On the afternoon of October 15 in the second year of Jiajing, the sky was drifting with fine snowflakes, and the north wind was howling and eroding bones. However, in such a cold weather, the streets of Ningbo Mansion are very lively, which can be described as empty alleys, because on this day, the pirate Wang Zhi, who claimed to be the king of Hui on Jintang Island, surrendered and officially accepted the court's recruitment.

At this moment, more than a dozen pirate backbones led by Wang Zhi were shirtless, carrying a bundle of dry firewood, braving the cold wind and light snow, walking briskly along the street, walking towards the location of the governor's yamen, and their lips were blue from the cold.

On both sides of the street, there are yacha armed with water and fire sticks to maintain order, otherwise Wang Zhi and the others are estimated to have been beaten to death by the angry people before they even walked in front of the governor's yamen. This kind of drama is very boring, but it is undoubtedly very effective, at least the common people can export their evil anger when they see it, the court has more face, and Xu Jin, the governor of Zhejiang, naturally has more face.

At this time, the governor's yamen was already crowded with people, surrounded by Jinyi Wei and a group of local gentry, Xu Jin, the governor of Zhejiang, was dressed in a crimson official robe, standing in the wind and snow with his hands in his hands, and next to him was Xia Yan, the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, and the atmosphere was solemn and mighty.

In the cold wind, Hui merchant Luo Longwen is full of spring breeze, at this moment, Luo Yuanwai has undoubtedly reached the climax of his life, he trotted to Xu Jin's face, saluted and said: "Lord Governor, the contemptible people are fortunate not to be dishonored, and the criminal prisoner Wang Zhi and others are brought!" ”

"Luo Yuanwai has worked hard, come to Ben Shuai's side!" Xu Jin nodded approvingly, and Luo Longwen stood behind Xu Jin and Xia Yan with joy, with infinite glory.

Wang Zhi and more than a dozen of his subordinates fell to their knees, bowed their heads and bowed, and said, "Wang Zhi, a sinner, has come to ask the governor for his guilt. ”

Xu Jin condescendingly looked at Wang Zhi and the others for a moment, and then said proudly: "Knowing that mistakes can be changed, good is great, get up, since you have accepted the court's recruitment, all kinds of past crimes will naturally be written off, but if you are evil again in the future, you will not tolerate it!" ”

"Xie Imperial Court will not kill, Lord Xie will forgive!" Wang Zhi and the others kowtowed to the ground with their foreheads, and then they stood up tremblingly, and at this time, everyone's faces were so cold that their faces were blue, and their snots kept coming out.

Xu Jin ordered someone to cut the ropes on their bodies, unload the dry firewood they were carrying, put on the cotton robes and coats that had been prepared long ago, and then brought them into the yamen to drink ginger soup to roast the fire to ward off the cold.

A few braziers burned in the lobby, and Wang Zhi and the others drank the hot ginger soup and roasted the fire for another half an hour before they stopped shivering. At this time, Luo Longwen walked into the lobby and said, "Brother Bengu, the Governor has summoned you, please come with the contemptible!" ”

Wang Zhi followed Luo Longwen into the second hall with anxiety, only to see Xu Jin, the governor of Zhizhejiang, and Xia Yan, the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, sitting on it, so he stepped forward and saluted: "Sinners Wang Zhi, see Lord Xu and Lord Xia." ”

Xu Jin said calmly: "Commander Wang, please take a seat!" ”

Wang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then secretly rejoiced, but he hurriedly said: "The sinners don't dare!" ”

Xia Yan frowned and reprimanded, "Your Excellency the Governor asked you to sit down." ”

Wang Zhi sat down cautiously, but the small half of his buttocks was stained with the chair, which was called sitting in vain, to show a cautious attitude.

Xu Jin said with a pleasant expression: "Wang Zhi, since you have accepted the invitation of the imperial court, everyone will be colleagues in the future, so there is no need to be restrained." This official has now appointed you as the commander of Dinghaiwei, and his subordinates are still under your jurisdiction, and from now on you will assist the official army in extinguishing the bandits on the four islands. ”

Wang Zhi couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately stood up and arched his hand: "My subordinates will receive the order and will not live up to the trust of the governor." ”

It is said that after extinguishing Xu Yuanliang's rebellion that day, Wang Zhi immediately began to prepare to surrender, and took his backbone into Ningbo Mansion in the snow to plead guilty. Although he had long been prepared to be disarmed, Wang Zhi was somewhat unwilling and worried in his heart, at this time he heard that Xu Jin not only did not disarm himself, but appointed himself as a commander to continue to lead the military operations of the officers and soldiers under his control, he was naturally surprised and delighted, at this time, he finally believed that Xu Jin was sincerely recruiting him.

