Chapter 1036 Gossip about Jiangnan
The setting sun was like blood, as if it was the neck behind the owl's head. The blood spurting out dyed half of the sky red. The dusky crow flew over the dead branches, frightening an old dog who was looking for food. , bared his ferocious canine teeth, roared in his mute throat, and shrank into the shadows with his tail between his legs.
Zhu Pingan, covered in a blood-stained sunset, returned to the Linhuai Marquis Mansion at the last moment before the curfew.
The Linhuai Marquis Mansion is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations tonight and is very lively.
Back at Jingxiang Garden, Zhu Ping'an learned that the Marquis of Lai Huai had won a court award and had returned to the capital from Yingtian Mansion today, bringing with him a lot of specialties from the south. Zhu Ping'an and Li Shu also got some of the specialties. , including Jiangnan water chestnut, crab, Yingtian Yunjin, etc.
After having dinner in Jingxiang Garden, Zhu Ping'an and Li Shu went to the East Courtyard to visit the Marquis of Linhuai and his wife, bringing gifts in return.
"Fifth girl, you are serious. Come just as you come, and bring nothing else. Your uncle came back from Yingtian this time and brought back many gadgets. Brother Rui and Niuniu like them very much. Yes, Liu Yatou also liked Qiu Qiu just now. Bamboo, Qiu Ju, you go to the warehouse to pick up the gadgets that the master brought back, pick out novel and interesting ones, and pick out some of each..."
Mrs. Linhuai Marquis took Li Shu to the master bedroom to talk. Zhu Ping'an went to the study room with Marquis Linhuai to talk.
“I just entered the capital today and heard about Yang Jisheng’s impeachment of Mr. Yan Ge. It’s ridiculous for a small tree to shake a big tree. I think Yang Jisheng has lost his mind. I will also listen to the court trial today. Having said that, this matter is unusual. I think it will inevitably involve some people. Zihou, I know that you and Yang Jisheng came from the same family of Xu Ge. There will inevitably be some movement in the future, but you must be careful at this time and draw a clear line with Yang Jisheng, so as not to suffer any unreasonable disaster. It will not be easy for you today, but don’t be confused.”
After the brief greetings, Linhuai Marquis went straight to the topic and warned Zhu Ping'an and Yang Jisheng to draw a clear line and not to be implicated.
Of course, the Marquis of Linhuai was actually more worried that the Marquis of Linhuai's mansion would be implicated.
"Ping'an Province."
Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an rolled his eyelids and nodded calmly, showing a typical inconsistency.
We have different opinions. If we don’t want to talk or argue, it’s better to respond duplicitously and save a lot of time.
This is what Zhu Pingan thinks.
Linhuai Marquis saw Zhu Ping'an nodding in agreement and stroked his beard with great satisfaction. He originally thought it would take a lot of effort.
"My dear nephew, I have been an official for many years, and I have gained some experience. As an official, you should kowtow more and talk less, do not seek merit, but seek no faults. Only in this way can your official career be prosperous. Please note that there is no good luck. , many are blind and often defeated; many are troublesome, many are troubled ..."
The heart disease was over. As an elder, the Marquis of Linhuai told Zhu Pingan some of his experience in serving as an official in a semi-pretentious way. Doing things like twisting your arms and thighs, etc.
Zhu Ping'an looked like he had benefited a lot, but in his heart he disagreed. Being an official as the Marquis of Linhuai said was just a typical corpse eating nothing and having nothing to do with his family, country and the world. What's the benefit? ! Being an official like this means that you have failed the country at the top and the people at the bottom. Although you may have no merit or fault, you are still guilty! Being an official in this way is not as good as singing in the drama "Qipin Zhizhiguan", "If you don't make decisions for the people as an official, you might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes."
"Uncle, I wonder what the situation in the southeast is like?" Zhu Pingan couldn't listen anymore, so he changed the subject and asked.
"My nephew is asking about the Japanese pirates in the southeast, right?" Marquis Linhuai took a sip of tea and said leisurely, "On the southeast coast, although the Japanese pirates occasionally attack the inland, in my opinion, the Japanese pirates will soon calm down."
