I'm really not doing business

Chapter 508: Being from a humble background is not a shame
While Chen Lin was attacking the major private markets in Sanduao Bay, the coastal defense inspections were speeding across the sea, passing imperial edicts one after another to the shipping departments of the five major hinterland cities and the four major overseas governor's offices. , The crackdown on opening private markets was carried out in all directions in the Ming Dynasty sea area. This was to maintain the safety and smooth flow of sea routes.

This is the most intuitive manifestation of imperial power. It is a visible hand and a visible knife that improved the customs and business environment of the Ming Dynasty.

Each five-masted transoceanic ship took four to five three-seater plywood ships, and then ten to fifteen battleships, to attack the five private markets in Sanduao Bay, leaving two private markets. It was the one who was missing from the surrounding three. When all the pirates fled to the private market where there was no war, they completely fell into Chen Lin's trap.

The navy laid a huge pocket in the two adjacent private markets, which Chen Lin called a sheepfold.

Sheepfold was personally led by General Wu Weizhong, with a total of three infantry battalions of 10,000 people. They landed at Fenghuomen Dazhai and set up a siege network by land. The Ming Dynasty Navy could also conduct ground advancement. After all, only ground advancement could After the expedition was completed, the navy went ashore and set up camp. This was reflected to the extreme in daily training.

At this time, the navy, due to the influence of the combat environment, can actually be called an army on board the ship. The battle for sea control is naturally important. However, because the Ming Navy has large ships, fast ships, and many guns, the enemy's sea surface strength is too lagging behind. , so daily training still includes a large number of land combat items.

The sheepfold was chosen at the mouth of Jiaoxi, which is a river due north of the entire Sanduao Bay. There is a road over there that leads to the mountains. It is the only way to escape, and Wu Weizhong is on that road. Three blocking ambushes were set up along the path, which depleted the morale of the pirates layer by layer and eventually eliminated them.

Chen Lin's flagship slowly approached Lijia Village, Zhangwan, like a huge monster parked quietly on the sea, slowly passing through the sea that was only one mile wide, followed by fifteen three-masted plywood ships, slowly The battle line was deployed, and twenty battleships were waiting for the bombardment, preparing to attack the coast and land on the beach.

Lijia Village is the venue for this trade conference, and it is also the main battlefield to defeat the Japanese bandits tonight.

No one noticed the arrival of the fleet. This was already deep in Sanduao. Most of the sentries in the seven private markets were set up at the Qili estuary. They had been cleared and eliminated one by one by the coastal defense inspections.

"There was a debate in the court about whether human nature is good or evil at first. Seeing this scene, maybe human nature is evil. If you don't learn when you are young, your nature will change. It has always been said that if you don't study hard, human nature will be good. It will change. Confucianism is really hard to convince me. Is this the original nature of human beings? How different is it from thousands of animals in this world?" Chen Lin put down the telescope and looked at it with a complicated expression. Chen Tiande said.

Lijia Village is on fire. The first artillery coverage has turned Lijia Village into a sea of ​​flames. The artillerymen avoided the rear of the village, where slaves were traded. The second and third rounds of artillery coverage followed. Come.

In this landing battle, the Ming Dynasty relied on the advantage of artillery shells and firecrackers to fight a battle of annihilation. The enemy's morale had completely collapsed. In other words, the opium-smoking pirates had no morale at all.

If there was insufficient gunpowder, Chen Lin would choose to land the battleship from elsewhere and then march on land. Now, he would land after saturation bombing, because the enemy could no longer form effective resistance and was completely blindsided.

The trade fair was held in the name of the Buddhist Bon Festival. On this day, various temples held activities such as chanting sutras, water and land ashrams, setting off flames, setting off lanterns, etc. However, it is obvious that this is not a Buddhist meeting, but a sea event. Kou's carnival.

The match scratched the sandpaper and ignited with a puff of puff. A slight smell of sulfur spread. Each torch was ignited. A loud arrow with a sharp whistle pierced the sky and suddenly exploded in the air, like a pear blossom in full bloom. Fireworks sprinkled on the sky.

