Why did Mader do it to bandits everywhere? The reason is very simple: first, it is to sort out public security, and second, it naturally requires labor to build a port. Although it is possible to recruit migrant workers, they not only need wages, but also regular agricultural leave. If the agricultural time is delayed because of the construction of the port, especially the agricultural time in Jiangsu, this kind of sin is not something that Ma De can bear, and even if the agricultural time is not delayed, it is not good to delay the construction speed of the port. Therefore, after several considerations, Ma De finally extended his "poisonous hand" to those who did business without capital in the jurisdiction.

You must know that in the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were almost endless troubles. Even if it is now a "peaceful and prosperous era" under Kangxi, this is still the case. Moreover, these thieves are all rampant. Even in a prosperous city like Suzhou, there are still many water bandits around. However, it is very difficult for officers and soldiers to arrest these people. Because, the rivers and lakes in the south of the Yangtze River are crisscrossed, and if a crime is committed, he will run along the river, run into the Yangtze River, run to those big lakes, and even run into the sea, who can catch it?

Especially in the Qing Dynasty, officials were corrupt, and collusion between officials and bandits abounded. If you want to arrest someone, before your officers and soldiers have left, the bandits have already run away.

Moreover, these bandits are not like those chivalrous men in later novels, there are few who are chivalrous and righteous, but there are those who are traitors! What's more, even if you are really a chivalrous person, there is also a "chivalrous use of martial arts to violate the ban"! If they are fierce and ruthless, they don't take the laws of the country in their eyes, and in any era, these chivalrous men will only become a thorn in the side of the rulers, and they can only be counted as "bandits".

And in addition to bandits, gangs are also a source of unease.

For example, the Food Gang. It has a rule, called "Xu Chong is not allowed to lie"! That is to say, you can pretend to be a child of the Grain Gang, but once you pretend, you are no longer allowed to deny it, and you will become a member of the Grain Gang from now on, otherwise, you will be beaten to deceive your ancestors and destroy your ancestors! This rule made the grain gang develop rapidly from the beginning of its establishment, and became the largest gang in the entire Qing Dynasty. However, it is precisely because of such a rule that the grain gang is uneven. More than half of the 128 grain gangs are concentrated in the three provinces south of the Yangtze River under the jurisdiction of Ma De. Although these gangs use the signboard of the grain gang, it is still not uncommon for them to fight with each other. In particular, many of the bandits who cut the path are also grain gangs, and they are inextricably linked with the grain gangs in various places, and they are also sheltered by the grain gangs when something happens. And because the grain gang has the merit of transporting grain, in order not to affect the grain transport, many magistrates are not willing to risk offending the grain gang to take the thief. As a result, many cases have been dismissed.

Therefore, on the one hand, Ma De ordered the officers and soldiers everywhere to catch the thieves quickly, and on the other hand, he also dealt with the grain gang. First of all, he ordered the grain gangs in various localities to strictly enforce the gang rules, and the gang members should not be traitors and violate the law, let alone contain criminals, otherwise they would be punished as "gangsters." Of course, this kind of order can't frighten those old oilmen on the rivers and lakes. However, this is what Mader wants. In various localities to "strike hard", many criminals and bandits will run under the big tree of the grain gang to avoid trouble, and as long as the leaders of the grain gang take care of these people, Ma De will immediately "settle old accounts" with those grain gang leaders. As gang leaders, the leaders of the grain gang are not many serious and good people, and some of them are guilty of various crimes. Since the change of Caoyun to sea transportation, these grain gangs have not made much trouble, and Ma De just took the opportunity to carry out a major cleansing of the source of this trouble. Although there are many people in the grain gang, and out of the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, there may be trouble, but even after more than two hundred years, the Chinese still believe that "the people do not fight with the officials", let alone now? Moreover, those who really dare to make trouble in the grain gang are only those backbones! And these backbones are both righteous and unrighteous. What Ma De needs to deal with are those backbone elements who are righteous and dare to make trouble. These people, at most, only account for tens or even a few hundredths of the grain gang, tens of thousands of gangs, and it is amazing that there can be more than 2,000 such people, and besides, these people are scattered all over the place! Among these people, there may be good people, but most of them are not good people. So, Mader doesn't have any psychological burden. Just strictly ordered the magistrate to find out the facts, and then escorted them all to Shanghai to repair the wharf! And the beautiful name said: labor reform! And with the clues "provided" by the grain gang, the nests of bandits in various places can be easily presented to the officers and soldiers. …… Of course, Ma De would not be stupid enough to use the people in the local yamen to suppress the bandits, he still used the army, and in order to prevent these armies from messing around, he also installed his cronies in these armies.

