The official who spoke was named Li Hong, who was the inspector of Zhejiang Province.
Officials are only of the seventh rank, but officials and small inspectors have great power.
The so-called thirteen supervising censors, also known as patrol censors, patrol the provinces on behalf of the emperor, and local officials are subject to their supervision.
To put it in vernacular, even if Shao Kaigui is the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, if there is something inappropriate, he will impeach him, not to mention a small city ship secretary.
Li Hong is notoriously difficult to deal with, and he didn't find it strange that he would say these words. And what he said was also correct. If there were thieves and thieves in the local area, the guards would not be spared. In order to protect the people's livelihood, the local officials could report to the Mingfan Si Yamen to recruit people on the spot.
But there is absolutely no small city ship secretary who will build military projects at will.
Whether it is a civil official or a general in the imperial court, there is one thing that absolutely cannot be overstepped, and that is the self-respect of supporting troops. The construction of military projects without authorization is a kind of self-respect.
Speaking to Xiaoli, it can be said that Xue Tingxiang is trying to ensure the peace of one party, but to Dali, you are doing so much to build this kind of military project. Are you planning to rebel
Historically, the most feared thing for imperial powers is that someone rebels.
The officials standing beside them all kept silent, just waiting to see the joke. Dou Zhun frowned, as if he was about to say something, but he was hesitant to say anything. There is also Ye Ju, who has always been very silent, and is still silent at this time.
It was Shao Kai who spoke, he stroked his beard, and said kindly: "Why is Li Yushi so serious? Xue Tiju is the Minister of Ships appointed by His Majesty, and is in charge of all matters concerning the opening of Dinghai. If you have a last resort, why not listen to what Xue Tiju has to say?"
This statement seems to be helping Xue Tingyan speak, but if anyone who is familiar with Li Hong's character knows, this is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire.
Sure enough, Li Hong was furious when he heard it, "Could it be that the Governor-General is helping Xue Tiju to intercede? I am the imperial censor appointed by the sage to patrol hunting on behalf of the sky and supervise the party. This is arrogance, his heart is Can be punished, I also ask Governor Shao not to intercede for this person, this official will hand it back to the capital after this trip, and please Mr. Xue to take care of himself."
If it weren't for the inappropriateness of this place, Xue Tingxiang would have smacking his lips.
Look, this censor is a liar, and he was convicted before he even said a word. Geng Ronghai was about to step forward to speak, but was stopped by Xue Tingxiang winking.
The imperial envoy frowned, and felt that Li Hong was too ignorant to say such disappointing words at such a time. If Xue Tiju really did what he said, would he bring them to this island? Obviously it happened for a reason.
However, the imperial envoy also saw that there were some clues in this, but he represented His Majesty's face, so naturally it was not easy to interject. Just as Dou Zhun was trying to find an excuse to get rid of this stubble first, a loud horn sounded above their heads.
"woooo..."
The group of officials was standing on the pier at this time, and there were two observation decks fifty meters in front of them. The soldiers guarding them suddenly blew their horns, and everyone was startled.
"What are you doing, do these soldiers have eyes?!" Li Hong was originally posing with his sleeves turned sideways. He was startled by the sound of the horn and almost fell to the ground. When he finally held the official hat to stand firm, he reprimanded.
The civil servants didn't know what was going on, but that didn't mean the military attache didn't know. Yan Zhong immediately asked, "What's going on here?"
Geng Ronghai stood up and replied, "Your Excellency, the commanding officer, this seems to be the horn of an enemy attack, so I will ask someone to ask what's going on."
He was about to order someone to ask, when he saw a few soldiers running towards here not far away, looking very flustered, pointing to what they were saying behind them, but unfortunately it was too far away, so people couldn't hear it clearly.
At this moment, only a rumbling sound was heard, and a rapid stream passed by everyone's ears, and a black object flew past at a level visible to the naked eye, landing on the ground not far away, raising the sky full of dust.
At this time, the soldiers ran close and shouted: "Enemy attack!"
Everyone subconsciously turned to look at the sea, and they saw two black boats on the sea not far from here. There was no flag on the boat, and just as they turned to look, they heard the rumbling of cannons again.
The warship that had escorted Xue Tingxiang and others before sent them back to Dinghai. The officials came first, and then they picked up the merchants. This was specially arranged by the Shibo Division for the opening of Shuangyu Island. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen.
