Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1526 Ten Difficulties and Three Strategies

  Emperor Jiajing’s intention was very clear. How could the other officials be ignorant? When Emperor Jiajing asked the Minister of War He Ao and others for their opinions, they all said to send troops to suppress the Japanese, but the strategy of sending troops was different.

"A mere fifty-seven Japanese pirates dared to sit in red clothes and yellow umbrellas to watch the Yingtian city pool. How can they be punished? How can they be punished if they are not punished! The decree is to punish the Japanese in Yingtian and the surrounding states. There must be no mistakes. The Japanese pirates must not slip through the net!"

   After questioning several people, Emperor Jiajing issued an order on the spot, and ordered eight hundred miles to send it to Yingtian and other places in an urgent manner.

After Yingtian's Japanese situation was dealt with, Emperor Jiajing waved his sleeves again, and said to Yan Song and others, "The Japanese pirates in Shangyu are not accidental, nor are they isolated cases. I believe that Qing and others all know that the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River are one after another. The importance of the Jiangnan region is self-evident, and there is no delay in dealing with the Japanese plague in the south of the Yangtze River. You will go down and summon the six ministers and the left and right ministers to discuss it in the Wuyi Palace after an hour."

   "Follow the order."

  Yan Song and others knelt down to accept the order to leave.

  Emperor Jiajing called for a court meeting, Yan Song and others dared not slack off, and immediately sent people to summon the six ministers and the left and right servants to come to Wuyi Palace for a court meeting.

   Soon, the six ministers and the left and right servants all arrived, and after another cup of tea, Emperor Jiajing also came to Wuyi Hall.

"I rule the world thirty-one. I respect the heaven and the earth and cultivate myself. I am always sleepy and never dare to slack off. However, natural disasters and man-made disasters continue. The northern captives have not stopped, and the southern pirates have risen one after another. I feel deeply ashamed of the people of the world. This is all my fault."

  Emperor Jiajing wore a golden Taoist robe, sat high on the throne, glanced at the courtiers, and spoke slowly and sincerely.

Hearing Emperor Jiajing's words "It's all my fault", all the courtiers hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, pleading guilty one after another, saying, "The Holy One forgives sins, everything is the fault of the ministers. The Holy Majesty controls the world, and he has devoted all his energy to thinking about it. In such a prosperous Ming Dynasty, the captives in the north and the Japanese in the south were all incompetent ministers, and the sage was tired of worrying about it, and all the people suffered."

   It’s not enough not to kneel down and plead guilty. History has proved that every time Emperor Jiajing said “it’s all my fault”, in fact, Emperor Jiajing felt that the crime was someone else’s.

  For example, one year there was heavy snowfall, especially heavy snowfall, unprecedented in history, hundreds of thousands of people were affected, and millions of acres of wheat seedlings were frozen to death. When Emperor Jiajing convened court officials to discuss disaster relief, he said "it's all my fault". During the court meeting, an official of the Qin Tianjian followed Emperor Jiajing's words and proposed that Emperor Jiajing issue an edict of guilt and pray for forgiveness from heaven. Then, this upright official of the Qin Tianjian was beaten to death by the imperial staff.

   There are many examples of this kind. The most recent one was during the Gengxu Revolution. Emperor Jiajing also said, “It’s all my fault.” Then Ding Rukui, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was executed.

  So, hearing Emperor Jiajing's words "it's all my fault", all the courtiers broke out in cold sweat, lest they become criminals in Emperor Jiajing's heart.

"Stop arguing. Let's all get up. This matter will be discussed later. Today, I called Qing to wait for the matter of the Japanese plague in the south of the Yangtze River. Dear friends, the Japanese plague in the south of the Yangtze River is an urgent matter. You and I will make a detailed discussion. Don't worry about it." To disappoint me."

  Emperor Jiajing waved his hand noncommittally, motioning for everyone to stand up, and started a court discussion around the pirates in the south of the Yangtze River.

   This time Yan Song was self-aware, and he took the initiative to speak immediately without using Emperor Jiajing's roll call.

