Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 266
Taichang really didn't expect that he came here to investigate the pirates, but he found out that the sea was banned.

This ban on the sea has really harmed the fishermen along the coast, and they are so miserable that they can't turn over. What should we do?

It's not okay for him to ignore this matter, because the common people will take risks when they are hungry and crazy!

You must know that the coastline of Daming is tens of thousands of miles long, so many fishermen on the seaside are starving right now.

Can he ignore so many people?
Once these people are extremely hungry, there must be many people who take the risk and join the pirates.

This may be the fundamental reason why the pirates and Japanese pirates along the southeast coast could not be wiped out.

It is true that there is an interest group here that seeks huge profits by selling private goods, but it is impossible for people to do this kind of beheading business by themselves!
If there are no these hungry and crazy fishermen, who will sell them private goods, who will sell their lives for them?
No wonder the pirates never ceased from the Jiajing Dynasty to the Longqing Dynasty to the Wanli Dynasty, and they reappeared now, and there were a lot of them when they appeared.

How did these pirates come about?

Not to mention the pirate leader, he may have been the spokesperson of the southeast coastal interest group, but the little guys under their hands are not, the little guys under their hands are probably hungry coastal fishermen who took risks!

In other words, if the food and clothing problems of these fishermen are not solved, the interest groups in the southeast coast will not have to worry about recruiting people, and the pirates will never be completely wiped out.

The problem is that these fishermen are so poor, not to mention big boats going out to sea, they can’t even afford small fishing boats, how can they have enough food and clothing?

Perhaps, we can "lend" all the obsolete sailboats to them. Whether it is the pirate ships that were suppressed or the sailboats of the coastal guards, the Daming Navy will definitely not need them in the future, so it is better to "lend" them to the nearby fishermen. Let them go out to sea to fish and help them turn over.

Alas, we have to wait until after the pirates are wiped out.

Thinking of this, Taichang sighed secretly, and then asked again: "Is there a heavy fog on the sea that morning when the pirates went ashore to plunder?"

The emperor seems to have lost his anger all of a sudden!
What is going on here?
The magistrate of Ninghai was stunned for a moment, and then carefully replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, there was indeed heavy fog on the sea that day."

Taichang immediately asked again: "Did you let Shizhen Qianhu guard the county?"

This is indeed what he asked for, but he was not deliberately cooperating with the pirates.

This matter must be made clear!

Ninghai County Magistrate quickly explained: "Yes, Your Majesty, I didn't know how many pirates came at that time, and there were not many guards under Qianhu in Shizhen, so I can only save the county first. As for These coastal villages, I, I originally thought that these villages are nothing to grab."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but look at the hungry sallow and emaciated common people in the distance.

What the magistrate of Ninghai said was true, these coastal fishermen had nothing to snatch.

From the looks of it, these pirates didn't come for looting, at least not just for looting.

As for the question of internal response.

Qianhu in Shizhen didn't lie, there was heavy fog that morning, and he also guarded the county seat at the request of the magistrate of Ninghai, and he didn't want to save him.

Nine times out of ten, the magistrate of Ninghai is not an internal response. If he is an internal response, why would he protect Ninghai County, pretending to bring the guards to save the people here, is it better to let the pirates rob the county than to rob this place?

Alas, it seems that it is not so easy to dig out the southeast coastal interest groups in one fell swoop!
Thinking of this, Taichang raised his hand helplessly and said, "Okay, get up."

Ninghai County Magistrate hurriedly said "Thank you, Your Majesty", and then carefully got up from the ground.

Taichang looked at the poor fishermen, then sighed slightly: "You count the people who have been looted by pirates carefully, and each household sends ten shi grains to them for emergencies, and then report it to the household department as disaster relief money and grains."

Hearing this, the magistrate of Ninghai could not help but be puzzled: "Forgive me, Your Majesty, this Ninghai is by the sea, there are many fishermen, and there are many mountains in the territory, so there is not much fertile land. I'm afraid the looting of common people is not enough!"

Taichang said without hesitation: "If it is not enough, let the Taizhou government make an investigation, and you can report it to the household department."

Upon hearing this, the magistrate of Ninghai hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "On behalf of the people of Ninghai, I would like to thank the emperor for his kindness."

Taichang really didn't expect that the trip to Ninghai would be like this.

He also didn't want to go to Quanzhou Prefecture, because it was almost impossible to dig out interest groups in the southeast coast through this method.

He simply ordered the fleet to cross the Fujian waters and head straight for Nan'ao Island.

Nan'ao Island is a large island in the border waters between Fujian and Guangdong. It is located in the coastal waterway between the two provinces. Its location is very important. It has been an important military base for the Ming Dynasty to suppress pirates and Japanese pirates over the years.

Not only were officers and men of the Fujian Navy stationed on the island all year round, but during the Wanli Dynasty, Yan Jifang, the deputy general of Nan’ao, also built a government office on the island, which made Nan’ao Island a common place for the navy to garrison troops.

