Chapter 243: The Night Banquet (Part II)

Zhu Youcheng shook his head and said, "I'm just correcting the mistakes of the military department. The ancients had clouds, people are not sages, who can be without fault? After that, it can be changed, and it is very good. I have done a great good deed by correcting the mistakes of the military department. โ€

"The Ministry of War is congenitally deficient in the selection of the location of the naval army. Kyaw Hwa Island is too close to the mainland, and if it is too cold in winter, it will be connected to the land because the sea water freezes. Jiannu did not have a naval army, but the cavalry could be in a tight position, and Juehua Island had no danger to defend, so the people could only be evacuated first. โ€

"Although Jinyiwei defeated Jiannu later, after all, it was a later thing, who can foresee? The soldiers are supported by the people, and they have long been aware of the fact that they died on the battlefield, but why should the people bear the danger of defeat? Therefore, I evacuated the people of Kyaw Hwa Island in advance. In order to let the people evacuate with peace of mind, I gave the people a settling-in allowance of five to ten silver coins per household, all of which were Zhu's personal money. Why would I do this? The reason is very simple, because Zhu's troops are protecting the people. โ€

"As for the soldiers leaving Juehua Island, that is the emperor's intention. The emperor found that there were many talented soldiers on Juehua Island, so he decided to reorganize the Juehua Island Navy into Jinyi Weidong Zhenfu Division, guarding the Daming Sea Frontier, and their station was in Tianjin, so they did not evacuate, but changed their guards. โ€

"As for grain and grass, there are 250,000 stones. I don't know whose idea it was, otherwise I'd have smacked him all over the place. Putting 250,000 stones of grain and grass on Juehua Island, which is not dangerous, is this not an inducement to buildโ—†,wยค? So I tried my best to withdraw the grain and grass to Tianjin, and cut off the idea of building slaves. โ€

Wang Yongguang's face was ashamed, and the 250,000 stone grain and grass were transported to Juehua Island by him. It's not that he colluded with Yuan Chonghuan inside and outside to give grain and grass to Jiannu. Instead, the defenders of the Guanningjin defense line kept urging the military headquarters to ask for grain and grass before, and Wang Yongguang wanted to save trouble, so he transported all the grain for a year to Juehua Island. I'm going to take it easy for a while. However, he did not dare to say it. Everyone knows that Zhu Youcheng is a stunned young man, if he really says it, Zhu Youcheng may really spit on his face. What's worse is that Zhu Youcheng is strong in martial arts, and he can't win. I didn't even have the strength to fight back.

The official stepped back, and another official jumped out again, saying, "Your Excellency is brave and intelligent, and you actually killed the old thief chief, which is admirable." However, our Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and funerals are the greatest of humanity, so it seems a little inappropriate for Lord Zhu to attack Jiannu's corpse collection team. โ€

Zhu Youcheng scoffed and said: "The Book of Rites has clouds. Etiquette is not inferior. That is to say, even ordinary people can not talk about etiquette, so do you still need to talk about etiquette for brutes like Jiannu? Besides, Jiannu took advantage of the great fortune of Emperor Shenzongxian and Emperor Guangzongzhen to sneak attack my Liaodong, what kind of etiquette is this talking about? I think this lord is really very benevolent, if you are put at the border, I am afraid that the soldiers will be killed by you. โ€

The minister hid his face and withdrew. Another minister said sharply: "It's okay to attack the corpse collection team, Da Ming will talk about his merits at the first level." If Jiannu took away all the heads, then where would Lord Zhu's military exploits be counted? However, Lord Zhu, it doesn't seem like a good thing for your soldiers to kill the people. โ€

"Just kidding, the soldiers of the Jinyi Guard love the people like children. How can they kill the people? This lord, don't look at your high position, if you slander Jinyiwei, I will have to fight a lawsuit with you, even if the lawsuit is brought to the emperor. โ€

"In the past few days, I have heard that Lord Zhu is attacking the farm in Meldil. Kill all the men of the Murdille family, and kidnap all the female dependents, can there be such a thing? โ€

"Yes." Zhu Youcheng did not shirk, and immediately admitted, "But that is a Jiannu person, not a Ming people." Jinyi Wei clothing and food are provided by the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they are the children of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and it is their duty to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty. But others are not protected by Jinyiwei. What are the people of the Ming Dynasty? Explanatory texts, learning Ming characters, giving names, observing Ming etiquette, and abiding by the law are the people of the Ming Dynasty. Murdil, as soon as he heard the name, knew that he was a slave crumb. Besides, do you have people in Jiannu? The Jiannu people like to bring bows and arrows to the Ming Dynasty to rob. And the Eight Banners system founded by the old thief chief Nuer Haqi organized the Jiannu people. They are soldiers in wartime, people in peacetime, soldiers and people are one, how can there be any people. The Jiannu people, the old ones are the robbers who can't rob, the young ones are the robbers who are robbing, and the young ones are the robbers' reserves, so all the old and young of the Jiannu should be killed. And the women who built slaves were even more sinful, and it was their idea to rob anything. Now that retribution has come, shouldn't they pay for their crimes? โ€

As he spoke, Zhu Youcheng threw a thick book on the ground and said, "This is the robbery list made by the Jiannu woman, each Jiannu has a copy, I will bind them into a book, you can take a look." There are dozens of such books in my military tent, and these are all evidence of the crime of Jiannu, so take a good look at them. โ€

A minister picked it up and flipped through it, only to see that there were very few words on it, it was full of graphics, and the graphics were all some household items, knowing that Zhu Youcheng was not talking nonsense, he couldn't help but open his eyes angrily. After composing himself for a while, he handed the book to another minister. The minister looked at the different paper in the book, different sizes, and obviously not forgeries, and also flipped through it, and handed it to the next minister.

