I'm really not doing business

Chapter 642: Everyone is not optimistic about him, but he himself is not trying hard enough

The reason why Zhu Yijun summoned the five prefectures and even called the three dukes who were only responsible for sacrifices to the Wenhua Hall to discuss the withdrawal of Duke Qian's troops from the Toungoo Royal City was entirely because a similar incident had happened in history, that is, Feng Sheng abandoned his land.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Xu Da as the commander-in-chief of the central army, Li Wenzhong as the commander-in-chief of the eastern army, and Feng Sheng as the commander-in-chief of the western army. The three armies attacked the Yuan court that was lingering in Mobei and Helin. In this attack, Zhu Yuanzhang intended to achieve his goal in one battle and completely destroy the Northern Yuan court.

Feng Sheng's army in the west won victory after victory. Among them, the brave general Fu Youde won seven battles in a row, recovered the Hexi Corridor that had been lost since the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and passed through Jiayuguan, winning battles in a row, capturing the Northern Yuan Taiwei Suonarjia, Pingzhang Guanzhe, the Northern Yuan Qi Wang, and seized more than 20,000 livestock. When Feng Sheng's troops were about to continue westward, the news of Xu Da's defeat and Li Wenzhong's empty return reached Feng Sheng's army.

Feng Sheng had no choice but to withdraw his troops. The Western Regions were so close yet so far away.

After this, the Ming army never set foot in the Western Regions again.

The reason why Feng Sheng abandoned the land was because the central army was defeated, which meant that the strategic goal of the Ming Dynasty in the Battle of Lingbei launched in the fifth year of Hongwu could no longer be achieved, and Feng Sheng had to retreat. However, Feng Sheng was still scolded for more than two hundred years for abandoning the Western Regions.

This time, Mu Changzuo, the Duke of Qian, also chose to withdraw his troops from the capital of Toungoo. He might very well become the second Feng Sheng and be scolded for hundreds of years.

Zhu Yijun attached great importance to this matter, which is why he made such a big fuss. At least for now, the court must reach a consensus and make a clear characterization of the matter to buy time and opportunity for the front line to continue the attack and prevent the front line from being affected by the wind and public opinion behind them and making aggressive strategic decisions.

If the royal city of Toungoo can be conquered once, it can be conquered twice, three times, five times, ten times, until Toungoo’s will to resist is completely destroyed and it can be made into the Yunnan Regional Military Commission and ruled by the king.

"Is it possible that the front line is harboring the enemy? This is also a problem that the court needs to worry about." Zhang Xueyan, who was born in Liaodong, seemed particularly harsh in the midst of the voices of victory, but some words have to be said.

To keep the enemy at bay would be to drag the Ming Dynasty into the quagmire of war. Once caught in such a situation, the Ming Dynasty would pay an extremely painful price for its expedition against Toungoo.

To support the enemy and to protect oneself means that more food and wages need to be invested in the war zone. Because of the war zone, the price of food will increase rapidly, and the original wages cannot buy enough food. Then we can only increase the military pay and invest more silver in the war zone. As there is less rice and more silver, the price of rice increases.

The military pay was insufficient, the price of food and fodder soared, and there was a shortage of food. The morale of the Ming army began to decline, and its combat effectiveness decreased. The bandits, who were not opponents in the first place, were able to fight the Ming army back and forth. The war began to become tense, and more troops needed to be sent, which eventually led to an increase in the number of soldiers in the war zone, a large number of people and a shortage of rice, and a soaring price of rice.

The number of soldiers in the war zone increased, the price of rice in the war zone soared, and more grain was needed. The burden of transporting food to the war zone increased dramatically, the financial burden of the court increased, and more troops were needed from all over the country. The people were suffering, and the people rose up in rebellion. Production was further disrupted, resulting in a decrease in grain output. To quell the rebellion, more soldiers and more food were needed, which eventually led to the overall and systematic collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, there is a way to prevent this vicious cycle from happening, which is to stop the loss in time and engage in peace talks. However, the Longqing Peace Talks presided over by Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Wang Chonggu, Yang Bo and others were still criticized by censors during the Chongzhen period. They said that it was these treacherous ministers who negotiated with Altan Khan that made the people of the grassland look down on the Ming Dynasty, which led to the rise of the Hu Lu and Dong Yi.

Peace talks were a very tricky matter in the Ming Dynasty.

