On the calm sea, the moon hung alone in the sky.

The sea breeze caressed it, bringing a smell of sea to fill the cabin.

Li Yunchang's fleet, with a total of nine large ships and more than 20 small boats, floated mightily on the sea, brightly lit, looking from a distance, like an isolated island floating on the sea.

In the cabin, the heat was abnormal, and the salty and wet sea breeze could not take away the heat here, so Zhang Mu simply was naked, and he was still sweating.

In front of him was Zhao Qianhu, who was hanging on the beam, and he looked at the ground sluggishly, without the slightest scene of domination.

Zhang Mu picked up the teapot, took a few sips of water with a big gulp, looked up and asked, "Lord Zhao, Commander Zhou has fallen into our hands." I advise you to deal with them all. If you report it meritoriously, maybe Your Majesty will be happy and will be able to surround your life. ”

Zhao Qianhu smiled bitterly and said, "Do you think I am a three-year-old child?" Our emperor has always hated corrupt officials and corrupt officials. How could you possibly spare me? Left and right are dead, what's the use of talking all this nonsense? ”

Zhang Mu got up and smiled: "If you don't say it, it doesn't matter." I'm not going to ask anything out of your mouth anyway. To tell you the truth, what we are going to now is the place where the Wen family and the Japanese are trading. After catching the widows, the Wen family can't escape, do you think you can really escape? ”

Zhao Qianhu was stunned for a moment, looked up at Zhang Mu, who was only thirteen years old in front of him, and his eyes became fluttering.

Zhang Mu's approach is one ring after another, no matter who is missing, he can find evidence, besides, the Wen family's sailors also fell into the hands of Li Yunchang, if he catches the leader of the Japanese Kou again, once the Wen family is raided. The matter between him and Zhou's command can no longer be hidden.

"Count you ruthless. But adults, you still don't want to waste your tongue on the small one. The left and right little ones don't know anything. It is useless to say more. Commander Zhao closed his eyes and said dejectedly.

"It's okay, after I came to know you, I checked your background. In his early years, he was also poor, and in troubled times, he was also a sufferer. He once followed Commander Zhou and made meritorious contributions. Knowing that once corruption is discovered, it will definitely die. Besides, if you have achieved this scale, it will be a matter of time before you are exposed. Why do you still want to take risks? Zhang Mu asked.

Zhao Qianhu glanced at Zhang Mu with a little contempt and said, "The righteous words you said, judging by your age, you must not have suffered any crimes, right?" ”

"Indeed, I was born rich, and I do not know the sufferings of the people of this world." Zhang Mu said deliberately.

"We waited for Your Majesty to be born and died, and we have been on the battlefield several times. It was the desperate effort to hang his head on the waistband of his pants that led to his current position. But this is just a superficial view of the scenery, a thousand households. Positive five-grade officials. Sixteen stones in January. I am also old and young. There are bosses above to flatter, and subordinates below to reward, which is a bit of a bargain. What is enough? Zhao Qianhu sneered.

"Don't all military households have military fields? What about this income? Zhang Mu asked again.

"Juntian?" Zhao Qianhu smiled disdainfully and said: "The law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates that military households can only be soldiers for generations. If a family has two sons, one needs to go to the border and is called Zhengding. The other became Yu Ding, who was responsible for providing supplies to Zheng Ding. If Zhengding is killed in battle, Yu Ding will have to make up for it. The old father who was supposed to be in the family was about to become Yu Ding. Continue to provide supplies to your son.

It's a pity. How can that little military field feed this big family? Although military households can be exempted from taxes, but the officials who command the envoys are not looted layer by layer? At the end of the year, I have to fight hungry. Tell me that if I don't get any more money, who of my brethren will listen to me. ”

Zhang Mu couldn't help but sigh.

These are the shortcomings of the guard system, the Ming Dynasty's guard system absorbs the experience of Tuntian in Chinese history, is a kind of army building system that combines soldiers and farmers, and guards are guarded, Zhu Yuanzhang once said: "I have millions of soldiers, and it does not cost the people a grain of grain." ”

It is a pity that when a social system is implemented, the ruler often decides at a glance that the human factor is too difficult to control, and in the end, the military families flee one after another because they cannot be oppressed.

In addition, under the social status, the father is a soldier, the son must also be a soldier, and the grandson must also be a soldier, and the people have no hope of getting out of the sea of suffering, so naturally they cannot maintain it.

By the time of the Jiaqing year, the Wei system had already existed in name only, and the Ming Dynasty finally died in the country, which is not unrelated to these decisions that now seem very naïve.

"In this way, the corruption of the commanders and envoys is also very serious." Zhang Mu asked.

"I'm just an ordinary minion, even if I were killed, what would I do? According to the regulations, each military household should have at least three acres of land. Over the years, the fields of military households have been annexed by their superiors one by one, and many of my subordinates and soldiers have not been able to open the pot at home. They don't get involved in smuggling, you let them drink the Northwest Wind to go? Zhao Qianhu said with a smile.

At this time, Zhao Wu arrived outside the gate of the cell and said, "My lord, the sailor of the Wen family vomited. Master Lee, please go to the cabin to discuss the matter. ”

Zhang Mu got up and said: "Think about it again, I can't be the master of other things, the country has national laws, and the family has family rules." However, if you confess, I can spare your family a way to live. What you have committed, you know in your own heart. ”

At that moment, Zhang Mu walked towards the cabin.

Zhao Qianhu looked at Zhang Mu's back, and his cloudy eyes gradually moistened.

At home, there is also an elder brother and an old father, who are now in the rear Tuntian.

If his sin had been confirmed, the old father and his brother would most likely have been sat together or even beheaded.

Zhao Qianhu knew in his heart that he was in a catastrophe, and when he thought of his elderly parents, he closed his eyes and said, "That's it, the left and right are dead." It's better not to bother your family. ”

Zhang Mu hurriedly arrived in the cabin, Li Yunchang was wearing only silk pants, naked and lying naked under the dim candlestick.

On the long case, there was a huge nautical chart, Zhang Mu took a cursory glance, although this nautical chart was not so accurate, he was still very shocked.

"Master Li, where did you get this chart?" Zhang Mu asked.

"These were all found in old warehouses, and they were originally confiscated from Persian merchants. Nowadays, this kind of thing is very rare and very precious. Li Yunchang said with a smile.

"Asked where the deal was?" Zhang Mu asked.

Li Yunchang nodded, stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of Nanlu Mountain.

Zhang Mu saw that it was just a very inconspicuous island, isolated overseas, about a night's distance from Ningcun, and the scale was very small.

"That's where they trade?" Zhang Mu asked in surprise.

After all, this place is too close to the mainland, and Zhang Mu didn't expect that the Japanese would be so bold that they would almost walk under the noses of the officers and soldiers.

"Wenzhou coastal defense warships are scarce, and they don't go out to patrol in normal times, so naturally the Japanese have nothing to fear. But now that I've found a place to stay for them, I don't have to worry about killing them. (To be continued......)