People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 284 The situation is urgent! The arrogant pirates forced the government to give them a confession!

More than a dozen Qingliu officials probably never dreamed of it.

The great eunuch above the court could actually stage such a wonderful scene.

He could actually cry and howl in front of so many people, as if he had been wronged a lot.

These Qingliu officials were covered in mouths, but they couldn't fight against this eunuch, who was in his forties or fifties and cried like a little girl.

What is even more incomprehensible is that Emperor Hu Jishen cried because of this eunuch.

Such a big man, Hu Ji Yao, who once led thousands of troops to launch a coup to usurp the throne, could actually follow suit with tears in his eyes.

Perhaps Hu Jisu was thinking of his comrades at this time. Important parts were injured and he had no choice but to become an eunuch, so he felt very sorry for his comrades.

He even knew in his heart that his comrade might become even more perverted after becoming a eunuch.

He also heard by chance that his comrade had accepted some bribes.

But in Hu Jiyou's eyes, what does this mean?

His comrade-in-arms is obviously a tough guy,

But because he was injured, he had no choice but to enter the palace and become a eunuch.

And he is still loyal to himself,

With such a friendship, what would happen even if he embezzled thousands or tens of thousands of taels?

It's better than you clean-up officials.

I have kept you here in the court hall with good intentions, hoping that you will praise me.

I don't want you guys to poke at my shortcomings one by one in this situation.

I don't have any feelings for you at all, but my friendship with my comrades is a life-long friendship.

Even if he took some bribes, so what?

More than a dozen officials from Qingliu knelt on the ground, also wailing and crying.

What they are lamenting is that their country may soon suffer disaster.

Even if it is a small disaster, now so many businessmen have taken a fancy to the benefits of selling food. They are trying every means to collect food from the people and then give it to the Ming Dynasty.

A few pieces of paper or silk, porcelain, and tea that cannot be eaten or drunk were exchanged for several shiploads of food.

Those silk tea leaves have returned to their own country, but they cannot yet fall into the hands of the people.

The common people may only get a very pitiful few copper coins.

These silks, tea leaves, and porcelain are all in the hands of the powerful, but if a disaster occurs, it will be these ordinary people who starve to death.

Those powerful people, even if they are starving and dying outside, they can still be well clothed and well fed.

When they think of such an ending, these loyal ministers who serve the country and the people cannot understand.

Why couldn't Hu Jiyou listen to them?

Why do you know that this big eunuch is colluding with those grain merchants outside?

Those grain merchants also bribed the eunuch heavily for this purpose.

Let the eunuch mention the so-called benefits of those grain merchants in Hu Jisha's ears.

When I think about this, all these Qingliu people have their heads broken, and they can't figure out why?

That is why ah?

It is estimated that these Qingliu officials cannot figure out one thing, that is, this emperor, does he really want the people to live well?

Not also!

Because the emperor himself also enjoyed the most important benefits.

Selling grain can be exchanged for free money, and he can get porcelain, tea, and silk. For him, this is a business without capital.

Because the tax he levied in the country was food.

When the food arrived in the treasury, it piled up in mountains, and there was no way to eat it all.

People in the Ming Dynasty suddenly said that they wanted to purchase grain, and the price was three times higher than in their home country.

How could he not get involved in such a good deal?

In fact, the biggest beneficiary is Hu Jiyou.

So even if there was no eunuch around him talking about Qingliu and spreading rumors everywhere that disaster would happen if he did the grain trade, he would still be very angry.

Because he himself is the biggest beneficiary.

Furthermore, he himself didn't care about the people at all. An emperor who started as a soldier, an ambitious and reckless man, what could he do?

He will only do what is good for himself.

Seeing those Qingliu kneeling on the ground, he waved his hand: "Get out of here! Get out of here!! I have done my best to you.

If you say one more word, I will skin you and cramp you, get out!

Come on, beat them out! "

The guards outside came forward and beat more than a dozen Qingliu gangsters out of the court.

More than a dozen officials watched the drama unfold before their eyes, feeling extremely heartbroken.

He had no choice but to get on the carriage back to the mansion in frustration to calm down.

But what they didn't expect was.

As soon as his carriage left the palace and appeared on the street outside, suddenly an overwhelming amount of vegetable leaves, eggs, stones, and wooden sticks came towards his carriage.