"What Shao Situ said is not alarmist." Wang Chonggu said very clearly: "Because it has already happened."

Wang Chonggu stood up to speak for Zhang Xueyan based on facts, because he is a living example. Isn’t that enough of a lesson?
The Jin Party's deep-rooted power and lawlessness were the result of a long twenty-five-year war with Altan Khan.

If the war in the southwest turns into a mess like the war with Altan Khan, it will inevitably repeat the same mistakes.

The decision made by Duke Mu Changzuo of Qian was rational in militarily. Qi Jiguang spoke highly of this withdrawal and proposed the melting pot tactics. After the Toungoo royal city was captured, the fragmented southwest would fall into a melting pot of chaos. At that time, the Ming Dynasty would punish the criminals and save the people from distress. It would be the most just war.

However, this decision made by Duke Mu Changzuo of Qian was very passive politically.

"Your Majesty, this possibility does exist. After all, Yunnan is a place with high mountains and long roads, and this kind of thing has happened before." Qi Jiguang confirmed what Junior Prime Minister Zhang Xueyan said. It is indeed possible to keep the enemy at bay, and it is closely related to the Ministry of Revenue.

Moreover, right in Yunnan, there was a messy war in which the enemy was nurtured and the war was for the own benefit. During the Zhengtong period, Wang Ji, the Minister of War, led three expeditions to Luchuan, transferred half of the country's military funds, and ended up in a mess.

Qi Jiguang said with a complicated expression: "But Your Majesty, to protect the enemy, you also need the enemy to strive for success. No one is optimistic about Mang Yingli, but Mang Yingli himself is not striving for success."

Qi Jiguang mentioned a necessary prerequisite for keeping the bandits for one's own benefit. The bandits' strength must pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty. However, Mang Yingli was able to break through the royal city while the Ming Dynasty was testing new tactics. The bandits' strength was too weak.

If the bandits themselves are not motivated, it will be difficult to support them, let alone maintain their status.

"This is a fact that we must pay attention to. Mang Yingli, who collapsed at the slightest touch, is indeed too weak." Zhang Xueyan was stunned, and then nodded in agreement with Qi Jiguang's words.

This is because there are people in the court who are easy to talk to. Qi Jiguang only needs a few words to dispel the doubts of court officials about the front line. It was under the protection of Zhang Juzheng that Qi Jiguang walked step by step to where he is today.

"Sir, you taught me that if you doubt someone, don't employ him, and if you employ someone, don't doubt him. The Duke of Qian just won a great victory. He advanced from four directions and broke through the capital of Toungoo. Neither his behavior nor his attitude showed any suspicion of harboring the enemy for his own benefit. Since the incident has not happened yet, there is no need to worry too much. If it happens, it will not be too late to make a decision." Zhu Yijun made the final decision on this issue and then observed the situation.

Just as Li Chengliang is still doing his best to expand territory and fight against bandits in Liaodong, there is no need to doubt it.

"Your Majesty, the Shah's special envoy reported a series of events. The five-masted ocean-going ship we sold to the Mughal Empire was burned." Zeng Xingwu took advantage of the military meeting to report the Shah's special envoy's memorial.

The memorial of the Shah's envoy should have been submitted by Gao Qiyu, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, but it was submitted to the Ministry of War because the matter involved the five-masted ocean-going ship sold by the Ming Dynasty.

"It was fine when I sold it to him, but Akbar burned it himself. Do you want me to return the money to him? Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Zhu Yijun waved his hand. It was impossible for him to compensate him. How could he expect Ming to compensate him after he broke it himself? Is there any justice in the world? Is there any law in the world?
"That's not the case. I mainly want to buy a ship." Zeng Xingwu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He didn't know why His Majesty's thoughts were so jumpy. If the ship was burned, it had to be replaced. How did His Majesty think of returning the money? Akbar didn't even dare to think about it.

"Buy a ship? That's fine." When Zhu Yijun heard about buying a ship, he retracted his sleeves and started reading the memorial.

There were some minor conflicts between Akbar the Great of the Mughal Empire and the Portuguese Governor-General's Office of Diu, and frictions often occurred at sea. In the past, they had no ships and could only endure the bullying. Now that they had ships, people, cannons and gunpowder, they naturally had a cordial exchange with the Governor-General's Office of Diu.

Emperor Akbar won a great victory, but ships need maintenance, a minor overhaul once a year and a major overhaul every three years. The Ming Dynasty has after-sales service, and the fee for annual maintenance is three thousand taels of silver, and a major overhaul every three years is only ten thousand taels of silver.

The fire occurred because the Mughal state was maintaining it itself, and something went wrong.

It was not that Akbar wanted to get rid of the Ming Dynasty or build a five-masted ocean-going ship himself. It was out of military need. Although he won a series of battles, the ship was still broken, so he built his own shipyard to repair it.

This repair went wrong. Due to improper operation, a five-masted ocean-going ship was burned.

"Uh, no, what's going on? I have never burned any of my five-masted ocean-going ships, but he burned four in a row?!" Zhu Yijun said in amazement as he looked at the memorial.

It was normal for wooden boats to burn, but the problem was that he burned four of them. The Ming Dynasty had deployed a total of 55 five-masted ocean-going ships in the five major maritime customs offices. This had been going on for almost ten years, and although there had been fires, none of them had ever been burned.

"The Shah's envoy expressed shame." Zeng Xingwu spread his hands. The five-masted ocean-going ship was not destroyed in the battle with the Portuguese colonists. Instead, four of them were burned during repairs. When the Diu Governor's Office learned about it, they would laugh in their dreams.

This weapon was in such a state that Shah Mamtim and the Honglu Temple felt a little ashamed when they mentioned the matter.

"Is there a traitor? Since the Diu Governor's Office couldn't win the naval battle, it wanted to bribe the people in the shipyard and then burn it down?" Zhu Yijun said with a frown.

This is very possible. Such things have happened in the Ming Dynasty more than once. We must be vigilant against the extremely low-cost enemy spy activities, and both the red-haired and golden-haired foreigners are very good at this.

"It is possible, but the memorial from the Shah's special envoy said that it was caused by improper operation." Zeng Xingwu agreed with His Majesty's speculation, but since Shah Mamtim said it was caused by improper operation, then let it be regarded as improper operation.

"Akbar wants to buy five ships. In addition, he hopes that the Ming Dynasty can send a group of craftsmen to jointly build a factory with the Mughal Empire. You can buy ships, but forget about sending craftsmen to build the factory." Zhu Yijun approved the memorial. The Ming Dynasty did not have enough shipbuilders, so how could it have redundant ones to support the Mughal Empire?

Akbar did not make excessive demands. He proposed to lease a port to the Ming Dynasty specifically for the construction of a shipyard.

Zhu Yijun really wanted to agree, but the scale of the Ming Dynasty shipbuilders was not large enough, the Ming Dynasty shipyard was still in a period of rapid expansion, and the number of apprentices in the shipyard was far greater than the number of craftsmen, so he could only wait.

"We obey your order." Zhang Juzheng and the court officials obeyed the emperor's order.

"General Qi, sir, please stay, and everyone else can leave." Zhu Yijun left Qi Jiguang and Zhang Juzheng alone, obviously with important matters to discuss.

Zhu Yijun had been paying close attention to the war in the southwest. This war went so smoothly that it was beyond Zhu Yijun's expectations. Except for being a little passive in the early stages, the situation was almost a crushing victory afterwards.

However, the Qing-Myanmar War in later generations lasted for nearly eight years from the 27th year of Qianlong's reign to the 34th year of Qianlong's reign. During these eight years, the Qing court launched a total of four attacks, of which the first three ended in failure. The fourth attack was even more unsuccessful due to heavy rain and the commander Fuheng was bedridden, leading to the final reconciliation.

The war lasted for eight years. Governor Liu Zao of Yunnan and Guizhou committed suicide, Governor Yang Yingju was given the death penalty; Commander Mingrui was seriously injured and committed suicide; Commander Fuheng died of malaria.

None of these four large-scale attacks could be considered a victory, but the Ming Dynasty's attack on Myanmar was so smooth that Zhu Yijun began to develop the suspicious nature that an emperor must have.

Did someone lie about military intelligence? Yang Yingju, who was sentenced to death by Emperor Qianlong, lied about military intelligence. Was it true that the battle on the front line was very difficult, but the Duke of Qian only reported good news and not bad news?
In the agricultural era, when productivity did not advance rapidly, there were not many changes, and the Ming Dynasty's attack was too smooth.

"General Qi, I heard that malaria in the south is extremely serious. In the eighth year of Zhengtong, Wang Ji led his army to attack Luchuan, but had to retreat because of malaria. I have never heard of any report on this from the front line." Zhu Yijun expressed his doubts.

