The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 193 Japanese pirates
Dengzhou Water City.

In front of the tomb of Bo Weizhang in Xuancheng.

Tang Hao looked at a tough-looking young man quietly.

This is Wei Zhao, the son of Wei Zhang. He is just over twenty years old and has been serving in the Beijing army.

After learning that his father Wei Zhang had died in battle, Wei Zhao immediately became an official and rushed over. According to the filial piety system, he had to observe mourning for his biological father for three years.

Tang Hao came here specifically to pay homage to Wei Zhang today, which could be regarded as giving this man some dignity.

To be honest, Wei Zhang swallowed his anger and acquiesced in what Bian Xiong and others did in his life. Even if there was a reason for it, he made a mistake in the end.

But after that, Wei Zhang chose to abandon the secret and turn to the light, and successfully let Tang Hao understand the situation in Shandong. Wei Zhang personally inspected and inspected the three coastal defense camps, and even risked his own life in order to wipe out the more than 4,000 Japanese pirates who suddenly attacked. He bit them hard and was finally able to wipe them all out, which was a great achievement!
So, how should the world evaluate this Xuancheng uncle?
Like the British Duke Zhang Mao, who had no other artistic skills, few achievements, and no military and political achievements in his life?

Tang Hao shook his head sadly, picked up the drink and poured it on the ground.

"You guy, why are you doing this?"

Of course, before that, there is another more important thing, and that is the issue of routes!

"Master Hou Mingjian!"

The worship was over, things were settled here, and Tang Hao also organized his army to prepare to go to sea.

"If the Marquis hadn't taken the initiative to request troops to suppress the Japanese, I'm afraid my father would never have had the chance to straighten his back in this life. It was the Marquis who gave him this opportunity. He can be regarded as... asking for mercy and getting mercy!"

Tears kept falling from the corners of Wei Qian's eyes, but he firmly told Tang Hao the truth.

Instead of being born in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the civil servants and gentry were suppressed to death, and they were not allowed to be reused in their lives. They had to watch these guys invade the country and harm the people without conscience. What did Wei Zhang do? Unable to do it, he finally chose to die for his country to pay for his sins, which is really sad.

"But if you, Wei Tao, are a dandy with a good reputation and a bad reputation, I will not let you get this title. Do you understand?"

Ships from these foreign vassal countries could disembark into China through corresponding ports, and Chinese ships bound for these countries also departed from here.

"In addition, I will soon go to sea to suppress Japanese pirates. I will avenge your father's blood feud and the blood feud of the people along the coast for them!"

"Why do you act like this and risk your life in vain?"

However, given that there are only fifteen usable ships, it is impossible to take all the more than 10,000 soldiers out to sea.

Tang Hao stepped forward to help Wei Tao up, and then comforted him with a gentle voice: "There is news from the Jinyi Guards. The posthumous title granted to your father by the imperial court is quite good. He is posthumously granted the title of Marquis of Xuancheng, with the posthumous title of "Zhuangyong" , there is no shortage of honors after death!”

Because there was joint trade between the Ming Dynasty and Japan, the two countries had relatively frequent exchanges and had a dedicated route.

That incident was a farce in which Zhu Qizhen, a scumbag, snatched the throne of his own son. It also spawned a large number of military generals and nobles. I wonder if Comrade Zhu Chongba, a wise and powerful man, would be angry when he knew about it. You have to crawl out from the coffin board and kill these unscrupulous descendants!

Wei Zhang did not respond, but his son Wei Tao knelt down in front of Tang Hao with a thud.

But Tang Hao was too lazy to take an official ship to Ningbo, because this would expose his true purpose and cause unnecessary speculation among the gentry.

Wei Wei wiped away his tears and nodded heavily, looking at Tang Hao with eyes full of reverence.

"Get up and talk!" Tang Hao stretched out his hand again to help him up, and then warned sternly: "Although the title of your old Wei family came from a wrong origin, your ancestor Wei Qing was a hero who fought against the Japanese, and your father Wei Zhang also fought against the Japanese. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Japanese died heroically for their country!”

For example, during the Hongwu period of Taizu, the imperial court sent people from Ningbo to the sea through the Japanese Goto Islands to reach Hakata Port, then cross the Seto Inland Sea, and reach Kyoto via Hyogo Prefecture.

The reason why he said that the Earl of Xuancheng of the Lao Wei family had an erroneous background was because his ancestor Wei Qing was not awarded a title for his military achievements despite his meritorious service in fighting against the Japanese.

"When your three-year filial piety period expires, you can inherit the title of Earl of Xuancheng!"

