The Imperial Guard’s Revenge

It's okay to question his character, but it's not okay to question the other side of him.

Lu Heng wrapped his arms around Wang Yanqing's waist, his chin resting on her neck, and his breath scratched at Wang Yanqing's ears like a feather: "Just right, the custom-made chair has arrived. Let's go and have a look?"

Wang Yanqing's ears instantly turned red.

Chapter 123: Going South

After the beginning of summer, good news from the southeast coast spread frequently. In April, a military report was sent from Fujian and Zhejiang, and Zhu Wan led his troops to advance from Haimen to capture the Japanese pirates' nest, Xué Shuangyu Port, and capture the Japanese leader Ji Tian and the pirate Xu Dong alive.

Zhu Wan said in the memorial that Xu Dong was originally from the Ming Dynasty and colluded with Japanese pirates to smuggle capital. He gathered a group of homeless people to occupy Shuangyu, built a brig to carry prohibited goods, and even equipped the ship with armed firearms. Xu Dong built his own ships and also provided ports for foreign ships. People on the island spoke Japanese and Western languages, making it an independent kingdom.

Daming has a maritime ban, and Xu Dong's behavior not only violated the maritime ban, but also blatantly provokes the imperial court's military prestige. The emperor granted Zhu Wan's request, allowing him to publicly behead Jitian and Xu Dong at Shikou, and fortify Shuangyu, interrogate ships, and block Japanese pirates.

After the victory of Shuangyu, the battle reports kept coming, and every time it was a small victory and a big victory. Zhu Wan asked for orders to attack the thieves of Wen, Pan, and Nanji, mobilized the Central Zhejiang Guard Station, and fought for three months to report a major defeat of the enemy army and quell the mine thieves in Chuzhou. In September, Zhu Wan reported in the good news that the Folangji robbers went to Zhao'an to loot. He captured three kings of Folangji and one king of Japanese alive, and arrested ninety-six pirates who were leading the way for outsiders, all of whom were executed in the city. .

Folang machine people is the general name of the Westerners in the Ming Dynasty. These people are blond and blue-eyed, with high eyebrows and deep eyes, and they look very different from the Central Plains people. In Zhu Wan's excerpt, he scolded the iniquity along the coast. When he beheaded the Fulang machine, many powerful families interceded for the Westerners, and even a large number of bureaucrats came forward as lobbyists.

Zhu Wan even pointed the finger at the central government, saying that local tyrants colluded with Japanese pirates to smuggle, and obtained a large amount of money, which was given to officials from Fujian and Zhejiang in the capital, and asked them to help cover up, and the coastal Japanese pirates were banned repeatedly. The pirate rebellion was actually an internal disaster.

Zhu Wan's memorial can be said to have stirred up a thousand layers of làng. Jiangsu and Zhejiang are major provinces in the imperial examination, and more than half of the Jinshi in the whole dynasty are from the southeast. As if they had made an appointment, the capital city and the impeachment papers from Zhejiang and Fujian flew in together, and instantly drowned Zhu Wan's battle report.

The local censors, inspectors, and prefects all reported that Zhu Wan was greedy for credit and rashly reported military information. He boasted of his achievements and concealed the death toll of the Ming army. Port, it has already written a memorial to say the victory. In fact, it took three days for the navy to actually land on Shuangyu.

The imperial censor in the capital also impeached Zhu Wan for committing suicide. After all, Folang machine was a foreigner. Zhu Wan beheaded him without asking the court.

Everything was said at one time, the emperor's case was full of impeachment memorials, and there was very little voice for Zhu Wan, only Zhu Wan defended himself impassively. Public opinion was completely one-sided, and the emperor could not tell whether Zhu Wan was lying about the military situation or whether the bureaucratic group in Fujian and Zhejiang did not like Zhu Wan. The emperor could only temporarily remove Zhu Wan from his official position, and ordered the military department to send Du Ruzhen to Zhao'an to investigate and interrogate him.

At the end of the year, Du Ruzhen came back and said that the incident in Zhao'an was originally a hawker's business, and for some reason he was beaten by Zhu Wan as colluding with Japanese pirates. Anyone who was identified by Zhu Wan as colluding with Japanese pirates, regardless of the reason, would be killed. Therefore, the hawker resisted arrest and offended Zhu Wan. In fact, there was no robbery at all. Those Flang machines were completely manslaughter.

This can be regarded as a solid case for Zhu Wan to kill without authorization. Zhu Wan cheated on the Buddha Lang machine, and the ninety-six pirates killed, and even the previous record against Japanese pirates, might be fake.

The evidence was in front of the emperor, and the emperor immediately issued an edict to arrest Zhu Wan and bring Zhu Wan into the capital for trial. However, when the imperial envoy came back, he was empty-handed and only brought back the news of Zhu Wan's death, saying that Zhu Wan was afraid of sin and had committed suicide.

The bureaucrats who used to work with Zhu Wan wrote letters one after another, revealing the many evil deeds that Zhu Wan had done during the supervising of the army. The situation seems to be very clear, Zhu Wan is greedy for merit, self-willed, and excludes dissidents. The emperor didn't say anything when he heard the news of Zhu Wan's death, but the army could not be without a leader for a day, and the Japanese pirates had fought half of the battle, and the finally won situation could not be abandoned halfway. The emperor asked who was qualified, and finally the officials recommended Zhang Jin, the minister of military affairs in Nanjing, as the new governor.

Zhu Wan rushed in rashly, and after the change of commander, he would have cleared up a lot. However, the coastal battle was stalemate, and the pirates who had died down began to flee again. The imperial court smashed millions of taels of silver, and the Japanese pirates could not finish the fight.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the summer days are long, the wind at night is gentle and quiet, and the cicadas chirping in the green shade one after another. Lu Heng returned to the mansion after dark again. Wang Yanqing asked the maid to set the meal. She helped Lu Heng take off her flying fish clothes and said, "The days are getting hotter day by day. You are still running outside all day, so be careful to avoid the heat."

Wang Yanqing was wearing a pine green soft smoke Luo gown today. Lu Heng thought that no one could look good in green, but Wang Yanqing's slender and graceful body was looming under the green veil, making her whiter and more delicate.

Wang Yanqing was helping Lu Heng to untie her clothes. Lu Heng hugged her waist and sighed, "It's really cool, cool and sweat-free. If you want me to say, bringing anything is better than hugging your wife to escape the heat."