At the military meeting, Zeng Shengwu reminded the emperor in front of everyone that the southwest was full of rainforest miasma and would definitely not be easy to fight.

Qi Jiguang thought about the emperor's worries, and then smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty avoided the rainy season when it pacified the Burmese bandits. If Wang Ji attacked in the rainy season, five and a half of the ten infantry battalions would die of illness, and it would be a miracle if they could fight. This is why the Duke of Qian insisted on retreating. This time it was originally to verify the tactics, and I never thought the results would be so brilliant."

Myanmar's rainy season starts in May and lasts until October. If you pay attention to Ming Dynasty's war reports, you will find that none of Ming Dynasty's offensive rounds were during the rainy season, which avoided malaria to a great extent.

It is now July of the twelfth year of the Wanli reign. The communication distance from Yunnan to the Ming Dynasty is 90 days, which means that the war, including the retreat, took place in April. We withdrew from the rainforest before the rainy season arrived. Qi Jiguang specifically emphasized the rationality of the withdrawal and did not be carried away by victory.

"So, this is the right time." Zhu Yijun smiled brightly and said, "The Duke of Qian is loyal to the emperor and the country."

Fucha Fuheng fought in many battles all his life. He participated in the Battle of Jinchuan at the age of 26, and fought in Yili at the age of to quell the rebellion of Dzungar. He fought in many battles in many places. Didn't he know that he couldn't attack in the rainy season? Of course he knew. But the day when Fuheng led the main force of the Qing army to attack was July , the th year of Qianlong's reign, which was the season of heavy rain in Myanmar.

Fu Heng ignored the weather and eventually lost his life, dying in the smoke and miasma.

The reason why Fuheng did this was actually very simple, because Liu Zao, Yang Yingju and Mingrui had all told Qianlong about the problem of malaria before, but Qianlong ignored it every time (how could he use the malaria as an excuse to suddenly withdraw his troops, wouldn't he worry about being made fun of by the distant barbarians?).

Unlike Emperor Qianlong who liked to give orders to the front line, the Ming Emperor Zhu Yijun never interfered with the decisions of the front-line commanders.

Even though Tang Kekuan disobeyed the general's orders, suffered a defeat, and was ambushed and killed, Zhu Yijun quietly restored the hereditary official titles of Tang Kekuan's descendants and grandchildren, and wrote Tang Kekuan's name in the Miyun Loyalty and Bravery Temple. No matter how you look at it, he died for his country.

Qi Jiguang sat up straight and spoke eloquently. He explained clearly what malaria was, dividing it into four aspects: unclean water sources; mosquitoes everywhere; plague epidemics; wounds festering;
"Attacking in the rainy season is seeking death!" Zhu Yijun said with great emotion after hearing this.

Leeches with thumb-sized mouthparts and mosquitoes that cover the sky, malaria is as common as eating and drinking, and the hot and humid air makes it extremely easy for bacteria to breed. Any wound on the body may become infected and fester. This is the tropical rainforest in the rainy season.

Zhu Yijun had never seen him in person, but just hearing Qi Jiguang talk about him made him feel particularly terrifying.

"The journey was so smooth, in addition to paying attention to the weather, it was also because of the harmony of people." Qi Jiguang said with emotion: "Duke Mu Changzuo of Qian State originally trusted the raw and cooked Miao people very much, and even handed over the gates to the cooked Miao people. It is true that this trust was betrayed when the war started, but Duke Mu of Qian State still had a large number of cooked Miao people leading the way."

"The Han army was the main force, and the Miao people led the way and assisted, which made the war go so smoothly."

While paying attention to the weather, because of the good people, the Ming army would not take detours during the war and could also avoid some dangerous places, making the march smoother. This is the advantage of location.

After two hundred years of hard work in Yunnan, the Duke of Qian finally had a group of supporters. With the right time, place and people, the war became particularly smooth instead of ending in a disastrous defeat.

"And the most important thing is the support from the court." Qi Jiguang looked at His Majesty and said with certainty: "Your Majesty guarantees the logistics and rewards, so that the soldiers on the front line have no worries. This is a blessing for the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Qizhen liked to give blind orders and insisted on stationing the emperor in Tumubao, a place without water source, for a decisive battle. By giving such an order, Zhu Qizhen pushed all the officials of the Beijing camp, the personal escort, and the civil and military officials to the gambling table, and they lost everything.

