Zhu Qizhen frowned and said: "Just tell us what we found out!"
"Yes!"
Yuan Bin had no choice but to say: "Although the Japanese pirates over there are not a problem, our people secretly learned that the smuggling gangs that go out to sea seem to be very close to some officials in the DPRK. Moreover, there is some unclear relationship between them and the Japanese pirates.
It’s just that these lists currently lack conclusive evidence, and I planned to confirm them before reporting them to the emperor.”
Zhu Qizhen's face turned ugly. Going out to sea for smuggling must have some connection with the Japanese pirates. This was to be expected.
Wu Canghai once explained at the beginning that many smuggling gangs and Japanese pirates are actually the same group. Going to sea is the territory of Japanese pirates. Ordinary people, unless they are like Wu Canghai, have enough strength to fight against them, they will not be able to go to sea at all.
.
Half a month ago, Shi Heng wrote about this matter in a letter. However, considering that this person had been out of court control for half a year and had so many officials involved, Zhu Qizhen did not act rashly and preferred to be cautious.
Now that Zhu Ji has found clues that completely corroborate it, the matter has become a certainty.
Bai Lian colludes with Japanese pirates. Japanese pirates and smugglers are a group, and behind the smugglers are officials. The various relationships are intricate and complicated, like a giant net, which affects the whole body.
Faced with such a situation, how easy is it to open the sea?
The reason why these forces can unite together is mainly due to interests.
To break their alliance, it's not just a matter of killing a few people, it's a war!
The enemies he faces include not only the vicious Japanese pirates and the cunning White Lotus Sect, but most importantly, the sanctimonious gentry class.
Some of them are local wealthy families and have very high prestige in the local area. Even the county magistrate must pay three respects to them.
Some are high in temples and hold important positions in the court.
Since Emperor Taizu founded the country, Ming Dynasty has always treated scholars with great courtesy, but unexpectedly, a hundred years later, these scholars would become Ming Dynasty's biggest enemies.
They carried out land annexation without any scruples, taking ordinary people's land into their own names.
The common people became tenants, and the tenants became refugees. The refugees either starved to death or became rogues.
As if this was not enough, they used the sea ban as a cover to carry out sea trade smuggling behind the scenes and make huge profits. Whenever the court had the intention of opening up the sea, they would jump out, point their fingers in the nose of those in power and say, this is the ancestral system, the ancestral system
Not to be violated!
However, they did not mention a word about the ancestral system of embezzling sixty taels of skinned skin and stuffing it as grass, which was originally set by Emperor Taizu.
On the surface, they claim to focus on agriculture and suppress business, but behind the scenes, they are colluding with officials and businessmen. They want both fame and profit, and they want to be bitches and build memorial arches.
If the imperial court wants to collect business taxes, they will jump out and shout, this is to compete with the people for profit, don't do it, don't do it!
They are the biggest enemies of the Ming Dynasty!
"Send the Jinyi Guards from Nanjing to assist Zhu Ji. All those involved in thieves and smugglers will be monitored. After ten days, they will be arrested directly!"
Yuan Bin asked doubtfully: "Don't you need to wait for the results from our side?"
"No need!"
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said: "The time here is roughly ten days. Even if it is a few days later, the news from Fuzhou will not be transmitted. To say the least, even if the news is transmitted, they cannot give up the opportunity in front of them!
”
Yuan Bin nodded, and he clearly felt that the battle was about to begin.
If those people are arrested, they will inevitably pull out the carrots and bring them out of the mud, and the officials in the DPRK will also be implicated.
As you can imagine, the scope of this case is comparable to the four major cases in the Hongwu period!
Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Where are the Three Thousand Battalions?"
Yuan Bin replied: "Gong Rui Guo and half of the troops have arrived in Nanjing, and the rest will arrive in five days at most."
Regarding the dispatch of the Three Thousand Battalions, Rui Guogong Li Zhen put a lot of effort into it.
Three thousand people are not a small number, and they also carry weapons and ammunition. If they come out of the capital blatantly, they will definitely be noticed by the opponent's spies.
Finally, he broke the three thousand battalions into parts, dressed them up as several caravans, hid weapons and ammunition in trucks, and left Beijing in batches.
In order to deceive others, these people left Beijing at different times and took different routes.
Some took the canal, some took the land route, some took Shandong, some took Henan, and finally gathered in Nanjing.
Yu Qian asked: "Except for the three thousand battalions, where are the other soldiers and horses?"
Yuan Bin replied truthfully: "No more, there are only three thousand battalions."
"Only three thousand battalions?"
Yu Qian was greatly puzzled. The opponent was the main force of the Japanese pirates and the White Lotus Sect. There were at least ten or twenty thousand people. Why did the emperor only bring out three thousand battalions?
