Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 268 Congratulations, Your Majesty, the grandson of the Three Emperors has raised the prestige of our country! (Twelve thousand, ask for a monthly pass)
Zhou Zhiqing was almost scared to pee when he heard Zhu Yunxi's threat.

He had heard that His Royal Highness King Wu was very cruel. He once arrested others and tortured them in the Jinyiwei Prison just because they peeked at the imitation printed books.

Even the officials of the Prince's Mansion were not spared. For example, the man named Huang Hecheng was arrested and tortured for three days because he sold imitation books in his own bookstore!
Therefore, such a brutal person dare not believe that he is going to die for his country!

"His Royal Highness King Wu, this is broad daylight, and the sky is bright. If you really kill this official, won't you be afraid of the criticism of the world?"

"Furthermore, I am an official appointed by the imperial court and bear the imperial order. If you kill me, His Majesty the Emperor will severely punish you!"

Seeing that Zhou Zhiqing was scared into such a cowardly state by himself, Zhu Yunxi lost interest on the spot.

"Ugh!"

"Gu frightened you to play, look at how frightened you are!"

"Hey, why are your pants wet, shouldn't you pee your pants?"

Zhou Zhiqing wiped his crotch subconsciously, and found that it was dry, and then realized that he had been cheated.

"King Wu!"

"Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated!"

"As His Majesty's most trusted grandson, how can you play tricks on me like this!"

Seeing that this person was still in high spirits, Zhu Yunxi came up with a little temper.

"Military doctor, you go and treat others first, and I will treat this person myself in a while!"

"promise!"

When Zhou Zhiqing saw the military doctor who was treating him run away, he panicked on the spot.

He didn't believe that Zhu Yunxi could heal his injuries, he just thought that Zhu Yunxi was going to lend him the opportunity to heal his injuries and kill him!
"Cough cough..."

"His Royal Highness, can you take a step to speak?"

"cannot!"

Zhu Yunxi refused without hesitation, then picked up a needle, and started threading the needle in front of Zhou Zhiqing.

Seeing him like this, Zhou Zhiqing was even more frightened out of his wits, thinking that he would be stripped of his skin in a while.

"If you want to say something, just say it quickly, if you are late, you will not be able to say it!"

Zhou Zhiqing panicked even more when he heard this, thinking that he was going to die soon, so he started crying on the spot.

"His Royal Highness, I just asked you a few words on behalf of the people in the world, and I didn't intend to offend you. Why do you have to make trouble with the little officials who are as big as sesame seeds and mung beans? Woo Woooo..."

"Furthermore, if Weichen hadn't asked the question like that, you wouldn't have had the chance to say those words, and everyone would praise you..."

Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said something displeased.

"Humph!"

"According to what you say, should I thank you?"

"Wei Chen dare not!"

"Wei Chen just said that Wei Chen has no personal grievances with His Highness King Wu, even if there is, it's just a difference of political opinion..."

"I also ask His Royal Highness King Wu to forgive me and give me a way out!"

"Are you finished?"

"what?"

"I have finished speaking, and I would like to ask His Highness the King of Wu to consider it carefully. I am willing to correct evil and return to righteousness, abandon darkness and turn to light..."

Seeing that Zhou Zhiqing couldn't say anything decent, Zhu Yunxi immediately ordered someone to hold him down.

"Come on, find a broken sock and stuff this guy's mouth!"

"promise!"

"Ah... His Royal Highness King Wu... Wu Wu Wu Wu Wu Wu Wu Wu Wu..."

Zhou Zhiqing had a torn sock stuffed into his mouth, his body was struggling violently, and his face was full of horror.

However, what scares him the most is the stabbing pain coming from behind, it feels like someone is stitching needles in his back.

Although he had known for a long time that King Wu was cruel, he never thought that King Wu would actually want to strip him of his skin alive!
At this moment, countless hatred surged in his heart, he only regretted that he didn't bump his head to death on the pillar of Qianqing Palace that day!
In that way, not only can I earn a good name forever, but I can also pour a basin of dirty water on King Wu, which is better than dying quietly now!
Just when Zhou Zhiqing was in so much pain that he thought he was going to die of injustice, he suddenly heard a voice behind him.

"All right!"

"Let him go."

"This lord has already stitched up the place where you were cut when you fled the battle. Although it looks a bit ugly, your life can be regarded as saved. Hurry up and thank me!"

"Thanks?"

"Cure?"

Zhou Zhiqing turned his head in disbelief, seeing Zhu Yunxie taking off a white gown, he felt a little suspicious in his heart, could it be that His Royal Highness King Wu is really healing himself?
Just why is the wound treated with stitches?

"It's fine if you don't thank me, Gu didn't expect you civil servants to have a conscience!"

"But Gu still wants to remind you, don't see the water until the wound heals."

Zhu Yunxi dropped these words, stopped talking to this man, and walked towards the distant city gate.

Zhou Zhiqing looked at Zhu Yunxi's back gradually going away, and couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in his heart.

This King Wu doesn't seem to be that cruel, does he?
At this moment, a military doctor in charge of treating the wounded passed by, and Zhou Zhiqing stopped him on the spot.

"Dare to ask the military doctor, just now His Royal Highness King Wu was really treating this officer's wounds?"

