Yan San said: "The news just came from the sea. The Changning ship carrying King Cijia back to the island was attacked by Japanese pirates."
Tang Shijin was also surprised: "What??"
Yan San said: "Master, don't worry, Tang Liansheng is fine."
Then he continued to report: "Three days after the Changning passed south of Champa City, it encountered Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates had three ships in total. They were the first to attack our ship with artillery fire. Fortunately, this time the ship was equipped with new red cannons. Both sides
The battle lasted for nearly seven hours at sea, and two of the opponent's ships were sunk. About eighty of our navy and sailors were killed, and more than forty people were injured. Three people from Manchujia's entourage were injured, and Yan Shiliu was seriously injured and did not wake up.
, Zhao Beian was slightly injured, Tang Liansheng, Xu Xiaorang was fine, and everyone else was fine too. The other party killed more than 300 people and fell into the sea, and captured more than 40 people. The Changning was damaged in many places, and the navigation was basically not affected.
, the Changning has arrived safely at Mancajia Island."
He paused for a moment: "This happened on September 26th. It's just that the eagle with Changmu Feierlou who sent the message was frightened and couldn't come when called, so he couldn't send back the message."
While talking, Yan Baiwei and both of them got dressed and came out, took the message and read it.
Tang Shijin frowned deeply.
She was originally relatively new to history, and now that she was in a dynasty she didn't know about, her concept was even more vague. But sometimes, reality often overlapped with the history she knew.
The problem of Japanese pirates has actually existed since ancient times. Japanese pirates are almost synonymous with pirates in the history of our country.
However, during the previous dynasty, the Japanese state implemented a maritime ban, so no one officially went to sea. Only some Japanese merchants ventured into the sea for smuggling. In the previous dynasty, a foreigner was the emperor, and the management was very extensive. For this purpose, they also established Qingyuan and Quanzhou City.
The shipping company comes to collect taxes.
These Japanese merchants were all armed merchants, and they themselves were both merchants and bandits.
But later, for some reason, perhaps because of the civil strife in their own country, the situation gradually decreased. From the fact that the civil and military officials of the Daqing court never bothered the sea, it can be seen that there has been no major incident on the sea for a long time.
She vaguely remembered that in history, the Japanese country had a period when the Southern and Northern Dynasties were divided, and the two forces fought fiercely. Later, the Northern Emperor won, and some feudal lords in the South could not survive in their own country, so they organized samurai, merchants and ronin to build ships and go to sea.
Became a pirate.
Does it correspond to today?
Or is it that the incident has already happened, but their navy was just established, so they never knew about it?
Yan Baiwei looked at it carefully several times and sneered: "This is what everyone thinks the sea is safe from! Sit back and relax! If it hadn't been for Jin'er's suggestion, I'm afraid I won't be able to recruit a navy in another ten years. I'm afraid
You have to wait until the Japanese pirates come knocking on your door, then you will know that there are still "Japanese pirates" in the world!!"
He took a long breath and said: "Let Wei Shilei hurry up and collect more news about Japanese pirates! He hasn't encountered Japanese pirates before when he went to sea, maybe it's because of the season! This time he encountered them, only
It’s not an accident! We must be vigilant!”
Tang Shijin said: "This matter is urgent. Let Tang Jiugai and Tang Baguo go there and report the detailed situation. Just let Liansheng pass on the information."
Yan Baiwei nodded: "That's fine."
Tang Shijin directly called Tang Jiugai and sent them over.
If Tang Jiugai and his two brothers live up to their expectations, they can travel thousands of miles in a day, and they will arrive at Mancajia Island before dawn.
Tang Liansheng was a scholar and did not participate in the naval battle. He also expected that after the matter was reported, the other side would be anxious, so he first reported an overview, and then immediately wrote a detailed summary, and also drew all the weapons on the Japanese pirate warships.
I made a sketch and asked Tang Jiugai to send two of them back.
Yan Baiwei left the morning court and refused to let the civil and military ministers leave without saying why.
It wasn't until nearly noon that Tang Jiugai came back and landed directly in front of the hall with his wings folded.
Yan Baiwei said: "Go over alone and take the letter!"
Then an official came over cautiously, took off the thing from Tang Jiugai's neck, and handed it to Tang Jiugai with both hands at a trot.
Yan Baiwei took a cursory glance and handed the memorial to Hanlin next to him, "Nian Nian."
The Hanlin then began to recite: "Your Majesty Tang Tingqi sent this memorial to escort King Mancijia back to his country and encountered the Japanese pirates. I respectfully heard this and prayed for the Holy Spirit to judge..."
After reading the beginning, all the ministers were shocked.
Tang Liansheng wrote it in great detail, and attached a casualty record at the end. Everyone was speechless for a long time until he read it.
Yan Baiwei said: "This is what everyone said every day that the sea is not in danger? There is no need to rush into the navy's affairs??"
Someone immediately said: "It's just an accidental encounter with water bandits. Your Majesty, there is no need to panic. I want to go to heaven..."
Yan Baiwei was furious at that time: "The Changning is a giant fortune ship, more than thirty feet long, with a four-story steering tower, a Daqing dragon flag, and more than a thousand people on board! If an ordinary pirate encounters such a ship, wouldn't he?
Should we turn around and run away? But the Japanese pirate ship dared to take the lead in firing, which shows how rampant it has become! If it weren't for the red cannon on the ship that was quickly made by Prince Qing's new people, the Japanese pirate ship would only rely on the bowl-mouth blunderbuss back then.
All the people in the boat have already perished in the sea! This foreign pilgrimage is a joke!!"
"In such a situation, you actually told me that there is no need to panic? Such a ignorant fool who has no knowledge of what is going on and tells lies has the nerve to stand in the court and open his mouth to say such ridiculous things? Are you?
Do you think I'm a fool?"
He stood up directly and said, "Come here, take this person immediately and send him to Minzhou overnight. Whenever you go to sea, this person must accompany you. Whenever there are pirates, whether they are Japanese pirates or Folangji, this person must be the vanguard!"
The man was just a civil servant. He was so frightened that he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty..."
However, the kind of thing in TV movies that can't be dragged away for a long time does not exist in reality. He only said two words and was dragged down by the guards neatly.
Yan Baiwei said word for word: "Customs is also the country's gate! The country's gate is related to the country! Coastal defense is not something you can take for granted! If there are such nonsense, irresponsible flatterers, they will all be handled accordingly! Since you
If you say that water pirates are not something to be afraid of, then go and see with your own eyes! Try it for yourself!! Then tell me if you are afraid of them!!"
All the ministers bowed their heads.
After a long while, Chen Jianru said: "Because there are Japanese pirates rampant in the sea, I believe that it is imperative to implement a sea ban. Only a sea ban can prevent pirates from coming ashore and disturbing the people as much as possible! Therefore, I believe that the recruitment and training of naval forces should be more rigorous."
We attach great importance to it, but sea bans are a must, and sending envoys is absolutely a no-brainer! Please make a decision as soon as possible, Your Majesty!"
Tao Xiang also said: "I second the proposal."
"I also second the proposal."
Tiantian seconded the motion! What a bunch of old stubborns!!
Yan Baiwei snorted and put down the pieces of paper he was pressing next to him: "Look at them all, give me a good look at them all! I really want to know if everything in my court is covered with a