and it is invincible. Kill, even if the pirates are wiped out now, within two years, the pirates will inevitably flood again. Why should my Ming Dynasty waste people's money by doing so? What's more, during the Hongwu period, my emperor Taizu had a plan to ban the sea. After these years, the effect is quite good. You don’t dare to offend me, Daming, why did Your Majesty change the strategy of the sea rashly in order to occupy the city and violate the precepts of the Taizu?”

At the end, Cai Qing even questioned Zhu Xi loudly: "Could it be possible that Your Majesty is the king who has made great achievements?"

Seeing this, the others also echoed, "I beg Your Majesty to curb your belligerence, and start reforming with the people."

Zhu Di looked at the group of people kneeling down in the dark, and a killing intent flashed in his eyes.

What is Daxigong? !
What is a warlike heart? !
Zhang Wu was not happy for others to disobey Zhu Di so much, so he stood up and questioned Cai Qing: "Cai Shilang, when will it be wrong to suppress pirates, officials kill thieves, the justice of heaven and earth, why does it change in your mouth, I Zhang Wu I’m not as knowledgeable as you, and I don’t understand your fancy ideas, but I do know that there are thieves on the sea, and my Ming Dynasty should exterminate these pirates for the sake of all people in the world, and restore the sea to a clear sky.”

Cai Qing smiled calmly and said: "It is not wrong to eliminate pirates, but it depends on the situation. If my Ming Dynasty wants to eliminate pirates, it is definitely not for the sake of occupying the city. It must be for my subjects, but now my subjects have not been violated. , The policy of banning the sea is very effective, why do you have to fight, don’t the soldiers under Lord Hou be raised by their mothers and fathers? Do you only know how to send them to death? "…

Zhang Wu was so angry that he wanted to punch Cai Qing twice with red eyes, but as soon as he moved, he was pulled back by the people around him.

As a result, the ruling party became more chaotic.

Seeing this, Zhu Di yelled angrily and retreated, then flung his sleeves and left first.

……

In the next few days, every morning, there would be quarrels over whether to build a boat to wipe out the pirates, and every day after Zhu Di returned from the court, he would lose his temper.

Pirates pirates.

Is it possible that even if he beats a pirate, he will be called a fool by this group of opposing things?

There is really no place for reason in the world.

They can set the standard for right and wrong.

At this time, Zhen Wu and the others have already returned to Guangxi. After arriving here, Zhen Wu needs to distribute the rewards for the conscripted soldiers this time, and also needs to arrange for the soldiers from all over the country to return to their respective guards in an orderly manner, so they are busy for a while up.

However, when he was about to finish these things, Liu Sheng suddenly came to him.

"Duke, didn't you ask the brothers in the navy to look at the situation at sea? The brothers on Annan's side sent a message that they happened to see a fleet of ships."

"Pirates?" Zhen Wu raised his eyebrows and asked.

"No."

Liu Sheng shook his head and said: "A brother went there in a small boat and found that it was a convoy of merchant ships, and the clothes were from our Ming Dynasty."

"Ah."

Zhen Wu suddenly became interested, put down his work, and looked at Liu Sheng: "Good guy, this group of smuggling boats are really brave, they dare to do business in this weather, and they are not afraid of dying at sea."

"What's the matter?"

Liu Sheng curled his lips and said: "Why don't these people dare to do it for money? I've heard from the brothers of the Navy that these smuggling fleets not only pay interest to the pirates, they even have some ulterior motives to please the pirates. It also sends information to the pirates, so that some pirates can go ashore to plunder."

Speaking of this, Liu Sheng asked: "Duke, our Daming is currently implementing a sea ban, and the subjects are not allowed to go to the sea. Now that we have seen it, should we arrest them and I will let people follow them from a distance. As long as you nod , within a few days, we will definitely catch them all, and maybe we can find some people by following the clues."

"You think too simply." Zhen Wu said: "These people dare to smuggle, so you won't be able to find out so easily, but... It's okay to clean up these people, so you can vent your anger. These selfish dog things, one counts as one, and it’s not too much to kill them all.”

Liu Sheng was overjoyed.

But then Zhen Wu opened his mouth and continued: "But there is one concern, we have now served as the teacher of Zhao's class, if we fight again on the way, I am afraid that some people will easily catch them, I am not afraid, even if I take the big responsibility, It doesn’t have much impact on me, but you and the brothers in the Navy may be wiped out by some people who criticize you for this time, are you willing to do that?”

"No way, if we catch the smuggling fleet, can we still make mistakes?" Liu Sheng was puzzled.

Zhen Wu raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Sheng. Although he hated those smugglers in his heart, he could only explain to Liu Sheng carefully: "I ask you, you caught those people at sea, how can you prove it Are they smuggled?"  …

Liu Sheng widened his eyes and said, "This... there must be a way."

"There's a fart."

Zhen Wu rolled his eyes and said: "He turned around and told you that he was a Champa or a Srivijaya, what do you say? The Three Caves of the Rabbit, do you think these people don't know how to have an extra identity? Even the people behind them, Maybe you will bribe other small countries, let these small countries sue you to His Majesty, and then say that you sent troops to attack friendly vassal countries, do you think you have the ability to escape this crime?"

Speaking of this, Zhen Wu came to hammer the table angrily: "These smuggling caravans, who is not behind a family, whose family has few officials in Daming, do you think they are ordinary people? Ordinary people don't have this ability Engage in fleets to smuggle goods out to sea."

"Fuck, what a bunch of fucking dogs." Liu Sheng scolded, and then asked Zhen Wu unwillingly: "Then let's just forget about it?"

Zhen Wu thought for a while, and after a while, Zhen Wu said, "There is a way."

"What way?" Liu Sheng asked immediately.

Zhen Wu smiled and said: "Choose some cronies and go pretending to be pirates. When the time comes, there will be an on-site interrogation. If we can interrogate things, we will still be the Great Ming Navy. If we can't interrogate them, we don't need to arrest those people, just kill them immediately." It’s time to vent your anger, and remember to bring back all the goods, it’s free, don’t want it for nothing.”

"Can this be done?" Liu Sheng opened his mouth wide in surprise: "Duke, this is a violation of discipline."

"Don't worry, I know His Majesty's temperament. I will write a memorial and send it up later. As long as half of the goods are handed over, Your Majesty will definitely not be angry." Zhen Wu said with a smile.

Speaking of which, Zhu Di hates these smuggled things more than he does.

"That works." Liu Sheng smiled happily: "I'll go down and do it now."

Zhen Wu nodded, he looked at the back of Liu Sheng rushing down, and smiled at the corner of his mouth, but with a smile, there was a sternness in his eyes again.

For the time being, let's cut a piece of meat from that group of bastards.

Sooner or later, those guys who only care about themselves and never think about the court, the nation, or the people will understand how their heads fell off their necks.

……