Bright Spring

The next day the ship dropped anchor because the cabin was heaving and shaking.Wu Shun hid there for two days, his hunger made him dizzy, and the most unbearable thing was still no water to drink.So at night he came out again from behind a barrel and looked around for fresh water.

After a while, there was a sudden "shua", and when Wu Shun looked up, he saw a figure pulling out a knife and staring at him.Wu Shun froze for a while, then said, "Water."

The man looked at Wu Shun for a moment, and said, "You...wait." Then he turned and walked away quickly.

After waiting for a while, the North Korean came down with another person and raised a lantern.The newcomer was wearing a long robe and a big black hat on his head. He looked like a person of status. The man handed over a piece of cake and a gourd.Wu Shun's eyes widened, and he immediately gobbled it up.

"Slow down, slow down." The man in the big hat said in Chinese.

Wu Shun quickly finished eating the cakes, and then kept pouring water to swallow the food stuck in his throat.Big Hat asked again: "A few days ago, that big Ming boat was burned on the pier. Are you a Han Chinese on that boat?"

Wu Shun panted for a while, and suddenly choked up.

Da Mao exchanged glances with the North Korean next to him, but said nothing.

Wu Shun said, "Please send me to Tsushima Island, my lord."

Big Hat hesitated a little.

Seeing this, Wu Shun panicked inexplicably.Will this big hat be afraid of causing trouble, so he simply kills himself and throws him into the sea without anyone noticing?However, there is a North Korean next to the big hat. These two people may not completely trust each other, and it is a serious crime of murder.

Wu Shun thought for a while, and said: "My lord, when I arrived near Tsushima Port, give me a small boat, and I will row back to the port. When I saw people, I told them that I secretly boarded a North Korean boat and went to North Korea, and got the help of local good people." , before being sent to Tsushima Island."

When Da Mao heard this, his face showed surprise, and he asked, "What official position are you?"

Wu Shun said: "The last general is Wu Shun, the commander-in-chief of the Daming Beijing Camp. He has five hundred brothers under his command."

After hearing this, Big Hat said: "We will send the general to Tsushima Island. But if you want to wrong the general, you can continue to hide for another day. There are many people on board, and we don't want to make trouble."

Wu Shun cupped his fists and said, "Thank you benefactor."

Sure enough, the North Korean ship docked at the port of Tsushima Island, and quietly sent Wu Shun to the dock at night.

After two Ming army sergeants on duty at the pier took over Wu Shun, they immediately escorted Wu Shun to the Ming army's Tunbao on horseback.It was night at this time, but thousands of households in the Ming army met Wu Shun in the government office in person.

After a while, an eunuch and two civil servants also arrived.Wu Shun cried about what he had seen and heard in Hakata Port a few days ago. At the request of the eunuch, he even narrated it twice.

A civil official said: "I have already advised Qian Xingren not to go to Japan easily, but he doesn't believe it! We just captured Tsushima Island and killed the Zong family. Even if there is righteousness, how can the people of Japan not be angry? "

The eunuch Zhou Quan said with a mournful face: "Yao Fang is also in Boduo, now how can our family explain to the concubine Xian?"

Thousands of households and Wanliang said: "There are only more than [-] people in Duimatunbao. We have no choice but to report it to the court immediately. Tomorrow we will prepare a Mengchong boat and take Wu Shun to the capital by sea. At the same time, we will send people to North Korea, report to the imperial court by land."

A civil official wrote two pieces of paper in a silent "scratch" and said to Wu Shun: "Look at it, if you have no objection, you can sign it and make a deposit."

Wu Shun said: "I can't read."

The civil official said: "Then just press your fingerprints."

... Sailor Wu Shun reported what he had seen and was sent away.However, several people in the government office were still sitting next to the oil lamp, all of them looked dignified.

The eunuch Zhou Quan mused, "Yao Fang knew a Japanese military officer named Ouchi Katsuki, and even arranged an eyeliner in the temple in Kyushu, saying that Ouchi clan had a relationship with the shogunate, and he should not have much hostility towards the Ming Dynasty. What is going on? What's going on? If we knew this, our family should force Yao Fang to stay."

The civil official next to him said: "Why doesn't this official know about this?"

Zhou Quandao: "Only the Jin Yiwei and the North Office of the Imperial Guard know about it, and our family has also heard about it."

Wan Liang frowned and said, "Is Japan going to war against Daming?"

"The current situation is not very clear. Judging from Wu Shun's confession, Japan is already hostile to Ming Dynasty. We'd better make some preparations." Zhou Quan said, "There are five hundred soldiers in the fort, can we hold it?"

Wan Liang said: "We have enough firearms and ammunition. It is difficult for the Japanese army to attack by force, but the food and grass are not enough. If we are besieged for a long time and cut off the supply by sea, we will be in a bad situation. There are not many warships left, only a few Mengchong, sentry ships. At present, our army should send out sentry ships day and night to investigate the movement of the sea to the east. Once a large number of Japanese warships are found, the ships in the port should evacuate Tsushima Port and go to North Korea for shelter, so as to avoid a water battle that must be defeated. The Lu division relies on the fort to defend."

