In December of the first year of Song Jianzhong's Yasukuni, when there were still ten days before the New Year's Day, the two counties of Nan'an and ** in Quanzhou were suddenly attacked and disturbed by pirates.

"Li Zhizhou and Cui Tongju have reportedly attacked four villages in three townships in Nan'an County and ** County, of which three villages are located in ** County and one village is located in Nan'an County." Among the Quanzhou Prefecture Yazhong, some officials said to Li Sanjian and Cui Tongju.

"How many thieves are there around? What about the loss? Li Sanjian looked at the map of Quanzhou and asked.

"Back to Li Zhizhou, the specific situation is unknown, the lower officials have sent someone to investigate, and the person has not yet returned." The official replied.

"Report to this official as soon as there is news." After Li Sanjian admonished him, he turned his head and asked Cui Yongzi: "Gong Cui, why did the pirates choose to attack my Quanzhou on a large scale at this time?" ”

They finally came, Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart.

Before Li Sanjian left, Emperor Zhao Jijiu of the Song Dynasty reminded Li Sanjian that there were pirates attacking Quanzhou and even the entire southeast coast, and after Li Sanjian entered Fujian, the bandits encountered a lot, and the pirates did not encounter one, so Li Sanjian couldn't help but have a false impression, that is, there are only bandits in Quanzhou, and there are no pirates...

At this time, when the New Year was approaching, the pirates were so rampant that they attacked and disturbed four villages in Quanzhou, which made Li Sanjian wake up immediately.

Quanzhou is not without pirates, they are all around!

"Li Zhizhou." Cui Yongzi shook his head when he heard this: "Li Zhizhou may not understand that this pirate attack is not a large-scale attack, according to the estimation of the lower officials, the total number of thieves in the four places is only two or three hundred people at most, so it is at most a small and medium-sized attack, not a large-scale attack." When Xia Guan was not appointed as the general judge of Quanzhou in the past, he also heard about one thing, that is, during the Shaoshu period, the thieves once dispatched thousands of men and horses to besiege Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou, Fujian Road, and almost captured the city of Zhangpu County. Before Li Zhizhou was appointed as the governor of Quanzhou, Liangzhejiang Road, Fujian Road, Guangnan East and West Road and other places, in which year were there no pirates to attack and harass? More or less, big or small. ”

"Cui Tong's judgment is reasonable!" Li Sanjian nodded and asked, "Why did the pirates choose to attack my Quanzhou at this time?" ”

"Xia Guan doesn't know, but Xia Guan guesses, I'm going to celebrate the New Year, and the pirates are going to have a New Year, so it's better to have a good New Year if you go ashore to grab some New Year's goods... Cui Yongzi replied.

Spring festival? Do you still choose to spend the New Year in Lao Tzu's territory? How many years can you spend the New Year? Li Sanjian said secretly annoyed in his heart.

"Ashore? Didn't the pirates make a living from the sea, plundering maritime merchants in the sea? Plagiarism? Is this a common thing? Li Sanjian asked again.

"Here's why." Cui Yongzi has lived in Quanzhou for a long time, of course, he knows more than Li Sanjian, and understands it in more detail, and replied: "Pirates, the reason why they are called pirates, is indeed because they make a living by plundering maritime merchants, but the pirates are not all maritime merchants, but also rob coastal fishermen, people, etc., at the same time, maritime merchants come from the sea, most of them come in groups, and there are escorts and guards in the caravan, so it is not easy for pirates to plunder maritime merchants, relatively speaking, it is much easier to plunder coastal villages. ”

"The other is." Cui Yongqi took a sip of tea and continued: "Many of the pirates were originally coastal people, and they were inextricably linked with the coastal people, so the pirates were full of eyeliner on the shore, so it was much easier to go ashore and loot." ”

"I see!" Li Sanjian said hatefully when he heard this: "I'm afraid of going out of the ghost for anything... Pirates are so rampant, and this official will not give up with them. ”

At this time, Li Sanjian had already made up his mind to solve the matter of pirates, otherwise he would be harassed all day long, so how could he govern Quanzhou and develop all industries in Quanzhou?

If the pirates are rampant and unchecked, no matter how much there is any incentive or preferential policy in Quanzhou, not many businessmen will dare to come to Quanzhou to do business.

If the pirates are not removed, Quanzhou will be unsafe!

However, it is easy to make up your mind, but it is even more difficult to do, and the southeast coastline is thousands of miles away, and it is impossible to defend the east, but not the west, and the west cannot defend the east. The same is true in Quanzhou, passive defense can only take care of one thing and lose the other, exhausting yourself half to death, but the pirates are basically unscathed...

Therefore, it is necessary to take the initiative to find the main force or lair of the pirates, and destroy them with one blow.

But Li Sanjian thought of taking the initiative to find the main force of the pirates for a decisive battle or find their lair and annihilate them in one fell swoop, wouldn't others have thought of it? So why has the plague of pirates persisted for so many years?

The reason is that it is not easy to find the main force or lair of pirates in the vast sea, and there are more than one den of pirates.

It's your luck that you hit the big luck,

Find the main force or lair of the pirates, but the premise is that you have the ability to wipe them out, if you don't have the ability or don't have a strong boat master, you can only sigh with admiration.

At this time, the Song Dynasty did not attach importance to the boat division, the scale of the boat division was not large, and the few boat divisions were only stationed in Mingzhou, Leizhou, Guangzhou and other places, but there was no boat division stationed on Fujian Road.

Even if there is, no one will obey your command of Quanzhou Zhizhou...

