This evening, Yang Kun, the patrol envoy, hosted a banquet to entertain Zhu Dongyang and Zhu Fuzi, who were lecturing at Yangzhou Academy, and specially invited Dong Lu, the state commander, He Zhiwen, the prefect of Yangzhou, and Liu Zheng, the imperial historian of the capital who was sent to Yangzhou by the Supervision Yuan to supervise civil affairs and criminal affairs, to accompany him.

Zhu Dongyang Zhu Fuzi, born in the eighth year of Guanning, the inheritor of the Cheng Zhu School, yes, when you see the surname, you know that this is the descendant of the authentic Confucian Zhu family.

Zhu Fuzi young Yinghui, at the age of 16, became the youngest person in Jiangnan in a hundred years, known as the first person in Yangzhou at that time, but Zhu Fuzi lost the next two consecutive examinations, until the age of 25 to win the championship in one fell swoop, won the seventh in the Shaoning five-year examination, the third in the palace examination, and became the youngest Tanhualang.

Zhu Fuzi has gone through the four dynasties of Guanning, Youning, Shaoning, and Xining, and served in the Shaoning period as an official position such as Hanlin, a waiter, and a scholar, not only did a good job in learning, but also had in-depth research on the four books and five classics, and made outstanding contributions to the reform and innovation of the imperial examination system.

In the third year of Xining, Zhu Fuzi resigned and returned to his hometown due to old age and frailty, and was later invited by many colleges to start lecturing everywhere.

After a few people sat down, Yang Kun first gave Zhu Fuzi a cup, very polite, and his posture was very low, "I heard the name of the master when I was in Jianye, and I was not able to be taught in person, and I have always been sorry, I can see the master today, it is also my luck, I respect the master for a cup!" ”

"Thank you for your love, I don't dare to be praised by an adult, I am just lecturing and taking students, I can't serve the court, I can't appease the people of Li, I'm ashamed," Zhu Fuzi is not the kind of pure and noble person.

The state commander made Master Dong a pure soldier, not very good at speaking on this occasion, all the imperial history Liu Zheng is upright, but after all, introverted, not a lot of character, He Zhifu knows that he can't say it, "The master is too modest, no one in the whole Jiangnan knows that the master is very knowledgeable, but everyone respects the master the most, treats the poor students equally, does not discriminate against any student, teaches each student is Chunchun, and makes the students very respectful, I want to pay tribute to the master for all Yangzhou students, "He Zhifu is very good at talking, picked out one thing that Zhu Fuzi was proud of.

Next, Lord Dong and Lord Liu also raised their glasses, Zhu Fuzi was also more moved, it is rare for several adults in Yangzhou to attach importance to studying, as a native of Yangzhou, Yangzhou's future style of writing still depends on the government, Zhu Fuzi said directly for the students thank you adults.

Several people pushed their glasses and changed their glasses, and while drinking, they talked about some future ideas for Yangzhou's further education, and also asked Zhu Fuzi to put forward his own governance opinions on Yangzhou from a personal point of view.

An hour later, Zhu Fuzi proposed that he could not be greedy for a cup in old age, and first retired, Yang Xun sent a few people to the door, watched Zhu Fuzi get into the car, and ordered a few people to send Zhu Fuzi to his home and come back.

A few people went upstairs, ordered tea to be served, and began to discuss the current situation.

He Zhifu was very worried at first, he didn't know the inside story, and he didn't know how the patrol envoy planned, when he saw the current situation in Yangzhou and heard about the situation in Shuyang, he became more and more panicked. The patrol made this first fire, which shocked many people, and what they thought was that they must not do the same thing as Shuyang Mansion, they couldn't bear it. His idea is very simple, that is, Yangzhou can't be messed up, if something goes wrong in Yangzhou City, the first thing to bear the brunt of is his prefect, he doesn't have a big hat like an inspector, and he knows his own affairs.

This is also the main purpose of his visit today, he wants to know what the patrol envoy thinks next, how to deal with it, and what arrangements he has for Yangzhou City.