"What are these two ships trying to do?" Li Hong pointed to the other side and panicked.
But before his voice fell, there was another boom, and a cannon smashed over. Just like last time, the black cannonball was extremely fast at first, but when it flew to the shore and seemed to be exhausted, the speed gradually slowed down to the point where it was visible to the naked eye.
Li Hong opened his mouth wide and watched helplessly until someone pulled him next to him.
"Protect everyone!" Chen Qianhu roared as he pulled out the knife from his waist amid the incessant sound of cannons.
The scene was extremely chaotic. These high-ranking officials just barely ran away, some stumbled, and some just fell out.
The official robe was messed up, and the black gauze cap was also dropped. It was the soldiers who came running at their orders, two of them set up one, and all these officials were set off from their places.
Behind them, the sound of cannons continued, and from time to time there was the sound of the waves hitting the sea. At the same time, Shuangyu Island also began to fight back, and several dark red shells were ejected from the dark fortresses, hitting the opponent.
Someone was screaming, someone was roaring, and human life seemed to be vulnerable at this moment. The sound of the cannon was like a life-threatening talisman, urging these people to run forward through the dust and the pungent smell of gunpowder.
The heavy gasping sound is in the ear, this time no one said anything insulting to Sven, just wanted to flee quickly.
It wasn't until he came under the blue-gray city that he finally entered the city gate. As soon as he took a breath, someone jumped and said, "Quickly close the city gate, quickly close the city gate."
The city gate finally closed, and these talents finally breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground.
After an unknown amount of time, the sound of the cannon seemed to be gone.
The group of people who were paralyzed on the ground, look at me and I look at you. It seems that they finally realized their embarrassment. They hurriedly got up from the ground and sorted out their official uniforms and official robes. As for the soldiers who just supported them and ran forward, they have long been forgotten by them.
These high-ranking officials and gentlemen have always been as embarrassed as they are today, and they all seem very embarrassed.
Especially Li Hong, he also recalled his embarrassed appearance just now, and when he was embarrassed, he asked sharply: "Master Xue, what is going on here? Things."
Xue Tingxiang was standing not far away, holding an official hat in one hand and a handkerchief in the other to wipe his sweat. He was probably the only one among the civil servants who did not collapse on the ground. Apart from him, among the civil servants, there is only Ye Ju, the official inspector, because Ye Ju has been supported by people all the time.
Then came Yan Zhong, Geng Ronghai and other military attaches.
He looked at Li Hong innocently and said, "Although this is the place of the Shibo Division, it's really not up to the Shibo Division to decide whether those pirates will come or not."
Li Hong was blocked a lot, and just as he was about to say something, he heard Xue Tingxiang say again: "Li Yushi didn't just say that those fortresses were arrogant, but also said that he wanted to impeach the lower official, it is not the lower official explaining himself, but the It's really helpless."
As he said that, he bowed his hands to the imperial envoy, and said with a bitter face: "The angels probably don't know that there are many pirates along the coast, and many of them are fishing in troubled waters. This year, the New Year has not yet come out, and this place is easily attacked. There are countless wounded soldiers and soldiers. It is really helpless, and the lower officials will do some defensive fortifications, but it is just to keep the peace here."
"It turns out that this is the case. Our family expects that Master Xue is not a targetless person. It's just that some people speak too harshly, and our family really can't talk about it." Qin Chai sighed. Those stern words were naturally referring to Li Hong, obviously saying that he was arrogant.
Xue Tingxiang sighed and understood: "Actually, I don't blame Li Yushi. It is his duty to hunt for the sky." At this point, he was about to say something to Li Hong, but suddenly his face became hesitant to say anything. , and turned his face to the side.
How could he hide from the eyes of those old foxes with such a look, and immediately followed Li Hong.
Some people stared at them, some pursed their lips, some covered their mouths with their sleeves, and finally the imperial envoy said kindly: "Yushi Li's clothes are stained with dirt, Master Xue still hurry up and wait for me to enter the city. Bar."
Li Hong didn't know why, and looked at himself, only to find that there were water stains on the hem of his robe.
Water stains
It was only then that he felt a wetness in his crotch, and his face immediately turned red, and then began to turn purple.
Xue Tingxiang coughed lightly, and said calmly, "My lords, please come with me."
