Zhu Qizhen frowned and said, "What exactly did you find, just say it!" ”

"Yes!"

Yuan Bin had no choice but to say: "Although the Japanese bandits over there are not a problem, our people have secretly learned that the smuggling gang that went to sea seems to be very close to some officials in the DPRK and China. Moreover, there is also some inexplicable relationship between them and the Japanese Kou. It's just that these lists still lack conclusive evidence, and the minister originally planned to report to the emperor after confirming them. ”

Zhu Qizhen's face became ugly, and it was expected that he would go to sea to smuggle and have some connection with the Japanese invaders.

At the beginning, Wu Canghai once confessed that many smuggling gangs and the Japanese are actually a gang, and going to sea is the territory of the Japanese invaders, and ordinary people, unless they are like Wu Canghai, have enough strength to fight them, otherwise, they will not be able to go to sea at all.

Half a month ago, Shi Heng wrote to say about this, but in view of the fact that this person has been out of the control of the imperial court for half a year and has involved so many officials, Zhu Qizhen did not act rashly, but was still cautious.

Now that the clues found by Zhu Ji are completely corroborated by it, this matter has become a certainty.

White Lotus colludes with the Japanese Bandits, the Japanese Bandits and the smugglers are a gang, and behind the smuggling are the officials, and all kinds of relationships are intricate, like a giant net, which affects the whole body.

In the face of such a situation, how easy is it to open the sea?

The root cause of the unity of these forces lies in the word interests.

If you want to break their alliance, it's not as simple as killing a few people, it's a war!

The enemies he faced were not only the ferocious Japanese pirates, the sinister and cunning White Lotus Sect, but most importantly, the sanctimonious gentry.

Some of them are local wealthy families, and they have a very high prestige in the local area, even the county governor must pay respect.

Some of them were high in the temple and had a pivotal position in the imperial court.

Since the founding of Emperor Taizu, the attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards scholars has always been courteous, but I didn't expect that a hundred years later, these scholars have become the biggest enemies of the Ming Dynasty.

They were unscrupulous in annexing land, taking the land of ordinary people into their own names.

The people became tenants, and the tenants became outcasts, and the homeless people either starved to death or became outcasts.

They are not enough, and under the guise of the sea ban, they carry out sea trade smuggling behind their backs to make huge profits. Whenever the imperial court has the intention of opening the sea, they will jump out, point to the nose of the person in power and say, this is the ancestral system, and the ancestral system cannot be violated!

However, at the beginning, Emperor Taizu set the ancestral system of embezzling sixty taels of skinning and filling grass, but they did not mention a word.

On the surface, they shouted that they should focus on agriculture and suppress business, but behind their backs, there was collusion between officials and businessmen, who wanted both fame and profit, and they had to set up archways as bitches.

If the imperial court wants to collect commercial taxes, they will jump out and shout, this is a competition with the people, you can't do it, you can't do it!

They are the biggest enemies of the Ming Dynasty!

"Send Nanjing's Jinyi Guard to assist Zhu Ji, and all those involved in thieves and smugglers will be monitored, and after ten days, they will directly take people!"

Yuan Bin asked suspiciously, "Don't you need to wait for the results on our side?" ”

"No, you don't!"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said: "The time here is roughly ten days later, even if it is a few days late, the news of Fuzhou will not be able to spread." Taking a step back, even if the news comes, it is impossible for them to give up the opportunity in front of them! ”

Yuan Bin nodded, he clearly felt that this battle was about to start.

If those people are arrested, they will inevitably pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and those officials in the DPRK and China will also be involved.

It is conceivable that the wide implication of this eucalyptus is comparable to the four eucalyptus in the Hongwu period!

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Where are the three thousand battalions?" ”

Yuan Bin replied: "Rui Guogong and half of the troops have already arrived in Nanjing, and the rest will be there in five days at most." ”

Regarding the dispatch of the 3,000 battalions, Rui Guogong Li Zhen has put a lot of effort into it.

Three thousand people is not a small number, and they are also carrying weapons and ammunition, if they blatantly come out of the capital division, they will definitely be detected by the other party's eyeliner.

In the end, he divided the 3,000 battalions into pieces, dressed up as several caravans, hid weapons and ammunition in wagons, and left Beijing in batches.

In order to hide people's eyes, these people left Beijing at different times and took different routes.

Some take the canal, some take the land route, some go Shandong, some go to Henan, and finally gather in Nanjing.

Yu Qian asked, "Except for the three thousand battalions, what about the other soldiers and horses?" ”

Yuan Bin replied truthfully: "No, there are only three thousand battalions." ”

"Only three thousand battalions?"

