Chapter 270 The Emperor is Not Confused
"And there must be traitors who pretend to be real Japanese, because these Japanese pirates are very familiar with the terrain, just like they have grown up here since childhood." Hu Zongxian said in a deep voice: "The three factors combined have created this Japanese pirates who are elusive and have strong combat power."
"In contrast, our Ming Dynasty's elite troops are all on the coast, and most of the garrisons in inland prefectures are corrupted garrison troops and some militia regiments are trained. They are definitely not the opponents of these Japanese pirates." Hu Zongxian said with a grim expression: "I naturally know that once this Japanese pirate is allowed to penetrate deep into the hinterland, it will bring about a disaster. So he organized several troops to set up a net of heaven and earth, and strived to keep them in Zhejiang."
"Why didn't you stop me?" Chen Si frowned and asked, "Even if it's all the Tintoon Turtles, it's impossible for him to escape, right?"
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?" Hu Zongxian said strangely: "What is that?"
"A kind of honorary title is only awarded to the most powerful Japanese/pirates." Silence said casually.
Hu Zongxian spread his hands and said helplessly: "But several times they surrounded them, they all escaped from the gap in the encirclement." He said with a hard hammer of his thigh and said: "If no one informed them, I, Hu Zongxian, will live to a dog at this age!"
Chen Si finally moved: "So, is there a premeditation invasion this time?"
"It must be!" Hu Zongxian said firmly: "Tell you a strange thing. This Japanese pirate does not plunder money, does not rape or kills civilians. It almost only fights against the official army, making people unable to understand its motives."
Silent closed his eyes slightly and said, "The mission of these people should be to appear under the city of Nanjing." Nanjing is the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty. The mausoleum of Emperor Taizu is located. The political center in the entire southeast is second only to Beijing. It has never been attacked for 150 years since the Chengzu Jingshen.
Now, under the protection of more than 100,000 troops, they are attacked by Japanese pirates. Although they are only symbolic, their symbolic significance is enough to escalate a guerrilla war like hide-and-seek into a serious political incident!
"Yes," Hu Zongxian nodded slowly and said, "That is indeed their purpose, but what is the motivation for doing this? Who is the mastermind behind it?"
"Is the motivation just to make the enemy behind the scenes unlucky." Silent spread his hands and said, "But I have nowhere to guess who the master behind it is."
Hu Zongxian was a little disappointed, but he knew that Silence had always been tight-lipped and never said words that were unsure, so he turned to whisper: "I asked Brother Zhuyan to come this time because I wanted to ask you to help me."
Chen Si rolled his eyes in his heart. This was simply a copy of Zhang Jing at that time. Needless to ask, he definitely wanted to let himself break it up for him, so he raised his hand and said, "You are polite, Lord Zhongcheng, I know the right measure, and I will definitely take it as my responsibility to maintain the frontline soldiers... But I am a little slight, and it is useless to say anything."
"Don't underestimate your words, your words are of great use!" Hu Zongxian laughed and said, "I don't know yet. Your Majesty has published the report you submitted before the New Year into a book, and also wrote the title "Haichaotulu" for reference by the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. It is said that he has praised you several times in front of the cabinet."
The first reaction of silentness was that my copyright was infringed, and then I quickly said inexplicably: "What a great honor."
"Are you still worried that your opinions will not be taken seriously?" Hu Zongxian smiled and said, "I won't make you embarrassed either. You just need to report truthfully and focus a little." He paused and said, "Of course you are the inspector of Zhejiang, so don't worry about Nanzhili."
"I know this." Nodded silently, "You can also send it according to your wishes, and it's okay," Hu Zongxian just showed a relaxed application, but listened to him, "But the official must tell you that this may cause greater trouble."
Hu Zongxian's expression stagnated: "What trouble?"
"A group of Japanese pirates with strong combat power and uninvasive battles, are they just for the sake of becoming famous?" Chen Si said softly: "Your Majesty is extremely smart and the universe is arbitrary, so you will not let this matter be vague." The voice suddenly became very low, and he said quietly: "Do you still remember Zhu Wan?"
Hu Zongxian was stunned.
The silent guess was right. When the eight hundred miles rushed to Beijing, Emperor Jiajing was furious. He felt a burning cheek, as if he had been slapped hard in the face, smashing all the things that could be smashed in the monastery. He returned to the Forbidden City with tears in his eyes and went to Fengxian Hall to apologize to Emperor Taizu. He knelt in front of Lao Zhu for an hour, which showed his heartache.
When Jiajing came out of Fengxian Hall, he saw Yan Song, Xu Jie, Li Mo and other important officials kneeling down on the imperial stairs, sweeping over everyone coldly, and the emperor snorted and went home. He had had enough of these wastes! He didn't want to look at them again.
The emperor left for a long time, and Yan Song said to Li Mo who was kneeling beside him: "Please help me with your help, Brother Yan."
Although Li Mo was reluctant, he could not refuse the prime minister's face in public, so he had to get up and bend down and help the trembling Ge Lao Yan up. However, Yan Song stood up and whispered: "Let's go through the difficulties together."
Li Mo was stunned at first, then nodded inconspicuously and agreed. Southeast Governor Yang Yi was the candidate he swears to recommend. Not only did he share the same spirit, but he also suffered a lot.