And the reason why Ma De changed to do this is that he is not afraid that someone will trouble him, the reason is that in addition to Luo Xin's personal recruitment, there is also a Kangxi Southern Tour!

Kangxi's southern tour is the best excuse to "rectify public order". As long as everything is carried out under the eight big characters of "welcoming the emperor and rectifying public order", he is not afraid of anyone. Anyway, the emperor is coming, and those bandits can't let those bandits ruin the emperor's interest, right? Moreover, Ma De also believed that Jiangnan officials at this time, no matter who they were, would not dare to impeach Kangxi for what he had done. Even if they dare to report, they will not be those officials with enough weight. There is no other reason, the same sin! - Jiangnan is so chaotic, as a high-ranking official, is there no responsibility? Could it be that those bandits could still be smuggled out by Tamad? Dare to sue? All right! The emperor is so wise, you sue! Look who's unlucky! My old horse has only been here for a long time, and he did it to welcome the holy driver's southern tour, how did he expect that there were so many bandits in Jiangnan? It seems that the responsibility for this should not be placed on my head, right? …… And as long as these high-ranking officials in Jiangnan do not move, some other little hairy sao will not be a climate.

In this way, when the rivers and lakes in the entire three provinces of Jiangnan were changing, Ma De also successfully started the first two steps he had to do after becoming the governor of Jiangnan...... Open the port and improve law and order!

As for the third step, that is to welcome Kangxi!

……

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After a period of tossing on the road, Kangxi's holy car finally arrived in Jiangning. Ma De and Wei Dongting, the two largest feudal officials in the country, headed by a cadre of Jiangsu Province, all went out of the city to greet them, and the scene can be described as extremely grand. And behind these officials, in addition to the soldiers who guarded, there was an endless crowd of people! That's right, it's endless! The entire city of Nanjing is almost overturned to greet Kangxi. From the gate of the city to the city, all the way to the gate of Wei Dongting's house, the density of the human head can be pierced by three or five with a needle.

"Let's all be flat!"

Kangxi walked down from the dragon boat, with Li Dequan standing beside him, followed by the two elder brothers No. 4 and No. 13, as well as Gao Shiqi, Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi, Feiyanggu, Yu Zhong, Lan Li, etc. As for Yu Chengchan and Chen Huang, who originally arrived, they had already gone back to do things.

"Emperor Xie!"

Ma De stood up with Kangxi's will, glanced at Kangxi first, turned his head and saw Yu Zhong again, and Yu Zhong winked at him.

"Your Majesty, the servants have prepared the palace, and I hereby ask you to move!"

At this time, Ma De was not qualified to insert himself in front of Kangxi, Wei Dongting was the first to bow down and walk in front of Kangxi, and said to his master.

"Hmm." Kangxi glanced at Wei Dongting, then at the others, and then waved his hand, "Swing the palace!" ”

"The emperor has a decree to set up the palace!" Li Dequan repeated Kangxi's will in his slightly sharp voice, and then immediately bowed down and raised his arm, supported Kangxi's hand with his wrist, and walked forward with Wei Dongting, who was leading the way next to him. Jiangsu officials, who were still lined up in a horizontal line, immediately flashed a road to make way for Kangxi. Then, the two princes who followed behind Kangxi, as well as Gao Shiqi and others, also started to follow. Yu Zhong deliberately took a step slower and fell last, and Ma De naturally leaned in quickly.

