The matter of the water bandits can drag on for two months at most, and after a long time, all subordinate yamen will come to the governor's mansion to complain, and at that time, Yang Ming has to send troops.

And what he wants to solve now is to control the Xiangyang Navy in his own hands.

Therefore, Zhou Zhongmu received a letter from Yang Ming at the beginning of the year, in which he was sure that the Xiangyang Navy pretended to be a water bandit and plundered merchant ships.

With this evidence in hand, Yang Ming had an excuse to clean up Cai Ju in Xiangyang Hussar Mansion.

On this day, Cai Ju, who received a summons from the Governor's Office, came from Xiangyang with his subordinates, and he thought that Yang Ming summoned him this time, most likely to let Xiangyang Mansion send troops to suppress bandits, so along the way, he was in a very good mood.

Suppressing bandits, this is a great opportunity to make money, and the longer you suppress it, the more profitable it will be, he understands this.

When he entered the lobby, his face was still full of spring, and he saluted:

"I received an order from His Highness and came overnight, hoping that there would be no delay."

"Don't delay," Yang Ming smiled and looked at Pei Xizai below.

Pei Xizai got up, handed the pile of files in his hand to Cai Ju, and said, "General Cai, take a look at these."

"Okay," Cai Ju took it with a smile, but by the time he finished reading the first few lines, his face had already changed,

After reading it, I was even more pale.

Hearing a plop, Cai Ju knelt down in the lobby: "Your Highness Mingjian, I don't know about my humble position, is there someone slandering and slandering behind my back?"

"Slander?" Pei Xizai sneered: "There are signatures and drawings of several brigade commanders of the Xiangyang Navy on it, do you know it?" These people are locked up in the governor's mansion right now, do you want to take them out and confront General Cai? It's easy to clear the general's suspicions."

Zhou Zhongmu did a really good job this time, after all, he was born in Jiangmen, and he still has some means.

He got all the human and material evidence, although he didn't know the specific process, but the result was very satisfactory to Yang Ming.

The Xiangyang Navy pretended to be water bandits, robbing merchant ships in the Hanshui area, for many years, as long as there is no money, they will go out to do a vote, they are the water bandits, and they are the ones who suppress the bandits, and they are not afraid of being investigated at all.

Although Cai Ju was not directly involved in this dossier's confession, Cai Ju's brother-in-law, the general of the Che Cavalry, was involved.

Chen Chong is in charge of the Xiangyang Water Army.

Cai Ju is really panicked right now, because the matter of pretending to be a water bandit was simply what he instructed his brother-in-law to do.

Fortunately, in this confession, the brother-in-law did not confess him, which is righteous......

But he can't run away from the crime of being unaware.

"It's a dereliction of duty, please condemn your highness."

Yang Ming smiled, "General Cai, get up first."

"Don't dare to be humble," Cai Ju lowered his head and continued to kneel, begging for mercy sincerely, the crime of negligence can be big or small, it depends on what the king of Hedong thinks.

If you don't like him, it's not easy.

Yang Ming said: "I heard that General Cai served under the command of Han Gong of Shangzhu State back then, and once attacked Jiankang, and Ju Gong was awarded the general of the Hussars of Xiangyang Mansion.

This Han Gong is Han Baohu, Cai Ju used to follow Han Baohu, and after Han Baohu died, he took refuge in Han Seng Shou.

In the Great Sui Dynasty, there were no ministers and military generals, and they all had the custom of not having two masters, which was somewhat influenced by Confucianism.

Lu Bu is a general in the world, but for thousands of years, the title of "three family slaves" has always been on the top of his head, which shows that the two masters are despised by the world.

For example, this Cai Ju, since he relied on the old Han family, unless the old Han family has no one, he will not vote for other people.

And Han Seng Shou is also a staff member who is willing to accept his brother, and will regard him as his own person.

Of course, Yang Ming does not plan to resentence, not because of the face of Han Sengshou, Han Sengshou's only face here is because he is Li Jing's uncle.

He didn't sentence restrictively, because there was no need for this, Cai Ju had been a hussar general for more than ten years, and he still had a lot of influence in the Xiangyang generation, besides, the other party didn't

It doesn't affect your next arrangement, so the meaning is on the line.

"Recently, Han water bandits have become more and more rampant, and this king still wonders, why did so many water bandits appear out of thin air? It turned out that the government army was in rebellion,"

Yang Ming said, "As the general of Xiangyang Mansion, you don't even know about it, what do you say this king should do with you?"

When Cai Ju heard Yang Ming mention Han Gong, he guessed that he must be fine, Yang Ming really wanted to mess with him, so he wouldn't mention Han Gong, and if he did, he wanted to show mercy to his subordinates.

"Guilty of lowly duties, let His Highness dispose of it."

Yang Ming glanced inside the hall and said, "What do you think?"

Yuan Wen, who had already discussed with Yang Ming below, got up and said:

"General Cai has meritorious deeds, and the subordinates are willing to believe that he really does not know, so in the eyes of the subordinates, it is enough to punish him."

Yuan Chang Shi Renyi also ....... Cai Ju was overjoyed in his heart, the penalty is a fart, and that little money is not enough for me to buy a concubine.

"This is too light," Du Ruhui said in a contrarian tone: "Water bandits are rampant, ravaging the rivers, during this time, the water departments in various places are in a mood, the official ships have been robbed, and the merchant ships have suffered serious losses, and the Xiangyang Military Government has made this kind of thing at this time, His Royal Highness has the heart to sentence lightly, but I am afraid that the water department will not be happy."

Cai Ju's heart was just relieved, and after hearing this, he hung up again.

