Wang Zhi has been calling himself the king of the East China Sea before, this title is the title of rebellion for thieves, now of course can not be taken out as a serious title, and the people of Fujian hate pirates the most, especially the five pirates at sea broke Zhangzhou, but also do not know how many killed, the pirates passed the same burning, killing and looting all evil, Wang Zhi was able to recruit success, one is the name of this person's so-called "loyalty", and the other is that Wang Zhi's department is not much evil along the coast, and has only robbed at sea, And Kang Tianqi, the king of the South China Sea stationed in the Wa Kingdom, was mainly active in the sea and the Wa Kingdom, Luzon, and really plundered Zhangzhou, killed people and goods, and left blood debts were the Nanyang King Pu Xingfeng and the Oriental King Liu Dan, and the Western King Yan Qi, these three people and their subordinates, plus the Qishan thief Chen Yutai, were really hated by everyone in Fujian, and they were scolded when they mentioned it.

Wang Zhi is now the general of the Left Guard, the Jing Navy Jie Du Envoy, the Great Wei Dynasty's Jie Du Envoy was a real post in the early years, it was the real power of the local military and political power, and the status was far away from the current pacification of the town, and later the Great Wei Taizu gradually withdrew the military power and financial power, and the Jie Du made it gradually become a false position, and it was the highest place among the military foreign officials.

The peculiarity is that Wang Zhi is not a false award, but a real position.

With 14,000 of his subordinates and hundreds of ships, plus dozens of nearby islands such as Pingdao, although the people were less than 10,000 people, and they could not talk about ruling the people, but with Wang Zhi's presence, Donghu's flank was threatened, and the Bohai State did not dare to fall to Donghu easily...... This is Wang Zhi's biggest role, and it is also a weapon that Liu Zhiyuan took out to persuade his colleagues.

Wang Zhiren, Gyeonggi Jinhai to Denglai are threatened, the imperial court at least a dozen forbidden troops to cooperate with the Xiang army to defend, the vast sea, where can not land, this must be prevented, twice the result with half the effort, a year more than 2 million yuan.

The main root is that the limited cavalry of the imperial court is all in the north of Yanji River, and even the Yongxing Army and Qinfeng Road do not have many formed cavalry.

In order to prevent Wang Zhi, at least two or three elite cavalry of the army must be exhausted, and this price is really unbearable.

Wang Zhi instructed that Donghu and Bohai were threatened by it, and the imperial court gave 200,000 yuan of money and 200,000 stone grains a year, which enabled Wang Zhi to defend the northern seas and remove the threat to the northern coast, and at the same time, a small number of merchant ships and a large number of fishermen in the north could also obtain quite stable conditions, and no longer worry about being attacked by pirates at all times.

It was precisely because of so many advantages that the ideas of the Son of Heaven and Liu Zhiyuan won the support of quite a few court officials, and at the end of last year, Wang Zhi finally obtained the edict and sealed the envoy of the festival.

Its honor, rank, and actual position are all second-grade martial arts, and the rank is equivalent to Xu Zixian, in fact, it is much higher than Xu Zixian.

Although Zhang Huchen and others were not very willing, the famous lords of the court had to respect it, so they could only reluctantly come over to salute.

"Forget it, forget it." Wang Zhi looked at the people in front of him, waved his hand with low interest: "Although the old man has not done any evil in Fujian, he has not been a good person over the years. Shizi, you kill pirates, everyone around you applauds, and as soon as the old man's name comes out, you see that they are silent, and it is very boring. ”

Wang looked directly at Xu Zixian and invited: "How about inviting the prince into the post house to talk?" ”

Xu Zixian didn't quite understand, why did Wang Zhi express obvious goodwill after meeting him?

Although the one he killed was not actually a pirate, he was called a pirate, and he was a pirate, and the Qishan bandits, as well as Pu Xingfeng, Liu Dan, Yan Qi and others behind him, there will be a battle in the future, I don't know why Wang Zhi doesn't mind at all?

Xu Zixian smiled and said, "The elder is invited, how dare he refuse?" In that case, the boy went with the elder. ”

Wang Zhi went ashore from Tianjin Port to Beijing, and there were many people in his entourage.

In addition to a large number of servants and courtesans, there were more than 100 boxes of luggage, including a lot of gold, silver, antiques, calligraphy, paintings, utensils and other curiosities.

Even the boxes in which these utensils are placed are precious wood, and you can see that they are worth a lot of money at a glance.

