Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 85: Ten Thousand People's Blood Book!
A smile appeared on the corner of Daoyan's lips, and he turned around again. The smile had dissipated, "Have you thought it through, sir?"

Fan Qian frowned and nodded slowly, "With the help of King Yan this time, I will risk my life! The master will stay in the mansion for a few days, and I will order people to make a blood book for all people!"

"Come here and arrange a place for Master Daoyan to live."

A servant came forward and said, "Master, please follow me."

Daoyan clasped his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name towards Fan Qian.

"In this case, the poor monk is disrespectful. However, I hope that your Excellency will handle this matter as soon as possible to avoid a long night and many dreams."

After Dao Yan finished speaking, he followed the servant out of the house.

Fan Qian returned to the desk where he was handling official business and sat down, his face was deep in thought and his brows were still furrowed.

It was true that he made a decision, but it could be said that he was forced by Dao Yan, or the current situation.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
King Yan intends to open the sea, what does he want?
Will Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang really give in and follow King Yan's intention to lift the sea ban?

That was the iron-blooded Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty!
While he was thinking about it, the sky was gradually getting dark. When Fan Qian came to his senses again, he walked out the door and returned to follow his servant's orders.

"Go and ask Mr. Liu to come over. I have something to discuss with him."

The servants lead the way.

After a while, he returned with a slightly younger man.

That man was none other than Zhang Ji, the envoy from Fujian Province.

In the Ming Dynasty, the local Chief Secretary usually had two Chief Envoys, one on the left and one on the right, to prevent one person from monopolizing power and causing corruption.

The left and right chief envoys are of equal rank in terms of official positions. However, the actual situation is that the right chief envoy is one head higher than the left chief envoy.

In addition to the chief envoy, this situation is also very common in other official positions. The phrase "unparalleled" represents the ancients' respect for "right".

However, in the middle to late Ming Dynasty, people began to respect the left. This is a later story.

"Master Fan." Zhang Ji saluted Fan Qian. The two of them had been colleagues for many years and were very familiar with each other.

Fan Qian waved, "Master Zhang, sit down quickly."

After Zhang Ji sat down, he asked: "Master Fan came to me in such a hurry. Why?"

Fan Qian then told the truth that King Zhu Di of Yan sent Dao Yan to Fujian.

"This matter is of great importance. I cannot make a decision on my own, so I will come to you to discuss whether to follow what Master Daoyan said and produce a blood book of all peoples and submit it."

After Zhang Ji heard this, he also frowned and thought carefully.

Speaking of opening the sea to eradicate Japanese pirates, it is undoubtedly great news for them. Zhang Ji, the left-wing envoy, has to handle more official duties than Fan Qian. He is also troubled by Japanese pirates and even dreams of getting rid of them. Drop those Japanese pirates at sea.

But the influence of Wanmin's blood letter on the central court is also not small, and they have to consider whether they can bear the consequences of doing so.

"King Yan said he was willing to shoulder the responsibility?" Zhang Ji asked.

"Master Dao Yan said this, but I still feel uneasy." Fan Qian nodded.

"Prince Yan is in charge of Peiping. He has great responsibilities and is a prince. He is not comparable to us. Master Fan is right to be careful." Zhang Ji said slowly.

"Yes, King Yan is a prince and a vassal king. No matter what, your Majesty will not be too harsh on King Yan, but we are different!" Fan Qian frowned.

A high-ranking official of the second rank, such as the Chief Envoy of a Party, would not be too slow in thinking. Some things that need to be figured out can be figured out as long as there is some time.

Zhang Ji nodded and said: "But this is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us. With King Yan getting along with us, the success rate of this matter will be greatly improved, and... Mr. Fan, you have already agreed to that Master Daoyan." , if you change your words now, I’m afraid it will offend King Yan, and I’m afraid it will be difficult to do so in the future.”

"Alas, Master Daoyan stood up to leave at that time, and I had no choice but to respond first." Fan Qian sighed, "So, we can only follow the wishes of King Yan to create the blood book of all peoples?"

"Judging from the current situation, this is the best policy..."

The full moon hung up at some point. Fan Qian and Zhang Ji held candles and talked until late at night, and finally decided to make a blood book for all peoples.

"It's getting so late, so I'll take my leave first." Zhang Ji stood up and cupped his hands.

Fan Qian also stood up and sent Zhang Ji out of the door. The Chief Envoy Si Yamen occupies a large area, and Zhang Ji's office area is not in the same area as Fan Qian's.

After sending Zhang Ji away, Fan Qian returned to his residence to sleep.

As soon as I woke up, the bad news came!

Luoyuan, Lianjiang, Changle, Fuqing and other coastal places in Fuzhou were ravaged by Japanese pirates last night, causing heavy losses!When the local officers and soldiers arrived, all that was left was a sky of fire and corpses everywhere!

The county magistrate's offices across Fuzhou were almost overcrowded. The people were filled with indignation and crowded into the county magistrate's office to demand that the county magistrate make the decision for them!
County magistrates from all over the country complained endlessly, and quickly wrote a letter and sent it to Si Yamen, the chief envoy of Ningde.

Fan Qian looked at the stack of letters and felt his head ache!

Then the anger surged up to the sky!
After so many years...

These Japanese pirates are so deceptive!
A Thousand Days of Warning against Thieves will eventually fail!
If you don't let me live well, then we will die together!

