Daming pirates

But Zou Weilian forgot one thing, that is, over the years, Fujian has basically used Yu Xiaotian's troops. Whenever there is chaos in Fujian, the first thing Xiong Wencan thinks of is to dispatch Yu Xiaotian's troops to go forward.

In order to carry out the campaign, the other officers and soldiers have been basically shelved over the years, idle and useless.

Therefore, since June, various places in Fujian suffered heavy losses due to a hurricane, and there was a shortage of military pay again. Therefore, this time Zou Weilian did not try to solve the problem of military pay for Yu Xiaotian like Xiong Wencan did, so that he has been

Until now, the soldiers and generals under Yu Xiaotian's command have not received their military pay for the past six months.

In addition, after Zou Weilian arrived in Fujian, there were people everywhere who gave Yu Xiaotian eye drops. Many people went to Zou Weilian to report Yu Xiaotian's evil behavior, saying that Yu Xiaotian had been very domineering in Fujian in recent years.

He occupied fields, abducted people, bullied men and women, controlled the private salt trade, occupied Weitou Bay, regarded Weitou Bay as his private property, collected shipping fees for overseas trade without authorization, and extorted merchants and gentry...

So many people complained, describing Yu Xiaotian as a heinous person. Although Zou Weilian did not dare to believe it, but three people became a tiger and there were more people complaining, naturally Zou Weilian could not help but not believe it, so he became even more interested in Xiaotian.

A feeling of disgust.

Zou Weilian even wrote a bullet for this, impeaching Xiong Wencan for being too arrogant and indulgent of Xiaotian when he was in Fujian, making Yu Xiaotian too domineering in Fujian, and sent someone to the capital.

But it is precisely because of this that Zou Weilian has been paying attention to Yu Xiaotian's situation. He has been inquiring about the situation of Yu Xiaotian's war in Shandong when he led troops to suppress the rebellion, whether it was gossip or the official Di Baotang Newspaper.

He is very concerned about the news on the Internet.

The news coming from Shandong was full of praise for Yu Xiaotian. This time Yu Xiaotian led his troops north to quell the rebellion. During the battle of Denglai to quell the rebellion, the Fujian soldiers became the absolute main force.

It can be said that they have won many battles against the rebels, and they have almost never heard of any defeats.

In this way, Zou Weilian discovered that Yu Xiaotian was indeed a military talent, so he checked various battles in Fujian to quell the chaos in recent years when Xiong Wencan was serving in Fujian. Only then did he discover that it turned out that

It’s not that Yu Xiaotian is domineering, or that Xiong Wencan is partial,

But over the years, whenever there were rebellions or large groups of bandits and pirates in Fujian, Yu Xiaotian was basically responsible for the work. These chaos were almost always put down by Yu Xiaotian or his soldiers.

In addition, the coast of Fujian has been quite peaceful over the past few years. Since Xiaotian was adopted, the number of pirate raids on the coast of Fujian has been reduced by at least 80%. Moreover, even if there are occasional raids by pirates, the waters under Xiaotian's jurisdiction have been reduced by at least 80%.

Basically, it can be said that the pirates will come out when they hear the police, which greatly frightened the pirates.

Nowadays, pirates almost regard Fujian as a death zone and dare not easily set foot on the coast of Fujian to cause trouble. It can be said that it is all thanks to Xiaotian's efforts to maintain the unprecedented peace along the coast of Fujian.

Even the red-haired people who were quite arrogant in the first few years have become quite peaceful in recent years and have not once caused trouble along the coast of Fujian. This has made the entire coastal area of ​​Fujian very peaceful in recent years.

However, Zou Weilian couldn't stand some of Yu Xiaotian's other actions. The most important thing was that he controlled Weitou Bay and replaced Yuegang as his private port. Whenever Fujian merchants wanted to go to sea,

, all go to sea in Weitou Bay, and merchant ship owners along the coast of Fujian must pay Yu Xiaotian one thousand to two thousand taels of silver every year before they can be allowed to go to sea for business, otherwise the ships will be confiscated by Yu Xiaotian

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Yu Xiaotian made a lot of money from this income alone, which made many people who used to make money from sea trade jealous, and wanted to get a piece of the pie, but Yu Xiaotian took this

The sea was regarded as his private property, impenetrable to needles and impenetrable to splashing water, and it was impossible for anyone to get a share of it.

Moreover, the reason why Yu Xiaotian caused public outrage was because he was too domineering and took advantage of everything. Nowadays, Fujian gentry and officials are trying to make a fortune. Who doesn’t have some connection with Tonghai trade secretly? Many people themselves

They purchased a large boat that could pass through the sea and hired people to sail it for them to do business.

Even if some people are timid or don't have enough funds, they will lend their spare money to some maritime merchants and earn high profits at the same time.

Yu Xiaotian's collection of tolls to the sea affects their interests, so many people don't want to pay this person, but Yu Xiaotian doesn't care about anyone's face. If you want to go to the sea, you can just bring the money, otherwise you can do whatever you want.

Who are you? As long as a ship goes to sea without obtaining the command flag given by Sea Wolf, and is discovered by Sea Wolf's anti-smuggling ship at sea, the ship and property will be confiscated immediately.

For this reason, many people were ruined by Yu Xiaotian and hated Yu Xiaotian to the bone. Now Zou Weilian has come to Fujian to serve as governor. Moreover, Zou Weilian is not a local official in Fujian and does not understand the situation in Fujian.