……

"Be careful, this old man seems to be trying to hammer you. Don't say the wrong thing! ”

After a few steps, Kangxi got into the prepared car, and all the ministers rode horses to follow, and then, like a parade of floats on the Brazilian Carnival, the whole team slowly moved forward while enjoying the cheers of the people on both sides of the road who seemed to be able to soar into the sky. And at this time, Yu Zhong also reminded Ma De.

"I was ready. I have long understood the temper of this emperor. The more he scolds me and hits me, the less he will touch me now. Mader replied.

"Hmph, don't be arrogant, if his temper is so easy to understand, he won't be Kangxi! You'll be happy later. …… What about Shin Shin? I want to see my godson! Yu Zhong glared at Ma De and said.

"Look at your godson? Depend on! Which is so fast! It's been less than three months! Besides, how can you be sure that it's a godson, not a goddaughter? Mader exclaimed.

"It's all the same. Did you bring your wife with you? Yu Zhong asked nonchalantly.

"It's still in Anqing!" Mader replied.

"Still in Anqing? You're looking for death, aren't you? Knowing that Lao Tzu was anxious......" Yu Zhong said with a glare.

"I can't help it, and my brother can't take care of it. Sister Jing has an order, do you dare not obey? Ma De glanced at Yu Zhong proudly and said.

"Mo Jing? She's already here? Yu Zhong asked.

"No, Sister Jing sent an order when she first entered Anhui. She herself estimated that it would be a few days before she arrived! Mader replied.

"Excessive!" Yu whispered.

"Who?" Mader asked with a glare.

"My godson!"

“……？”

……

After arriving at the Wei Mansion, Kangxi sent away all the officials who were waiting for him on the grounds of long-distance fatigue, but left Ma De alone. Although this practice is normal, it still makes many officials in Jiangsu quite jealous of Made's "holy family". Of course, Ma De, who was in it, didn't have that kind of mind.

"Mader, you're really going to make trouble for me!"

The Wei Mansion was originally a palace specially built for Kangxi's southern tour, although the buildings inside are not as good as the Forbidden City, nor as good as Changchun Garden, but the palace is the palace, and the place where Kangxi met Ma De is not much worse than the palace in Beijing. Kangxi himself lives in the center, surrounded by his two sons, and then Gao Shiqi and Wei Dongting. Yu Zhong, Feiyanggu, Lan Li and other accompanying officials have also been led to rest elsewhere.

"The slave is terrified, please give the emperor instructions!" You say cause trouble? This sin cannot be confessed! Ma De secretly pursed his lips, knelt down and said to Kangxi.

"Humph! Are you afraid? …… Lord Ma, Governor Ma! Isn't your panic too fake? What is the purpose of my southern tour? In order to declare peace! Along the way, the provincial and local officials all knew the holy will. You're not stupid, why do you dare to smear me again and again? Kangxi asked with a cold snort.

"Please forgive the emperor! The minions never have this kind of thought...... "Ma De said in fear.

"Don't have that kind of mind? Hmph...... "Kangxi walked back and forth, looking so angry, "In Li Yuchang's case, you forced me to slow down on the road, so forget it, after all, if someone sues, you can't keep it." But what are you doing now? The purpose of my southern tour is to show peace, but now the whole Jiangnan is about to turn upside down. ”

"Your Majesty," Ma De hurriedly kowtowed, he knew that Kangxi was talking about these things he had done recently, with Wei Dongting's ears, it was impossible for Kangxi not to know, but he was not afraid of these small reports. There is no official official recital, just based on the secret performance of Wei Dongting and Cao Yin, it is impossible for Kangxi to officially take out this matter, unless this emperor Lao Tzu is related to those bandits? But is this possible? However, in the face of Kangxi, Ma De didn't dare to say that he was doing something like Raushzi's "welcoming the holy car", he had to come up with some practical reasons, otherwise it would definitely be difficult to deal with the past. So, he thought about it and said to Kangxi again:

"Your Majesty, what the slave has done recently is really for the sake of the country, and he doesn't dare to put any thoughts in it!"

