Daming pirates

Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and it was mid-July in the blink of an eye. During this period, Yu Xiaotian took the opportunity to inspect various places under his control, and ordered all ministries to suspend all harassment and attacks on land.

All retreated to their temporary anchorages and stood by.

The coastal area of ​​Fujian, which had been in chaos for more than a year, has finally calmed down. However, before Yu Xiaotian received the imperial edict, Sea Wolf did not immediately evacuate the various sites along the coast. It could only officially fulfill the contract after the imperial decree was issued.

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After Yu Xiaotian and Xiong Wencan reached an agreement, Li Yi immediately secretly sent 50,000 taels of silver to Xiong Wencan as expenses for Xiong Wencan to clear up the matter.

Xiong Wencan accepted the money without politeness, immediately wrote the memorial in his own hand, and sent his trusted personnel to deliver the memorial to the capital as quickly as possible. He also ordered the family members left behind in the capital to start going around giving gifts, and opening up various channels.

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After all, this matter is not a trivial matter. To recruit a giant bandit, he actually wants to throw out the post of general. It is still extremely rare in the Ming Dynasty. If someone deliberately obstructs this, then Xiong Wencan's recruitment plan will probably be defeated this time.

Water drifts.

Therefore, Xiong Wencan did not dare to neglect at all. He transferred enough silver and sprinkled it around the capital. In the end, he finally cleared all the joints and approved his memorial.

Immediately, the imperial court also drafted an imperial edict and sent it to Fujian together. Under the hard work of Xiong Wencan's cronies, day and night, the imperial edict and the imperial court's approval were sent back to Fujian.

At this time, Yu Xiaotian was already waiting for the news at Gaopu Institute in Weitou Bay. After the imperial edict was sent to Fujian, Xiong Wencan immediately arranged for someone to accompany the eunuch who announced the edict to Quanzhou Prefecture.

When the eunuch who announced the decree arrived at Quanzhou Mansion, someone had already sent the news to Yu Xiaotian. Yu Xiaotian did not neglect this time and immediately set off to Quanzhou Mansion to hear the seal.

Nowadays, the news about Yu Xiaotian's acceptance of the recruitment has been spread for a long time. Therefore, although Yu Xiaotian has not yet accepted the summons, he has essentially been cleared of being a thief. Therefore, he can enter Quanzhou City in a big way, and naturally no one will stop him.

, the prefect of Quanzhou, on the other hand, even went out of the city to greet him personally as if he were waiting for an uncle.

In the past, civil servants like the prefect of Quanzhou would definitely not give such honor to military generals. Even if the general was a third-rank official, the prefect was only from the fourth rank. Because of the Ming Dynasty's habit of emphasizing literature and suppressing military affairs, even if the rank was

Military generals who are higher than the civil servants would never dare to be presumptuous in front of the civil servants who are lower than them.

Many times in the past, once a military general offended a civilian official, even if the civilian official was of lower rank than the military general, the civilian official would order the general to be held down and spanked on the spot.

Therefore, the military generals of the Ming Dynasty are very similar to the military generals of the Song Dynasty. They lived a very miserable life. When they saw civil servants, they bowed their heads first and never dared to be arrogant in front of civil servants. Even people like the generals, who used to be in the small

Don't dare to be arrogant in front of the magistrate.

But now Yu Xiaotian is different from other generals, because he is a famous evil god in Fujian. Now except Xiong Wencan, he really doesn't give face to anyone else, and the civil servants can't do anything.

What's more, now Yu Xiaotian wants to stay in Quanzhou territory, which makes the Quanzhou prefect complain endlessly. He dares to be rude to other generals, but he never dares to boss Xiaotian. Even to Xiaotian's subordinates, I'm afraid

He didn't dare to treat them as current people easily.

So this time when it was learned that the eunuch who announced the decree had come to Quanzhou to announce the decree and title to Yu Xiaotian, the prefect of Quanzhou made all preparations early.

And this time when Yu Xiaotian came to Quanzhou, he was not the only one who came, because besides him, his wife Lan'er was also included in this imperial conferment.

Come and hear the seal.

After a lot of trouble, Yu Xiaotian finally arrived at the Yamen of Quanzhou Prefecture. At this time, the eunuch who announced the order had not yet arrived in Quanzhou Prefecture. Many people were passing news, reporting where the eunuch who announced the order had arrived.

So it was not until the afternoon that the eunuch who declared the order, Shi Shiran, arrived at Quanzhou Mansion. Indispensable, there was a lot of excitement in Quanzhou Mansion. The prefect took Yu Xiaotian and others to the north gate in person to greet the eunuch who announced the order and his party.

Entered the Quanzhou government office.

And this eunuch who announced the decree came from the capital. It turned out that he expected to walk slowly along the way. Although he was just an unknown eunuch in the capital, after all, he was sent abroad this time. Taking advantage of this

Opportunity, he also wants to make some benefits along the way.

But Xiong Wencan was really pressing hard. After they left Beijing, they took the waterway with few stops along the way. First, they went south to Yangzhou Prefecture, and then arrived in Hangzhou by boat. They landed in Hangzhou and switched to vehicles.

