open sea

Chapter 812
Zhang Juzheng was what Chen Mu called a 'foolish bastard', but it wasn't like that when the vagrant decree of the four provinces was issued by the imperial court.

The decree strictly ordered the people to purchase their own food rations for three months when they went to sea. It is true that most of the people had enough food to eat when they passed through the customs before boarding the boat. However, when they went to sea, some people had no food.

The problem mainly lies in Nanzhili. The customs and defenses in Guangdong and Fujian provinces are strict, and Nanzhi is relatively lax. Buy the rice and grain of the common people at a price higher than usual.

Everyone felt that the voyage might not last as long as three months, and everyone felt that they would be fine when they arrived in the New World once they were hungry. They were cheated and fooled to buy food for silver.

In their view, in the past, the New World had to buy land and land. Even if the land price was low, money was still necessary. If you have money, you can buy more land!

These grains are not much, just a small gap.

The real catastrophe happened at sea.

When passing through Japan, the price of Japanese goods soared just after the war, and the business of businessmen from all over the world under the command of the former daimyo and now the governor Tongzhi became the last carnival. They did not miss any opportunity to make a fortune, and used useless weapons , The high price of the goods is exchanged for grain from the people and grain merchants.

The grain merchants holding the grain in their hands were worried that the small boat storing the grain would be discovered by the patrol boats of the Beiyang Banner Army, and also worried that the people on the same boat who had grain in their hands would be attacked if they were hungry and crazy. Japan's fleeting opportunities were flipped.

Most of the eyes that can spot business opportunities can also be used to spot crises.

After more than a month at sea, the Beiyang flag warships ran out of food and grass, and began to move food from the civilian ships used as supply ships. Until now, they still don't know what kind of crisis is gestating on the thousands of civilian ships.

First there were grain thieves, and after they were discovered, they were directly shot to death under the strict military law of the Beiyang Banner Army.

Hunger is the greatest motivation for human beings, and there is nothing to be afraid of starving.

There are many people on the civilian boats, but few banner troops. Some banner troops open warehouses to release food out of compassion; Some were killed by the people or forced into the sea and drowned.

The vast sea seals off the regional space and becomes an airtight cage. When a disaster occurs, the flag army with guns on their backs surrounds the civilian ships trying to escape, and things will turn out earlier.

In fact, the [-] soldiers and civilians were able to reach Majiagang safely, thanks to one person.

This man was dark-skinned, and his figure was not blessed but strong enough for his old age. He was guided by the flag army into the atrium of the port office in a crimson robe, and bowed down before bowing his hands: "Official Hai Rui, let the army rations be provided to feed the people, willing to accept Slight punishment."

In the official hall, Chen Mu was having a conversation with Acosta, when Hai Rui's sudden prostration made him get up in a hurry, almost losing his composure.

"Hai Gong please hurry up, Chen can't bear this big gift."

To tell the truth, Chen Mu, who was devastated by the matter of the one hundred thousand soldiers and civilians coming from the east, wanted to scold his mother when he saw this resolute face, and squeezed out a sentence: "Who sent you here?"

Our Asian economic strategy has not achieved any great results, so what's the matter with the imperial court sending this great god first?

Hai Rui got up slowly, and Chen Mu's soldiers at his side presented the lacquer plate, which contained the order of the deputy envoy from Asia, letters from the imperial court, and Hai Rui's report on the distribution of grain at sea.

Hai Rui exercised the power of Asia's deputy envoy at sea, killed the grain merchant who caused the disaster and the culprit who robbed the army of the army, and captured the banner army who released the grain privately according to the Beiyang military law, and opened the warehouse to release grain. , Stabilize people's hearts and take the responsibility for the crime.

Half of the one-year military rations had been eaten, so Chen Mu should have scolded his mother, but he didn't think that Hai Rui did something wrong, and he would definitely do the same at sea if he was in the other place.

