Jinyi Night Walk

The implementation of Li Jinglong's Jinghai strategy was not very smooth. The local officials, the ten gentry in the township, and even the Baojia Lizheng in the neighborhood were a little bit obedient, but the training of the guards was relatively smooth. Local discipline is stricter and easier to manage.However, if the sorting out at the local level cannot be carried out as soon as possible, the connection between the common people and the pirates will not be cut off. Only relying on the officers and soldiers of the guard station to go out to sea to stop the pirates, there is little hope of successfully suppressing the pirates. At sea, it is comparable to dealing with grasslands on the prairie Tribes are a hundred times more difficult. Cannons are used to fight mosquitoes, and there is nowhere to use them.

Fortunately, Li Jinglong continued to exert pressure on officials at all levels, punished a few Xiangshen Baojia who were not effective in handling affairs, and notified the entire Hangzhou government, the people below suddenly changed drastically, all officials and scholars at all levels became active. More and more illegal ships have been confiscated, and the port docks are almost out of piles, and the local Baojia system and even the sitting system have also allowed the villagers to monitor each other, and the control has become tighter. It is rare to hear anyone having private conversations with pirates News of the collusion.

Hearing the good news that kept coming up, Li Jinglong began to feel complacent.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. Within half a month, the guards began to report that the soldiers had no intention of practicing, making friends in private, and there were signs of instability in the army.After inquiring carefully, it was because the officers and soldiers of the guards had no livelihood at home. They received news from their families one after another, and they all asked for military pay in advance to help their families. The scum is gone.

You must know that the officers and soldiers recruited by the coastal guards are all the children of the fishermen in the land, the young men of the common people along the coast, and the main labor force of the family. Now that their parents, wives and children have no livelihood, of course they can't feel at ease as soldiers. The commander of the Hangzhou Guard and other officials are worried. Zhong Zhong kept coming to complain to Li Jinglong. In view of this situation, Tie Xuan made a decisive judgment: someone is playing tricks.

There must be someone who wants to use this method to undermine the implementation of the Jinghai strategy, and the soldiers who lead the trouble in the guard are most likely those who have close ties with the pirates, and are even their eyes and ears.He told Li Jinglong his analysis, and then rushed to Hangzhou Wei, trying to follow the clues and use this incident to find out those insurgents who were causing trouble secretly.

The army is in chaos, how to go to sea to suppress bandits?

Not to mention going out to sea to suppress bandits, just to suppress and appease the army and prevent the army from mutiny is enough to give Li Jinglong a headache. If he fails to suppress the bandits and first forces his own soldiers back, how can Zhu Yuanzhang give him good fruit?

Li Jinglong thought over and over again, a little worried, and wanted to rush to the guard to check the situation, but before he reached the gate, he was blocked by the chief minister of Xijiang and a large number of officials from the Hangzhou government. Complaints, complaints, and poetic ideas, a lot of people chattered for a long time, and Li Jinglong had one head and two big ones, and then he understood a little bit.

These officials mentioned many and complicated problems. The chief envoy pointed out: the market in Xijiang Mansion is depressed, there is nothing to sell, and there is nothing to sell to buy. A large number of merchants are protesting and putting pressure on the government; The people mainly rely on business and scum to pay taxes. The land is poor and scarce, and it is not the main source of taxes in the coastal areas. Judging from the situation, it may be a problem to collect taxes this autumn; due to the economic depression, the poor in various places need government relief. The number of private households is increasing, and it is necessary to ask for money from the imperial court. Now Li Jinglong is the governor of the coastal provinces of Xifu, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi. This matter needs to be signed by him and reported to the household department. The consequences of the civil uprising are disastrous.

According to the statement made by the Procuratorate, there have been reports from boat owners and fishermen that their boats have been confiscated, but the government has not paid enough money, so conflicts between the government and the people continue to occur, and various lawsuits emerge in endlessly. Some officials and famous taxis who have returned to their hometowns have been entrusted by the local government and have prepared to impeach Cao Guogong and Hangzhou government officials and public opinion to the court. The crime rate of various cases of cheating and abduction began to rise sharply.

Li Jinglong was heartbroken when he heard this, and he repeatedly promised that he would try to solve these problems as soon as possible, and finally calmed down these disgruntled officials, and then forced them to send them out with a smile on his face, but when he arrived at the gate, he found , These officials can’t go out, I don’t know how the people of Hangzhou Mansion know that officials from all the mansions have come to Cao Guogong today, they gathered spontaneously, and surrounded Cao Guogong’s business. , the situation is fierce, and he is here to plead for the people.

Li Jinglong returned back in a hurry, climbed to the highest rockery in the courtyard, and looked out with his feet up. He saw a sea of ​​people outside the courtyard. He couldn't help but feel a little scared and asked someone to adjust The guards are here to prevent the people from rushing into the mansion on impulse, but who in the mansion can still go out now?

Li Jinglong had no choice but to force the parents and officials of the Hangzhou government to come forward to appease the people. The officials of the Hangzhou government had no choice but to bite the bullet and come forward. After more than two hours of tossing, they finally let the people disperse one after another. Send those disgruntled officials away, and sit on the recliner as soon as you return to the backyard.

For more than two hours, he had been standing on the rockery watching what happened, but he was exhausted to the point of exhausting the pampered young master Li. He feebly called the little girl from the Hangzhou mansion who had come to serve him: "Hold the piano, play chess, give it to the master!" Beat my legs, first get a basin of hot water, ouch, there are blisters on my feet.

