It was already dark, in the Dragon King Temple next to the wharf, Li Jie and Zhang Dingbian sat around the fire, discussing the matter of the Japanese Invaders, before Zhang Dingbian said that he would help Li Jie clear the Japanese Invaders, but he couldn't trust Tang He, he was only willing to talk to Li Jie, and he was not even willing to board the Ming Dynasty's warship, so Li Jie had to accompany him to this Dragon King Temple to talk in detail.

"Deputy Envoy Li, do you know why it is difficult to eliminate the Japanese invaders?" Zhang Dingbian stretched out his hand to add a piece of firewood into the fire and asked, there was an iron pot hanging on the fire, which was boiling sea fish sent by the villagers, speaking of which Zhang Dingbian was not very qualified for this monk, and he was killing people and eating meat, Li Jie suspected that the twelve bodhisattva ring scars on his head should be burned with incense.

"The Japanese invaders come and go freely on the sea, their whereabouts are difficult to grasp, and the coastline of the Ming Dynasty is so long that it is impossible to prevent it at all, and the imperial court cannot arrange heavy troops to guard the first coast, so the coast of the little Japanese invaders is restless." Li Jie replied in a deep voice.

"Yes, the biggest reliance of the Japanese is the secret whereabouts, but have you ever thought about it, this is obviously the coast of the Ming Dynasty, why can they come and go freely, and even play with you officers and soldiers in applause?" Zhang Dingbian asked rhetorically again.

"This ......," Li Jie also smiled helplessly when he heard this, "I heard that there are many people along the coast who have fornicated with the Japanese and can report the news for them, such as those Tan people who live at sea. ”

Hearing Li Jie mention the Tan people, Zhang Dingbian sneered: "You Ming don't treat the Tan people as people, not only forbid them to go ashore, but also impose heavy taxes on them, and have to serve heavy labor every year, resulting in many Tan people can't live at all, in this case, the Tan people are of course full of resentment towards you, if you are a Tan people, what will you do?" ”

Zhang Dingbian's words also made Li Jie silent, not everyone is a saint, and he also knows some of the suffering of the Tan people, in this case, it is difficult to let the Tan people maintain their loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, in my heart, if he is put in the position of the Tan people, maybe he will not be able to stand this oppression and rebel.

"The Tan people are also my Ming people's people, and I will definitely not sit idly by and watch their affairs, and when I go back, I will find a way to suggest to Your Majesty to change the status quo of the Tan people!" Li Jie finally raised his head and said solemnly, he can be regarded as having understood that if the problem of the Tan people is not solved for a day, it will be difficult to clean up the Japanese invaders.

"If only you had this heart." Zhang Dingbian just sighed when he heard this, it's not that he doesn't believe Li Jie, but the problem of the Tan people is too complicated, let alone Li Jie, even if it is Zhu Yuanzhang, I am afraid it will be difficult to solve the problems faced by the Tan people.

"In fact, the sources of the Tan people are very mixed, that is, there are remnants of the previous dynasty, and there are some people who escaped from the sea for various reasons, and among these Tan people, I know some people, because when we were defeated, some people were not willing to surrender, so they took a boat into the sea."

Zhang Dingbian paused when he said this, and then said: "In addition, there are Zhang Shicheng's people at the beginning, many of them also went to sea, and now they have united overseas, but they have formed a force, if I come forward, maybe I can get some news from them."

"Really? How sure are you about Master Mu? Li Jie was also overjoyed when he heard this, Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng had formed an alliance in order to deal with Zhu Yuanzhang, but unfortunately the two were suspicious of each other, and in the end they were each broken by Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, although Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng were defeated and died, there were not a few people loyal to them, especially Zhang Shicheng, who had a very high reputation in the Jiangnan area, even if the people still remembered him after his death, for this reason Lao Zhu was angry to impose heavy taxes in the Jiangnan area, and even forbade the Nanren to be the prime minister, and the Jiangnan people scolded the Anhui people in later generations, it is estimated that it was because of Lao Zhu, but unfortunately they forgot that Lao Zhu's ancestral home was in Zhenjiang Jurong, and he was also a typical Jiangnan person.

"I can't say for sure, they have sent people to contact me many times over the years, but unfortunately I was disheartened at the time and didn't pay attention to them, and now I don't know what happened to them?" Zhang Dingbian also sighed at the end and said, when he disarmed and returned to the field, he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had achieved the general trend, and he was unable to return to the sky, so he became a monk in frustration.

"Okay, then Master Lao Mujiao will contact these old departments, if they can provide information about the Japanese invaders, I will definitely show Your Majesty and ask for credit for them!" Li Jie immediately stood up and bowed solemnly to Zhang Dingbian.

Zhang Dingbian is Chen Youliang's sworn brother, and he was worshiped as a lieutenant by Chen Youliang at the beginning, and his prestige in the army is extremely high.