In this way, the time of a pillar of incense, the ministers all flipped through it. The chamberlain was about to hand the book to the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but he waved his hand and motioned for the chamberlain to hand the book to the minister outside. The Emperor of the Apocalypse had seen this kind of thing as early as the second year of the Apocalypse, so where would he be interested in looking at it again.

Zhu Youcheng was not so stupid, standing there waiting for those people to read the account books. He sat down to himself, munching on beef while drinking honey water. He thought, it would be good if Ah Jian was here, no one grabbed the food with him, and what he ate was not very fragrant.

After the minister of the palace finished reading, Zhu Youcheng swallowed a large piece of meat in his mouth, stood up, and said: "After reading this account, if anyone thinks that the Jiannu people should not be killed, stand up for this official, and I promise not to kill you." โ€

No one dares to stand up, you say that you are flattened, who will send it to you to fight, you really give it for nothing when you are a martial champion. Besides, seeing the robbery list of Jiannu, all the Ming people are angry, who else will intercede for such a thing that has lost their conscience?

Zhu Youcheng looked around and saw that no one stood up, so he said: "For the surname of Daming, I, Zhu, treat him sincerely, and for Jiannu, I want to make them regret bullying the people of Daming and send them to a terrible hell." This time, I arrested 38 Jiannu women, although they were all angry and did not let their mothers-in-law, but after all, they were women, and I was ready to sell them into brothels. โ€

Zhu Youcheng's words stirred up a thousand waves in the hall, and there were many Ming officials who slept with prostitutes and willows, but they were all carried out secretly, and Zhu Youcheng was probably the only one who blatantly talked about the Qinglou in the palace like this. However, although he was talking about Qinglou, everyone felt very relieved. Jiannu treated the people of the Ming Dynasty with terror, why couldn't the Ming Dynasty return this terror to Jiannu? Confucius said that if you repay your grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue? Repay grievances with straightforwardness and repay virtue with virtue. Translated into the vernacular, whoever expects you to lose, you will beat him.

An official stood up and just wanted to speak, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who couldn't stand it, said angrily: "What are you doing? Have a critique meeting? Zhu Youcheng won the battle, is there any fault? If you want to impeach Zhu Youcheng again, you will cut all the slaves for me. Not to mention that Jiannu can't be found, there are more than 1,000 people in the prison. Have the ability, cut them down. โ€

The officials sat down one after another, and they also came back to their senses, I am afraid that impeaching Zhu Youcheng today will have no effect, even if Zhu Youcheng's fault is found and he is sent to prison, then as soon as they leave the palace, the angry people will tear them to pieces, you know, Zhu Youcheng is a hero who has just cut down Jiannu, and arresting him is equivalent to destroying the Great Wall.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse turned his head and whispered to Zhu Youcheng: "Brother Cheng, it seems that I have to let Yuan Chonghuan have to be free for a few more days, I really can't imagine that he is a small seventh-grade official, and his popularity is so good." โ€

"Your Majesty, I have long known that Yuan Chonghuan will not fall so easily. Don't worry, I have already negotiated with Gao Di, the envoy of Jiliao Jingluo, and asked him to check Ningyuan's soldiers, and then allocate food and salary according to the actual population, and once a quarter. So Yuan Chonghuan can sell the next step, only himself, but I don't know if others are willing to buy it. โ€

Emperor Apocalypse and Zhu Youcheng looked at each other and smiled, the ministers didn't hear what the two of them discussed, they only saw the two laughing, and they laughed too, and suddenly the atmosphere in the hall was harmonious.

Suddenly, a soldier walked into the main hall quickly, and he whispered a few words in Zhu Youcheng's ear. Zhu Youcheng's face changed greatly, and he slapped the case table hard, but he actually slapped the case table from the middle and turned it into two, the dish plate was knocked to the ground, and the soup splashed everywhere.

The ministers were dumbfounded, and they all secretly admired in their hearts: "Zhu Youcheng, a fierce man, dared to lift the table when the emperor was entertaining. โ€

Everyone quietly took a few steps back, trying to stay away from Zhu Youcheng as much as possible.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was also stunned, and said in his heart: "No one has impeached you now, why did you suddenly get angry." The words of the people were so fierce just now, but you were still as calm as ever, and greeted each other with a smile, how could a soldier's soft words make you angry like that? โ€

Zhu Youcheng slapped the table, was stunned for a while, and then said a few words into the ear of the Emperor of the Apocalypse with a blue face. As a result, the face of the Emperor of the Apocalypse was filled with cold ice as soon as he smiled.

With a "snap", the Emperor of the Apocalypse also slapped the table. Unfortunately, in order to show the emperor's extraordinary status, his table is different from other people's tables, and is made of hard mahogany. Instead of shattering the table, the slap swollen the hand. Panicked, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly dropped the work in his hand and rushed forward to rub the emperor's hands.

Zhu Youcheng turned around and left, and the officials were even more confused, what happened?

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