Although when I first proposed to the emperor, I said that relying on new firearms, a few thousand people would be enough, but if you really want to fight a war, you have to take into account the unknown factors in order to be prepared.
How about you, come here with three thousand battalions and others with all your strength?
Even if the weapons and equipment are ahead, you can’t play like this!
"Your Majesty, if we only rely on three thousand battalions, I'm afraid it will be... hard to fight..."
Zhu Qizhen didn't take it seriously and said, "Do you think I don't want to bring more people? I also want to bring over the Shenji Battalion's Flying Tiger Cannon, but it's not easy to mobilize the army under the radar."
Yu Qian sighed helplessly and said: "In this case, the emperor should evacuate this place first and leave it to the ministers to take full responsibility!"
"Why, are you worried that the three thousand battalions are not enough to fight?"
"Enough is enough, but this is a war after all, and the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. The emperor is the most powerful person, so he can sit in the rear and there is no need to put himself in danger."
Zhu Qizhen said: "I believe in the combat effectiveness of the Three Thousand Battalion. The Japanese pirates and Bailian are just a piece of loose sand, worth mentioning in front of my elite troops!"
"Having said that, I am worried..."
"Don't worry. Your mission is to keep an eye on the 100,000 people in Huai'an Mansion. If something happens to them, it will be troublesome."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
"Yes, I obey your order!"
Zhu Qizhen looked at Beilin again and said, "Beilin, just stay in Huai'an Mansion and help them look at the stars and so on."
Beilin looked confused and said: "I want to follow the emperor."
"I'm going to Nanjing to fight, what will you do with me?"
"My Lord..." Beilin said helplessly, "You don't need to look at the stars to build a river embankment."
"Then you... um... right!"
Zhu Qizhen suddenly thought of what happened on the road and said, "Go check on Heyin's problem!"
…………
Capital, the residence of Chen Ruyan, the left minister of the Ministry of War.
"Master, someone wants to see you!"
Chen Ruyan was eating, so he casually asked: "Who is it?"
"It seems...the surname is Dong..."
"Surnamed Dong?"
Chen Ruyan said doubtfully: "This surname is not common."
"This man has visited me several times before. I vaguely remember that he seems to be...not Han."
"Not Han Chinese?"
"He sounds weird when he talks, as if he is from Japan... Oh, by the way, this is his gift list."
Chen Ruyan took it, took a look at it, and said, "Let him wait in the study!"
"Yes!"
After drinking and eating, Chen Ruyan slowly came to the study.
At this time, Dong Changyuan had been waiting for a long time, and hurriedly came forward and saluted politely.
"I've met Mr. Chen!"
Chen Ruyan sat down and asked: "What is your name?"
Dong Changyuan hurriedly replied: "I, Dong Changyuan, are the Japanese envoys. Mr. Chen, have you forgotten that when... your son got married, I came to congratulate you and sent you gifts..."
He did come several times, but he never saw the real owner each time. Rather than coming to visit, he came to deliver gifts.
Fortunately, Chen Ruyan knows how to treat guests better. As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smile. It's hard to turn away people who come to visit you and bring generous gifts.
"Oh, some impressions!"
Chen Ruyan suddenly remembered what the senior boss of the cabinet had told him about His Royal Highness King Xi summoning the Japanese envoys.
"I wonder why you came here late at night?"
With a smile on his face, Dong Changyuan said: "I have always admired Mr. Chen. I came to visit him several times before, but Mr. Chen was busy with official duties, so I never had the chance to meet him..."
He rambled on a lot, and Chen Ruyan was tired of listening to it.
"If you have any questions, just tell me!"
Dong Changyuan smiled awkwardly and asked: "I heard that the imperial court... has plans to suppress Japanese invaders?"
Chen Ruyan nodded and said, "That's true!"
Ever since he was summoned by King Xi last time, Dong Changyuan has been in a state of confusion. After thinking about it, he felt that the matter might be more serious than imagined, so he prepared a generous gift and came to find out the truth.
"A few days ago, His Highness King Hao summoned me and reprimanded me for the wreaking havoc of Japanese pirates. I feel uneasy and ask Mr. Chen to believe that these Japanese pirates have nothing to do with our country. The leader of our country has nothing to do with the shogunate Ashikaga Yoshimasa.
Your Excellency, you have absolutely nothing to do with these Japanese pirates, and our country and the Ming Dynasty are brothers. Your Highness’s accusations against our country are really heartbreaking and make people sleepless and sleepless.”
Chen Ruyan narrowed his eyes and asked, "Does your country really have nothing to do with the Japanese pirates?"