The military doctors were all borrowed by Zhu Yunxi from the imperial physicians of the imperial hospital. They were the reserve imperial physicians of the imperial hospital, and they were the nephews of the imperial physicians, or their disciples and grandchildren.

Therefore, for His Royal Highness King Wu, the originator of surgical medicine, that is 1 worship.

Now that someone dared to question the respected His Royal Highness King Wu, the great pioneer of surgery, his complexion darkened on the spot.

"You are so heartless!"

"Even if my master sees His Royal Highness Wu, he must perform the disciple ceremony, and His Highness Wu personally heals you, and you dare to question it!"

Zhou Qiqing felt a little unhappy when he saw that a small military doctor dared to teach him a lesson.

"Who is your master?"

"My master is the director of Taitai Hospital!"

"Uh uh..."

When Zhou Zhiqing heard this, he hurriedly cupped his hands.

"Disrespect, disrespect!"

There is a kind of official who does not distinguish between civil and military, and dare not provoke them regardless of civil or military, and that is the famous medical officer.

Because no matter whether it is a scholar or a general, no one can guarantee that he will not get sick for the rest of his life.

Therefore, facing the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital, they still respect them very much.Especially for the Grand Priest of the Taiyuan Hospital, no matter who they go to, they must be treated as honored guests.

Even a master like Zhou Zhiqing had to compliment Hao Wenjie, the director of the Imperial Hospital, when the little military doctor in front of him mentioned it.

"I have had the honor of chatting with your master a few times, and I deeply feel that Hao Yuanzheng is a generous and decent person, and the doctor is benevolent..."

When this topic was brought up, the little military doctor didn't dare to argue.

Because what Zhou Zhiqing said about Hao Wenjie didn't match up with what he had in mind.

He clearly remembered that Master said that no matter who he went to see a doctor, he had to ask for money. People who value money like this must have nothing to do with generosity, right?
The little military doctor listened to a few more words, and saw that the other party was about to praise his master as Hua Tuo was alive and Bian Que was alive, he couldn't help it.

"Master Zhou is absurd..."

Zhou Zhiqing was stunned on the spot when he heard this, thinking whether to praise it or not, it's not your turn to say it as a disciple!

His Royal Highness King Wu is surrounded by a group of ghosts and monsters, and there are even people who say absurd praise for Master.

"Cough cough..."

"Dare to ask the military doctor, is the injury on my back really all right?"

"Just put your heart in your stomach. His Royal Highness Wu took action personally, and even Xin Guogong didn't get the treatment. You dare to be suspicious. It's a waste of His Highness Wu's painstaking efforts!"

After the little military doctor finished speaking, he subconsciously lifted Zhou Zhiqing's clothes.

Originally, he wanted to learn from a teacher, to see if there was anything worth learning from His Highness King Wu's suture technique.

However, after only one glance, he felt his eyes go dark.

What the hell is this sewing thing? At first glance, I thought it was a centipede lying on someone's back!
Zhou Zhiqing felt a chill on his back, and his little heart lifted up on the spot.

"Please ask the military doctor to take a quick look to see if His Highness King Wu has done something to deliberately play tricks on this official..."

Hearing this, the little military doctor scratched his head in embarrassment, and thought for a while before speaking.

"pretty good!"

"The stitching is quite strong, the kind you can't break apart after running for two miles..."

After the little military doctor said this, he really couldn't stand it anymore, hurriedly put down Zhou Zhiqing's clothes, and then slipped away without looking back.

He was afraid that if he didn't leave again, he couldn't help but sew up the wound again, that would be like hitting the Patriarch in the face on the spot!

It's just that Patriarch's sewing technique is too bad, not to mention the unevenness, and the knot can even make such a big pimple!

Seeing the little military doctor, Zhou Zhiqing praised His Highness King Wu's technique, and finally let go of his hanging heart.

At the same time, I also felt a little gratitude, thinking that His Highness King Wu is still a good person.

After Zhou Zhiqing had this idea, when he recalled His Royal Highness Wu's words and deeds before, he didn't feel disgusted or disgusting, but felt a little childish and cute.

It's not uncommon for children to say big words and ruthless words to scare people.

But the heart is still kind, the heart is still pure, and the character is still upright...

After Zhou Zhiqing made up 1 "yes" from His Royal Highness King Wu, he asked the soldiers to carry him to thank him on the spot.

Zhu Yunxi left Zhou Zhiqing behind and led the crowd to the gate of Haizhou City, yelling for the people above to open the door.

"Listen to the people in the city, I order you to open the city gate immediately and reward us by killing chickens and sheep!"

"If not, Gu will blow open the city gate and hang you all on the gate tower to bleed!"

Hearing this, the officers on the city gate dared not even open the gate.

When these people fought against the Japanese pirates just now, they were scared out of their wits.

Who knows whether the army that suddenly appeared in front of him is an enemy or a friend, what if it is a larger group of bandits?

Now that the life and death of the county magistrate is uncertain, and there is no one in charge at the top of the city, no one dares to open the door.

"You are all dead!"

"Gu shouted so loudly that smoke came out of his throat, and you didn't even open the door!"

"Is this how you treat your savior?"

"If it weren't for the lonely and thousands of miles to rescue you, you would have been beaten into the city by the Japanese pirates at this time..."

