At the beginning of March of the fifth year of Jiajing, the willows on both sides of the canal outside Yangzhou City piled up smoke, the tourists were weaving, the ships on the wharf came and went, and the prosperity was better than in the past. Since the imperial court opened the sea for trade, merchants from surrounding countries flocked to it, especially in Ningbo, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Fuzhou, Jinjiang, Jinling and other cities.

At this time, on the wharf in the north of Yangzhou City, the new Yangzhou prefect Zhu Kun was leading a group of local officials to wait here, waiting for the arrival of Xu Jin, the governor of the Oriental Governor and the admiral of the navy.

It is said that after Xu Jin took down Shi Haoran, the two Huai salt transport envoys who fornicated with thieves and thieves, and Jiang Yun, the prefect of Yangzhou, he took advantage of the situation to purge the local officials of Yangzhou Mansion, and finally promoted Zhu Su to the general judgment of Yangzhou Mansion, and promoted his senior brother Wei Yang to Jiangdu County Commander to assist in handling local government affairs.

Zhu Kun was cut off an arm by the Japanese Kou, resulting in physical disability, poor appearance, it was difficult to get promoted, however, Zhu Kun's ability is very strong, in recent years, Yangzhou Mansion has been well organized, and his political achievements are very eye-catching.

And the position of the senior brother Wei Yang has not changed, and he continues to serve as the county magistrate of Jiangdu County, and he himself is at ease, it is estimated that this is the life he wants.

Near noon, the officials at the wharf began to stir, and everyone craned their necks to look upstream of the canal, but when they saw the flag waving, a handsome flag with the word "Xu" fluttered majestically at the highest place, and it was obvious that this was the arrival of the fleet of the governor of Xu.

Sure enough, not long after, a huge fleet appeared in everyone's sight, but seeing that the guns were like swords and sails, what a majestic division!

Needless to say, Xu Jin's prestige in the coastal areas is a great reputation of killing the Kou and the real sword and gun, so when the Xu Zishuai flag appeared, the people on both sides of the river were all thunderous, and some even knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the boat where Xu Jin was.

You must know that the plague has endangered the coastal area of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, and the coastal people have been miserable, but they have been completely eradicated by Xu Jin cleanly, and Xu Jin has also single-handedly promoted the opening of the sea and trade, and promoted the planting of new crops.

With a muffled bang, the boat docked at Yangzhou Wharf, and Xu Jin and Wei Guogong Xu Pengju boarded the wharf surrounded by all the generals. Yangzhou Governor Zhu Kun hurriedly led the crowd to meet him, and said without humility or arrogance: "Yangzhou Governor Zhu Kun, see Governor Xu, I have seen Wei Guogong!" ”

A number of officials in Yangzhou Mansion also saluted and reported to their homes, and Xu Jin smiled and said, "Everyone, you are exempt!" ”

After greeting each other for a while, they entered the city together, and after a simple reception banquet, the local officials and gentry dispersed one after another, and even Wei Guogong went to his residence to settle down and rest.

At this moment, in the living room of the prefect's yamen, Xu Jin, Zhu Kun, and Wei Yang sat opposite each other, and the tea table was brewed with this year's newly picked pre-rain tea, and the fragrance of tea was fragrant.

The opportunities of life are wonderful, the three of them were Jinshi in the same year, only five or six years, and now Xu Jin is already the secretary of the military department, the official is the second grade, and Zhu Kun is also the prefect of Yangzhou who is the fourth grade, but Weiyang is still the county order of Jiangdu County of the seventh grade, and the distance between each other is so large that it is staggering.

Therefore, it is difficult to see the gap between classmates when they study together in school, once they enter the society, excellent and mediocre will be clear at a glance, the excellent will ride the dust, the mediocre will be unnoticed, and those who do not run hard will only be thrown farther and farther away by their peers!

At this time, I saw Zhu Kun take a sip of the teacup, and said in a deep voice: "Since October last year, there have been robbers attacking merchant ships coming and going on the waterway, and there are signs of resurgence of Japanese soldiers. ”

Xu Jin nodded approvingly, one of the reasons why he occupied Osumi Island and Kyushu Island in the first place was to use this as a barrier to prevent the Japanese from sailing to the coast of Daming to plunder. Originally, the effect of this measure was very obvious, but now Wang Zhi and his son rebelled against the Ming Dynasty, and it is estimated that they have been in collusion with the Japanese people, and Osumi Island and Kyushu Island have completely lost their role as barriers, so the Japanese have revived.

