On August 13 of the 15th year of Zhengde, Duan Fei was ordered to lead 5,000 people from the mixed arms of the Jinyi Guard and the Shenji Battalion to leave the capital, and even the men and horses got on the big ship, and went south along the canal......

Guo Zhen's defeat and heavy losses caused an earthquake in the DPRK, and the originally dormant opposition poured out like stinging insects, and the impeachment was handed up like snowflakes, impeaching Guo Zhen, impeaching Duan Fei, and impeaching all those who supported the opening of the sea and commerce.

Duan Fei didn't expect Guo Zhen to lose so quickly and so badly, according to his original plan, with Guo Zhen's strength, no one should be able to compete with him in the East China Sea, unless he was so arrogant that he wanted to go south to challenge the Francophile, but he didn't expect that he would suddenly lose and lose so badly......

Looking at the intelligence a few days ago, Guo Zhen already has more than 100 ships and more than 300 artillery pieces, how could such a powerful force suddenly be defeated? Still defeated so badly? Duan Fei is as straight as in a dream......

On the one hand, he hated Guo Zhen for not being angry, he was defeated before he was ready, and on the other hand, he had to clean up the mess for him, on the first day, Duan Fei held his position hard with Qian Rujing and several other henchmen in the court, fighting for every inch of land, and did not let the other party succeed, and the next day he got the latest information, Duan Fei turned to attack, the real reason for Guo Zhen's serious injury and fiasco was assassination, not just an ambush, Guo Zhen's guards said that a cat meow had been heard before the assassination, and there was absolutely no cat on the flagship, and the assassin had a tanuki mask on his face, It is presumed that she is a famous female killer in legend, and her nickname is 'Meow ......'.

Duan Fei said loudly on the Jinluan Palace: "The emperor still remembers that last year in Baoying Weichen's house, there was also an assassin who tried to assassinate, but was surprised by the emperor's detection, and afterwards everyone said that they had heard a cat meow, and it was very likely that it was the same assassin......"

Zhengde's eyebrows twisted, and Thunder said angrily: "Aiqing is saying that the guy who sent an assassin to assassinate me sent the same assassin to assassinate Guo Aiqing?" What is this man's intentions? ”

Duan Fei replied: "Assassinating Gonggong Guo to destroy the fleet will destroy the strategy of opening up sea trade and establishing a navy, which is completely consistent with the views of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and the emperor and Wei Chen think that the mastermind is very likely to be hidden in the DPRK!" ”

Duan Fei's words caused a storm, Zhengde was furious on the Jinluan Palace, and when he heard Duan Fei close the country to the rebellion, many people panicked, even Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren frowned and didn't dare to cause trouble, their reputation was too high, and the emperor would suspect that they sent someone to assassinate the Son of Heaven with the intention of rebelling, Zhang Zilin and Fei Hong were also silent, Qian Rujing supported Duan Fei, only Lin Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was still a little tender, he kept persuading the emperor to be pro-minister, diligent in learning, distinguishing heresy, saving money, as for opening the sea and trade, That will be a big mess, now it's just the beginning, please the emperor set things right as soon as possible.

Zhengde had long seen that this guy who was even more verbose than Wang Qiong was unpleasant, he smiled coldly and said: "Lin Shangshu has to close his mouth and close the country, don't you know that the treasury is empty and can't make ends meet?" If you don't open the sea and trade again, will you give me money? Look at the arrival report sent by Jiangnan, within three months of opening the sea, the profits and taxes have exceeded 5 million taels, the country is rich and the people are safe, the country is rich and the people are safe, do you want to force the people to be poor and rebel? If you are in a high position and do not think about the country and the people, even if you are not the mastermind of the anti-thief, you are still a corpse vegetarian meal! Whoever dares to say a word about closing himself off from the country, I will remove him from his post, punish him to join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and send him as an envoy to the Franc Machine! ”

Now that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is full of eunuchs, should you be eunuched if you are punished into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Where is the Franc machine? It is said that a round of tailwind will take more than half a year to go, and if there is a slight difference along the way, then there will be no return, and under the intimidation of Zhengde, no one dares to speak out against it.

Then things finally got on the right track, and everyone began to discuss how to deal with the aftermath, and the Zong Shi and other Haikou naturally couldn't let go, but for the time being, there was no strong enough navy to confront them, so it seemed that they could only retreat and defend, and finding a way to keep the peace of the coastal prefectures and counties was the most important thing.

