Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 212 Chapter 210 The Conscientious and Honest Official

When the Japanese state was in trouble, Wang Daoqiu did not return directly to the Weihaiwei base, but led his troops southward with murderous intent.The main reason is that his old Taishan Shen Yishi described to him the tragic situation in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.

Since Zhu Wan, a well-known cruel official, was appointed as the admiral of the coastal defense military affairs of Zhejiang and Fujian last year and inspected Zhejiang, he has strictly implemented a no-sea policy that prohibits entry into the sea.Ge Ferry and Yan Baojia ordered that civilian ships in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang should have a carrying capacity of [-] stone, a length of four feet, a width of one foot and two feet, and a draft of six feet.

Vessels that exceed the limit are either dismantled, or are still guarded by the original owner, but they are subject to unified control and deployment by the government.To put it bluntly, this policy is that private boats owned by people in coastal areas must not exceed 12 meters in length, [-] meters in width, and [-] meters in draft. If the waves are really big, small fishing boats can capsize.

Even for such small fishing boats, Zhu Wan did not allow them to go in and out under the guise of the provincial official flag. The government also did not number them and were not allowed to leave the harbor.To prevent them from colluding with smuggling pirate ships in the open sea, and to provide food and drink for the pirate ships.

According to Zhu Wan's theory, the pirate ships in the outer sea have been at sea for a long time. Without the help of the ships on the shore, they will be trapped without food and drink. If they can pursue them at that time, they have a good chance of winning.

While not allowing coastal ships to go to sea, Zhu Wan also strengthened the Baojia system and personnel control in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang.It is stipulated that ten households are one Jia, and ten households are one guarantee.Carry out mutual supervision among the villagers. If one person is a thief, ten families of the same family will be beheaded. If one person is a thief, all [-] families will be beheaded.

This high-pressure and bloody method strictly controls the coastal areas, and pirates can no longer obtain the material and intelligence support of the inland route party.

But as a result, the fishermen of Fujian and Zhejiang, who had always relied on the sea for food and clothing, suddenly became jobless vagrants.Even tea and silk from Fujian and Zhejiang, which had been global best-sellers in the past, suddenly lost foreign trade orders due to Zhu Wan's strict sea ban. The products were seriously unsalable and prices plummeted.A large number of tea farmers and silkworm farmers went bankrupt and their lives were destitute.

Since the Song Dynasty, the economy of the two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang has been mainly export-oriented, and the money earned is from the sea. Now Zhu Wan has locked the sea, and people from Fujian and Zhejiang are not allowed to go to the sea.How do you think this will make the people of Zhejiang and Fujian live?
It is precisely because of Zhu Wan's anti-bandit policies that the economies of Fujian and Zhejiang were severely destroyed, and people in Fujian and Zhejiang lost their source of livelihood.Therefore, Zhu Wan's subsequent policies not only failed to suppress the bandits, but also forced a large number of fishermen along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, who were bankrupt and had no livelihood due to the maritime ban, to go to sea to find a way to survive among pirates, similar to Lin Chong who was forced to go to Liangshan.

And because Zhu Wan was on the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, he implemented a strict Baojia system. If one person was a bandit, all ten families in the same Jia would have to sit together.Therefore, as long as one person in the first class successfully defected to the pirates, the other people in the same class would all join the pirates for fear of being beheaded.

Therefore, Zhu Wan had been suppressing bandits along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang for more than a year. The economies of Fujian and Zhejiang collapsed, but the bandit team became stronger and stronger.In the past, a group of pirates had thousands of people, and they were already considered very good.

But now, with Zhu Wan's help, a large number of residents along the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang have been forced to become pirates.Now along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, there are big pirate leaders like Xu Dong from Huizhou and Baldy Li from Fujian. They have tens of thousands of cavalry under their command.