Yu Qian was puzzled, the other party was the main force of the Japanese Kou and the White Lotus Sect, not to mention that there were 10,000 or 20,000 people, why did the emperor only bring out 3,000 battalions?

Although when I suggested to the emperor at the beginning, I said that relying on new firearms, a few thousand people would be enough, but if you really want to fight, you have to take into account those unknown factors in order to be prepared.

It's good that you're here with 3,000 battalions and people?

Even if you have the best weapons and equipment, you can't play like this!

"Your Majesty, if you only rely on 3,000 battalions, I'm afraid it will be ...... It's not good to play ......."

Zhu Qizhen didn't care, and said, "Do you think I don't want to bring more people?" I also want to pull the Flying Tiger Cannon of the Shenji Battalion over, but how easy is it to mobilize the army in front of people's eyes? ”

Yu Qian sighed helplessly and said, "In this case, the emperor should evacuate this place first and leave it to Weichen to take full responsibility!" ”

"What, are you worried that the 3,000 battalions are not enough to fight?"

"Enough is enough, but, after all, this is a war, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, the emperor is the honor of the Ninety-Five, he can sit in the rear, there is no need to risk himself."

Zhu Qizhen said: "I believe that the combat effectiveness of the 3,000 battalions, the Japanese and the White Lotus, are just a plate of loose sand, and in front of my elite troops, it is not worth mentioning!" ”

"Having said that, however, the minister is worried about ......"

"Don't worry, your task is to take care of the 100,000 people in Huai'an Mansion for me, if something happens to them, then it will be troublesome."

"Yes, I obey!"

Zhu Qizhen looked at Bei Lin again and said, "Bei Lin, you just stay in Huai'an Mansion and help them look at the stars or something." ”

Belin looked entangled and said, "The minister wants to follow the emperor." ”

"I went to Nanjing to fight, what did you follow?"

"Your ......," Belin said helplessly, "you don't need to look at the stars to build a river embankment. ”

"Then you're ...... Well...... That's right! ”

Zhu Qizhen suddenly thought of what happened on the road, so he said: "You go to investigate the problem of Heyin!" ”

…………

Jingshi, the residence of Chen Ruyan, the left squire of the military department.

"Master, someone is asking to see you!"

Chen Ruyan was eating, so he casually asked, "Who?" ”

"Like...... Surname Dong ......"

"Surname Dong?"

Chen Ruyan said suspiciously: "This surname is rare. ”

"This person has been here a few times before, and the little one vaguely remembers that he seems to be ...... Not Han Chinese. ”

"Not Han?"

"Listening to him speak strangely, it seems to be a Japanese countryman...... Oh, yes, it's his gift list. ”

Chen Ruyan took it and looked at it, and said, "Let him wait in the study!" ”

"Yes!"

After being full of wine and food, Chen Ruyan came to the study slowly.

At this time, Dong Changyuan had been waiting for a long time, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted politely.

"I've seen Master Chen!"

Chen Ruyan sat down, and then asked, "What do you call Your Excellency?" ”

Dong Changyuan hurriedly replied: "My people Dong Changyuan, the envoy of the Japanese Kingdom, has Lord Chen forgotten that he ...... Your son got married, and we came to congratulate you and sent a gift......"

He did come a few times, but each time he never saw the main master, and it was more like a gift than a visit.

Fortunately, Chen Ruyan knows how to be hospitable, as the saying goes, if you don't hit a smiling person, people come to visit, and they bring generous gifts, so it's always hard to turn them away.

"Oh, some impressions!"

Chen Ruyan suddenly thought that the cabinet Gao Hub had said to himself about the summoning of the envoys of the Wa Kingdom by His Royal Highness King Yu.

"I wonder why Your Excellency came to visit late at night?"

Dong Changyuan smiled on his face and said: "I have always admired Lord Chen, and I have come to visit several times before, but I happened to meet Lord Chen with busy official business, and I have never had the opportunity to see ......."

He babbled a lot, and Chen Ruyan was tired of listening to it.

"If you have any problems, just tell me!"

Dong Changyuan smiled awkwardly and asked, "I heard that the imperial court ...... Are you planning to kill the widows? ”

Chen Ruyan nodded and said, "It does mean this!" ”

Since the last time he was summoned by King Yu, Dong Changyuan's heart has been going up and down, he thought about it, and felt that this matter might be more serious than he imagined, so he prepared a generous gift and came to explore the truth.

"Some time ago, His Royal Highness the King of Servants summoned our people and reprimanded the wreaking havoc of the Japanese Invaders, and our hearts were uneasy, and I asked Lord Chen to believe that this Imperial Servants and our country have nothing to do with it, and the lord of our country and His Excellency Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the shogun, have absolutely nothing to do with these Japanese invaders, and our country and the Ming Dynasty are brotherly states, and His Royal Highness's accusation of our country is really heart-wrenching, and it makes people feel uncomfortable."

Chen Ruyan squinted his eyes and asked, "Erguo really has nothing to do with the Japanese Kou?" ”

Dong Changyuan swore solemnly: "Absolutely...... It doesn't matter! ”

Chen Ruyan smiled, and said suddenly: "In this case, then there is nothing to do, it seems that there is indeed a misunderstanding, and it is His Royal Highness the King of Servants who blames you." ”

After Chen Ruyan's words, Dong Changyuan made up his mind.

Now that the secretary of the military department has gone to Huai'an Mansion, all the related matters of the military department are decided by Chen Ruyan, the left waiter, since he said that it is okay, it is okay.

As for them to suppress the Japanese Invaders, let them suppress it, as long as it has nothing to do with the Japanese Kingdom, you can suppress it!

At least, judging from Chen Ruyan's attitude, they don't seem to be willing to expand the incident.

This is a good thing for the Wa Kingdom.

"We are fortunate to see Lord Chen, and I hope that Lord Chen will help me a lot in the future!"

Chen Ruyan said quietly: "Since you are an envoy of a friendly country, you should be like this!" ”

"Then don't disturb Lord Chen's rest, farewell!"

At this point, what should be said has been said, and there is no need to say superfluous words.

Dong Changyuan is a very shrewd person, he gave a gift, in order to confirm this remark, returned to Honglu Temple, he vigorously publicized this matter in front of the envoys of various countries, and praised Chen Ruyan fiercely.

Not only that, but he also played a note in the name of the envoy of the Japanese state.

According to the custom, the recitals of foreign envoys should be presented directly to the cabinet by Hongroji Temple, and then to the imperial court.

However, when Cao Nai saw this recital, his face was ugly.

The scribe went to deliver the message, and a moment later, Gao Hub and Zhang Yi arrived.

"What happened?"

Cao Nai knocked the song on the eucalyptus with his hand and said, "What kind of fame is Chen Ruyan doing?" National events, how can it be child's play, you see, this is the performance of the envoy of the Japanese State Dongchangyuan, singing praises to Chen Ruyan, saying that he is kind to others, understanding that the Japanese country is also harassed by the Japanese invaders, and the Ming Dynasty is deeply affected by the Japanese invaders. He is the left attendant of the military department, why does he wear a pair of pants with the Japanese people? Over the years, the Japanese have been rampant, although the Ming Dynasty has not publicly reprimanded the Japanese country, but it is tacitly understood, these Japanese robbers, if there is no one to protect them, how can there be today's momentum, it is really unreasonable! ”

"Then don't disturb Lord Chen's rest, farewell!"

At this point, what should be said has been said, and there is no need to say superfluous words.

Dong Changyuan is a very shrewd person, he gave a gift, in order to confirm this remark, returned to Honglu Temple, he vigorously publicized this matter in front of the envoys of various countries, and praised Chen Ruyan fiercely.

Not only that, but he also played a note in the name of the envoy of the Japanese state.

According to the custom, the recitals of foreign envoys should be presented directly to the cabinet by Hongroji Temple, and then to the imperial court.

However, when Cao Nai saw this recital, his face was ugly.

The scribe went to deliver the message, and a moment later, Gao Hub and Zhang Yi arrived.

"Then don't disturb Lord Chen's rest, farewell!"

At this point, what should be said has been said, and there is no need to say superfluous words.

Dong Changyuan is a very shrewd person, he gave a gift, in order to confirm this remark, returned to Honglu Temple, he vigorously publicized this matter in front of the envoys of various countries, and praised Chen Ruyan fiercely.

Not only that, but he also played a note in the name of the envoy of the Japanese state.

According to the custom, the recitals of foreign envoys should be presented directly to the cabinet by Hongroji Temple, and then to the imperial court.

However, when Cao Nai saw this recital, his face was ugly.

The scribe went to deliver the message, and a moment later, Gao Hub and Zhang Yi arrived.

"What happened?"

Cao Nai knocked the song on the eucalyptus with his hand and said, "What kind of fame is Chen Ruyan doing?" National events, how can it be child's play, you see, this is the performance of the envoy of the Japanese State Dongchangyuan, singing praises to Chen Ruyan, saying that he is kind to others, understanding that the Japanese country is also harassed by the Japanese invaders, and the Ming Dynasty is deeply affected by the Japanese invaders. He is the left attendant of the military department, why does he wear a pair of pants with the Japanese people? Over the years, the Japanese have been rampant, although the Ming Dynasty has not publicly reprimanded the Japanese country, but it is tacitly understood, these Japanese robbers, if there is no one to protect them, how can there be today's momentum, it is really unreasonable! ”