Wang pointed to these cabinets and said to Xu Zixian: "This time I entered Beijing and prepared more than 200,000 pieces of goods. There is no way, the old man went to sea at the age of fourteen to become a thief, and now he is fifty-eight years old, and he has been at sea for more than forty years, from a pawn to the leader of a party, and he has done a lot of evil for decades, and he has gained a lot. This time I have a rare opportunity to enter Beijing, and I have to come up with some money to stuff the dog hole. Otherwise, there will be annoyance in the future. ”

Xu Zixian is silent, Wang Zhi, Pu Xingfeng, Kang Tianqi and others are all giant thieves who dominate the sea, with more than 10,000 subordinates, and even dominate one side, as if they are the lords of small countries.

These people have the strength of the lords, but they act in the style of pirates, and although merchant ships can pay a certain amount of benefits to obtain the protection of pirates and pass through the seas, most of the time, they still feel more happy to plunder ships.

Plundering the wealth of hostile coastal forces, and even plundering human trafficking, these things are done without any psychological pressure, as long as there is money to be obtained, anything can be done, and there will be no psychological burden.

As a result, the net worth of these sea thieves is more than one million, and each of the five sea thieves is worth more than 10 million.

For example, Wang Zhi, estimated to be worth about 20 million yuan, in addition to gold, silver and copper coins, there must be a lot of rare antique calligraphy and paintings grabbed in the past few decades.

Wang Zhi was appeased, the process was extremely difficult, and there were many court officials who opposed the appeasement of Wang Zhi, and now it seems that he reluctantly accepted it with the overall situation as the priority, but those who are familiar with the operation of the Great Wei Dynasty know that there are still many troubles underneath, and they will recur at any time if they don't do well.

There are too many benefits of appeasing Wang Zhi, and anyone with a discerning eye can see how important Wang Zhi is to the Great Wei court at this time, but for all the forces in Beijing, a person like Wang Zhi only depends on whether he is useful to his own side and whether he is useful to Great Wei, which can only be placed in a secondary position.

This time, if Zuo Prime Minister Han Zhong wants to appease, then Liu Zhiyuan will definitely oppose it, and the Son of Heaven will only follow Liu Zhiyuan's wishes, and he will not have any clear opinions.

The Son of Heaven is like this, when he trusts the courtiers, he relies on it, and the Zuo Xiang is supported all the way by the Son of Heaven of Chongde, for more than ten years, the Son of Heaven has helped the Zuo Xiang to the position of mastering half of the country, and when the Son of Heaven feels embarrassed and dangerous, he spares no effort to begin to support Liu Zhiyuan.

For such a major event, the Son of Heaven will not talk about the general trend and reason, and the court struggle is the greatest reason.

The helplessness in Wang Zhi's words, Xu Zixian can also understand, he is the sea overlord of the dominant side, and in order to seek a way out and manage the future for his young son, he can only compromise and seek perfection after he is old...... It has always been the only one who robs others, but this time, he wants to take out the stolen wealth with a smiling face and give it to the officials of the DPRK and China, all he wants is not to let anyone suddenly jump out to make trouble, isn't this a "dog hole"?

Xu Zixian has no sympathy for Wang Zhi, his money is good? Even if Wang Zhi is measured, every copper coin he has is stained with the blood and sweat of ordinary people, only 200,000 yuan, what is it, if Xu Zi can call the shots first, he has to ask this old man to move 20 million pieces of furniture to enrich the treasury, which can barely be regarded as his atonement and can be washed ashore.

"Mingda sits." There are a lot of people serving around Wang Zhi, there are more than ten beautiful concubines alone, and although the building is a temporary residence, it is also magnificently arranged.

Xu Zi first followed Wang Zhi inside, first glanced at the beauties, and took a casual look at those dazzling rare objects, and then sat calmly opposite Wang Zhi.

"Mingda is not mortal." Wang Zhi's eyes were quite sharp, and his speech was quite direct, and he said to Xu Zixian: "The people who enter my room are either staring at the concubine or those rare antiques, and that greed can't be hidden." The word wealth and color, how many people can't suppress their desires. Either it's some fake Taoism, avoiding eyes and not daring to look at it, treating women like Dabin, that trembling and rotten look is annoying. A man's husband should be like Mingda, look at it calmly, and be able to suppress the desire in his heart, so that he can achieve great things. ”

"The general has won the prize." Xu Zixian smiled indifferently, owed a bow, and said: "I am just an ordinary prince waiting to attack the lord, and I dare not be ashamed if I am a general." ”

"Is there any ordinary prince who can train 2,000 elite soldiers, defeat 4,000 bandits in one battle, and behead 1,000 ranks?" Wang Zhidao: "Don't think that the old man is testing something...... This trip to Beijing, the old man is certainly trembling, walking on thin ice, even if he knows you, I am afraid that you have to be careful. ”

"The general is saying that I have a dispute with Lin Douyao, the pacification envoy of Fujian Road, as well as Han Bingzhong, the envoy of Hu Shangpu, and Pu Shougao?" Xu Zixian smiled and said: "Lord Helin, Lord Han is just making trouble, the Pu family hates me for cutting off their financial routes, but I really have to guard against it." But the capital is important, and at the feet of the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that there is nothing to worry about......"

