When Shen Xi woke up, the interrogation of the prisoners and the inventory of the results of the battle had basically ended. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to the confessions received, this gang of bandits has been entrenched on the island for 30 years. During the period of orthodoxy and Chenghua, there was a civil unrest in Guiping, and the rebels, led by their leader Hou Dagou, moved to the land of Guangdong and Guizhou, and once captured the capital of Wuzhou, and invaded Zhaoqing and Luodingzhou, with great momentum.

At the beginning of Chenghua, the rebels were wiped out by the heavy troops of the official army, and some of them broke out of the encirclement, wandered south, entered the Gaozhou Mansion of Guangdong Province from Rong County and Luchuan, and fell into the grass at the southern foot of Yunkai Mountain.

Chenghua five years of thieves split, one of them from Wulishan Port to the sea, first set up camp on the south three islands, it didn't take long to be Ningchuan officers and soldiers to suppress, so they had to go south again, arrived at the island after finding the site of the Southern Song Dynasty palace on the island, the thieves were overjoyed, so they used the original site to build a solid camp.

Since then, this gang of bandits has repelled the advance of the official army several times, and their power has grown stronger and stronger, becoming the leading bandits near Leizhou Bay, and it has not been exterminated by Shen Xi until today.

In the first battle of Jizhou Island, the officers and soldiers killed a total of 429 bandits, of whom 166 died in the smoke of the earthen fort, the bombardment of the Franco's machine guns and unconscionable guns, and the panic of jumping over the wall and trampling on each other, and the remaining 263 people were beheaded by the officers and soldiers after escaping from the city.

Eight hundred and forty-two prisoners, most of them women and children, were wounded or sick.

More than 6,000 taels of gold, more than 34,900 taels of silver, more than 29,000 taels of copper coins, 89 cattle, 347 sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, etc., as well as spices, jewelry, jade, medicinal materials, silk, silk cloth, linen, tea, grain, salt, etc., all the goods added up to a value of about 50,000 or 60,000 yuan.

It can be said that the family foundation accumulated by this gang of bandits for decades was uprooted by Shen Xi.

Shen Xi thought to himself, it's better to be a bandit and a pirate, he does business without capital, he robbed countless rich people on land, and when he is a pirate, he can't make a lot of money by guarding the route.

It is no wonder that there are more women than men on the island, and if you have money, you can buy women back, and the small island is run into a closed independent kingdom, with a head equivalent to a king, a simple administrative and military system, a military division to manage the administration, a general to command the army, and a slave to buy to work, and when you go out to rob, there is a clear division of labor, so there is no disadvantage.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Shen Xi distributed a reward of more than 8,000 copper coins on the spot, and on average, an officer and soldier had four yuan of money, which was almost equivalent to the income of a military family for several months. In addition, Shen Xi gave the two deputy thousand households a reward of 100 taels of gold each, 10 hundred households of 20 taels of gold each, and 40 general banners of gold of 10 taels each, and rewarded them with 200 taels to 20 taels of silver, so as to keep their mouths firmly gagged.

Sheep and poultry, Shen Xi announced that they would all be used as rewards for rewarding officers and soldiers, but they would need to return to land before they could slaughter a batch. The cattle were transported back to Guangzhou to confiscate the ...... In this era, cattle were an important tool of production, not pigs and sheep that could be compared. Those goods, Shen Xi is ready to swallow in one bite, and after going back, all of them will be handed over to Hui Niang's Chamber of Commerce, anyway, his team has no supervising army, and this time the bandits themselves are the largest governors of the three provinces, and the people responsible for cleaning up the property are their own people, and they only need to delete the corresponding seizures in the account books reported to the imperial court.

It is not far from Jinzhou Island to the county seat of Zhihaikang County, the capital of Leizhou, and Shen Xi has to show his face anyway, indicating that I, the governor of the three provinces, have been here.

The first convoy of convoys will leave after the goods are loaded, and the second group will not leave until tomorrow, on the one hand, to continue to search the walled city, dig three feet into the ground, see if the gang of bandits has buried anything in the ground, and at the same time prevent any fish from escaping the net on the island.