Hai Rui is not a vicious face, on the contrary, he is very flexible.

In the early years when Hu Zongxian was the governor, Hu's son passed by Chun'an County, where Hai Rui was in charge, and got angry at the postman, hanging him upside down. People reported the matter to Hai Rui, saying that the postman offended Governor Hu's son, which was a difficult problem. What should I do?
Hai Rui said: No!In the past, Governor Hu inspected and inspected the yamen in various places, and ordered not to be extravagant. Governor Hu is a good official, and his son must also be a good person. Now this man is well-packed, and he must not be the son of Governor Hu. Arrest him!
Opening the bag, Hu Zongxian's son brought thousands of taels of gold, but Hai Rui didn't receive it into the county treasury, and sent someone to report to Hu Zongxian that someone was impersonating the governor's son.

Hu Zongxian had nothing to do with Hai Rui, and even wanted to laugh.

What Hai Rui hates in the official circles and Chen Mu fears is not his axis or his stubbornness, but his lack of understanding of the so-called 'human feelings'.

As far as Chen Mu is concerned, what kind of subordinates does he like?Like Shao Tingda and Fu Yuan, remember in your heart that I am kind to you, I will continue to show you kindness and you will continue to repay the kindness, no matter when you support me unconditionally, everyone is good.

Don't look at everyone saying that they hate this human relationship, but what they hate is other people's human relationship, and they don't hate their own human relationship at all.

But Hai Rui is an anomaly, he doesn't talk to you about favors, he talks to you about reason, if the reason doesn't make sense, he might blow up his benefactor.

Xu Jie was kind to Hai Rui, a great kindness, when others wanted to hang Hai Rui, Xu Jie suppressed him.

When Gao Gong fights against Xu, Xu Jie will be punished with the fact that Xu Jie wrote green poems to Emperor Jiajing in his early years to cover Taoist temples, but Hai Rui can understand Xu Jie's self-protection of writing green poems to please the emperor under the strict party rule He felt that Xu Jie had done something to the country, so he wrote a letter to defend Xu Jie.

But when Hai Rui takes charge of Yingtian and Qingzhang Tianmu manages the land and merges it, the problem between him and Xu Jie will not make sense. If you want to rule Yingtian and merge it, you must first govern Songjiang Mansion, because Songjiang has a total of 900 million mu of land, and the old Xu family 15 mu, accounting for one-sixtieth.

From Hai Rui's point of view, being kind is one thing, but being guilty is another.

If you want to do it, do it big, almost use the cruel government of the Hongwu Dynasty to do it... As a result, the Xu family returned [-] mu of land, the Tianfu merged and reduced, and the local officials were invited, but Hai Rui's officials were also dismissed.

"The old man just doesn't know anything."

Hai Rui said a word without beginning or end, and Chen Mu didn't understand what he didn't understand, but Hai Rui didn't let it go, he was an old acquaintance with Chen Mu, and said, "Old Ge is going back to Jiangling for the funeral, why do you have to go back to Jiangling?" Sitting on a sedan chair carried by 32, I really don’t understand.”

"Can't you walk with the two people carrying it? What about a horse-drawn cart, an ox cart, and a donkey cart? Wouldn't it be disrespectful to walk on the ground by yourself?"

With indescribable sadness on Hai Rui's face, he looked at Chen Mu and said, "I wrote a letter to His Majesty, I wanted to ask, but no one answered——The ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty was not like this, the head of the Ming Dynasty It shouldn't be like this."

Chen Mu took a deep breath. He understood why Hai Rui came here, but he didn't know what to say for a while, and turned his head in embarrassment, only to find that Brother Acosta was standing at the side tremblingly, either staying or leaving.

He waved his hand and said: "Cultivator, go back and go to Mexico City to convey my request to the Duke of your country. For grain trade, the sooner the better, the purchase price will be reduced by [-]% every seven days. After five seven days, there is no need to talk about it." , I'll take them to get it."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)