Chapter 1460: Farewell to Zhang Jing again
Zhu Pingan said goodbye to Zhang Zhitai, and visited Chu Xiong and other colleagues in the government office one by one. He declined Chu Xiong’s dinner invitation and left the government office for the main purpose of his trip. Di——Yingtian Military Department Yamen.
"I am Zhu Ping'an, the Minister of Justice of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces. I have come to see Zhang Shangshu and check the detailed files on the recent Japanese invasion." Zhu Ping'an showed his official waist badge to the guards at the Yamen of the Ministry of War and stated his purpose. .
"I've seen Mr. Zhu. Please invite Mr. Zhu." The guard verified Zhu Ping'an's waist badge and respectfully let him go.
After entering the Yamen of the Ministry of War, a servant led Zhu Ping'an inside and led him into an empty room to wait. After pouring tea and water for Zhu Ping'an, he said respectfully, "Master Zhu, please wait a moment. Go and report.”
"Thank you." Zhu Pingan said with cupped hands.
The officer went out to report and returned soon. When he came back, he said to Zhu Ping'an with an apologetic look, "Master Zhu, what a coincidence. Master Zhang is meeting others at the moment. I have to ask you to wait for a while." A moment and a half."
"No problem. Where are the detailed files on the recent Japanese invasion? Can I check the files on the Japanese invasion while I wait?"
"Recently, the files on the Japanese invasion have been stored in the archives room next door. Sir, please come with me." The officer replied, leading Zhu Pingan to the archives room, pointing to one of the bookshelves and saying to Zhu Pingan, "My lord, This is the detailed information on the recent Japanese invasion. You can read it at will and put it back in its original place."
"Thank you," Zhu Pingan said with a hand.
The bookshelves in the archives room are like a forest. Without the guidance of the guards, Zhu Pingan would never have been able to find the files on the Japanese invasion.
Standing in front of the bookshelf, Zhu Ping'an looked at it carefully. This bookshelf is full of Japanese war documents. They are registered and filed according to date. Then I only need to search from the Japanese war documents in the last five days. .
There are a lot of files in these five days, as many as twenty volumes. Each volume records a Japanese invasion, and twenty volumes means that more than 20 Japanese invasions have occurred in the past five days. This shows how rampant Japanese pirates have been during this period.
"In November 20th of the 31st year of Jiajing, Japanese pirates came from the east, landed in Wenzhou Prefecture, and attacked Yongjia County. Tang Yi, the county magistrate, led his troops to attack, but was ambushed by the Japanese pirates. The Tang magistrate was frustrated and wounded, and retreated to Luo In Men Town, the Japanese pirates divided into three groups and plundered Yongjia County. Not this one." Zhu Pingan opened a file and found that it recorded the Japanese invasion of Yongjia County, so he put it back where it belonged and picked up another one. A dossier.
"On November 21st, the 31st year of Jiajing reign, more than 2,000 Japanese Japanese invaders besieged Ningbo Prefecture, and they divided their forces to rob Fenghua and Xiangshan counties. Peng Manying, the magistrate of Xiangshan County, was afraid of Japanese Japanese tigers, so he abandoned the city and fled. The residents of Xiangshan County are not the ones who suffer.”
Zhu Pingan opened the file and browsed it hastily, shook his head slightly, and put it back to its original position.
"On November 21, the 31st year of Jiajing's reign, more than 1,800 Japanese pirates invaded Putian County and Zhendongwei, Fujian Province. The Ming army's thousands of households including Dai Hong, Gao Huai, and Zhang Luan (Luan) ) and others died in the battle. On the 23rd of the same month, this group of Japanese pirates attacked Pinghaiwei and Xinghua, Fujian. In Fuqing and other places, the Ming army's chief Qianhu Qiu Zhen, Bai Ren, deputy Qianhu Yang Yimao, and Quanzhou Guard commander Dong Qianzhen led the troops to suppress the Japanese, fell into ambush, and all fought to the death."
