Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 482 Three memorials, different fates

  When Zhu Ping'an woke up, the navy's search and rescue ship had already finished the search and rescue and returned.

   Except for those who were buried in the sea, all the pirates who attacked that day became captives of the navy, including the one-eyed pirate and Sanji who was wearing black feathers.

   Most of the pirates died in the sea. Although they have excellent water quality, they are still not enough to see in front of the huge waves on this day. Especially the small boats of the pirates were not resistant to wind and waves, and all of them were smashed to the bottom of the sea by the waves.

  Basically, the survivors were the pirates who stormed the supply ships behind the Shangshui Division. These warships were large in size and strong in wind and wave resistance.

In addition to the ship where Li Shu and Zhu Ping'an were on, two of the navy's rear supply ships were broken or capsized in the deep sea. Ping An and the others were more unlucky. They were one of the three boats capsized by the waves.

  The pirates mainly attacked the two ships, including Zhu Ping'an's ship, and they mainly took care of them, so the pirates were seriously damaged when they capsized.

  The other old ladies and maids around Li Shu were more fortunate. Although they were captured by pirates and tied to the mast shortly after the pirate attack, when the huge waves hit, they survived because of the mast and were rescued when the navy came to rescue them.

The returning sailors easily strangled the stubborn pirates on the supply ship. Except for those who surrendered, the rest of the pirates were either captured by the sailors or marinated by the heads of the owls as military exploits; Captives become captives, and the one-eyed pirates and Sanji were captured by the navy in the sea.

  After clearing the statistics on the battlefield, ninety-eight pirate heads were captured (including pirate corpses salvaged from the sea), sixty-three pirates were captured, and the rest of the pirates were buried at the bottom of the sea without a trace. Among them, there are 28 real Japanese and 70 fake Japanese among the heads; among the captured pirates, there are 13 real Japanese and 50 fake Japanese.

  According to the captives, there were 368 pirates who attacked in this battle, that is to say, more than 200 people died at the bottom of the sea.

   Judging from the results of the battle, it can be said that this battle was a complete victory, and it can be regarded as a brilliant result in the coastal anti-Japanese war in recent years. It is certain that if the results of this battle are presented to the capital, there will be rich rewards.

  But facing such a victory, Marquis Linhuai couldn't be happy.

  Because his niece Li Shu and his prospective niece-in-law Zhu Pingan, the sixth-rank official of the imperial court, were also "buried in the sea".

Li Shu is the jewel in the palm of the third child, and the love of the third child for Li Shu is well-known in the entire Linhuaihou Mansion; let alone the mysterious position of the third child, in terms of wealth, the reason why the Linhuaihou Mansion can maintain Today's appearance is inseparable from the members of the third party. Thinking of the situation after the third child knew the news, Marquis Linhuai felt troubled and overwhelmed.

In addition, Zhu Ping'an, the son-in-law of the niece, is also a problem. This is the youngest number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty so far, and he entered the Imperial Academy early. They have all registered in front of them. Just buried in the sea like this is not easy to explain

  Marquis Linhuai rubbed his hands on the table, suffering from a headache.

   There was a tray on the table in front of Marquis Linhuai, and a golden hairpin was placed on the tray. This golden hairpin was found by the search and rescue fleet on the neck of a pirate whose corpse was floating in the sea. Because there was a word "Li" on the golden hairpin, the navy handed it over to Marquis Linhuai after finding the golden hairpin.

  Marquis Linhuai recognized this golden hairpin. The word "Li" on the golden hairpin was a secret mark commonly used by the old three shops. This kind of workmanship hairpin can only be matched by his niece Li Shu. It was also because of this and the golden hairpin that Marquis Linhuai concluded that Li Shu was buried in the sea.

  Marquis Linhuai seemed to be able to imagine that when the pirates attacked, Li Shu resisted desperately, tied the pirate's neck with a hairpin, and finally returned to the sea with the pirates.

  In addition to this golden hairpin, there is also a belt on the table in front of Marquis Linhuai. This belt is the one worn by Zhu Pingan, and it was also found on the pirate. That is to say, based on this belt, Marquis Linhuai concluded that Zhu Ping'an was also unfortunately buried in the sea.

  After pondering for a moment, Marquis Linhuai got up and walked to the porthole, and threw the golden hairpin and belt on the table into the sea.

