Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 220: Yao Qisheng's Suggestion
After Liu Rushi left the barracks, Chen Yuanyuan and Li Xiangjun walked in.Chen Yuanyuan said: "Your Majesty, I heard that you sent Sister Liu to recruit Zheng Sen. How can she, a weak woman, withstand the storm at sea?"

Li Cunming smiled without saying a word, Li Xiangjun complained quietly: "People are wandering in troubled times, tossing and turning like flying pendants..."

"Li Xiangjun, stop, don't hurt the spring and autumn in front of me!" Li Cunming waved his hands hastily.

Then he said: "Xia Wanchun, bring Yao Qisheng in. Chen Yuanyuan, I'm going to talk about something important, you take care of Li Xiangjun, um, how about this, let Li Xiangjun learn to be a nurse with you."

Chen Yuanyuan and Li Xiangjun walked out of the tent, just as Yao Qisheng was being escorted by two Jinyi guards.Yao Qisheng saw Li Xiangjun from a distance, and suddenly stopped, as if rooted in the ground, he refused to move no matter what.

Li Xiangjun shouted: "Yao Qisheng, come here, I have something else to say to you!"

"No, don't..." Yao Qisheng shouted wildly, his body trembling.

He waited until Li Xiangjun left before he was willing to move.Jin Yiwei took Yao Qisheng to take a bath first, changed his clothes, and then escorted him to face the saint.

The shackles were clanging, Yao Qisheng walked into the tent, and the emperor asked, "Do you know what's wrong?"

"The guilty minister knows his mistake!" Yao Qisheng knelt down.

Li Cunming smiled and said: "Don't fool me, you are just afraid of Li Xiangjun. As for whether you really realize your mistake, only God knows. But I don't care, anyway, I have a way to deal with you now, only you are dishonest , I will let Li Xiangjun pester you every day."

"Your Majesty, I was really wrong!" Yao Qisheng kowtowed.

"Remove his shackles!" Li Cunming ordered, and when Jin Yiwei undid Yao Qisheng's shackles, he waved, "You all go out, and leave Xia Wanchun alone with me. Xia Wanchun, do you know how to deal with an ambitious person? "

Xia Wanchun shook his head and said: "I don't know, please enlighten me, Your Majesty."

"It's very simple, don't kill him, don't scold him, as long as you don't give him the opportunity to make contributions and let him waste his time, life will definitely be worse than death."

"Smart!" Xia Wanchun gave a thumbs up and glanced at Yao Qisheng.

Yao Qisheng listened to the emperor and Xia Wanchun singing the double act, and sweat broke out on his forehead. His face turned pale, and he thought to himself, could the emperor really want to deal with me like this?It’s better to let me die!
Li Cunming sneered and said: "Yao Qisheng, are you afraid that I will make you a walking dead with nothing to do, and live a mediocre life? Hmph, I have seen too many arrogant people, and you, Yao Qisheng, are the only ones."

Yao Qisheng didn't dare to show his anger, and knelt still.

"I see that you are a talent, I will give you a chance, and it is a great opportunity. My southern expedition this time is to wipe out the pirates. What do you think?"

Yao Qisheng hurriedly said: "The guilty minister has thought about it in private, and thinks that he should use both suppression and appeasement. While attacking and recovering lost ground, he also appeases the unstable generals of the enemy."

Li Cunming said calmly: "This is a strategic deployment, what should I do?"

Yao Qisheng straightened up slightly and spoke eloquently: "The Zheng Group has always been headed by Zheng Zhilong and relied on family relationships to maintain its power. When Zheng Zhilong was there, he could suppress people with evil intentions. Zheng Zhilong became a prisoner of the Qing Dynasty, and the Zheng Group would internally Conflicts arise. We need to divide and disintegrate, outmaneuver the Zheng army in a way that gradually weakens the enemy's power, and use high-ranking officials and generous salaries to recruit and surrender the Zheng Group's subordinates. It will definitely be effective."

"This is a method of appeasement, and then we have to use force to exterminate the diehards. The extermination of pirates by force can be refined into two strategies. One is to cut off the survival of the Zheng family from the root. Pirates make a living by plundering and looting at sea. Instead of production, they either use money to buy food, or simply land and plunder the rations of the coastal people.”

