Yinfeng didn't care about being educated by his Khan Ama for a while, and hurriedly asked: "Xu Zhengyuan said that Shi Lang defeated Dongying, is this true?"

Liang Jiugong said: "The servant is not very clear, General Xu Shen is in a hurry to see Long Live, so he just asked someone to pass this sentence..."

At this moment, Kangxi was not in the mood to care about the crown prince being rude in front of him, and only ordered: "Get up and drive to the Qing Palace."

Big brother hasn't gone far.

He didn't hear clearly just now, as if he only heard the word "Dongying" in his ears.As soon as he heard Dongying, he felt that this matter had absolutely something to do with the credit he had been thinking about for a long time.

He took three steps at a time and dragged the fourth elder brother who was not far away, "Fourth brother, Khan Ama seems to be in a hurry, let's go and help Khan Ama take details." Dare to go so far with love.The other younger ones also came over, but he gave him a glare, "Go back and review your homework, and check your books carefully."

The ninth elder brother was not convinced and wanted to come to argue, but was halfway persuaded by the eighth elder brother in a gentle voice, "Ninth brother, the elder brother is right, it is important for us to go back to study." What is the performance now? If you perform well after discussing politics, that is your real performance.

The fourth elder brother couldn't shirk, and didn't want to argue with him, so he was dragged and followed Yujia quietly all the way.

The two brothers followed all the way, so Kangxi and Yinfeng naturally knew about it.But neither of them cared about Yinyi and Yinzhen.

When he arrived at Qianqing Palace, Xu Zhengyuan, who looked like he was eating and sleeping all the way, was kneeling on one knee at the gate of Qianqing Palace. When he saw Kangxi, he raised his voice and said, "Slave Xu Zhenyuan, please greet the emperor!"

"Don't gossip." Kangxi didn't tell him to get up, but he got off the shovel steadily, stared at him and said in a low voice, "You said that Shi Lang led the troops to defeat Dongpu?"

Speaking of credit, Xu Zhengyuan lifted his spirits, and his voice became a little more confident, "Yes. The slaves followed Jinghaihou, led the Ryukyu and Fujian navy, and took over most of the northwestern territory adjacent to Dongying and the Qing Dynasty. Dongying decent people and General Shi Lang talks about peace, generals don't want to make decisions without authorization, so I sent my servants back to ask the emperor whether to negotiate peace or continue to attack, and ask the emperor to show me."

Hearing the exact news, Kangxi's face turned cold, and he said every word: "I remember, when someone passed the decree to Yao Qisheng, I didn't tell you to attack Dongpu." I can't help feeling angry.

An order from the Son of Heaven is worth a thousand pieces of gold.None of the slaves in Beijing dared to disrespect their will without authorization, but those on the defense and frontier defense lines were so bold that they dared to ignore his words.That's all for Xu Zhengyuan, Yao Qisheng and Shi Lang have been officials for decades, don't they know what will happen if they resist the order?

If you commit a crime knowingly, the crime will be aggravated.

"Yes." Xu Zhengyuan turned pale, "The emperor sent a decree to the servants, asking us to inspect Dongying to find out the details of Japanese pirates."

"Then how dare you disobey the order!" Kangxi sternly said, "Yao Qisheng is getting bolder now. I have already known the order, but he dares to obey the order! He really doesn't take me seriously!"

Xu Zhengyuan was overwhelmed by the aura of his superior, so frightened that he was tongue-tied and didn't know how to refute for a while.All of a sudden, he felt that he rushed back to the capital this time, and his behavior was probably similar to sending him to death.I didn't feel any regret until now, I only blamed myself for not obeying Jinghaihou's order at that time.

He knew that if he couldn't find a way to talk about it now, his own head would almost have to be separated.

But after all, he had gone through the bloody battlefield, and he was not so weak that he dared not continue to speak.He suppressed his frenzied heartbeat, and resisted the lingering power of the emperor's wrath, he said: "It's really not Master Yao's fault, when the Marquis of Jinghai rushed to Dongying with his servants and twenty thousand sailors, he really only wanted to follow the emperor's will. Just check the details and come back."

This explanation made it even more obvious that all actions were intentional, and Kangxi didn't even believe it at all after hearing it.His eyes became sharper, "At that time, I still read my orders, and now I am returning to my life with such credit, but I still hope that I will read it for your hard work, and forget your crime of disobedience and disobedience, right? "

"I dare not!" Xu Zhenyuan hastily let go of the last bit of confidence he was holding on to, knelt down on the ground and slammed his head on the floor tiles in front of the Qianqing Palace, suppressing his grievances and replied: "Master Yao ordered the slave to bring eight thousand Fujian Sailor, go out to sea with Marquis Jinghai to investigate the place where the Japanese pirates are stationed. Before leaving, my lord has repeatedly told me that everything is subject to the order of Marquis Jinghai. How can I dare to disobey Master Yao and Marquis Jinghai? Order."

It really wasn't that Xu Zhengyuan deliberately shirked responsibility. At the beginning, he also persuaded Shi Lang to lead too many people, which seemed inappropriate, but Shi Lang ignored it because of his high position and weight.

Yinfeng didn't see it well, and he knew that if he didn't persuade him again, this meritorious minister would now be rectified on the spot by Khan Ama in the name of resisting the edict.He hastily stepped forward and said: "Khan Ama take care of the dragon body, don't get angry because of it. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it must be because of the Japanese pirates' stubborn resistance, so the Marquis of Jinghai ordered his men to attack Dongpu to avoid future troubles. How about the Marquis of Jinghai? In terms of crime, it’s not too late to punish after hearing Xu Can’s explanation.”

Kangxi also understood that the matter has come to this point, and it is definitely not something that can be controlled by a small general. The look of unpredictability on his face faded a little, and he glanced at Yinfeng and said, "What the prince said is reasonable. Tell me, why did Shi Lang dare to speak directly?" Order to attack Japan?"

Knowing that his life was temporarily saved, Xu Zhengyuan's panic calmed down a little.

But when he heard the master's question, he slammed his head on the ground harder to hide his embarrassment when he knew the truth, "As soon as he got close to Dongpu, the Marquis of Jinghai ordered his servants to lead people to land for investigation. Wait for the servants After leading the soldiers to find out the situation in Dongying, Jinghaihou said..."

"What did Shi Lang say?" Kangxi asked.

Xu Zhengyuan took a deep breath, swallowed nervously, and said in a muffled voice: "Jinghaihou said, anyway, they're here now, so I'm sorry for mobilizing people so much if we don't fire a few shots."

"..."

"..."

Hearing such an outrageous reason, Yinfeng suddenly regretted that he just defended Xu Zhengyuan.If it wasn't for Khan Amah in front of him, he would really want to kick someone.You dog slave, dare to say any absurd reason in front of Khan Ama.

The system covered its stomach and laughed and rolled around where no one could see, "Shi Lang is so interesting, 'Here we go', what a 'here we go'. Hahahahaha..."

The elder brother and the fourth elder brother who followed closely looked at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes.The majestic Marquis of Jinghai, the commander-in-chief in charge of one side's military power, is so childish in the face of Dongpu, who doesn't know how powerful the military is?

Kangxi also laughed angrily at this sentence, and he didn't know how to evaluate it for a moment.After a moment's delay, he sneered: "You mean, the Marquis of Jinghai led the troops to attack Dongpu on a whim?"

"That's not true." Xu Zhengyuan was sweating coldly down his neck, "The general said that the journey from Ryukyu to Dongying is long. If we can't cut the grass and roots once, I'm afraid they know that our thoughts will cause endless troubles, so they disregarded the emperor's will and handed over to them. Please forgive me, your majesty, what this slave said was the general's own words, I dare not deceive the emperor in the slightest."

