Xu Hu straightened his waist, he was very surprised, very shocked.
In his own estimates, if he accepts the imperial court's recruitment, most of his subordinates will be changed to civilian nationality, cut down to only one hundred and ten people, and give him a position of one hundred households, even if it is a more reasonable arrangement, if Nian once sent a ship to rescue the son, then it is very possible to give him a deputy thousand households.
However, his men and horses are not scattered, they are still under his command, and he is given a whole guard establishment, this, a guard, the guard commander is a four-grade martial arts.
As long as he agrees, he can immediately become a member of the four grades of the imperial court, Rao is Xu Hu crisscrossed the East China Sea, and he is used to seeing many things, and even has contact with the kings of some small countries, and he is still a little confused.
Don't look at him always looking like he doesn't take the court seriously, but the behemoth of Daming has no comparable surname with those small countries in his heart.
"What, Brother Xu" "Ahh Xu Hu settled down, smiled at his gaffe, and said calmly: "I'm ashamed, the court treats him so kindly, it is indeed far beyond Xu Mou's expectations, and he was a little distracted for a while, which made the prince laugh." ” Xia Xun smiled: "So, this arrangement, the big boss is satisfied."
Xu Hu hesitated slightly, in fact, he still had a big matter in his heart that was difficult to solve, but the court gave him such good conditions, if he asked for it again, it would be a little uneasy, so Xu Hu struggled in his heart, and he didn't know whether to raise it to Xia Xun.
Xia Xun said: "What, is there anything else to be embarrassed about, say it, since it is Zhao'an, everything naturally has to be discussed, if you wait to accept the court's recruitment, you can't make an assertion." ” Xu Hu gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, Guogong, Li Jinglong also had the intention of soliciting us at the beginning, at that time we didn't know that this guy had bad intentions, but we didn't agree, we didn't trust the court very much, it was just one aspect, and over the years, we have taken root on Shuangyu Island, our families, wives and children are here, and there are many people who live on us, and how does the imperial court settle so many people?"
Xu Hu sighed and continued: "There are few coastal fields, once these people return to the imperial court, each household may not even be able to divide two acres of thin land, and it will be difficult to maintain the livelihood of the family.
If you go out to sea to fish, some of your strong men will be soldiers, some of them will have no strong labor, and some of your men will have died or been crippled in battles with other pirates and pirates.
In fact, Xu Hu didn't say one thing, they do smuggling business and pirates, although the risk is high, the profit is also high, if they can't solve the problems of these subordinates' families after accepting Zhao'an, I'm afraid that many families can't even mix food and clothing, and if the quality of life is so different, I'm afraid there will be many people who oppose Zhao'an.
However, Xu Hu, who is not a family and does not know the price of firewood and rice, and has been troubled by Shuangyu's current predicament for a long time, really wants to accept Zhao'an, especially when he hears that the imperial court has offered such generous conditions.
When Xu Hu promised to help the third son of King Yan, the main reason was to use the rebellion of King Yan to create some trouble for the Ming court, the more chaotic the Ming Dynasty, the looser the control over the coast, the better his son was, on the other hand, he was also to get some material rewards from King Yan, at that time, he did not accept the meaning of Zhao'an.
However, this is not what it used to be, since a year ago, he revealed to Xia Xun through He Tianyang that if King Yan won the country, he was willing to accept Zhao'an's plan.
There are many reasons for this change, but in the final analysis, they are getting worse and worse now.
After the Chumi Gang was wiped out, Chen Zuyi fled back to the South China Sea, because he also encountered some trouble in the South China Sea, and did not launch a large number of pirates to go north to fight the Shuangyu Gang for the time being, but the skirmishes between the two major bandit gangs in the East China Sea and the South China Sea have continued since then.
Due to the hostility between the two sides, the smuggling business of the Shuangyu Gang in the south has also been greatly affected, and the smuggling income of Nanyang has been greatly reduced.
After the Jianwen Dynasty began to import a large number of war horses from North Korea, the imperial court used a large number of high-end consumer goods such as silk and silk as a bargain, how could there be so many princes and nobles in North Korea to digest these luxury goods, so they used it to do business with Yue himself, which said that he could import a large number of luxury goods from North Korea that belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and the goods purchased through the smuggling channels of Shuangyu also decreased.
The two openings, one south and one north, were tightened, and the Shuangyu Gang was sad.
In particular, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army could not draw enough strength to resist, and the Japanese invaded every time.
The robbers on Shuangyu Island were Zhang Shicheng's subordinates, and Zhang Shicheng was very popular with the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the past, so Zhang Shicheng was defeated, and after they fled to the island, they refused to do something that harmed the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then they became the biggest smuggling leaders in the East China Sea, and the coastal people were the foundation and strong backing for their smuggling and trafficking, and they could not destroy the Great Wall.
In this way, they have become a thorn in the side of the Japanese robbers, on the one hand, the smuggling income has been greatly reduced, on the other hand, there are constant conflicts, and people continue to die and become disabled.
