Chapter 482: Three memorials, different fates
When Zhu Ping'an woke up, the navy's search and rescue ship had already completed the search and returned.
Except for those who were buried in the sea, all the pirates who attacked that day became prisoners of the Navy, including the one-eyed pirate and Sanji, who was wearing a black feather cloth. It can be said that the whole pirate army was wiped out, and there was no one left. One slipped through the net.
Most of the pirates died in the sea. Although they had excellent water skills, they were still not enough to see in front of the huge waves on this day. Especially the pirates' boats were not able to withstand the wind and waves, and all of them were knocked over by the waves to the bottom of the sea.
Basically, the survivors are the pirates who stormed the supply ships behind the water division. These warships are large and have strong resistance to wind and waves.
In addition to the ship where Li Shu and Zhu Ping'an were on, two supply ships at the rear of the Navy were also broken or overturned in the deep sea by waves. The remaining ships were not injured and were seriously damaged but did not capsize. In other words, Zhu Ping An and the others were more unlucky. They were one of the three ships capsized by the waves.
One of the two ships that the pirates mainly attacked was Zhu Ping'an's ship, which was also the main one to take care of, so the pirates were severely damaged when it capsized.
The other old women and maids around Li Shu were luckier. Although they were captured by the pirates and tied to the mast soon after the pirate attack, when the huge waves came, they managed to survive because of the mast. When the navy came to rescue them, was successfully rescued.
The returning navy easily strangled all the pirates who resisted on the supply ship. Except for those who surrendered, the rest of the pirates were either captured by the navy or pickled by the owl for military merit; surviving in the sea All pirates were captured by the navy and became prisoners. The one-eyed pirate and Sanji were captured by the navy in the sea.
After the battlefield was cleaned up and statistics were collected, 98 pirate heads were captured (including pirate corpses salvaged from the sea), 63 pirates were captured, and the remaining pirates were buried at the bottom of the sea without a trace. Among the heads, there were 28 real Japanese and 70 fake ones; among the captured pirates, 13 were real and 50 fake.
According to the prisoners' accounts, a total of 368 pirates were attacked in this battle, which means that more than 200 people were buried at the bottom of the sea.
Based on the results, it can be said that this battle was a complete victory, and it can be considered a brilliant result in the coastal anti-Japanese war in recent years. It is certain that when the results of this battle are presented to the capital, there will be generous rewards.
But faced with such a result, the Marquis of Linhuai could not be happy.
Because his niece Li Shu and prospective niece-in-law Zhu Ping'an, the sixth-rank official of the imperial court, were also "buried in the sea".
Li Shu is the apple of Lao San’s eye, and Lao San’s doting on Li Shu is famous throughout the Linhuai Marquis Mansion; let’s not talk about Lao San’s mysterious position, in terms of wealth, Linhuai The reason why the Hou Mansion can maintain its current appearance is inseparable from the elements delivered by Lao San. Thinking of the situation after Lao San learned the news, Linhuai Marquis felt troubled and overwhelmed.
In addition, the prospective niece-in-law Zhu Pingan is also a problem. He is the youngest number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty so far, and he entered the Hanlin Academy early. The Holy Emperor also summoned Zhu Pingan and rewarded him with an official promotion on the spot. This is in the Holy Spirit Everyone registered in front of me. It’s hard to explain why he was buried in the sea like this
The Marquis of Linhuai rubbed the table with a headache.
There is a tray on the table in front of Linhuai Marquis, and there is a gold hairpin on the tray. This golden hairpin was found by the search and rescue fleet on the neck of a pirate whose body was floating in the sea. Because the golden hairpin had the word "李" on it, the navy handed it over to the Marquis of Linhuai after finding the golden hairpin.
The Marquis of Linhuai recognized this golden hairpin. The character "李" on the golden hairpin was a secret sign commonly used by Laosan's shops. A hairpin of this kind of workmanship could only be worn by his niece Li Shu. It was also because of this and the gold hairpin that the Marquis of Linhuai concluded that Li Shu was buried in the sea.
The Marquis of Linhuai seemed to be able to imagine that when the pirates attacked, Li Shu resisted desperately, pierced the pirate's neck with a hairpin, and finally returned to the sea with the pirates.
In addition to this golden hairpin, there was a belt on the table in front of Linhuai Marquis. This belt was the belt Zhu Pingan was wearing and was also found on the pirate. Based on this belt, the Marquis of Linhuai concluded that Zhu Pingan was unfortunately buried in the sea.
After thinking for a moment, the Marquis of Linhuai stood up and walked to the porthole, throwing the gold hairpin and belt on the table into the sea.
