Chapter 799: Everyone Is in Danger (Medium)

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Although the main force still existed, and there was still a base in the Foggy House, it did not destroy the pirates of Banshiran, lost Manila, and captured the Governor, which was a fatal blow to the Spaniards. The natives, who had succumbed to their power, began to become noticeably restless, and at any moment they could join forces with the Chinese pirates in Manila and drive them out of Luzon once and for all.

What's more, this was the biggest defeat suffered by the Spanish Empire since its global expansion, which deeply hit the Spanish soldiers, who had always been arrogant and confident, and their morale was sluggish.

At this time, there were also serious disagreements at the top of the expeditionary force, some people said that they should stick to the wait for reinforcements, and when the reinforcements arrived, they would regroup and fight again; Some people say that they should withdraw to Mexico and make another plan, but no matter which faction, in fact, they have lost the courage to fight and have shown unprecedented cowardice.

Just when the temporary commander Salcido was saddened by this, the 'Chinese pirates' sent an interpreter to Wusu to issue an ultimatum, saying: "This place is not owned by Er, but it is the place where the Great Ming Dynasty is fenced. He invaded the domain and killed the king of the domain, and his sins have angered the heavens. Now the lord of the domain is coming, is it to restore my fence and protect my expatriates, and Er'an dares to be stubborn and fight to the end? After a moment of conversation, he persuaded again: "This place is far away from the country, how long can it be safe?" The vassal took the initiative to soften the idea of being far away, and could not bear to do harm, and Kaier said: as long as you wait for the autumn to do nothing, evacuate the four islands of Luzon, and swear never to return, you can return the governor and a group of prisoners, and let you and others return. Finally, he solemnly warned: "If you are obsessed, tomorrow you will be surrounded by mountains and seas, and you will be attacked by oil, sulfur and firewood." The ship is destroyed and the city is broken, and there is no regret about it."

Salcido hastened to gather the nobles and officers to discuss how to respond. In the end, they agreed: 'If the fight continues, a terrible fate will befall everyone.' Moreover, the lives of the Governor and the people are incomparably noble, and their safety should not be disregarded for the sake of a struggle of will. In fact, under the high-sounding rhetoric, they want Legazpi to come back and take responsibility, so that they will have nothing to do.

Although Salcido still wanted to fight, he could not violate the collective decision, so he found his own interpreter and wrote back to the 'Chinese pirates', saying that he agreed to a truce and agreed to the other side's conditions. and threatened the other side not to plunder the passing Spanish merchant ships, otherwise they would bring in a large army and wipe them all out.

But the Chinese interpreter was worried that it would provoke the other party, and then he turned his face and started fighting, so he made a little polish on the text, and it became a humble word such as 'willing to strike the army and surrender, please beg to return to the country', anyway, the foreign devil does not know it.

On the 8th day of the seventh month of the first year of Longqing, under the supervision of eight Chinese warships, the Spaniards handed over all the castles, weapons, and supplies, and received more than 100 of their own prisoners, including the governor Legazpi, plus more than 1,200 family members and servants, and evacuated Luzon Island on five large ships. In fact, there were thousands of slaves and servants, but there were not so many large ocean-going ships, and secondly, these people were susceptible to epidemics, so they were abandoned in Luzon.

Looking at the shadow of the sail that disappeared at the junction of the sea and the sky, Lin Feng was very puzzled and said to a middle-aged Confucian student: "The master does this, it's too cheap for them." ”

As soon as the news of Manila's liberation returned to Macao, he came to Luzon to preside over the work under the escort of two warships. Releasing the captives in exchange for the withdrawal of the Spaniards was his first order upon arrival.