In fact, the reason why Xu Jin did this was to appease Wang Zhi and his backbone, and secondly, because most of the pirates under Wang Zhi's command were still stranded on Jintang Island, and if he acted too hastily and disarmed them, it was estimated that it would be counterproductive.

Therefore, Xu Jin did the opposite, and directly asked Wang Zhi's subordinate to encircle and suppress the Shengsi Islands, the base of Xu Hai, to stabilize people's hearts, and secondly, to vote for their names, and then slowly divide and disintegrate Wang Zhi's armed forces after the people's hearts stabilized.

Next, Xu Jin successively met with the backbone of Wang Zhi's subordinates, made appointments respectively, and transferred ten people from Shaoxingwei and Changguowei to Wang Zhi's command as Qianhu and Deputy Qianhu.

Wang Zhi naturally didn't dare to have an opinion on this, but was more relieved, if Xu Jin didn't put it alone, Wang Zhi was worried that he would be cooked by rabbits and dogs afterwards.

On October 20 of the second year of Jiajing, a joint naval division composed of the Jiangxi Army, Shaoxingwei, Changguowei, and Dinghaiwei (Wang Zhibu) slaughtered the Shengsi Islands, which were the sea bases of Xu Hai, Orinobumiko, Hosokawa Takeshu and others.

Wang Zhi obviously knew very well that Xu Jin asked him to attack Xu Hai's lair, which was nothing more than handing in a letter of surrender, so Wang Zhi did not dare to slack off at all, he ordered his adopted son Mao Haifeng to be the striker, and even he himself personally went into battle to supervise the battle and launched a fierce attack on the Shengsi Islands.

Under the fierce offensive of the officers and soldiers and Wang Zhibu, the Shengsi Islands were broken on the 5th, and the leaders of the Japanese pirates, Xin Goro and Sukegoro, were killed, and in this battle, more than 2,000 Japanese thieves were killed, more than 800 people were captured, more than 500 large and small ships were captured, and countless gold and silver goods were captured.

Xu Hai, who was struggling to support himself in Pinghu County, Jiaxing Prefecture, heard that the old nest was actually served by Wang Zhi and his officers and soldiers, and he was so angry that he vomited blood three times on the spot, and fainted to death as soon as it was dark in front of him.

After the fiasco of the Xu Haibu pirates, the morale of the pirates was already low to freezing, and when the thieves heard that even the old nest of the Shengsi Islands had been wiped out by the officers and soldiers, they even annihilated the slightest fighting spirit. Two days later, Pinghu County was captured by wolf soldiers and 500 battalions.

At the end of his rope, Xu Hai fled to Songjiang Mansion with only a few hundred of his own soldiers, and defected to Hosokawa Takeshu and Orinobu Miko, trying to keep warm in a group, but resisted stubbornly.

As of the end of October, Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, the two largest groups of pirates, were basically solved, and on the Fujian side, Yu Dayou was killing Deng Wenjun, Lin Bichuan, and Shenmen, the three groups of pirates crying and shouting for their mothers, and the Guangdong sailors were also in full swing to counterattack the Westerners who invaded the coastal islands.

It can be said that now that the emergency alarm of the Ming Wanli Sea has been lifted, the situation is stable and improving, and it is only a matter of time before all the thieves who have entered the prison are eliminated.

The good news along the coast flew back to the capital like snowflakes, the whole country was jubilant, and the little emperor Zhu Houxi was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth every day, if it weren't for the cabinet holding it down, this kid would probably have given Xu Jin a national prince.

As the saying goes, real gold is not afraid of fire to refine, and good cloth is afraid of grinding and grinding. The battle has reached this point, and the voice that questioned Xu Jin at the beginning has disappeared, and even Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who is extremely disagreeable with Xu Jin, can't help but give a thumbs up when he mentions the coastal war.

Thinking that when the group of robbers attacked, the war in the Ming Dynasty was burning, and the whole country was panicked, and in just half a year, Xu Jin controlled the situation and basically leveled the thieves, and it is estimated that even if Wang Shouren comes, he may not be able to do better.