Chen Zuyi of the South China Sea, that is completely torn face, said that the Japanese are doing business, and the scourge is the people of the Ming Dynasty, even if he is not afraid of turning his back on his ancestors to be a Han annihilation, his people will not all follow him, it is bound to make the largest split first, if you want to survive, it is the only choice to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty.
However, if the pirates' families are not properly settled, it will never be smooth sailing to accept Zhao'an, and there must be a sword and sword shadow first, a bloody internal cleansing, and the use of force to force those who refuse to accept Zhao'an to be tamed, if he has to do so, how can he use such means Xu Hu said gratefully: "The emperor can give me such a high official position, presumably the prince of the country has said a lot of good things for his subordinates."
Xu Hu is not a person who does not know what to do, but there are tens of thousands of people in Shuangyu, most of whom are old, weak, women and children, all of whom are family members of the brothers in Shuangyu.
Our brother was recruited, and naturally he would not go hungry when he ate the imperial salary, but his wife and children couldn't eat enough with that little salary Guogong also knew that there was little coastal land, and the imperial court could not give us enough land, as the saying goes, we relied on water to draft water, but the strong men in the family became soldiers, and it was not appropriate for the old and weak women and children in their families to make a living by fishing.
I am willing to accept Zhao'an, but how to place so many people is very scratching my head.
If you don't find a way out for them, although you are the big boss of Shuangyu Island, it is difficult to act arbitrarily, I am afraid that now that I have agreed to the imperial court, I will make trouble when I turn around, and I will not only be in a dilemma at that time, but the Guogong is afraid that he will also be implicated, so I also ask the Guogong to give me a little time in the next time, I have to convince a few big leaders under my command first."
Xia Xun smiled slightly and said, "The big boss doesn't need to worry, I have already thought of this problem." ” Xu Hu perked up and hurriedly asked, "Is there any way for Guogong?"
Xia Xun said slowly: "The big boss thinks that the emperor will give you a guard, where is this guard located?"
Xu Hu was also a shrewd person, and immediately realized that Xia Xun had something to say, he was surprised and delighted, and hesitated in disbelief: "Is Guogong saying that it is Mo Fei or Shuangyu?"
"Not bad" When Xu Hu heard this, the whole person stayed there, speechless for a long time.
Xia Xun smiled and said, "Emperor Yongle is different from Emperor Taizu, Emperor Yongle is very interested in the ocean.
When I proposed Zhao'an to the emperor, I said the history of Shuangyu, in the past, Shuangyu was originally my territory in the Meiji Dynasty, but because it was isolated overseas, it was really inconvenient to manage, and Emperor Taizu moved all the residents of Shuangyu inward and abandoned it.
However, the court abandoned it and used it for pirates.
Shuangyu is a natural harbor, near Hangzhou, there is no waterline such a deep port, it is not convenient for ocean-going ships to come and go, and here is north of North Korea and Yuben, south of Luzon and Ryukyu, directly opposite is the heart of my Ming Dynasty, such a place, if the operation is good, will be an excellent port, but this port is important, there must be officers and soldiers to protect it Hehe, the emperor agreed to set up a guard here, which is one of the reasons; Another reason is: if the population of Shuangyu Island is counted, I estimate that there are at least 70,000 or 80,000 people.
There is a shortage of people in Beiping, but it is not realistic to send all of you to Beiping if your family is small or you who grew up by the sea and don't know how to handle crops at all, so it is the best choice to leave you here. ” Xu Hu was overjoyed, hurriedly stood up, gave Xia Xun a long look, and said gratefully: "Since this is the case, then there is no problem, and I am sure to persuade all the leaders of the islands to accept the imperial court's recruitment together."
The prince of the country, no, no, the lowly position, the lowly position, the lowly position will gather the leaders of the islands, gather here, and listen to the decree of the national prince. ” "No hurry" Xia Xun looked stunned and said: "There is another reason why the emperor is willing to agree to such generous conditions, you sit down and listen to me slowly."
Xu Hu smiled, sat down a little nervously, and said, "Guogong, please speak."
Xia Xun said: "The Japanese have been too rampant recently, our emperor, you don't know his surname, his people, are absolutely unwilling to let outsiders bully, the emperor is now on the throne for the first time, and he can't take a hand, and when he is free, he will never let go of these Japanese robbers."
So what to do now Shuangyu If there is a group of men and horses that echo Xiangshanwei and Hangzhou Wei, the Japanese are bound to not be able to unscrupulously harass the coast.
In fact, you have been doing this all along, but at the same time, you have to guard against the officers and soldiers, and instead of cooperating with each other, you are on guard against each other, so that you have not exerted your due strength.
After the establishment of the guard post on Shuangyu Island, the imperial court will provide you with real warships and issue you with firearms.
With the special terrain of Shuangyu, the Japanese will not be able to get in, and when you are equipped with warships and firearms, with your ability to crisscross the sea for many years, are you afraid that you will not be able to teach them a hard lesson?"
To be continued: