So he simply used his own advantages to contact those original pirates and current maritime merchants. There were many officials from Jiangnan in the Plum Blossom Society, and these officials had many contacts with each other. Naturally, they also had contacts with the gentry who sold goods overseas.
The gentry were naturally closely related to the maritime merchants, so Hu Zhiyu contacted many maritime merchants step by step. He originally wanted to use these merchants to cause some trouble for Liu Haojia and make some money on the way, but he found that these merchants had already been integrated, and a pirate king similar to Captain Wufeng had appeared!
And this pirate king is not as flamboyant as Captain Wufeng, he is very low-key! It's so low-key that most people in the world don't know that the maritime merchants have been integrated!
Moreover, after these pirates were unified, they had sources of food, medicine, and even weapons and gunpowder, and their dependence on the shore was greatly reduced. Now the gentry can no longer control them! Moreover, Hu Zhiyu found out that the pirate king seemed to be very close to Wu Ninghou and was subservient to him, which made it even more difficult for him to attack! Read the book
Just when Hu Zhiyu was about to stop, news suddenly came that Liu Haojia was going to expedition to Japan, which made him feel like he had seen an opportunity! So he patiently waited for news from Japan!
But to his surprise, Liu Haojia's expedition to Japan not only failed, but came back with a large sum of money, which made him feel very frustrated! But this also made him understand one thing: there are really big profits overseas!
At this moment, he suddenly thought, if he could really hold these maritime merchants in his hands, wouldn't he be the uncrowned king of the sea? So he repeatedly calculated and found that as long as Liu Haojia was killed, the foundation of maritime business would be damaged. If he used the method of recruiting and dividing, these pirates would be used by him!
Moreover, Liu Haojia also provided him with a new idea to expand profits outwards. Wouldn't it be more profitable to use these pirates to rob and divide the spoils himself? That's why he thought of pushing Liu Haojia out to patrol the border, and then kill him by using the Mongols to ambush him!
Zhang Yuanfeng's eyes lit up after hearing Hu Zhiyu's plan, and then he was sure that Hu Zhiyu told the truth! And he was also shocked by the mountain of silver presented by Liu Haojia. It seems that the fastest way to make money in the world is through robbery! So he said without hesitation: "It is my duty to do things for the country's hoe women!"
Hu Zhiyu smiled and said, "If the Zhang family can participate, I would be more confident. After all, the Zhang family is more familiar with the outside of the border wall."
But Zhang Yuanfeng said with a straight face: "Head of the club, what I said is that I want to participate!"
Hu Zhiyu was stunned after hearing this, then smiled and said, "That's fine, but I don't know how many tribes Zhang Xiandi can influence without relying on the Zhang family's words?"
Hu Zhiyu was not surprised at all by Zhang Yuanfeng's sudden idea! You must know that the current Ming Dynasty is a clan society, and the clan leader is in charge of almost everything in the family! Although Zhang Yuanfeng holds great power in the Zhang family and looks extremely prosperous, to be honest, he is just a big shopkeeper under Zhang Siwei! It's just that this big shopkeeper has some shares, so he can get some money!
Now that he saw the opportunity to be his own boss, how could he not seize it! Moreover, Hu Zhiyu believed that Zhang Yuanfeng had been in charge of the Zhang family's business for so many years, so he must have some savings and manpower in private! Even if it's not enough, just borrowing the name of the Zhang family is enough to achieve what he wants!
As expected, Zhang Yuanfeng said: "Don't worry, leader, there is no problem in motivating the two tribes to take action! I just don't know which tribe the leader can contact, we need to coordinate!"
After the two people reached an agreement, they began to deliberate on a rough plan. The initial plan was for Hu Zhiyu to arrange for someone to push Liu Haojia to patrol the border. I think there are many people in the court who don't like him, so it would be better to send him outside the wall, at least to keep him out of sight! It would be better if there was an error outside the side wall! So the two quickly reached an agreement and finalized the plan.
More than ten days later, when the Yinshan incident was still spreading word of mouth among the people, a doctor from the Ministry of War wrote a memorial asking the cabinet whether it would arrange border inspections this year. If there was any arrangement, he suggested that Wu Anjun should go out of the border wall. The reason is that the Wu'an Army has just formed a new army, and the soldiers have no experience and need to be tempered!
This memorial goes up step by step according to various procedures. Anyone who comes into contact with the memorial passes it without hesitation. When the memorial reached the cabinet, it was naturally transferred to Zhang Siwei. He could have approved it directly, but for some reason he always had to say hello to Zhang Juzheng.
So he walked up to Zhang Juzheng with the memorial and said, "First Assistant, please read this memorial."
Zhang Juzheng put down his pen and took the memorial to read. After reading it, he turned his head and looked at Zhang Siwei deeply for a while before saying: "There is some truth in what is said in the memorial. This kind of newly formed army always needs to be beaten some. Anyway. It’s been quiet outside the side wall for a long time. It’s okay to go out for a walk, so you can just approve it!”
Zhang Siwei said: "Chief Assistant, how many people should go out this time?"
Zhang Juzheng thought about it and said: "It is said that the Wu'an Army has tens of thousands of people, but we can't use that many people for patrolling the border, so we can just send out three thousand people! Although the treasury has some savings now, it is not a waste of money." when."
Zhang Siwei nodded in agreement, then went back to his seat to give instructions and handed the memorial out. When the memorial arrived in the inner study, Feng Bao was also successfully decorated. This matter is settled!
Speaking of which, Feng Bao didn't have a good impression of Liu Haojia either! Because since Liu Haojia became involved with Emperor Wanli, Emperor Wanli hasn't summoned him for a long time! Don't look very good even when you need to ask him something, which makes him feel that he has fallen out of favor! So he has no way to deal with Liu Haojia now, even if he is disgusted by him!
By the time Zhang Jia heard the news, it was too late to dismiss the matter. He hurriedly sent a letter to Tianjin to let Liu Haojia know about it.
Liu Haojia was also surprised when he received the news. He had no idea that the border patrol matter would fall on him! But after being surprised, he was happy, because he also felt that his soldiers needed to be tempered! Moreover, patrolling the border, a risk-free task, is just a way for inexperienced soldiers to be trained.
So he wrote back a letter to Zhang Jia, expressing his willingness to accept the order, and then began to reorganize his team. More than a thousand soldiers who had gone through the battle were dispersed and distributed among various camps. Believe that passing on experience to these soldiers is enough.