Although it is not said that I had to sleep in the open air, I was still very tired.

After finally arriving in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, before taking a break, they were rushed to Quanzhou Prefecture again. The eunuch's idea of ​​fighting the autumn wind along the way was completely shattered. He basically didn't get any benefits and was very tired.

Although Yu Xiaotian's name is well-known in Fujian, but in the capital, who knows who he is! Especially these eunuchs who have high eyesight will not take Yu Xiaotian seriously, so

Before Yu Xiaotian saw the eunuch who announced the decree, he had already offended this guy to death.

The eunuch who announced the decree had never looked at Yu Xiaotian since he saw him at the city gate. His face was so gloomy that it was about to boil, and he did not give Yu Xiaotian a good look at all.

At first, Yu Xiaotian didn't know where he offended this eunuch. It seemed that he owed this guy hundreds of taels of silver and hadn't paid back. For a while, he couldn't figure out what was going on.

Fortunately, someone next to him secretly whispered something to him, and he suddenly realized it. So after the eunuch who announced the decree entered the Quanzhou government office, Yu Xiaotian immediately sent someone to quietly give the eunuch a few pieces of money issued by Hailang Bank.

After taking a look at the meeting ticket, the eunuch's expression immediately turned from cloudy to clear, and he became much happier.

The so-called meeting note is actually a kind of bank note in a private bank that can be exchanged for silver coins at any time. It is a kind of bearer check and can be exchanged for silver coins of equal value at any time with the merchant who issued the note.

In order not to offend anyone, Yu Xiaotian made a very generous move. He gave the eunuch who announced the decree two thousand taels of silver in one go, which was much more than the eunuch originally expected.

Eunuchs like them who are promulgating edicts can be said to be at sea among the capital. Although being able to get the job of announcing edicts is considered a lucrative job, even such an errand needs to be managed up and down. Sometimes, in case of emergency

If you encounter an ignorant person, your trip may be in vain or even end up giving money to you. Even under normal circumstances, people who accept orders and obey orders are more generous. If they can spend a few hundred taels of silver to pay tribute, it is already considered good.

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But Yu Xiaotian immediately took out two thousand taels of silver, and also gave him a set of quite exquisite glass tea sets. This thing is really worth a lot of money on the market now. If it is sold in the capital, at least

It can be worth hundreds of taels of silver without any problem. This made the eunuch happy. This was far beyond his original expectation. Finally, he felt that the hard work was worth it. Of course, his face could no longer be calm.

So he no longer wasted time. After sorting out his clothes, he quickly took out the imperial edict and put it in his hands. He walked out of the back hall and shouted to Yu Xiaotian who was waiting outside: "Yu Xiaotian accepts the seal..."

At this time, the prefect of Quanzhou had already prepared various incense tables and other supplies on behalf of Yu Xiaotian. When the eunuch who announced the decree came out, he quickly called Yu Xiaotian to come forward and listen to the seal.

Fortunately, before Xiaotian came, someone had already introduced all the etiquette to him and practiced it. Otherwise, if such a scene was not good, Yu Xiaotian would make a fool of himself on the spot.

Under the shrill voice of the eunuch who announced the edict, he read loudly: "The Emperor's edict is carried by heaven..." He read a long paragraph eloquently.

Yu Xiaotian felt dizzy after hearing this, and then he got a vague idea. In fact, this kind of imperial edict was a imperial edict, which was regarded as a formal appointment letter from the imperial court. In addition, Lan'er was also granted the title of third-grade imperial concubine.

So after hearing the imperial edict, Yu Xiaotian kowtowed and thanked the Holy One. The eunuch then handed the imperial edict into his hands with a smile on his face. In addition to the imperial edict, the eunuch also brought Yu Xiaotian something from the capital.

A complete set of the official uniform of a third-grade military general and the costume of Madam Gaoming.

But what made Yu Xiaotian feel unhappy was that in addition to the imperial title given to him, this time the capital actually also brought appointments to all his subordinates.

According to Xiong Wencan's request, this time the court not only granted Yu Xiaotian a title, but also made various appointments to his generals, which was a bit beyond Yu Xiaotian's original expectations.

When he was negotiating with Xiong Wencan, he did not mention the appointment of his generals. He originally planned to decide on this matter separately after recruiting people, but he did not expect that Xiong Wencan would take this opportunity to directly bypass him.

, and also appointed some of his generals.

It was not until he learned that the eunuch who announced the decree had arrived in Fuzhou that he learned about this from Xiong Wencan.

Yu Xiaotian was quite shocked when he heard about this, but he immediately figured out what was wrong with it, so he became furious on the spot and almost overturned the table.

Although Yu Xiaotian did not dare to claim to be extremely intelligent, he was at least not a fool. He quickly figured out the meaning behind this. The reason why Xiong Wencan did this was actually very simple, which was to divide his subordinates through such means.

To sow discord between his men and him.

This incident made Yu Xiaotian extremely angry at the time, and he almost decided not to accept the recruitment, and simply broke up with Xiong Wencan. However, after calming down, he gave up the idea.