Inland navigation is different from sea navigation. Sea navigation is always full of dangers. You will encounter all kinds of strange monsters and murderous pirates. If you go to the far sea, you may even encounter dragons and dragons that have almost disappeared on land.
They can set off huge storms and waves at sea, and even ironclad ships may be capsized. The only thing that needs to be taken care of in inland rivers is the various checkpoints.
If the imperial court issued a sea arrest document, these hurdles would become insurmountable, like a series of knives cutting off all hopes of the Jiangyang thieves.
Because of Pei Xiaolou's relationship with the county prince's palace, neither the court nor the Taoist sect ordered the arrest of Wei Wugui, so Qi Xuansu is still considered innocent. It is not that the woman is innocent, but that there is no criminal record against him.
As he spoke, a border crossing was already in front of him. Passing ships had to pay commercial taxes here. There were also police officers, Qingluan guards and men in black stationed at the crossing, who were conducting interrogations on passing ships based on various maritime capture documents.
As for why there are Qingluan Guards everywhere, we have to mention the responsibilities of local Qingluan Guards.
The first is responsible for supervising local areas and collecting intelligence. The second is responsible for monitoring various overseas visitors with sensitive identities. The third is responsible for arresting members of secret societies. The fourth is responsible for arresting bandits and detecting various special cases, such as corruption among local officials and river embankments.
It fell into disrepair, tax money was stolen, and serial murders occurred.
As for the various cases that need to be dealt with ordinary people, such as theft, robbery, adultery, murder, and fights, the Qingluan Guards do not care. That is the responsibility of the local prosecutor's office. In fact, there are only a few major cases after all.
, on the contrary, there are countless such ordinary cases, and they are closely related to the interests of the people.
There is not much overlap between the Qingluan Guard and the Tixing Ancha Envoy Division. The Qingluan Guard is not of high rank, but it belongs to the pro-army Duwei Mansion. It is known as the emperor's pro-army and belongs directly to the emperor. Even the cabinet cannot interfere.
The envoy department is connected with the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Punishment follows the orders of the cabinet.
However, sometimes, in order to deal with certain major and important cases, the two parties will jointly handle the case, usually led by the Qingluan Guard, and the local arresters will obey the Qingluan Guard's command. During this period, ordinary arrests will
Kuaiye temporarily possesses the identity and power of Qingluan Guard, and can temporarily wear Qingyi to handle cases and arrest people across borders.
Generally speaking, with the same rank and qualifications, the treatment of Qingluan Guard is much better, which makes many agents want to be transferred to Qingluan Guard. Qingluan Guard will also absorb some experienced veteran agents. However, Qingluan Guard
Wei's favorite thing is the men in black. A considerable number of the current Qingluan Guards have retired from the men in black. Many men in black want to transition from martial arts to civil service, and they also regard Qingluan Guards as a springboard in the middle.
In the previous dynasty, there were clear distinctions between civil and military affairs. How could a vulgar warrior still want to be a civil servant? That was absolutely impossible. However, after the Taoist sect defeated the Confucian sect, it broke many rules established by the Confucian sect, deliberately downplayed the distinction between civil and military officials, and promoted generals and ministers.
It has also become the norm.
The Qingluan Guards and the police officers do not belong to each other, but there are some secret differences of superiority and inferiority. It is always the local police officers who want to be transferred to the Qingluan Guards, and there are very few Qingluan Guards who want to be the police officers. Black-clad
There is no distinction between the people and the Qingluan Guards, and there is frequent turnover of personnel.
As for the relationship between the men in black and Qingluan Guard, the men in black do not obey the orders of Qingluan Guard, nor are they inferior to Qingluan Guard, but they often assist Qingluan Guard in dealing with some difficult enemies. They are probably the ones collected by Qingluan Guard.
After collecting intelligence and identifying the target, they found that they couldn't defeat them, so they applied for support. Then the men in black came forward, and the heavy firearms and heavy cavalry were destroyed, so the relationship between the two families was pretty good.
Therefore, we can often see the three families of police officers, Qingluan Guards, and men in black acting together. If a secret association is involved, Taoist priests and spiritual officials from the Taoist sect may even be added. People from the imperial court join the Taoist sect, or people from the Taoist sect transfer to the imperial court.
, many opportunities arise from these joint actions.
Xu Kou is an example.
What a coincidence, today when I passed the Liguan Pass, I encountered an inspection by the Qingluan Guard. After the iron ship docked, a man in black holding a gun stood on the shore. The Qingluan Guard came to the ship with the policemen and started one by one.