"yes, it's cheap." Zheng Ruozeng nodded, and said a little gloomily: "Right now, we have won, they have lost, and it is not impossible to completely eliminate them." He sighed and said: "But they are just a drop in the bucket of the Spanish Empire, if we do it and provoke the Spaniards to retaliate with all their might, we will definitely lose" After a pause, he said in a low voice: "Besides, this battle has dragged on for too long, if it continues to fight, it will cause ** annoyance." ”

"Alas......" Lin Feng is a smart person and has studied international politics, of course he can understand the teacher's words, he slapped his palm on the railing fiercely, and said in a rough voice: "In the final analysis, there is a strong country behind them to fully support them, but we still have to beware of the court sticking a knife in the back."

"Not bad...... Zheng Ruo was silent for a moment when he heard this, and said: "Victory or defeat depends on the temple, if there is no support from the imperial court, we will only be majestic for a while, but we will not be able to develop for a long time." ”

"How can we get the court to support us?" Lin Feng glanced at the teacher and complained: "Maybe in their eyes, we are no different from the grass people." ”

"You don't have to probe me." Zheng Ruozeng glanced at him with a smile, and said lightly: "I shouldn't tell you, I won't say a word." ”

"Forget it...... Lin Feng said a little angrily: "It's mysterious all day long, which makes people unsure." ”

"I can only tell you......" After a pause, Zheng Ruozeng said leisurely: "Our situation will get better and better, and it will be ten years later, or even five years later, the attitude of the imperial court will change greatly, and that is the time for us to show our ambitions." "Feelings are a small test this time.

"Really?" Lin Feng perked up and said, "You're not kidding me, are you?" ”

"Does it make sense to play you?" Zheng Ruozeng straightened his face and said in a deep voice: "But this requires us to work together, our side must act strictly according to orders, not to add chaos to the top, but to win glory"

"Yes," Lin Feng replied in a deep voice.

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"Lord Governor, your forearm may not be able to be saved." After examining Legazpi's wound, the doctor said with a sad face: "It's already inflamed and suppurated......

"It's only my left arm, or I might have been burned to death by the church." In fact, people like them, no matter how much aura they have on their bodies, are essentially adventurers who look down on life and death, and this time he can pick up a life, he is very satisfied, and lightly instructed the doctor: "Arrange surgery as soon as possible." ”

"Yes." The doctor had a look of reverence on his face.

When the doctor stepped down, he and Salcido were the only ones left in the captain's room.

"Thank you for caring about my life." Legazpi raised the glass with his right hand and saluted.

"I swore allegiance to Your Excellency." Salcido bowed slightly and said, "I will also bear the responsibility this time." ”

"Nope." Legazpi shook his head and said, "I am the governor, and the responsibility should be borne by me." Salcido was about to say, but he raised his glass and said, "I will return to my country and ask His Majesty for ...... guilt," and after a pause, he said, "and lobbied for the return of a powerful expeditionary force." ”

"But I'm ......," Salcido said with a somewhat embarrassed expression, "I've signed a treaty with them." ”

"You're not the Governor of the Empire, you don't count." Rygazpi said with a serious face: "The Empire's ambition to conquer Asia cannot be extinguished here, and this South Pacific shipping lane cannot be controlled by others. ”

Salcido was speechless for a long time before he asked in a low voice, "How sure are you?" ”

"From the dignity of the Empire, such a miserable defeat cannot be accepted; In terms of His Majesty's ambitions, it is even more imperative to lose the springboard for the march into Asia. Lysebby was very clear-headed, and did not shy away from the disadvantages when he said that it was advantageous: "But our expansion in North and South America is so strong that the Viceroy of Mexico cannot draw more troops. Only from the mainland, but the situation at home is not very good, those lowly Dutch people are fighting for independence, the French are also involved, the empire is also at war with the Ottoman Empire for the sake of the Pope, and it is too difficult to get the parliament to agree to a huge plan to send troops. ”

"His Majesty will not turn against Parliament for the sake of the Far East." Salcido said: "After all, they just repaired the relationship. ”

"I'll do my best to lobby." Li Yashibi didn't know the bottom of his heart, but his determination could not be shaken: "At least...... Luzon, I'm going to take it back."

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When the news of Luzon's recovery reached Beijing, it was already close to the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the weather was getting cooler.