When Zhu Yunxi was shouting so that his throat was smoking, he suddenly felt that someone was pulling him, and he cursed angrily.

"Go away, don't you see Gu Zheng is annoying?"

"His Royal Highness, if you order people to set up the humble minister, they will dare to open the city gate when they see the humble minister!"

"Oh oh oh?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi remembered that he still had the magistrate of Haicheng in his hand, so he hurriedly asked someone to set him up.

When the people on the top of the city saw that the county lord was not dead, they all showed surprise expressions.

"Great, the county lord is still alive!"

It was the Haicheng county lieutenant who was yelling, because according to the rules of Daming’s officialdom, the county magistrate died before him, and he, a county lieutenant, should not be able to benefit from it, or he might be severely punished by the court and asked him to give the county magistrate Order to be buried.

Because strictly speaking, he, the county lieutenant, is in charge of a county's military. He, the military officer, didn't die, but killed the county magistrate in charge of civil affairs.

Zhou Zhiqing was furious when he heard this.

"Are you all blind?"

"This is His Royal Highness King Wu arriving, why don't you open the city gate to welcome him?"

"what?"

The people on the top of the city were dumbfounded when they heard this. Who would have thought that His Majesty the emperor's lifeblood, His Royal Highness King Wu, actually came to their Haizhou City, and defeated the Japanese pirates under their Haizhou City!

"It's really King Wu!"

"Can the words of the county lord himself be false?"

"Hurry up and open the city gate to welcome His Royal Highness King Wu and the county lord!"

Following Zhou Zhiqing's words, the gate of Haizhou City, which Zhu Yunxi had not shouted open just now, finally opened slowly.

Zhu Yunxi felt so depressed, and looked at Zhou Zhiqing with a bad face, thinking whether to sew his mouth shut.

Zhou Zhiqing noticed His Highness King Wu's dissatisfaction, and quickly explained with a smile.

"His Royal Highness King Wu, don't be angry. This means that the county magistrate is not as good as the present."

"Although you are His Royal Highness King Wu, you are too far away from them. I am the real magistrate of the county. If I don't work for three to five years, I will definitely not move my nest. Do you think they will be afraid of you or me?"

Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes when he heard the words, and said angrily.

"After entering the city, order someone to order a good meal for us, buy more seasonal vegetables, and the wine will be waived. Meat..."

"First kill dozens of fat pigs, and reward these brothers who are alone!"

"Dozens of fat pigs..."

Zhou Zhiqing was so angry that his face turned green when he heard Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth.

"His Royal Highness, you should boil me!"

"Why do you cook alone, how much meat can you remove from your body?"

"Even if you hang my minister to the city gate to let blood out, I can't conjure dozens of fat pigs for you!"

Zhu Yunxi was very puzzled when he heard the words.

"Your place is a county after all. There aren't even dozens of fat pigs in such a large county?"

Zhou Zhiqing shook his head with a wry smile.

"To be honest, hundreds of chickens can be gathered together, but dozens of fat pigs really don't exist."

"Raising pigs consumes food, and the local people still struggle to feed themselves. Where can I get the surplus grain to raise pigs?"

"Besides, this county is a lower county. There are only about [-] people in the county, and the annual tax payment is only a few hundred taels of silver. It's just that they are often in arrears..."

It is true that Haicheng County is poor, but it is false to be so poor.This is just a routine used by civil servants. I am afraid that if the promise is too easy, other troubles will arise from the other party.

Therefore, crying poor and pretending to be poor has almost become a basic skill of local officials.

When Zhu Yunxi heard that there were only so few people in Haicheng County, his whole body went numb.

There are too few people here. You must know that in later generations, Uncle Dong's Tazhai Village has 2 people!

Seeing what he said, Zhu Yunxi immediately waved his hands depressedly.

"That's it!"

"You don't need to kill the chicken, just steam some rice and cook some soup for us."

"We still have a few thousand catties of fish on board, more or less can be eaten as meat."

Zhou Zhiqing bowed down immediately when he heard the words.

"His Royal Highness Wu Wang is wise, and I thank His Royal Highness Wu Wang for his great kindness on behalf of all the elders in the city!"

Seeing Zhou Zhiqing prostrating himself, the guards, county lieutenant, chief secretary and others around him also knelt down, calling His Royal Highness King Wu a wise man.

Although the people on both sides of the street did not hear what the two said, they saw that the first, second, and third masters in the county knelt down, and they also knelt down to praise His Highness King Wu.

Zhu Yunxi felt a little embarrassed when he heard so many people praising him.

"Come on!"

"Bring all the fish on the boat, and distribute the excess fish to the local people!"

If Zhou Zhiqing hadn't been interrogating prisoners in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he would have become an official.Seeing Zhu Yunxi say this, he quickly stood up and shouted.

"His Royal Highness King Wu gave three thousand catties of fish to the people of the city!"

"Why don't you thank His Highness King Wu for your kindness?"

The people who had just calmed down hurriedly bowed down again when they heard this, and said auspicious words like thanking His Royal Highness King Wu.

Compared with the scene just now, this time it is much more sincere, and everyone has more smiles on their faces.

Hearing the cheers of the people, Zhu Yunxi felt very happy in his heart, and felt that he was great, as if he had done such a great thing that benefited the country and the people.