Because of the previous incident, after arriving at Shibosi's yamen on Shuangyu Island, Li Yushi never showed his face.
In the hall, the people just now gathered together.
Chen Qianhu had already returned from the outside and reported to the crowd that they had repelled the pirates.
After he retired, the imperial envoy said angrily: "So bold, how dare you attack the imperial court? Don't the local guards care about it?"
Xue Tingyan said helplessly: "The angel should have seen it, the people at the Dinghai Post Office have done their best, and even Guo Juwei's commander Geng has helped a lot. The daily patrols of this sea area are both responsible for the two guard posts, but it's a pity that Troops are limited."
"Since the number of troops is limited, you should reinforce it. You should be aware of the strict command. Your Majesty attaches great importance to Kaifu, the city's ship division, and you should focus on this place."
"This-"
Yan Zhong didn't know how to answer this. It happened before that Zhu Bingtong was sent to the capital by the threshold. Although this person was smart, he was bitten to death because he had a personal grudge with Dou Zhun, so he took the opportunity to take advantage of Xue Tingxiang's incident and deliberately attacked the other party. Emperor Jiacheng had no choice but to dismiss him.
Hearing this, many local officials in Zhejiang breathed a sigh of relief, and then lowered their heads temporarily and acted honestly.
This naturally includes Yan Zhong.
How many people in Zhejiang have been cut off by Shibosi? It's too late to deal with them, so how can you help them.
Just when Yan Zhong was thinking about how to deal with it, Dou Zhun suddenly spoke.
I saw him sighing: "The pirates in this coastal area have been repeatedly suppressed. It seems that it should be the Ming court, and it is necessary to form a navy."
Ye Ju nodded and said, "Fujian and Guangdong have Fujian navy, but only the local guards are in charge of my area in Zhejiang. Now these pirates are so rampant, they know that this Shuangyu Island is where the imperial court is located, and it is in broad daylight. Dare to attack. This time, when this official reports to the Ming court, we must let them know how powerful it is."
"Master Ye and this official see the same thing, so how about the two of us write a book together?"
The imperial emissary said: "Two adults Gao Yi! Don't worry, Lord Xue, we will definitely report the situation to Your Majesty when we go back."
"Xiaguan is here to thank the angel and the two adults for the people along the coast of Zhejiang."
When these people sang together, they came up with the idea of forming a sailor. Not to mention Shao Kai, Yan Zhong and the others' faces were not very good.
But in this case, they couldn't stop them by talking nonsense with their eyes open, and they could only curse in their hearts that the thieves who didn't know the sky and the earth were doing bad things.
Don't mention it, in this case, the selected auspicious days will naturally be innumerable, and the merchants who have already boarded the ship will send them back to Dinghai County after receiving the news.
They were naturally extremely surprised and a little confused, but the Shibo Division also gave a clear statement, saying that because the angel came and missed the auspicious time, the date was changed to two days later.
No businessman dares to complain about the angel, so he can only hold it down and wait for two days.
When the day comes, the Dinghai port is full of bustling scenes.
Ships come and go, pulling ship after ship of merchants to Shuangyu Island. These merchants come from all over the world, and this time, in addition to wanting to see the first commercial town in Dachang that conducts business with foreign countries, they also came to the shops in the town.
After the previous Shibo Division was entangled with people, there were human feelings everywhere, and it was a problem to give it to someone or not. In the end, Xue Tingxiang simply made up his mind, no one would give it, and the one with the higher price would get it.
Because of this, the wealthy businessmen from all over the world who received the news this time came. Shuangyu Island was the first place where Dachang opened Fu to the outside world. Everyone understands the meaning of this. If anyone can get a shop on Shuangyu Island, it means that they have officially obtained the approval of foreign trade.
And this kind of foreign trade is not only about going out but not entering. The glazed mirrors, grand clocks, pocket watches, toilet water, as well as gems, spices, wood, ivory, etc. from the West can also be looted in Dachang. In particular, there is a lack of silver mines in Dachang, while overseas places are rich in silver mines, which is the main reason why Dachang's things can make huge profits.
As long as you can own a shop, you can get money every time you enter and exit, so this time many big businessmen are bound to win. And some small and medium-sized merchants also came with all the money they could use. Who knows if they have a chance to pick up a leak, they must give it a try.