Wei Chun was startled when he heard this, then he knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Wei Chun here swears that he will never fall short of the reputation of his ancestors and his late father!"

In order to manage the tribute and trade affairs of overseas countries, the Ming Dynasty established the Municipal Shipping Department in three places: the Quanzhou Municipal Shipping Department of Fujian (later moved to Fuzhou) for the Ryukyu Kingdom, the Ningbo Municipal Shipping Department of Zhejiang for the Japanese Kingdom, As well as the Guangdong Guangzhou Shipping Department established for Champa (now part of Vietnam), Siam (Thailand), Manchuria (now part of Malaysia), Chenla (Cambodia) and other countries.

"My father has always lived a miserable life!"

By the Kamakura period, the Matsuura clan had become a huge group of Japanese warriors who ruled the Hizen Kingdom in Kitakyushu, Japan, and had a very powerful naval force under their command.

To be honest, people like Wei Zhang should have been born during the Hongwu period of Emperor Taizu Gao, or the Yongle period of Emperor Taizong Wen. That was the world of warrior Qiu Ba. As long as he dared to fight and fight with the barbarians and Japanese pirates, he would be fine. Make great contributions!

This was until the Jiajing period, because the Japanese capital was increasingly corrupted, and the Japanese state entered the Warring States period, the power of the shogun declined, and daimyo wars continued in various places. A large number of defeated samurai and slave owners chose to flee to the sea and plunder North Korea and China. Coastal people.

"I also hope that my ancestor Yu Lie has become a talented person by practicing martial arts diligently. Don't let your ancestor's late father's reputation be ruined!"

Tang Hao nodded happily when he heard this.

In the Nagasaki area in the northern part of the Japanese Kyushu Island, there is a small kingdom called Hizen. There is a Matsuura County in Hizen, and the Matsuura family lives there.

On the contrary, Wei Ying, Wei Qing's son and Wei Qian's grandfather, was awarded the title of Xuancheng Bo for his role in "seizing the gate", and his descendants inherited it from generation to generation.

Hearing these words, Wei Chun's eyes immediately filled with tears. He knelt down in front of Tang Hao and thanked him with tears streaming down his face: "Wei Chun, on behalf of his deceased father and the coastal people who have suffered from Japanese pirates' plunder over the years, would like to thank you, Lord Marquis." Great kindness!”

The Japanese pirates who are now plundering and harassing Shandong should still be the group of "Sandao Japanese pirates" named by North Korea, and behind them is the Matsuura clan of the Japanese country!

"At that time, I will personally inspect you. If you are as loyal and brave as Wei Zhang, you must be the commander of the Beiwadu Division!"

Since the Japanese pirates can come to the coastal areas of China in their small shabby boats, why can't China's warships, which are large and can sail against the wind, go to the lair of these Japanese pirates?
The Japanese pirates were like a stubborn disease that persisted throughout the Ming Dynasty. They were even once as famous as the "Northern Japanese pirates". However, the current Japanese pirates are not the "Jiajing big Japanese pirates" from the Jiajing Dynasty. They also plundered Shandong, Liaodong and other places. land, rather than the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

"I have told you that I will go to sea to suppress Japanese pirates and kill all these bastards!"

Upon seeing this, Tang Hao smiled and patted his shoulder, then turned and left.

"In my humble position, I heard him mention the corruption of Beiwa Dusi many times, but due to the background of Bian Xiong and others, he did not dare to report it. My father has been depressed all year round because of this."

It's a bit ironic to say that Wei Qing had outstanding achievements in his life, but he couldn't get a title because of the political situation in the court. On the contrary, his son Wei Ying got a hereditary earl because of some bullshit "success in seizing the door"!

Tang Hao had no intention of doing this. It was just to suppress the Japanese, not to destroy the country!

Therefore, Japanese pirates became increasingly rampant. They mostly used the Japanese country of Kyushu and other places as their base camps, and carried out plunder and smuggling trade along the coast of China, especially the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces, which suffered particularly serious losses.

At this time, the Matsuura Party was only a wealthy family in Hizen Country, and was not yet the leader of Hizen Country. However, successive Matsuura Party heads found that there were many islands near Nagasaki and they were very close to North Korea and mainland China, so they vigorously developed the navy. , and soon created a powerful maritime force.

Then this group of bastards started to act. It was during the period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties of Japan. The Northern Dynasty was controlled by the Ashikaga Shogunate, while the Southern Dynasty regarded Emperor Go-Daigo as the orthodox one.