Just when the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty felt that they should temporarily retreat, Duan Fei said: "Your Majesty, passive defense will only make the Zong Shi and other Haikou bigger and bigger, Weichen is willing to ask for an order to go to Jiangnan and lead the troops to sweep away the Haikou Kou, within a year, it will definitely make the East China Sea Jingning, and the Japanese will no longer be there, please ask the emperor for permission!" ”

Thinking back to the argument in the Jinluan Palace, Duan Fei wanted to shake his head, the entire imperial court was simply a pot of porridge, in their eyes, Duan Fei was that rat, and it was too difficult to do something.

Duan Fei wasted a lot of lips and tongues, and made a military order, which only then did he get the matter of going south to level the Japanese, if he didn't succeed, he would become benevolent, this time he was out of the way, and the eyes of the hundred officials in the court looked at him clearly like looking at a dead man.

Duan Fei didn't want to take risks, and Duan Fei didn't want to leave Su Rong, who had just given birth, and the newborn child, but for many reasons, he had to make this trip.

The situation in Jiangnan is too complicated, and there are many of them related to him, if he doesn't go there in person, maybe things will be messed up by others, Duan Fei sighed secretly, frowned and looked out the window, the sky was gloomy and dark clouds were rolling, it was going to rain heavily......

Suzhou, is raining heavily, the typhoon that should not come, suddenly at this juncture, the governor of the Qincha Wang Jinglong sat in the small pavilion in the back garden of the Qincha Xingyuan, his eyes were a little dazed, his hand, is tightly grasping a corner of the snow-white Luopa embroidered with daffodils.

Wang Jinglong is very familiar with the narcissus pattern on Luopa, and the bottom of the cabinet he carries with him is pressed with such a piece, which is almost identical.

She ...... Finally found ......" Wang Jinglong didn't know whether he was sad or happy in his heart, he only knew that he kept working hard and held the Luo Pa tightly in his hand.

"Young master, that person has already arrived." Wang Jinglong's scholar Wang Xiang hurriedly walked in and said to Wang Jinglong.

Wang Jinglong stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "Please let her in." ”

A woman dressed in white came along the corridor, and the wind swept her skirt and long streamers, outlining a moving picture......

"Little third ......" Wang Jinglong stepped forward excitedly to greet him, but the woman stopped five steps away from him, and replied lightly: "The poor nun has no chance, see Lord Wang." ”

Wang Jinglong's feet fell, he waved his hand, pulled Wang Xiang back, and then said with a wry smile: "You refuse to forgive me, why did you come to see me again?" ”

There was no chance to lift the cloak, and said indifferently: "The decision made by Lord Wang will not be forgotten for the rest of his life, and he came to Lord Wang today for another reason, Lord Wang knows that the news of Guo Zhen's defeat has reached the capital, and the emperor sent Duan Fei to suppress the Japanese Qincha, and is going straight down to Suzhou from the canal?" ”

Wang Jinglong said in surprise: "Where did you hear the news?" How did I not know? ”

Wuyuan said indifferently: "There are many things that Lord Wang doesn't know, you didn't know that I was sold to Shanxi, and after sending me to the nunnery, do you know that I was bullied?" Escaped from the nunnery and strayed into the tiger's den, if it weren't for the previous adult governor of Shaanxi who happened to save me from the sea of suffering, I am afraid that I am now a pile of rotten bones. ”

Wang Jinglong frowned and said, "It turns out that you were sent by Duan Fei, what does he want to say?" ”

Wuyuan said indifferently: "Lord Duan doesn't have the heart to pay attention to you, I came by myself, there is a pill here, after you eat it, whether it is kindness or resentment between us, it will be completely over, you eat it or not." ”

Wang Jinglong looked at the small pill held in the palm of his hand, and said with a wry smile: "You are kind to me, I am ruthless to you, okay, I will eat ......"

Wang Jinglong swallowed the pill without hesitation, he looked at Wuyuan and said with a wry smile: "Xiaosan, I still like to call you Xiaosan, and I want to name you Wuyuan, because I hate this life, you are still as beautiful as before, no matter where you go, you can make the house full of spring...... Little San, after I die, you will be vulgar, find a good person to marry......"

Wang Jinglong fell down softly, his eyes were still reluctant to move away, and he sighed softly and said, "Who wants you to die?" It's just that I want you to sleep for a few days, Sister Guan said, one mountain can't tolerate two tigers, Duan Daqin is here, you Xiaoqincha should rest......"