A knife in love

Chapter 1577

Li Qiufeng heard Xiao Dong mentioned the Japanese pirates, and thought that he had made a big circle and finally got to the point.This person was ordered by an official of the Ministry of War to work in the Firearms Bureau under the Ministry of Industry, so his business trips must have something to do with firearms.The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than a hundred years, and all kinds of corruption and vices have spread throughout the officialdom. Naturally, the officers and soldiers of the guards everywhere cannot be alone.Since the War of Civil Fortress, there has been no good soldiers and good generals.Later, although Yu Qian and others vigorously rectified it, there was no longer the tiger and wolf division at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.However, in the past hundred years, the firearms of the Shenji Camp have become more and more powerful, and the formations using firearms have also become more and more sophisticated.If there were no firearms and formations, not only would the Tartar soldiers have already broken through Datong and the Xuanfu entered the Central Plains, but the Japanese pirates along the southeast coast would not only harass the coast of Fujian, they might have already occupied half of the southeast.Could Xiao Dong's trip to Fusang this time be related to firearms?

While Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, he heard Xiao Dong continue to say: "After Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, he strictly ordered the governor of Nanzhili and the officials of the local guards to wipe out the Japanese pirates as soon as possible, so that the imperial court can concentrate on dealing with the Tartars in the north. Several cabinet ministers Naturally, the soldiers did not dare to be negligent, and ordered the officials of all sizes in Nanzhili and the commanders of Beiwa to do their best to kill the Japanese pirates in order to ensure the safety of the southeast. Extinguishing the Japanese pirates actually made the Japanese pirates more and more arrogant.

"In desperation, the big bosses of the imperial court thought that if the sword was cut off and the water flowed more, if we want to completely wipe out the Japanese pirates, we must find a way from the source. Only when the court of Fusang Kingdom kills these wandering warriors, can the Japanese pirates who are doing evil in the southeast coast be as passive as possible. The water does not require the imperial court to send soldiers and horses to kill, but it must be defeated. After you have made a plan, you send envoys to the Fusang Kingdom to order the General Zhengyi, who is in charge of the Fusang Kingdom, to kill all those defeated The generals and ministers of the Fusang Kingdom agreed happily, saying that these defeated warriors were not only the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, but also the traitors of the Fusang Kingdom, and they must be wiped out. However, these warriors are not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also proficient in the art of war. They are by no means comparable to ordinary pirates. The Fusang Kingdom has sent soldiers and horses to kill them many times, but they have not taken advantage of them. The samurai spent a lot of money to buy a lot of firecrackers from a big country called Fulangji, which is thousands of miles away. Although the officers and soldiers of the Fusang Kingdom are powerful, they are no match for the firecrackers in the hands of the wandering warriors. To destroy the opponent, one must have a weapon stronger than them. The firearms in your hands are more powerful firearms..."

When Li Qiufeng heard Xiao Dong's words, his heart trembled, and he couldn't help but said, "Could it be that the Fusang Kingdom wants to ask Daming for firearms under the pretext of killing Japanese pirates?"

Xiao Dong nodded, and said in his mouth: "Master Li is right. The General Zhengyi of Fusang Kingdom told our envoy that if Fusang Kingdom is to wipe out these defeated vassal warriors, it is necessary to send firearms from Daming, and It is also necessary to teach how to use firearms. Otherwise, the knives, guns, bows and arrows in the hands of the Fusang army will definitely not be able to wipe out all the wandering warriors."

When Li Qiufeng heard this, his eyes widened, and he said to Xiao Dong: "The Fusang Kingdom is very cunning, and they want to take advantage of the fire to loot it. If they have learned how to make and use firearms, they will immediately call up a large army to conquer them. Daming. The disaster is far more severe than those defeated vassal warriors."