Are humans really the soul of all things?
"Light the torch and shoot the arrows." Chen Lin exhaled and began to give orders.

"This battle of wealth can be fought by any dog!" Chen Lin wanted to show off his commanding skills, but there was no such chance. One thousand and five hundred well-trained navy soldiers quickly gathered in Lijiacun. The pirates were annihilated.

Lijiacun is a drug den. According to the intelligence, it is far less shocking than seeing it with your own eyes. In front of each bonfire, countless people lie on the couch, leaning forward and puffing out smoke.

Chen Lin kept observing the battlefield with a telescope, and there were five battleships as reserves. When the front was in danger, the reserve would be replenished immediately to prevent the front from collapsing. In a landing battle, we could only win but not lose, because There is no way out behind him.

Chen Lin did not command the fleet to turn around, but quietly waited for reloading. There was no need to change direction. The time required for the ships to start and turn around was enough for reloading. The tactics that would only be used in a war of annihilation at sea were not applicable here. The Ming Dynasty's warships did not move either, waiting for the second round of shooting.

There were constant cheers on the beach. It seemed that there was an auction in the center of the village. There was an incredible price, or there was something shocking. Ambergris, pearls, gems, and beauties were all possible. .

Wherever the telescope could see, there were countless women, barely dressed, walking among the crowd. There were red-haired women, Japanese wandering women, black women, and Han women. Their eyes were wandering, lying on the ground and following dogs. They also asked for a pipe. No matter what they did to them, it seemed that having a pipe was enough.

The sound of the arrow rising into the sky and exploding seemed not to have attracted the attention of anyone in Lijia Village, because the people on the beach were immersed in the smoke, and the trade fair in the field was at its most intense.

The bomb spun across the sea and flew towards Lijiacun. The delayed fuse burned out, and the bomb exploded. The fragments of the bomb and the caltrops in the gunpowder scattered out with a whistling sound. In an instant, the entire Li family Every village is under the cover of artillery fire.

Under the action of the oars, the battleship sailed towards the beach very smoothly. There were not even arrows. One thousand and five hundred people began to gather on the beach. When they were halfway across and attacked before forming a battle formation, they all landed. It was the best moment for the defender to counterattack, but the pirates who could not organize an effective counterattack did not even realize what was going on. The navy had already completed its formation.

Chen Lin held up the telescope and looked at the bright lights of Lijia Village.

Drums and horns began to sound, and flags began to wave between the moonlight and firelight. The artillery that had already finished loading ammunition was aimed at Lijia Village. After the big red flag was waved down with force, the artilleryman lit the gun. Twist, the medicine sizzled and burned rapidly with white smoke, igniting the gunpowder in the barrel. A violent explosion exploded in the barrel, and was bound by the barrel. The spent bomb with a wooden delay fuse exploded from The gun roared out from the barrel.

The torches on the horse-drawn boats lit up, and soon they connected together to form a long dragon of torches, which was reflected on the sea.

But Chen Lin's reserve team was completely prepared in vain. The soldiers in the reserve team could only watch eagerly as Pao Ze performed his meritorious service, while he stomped anxiously on the ship!

The reserve team finally landed, but could only do some cleaning work on the battlefield.

command? If a dog can bark like this twice, this is an absolute advantage. Chen Lin can't wait to become the first to be in the battle and charge forward!

The pirates also have something to say: They are just pirates, and the pirates are just a mob! The majestic Ming Dynasty Navy, the powerful Ming Dynasty army raised with more than two million silver a year, was really put on the battlefield. Even the invincible fleet was not seen but the opponent's Ming Dynasty Navy! One regiment has more firearms than all the pirates combined! Actually came for a sneak attack! A sneak attack on their rabble! Is there any justice? Is there any royal method?

The battle was over before dawn, and even the battlefield was cleaned.

When the battlefield was being cleaned, something happened that made the soldiers relatively silent. A Han woman who survived the artillery fire attacked a navy soldier because the navy soldier kicked over her pipe. The young navy soldier pushed him away, and finally could only subdue him and tie him to a pillar with scattered clothes.

This Han woman is dead.

