Chapter 270: Ryukyu, Liuqiu,

After the Southern Song Dynasty in history entered the middle and late periods, because of the continuous wars between Jin and Mongolia, the national economy has not been able to recover well, the continuous deterioration of the situation has exacerbated the social turmoil, and the public security situation is not as good as before, especially the coastal security has become very unbearable due to the rampant piracy, although the imperial court strictly ordered the coastal sailors to crack down, but due to the unstable situation in the late Southern Song Dynasty, the coastal pirates have not been completely exterminated, these pirates in addition to robbing passing ships, Most of them are still engaged in smuggling, and even more will go ashore to harass and plunder the people.

There are a lot of records about pirates in the Imperial Pen of the Emperor of the Throne of the Bunkaku, and although I haven't read them carefully, I still know some of them in general.

"Li Beiyang, I ask you, what is the situation of piracy along the coast now, is it still rampant?"

Li Beiyang got up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, most of the current pirates are concentrated in the coastal areas of Liangzhejiang Road and Fujian Province, after many blows by our naval division, most of the pirates have turned to smuggling, and the smuggled items are mainly salt, copper coins, tea and some military contraband that our dynasty has embargoed, and the focus of our coastal naval division is to crack down on the smuggling of military contraband, which has achieved great results, and in recent years has basically put an end to tung oil, pine and other raw materials for making warships from leaving the coast to the north, making the development of Mongolian naval divisions slow. As for the smuggling of other items, it is not yet possible to completely eradicate it, but compared with the Jiading period, it has been much better. ”

"Salt, metal, and military supplies have always been controlled or monopolized by the imperial court, and the smuggling of these items should be cracked down, but is this tea also a prohibited item?"

Lu Xiufu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, tea has always been listed as a contraband by our dynasty. ”

"I think it is cost-effective to exchange tea for gold and silver, Shichen, notify the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Households, cancel the tea from the contraband, and the court will no longer monopolize it, just verify the tariffs, which can not only increase the tax revenue of our dynasty, but also increase the income of the tea farmers, why not do it."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jia seems to be arching his hand,

"Your Majesty." Li Beiyang continued, "Among the current pirates, except for a very small number such as Zhang Xuan, who is known as the 'One Piece', most of the rest of the pirates have adopted the method of smuggling into pieces, and they are no longer engaged in robbing past merchant ships, so the minister will ask Your Majesty if he can recruit pirates to expand the naval army." ”

When I heard the title "One Piece", I was surprised, and my fingers inadvertently tapped on the table and said, "One Piece Zhang Xuan." ”

"One Piece" is a well-known manga in later generations, and it has a large market among primary and secondary school students.

"Exactly, Your Majesty, this Zhang Xuan is the islander of Daxishan Island on Guangnan East Road (now Guangdong), joined my Chaoshui Division when he was young, because of his brave combat, the official to the capital, this person is proficient in the surname of water, but the surname of the bandit is full, and his boss because of the quarrel and then drew a knife, cut his boss and escaped into the sea, and gradually became one of the most powerful pirates in the coastal area, especially in the last year or two, Zhang Xuan and overseas foreign pirates colluded, and has now become the leader of the largest pirate gang overseas in Fujian, this Zhang Xuan is extremely murderous, Not only robbing money, but also hurting people's lives, merchant ships that often run by waterway say, 'It is better to encounter a tsunami than to encounter pirates,'"

"Daxishan Island." I nodded, "It's a familiar name, I remember where I seem to have seen it." ”

"Your Majesty, the residents of Daxishan Island on Guangnan East Road have always been smuggling salt for a living, in the third year of Qingyuan (1197), Guangnan East Road raised the tea and salt division Xu Anguo sent people to the island to arrest smuggled salt, Zhang Huaiyu, the leader of the villagers on the island, gathered thousands of islanders to kill all the people sent by Xu Anguo, and then went into the sea as a thief, after three years, finally was destroyed by the Fuzhou Navy Division and the Destroyer Army of our dynasty, it is said that thousands of islanders were slaughtered at that time, this matter once caused an uproar in the court, and the controversy was endless, after Zhang Xuan erected the flag and became a pirate, After publicly declaring that he was Zhang Huaiyu, he did all kinds of evil, and he had counted the mistakes of the court massacring the villagers, and said that he was incompatible with my dynasty, although I had many expeditions to the navy, but because of its considerable water warfare, and extremely cunning, every time I went to the army of the dynasty, I hid in Liuqiu (now Ryukyu), there were many islands in the area of Liuqiu, and the sea and land terrain were complicated, and finally my navy division returned in vain every time. ”

"Ryukyu Islands." I pointed to the Ryukyu Islands on the map and said, "Li Aiqing, come up and take a look, this is it." ”

Li Beiyang walked closer and looked at it: "Your Majesty, it's here, it's just, it's just,,,,,。 ”

"Just what."