Dong Changyuan vowed: "Absolutely...it has nothing to do with it!"
Chen Ruyan smiled and said calmly: "That's the case, then it's okay. It seems that there is indeed a misunderstanding, and His Highness King Xi actually blamed you."
After listening to Chen Ruyan's words, Dong Changyuan calmed down.
Now that the Secretary of the Ministry of War has gone to Huai'an Mansion, all matters related to the Ministry of War are decided by Zuo Shilang Chen Ruyan. Since he says it's okay, it means it's okay.
As for them wanting to suppress the Japanese pirates, just let them do it. As long as it has nothing to do with the Japanese country, you can suppress them as you wish!
At least, judging from Chen Ruyan's attitude, they don't seem to be willing to escalate the matter.
For the Japanese country, this is a good thing.
"I am very lucky to have met Mr. Chen. I hope Mr. Chen will support you in the future in the capital!"
Chen Ruyan said calmly: "As an envoy of a friendly country, this is what you should do!"
"Then I won't disturb Mr. Chen's rest and say goodbye!"
That’s it for now. What needs to be said has been said. Of course there is no need to say any unnecessary words.
Dong Changyuan was a very shrewd man, and he had given the gift himself. In order to prove his words, he returned to Honglu Temple. He vigorously publicized the matter in front of envoys from various countries and praised Chen Ruyan very much.
Not only that, he also submitted a memorial in the name of the Japanese envoy.
According to common practice, memorials from foreign envoys should be submitted directly from Honglu Temple to the cabinet and then to the imperial court.
However, when Cao Nai saw this memorial, his face turned ugly.
The scribe went to deliver the message, and after a while, Gao Hub and Zhang Yi arrived.
"What happened?"
Cao Nai knocked the memorial on the eucalyptus slip with his hand and said: "What kind of trick is Chen Ruyan doing? National affairs are nothing to play with. Look, this is the memorial written by Dong Changyuan, the Japanese envoy, singing praises to Chen Ruyan.
, saying that he is kind to people, considerate that the Japanese country is also invaded by Japanese pirates, and both the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were deeply harmed by Japanese pirates. They also say that they will always be of the same mind. He is the left minister of the Ministry of War, how come he wears the same pants as the Japanese? Over the years, Japanese pirates
Although the Ming Dynasty did not openly condemn the Japanese pirates, they tacitly understood it. If these Japanese pirates were in the Japanese country and had no one to protect them, how could they have the momentum they have today? It is really unreasonable!"
"Then I won't disturb Mr. Chen's rest and say goodbye!"
That’s it for now. What needs to be said has been said. Of course there is no need to say any unnecessary words.
Dong Changyuan was a very shrewd man, and he had given the gift himself. In order to prove his words, he returned to Honglu Temple. He vigorously publicized the matter in front of envoys from various countries and praised Chen Ruyan very much.
Not only that, he also submitted a memorial in the name of the Japanese envoy.
According to common practice, memorials from foreign envoys should be submitted directly from Honglu Temple to the cabinet and then to the imperial court.
However, when Cao Nai saw this memorial, his face turned ugly.
The scribe went to deliver the message, and after a while, Gao Hub and Zhang Yi arrived.
"Then I won't disturb Mr. Chen's rest and say goodbye!"
That’s it for now. What needs to be said has been said. Of course there is no need to say any unnecessary words.
Dong Changyuan was a very shrewd man, and he had given the gift himself. In order to prove his words, he returned to Honglu Temple. He vigorously publicized the matter in front of envoys from various countries and praised Chen Ruyan very much.
Not only that, he also submitted a memorial in the name of the Japanese envoy.
According to common practice, memorials from foreign envoys should be submitted directly from Honglu Temple to the cabinet and then to the imperial court.
However, when Cao Nai saw this memorial, his face turned ugly.
The scribe went to deliver the message, and after a while, Gao Hub and Zhang Yi arrived.
"What happened?"
Cao Nai knocked the memorial on the eucalyptus slip with his hand and said: "What kind of trick is Chen Ruyan doing? National affairs are nothing to play with. Look, this is the memorial written by Dong Changyuan, the Japanese envoy, singing praises to Chen Ruyan.
, saying that he is kind to people, considerate that the Japanese country is also invaded by Japanese pirates, and both the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were deeply harmed by Japanese pirates. They also say that they will always be of the same mind. He is the left minister of the Ministry of War, how come he wears the same pants as the Japanese? Over the years, Japanese pirates
Although the Ming Dynasty did not openly condemn the Japanese pirates, they tacitly understood it. If these Japanese pirates were in the Japanese country and had no one to protect them, how could they have the momentum they have today? It is really unreasonable!"