The four of them followed the people in the rivers and lakes to kill pirates and became addicted. They went out twice more, even Qin Wu didn't stop them anymore.

After experiencing killing and blood, the four grew up rapidly, their hearts became harder but also softer. The four also respect life more, and really understand that once a person dies, there is nothing left.

And as they grew up, their reputation spread far and wide, at least along the coast. Many Jianghu people have never seen them, but they also know that Guanghaiwei has produced three young heroes and one chivalrous woman. Although she is young, she has practiced kung fu very well.

Moreover, he has a chivalrous heart, helps the poor and rescues the needy, and has contributed a lot in the battle against the bandits. Most people in the Jianghu have a good impression of the four.

And some well-informed sect parties are even more friendly to them, after all, they will not admit to the Lingtian sect's lightness kung fu.

The next head of Ling Tian Sect may come from these four people, and they are very willing to repair with them at this time.

The four children couldn't see the thoughts of these old Jiang Hu, they just thought that they were so charming that they subdued these Jiang Hu seniors, so they got along like ducks in water in this area.

The troops of the imperial court stationed in Guanghaiwei, and the pirates on Guanghaiwei were also suppressed, escaped, and the four of them happily packed up their things and followed a group of rivers and lakes to the southeast coast. go.

It is said that the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households were enlightened, and even approved large sums of money to various places, allowing them to exchange the heads of pirates for money, and the rich and wealthy in the southeast coast did not need to transport money from the capital, but directly deducted from the tax money.

Now because of killing bandits, they not only have money to send back home, but also use it to make a name for themselves in the world, which is really a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

The pirates on the southwest coast were almost gone, so they decided to go to the southeast coast to have a look. There were more pirates there than here, and they were much more ferocious.

The four of Bai Zixing expressed their interest, so they generously distributed most of the money they earned, and only took some travel expenses, and followed them to the southeast.

The four of Qin and Wu followed up silently with their bags on their backs. Seeing that the children in Yushantang were pitiful, they also left half of the money. These children who were destroyed by pirates also responded to cause and effect.

People in Jianghu are purely happy, they just feel that the always stupid and stupid court has finally done something right.

"It's so simple to kill pirates, but the imperial court has been defeated every year. If they can't win, they should let us come, but they forbid us to bring knives and swords, and we are not allowed to kill people at will. If those people are good people Will we kill?"

"That's right, those officials somehow figured it out this time, and they're willing to spend some money to hire us to kill the enemy."

"Hey, do you really think that this is the imperial court showing favor to us? This is why we are the wayfinding stone. I'm afraid we won't be able to come back after we go."

"No one is forcing you to go, if you are afraid of dying!"

"Who says I'm afraid of death? I think the imperial court is not honest. It requires us to kill the pirates but still sets so many conditions. It also needs to verify the identity of the pirates, and it also needs to test the ears. Following the process of personally recording the killing of the enemy, can we still kill the good and pretend to be meritorious?"

"You can think of killing good people and taking meritorious service. It can be seen that the court's worries are not unreasonable."

"That's right, we martial arts people are naturally bold and chivalrous, but there are always a few mouse droppings. I think it's okay for the court to take precautions."

There was an instant noisy quarrel in the crowd, and a few people even picked up their weapons and started fighting, and they both died within a few blows. The people next to them saw that they were getting angry and seemed to be desperate, so they hurried forward to stop them. People separate. That's the end of this dispute.

Pingping and Lele turned their backs silently, burying their heads in hard work without mentioning it, while Bai Zixing and An'an looked at each other, then looked away and lowered their heads.

We must not let them know that these rules set by the court were proposed by them, otherwise they will be beaten to death, right?

Although the imperial court encouraged people from all walks of life to kill the bandits and offered a silver reward for this, they did not hold much hope.

It was just to divert the attention of the Jianghu people who ran to Guanghaiwei. Who knew that the effect was surprisingly good, so many people ran to kill the bandits.

Originally, this kind of thing was not something to be brought to the table. After all, a huge country has to rely on unorganized and undisciplined Jianghu people to kill bandits. This is really embarrassing to the country and the Ministry of War.

So the local officials will not report it, but there are Pingping and Lele here.

The two are naughty and show off. They are only eleven years old this year, but they can kill the enemy and protect the people, and earn so much money. How could they be unhappy?

Their mother taught them since they were young that it is better to be happy alone than to be happy together. One person's happiness is one, but if the happiness spreads to ten people, the level of happiness will increase exponentially.

So the two happily wrote to their parents, expressing that they have grown up and can protect themselves, so it was right for us to come out, you don't have to worry;

I also happily wrote letters to a group of senior brothers, showing off that we can do better than you. When you were eleven years old, you were still nerds who could only bury your head and study hard, but we can already go to battle to kill the enemy and protect the people.

Even Aunt Niuniu's son who was just born and under one year old received their letter, boy, have you seen how amazing your cousins ​​are?

You have to grow up quickly and learn from us in the future, but don't always listen to the adults and stay in the capital, otherwise you will not grow up.

Similarly, as their second senior brother, the emperor who was deep in the palace accidentally received their letter.

Except for the opening paragraph, the text of the letter is the same. From how they left Beijing with all kinds of hardships, to the misery of the people of Guanghaiwei, and to the process of their heroic killing of the enemy, the description is very detailed. Even the food in Guanghaiwei, the vastness of the sea and the scenery are amazing. Written in, the level of detail is comparable to a cumbersome diary.

