Inside the Tai Chi Temple.

Tang Jian, the head of the household department, bowed and said loudly: "Xie Shengshang praised, the minister thinks that the number of people in each business shall not exceed 100, and the number of people used by each family to do business and production shall not exceed 100 people, and the caravan guards stipulated by the original court can be changed to 50 people. ”

"That's right, the minister seconded the proposal." Li Shangxiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out to express his position.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Many Wenchen came out one after another and expressed their positions.

Fang Xuanling and the others, who did not express their position, were particularly abrupt, and Li Er became more and more dissatisfied, but he covered it up well, looked at Fang Xuanling quietly and asked, "What does Fang Aiqing think?" ”

Fang Xuanling came out of the crowd and said without humility or arrogance: "The old minister is old and lacks energy, so I implore the old man to return to his hometown, and please ask for the grace of the saint." ”

"The minister also asks the old man to return to his hometown." Li Jing and other old ministers came out one after another and said, don't you want to support the new forces to compete, let's quit by ourselves and stop playing.

After a resignation, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked, and even Li Er was stunned, looking at the old ministers incredibly, he panicked inexplicably, without the checks and balances of the old ministers, the new forces that supported him would control the court, elevate themselves, and even ban themselves, which Li Er didn't want to see.

Li Er wants to suppress the old ministers, but he doesn't want to lose, but hopes that the old and new forces will contend with each other, the art of the emperor.

The resignation of Fang Xuanling and others is tantamount to hitting Li Er's soft underbelly and disrupting Li Er's deployment.

Thinking of the consequences of the old minister's departure, Li Er got up angrily, flicked his sleeves, and shouted: "The employment matter is carried out in accordance with the performance of the Shangshu Tang of the Ministry of Households, please resign, retire from the dynasty!" ”

"Yes!" The ministers withdrew.

Out of the main hall, Li Jing and Fang Xuanling walked side by side, and said in a low voice: "Is it useful for us to retreat into advance?" The Holy One is too strong to be opposed, will this increase the suspicion of us? ”

"What if you don't? You are a soldier, and you know better than me the truth that when the two armies confront each other, they should either charge and resist or evacuate and fight again, and we have no choice. After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, his expression was lonely and bitter.

At this time, Wei Zheng walked up quickly and asked eagerly, "Old horseman, why did you stop me just now?" ”

"The holy will has been decided, and it is useless to say more, even if it is admonished, it will only make things worse." Fang Xuanling explained calmly.

"So you're going to come out and retreat? Why don't you talk to me beforehand? Looking down on the old man? Wei Zheng asked three times in a row, and his tone was very dissatisfied.

Fang Xuanling smiled, did not explain, and walked forward quickly.

"Don't go, what do you mean, make it clear." Wei Zheng caught up.

Fang Xuanling suddenly stopped and said solemnly: "It means that we can leave, but you represent the Yushitai and have to stay, and the court can't really have no other voices and be controlled." ”

"I ......" Wei Zheng was speechless for a while, giving birth to a sense of powerlessness, looked back at the towering Taiji Hall, his eyes became firm, and said in a cold voice: "The old man is an old minister of the former dynasty, if it wasn't for the sincere invitation of the saint, where would he have entered the office?" Since it is inviolable, just retire, stay at Qinjiazhuang College to teach, and follow Qin Xiaozi without worrying about eating and drinking, this life is enough. ”

Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Zheng, then at Li Jing and the others, smiled bitterly, did not persuade again, and continued to move forward.

Everyone didn't pay attention to Li Zixiong's cold gaze behind him, the corners of his mouth were filled with a smile of successful conspiracy, and out of the imperial city, a man hurriedly came to Li Zixiong's side and said in a low voice: "Patriarch, I just received the news that the fleet of the envoy of the Japanese Kingdom is missing and has not gone ashore at the specified time. ”

"Didn't go ashore, something happened?" Li Zixiong's face changed slightly.

The other party nodded, looked around vigilantly, and continued in a voice that could only be heard by Li Zixiong: "According to the agreement, the Japanese envoy will bring a large army to accompany it, and the Japanese country is good at naval warfare, it is said that no one is invincible on the sea, and there is no trace of it so far, I am afraid that something has happened, could it be that Qin Huaidao did it?" ”

"What strength does he have?" Li Zixiong's face was full of disbelief.

"The younger generation also thinks it's impossible, but everything has a chance, Qin Huaidao is good at fighting, since he dares to lead the army to the sea, there must be his reliance, if he really killed the mission, it means that he has an army that is good at naval warfare, with this army in hand, there is no chance to kill the Japanese country without dying, in case he gets the evidence......" The man said this and stopped, but the meaning behind it was self-evident.

Li Zixiong instantly thought of more, his face changed slightly, and he became vigilant, looked around, and said in a low voice: "The disappearance of the mission is really possible for him to do it, and the time is right, no one can do it except him, and no one will go to sea, your worries are not unreasonable, in order to win the trust of the Japanese country, we had to leave letters, and now letters have become our biggest flaw, we can't wait any longer, start the follow-up plan." ”

The middle-aged man nodded, and said solemnly: "The country is cunning, there is no letter and no army, if you want a letter, you just want to pinch our handle, for the sake of big things, we have no choice, the patriarch does not have to regret it, now the initiative is in our hands, and the chance of winning is very large, and the younger generation will start the follow-up plan." ”

"No problem, right?" Li Zixiong asked.

"Rest assured, the patriarch is ready for everything, just wait

An order was given, and it was guaranteed that nothing went wrong, and from now on I would not be filial piety by the patriarch's side, and I asked the patriarch to take care of my family. ”

"If this is done, you will be the hero of the whole clan, go with confidence." Li Zixiong assured.

"Whoa!" The man bowed solemnly and turned to leave.

Li Zixiong watched Fang Xuanling and other ministers in front of him slowly leave in the carriage, and then looked at the imperial city behind, his eyes were cold, like a hidden old fox, and he said to himself disdainfully: "Protector of the country, saint, hehe......"

……

Early morning.

The breeze is gentle, the sea is rippling, the brilliance is gorgeous, and a few seabirds are flying low, chasing something, it looks so calm and peaceful.

A huge caravan slowly moved forward, the troop carriers walking in front were lined up, crackling waves, like six huge tiger sharks patrolling the territory, followed by two building ships behind the troop carriers, one captured Su I into the deer, and the other captured the mountain back brother, Qin Huaidao was on the second floor of one of the lookouts, standing with his hands in his hands, and he was in a good mood.

Evacuated from Nagasaki, not only did they empty the food, treasures, and books inside, but also a hundred captives helped row the ships behind, each ship was assigned less than ten people, and there were no weapons to turn up the waves, but they liberated their own people, and they could recharge their energy and fight at any time.

"Look, it's here!" Yu Chi Baolin pointed ahead and said.

"That's right, it's almost there, uncle, how to fight next, the same as fighting Nagasaki?" Luo Ying asked.

"Don't be in a hurry to make sure first, and then decide when you see the other party's reaction." Qin Huaidao said with a smile, the Battle of Nagasaki made Qin Huaidao realize that he had overestimated the defense of the Wa Kingdom.

However, if you think about it, you can understand that there are no foreign enemies in the Wa Kingdom, and it is enough for 1,000 or hundreds of people to defend against pirates, and there are not too many people, as for the city, the Wa State has been fighting again and again, the poor can't eat, and the technology is backward, and even the bricks are estimated to not be fired, and the glutinous rice mortar is not the adhesive, how to build the city?

In memory, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu gave the name of the Wa Kingdom, and in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, he was given the name of Japan by the empress, and the Wa State took the opportunity to send a large number of people to the Tang State to learn various cultural techniques, and then developed rapidly.

If the empress does not give a name, does not recognize her status as a vassal country, and sends troops to attack, even if it cannot be defeated, as long as there is a technical blockade and an economic blockade, the Japanese state will not be able to develop.

Thinking of the empress, Qin Huaidao couldn't help but think of the martial artist in the palace, as well as the vicious warrior Tong, in order to survive for himself and to suppress the Japanese state, he must not be allowed to take power and seize the world.

Before you know it, the coast is near.

As in Nagasaki, many people ran on the wide coast and fled in a hurry, and even the fishing boats that went out to sea rowed desperately to get out of the way and flee for their lives, and many even rowed back and fled in a hurry after going ashore.

The bustling coast was empty in an instant, and only the sound of warning kept sounding.

An army rushed over and lined up on the coast, with bows and arrows, numbering about five hundred.

"Less than the Nagasaki defenders?" Luo Ying said in surprise.

"Nagasaki is a trading port, and there are many people coming and going, so there are naturally more defenders, but don't jump to conclusions yet, let's see." Yu Chi Baolin said beside him.

The sea ship slowly moved forward, getting closer and closer to the harbor, and still did not see other troops rushing to support, but many residents rushed over with various tools to help, Qin Huaidao smiled when he saw this scene: "I really treat us as pirates, since there are no more troops, the fighting style is the same as Nagasaki, the wolf battalion landed with the advantage of long-range attack of the crossbow, and defended after going ashore to cover the landing of the tiger battalion." ”

"What about the captives?" Yu Chi Baolin reminded.

Although a hundred captives are divided into different fishing boats, the number is very small, but if it is sabotage, it will be troublesome, Qin Huaidao smiled indifferently: "It's okay, order the ironclad boat to turn around and go to the rear, to prevent the captives from taking the opportunity to escape by boat, and at the same time beware of other sea ships from sneaking attack." ”

"Obey!"

The two clasped their fists and hurried away.

Soon, a murderous aura erupted from the fleet and soared into the sky.

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