Chapter 200: Unloading the Mill and Killing the Donkey
Although he was a little reluctant in his heart, Ouchi Saburo knew that this was his only chance to live, and he immediately said it to Lu Ning.
"I'm willing to compile this booklet for you, and if you give me ten days, I'll be able to draw accurate maps and textual representations."
Lu Ning shook his head, and then said suddenly.
"I don't have much time, so you have to complete this task within three days, otherwise, I will hand you over to Li Jiujiang, and it has nothing to do with me what he does with you."
Although this is very plain, it sounds like a thunderbolt on a sunny day to Saburo Ouchi.
It takes three days to complete a ten-day task, and it's such a threat, it's simply not a human thing.
But the captives have no capital to talk about conditions, so he has to agree.
"I will definitely do my best to complete it, please rest assured Lord Lu."
After Lu Ning replied to his big tent, the flag officer who came to Zhangzhou this time said.
"I have written a memora here, which is a document for the imperial court, not only has the disaster been controlled here, but also the victims have become elite soldiers, you go to the imperial court to send this recital, it should also be rewarded."
The flag officer was naturally secretly happy in his heart, such a task could be regarded as a leak by himself.
Of course, he knows very well that whether it is to report the good news to the imperial court or the festival recital, the official who is responsible for sending the recital will be rewarded.
This time the music was sent to the imperial court, Zhu Yuanzhang opened it and looked at it, and his heart was instantly overjoyed, which is simply turning decay into magic.
At this time, the prefect of Zhangzhou had already heard the news that Li Jinglong led his troops to battle and won a complete victory.
He immediately bought a lot of cattle and sheep, sent them to the barracks here, and went into the big tent to see Lu Ning.
After coming in, the two exchanged pleasantries, and Lu Ning asked him.
"Chen Futai has been busy with official business recently, why did he suddenly have time to come to me, is there something that needs Benjue's help?"
Chen Hai looked sneering, and hesitated for a long time before he said to Lu Ning.
"Xia Guan heard that the lord sent the little grandfather to the east camp, and won the first battle, this time I came to the labor army on purpose, and I want to let the next time I go to war, I can also let the lower official follow with me, then you said that I also like the days of Jin Ge Iron Horse."
Lu Ning could actually see at a glance that this guy was not here to work with the army at all, but wanted to follow the battle and share the credit.
At this time, he didn't want to tear his face with the prefect, but said with an indifferent smile.
"Governor Chen, these cattle and sheep you sent really solved our urgent needs, so that the soldiers can feast, I am very grateful to you, as for the matter of following the troops, I will consider it next time, you go back first."
Although this answer was a bit ambiguous, there was still hope after all, and Chen Hai left on his own after giving a salute.
But at this time, the court was extremely lively.
Zhu Yuanzhang let all the ministers read Lu Ning's recital, what he meant was to make it clear to everyone that his old nephew was the pillar of the Ming Dynasty.
If anyone dares to make irresponsible remarks, he will never be forgiven.
But there is a good saying, not afraid of thieves stealing, only afraid of thieves remembering.
These imperial historians are not good at stubble, and one of them, Zhao Guobin, said from the right capital of the imperial history.
"Your Majesty, we all admit that Lu Ning has made great contributions to Sheji, which must not be erased, and it is natural to reward meritorious deeds, but there are deeper hidden dangers here."
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little stunned after hearing this, Lu Ning took out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for disaster relief, and went to Fujian to build roads, and at the same time recruited elite soldiers to fight the Japanese invaders, which is a brilliant achievement in the annals of history.
Such a civil and military all-rounder, and a minister of the country's society, how can there be any hidden dangers.
He glanced at Zhao Guobin and said with some annoyance.
"Zhao Yushi, you can eat indiscriminately, words must not be said indiscriminately, you criticize Lu Ning so much, there should always be some evidence, the wind and rumors will not work in our place."
Zhao Guobin was not intimidated at all, he said directly.
"Your Majesty, of course what the minister said is not an anecdote, but it can be seen from Lu Ning's recital, although there are not many three thousand elite soldiers, but these are all recruited and paid by him, in other words, this is Lu Ning's private soldier, which can also be called Lu Jiajun."
At this time, there was another imperial historian named Wei Baoju, who stood up very appropriately and said on this topic.
"Your Majesty, what Lord Zhao said is very reasonable, as the saying goes, whoever eats listens to whom, these soldiers are all recruited and paid by Lu Ning himself, even if he wants to make trouble, these soldiers will definitely follow."
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he instantly fell into deep thought.
Although he trusted Lu Ning very much, he was also an emperor who rebelled, and when he raised his army, he also relied on 3,000 soldiers and horses in Dingyuan County.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hesitate, so he asked Zhao Guobin.
"In that case, why don't you give us another idea, how can we deal with this matter so that we can ensure that there will be no twists and turns?"
Zhao Guobin also smiled indifferently, and he told Zhu Yuanzhang directly.
"Your Majesty, in fact, this matter is very simple, let the Ministry of War send an official to lead these soldiers, and nominally under the command of Lu Ning, so that you can kill two birds with one stone."
Zhu Yuanzhang knew in his heart that although he was still under the command of Lu Ning in name, in fact, sending officials from the military department to lead the troops was equivalent to completely returning the 3,000 Lu family troops to the imperial court.
Anyway, the idea worked.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, and then said.
"Since this is the case, I will send Yang Dongfeng, the left attendant of the military department, to Zhangzhou with 3,000 soldiers, but nominally under Lu Ning's control, and be polite to others."
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was not clear about what the consequences of this order would bring.