Jinyi Night Walk

Xia Xun said! "Duke, I got your order. I dare not stay for a moment. I immediately rushed to Haining, the frontier closest to the pirates, looking for relevant clues. I made many inquiries, went deep into the tiger's den, cleverly dealt with it, and forgot my life..."

"That's enough," Li Jinglong interrupted him impatiently: "Do you have a clue about what the Duke wants you to investigate?" Xia Xun said with a smile: "The Duke's confession, the humble job has now mastered most of it. .

"Oh?"

Li Jinglong was amazed, he couldn't believe that his eyes were darkened, and he could find out the real news so quickly. He hurriedly asked, "Then the criminal Ling Potian, is there any whereabouts?"

Xia Xun said: "Yes, this person was wanted all over the world by Huaying Graphics, so he had nowhere to hide, and was forced to go to sea. After going to sea, he first took refuge in the husband and wife thieves of the Chumi Gang, and then through this pair of thieves, he met Nanyang No. The big thief Chen Zuyi, who was cited by Chen Zuyi as his confidant, is acting as a military advisor at Chen Zuyi's place." "The Nanyang thief Chen Zuyi?" Ji Jinglong's face suddenly turned ugly, obviously he had heard of this person's name before, Li Jinglong murmured: "Chen Zuyi traverses Nanyang, and many small Nanyang countries pay tribute to him. He is very powerful. The emperor once offered a reward of 50 yuan for his head, but there is nothing he can do about it. It will be very difficult to deal with this person."

Xia Xun took the opportunity and said: "The humble job has also found out a piece of news, which may be helpful for the Duke to suppress the bandits."

Li Jinglong's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Tell me quickly, what news?" The gang of thieves is still a good thief, and usually only undertakes Chinese and foreign goods, "smuggling and trafficking" and does not burn, kill and plunder, causing harm to the village.

After Ling Potian took refuge in Chen Zuyi, he coaxed him to be the real son of heaven and persuaded him to be the emperor. Chen Zuyi's ambitions swelled. The first step was to unify the sea area. According to his instructions, Xu Hu was recruited to surrender, but Xu Hu refused, and the two sides fought for it. "Perhaps, we can take advantage of this opportunity."

Li Jinglong asked: "How to take advantage of this group of pirates and recruit them to control robbers by stealing?"

Xia Xun shook his head and said, "The pirates in the East China Sea are not the only ones." Can't the court recruit them one by one?Furthermore, the humble post has also found out that these aliens are used to being loose on the island, and they are not willing to go ashore to accept the king's instruction, but they also don't like to sneak around under the eyes of the government like this, fighting with other pirates. Kill, kill, "If the imperial court grants them a 〖free〗 trade, I think they will be willing to assist the imperial court in combating pirates." After all, many of the pirates are forced to do business. It’s not like doing the business of pinning your head on your trouser belt.”

Li Jinglong's face sank when he heard this, and he scolded: "Nonsense! Prohibition of free trade among the people is a national policy ordered by the emperor." Who dares to change it? "

Xia Xun persuaded: "The Duke of the State has a high position and has always been trusted by the emperor. If the Duke of the State tells the emperor the truth about the coast, the emperor may change his mind. If this can be implemented, it will be tantamount to drawing salary from the bottom of the pot. The bandits in the East China Sea will surely Most of the people in the coastal area have been graciously treated by the Duke.” Li Jinglong shook his head again and again, and said, “It’s a fool’s opinion that the Duke of the country should use the power of the pirates to compromise with them. Wouldn’t it be ridiculous to spread the word about it? What’s more, my Ming Dynasty is rich in products and has everything. I didn’t borrow goods from foreign barbarians to get what I needed. My Ming Dynasty will rule the country. This is to benefit him because of his submission, understand?

As the saying goes, it is true that friendship is not considered for profit, and righteousness is not considered for merit, and the people are allowed to trade freely?It really doesn't make sense, isn't this overthrowing the foundation of our Ming Dynasty?For the sake of mere petty profits, put our Great Ming Kingdom and the barbarians on an equal footing?It's ridiculous, I dare to say such things to the emperor, it would be strange if the emperor didn't pick off my head and kick it as a ball, don't say such stupid things to me in the future! ", Xia Xun sighed secretly, and asked helplessly: "What is the Duke planning to do? "

Li Jinglong clenched his fists, looked straight ahead, and acted righteously: "Strengthen the walls and clear the fields, rectify the coastal defenses, find the enemy for a decisive battle, and smash their lairs!"

Xia Xun was speechless.

Li Jinglong turned his head and glanced at Xia Xun, and said in his heart: "I don't know what method this kid used, but he actually found out the news. I can't say, let him go for now, and find another opportunity later." He said: "Go and see See Tiepin, he is busy with Baojia affairs, see what can be done, you go and help him, the plan to suppress the bandits is up to the princess of the country."

Xia Xun had no choice but to cup his hands and said: "Yes, I obey, but I am still inquiring about some news that will help the Duke suppress the bandits, so I can't stay in Xingyuan, I have to leave later...", "Then..."

Xia Xun hurriedly said again: "In order to avoid people who provide information to the humble staff from doubting the humble staff, the current residence of the humble staff should not be made public. Once there is news, the humble staff will report to the Duke at any time."

Li Jinglong wanted to keep him by his side, looking for opportunities to frame him at any time, but also wanted to get the information he collected and make a great contribution. After struggling in his heart for a while, PS finally got the upper hand with the idea of ​​meritorious service, and said: "Okay, once there is If you hear the news, report it to me immediately, and when your country leads an army to the sea to find the enemy for a decisive battle, you must rush back."

Xia Xun answered yes, and turned to look for Tiepin.

Tiepin was working hard on the case, sorting out the "Eight Strategies of Jinghai" signed by Li Jinglong, and he was delighted when he saw Yang Xu appear.Xia Xun told Tie Feng again the information he had revealed to Li Jinglong. Tie Pin's reaction was exactly the same as Li Jinglong's. It was okay to recruit security, let the court compromise with the pirates, and open the sea ban was absolutely impossible.People in this era, perhaps only those who live in the coastal areas, know how important ocean trade is to them. Most people in Daming hold Tie Xuan's view: Daming has everything, nothing at all. It is necessary to communicate with the small barbarian countries, and if they are willing to do business with them, it is to give them face and a kind of reward. They have to respectfully submit to Ming Dynasty.

Immediately, Tiepin showed Xia Xun the Jinghai Eight Strategies that he had basically sorted out. After Xia Xun saw those strategies, his heart became heavier. The strategies stipulated in detail the load capacity, length, width, and draft of civilian ships. All over-limit ships, including all private large ships with two masts and above, will be confiscated and paid to the government as appropriate.In addition, there are detailed regulations on the Baojia Law and the Lianzu Law, etc. With this method, great results can indeed be achieved, but doing so is tantamount to a disaster for the coastal people.

Ji Xun said solemnly: "Master Tie, if this method is implemented, the suppression of bandits is likely to be very effective, but how long can this kind of drag-net attack method last? Is it really beneficial to the people along the coast? Some so-called pirates , It’s just smuggling and selling goods. Doing so may force them to take risks and join those bandits who do all kinds of crimes, such as burning, killing, and looting. He has an upright personality, hates evil like a vengeful, and will never return to the truth if he believes in it. In his eyes, anything that violates the court's laws is a crime and must be eradicated.Since the imperial court expressly prohibits the coastal people from crossing the sea privately, it must be completely banned.And whether this policy is reasonable, whether it will cut off the livelihood of millions of people after its implementation, is not at all in its consideration.

Hearing what Xia Xun said, Tie Pin's friendly smile disappeared, and he said with a serious expression: "Mr. Yang, what you say is very dangerous. You eat the royal family and don't worry about the king. Why are you doing it for those pirates who do evil? Talking? According to Tiemou, breaking the law is breaking the law. You have 1 reasons. You have violated the laws of the country and you should be punished. You see, I have another one here, posting a notice and surrendering within a time limit. If the time limit is not reached, they will be severely suppressed. Tie believes that for these pirates, we should focus on exterminating these pirates and supplementing them with appeasement. Robber." Although this Lord Tie's official position is not as high as Li Jinglong's, he is upright, and his words cannot be questioned. Xia Xun is full of words, and he can't justify himself either.Iron Pin's views come from his ideas and understanding. These deep-rooted things in his heart cannot be reversed by Xia Xun's reasoning and telling the facts. If he says a few more words, maybe the selfless Lord Tie will be able to change them. He ran to tell Li Jinglong that he suspected that he had been bought by pirates and stepped up his guard.

Xia Xun's mood became heavy. He vaguely remembered the incident of Zhu Wan's suppression of the pirates during the Jiajing period. After Zhu Wan's suppression of the pirates, the people along the coast of Fujian did not live a peaceful and prosperous life.On the contrary, because of the poor smuggling trade, their livelihood became more difficult, and many coastal scholar-bureaucrats did not come to their homes. It is conceivable how embarrassing ordinary people are.

What's worse is that the so-called Wanli Coastal Defense is completely wiped out, which is just a flash in the pan, and the behavior of going against the trend will bring more serious consequences.The pirate group was originally divided into the Mutual Market faction, which advocated trade, and the Kou Looting faction, who burned, killed, and plundered. Among these two factions, the Mutual Market faction had the upper hand. It can also obtain great benefits from smuggling sea merchants.

Wang Zhi, the leader of the Hushi faction, also took the initiative to assist the Ming court to eliminate the looting bandit pirates, hoping that in exchange for the Ming court's request for 〖free trade〗.In the end, the sea ban was not lifted, but Wang Zhi was tricked into the prison and his head was in a different place.The Hushi faction fell into a slump, while Lin Bichuan, Xiao Xian, Xu Hai and others of the bandit looting faction flourished. They occupied the Zhoushan Islands as the bandit's stronghold, plundered everywhere, and finally turned into a massive catastrophe.

The history is surprisingly similar. Is that scene going to be staged in advance?

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