After rebirth, I became a national teacher

Yan Rong said in the communication talisman that Emperor Yong'an had found the treasure left by the ancestors of the Great Wei Dynasty, and he suddenly went from being strapped for cash to being wealthy.

Not only did he give many rewards to the concubines in the harem, he also lent one million taels of silver to the national treasury.

Chen Qingzhu didn't think much about it at first.

After all, it is normal for founding emperors or those emperors who created a prosperous era to leave a considerable amount of money to their descendants so that they can provide relief in times of crisis.

She had no intention of taking the money. After all, one would never fall into the same pit twice.

The last time she stole the imperial treasury, Emperor Yong'an would definitely guard it strictly.

Even if it was her, she would deliberately release the news and set a trap.

She is not short of money now, so there is no need for her to take risks.

It was already May, and it would soon be time for the Japanese pirates to land.

The people who explored at sea have returned, but still have not found any trace of the Japanese pirates.

This gave Chen Qingzhu a headache.

It seems that there is no such thing as one trick to conquer the world.

The last time she acted suddenly, she was able to find the lair of the Japanese pirates without any preparation and wipe them out in a short time.

Now that the remaining Japanese pirates are still around, they must have known what she had done.

In this way, it becomes extremely difficult to find their whereabouts and eliminate them before they land.

Chen Qingzhu did not spend too much time thinking about this matter. After all, she had a group of capable subordinates, and she could leave things to them to solve.

So she held a small court meeting and invited her trusted subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

After everyone’s brainstorming, they finally decided on the strategy of “waiting for the rabbit”:

As long as these Japanese pirates have no intention of retiring, they will sooner or later come to plunder the coast of Wei again.

Under her rule, they probably wouldn't have the guts to come.

Then, only the coastal areas of Shandong and Fujian Province and Guangdong and Guangxi are left.

The area is too large, and she can't possibly have so many people to take care of it.

Even she herself would not be able to catch the Japanese pirates in time in such a vast area.

So we still have to give priority to some areas and abandon others.

Guangdong and Guangxi are relatively poor compared to the first two, and are too far away from the southern capital, so she is unable to reach them for the time being.

Qi and Lu are close to northern Zhili, and the Wei court has its own concerns.

So after all the elimination, the focus still needs to be placed on Fujian Province.

However, this time, the focus should be on the counties and towns in Fujian Province that have not been looted.

It was impossible for her to send a large number of troops to the unoccupied Fujian Province, so she could only attack Chencang secretly.

This time, Zhang Liu personally took his intelligence personnel to contact the wealthy families in each county, asking them to contribute manpower and money to form a joint defense force to patrol and be on guard at all times.

In this way, once they were attacked by Japanese pirates, they could help each other and stop the pirates.

The wealthy are better informed than ordinary people, and most of them have heard of the reputation of Lord Du'e.

They both hated and feared the Lord Du'e.

But in comparison, the Japanese pirates are more terrifying.

In the past, Japanese pirates could only threaten villages or towns. Rich people like them lived in the county town, which was protected by walls and garrisons, so most of the Japanese pirates could not get in.

But now, the Japanese pirates have abandoned the villages and towns and attacked the county town directly, cruelly robbing all the property of those wealthy families.

The Lord of Du'e only wanted the land, but the Japanese pirates wanted all their property and even their lives.

The elusive Japanese pirates failed to rob them last year, so their situation became precarious this year.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, they all chose to follow the advice of the subordinates of the God of Du'e and contributed money and manpower to form a joint defense army.

Of course, this was done in secret.

After all, Lord Du'e is a traitor, and if he openly communicates with his subordinates in private, he will easily be accused of treason.

This matter must be kept secret from the court.