Zhu Di smiled and said: "Courage is gratifying! But this can't be achieved with just a few words of heroic words that will break your body for the sake of your Majesty!"
"Where are your Majesty's worries?"
"Now is the first year of Yongle, and my era has just arrived! The world must be governed by me by the old ministers of Jianwen, and guarded by me by the military ministers of Jingnan. I have taken over all the soldiers and horses in the world.
, to suppress them, we have to rely on my direct descendants. Qiu Fu and Zhu Neng are my right-hand men in the army. When he fell, I lost an arm. Not only that, as long as he is moved, to prevent future troubles, many
I have to use the soldiers he has brought out over the years. Now that I am on a stable footing, can I withstand a big war?"
Xia Xun retorted: "There is no airtight wall in the world. Do you think your Majesty can keep the matter of Shuangyu Guards a secret? Just like they framed it, there are actually many loopholes. Even if this major oversight in time did not occur, as long as
If the imperial court wants to investigate, it will definitely be able to find out the truth. It is simply wishful thinking to keep things secret with thousands of people involved.
What they really rely on is nothing else, but the fact that even if the aggrieved person has evidence, he cannot hand it over. For this reason, they have to cover up the sky with one hand and deceive the emperor. And the minister is precisely a variable that they cannot control, so he is trapped for no reason.
Among them, he was unjustly imprisoned. As long as the scandal is successful, the insiders will only be limited to a corner of eastern Zhejiang, and the insiders will not spread around.
But it is different now. Your Majesty personally ordered this case to be tried. The government and the public are paying attention to it. The outcome has been spread in the capital. Even if His Majesty wants to, he cannot hide it. Soon, it will become a "secret" that everyone knows.
, if you don’t disclose the truth then, wouldn’t you be deceiving yourself and others?
Senior generals in the army take advantage of their merits to frame themselves and slander their colleagues. Once such scandals spread, they will really destroy the Great Wall. The emperor’s original words were serious and thoughtful, and he issued an edict to those who contributed to the disaster. Of course, he hoped that we would not make mistakes, and that we could live in harmony with the emperor and his ministers.
Is it not because I am worried that the heroes who contributed to the Jingnan War were originally ministers of the government of the Yan Palace, no more than an official of the same government, but because of their merits as a dragon, they soared into the sky and suddenly ascended to a high position, fearing that they would become corrupt and corrupt.
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When I first entered Jinling with the flying dragon secret agent, I also encountered a similar situation. Those iron-blooded warriors carefully selected from the three guards of His Majesty Yanshan had always been strict in military discipline and brave in battle. As soon as they entered Jinling, they were deceived by the wine and beauty.
I did many ridiculous things. I dealt with them categorically. As a result, my secret team suffered heavy losses, lost some capable men, and some of the hidden stakes that were originally carefully arranged were abandoned. But if this were not the case, I am afraid that I would have
I can’t wait until the day when Your Majesty comes to Jinling. Your Majesty, it has been difficult to conquer a country since ancient times, and it is even harder to defend a country. Defending a country is just like attacking a country, it requires decisive killing!"
Zhu Di said: "This case is different from yours. You are just one person who is greedy. But this is a case of many military generals working together to frame Pao Ze. The impact is so great and far-reaching. Once the soldiers are separated because of this, the consequences will be worrying."
Xia Xun laughed and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for saying something offensive. Your Majesty, you are so smart all your life, why did you get confused by this matter? Yes, Your Majesty also knows that the consequences are serious, but the consequences are just that it is better to be deceived than to show off. Only strictness
Only by getting to the bottom of the investigation, the officials involved will be severely punished and will not be punished, so that we can restore integrity and restore confidence to the soldiers!"
"Today... it's the first year of Yongle. At the beginning of the new year, many of the scandals involved the Jingnan heroes. The civil and military officials of the old dynasty are waiting to see my joke. Once it becomes public, the court's dignity..."
"Your Majesty, dignity is gained through fighting, not hiding. The Eastern Zhejiang Navy placed all the blame for the defeat on Shuangyu Guards, but now it has been proven that this is pure nonsense. However, the Japanese pirates did not suffer any harm from this.
I would like to ask Your Majesty, if Your Majesty can seal the mouths of all the civil servants in the court, can you seal the mouths of the people in the world? Can you seal the mouths of the Japanese pirates? It seems that spring is coming again, and the flowers are blooming, and when the spring news comes, the Japanese pirates will come again.
, for harming Haijiang, until then, the beating will still be in the face of the imperial court..."
Zhu Di looked a little struggling, obviously having trouble making a choice.
Seeing this, Xia Xun sighed and said: "Your Majesty, when you raised the flag with eight hundred soldiers to appease Nan, were you ever afraid of anything? Now, after sitting in the world for only half a year, you have changed and become timid! Your Majesty, you have been worried.
The heroes of Jingnan who follow you to conquer the world will change, but your majesty yourself has not changed? There are too many bottles and cans in the house, and I am afraid of bumping them and falling, and all my energy will be lost!"