"Aiming at this point, the guilty minister suggested that the imperial court promulgate the policy of 'moving borders and banning the sea', that is, to let the people along the coast move inland, and turn at least [-] to [-] miles of the coast into a no-man's land, so that pirates can't plunder. Etc. Put down the pirates, and let the people return to their hometowns. And it is strictly forbidden for anyone to sell food to the pirates, and if they are found, they will be severely punished."

"The second is to strengthen the navy and deploy troops from multiple places to guard strategic locations. Your Majesty has already done this, so I don't need to say more. However, I need to remind your Majesty of the following points."

"The first is the supply of food and salaries, we must divide the troops to defend the main roads, and set up stations to transport the salaries; the second is to re-establish the commander-in-chief of Zhangpu and Tong'an towns; the third is to strictly prohibit the officers in charge of serving as soldiers to pretend to occupy the number of troops, and declare the rewards and punishments for victory and defeat in battle. , to invigorate the morale of the army; the fourth most important point is to appoint ministers to be responsible for countering bandits, and they must be trusted from the beginning to the end, and they cannot be replaced at will, let alone continue to order interference in a hurry."

After hearing Yao Qisheng's orderly words, Li Cunming and Xia Wanchun looked at each other with expressions of appreciation.

Li Cunming restrained his excitement and said calmly: "Well, your strategy for pacifying pirates is so-so, maybe you can give it a try. Among them, the strategy of 'moving borders and banning seas' will waste people and money and lead to boiling public resentment. Don't you be afraid?" Do the people curse?"

"The guilty minister has thought about it carefully. Moving the border and banning the sea will indeed harm the interests of the coastal people. It is a certainty that the common people will be dissatisfied. But the long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain. If the pirates are not eradicated, the coastal people will endure the bullying of the pirates for a long time. Moving the border and banning the sea is a fundamental solution. It doesn’t matter if the common people don’t understand for a while, they will understand later.” Yao Qisheng said resolutely.

"This is the man who does great things!" Li Cunming admired in his heart, stood up and said, "Yao Qisheng, you have committed a crime by killing someone. I want to give you the opportunity to make meritorious deeds and make you the governor of Fujian, specifically responsible for quelling robbers. Do you dare to accept this position?"

Not long ago, he was the county magistrate of Qipin, and in the blink of an eye he became a high official in the frontier; yesterday he was still a sinner, but today he has the opportunity to make contributions, how can Yao Qisheng not be grateful?
"Your Majesty, the guilty minister must go through fire and water!" Yao Qisheng cried, and this time he cried sincerely.

"Ding, get Yao Qisheng's positive emotion value of 5000"

"Get up!" Li Cunming smiled to himself, and said calmly, "I will go to Fujian to take up the post today, and I will do my best to support you. But I said ugly things first, you are doing a crime and meritorious deeds. If you can't wipe out the pirates, I will make a new one. Calculate."

"I understand!" Yao Qisheng replied respectfully.

Li Cunming immediately announced the decree, appointed Yao Qisheng as the governor of Fujian, and allocated [-] troops to him.After Yao Qisheng received the order and assembled his soldiers, he couldn't wait to rush to Fujian.

Xia Wanchun saw Yao Qisheng off, came outside the gate, and said with a smile: "Lord Yao, I will tell you one thing. When you were still in Fuyang County, His Majesty said that you, Yao Qisheng, would be the ones to put down the chaos of the Zheng family! Today Hearing Master Yao's performance, I finally understand why His Majesty values ​​you so much."

"Really?" Yao Qisheng was taken aback.

"The emperor also said that you are too upright and have a bad temper. After becoming an official, you will definitely cause a lot of trouble. Your Majesty asked me to tell you, just let it go, and let the sky leak. His Majesty will repair the hole for you .”

"Your Majesty, my subject..." Yao Qisheng was stuck in his throat with a thousand words, but he couldn't speak. With tears in his eyes, he knelt down and kowtowed three times.

(End of this chapter)