"For the sake of the country? Hehe, Lord Ma, what you have done recently, whether it is building a port or arresting bandits from all over the world, no one has said that you are not thinking about the country. But isn't it a little too late for you to do this? Master Ma is a smart person, and he must understand what Gao meant. Gao Shiqi said with a smile. Among all the people here, except for Wei Dongting and Cao Yin, he has been with Kangxi for the longest time and knows Kangxi's mind the most. Kangxi didn't blame Ma Dexiu Port, let alone blame Ma De for arresting bandits from all over the country to sort out law and order, he blamed Ma De for not letting him have a comfortable tour of the south. Anyway, the people here are Kangxi's henchmen, and they are not afraid of revealing anything.

"Master Gao said this clearly. Ma De knew that what he had done these days had indeed added to the emperor's heart. However, the emperor, the slaves also have to be like this! Mader kowtowed.

"It has to be? What do you mean? Marzi asked.

"It's not because Ma can't convince the public!" Ma De replied to Ma Qi, and then hugged his fist at Kangxi and said: "Your Majesty, in the past few years, the minions have considered themselves capable of governing the local area, but the emperor must also know that the means of getting along with the local officials are much worse. Especially in the Jiangsu area, because of the salt class case, almost all officials regard the slaves as enemies. If the minions want to do something and want to be effective as soon as possible, if they don't use the emperor's heavenly might, I'm afraid they won't know that they will be dragged by those people to the Year of the Monkey! ”

"That's a nice thing to say. You just want to use my name to suppress those officials, so that you can save your own effort and establish your own authority! Kangxi snorted coldly.

"The slave is guilty! However, Your Majesty, although the minions are trying to use your heavenly power to suppress those officials, the minions have another purpose! Mader added.

"And? This was a surprise to me! It seems that your Lord Ma's heart is really bent and eighteen. Okay, let's hear what else you have planned! Kangxi said coldly.

"Your Majesty, you are Shengming. Naturally, I know that the officials of our dynasty are superficial, inefficient, and even have the disadvantages of being a vegetarian meal. Therefore, in addition to the original purpose, the minion borrowed your Tianwei this time, but also actually had the intention of forcing these officials to move! Mader replied.

"Forcing these officials to move? Lord Ma, do you mean to say that you want to use Huang Ama's heavenly power to coerce these officials to speed up their work? But you are also the governor of Jiangnan, can't you do it yourself? Yinzhen asked.

"There are policies above, and there are countermeasures below! A governor can't overpower all the officials. Ma De glanced at the fourth elder brother and replied. Although he had never seen Yinzhen before, Kangxi brought two sons on his southern tour, one older and one younger, so it is naturally not difficult to tell which one is which, not to mention that he also knows Yinxiang. However, Ma De didn't know how frightened Yinzhen was by his glance. One seems to be able to see through his eyes at once, Yinzhen has only met twice in his life, the last time was on the way to come, and he met Yu Zhong on the dragon boat, and that time it had already made Yinzhen feel very uncomfortable, and this time he actually met another one, and it was two brothers. Yin Zhen unconsciously secretly had a fear of Zhonghe Ma De in his heart.

"It's really a fantasy, what a 'world for the public' mentality. Isn't it true that if you do this, won't you be afraid that those officials will do it against you when the time comes? I thought that you were a local official, a ruler of the country, and a dedicated person, and your reputation among the people should not be low, but the people did not praise you, but were afraid of you, you know? Kangxi asked suddenly.

"The slave knows!" Mader replied with a kowtow.

"Know? If you know, why are you still oppressing officials everywhere? You know your reputation for domineering is what it is! Don't you know that what you need to be an official is people, and if there is no peace, even if the place can be quiet for a while, it is not the right way after all? Kangxi asked sharply again.

"Listening to your tone is for the sake of Lao Tzu, but if Lao Tzu really has a person, will your old man still say that?" Ma De glanced up at Kangxi's eyes that seemed to hate iron and steel, and thought secretly.