After rebirth, I became a national teacher

Last year, Chen Qingzhu did not expand externally.

After the land was distributed, she ordered the cabinet to fulfill the decree on the retirement of military households and veterans, and to issue them retirement benefits and distribute land.

After the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers in the army were discharged from the army, new soldiers were recruited and trained.

In addition, he also cleaned up the mountain bandits, water bandits, kidnappers and bullies in the twelve prefectures under his jurisdiction.

The civil and military officials were very busy and remained busy until the end of the year.

The intelligence personnel under Zhang Liu mainly focus on the twelve prefectures under his jurisdiction and monitor the movements of Zhongdu Fengyang.

The remaining energy was mainly used to train existing members and to expand the enrollment to a small extent.

It was not until October that we gradually learned from some merchants in Min Province that towns in the province had been successively plundered by Japanese pirates since May and June.

During the Japanese invasion in October, there were even larger scale lootings.

After much hesitation, Zhang Liu reported the discovery to Chen Qingzhu.

Although based on his mercenary experience in dealing with people, he shouldn't have said that.

After all, the God has said that all the Japanese pirates have been eliminated. Now they are wreaking havoc again. Isn't this a slap in the face of the God?

But after following Chen Qingzhu for so long, his mentality had already changed unconsciously.

He was active among the people and saw how much the lives of the civilians and military households under his rule had changed.

He also came from a poor military family, so he knew how valuable this was.

During his childhood when he was poor and his two brothers starved to death, he had hoped more than once that the gods and Buddhas in the temple would come to save them.

Now, his childhood wish has come true.

He knows better than anyone how such changes are achieved.

It is not only due to the strong support of the gods, but also inseparable from the efforts of every official, clerk and soldier below.

As a member of the group that maintains the people's livelihood, if he retreats out of selfishness, countless people will continue to suffer like he did when he was a child.

Moreover, after following the God for several years, he felt that the God would not be such a narrow-minded person.

Sure enough, the God didn't seem to mind at all and just asked him to send someone to investigate and confirm.

Now, more than two months have passed, and the intelligence personnel who went to Fujian Province have returned.

They traveled to various prefectures in Fujian Province and visited in detail all the places that had been attacked by Japanese pirates.

"God, according to the report from our people, the four coastal prefectures of Fujian Province were attacked last year. But this time, it was not the villages that were attacked, but the county government."

"Those pirates didn't plunder food or capture slaves. They only attacked wealthy families. After breaking into their homes, they used cruel means to interrogate them about where their money was hidden. This was very different from the pirates' previous style of behavior."

In the past, the Japanese pirates would rob whatever they saw and loved to kill and burn people.

Nowadays, these Japanese pirates are only interested in money and don’t even care about human lives.

What does this prove? It only proves that they have no fixed residence, do not need to grow food, and dare not expose their whereabouts by bringing too many people with them.

Chen Qingzhu fell into deep thought.

Could it be that she really missed some forces when she was suppressing the Japanese?

Judging from the timing of the attacks by these Japanese pirates, it was more than one force that was missed, and judging from the recollections of local people, there were quite a few of them.

She had clearly scanned all the inhabited islands on the sea, so how could she have missed so many people?

This is undoubtedly a challenge to the prestige of the God Du'e.

But this also comes with opportunities.

As long as she can deal with the remaining Japanese pirates and operate them well, it will help her take over Fujian Province.

Having made up his mind, Chen Qingzhu ordered:

"Go to Zheng Yuannai to mobilize two thousand soldiers and then go to the sea to investigate. Even if you have to dig three feet deep, you must dig out these fish that have slipped through the net!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Liu took the order and left.

Two months later, the people who went to investigate at sea had not returned yet, but the Yan family in the capital sent Chen Qingzhu a piece of information.