Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 970, Bandits and Pirates
Southern Jiangxi, the thoroughfare of the four provinces, goes north to Jiangxi, east to Fujian, south to Guangdong, and west to Huguang. It is dominated by mountains and hills, with traffic congestion and banditry, which is getting worse and worse.

Xie Zhishan occupied Hengshui, Zuoxi, and Tonggang, Chi Zhongrong occupied Litou, and each became king. In addition, Chen Neng of Dayu, Gao Ma of Lechang, Gong Quanfu of Chenzhou, and Zhan Shifu of Damaoshan, Fujian, etc. , each of them is a giant bandit rampant in southern Jiangxi, and each of them is no longer a simple bandit, each of them is a king.

Among them, Xie Zhishan, the most powerful, is known as the "King of Zheng", and even raised the banner to resist the violent rule and punish corrupt officials.

A few years ago, when the Ming army had not carried out military system reform, the Ming military household system was corrupt and its combat power was low, so that these bandits in southern Jiangxi even dared to attack Gan County and Nankang. die in battle.

This shows how serious the banditry in southern Jiangxi has become. This is no longer simply a bandit blocking the road and robbing, but has the nature of a peasant uprising in it.

Naturally, it has also become the key target of this campaign against evil.

Xie Zhishan's Hengshui Village was surrounded by [-] Ming troops at this very moment. Accompanied by the rumble of shelling and deafening explosions, the Hengshui Village built on the dangerous terrain was quickly breached, and gunshots came and went. The bandits in Hengshui Village died, surrendered, and were completely restrained by the Ming army in a blink of an eye.

"why?"

"Why didn't we hear any news beforehand?"

Xie Zhishan couldn't figure out why he didn't receive any news until he died. He had eyes and ears in the yamen of Nankang and Gan County. As long as the imperial court had a large army to suppress them, he would be able to receive the news in advance.

However, this time, he didn't know until his Hengshui village was defended by the Ming army. When he realized it, the village had already been breached.

The same scene soon appeared in other bandit villages in southern Jiangxi. The factory guards were so powerful that they often infiltrated into the bandits directly to find out everything inside the bandits.

Then the Ming army was secretly dispatched from other places to attack directly. By surprise, in less than a month, the Ming army broke through more than [-] bandit camps, beheaded and captured more than [-] people. In order to cause decades of banditry in southern Jiangxi.

On the day of the public trial, the entire Gan County was empty of thousands of people. The huge square attracted tens of thousands of people to watch the public trial. Thirty thousand Ming troops were fully armed and escorted tens of thousands of bandits to the public trial.

Under the public trial, more than [-] bandits were sentenced to death on the spot, and the punishment was declared on the spot. More than [-] people were beheaded. The river next to Gan County was stained red with blood, and the dead piled up like a hill. , using a four-wheeled carriage to pull hundreds of carts, turning a hill with green mountains and green waters into a mass grave.

Such a thunderous action greatly deterred the bandits in southern Jiangxi. Many small bandit villages were disbanded almost overnight.

……

In a sea area of ​​Nanyang, two pirate ships are fleeing desperately. Behind these two ships, there are five warships of the Great Ming Nanyang Fleet chasing after them.

"Ma egg ~"

"Are these people in the navy crazy? They are still full and have nothing to do. This has been chasing me for three days and three nights."

On the Dragon King, the pirate leader Dragon King Lin Fu looked at the naval warships chasing after him, and couldn't help cursing.

He was originally an ordinary crew member who traveled all over the South China Sea all year round. Later, because of his greed for enjoyment, he and his fellow countrymen robbed two cargo ships and started a pirate business in the South China Sea.

While recruiting the local aborigines of Nanyang as crew members, he continued to familiarize himself with the routes in various seas of Nanyang and ransacked the passing merchant ships. He developed rapidly in a short period of time, and once owned more than [-] ships of various sizes. The great pirate who makes people look pale.

This time, the imperial court decided to strike hard and eradicate the evil. Naturally, the pirates who were rampant in the various sea areas were targeted. He also became the key target of the Nanyang Fleet.

After a detailed investigation by the factory guards, the Nanyang Fleet found Lin Fu's lair, and directly dispatched hundreds of warships to surround them. After a fierce battle, Lin Fu now only had two ships left.

"Boom~Boom~"

Accompanied by the sound of intensive cannons, bullets roared towards each other soon, and landed on the sea surface near the Dragon King, rising into columns of water that soared into the sky.

"Damn it, the navy's artillery is so accurate~"

Lin Fu couldn't help cursing again, he was about to despair, and this time he might be unable to escape.

