Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Why don't you say anything, come up and come to the truth.

It's not like asking for money.

He has been living at sea for half his life, and he has never seen anything like this.

It doesn't make sense at all.

At this time, the dense rain of arrows had already flown towards the ship, and the steward hurriedly pulled the dazed Cai Fu away, but the dense rain of arrows caused many crew members to cry out from the arrows.

And countless boats have already moved towards Cai Fu's fleet like ants.

"Take the ship, take the ship, take the ship."

Countless roars resounded in the waves.

Although the crew members of Cai Fu's fleet were experienced, they all panicked in the face of such an imposing group of pirates.

Just like this.

Soon.

Liu Sheng's men had already boarded Cai Fu's fleet, and they immediately showed the iron blood they had experienced on the battlefield, and began to fight like tigers entering a herd of sheep.

Perhaps this battle should not be called a battle.

Because as soon as the two sides contacted, the result had already been drawn.

As the wind whistled, Liu Sheng was aroused by the blood to be warlike. With a roar, he let the big ship get close to the opponent to board the boat, and then he held the knife and led the men and horses to kill the opponent's boat.

"Leave me alive and find the leader." Liu Sheng roared angrily.

No one answered.

A group of elite soldiers killed in the blood and fire are busy chasing people everywhere.

"Fuck." Liu Sheng cursed, then stopped talking and looked around looking for someone to confront the enemy.

in panic.

Liu Sheng saw that there was a man in the opponent, he was extremely tough, he immediately saw Lie Xinxie, and attacked him with a knife, but Liu Sheng still looked at the opponent, after a few rounds, Liu Sheng chopped the opponent to the ground.

The man yelled at Liu Sheng unwillingly: "We paid the money, why do you still come to rob me and others? Aren't you afraid that your leader will punish you for crimes?"

When Liu Sheng was disappointed, he was not in a good mood, he stepped forward and killed the other party with a knife, and spat, "What the hell are you talking about?"

But he just killed the other party.

Many of the other party's crew exclaimed: "Baye!" Then someone shouted: "Baye is dead, Baye is dead."

Baye?

Liu Sheng was puzzled.

The next moment, Liu Sheng saw that many crew members on the other side dropped their weapons and hugged their heads in horror and began to surrender.

Liu Sheng was taken aback.

Grandma, the one you killed just now could not be the leader.

……

It is bound to be difficult for the blood on the ocean to float on the land. After Zhen Wu finished dealing with the matter in Guangxi, he took Zhili's soldiers and headed towards the capital.

When they reached Changsha, Liu Sheng quickly caught up with Zhen Wu and his group.

"It's done?" Zhen Wu sat in the tent and asked after taking a sip of tea.

Liu Sheng nodded, and then said with some embarrassment: "However, there was a little accident. I accidentally killed the leader. I regretted it for a while, but then I was a little careless. In the end, the other party took our boat and escaped for two days. indivual."

"Two escaped?" Zhen Wu raised his eyebrows.

Liu Sheng hastened to make amends: "The other party is quite cunning. I had people chase him for two days, but he still made him disappear into the vast ocean. But don't worry, my lord, our identities have not been leaked. They will definitely think it was done by pirates." thing."

Zhen Wu nodded and said: "All right, anyway, one or two people can't make any waves."

Afterwards, Zhen Wu looked at Liu Sheng and said, "What's the business?"

"Business?" Liu Sheng was a little confused.

Zhen Wu's face turned black and he said: "Our brother and I are on good terms, but you don't want to take advantage of the f**k, do you?"

Liu Sheng patted his head: "Look at my brain." Liu Sheng took out the harvest he had sorted out and handed it to Zhen Wu: "Master, you still don't know me? The reputation of our old Liu is very famous, how could it be possible?" Do what you can do for yourself."

Zhen Wu pouted.

After that, he looked at the harvest that Liu Sheng handed over.

Seven or eight sheets of paper are full of records.

"So much?" Zhen Wu couldn't help exclaiming.

Liu Sheng nodded heavily.

"Good guy."

Zhen Wu looked at it solemnly, and said in a daze, "These bastards are really fucking ruthless. After this trip, the money they make is probably enough to feed a family of [-] for several years."

This is better than doing business in earnest.

"No." Liu Sheng agreed, "If we didn't have a title, we would not be able to receive so much in our lifetime."

That's right.

Speaking of which, the salaries of Ming officials are considered low.

Of course, this low is to see what it compares with.

If we talk about daily food expenses, it is naturally enough. Even when the price of goods in Daming is not high, life is quite comfortable, but officials generally need to welcome and send them to hire masters and servants. If these expenses are added , relatively speaking, it is a bit stretched.

But this was decided by Zhu Yuanzhang, and no one could do anything about it, and Zhu Yuanzhang also made everyone lose their temper.

Zhen Wu remembered that when Zhu Yuanzhang was in the early years, someone suggested to Zhu Yuanzhang that the salary was not high, but Zhu Yuanzhang was a typical farmer. The door is clear.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew very well that he would not starve to death with as much food as he had.

He didn't think about the difficulties of being an official at all. In his mind, this salary was enough for officials to live well, so whenever someone proposed to Zhu Yuanzhang to increase their salary, Zhu Yuanzhang would give the account to Zhu Yuanzhang. The officials did the math, and the officials were speechless.

What makes the officials even more angry is that Zhu Yuanzhang's treatment of corruption is outrageous.