It wasn't because there was something wrong with the young soldier's binding, but because the woman was addicted and kept hitting the pillars, bleeding, and eventually died of excessive bleeding.

"It's not your fault." After knowing this situation, Chen Lin comforted the young soldier. He was only nineteen years old and had just been selected to the Navy for only one year. This was his first time to go out with the Navy. A Han woman His death made this young soldier feel a little sad. He promised to report it to the emperor and rescue the head of Guizhou. He was saved, but not completely.

"I'm a country person, and I don't know any nonsense. Let me show you why we want to arrest smuggling." Chen Lin clapped her hands, and a group of tied men and women were thrown on the beach. There were two of them. More than ten people, all Han Chinese.

After these more than twenty people were thrown on the beach, they were tied tightly, but they were still twisting around like worms.

Everyone in the navy looked at each other, it was the fear of the unknown, what is this thing that makes people look like this? If he wants to become like this, he might as well die early and be reborn early. This appearance is even more unacceptable than death.

Chen Lin looked at the bugs on the ground with a complicated expression, then turned around and said to everyone: "In order to control them and make them willingly serve the pirates, the pirates gave them opium, which lasted three to five years." , in just one or two years, it has become like this, so the pirates must be suppressed, must be suppressed! "

"Don't let the pirates plunder our coastal fishing villages in the Ming Dynasty, and don't let the smoke and dust poison the people of the Ming Dynasty."

"We obeyed the emperor's order and quelled the pirates in Sanduao. You avenged these suffering people. The pirates were wiped out by us. You rescued the people of the Ming Dynasty who were involved in the slave trade behind the village. This is how you report to the emperor and save the head of Guizhou! "

Chen Lin is actually not good at explaining these things. Many veterans understand this. The new recruits don’t know much about these things and are confused about why they fight. This is a living example. This is the meaning of the navy’s existence, to guard the safety of the Ming Dynasty’s maritime borders and protect the people of the Ming Dynasty. Not to be robbed by pirates, and to ensure that the smoke and soil will not poison the Ming Dynasty by sea.

'Chongzi' will be escorted to Beijing and sent to the Jiecu Hospital. The chief medical officer of the Jiecu Hospital will try to help them detoxify. This is not detoxification. Long-term opioid use is not a psychological dependence, but a physiological change.

In the battle of Lijiacun alone, 235 two-masted ships were captured, 150 boxes of smoke, more than 5,000 bags of tobacco, 500 taels of gold, 127,000 taels of silver, several sea map pins, and More than 300 people of the Ming Dynasty were rescued, 300 Japanese pirates were captured, and more than 1,300 people died. These prisoners would pick up bells and send them to plantations or northwest mines, and kill more than 1,700 pirates.

This little gain is actually nothing. The most important thing is that we have gained a large bay that is suitable as a military port base! Chen Lin sincerely thanked the pirates for their exploration.

The battles in the other four private markets were similar. They relied on artillery superiority to provide coverage, and then stormed the beach to land. Only one private market organized sea pirates to put up negligible resistance and was completely crushed by the navy.

Ling Yunyi previously led the guest soldiers to confront the Ming Dynasty's Jingying camp. The reason for the narrow defeat was entirely because the Ming Dynasty Jingying camp did not use artillery and firecrackers. Otherwise, the battle would have been completely one-sided. The navy's firepower configuration was even more powerful than that of the Jingying camp, because the navy's Every landing operation can only be won but not defeated. Failure means the entire army is annihilated. Therefore, the navy's equipment is more sophisticated and more expensive.

Wu Weizhong waited all night, and he felt a little sleepy when he waited until the pirates broke up and fled. There were only more than 300 people, and even the first line of defense was not shaken. The pirates had been completely wiped out, including 10,000. The human pocket formation surrounded three hundred people...

The battle plan of catching a turtle in an urn was completed beyond expectations.

Chen Lin wrote the good news and handed it over to the coastal defense inspection. The coastal defense inspection threw the 'worms' one by one on the hydrofoil sailboat and sped towards the capital. Zhu Yijun quickly received the good news, and the sea was smooth and clear. The action continues. "This Li Ya Shi has never learned anything else, but he learns the art of flattery quickly." Zhu Yijun looked at a newspaper in front of him with a look of disgust. The Li Ya Shi who was holding his neck and kneeling down with the Ministry of Etiquette was gone. , only the flattering Legas is left.