As soon as his words fell, a few shells fell on the Dragon King, and immediately smashed huge holes in the Dragon King. One of the shells hit the mast of the ship so badly that it hit the mast directly. Knocked down, the speed of the ship suddenly dropped rapidly.

"It's over~"

"Dead~"

Lin Fu closed his eyes in despair. He was a sailor and knew too well that once the sailboat lost its mast, it was basically a living target, waiting to be sent into the sea by the navy to feed the fish.

"Oh, I knew I would regret it today!"

Lin Fu recalled his previous life in his mind. Although being a seaman was hard, his income was quite good. Under his obsession, he became a pirate.

Since the day he became a pirate, he has never had a good day. He dared not enter any port, had no place to spend the money he robbed, and dared not return to his home. He was always in fear of being chased by the navy.

"Boom~Boom~"

Soon, another burst of gunfire sounded, billowing white smoke rose from the chasing naval warship, and shells flew towards the Dragon King rapidly, and soon fell on the Dragon King as if they had eyes. .

Lin Fu happened to be hit by a shell, and his whole body was bloody and bloody, and he couldn't die any more.

Wave after wave of attacks seemed to have no intention of stopping, and the navy also seemed to have no intention of taking prisoners. Under several waves of shelling, the Dragon King began to slowly sink to the bottom of the sea.

The many pirates on the ship jumped out of the ship in fright, trying to escape, but soon, several naval warships arrived near the Dragon King, and the muskets on the ship were aimed at the pirates struggling in the sea.

"Boom~Boom~"

Intensive gunshots continued to ring out, and bullets were shot at the pirates in the sea, blood staining the ocean red. For these pirates, the navy showed no mercy and had an attitude of killing them all.

"Continue to chase another pirate ship~"

"After the sinking, let's go to the Sulu Kingdom for a stroll. How long have these small countries in Nanyang dared to collude with these pirates, sell stolen goods for these pirates, make up for these pirates, and some people even dare to become pirates? Teach them a lesson."

On the battleship, the captain looked at the scene in front of him coldly, looked at the map of the Nanyang region, pointed to the location of Sulu Port and said.

Nanyang is really very important to the current Ming Dynasty. In addition to the huge plantations owned by Nanyang itself, Nanyang is also a hub for communication between east and west.

There are really too many merchant ships going to and from Nanyang. Thousands of ships travel between Nanyang and Daming every day, and communicate with Xiyang and Ming at the same time.

Pirates, an ancient thing, were originally wiped out by Liu Jin. The sea area here is very safe, but soon it revived again, and a large number of pirates appeared one after another, seriously endangering the safety of foreign merchant ships. It even threatens the plantations on many islands.

A very special phenomenon appeared in this, that is, the leaders of these pirates are often Ming people, and the crew members are all aboriginals from various places in Southeast Asia, and these pirates are often recorded and sold in various countries in Southeast Asia.

So this time to fight against Nanyang pirates, Da Ming decided not only to fight against pirates, but also to beat Nanyang countries again.

……

All over the Ming Dynasty, gangs and evils were being eradicated. In emerging cities such as Tianjin, Songhu, Nanjing, and Crescent City, gang forces were dealt a devastating blow. Tens of thousands of gang members were killed and distributed gold. Europe and Australia are distributed.

On the roads of Daming, road bandits, bandits, etc. were also hit hard. Basically, the leader died, and the countless road bandits, road tyrants, bandits, etc. entrenched on the roads were swept away at once. .

The atmosphere of the entire Ming Dynasty and the law and order in the city suddenly improved a lot, and heavy codes were used in troubled times. The effect of this time's anti-crime and evil operations is still very obvious.

Business travelers don't have to worry about being robbed when they go out, women don't have to worry about getting molested by local hooligans when they go out, and people who do small business in the city don't have to worry about being paid protection money.

"Mr. Zhang, although the campaign against crime and evil this time was very successful, it also revealed several problems. One of the most important problems is that there are too few officials, servants, arresters, etc. in various government offices. Low, unsuitable for reuse, and many of them are based on relationships.”

"It can be used to deal with ordinary people, but it is very powerless to deal with gangs and various new types of criminals."

"We can't always dispatch factory guards and the army to maintain social order. This issue of social order will ultimately depend on the local government office to maintain it."

"So I think it is necessary to set up a special police school, then recruit veterans, conduct professional training and training, and then distribute these policemen to all parts of Daming to expand the power of the state government offices, so as to To maintain social order."

In Zhang Mao's office in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Liu Jinzheng and Zhang Mao were discussing this time's campaign against evil.

　困~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)