Xia Xun said: "Guogong, I got your order, I didn't dare to stay for a moment, and immediately rushed to Haining, the closest forefront to the pirates, to find relevant clues."
Investigate in many ways, go deep into the tiger's den, skillfully maneuver, and forget about death" "Okay, okay," Li Jinglong interrupted him impatiently: "The matter that the national government wants you to visit, but you already have an eyebrow."
Xia Xun said with a smile: "Guogong's confession, most of the humble positions have now been mastered. ” "Oh" Li Jinglong was surprised, he really didn't believe that his eyes were black, and he could really find out the exact news so quickly, he hurriedly asked: "That Qin is Ling Potian, but he has already whereabouts" Xia Xun said: "Yes, this person was wanted by the world, so that 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 got acquainted with Chen Zuyi, the first thief in Nanyang, and was cited by Chen Zuyi as a confidant, and at this moment he was used as a military advisor at Chen Zuyi. ” "Nanyang Thief Chen Zuyi" Li Jinglong's face suddenly turned ugly, obviously he had heard of this person's name, Li Jinglong muttered: "Chen Zuyi is all over the Nanyang, many small countries in the Nanyang have paid tribute to him, and his strength is very strong, the emperor once offered a reward of 500,000 yuan for his head, but he can't help it, if you want to deal with this person, it will be difficult." ” Xia Xun took the opportunity to say: "I also found out a piece of news from my humble position, which may be helpful to the national government to suppress bandits." ” Li Jinglong's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Tell me quickly, what news?"
Xia Xun said: "There is a Shuangyu Island on the sea, where there is a group of pirates, the head of the thief is called Xu Hu, according to the lowly investigation, this person's thief is still a thief and a way, usually just to undertake Chinese and foreign goods, smuggling and trafficking, and do not burn and plunder, for the harm of the township.
After Ling Potian took refuge in Chen Zuyi, he coaxed him to have a true destiny and persuaded him to be the emperor, Chen Zuyi's ambition swelled, the first step was to unify the sea area, the husband and wife thieves of the Chumi Gang had already taken refuge in him, and a few days ago he had surrendered Xu Hu according to his instructions, but Xu Hu refused, and the two sides also fought for this, perhaps, we can take advantage of this opportunity. ” Li Jinglong asked: "How to use it, recruit this group of pirates, and use piracy to control thieves?"
Xia Xun shook his head and said: "There is not only this group of pirates in the East China Sea, the imperial court can't recruit them one by one, besides, the humble post also found out the news, these outsiders are used to wandering around the island, and they are not willing to go ashore to accept the king's order, but they also don't like to sneak around under the nose of the government like this, fighting and killing other pirates, if the court can grant them free trade, I think they will definitely be willing to assist the court in fighting pirates, after all, many of the pirates are forced to do business, if they can do business with peace of mind, Sullen to make a fortune, they won't do this thing with their heads pinned to their belts. ” Li Jinglong's face sank when he heard this, and he reprimanded: "Nonsense to ban free trade among the people, this is the national policy of the emperor's order, who dares to change it?"
Xia Xun persuaded: "The prince of the country is high and powerful, and he is trusted by the emperor, if the prince of the country tells the emperor the truth about the coast, maybe the emperor will change his mind."
If this move can be implemented, it will be tantamount to drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, and most of the bandits in the East China Sea will be dispersed, and the coastal people will receive the kindness of the country. ” Li Jinglong shook his head again and again, and said: "Foolish opinion, our own country is suppressing bandits, and we must use the power of the bandits to compromise with them, and it won't make people laugh if they spread it It is really unreasonable to allow the people to trade freely, this is not the foundation of my Ming Dynasty for the sake of small profits, it is ridiculous to put my Ming kingdom and the barbarians on an equal footing, I dare to say such things to the emperor, the emperor does not pick my head as a ball to kick it, don't say these bastard words to me in the future" Xia Xun sighed secretly and asked helplessly, "What is the Duke going to do?"
Li Jinglong clenched his fists, looked straight ahead, and made a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance: "Clear the wilderness, rectify the coastal defense, find the enemy and fight a decisive battle, and smash his lair" Xia Xun was speechless.
Li Jinglong turned his head and glanced at Xia Xun, and said in his heart: "This kid doesn't know what method to use, he really found out the news, I can't say it, let him go for the time being, and find a chance in the future."
Then he said: "You go and meet Tie Xuan, he is busy with armor protection, see if there is anything you can do, you go and help him, the plan to suppress the bandits, and you have your own country's own decision." ” Xia Xun was helpless, so he had to give up his hand and said: "Yes, the lowly duty obeys the order, but the lowly duty is still inquiring about some news that will help the national government to suppress bandits, and he can't stay in Xingyuan, and he has to leave later."