Hearing the cheers of the people, the other three vassal kings were also greatly touched, and felt as if they had learned a little trick to govern the fiefdom.

It turns out that the common people are so easy to coax, as long as you give them some salted fish, they will praise you for being wise!

Under Zhou Zhiqing's greeting, all the people in the county were mobilized to light fires for cooking, boil pots and water, and warmly greeted Zhu Yunxie and the soldiers brought by Zhu Yunxie.

Zhou Zhiqing himself even gave up his county office to serve as the residence of His Royal Highness Wu Wang, allowing His Highness Wu Wang and several other princes to move in.

The poor three little princes, being fooled by Zhu Yunxi for so many days, was the first time they slept in a serious house.

Several people soaked in the big bathtub, almost crying because of the comfort.

These days on the boat, they haven't even had a hot bath!

While the four little princes were taking a hot bath, all the villagers in Haizhou City gathered together to plot this earth-shattering event.

Haizhou City is located on a peninsula along the coast. When the sea tide ebbs, it is connected to the land, and when the sea tide rises, an area is submerged.

Therefore, they have been plagued by Japanese pirates all year round. Not to mention that every household has hatred against Japanese pirates, but at least half of the people have relatives and friends who died by Japanese pirates.

"Master Xian, please intercede for us with His Highness King Wu, and let him give us some Japanese pirates' heads!"

"Yes!"

"My father died at the hands of Japanese pirates when he went fishing in the early years. As an unfilial son, I have not been able to avenge my father so far."

"If there is a Japanese pirate's head to pay homage to the late father, it will be enough to comfort the spirit of the late father, woo woo woo..."

"My lord, please let His Highness King Wu accommodate you, we don't want it for nothing, we will give you money..."

"Give money?"

Zhou Zhiqing's eyelids twitched when he heard the word "give money". After all, he was also an official in the capital, and he knew that His Royal Highness King Wu was the most greedy for money.

If it's about giving money, it's not impossible to discuss this matter.

"Cough cough!"

"His Royal Highness the King of Wu, you are the one who is short of money. If you give too little, I don't want to make fun of myself..."

"Master Zhou, do you think His Royal Highness King Wu can sell a head for 100 taels of silver?"

When Zhou Zhiqing heard this, his eyes popped out in shock.

100 taels of silver, he can't wait to grab his head and sell it!
What is the concept of 100 taels of silver? A farm ox is only about ten taels of silver.An acre of good paddy field costs only a dozen taels of silver.

These big dogs cry to themselves every day that they are poor, saying that the family is too poor to get rid of the pot.

However, when he heard that he was going to buy the head of a Japanese pirate, he took the 100 taels of silver without batting an eyelid!

"Cough cough..."

"In that case, it's not that I can't help you guys with my speech. It's just that I didn't do my best to defend against the Japanese pirates a few days ago. I've just made a confession paper. I'm afraid I will be locked up in Beijing soon. I really don't have the mood to speak for you. item..."

When a group of big dogs heard this, they knew what this guy was thinking as soon as they rolled their eyes.

"Don't worry, adults!"

"I'm waiting for each household to pay another 200 taels to buy [-] heads for the county lord."

"With this level of military merit, even if the court blames you, your merits and demerits will be offset..."

Zhu Yunxi had just finished taking a shower when he heard Zhou Zhiqing coming to see him.

Zhu Yunxi secretly lamented the tenacity of this person's vitality, even if he was only injured on the back, the wound was not very deep, so there is no need to be so diligent, right?
"Let's pass it on, let's see what this old man has to say!"

Not long after, Zhou Zhiqing was taken into his county office by the guards, and when he saw His Highness the King of Wu sitting leisurely on his favorite recliner, Zhou Zhiqing hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"My humble minister Zhou Zhiqing, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness King Wu."

"Get up!"

"Say something!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiqing immediately took out a memorial and handed it over.

"His Royal Highness King Wu, this is the memorandum written by Weichen for you, please read it!"

As soon as Zhu Yunxi heard that he was asking for credit for himself, he no longer cared about pretending to be reserved, and jumped off the reclining chair with a jerk, and took the memorial to read the credit.

I have to say that Zhou Zhiqing's writing style is pretty good. He not only vividly described the grand scene of the fight against the Japanese pirates, but also expounded tearfully the spirit of killing the enemy without regard for one's own safety and that of his subordinates, and After the Japanese pirates were wiped out, he managed to do nothing wrong with Minqiu, which embodies the spiritual outlook that a true king's teacher should have, and is indeed a model for our Ming soldiers.

Even though Zhu Yunxi was so thick-skinned, after seeing such an exaggerated memorial, he still blushed from the bottom of his heart.

"Master Zhou, it's too much!"

"You said let Gu tell you what to order. Although Gu fought bravely and killed hundreds of Japanese pirates, you would not praise Yu Gu so much. This makes Gu Duo feel embarrassed..."

"If Grandpa Huang sees it, he should think he's bragging, hehehe..."

Zhou Zhiqing smiled when he heard this.

"His Royal Highness Wu Wang is too modest, you are definitely worthy of the praise of the king's teacher. But what you said just now about killing more than 100 Japanese pirates, I was unconscious on the ground at that time, and I couldn't appreciate His Royal Highness's peerless bravery. It is really frustrating Sorry!"

"When I take the memorial back and re-write it again, I must write down exactly how His Highness killed hundreds of Japanese pirates and led the crowd to wipe out [-] Japanese pirates!"

"Magistrate Zhou, is it too exaggerated to write like this?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, this is a document for the imperial court, so it is natural to exaggerate a bit. Otherwise, it is not enough to boast of His Highness's achievements!"

"In addition, this is also the practice of the court, and other generals do the same. It's just that they will write a letter to His Majesty in private, explaining the whole story in detail..."

Seeing Zhou Zhiqing being so upbeat, Zhu Yunxi happily shook his hand on the spot.

"Ugh!"

"Gu has offended so much before, but offended Zhongliang, I really regret it!"

"From now on, you will be a lonely person. The thirteen political envoys of the Ming Dynasty, tell Gu where you want to be an official, and Gu will definitely write to the emperor's grandfather to recommend you!"

Zhou Zhiqing felt sweaty when he heard the words, His Royal Highness King Wu is too easy to coax.

In addition, does His Highness King Wu have any misunderstandings about His Majesty today?
Not to mention that he is just a grandson of the emperor, even if he is the grandson of the emperor, he has no right to arrange officials and appoint cronies, right?
"Thank you, Your Majesty King Wu, for your kindness!"

"It's just that the imperial court uses officials to select officials and has its own court rules. His Highness King Wu should not worry about the trivial matter of dismissing officials."

Zhu Yunxi was just being polite at first, just joking with Zhou Zhiqing.

He still has a certain understanding of that bad old man in Qianqing Palace. If he really dares to interfere in the appointment of officials, that bad old man will definitely beat him to death.

"Since Mr. Zhou said so, Gu will not be polite to you. If you have nothing to do, don't disturb Gu's sleep, go back and write the memorial again!"

"I have one more request..."

"What's the matter?"

"The people of this city would like to ask Your Highness to let some Japanese pirates die..."

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, she was like a little girl who was molested, and she exploded on the spot.

"Are you kidding? This is a real military achievement. How could this king give up for no reason!"

"His Royal Highness, the people of this city said to give money..."

"You can't even give money!"

"It doesn't matter how much money!"

"It's an honor, a soldier's honor!"

"What about 100 taels?"

"It's not even 100 taels...it's not negotiable..."

Zhu Yunxi silently summed up, and today he captured a total of 230 heads of four Japanese pirates.Except for a well-known Hanbei who intends to collect it himself, the other 230 heads of the three Japanese pirates can be sold.

After all, the group of people under him did not have serious official status, but they were privately hired by him in the name of King Wu.Even if they were included in the King Wu's Guard, they were still just local grassroots soldiers, and they were still quite different from officers and soldiers.

Even if they hold the head of the Japanese pirates in their hands, there is no way to turn it into military merit.

In addition, the court's treatment of military merit rewards is actually quite poor. If they really follow the court's procedures, the rewards that they can get a few taels of silver per head are not bad.

Zhu Yunxie was a pragmatic person, and now he heard that someone was willing to pay such a high price for the head of a Japanese pirate, he was a little tempted on the spot.

However, he did not agree immediately, but said that he would first ask the soldiers under him.

After all, they are the ones who kill people, so you have to ask their opinions.

"I will discuss this matter with my subordinates, and I will give you an answer tomorrow morning!"

"Then I will take my leave!"

Zhu Yunxi ordered people to go outside the city overnight to call in more than a dozen hundreds of households. When he told them about this, everyone's eyes glistened and they agreed incessantly.

"Your Highness, this is a great thing!"

"They are willing to pay such a high price to buy the heads of Japanese pirates, and the little ones can wake up laughing from their dreams!"

"The little ones are afraid that they will buy less, so they can't wrap up the heads of those Japanese pirates!"

"Ahem, silence!"

"You can't always think about money, you have to think about the glory of soldiers!"

"Does Glory understand?"

"don't know!"

"We knew that with this reward money, we could go home and buy a house, land, and a cow, and the family wouldn't have to ask grandpa to tell grandma to borrow other people's cattle for farming..."

Seeing that everyone said this, Zhu Yunxi had no choice but to agree reluctantly.

"All right!"

"Tomorrow, the Japanese officials will sum up with them again and ask how much they can buy."

"okay!"

When everyone heard His Royal Highness King Wu agreed, they left happily one by one. That night, the entire barracks suffered from insomnia, and everyone was thinking about what to do with the reward silver.

Some said they wanted to buy a few bolts of good cloth to make clothes for their parents, some said they wanted to marry their daughter-in-law as a dowry, and some said they wanted to buy an acre of paddy fields for their families so that they could eat white rice...

Zhu Yunxi also suffered from insomnia, because he knew that with the strength of Haizhou City, it would be impossible to eat so many Japanese pirates' heads.

In addition, if he sold his head, how could he ask Grandpa Huang for credit?
I can't ask for credit for him here. When he goes back, he can't even take out his head. Isn't it just being laughed at?
Therefore, after struggling again and again, he ordered someone to call Zhou Zhiqing again, and the two of them hid in the room for half the night, wrote a new memorial, and unified the caliber.

Zhou Zhiqing reciprocated, contacted buyers for Zhu Yunxi, and sold the remaining Japanese pirate heads to neighboring counties.