Li Yazhi said in a miscellaneous newspaper: "The calm sea is the thunderous wrath of the Ming Emperor. This is the Ming Dynasty. Your supreme majesty can crush the pirates thousands of miles away with a slight turn. This is the Ming Dynasty." Your majesty is wise and powerful, and one imperial edict can protect all people in the world; this is the Ming Dynasty, and when the sleeping lion king wakes up, everyone must surrender. ]
Zhu Yijun took out Chen Lin's victory report again and looked at it happily.

This was the third time today that he had read the victory report. In order to prove that he was indeed fighting the Japanese pirates, twenty Japanese prisoners were sent to the capital, and the court ministers were free to interrogate them.

"Feng Banban, when Yu Shuai valued Chen Lin, he valued his humble background, or to be more clear, he valued the fact that he had no one in the government." Zhu Yijun leaned on the back of his chair, holding the victory report, and talked about old things. .

There are many people who can fight, why Chen Lin?
Feng Bao thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, it is not a shame to be born in a humble family."

Chen Lin has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and likes to make friends with Ren Xia. To put it nicely, he is Ren Xia, but to put it worst, he is a street libertine. He has a bad reputation. He likes corruption and does not advocate morality. He has a bad temper and likes to charge forward. In the 41st year of Jiajing's reign, civil unrest broke out in Chaozhou and Yingde. Chen Lin joined the army to quell the rebellion and became a commander.

In the battle against the Japanese bandits, he was constantly promoted, commanding the Qianshi, Guangzhou garrison, commanding the Qianshi, the general, and the Zhaoqing guerrilla general. He was one of the generals under Yin Zhengmao. Yu Dayou forcibly snatched Chen from Yin Zhengmao's hands. Lin became the staff general of the Songjiang Town Navy, and then promoted to deputy commander-in-chief. After Yu Dayou returned to Beijing in his old age, he became the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty Navy.

Yu Dayou valued Chen Lin's humble background, which meant that Chen Lin had no one in the court and could only rely on His Majesty, and could only become a die-hard imperialist.

Chen Lin was very clear about this, and Yu Dayou also told Chen Lin very clearly that the capital of the Ming Dynasty was in the north and the navy was in the south. If the general soldiers were subordinate to any minister in the court, His Majesty would definitely hesitate about the navy.

The experiences of Chen Lin and Yu Dayou are very similar.

In the original history, Chen Lin's life was extremely bumpy, and he suffered the loss of having no one in the court.

He is good at conquering and fighting because there is no one in the court who has experienced many ups and downs.

In the fourth year of Wanli, Chen Lin followed Ling Yunyi to quell the Luopangshan rebellion. Chen Lin was successful in putting down the pacification and became the deputy commander-in-chief. As a result, the governor of Guangdong, Luo Yinghe, impeached Chen Lin for being greedy for money. Chen Lin was dismissed, and the Langshan rebellion broke out again. The court had no choice but to attack Chen Lin again. Lin, after putting down the rebellion, was dismissed again.

In the 21st year of Wanli, Chen Lin entered the DPRK to fight against the Japanese for the first time. He led the troops from Jizhen, Liaoyang, Baoding, and Shandong towns and entered the DPRK to resist the Japanese invasion. He won a great victory. Because the imperial court negotiated a peace with the Japanese, Chen Lin After being demoted to Chaozhou, he was dismissed again not long after. This time the reason was that Chen Lin bribed Shi Xing, the Minister of War, to get the job of leading troops to Korea to fight against Japanese pirates.

This is indeed a fact. There was no one in the court, and Chen Lin didn't even have a chance to fight. After winning the battle, he was dismissed from office. Later, Shi Xing, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was also imprisoned because of the peace negotiation and died in a prison.

