Sure enough, Zhou Yong's words made the emperor quite satisfied.
Zhu Yijun didn't think that Shu Yinglong himself would collude with the Japanese pirates, because this was too unreasonable. Not to mention the literati and officials who were loyal to the emperor and patriotic, he said that as the governor of water transportation, Shu Yinglong's job scope had nothing to do with the Japanese pirates, and he colluded with the Japanese pirates.
What does it mean to him?
If the families of some officials along the Jiangnan coast may have participated in some activities related to Japanese pirates in their early years, it is actually easy to understand. After all, Gao Pragmatic had already told him what the true nature of the Japanese pirate rebellion was, but it is not easy to pursue it now.
. And Shu Yinglong was from Quanzhou, Guangxi, which was in northern Guangxi, close to Yongzhou, Huguang (now Yongzhou, Hunan), thousands of miles away from the sea, so his family environment also ensured that he had nothing to do with Japanese pirates in his early years.
Of course, if we must say that he had the opportunity to contact Japanese pirates, it is not completely impossible. After all, he served as the county magistrate of Dongguan in his early years, and later served as the chief envoy of Guangdong, and then was transferred to the governor of Guizhou, and then the governor of water transportation.
During his years in Guangdong, he still had the opportunity to come into contact with Japanese pirates.
However, according to Gao Pragmatic's reports in the past few years, the Japanese pirates who often went to Guangdong and Guangxi and the Japanese pirates who often went to Fujian were almost the same group (but they were divided into many shares, not affiliated with each other but connected), and that group of Japanese pirates was raided by Jinghua
, and finally fought a naval battle in the Fujian Sea with Jinghua.
The Japanese pirates were defeated in this battle and their strength was basically lost. The remaining fake Japanese who had no blood on their hands and had Ming Dynasty household registration were selected and some were absorbed by Jinghua and then sent to Dongfan (Taiwan) to open up wasteland.
In other words, even if Shu Yinglong came into contact with Japanese pirates in Guangdong, the people he came into contact with were either dead or enjoying the miasma. They could not be the Japanese pirates who robbed the ships this time.
In addition to these, the emperor was more satisfied with Zhou Yong's non-negotiable attitude. Zhu Yijun had earlier agreed with Gao Jingshi that the frontline battles would be left to Gao Jingshi, and the stable work in the rear would be taken care of by His Majesty the Emperor. Since
The stability of the rear is all his job, so it is a bit bad that the Cao Army has such a big change now. If he is still involved in this, it will only cause greater turmoil. Once it affects the frontline operations, he will face
What do you say about Gao pragmatism?
As an emperor, he may not have to worry about Gao Pragmatic being angry with him, but people always have face. He had just made a good promise on the front foot, but he was in big trouble on the back foot. Your Majesty, the Emperor, doesn't want to lose face?
In addition, as the chief assistant, Shen Shixing's point of view just put forward was not in line with Zhu Yijun's thoughts, but now after Zhou Yong said it, it suddenly seemed to make sense, and it could even be called a mature idea for the country.
Zhu Yijun has been the emperor for so many years. He has rich experience and is very familiar with civil servants' speech. In addition to not supporting the use of force to solve the problem, Shen Shixing's remaining meaning is actually very simple. He wants to put aside Shu Yinglong's responsibility and put the blame on coastal defense.
lead.
Coastal defense is not managed by Gui Xin School, which is the responsibility of the Ministry of War. At the same time, since the Ministry of Revenue now has a customs office, and there is a tax police corps under the customs office, it is also responsible. In the final analysis, if there is a problem with coastal defense, the responsibility lies entirely with Shi School, Shen Shixing
Those words only emphasized this point.
But the emperor didn't care about these things. As an emperor, he had long been accustomed to party disputes. For the emperor, it was impossible to ban party disputes, and there was no reason for him to ban them. After all, for the emperor, it was better for his subordinates to have conflicts.
Control, if the subordinates are completely single-minded, it will be very troublesome, and may even be dangerous.
To be fair, the emperor can rest assured that Gao Pragmatic is leading the Pragmatic School, but if the whole court is composed of Practical School, then even if he is assured of Gao Pragmatic, he will still feel uneasy.
Party strife was not something the emperor cared about. What he cared about was what Shen Shixing said. Although Shu Yinglong's responsibility was lightened, it also meant that quelling the incident did not necessarily require the use of force.
Zhu Yijun was very angry at first, and he really wanted to use force to quell the situation, but after Shen Shixing and Zhou Yong said this, he realized that now was indeed not the time to use force.
The Battle of Yuan Dynasty had already used most of the entire nine-border force, and the south was not stable either. Song Liangzuo and Liu Wei were preparing to encircle and suppress Yang Yinglong in Bozhou, which would require the use of most of the mobile forces in the southwest. In this case, if we continue
To start a war, and to start a war in the rich and wealthy southeast, even if the court has accumulated more than ten years of accumulation, I am afraid it will not be able to cope with it.