Unexpectedly, this thing is so in demand, Huai'an Fuzun asked for [-] pieces alone, and other surrounding counties also demanded more than [-] pieces.

As a result, the group of people who found a little trick to get rich were not in a hurry to go to Japan, and first visited the islands off the coast of Daming.

Under their powerful firepower suppression, the Japanese pirates on the nearby islands were wiped out, and finally barely met the needs of Huai'an Mansion.

……

When Zhu Yunxi led a group of stragglers to make a fortune, the old Zhu in the Qianqing Palace was staring at a pile of memorials about Japanese pirates' attacks in a daze.

Zhou Zhiqing, magistrate of Haicheng County, Huai'an, made a plea. On the first day of this month, Japanese pirates landed in Tianjia Village, massacred 13 villagers and burned several houses.

Tian Wenshangshu, the prefect of Dengzhou prefect, pleaded guilty, and 300 Japanese pirates raided and ruled Caoxi Town, massacred more than [-] villagers, and looted property without counting...

Lao Zhu closed the memorial and sighed secretly, the Japanese pirates this year seem to be more rampant than in previous years!
"Come here, send Song Guogong, Ying Guogong, and Xin Guogong into the palace for questioning!"

"In addition, the three ministers from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry will enter the palace!"

"promise!"

When Erhu sent people to "shake people", Lao Zhu picked up the memorial and looked through it again full of thoughts.

Whenever he saw the Japanese pirates attacking in various places, Lao Zhu's heart sank.

In fact, since Dasun left, Lao Zhu has been worried about Dasun's safety all the time, for fear that Dasun and his party will encounter Japanese pirates.

Therefore, he ordered several times to order the coastal prefectures and guards to do their best to wipe out the Japanese pirates.

All officials who failed to fight against the Japanese pirates would be reprimanded by him at least, or directly locked up in Beijing, dismissed and sent to prison.

But even so, he didn't think this move would do much damage to the pirates.

After all, there is only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be any reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days?
In addition, Japanese pirates live in no fixed place and wander around.One may rob here today, but one may set fire there tomorrow.

Based on this characteristic of the Japanese pirates, let alone relying on the strength of the coastal prefectures and counties, even if he mobilized a large army to deal with the Japanese pirates, he would not achieve much results.

Not long after, the three princes and three ministers entered the palace.

As soon as the few people entered the palace, they saw His Majesty the Emperor standing on the whole map of Daming Kanyu, stepping on the area of ​​the Wa Kingdom, holding a stick in his hand, gesturing and studying something on the Kanyu map.

When everyone saw this scene, their hearts sank.It seems that His Majesty is going to use troops against the Japanese pirates!
"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"no!"

"My dear friends, come and have a look. If we want to wipe out the Japanese pirates at sea, what should we do?"

When everyone heard this, they sighed even more.Your Majesty is so anxious that he has even forgotten the national policy he set in the early years...

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang made a list of [-] countries including Japan, North Korea, Ryukyu, Annan, Siam, and Java as non-conquering countries. In order to warn future generations, Lao Zhu also wrote it in Emperor Ming Dynasty. In the teachings of the ancestors, future generations are warned not to use troops against these countries.

There is actually one reason why Lao Zhu made such a "self-styled" national policy.These countries are too far away from the Central Plains, separated by mountains and seas, and they are still an enclave. With the means of transportation in the Ming Dynasty at that time, effective governance and management could not be achieved at all.

It is better to give up at the beginning, without even thinking about it, than to fight it down at a waste of time and money.

How arrogant and powerful Meng Yuan was back then, didn't he overturn in the small country of Japan?
But now that Dasun may be attacked by Japanese pirates at any time, Lao Zhu no longer cared about the national policy of "a country without conquest" he had set in the early years, and began to think about launching troops against Japan, a tiny place.

"Your Majesty, Japanese pirates are nothing to worry about. To Daming, it's just scabies."

"However, it is as difficult as climbing the sky to completely cure it."

"Even if His Majesty raises a large army, builds a big boat, sails on the sea, and labors on an expedition to conquer Japan, it will not be able to curb the arrogance of the Japanese pirates."

"After all, our Daming has a vast coastline, hundreds of prefectures and counties along the coast, Japanese pirates are haunted and haunted, and they have no fixed residence. Even if our Daming dispatches an army of millions, it will be difficult to wipe them out completely!"

"Unless all the people along the coast retreat to the inland, and build a stronghold to protect themselves, connect the beacon fires, and guard the horns..."

When everyone heard what Ru Yu said, they all nodded secretly.

Even Tang He, Duke Xin, didn't have the slightest objection to Ru Yuan's words, and even felt that his words were old-fashioned words for the country.

Because Japanese pirates are so difficult to deal with, if you really mobilize an army to beat him, he can run faster than a rabbit.But as long as your army withdraws, he doesn't know when he will appear again.

In his early years, he led troops to fight against Japanese pirates along the coast, but after several years of fighting, the Japanese pirates not only did not decrease, but more and more.

In the end, the court really couldn't afford the military expenditure, so it transferred him back and asked him to do something else.

Therefore, after Ru Xun finished speaking, he was the first to stand up and agree.

"Your Majesty, Shangshu Ruyu's words are not unreasonable."