This Zhu Wan really forced the fishermen along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang to become pirates!Therefore, in the original historical time and space, Zhu Wan offended all the people in Fujian and Zhejiang, and all the officials from Fujian and Zhejiang wrote letters to impeach him.Later, the Ministry of Official Affairs changed Zhu Wan's position from governor to inspection to reduce his power.

But even though the central government's signal was so obvious, Zhu Wan still went his own way and refused to repent.Even because of this, I hated the Fujian and Zhejiang people, and had the idea of ​​revenge on the Fujian and Zhejiang people. The killing and persecution of the Fujian and Zhejiang people was even more ruthless, and finally I completely stood on the hostile side of the Fujian and Zhejiang people. up.A number of central and local officials, including Zhan Rong, the minister of the Ministry of War, Chen Jiude, the censor of Fujian Province, and Weng Wanjian, the minister of the Ministry of War, wrote letters one after another to impeach Zhu Wan for killing without authorization in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.So the imperial court dismissed Zhu Wan from his official position and sent the military department to Du Ruzhen to investigate and interrogate the incident.

After Zhu Wan received the news, his family knew about his family affairs, and he said generously to the people around him: "I am poor, sick, and conceited, and I cannot go to court. Even if the emperor does not want to kill me, the people of Fujian and Zhejiang They will definitely kill me. If I die, I will solve it myself without needing anyone else."

After saying these words, Zhu Wan wrote an epitaph for himself, composed a death poem, and then committed suicide by taking poison.

For later generations of historians, Zhu Wan was regarded as a tragic hero, saying that his strict law enforcement and uprightness had harmed the interests of the wealthy landlords in Fujian and Zhejiang.As a result, these wealthy landlords from Fujian and Zhejiang, together with their political influencers, were tricked.

The understanding of the experts on Zhu Wan once again reflected their IQ, as well as the consensus: being able to be rated as an expert in a big country has never been based on brains, but on background.

Zhu Wan is still unjust?Look at what he did in Fujian and Zhejiang.Or let’s use another analogy. If his policies were implemented in Fujian and Zhejiang in later generations, do you think the whole country would be able to let him continue to live?

Fujian and Zhejiang have been the main source of national fiscal revenue since ancient times since the late Tang Dynasty. If you bring down the economy there, which court can tolerate you?What's more, he also implemented such a harsh and terrifying Baojia Seat System for the people of Fujian and Zhejiang, killing so many people of Fujian and Zhejiang.

Even before he died, he knew clearly that for the things he had done, even if Emperor Jiajing did not kill him, the people of Fujian and Zhejiang would definitely kill him.

Even he himself understands that people from Fujian and Zhejiang provinces will never let him go, so just tell me how horrible his policies in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces are, and how much blood debt he owes to Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, right? ?
Even he himself admitted that he owed a lot of blood debts in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. People in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces hated him to the bone, and Zhu Wan was said to have been wronged.The IQs of the experts are as good as ever!
Knowing that Zhu Wan is arrogant and unrepentant, if he is in Fujian and Zhejiang for one day, the people of Fujian and Zhejiang will not have a good life, and the economy of Fujian and Zhejiang will be like a seriously ill patient, dying.

Therefore, as soon as the Japanese king Daoqiu heard what Shen Yishi said about the horrific policies implemented by Zhu Wan in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, he hurriedly wrote a memorial and sent Jin Yiwei back to Beijing quickly.

In the memorial to Emperor Jiajing, Wang Daoqiu analyzed Zhu Wan's policies in an all-round way.Tell Emperor Jiajing that Zhu Wan is forcing the people to rebel while in office, and ask Emperor Jiajing to severely punish Zhu Wan and Zhu Wan's followers.

At the same time, he quickly led his fleet to Zhejiang, intending to first destroy the main force of Fujian and Zhejiang pirates entrenched in Zhoushan.As soon as Emperor Jiajing's decree came, he started to deal with Zhu Wan's group and bring justice to the people of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.

(End of this chapter)