Chapter 129: Using both soft and hard

At this moment, the soldiers had stopped beating the people and formed two walls of human beings to block the two sects of people. The shipyard was silent, and thousands of eyes were all turned to an open space in the middle. Under a semi-finished ship, the new Weihai Guard commander and a thousand household in Penglai District, Li Wei was preparing to deal with the case.

In addition to Li Weizheng's twenty personal soldiers, there were also local officials, Zhao Taifu, Han Tongzhi, Bao Deputy Qianhu, two Baihu, and more than a dozen officials, including Ambassador Wang and Deputy Envoy of the shipyard. Everyone was nervous. They all heard about the bloody means of Li Wei peeling in Guangzhou. When he heard that he wanted the Jinyiwei to try the case, he had a small drum in his heart.

Li Wei was snorting and said to Deputy Qianhu Bao first: "Soldiers can listen to my orders, do you still need to verify the military talisman?"

Deputy Qianhu Bao quickly bowed and replied, "My lord, even if you give orders, your brothers will follow the orders."

"Okay!" Li Wei was taking out the order of the talisman on his body and immediately ordered: "Another five hundred soldiers are transferred."

A hundred-household leader ran away. For a quarter of an hour, the brigade of fully armed soldiers rushed into the shipyard with murderous intent, controlling all the passages and key points. The troops in the shipyard had reached 800 people, and they had completely grasped the situation in the shipyard. The people on both sides of the troubled trouble became scared and quietly threw the guy in their hands.

Seeing that the situation was completely under control, Li Wei ordered: "Pay all the leaders of the civilian households and military households to me."

After a moment, soldiers called up more than a dozen leaders from both sides. Most of them were forty or fifty years old, and they were usually foremans. They all had prestige among their respective groups. Everyone stepped forward and bowed and bowed, "See sir!"

"Kneel down and speak to me." Li Weizheng shouted loudly, and the soldiers pressed them down. More than a dozen people were squeezed and kneeled together, but they still looked straight and looked angry, and they didn't buy into each other. They were all ready to sue each other first.

Li Wei was sneering, not giving them a chance to tell the difference. He pointed at the horse whip and said, "Drag on, each of them will hit twenty military sticks!"

Everyone was shocked and the soldiers hesitated, but the personal soldiers behind Li Weizheng rushed up, took over more than a dozen people together, shouting to the soldiers: "I won't do it yet!"

The soldiers woke up like a dream. Dozens of people rushed up and beat them up. A stick beat them to beat more than a dozen leaders crying for their parents. The prefect Zhao was extremely nervous, fearing that they would inspire the riot. He quietly looked at the people on both sides. He saw that everyone's expressions were extremely serious, but none of them showed dissatisfaction. He suddenly realized that the key was that everyone on both sides beat them, and everyone was very balanced, and their anger gradually faded.

The prefect Zhao couldn't help but secretly gave a thumbs up in his heart. He was worthy of being a thousand households of Jinyiwei. This beat invisibly dissatisfied the people's dissatisfaction, allowing everyone to see hope for fairness. In this way, of course, no one wants to cause trouble. It was indeed extremely clever. Even he couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope in his heart. Perhaps this young third-rank official can really solve the chronic disease of hatred between the two families of military and civilians over the years.

After the soldiers beat twenty sticks, they still ordered them to kneel down. After trembling, they were trembling with their skin and flesh, and their bones were soft and their muscles were numb. At this moment, more than a dozen people squeezed together tremblingly, and they no longer cared about hostility to the other party.

Seeing that they were all honest, Li Wei said coldly to everyone: "Gathering people to cause trouble with weapons is a rebellion in the Ming Dynasty law. You more than a dozen of you are the ones who take the lead in rebelling. If Lingchi is executed, someone will come!"

The personal soldiers on both sides agreed, and they were full of energy. The response was full of power, which shocked the officials around them to their faces. The dozen leaders were even more frightened. Two old men heard that they were going to be executed by Lingchi, but they fainted suddenly.

At this time, Shisanlang appeared behind Zhao like a ghost, and whispered to him. Zhao Zhao immediately woke up and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, "Sir, wait!"

Li Weizheng glanced at him and said, "Master Zhao, are you going to plead for them?"

"Sir, they are not gathering to cause trouble. There is a reason for this. Both military households and civilians are for life. Please listen to their statements and it is not too late to convict again."

Li Wei nodded and said to the kneeling people: "Tell me a reason for gathering people to cause trouble, let me hear that you don't want to rebel, otherwise I will be killed!"