A big stone finally fell to the ground in Shen Mo's heart, but he was only happy for a moment, because he knew that the Spaniards, who had been smooth sailing, would not be willing to accept defeat and would definitely make a comeback...... It's just sooner or later. He instructed Zheng Ruozeng not to kill them all and give the Spaniards in Luzon a decent end, just to avoid angering the Spaniards, lest they ignore it and come back early.

Silence needs this big war to break out later, because he still needs time to grasp power, and only with the power of decision-making can he better adjust the country's policies, so that the warriors on the ocean are no longer lonely.

Only another empire can defeat one empire. But can Da Ming adjust to that state? When I think about the people of the imperial court, who are getting deeper and deeper in the quagmire of political struggle, the mood of silence becomes bad......

After the high arch was gone, the political tide did not have the intention of subsidence, but intensified. The officials then pointed the finger at Guo Pu. At first, he was impeached for 'poor morality, flattery, and incompetence as an auxiliary minister', but Emperor Longqing refused to depose his ministers again, rejected them in blunt terms, and implicitly warned them not to kill them all.

However, once the authority is lost, it will take ten times the coercion to get it back, and Emperor Longqing did not raise the courage to kill him, so the officials were not afraid of him at all, but racked their brains and collected all kinds of crimes to attack him. However, Guo Pu is an honest official, fair, generous, and has the style of an elder, unlike Gao Gong, who is impatient and mean, and offends people all over the world, his popularity has always been very good.

The ministers of the DPRK and China all know that in fact, the charges are false, and Guo Pu's real crime lies in the fact that he has always refused to attach himself to Xu Ge Lao, and is in a trench with Gao Gong. In the past, he had opposed the "Jiajing Edict" with Gao Gong and publicly questioned Xu Jie. The latter, Hu Yingjia's draft of the book was drafted by him himself, which greatly offended the officials who recognized their relatives and did not recognize reason...... They believe that there is a cabal within the cabinet, which is always plotting against Xu Gelao and wants to be detrimental to their officials.

Now, Gao Gong has gotten out, Guo Ge Lao, what are you still doing here?

Therefore, the attack of the officials on Guo Pu is continuous and fierce, and they will never stop until they achieve their goal.

However, there are many people who sympathize with Guo Pu, and many neutrals, and even the backbone ministers of the Xu Party itself, also took various opportunities to find Xu Jie to intercede for him. This was somewhat unexpected by Xu Jie, but what was even more unexpected was that he couldn't control those officials.

For a long time, in order to avoid suspicion, Xu Jie rarely had direct contact with the officials, let alone directly assigned them to do this and that. Most of the time, it is through Zhang Juzheng that he conveys his meaning to a few backbones, and then these backbones create momentum and incite others. This method has been tried and tested repeatedly, and it makes people unable to grasp the handle, Xu Ge Lao is very satisfied.

However, its side effects have gradually become apparent, the control of this method is too weak, when the officials are killed, others are in the limelight, and they will take the initiative to bite people everywhere without anyone's instructions. Even because he saw that the pioneers were safe and sound, he became more unscrupulous, deeply written, completely without a bottom line, and even more unscrupulous

It's like opening a box that seals the heavens and the earth, you can release it, but don't try to take it back.

Xu Ge couldn't slap himself in the face, and forbade the officials to impeach Guo Pu again, and besides, in his heart, he really didn't want to see Guo Pu's nasty face again.

In this way, the stalemate lasted until this month, and the officials finally lost their face completely. first wrote to impeach Guo Pu, saying that he 'had previously mourned his father, won his affection, lacked filial piety, and had long been despised by public opinion'. He also said that his mother was old and sick, but he did not want to beg for his mother, and refused to go to his mother's old age to see her off, which was really immoral and cold. The vicious slander has reached the point of incredible, so I almost just said, you get out, we don't want to see you

After more than half a year, he first accompanied Gao Gong to worry and be angry, and then he was scolded, Guo Pu was already unbearable, and he resigned...... It's just that the emperor hasn't approved it. This time, he was tarnished with filial piety again, Guo Pu finally couldn't bear it, and he took seven books in a row, and knelt outside the Qianqing Palace for a long time.