So they took the opportunity to give Yu Xiaotian eye drops.

Zou Weilian was also very dissatisfied with Xiaotian's approach. Such a huge benefit was all given to Yu Xiaotian, and the imperial government could not take advantage of it at all. Although he was considered an upright official, he had no intention of making a fortune from it.

But when I saw Yu Xiaotian spending so much money, I was still a little jealous.

Another point is that Yu Xiaotian has now openly controlled Taiyuan Island and regards the entire Taiyuan Island as his private property. Zou Weilian actually doesn’t know how big Taiyuan Island is. He only heard that Taiyuan Island is very big.

Big, some people even say that Taiyuan Island is half as big as Fujian.

Yu Xiaotian occupied Taiyuan Island, but he did not include it in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he regarded Taiyuan Island as his private property. How is this? To put it bluntly, does this guy have plans to use Taiyuan Island in the future?

How about cutting off territory for his home base and becoming his own king?

When he thought of this, Zou Weilian felt very unhappy. In his mind, the whole world was the land of the king, and the shore of the land was the ministers of the king. Since Yu Xiaotian has been promoted and became a general of the Ming Dynasty, he can be regarded as an official of the imperial court.

Well, since he is an official of the imperial court, he cannot have such thoughts.

How big is it that Taiyuan Island is so big and he occupies it as his own private property? At least he wants to hand over Taiyuan Island to the imperial court and include it in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty has not expanded any land for many years. Over the years, the slaves have occupied Liaodong. The Mongolian tribes have also become restless, making Mongolia an enclave. The Mongolian tribes have now become vassals of the slaves.

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The territory of the Ming Dynasty is shrinking day by day. If he can force Yu Xiaotian to add Taiyuan Island to the territory of the Ming Dynasty and join the Ming Dynasty, it will undoubtedly be a matter of added glory. This person, the Holy Sage, is actually a bit happy. If he can start it at this time

If the territory is expanded and an area is added to the Ming Dynasty, I guess the Holy Emperor will also be very happy.

So Zou Weilian secretly made up his mind, wondering how he could force Yu Xiaotian to hand over Taiyuan Island to the Ming Dynasty and add it to the Ming Dynasty's territory.

Zou Weilian thought about it again and again, and still believed that it would be easier to handle this matter directly. After all, Yu Xiaotian was still the chief military officer of the Ming Dynasty. If Xiao Yi had interests in mind, if he did not have the will to be independent, then he should understand that what he did was a mistake.

If it is inappropriate, you may not agree to his request.

However, he waited and waited, but Yu Xiaotian never came to Fuzhou to see him, which made Zou Weilian very annoyed, but he could not find out where Yu Xiaotian was now.

It was a joke that a general of the Ming Dynasty could not be found. So Zou Weilian sent people to find Yu Xiaotian's men and asked them to inform Yu Xiaotian and ask Yu Xiaotian to go to Fuzhou to meet with Yu as soon as possible.

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While Zou Weilian was waiting to get angry, someone went to the governor's office to report that Yu Xiaotian had led a fleet of more than 20 warships to the mouth of the Minjiang River and docked at the mouth of the Minjiang River.

On Langqi Island, Yu Xiaotian was taking three warships, sailing upstream into the Min River and heading to Fuzhou.

Zou Weilian breathed a sigh of relief and thought that this guy finally came back. He originally wanted to give Yu Xiaotian a show of strength, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not very appropriate. After all, Yu Xiaotian returned to Fujian this time to achieve victory.

Returning to the army, this time he fought well in Denglai and had great military exploits. If I neglected him too much, people would inevitably find evidence to impeach him in the future.

So he thought again and again and decided to have people come to the dock to greet Yu Xiaotian and arrange a relatively grand welcoming ceremony. After all, Yu Xiaotian represented Fujian's troops in Shandong this time. He fought so beautifully and it was considered a favor to Fujian people.

Added light.

When Yu Xiaotian arrived at the South Gate Pier in Fuzhou, there were loud gongs and drums and firecrackers blasting. Wang Yongji, the prefect of Fuzhou, came to the pier in person to greet Yu Xiaotian on behalf of the governor Zou Weilian.

At the dock, Wang Yongji led the officials to toast Yu Xiaotian and congratulate him, which was a tribute to his military achievements in going north to put down the rebellion.

Yu Xiaotian also had a smile on his face and greeted them with a hahaha. After struggling on the dock for a long time, he went to the governor's Yamen under the escort of the guards and paid an audience with Zou Weilian.

As the first official in Fujian, Zou Weilian is much higher than Xiaotian, so it is understandable not to go to the dock to greet Yu Xiaotian in person. However, Yu Xiaotian is still quite dissatisfied, because if it were Xiong Wencan, he would definitely be here

At that time, he condescended to go to the pier to greet him personally, but Zou Weilian obviously did not buy his account. It seemed that in the next period of time, there would be an open and covert fight between Zou Weilian and him.

Sure enough, after Yu Xiaotian entered the governor's yamen, he saw Zou Weilian. Zou Weilian didn't even get up. He just sat behind the big case, received a courtesy from Yu Xiaotian, and just said some words of congratulations that were neither salty nor light.

Then someone gave Yu Xiaotian a bench to sit on, but he didn't even give him a big chair.

Yu Xiaotian began to feel annoyed. He thought to himself, Zou Weilian, I have just returned to the army with a victory, but you are so disrespectful to me. It seems that you want to give me a blow!