Li Beiyang whispered: "Your Majesty, this place should be called Liuqiu, the flow of flowing water, not the glazed glaze." ”

The record of Ryukyu was first seen in the Sui Dynasty, when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered Zhu Kuan, the captain of the Yu Cavalry, to go to sea to look for overseas exotic customs, on the way to see a large area of pearl-like islands floating on the sea, like a dragon, then named the name Liuqiu, to the Tang Dynasty, when the officials were compiling the Sui book, in order to avoid the emperor and the dragon, the place was renamed Liuqiu, to the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang period, and the place was named Ryukyu, which means glazed jade and pearl balls, and has been passed down to this day,

I don't remember the origin of the name of Ryukyu, but I smiled and said, "As soon as I opened the Golden Mouth, this stream of requests became Ryukyu, and it didn't matter, it was just the name of the place." ”

Li Beiyang raised his voice and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, according to Your Majesty's will, from now on, Liuqiu will be changed to Ryukyu." ”

"How many people are there in that Zhang Xuan."

"Your Majesty, there are about three or four thousand people, nearly a hundred armed ships."

"The strength is not small, since there is Zhang Xuan, the king of the pirates, and it is a great crime, then, Li Beiyang."

"The minister is here."

"I ordered you to eliminate Zhang Xuan within three months to sacrifice the banner of my Great Song Dynasty Royal Naval Army, can you do it?"

Li Beiyang thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to exterminate Zhang Xuan, you must go deep into the Ryukyus, this, this." ”

I knew what Li Beiyang meant, and said with a smile: "Then just take the Ryukyus together, and by the way, try the effectiveness of the Navy Marine Corps." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Beiyang replied confidently, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will definitely do it." ”

"Well, I'll be waiting for your good news." I praised, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of today's meeting, and the second naval meeting will be held in seven days." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers are retired."

Back to the Funing Palace, I didn't even eat, so I hurried to bed, wanting to take a good nap, although I knew that it was impossible, but I still fantasized about being able to go back to last night's dream,

Of course, the result will not be as I hoped, and for me, dreams are unattainable.

tossing and turning, after all, I can't sleep,

I was in a daze in bed for about half an hour before I opened my eyes.

"The official is awake, do you want something to eat?"

I shook my head and said, "Jiu'er, what time is it?" ”

"It's more than half the time."

I said "oh", and said in my heart, it was already 2 o'clock,

"The official family, Xiao Qi came to report that the information asked by the official family has been obtained, and Mr. Yuan, Lord Lan and Lord Shen are already waiting outside the palace gate."

"Well, I'll go to the imperial study."

"The official family hasn't eaten yet."

"Don't eat it, let's eat together in the evening."

Walking into the study, Xiao Qi handed me a file and said, "Official, this is the information about Jiang Yundi that Xiao went to the Ministry of Officials to get it." ”

"Well, Xiao Qi, you go to Mr. Xuan, let's come in."

"Yes, official."

Jiang Yundi's file is very simple, Jinshi was born, Jiang Wanli's nephew, since he entered the Ministry of Industry ten years ago, he has been serving in the Ministry of Industry, because of his serious work, he was valued by his boss, and was promoted to the Ministry of Industry about a year and a half ago.

"Jiang Wanli, Jiang Yundi." I silently said,

For Jiang Wanli's character and performance in the Ministry of Commerce, he is beyond reproach, and his intuition tells me that this matter should have nothing to do with Jiang Wanli, if it is just Jiang Yundi's personal behavior, it will be much easier, after all, Jiang Wanli belongs to the important ministers of the DPRK and the Ministry of Commerce, and he is the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce that I appointed.

Just as I was thinking about it, Xiao Qi came to report: "Your Majesty, Mr. Yuan and the others have arrived." ”

"Yes, let them in."

"Minister Yuan Thorn, Minister Lan Yu, Minister Shen Mo See Your Majesty."

"Three Aiqing, please be seated."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Xiao Qi, make a pot of hot tea, it's cold, drink some hot tea to warm up."

"Yes, official."

"Blue Feather, Shen Mo."

"The minister is here."

"I have called you here today to give you a secret mission to the imperial guards." I opened the military map of Huainan West Road on the table and said, "You see, this is Luzhou Mansion, above is the Anfeng army on the south bank of the Huai River, on the 28th of this month, General Xia Gui will send troops to attack the north of the Anfeng army, that is, the area occupied by Mongolia, and intends to recover the south bank of the Huai River in one fell swoop, the Anfeng army is currently occupied by our dynasty and Mongolia in half, the dividing line is Yangjia Town, Yangjia Town is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a dangerous place for the Anfeng army, Xia Gui himself is an Anfeng military clan, and knows an extremely hidden path, Therefore, I will personally lead the team to attack Yangjia Town from this secret path, Shen Mo, I plan to lead you and Yun Zhongfei to lead twenty imperial guards who are proficient in mountain roads to Luzhou, and the purpose of this trip is only one, that is, to protect the safety of General Xia Gui. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Shen Mo said, "The minister promises to complete the task." ”

"Well, this matter is a first-class military secret, and you must not leak half a point, you will set off for the north tonight, and you must arrive in Luzhou before the 25th, here is the letter I handed over to Xia Gui, you can forward it to Xia Aiqing."

Shen Mo took the letter and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

"Report, Your Majesty, Lord Lu Xiufu of the Military Affairs Yuan, and Lord Zhao Shunsun Zhao of the Government Affairs Yuan are waiting for the decree outside the door."

"Xuan."