You ask Lao Zhu if he knows these things?
Of course he knew that, and he also thought about letting the Turkish army and the coastal Turkish troops in Jiangsu and Zhejiang migrate to each other, but the Turkish army in Fujian had been favored for a long time.
So they talked about the long journey and hard work, emphasized the difficulty of mutual adjustment and refused to migrate.
Therefore, the imperial court had no choice but to allow those with similar coastal guard stations to live together.
But this actually made the sergeants and officials in this place become more collusive and united, causing the court a headache.
Gu Chen now felt that Lao Zhu was still not ruthless enough. He had to learn from the Qing emperor about this kind of thing. Of course, he didn't learn to deal with the common people, but with the local troops who were causing harm to the countryside.
In the 18th year of Shunzhi, the Qing government categorically decided to implement a large-scale policy of forced relocation of coastal residents, which was known in history as "relocating borders and banning seas."
The Qing court drew the territory as a prison, and after determining the boundaries it set, it began to drive away the people, generally giving everyone only three days to participate.
If you don't leave after three days, a knife will be put to your neck to make you leave.
In order to cut off these coastal residents from wanting to go back to live, all the houses outside the boundary were completely destroyed.
At that time, the imperial court was still in Funing Prefecture, Fujian Province, and put up a sign warning: "Anyone who dares to step out of the boundary will be executed. Anyone who crosses the boundary a few steps will be executed."
A sign was set up in Putian County: "Idle travel is not allowed outside the boundary. If you go out of the boundary, you will be killed if you violate the order."
There were also military soldiers who patrolled the border from time to time. Historical records said: "Someone who crosses the border occasionally will be beheaded as soon as they meet the patrolling soldiers."
This move caused a large number of coastal residents to die tragically under the butcher knife of the imperial court.
At that time, there were already fertile fields, fertile soil, and prosperous fisheries and salt industries along the coast.
This had a huge impact on coastal residents, turning fertile farmland into ruins in an instant.
The amount of land that has been abandoned due to migration to the sea is also staggering.
In Guangdong and Fujian provinces, more than 570,000 acres of land were abandoned.
For the Turkish army, those who obeyed were registered and dispersed among all the armies to serve the country.
If anyone is disobedient, then use force to kill them all.
There are endless horrifying methods such as caesarean section and intestinal removal, beheading and sacrifice, skinning and hanging on trees.
If Lao Zhu was a hateful tyrant, Gu Chen felt that it was a bit too much.
At the very least, Lao Zhu's methods were considered mild compared to them.
Of course, Gu Chen did not agree with the Qing court's methods. He just believed that in troubled times, these people should be eliminated with more firm methods.
Let alone hundreds of years of stability, it is still possible for the people to live and work in peace and contentment for decades.
Just as he was thinking about it, Xu Zengshou came over and said, Commander Hu Yanhu has arrived.
Gu Chen looked up from his mouth and saw two soldiers carrying a man who stank of alcohol over. The man seemed to be drunk to death, and he didn't even open his eyes after traveling for more than ten miles.
"Oh, Mr. Hu, have you drunk too much?" Gu Chen raised the corner of his mouth and immediately looked at the clerk beside him: "Why don't you quickly write it down that Jianning Zuowei was on duty to drink, and he was very drunk. .”
The two scribes understood it and pretended to write it down on paper.
"Nonsense, we are not on duty today~"
Before the pen even touched the paper, Hu Yan shot himself in the foot.
Hearing this, not to mention Gu Chen, even Xu Zengshou and Zhou Chengfa couldn't help but curl their lips.
How did someone so stupid become a commander?
Need I say more?
Of course it was through connections and through the back door.
"Commander is not drunk again?" Gu Chen looked at the two scribes angrily: "Why don't you write it down quickly? Commander Hu pretended to be drunk in order to avoid the censor's questioning."
The two scribes wanted to pick up their pens again, and Hu Yan quickly stepped forward and grabbed their hands.
"Don't ask me, don't ask me, if you have something to say, say it nicely, say it nicely~"
It turned out that after Hu Mei was recalled to Beijing, Hu Yan, who had no ability, was left by his eldest brother-in-law to take charge of Jianning's left guard.
Hu Yan is a lazy man, he just sits at home and has nothing to do every day, regardless of business.
It was uncomfortable to drink and have fun, but he slept well.
I'm just lazy. I never do anything forced or illegal, nor do I steal from others.
Don’t accept benefits from others, and don’t accept filial piety from people below.
Because he kept his uncle Hu Mei's words in mind and did not dare to cause any trouble to the family.