In addition, the extermination of pirates is by no means a matter of one state and one road, but several ways of uniting, cooperating, and coordinating, and even the imperial court has made up its mind to spend a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources to strictly order all coastal roads, governments, states, and armies to go all out to completely extinguish or exterminate most of the pirates.

This kind of thing has happened in the past, the thieves on the Liangzhejiang Road, the thieves hid on the Fujian Road, and the thieves on the Fujian Road, the pirates hid on the Liangzhejiang Road...

The officers and troops attacked from both ends, but they were not coordinated, so they fell short.

At this time, the focus of the imperial court is still in the northwest, in the north, where is the energy to deal with the pirates? balance

Therefore, according to the current situation, Li Sanjian's best strategy is to passively guard against thieves, strictly order coastal counties, towns, and townships to build beacon towers, do a good job of early warning and other measures, and strictly implement the system of "protecting armor" to fight against pirates according to the people's strength.

"Li Zhizhou, what are you thinking?" Cui Yongji saw that Li Sanjian was looking at the map for a long time, so he asked.

"Li thought about it for a long time and decided to play a chapter in the imperial court." Li Sanjian said after thinking about it for a long time.

"Well, Xia Guan knows that he shouldn't ask, but he still wants to ask, what does Li Zhizhou say in his recital?" Cui Yongzi asked when he heard this.

"Li plans to ask the imperial court to allow me to build a boat division in Quanzhou." Li Sanjian's voice was very soft, but his expression was unusually firm and replied.

"Cai, in the concerto, Cui is willing to sign the book with Li Zhizhou." Cui Yongqi looked at Li Sanjian and said when he heard this.

"Cui Tongju!" Hearing this, Li Sanjian looked at Cui Yongzi gratefully and said, "The parents of those who gave birth to me, and Cui Gongye, the one who knows me!" ”

"Each other!" Cui Yongzi said with a smile.

Li Sanjian also laughed when he heard this, and laughed with Cui Yongzi.

Whether it is active offensive or passive defense, there must be a strong boat division, the reason is that Quanzhou is close to the sea, is a huge port of overseas transportation and trade, and its geographical location is extremely important.

In fact, there is another point that Cui Yongzi did not think of, and it is impossible to think of it.

In Li Sanjian's heart, if he wants to confront the powerful Beiyu in the future, he can't fight with him, and the boat master is the only hope of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Li Zhizhou, the lower officials have something to ask for, I don't know Li Zhizhou... Cui Yongzi then asked Li Sanjian with some hesitation.

"Hey, Cui Tong has something to say, so you don't have to spit out." Li Sanjian smiled.

"Cui's dog and tiger minister, he likes martial arts and hates literature since he was a child, so there is no hope for tribute, and he wants to mix his background in the state government, I don't know what Li Zhizhou thinks?" Cui Yongzhen asked.

"You mean that kid who was able to match Xu Biao a few days ago? It turns out that his name is Huchen! Li Sanjian remembered that day, the young man when he asked to see Cui Yongji, actually threw Xu Biao on his heels, it turned out that his surname was Cui Huchen.

At this time, Cui Yongzi begged himself to let Cui Huchen do things in the state government, which made Li Sanjian a little puzzled...

Cui Yongzi is a dignified Quanzhou general judge, and his son Yu Zhou is a famous official, isn't it just a matter of one sentence? Even if it is his own son, there is a saying that he does not avoid his relatives, why do he go to great lengths to ask for himself at this time?

"This son is not small." It doesn't matter what the reason is, since Cui Yongzi has asked for himself, then why should he disagree? So Li Sanjian said: "Let him go to Yao Yu first, but if there is a chance in the future, Li Mou will definitely recommend him." ”

"Thank you Li Zhizhou!" Cui Yongzi was overjoyed when he heard this.

Song Shi can also be an official.

Li Sanjian waved his hand and asked, "Yao Yu Yao should also come back, right?" ”

As soon as Li Sanjian received the news of the pirate attack, he ordered Yao Yu to gather troops and horses, go out of the city to repel the pirates, and rescue the villages attacked by the pirates.

The county is not far from the city of Quanzhou, so Li Sanjian estimates that Yao Yu and others should be back soon, or there should be some news.

"Just pirates, Li Zhizhou doesn't have to care a lot." Cui Yongzi saw Li Sanjian's worried look, so he persuaded: "Although Yao is young, since he took office, he has been diligent in training, and he will definitely be able to defeat the pirates and return with honor." ”

After Li Sanjian nodded when he heard this, he instructed the officials: "Take a pen and paper." ”

When the state officials heard this, they came with pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

"Li is sitting in the state office today, waiting for news." After Li Sanjian took the brush, he said to Cui Yongzi.

"Cui is willing to accompany Li Zhizhou until dawn." Cui Yongqi sat upright and twisted his beard and said.

Li Sanjian nodded, put the pen in his hand, thought for a while, and then waved the pen.

"In recent years, there have been many pirates who have plundered coastal counties, towns and villages, as well as foreign seagates and city ships to pay tribute to treasures, and the gains have been huge. The lawsuit cannot escape arrest, most of them are recruited, and they regain their official titles. The small people are beautiful, and they all have the meaning of imitation. I am afraid that it will be a disaster since then。。。。。。。。 , looking forward to the holy mercy, special wisdom, the permanent army in the Fujian Road suppression, still under the road commander, commissioned to take measures to set up warships, recruit sailors and sailors, often teach and read, so that the soldiers are accustomed to the danger of wind and waves,。。。。。。。 , the rest of the people are afraid and dare not covet it. The people of several sea states have to be given by the imperial court. What a blessing! ”