As for Shen Shixing's suggestion, which was to reduce the 40% of the losses that the rioting Cao Army had to compensate, Zhu Yijun actually thought about it now. It was not a bad idea. Even though hundreds of ships were burned, the other ships also suffered losses, but the ships are not sea ships.
The ship was much smaller in size, so these losses were far from enough to burden the court. Even with the tribute on board, the loss was still affordable for the court at this time.
The imperial court always had reserves around the capital. In the past, it usually reserved four million stones. In the past two years, Gao pragmatically added an additional one million stones. Therefore, before the Battle of Yuan Dynasty began, the capital's reserves were as high as five million stones.
If this batch of reserves is used for battle, it may not be considered absolutely sufficient, because the consumption of the battle is mainly consumed during transportation, but if it is just to ensure the rations of the capital, this reserve of food is enough to be considered safe.
There are approximately 134,000 households in Beijing. Based on five persons per household, the total population of Beijing during this period is approximately 680,000. Adding in the production and construction corps and various service personnel in the palace, the current total population of Beijing
Probably more than 800,000.
One stone is about 120 kilograms (stone is volume, so the weight is not fixed), which can be eaten by one person for at least two months. Five million stones of grain means that the capital can feed the capital for more than one year. People generally have grain reserves.
There are more families of noble officials and wealthy businessmen, so in fact, even if there is no external input, the capital's grain storage can guarantee that there will be no shortage of grain for two years. The continued guarantee of water transportation is just a matter of habit and to be prepared.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Therefore, if the Cao Army is not held accountable too much, the imperial court itself will not put too much pressure on it. But this matter... seems to be in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs
, shouldn’t I ask for Gao’s pragmatic opinion?
Zhu Yijun thought about it and said: "Wealth matters are in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Da Situ is in Daning now. Let's send someone to deliver a letter and ask his opinion. As for the Cajun riot... Since Mr. Shen
To plead for mercy, I am not a person who is easy to kill. Considering that the Japanese pirates appeared quite strangely this time, it is understandable that the Cao army did not respond well.
Well, if Da Situ agrees not to hold the Cao army responsible for the losses, I will forgive him and compensate him. In addition, you may wish to think about who to send to the Cao army outside Nanjing to announce the pardon."
The imperial court could not say that it was going to negotiate with the rioting Cajun Army. It could only say that it was going to read out the decree. In fact, this was to negotiate. At this time, the Cajun Army was still in riot. There was still a certain danger for those who went to read out the decree. Therefore, this activity
Who will do it still needs to be discussed.
Logically speaking, the affairs of the Cao Army should of course be resolved by the Governor of Water Transport. However, the full name of the Governor of Water Transport in the Ming Dynasty is "Governor-General of Water Transport and Admiral of Military Affairs, Governor of Fengyang and other places and also in charge of rivers." This is equivalent to holding multiple positions, so his station is
In Huai'an Prefecture, an important place where it is convenient to take charge of the overall situation.
It takes more than 400 miles to go from Huai'an to Nanjing, and the Governor of Water Transport will definitely have to lead troops to negotiate during the Cao Army riots. This will obviously increase unnecessary costs. At the same time, this may also cause the rioting Cao Army to
Feeling threatened can easily lead to misjudgment. Therefore, according to Zhu Yijun's idea, since he does not intend to resort to force, it is best not to let Shu Yinglong go.
The emperor immediately expressed his attitude, Shen Shixing immediately agreed, and Wang Xijue also agreed shortly after, and suggested that the person who announced the decree could be Chen Yu, the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing.
However, this proposal was immediately questioned by Zhou Yong. Zhou Yong believed that the Cao army outside Nanjing was in riot after all, and it would be a bit weak to send the Minister of Hubu there, so he suggested that the best person to announce the edict should be the Minister of War of Nanjing.
Tianle.
As soon as his proposal came out, Wu Dui and Liang Menglong immediately expressed their support.
The emperor was well aware of this. Chen Yu, the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, was from Xixiang, Huguang, and belonged to the Xin School. After Gao Pragmatic took office the year before last, he also took over some power from the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing. Among them, the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing was not considered one of his own.
The reason: Tian Leze, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, was from Mzhou, North Zhili, and belonged to the Practical School.
After all, both sides hope to send their own people to declare the decree - obviously, everyone believes that this matter can be resolved peacefully, so this credit cannot be given to the other side.
The emperor couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. He frowned and thought of it, and said: "I don't think either of them are suitable. Let Wei Guogong go. Wei Guogong is the leader of Nanjing's honorable ministers. He declared a pardon on my behalf, which can better inform the court.
Sincerity.”
Now it was hard for both sides to object. After all, the emperor's words made sense. Wei Guogong was indeed the head of the honorable ministers of Nanjing and the honorary minister of Nanjing's garrison. He usually represented the emperor in offering sacrifices to Taizu's Xiaoling Mausoleum, but now he represented the emperor in declaring a pardon.
He is naturally the most qualified to rebel against the Cao Army.
However, this seems fair. To a certain extent, the pragmatic school still has a slight advantage. Because the Wei Guogong family has admired Gao pragmatically ever since Gao pragmatic intervened in an attack on the title, even among the Xinxue school in Nanjing.
Even in a place like a base camp, I never dare to go against the Real School.
Previously, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Maritime Groups united to oppose Jinghua, but Wei Guogong made it clear that he would not interfere. As a result, the entire Nanjing Xunchen Group did not intervene much in the end, which made the pressure on Jinghua much less - you know, Huaiyang Salt Merchant Group
There is also support from the Nanjing Xungui Group behind the scenes, so the Nanjing Xungui Group originally had some kind of interest connection with the Jiangnan Civil Service Group. Not to mention they are a family, at least they can be considered allies.
Nanjing Xungui Group gave up in the face of high pragmatism, which directly resulted in the Jiangnan Commercial Gang, the financial backer behind Jiangnan civil servants, losing a lot of support. This is also an important reason why Jinghua was able to slowly expand its influence in the south in the face of Jiangnan's joint efforts to exclude it.
At this moment, the emperor chose Wei Guogong to announce the decree. On the surface, he chose a neutral faction that was not an interested party. In fact, this neutral faction was biased. But fortunately, the honorable noble is an honorable noble after all. Even if Wei Guogong gets this credit
, after all, I can’t remember it from the Real School, and I can still tolerate it from the Heart School.
After talking about this matter, it was next time to find out the origin of the Japanese pirates. Zhu Yijun was very angry about this matter. He first ordered the Ministry of War to take concrete action and went to the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang together with the Customs Administration to ask ship owners from various places if they had seen where the Japanese pirates came from.
; Then in front of all the ministers, he said that he would let the Jin Yiwei investigate separately to see how the Cao army gathering in Nanjing was leaked.
Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were both worried, but although their status was valuable, they could not interfere indiscriminately. After all, Shen Shixing's words just now indicated that the issue of coastal defense was a matter of the Ministry of War, and the Customs Department did have the power to patrol the sea.
It is natural to cooperate with this work.
As for the Jin Yiwei... what can they say? Is it because the Jin Yiwei cannot investigate such a major leak? If the Jin Yiwei can't investigate this kind of thing, then why does the imperial court still need the Jin Yiwei!
Although the civil servant group has never had a good impression of the Jin Yiwei, it was mainly because the Jin Yiwei could arrest civil servants on orders and even "mutilate" them in prison. An investigation into a leak like this is at least nominal.
If the investigation was not about Shu Yinglong himself, then Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue would not find any reason to object.
Of course, the Practical School welcomes this. After all, this matter must have nothing to do with the Practical School. No matter what the situation is in the end, the real school will not be blamed for the harm.
However, Zhou Yong still felt a lot of pressure when he thought of trying to investigate where the Japanese pirates came from. Before he became Minister of the Ministry of War, he had been moving in the north and was not very familiar with the "business" in the south. He just felt that the sea
It is so vast that it is difficult to imagine where the ships came from.
After the imperial meeting was over, Zhou Yong discussed plans with Wu Dui and Liang Menglong. Liang Menglong smiled and said, "I don't need to worry too much about this matter. Mr. Wu Ge will help you."
Zhou Yong was a little confused by what he said. When Liang Menglong saw this, he told him the reason. Only then did Zhou Yong know that Wu Dui's son worked in Beijing and was in charge of Ningbo Port, and he had great power in maritime affairs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Zhou Yong was overjoyed and quickly thanked Wu Dui in advance. Wu Dui stopped him with a smile and said: "It is natural for me to help. I don't have to worry about this. But as you said, if this matter is really a Japanese pirate floating in the sea,
We are heading straight to Nanjing, so even if Quanzi tries his best to investigate, he may not be able to find out..."
At this moment, Liang Menglong smiled and waved his hand and interrupted: "Mr. Huanzhou is too cautious. I guess Gong Huanzhou also has some guesses about the origin of these Japanese pirates, right?"
Wu Dui did not smile, but his expression became heavy, and he sighed: "To be honest, Brother Mingquan, I hope I guessed wrong."
Liang Menglong's smile froze, and he couldn't help feeling a little emotional. He nodded and sighed, and said: "That's right."
Zhou Yong was the only one who was confused after hearing that they had been playing riddles for a long time. He looked left and right, and finally felt blessed and said in surprise: "Could it be that... someone is pretending to be a Japanese pirate?!"
Liang Menglong looked at him and said with a wry smile: "Whether it counts as pretending or not, it's hard to say."
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