Zhu Yuanzhang suffered from corrupt officials when he was a child, and he hated corruption. During this period, like everyone else, when faced with injustice, he would secretly swear in his heart, what he would do when he became prosperous in the future.

In fact, most people have made this kind of oath, and it will not have any major impact.

The problem is that Zhu Yuanzhang is really fucking developed.

It has also developed to the point where no one can cure it.

As a result, under Hong Wunian's strict rule of officials, even in the Yongle Dynasty today, no official dares to say that the salary is less.

Zhen Wu nodded at this time, picked out half of Liu Sheng's harvest from this trip, and then threw the rest to Liu Sheng, and let Liu Sheng go down.

Afterwards, he sat at the desk and wrote a secret letter with a pen. With half of the benefits, he was sent to the capital Zhu Di immediately.

At the same time, Zhen Wu didn't know that the Chaozhou Cai family had also sent several messengers to the capital to report to Cai Qing after learning that the fleet had been attacked by pirates through the mouths of two escaped people.

Because Cai Qing's only younger brother with the same father and mother died at the hands of pirates.

……

A few days later, Zhu Dixian received Zhen Wu's secret letter, and after he read it, he scolded angrily: "You dog, you are really restless."

Afterwards, Zhu Di didn't take it seriously and left it aside.

Zhen Wu bumped into a smuggling caravan by chance and took care of it. In his opinion, it was not a big deal.

What's more, now they are worrying about the matter of sailing to the sea, and they don't care about such things.

Now the court is still full of quarrels about this matter, especially Cai Qing, the servant of the Ministry of Rites. This guy is very knowledgeable and eloquent. With a group of opponents, he can always refute those who support him.

This made Zhu Di's teeth itch with hatred.

However, things turned around quietly.

Two days later, Cai Qing asked for leave.

After checking, Zhu Di found out that it was Cai Qing's only younger brother who passed away unexpectedly, which made Zhu Di feel bad, and then he planned to take advantage of the few days when Cai Qing was on leave to finalize the matter of Xingzhou going to sea.

Unexpectedly, before the matter was finalized, Cai Qing went to court again in a hurry.

On this day, Cai Qing stood in the main hall, listening to the crowd quarreling over the matter of launching the boat into the sea, while he lowered his head and silently said nothing.

He seemed to have not slept for several days, his figure was a little thin, his face was full of grief, and he was as depressed as an old dog with a broken spine.

He was a concubine, he was treated harshly by the clan when he was young, and he lived with his mother and younger brother. He thought he had forgotten those unbearable days, but after his younger brother passed away, he suddenly surged up again, making him feel ashamed colic.

He remembered that when he studied sage books hard, his stomach hurt from hunger, and it was his younger brother who stole food for him, and was scolded and insulted by his father.

He remembered the little head looking up and asking him when they wouldn't be bullied.

He remembered the small bed that squeezed the two of them in their childhood, and the yellowed window screen that could be seen as soon as he looked up.

and many more.

Scene by scene, too numerous to count.

It turns out that these are the treasures that he has never forgotten in his heart.

But... now the pirates killed his little brother.

Cai Qing clenched his fist tightly and clenched his teeth tightly. His bloodshot eyes turned even redder. He roared in his heart that he wanted to avenge his little brother at all costs.

He came out step by step, and with a hoarse voice, he said decisively: "Pirates run across the ocean, disregarding human life, committing all kinds of evil, even if cut by a thousand swords, it is still a light thing, so I agree with Xingzhou to go to sea and wipe out all pirates on the sea .”

The hoarse voice was not loud, but when it fell on the court, it suddenly silenced everyone's voice.

What?

what's going on?

Against the vanguard, why did you suddenly agree?

Everyone looked at Cai Qing in doubt, thinking that this guy must have taken the wrong medicine.

Zhu Di was also a little confused.

He also couldn't figure out why Cai Qing suddenly behaved like this. He looked suspiciously at Cai Qing in the hall, and then looked at Cai Qing and began to argue with the group of objectors.

And those who opposed, under Cai Qing's blood-red eyes, retreated step by step, and finally fell silent again.

Zhu Di was not happy about this, but frowned because of Cai Qing's weirdness. He wondered why Cai Qing hated pirates so much, as if his whole family was killed by pirates.

With this idea, Zhu Di suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

He seems to understand a little bit.

Cai Qing's younger brother has just died, and there has been such a big change. Could it be that his younger brother was killed by pirates?

Then how could his younger brother be killed by pirates?

smuggling?

Zhu Di suddenly remembered the secret letter that Zhen Wu sent over a few days ago.

This…

It wouldn't be so coincidental.

But if this is true...

Zhu Di looked at Cai Qing with a colder look.

This is really a cut to his own body, only to know the pain, but Cai Qing, as a court official, is so selfish and has no heart for the common people, he really deserves to be killed.

At this moment, Zhu Di wished that Zhen Wu would dress up as a pirate again, sneak into Chaozhou, and kill Cai Qing's family.

No.

Not only Cai Qing's family.

Those who oppose should taste the pain that pirates have brought to them.

Only in this way can they know that the government's eradication of pirates is worthy of praise and is a good thing for all people in the world.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di suddenly lost his impatience.

At worst, just kill it.

He looked at Cai Qing who was kowtowing in the court hall in approval of Xingzhou to go to the sea, thinking of the dissenting words Cai Qing said in the court hall a few days ago, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.