The two leaders snatched at the same time: "Sir..."

"Speak one by one!" Li Weizheng pointed at the head of the household and said, "You talk first."

The leader of the household sighed and said, "Sir, the people of Penglai have lived on the sea since ancient times. Some fished and some went to Goryeo to do business. They have been very prosperous since ancient times. However, after the ban on sea, the people have cut off their livelihoods and have to go ashore to farm. However, the land in this area is barren, and there is very little arable land that can be reclaimed. Moreover, a yield of only 200 to 300 kilograms per acre is difficult for everyone to eat. In recent years, Shandong has suffered from drought every year, and the livelihoods of the people have become even more difficult. But that's it, our little land still has

It was gradually eroded by the army and collected it as military fields for various reasons. The land was originally given by the court and the court wanted to take it back. It was fine. After finally building a shipyard, everyone got the opportunity to do nothing, but everyone did the same job. Why do the income of the children of the military households have higher incomes than that of ordinary people? Especially these days, everyone has to work for eight hours a day, and everyone is so tired that they die. But the craftsmen and military households have received additional subsidies for money and grain, but ordinary people do not have it. This is really unfair."

"Okay!" Li Wei interrupted him, and pointed to the military leader and said, "You said!"

The military leader kowtowed and said, "Sir, the matter is not what he said. According to the Ming military system, each military household can get fifty acres of land, but in fact, the military households in Penglai only get more than ten acres at most, which is far from customization. At the same time, we have to hand over military rations. The land here is barren and the grain output is very low. But we also have to pay a bucket of each acre like other places, which is three times higher than the three liters and three combinations per acre of ordinary households. The family and the family live by relying on these ten acres of land, and it is even more difficult for us to live. As for the subsidy of money and grain from the shipyard, it has nothing to do with us, but they started to kill our three children. Who is right and who is wrong? Please tell me!"

"It turns out that you are causing trouble for the unfairness of subsidizing food and money." Li Weizheng nodded, and his eyes turned to the two responsible officials of the shipyard, and said coldly: "Two sirs, you deliberately provoke military-civilian relations and create trouble in an attempt to shake the morale of our Ming Dynasty. Where is your intention?"

The two officials were so scared that they were scattered. They both understood that Li Wei wanted to use them as scapegoats to quell the conflict between the military and civilians. They knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, "Sir, we have no intention. Please forgive us. We are willing to sacrifice our merits."

Li Wei was leaning down and asked them coldly: "How do you want to make a punishment for the punishment?"

"We are willing to give money and food subsidies to the households, treat them equally, and the dead children of military households will be regarded as work-related injuries, and the shipyard will be responsible for the funeral expenses and compensate each household with 300 stale money."

Seeing that Li Wei was sneering and knew that the concessions were not enough, the two officials hurriedly said: "We can also increase our wages and double the amount of money and food subsidies for everyone overtime."

Li Weizheng nodded and said to the two: "I think you are not the original intention, so I will spare you death, but your dereliction of duty has caused serious consequences, and the crime of living is inevitable. If you come, please drag it down and each will be beaten with one hundred military sticks!"

Li Weizheng gave a wink to his personal soldiers. The personal soldiers understood and immediately pressed the two of them in front of thousands of people, raised a big stick and beat them hard. These personal soldiers were all from Jinyiwei, and their skills in beating were perfect. Although they held the stick high and beat them hard, they actually didn't hurt to fall on the flesh. It was much lighter than hitting the dozen leaders just now. This is Li Weizheng's punishment technique. Beating these two officials is for both parties to make trouble. As long as they showed them, they could not really beat them. Otherwise, Li Weizheng would not be able to bear this responsibility if he missed the construction period. At the same time, he cleverly shirked away the responsibilities of the local government and the military, gave them face, and turned the matter into small things. The two beaten officials also secretly in advance, and cooperated with the executioner to scream under the blow of the stick, as if he was about to be beaten to death.

After the shipyard officials, Li Weizheng ordered his personal soldiers to announce the salary increase. The shipyard suddenly burst into joy and cheers, and all hatreds became unimportant in the face of improvement in life. In fact, Li Weizheng also knew that the conflict between military households and civilian households had a long history, but they were able to be peaceful before. Why did conflicts break out now? The key is that unfairness is caused. This is the true portrayal of the famous saying of the saint, "Don't worry about the few, worry about inequality." Therefore, as long as Li Weizheng does one thing, restore fair order, and give the people a little sweetness, it can easily resolve this trouble. He believes that as long as the Chinese people can live, no one will risk rebellion to gather people to cause trouble. As for the conflict between military households and civilian households, they can only be resolved slowly bit by bit.