Shen Xi naturally followed the first batch of people and horses, mainly because he was dazed on the sea ship these days, and he wanted to hurry to the land to sleep peacefully, and in addition, a large amount of gold, silver and seized materials needed to be taken care of by him, so he couldn't be sloppy.

At noon on the same day, the fleet left Kisu Island and had a smooth journey, arriving at the mouth of the Sungai River before nightfall and docking at Nampojin Port.

Nanpu Jinbu is the largest port on the Nandu River, the main river of Leizhou Prefecture, it is located at the confluence of the Nandu River and the Huaqiao River, the port is more than 5,000 meters long, the widest point is more than 2,000 meters, the narrowest place is 1,000 meters, the water depth of the port is about 10 meters during the Hongzhi period, and it can fully accommodate the fleet to dock.

Since the opening of the port in the early Tang Dynasty, Nanpujin Port has always been the throat of the sea in and out of the capital city of Leizhou, the hub of maritime transportation on the Leizhou Peninsula and an important port for foreign trade.

Shen Xi first sent people to land, accompanied by the inspection of the inspection department, to Haikang County to report to the Yamen of the prefect of Leizhou, and the army then landed and set up camp near the port.

Before, the governor of Leizhou had already known that the governors of the three provinces were suppressing bandits in Leizhou Bay, and the prefect Hu Bin heard that Shen Xi had personally led the troops, and took people out of the city to the port area overnight to greet them, and at the same time brought a large number of reward items, including grain, chickens, ducks, fish, etc.

When Hu Bin arrived, the army's feast was already underway, and twenty big fat sheep were slaughtered alone, both for roasting and stewing, plus the fish caught during the voyage, the food was extremely rich. Just because they were stationed outside the city, for safety reasons, they were still not allowed to drink, and they were given two shifts to eat, one shift was responsible for guarding and the other was feasting.

It was the twenty-first day of the winter moon, and it was the middle of winter, and the temperature on the Leizhou Peninsula during the Xiaoice River was only five or six degrees at night, and Shen Xi had to add thick winter clothes to himself.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Shen Xi saw Hu Bin, an old jinshi in his fifties, although he read a lot, but he was not pedantic, and he was very thoughtful in terms of etiquette.

Hu Bin said with a smile: "Lord Shen commanded the troops to sweep away the bandits, and when he came to Leizhou Mansion, the thieves were terrified, and the people all applauded. Tomorrow, when the lord enters the city, the lower officials will summon the gentry and people in the city to greet him, and at the same time, he will praise your lordship in the recital to the court, and praise your achievements in quelling the bandits! ”

Shen Xi was a little impatient, what kind of officials are there, what kind of performance will there be in the locality, Leizhou Mansion is rampant with bandits, and all industries are withering, which has a lot to do with Hu Bin's inaction.

Hu Bin is definitely not a clean official, but it is not right to say that he is a corrupt official, because even if he wants to be greedy, in a place like Leizhou Mansion, there is not much land. This kind of mediocre officials catch a lot of money in the Ming Dynasty, and they are usually sanctimonious, and it is not easy to catch their pigtails, but once they are asked to tie up with their bosses, or run for their careers, then they will be exposed in their original form and ugly.

Shen Xi smiled and said, "Governor Hu has been promoted, and this official is just on the emperor's order." The things brought by the Hu Governor's Mansion are given to the soldiers, and the official has thanked the soldiers of the three armies, and for the officials, the Hu Governor's Mansion please take them back, the officials don't want to know what is inside! ”

For Shen Xi, the harvest of this expedition is enough, and there is no need to be criticized for receiving money.

Hu Bin hesitated slightly, this kind of separate meeting, giving a gift of money and gifts is really rare, but I didn't expect to meet Shen Xi this time.

Hu Bin didn't dare to come nonsense, and hurriedly hugged the wooden box back into his arms, and at this time, someone outside came in to report, saying that the soldiers invited Shen Xi to go out to celebrate together.

