The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

What happened in the Smelting Bureau was very hotly discussed in Fuzhou City for a few days, and then it was replaced by a shocking robbery from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

In the whole city of Fuzhou, whether it is the streets and alleys or teahouses and restaurants, you can hear the shocking rumors of the "Jiangsu and Zhejiang robbery".

The rumored number of people killed has increased from 35 to hundreds, and the number of victims has expanded from families and nursing homes to hundreds of families of old and young.

Even Xie Sanbin, a student of Qian Qianyi, a servant of the imperial court who returned home, and a person from Ningbo Mansion, was killed in bed in a daze.

But the strange thing is that his concubine was let go by the ruthless robbers, and Xie Sanbin was also the only master who was killed in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang robbery.

Therefore, some people boldly speculate whether he was killed because he shared a bed with his concubine during the Ding Wei period, which caused the anger of the thieves. After all, ethics in the Ming Dynasty are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The huge controversy is that there are great differences in the judgment of the murderer from all walks of life, and the scattered rumors are mixed with many rumors.

Some people say that it is Zhang Xianzhong from the Hunan and Jiangxi borders, some people say it is Li Zicheng from Shaanxi, some people say it is Jiannu from Liaodong, and more people believe that it is a strongman from the sea.

The biggest argument in favor of this argument is that the survivors of the robbed of their vast wealth complained to the imperial court that the robbers had mentioned the use of sea routes, and the number was in the dozens.

Again, the quick arrest that reacted at dawn went around to investigate and pursue, followed the traces left by the robbers, and found that the thieves had disappeared near Haining.

These remarks were recorded by the personal guards of the Governor's Palace and forwarded to the generals in charge of the operation, and they realized that something had gone wrong after all.

The general colonel of the Governor's Palace, who was clamoring to strike while the iron was hot again, also died down and kept silent about the matter.

After all, it's more than worth the loss to get a grip on it.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in Gyeonggi, was furious when he heard the report from Nanzhili, and sternly ordered the two prefectures of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to investigate the matter before the year and stabilize the hearts of the people in Jiangnan.

Otherwise, the local officials of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces will be dismissed from their posts and questioned.

But where does the Jiangnan government have a clue, they are all complaining, and they can only be a blind toss of chickens and dogs.

At this time, Qin Haoming, the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, presented a secret performance to the Son of Heaven, saying that the robbery could be attributed to the local salt lords, and the benefits were threefold.

Quickly stabilizing the people of Jiangnan is one of them; Homeopathic crackdown on Jiangnan salt lords is the second; The third is to punish his family property for the use of the imperial court.

If the troops of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are insufficient, Fujian can send troops to help. At the same time, it is suggested that Jinyiwei go to Jiangnan and slowly investigate the truth in secret. The second is to supervise the local government to investigate and deal with the situation of stolen silver from salt barons.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a long time, and the case was amazing. Immediately ordered Nanzhili to do so, and at the same time ordered the elite under the command of Qin Haoming, the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, to enter Jiangsu and Zhejiang to help exterminate the salt barons, which was controlled by Shi Kefa, the governor of Caoyun.

You must know that the salt lords in the south of the Yangtze River have been the henchmen of the Ming Dynasty for generations, and they are not without the strength of a war.

During the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty, the salt lords in Yangzhou were entangled with the momentum, holding the soldiers and holding the blades, like strong thieves, trading at night, moving tens of thousands.

At the time of the apocalypse, the escaped prisoners everywhere did not recklessly build large ships to cover the ocean, sell smuggled salt, gather more than 100 people in each boat, display banners and hold weapons, starting from Suyang, up to Jiujiang and Huguang to sell.

Along the way, they encountered ships such as officials, civilians, merchants, and merchants, and plundered them wantonly. Although there are inspections and arrests, there are few officers and soldiers, and they are weak and invincible.

By the time of Chongzhen, the provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were still one of the most flooded areas of illegal salt.

The north and south of the river are full of smuggled salt, and salt criminals gather to sell smuggled goods, or dozens, or two or three hundred, or even five or six hundred people in groups to sell it.