At this moment, the large and small warships of the Fujian Navy are gathering on Nan'ao Island.

Taichang felt that it would be too troublesome and time-consuming to investigate interest groups in the southeast coast from the coastal state capitals, and it would be better to start directly from the pirates.

As long as those pirate leaders are caught, are you afraid that you won't be able to find out who is behind them?

That's why he decided to lead the navy fleet to Nan'ao Island to join the Fujian navy and go to encircle and suppress the pirates first.

To say that the number of warships of the Fujian Navy is really quite a lot. I am afraid that there are not seven or eight hundred warships, large and small. In terms of number alone, it is almost the same as the number of all the ships of the few pirates that emerged. up.

It's a pity that there are not many large warships in the Fujian Navy, and there are only a few Fuchuan.

Looking at the densely packed small warships near Nan'ao Island, Taichang couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Alas, the hundreds of treasure ships of Zheng He's fleet were built in Fujian at the beginning, let alone treasure ships in Fujian now, there are not even a few of them built by Fu Chuan!
However, fortunately, small warships are not useless, at least if there are too many small warships, pirates will not be able to rely on their numerical advantage to swarm up and fight close to each other.

The flagship gradually approached the pier of Nan'ao Island, and there were several rows of naval officers and academies neatly lined up on the pier. Taichang raised his binoculars and scanned it, and was immediately attracted by the general in front.

This man is so mighty!

Among the military generals he has seen, it seems that only Zu Dabi's idiot can compare with this person.

This should be Yu Zigao, the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Navy.

He is so mighty, and his surname is Yu, so he will not be a descendant of the famous general Yu Dayou!

Taichang was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help asking: "Yu Wuxiang seems to be from Fujian, right? Yu Zigao, the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Navy, is not a descendant of Yu Wuxiang?"

Yuan Keli heard that, he couldn't help but looked at each other with Shen Yourong, and then he said in surprise: "Your Majesty, don't you know? This Yu Zigao is the son of Duke Yu Wuxiang!"

It's really after Yu Dayou!

Who is Yu Dayou, he may be a soy sauce maker in later generations, not many people know.

However, Yu Dayou is quite famous at the moment, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as thunderous.

There is a folk song in Fujian, "Yu Long Qi Hu, killing people like dirt"!
Yu Long here refers to Yu Dayou, and Qi Hu refers to Qi Jiguang, and the people they killed were Japanese pirates.

In other words, they killed Japanese pirates like killing chickens, and they didn't know how many they killed.

Yu Dayou was called Yu Long but Qi Jiguang was called Qi Hu, which means that Yu Dayou killed more Japanese pirates than Qi Jiguang!

Moreover, Yu Dayou is officially recognized as the number one master in the world.

This Yu Long is not ordinary powerful, he is a serious martial artist, and his reputation has been resounding throughout the Ming Dynasty before he became famous for suppressing Japanese pirates.

Because he picked all the sects at that time and defeated all the masters in the world!

The reason why Yu Dayou is not as famous as Qi Jiguang in later generations is probably because the Qi family army trained by Qi Jiguang is famous all over the world, and he has been fighting for Ming Dynasty until the end of Wanli, and he has made countless military exploits.

The Yu Family Army trained by Yu Dayou disappeared after the Japanese pirates were wiped out.

This does not mean that Yu's army is not as powerful as Qi's army, because Yu's army is a navy and Qi's army is an infantry.

When the Ming Dynasty implemented the sea ban, the Yu family army was basically useless after the Japanese pirates from the sea were wiped out. Therefore, the Qi family army was still fighting everywhere while the Yu family army disappeared.

However, Yu Dayou is indeed a fierce man. He has indeed surpassed Qi Jiguang in his achievements in suppressing the Japanese, and he is indeed more famous than Qi Jiguang in the southeast coast.

Of course, Taichang has heard of such a fierce man.

However, he really didn't know that Yu Zigao was Yu Dayou's son, because neither Yu Dayou nor Qi Jiguang's descendants were very famous, at least not as famous as their names throughout Daming.

Hearing Yuan Keli's words, Taichang couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly: "Yu Zigao was selected by the Ministry of War. It didn't say that he was Yu Wuxiang's son."

Yuan Keli heard the words, suddenly said: "It turns out that this is the case, the emperor may not know that this Yu Wuxiang is a famous general in the Daming Navy, who has led the Navy for so many years, and the name of his descendants has long been heard. Yes, it is rumored that this Yu Zigao has won the true biography of Yu Wuxiang, not only is he highly skilled in martial arts, but also proficient in naval warfare, there must be no problem for the Ministry of War to choose him as the commander of the Fujian Navy."

Perhaps, it was with the assistance of such a strong general in history that Zou Weilian was able to lead the Fujian Navy to defeat the then overlord of the sea, the Netherlands.

From the looks of it, the Daming Navy has gained another rare general!
(End of this chapter)