A civil official said: "We write this memorial like this. We only know that the ship was besieged and burned, and we don't know anything else?"

Several people were silent.

The civil official said again: "There are still some Japanese on Tsushima Island, why don't we pick two people and go to Hakata Port with a letter, so that Mrs. Ouchi can write back and explain this matter?"

Zhou Quan shook his head and said: "The Japanese are totally unreliable to do this kind of thing. They are also afraid of being killed by the samurai. It is very likely that the letter will not be delivered to Mr. Ouchi. Besides, the incident happened in Hakata Port. If the Japanese want to explain this matter, We don't need to urge you; if you don't want to explain, it's useless to send a letter."

After hearing this, Wan Liang and the two civil servants nodded in agreement.Wan Liang said: "For now, the only way is to defend Tsushima Island and wait for the imperial court's response."

Zhou Quan said: "There will be reports on land and water, and we must leave immediately tomorrow morning."

After dawn, a group of people left Tunbao and came to the pier by the sea. People on and off a Mengchong boat were busy transporting barrels of fresh water onto the boat.The eunuch Zhou Quan said a few words to the sailor Wu Shun, then said goodbye to each other and watched Wu Shun board the boat.

The waves beat against the beach in the wind, and there was a sound of "squeaking".At first, Zhou Quan thought that this island was very lonely, surrounded by uninhabited mountains and forests, and the vast and boundless sea, it seemed like a forgotten island.Everything is still the same, but at this time people have a different feeling.The boundless seawater surged onto the beach layer by layer, and the wind and waves seemed to be turbulent.

7 Chapter Ninety

There was light rain in the capital, and when the wind blew, the drizzle on Yumen Square would move in waves, like a cloud of white mist.

The scene in the square gave Zhu Gaoxu an ominous feeling.Many green umbrellas fluctuated up and down following the morning court etiquette. This scene reminded Zhu Gaoxu that there were also many umbrellas in the funeral of the underworld boss in the movie.

In the late Hongwu Dynasty, Taizu sympathized with court officials and allowed each official to bring an entourage into the palace in the early morning on a rainy day in order to hold an umbrella for the officials to protect them from the rain.This rule has continued until now, so there is the scene in front of me.

Zhu Gaoxu tried to simplify the etiquette as much as possible, and did not say anything other than "Pingshen" and other lines.After morning morning, he immediately got up from the chair under the yellow umbrella and went to the imperial gate.Later, officials from various yamen also came to Fengtianmen. At this time, they wanted to talk about some abstract principles of governance, which is called "the imperial gate listens to politics".

Inside the spacious and tall imperial gate, everyone was talking about military and political affairs in a serious manner.At this time, the eunuch Wang Gui came from the wall. He bent over and walked around to the throne on the steps, whispering in the ear next to Zhu Gaoxu, and then put some documents on the case.

The Minister of Rites, Hu Wei, who was playing something, looked up, but he didn't stop talking.

Zhu Gaoxu listened to Hu Wei's loud performance and Wang Gui's whisper, and then opened the memorials and documents in front of him to read.

After a while, Hu Mei had finished talking, and retreated to the sideline.The hall was quiet for a while, and many officials noticed the details on Zhu Gaoxu's side.

Zhu Gaoxu roughly read the two memorials and some confessions, he thought for a while, and suddenly shouted angrily, "It's unreasonable!"

Without waiting for the ministers to react, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly swept the things on the case, "crackling" and flew to the bottom of the steps, then stood up angrily, and walked away.

There was a dead silence inside the imperial gate at first, but when Zhu Gaoxu walked to the back door, he gradually heard the noisy discussion behind him.

He walked outside the door, glanced at the rain in the sky, and thought about where he was going after he walked away.

Zhu Gaoxu was not very angry just now. Anyway, what happened in Hakata Port in Japan suddenly intensified the conflict between the two countries. The "necessity" of using troops mentioned by Qi Tai obviously increased several times suddenly.

But Zhu Gaoxu couldn't be happy either, mainly because he felt that he shouldn't be happy.That Qian Xili was Zhu Gaoxu's Jinshi, who nominally belonged to the emperor's disciple. He had studied hard for many years before he was favored by the Holy Grace, and suddenly there was a lot of bad luck. Moreover, Yao Fang also helped a lot when Mu Sheng was asked to raise troops.How can Zhu Gaoxu laugh?If he showed a look of joy, even he felt as if it was a bit too much.

It's a strange feeling of "can't sneeze with pinched nose", and I don't know whether it is joy or sorrow.

But that's fine, now Zhu Gaoxu feels that he is still calm.

At this time, his Luanjia was sent to the north of the imperial gate by a group of people.Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu got into the sedan chair, asked the eunuch to lead the team, and went straight back to the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Gaoxu fidgeted back and forth in Dongnuan Pavilion, and after pondering for a long time, he ordered Wang Gui to "call Qi Tai, Gao Xianning to meet... and Hu Wei."

Wang Gui said, "Your maid obeys the order."