Xiao Dongdao: "Master Li is right. After the envoy returned to the capital, he reported the matter to the cabinet. After hearing the response from the court of Fusang Kingdom, several big bosses cursed Fusang Kingdom with bad intentions. These big bosses are extremely shrewd Naturally, he was unwilling to teach the Fusang people how to make and use firearms. However, the General Zhengyi of the Fusang Kingdom thought about this matter and sent envoys to the capital to inquire. Fusang country turned his face, so he came up with all kinds of excuses to shirk.

"It's just that a big event happened last year, but it put the court in a dilemma. The two ministers in charge of Fusang Kingdom sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to make offerings. In fact, they wanted to use the name of court offerings to get a reward from Ming Dynasty. Improve their status in the Fusang court. The second is to sell the private goods they carry and earn a lot of money. These two groups of envoys are their own masters, and they have created filth in Fusang. After arriving in Ningbo, the city ship At the banquet at the Si Yamen, there was another quarrel over the seat. Later, the two sides drew their swords and fought at the Shibo Si Yamen. One of the envoy leaders named Zong She was so tough that he not only cut down the other A Fusang envoy even shot and killed several officials of the Ming Dynasty. Under the siege of the yamen tolerance police, he even broke out of the Yamen of Shibosi, gathered his accomplices, and rushed out of Ningbo City all the way.

"Ningbo Magistrate's Yamen was horrified when they heard this. While mobilizing the arresters of the Zhifu's Yamen to hunt down Zong She and others, they wrote a letter to the Governor's Yamen of Nanzhili, asking for troops to encircle and suppress them. As a result, the Shibosi Yamen, The yamen of the prefect of Ningbo and the commander of Beiwadu dispatched arresters and soldiers to intercept Zongshe's group who escaped from Ningbo Prefecture. Unexpectedly, Zongshe was so fierce that he was besieged by thousands of arresters and soldiers. Breaking out of the siege, beheading hundreds of policemen and officers and soldiers, killing all the way from Zhejiang to Shandong, they suddenly disappeared.

"This matter is known all over the world, and the face of the imperial court is completely ashamed. The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. The cabinet, the Ministry of punishment, the Ministry of officials, and the Ministry of war jointly tried the case, and hundreds of officials were punished. The cabinet Several university scholars, Minister of the Ministry of War, Minister of the Ministry of War, and other adults discussed day and night. They knew that Zong She’s gang only had a dozen people. Because the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast sent people to help, while intercepting the officers and soldiers, they delivered news to Zongshe, so that Zongshe could avoid the truth and escape the siege of the officers and soldiers many times. Later, Zongshe disappeared, but the Japanese pirates became more and more violent. I heard that a group of Japanese pirates sneaked into the Central Plains and made trouble in the hinterland of Henan. Fortunately, they were wiped out by Jin Yiwei, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

Hearing Xiao Dong's words, Li Qiufeng thought to himself that Liu Shengzongyan joined forces with Japanese pirates from the southeast coast to sneak into Xiuwu County in an attempt to seize Fengmen Village and threaten the capital.However, Yang Zhenzhong saw through the trick, and finally fell short, and Liu Sheng's family returned home in defeat.Unexpectedly, this matter even reached the cabinet, and it also triggered many unexpected things.

Xiao Dong went on to say: "After discussion, all the adults think that eliminating the Japanese pirates is the most important thing. Although the conditions proposed by the Fusang Kingdom are extremely harsh, but if they want to wipe out the Japanese pirates as soon as possible, they have to temporarily make false promises with the Fusang Kingdom... ..."

Li Qiufeng felt resentful in his heart, and couldn't help saying angrily: "Stupid! Too stupid! This is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst, and there will be endless troubles! These court officials are extremely stupid, and they must make a big mistake!"

Xiao Dong was taken aback when he heard Li Qiufeng blatantly reprimanding the court officials, he thought to himself that this kid is just a family of Jin Yiwei, and he dared to scold the court officials.If those bigwigs in the capital knew about it, even if he was Yang Zhenzhong's confidant, he would still die.But in this way, you, kid, have another handle in Lao Tzu's hands.Well, that's great.

(End of this chapter)