Speaking of this, Emperor Chongzhen raised his voice and said: "I let Zhuqing open his eyes in the hope that Zhuqing will no longer be limited by his previous knowledge. Don't grab food in a bowl, because I will give you a pot! The future of the Ming Dynasty, as before seeing this steam engine today, is absolutely unimaginable to Zhuqing! ”

Or felt that it was a bit embarrassing to say this, so Emperor Chongzhen said in a soothing tone: "Of course, I didn't mean Zhu Qing, I wanted Zhu Qing to convey these words to the following. As long as I see one, don't have internal friction, don't think about doing things that are not allowed by the law of the country, I will give the Ming people a bright future that they have never imagined! ”

"Ministers obey the holy will!" When Wen Tiren and the others heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and hurriedly responded in unison.

After a beating, Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "Okay, then Zhuqing will go home for a good year!" ”

Now that the northwest is surrendered, the Hetao is in the hands of the imperial court, the problem of the victims of the Qin and Jin dynasties has been alleviated, and Liaodong has also won several big battles.

Emperor Chongzhen thought so, but in fact, often beautiful only existed in wishes.

When he asked the minister to celebrate the New Year, the Yamen Hall of the Fujian Governor, far to the south, did not have the slightest intention of celebrating the New Year, but was full of people, all with serious expressions and a little tense atmosphere.

On the main seat in the lobby, sitting is naturally Sun Chuanting, the governor of Fujian. After he arrived, he killed decisively, and used the army he brought from Shanxi to ruthlessly rectify the security on land, which can be regarded as establishing his own prestige.

However, at this time, he also looked serious, looked down, and said loudly: "The thief leader Liu Xiang has been rampant for a long time, but there is no available water master in the hands of this official. Now that he has intensified his efforts, he has even asked this official to exonerate the thieves he caught a few days ago, if not, he will attack my coastal prefectures and counties, do you have a good way to deal with it? ”

Fujian's coastline is long, and pirates can crisscross the sea at ease, and they can choose any place to attack, which is difficult to guard against. There were many pirates, and one of the previous countermeasures was to order all ships not to go to sea, so that the pirates had nothing to rob, and there was no financial resources or troops to replenish, which was one of the reasons why the sea was banned in the past.

Also, in the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, Zhu Kun served as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, encircled and suppressed the rampant pirates. It was also his intentions and ability, so in the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing, he hunted down and killed the famous pirate leaders at that time, Li Guangtou, Xu Dong, etc., and made an example of one hundred to set an example. But who knew that in the 29th year of Jiajing, Zhu Kun was falsely accused of unauthorized murder and wanted to arrest him for punishment. In exchange for such a result, Zhu Kun committed suicide in desperation when he was about to be arrested and punished. Since then, the dismissal of the Imperial Court as an inspector is also a famous example of the ban on the sea.

However, now that the imperial court has just issued an order to open the sea ban, and Sun Zhongcheng is obviously here specifically for the sea ban, it is naturally impossible to adopt this kind of countermeasure, let alone worry that the emperor will treat Zhu Kun as a general treat. Besides, when the sky falls, there will naturally be a tall man on top, and if something happens, Sun Zhongcheng must have something to do first, so others can do things seriously. Of course, this has something to do with their repeated conflicts with pirates.

The number of cases related to pirates in the yamen, demanding justice, became more and more accomplished, and the people under his rule were often plagued by pirates. Of course, if this is good, it means that the people under the rule will not be able to live in peace, and to put it mildly, it will also affect personal political performance and affect personal future.

However, the best way to deal with pirates is to send sailors to suppress them. However, at this time, the most powerful sailors in Fujian and even Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong had been requisitioned and transferred to the north by the imperial court, and the only ships left were left in important ports to cooperate with the shore to prevent pirates, and they did not take the initiative to attack and defeat pirates.

The existence of this objective difficulty made all the civil and military officials in the lobby silent.

Seeing this, Sun Chuanting frowned slightly, and he also understood the reason why these subordinates didn't speak, so he opened his mouth and added: "The Fujian Navy Division has already gone south, and it will arrive in more than half a month. However, the boatman was tired, and it was impossible to enter the pirates immediately. ”

Hearing this news, the eyes of these people in the hall suddenly lit up. You must know that the current commander of the Fujian Navy is Zheng Zhilong, who was the largest and strongest pirate in the past, and it is said that he is still a brother with this Liu Xiang. If he comes back to suppress Liu Xiang, he knows himself and his opponent, and he should have a chance of winning!

At this moment, the atmosphere in the hall was obviously eased a little, and many officials looked at each other and seemed to have ideas. In the end, I saw a civil official come out and told Sun Chuanting: "Lord Zhongcheng, the lower officials think that Liu Xiang can be stabilized first, so that he can be stable during this time, so as not to poison the people." As soon as the navy army arrives, it can be used both by land and water to pacify the Haikou in one fell swoop! ”

If the pirates make a request, the government will listen to the pirates and release those thieves, which greatly damages the prestige of the government and the prestige of the court, and no official will do it, otherwise it is to send the handle to the political enemy, which is a move to seek death.

Sun Chuanting saw that the person who spoke was Hong Yunsteam, who was participating in Fujian politics, so he asked him: "How to stabilize it?" ”

Since Hong Yunxuan came out to say this, he naturally thought of countermeasures, so he immediately replied: "The lower officials think that they can pretend to appease him." If he agreed, his subordinates would naturally be acquitted, which could be regarded as satisfying his request. ”

Speaking of this, he immediately added: "Of course, as for the conditions for appeasement, it can be discussed, and it has been talked about the arrival of the Navy Army. ”

After Sun Chuanting arrived, his performance was strong. For those bandits, whether they are on land or sea, they will be exterminated. Therefore, before that, no one dared to talk about appeasement. However, Hong Yunsteam's proposal was a fake appeasement, and he was not afraid that it would make Lord Zhongcheng unhappy.

Hong Chengchou's proposal can not only stabilize the recent situation and not cause any more headaches, but also make Liu Xiang relax his vigilance, so that after Zheng Zhilong returns, he can be eliminated more smoothly, which is not a bad way.

Therefore, after he finished speaking, immediately a civil official Kang Chengzu seconded the proposal. On the military general's side, when they saw that the two civil officials were in favor of this matter, they were all a little moved, thinking of behaving in front of Lord Zhongcheng, lest Lord Zhongcheng only reuse the Liu Da Neng he brought.

As a result, the generals Xia Zhiben, Zhang Yijie and others also followed and seconded Hong Yunsteam's proposal.

Sun Chuanting remained silent, weighing this matter freely in his heart. To tell the truth, if he could exterminate all the pirates before the arrival of the Fujian sailors, this was the situation he would most like to see. But now it seems that the sea is different from the land after all, and it is really difficult to use force in the face of the vast sea.