"The old man brought two old brothers this time, and each led 200 people, and the festival made 400 people enter Beijing, which is not too excessive." Wang Zhida smiled meaningfully, he knew that Xu Zixian had no relationship with him, of course, it was impossible to gain anything as soon as they met, he tested Xu Zixian, why didn't Xu Zixian want to take his words?

But the two only said a few words, but in fact, they had already communicated.

What the two are worried about, of course, is mainly the forces represented by Zuo Xiang Han Zhong and Zuo Xiang.

Xu Zixian and Lin Douyao, Han Bingzhong's signs of fighting are quite obvious, the battle of Nan'an Jiangtan, Xu Zixian used the identity of the regimental training envoy to win first, and when he reported it, he was not without criticism of the local officials in Fujian, and it was quite obvious that he was attacking Lin Douyao and Han Bingzhong.

And Lin and Han also had their own reactions, Lin Douyao's appeasement made the report several days late to the Beijing Division, and he could only ask for punishment for the forbidden army not leaving the city in time, while Han Bingzhong fought back clearly, bluntly saying that Xu Zixian relied on the status of the prince to be lawless, and did not ask for help in a hurry, although he won the war, he disturbed the local area and ran rampant, which was a harm to Nan'an, Fuzhou......

Of course, there are more than two sides and three parties on the play, and Xiao Zan seems to be in the middle of the patrol, but he faintly agrees with Xu Zixian's more domineering statement.

The incident involved the theft case, and Zheng Liqi was of course also played, praising Xu Zixian at the same time, but also attacking the Fuzhou garrison for a long time, delaying the military plane, Han Bingzhong's responsibility is not light, Zheng Liqi is also a big official, and the performance is also the impeachment of Han Bingzhong, although Lin Douyao was not attacked, Lin Douyao's appeasement was not handled effectively, it is also quite obvious.

The prefect Yang Shiwei did not have an obvious judgment on the merits of the matter, and was obviously unwilling to take sides, but it also confirmed the fact that the Nan'an victory and the forbidden army were late in the battle.

In addition, the king of Qi played a slow response to the forbidden army and the box army, and was greatly dissatisfied.

King Zhao did not play this time, this matter has nothing to do with the Dadu Governor's Mansion, and it is enough to have King Qi play.

Of course, this is the reason on the surface, but in fact, this time the forbidden army and the box army reacted slowly, and there is really no way to justify it, Han Bingzhong's performance seems to be straightforward and reasonable, but in fact he is messing around, anyway, it depends on the forces behind it, if Han Zhong is going to support his own heart, then Han Bingzhong's nonsense can also be used as a reason, if you want to abandon the pawn to protect the car, it is just right to keep Lin Douyao, who seems to be still rational and magnificent, and lose Han Bingzhong, a pawn......

There are many choices here, and it depends on how Han Zhong decides.

But no matter what, the dispute between Xu Zixian and Zuo Xiang has already become clear, and this time when he entered Beijing, Wang Zhi judged that Xu Zixian should be Han Zhong's enemy, which was not wrong. It's okay to talk about other things, but the most important thing is, of course, self-preservation.

Wang Zhi is also worried that Han Zhong will get him into Beijing, and then solve it by force, Xu Zixian is also worried about his life, and the two can be regarded as natural allies?

As for the contradiction between Xu Zixian and Liu Zhiyuan, in Wang Zhi's opinion, it is just a trivial matter, Pu Shougao is just a Hu businessman, not necessarily Liu Zhiyuan for a Hu businessman, give up a rising star like Xu Zixian, a powerful prince in Fujian?

Xu Zixian suddenly realized that Wang Zhi's enthusiasm and directness should have seen him with nearly 200 elite subordinates, so he took the initiative to extend an olive branch...... This is also a very normal thing, what kind of person is Han Zhong, he is the minister of power who has been in charge of the country for more than ten years, not only has a strong strength in the civil system, but also has a strong strength in the Privy Council and the Jingying Forbidden Army.

If it was thirty years ago, Wang Zhi only brought forty people, and it was the best choice to enter Beijing honestly.