After chatting about business, Li Jie accompanied Zhang Dingbian to dinner, and the two also chatted about some of the original things, such as the Poyang Lake battle that Li Jie was most interested in, but unfortunately when it came to the events of the year, Zhang Dingbian seemed very sad and didn't want to talk about it, but it was normal to think about it, after all, his brother Chen Youliang died in the chaos.

But to be honest, the Battle of Poyang Lake was also the most dangerous battle in Zhu Yuanzhang's life, because his troops at that time were not as good as Chen Youliang, especially in the naval army, even if he burned some of Chen Youliang's warships with fire, he still failed to completely turn the tide of the war.

After dinner, Li Jie returned to the warship, Fang Guan took a part of the warship back to Ningbo Port, and Tang He left with another part of the warship, mainly waiting for news from Li Jie's side, and when Li Jie returned to the warship, Tang He also immediately stepped forward and asked, "How is it, what did he say?" ”

Li Jie immediately repeated Zhang Dingbian's words, but after hearing this, Tang He sneered and said, "I know that he must have a connection with the old department of Chen Youliang and others!" ”

But then Tang He raised his head again and said to Li Jie: "Zhang Dingbian didn't say anything to death, and even he himself doesn't know how sure he is, so we can't put all our hopes on him!" ”

"What do you mean, Grandpa Tang?" Li Jie still believes in Zhang Dingbian, but what Tang He said also makes sense.

"You are staring at Zhang Dingbian here, if he can use the old department to provide information about the Japanese invaders, of course, it is the best, and my side is ready to strengthen the coastal defense, if your side fails, at least my side can explain to His Majesty!" Tang He immediately commanded.

Li Jie was noncommittal after hearing this, he had promised Zhu Yuanzhang before he came that he would not return to Beijing if he did not destroy the Japanese invaders, and if he only strengthened the coastal defense, he would not be able to let him confess to Zhu Yuanzhang at all, so he had to think of other ways to eliminate the Japanese invaders, of course, the best way was that Zhang Dingbian could really provide news of the Japanese invaders, so as to find their nest and destroy them in one fell swoop.

At the same time, in the Forbidden City of Jinling, Zhu Yuanzhang in the Warm Pavilion slammed a copy of the music on the table, and said angrily with an annoyed face: "I don't know what's wrong, doesn't he have a little self-knowledge, so he has to let me back down again!" ”

"Father's anger! Or...... I'm going to persuade the Korean public in person, right? Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment and finally spoke.

The script that made Zhu Yuanzhang angry like this was sent by Li Shanchang, and the content was to intercede for his nephew Ding Bin, asking Zhu Yuanzhang to let go of his nephew for the sake of his face.

If Li Jie was here, I was afraid that he would be angry with Li Shanchang, he had already said it so clearly, but the other party still didn't listen. It's a pity that Li Shanchang didn't know that ten years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang could let go of his younger brother Li Cunyi in his face, but today, ten years later, Zhu Yuanzhang will no longer let go of his nephew Ding Bin in his face.

"No, he himself is old and confused, what's the use of others persuading him?" Zhu Yuanzhang angrily said again, for Li Shanchang, an old minister, he felt that he had repeatedly tolerated it, but the other party had to make inches, which had caused him great disgust.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, he suddenly saw a person walking in quickly, it was Mao Xiang, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and he immediately saluted when he saw the other party approaching: "Your Majesty, Ding Bin has confessed!" ”

"What did he say?" Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked when he heard this, and Zhu Biao next to him showed a worried look.

"According to Ding Bin, when he was in Hu Weiyong's mansion, he had seen Li Cunyi and Hu Weiyong discussing rebellion, and Li Cunyi probably knew more about it!" Mao Xiang said excitedly, because of Li Shanchang, he didn't dare to interrogate Li Cunyi, but now that there is solid evidence, there is enough reason to arrest Li Cunyi for interrogation again.

When Zhu Biao heard this, he finally couldn't help but step forward and persuade: "Father! At the beginning, Li Cunyi was pardoned by you personally, and if the old matter is brought up again, I am afraid that it will ...... to my father."

However, before Zhu Biao's words were finished, he was interrupted by Zhu Yuanzhang waving his hand: "It was the beginning, and now it is now, since it has been verified that Li Cunyi is related to Hu Weiyong, it will be tried to the end." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned cold when he said this, and he immediately instructed Mao Xiang: "Mao Xiang, you personally take someone to Chongming and bring Li Cunyi's father and son back for interrogation!" ”

"The last general obeys!" Mao Xiang immediately agreed excitedly, turned around and left here after speaking, but behind him, Zhu Biao's face was full of worry, his father wanted to arrest Li Cunyi back, and I am afraid that there will be many people involved at that time?