Zhu Di seemed to have been hit hard by an invisible sledgehammer. He suddenly took two steps back, his chest heaved and his breathing became rapid. He stared at Xia Xun with a frightening cold light in his eyes.
Xia Xun seemed to have disappeared, removed his crown, knelt down there as a bachelor, and said loudly: "I have offended the emperor, and my crime deserves death! Please punish me with death!"
"you……"
Xia Xun is not Bigan, and he has no habit of tearing out his heart and soul and remonstrating to death at every turn, but his words are indeed serious. If they are not serious, they are not enough to offend Zhu Di. If they are serious, they may really offend Zhu Di, so he
Two sentences were spoken immediately.
"If your majesty does not think that I am stupid and is willing to entrust you with the important task of suppressing the Japanese, I promise that we will definitely display the majesty of our Ming Dynasty and make the Japanese pirates throw away their armor and become invincible. Although I dare not say that I can just appease Haiyu, I can also let him
Japanese pirates will never be a thing again!”
Xia Xun said this not only to make excuses for this sentence that seriously offended the emperor, but also had a deeper meaning. He wanted to participate in military affairs and learned from the experience. He felt that as a prince who secretly controlled a force of secret agents, he had no choice but to do it.
Above the temple, one does not have much say and influence is limited. However, Ru Chang's uncle has resigned from the post of minister, and he, as a prince, cannot have a place in the civil service system.
According to the ancestral teachings of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, the highest title for civil servants cannot be too high, and only military commanders can do so. Therefore, he could not intervene in the civil service system, but he could have a foothold in the military minister system. The suppression of Japanese pirates was an excellent opportunity.
As for success or failure, he is still certain. Militarily, he has some anti-Japanese experience of Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang and others, and Shuangyu Wei, a Japanese pirate, will not suffer a big loss. Politically?
Hu Zongxian and Qi Jiguang are both famous generals who are very capable of fighting. As for Qi Jiguang, if he were left in this era, he might not be worse than Qi Guogong Qiu Fu, or even stronger. It's just that he is not as good as Qiu Fu.
Opportunities do not allow such great status and achievements.
But even with Qi Jiguang's strength, he often won battles against Japanese pirates and inflicted heavy losses on them. He still couldn't defeat the Japanese pirates. Why? Because the Japanese pirates were not an army and they had no political purpose. If so,
Once an army defeats it militarily and reaches a certain agreement with its ruler politically, the enemy will naturally disappear.
But the Japanese pirates are different. They are essentially a group of pirates. Their only source of livelihood is robbery, and their only combat mission is robbery. You kill one group and another group comes. Unless all the people on the island country are dead, this war will last forever. It’s not going to end, unless you find a solution from the root cause. Xia Xun really wants to use the experience of suppressing Japanese pirates that has been proven successful in history to combat the arrogance of Japanese pirates, and then solve the problems caused by Japanese pirates from the root.
In this way, although pirates will still exist thousands of years later and will be inexhaustible, large-scale pirates like Japanese pirates can be extinct in the East China Sea. To achieve this, military success must be followed closely by What has come is some political actions. If we can use this as an opportunity to promote the Ming Dynasty to change the overly strict maritime ban policy of the Hongwu Dynasty, wouldn't it be a good thing?
After hearing this, Zhu Di turned from anger to shock. He threw his rebellious words behind him and said in surprise: "What? You want to ask for a tassel to lead troops to suppress bandits? Yang Xu, don't underestimate Qiu Fu just because he suffered a defeat." Qiu Fu has been a soldier all his life and fought in wars all his life. Although he lost this battle, it cannot erase his lifetime achievements and treat him as a waste. When it comes to leading troops in war, you are not as good as him!"
"I know! However, fighting Japanese pirates is different from ordinary fighting. When fighting others, Qiu Fu is stronger than Chen! When fighting Japanese pirates, I must be stronger than Qiu Fu!"
"You have never led an army, and it is not your job to suppress the Japanese, so don't ask for trouble. If you take the initiative to ask for a battle, but lose your troops and generals, and return in defeat, do you know that military law is ruthless?"
"I know! Therefore, if I dare to ask for a fight, I must also ask for your Majesty's full support!"
"How do you want me to support you?"
"The envoy of the United States is about to arrive in Beijing on the orders of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. I ask your Majesty to allow me to participate in the diplomatic mission! On the premise of not damaging our Ming Dynasty, we will provide you with all kinds of cooperation!"
Zhu Di walked back and forth in the palace for a while, then stood still and said, "I agree! What about the second thing?"
"The second thing is that I don't want the Eastern Zhejiang Navy. I want to form a new army specifically to fight against the Japanese!"
Qi Jiguang's ability to fight relied on his Qi family army. If he had relied on the already rotten guards at that time, he would have been defeated despite his great ability. Today, the Ming Dynasty has not long been established, and the army's combat effectiveness is still very strong. To fight, , it is adequate for one use. But the problem is that the navy in eastern Zhejiang is not bad, but the command system in eastern Zhejiang is.