Another point is that the dozen leaders in front of me must deal with them well. As long as they are controlled, the people will not be able to make trouble. Thinking of this, Li Wei was covering up the cheers and threatening to more than a dozen people: "I will warn you first, I am from a thousand households of the Jinyiwei, nicknamed "Li Bopi". During my tenure, if you dare to take the lead in causing trouble, I will be punished for the crimes of affair with affair with Japanese pirates and rebellion, and peel your whole family with lime and straw. If you don't believe it, you might as well give it a try!"

His cold eyes swept across everyone one by one, and more than a dozen people were so scared that they were trembling all over and could not say a word.

The trouble in the shipyard was settled. The happiest thing was Zhao. The new commander did not favor military households, but was equalized. This provided him with an opportunity to resolve the deep conflict between the officials and the people. However, Deputy Qianhu Bao saw the new commander's means from this case, using both soft and hard, using both kindness and power, and cleaning everyone in obedience. The most clever thing was his skill in transferring the conflict. He did not ask about the conflict between himself and the prefect Zhao, and directly led the disaster to the shipyard. It can be said that he was picking up persimmons. Although Deputy Qianhu Bao was a little dissatisfied, he also knew that the new official took office three times. If he dared to be dissatisfied at all, he would be the first to be dealt with by Li Weizheng. When he saw Li Weizheng getting up, he hurried forward and said sincerely: "As soon as he came to Penglai, he was exhausted. The official felt very ashamed. Please go to the Shuicheng to take office."

The situation has subsided and Li Weizheng is about to take office. He smiled at the prefect Zhao and said, "My family will ask the prefect Zhao to arrange a residence for a while, and then consider the place to settle down when I settle down."

"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely do it properly."

After handling the shipyard, Li Weizheng turned over and went to Penglai Water City. The military camp of the Three Thousand Navy was close to Penglai Water City. It was a dozen ordinary bungalows and a training camp. After checking the military talismans in the military camp, Li Weizheng officially became the new Qianhu Office of Penglai. Although his main position was in Weihaiwei, Li Weizheng attached great importance to Penglai Qianhu Office. Not only were there three thousand elite navy and 200 various warships here, but more importantly, it would become his base for attacking Japanese pirates. In Li Weizheng's plan, the command post of Weihaiwei will also be temporarily moved to Penglai. After receiving the visits from all the generals, Li Weizheng visited Zhongshangshui City by a group of officers.

Penglai Water City is wide in the south and narrow in the north, and is irregularly rectangular. It is surrounded by mountains and sea control, and the situation is steep. It is divided into two cities inside and outside. They are all built in the sea. Water gate, breakwater embankment, flat wave platform, wharf, lighthouse, city wall, enemy platform, fort, moat and other harbor buildings and coastal defense buildings are all available. It is the largest harbor in the north.

Among them, there are more than 200 warships of various types parked in the inner city, which can sail out of the outer sea through a narrow waterway, while the outer city is a circle of half-closed long walls, five zhang high and three zhang wide, and there are warheads with two hundred general artillery deployed on it. It is a strong city to defend against the invasion of Japanese pirates. However, what Li Wei was interested in was obviously not the defensive cannons, but the attacking warships. Under his insistence, everyone led him on the tallest warship to inspect.

This is a nine-masted warship, about forty feet long and eighteen feet wide. Its appearance is a typical main ship of the Ming army - the lucky ship. It has a sharp bottom and a wide head and tail high. However, it is different from the ordinary two-masted lucky ship. It has nine large masts. It is a circle of lucky ships around it, and it stands out in a wide range of ships. This is actually the famous treasure ship of the Ming Dynasty.

The ship can carry more than 800 soldiers. It was started by the Longjiang Shipyard in the capital in Hongwu in the 18th year. It took two years to be in service. It has only been in service for less than four years. It is a new ship with baffles and women's walls around it. The ship is divided into four layers. The bottom layer is solid soil and stone. The second layer is where soldiers rest and materials are loaded. The third layer is the drilling site. There is a helm building on the deck. It is a place for commanding the battle. Li Wei is walking up the top floor along the stairs.

