Red House Shoufu

Chapter 419 The King of the Three Seas Willing to Surrender Monarchs and Ministers to Plan the Sea Bandits

The ancestor of the Wang family was one of the subordinates of the Three Treasures Eunuch in the previous dynasty when he went to the West. In the Xuande period of the previous dynasty, the navy was gradually abolished and lost the salary of the court.

Since the founding of the Great Chu, the Wang family once organized the old navy generals to fight for the king. Unfortunately, the Taizu defeated the army of Wala who invaded the south at a very fast speed, and won the hearts of the people.The pre-Ming era was over, so the Wang family gathered people to go out to sea by boat, and gradually formed a powerful sea force with hundreds of ships and tens of thousands of people.

Wang Youxing, King of the Three Seas, the third generation leader of the Wang family, the strongest among the four great pirates, and also the most in contact with the imperial court.

The imperial court has always planned to recruit the Wang family, because the Wang family has a rule that they never rob innocent people in the Central Plains, which is also the basis for the imperial court to be willing to talk to them.

The emperor asked Taishanghuang how to solve the difficulties in Shandong, and saw that Taishanghuang asked Dai Quan to get a map and guide Zhili to the north to Heishuiyang in Shandong (the East China Sea near Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and the offshore area of ​​​​the Yellow Sea in Ming Dynasty).

"Do you still remember the secret decree I asked you to give to Ping'er? As long as Wang Youxing is sincerely willing to accept the surrender, then Ping'er will use Wang Youxing's boat to surprise the pirates who invaded Shandong. The Songjiang Navy will go south to control Ningbo and Quanzhou. Out of the sea, those people in the south of the Yangtze River were completely trapped on land."

Lin Shu frowned and looked at the map on the table, feeling that there seemed to be something missing in the Supreme Emperor's plan, but he just couldn't remember it for a while.

At this time, Dai Quan stepped forward and said: "Saint, the emperor, this old slave has been in contact with the messengers of the Wang family twice. Hearing the meaning of the Wang family, the other three big pirates have colluded with the Japanese pirates. This time, nearly 40,000 people have gathered. , After those people in the south of the Yangtze River took advantage of the chaos in Shandong to contain the Dengzhou and Songjiang naval forces, they will attack the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas on a large scale, and it is best to take down Jinling..."

"That's why I plan to use the plan and use the Wang family to fight those rebellious pirates, and then transfer the Jiangxi government army into Nanzhili, and attack back and forth with the Songjiang navy to wipe out this group of crazy beasts in one fell swoop!"

The Supreme Emperor has been in power for more than 40 years, killing foreigners on land for more than 20 years without daring to disturb the border, but because of the policy of banning the sea, the navy has been slack, and he has never been able to deal with these pirates. This is his intractable heart disease.

Now the Dengzhou Navy and the Songjiang Navy have reached a scale, and have reached a preliminary cooperation with the Wang family.The Taishanghuang's heart became hot again, and even the emperor kept it a secret in order to ensure that the secret would not be revealed.

When the emperor saw that his father had made so many arrangements without telling him, mobilizing troops, property, etc., he couldn't help but feel a little angry.After all, he is now the emperor of Dachu. You old man has been in meditation for ten years. Why don't you know how to say something about such a big event?

But the emperor could bear it. After all, he was his own father, and he didn't do anything to harm his own interests. For the sake of the country, he didn't care.

On the map, there are detailed markings of the Supreme Emperor on this battle, and the emperor carefully deduced in his mind based on these markings.

At this time Lin Shu suddenly said: "Saint, Your Majesty, I have a question, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Ok?
All the people in the hall turned their eyes to Lin Shu, who was standing beside him, and the emperor said, "Say what you want!"

"I dare you, there is an omission in the sage's plan."

Lin Shu stretched out his hand and drew a circle on the Jiangnan area on the map: "If the pirates and those people in Jiangnan are blocked directly on the land, as long as the imperial army fails to win a battle, they will turn into bandits and scatter in all directions. What should the people do? The Jiangnan government army has been abolished for a long time, and thirty or fifty Japanese pirates can scare a county government army away, not to mention the combination of tens of thousands of pirates and Japanese pirates."

Lin Shu has lived in Jiangnan for nearly 20 years, and he is very clear about how slack military equipment has become under the prosperity of Jiangnan's culture.

Less than [-] Japanese pirates landed from Ningbo in the three years of rule of virtue, and the gates of the prefectural and county towns were closed tightly along the way, allowing the Japanese pirates to run rampant in the countryside.

If the nearby Shaoxing Mansion hadn't come to support them, the Japanese pirates would have killed all the rural people in Ningbo.

The two governments assembled thousands of government troops, and finally let the Japanese pirates run back to the sea uninjured, which is simply a great shame.When Lin Ruhai saw the shameless petitions written by the officials of Ningbo and Shaoxing stating that nearly ten thousand Japanese pirates had been defeated and countless enemies killed, he almost wrote an impeachment memorial and sent it to the capital.

Almost everyone in the Jiangnan official circles knew about this matter, even the palace knew what was going on, but for the sake of the overall situation and the court's face, the emperor could only admit this matter with a pinch of his nose.