Then, Zhu Ping An read three more files, and none of them were the group of Japanese pirates who landed in Shaoxing Prefecture.
When I turned to the sixth book, I came across the news record of the group of Japanese pirates who landed in Shaoxing Prefecture.
Zhu Ping'an read through the files on the crimes committed by this group of Japanese pirates one by one and watched them carefully.
"Oh, no wonder this group of Japanese pirates were able to pass through the Huizhou Pass." When Zhu Pingan flipped through a file, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
At the beginning, I was still wondering how these 150 Japanese pirates could pass through the natural pass with their cold weapons.
Now, this dossier has clarified my doubts.
"On November 23rd, the 31st year of Jiajing reign, the Japanese escaped from Shaoxing from Changhua and Yu Qian County to Chun'an County. Hai Rui, the magistrate of Chun'an County, strictly guarded Chun'an County, and the Japanese pirates bypassed the county. After defeating three towns in Chun'an County, Hai Rui, the magistrate of Chun'an County, led his troops out The attack was defeated by the Japanese pirates from the front, with more than a hundred people killed and injured. Hai Rui, the magistrate of Chun'an County, retreated to the county seat and invited soldiers from Changhua and Yuqian counties to jointly attack the Japanese pirates. Panshan breaks into Huanggouyuankou of She County, and Huizhou Prefecture keeps its emblem There were more than 600 officers, soldiers and civilians in the state pass. The Japanese pirates broke into the pass and massacred two villages. They held villagers' heads and went to the pass to hold the pass. The guards of Huizhou Prefecture were very frightened when they saw this. Then he broke through the pass and entered Huizhou, flowing into Jixi River"
After reading this file, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but sigh. No wonder the Japanese pirates entered Huizhou easily. It turned out that the officers, soldiers and people of Huizhou Prefecture guarding the passes were strong, and they had the right time, place and people. They were frightened when they saw the Japanese pirates. Escaped!
Flee without a fight, collapse without a fight, the majestic pass has become a decoration, an undefended decoration!
What an incompetent army that killed the people.
Zhu Pingan is speechless!
After sighing, Zhu Pingan continued to look through these files and carefully read the details that were not recorded in the Tang newspaper.
"Master Zhu, Zhang Shangshu has invited you." As soon as Zhu Ping'an finished reading these files, the officer came in to report.
"Thank you." Zhu Pingan thanked him with his hands, quickly returned the file to its original position, and followed the officer to see Zhang Jing.
"Xiaoguan Zhu Pingan pays homage to Mr. Zhang." After Zhu Pingan entered the door, he immediately bowed his hands to Zhang Jing.
"Master Zhu, you are here, please sit down." Zhang Jing nodded slightly and pointed to the chair next to him.
Zhang Jing looked very tired, as if he had not slept well for several days in a row. He had heavy dark circles under his eyes, lacked energy and energy, and looked like his body had been hollowed out.
This is the second time Zhu Ping'an came to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to meet Zhang Jing. I still remember that the last time he met, Zhang Jing was still aloof and rejected people thousands of miles away. This time, his treatment was obvious. Much better than last time, everyone was given a seat. Perhaps it was his performance during the last visit to Kaoji that changed Zhang Jing's view.
"Thank you, sir." Zhu Ping'an thanked him, sat down, and politely raised his hands and said, "I have not made an appointment in advance, so I am being abrupt today and bothering you."
"There is no need to say these clichés." Zhang Jing waved his hand, Asked, "You What is the current situation of the regiment training? "
"I am about to report to Mr. Zhang." General Zhu Pingan once again briefly reported the overall situation of the Zhejiang Army, because he had just reported it to Mr. Taitai. I became more proficient in the first report.
"Yes, it's acceptable." Zhang Jing listened carefully and said lightly. Then he looked at Zhu Pingan and said seriously, "Compassion does not control soldiers, and justice does not control wealth. You Troop training needs to be a little stricter. We must not be merciful to these bandits who surrender. If necessary, kill a few typical elements to serve as a warning to others." (End of Chapter)