In the event of patrolling and arresting people, they will be killed and widowed by the people, and they will be injured if they are armed with the enemy's salt patrol. At worst, it can be fatal.

The salt barons along the coast of Guangdong each brought large ships, carried equipment, loaded with illegal salt, and sold them to and fro, and so on.

It's really where the benefits are, and everyone tends to do it.

Fuzhou, Governor's Palace Conference Room.

Qin Haoming, who was deducing the sand table with a group of generals, received Chongzhen's holy decree at this time.

Shi Kefa, seeing this name, Qin Haoming shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly. This pig teammate, a master of pitting people!

Now, Emperor Chongzhen has entrusted him with the important task of cleaning up the salt owls, and Qin Haoming is not optimistic about it in his heart at all.

But there is no way to do it, this Shi Kefa's ability is mediocre, but his official fortune is very tight.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Shi Kefa resigned because of the death of his father-in-law. After the funeral, Shi Kefa was used as the right attendant of the household department and the right imperial history, replacing Zhu Dadian in charge of Caoyun, and patrolling Fengyang, Huai'an, Yangzhou and other places.

The Governor of Caoyun is a high-ranking official sent by the Ming Dynasty to oversee the affairs of Caoyun throughout the country.

It not only manages the canal along the more than 3,000 provinces and more, but also manages local administrative affairs, and is also the governor of Lufeng, managing the three prefectures of Fengyang, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Luzhou and Xuzhou, Hezhou and Chuzhou.

The Governor of Caoyun has a strong authority, and has an armed force under his own jurisdiction, as well as a battalion of sailors. Imitate the local governor, the governor of the standard, the standard, and called the standard.

Subordinate military officials, the highest is the deputy general from the second rank. And control the eight provinces of Shandong, Henan, Suzhou, Hui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hubei and Hunan provinces.

Therefore, from the perspective of Emperor Chongzhen, he is really the best candidate to coordinate the armies of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces.

"The plan changed, Xiao Jian stayed in Fujian to clean up the local salt lords, and Dong Shoubei led 3,000 men and horses into Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Not! ”

Qin Haoming frowned, and considered his words, "Dong Shoubei should pay attention, Shi Kefa is dull, and he has never led troops, so it is estimated that it will be very difficult to have a hearty victory this time."

However, after all, it is not a real battlefield, and although the salt lord is fierce, its combat effectiveness is limited. The Governor reckoned that it was probably just a decent one.

In this case, don't think about it, choose a few hundred years old brothers to bring with you, enrich Wang Yuejin's team, and help him lay out the base areas on both sides of the canal by the way.

Originally, this was a very good opportunity, and the governor also wanted to make up for it by our forces after clearing the salt lords of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, and they run out of such a guy who is not enough to achieve things and more than to lose. ”

Qin Haoming looked up to the sky and sighed, and the disappointment in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

It seems that an opportunity that was finally created will be ruined in the hands of Shi Kefa, and it will be a failure!

Trust Shi Kefa, don't laugh, he has no merits in his life, do you still expect him to suddenly become capable and smart, isn't that a joke with the lives of his brothers?

Dong Changqing didn't know why Qin Du didn't trust Shi Kefa so much, but this did not prevent him from unconditionally believing in Qin Haoming's judgment, shrugged his shoulders, and said coldly:

"Since the ability is mediocre, then it will be perfunctory. Anyway, it doesn't belong to his soldiers. ”

"The military order is like a mountain!" Qin Haoming shook his head, stared at Dong Changqing and said: "There is a kind of person who has no ability, but his means are ruthless, and Shi Kefa is one of them.

Ben can be assured that if you dare to disobey his orders, you will surely die by his sword.

To put it nicely, this is called pedantry; To put it mildly, it's called a fool. ”

Speaking of this, Qin Haoming pointed to his head and showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, "Remember, there is no reason to talk to fools, and wisdom is needed." ”

The generals in the hall burst into laughter, and they all joked about Dong Changqing, and the time to test their wisdom had come.