Li Huan couldn't help but smile a little when he heard Du Ming's words. To be honest, Li Huan had never had any hope in the integrity of these Ming officials.
However, Du Ming dared to stand up and speak out about the filth within the Shipping Department, which was somewhat beyond Li Huan's expectations. He glanced at Du Ming, and Li Huan's eyes fell aside because he was frightened by Du Ming's words.
The officials of the Shipping Department were trembling all over and sweating on their foreheads. Although Li Huan's eyes did not reveal anything strange, everyone present felt uneasy.
Suddenly, Li Huan spoke up and said, "Don't you want to say something?" As Li Huan finished speaking, he suddenly saw a man step forward and prostrate himself in front of Li Huan with a loud voice: "
Lord, please spare my life, Lord, please spare your life, I am guilty, I am guilty!"
Seeing that someone actually took the initiative to plead guilty to Li Huan, the rest of the people also reacted and immediately saw a group of people kneeling on the ground.
Among the dozens of officials, big and small, less than 10% are still standing in this fashion. In other words, in the short period of less than a year since the City Shipping Department was reestablished, almost all of the dozens of officials, big and small, in the City Shipping Department were
commit a crime.
That is to say, Li Huan has long been accustomed to the harassment of these officials in the Ming Dynasty officialdom. He saw Li Huan nodded towards Li Hu standing behind him and said: "Bring a chair, I want to listen carefully here."
, how on earth did they use their hands to steal our Ming Dynasty tax money?"
Li Hu reacted and immediately ran to fetch a chair. He saw Li Huan sitting down in front of a group of officials, looking down at them, took the tea from Li Hu on the side, took a sip and said lightly:
"Say it!"
All of a sudden, the officials kneeling there cried and confessed to Li Huan how they had embezzled money and perverted the law.
Most of the day passed, and each of the officials kneeling there seemed to have finished recounting the crimes they had committed one by one, but there was no reaction from Li Huan. His heart was beating loudly, and his forehead was covered with tiny marks.
There were beads of sweat on his face, and he looked quite embarrassed. Just when everyone was feeling uneasy, Li Huan suddenly said in a cold voice: "The laws of the Ming Dynasty are very strict, but you, as officials, knowingly break the law, will be punished with an additional penalty."
Before Li Huan could finish his words, the officials kneeling on the ground collapsed on the ground. Some kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, some yelled at Li Huan directly, and some just sat there and muttered as if they were frightened.
Talking to himself, he was in chaos for a while.
"Come here, let me capture him and interrogate him strictly. Anyone who is proven guilty will be severely punished."
Immediately, a group of uniformed guards rushed forward like wolves and tigers and took away twenty or thirty limp officials.
The few remaining people secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this, and at the same time they were very happy. They secretly lamented that they were lucky that they could not bear the temptation and tried the law like those of their colleagues who were taken away. Otherwise, I am afraid that many of the people who were taken away just now would be indispensable.
them.
Of course, it doesn't mean that they are really incorruptible. Officials in this era are just average and say that the world is as dark as crows. Otherwise, Hai Rui's existence would not be so impressive.
In the final analysis, they are smarter. The Nine Major Shipping Departments were established under the leadership of Li Huan, so it would be strange if Li Huan didn't pay attention to them.
It was precisely because of the fear of Li Huan that these people suppressed their inner greed. Otherwise, if they saw their colleagues happily holding a lot of money, it would be strange that they could hold back.
Li Huan glanced at the remaining dozen people lightly, and said with a bit of coldness in his words: "I hope you can abide by your duties and don't let me get caught, otherwise what will happen to you? Don't use Li
Someone said it."
Everyone nodded with cold sweat on their foreheads, probably watching Li Huan and his party leave. It was not until Li Huan and others disappeared that they let out a sigh of relief and looked at each other. Their eyes were full of the feeling of surviving a disaster.
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Guangdong Meishanwei Navy Yamen, as a newly established yamen, everything in Meishanwei can be said to be new. Among them, from the generals who command the navy to a navy soldier, all are carefully selected.
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According to Li Huan's plan, the Meishan Guards Navy Office is just a transitional one, and its role is to train a group of qualified naval officers.
The soldiers and generals of the division were waiting for the delivery of the ships needed by the navy at the same time.
