The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Li Dongyang and the other two slowly stepped into the warm room.

Emperor Hongzhi was looking through the memorials submitted by Jiujiang Prefecture last year. This group of lake pirates had been entrenched for a long time. Every year during the harvest, this group of extremely hateful lake pirates would go ashore to rob.

"You have all heard about the lake pirates. If this trouble is not eliminated, I will feel uneasy." Emperor Hongzhi gritted his teeth and said.

Like Yan Chengjin, Liu Jian had many thoughts: "Your Majesty, calm down first. The officers and soldiers of Jiujiang Prefecture went into the lake to suppress the bandits several times, but they all returned without success, and they also lost soldiers and ships. It can be seen that these bandits are not something that ordinary officers and soldiers can deal with."

Li Dongyang thought for a while and said: "When I entered the palace just now, I met that guy Yan Chengjin. I think what he said makes some sense."

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyelids: "Li Qingjia, please tell me."

"Jiujiang Prefecture has a special location, facing the river and the lake, and it is easy to be attacked from both sides. Now there are only patrol roads and guard roads. The law enforcement force is weak, and the stronghold is located in Raozhou. It is really inadequate. The thieves have been repeatedly suppressed on the shore, but they are not eliminated. It is because of insufficient troops. If we add military preparation roads and strengthen the troops, when the thieves come ashore, they can't escape even if they have the ability to reach the sky."

When adding officers and soldiers, the first thing that Emperor Hongzhi thought of was waste.

At present, the court is saving money everywhere, and the military pay is tight. If more official positions are added, they will have to be maintained all the time, and the cost will come from the people's taxes.

After all, I can't bear it.

Yan Chengjin heard from the Hanyuan civil servants who came down from the court that Emperor Hongzhi was worried about the cost of adding more military preparations. He knew that it was in vain.

After more than ten days, news of robbery came from Jiujiang Prefecture again. This time it was not lake robbers, but river robbers!

The river robbers saw that their brothers had made a fortune and the court had no sound, so they went ashore and showed their magical powers.

They did a big job and intercepted the grain stored in the Jiuzhou Prefecture for grain seeds. They didn't hit people in the face, and they didn't cheat people for money.

Cut the leeks and leave the roots.

"This is a thief who has no bottom line at all!" Emperor Hongzhi was completely enraged.

In the Hanyuan, Yan Chengjin was copying classics and practicing Li Dongyang's running script. A little eunuch came to tell him to go to the warm room immediately.

After entering the hall, Li Dongyang and others stood aside.

Emperor Hongzhi said first: "I heard from Li Dongyang that you have some ideas about the robbery in Jiujiang Prefecture. Tell me again, how can this military preparation work?"

Yan Chengjin muttered: "I don't know the beginning and the end, please give me some tips, Your Majesty?"

"Jiuzhou Prefecture was robbed again, this time it was the river thieves!"

Jiuzhou Prefecture is pitiful, everyone came to rob...

Yan Chengjin thought about it carefully and practiced the scene of the thieves coming ashore.

If the river thieves and thieves appear, how can we make a big move and catch them all in one net?

"Why do you think about it for so long?" Emperor Hongzhi said unhappily.

"Let me make a draft first."

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Yan Chengjin immediately said: "Does the court want to spend money?"

Emperor Hongzhi rolled his eyes at him, of course I don't want to spend, "If I can not spend, I won't spend."

"I have a plan, not to spend money." Yan Chengjin knew it in his heart.

We must first solve the waste problem that Emperor Hongzhi is concerned about, and then proceed step by step and slowly expand.

Emperor Hongzhi was indeed interested: "How can we not spend? Just keep talking, don't think about it anymore."

"The river and lake bandits robbed not only the annual grain of the court, but also the food of the people. The people of Jiujiang Prefecture have long wanted to tear the bandits apart.