   "If the third child asks, he will say that Shu'er disappeared in the storm, and at the same time Zhu Pingan and Master Zhu are also missing. The naval search and rescue found nothing." Linhuai Hou closed the porthole, and ordered the steward who had followed him for many years.

  Marquis Linhuai threw the golden hairpin and belt that Li Shu and Zhu Pingan were buried at the bottom of the sea into the sea, and described them as missing.

  Buried in the sea means that there is no other possibility, and life ends at the bottom of the sea; missing means that there are other possibilities, including the possibility of survival.

   In this way, there is hope, and it is easy to explain to the third child, and the third child will not

   "Don't worry, master, I will explain it later." The steward nodded in response, inferring other cases from one instance.

   "Well, I don't worry about your work." Marquis Linhuai nodded in satisfaction.

  At this moment, the news of the navy suppressing bandits at sea has not yet reached the capital, but the capital is not peaceful at all. Two days ago, while the ripples caused by Zhu Ping'an's memorial exposing the killing of good men and false meritorious service in the capital had not yet subsided, two more memorials in the capital caused even bigger ripples.

  The first letter was sent by Zhao Jin, the censor of Yunnan and Guizhou, who was sent from Yunnan and Guizhou thousands of miles away. This memorial pointed directly at Yan Song, the current chief assistant, not flattering Yan Song, but impeaching Yan Song.

"Chen Fu sees that this year's Zhengdan solar eclipse disaster is very unusual, and Shandong, Huaixu, and Huaixu have been flooded year after year, and earthquakes in the four directions have been seen. Zhang Zou's changes are true, and life must respond by analogy. I would like to test the human affairs with God's will. The first assistant Yan Song's parents Zhang Wei, who steals power and indulges desires, no matter how big or small, he is not self-disciplined, he pretends to be a criminal hall to practice his love and hate, let his feelings live and kill, and all take bribes as a transfer. The observation of the vertical image, the micro-thoughts of the second ancestor's legislation cannot be shifted, and the thinking and discipline guidelines cannot be disrupted, and Song Zao was bestowed and dismissed to respond to changes in the sky."

  Zhao Jin changed from a natural disaster to a power minister Yan Song who manipulated the court for personal gain, which led to the deterioration of the government, the smog, the smog and the dog, the poor people and the country, and the internal and external difficulties. Please remove Yan Song immediately.

  An arrow from thousands of miles away caught Yan Song a little off guard and shocked the court, but under Yan Shifan's suggestion, Yan Song took the approach of retreating to advance.

Therefore, the gray-haired Yan Song put on an overworked appearance, and entered the palace with tears in his eyes to plead guilty to Emperor Jiajing, knelt in front of Emperor Jiajing and wailed without saying a word, and then asked Emperor Jiajing to dismiss his chief assistant position, allowing him to resign for retirement.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Yan Song silently for three minutes, then comforted Yan Song in a gentle voice for a moment, and approved a special decree, ordering Jin Yiwei to arrest Zhao Jin on the charge of "deceiving the sky and slandering the emperor", ordered the prison to torture and plunder him, gave him a stick of forty, and dismissed him from office. For the people.

  The second letter was from Zhou Mian, a Langzhong of the Department of Military Selection of the Ministry of War. His memorial was similar to Zhu Ping’s.

   Who is Yan Zhongzhong?

  Yan Xiaozhong is Yan Song's grandson, Yan Shifan's son, who is still in his infancy and hasn't been weaned yet.

  Zhou Mian’s memorial pointed out that Yan Song’s grandson, Yan Zhongzhong, was a wet boy, and had never been involved in the army once, but pretended to be the credit of Guangdong and Guangxi, and awarded Jinyisuo the post of governor and thousands of households. Pointing directly at Yan Song, he said that Yan Song's private party was used to make his descendants become officials.

   Zhou Mian was not much better than Zhao Jin, and was soon jailed and tortured, and also demoted to the people.

  It can be said that all the impeachment of Yan Song, or the impeachment related to Yan Song, all went to the street.

  So, now many people in the capital are waiting to see Zhu Ping'an's memorial, and they are all waiting to see Zhu Ping'an's end.

   There are differences between Zhu Ping’an’s memorial and these two memorials, and it is also obvious that these two memorials either refer directly to Yan Song or to Yan Song’s relatives, but Zhu Ping’an does not.

  However, the object of Zhu Pingan's impeachment was promoted by Yan Song, and it was also related to Yan Song.

  So, everyone is watching

  (end of this chapter)