The reason why Zhu Youzhen trusts Xiong Rulin may start with Xiong Rulin's last strategy. [←八 [←八 [← read the book of ← .2↘ At that time, when talking about national affairs, almost all candidates focused their attention on the Liaodong Jianyu or the thieves.

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Only Xiong Rulin has a unique point of view, believing that the defense of the southeast sea frontier is weak, which is a major problem for the Ming Dynasty, and its harm may even exceed that of Jianyu. He also deliberately mentioned in the test paper that some pirates accepted appeasement on the surface, but in fact they still went their own way, and the court had to plan for it as soon as possible. Although he did not nominate the surname Dao, Zhu Youzhen naturally knew that he was talking about Zheng Zhilong.

Therefore, when Xiong Rulin went to Nan'an to take up his post, Zhu Youzhen also used a secret edict to give him the truth. At that time, Zheng Zhilong had not yet colluded with the rebels, but Zhu Youzhen had already made up his mind to eradicate this largest pirate force. However, Zheng Zhilong has not openly rebelled, and the imperial court has no spare strength to use troops everywhere, so Zhu Youzhen told Xiong Rulin to pay close attention to Zheng Zhilong's movements in Nan'an County, Zheng Zhilong's hometown, and try to weaken his power on the mainland.

Xiong Rulin received the edict with mixed feelings. Fortunately, although the emperor is young, he is far-sighted, not only attaches great importance to the southeast sea frontier, but also recognizes the true face of Zheng Zhilong. At this time, there was no official in the imperial court from top to bottom who advocated attacking Zheng Zhilong, so in a sense, the emperor adopted Xiong Rulin's opinions. This is called the grace of knowing the encounter, how can Xiong Rulin not be grateful?

The worry is that Nan'an is completely different from Tong'an. In Tong'an County, he could bring down the local forces with just a few brocade guards, because no matter how big the local forces were, they would not dare to confront the imperial court. But Nan'an County is different, the Zheng family has been operating in the local area for many years, in addition to the Zheng family itself, many people in Nan'an County were also tempted by Zheng Zhilong and followed him to the sea as pirates. At that time, Fujian's coastal defense was a virtual reality, and these people came and went freely, and the government either did not know the current situation of these people, or even if they did, they did not want to care.

In other words, these people are not subject to the control of the imperial court at all. If Xiong Rulin still dealt with Zheng Zhilong on his own, and no one paid attention to it, and if it was serious, such as using Jinyi Wei to arrest Zheng Zhilong's henchmen, then maybe these pirates would openly rob the prison and fight against prison. No matter how capable Jinyiwei is, after all, the number of people is too small, outnumbered, and the consequences are unimaginable, and even worse, it will stimulate Zheng Zhilong, which is inconsistent with the emperor's secret constraints.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Xiong Rulin decided to first form a force that was completely subordinate to his orders, that is, the militia group. The reason why there is no need for guards or servants is because these people themselves are not clean. In particular, Xiong Rulin, a government official in Nan'an County, had heard of it when he was still in Tong'an County, and they had accepted the benefits of smuggling boat owners, and not only turned a blind eye to smuggling and smuggling people, but also reported to the smuggling boat owners before the county was on an errand to deal with the inspection, but naturally nothing was found.

Therefore, after the militia was established, the first thing Xiong Rulin did was to clean up the ranks of government officials. His method is very simple to say: let the militia Tuan Yong secretly follow the servant, see what he eats, what he uses, and how much money the family spends, and then call the servant to the second hall to confront him: How much is your monthly salary, how can you spend money so lavishly? Where did all that money come from?

These officials are usually used to being powerful and blessed, but they never thought that as soon as the new magistrate took office, he would find out about them! Some people want to deny it, saying that it is ancestral property. Xiong Rulin did not torture to extract confessions, but only interrogated each of the officials in question individually, and scared him into saying that those who confessed truthfully, as long as the amount was not large and actively returned the stolen goods, Master Ben would not investigate deeply. If you refuse to admit it, it's useless, because so-and-so has already recruited everyone. If you don't recruit, you're just topping the tank for others. Originally, it was only a matter of twenty boards at most, and if you had to survive to the death penalty, it would be up to you.

These officials have been in the public gate for a long time, so they naturally know what is at stake. There are not many county magistrates who know how to judge cases, and they are generally done by the famous criminal masters. This master and the dirty things below, it is innumerable. But looking at the posture of this new magistrate, there is no need for money, food, and criminal masters, and the trial is all done by himself, and he can't be accommodating if he wants to.

Although these officials have dealt with many cases, most of them are illiterate, and they can't pick off the real legal provisions. Intending to play tricks and refuse to admit their accounts, the mud-legged men of those militia groups glared angrily from the sidelines, and it seemed that as long as the magistrate gave an order, they would have to be beaten half to death. I had no choice but to confess.

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This is like an imsolid embankment, as long as there is one trick, it is like a small breach in the embankment, and it will soon collapse in its entirety. In order to alleviate their own guilt, these officials bit each other, and in the end, there was not a single one of the more than 60 officials in the county who was not bribed by the owner of the smuggling boat. And the backstage of these shipowners is undoubtedly Zheng Zhilong.

Of course, Xiong Rulin knew that all this was related to Zheng Zhilong, but he pretended not to know, and only pointed the finger at the owners of those smuggling boats. After the officials confessed, Xiong Rulin locked them all in the county jail, blocked the news from the outside world, and only proposed a few people who were familiar with the rules of smuggling boats, and asked them to lead the militia to ambush on the beach.

In the middle of the night, eight armed merchant ships of 200 materials came, and although dozens of sailors on board had weapons such as birds, no one expected that in Zheng Zhilong's hometown, there would be problems in this place that had been smuggled for many years, so they were all unwary of getting off the ship to trade.

They were traded by smugglers from Nan'an County, who also knew nothing about Xiong Rulin's arrest of the officials, and drove a carriage full of goods and silver taels to the joint. As a result, 500 regiments bravely came out, and the sailors and merchants were caught off guard and were all caught on the spot. All the goods and silver were seized as stolen silver, but the biggest catch was the eight armed merchant ships and dozens of birds. Because Zhu Youzhen had already made arrangements in the secret edict and knew that Xiong Rulin had no family background at all, he allowed Nan'an County to use any smuggling boats and weapons that were found.

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In this way, after Xiong Rulin's militia won the first battle, they had warships and weapons, and they were already a force to be reckoned with!

As for the smugglers, the situation has not yet been clarified. Because Zheng Zhilong was still nominally the chief soldier of the Fujian Navy Division, they hurriedly carried Zheng Zhilong out, hoping to use Zheng Zhilong's name to scare Xiong Rulin, and then turn the big thing into a small one, and it would be over with some silver.

I don't want Xiong Rulin to sneer and say: "You wait for Diao Min, it's very bold!" The imperial court has opened a ban on the sea, so why don't you register with the government? Isn't it just to avoid taxes? It's just smuggling, and I dare to frame Mr. Zheng! Come on, each person will be responsible for twenty pounds, see if they dare to talk nonsense! ”