"If the third child asks, tell me that Shu'er disappeared in the storm. Also missing was Mr. Zhu Ping'an and Mr. Zhu. The navy's search and rescue found nothing." After Linhuai Marquis closed the porthole, he said to the man who had followed him for many years. The steward ordered.
The Marquis of Linhuai threw the gold hairpin and belt that Li Shu and Zhu Pingan were buried at the bottom of the sea into the sea, describing them as missing.
Being buried in the sea means that there are no other possibilities, and life ends at the bottom of the sea; missing means that there are other possibilities, including the possibility of survival.
In this way, there is hope that it will be easy to explain to the third child, and the third child will not be in trouble
"Don't worry, sir, I will explain it later." The steward nodded in agreement and drew inferences from one example.
"Well, I can rest assured that you will do things." Linhuai Marquis nodded with satisfaction.
At this moment, the news of the Navy's maritime bandit suppression has not yet reached the capital, but there is no peace at all in the capital. Two days ago, while the ripples caused by Zhu Ping'an's memorial exposing the murder of good people and taking advantage of merit had not yet subsided in the capital, there were two more memorials in the capital that caused even greater ripples.
The first of them was sent by Zhao Jin, the censor of Yunnan and Guizhou, thousands of miles away from Yunnan and Guizhou. This memorial was directed at Yan Song, the current chief minister. It was not to flatter Yan Song but to impeach Yan Song. .
"I saw that the solar eclipse on the first day of this year was extremely severe, and there were consecutive floods in Huaixu, Shandong, and earthquakes in all directions. It is true that all changes must be followed. I would like to follow the will of God in human affairs. The first assistant, Yan Song's father, Chong Zhang Wei, steals power and indulges in lust, does everything in detail, is not independent, pretends to be tortured to carry out his love and hate, kills and seizes as he pleases, all based on the size of bribes, a small group succeeds, and is honest Shame sweeps the temple. I hope that your majesty will observe the obvious observation of the hanging elephant in the sky. The second ancestor's legislative thoughts will not be changed, and the thoughts and disciplines will not be disturbed. Song Zao will be deposed to respond to the changes of heaven. "
Zhao Jin suffered from natural disasters and earth-shattering changes, which led to the powerful minister Yan Song to control the court and seek personal gain, which led to the deterioration of the official administration, the atmosphere of chaos, the people and the dog, the people were poor, the country was destitute, and internal and external difficulties occurred. Please remove Yan Song immediately.
An arrow thousands of miles away caught Yan Song off guard and shocked the court. However, under Yan Shifan's suggestion, Yan Song adopted the method of retreat to advance.
So, the white-haired Yan Song looked like he was overworked. He entered the palace with tears streaming down his face to apologize to Emperor Jiajing. He knelt in front of Emperor Jiajing and cried without saying a word. Then he asked Emperor Jiajing for help. He removed himself from his position as chief minister and allowed him to resign and retire.
Emperor Jiajing looked at Yan Song quietly for three minutes, then comforted him for a while, and issued a special decree, ordering the Jin Yiwei to arrest Zhao Jin on the charge of "deceiving heaven and slandering the emperor", and ordered the prison to torture and plunder him. , with a staff of forty, he was dismissed from his post and served the people.
The second letter was from Zhou Mian, a doctor in the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. His memorial was similar to Zhu Ping'an's. Zhu Ping'an impeached someone who had killed a good person and committed meritorious service. He was impeaching someone who had committed military merit for the imperial court, but the target of his impeachment was Yan Zhongzhong.
Who is Yan Zhongzhong?
Yan Xiaozhong is the grandson of Yan Song and the son of Yan Shifan. He is still in his infancy and has not yet been weaned.
Zhou Mian's memorial pointed out that Yan Song's grandson Yan Xiaozhong was still young and had never been involved in the army. However, he pretended to have made contributions to Guangdong and Guangxi and was awarded the post of governor of Jinyi and thousands of households. He pointed directly at Yan Song and said that Yan Song's private party was used to make his descendants official.
Zhou Mian was not much better than Zhao Jin. He was soon imprisoned and tortured, and he also reduced his position to serve the people.
It can be said that all impeachments against Yan Song, or impeachments related to Yan Song, were thrown into the street.
So, many people in the capital are now watching Zhu Pingan's memorial, waiting to see Zhu Pingan's fate.
There is a difference between Zhu Pingan's memorial and these two memorials. It is also obvious that these two memorials are either directed at Yan Song or Yan Song's relatives, but Zhu Pingan is not.
However, the target of Zhu Ping'an's impeachment was promoted by Yan Song and was also related to Yan Song. Therefore, everyone is waiting and watching
(End of this chapter)