Shengsi Island Port.

Xu Da and Li Jin were standing in front of a huge map, talking to each other.

After Li Jin heard that Xu Da was going to enter Beijing immediately, he was shocked, and hurriedly asked:

"I don't know why Wei Guogong is so anxious? Could it be that Wei Guogong saw some clues? ”

Xu Da's face was heavy, his eyes were firmly fixed on a small island in the southeast of the map, and he said in a muffled voice:

"As you said, there must have been someone behind the Japanese turmoil in the southeast this time."

"These Japanese in the southeast region are likely to form an alliance."

"These freedoms have been scattered and have been fighting with each other for years, and they want to unite them, unless there is a force greater than all of them."

"This reminds the old man of a person."

"Alone?"

Li Jin looked puzzled and asked:

"Who? How can you have such ability? ”

Xu Dan pointed to an island off the coast of Fujian on the map, and said slowly:

"A pirate, a pirate who makes it difficult for the current emperor to sleep."

"This man is insidious and cunning, plundering ships in the South China Sea, and even blocking the tributary routes of small southern countries for a time."

"Not only that, but this man has thousands of warships and 100,000 people, rampaging across the South China Sea."

"When Guangxi and Guangdong had just been recovered, it was this person who led the pirates to capture dozens of coastal towns in the Liangguang region."

"Fortunately, the Marquis of Zhongshan was in Guizhou at that time and drove Chen Zuyi to the sea, but the people in the coastal areas also suffered heavy casualties."

"But after this incident, the emperor hated pirates and pirates."

"Therefore, the emperor also issued a ban on the sea, and the people in the coastal areas were relocated inward, so as to avoid collusion between those who have intentions and pirates, and at the same time protect the people from suffering from the invasion of the pirates."

"The emperor even offered a reward of 500,000 taels of silver to Chen Zuyi, you must know that our current tax revenue in the Ming Dynasty is only four million taels a year."

"Such a big reward shows the emperor's hatred for this person, and it also shows the harm of this person."

"But after Chen Zuyi was defeated, he disappeared in the past two years."

"I thought he was dead overseas, but your map has once again marked the pirate's sphere of influence."

"If your mark is correct, then the driving force behind this war must be this person."

Li Jin didn't expect this Chen Zuyi to be so powerful, even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't do anything about him, and even offered a hanging red of 500,000 taels of silver.

In this way, this Chen Zuyi can be regarded as the first generation of One Piece in the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, Chen Zuyi is more legendary than Xu Da described.

Chen Zuyi, a native of Chaoshan, Guangdong, led the whole clan to the sea in his early years, and with his extraordinary courage and ability, he did business in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other regions.

It is said to be doing business, but in fact, it is doing business without capital and plundering passing ships.

In just a few years, it became the largest pirate force in the south.

Subsequently, Chen Zuyi was entrenched in Malacca for more than ten years and became one of the leaders of the world's largest pirate group, with more than 100,000 members and nearly 1,000 warships at its peak.

Activities in Japan, Taiwan, the South China Sea, the Indian Ocean, etc.

It plundered more than 10,000 passing ships, captured more than 50 coastal towns, and some countries in the South Seas even paid tribute to it.

Until the end, Chen Zuyi even captured the small Southeast Asian country of Bolin State, established himself as the king, and passed the addiction of being the king and hegemon.

Although Chen Zuyi is not at his peak today, he still firmly controls the sea in Fujian, Guangdong and Southeast Asia, and is worthy of the name One Piece.

Although Li Jin had never heard of Chen Zuyi's name, seeing that Xu Da attached so much importance to this person, Li Jin did not dare to despise him, and said:

"In this case, the Duke of Wei asked to enter the palace as soon as possible, report this matter to the emperor, and ask the emperor to take precautions against the southeast coastal areas."

"At the same time, let the emperor send troops to reinforce the training base in Shanghu County."

"With such a huge force and 20,000 troops, it's still a bit thin."

Xu Da also knew that there was no time to delay, so he was about to turn around and leave, and before leaving, Xu Da explained to Li Jin and said:

"The captured Japanese invaders this time are about 20,000 people, since they have surrendered, they are the people of the Ming Dynasty, you have to make proper arrangements."