The Japanese shogunate's control over local areas weakened, and the Matsuura Party took advantage of the situation and went out to sea to plunder everywhere. Because its base was Tsushima, Iki, and Hirado islands, it was called the "Three Island Japanese Pirates" by the Koreans. The Matsuura Party is the absolute main force of Japanese pirates.

Every time the Matsuura Party went out to sea to plunder, they always consisted of elite troops led by hundreds of heavily armored warriors. They led a large number of bankrupt farmers and ronin to attack. Their weapons and equipment were as sophisticated as those of the most elite troops of the Muromachi Shogunate at that time. These Japanese pirates not only The plundering of the Korean Peninsula has also plagued Liaoning, Shandong and other coastal provinces.

Later, Emperor Yongle sent Zheng He to the East and drove the Ming Dynasty's invincible navy to the gate of Japan. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the third generation general of the Ashikaga Shogunate, was frightened and immediately made a wise choice and accepted Emperor Yongle's canonization as the king of Japan. , and then established Kanhe trade with the Ming Dynasty, that is, officially allowed trade.

At this time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu responded to Emperor Yongle's request and ordered various places to search and suppress pirates. Even because of the rampant Matsuura Party, all pirates in Japan were collectively called the Matsuura Party. This shows the resentment of the shogunate towards the Matsuura Party at that time. After all, the Matsuura Party was destroying The wealth of the shogunate is equivalent to the blood feud of murdering parents!
Because of the severe crackdowns by the Ashikaga Shogunate, the Matsuura Party's piracy fell into a low ebb.

However, it is not difficult to learn from Ashikaga Yoshiki that there is chaos in Japan, the shogunate's dominance is declining, and the daimyo of various places are ready to move, and I am afraid that we are about to enter that bullshit "Warring States Period". The Matsuura Party has also resurrected at this time, and then In addition, some local lords who were jealous of the huge profits from Kanhe trade also joined in, and the Japanese pirates became increasingly rampant.

Driven by economic interests, coastal wealthy families, officials and businessmen colluded with each other and gradually evolved into a large-scale smuggling group. This is the famous "Jiajing Big Japanese Pirates"!
It is said that there was also a "Pirate King" who became the maritime emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
Tang Hao was closing his eyes and meditating when Xu Tianci came in escorting ten Japanese pirate leaders.

Xu Tianci had always been cautious and careful, so after the bloody battle that day, he did not kill all the more than 4,000 Japanese pirates. Instead, he deliberately left dozens of leaders behind, including the small warships driven by these Japanese pirates.

There is nothing that can be done about this. After all, they are currently short of ships to go to sea. No matter how small the Japanese pirate ship is, it can only accommodate twenty or thirty people. Everyone is waiting and looking forward to accompanying the Marquis to go to sea to wipe out the Japanese pirates, and then make a decision What about military exploits!

Especially recently, there has been news among the soldiers that the Marquis and the Emperor intend to reorganize the Shandong Guards. After this restructuring, who will be the commanders of the Shandong Guards and the Qianhu Generals? How many people will be needed? What to say?

He must be the meritorious soldier who made military exploits this time!
Guard officers are hereditary!

This means that if they can make meritorious deeds, they can be promoted to officers and generals immediately and leave a family fortune to their descendants!
I wonder who is not moved?

"Master Marquis, the people are here!"

Tang Mu reminded him softly, waking up Tang Hao who was deep in thought. Looking at the ten hateful-looking Japanese pirates in front of him, Tang Hao stood up and walked directly in front of them without talking nonsense!
He walked towards the first Japanese pirate and spoke coldly.

"Can you speak Chinese?"

The Japanese pirate was stunned and muttered a lot of nonsense that was completely incomprehensible. He was as annoying as a fucking fly!

Tang Hao was so annoyed by what he heard that he punched his head hard into his stomach.

In an instant, blood spurted out, mixed with streams of white liquid, and a disgusting pungent smell filled the air.

When the other Japanese pirates saw this, their faces turned pale with fear.

What kind of...monster is this Akito?

Tang Hao looked at the second Japanese pirate.

"How did you get here?"

"Come by boat!"

This Japanese pirate can speak Chinese, and he is very fluent.

"Remember the route chart?"

"Remember! Remember!"

The Japanese pirate nodded hurriedly, fearing that his head would explode with a punch!

Tang Hao nodded, skipped him and walked towards the third Japanese pirate.

"Are you all from the Matsuura clan?"