Fan Qian finally made up his mind at this time, and immediately found Dao Yan, and the two discussed the specific matters of making the blood book of all peoples.After that, Fan Qian notified all localities and explained the situation clearly to the local officials.

Then, Fan Qian ordered people to make huge banners, starting from Ningde, and asked people from all over the world to put their fingerprints on it.

Most of the people today are illiterate, and the blood books of all peoples can only be made into the blood handprints of all peoples.

The government wants to write to the court to punish the Japanese pirates!

As soon as the news was released, people all over Fujian rushed to tell each other.

The common people spontaneously cooperated with the "Blood Book for All People" that the government wanted to produce. Wherever the blood book passed, at the gates of various county offices, people lined up in long queues, biting their fingers one by one, and displayed themselves on the huge banner. He pressed his fingerprints heavily.

After half a month, the "Book of Blood of Ten Thousand People" was finally completed. After circulating around Fujian, it returned to Si Yamen, the Chief Envoy of Ningde.

Fan Qian, Dao Yan, and Zhang Ji looked at the dense bloody fingerprints on the banner and felt their scalps go numb!

They couldn't tell if there were 1 handprints on it, but the entire banner was almost completely turned into a rich blood red!

Even Dao Yan's heart skipped a beat when he saw the scene in front of him, and the speed of moving the beads in his hand was obviously much faster.

"Amitabha, these Japanese pirates are really doing many evil things and committing serious crimes. The people in Fujian are suffering!"

Fan Qian waved to those on the side, asking them to put away the banners.

"Master, is this movement too loud?"

Only when you see this "blood book of all peoples" with your own eyes can you know how powerful and shocking it is!
If such a bloody banner was presented to Zhu Yuanzhang, what would Zhu Yuanzhang think?

Zhang Ji also fell silent. This matter seemed to be far more serious than they thought. This "blood letter from all the people" actually had the implication of forcing the emperor to marry him.

Dao Yan was also wondering at this time, for such a big matter, could King Yan alone be able to withstand Zhu Yuanzhang's anger?
After thinking for a moment, Daoyan said:

"Since ancient times, except for treason, the law has always punished everyone. If Mr. Fan can unite all the local officials in Fujian and jointly write a memorial, it will definitely be safer."

This time Dao Yan really came up with an idea for Fan Qian and others sincerely.

There are at least dozens of local officials in Fujian, large and small. It is impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to take over all the local officials in Fujian. Otherwise, there will not be enough officials to fill the vacancies, and Fujian will be in chaos!

When Fan Qian and Zhang Ji heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up!
"Master, in my opinion, this plan is really wonderful and the safest!" Zhang Ji raised his hand towards Dao Yan.

"Good, good!" Dao Yan stood up with one hand, looking kind-hearted at this moment.

Fan Qian also nodded repeatedly, "I will draft the memorial right now, and then ask the officials at all levels below to sign it one by one."

After saying that, Fan Qian returned to his office and spent half a day drafting a long memorial. There were many blank spaces at the back for signatures of officials at all levels.

Daoyan looked at all this and nodded secretly in his heart.

With so many Fujian officials shouldering the responsibility, Zhu Di's pressure will be much less.

When he came to Fujian, what Dao Yan saw and heard these days made him feel a lot. What he heard most about in Peiping was the situation in the border fortress. What he saw in Yingtian was all kinds of singing and dancing, and in Fujian, that "The Blood Letters of Ten Thousand People" allowed Dao Yan to see the truest sentiments of the people on the border of the Ming Dynasty.

If these people's sentiments were submitted in a single memorial, it would be nothing more than a few words. I am afraid that even Zhu Yuanzhang would not have thought of the dire straits in which the people along the coast of Fujian were living.

This incident started when Cao Wei mentioned the opening of the sea. Only today, Dao Yan finally understood the importance of the opening of the sea in the Ming Dynasty!
It was much easier to ask officials to jointly sign the memorial than to make a blood letter from all the people. It took only seven days to complete it under great speed.

With everything completed, it was finally time for Dao Yan to leave Si Yamen, the official envoy of Fujian Chengxuan.

Fan Qian and Zhang Ji led a group of subordinates and sent Dao Yan out of the yamen gate.

Daoyan was carrying a package, which contained the blood letter of Wanmin and the joint memorial.

He put his hands together and bowed to Fan Qian, Zhang Ji and his party, and said, "This poor monk takes his leave."

"Master walk slowly."

Fan Qian and Zhang Ji were truly grateful to Dao Yan.

No matter what the purpose of King Yan was to promote the opening of the sea, Daoyan's trip to Fujian was indeed dedicated to solving the problem of Japanese pirates.

The blood letters of tens of thousands of people and the memorials jointly signed by many officials are all related to the future of Fujian.

……

After going round and round all the way, Daoyan returned to Yingtian again and returned to the palace of Prince Yan.

Seeing Dao Yan again, Zhu Di stared at him for a moment and said, "Master, you seem to have changed a bit."

"Oh? What changed?" Daoyan asked.

Zhu Di shook his head.

At this time, Dao Yan had already taken out the joint memorial and the blood letter of all the people.

After reading the memorial, Zhu Di didn't feel anything. But when he opened the blood book of all peoples, his heart skipped a beat and his eyes widened!
(End of this chapter)