After waiting for a while, there was no movement, Li Jinglong opened his voice and shouted again: "Serve the book, enter the painting, make a cup of tea for the master, and bring some small snacks."

There was still no movement, Li Jinglong was annoyed, picked up his shoes and ran to the maid's room to have a look, the four little girls were there mourning, not knowing what they were talking about, the four of them were not waiting outside at all, no wonder they didn't hear him ordered.

Li Jinglong felt pity for flowers and jade, he quickly softened his voice, and asked the reason why the four girls were sad, but Li Jinglong immediately turned black when he heard it, and left without farting.

Why did her brother's big two-masted boat be confiscated by the inspection department, so she only gave Wuguan money. The boat was originally built with money from Mr. Zhou in the village. If it is a debt, there are 420, [-] and [-] Wen; why her father imported a batch of lychees from southern Fujian, because the market is sluggish, Shishen's family is also a little tight, no one buys them, and they look rotten and spoiled, and they will lose everything.What……

Isn't this a strange thing?

Li Jinglong didn't drink tea, didn't eat snacks, and didn't soak his feet. He went back to the bedroom and lay down on the bed, wondering whether these signs were the counterattack and resistance of the coastal officials who joined hands against him. What method can be used to solve these predicaments now? Someone from his own family has come again, and the delivery is still an urgent letter.

This time it was not Xia Xun and Su Ying who caused him trouble, but a coincidence. It is not a coincidence, because Xia Xun told Su Ying that Li Jinglong had no time or patience to live in the Hangzhou mansion for several years. When carrying out a battle of Jinghai, Zhu Yuanzhang had already taken into account that Zhu Yuanzhang was old, and there were ten reasons why he would die this year, but he did not expect that although Li Jinglong was famous in history for his Jingnan battle and became a famous idiot in the Ming Dynasty, he was actually not incompetent To such an unbearable point, his political sense is also very sensitive, and he is always paying attention to the changes in the overall situation between the court and China.

The family members of Cao Guogong's mansion brought Li Jinglong disturbing news: the emperor's condition worsened, and he fainted twice this month.After Li Jinglong heard the news, he wished he could fly back to Jinling City: No matter whether it was the former emperor Tuogu or the new emperor, the courtiers who appeared by the emperor in time always had more political capital than a minister who had disappeared at the time, but Hangzhou The government is entangled in lawsuits, the so-called bandit suppression has not been established, and there is no emperor's edict, how can he just leave?

Just as he was scratching his head, the guards came to report that Yang Xu and Zongqi Yang had arrived.

This time Li Jinglong didn't pick Xia Xun's faults this time. He looked at Xia Xun for a long time and said, "Last time, you were fair to the country. Shuangyu Island wanted to open the sea and trade with us as a condition for piracy." Join hands to deal with the Chumi Gang and Chen Zuyi, is this what the Shuangyu Island Pirates mean?"

How could Xia Xun be so stupid as to keep a handle on him, and leaned over and said, "Mr. Hui, he is a member of Jinyiwei. He seeks traces and inquires about news. He is originally the director of a humble position, so he can learn from the sea people who are closely related to Shuangyu Island." I found out their intentions, but I have never directly dealt with the Shuangyu pirates. It is still difficult to judge whether what these seamen and fishermen said is true or not. use."

Li Jinglong let out a little disappointment, stood up and walked slowly in the hall, pondered for a while and said: "What news have you inquired about in the past few days, what is the situation on Shuangyu Island now?"

Xia Xun clasped his fists and said, "The Chumi Gang has pledged allegiance to Chen Zuyi and wants to unify the East China Sea, laying the foundation for Chen Zuyi to set foot on land and fight for hegemony in the Central Plains. This Shuangyu Island is the closest to Hangzhou Mansion, and it is only a hundred miles away. It is a good natural port, the most appropriate The bridgehead, so Chen Zuyi is determined to win it. But Dongyu Yangdao is not the same as Chen Zuyi and his like. The Dongyu group of pirates mainly smuggles and has close relations with coastal people. Many of the bandits are coastal fishermen from poor families, so they are unwilling to fight with burning Chen Zuyi, who did all kinds of robbery and robbery, and the Chumi Gang joined forces.

However, the strength of the Chumi Gang is not inferior to that of the Shuangyu Gang, and now with the help of Chen Zuyi, it is difficult for the Shuangyu Gang to compete with them. I heard the news that the Shuangyu Gang is negotiating with Chen Zuyi, and they seem to agree to join the gang It's just that the Shuangyu Gang doesn't want to give up Shuangyu Island now, and Chen Zuyi is determined to win Shuangyu. He seems to know that the Shuangyu Gang's agreement to join the group is perfunctory, so he still refuses to give up Shuangyu Island. In stalemate.However, from the humble point of view, Chen Zuyi's army is approaching the city, and the Shuangyu Gang can't last long. Perhaps, they will compromise soon. "

These words prompted Li Jinglong to make up his mind. He stood still, pointed at Xia Xun and said, "The Lord of the country has accepted the emperor's order and is eager to suppress the bandits. The Shuangyu Gang has no great evil, and it may make them atone for their crimes. You and Shuangyu immediately Keep in touch with the gangsters, discuss how to do it, and join hands to eradicate the Chumi gang and Chen Zuyi, what is the condition, the Lord agrees to them, and will not investigate their actions of stealing the island, smuggling and selling goods!"