Chapter 478: Three Letters, Different Fates
When Zhu Ping'an woke up, the sailor's search and rescue ship had already finished the search and rescue and returned.
Except for those who died at sea, the pirates who attacked that day were all captured by the sailors, including the one-eyed pirate and the black feather weaver Sanji, and it can be said that this pirate army was wiped out, and none of them escaped the net.
Most of the pirates died at sea, and although they were very good at water, they were not enough to see in front of the waves on this day. In particular, the pirates' small boats were not resistant to the wind and waves, and all of them were smashed to the bottom of the sea by the waves.
Most of the surviving ones were pirates who stormed the supply ships behind the Upper Division, which were large and resistant to wind and waves.
In addition to the ship where Li Shu and Zhu Ping'an were, two supply ships in the rear of the sailor were also broken or overturned in the deep sea by the waves, and the rest of the ships were seriously damaged but did not capsize, which means that Zhu Ping'an and they were more unlucky, and they were one of the three ships that were overturned by the waves.
The two ships that the pirates mainly attacked, including Zhu Ping'an, were mainly taken care of, so the pirates were very seriously damaged when they capsized.
Li Shu's other old mothers and maids were lucky, although they were captured by pirates and tied to the mast soon after the pirate attack, but when the huge waves came, they survived because of the mast and were successfully rescued when the sailor came to help.
The returning sailors easily strangled all the recalcitrant pirates on the supply ship, except for those who surrendered, the rest of the pirates were either captured by the sailors or salted by the heads of the spearheads for military merit; The pirates who survived in the sea were all captured by the sailors, and the one-eyed pirates and Sanji were captured by the sailors in the sea.
After the battlefield cleanup statistics. Ninety-eight pirate heads (including pirate corpses salvaged from the sea) were captured, sixty-three pirates were captured, and the rest were buried at the bottom of the sea. There is no trace. Among them, there are twenty-eight true Japanese and seventy false Japanese in the first rank; Of the pirates captured, 13 were true and 50 were false.
According to the captives, a total of 368 pirates were attacked, which means that more than 200 people died at the bottom of the sea.
Judging from the results, it can be said that this battle was a complete victory. In recent years, the coastal anti-Japanese war has also been regarded as a brilliant achievement. It is certain that this result will be presented to the capital, and there will be a rich reward.
But in the face of such a result. Linhuai Hou was not happy.
Because his niece Li Shu and his prospective niece and son-in-law, Zhu Ping'an, the six-rank official of the imperial court, were also "buried in the sea".
Li Shu is the pearl of the third child's palm, and the third child's doting on Li Shu is famous in the entire Linhuai Marquis Mansion; Let's not talk about the mysterious position of the third child, in terms of wealth, the reason why the Linhuai Marquis Mansion can maintain its current façade. are inseparable from the delivery of the third child. thought of the situation after the third child knew the news. Linhuai Hou felt tricky and had a big head.
In addition, the prospective niece and son-in-law Zhu Ping'an is also a problem, this is the youngest champion of the Ming Dynasty so far, and he entered the Hanlin Academy early, and the saint also summoned Zhu Ping'an by decree, and rewarded the official on the spot to be promoted to a level, which was registered in front of the saint. It's hard to explain that he was buried in the sea like this
Linhuai Hou rubbed the table, with a headache.
There was a tray on the table in front of Lin Huaihou. There is a golden hairpin on the tray. This golden hairpin was found by the search and rescue fleet on the neck of a pirate floating in the sea of corpses, because the golden hairpin has the word "Li" on it. Therefore, after finding this golden hairpin, the sailor handed it over to the Marquis of Linhuai.
Linhuai Hou recognized this with the golden hairpin, the word "Li" on the golden hairpin is a common secret mark used by the three shops, and this kind of workmanship hairpin can only be matched by his niece Li Shu. It was also because of this and the golden hairpin that the Marquis of Linhuai concluded that Li Shu was buried in the sea.
Linhuai Hou seems to be able to imagine the scene when the pirates attacked, Li Shu resisted desperately, pierced the pirate's neck with a hairpin, and finally returned to the sea with the pirate.
In addition to this golden hairpin, there was also a belt on the table in front of Linhuai Hou, and this belt was the belt that Zhu Ping'an was wearing, which was also found on that pirate. That is, according to this belt, the Marquis of Linhuai concluded that Zhu Ping'an was also unfortunately buried in the sea.
After pondering for a moment, Linhuai Hou got up and walked to the porthole, and threw the golden hairpin and belt on the table into the sea.