At the front of the floor is a terrace about three floors high. The platform is wide and surrounded by wing guards. More than ten heavy artillery pieces are installed. There are two small stone throwers to throw irrigated bombs. The main places for combat are on both sides of the strings of the ship. The ships against Japanese pirates are generally small. The Ming army can shoot down from the terrace and take advantage of the heights. In addition, there are more than 100 other heavy artillery on the ship. The power of the strong armored sharp cannons is no match for the world.

"What's the name of this ship?" Li Weizheng turned around and asked Deputy Qianhu Bao.

"Report to my master, this ship is called 'Weizheng'. It is one of our five main warships in the Ming Dynasty. There is one in the capital, one in Liaodong, one in Zhejiang Ningbo Prefecture and Fuzhou Prefecture in Fujian, and the other is the treasure ship of our Penglai Navy."

Li Weizheng couldn't help but laugh: "My name is Weizheng, its name is Weizheng. Isn't this my brother?" He asked Vice Qianhu Bao again and said: "How to call this sea ship?"

"Report to the Lord, this ship must be used by the Ministry of War to dispatch troops. However, the letter of appointment of the Lord has the right to make decisions at sea. That is to say, the Lord is restricted from using troops on land, but there is no restriction on the sea surface. This treasure ship is called."

"Okay! In two days, as long as conditions permit, I will take this boat to Weihaiwei."

At this moment, a soldier from afar shouted on the city wall: "Master Bao, Deputy Lai Qianhu is back."

Li Wei was following everyone up the city wall, and saw a fleet of ships in the distance coming toward this side. There were about seven or eight sea boats, and the Ming Dynasty was in prison. The only ships in the sea were official ships and military ships. This was obviously another deputy, Qianhu, who went out to patrol the sea, had returned.

The fleet was as wind as an arrow, and soon approached the harbor. The sails began to fall. With the inertia, the ship sailed into the water camp and led the small boat into the moored waters. The first lucky boat slowly approached the dock.

"Sir, the Penglai Navy goes to sea three times a year, each time for more than a month, mainly training naval masters and inspecting ships. Basically, I can't meet Japanese pirates. If I want to fight Japanese pirates, I have to go to Goryeo. This time, Lai Yongguo goes to sea in the winter naval master training. I have been walking for a month and a half. I was going back a few days ago, but I heard from him send someone to send a message and say something happened."

Deputy Qianhu Bao said and walked. From his tone, Li Weizheng felt a hint of grudge between the two Deputy Qianhu. Soon, Li Weizheng and Deputy Qianhu Bao came to the dock. On the dock, the navy officers and soldiers who participated in the training were getting off the boat one after another, but there were more than twenty stretchers mixed in it. It seemed that someone was injured. Then a group of common people came down from the boat, about thirty or forty people, including men and women, and their clothes were different from the Ming Dynasty. Li Weizheng saw the clothes he wore and knew that they were from Goryeo.

At this time, a strong officer walked over the crowd and strode. He was another deputy of Qianhu Office of Penglai Qianhu Office. He was about thirty years old, with a national face, thick eyebrows, and very rough and generous. He had already received news that the new Qianhu Office had already taken office.

Lai Yongguo stepped forward and knelt down and said, "The last general Lai Yongguo will meet with the commander!"

"General Lai, please get up quickly!" Li Wei was approaching and helping him up. He had a very good first impression of this person. Although he was a little rude, he could tell that he was an upright person.

"Sir Lai, why are there women on your boat?" Bao Xin next to him asked sarcastically at several young women in green clothes.

Lai Yongguo snorted, ignored him, and then said to Li Wei: "My commander, my subordinates encountered Japanese pirates when they returned to the voyage. More than a dozen Japanese pirate ships were chasing a Goryeo ship. My subordinates drove away the Japanese pirates and saved the sinking Goryeo ship, saving a total of 33 men and women on the ship."

He waved his hand and called a middle-aged man forward, introducing him to Li Weizheng: "This is our new Qianhu Lord and the commander of Weihai Guard. Come and see you."

The middle-aged man hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down and said in fluent Chinese: "The villain Wang Zhongcheng, Kaijing's native, was originally a professor at the Imperial College of Goryeo. Li Chenggui, the people were in charge of the country. The villain and his friends wanted to escape. The villain and his friends sold their property and bought a boat to flee to the Ming Dynasty. Unexpectedly, they met Japanese pirates on the way, thanks to the help of the adults, the villain should be engraved with his heart."

Li Wei nodded, but found a young woman standing behind him, with a beautiful face, about fifteen or sixteen years old. She was also secretly looking at Li Weizheng. Seeing that Li Weizheng was looking at her, she immediately turned her face.
Chapter completed!