After Lin Shu's reminder, the Supreme Emperor's originally confident face showed a trace of displeasure.

After glaring at Lin Shu, he suddenly let out a long sigh: "Your words are right, but I am a little impatient...Emperor, go and discuss with the Five Armies Commander's Mansion to see how we can encircle and wipe out all these bandits together." place."

"My son, I'll do it now..." The emperor's eyes were shining brightly. Compared with the emperor's overlord, since he ascended the throne, he had little military achievements to talk about except countering the rebellion.

If he took this opportunity to wipe out the Japanese pirates and pirates who made the people of Jiangnan hate him so much, not to mention taking all of Jiangnan's hearts, at least his prestige would be raised to a higher level.

Lin Shu bowed and flattered him: "A sage is like the sea god needle of the Great Chu, capable of governing the country with literature and peace with martial arts. If this plan is successful, the problem of pirates that has plagued our dynasty for a hundred years will no longer exist. My ministers respect the sage His admiration is endless like a surging river..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The Taishanghuang was itched by Lin Shu, and his depressed mood immediately improved.He interrupted Lin Shu's horse, laughed loudly and said, "Okay, your horse is not as good as the little eunuch in Longshou Palace. That's all I can do, and the rest is for you, the kings and ministers, to worry about." Alright, let's go, besides Japanese pirates and pirates, I hope to have another chance to go to the south of the Yangtze River and see the beauty of the Qinhuai River..."

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Regarding how to annihilate the Japanese pirates and pirates, the generals of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion formulated no less than six or seven plans in less than two hours.

Some resorted to a panic-like push, some carried out a surprise attack and beheaded, some proposed to divide and encircle... There were all kinds of strange moves, which made Lin Shu amazed.

When he left the palace in the evening, he was dizzy all over.

Today, he first witnessed the scheming of the Emperor Ma in the Dragon Head Palace, and later saw the whimsical ideas of the old commanders in the Five Army Commander's Mansion in the Palace of Qinzheng, which made Lin Shu feel deeply how shallow his knowledge was.

With the things he got from the book alone, Lin Shu was as vulnerable as an immature baby among these old men.

"It seems that we still need to keep learning and constantly enrich ourselves!"

Lin Shu wrapped his robe tightly, sighed, boarded the carriage and walked slowly home.

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Wang Youxing, King of the Three Seas, is really a legend. Dai Quan personally sent the Supreme Emperor's secret decree, asking Lin Shu and Dai Quan to jointly be responsible for receiving the messengers from the Wang family.

Lin Shu found information about the Wang family and carefully searched for useful information, and he admired the Wang family's tradition of "going around" in the Wa Kingdom when they have nothing to do.

No wonder the Wang family can firmly occupy the number one position among the four big pirates. Every year they go to the Japanese country for a "shopping" and get two or three million taels of silver, plus the protection fee paid by the smuggled merchant ship. Not coming?

Lin Shu even saw the records of the Dengzhou shipyard secretly building ships and artillery for the Wang family in the intelligence.Good guy, the imperial court had contacted the Wang family as early as Taizong's reign. Although they didn't discuss the matter of accepting the surrender, Lin Shu was dumbfounded by the tacit understanding of not signing a covenant.

The imperial court used the Wang family to check and balance the Japanese kingdom and other pirates, and the Wang family used the tacit understanding with the imperial court to ensure their own development and maritime status. This tacit dependence provided sufficient time for the stable development of Dachu in its early years.

"It's a pity, if it weren't for the loss of the ships and charts from Zheng He's period, I would have to bear it so far!"

After reading the information about the Wang family, Lin Shu deeply lamented the series of impacts brought about by the sudden failure of the navy's power.

Wang Yuan came over with a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup, and continued Lin Shu's topic and said: "I heard from my father that there are many mistakes in the charts of the previous dynasty that were kept in the court. There was no one to tidy it up for years, and it was bitten by moth-eaten rats, which made it dilapidated when it was found. After hastily repaired, it became what it is now. The treasure of the country is treated like this, it is hard to say!"

Lin Shu picked up the lotus seed soup and took a sip, the anger in his heart dissipated a little.

He handed a brand new sea chart to Wang Yuan: "This is the latest sea chart I found from Ma Fanteng. I compared it with the sea charts stored in the court. Both of them have mistakes and omissions, and a lot of research is still needed. query and calibration."

"My husband's Western friend is very interesting. I heard from Sister Lin that this Ma Fanteng is doing well in the East Palace now, and he speaks official Chinese more fluently than some of the courtiers..."

Wang Yuan compared the sea chart in her hand with the old sea chart on the table, and suddenly wondered: "Huh? According to Ma Fanteng's sea chart, these Westerners almost all entered the customs from Guangzhou. How about entering the Customs at the customs of Quanzhou, Songjiang and other cities? Wouldn’t it save nearly a month of time spent traveling?”

Entering the customs from Guangzhou, for Western businessmen like Ma Fanteng, the cost of traveling by land is much higher than that by sea.In Wang Yuan's mind, it is unreasonable for a businessman to seek profit and spend tens of thousands of silver bumping the land.