The Qingliu officials sitting in the carriage were hit all over their bodies and faces by overwhelming objects before they could react.

The horses screamed even more.

The groom was pulled directly to the ground and was unable to get up due to the beating.

The officials heard the people outside yelling.

"These thieves!"

"Thieves, what kind of bribe did you accept to actually cut off our financial path?"

"We finally have a way to do business with others in the Ming Dynasty, and you actually want to cut it off. What are you thinking?"

"You guys are just trying to gain fame and reputation."

The common people have long been bribed by the big grain merchants, and they have already benefited from them.

I have long seen that selling a little grain can improve my family environment.

How could they let these so-called loyal ministers cut off their own financial resources?

They are indeed short-sighted.

But they think they are smart.

I think that food will grow slowly as long as it is in the ground.

But if this way of making money is cut off, it will be impossible for him to sell food in the future.

They heard from the big grain merchants that it was these officials who wanted to report to the emperor and ask them not to allow grain trading, which was okay.

Qingliu officials were even more confused when they looked at the angry people.

Obviously I am thinking about them.

It is obvious that these things are before our eyes.

Once a large amount of food is exported and a domestic emergency occurs, who will give them food?

Who will save them?

These people only see immediate benefits,

Nothing further can ever be seen.

Instead, he cursed and accused himself and others, which made their hearts go cold.

There is only one thought in my heart, you are a group of ignorant and unruly people, dazzled by the interests in front of you, and you feel that those grain merchants are thinking about you.

You go, you all go, sooner or later one day you will know what it means to be rewarded for evil.

More than a dozen Qingliu officials seemed to be the only sober people in troubled times.

They looked at the surrounding scene as if they were seeing cages one after another.

The people in this cage are in a daze.

Even if they shouted with all their strength, they could not wake up the people.

On the contrary, someone outside the prison threw some food, and the people started to fight with each other.

I had no idea that these grains had actually been filled with medicine for a long time.

After eating this food, you will fall into a drowsy state.

When he wakes up again, he will continue to eat the food with the medicine in it. Also in prison, these Qingliu officials were awake.

But it can't stop people from eating food with medicine in it.

Qingliu officials knew very well that exporting a large amount of food would definitely cause a domestic crisis.

But these people don't understand.

Even if the grain purchased by the Ming Dynasty is pure poison, they will still eat it.

How sad!

sorrow!

In fact, these Qingliu officials simply cannot see through the deeper reasons.

Because the economy of Annan Kingdom has been in recession since Hu Jiyou became emperor, and every household of the people is living a very difficult life.

Therefore, once there is an opportunity to make a fortune, every common person does not want to give up.

Even if you know, when a famine occurs in the future, food prices may skyrocket, or there may be no food at all.

But they don't want to give up the immediate benefits.

Therefore, these Qingliu officials could only flee from the streets sadly and in embarrassment.

And what they predicted was right.

Because in a year, things will change dramatically.

At that time, the whole Annan will become very weak.

This is all for later.

……

Inside the Guangdong Chief Secretary's coastal anti-piracy command post.

Xia Yuanji was quite anxious. This was the first time he had been so anxious since coming to Guangdong.

Why?

Because the navy led by Lan Yu has not arrived yet.

However, an army of 20,000 pirates led by Chen Zuyi had been attacking the Guangzhou Ship Division for five consecutive days.

The Guangdong Navy also fought fiercely with the pirates led by Chen Zuyi.

But sadly, it was discovered that the navy was not strong enough to resist Chen Zuyi's pirates.

Some people may ask, why can't the imperial army defeat just pirates?

There is a misunderstanding here.

First of all, even during the Lao Zhu period, the Ming army had very strong equipment and combat effectiveness, but it was on land and did not have much strength on the sea.

Besides, Chen Zuyi, a pirate, is really quite powerful.

Chen Zuyi himself was from Chaozhou, Guangdong. He was afraid of being pursued by the government because he had committed a crime, so he fled to Nanyang with his family.

He was already quite familiar with the terrain of Guangdong because it was his hometown.

To put it bluntly, Chen Zuyi did not target the Ming Dynasty before because the Ming Dynasty did not lift the maritime ban.

Those that go out to sea are usually smuggling ships.