Inquiry.
The investigation was soon carried out to Qi Xuansu and Xu Kou. The leader of the Qingluan Guards, Baihu, saw Qi Xuansu carrying a gun. At first, he felt like he was facing a formidable enemy, until the two men showed the man in black's waistband and Tiangang Hall respectively.
’s waist card, his attitude suddenly became warm.
They are all their own people.
Xu Kou handed over a paper flue-cured cigarette passed down from the West and asked: "How did you create such a huge formation that even alerted the men in black?"
Qingluan Guard took the flue-cured tobacco from Baihu, put it under his nose, sniffed it, and lowered his voice slightly: "They are all from my own family, so I won't hide them. They are causing trouble with Japanese pirates."
Qi Xuansu's first reaction was disbelief: "Our Daxuan navy spans all over the world, and only the Western countries can compete with it. How can a mere Japanese become such a powerful force?"
"Hey, they say they are Japanese pirates, but they are actually pirates. They are all from the Central Plains. They have hired many Japanese wanderers to act as thugs and accomplices. They usually roam the sea and rob merchant ships. This time they were surrounded by our navy.
They became turtles in an urn and sparrows in a cage. They lost their minds and actually fled to the land. As soon as they landed, they were defeated and scattered by the men in black." The test households took out the fire seals and lit the flue-cured tobacco. "It's just this group of pirates.
Unlike those lustful people, who all look similar to us. After being scattered, they burrow into the crowd and hide. It is really difficult to distinguish them. I can only use this stupid method to slowly investigate, and I don’t know how much effort it will take.
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Qi Xuansu and Xu Kou looked at each other and understood immediately.
This is the job of the men in black, but the Japanese pirates have blended in among the people, and it is difficult to distinguish the men in black. This requires the Qingluan Guards and the police to come forward, especially the police from all over the country. Not only are they rich in experience, but the key is their knowledge of the local area.
He was very familiar with the situation, with all three religions and nine currents intersecting, and he also had his own informants, so it was not difficult to find them.
At this moment, a loud noise was heard from a cargo ship in front that was also docked for inspection, and then a shirtless man was seen jumping into the canal.
Immediately afterwards, men in black holding fire cannons appeared on top of the boxes of goods, and fired the cannons at the rolling river water from a high position.
After a while, there was blood on the river.
Then the Qingluan Guards, armed with powerful crossbows, shot crossbow arrows with ropes into the river, and in conjunction with the fishing nets, they fished out the man injured by the fire gun from the river.
"Brother, you didn't wait in vain today." Xu Kou said with a smile.
There was also a smile on the face of Qingluan Guard Baihu: "No matter how big the fish is, it is better than returning empty-handed. If we continue to get nothing, it will not be easy to explain to the superiors."
Qi Xuansu asked: "Speaking of which, when will we catch him?"
"It is said that there is a big fish among this group of pirates, but we haven't found it yet. As long as we find the big fish, we can almost do business." Zhan Baihu exhaled a puff of smoke, feeling much better than before.
Qi Xuansu understood somewhat.
This group of pirates is not simple.
They were able to be surrounded and suppressed by the imperial navy, and they were able to break through the naval siege and land on land. Although they were defeated by the men in black in an instant, some people still escaped.
This is not something ordinary pirates can do.
Thinking back to the "big fish" statement, the reason why the navy targeted this group of pirates was probably not just to suppress the bandits, but because there were important figures among this group of pirates.
After the Daxuan court abolished Xijing, only 19 prefectures and Zhili were left, with a total of 12 admiral military generals, 36 garrison generals, and nearly a hundred deputy deputy generals. Nine of them
There are three land admiral military affairs general officers and three water admiral military affairs general officers, namely the Beihai Navy, Donghai Navy and Nanhai Navy. They are controlled by the three governors of Liaodong, Gyeonggi and Jiangnan respectively.
Luzhou happens to be located at the junction of the Donghai Navy and the Nanhai Navy. However, I don’t know whether the Donghai Navy or the Nanhai Navy came forward to suppress the bandits at sea this time.
The Donghai Navy is inextricably linked to the Li family of Taiping Road, because the predecessor of the Donghai Navy is the Li family's fleet.
The Nanhai Navy is inextricably linked to the Zhengdao Cihang lineage, and its predecessor was the fleet of the Cihang lineage.
This also made Qi Xuansu think of a possibility.
Will this eradication of pirates be related to the case of Yanqing Chamber of Commerce?