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Chapter 589
In the autumn of the seventh year of Yuanheng, Wang You wrote a letter saying that thieves at sea were rampant. They arrived a few months ago, and there have been more than a dozen cases of coastal people being robbed when they went to sea.

The bandits and horse bandits in Henan Road became Tong Yang's stepping stones on his way to promotion, but he didn't expect to miss the pirates.

"These people are not necessarily from the Dali Dynasty." Zuo Qiuyue said, "It is more likely that they are from the two small maritime countries of Li and Wo."

"It's better not to be one of our own." Fourteen said, "Beating outsiders is better than beating one's own."

As soon as Zuoqiu Yue heard it, she knew that she had a plan: "What are you going to do, send troops to suppress bandits?"

"Well." Fourteen said, "Didn't Ah Yan send a letter saying that he was going to the coast of the East China Sea, and asked him to lead the troops there directly?"

Zuo Qiuyue already knew that Xiao Yan's letter was to ask for leave from Fourteen to go to the coast of the East China Sea to sign.

Even though Xiao Yan was amazingly talented, he had no experience in leading troops after all.Zuo Qiuyue was a little worried: "Just let him go alone?"

Fourteen thought about it and said, "Let them go together."

"Would you like to send someone who has experience in battle from the army to go with him?" Zuo Qiuyue said bluntly, "They are still young after all."

"It's not fighting the army, it's just going to wipe out the pirates." Fourteen said, "If they can't even deal with a few water thieves, how can they convince the public?"

"Ah Yan is just practicing in the army, and he will be back after a few years. But Ah Cheng and Ah Lin will continue to go on, they can't just practice without fighting."

Zuo Qiuyue was speechless.

"Sea... pirates." Xiao Mo followed suit, only to feel that it was another new vocabulary, and was very curious, "Pirates."

"Then how many people are you planning to send to them?" Zuo Qiuyue blocked the toy her daughter was about to stuff into her mouth.

"...[-]." Having said that, Fourteen had a whim.

……

"You mean that aunt means that we will stay in Dengzhou and not come back?" Gu Lin asked Xiao Yan on the march.

"There is a large area of ​​coastline in the east of the land of the Dali Dynasty, but we don't have a regular navy." Xiao Yan said, "Mother means that we will bring [-] soldiers and horses to station there first, and then recruit troops locally. At least these A navy team expanded to [-]."

"But the places near the seashore are sparsely populated, not as dense as the Central Plains. 1 people, I'm afraid it's not easy to recruit." Qi Lecheng said.

Xiao Yan nodded when he heard the words: "It's really hard to recruit, but we are not in a hurry."

"I don't think there is anything wrong with recruiting." Gu Lin said, "The seaside is not as rich as the Central Plains. If the salary is good, people will naturally be willing to come. And after two years of reforms, the salaries of the garrison troops in Henan and Duji have increased. After paying so much, one member of the family can serve as a soldier and the other men can be exempted from corvee service, it is a fool not to do such a good thing."

Gu Lin's words are right. The garrison forces of Henan Province and Duji Province have received too many dividends after undergoing reforms in the past few years. Serving as a soldier has long been something that everyone has been vying to do.It's just that there is no plan to increase troops in the past two years, and many people want to go but have never had the opportunity.

"But the battlefields of my dynasty are on both sides of the north and south, and the east has always been peaceful. Why did my aunt station troops here?" Gu Lin was puzzled, "Li and Wa are our vassal states, and they pay tribute to us every year. Yes, is it necessary to prevent them from rebelling?"

"The reason why they bowed their heads to Dali is because of the absolute power gap." Xiao Yan said, "A person who can't beat you will be afraid when he sees you, but when you are in trouble, you can guarantee that he will not take the opportunity to step on you foot?"

"The land of these two countries is small and barren, like people with four walls. But their neighbors are rich and rich, will they not be jealous?"

When the jealousy reaches a certain level, they will find a way to grab it.

"A Yan is right, we must guard against it." Qi Lecheng said, "Auntie is planning for a rainy day."

"Then this pirate...isn't it just a chance for my aunt to send us over?" Gu Lin discovered the truth.

Xiao Yan didn't speak, but also acquiesced.

"We want to form the first navy of the Dali Dynasty!" Qi Lecheng suddenly felt a surge of pride, "Auntie didn't send anyone here, but only us."

There are many experienced veterans in Henan and Duji, but Shisi has fully entrusted this matter to them. This is trust in them!
"So we must not disappoint my aunt!" Gu Lin threw out a flower from the whip in his hand, "Let her see with her own eyes that she did not trust the wrong person."

The few of them grew up by Fourteen's side since they were young. Although they have different personalities, each of them is full of will.They are confident and slow to face any challenge.

"Don't be too happy." Xiao Yan didn't want to hurt his self-confidence, but he couldn't help him see the reality, "Do you know what the first thing we did in the past?"

"...Suppress the bandits." Gu Lin was stunned.

"Of course we have to do this, but it's not the point."

"What's the point?" Gu Lin asked blankly, "Recruitment?"

"It's building a house!" Qi Lecheng couldn't hold back, "There is no ready-made barracks in Dengzhou."

"Build...build a house?" Gu Lin was dumbfounded.Didn't you come to fight? Why did you become a corvee?

"Wood and stone materials are already on the way." Xiao Yan said, "It is estimated that the first batch will arrive one step earlier than us."

"My cousin brought his supply battalion to deliver the materials, and he set off several days ago." Qi Lecheng added.

……

beginning of winter.

Henan Road.

"As soon as Ah Yan and the others moved, someone in the court really spoke." Zuo Qiuyue showed the newly received secret report to Fourteen.

"What did you say?" Fourteen put down the pen and reached out to take it.

"In short, it means that we wage war in a peaceful and prosperous age, disregarding the life and death of the people, disregarding the stability of the government, and causing great damage to the society."

Zuo Qiuyue summed it up simply, and the secret report he gave Shisi was also very simple.But the memorial sent to the dragon case must be golden and jade words, beautiful articles.Citing classics and using examples from ancient times to the present to prove that it was a big mistake for them to send troops to Dengzhou.

"This group of officials." Fourteen sneered, and threw the letter paper on the case, "Why can't you understand?"

"It's not that they don't understand, they pretend to be confused." Zuo Qiuyue said, "This is the bait they threw out. If we want to explain it, we must explain that all expenses such as sending troops to Dengzhou are paid for by the government itself. Did not search the people for a penny."

"At that time, their goal was achieved."

Their purpose is to force the Henan Palace to show the court how rich it is and how much it wins the hearts of the people.Without relying on the court, they can do whatever they want.

The ruler is strong and the minister is weak, the ruler is weak and the minister is strong.No emperor wants to see his subjects become so powerful that they are out of the control of the central government.

What's more, it is His Majesty who is suspicious and overthinking.

(End of this chapter)