"There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the plague of Japanese pirates. Even if His Majesty fights with the whole country, it is like trying to swatt a fly with a cattail fan. Even with all your strength, it is difficult to swatt the fly to death."

"Even if His Majesty destroys the Wa country, it will not work, because many Japanese pirates could not get along in the Wa country, so they ran to Daming to rob houses."

When Lao Zhu heard what the two said, his face suddenly became gloomy.

"We called you here, not to listen to your complaints!"

"Now we want you to say something, how many troops we have to mobilize, how much manpower and material resources we have to use, in order to restore peace to the southeast coast!"

The two of them immediately shut up when they heard this. In fact, what Ru Yu said just now was very clear. Just letting the coastal people retreat to the inland is already a fundamentally impossible thing to do.

After all, this is not a matter of one prefecture or one county. It is a major event involving several provinces, millions, or even tens of millions of people.

For this item alone, the money and food consumed are in the hundreds of millions, which is simply not something that Daming can bear at the moment.

As for mobilizing troops...

Back then, Tang He led tens of thousands of people to fight against Japanese pirates all the year round, but what was the result? Isn't he still fighting against Japanese pirates every year?

Seeing that everyone was pretending to be dumb again, Lao Zhu roared angrily.

"You guys are talking!"

"We called you into the palace, not to make you dumb!"

Fu Youde and Feng Sheng looked at each other, then stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, I would like to invite [-] troops to chase down the Japanese pirates along the coast of Daming, and ensure the safety of the people in the southeast!"

"The minister is also willing to go!"

Both of them knew very well in their hearts that His Majesty's sudden idea of ​​exterminating the Japanese pirates was nothing more than to provide a security guarantee for the third emperor's grandson.

Therefore, neither of them dared to ask for too many people. As long as 3 people wandered along the coast of Daming, it would be enough to deter the pirates and prevent them from causing trouble easily.

Tang He also realized His Majesty's purpose after hearing what the two said.

His Majesty didn't want to fight the Japanese pirates at all, he was just worried about his grandson!

Then this matter is easy to handle, just keep an eye on the grandson's movements and drive the army over.

"Your Majesty, although I have bad legs and feet, I am willing to go!"

When Lao Zhu heard the three people express their opinions in unison, a trace of relief appeared on his gloomy face.

"Since you all want to fight, let's discuss a countermeasure!"

Fu Youde marched relatively steadily, and said immediately.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead [-] troops, divide the army into three groups, and station them in Shandong, Huai'an, and Chongming."

"And mobilize the prefectures and guards along the way. Although the coastal guards are lax in training, it is not a big problem to let them let go and light a beacon."

"In this way, as long as the nearby troops see the beacon, they can kill them immediately!"

Seeing Fu Youde say this, Feng Sheng thought for a while that he really had no better way to do it, so he bit the bullet and said, "Me too!"

Relatively speaking, Tang He had really fought against Japanese pirates and knew how difficult Japanese pirates are.

"Your Majesty, it's not enough just to be on the shore. The imperial court should also build warships, sweep away the surrounding islands, burn down the Japanese pirates' houses on the islands, and cut off their retreat."

"In this way, the sea and the land are integrated, and the two-pronged approach is a good strategy to control the enemy."

"However, if we want to maintain the peace of the sea forever, then the imperial court has to keep a navy to sweep the coastal islands from time to time, so as not to make it a breeding ground for Japanese pirates."

Chen Zongli, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, heard this and his eyelids twitched. Now that Lan Yu is leading the army, he has already spent all the money in the treasury.If he continues to follow what Tang He said, then forget about strangling him, the Secretary of the Household Department, to death!
"Your Majesty, the imperial treasury is empty, and there is really no money to build warships..."

"Moreover, the cost of building a warship is fairly average, and there is also a huge maintenance fee every year..."

"And training sailors not only costs money, but also takes time..."

Lao Zhu felt a little irritable when he heard this, and he didn't know that it would cost money to raise the water master, but when he thought of Dasun Piao being helpless at sea, his heart felt as if he was twisted.

"The matter of the navy will be discussed later. Now let's study how to fight Japanese pirates from land!"

As soon as Chen Zongli heard this, he knew that His Majesty did not listen to his own words at all, and he also lost his temper.No matter what others say, he has no money.

"Your Majesty, the minister leads thirty thousand troops..."

"No money!"

"Now the imperial court can't even pay for the food..."

Seeing what Chen Zongli said, Qin Kui also stood up and agreed.

"There is a lot of surplus weapons, but most of them are bows and arrows. I wonder if there are so many archers in the army?"

"In addition, there are not many armors and the like. There was a fire in the military battle before, and a lot of them were burned..."

"The [-] troops can always afford it?"

"1 million people..."

Just as Chen Zongli was about to agree, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the door.

"Your Majesty, great joy!"

"Good news from Haizhou City, Zhou Zhiqing, the magistrate of Haizhou City, led the officers and soldiers of the whole county to cooperate with the Chongming Navy to defeat the Japanese pirates and wipe out more than [-] Japanese pirates!"

When Lao Zhu heard the word "good news", his face immediately showed joy, he hurried up to meet him, and snatched the report from the young eunuch.

However, he just looked at it for a while before dropping the document heavily on the ground.

"absurd!"

"absurd!"

"Zhou Zhiqing is so cowardly that he even dared to submit such a false request for merit. He really thinks our emperor is blind!"