"So" Xia Xun hurriedly said: "In order to avoid the suspicion of the person who provided the information to the lowly position, the current residence of the lowly position should not be made public, and once there is news, the lowly position will come to report to the national prince at any time." ” Li Jinglong wanted to keep him by his side and find an opportunity to frame him at any time, and also wanted to get the information he collected and make a great contribution, so he struggled for a moment in his heart, and finally the idea of meritorious service prevailed, and said: "Okay, as soon as you have news, report it to me immediately, and when your own army goes out to sea to find the enemy for a decisive battle, you must rush back." ” Xia Xun answered yes and turned to find Tie Xuan.
Tie Xuan was immersed in the public case, sorting out the "Jinghai Eight Strategies" signed by Li Jinglong, and he was also happy when he saw Yang Xu appear.
Xia Xun told Tie Xuan again the information he revealed to Li Jinglong, and Tie Xuan's reaction was completely the same as Li Jinglong's, and Zhao'an was okay, so that the imperial court could compromise with the pirates, and it was absolutely impossible to open the sea ban.
The people of this era, perhaps only those who live in the coastal area, know how important the maritime trade is to them, and most of the Ming people hold the view of Tie Xuan: the Ming Dynasty has everything, and there is no need to communicate with the barbarian small countries, and they are willing to do business with them, which is to give them face, is a reward, and they have to pay respectful to the Ming Dynasty.
Immediately, Tie Xuan took out the Jinghai Eight Strategies that he had basically sorted out and showed Xia Xun to Xia Xun, Xia Xun looked at those strategies, and his mood was even heavier, and the strategy specified in detail the carrying capacity, length, width, and draft of civilian ships, and all oversized ships, including all large ships with more than two masts in the civil sector, were paid to the official bank as appropriate and confiscated.
In addition, there are detailed provisions on the law of protecting armor and the law of joint sitting, etc., and this means can indeed achieve great results, but this is tantamount to a disaster for the coastal people.
Xia Xun said heavily: "Lord Tie, if this method is implemented, it is very likely that the bandits will be effective, but how long can this dragnet attack last?
Is it really beneficial to the coastal people Some so-called pirates are just smuggling and selling goods, and doing so is likely to force them to take risks and join those thieves who burn, kill, loot and do all kinds of evil, and the coastal people rely on the sea for their livelihood, so that life will be embarrassing." ” Tie Xuan's surname is upright, jealous and hateful, and he will not return to the truth he recognizes, in his eyes, everything that violates the laws of the imperial court is a criminal and must be eliminated.
Since the imperial court explicitly forbade the coastal people to go across the sea without permission, it must be completely banned.
Whether this policy is reasonable or not, and whether it will destroy the livelihoods of millions of people after its implementation, is not at all in mind.
As soon as he heard Xia Xun say this, Tie Xuan's kind smile disappeared, and he said with a serious expression: "Yang Zongqi, your statement is very dangerous, you eat the court, and you don't worry about the king, how can you speak for those pirates who are doing evil, according to Tie, breaking the law is breaking the law, you have 110,000 reasons, you have violated the law of the country, and you should also be punished."
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If it does not expire, it will be severely suppressed, Tie Mou thinks that for these pirates, we must focus on extermination, supplemented by appeasement, and they must be beaten and scared, so that they dare not defy the law of the country and continue to go to sea as pirates. ” Although the official position of this iron lord is not as high as Li Jinglong, he is awe-inspiring, and his words cannot be questioned, and Xia Xun is full of words, and he can't justify it.
Tie Xuan's opinion comes from his philosophy and his understanding, these deep-rooted things in his heart cannot be reversed by Xia Xun fiddling with reason and telling the facts, if he says a few more words, maybe the selfless Tie Daren can run to tell Li Jinglong that he suspects that he has been bought by pirates and tightens his guard.
Xia Xun's mood became heavy, and he vaguely remembered the incident of Zhu Pinghaikou during the Jiajing period, after Zhu Xunpingkou, the people along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang did not live a good life of peace and prosperity.
On the contrary, the smuggling trade has made their livelihoods more difficult, and many of the families of the ladies of the coastal scholars are no exception, and one can imagine the extent of the embarrassment of the common people.
What's worse is that the so-called 10,000-mile coastal defense, which is completely wiped out, is only a short-lived victory, and the behavior of going against the tide will bring more serious consequences.
The pirate group was originally divided into the mutual market faction that advocated trade and the Kou raiding faction that burned and plundered, and the mutual market faction had the upper hand among the two factions, and under their control, although the coastal people were from time to time harassed by the Kou raiding faction, they were able to obtain great profits from the smuggling maritime merchants.
Wang Zhi, the leader of the Hushi faction, also took the initiative to assist the Ming court in exterminating the pirates of the Kou raiding faction, hoping to exchange this for the Ming court's request to allow free trade.
As a result, the sea ban was not opened, but Wang Zhi was deceived into prison, and his head was in a different place.
The mutual market faction collapsed, and Lin Bichuan, Xiao Xian, Xu Hai and others of the Kou plundering faction were in great power, they occupied the Zhoushan Islands as a stronghold, plundered everywhere, and finally evolved into a huge catastrophe.
The history is strikingly similar, is that scene going to be staged in advance?
To be continued: