After finishing the meal, Shen Xuan said hello and followed Xu Song back to discuss things.
Watching his sedan go away, Li Zhijie said, "Why is this young master from Shen Ge's hometown here?"
Xu He whispered the Shen family's plan in front of Xie Liangcai.
Li Zhijie frowned and said, "What's wrong with this? I'm just trying to collect money from my family. This Shen family, ugh..."
Xie Liangcai said: "Shen Ge came to power. I heard that he was impeached by the Jin Party. I guess he also wanted to take the opportunity to retaliate this time!"
This was the first time Xu He heard the term "Jin Party". As far as he knew now, the first and second ministers in the imperial court were each from the same faction. Now that there is a Jin Party, it really makes him feel complicated.
But these things have nothing to do with him as a young student, and there is no need to worry about it. After all, there are many tall people out there, right? It's better to care about the people around you.
Thinking of this, Xu He said to Li Zhijie: "Teacher, you haven't been in Yangzhou since the imperial examination. It's been too hard. Are you still going out this time?"
Li Zhiye nodded: "Taixing was attacked by bandits. The new county magistrate has just arrived. Things there are over for the time being. However, I have been helping your uncle to raise food recently. I guess I won't be able to rest for a while!"
"Raising food?" Xu He and Xie Liangcai asked at the same time.
Li Zhijie nodded tiredly: "Yes, Lu Butang suppressed the Japanese in Zhejiang, and military rations have now become a big problem. On the advice of your uncle, he asked Your Majesty to allow the surrounding provinces to assist in the management of rations. I am going to help them this time. Went to collect food!"
The imperial court's allocation of grain and grass has been established since ancient times. Usually, grain is transferred to Taicang, or grain and grass from the province do not need to be removed from Beijing, but are automatically allocated to the garrison in place.
Asking the neighboring province to assist in the grain management shows that the food crisis under Lu Yun's department cannot be sustained by Zhejiang Province, and the food in Taicang is out of the question.
Regarding Xie Kun, Xu He asked with concern: "How are the food supplies in each province?"
Speaking of this, Li Zhijie said angrily: "All the provinces have the idea that the matter has nothing to do with them. They feel that Lu Butang has contained the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang and Fujian, and they have nothing to do with them anymore. Although the imperial court clearly issued the decree, all provinces have There is shirk, and the same is true here in Nanzhili. If Magistrate Peng had not understood the righteousness and allowed me to raise food for him, not even a grain of rice in Nanzhili Province would be sent to Zhejiang, which is really chilling!"
Hearing this, before Xu He and Xu He could speak, he revealed another big news: "Brother Ziyu has left Zhejiang and went to Beijing to seek help from the powerful. However, I heard that there was a rumor in Beijing that it was the palace. He feels that Lu Butang has worked hard in vain and wasted money and food. The Jinyiwei Office received a letter from Lu Butang who embezzled military pay and supported the bandits. Your Majesty was furious. The Jinyiwei who arrested Lu Butang are already on their way to Zhejiang!"
Xu He said worriedly: "So what is the current situation of the Japanese suppression in Zhejiang? Does the teacher have any news?"
Li Zhiye nodded: "According to a letter written by me when I was a county magistrate in Fujian in the same year, the Japanese pirates are divided into real Japanese and fake Japanese. The real Japanese are all rogues who have no hope of living in the various vassals on Fuso Island. They take risks across the sea. When we arrived in the southeast of our country, we first began to plunder the coast. Later, because the guards were weak and unable to resist, they became more and more aggressive. Now they dare to go deep into the inland and plunder cities!"
"What is a fake Japanese?" Xie Liangcai asked curiously.
Li Zhijie shook his head and said: "The fake Japanese are actually the people along the coast of the Wei Dynasty. They either voluntarily surrendered to the bandits, or were kidnapped by the Japanese pirates and forced to become thieves. Over time, these people also tasted the sweetness of getting something for nothing." , and then followed the Japanese pirates wholeheartedly to harm the people of this country!"
Xie Liangcai was surprised and furious when he heard this: "How could there be such a shameless person!"
Xu He sighed and said nothing.
It seems that although in this world, the dynasty has changed from the Ming Dynasty to the Wei Dynasty, the situation around China should still be similar. Historically, the Ming Dynasty has been plagued by Japanese pirates since the Hongwu period of Taizu. Until the end of Jiajing, Tokugawa on Fuso Island The shogunate unified the four islands, the wars subsided, and the Japanese rebellion that caused trouble in the southeast gradually disappeared.
