The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 278
"I dare not lie to Your Majesty. Speaking of this matter, it is a bit of a coincidence."

Bi Suinan sorted out his thoughts and talked eloquently.

"There are only a few sea bandits in the East, and the largest one occupies Zihezhou on the sea. Its arrogance is called Qi. The leader is Miyahara Jing. His ancestors are from our Dayan people. His real name is Yao Chengyu, and his ancestral home is in Gushan County, Qingyang Prefecture. When Emperor Yingzong was in chaos, the ancestors of the Yao family went to Nanyang to avoid disaster, so they settled down in Nanyang. Yao Chengyu is the fifth generation in Nanyang."

Bi Suinan finished talking about the origin of the pirate leader Yao Chengyu, and then talked about the details of his contact with Yao Chengyu.

In the 15th year of Zhengxing, when Bi Suinan was investigating a case of land occupation, he encountered a difficult matter.

An unknown wealthy businessman occupied thousands of acres of land in Gushan County, so that hundreds of farmers had no land to plant.

This kind of thing is actually very common in Dayan. Rich businessmen colluded with the government, relying on the backing behind them, to encroach on farmers' land, which was not common in Dayan.

As long as there is no major disturbance, the court will turn a blind eye.

Even if some rich merchants and big households occupy the land, but the big households do not know how to cultivate it, they will rent it out to farmers to cultivate it in the end.

But here in Gushan County, it seems a little unusual. After the rich businessman took the land, he didn't engage in farming.Instead, it was circled and a manor was built.

As a result, those hundreds of peasant households lost their livelihoods and had no choice but to go to the yamen to beg the government to uphold justice.

Gushan County has long colluded with wealthy businessmen, so naturally they ignored it.

The plaintiff had no one to make decisions in Gushan County, and in a moment of desperation, he brought more than 100 people to the gate of the Qingyang government office to file a complaint.

Bi Suinan has always hated the encroachment of land, but he usually has no excuses.When the land was transferred, both parties signed a contract with the government, and it was impossible to find out.

But for a wealthy businessman to enclose such land and build a luxurious mansion, that would be a major event beyond the system.

With this excuse, Bi Suinan immediately took a group of soldiers from the family to Gushan County.

However, the result was unexpected. The wealthy businessman found Gushan County to buy the land, and paid enough silver at the market price.

At first, it was just a non-governmental activity, but because of the high price, Gushan County was moved after hearing about it, and volunteered to take over the matter.

The rich businessman was happy to see the government come forward and paid enough money to Gushan County.

The reason why the farmers didn't get much money was because the county magistrate of Gushan County embezzled it.

Bi Suinan immediately suspended his post as magistrate of Gushan County, distributed the silver taels to the relevant farmers, and asked the ins and outs clearly.

Then Bi Suinan sent someone to send a message to the master of the house, met several times, and found out the details of the other party.

"Yao Chengyu is now the leader of the pirates. He has [-] ships and more than [-] men under his command. He has plundered all the year round and saved a lot of property in his hands. Yao Chengyu is quite intelligent. Now he is not only doing robbery The business is looting, and there are hundreds of companies under his hands, all over the East and Southeast Asia."

"After Yao Chengyu plundered the goods at sea, the Yao family re-shipped the goods through the company under their hands, and then sold them to Xiyang."

"The main family of the mansion is Yao's family. Because Yao Chengyu's grandfather lived abroad for a long time, and when he was old, he wanted to return to his roots, so Yao Chengyu instructed a company below to buy land and build a house in his ancestral home."

"I think that Taizong's ban on the sea was all because of the sea bandits. Now that Yao Chengyu is tired of returning home, we might as well take this opportunity to recruit him. As long as Yao Chengyu submits to my Dayan, the sea bandits can easily After calming down, the sea surface will be calm afterwards, and we, Dayan, will resume maritime trade just around the corner.”

The emperor did not know when he had already sat back in front of the imperial case. He was obviously very interested in Bi Suinan's suggestion. He put one hand on the imperial case, and tapped his fingers on the table rhythmically.

"Bi Suinan, since you have been in contact with Yao Chengyu for a long time, why didn't you ask your superiors for instructions, I have never seen your memorial here?"

Bi Suinan was stunned, and said: "I have been in Zhengxing for 15 years, and I have mentioned it many times to Governor Zhou of Jiangnan, and I have given a memorial to the court. There is a booklet suggesting the opening of the sea ban."

The emperor knew about it from the bottom of his heart, and waved his hand and said: "After a few years, I will not ask these things anymore. Let me ask you, if the imperial court recruits Yao Chengyu, how sure do you think it is?"

Bi Suinan pondered for a moment, then said: "If the imperial court sincerely appeases you, I think it is at least [-]% sure."

"so much?"

The emperor looked at Bi Suinan suspiciously, and only heard Bi Suinan say: "My Dayan is the kingdom of the heavens. Your Majesty's holy name has spread far and wide at home and abroad, and he is a member of the world. Everyone looks forward to it. Yao Chengyu is my Dayan blood. Now drifting overseas, as long as you comfort her well, she will definitely join her sincerely."

The emperor was overjoyed immediately, and chatted with Bi Suinan about the details of opening the sea.

This time the monarch and his ministers were right, and after talking for nearly two hours, Bi Suinan did not come out of the Jiyi Hall until the sun was in the west.

Lin Yuanzhi had been waiting at the gate of the Forbidden City since he left the Yamen, until the beginning of Youshi, and finally waited for his father-in-law to come out of the Forbidden City.

That night, Bi Suinan stayed in Kang Ningbo's mansion, and Bi arranged a large table of wine and banquets, so it was easy to wash away the dust.

Because Bi Suinan came to Beijing in a hurry, the Bi family could only hastily sort out a courtyard in the mansion for his father to live in.

Suddenly there was an elder in the family. Due to etiquette, Lin Zisu could no longer sleep in like before, and went to greet her grandfather every morning.

Bi Suinan made some suggestions to the emperor, and was still waiting for the emperor's reply, so he couldn't return to Qingyang for a while.

Living in Kang Ningbo's mansion, apart from preparing the data for the emperor every day, it is to test the knowledge of several juniors.

Early this morning, Lin Zisu was greeting Bi Suinan, but unexpectedly met his father Lin Yuanzhi.

This is extremely unusual. In the past, Lin Yuanzhi had to go to the Yamen to make appointments when he was in court.Something must have happened to hurry home like this.

Seeing his father's anxious face, Lin Zisu thought he had something important to discuss with his grandfather, so he immediately bid farewell to Bi Suinan.

But Lin Yuanzhi stopped her and said, "Eldest sister, you have heard a lot of political affairs from Your Majesty these days. Since you are here, you might as well listen to it."

Lin Zisu stayed as he said, and Lin Yuanzhi first closed the wide-open doors and windows tightly, and then said worriedly: "My lord father-in-law, the seven censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate wrote a memorial to His Majesty this morning, impeaching you for your celebration. The head of Yangfu colluded with pirates, connived at unruly people and made troubles, and even produced evidence."

As Lin Yuanzhi said, he took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed them to Bi Suinan.

"Father-in-law, this is a copy of the memorial. After the early court, Eunuch Zhang from Qianqing Palace called me to see if you want to write a memorial to defend yourself. Your Majesty will try to give you justice."

(End of this chapter)