And the smuggling ships have colluded with pirates like them. They are handed over for worship every year, and they rarely rob.

But it's different now. The Guangzhou Shipping Department has actually opened up. This is the sea area he is most familiar with. After all, he grew up in this area.

The Ming Dynasty opened the sea ban, and countless ships gathered from various countries.

A large number of ships in the Nanyang area were anchored at the Guangzhou Shipping Department. After hearing the news, he was overjoyed.

Not only have a large number of manpower been deployed to patrol this area.

He even sent pirates from the Guangdong area among his own pirate gang to the coast to inquire for information.

When they heard that large quantities of grain were about to land at Guangzhou Shipping Division, Chen Zuyi and others robbed the place frantically.

Now they have been entrenched in the waters near Guangzhou Shipsi for half a year, and have exchanged fire with the Ming Dynasty's navy several times.

The Ming Navy only patrols near the coast to capture smuggling ships, and rarely confronts truly powerful pirates.

Therefore, for the past six months, I have been suffering losses, with no chance of winning.

While this made everyone feel pressured, they also knew that if this continued, at least the Guangzhou Shipping Company would not be able to survive.

They have received news that a large number of passenger ships are afraid to land because of pirates robberies in this area.

Even bolder maritime merchants choose to bypass Guangzhou Shipping Division and dock at Zhangzhou or Ningbo Shipping Division further north.

The chief envoy of Guangdong, Xia Yuanji, and the governor of Guangdong were so anxious that their lips were bubbling.

They knew that if Chen Zuyi's pirate gang was not destroyed, the Guangzhou Shipping Company would never be able to succeed.

Xia Yuanji asked the court for assistance, and soon they received news that the formed navy had set off.

He is very familiar with Navy Natsuhara Yoshi.

Before Lan Yu became the governor of the navy, he and Chen Han had already taken advantage of the reforms to form a powerful navy team.

The first navy was actually the fleet of the Oriental Branch of the Ming Dynasty Chamber of Commerce, which was the fleet led by Mother and Baby.

At that time, the fleet was not equipped with very powerful weapons, but with its huge hull, it still suppressed the surrounding area until it could not lift its head.

But the Japanese slaves were too far away from Guangdong, and water from far away could not save them from thirst.

And when they heard that the second fleet, the naval fleet led by Lan Yu, had also set off for Guangdong, they were extremely excited.

At this time, Xia Yuanji was at the command post discussing countermeasures with Guangdong Dusi.

An official came hurriedly outside.

As soon as he came in, he knelt on one knee and shouted: "Sir, there is another letter from the pirates."

Xia Yuanji and Du Si both frowned upon hearing this.

There was actually a reason why the officer said there was another letter.

Including this letter, this is already the fourth one.

Chen Zuyi's pirate gang is not only powerful, but also has a strong self-confidence.

The letters he sent one after another were actually threats. What was he going to do?

It's very simple, just ask the Chief Secretary and Dusi of Guangdong to go to the sea to accept the humiliating conditions.

Ask the Chief Secretary of Guangdong to make a confession to Chen Zuyi and other pirate gangs on behalf of the court.

If this condition is accepted, it will mean that the court surrenders to the pirates.

Of course Xia Yuanji refused.

The price for refusing was that Chen Zuyi led the pirates to attack the Guangzhou Shipping Department.

It is now the fifth day, and Guangzhou Shipsi has been unable to leave the stronghold for the fifth day of the siege.

But this is not a solution. Chen Zuyi's pirate gang is actually equipped with artillery.

Moreover, their artillery has fought many battles with other pirates on the sea, and their artillery has been improved even more than the existing artillery of the Ming Dynasty.

Xia Yuanji opened the letter he received and read it. It said that in the last three days, if Xia Yuanji did not accept the conditions on behalf of the court, they would attack the Shibo Division.

At that time, 20,000 pirates will definitely attack the shore and burn, kill and loot the people.

After all, the Chief Secretary of Guangdong was relatively weak and far away from the center of the imperial court. The officers and soldiers stationed here had no experience in fighting pirates.

And because this Chen Zuyi has been deified in this generation, they say he is a green-faced fang, an evil star from the sky descending to earth, that's why he is so powerful.

Many local officers and soldiers were so frightened that they trembled when they heard Chen Zuyi's name...

(End of this chapter)