Since the Song Dynasty, the Central Plains has completed the military as an extension of politics. As an emperor, you can be ignorant of military affairs, but you cannot make random comments. Otherwise, the front line will make unwise decisions due to the pressure from top to bottom.

"Very good." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "General Qi has solved the doubts in my heart."

"Sir, in the case of Hongyuan Dyeing Factory, I intend to pardon the craftsman Zhou Jianren. He was forced to fight back in self-defense and should not be executed." Zhu Yijun made a clear statement on the case of Hongyuan Dyeing Factory.

"Of course, it should be so." Zhang Juzheng supported His Majesty's leniency. This was not because His Majesty had mercy on the poor and laborers, but because Yuan Shen and his servants wanted to kill people. Anyone who kills should be killed.

The Yuan Shen case caused a huge uproar in the capital, because all of Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi's conclusions about the alienation of money on people came true, which greatly increased their reputations. At the same time, miscellaneous newspapers in the capital began a tit-for-tat debate about whether Yuan Shen should be put to death.

Some miscellaneous newspapers spread the word on Yuan Shen's behalf, hoping to save his life. It was not because they had anything to do with Yuan Shen, but because if Yuan Shen survived, Hongyuan Dyeing Factory would still belong to Yuan Shen. In this way, the exploration of the collective ownership economy would come to an abrupt end. The wealthy and powerful would be very wary of the craftsmen's ownership of the means of production.

The powerful and wealthy would never have imagined that the Wanli Reform's innovation of the means of production would not start from the fields, but from the workshops.

It has been six years since Zhang Juzheng proposed the order to return land. This should have been a new policy to be implemented after the land survey, but the court has never pushed forward with it because the issue of returning land is a major matter. In comparison, the impact of the workshops is much smaller.

The Wanli Reform was an incomplete, reformist political struggle aimed at self-salvation. Under such circumstances, the promotion of land reform required extreme caution.

The debate did not last long because the Ministry of Justice expedited the verdict before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Dali Temple completed the process in just one day. The Dali Temple believed that the Ministry of Justice's judgment was fair and strict.

The Ministry of Justice sentenced Yuan Shen to immediate execution. Yuan Shen and his fourteen lackeys and servants were all beheaded in public, and the death penalty procedure had already begun. However, Zhou Jianren, who had beaten three servants to death, was not exiled but acquitted.

This result was even beyond Zhu Yijun's expectations. In the case of Zhao Laoqi and Zhao Ji, Zhao Laoqi was pardoned by the emperor but was still exiled to Yingchang. Zhou Jianren, who also had to pay for his life with murder, was acquitted.

After Zhu Yijun learned about the Ministry of Justice's judgment in detail, he realized that it was indeed a fair and strict judgment.

First, there is a law in the Ming Dynasty: In cases of fights between two persons, the one who strikes back later and is in the right will have his level reduced by two levels.

There is no doubt that Yuan Shen brought his servants to the dyeing workshop to beat people, and beat them to death. Zhou Jianren was the one who attacked later and was in the right, so naturally his crime of self-defense could be reduced to the second level, which is a commutation from death penalty to exile.

From exile to hard labor, there is another law in the Ming Dynasty Code: If a criminal seizes a weapon and injures someone, the sentence will be reduced by one level and he will be sentenced to 100 strokes of the cane and three years in prison, just like the crime of holding a weapon and injuring someone.

Yuan Shen brought weapons with him to the dyeing factory, but Zhou Jianren seized the other party's weapons before killing him. This means that his crime was reduced by one level, from exile to three years in prison.

Finally, it was Zhou Jianren who was inspired to act bravely.

The Analects of Confucius says: If one does not act in accordance with what is right, he is not brave.

The Ming Dynasty law stipulates this: If the attacker resists with a weapon, the arresting officer can kill him; if the attacker escapes with a weapon or empty-handed, he can also be killed.

This is also the legal basis for the Ming Dynasty's patrol archers to search for murderers, arrest murderers, especially those who are armed, and kill them.

The Ming Dynasty also had clear regulations on failing to help a neighbor in danger. If a person saw the neighbor being robbed or killed but did not help, he would be beaten with a hundred sticks. If he heard the cry for help but did not help, he would be beaten with fifty sticks. If he could not be beaten, he would report it to the authorities as quickly as possible, and the officials would hold those who failed to help accountable.