Kangxi stared down at his slightly trembling neck, his voice was still cold, "Did you find the silver mine?"

"Not yet," Xu Zhengyuan said, "The general who was sent to negotiate peace said that the general did not understand. Before the servant left, the general sent someone to teach him our words."

(Yinfeng and the system: This feels inexplicably familiar...)

Kangxi thought about it with his hands behind his back, and didn't ask any more questions.

The Qing Dynasty had never had any communication with Dongying. Even though Goguryeo and Nanyue both had the custom of handing over tribute to the Qing Dynasty, Dongying never sent envoys to Beijing.

Therefore, he was not sure for a while whether anyone in Dongpu understood the Beijing-Chinese dialect.After thinking for a while, he said again: "The Mid-Autumn Festival was past when I made the decree last year. Even if you dispatched troops faster than on land, how could you conquer most of Dongpu's territory in such a short period of time?"

Speaking of professional matters, Xu Zhengyuan changed his nervousness just now, raised his head and said seriously: "It was winter when we set off, and the sea was rough, and it took the slaves more than a month to go there. After arriving at the border of Dongpu, the general ordered All the ships dispersed and circled around the islands of Dongying before finding a convenient landing place closer to our Qing Dynasty and stopping the ship."

Shi Lang did this for two purposes, one is to leave a way out for himself, if Dongying is not easy to fight, the ship will be close to Daqing, and it will be convenient to retreat.Second, if Dongying is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it takes too long, he can send people to Beijing for help in time.

"Then what?" Yinfei asked curiously, "The Japanese pirates didn't even know about your past?"

Xu Zhengyuan didn't know his identity, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions at this moment. He just shook his head and said, "There were also a few waves of small bandits on the road, all of which were captured by the slaves in one fell swoop. The general has experienced many battles, so he naturally knows the importance of knowing oneself and the enemy. That's why I sent servants to make people log in to check the enemy's situation."

"The slave brought a hundred people to the island, and to protect himself, all the officers and men he brought were equipped with firecrackers and crossbow arrows." Xu Zhengyuan recalled carefully, "The slave remembers that he searched inland for two days, but he did not see any Japanese officers and soldiers coming to ask. I only saw some ordinary fishermen throwing harpoons and the like at the servants in panic."

Kangxi glared at the elder brother, but he never interrupted Xu Zhengyuan, just listening to him quietly.

Xu Zhengyuan became more courageous, and said calmly: "The servants saw the situation of those fishermen, and they knew that the Dongying people might be weak and powerless. Therefore, they did not continue to investigate, and immediately returned to the boat to report to the general. After laughing a few times, I ordered the commanding officer on the main ship to order all the ships to gather to the west and fire artillery into the territory of Dongpu together."

Kangxi said indifferently: "How long have you been fighting?" The artillery of the Fujian Navy was improved by Dai Zi later, and he had seen with his own eyes how powerful it was.If Dongpu can persist for several days under such firepower, he has to carefully consider whether to let Shi Lang continue to attack.

When Xu Zhengyuan replied, he unconsciously sneered, "The servant also thought that it would take at least a few days and nights for the Dongying people to respond. Unexpectedly, the artillery on the ship had only been fired for an hour, and the Dongying people took the people with them." They are coming. Everyone kneeling on the ground crying and shouting, the general guessed that they meant to surrender."

Speaking of this, his face could not help showing arrogance, "Compared with our soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, the difference between the pawns of Dongying and our Qing Dynasty is a bit bigger than the difference between a sparrow and a swan."

Kangxi ignored this, and only asked: "How many people have been captured?"

"There are about tens of thousands of people now," Xu Zhengyuan said, "The Marquis of Jinghai is merciful and released some young and old to cook and wash for the soldiers. But if the fighting continues, some more prisoners can be captured. It's just whether these people should be sent back In Beijing, let the emperor call the shots."

Kangxi and Yinreng looked at each other, and both father and son had calculations in their hearts at the same time.

Tens of thousands of free labor...

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