Yan Song is a fine person. He didn't take the initiative to speak in the palace just now. He was forced to speak after being called by Emperor Jiajing, and the content of his speech was not approved by Emperor Jiajing. He knew it well, and this time he was specially prepared. Yes, the purpose is to restore the lost points in the palace just now, and restore the image in Emperor Jiajing's heart.

  After he came out of the palace, he told his son Yan Shifan immediately about the matter of the court meeting.

  In recent years, as Yan Song has grown older, he has relied on his son Yan Shifan's staff for many things in his position as the chief assistant in the cabinet.

  At that time, Yan Shifan was working hard in the crowd of women while he was drinking. After receiving instructions from his father, he had to stop farming, twisted his forehead with a hot towel to sober up, and wrote a "Ten Difficulties and Three Strategies for Fighting the Japanese".

Yan Song received Yan Shifan's "Ten Difficulties and Three Strategies for Fighting the Japanese" before the court meeting started. After reading it, he nodded again and again, and suddenly he had a bottom line in his heart, so when Emperor Jiajing's voice fell behind, he took a step forward and was the first to speak .

   "Return to the Holy Lord. I think that there are ten difficulties in controlling the Japanese in the south of the Yangtze River." Yan Song bowed to Emperor Jiajing, and said with confidence.

   "Oh, what are the ten difficulties?" Emperor Jiajing asked with great interest.

"Returning to the Holy One, this difficulty is: the pirates come from the sea, and their coming and going are erratic, unpredictable, so they are difficult to defend; the second difficulty is: the coastline is long and tortuous, and it is difficult to defend; the third difficulty is: the water and land intersect and enter suddenly. It is difficult to fight suddenly; the four difficulties are: the Japanese pirates are treacherous, inhumane, inhuman, and their plans are difficult to know; the five difficulties are: the Japanese pirates have occupied the overseas desert islands for a long time, they have been operating for a long time, and their strongholds are strong for a long time, so it is difficult to prepare; Difficulties: the residents are weak, and there are many unfilial people along the coast who cooperate with the Japanese pirates inside and outside, which is difficult to make; the seven difficulties: the land in the south of the Yangtze River is flooded, it is difficult to build a city, and if it is difficult to build a city, there is no danger to defend, and it is difficult to resist the Japanese pirates. Limited and difficult to maintain for a long time; the nine difficulties: lack of food and grass, difficult to raise, coupled with natural disasters such as floods, droughts and locusts, make it even more difficult to raise food and grass; the ten difficulties are: many generals are arrogant and cowardly, hard to trust, and weak in fighting Japanese .”

  Yan Song cupped his hands and reported one by one.

   Emperor Jiajing nodded when he heard the words, and looked at Yan Song approvingly, and was more satisfied with Yan Song's summary of the ten difficulties in fighting the Japanese.

   "With these ten difficulties, what can you do?" Emperor Jiajing asked again.

   "I'm not very good at military affairs, but I have done a lot of research on the Japanese plague in the south of the Yangtze River. To deal with these ten difficulties, there are three strategies to resist the Japanese." Yan Song said slowly.

   Emperor Jiajing nodded slightly, signaling Yan Song to continue.

"Weichen's three strategies to defend against the Japanese are: 1. Build more warships, occupy key points, attack them when they come, and smash them when they go. 2. Gather 500 sand boats in Haikou, Suzhou, and choose more than 10,000 soldiers to guard them. In Songjiang Protecting Pond, the Japanese pirates landed and covered them. 3. Jisu and Songqing light warships with five or six hundred outposts were stationed in Huangpu, Wusong, Taihu Lake, etc., so that the Japanese pirates did not dare to go deep and the boats did not dare to sail across At the same time, to increase the training of soldiers and horses in the guard station, we can consider recruiting wolf soldiers, native soldiers, and Zhang soldiers as supplements, and retain 100,000 taels of salt and silver in Huaihe and Zhejiang provinces, or borrow 80,000 to 90,000 taels of southern Jiangxi army salaries as food and rewards. Need it." Yan Song said slowly.

   Emperor Jiajing nodded as he listened. Obviously, Yan Song's ten difficult and three strategies caught his attention, which made him quite satisfied.

  (end of this chapter)