Because Li Huan invested heavily from the beginning, it was not difficult for the Ming Dynasty to have money as long as they had status, especially in this southeastern coastal area, after the navy's extremely high military pay was posted.
, in just half a month, after careful selection, more than 20,000 young men who were proficient in water-based skills and came from poor families were selected.
When the first sum of twelve taels of Anjia silver was distributed to everyone, each of them felt a sense of belonging to the Navy Yamen. Even though the training methods formulated by Li Huan and other generals were very strict,
Few people would jump out and cause trouble.
Now more than half a year has passed. Although three treasure ships have been delivered, dozens of other auxiliary ships have been delivered.
After more than half a year of development, the Meishan Guard Navy Yamen has become quite impressive. When Li Huan and his party arrived at the Meishan Guard Navy Yamen, at least half of the people in the entire Navy Yamen were missing. After asking, Li Huan just
As you know, today happens to be the naval naval practice at sea that happens once every ten days.
Since most of the generals had taken their men for practical training at sea, there was only one garrison officer left at the naval office.
Zhao Kang introduced Mei Shanwei's current situation to Li Huan with a bit of nervousness. He looked extremely respectful and subconsciously showed a bit of awe.
No wonder Zhao Kang is like this. Li Huan went on a killing spree in the Quanzhou Shipping Department not long ago and wiped out most of the city's Shipping Department officials. This news can be said to have spread throughout the southeastern coastal areas.
Facing Li Huan now, even though Zhao Kang asked himself that he was nervous and did not dare to be greedy at all when facing those white money in the Navy Yamen with enough food, grass, and weapons. Li Huan naturally saw it at a glance.
Kang was nervous, and at the same time he knew why Zhao Kang was like this.
Li Huan patted Zhao Kang's shoulder with his big hand and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous. As long as General Zhao fulfills his duties faithfully, I will not do anything to you."
When Zhao Kang heard this, he trembled slightly and said hurriedly: "In the end, I will definitely live up to your expectations."
At sea, Li Huan, accompanied by several left-behind generals from Zhao Kang, drove a reconnaissance ship toward the sea area where the navy was conducting operations.
At this time, there were only about a dozen people including Li Huan on the small boat, but the speed of the boat was very fast. It was worthy of being a reconnaissance boat specially used for reconnaissance.
Zhao Kang had somewhat recovered at this time and was no longer as nervous as when he first met Li Huan. He heard Zhao Kang say to Li Huan: "Sir, Commander Zhang should be in Sanshan, dozens of miles away from here.
Near the island, destroy the pirate gang entrenched on it."
When Li Huan heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said with some admiration: "That's right, he actually knows how to use pirates to train his troops."
Hearing Li Huan's praise, Zhao Kang couldn't help but feel happy and said: "Everything is the commander's wish. The commander said that the navy has been practicing for more than half a year. Since we already have ships, it is natural to have them."
Take him out and see the blood. Only after being tempered by blood and fire over and over again can you develop an elite army. Otherwise, no matter how hard you train, it will be just a show."
"Well said, Zhang Huai is right. Good soldiers can only be trained through repeated bloody battles."
Xu Ying couldn't help laughing when she heard this.
Zhao Kang said with a smile on his face: "What the Marquis said is true."
The boat was quite stable along the way, and there were not too many waves on the sea. In addition, the boat operators were all experts on the water, so the speed of the boat was extremely fast.
The sea is no better than the land, it is endless as far as the eye can see. Apart from the sea water, there are only seabirds that occasionally fly over in the sky. It can be said that there is no other existence at all.
About an hour later, suddenly, a shadow could be seen vaguely in front of the originally empty sea surface.
At this time, Zhao Kang's eyes lit up and he said: "In front of you, sir, is Sanshan Valley. I don't know when a group of nearly a hundred pirates settled on these islands. These pirates have robbed merchant ships at sea. So far, they have
More than a dozen merchant ships have been robbed, and the commander went to sea this time to take the opportunity to destroy this group of pirates."
As he spoke, Zhao Kang put a piece of hair in a rather simple shape
He presented the telescope to Li Huan and said, "My lord, I can use this object for observation later."
As a weapon for maritime reconnaissance, Li Huan ordered the capital's equipment supervisor to build a lot of them. Although these things were expensive, they could not withstand Li Huan's requirements. There were still skilled craftsmen in the equipment room. Under Li Huan's requirements, the craftsmanship was
With the rapid development, the cost of this telescope has naturally dropped a lot.