"I will ask the emperor for help, but the result is unpredictable."

"You have to return to Shanghu County as soon as possible, and don't stay here."

"Inoue Ichiro's escape is a disaster after all, and I don't know when I will bring people back."

Then seeing Li Jin nodding solemnly, Xu Da didn't stop anymore and said goodbye.

After Xu Da left, Li Jin got off the boat and walked to the barracks, preparing to deal with the capture of the Japanese invaders.

...

Two days later.

In the upper study, Zhu Yuanzhang is like an old cow who doesn't know how to get tired, and he is still handling government affairs conscientiously.

Zhu Di is also as usual, accompanying Zhu Yuanzhang all the time, correcting the twists and turns together.

When Xu Da came to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang was only very surprised.

"Xu Da, didn't we let you suppress bandits on Shengsi Island? How did you come back again? ”

Xu Da's face was full of wind and frost at this time, in order to come back as soon as possible, Xu Da could be described as tiring and non-stop.

It's winter now, and it's cold to imagine when you're traveling at night.

"Superior, something is wrong, Chen Zuyi is back!"

Zhu Biao was a little confused when he heard it on the side.

Chen Zuyi? Who is he? Why did he come back and make the dignified Duke Wei so panicked?

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this name, his pupils dilated instantly, his brows frowned, his tone became heavy, and he asked:

"Is the message reliable?"

Xu Da hurriedly told Zhu Yuanzhang about the situation he analyzed with Li Jin.

After hearing that there was a situation of integration and unification in the southeast and a large number of pirates in the waters of Fujian, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer sit still.

Not to mention anything else, just relying on the tendency of unification and integration of the Japanese is not acceptable to Zhu Yuanzhang.

In recent years, the Japanese invaded the southeast coast, and although they were repeatedly banned, they never appeared on a large scale.

If the integration of the Japanese is really completed, then needless to say, the next target of these people must be the rich southeast region of the Ming Dynasty.

If Chen Zuyi is added, then the southeast region is likely to begin to erosive and no longer belong to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately felt the crisis, and said to Xu Da:

"We will never allow the unification of the Japanese Invaders, and even their alliance is a serious danger to the Ming Dynasty."

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Xu Da was helpless.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is not familiar with the distribution of the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast, let alone blocking the other party's alliance, and even finding the other party, how to stop it?

Xu Da had no choice but to step forward and arch his hand, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Ascendant, before the minister came, Li Jin once suggested that the minister ask for reinforcements."

"The strength of 20,000 soldiers in the Beijing Battalion is a little thin after all, please allocate another 30,000 troops to be trained by the minister and Li Jin."

"Don't!"

Zhu Yuanzhang refused on the spot, the Jingying army is Zhu Yuanzhang's absolute henchman, and it is also where Zhu Yuanzhang's confidence lies.

These are the elites selected by Zhu Yuanzhang in the southern and northern wars, how can they be allocated again?

"Xu Da, the 20,000 Beijing battalion soldiers you have trained should play your role."

"From now on, you will go to find the Japanese on the southeast coast and destroy them."

"The main enemy of our Ming Dynasty is still in the north, not these Japanese robbers."

"After all, 50,000 troops are a bit much, although we can't allocate more of your men and horses, but we allow Li Jin to recruit 10,000 people by himself."

"30,000 people, presumably you can also deal with the chaos in the southeast."

"Mongolia in the north has not been peaceful in recent years, and the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp are in charge of the Beijing division, so as to deter Xiaoxiao, do you understand?"

Xu Da actually knew this result for a long time in his heart, and with his understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang would never casually lend his military power to him.

To have 20,000 soldiers in the Beijing battalion was all exchanged by Li Jin for various benefits, and he wanted more reinforcements, which was simply a fool's dream.

Xu Da bowed down and said:

"Yes."

"It's just that the minister thinks that the upper position still has to strictly defend the southeast coastal areas, especially Zhejiang and Fujian..."

"Newspaper!! Fujian 800 miles expedited express! ”

Before Xu Da finished speaking, a panicked voice came into everyone's ears.