Zhou Jianren acted bravely, so in the end his three-year sentence was reduced to acquittal.

Throughout the entire case, there was no need for the emperor to grant pardons. The Ministry of Justice made the judgment in full accordance with the Ming Law and the Ming Code. The Ministry of Justice also had reasons and evidence to answer the questions raised by those lowly scholars in the Censorate and the Six Ministries.

During the three reviews of the death penalty, no censors from the Six Ministries and the Censorate raised any questions. The three commutations of sentence for self-defense, seizure of the murder weapon, and bravery were all based on the law.

Zhou Jianren was imprisoned in the Tianlao of the Northern Pacification Division. Zhu Yijun was not very confident about the Ministry of Justice's prison, so he arranged him in the Northern Pacification Division. This was Zhu Yijun's way of protecting Zhou Jianren.

"Zhou Jianren, you are acquitted." Zhu Yijun was wearing casual clothes. He took the key from the guards, opened Zhou Jianren's cell, and signaled Zhou Jianren that he could leave.

"Ah?" Zhou Jianren stood up and said with a bewildered look on his face, "Acquitted? Did I kill someone?"

"Didn't Magistrate Yao say that? You are an honest man. Would you kill someone unless you were cornered?" Zhu Yijun said with a smile, "It's okay, let's go."

The doctor from the Ministry of Justice brought the imperial edict of the Ministry of Justice and asked Zhou Jianren to sign and seal it. In order to prevent Zhou Jianren from not understanding it, the doctor read it out word by word and explained the reasons.

"Is everything all right now?" Zhou Jianren walked out of the cell, still in disbelief, "On the way to Beijing, the imperial guards said that I might be exiled to Yingchang!"

"What are your plans after you get out? Here are five taels of silver as your travel expenses back home." Zhu Yijun asked Feng Bao to hand Zhou Jianren five taels of silver. Zhou Jianren was escorted to the capital and had no money on him, so he could not go back anyway.

"Thank you for the reward and rescue! If you ask me where to go, the Navy Office is recruiting soldiers. I plan to give it a try!" Zhou Jianren had no idea the identity of the nobleman in front of him, but he still told him his plan. He took the silver. A penny can make a hero fail, and without silver, one can't take a single step.

"Okay, very good." Zhu Yijun nodded continuously.

Zhou Jianren had killed someone, and the case had caused a lot of uproar. It might not be easy for him to lead a normal life after returning to Songjiang Prefecture, but it was suitable for this strong man to join the army.

"May I ask your name, sir? If I have money in the future, I will definitely return it to you." Zhou Jianren kowtowed on the ground, then stood up and asked solemnly.

Zhu Yijun said gently: "My surname is Huang, and I am temporarily staying at the General's Mansion. I am a member of the General's family. If you want to pay back the money, just go to the General's Mansion."

"Oh, by the way, I have a book here called 'Fraud Prevention'. It's all colloquial and easy to read. Take a look and don't be fooled."

Zhu Yijun was very thoughtful and prepared a collection of stories for Zhou Jianren.

"Thank you again for your great kindness, sir." Zhou Jianren obtained a collection of stories, which was a guide to preventing fraud in the Ming Dynasty. It was written by a man named Zhang Yingyu. It included a total of 88 underworld scams. Each story was written in colloquial language and was easy to understand.

"Go, go." Zhu Yijun stood with his hands behind his back, watching Zhou Jianren leave the Northern Pacification Office under the leadership of the Tiqi.

Zhu Yijun just kept looking around until Zhou Jianren disappeared around the corner, then he happily planned to return to the palace. His life was actually very boring, and seeing justice being served was one of his few pleasures.

"Go ahead, go ahead!" Zhu Yijun returned to the imperial study in Tonghe Palace and began to review the memorials in a good mood.

The Governor of Nagasaki, Xu Wei, submitted a memorial to the emperor, stating the affairs of Japan. Oda Nobunaga was assassinated again, and like the previous times, he survived by chance, but this time he was seriously injured.

The method of the attack this time was carried out by three of Oda Nobunaga's most trusted palace maids, who stabbed him with hairpin swords. Oda Nobunaga was unable to dodge and was stabbed three times, once each in the arm, abdomen, and back. Oda Nobunaga was saved by his trusted valet Mori Ranmaru. Azuchi Castle was under full martial law.

"Oda Nobunaga, the shogun, must be sitting there in fear." Zhu Yijun said sincerely.

(End of this chapter)