Of course, in the original time and space, Qi Shaobao, Yu Dayou, Hu Zongxian and others inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese pirates several times, which prevented them from robbing as if they were in an uninhabited land as before. This was also the main reason why the Japanese pirates gradually disappeared along the coast of the Ming Dynasty.
The situation faced by the Ming Dynasty at that time was actually similar to that of the Wei Dynasty today.
Japanese pirates were Japanese samurai, ronin, fishermen, businessmen, farmers, etc. who armed themselves to plunder the Korean Peninsula and coastal areas of China. Many Chinese refugees, nest owners and traitors were mixed among them.
There are even records in history that there were only 23 out of 10 real Japanese at that time, while 67 out of 10 fake Japanese were faked by the Chinese.
"I said in the same year..." Li Zhijie said solemnly, "Most of the pirates were Chinese. The Chinese were cunning and good at deceiving the barbarians. Before the fall of Fuqing, it was the Chinese who pretended to be Japanese pirates and appeared in front of the soldiers defending the city. When the soldiers saw the Japanese pirates, they were heartbroken and fled away in fright."
"After the fall of Fuqing, the Chinese rushed to deceive the barbarians that there was gold and silver hidden in the prison of Fuqing Mansion. When the real Japanese believed it, they gathered thousands of people and broke down the door. By that time, the Chinese had already robbed them of money and lost tens of thousands of them. Jin is gone!”
"The Yi people didn't know that the Chinese had already left, and they still fought stupidly. When they were finally wiped out and captured, they were all real Japanese, and none of the fake ones were captured!"
Xie Liangcai smiled bitterly and asked after a long time: "Li Tongpan, why do these fake Japanese pretend to be Japanese?"
Li Zhijie said: "Most of these people are Tongfan gangsters from Fujian and Zhejiang, dressing up as Japanese pirates and pretending to be Japanese pirates. The reason is also very simple. Many of their relatives and friends are people of the Wei Dynasty. They are afraid that their relatives and friends will be harmed if the matter is exposed. Secondly, The real Japanese have sharp weapons and are brave in battle, so the officers and soldiers are deeply afraid of them. These people pretend to be powerful and often shave their heads to pretend to be real Japanese. The defenders flee in fear and do not dare to fight!"
Xu He nodded and said: "If there are only Japanese pirates among the Japanese pirates, it is actually not a problem, because after all, after the Japanese invaders came to China, they had two lives, man and earth, and they didn't know the actual strength of the official army. It would not be easy to plunder them." , but once someone from the country participates in it, plans for it, or even becomes its leader, then the situation is completely different!"
Li Zhiye nodded: "So, when your uncle went to Beijing this time, in addition to requesting the imperial court to allocate food and explaining these two things to Lu Bu Tang, he was also entrusted by Lu Bu Tang to ask for the relocation of coastal people to the inland. Go live, and you won’t be allowed to go into the sea anymore!”
"Not allowed to enter the sea?" Xu He was stunned by Lu Yun and Xie Kun's plan.
In order to prevent Fujian and Zhejiang fishermen from cheating on each other, they were ruthless.
Indeed, if it is done, if the Japanese lose their source of information, they will be like rootless ducks floating on the sea, and they will gradually be attacked and weakened.
The idea was good, but Xu He doubted whether the court would agree to it. After all, relocating coastal people to live inland was not just about driving them away.
You also need to consider their shelter and food, as well as dividing the land for them and whether there will be any conflicts with the local people after relocation.
If the above problems cannot be solved, chaos may break out in the southeast before the Japanese pirate problem is solved.
Li Zhijie nodded after hearing Xu He's question: "Your uncle also said this in his letter, so this time your uncle is going to use the water squeezing method!"
"What is [water squeezing method]!" Xie Liangcai asked curiously.
"Dip a big cloth in water, squeeze it into sections, move one house, and protect the armor. After the soldiers and people live in peace, then move to the next house! Go back and forth, and the southeast will be peaceful!"
When Xie Liangcai heard this, his eyes lit up: "What a great idea!"
Xu He nodded: "This is equivalent to using a grate to grate the entire coast, clearing out all the monsters and monsters one by one!"
"But the only question is, as they clean up thousands of miles of sea territory along the southeast coast, one government after another, will the court give them time? Will the Japanese pirates give them a chance?"
Li Zhiye nodded and sighed: "For the current plan, the only way is to strengthen the wall and clear the field. Although the effect is slow, the victory is stability. As for time, isn't this the purpose of your uncle's trip?"