"If the third child asks, he will say that Shu'er disappeared in the wind and waves, and at the same time there is Zhu Ping'an Zhu, and the sailor has found nothing in the search and rescue." After Linhuai Hou closed the porthole, he instructed the steward who had followed him for many years.
The Marquis of Linhuai threw into the sea the golden hairpin and belt that Li Shu and Zhu Ping'an had determined to be buried at the bottom of the sea, describing the two of them as missing.
Dying in the sea means that there is no other possibility, and life ends at the bottom of the sea; Missing means that there are other possibilities, including the possibility of survival.
In this way, if there is hope, it is easy to explain to the third child, and the third child will not be
"Don't worry, sir, I'll explain it to you later." The steward nodded and drew inferences.
"Well, I'll rest assured that you'll do something." Linhuai Hou nodded with satisfaction.
At this moment, the news of the naval division's suppression of bandits at sea has not yet reached the capital, but the capital is not at all peaceful. Two days ago, when Zhu Ping'an's letter exposing the merits of killing good and reckless deeds had not yet subsided in the capital, two more letters in the capital had caused even greater ripples.
Among them, the first letter was sent by Zhao Jin, who was thousands of miles away from Yungui, and this letter pointed directly to Yan Song, the first assistant of today, not to pat Yan Song's sycophants but to impeach Yan Song.
"The minister saw that this year's New Year's Day solar eclipse disaster is very different, and Shandong Huai Xu has been flooding for many years, the earthquake in all directions is superimposed to see that the chapter is not in vain, and the minister is foolish and respectful to the will of heaven to test the personnel of the first assistant Yan Song to favor Zhang Wei, steal power and indulge in lust, no matter how big or small, reckless and self-dedicated, fake punishment hall to do its love and hate, let life and kill and take away, all to the thickness of the bribe as a transfer, the group is small, the shame sweeps the temple The ministers wish His Majesty to observe the heavenly image, the two ancestors of the legislation of the micro thought of the handle can not be moved, the ideological discipline of the outline can not be chaotic, will be given to depose as soon as possible to respond to the changes of the sky."
Zhao Jin changed from natural disasters to the powerful minister Yan Song to control the government and seek personal gains, resulting in the deterioration of the rule of officials, the miasma, the flies and dogs, the poor people and the country, and the internal and external difficulties. Please remove Yan Song immediately.
An arrow thousands of miles away caught Yan Song a little off guard, and the court was also a little shocked, but Yan Song, under Yan Shifan's suggestion, adopted the method of retreating as advance.
So, the white-haired Yan Song put on an overworked appearance, entered the palace with tears and pleaded guilty to Emperor Jiajing, knelt in front of Emperor Jiajing without saying a word, first howled and cried, and then asked Emperor Jiajing to remove his position as the first assistant and allow him to resign and retire.
Emperor Jiajing looked at Yan Song quietly for three minutes, then comforted him for a moment, and then approved the special decree with his hand, and ordered Jinyiwei to arrest Zhao Jin on the charge of "deceiving the heavens and slandering the king", and ordered him to be tortured and plundered in prison, with a staff of forty rods, and dismissed from his post for the people.
The second letter is from the Ministry of War, Lang Zhong Zhou Mian, his recital is similar to Zhu Ping'an's, Zhu Ping'an impeached and killed good and risked merit, and he impeached him for risking the military merits of the imperial court, but the object of his impeachment was Yan Xiaozhong.
Who is Yan Allegiant?
Yan Xiaozhong is Yan Song's grandson, Yan Shifan's son, who is still in infancy at the moment and has not yet been weaned.
Zhou Mian pointed out that Yan Song's grandson Yan was loyal to the milk, and he was not involved in the army once, but he pretended to be the credit of Liangguang and awarded the post of pacification and a thousand households in Jinyi. pointed directly at Yan Song, saying that Yan Song's private party used it to let his children and grandchildren become officials.
Zhou Mian was not much better than Zhao Jin, and he was soon tortured in prison and was also cut to the people.
It can be said that all the impeachments of Yan Song, or the impeachment related to Yan Song, have all been put on the streets.
Therefore, now many people in the capital are watching Zhu Ping'an's letter, and they are waiting to see Zhu Ping'an's end.
There is a difference between Zhu Ping'an's recital and these two recitals, and it is also obvious that these two recitals are either directed at Yan Song or directly at Yan Song's relatives, but Zhu Ping'an does not.
However, the target of Zhu Ping'an's impeachment was promoted by Yan Song, and it was also related to Yan Song.
So, everyone is waiting and watching (to be continued. )