In the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, the Japanese pirates attacked North Korea for the second time. Chen Lin led 5,000 Guangzhou guest soldiers and galloped to North Korea at starry night. At that time, Li Rusong was in Liaodong. He underestimated the enemy and rushed in and was surrounded and killed. The Ming Dynasty no longer had a general. Chen Lin After entering the DPRK, he became the chief military officer in the war against the Japanese and began to preside over major anti-Japanese affairs.

When it comes to meritorious service in resisting Japanese aggression, Chen Lin ranks first among them.

In the twenty-eighth year of Wanli, Chen Lin led the general seal and put down the battle of Yang Yinglong in Bozhou.

Two of the three major campaigns of Wanli were fought by Chen Lin. Chen Lin fought hundreds of battles throughout his military life and was never defeated. However, he did not obtain any titles throughout his life. He served the Wanli Emperor for many years. Chen Lin, who lived in the Ming Dynasty, had been guarding in Huguang, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Guangdong in his later years. These places were smog-infested places in the Ming Dynasty, and they were places where people were exiled.

The Ming Dynasty has never lacked heroes who can win battles, nor has it lacked responsible officials. The Han Dynasty has always been loyal and loyal.

Now Chen Lin has someone in the court! That is the Ming Emperor!

Zhu Yijun looked at Chen Lin's good news and said with slight disgust: "If you can't write poetry, don't write it. It's arty."

Chen Lin wrote a poem, which is exactly the same as Qi Jiguang's current poetry style. They are all limericks. What he wrote is: "Millions of Hu Yi are coming to the city, why don't you go and recite a poem?" ]
There is no rhythm, just mocking the humble Confucians in the court, reciting poems and composing poems to resist the enemy, standing and talking all day long without backache, giving pointers on military affairs that they don't understand, and even intervening in battles.

Chen Lin actually envied Li Rusong for having a good father. At a young age, he had already become the deputy commander-in-chief of the Beijing Camp. At the same age, Chen Lin was still working as a Ren Xia on the street, and there was a Ren Xia who never stopped eating.

"Your Majesty, the entry into the trading house has ended." Feng Bao reported that a large amount of funds were transferred into the trading house. The entry was relatively slow. The first entry was only 1 million silver, and it did not increase the price. , the Emperor of Ming Dynasty did not intend to wave the sickle easily. The purpose of entering the market was mainly to deter those bookmakers from misbehaving, not to harvest, but to maintain a certain rationality through periodic adjustments.

The gap between the evil of human nature, Zhu Yijun hopes to use his absolute influence to enable the trading house to always maintain a trace of rationality instead of being a piece of chicken feathers.

"What did Yan Guan say?" Zhu Yijun picked up the memorandum on the table. He didn't even discuss the memorandum about the trading house. The usual big hat of amassing profits has long been withheld.

Feng Bao bowed his head with a very complicated expression and said: "The officials are busy distributing and carrying water, and they are fighting fiercely."

"Ah, this..." Zhu Yijun was stunned before saying, "Then let them continue carrying water."

The Yushi Yanguan is carrying water. This is the recent bustle in the Ming Dynasty. When carrying water every day, people are onlookers. They point at the Yushi. God's way is reincarnation. They usually point at others. Yan Guan was finally pointed out.

Zhu Yijun didn't have time to watch the excitement in person, but the resentment of the censors could also be seen from the memorials. The emperor, who was busy with everything, reviewed the memorials.

The bad things that shocked the allies, such as fighting in Sochi and sitting in Sochi, finally have a result. Governor Yingtian Li Le reported that the census of Dingkou of the 14th Prefecture of Nanya has been completed, and it is expected to be in early August. , Li Le originally planned to complete the abolition of slavery in mid-July, but due to the deployment of the Navy, Li Le could only proceed slowly.

Nanya organized seven engineer battalions with a total of 84,000 people, dredged waterways, and built 12 official factories, mainly engaged in iron smelting, weaving, cotton spinning, etc., especially cotton spinning, there were four In the construction of the engineering regiment camp, a number of small lime factories and ironworks factories were established, and a small section of the Chidao was built, from Ma'anshan to Nanjing.

Before breaking even, an investment of approximately 670,000 silver was needed, and for this investment, Li Le chose to give in and ask Haoyou to pledge.