At least there are still quite a lot of telescopes in the newly built navy. At this moment, Li Hu took out an obviously exquisite telescope and handed it to Li Huan: "Master."
Li Huan took it and said to Zhao Kang: "Zhao Shoubei might as well help me find where the navy is?"
At this time, the ship was obviously approaching Sanshan Valley, and Sanshan Valley, which was originally blurry, became much clearer, especially when viewed through a telescope, it was obviously clearer.
However, the navy team is still not found. You must know that the fleet led by Zhang Huai has three treasure ships and dozens of large and small ships. This scale is already a quite large fleet at sea. It is absolutely impossible if it is nearby.
No trace at all.
At this time, Zhao Kang also used a telescope to search for traces of the fleet, but what he didn't expect was that he found nothing.
Just when Zhao Kang was secretly wondering, Zhao Kang suddenly saw wolf smoke rising on the other side of the Sanshan Valley in the distance, followed by the roar of cannons.
Zhao Kang's eyes lit up as he waited, and he said, "My lord, what a coincidence. The commander must have figured out the true and false identity of the pirates above Sanshan Valley, and launched an attack!"
As he spoke, Zhao Kang shouted to the helmsman who was controlling the ship: "Change the direction quickly to protect the safety of the father-in-law. Don't get too close."
It was obvious that there was a war going on ahead. Even though Zhao Kang had full confidence in his troops, a group of pirates would definitely be vulnerable to the elite troops of the imperial court. There was absolutely no way any bandits could threaten them.
But who allowed Li Huan and others to stay on the ship? It would be fine if nothing happened. If something unexpected happened, no matter how many heads he had, he wouldn't be able to chop him off.
Li Huan and others also saw the movement on the island in the distance. Xu Ying even smiled and said to Li Huan: "My lord, you should not let Zhang Huai take charge of the navy. He has no motivation at all. What can I do?"
They are all meticulous, and with so many ships and soldiers under their command, they are able to wait so long before taking action against a mere group of pirates."
Li Huan chuckled when he heard this and said: If you were asked to lead the army, what would you do?
When Xu Ying heard this, his eyes lit up and he said: "If it were me, I would just attack with a large army. With so many people, there is nothing to worry about."
Zhao Kang and several naval generals who were listening on the side looked so honest with their eyebrows lowered, as if they had not heard the words of the two nobles Li Huan and Xu Ying.
Li Huan couldn't help laughing, glanced at Xu Ying and said, "You are too reckless, that's why I chose Zhang Huai to take charge of the navy."
At the same time, Li Huan said to the soldiers manning the boat: "Hurry over, I still believe in your ability as commander."
The soldiers in charge of operating the boat subconsciously looked at Zhao Kang and the others.
Zhao Kang felt the gazes of those people and said quickly: "What are you doing here? Why don't you catch up quickly?"
But at this moment, on the other side of Sanshan Valley, a quite large fleet was standing on the sea. It was completely dark at first glance. Just looking at this formation might be able to scare away the bandits on the sea.
On a treasure ship that is obviously the flagship of the fleet, the flag symbolizing the commander is fluttering in the wind. At least a dozen messengers are methodically waving the flag in their hands to convey the commander's orders.
Zhang Huai, wearing a large cloak under the guard of several soldiers, looked with a cold face at the pirates on the island in the distance who were screaming and running away amid the artillery fire.
Compared with the past, Zhang Huai's whole person has obviously changed a lot. Not to mention other things, at least he has a stronger aura of superiority that is unquestionable when he is in charge of an army.
After all, although Zhang Huai also commanded the army in the past, he was more of a subordinate to Li Huan, but now he is also the commander-in-chief of an army. In less than a year, the changes have been so drastic that even those who know him cannot believe it.
In addition to troop transports, reconnaissance ships, etc., there are dozens of ships of various sizes, and there are more than a dozen ships equipped with artillery, especially the three treasure ships, with almost a hundred artillery pieces. Together with other ships, there are hundreds.
The cannons of the gate were bombarding a group of pirates with no more than a hundred people. It was really overkill.
At this moment, a general following Zhang Huai looked at the fire on the island and said with a bit of disdain: "It is also their blessing to be the target of our military training. Otherwise, it would only cost thousands of explosive bombs."
The value is not enough even if I sell it to them.”