Lin Shu explained with a smile: "Sister Yuan seems to have forgotten the pirates who ran rampant in the East China Sea. Those pirates don't care whether you are a Westerner or not. There are hundreds of Western businessmen killed in the East China Sea. Ma Fanteng They have already figured out the situation at sea, so naturally they will not take huge risks to save this little money."

"How about this, my husband will leave the matter of the sea chart to me. In the past few days, I will make another copy, calibrate the two sea charts and put them together on one map, so that my husband can save time for comparison."

Wang Yuan is very confident in copying sea charts. She is extremely proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and women are more patient and careful than men.

Seeing my husband working so hard, I naturally feel distressed.The Lin family didn't have any major affairs recently, and there were a few cousins ​​in the mansion who were handling common affairs. Wang Yuan did have a lot of free time.

Lin Shu smiled and nodded, then poured the lotus seed soup in the bowl into his stomach in one breath.

"It just so happens that I have free time today, wouldn't it be better to add more fragrance to the red sleeves?"

As he spoke, he pulled Wang Yuan into his arms, moved his hands dishonestly, and used the excuse of tidying up the charts to do his best, and Wang Yuan was panting after a while.

The stove in the study brought more heat to the two of them, and the newlywed Wang Yuan always wanted to cling to her husband.

As for Lin Shu, who has been holding back for 18 years, he has long been fascinated by his delicate and tender little wife, and the fragrance from the tip of his nose has driven him into madness.

After a long time, both of them still had more to say.However, the two originally decided to bring Daiyu to Rongguo Mansion for a while, so they had to suppress the hot feeling in their hearts, and continue to toss when they come back in the evening...

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It has been snowing heavily in the capital for the past two days, but the wedding process of Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai has not stopped.

Everyone in the Rongguo Mansion was quite satisfied with Xue Baochai, the future Second Mistress of Bao, especially Jia Zheng, who even had harsh words with Jia Baoyu, telling him to listen to Xue Baochai's words in the future.

There is no way, his son is too unreliable. In contrast, Xue Baochai, who is dignified, mature and stable, makes him feel more at ease.

When the three of the Lin family arrived at the gate of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Baoyu, who had been waiting at the gate early, greeted them.

"Cousin Lin, sister-in-law, sister Lin, please come in quickly, it's too cold outside!"

Since Jia Baoyu was seriously ill, he is now more restrained and kind-hearted, and this is what Daiyu feels most deeply.

The few people did not exchange too many greetings, and followed Jia Baoyu to the Rongxi Hall after a few simple greetings.

At this time, laughter and laughter continued in Rongxi Hall, and almost all the grandchildren under the old lady's knees were here.Even Wang Xifeng, who is busy on weekdays and keeps her feet off the ground, is playing with the old lady with her daughter in her arms today.

Xichun was telling the old lady the story of Journey to the West, but as soon as Lin Shu entered the door, he saw her eyes, and kept looking at the plate of fruit in front of the old lady.

Unable to hold back for a while, Lin Shu who had just entered the door laughed out loud.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Following Lin Shu's laughter, the old lady also laughed.It turned out that Xichun's little tricks hadn't been hidden from her at all, but she just liked to play this childish game with her little granddaughter.

Xichun also came to her senses at this moment, thrusting herself into the old lady's arms, her face flushed with embarrassment.

The old lady put the plate of fruit in front of Xichun's eyes, and said with a teasing smile, "If you don't want to eat it, I'll give it to someone else!"

"Eat, eat... this is my favorite food..." Xichun reached out and hugged the fruit plate, and handed a fruit to the old lady's mouth: "The ancestors also eat it!"

The old lady opened her mouth to bite the fruit, put it in her mouth and tasted it slowly.She patted Xichun's little head and praised: "Fourth girl is filial, in the future my ancestors will definitely find you a good family!"

Xichun squinted her eyes and rubbed against the old lady's palm, and smiled: "I'm not getting married anymore, I'm just enjoying happiness with my ancestors!"

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Lin Shu looked at the family happiness in the room, and sighed in his heart that times have changed.The old lady who has been strong for a lifetime finally made a compromise with reality, but this compromise is also a good thing. Her vision, methods, and personality are not suitable for the situation facing the Jia family after all. She should enjoy family happiness at home better.

"Brother Shu, come here. I used the excuse that Yu'er came to you because I have something to tell you..."

After gossiping with Wang Yuan and Daiyu for a while, the old lady drove a group of little girls and daughter-in-laws to Wang Xifeng's yard.

She left Lin Shu alone in Rongxi Hall, called Lin Shu in front of her, pointed to the wooden box beside her: "Open it and have a look!"

Lin Shu curiously opened the wooden box, and saw that it was full of books and scrolls. Looking at the state of preservation of these books and scrolls, some of them were hundreds of years old, and the most recent ones should be more than ten years old.

He opened one of the books, and immediately opened his mouth.

"This is the blueprint for building a treasure ship? How is it possible?"

(End of this chapter)