Shi Yaoyou admitted defeat and calmly pledged the money. He only asked these slaves who had lost their indentures to stop rioting in disorder.

After all, this massive attack on Sochi really scared the rich. Even the absolutely liberal Poetry Society and Bookshop, without the support of powerful right-wingers, returned to the theory of limited freedom. Under his wings, Lin Fucheng once again became a leading figure in the liberal faction.

There is no longer any doubt about the discussion of the boundaries of freedom. We must abide by public order and good customs, and we must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Ling Yunyi reported that there was no obvious progress in the census of Dingkou by Qingzhang in Henan. Instead, Ling Yunyi began to drastically eliminate redundant staff. The redundant staff in Henan was bloated, which was much more serious than Ling Yunyi imagined. The work was so tiring that he died. Those who don't work don't even go to the village, and Ling Yunyi doesn't tolerate them. He either goes to clean up his father-in-law, do a census of his family members, or is dismissed from office.

There was not much opposition on the ground in Henan. After all, Ling Butang did not kill anyone and it was already blessed by his ancestors. The drastic cleanup of redundant staff and bloated staff was progressing very quickly.

Zhu Yijun was in a good mood. After reviewing the memorial, he met the two concubines who had just entered the palace. Guo Yunyao was heroic and handsome, and Xiyue was as gentle as the water king. The two concubines were still learning palace etiquette from the old mama. He was a bed attendant. He was not very old, only sixteen years old. When he met the saint for the first time, he was very nervous and banged his head.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Yijun came to the Wenhua Hall again and began daily court discussions.

"Chen Lin led the navy to attack and destroy seven private markets in Sanduao Bay. This is the good news that came yesterday. Chen Lin bluntly said in the memorial that there were high officials covering up for him and the court officials were there. Who was that? , stand up now, I can spare his life, the king and his ministers are fighting, and I am not so unkind within the eight circles." Zhu Yijun looked at the courtiers and said calmly.

The courtiers were all old faces, and some of them were still ministers of the country. Zhu Yijun didn't want to make the scene so ugly.

"I'm very simple. Everyone knows it very well. Don't think that you can't find out. It's still too late to explain now." Seeing that no one spoke, Zhu Yijun repeated his principles of doing things and the conditions he gave when we first talked. They are all the most generous, and they keep their promises and fulfill their promises.

If it is really found out, they will inevitably be beheaded and taken to the market entrance. The body will be separated and the body will not be intact. It will be embarrassing. The emperor will be disgraced, and the courtiers will be disgraced as well.

"Your Majesty, although the court officials have their own opinions, they are all loyal to the emperor and the country. I believe that there are no sycophants in the Wenhua Palace." Hai Rui stood up and spoke on behalf of the General Constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. He did not think that the Ming Gongs would protect him. The main reason for being a pirate was that he couldn't be guilty of it. If he was found guilty of being a pirate, the scolding he received would be about the same as Qin Hui's.

When Hai Rui spoke, the courtiers all breathed a sigh of relief. Hai Rui had repeatedly caught corruption for many years, and he was very accurate in judging people. The courtiers didn't even have any scandals about foreign affairs. If they cheated with Japanese money for money, wouldn't that mean that their entire family tree would be scolded? ?

Are courtiers really that clean? Not entirely true, but they were definitely not that dirty. You must know that Yan Song and Yan Shifan were already the worst traitors in the Ming Dynasty. Yan Song and Yan Shifan allowed Hu Zongxian to pacify the Japanese, and in the end they did not cause trouble to raise the bandits.

"Your Majesty, the eldest uncle also has his weak bones." Hai Rui thought for a while and gave Wan Shihe as an example. Wan Shihe was the softest among the court officials, but Wan Shihe spoke up and gave advice. Not once or twice.

"Hai Rui, I didn't offend you!" Wan Shihe became angry when he heard this and shouted out by name, "What does Hai Rui mean?" Wan Shihe didn't offend Hai Rui!

His emotions, Wan Shihe, are the floor tiles for the morality of the court officials of the Ming Dynasty, right?
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