If the court issues an edict to establish a military preparation road, the officers and soldiers who join the military preparation road can be exempted from certain taxes, and the yellow book household registration remains unchanged, and they are still farmers.

If they are not changed to military households, there will be no worries about household registration, and I believe many people will join.

I will call these people temporary government workers for the time being!

The river and lake thieves committed crimes when the government was transporting grain out, which was the off-season for farming. This meant that the court only needed to organize temporary government workers to kill the thieves at this time, without delaying farming. The rest of the time, they could still return to their hometowns to be farmers.

In this way, the court only needed to send officers who knew a little about military tactics and train them, without spending a penny, to solve the problem of Poyang Lake. "

Emperor Hongzhi blinked his eyes when he heard it. This method was quite wonderful.

How many people were there in Jiujiang Prefecture and the surrounding prefectures? There were hundreds of thousands of able-bodied men. If they joined hands, they would be a local army.

Thinking of this, he immediately showed joy on his face: "Pass on my order and let the secretary draft an order..."

Yan Chengjin was speechless. His Majesty was always so impatient. He stammered: "Your Majesty, wait a minute, I... just said the first link."

This is the first link?

Emperor Hongzhi looked over again.

Yan Chengjin continued: "There may be more than one bandit force entrenched in Poyang Lake. We can send a few smart people to go undercover among the river and lake bandits, use sophistry, provoke internal fighting among the bandits, and weaken the strength of one wave of bandits.

If that doesn't work, we can take a step back and inform the government to seize the initiative."

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Xiao Banban, pass my order to the secret room..."

Yan Chengjin looked at him eagerly: "Your Majesty, I just finished the second ring..."

Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself, is there a better strategy?

Yan Chengjin decided to finish it in one breath to avoid being beaten: "When the bandits land, the internal response can burn the boats and cut off their retreat. The bandits retreat to the riverside without boats, and there is no way to go up to the sky or enter the earth. The government will catch them all in one net.

As for the good generals who supervise the training, I recommend Wang Yue first."

From suppressing the troops, to the Infernal Affairs, to cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot, and finally to the appointment of generals.

Well

Every link has been considered.

The old Wang was reused by the court again, which was of great benefit to him.

Yan Chengjin said: "After a set of procedures, there is a 30% certainty. I have finished speaking."

Li Dongyang's old face flushed slightly. With only 30% certainty, should I still be a counselor?

Liu Jian and Xie Qian were even more ashamed. Even a fly couldn't escape. They said they were 30% sure. There is no such insult.

Li Dongyang coughed dryly: "Your Majesty, why don't you do it this way?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded.

An imperial edict flowed out from the court and was sent to Jiujiang Prefecture at full speed.

At the same time, the military preparation road was established not only in Jiujiang Prefecture, but also in Yongzhou Prefecture, Qiongzhou Prefecture, Weizhou Prefecture and other places where river pirates or lake pirates appeared.

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Wang Mansion,

Wang Yue paced back and forth anxiously in the hall. His Majesty ordered him to go to Jiuzhou Prefecture to eliminate the bandits.

At his age, he sees mountains as not mountains and water as not water, and naturally has many thoughts in his mind.

His Majesty transferred him back to the capital, which almost scared him to death.

Now he is transferred to Jiuzhou Prefecture again, and he is going alone without soldiers?

This is exile!

Have I given gifts recently, and to whom?

Wang Yue's head wanted to explode.

Thinking about it, he fell on his desk and cried loudly: "I am afraid I will not be able to return to the capital in my lifetime."

He sorted out his mood and went to Yan Mansion to find Yan Chengjin.

Wang Yue broke the jar and cursed: "I don't know which grandson reported me and asked me to go to Jiuzhou Prefecture alone to suppress bandits. I am so anxious that I can't escape! Who doesn't have a handle in his hand these days?"

Yan Chengjin was confused: "So?"

"I retired due to illness."

The old Zhu family is too difficult to serve. Can't I quit?