The two turned around and walked out. Xu Jie followed silently, behind him were the two cabinet members Li Ben and Zhang Zhi who were whispering. In comparison between the two pairs of people in front and back, Xu Jie, who was already thin, seemed particularly lonely and inconspicuous... In fact, since the Zhang Jing incident, he no longer talked about the government affairs casually, and no longer opposed Yan Song's decisions. He became like Li Ben and Zhang Zhi, but Yan Song didn't seem to appreciate it and was still very cold to him. This made the old Master Xu, who had not talked much, become even more taciturn, as if he was about to appoint him to retire.
The members of the cabinet and the Minister of Personnel returned to Xiyuan and continued to kneel at the outside minister of Yuxi Palace until the night when Huang Jin came out and said, "Old Ge, Mr. Xu, Mr. Li, and Mr. Li, let you go in." Seeing the three of them tremblingly in, Li Ben Zhangzhi asked in a low voice: "Brother-in-law, what about us?"
Huang Jin smiled and said, "Your Majesty didn't say this, and the miscellaneous family didn't know. If you wait a little longer, maybe there will be an order later." After that, he turned around and entered the hall gate. A hint of sarcasm appeared on his fat face, and he thought to himself: "I deserve it, who made you pretend to be deaf and dumb all day long?"
When Huang Jin went in, he heard the emperor's speech and quickly knelt down and listened: "There were only two hundred Japanese pirates, who lasted more than 30 days, and had been rampant for thousands of miles. He saw tens of thousands of officials and troops in nothing, plundered the two provinces, Jiuzhou and counties, and even attacked the Nandu of the Ming Dynasty. Even the Ming Emperor, I, had to admit that this was such a magnificent move!" As he said, he pounded his purple gold bowl and made a dull sound, which made people feel trembling with fear. The three old ministers knew that the emperor was going to curse, so they quickly lowered their heads to avoid being hit by the spitting stars.
Sure enough, the emperor said angrily: "Where are we looking at us again? Tens of thousands of troops stationed in the southeast, but they can't do anything to such a few Japanese pirates, so that one censor, one county magistrate, two commanders, two generals, and more than a thousand soldiers under their command became the dead souls of Japanese pirates. This is the Ming Dynasty elite army that I had raised in a lot of money. Do I still dare to expect them to defend their country?"
The three important officials quickly kowtowed and apologized for their crimes. They said that all the mistakes of us are the faults. Your Majesty, don’t be angry.
After being angry all day, Jiajing was no longer so excited. He shook the sleeves of Taoist robe impatiently and said, "I have been angry, I have made you angry eight times. Tell me, how to deal with this matter."
"Investigate strictly!" Yan Song said in a voice.
"Severely punish and do not lend money!" Li Mo also said.
"How to check, what?" Jiajing asked coldly.
"If you check whoever is responsible, you will be held accountable and you will never tolerate it!" Li Mo said gritting his teeth.
"What does the chief minister mean?"
"The old minister also means this." Yan Song said slowly: "If you don't investigate this matter, there will be no hope of fighting against the Japanese."
Jiajing's face cleared slightly, "The Chief Supervisor is right. I dare to bet that this is definitely not an isolated incident. There must be another person behind it." When he said this, he remembered Zhu Wan, and felt a pain in his heart for no reason... That was his greatest shame in his life. He actually believed in the instigation of a group of Fujian Party members to kill the loyal ministers who were most loyal to implementing his intentions, resulting in the situation in the Southeast that could not be cured. Smart people cannot be kicked by the same person twice, so this time Jiajing did not immediately order to arrest this and that, but made up his mind to thoroughly investigate the matter. After all, those shameful things were shook out, it would not be too late to catch or kill them again.
"Who will send to investigate?" This is the key to today's problem and is also related to the results of the tracked investigation.
Yan Song recommended Wang Xueyi, the right minister of the Ministry of Justice, to go south as an imperial envoy to investigate the case. Li Mo was not outdone and recommended two censors under his command to go with him.
The emperor glanced at Xu Jie who had been silent and said, "What do you think about Huating?"
Xu Jie said in a trepidated manner: "I have no objection, but I just ask Your Majesty to make a decision early so that the imperial envoy can set off and arrive in Zhejiang as soon as possible to find out the matter."
Jiajing's brows were slightly frowned. He really didn't want to see the help he had high expectations so cowardly, but he was immediately occupied by another meaning in Xu Jie's words... From Beijing to Hangzhou, it would normally take one month to go. If the ceremony guard is set up and the local area welcomes the farewell, it would be nice to go to Jiangnan in the twelfth lunar month. Wouldn't the daylily be cold?
Yu denied the suggestion of sending officials from Beijing and decided to find a respected, loyal and upright official from Nanjing to complete this mission. He closed his eyes and thought for a while, and asked indifferently: "If you were asked to comment on the officials in Nanjing, who would you think of the first person?"
"Zhao Zhenji, Minister of War in Nanjing." Although he didn't know the emperor's meaning, Li Mo said the truth.
"Zhao Mengjing." Xu Jie said softly, Zhao Zhenji's name is Mengjing.
"It's Zhao Zhenji back to the emperor." Yan Song was old and could not remember the Qing Dynasty for the 'exiled' officials in Nanjing. Only the name "Zhao Zhenji" that made him hate him was always kept in mind by Master Yan.
Chapter completed!