Seeing that he had made up his mind, the emperor finally summoned him in and asked, "Among the ministers who care for his life, Gao Qing has already abandoned me, is Guo Qing also going to leave me because of the words of the people?" ”

"People's words are like knives, knives kill people......" Guo Pu cried: "The minister's reputation has been lost, even if the minister can spit on his own face, but where is there still a place for me to stand in the court." ”

Long Qing chuckled in his heart and said, "I believe in Guo Qing." ”

"But you can't stop the mouths of the people." Guo Pu's words have been said very bluntly.

People always grow up in adversity, and after being ravaged in the past six months, Longqing understands much more than before, at least he can understand the words of these old guys and the extraneous words.

After being silent for a long time, the emperor spit out three words, and said gloomily: "Nai Ruo He ......" In fact, Longqing has long been unbearable, just last month, he had ordered the cabinet to inspect Kedao...... Only half a year ago, the Kedao officials were inspected by Beijing once, and now the emperor wants to inspect them again, or specifically for the officials, obviously the emperor is going to take them.

However, if the body is upright and not afraid of the shadow, and those who are honest and innocent will naturally not be afraid of the assessment...... Take 10,000 steps back and say that this country belongs to the emperor, and it is not too much for him to inspect the speech officials again. However, in order to protect the speech official, Xu Jie admonished the emperor on the grounds of 'not following the rules and being suspected of attacking the way of speech'.

Na Ruo He, Na Ruo He, it is the catharsis of the anguish in the heart of this young emperor.

Enough to vent, but there is still no way at all. Long Qing had no choice but to approve Guo Gelao's resignation......

When Guo Pu left, although he didn't get more rewards than Gao Gong, he was much more beautiful than him, his students all went to see him off, and several ministers who were good friends also came, and there were even old ministers like Ge Shouli and Zhu Heng. It is in stark contrast to the scene when the high arch walked, and there were only two people sending each other alone. I'm afraid it can't be explained only by the gap in popularity, right?

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When Guo Pu left, Shen Mo didn't send it, it was Guo Pu who didn't let him come, because his reform in the military department was at a critical juncture, and Guo Pu was worried that he would get into trouble. In fact, he has a good impression of Lao Guo and is very grateful...... If it weren't for Guo Pu who had been a squire in the Ministry of War, using his influence to help him suppress the backlash and silently rectifying the Ministry of War, it would never have been as smooth as it is now:

It only took three months for him to change the military department. As soon as he came up, he first ran Lang Zhong of the Arsenal Division, and from his several mansions in the capital, he searched for nearly one million taels of assets, and it was indeed the arsenal and arsenal, idle and rich!

Then the line of the Arsenal Division traced down to the Che Driver Division, and the Che Driver Shiro saw the fate of the former, and he had no idea of stubbornness at all, and was ready to take the initiative to explain the problem to the Qin Cha. However, on the eve of his surrender, he was found drowned in the moat.

On the same night, Muku Shirozhong also died in the prison, and for a while, the capital division was shaken, and people were boiling, all guessing which Langzhong should be killed next.

However, in this case, Shen Mo did not ask too much, but only urged Shuntianfu to solve the case as soon as possible, and then within a few days, the order came down, and Wang Chonggu, the left attendant of the military department, served as the governor of the three sides with the title of Shangshu; Huo Ji, the right attendant of the military department, was transferred to Tan Lun, the governor of Xuanda. Those who don't know it say that this shows the determination of the imperial court to reorganize the army - the two squires went out of the border of the town, which is an unprecedented feat

But some say it's banishing them at all. But they can't figure it out, what's wrong with the Shanxi Gang? Why do you just go against the grain and let the mermaid meat? ――

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It's too hot, just after taking a shower, and I'm sticky again, and I'm about to get heat stroke.