The courier station that delivered the letter received a large number of letters. They were a little impatient at first, but they almost fainted when they saw the rows of addresses on the envelopes, especially when they also saw a letter addressed to the emperor sent to the palace.

They felt that the two teenagers who came to deliver the letter were going crazy, but they still quickly sent the letter to the capital. Anyway, whether it can be sent to the palace is not up to them.

Who knew that the letter not only entered the palace, but also appeared in the hands of the emperor at the first time. The emperor pondered when he saw the two juniors and him showing off the money they earned from killing bandits.

Although Pingping and Lele didn't specify it, but reading between the lines, they knew that although these Jianghu people also suffered casualties, they were very small.

At least the casualties are much smaller than those caused by the imperial court sending navy to suppress the bandits.

The emperor is good at face, and Li An is no exception, but apart from face, he loves to rule the lives of the people more, and he also cherishes the soldiers.

Why is it so ineffective to suppress bandits every year, and why can't pirates be killed endlessly?

Because the big Chu navy is weak, they need twice or even three times the strength of the pirates to win the battle, and the casualties are heavy.

Therefore, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households are unwilling to send troops to suppress the bandits. For the Ministry of War, suppressing the bandits means a large reduction in personnel.

As far as the household department is concerned, once troops are sent out, they have to pay a lot of military pay, food, weapons and supplies, and sometimes build additional warships, which is not something that can be done with tens of thousands of taels of silver.

If you want to suppress bandits on a large scale, you can't beat them without a few million taels.

In that way, the cost is higher than the benefit, and no one is willing to do it.

With those millions of taels, how many water conservancy projects can he build, how many dams can he repair, and how many official roads can he build?

So the emperor is not willing to spend so much time to suppress the bandits, but now there is a better way waiting for him.

With only a small amount of troops, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can wipe out all the pirates along the coast. Well, it can also find something to do for those Jiang Hu people who are too idle to make small disturbances from time to time.

When the emperor had an idea, he consulted with the Ministry of War, the Secretary of the Ministry of Households, and the elders of the pavilion. As a result, three of the six opposed it, two agreed, and one did not express his attitude and remained silent.

The emperor allowed them to discuss, and in the end he only asked the three ministers who insisted on not giving in: "Is my face more important, or the common people, or is the face of the royal family and the Ministry of War more important than Jiangshan Sheji?"

The ministers were silent.

Li An sighed: "How did I not know that it is too embarrassing to use Jianghu people to suppress bandits? However, the navy has been training for a long time and has not achieved results. This embarrassment is not lost by those Jianghu people, nor by the coastal people, but by you. .”

Minister of the Ministry of War bowed his head in shame, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I have committed a crime, and I have not been able to become a navy..."

Li An shook his hand and said, "You can wait for the military training, but you can't delay the pirates. Yesterday they were able to attack Guanghaiwei Tucheng, today they can attack Hangzhou, tomorrow they may attack Tianjin, and then go to the capital." Come."

The faces of the six ministers were a little strange, but the two who voted for it couldn't help looking at the emperor in bewilderment.

Your Majesty, even if you want to use Jianghu people to suppress bandits, you don't need to list such examples, can some Xiao Xiaoxiao attack the capital?

Did they take their Dachu army as clay sculptures?

Even if their navy is not very good, the army still has nothing to say. It is no problem to fight the Tatars. Could it be that they can't beat a group of pirates who were reduced from local hooligans?

However, the other three still thought about the emperor's words seriously, and after thinking for a long time, they couldn't come up with a good solution.

But it's too embarrassing to hire Jianghu people to suppress bandits, and the Minister of the Ministry of War really can't say that.

Guanghaiwei is a special case. It is an urgent policy to implement it only for a period of time in that place. If such a policy is implemented on the entire coastline of Dachu for a long time, let him, the Minister of the Ministry of War, put the face of the entire Dachu army ?

In the end, the six people did not reach a consensus, and finally brought it to the court for discussion. Most of them expressed their opposition, and only a small number of courtiers voted for it.

Because the matter involved his own children, Gu Jingyun went to court early in the morning for an unprecedented few days.

This made all the ministers very nervous. I don't know how Mr. Gu, who seldom attends the court meeting twice a year, has the time to report every day. Could it be that Qingxi Academy is going to close down, and the master doesn't have to go to class?

Gu Jingyun didn't care what others thought, in short he stood silently in front of the ministers, and when the Approving faction was about to lose the verbal battle, he would quietly intervene and give someone a word or two, thus detonating the court again.

The ministers were so angry that they almost couldn't help but rolled up their sleeves to fight.

However, several senior pavilion elders quickly came to their senses. Although Gu Jingyun didn't say it clearly, he was on the side of the support faction.

The five elders and a minister silently looked at the emperor above, and they all felt that Gu Jingyun was the emperor's specially hired helper.

Sure enough, although Gu Jingyun was not in the court, he seemed to be indifferent to political affairs, but he would intervene whenever he wanted to. Who would let the emperor trust him?

A few people didn't know that he was not for the emperor this time, but for his own children.

Li An also knew, but seeing the faces of several ministers, he just held back and didn't say anything.

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