Which of the generals involved in the case don't have a few confidants? Those people are responsible for all levels of joint service in the military. Are they willing to obey Yang Xu? If they are holding back and subverting... How can Xia Xun have the time to clean up? The army, sort through the generals and officers, understand, communicate, adjust and tame them one by one? It will take three to five years at the fastest to do these things. Now the fastest and most effective way is to recruit another army The army is coming.
Zhu Di thought for a moment, nodded and said: "I agree! Is there anything else?"
Xia Xun said: "The last thing is that I want the power of the coastal governors of the five provinces of Shandong, Nanzhili, Yingtianfu, Zhejiang, and Fujian!"
The governor-general in the early Ming Dynasty was different from the later governor-general. At that time, the term governor-general was not a permanent position. It was just a military supervisor in charge of an area when the prime minister was in charge of the war. As soon as the war was over, the post of wartime supervisor would be abolished and the troops under his jurisdiction would be replaced. They also have to be assigned to their respective places, so although the power is great, it is not a big deal. Xia Xun means that it is equivalent to a military area designated during the modern war. In this area, all the rights of the Military, Political and Legal Department are temporarily owned by the military department. Delegate power after the battle.
The last time Li Jinglong went to eastern Zhejiang to suppress bandits, he had a similar position, but his authority was slightly smaller.
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "In such a big battle, do you know that once the army is defeated, no one can save you!"
Of course Xia Xun knew that even if Zhu Di was willing to spare him at that time, Zhu Gaoxu and his faction of military officials who had suppressed their strength would never let him go. But now he and the second prince's faction are in the same position. Once the second prince comes to power, others may not be able to spare him.
If something goes wrong, he will definitely be doomed. In both public and private matters, he must fight. If he is given such great power and support, he will still be doomed like Qiu Fu. Then he will be doomed. If the emperor does not punish him, he will be done.
We must have an explanation for everything we have given to Ming Dynasty, and we must be responsible as a human being. Do we blame others like Qiu Fu?
Therefore, Xia Xun said categorically: "I would like to issue a military order, but the governors of the five provinces will be killed or killed. Your Majesty must give it to me!"
Zhu Di looked at him quietly for a while and smiled softly: "Okay! I will give you all the power you want! Tomorrow, I will announce that you will be appointed as the governor of the five coastal provinces to suppress Japanese invaders, with Zheng He as the supervisor.
, take office immediately! The Zhejiang Navy’s framed colleagues... They are all within your jurisdiction, you should go and deal with them together!"
"Your Majesty, Yang Xu, obeys the order!"
Xia Xun received the order loudly, and then said: "If your Majesty has no other instructions, I will retire!"
"Go for it!"
Zhu Di watched Xia Xun exit Jinshen Hall and stood there alone without speaking for a long time. After a while, Mu En poked his head at the door, hesitating but not daring to speak.
Zhu Di seemed to be deep in thought. He didn't see him, but he already asked: "What's the matter?"
Mu En said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Duke Qiu Fu of Qi State is still waiting in the side hall. He is seeing that the palace door is about to be locked. Your Majesty..."
Zhu Di said calmly: "I'm gone, tell him to go back and wait!"
When Xia Xun left the palace, the guards from Duke Fuguo's Mansion had already heard the news and came over and were waiting outside the palace gate.
Xia Xun got on his horse and immediately galloped towards the door of his house.
After a while, Qiu Fu slowly walked out of the palace. As soon as he left the palace gate, the palace door was closed. There was a heavy sound of lowering the gate, and the palace door was locked.
Qiu Fu looked at the closed palace door in a daze, feeling nervous in his heart. The emperor asked him to wait in the side hall. He clearly wanted to give him some instructions, but why suddenly there was no movement and sent him away directly.
Come out? What did the eldest prince, the second prince, and Yang Xu say in front of the emperor, and what happened? The palace is about to be locked? The emperor just said a word, what does it matter if he is half an hour or an hour late?
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Qiu Fu thought about how he was willing to return home. He hesitated and got on his horse. After walking for a while, he suddenly galloped towards the street where the second prince Zhu Gaoxu was. After not far away, he suddenly reined in the horse and stopped, thinking for a moment.
Then, the horse's head galloped towards his mansion again. After going back and forth several times, he finally turned the horse's head and galloped towards his mansion.
When he reached the palace and dismounted, he waved to a trusted guard and whispered: "Go back, change your clothes, and quietly go to His Highness the Second Highness to ask about the news that happened in the palace today and any instructions.
, please also ask the Second Highness to come down together!"
The guard understood, took the reins of Qiu Fu's horse, and nodded lightly.
Qiu Fu breathed a long sigh of relief and walked towards the mansion with heavy steps...
p: Book friends, please ***, cheer for Yang Xu! Bit by bit, they gather into a river!