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Governor Hu, can you have fun with the soldiers?" ”

As a literati, Hu Bin has always looked down on martial artists, but Shen Xi said that he wanted to have fun with the soldiers, and he couldn't say no. In desperation, he had to follow behind Shen Xi, came to the middle of the officers and soldiers, and casually found a bonfire to sit down, feeling extremely awkward in his heart.

Since they could not drink alcohol, the soldiers replaced the wine with freshly stewed mutton soup, which was a pleasant drink. Shen Xi couldn't help but drink a few bowls, not that he appreciated this unprocessed mutton soup with a strong smell, but the weather was too cold, and he had to drink some hot soup to warm his body.

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The so-called celebration banquet was nothing more than a feast for the officers and men to drink soup and eat meat, and because there was no alcohol, the enthusiasm of the officers and men was generally not high, and the celebration banquet ended in less than two hours.

Shen Xi returned to the big tent of the Chinese army, and Liuya came in with hot tea and snacks, put them on the table, and then stood aside and looked at Shen Xi, with Shen Xi's interpretation of her gaze, this girl was greedy again.

"If you want to eat, take it yourself and eat it, but remember to wipe your mouth after eating!" Shen Xi said, "Go back to your tent and sleep when you're full!" ”

"Got it."

Liuya was not as timid as Shen Xi before, and with a smile on her eyebrows, she hugged the dim sum plate to the side, "Let's go" and "Let's eat".

The dim sum is sent by the government office, except for Shen Xi, others can not enjoy the fresh Leizhou specialty leaf cake and sugar white cake, Liuya from childhood to adulthood, I don't know what dim sum is, I only feel that the sweet food is a hundred flavors, and my appetite is great.

Shen Xi couldn't help but think of Zhu Shan, the two of them were very similar in eating, but they were very different.

Since she rescued Ma Jiu in the sea, Liuya's status in the army has soared, of course, the main reason is that she can freely enter and exit Shen Xi's big tent on weekdays, others dare not despise her when they see her, and those junior colonels with low official positions even have to salute, but every time Liuya runs away quickly, for her, except for Shen Xi and Ma Jiu, the rest of the army are very dangerous characters.

Before, she only trusted Shen Xi alone, but since she saved Ma Jiu, Ma Jiu's attitude towards her has become more respectful, and she is not so guarded against Ma Jiu, but she knows that Ma Jiu's gratitude to her is more similar to that of her life-saving benefactor, and in Liuya's mind, Shen Xi is the most reliable.

Shen Xi ignored Liuya and continued to write his recital.

Although the current military achievements are nothing in his eyes, the performance of the recital must not be neglected, otherwise the people in the court will say that he will only make trouble in the local area and have not made achievements, and then suggest that Emperor Hongzhi remove him.

He was jointly promoted by two Shangshu and a cabinet elder, or was personally appointed by Emperor Hongzhi, even if he didn't think about his own merits, he had to think about the face of the four "big guys". If even Emperor Hongzhi felt that it was a mistake to appoint him to the three southeastern provinces, then he would really be done with the game.

To play to the court, in addition to truthfully reporting the results of the bandits along the way, the second is to explain what he saw and heard along the way.

It is natural to say that the country is safe and the people are prosperous, but it is also necessary to play the local maladministration as it is, such as the connivance and acquiescence of the coastal guard and the government to the bandits, and the barren islands where the coastal land has been close to the coast after the sea ban, and so on.

Shen Xi will not take the initiative to mention the matter of lifting the sea ban, but it will only cause Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers of the court to think, why is the Ming coast so unpeaceful, is it useless to set up a guard post to send troops?

In the end, Shen Xi had to take the initiative to confess, because he was "negligent" in political affairs, which would cause many problems in local civil affairs and military affairs.

In fact, this is to put pressure on the local three divisions and yamen from another direction.

The so-called civil affairs are not under the control of Shen Xi, but the errand of the political envoy and the yamen, and my side is to quell the bandits, while finding out the local maladministration and sharing the worries of the Son of Heaven, while you are the political envoy and the inspector of the embassy have done nothing, and have been impeaching me with the court all day long.

In this way, the emperor Lao'er has to ponder, is it this post-generation governor who cares about his intentions, or those old ministers know how to be loyal to the country?

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