The three big men in the army didn't mind hearing this, because the three of them didn't care about local affairs at all, and they didn't even know where Haizhou City was.

The three of them don't know, but it doesn't mean the other three ministers don't know.Especially Chen Zongli, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, it can be said that the thirteen chief envoys of the Ming Dynasty and thousands of prefectures and counties are all in his mind.

When His Majesty the Emperor uttered the three words Haizhou City, the population, taxes and other information of Haizhou City automatically appeared in his mind.

Haizhou City has a total population of 860 people, pays 200 taels of taxes every year, and is in arrears every year...

Chen Zong dreamed of coming here, and he also complained to Zhou Zhiqing in his heart.Even if this fellow made up a decent one, how many people did he have in Haizhou City in total, and he dared to say that he wiped out so many Japanese pirates? This is playing people like fools, right?

In addition, what the hell is this Chongming navy?

Isn't the Chongming navy in Songjiang mansion? When did they go to Huai'an mansion?
Is this crossing the line?
Lao Zhu also quickly realized the problem, and hurriedly looked at Ru Yuan who was at the side.

"Ru Yu, has the Ministry of War recently mobilized troops?"

When Ru Yuan heard this, she was so frightened that she knelt on the ground on the spot.

"Your Majesty, how dare I mobilize the army without your order?"

"It must be the Chongming navy who sent troops privately..."

When Ru Xun said this, she suddenly couldn't continue.Because he suddenly remembered something, yesterday he also received a report from his subordinates, saying that several commanders of the naval guards came to Beijing to report on their duties, and it seemed that one of them was the Chongming Navy.

"Your Majesty, something is wrong!"

"The commander of the Chongming Navy is in the capital. How could the Chongming Navy go to Huai'an Mansion to kill Japanese pirates?"

When Fu Youde, Feng Sheng, Tang He heard the words, their eyes lit up, and they suddenly thought of a possibility, a possibility that they all found unbelievable.

"Your Majesty, could it be His Highness the Third Emperor?"

"he?"

When Lao Zhu thought of this, he also felt a wave of eagerness rising in his heart, wishing to bring the grandson back for questioning on the spot.

"Then the grandson shouldn't be so capable?"

Seeing that His Majesty did not deny it immediately, the three of them knelt down to congratulate.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"The grandson of the three emperors killed three thousand Japanese pirates, greatly promoting the prestige of our Ming Dynasty!"

When Lao Zhu heard the three people say this, he immediately showed joy on his face.It's just that I'm still a little worried in my heart, for fear that if I make a mistake in this matter, it will end badly in the end.

"My dear friends, please don't praise and kill that turtle grandson. How can that turtle grandson have such a great ability? Maybe it was really done by the Chongming navy?"

"Ru Yu, didn't you just say that the commander of the Chongming Navy is in the capital? Hurry up and order someone to find him. We have to ask him personally!"

"promise!"

Hearing the words, Qin Deshun hurriedly ordered people to go out of the palace to look for them. After searching for an hour, he finally found several people from the Chongming Navy in a shabby Goulan tile house.

"Master Zhongguan, why did His Majesty summon us all of a sudden?"

"How could our family know this? It's just that it seems that something happened to you!"

"what?"

Tian Chusan, commander of the Chongming navy, and Weng De, the commander, were both dumbfounded when they heard this. Didn't the two of them just secretly lead people out to sea to catch some fish? Did this alarm His Majesty the Emperor?

The two tremblingly followed the little eunuch into the palace. As soon as they entered the Qianqing Palace, they were shocked by the sight in front of them.

I saw that the room was full of high officials, at least all of them were wearing official uniforms of third-rank peacocks.The two guarding the door were even more frightening, with two big unicorns on their chests.

This is a government office that only people at the Duke level can wear!

Seeing the grand scene in the room, the two were so frightened that they cried on the spot.

Didn't the two of them just go out to sea and catch some fish, why did they have such a big lawsuit!

However, when the two of them saw a "red and golden dragon" behind the two unicorns, they immediately knelt down in fright and kowtowed their heads loudly.

"Tian Chusan, commander of the humble Chongming navy, pays homage to the superior, long live the superior!"

"The commander of the humble Chongming Navy, Weng De, pays his respects to His Majesty, Long live His Majesty, Long live, Long live..."

When Lao Zhu heard that the little commander of the Chongming Navy called himself "superior", he immediately became curious.

Generally speaking, those who dare to call themselves superior are the "old men" who followed them back then.

"Are you the third child of the Tian family?"

"Your father's name is Tian Sixi, did you ever serve as our own soldier?"

When Tian Chusan heard this, he hugged Lao Zhu's thigh and cried loudly on the spot.

"Your high-ranking lord, the humble job really just caught some fish secretly, and didn't do anything else!"

"You old man, just because my father blocked the knife for you, please spare the villain's life, woo woo woo..."

When Lao Zhu heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows, and hurriedly motioned for someone to pull him away.

"Stop howling!"

"We called you into the palace for questioning, not because of such a trivial matter!"

"Let me ask you, has your Chongming Navy been to Huai'an Mansion this month?"

"Superior, lowly, may I ask, where is Huai'an?"

　More than 2000, can you be weak and ask to count the votes?

　　
　
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