As soon as Zhu Fuzi left and a few people returned to the room, Governor He couldn't hold his breath, he didn't even sit down, and asked directly: "Lord Yang, do you know about the recent Shuyang incidents, and what arrangements do you have for Yangzhou next?" ”

Seeing that He Zhifu was anxious, several people laughed, and Yang Kun hurriedly waved his hand, "Lord He, don't worry, these are all expected things, I will tell you the bottom today, Yangzhou is unstable now, don't burn the weeds clean, you can't see clearly!" ”

Yang Kun then said the previous arrangements unhurriedly, of course, some things that were not convenient to disclose were ignored in the middle, and of course the one who knew the most was the state commander Dong, and many things were discussed by the two together.

At that time, when he heard the news of the bandits, Yang Patrol was surprised a lot, he was not a simple civil official, not only in Qingzhou as a county official, exterminated the mountain bandits and robbers in the territory, took a number of measures to quickly stabilize the people in the county, but also served in Longzhou as a general judge, prefect and deputy patrol envoy of the border army, in the face of the invasion and disputes of foreign nationalities, a firm position, dare to take action, in the face of many complicated and changeable situations, often dealt with quickly and timely, is a horse to manage the army, dismount to manage the people of the capable officials, It was valued by Yu Rui, an important minister in the court at that time.

After discussing with Lord Dong, Patrol Yang had already made a preliminary judgment that the sneaking in of the pirates this time should be the collusion of some restless forces in Yangzhou to deal with the government, and if there is no defense, once the bandits should cooperate with the outside world, the whole Yangzhou will be robbed by the pirates, and it will be a catastrophe for Yangzhou.

Both of them knew that if the relevant personnel were searched and arrested now, it would not be a problem to find out the internal response, but although the pirates did not have internal response, they would also be more cautious and guarded, and their conspiracy would be re-planned, and it would be more difficult to deal with them. For the current Yangzhou, exterminating the inner should not be the best coping strategy, so the two analyzed it and decided to lure the snake out of the hole, and then close the door and beat the dog, not only so that the pirates should not feel that they have leaked the secret, but also let them implement it step by step at the planned time, so that the entire pirates are under control.

This is what happened, a series of changes in Yangzhou, and the original words of Inspector Yang were, since you can't see clearly, then add a fire and burn the messy things, and there will always be some clues that will be burned out.

Hearing this, Governor He and Lord Liu breathed a sigh of relief slightly.

It was already late in the study in the backyard of the county government, an oil lamp, and a middle-aged man in his forties, with a square face and short beard, and a haggard face, looking at the information collected from all over the desk, and was worried.

In the past month, Songjiang has been robbed 12 times by a large group of more than 100 pirates, and dozens of small groups of pirates have been killed by hundreds of pirates in the Songjiang area alone, and the losses are even more immeasurable.

After the Suzhou government reported to the Suzhou inspection envoy, it was very dissatisfied with Songjiang's fight against the bandits, and reprimanded Wu Lingkai, the county magistrate of Songjiang, several times, telling him to seize the time to expand the militia and to defend the bandits outside the land.

There are more than 700 local militia groups under Wu Zhixian's hands, and the combat effectiveness of the militia is already poor, and it is okay to catch a few thieves at ordinary times, but it is far worse to deal with the bandits, often dozens of bandits will scatter hundreds of people from the militia group, and he is also helpless, these people are a group of peasants to put it bluntly, the age gap is large, and the physical fitness is even more uneven.

He thought that if the regular army arrived, the militia groups that defended the pirates could withdraw and take some time to rectify and practice, if nothing else, at least they would have the strength to fight in the face of the invasion of small groups of pirates, leaving time for the local people to evacuate.

Within a few days, Wu Zhixian received the news that the guards and the Zhenshu army had completed the relocation, so he really put his mind at ease and hurriedly raised some supplies and went straight to Qingjiang with the county. In the heart of Wu Zhixian, although there are few people in the Zhenshu Army, it is easier to deal with than the Wei Army, after all, most of the members of the Zhenshu Army are locals, unlike the Wei Army, although they are also composed of Yangzhou people, but the personnel are more complex, and the middle and high-level officers are also varied, everywhere, of course, it is not easy to speak. In fact, there is another point, that is, Wu Zhixian recognized this Yao guerrilla of the Zhenshu Army, Yao Guerrilla was also born in Suzhou Prefecture, and the two are old acquaintances, and naturally have a good relationship.