Huh? ! Is the Japanese plague going to subside soon?
When Zhu Ping'an heard this, he really didn't know what to say to the Marquis of Linhuai. Is it true that the Japanese invasion is almost gone? ! According to the timeline, it won’t be long before Japanese pirates invade the southeast coast in large numbers, okay? The Japanese invasion during the Jiajing period caused trouble for more than ten years, which lasted longer than the Japanese invasion of China. There are still more than ten years before things are settled!
Seeing that Zhu Ping'an had a suspicious look on his face, Linhuai Marquis couldn't help but behave like an elder looking at his younger generation and looking forward to the future, and taught him, "Zihou, you are not in the southeast, and you don't know about the affairs in the southeast. The Japanese invasion in the southeast is due to The thief's head At the beginning of the year, Wang Zhi annexed Chen Sipan, the leader of the pirates in Fujian, and established himself in Ligang, Zhoushan. Wang Zhi was more powerful than the Japanese pirates in the southeast. Wang Zhi wanted to recruit people. Now the maritime ban policy has been relaxed, and many local officials in the southeast have acquiesced. sea trade In private matters, the government took advantage of Wang Zhi's desire to seek peace and implemented the method of destroying thieves with theft. Wang Zhi ordered Wang Zhi to kill Chen Sipan and other pirates who attacked the mainland. Wang Zhi took the initiative to cooperate and worked very hard, and successively put down Chen Sipan and other pirates who burned, killed and looted. pirates , the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River have been greatly reduced. With this situation, either to recruit Wang Zhi or to trap and kill Wang Zhi, the Japanese pirates in the southeast will be eliminated soon."
Zhu Ping'an once again looked at the Marquis of Linhuai. I don’t know what to say.
Although Wang Zhi had great expectations for the imperial court, he was only a larger force among the Japanese pirates. Many other Japanese pirate forces did not obey him, such as Xiao Xian, Deng Wenjun, Lin Bichuan, Shenmen in Fujian, and He in Guangdong. Yaba and even some of Wang Zhi's subordinates, such as Xu Hai, were inconsistent with Wang Zhi's ideas and disobeyed management. In fact, Wang Zhi could neither destroy the pirates nor restrain his subordinates. Recruiting him would not quell the Japanese invasion, while trapping and killing him would only intensify the Japanese invasion.
Besides, Wang Zhi worked hard to pacify other pirates in order to expand his strength. Moreover, Wang Zhi was not really interested in Zhao'an. What he was seeking was "tribute". Wang Zhi wanted to use Japanese pirates to establish his own country, achieve independence and separatism, and then replace Japan's tribute position, trade with Ming Dynasty, and monopolize Ming Dynasty. In overseas trade, in the later period, he used the banners of "King Jinghai" and "King Hui", which meant that he established a country on his own with the strength of Japanese pirates. How could someone else be allowed to sleep beside the bed? Wang Zhi was so ambitious and colluded with the Japanese pirates. His hands were stained with the blood of the people of the Ming Dynasty. How could the Ming Dynasty recruit him?
How can the Japanese invasion be eliminated soon?
Historically, the Japanese invaders broke out violently and invaded the southeast coast in large quantities, reaching their peak, which was triggered by the recruitment and killing of Wang Zhi.
"Since I entered Yingtian and admiral Caojiang, I have expelled several Japanese pirates from the coast. There were several sails at that time, and there were several real Japanese pirates on the sails. The men had tattoos on their faces, and they did not wear plain clothes. The banners were connected at the end. , no sewing, hanging a Japanese sword on the waist..."
In the next half hour, the Marquis of Linhuai boasted about his achievements again, which made Zhu Ping'an suffer from embarrassment.
It was just a warship to drive away a few broken wooden boats, not a annihilation. It seemed like commanding an army of millions to pacify the Japanese pirates?
However, it is not bad to be able to drive away several groups of Japanese pirates. At least it is not considered as a corpse sitting idle and doing nothing. (End of this chapter)