The affairs of Jianning's left guard were originally under the control of the deputy capital commander Zhang Qi, but he died last year and a new candidate has not been selected yet.
Well, so it's even more confusing.
"Master Yushi, this is really not my fault. If you don't believe me, go to my house immediately and check. Every money in my house is legitimate."
Gu Chen had no choice but to write down, let Lao Zhu decide whether it was a bad thing or not.
He left with a few evil-doing Qianhu and Baihu, and Hu Yan followed him far away.
"Gu Yushi, you must help me to say good things to His Majesty. I am really honest here and have not done any bad things~"
Gu Chen ignored him, and Hu Yan felt aggrieved. At least His Highness Prince Xiang had some intimacy with him.
As long as he doesn't do bad things, it doesn't hurt to enjoy it, right?
However, Gu Chen still asked someone to check it. After all, it was not up to him to decide whether he was good or not. He Shen also said that he had a breeze in his sleeves.
After three months, Gu Chen and several censors summarized their performance and some personal opinions and quickly sent them to Yingtian Mansion.
Jinyiwei was not idle either. He sent the small notebook to Yingtian Mansion almost at the same time, and then to Jiang Wei, and finally to the emperor's censorship.
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In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, on the second day of July, Fengtian Hall.
Xia Tian was already very disturbing, but Lao Zhu became even more annoyed after reading the memorials of several imperial censors and the small notebooks written down by Jin Yiwei.
"We're so angry, we're so angry, these useless things."
"We let them govern Fujian, not cause trouble."
"It has only been three months since the censors first arrived, and they have already found so many problems."
"In all the officials and military officers in Fujian, there are not many good ones. The bad ones steal chickens and dogs, and bully the people to bring disaster."
"The good ones are unknown, don't do serious things, and turn a blind eye to others oppressing the people."
"We spend so much food and money to feed them, and they do these bastard things. It's really all in vain for us to feed them."
Lao Zhu was somewhat furious at this moment, although he had been mentally prepared for it.
But when the facts were placed in front of him, he still couldn't accept it.
Zhu Biao looked at the sealed confession, sighed, thought for a while and finally said.
"Dad, my son thinks we must open this sea trade."
"The censors said that local officials, squires and officers often smuggled tea, cloth and other items to foreign countries and Japanese pirates, and sold them at exorbitant prices."
"But in the end, all the money went into their pockets, which caused hardship to the court and the people."
"Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, once said to Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty: Now that China is safe and the barbarians have surrendered, those who want to fight against foreigners must first make peace at home."
"So my son thinks that we should suspend the campaign against Japanese invaders and order the three marquis in Fujian."
"Lead troops and censors to clean up the officials and guard posts, let the native troops disperse and move around, and prohibit the local gentry from recruiting troops privately. Anyone who violates this will be killed."
"Immediately order the Ministry of Civil Affairs to prepare for the examination immediately to select a new batch of officials in Fujian. When the time comes, they will be caught and replaced, and those who deserve to be jailed will be jailed."
"Behead those who deserve to be beheaded, demote those who deserve to be demoted, and exile those who deserve to be exiled."
"After the clean-up is completed in one go, we will destroy the Japanese Kaihai."
"This way, it is better than chaos outside and chaos inside."
After so many years of fighting against Japanese pirates, the more we fight, the more we fight, and the more we fight, the more we fight.
The reason is simply corruption among officials and the military.
Only by solving these problems can the fundamental problem be completely solved. The problem of the Turkish army is extremely urgent and cannot be delayed.
"Yeah." Lao Zhu also had this idea: "You can directly write a letter to Liao Yongzhong and the others and ask them to come down from the sea. It is important to cooperate with the censor to eliminate corruption first."
"Tell them that if the Turkish army is willing to obey and move, then let it go."
"If you don't want to, kill them all on the spot. We will give them the right to kill them first and report them later."
"Any officials below the fourth rank can be punished according to law as long as the evidence is conclusive. Well, some officials from the Ministry of Punishment will be sent from Yingtian Mansion to assist."
"Those who are fourth grade and above are summoned to the capital. We want to interrogate them personally. We want to hear their confessions with our own ears."
"Also, tell them not to rush to kill. After the new batch of officials arrive, let them watch the execution of the previous one in person."
"Tell Gu Chen and the others that those who are found to have embezzled more than 150,000 yuan and have taken human life seriously will be executed by us at the earliest possible time and have their heads hung on the city wall for three years. All the Yi tribes."
Lao Zhu believes that this method of killing chickens to scare monkeys is extremely useful.
Only when you see the consequences of being a corrupt official will you be afraid of becoming a corrupt official.
