Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

A few days later, in the Shaoxing government office, Qiu Wugang and others conducted a review and analysis of the Japanese pirate intrusion.

Resisting Japanese pirates is a military matter, and the Shaoxing Guard is responsible for the suppression of Japanese pirates in Shaoxing Prefecture. Therefore, the participants mainly included Governor Mei Feng, commanding officer Qiu Wugang, and Shaoxing Guard commander Lu Han.

In addition, although Gu Yunji and Fu Zida were civil servants, they had experienced the whole process and were hunted down by Japanese pirates. They were deeply involved, so they made an exception to participate in this meeting.

Gu Yunji's time in Shaoxing Prefecture was short, but he already had a general understanding of the habits and characteristics of Japanese pirates. He couldn't figure it out: "It stands to reason that Japanese pirates mostly appear in the form of small teams, dozens of scattered People are harassing people everywhere and are very mobile, so they have never been able to eradicate them."

"There should be hundreds of people in this sneak attack on the guard camp, right? With so many people, and it was an active act like a sneak attack, since they found out that the camp was empty, how could they not know that General Qiu led his troops to build a road in Marsh Pond? ? Marsh Pond is not far from the camp, and it only takes two or three quarters of an hour to ride a horse at a brisk pace, so you can get back in no time."

"The imperial army has strong soldiers and horses, and the enemy is outnumbered. They are bound to be defeated. The Japanese pirates' sneak attack is destined to fail from the beginning. Don't they know it? What are they doing?"

The commander Lu Han nodded: "You are right. The Japanese pirates are complex and have different origins. The relatively small Japanese pirates only have a few dozen people in total. Those who can dispatch hundreds of people at a time for a sneak attack must have the capital. One of the Japanese pirate leaders."

As he said that, he recalled for a while and said thoughtfully: "Judging from the emblems on the clothes and weapons of the Japanese pirates this time, they should be people under Tao Thief."

Gu Yunji looked confused: "Tao Thief?"

Mei Feng explained: "Tao Thief's full name is Tao Lian, and he is the leader of the Japanese pirate group. Among the Japanese pirates who harassed our coast, he is the most powerful. In fact, there are relatively few Japanese pirates who actually come from Japan. Most of them are of Chinese blood, and even It was the people of my dynasty who became pirates for various reasons, and then slowly developed into Japanese pirates."

"For example, this Tao Lian went to Nanyang with his elders to do business when he was young. The business gradually grew bigger and bigger, taking advantage of both black and white. He himself became the son-in-law of a big pirate, and then he started doing serious maritime trade business. , while doing piracy at sea, robbing families and homes, and became a merchant pirate who kills people and sells goods."

"In the past few years, our maritime ban policy has been relaxed, and maritime trade has flourished. Tao Lian and others came here after smelling the smell. Not only were they active in robbing merchant ships along the southeastern coast, they even came ashore to harass the people and attack small towns and villages, giving us It caused a lot of trouble.”

As he said that, Mei Feng frowned slightly: "Although in terms of strength and capital, Tao Lian does have the possibility of sneak attack on us, but he has a relatively conservative personality and rarely takes such proactive risks. Not to mention that although he has been floating around all year round, Overseas, but my heart still longs for my country. Now that I am getting older, I still want to return to my roots."

"Two months ago, when the imperial court released the news of recruitment, his attitude was very relaxed, and the intrusion of Japanese pirates under his men was much reduced. There is no reason for him to provoke the imperial court by conducting sneak attacks at this juncture, right? He doesn't want to be recruited. ?”

Qiu Wugang on the side looked solemn and listened silently for a long time before saying: "Master Lu said that the Japanese pirates this time are like Tao Lian. In my opinion, they look more like people under Gao Shishu."

"Tao Lian and Gao Shishu belong to two different Japanese pirate groups, and they have very different operating styles. Although Tao Lian is powerful and has a large number of people, he still has a certain bottom line when doing things. Even if he comes ashore to intrude, he only robs things and generally does not kill. common people.”

"Gao Shishu is different. He colluded with the Japanese people. Nearly half of his subordinates are warriors who have escaped from Japan. His methods are cruel and he kills without batting an eye. Even a three-year-old child cannot survive in their hands. They commit evil everywhere, and every village they cross will be killed and left empty."

"When I fought with the Japanese pirates two days ago, I found that they were ruthless and deadly. Although they wore the clothes and emblems of the Tao Lian sect, they were very similar to the style of Gao Shishu and others." Although Qiu Wugang is the fourth official in the imperial court. He is a high-ranking military attache, but he takes the lead and fights on the front line all year round. He knows the habits and characteristics of various Japanese pirates very well. His words are indeed very useful.

Gu Yunji thought carefully after hearing this and had a guess in his mind. However, he did not know much about the Japanese pirates along the coast, so he only asked tentatively: "Since he is wearing clothes from the Tao Lian sect and his behavior is like Gao Shishu, Could that be... a frame-up?"

"Planting frame to blame?"

Mei Feng thought along this line of thought and then nodded: "It's possible. Gao Shishu and Tao Lian are different. Tao Lian went to Nanyang when he was young and gradually grew in power and developed into a Japanese pirate. And Gao Shishu was originally me The people who lived in Fujian later committed crimes and were forced to go into exile overseas, and eventually joined the Japanese pirates and became one of them."

"It is said that he was originally a small catcher in the yamen. Later, for some unknown reason, he got into a conflict with someone. He killed the other party's whole family and then fled in fear of crime. The court issued a wanted order and hunted him everywhere. He had no choice but to be killed by a group of Japanese pirates. Organizational acceptance.”

"Speaking of which, he is quite capable. After joining the Japanese pirates, he climbed up the ranks and became the biggest leader. He also 'recruited soldiers' everywhere, bought firearms from Westerners, and single-handedly developed into a leader second only to Tao The second largest Japanese pirate organization."

With that said, Mei Feng explained to Gu Yunji: "But because he fled overseas out of fear of crime, and his methods were much more ruthless than Tao Lian, the court had a tough attitude towards him and only tried to recruit Tao Lian."

Lu Han then said: "Tao Lian and Gao Shishu are the first and second largest Japanese pirate groups. Although there is little friction between them, they mostly support each other and fight against the imperial court together. Perhaps Gao Shishu is watching When Tao Lian was about to be recruited, he was worried that he would be isolated and helpless and the court would be free to focus on dealing with him, so he wanted to sneak attack the camp and then put the blame on Tao Lian so that he could not be recruited."

Fu Zida was troubled after hearing so much: "Although Gao Shishu's conspiracy is not clever, it is very effective. Tao Lian was wronged, but he had difficulty in defending himself and was afraid that the court would trouble him. And even though we know it is Gao Shishu, Shishu’s work, but we are also worried that Tao Lian does not trust us, and even more worried that he will use this to collude with Gao Shishu and stab us in the back.”

"We don't trust them, and they don't trust us. They go back and forth, and they are suspicious of each other. I'm afraid the recruitment will be dirty."

Although Tao Lian is a Japanese pirate who has done all kinds of bad things, and everyone wants to chop off his head with their own hands, as officials, we must always think about the overall situation and solve the problem in a peaceful way, so as to avoid the suffering of the people and save money for the court. It's better than shouting and killing.

Unfortunately, this road is full of difficulties.

Mei Feng sighed and said: "That's all, let's talk about the recruitment later. Everyone is busy with official duties, so go about your own business first."

Everyone nodded in agreement and then left.

Gu Yunji was about to get up and leave with everyone when he heard Mei Feng's deep voice: "Gu Yunji stays." (End of Chapter)