Unfortunately, this third Japanese pirate couldn't speak Chinese, so Tang Hao punched him in the face, cracking half of his cheek. He didn't die directly, and let out frightening screams and moans. There was a sound, and then another kick was added, and then... the world became pure.

Tang Hao was too lazy to ask questions. He took the embroidered handkerchief handed over by Tang Mu and wiped the blood and white pulp on his hands.

"If you want to survive, you must do the same as him and prove your worth to me!"

"Whether it's the nest you're occupying or knowing the route chart to the three islands of Tsushima, Iki, and Hirado, I can spare your life. If not, then go to hell!"

Before the Japanese pirates could speak, Tang Hao waved his hand impatiently.

"Godsend, according to this standard, we will screen out useful information, let them draw a route map, and then make a comprehensive comparison!"

"Just kill the rest of the useless Japanese pirates. I don't feed animals with my food!"

Xu Tianci immediately followed the order and ordered the two corpses to be taken away.

After he left, Yumu couldn't help but complain.

"Why does the Marquis hate these Japanese pirates so much?"

"The good meeting hall has now become a slaughterhouse!"

Tang Hao rolled his eyes at him angrily and didn't explain much.

"Because the Japanese pirates deserve to be killed, and if you kill them, you can accumulate military merit. Why not kill them?"

"Most of these Beijing army soldiers have never seen blood, and they can't even be called soldiers!"

"If we drag them to northern Xinjiang now to fight with those brave and skilled Tatars, do you believe that with the same strength, they will be killed and lose their armor?"

As soon as these words came out, Tang Mu opened his mouth to refute, but no words came out.

"The personal strength of the Mongolian Tatars exceeds that of athletes from the Central Plains. This is an indisputable fact!"

"In addition, they are nomadic people. They have been practicing riding and shooting since they were young. Their riding and shooting skills far exceed those of athletes from the Central Plains."

"The only thing our Ming Dynasty has that is better than them is its excellent ordnance and battle formations. However, since the Civil War, the court has greatly reduced military expenditures and invested almost no money in military construction. The ordnance has fallen behind and has been eroded by the defenders. We only have this in our hands. The Beijing army still has some fighting strength.”

"But they are really incomparable to those Mongolian warriors now. They can't even compare to the elite soldiers in Jiubian Army Town who have been fighting with the Tatars all year round!"

"It's better to pull them out to suppress the Japanese and train the troops first, and let them see blood, than to go to northern Xinjiang and go to the battlefield in the future, and they can't even hold the sword steady!"

Tang Mu nodded silently upon hearing this.

"Go down and get ready!"

"Let's see how many ships there are this time. We can carry as many people as we can!"

At the same time, the capital Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao roared with a livid face: "What did you say? The savages are going to sea?"

Chen Kuan nodded stiffly and showed a wry smile.

"The news from Tishuai is that Marquis Tang is indeed going to sea to suppress the Japanese!"

When the little emperor heard this, he immediately became anxious.

This was not part of his and the savages' plans!
It was obvious that Tang Hao had told him before that he would go to Shandong to investigate the Japanese gentry, kill some gentry who were treasonous with the Japanese, and then wipe out the Japanese bandits entrenched on the islands in the inland sea, and he would return to the capital!
The result is now good. This guy insists on going out to sea to eliminate Japanese pirates without even discussing it with the emperor!
Even the dolls?
Aren't you bullying honest people?

"no!"

"Absolutely not!"

Zhu Houzhao slapped the table and roared.

"Immediately issue an order to let the savages return to the capital!"

"Why is he going to sea? It's not like he has to go!"

"It's so dangerous to go to sea! What should I do if something goes wrong?"

Hearing these words of the little emperor, Chen Kuan could only sigh secretly.

"Your Majesty, calm down, this is a secret message sent back by the royal guards from the Marquis of Zhongshan!"

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly took it and took a look, and then his expression became uncertain.

Because it was a secret letter from Tang Hao to His Majesty the Emperor, even Chen Kuan, the most powerful person in the inner court, did not dare to open it and check it. He did not know the contents of the secret letter.

But looking at His Majesty the Emperor's expression, it probably won't be a good thing.

Zhu Houzhao read the secret letter carefully from beginning to end, and finally sat back on the chair slumped.

"Da Xun, summon the three elders for discussion!"

The three elders are Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Ma Wensheng, the official secretary, and Zhang Fuhua, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate!
Chen Kuan didn't dare to think too much and immediately went to deliver the order.

After he left, Zhu Hou looked at the secret letter and cursed fiercely.

"Damn savage!"

"You'd better come back to me safely!"

(End of this chapter)