But at this moment, without bringing hundreds of elite subordinates, Wang Zhi dared to enter Beijing at will?

"If the old man and Mingda can leave Beijing safely." Wang Zhidao: "I want to invite Mingda Xiaoyou to Pingdao." ”

Pingdao is the later generation of Phi Island, 40 square kilometers in size, is Wang Zhi operated more than 10 years of maritime foundation, the island soil is sandy, can not be cultivated, can only grow pasture, originally there are many people of the Bohai country on the island to herd sheep, the sheep are more than 10,000 scale, later Wang until the island, originally planned to reclaim, and later found that the soil quality does not allow, can only be used as a storage and garrison base, also used to herd ducks and sheep, is the northern pirates used to rest and repair the ship's rear.

It is bordered by Liaodong controlled by Donghu and the Bohai State that occupies the peninsula, and from the mouth of the Yalu River, you can let the boat go down, and on the southeast side are several important cities of the Bohai Kingdom, where Wang Zhi buys pearls, ginseng, and leather goods, and trades with each other, and makes a lot of money.

Over the years, more than 10,000 people have lived on Ping Island, and a large number of houses have been built, which is much richer and more prosperous than it was a decade ago.

Of course, all the grain was purchased by sea ships from the mainland and the sea, and the Bohai Kingdom would also sell rice to Wang Zhi so that he would not harass the rich southern land.

Wang Zhi took Pingdao as the core, occupying more than 20 coastal islands of all sizes, and in addition to the 14,000 pirate subordinates, there were still 30,000 or 40,000 islanders attached to Wang Zhi's territory and became his subordinates.

In this way, the population is not much, which is comparable to a town with a large population in Fuzhou. But when it comes to the scope of the sea area controlled by Wang Zhi, the Jing Navy is in line with the name.

"It's also an honor for the general to be invited." Xu Zixian is also extremely curious about a place like Pingdao, if a person can run such a foundation and become a strong party, he must also have something extraordinary.

Wang Zhi is also old, if he is now in the prime of life between thirty and forty years old, he will definitely not be attached, he can be the king overseas, why should he be wronged?

Even once the Great Wei Dynasty had civil strife and more soldiers, it was not impossible for overseas forces like Wang Zhi to take advantage of the situation to gain a larger territory and more benefits.

Ordinary civil officials of the Great Wei Dynasty, bound by the ideas and historical inheritance of the past, always refused to face up to the fact that the present is different from the old time.

China's history is basically the history of the mainland's struggle for hegemony, and it has nothing to do with overseas.

However, Xu Zixian has a deep perception, and now seems to be the arrival of a historical node to compete for supremacy on the traditional land and at sea. Maritime trade is becoming more and more prosperous and developed, and it is not known who can dominate the sea, at least in an invincible position, and even has a great chance of achieving a hegemonic career.

He did not have the slightest contempt for Wang Zhi, contempt, or even the slightest rejection.

Pirates are the product of unique circumstances, and they will exist on the oceans during this year and for the next two or three hundred years. Including the most powerful maritime empire in history, the British Empire, the process of its beginnings was that everyone, including the queen, became pirates, and had been robbing the Spanish gold ships at sea, which was the real first pot of gold for the British.

It was not until the steam warships spread all over the sea that large-scale piracy gradually disappeared, but even in modern society, when the most advanced warships were all over the sea, small-scale and scattered piracy could not be eradicated.

In today's era when piracy is still in its infancy and still flourishing, how could Xu Zixian be pedantic enough to reject or despise a pirate leader who has been king at sea for many years?

And Wang Zhi didn't do much evil after all, if it was an alien pirate like Pu Xingfeng, and he didn't know how many good people he had killed and how many families he had destroyed, even if Xu Zixian had interests to consider, he would not pretend to such a person.

The big husband can not be a hero and reject political cleanliness, but he still has to have a certain bottom line.

Many children regard ruthlessness and no bottom line as the basis for success, but in fact, they have never thought that people who really have no bottom line have never had a successful record in history.

A person who has no bottom line, his subordinates will also have no bottom line, he has no reliable political allies, the people do not trust him, and his subordinates will betray at any time.

"Mingda is an interesting person...... Wang Zhi undoubtedly has his own source of information, he looked at Xu Zixian thoughtfully, and said: "The old man has seen a lot of people in his life, and it is the first time I have seen a person like Mingda, to be honest, when the old man was twenty years old, he did not have such a mind and measure as Mingda. ”

"It's also a last resort."

"I have no choice but to say it." Wang Zhi laughed, there was no lack of loneliness and unwillingness in his smile, he got up to see off the guests, and said, "The old man is also forced to do so." ”

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