Fortunately, now that the Ming Dynasty has implemented open sea trade, most of the Japanese merchants can trade with the Ming Dynasty through legitimate channels to obtain the materials they need, and only a small number of outlaws dare to plunder along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. Of course, if Da Ming does not deal with it as soon as possible, the situation will definitely become more and more serious.

"Brother Zichun, can there be any thieves landing and looting?" Xu Jin hurriedly asked.

Zhu Kun shook his head and said, "That's not true!" ”

Senior brother Wei Yang smiled and said: "Ziqian led the army to fight the Japanese country the year before last, and the Japanese people were terrified, and now even if there are a small number of Japanese thieves who plunder the passing merchant ships in the waterway, they definitely dare not go ashore to loot, all because they are afraid of Ziqian's prestige!" ”

Wei Yang's words are not exaggerated at all, and now Xu Jin is a god-like existence in the Wa Kingdom, from the emperor to the common people, no one is afraid.

It is no wonder that the Japanese have done evil in the coastal area of the Ming Dynasty for more than 100 years, and the Ming Dynasty has been helpless about it, as a result, Xu Jin came like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, almost all the Japanese were slaughtered, and he personally led the fleet to kill the Japanese country, forcing the emperor of the Japanese state and the shogunate to kneel on the ground and kowtow to ask for sin, and even cut the land to pay compensation.

Bullying the weak and fearing the hard is the characteristic of the nation, you talk to him about benevolence, righteousness and morality is undoubtedly to the cow playing the piano, they only recognize the fist, only obey the strong, the worse they beat, the more he obeys you, you don't see the two atomic bombs of the rice country Yankee thrown down, the Japanese country has been a dog obediently for nearly a century?

Throughout the Chinese dynasties, Xu Jin was the first person to lead the army to the Wa Kingdom, and let the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom kneel on the ground to ask for guilt, and even cede the land to pay compensation.

Zhu Kun also said sincerely: "What Wei Yuanzheng said is very true, the Japanese people are now in awe of Ziqian very much, this time Ziqian personally took command of the expedition, and he will definitely be able to capture it, but there is one thing that I still have to remind Brother Qian." ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, and he nodded: "I want to hear it!" ”

Zhu Kun said: "Not long ago, when the sea patrol of Yancheng Qianhu intercepted a suspicious ship floating from the Japanese country, there were more than a dozen people on board carrying blades, I thought it was a Japanese robber, but after interrogation and interrogation, it was found that these people were all soldiers of the original Guanhaiwei. ”

Xu Jinjian's eyebrows suddenly wrinkled, Guan Haiwei was cut down by his own order because of the killing of good and risky merit, and all the soldiers who participated in the killing of good and fake merit were also executed, and in the end, there were less than 2,000 people left, and the sky didn't care about it!

After Wang was directly recruited, Xu Jin simply canceled the name of Guanhaiwei and incorporated all the remaining Guanhaiwei soldiers into Wang Zhi's command, so that they could make meritorious contributions. Later, Guan Haiwei and these soldiers were quite competitive, bravely killed the enemy, and made a lot of contributions, and some even won the "brave" hat issued by Xu Jin himself.

Later, Wang Zhi was appointed as the first protector of the Oriental Metropolitan Protectorate, and these Guanhai Guards naturally stayed in the garrison of the Wa Kingdom as Wang Zhi's command.

"Did Wang Zhi send them back to inquire about the news?" Xu Jin asked in a deep voice.

Zhu Kun shook his head and said: "According to their own confessions, they escaped, they didn't want to rebel with Wang Zhi, and they wanted to return to their homeland to reunite with their relatives, so they waited for the opportunity to steal the ship and went to sea, and returned to Daming after a lot of hardships."

It is said that they stole a total of three bow boats, a total of more than 40 people acted together, but they were chased and killed by Mao Haifeng (Wang Zhiyizi), and finally their bow boat successfully escaped. ”

"And where are these soldiers now?" Xu Jin hurriedly asked.

Zhu said: "Since it is impossible to verify the authenticity of their confessions, these soldiers are still temporarily detained in the government prison, and they can only be released after it is verified that they do have family members in their hometown." ”

Xu Jin frowned and said decisively: "Take me to see it immediately!" ”