The twists and turns of the Dongying pirates repeatedly landing and plundering were put on Zhao Heng's desk, and at first he didn't care, where did he burn and loot, let alone the east coast. Judging from the current situation, how could he have the energy to take care of these small matters, so he just instructed the local yamen to be more careful.

However, when the same snowflakes come at you, you have to pay attention to it. In the early days of this day, the Golden Palace focused on this matter.

Prime Minister Kou Zhun said: "Your Majesty, according to the statistics of Zhongshu Province, in the past month, pirates have landed 5 times, 102 coastal residents have been killed, 28 have been robbed, another 54 people are missing, and countless gold and silver finances have been robbed. ”

Tongping Zhangshi Li Jilong said: "Your Majesty, pirates are insatiable, if they are not stopped, they will only become more and more rampant, and then the coast will be looted, and even gradually develop inland." ”

The privy envoy Qian Tongguang said: "Lord Li is easy to say, thousands of miles on the east coast, how many troops do you have to mobilize to stop pirates, our army is currently on the border of Sichuan, Shu, Western Xia, and Liao, where can we get out?" ”

Zhao Heng waved his hand and said: "It is impossible to transfer troops to defend the sea, now the war in Sichuan is unfavorable, retreat and retreat, and see that it is about to retreat to Jianmen Pass again, Western Xia has begun to fight back again, and the Liao State is also eyeing the tiger, how can I have troops to adjust?" ”

Li Jilong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there are no soldiers to recruit, the whole world is the emperor's people, and you can't let the Fusang pirates slaughter it." If the emperor agrees, the old minister is willing to recruit troops to guard the sea. ”

If Taichang Cheng Wang Qin is the father of Wang Yingjue, the current chief general of the Great Song Dynasty, he naturally can't let a tiger general like Li Jilong re-enter the army, so he took a step forward and said: "Lord Li is used to leading troops, and it is understandable that he is anxious to regain military power, but doesn't he need money to recruit troops?" There is no silver in the imperial treasury at all, is it possible that Lord Li still has some family background? ”

On the one hand, Li Jilong wants to regain military power, and on the other hand, he says that he is rich and invincible.

Li Jilong was originally suspicious of Zhao Heng because of the queen mother's plot to coup d'état, and was mentioned by Wang Qinruo like this, wouldn't it be even worse, he was so angry that he pointed at Wang Qinruo and scolded: "You fart, Lao Tzu is dedicated to serving the country, how can you have those fancy intestines." ”

Zhao Heng said angrily: "Uncle, is it appropriate for you to roar the palace like this, if you are not feeling well, you can go back."

Rested. ”

Li Jilong was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down to ask for guilt: "The old minister deserves to die, please ask the emperor to surrender." ”

"Let's be flat." Zhao Heng said: "I didn't say that I didn't care about the coastal people, didn't I just want to find a perfect solution?" Who can share my worries? There will be a lot of rewards. ”

Li Jilong didn't dare to speak again, and the others also lowered their heads. This is an impossible thing, one does not give soldiers, two does not give money, why should the empty mouth and white teeth go to catch pirates?

An imperial historian stood up and said: "Your Majesty, when the first emperor was here, he established a water division on the Yellow River, can it be used in the East China Sea?" ”

Qian Tongguang retorted: "The sailor is just a prototype, there are only five ships in total, more than 1,000 people, and they can't even pull it to the east coast for 10 miles. ”

Zhao Heng was anxious, and said angrily: "This can't do this, that won't work, isn't there a foolproof plan for the imperial court to raise so many people?" ”

Kou Zhun frowned and said: "Your Majesty, there is no shortcut to stop the pirates, you can only use soldiers, for today's plan, the minister thinks that from three aspects, first, from the forbidden army in the capital to draw out a part of the troops, replenish to the east coast, second, most of the imperial court troops are in Sichuan, instruct General Wang to step up the rebellion, early withdrawal, third, although the naval division only has five ships, it is also to the East China Sea, at least it is a deterrent, to the people of the East China Sea is also an explanation. ”

Li Jilong couldn't help but say again: "Prime Minister, you are just pretending on the surface, and you can't play a practical role." Besides, how can it be so easy to quell the rebellion in Sichuan? ”

"But what else can be done?" Kou Zhun said with a bitter face

Zhao Heng waved his hand and said, "Let's do what the prime minister said first, and then Rong Zhen will think of other ways to retreat from the dynasty." He flicked his sleeves and got up and left.

The inhabitants of the East Coast are in dire straits, but not a single soldier or horse of the imperial court is missing, and even the knights who usually practice chivalry and righteousness have disappeared.

Did they all flee because they were afraid of pirates? In fact, this is not the case, these people are in a hurry to hunt for treasure.

I don't know when a legend suddenly appeared in the rivers and lakes. According to legend, when Tang Zhongzong, Empress Wei was autocratic and wanted to emulate Empress Wu to ascend the throne and claim the emperor, but she was afraid that the courtiers and the people would not be satisfied, so she secretly built a huge treasure house, and a large number of treasures were looted and hoarded in it, preparing to amnesty the world after being called emperor, and rewarding hundreds of officials for the people

Reduction and exemption of taxes to gain the support of the people of the world. However, just when everything was ready, Li Longji staged a coup d'état and killed all the Websters, and the matter of the treasure house was buried deep in the ground with Webster.

At first, people just thought it was a legend, and it was over after a chat. However, more and more people really took action, and in less than two months, the entire territory of Chang'an was turned upside down.

In this way, those who did not believe in it have to believe it. It's better to believe that this thing is there than not, and if it is true, maybe you can get a piece of the pie.

In the face of such large-scale wealth, everyone has to be tempted, some people want to dedicate it to the country, enrich the country and secure the people, some want to use it to open warehouses and release grain, and help the common people, and more people want to take it for themselves and live a happy life with a rich country and a group of wives and concubines.

As a result, almost everyone was moved, and even the famous and decent families such as Shaolin Wudang sent capable forces to visit the area of Jingzhao Mansion.

The Crouching Tiger Villa of the Daimyo Mansion is a little-known small sect on the rivers and lakes, and the owner's hard work and martial arts are neither high nor low, barely self-preservation, but he has a good brain, and there is a clear difference from the people in the rivers and lakes with a tendon.

He searched for a long time in the Chang'an area like everyone else, but there was no result, so he gave up decisively, locked himself in the inn, studied day and night, and finally found a little clue from a large number of historical materials.

According to historical records, it is no secret that Empress Wei openly fornicated with Wu Sansi, Cui and others in the Tang Palace. Hard work put the breakthrough point on Cui.

Cui has been the prime minister, and he has a lover relationship with Queen Wei, Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er, so Queen Wei has made a lot of money, and she must not be able to bypass Cui.

So, he worked hard to make a decision, searched for the descendants of Cui Yimai everywhere, and finally found Cui's direct descendants in the ancestral hometown of the Cui family in Dingxian County. At this time, the Cui family had become civilians, barely surviving on a few acres of thin fields.

worked hard and deliberately made friends with the Cui family, and contributed money and efforts, just to exchange the story of the ancestor of the Cui family, Cui, after tea and dinner. Cui Laohan is a commoner, and when he is treated so favorably, he naturally knows everything and says everything. It's just that he has never heard of the so-called treasure, and if their family knew that there was such a treasure house, they would not have to suffer here.