The Water Department is subordinate to the Ministry of Industry and is directly managed by the Ministry of Industry, Du Te is a native of Guanzhong, and if this bit of from the Xiangyang Military Government is transmitted back to Guanzhong, he will lose his head.

He was taken away by Du Ruhui's words, completely ignoring an important point, that is, where did the Water Department have the courage to be dissatisfied with Yang Ming, even if Yang Ming dragged it and did not suppress the bandits, they did not have the courage to report to the Ministry of Industry.

This is Jingzhou, Yang Ming dared to move except for the treasury.

"It's better to be like this," Pei Xizai said, "Since Xiangyang Mansion just happened to be in the limelight, why don't you let General Cai return home after saying that he is sick and avoid the limelight, and His Highness will do his best to protect him, and other yamen dare to have opinions?"

"It's exactly what this king wants," Yang Ming nodded and smiled: "Yu Lu will not be punished, General Cai will go home and reflect, without this king's warrant, you will not be allowed to return to the military palace."

"Humblely thank Your Highness for your great kindness," Cai Ju sobbed gratefully and kowtowed to Yang Ming.

This is the best result, avoid the limelight, and when the limelight passes, you can naturally return to the military mansion.

In fact, he didn't know that Yang Ming asked him to reflect at home this time, not for a while, but for a long time.

As for when he will come back, it depends on whether Yang Ming needs it, if he doesn't need him, he won't be able to come back for the rest of his life.

Remove Cai Ju, the leader of the Xiangyang Military Government, so that Yang Ming can arrange his own people.

At this time, Pei Xizai said again:

"Then next, what should Chen Chong, the general of the navy chariot and cavalry, do?"

Du Ruhui said: "This really can't be saved, white and black, and there are signatures and paintings, pretending to be the mastermind of the water bandits to rob merchant ships, and they can't be killed if they don't kill them."

Yang Ming looked at Cai Ju and said, "What does General Cai think?"

"Kill! Must be killed! If this thief is not removed, it will be difficult for the people to be angry," Cai Ju said righteously.

It's just a brother-in-law, and if he abandons it, he will abandon it, and he is not his own son, so Cai Ju doesn't have any psychological burden at all.

Yang Ming said again: "The navy cannot be without generals for a day, after Chen Chong, who will be in charge of the navy, and General Cai has a suitable candidate in his heart?"

Yes, of course there is, didn't His Highness send a Zhou Zhongmu over early? Ready-made candidates.

Cai Ju hurriedly said: "Humble and recommend the soldier Cao to join the army Zhou Zhongmu and take over the post of general of the chariot cavalry."

"Hmm...... Since General Cai is an excellent candidate here, this king is still at ease with you," Yang Ming nodded and said, "That's it."

Cai Ju knew that there was nothing for him here, so he hurriedly retreated.

The Xiangyang Hussar Mansion is under the jurisdiction of the Left and Right Leaders of the Twelve Guards, and the personnel appointment is also managed by the Left Leader Mansion.

But Yang Ming is different, he is the chief governor, and he supervises the military affairs of the twenty-two counties, so he has the right to appoint any military general in the jurisdiction.

In the military government outside Jingzhou, he didn't have this ability

Resistant.

Last month, there was news in Beijing that Li An, the general of the left and right prefectures, passed away, that is, Li Xiaogong's father.

The crown prince Yang Guang recommended the governor of Jianzhou to protect his son and serve as the general of the left and right mansions, but Yang Jian did not pass, but appointed Dugu Quan, the seventh oldest of the Dugu family in Luoyang.

Dugu Quan is Dugu Jialuo's younger brother and a relative of Da Sui.

In fact, before Li An, the general of the left and right mansions was a member of the Dugu family, named Dugu Tuo, who was the half-brother of Dugu Hou, and was the sixth in the family.

This sixth man did something shameless, he used witchcraft on his sister Dugu Jialuo and Yang Su's wife Zheng.

After Yang Jian knew, he was going to kill him at that time, but later he was begged by Dugu to save him from death, demoted to a concubine, and finally died at home.

Dugutuo's wife is Yang Su's own sister, this kid was also the face of the Dugu family back then, with the title of Wuyao County Duke, as well as the rank of general, and in charge of the left and right mansions, it can be said that he is in power.

If he hadn't messed around, the Dugu family wouldn't have been so depressed now.

Poor Dugu Garo has the heart to support, but the family is not angry.

At present, the Dugu family is left with a flesh and blood brother like Lao Qi, although he has no ability, but as a Dumiao, Dugu can only be forced to take the position.

It seems that Laihu'er will have to hold back in Jianzhou for a few more years.

The Xiangyang Navy will be handed over to Zhou Zhongmu in the future, most of his subordinates are children of the Zhou family, who are familiar with water nature, and will gradually hold important positions in the *** Navy Army.

Next, Yang Ming wrote to the imperial court and asked for funds to rebuild the navy and build new warships to quell the floods in Jingzhou.

Shipbuilding is very labor-intensive, even taking years.

However, Yang Ming is not worried, because the current scale of the water bandits is still under control, and it is not difficult to exterminate.

That's the way it is, the trouble of water bandits, only because Yang Ming needs the treasury to allocate money to rebuild the water army, will it be delayed to the current situation, which is undoubtedly a disaster for those who rely on water transportation for their lives.

But Yang Ming had to do this, how could I not have a decent navy on the Yangtze River?

At present, there will definitely be some impact on the people on both sides of the strait, but after the completion of the water army, there will be no more floods in the water systems of the Yangtze River, especially the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there is a strong water army, and both sides of the Yangtze River should have no worries.

It is difficult for a while, but it will be of infinite use in the future.