As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

So no matter where you count it, it is a dead end to fight the Japanese pirates.

What Nie Shangshu can see, the officials in the court can certainly see, so as soon as he spoke of his recommendation, there was chaos in the hall: what kind of hatred, what kind of resentment? He wants to send His Majesty's adopted son to death?

Emperor Guangxing frowned upon hearing this.

In fact, when he received the first urgent report in June, he thought of Huamanlou.

From his point of view, the fact that the plague of Japanese pirates has intensified is actually due to the corruption of the guards.

In the past, when Huamanlou returned from Tianjin Wei, he proposed to use Tianjin Wei as a starting point to promote the reform of the military system, and Tianjin Wei will also be transformed into Tianjin Navy to defeat Japanese pirates. It has been half a year since the incident.

But this is only half a year, half a year, no matter how big the building is, you can't build an invincible fleet, right?

What's more, Huamanlou has been busy with a lot of things in the past half a year. The artillery needs to be developed and cast, the prince needs to teach, the school needs to be opened, and even took the time to tease a wave of civil servants...

Even if you squeeze the wool, you can't squeeze a sheep to death, right?

What's more, Huamanlou is just a small five-rank thousand household up to now. He has no high morals and no high expectations. Let him take charge of the overall situation. Who will listen to him among the guard commanders and local officials?

Therefore, although Emperor Guangxing was not aware of Nie Shangshu's intention to kill Hua Manlou, he still didn't think Hua Manlou could really do it.

But Nie Wenbing had his own words: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, Linshan Guard has been newly defeated. The guards in the southeast have no morale at all, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and there will be no fighting will in the general. That's why there was such a big defeat. Although Huamanlou is young, the so-called tiger and leopard horse, although unwritten, already has the spirit of eating cattle. People are amazed."

After a pause, Nie Shangshu continued: "Your Majesty, comparing the two, I think that the lack of guards in the southeast is his arrogance. Today, I recommend Hua Manlou, not to ask him to completely pacify the Japanese pirates." , but want him to fight one or two victorious battles, so that the soldiers of the southeast guards can see that the Japanese pirates are definitely not invincible. In this way, even if the future guards encounter the Japanese pirates, they will not be defeated in one battle."

"Your Majesty, although the Japanese pirates are brave, no matter how brave they are, they can't compare with the Oirat cavalry, right? I thought that the Xishan Guards could destroy the prestige of the Oirats, so they would have the spirit to kill the Japanese pirates. But now that Chongming has been defeated, the soldiers and civilians are in panic all day long. Difficulty is imminent, and some young people even advocate that the Dazhao Building will collapse and incite the people to rebel. But if a big victory can be won, it will not only boost morale and reassure the people, but also make the rumors self-defeating, so why not for?"

This makes sense.

How else can civil servants kill people with just one mouth?

Black and white are all justified by them, even fooling people to go to the battlefield to die is one set, and no one can find a reason to refute it.

How to find it?

You said that you let a young man go to fight against the Japanese. It is a bit of a joke, but it is a fact that Hua Manlou killed three hundred cavalrymen of Wala. It is also true that the grassland people are more fierce than Japanese pirates. Instead, you can't fight Japanese pirates, right?

You said it would be too risky for His Majesty's adopted son to go to the battlefield, but people say that some people are advocating that the Great Zhao Building will collapse, so this matter is not just about the pirates, but about the Great Zhao Sheji and the Zhao family So, as His Majesty's adoptive son, don't you want to lead by example and share His Majesty's worries?

So after he finished speaking, neither Wen Ge nor Ying Guogong made a sound to refute, and Uncle Huai'an was even more difficult to refute——Your Majesty treats your Hua family so kindly, but when your son goes to the battlefield, you You don't want to?

Even though the faces of the old three were already so dark that they couldn't see their fingers.

(Third watch... slept for a while)

343. sister sister

It is true that Hua Manlou has provoked quite a few people since he became an official.

Pu Zhenghao, Meng Xi, Sun Hongyun, the imperial envoy of the right deputy capital who hanged himself, Shen Deyuan, the imperial censor of the Zuoqin capital who was exiled, Qingliu who resigned from more than [-] people who looked like idlers, Lu Xingchang who was dismissed, etc. Anyway, If you really want to talk about it, it is considered capable to be passive against such people within less than a year of joining the company.

These people have the same age, friends, and alliances in the court, so they don't like to see Hua Manlou very much. Now that they see Nie Shangshu attacking, how can they turn a blind eye?

So many people just jumped out, grabbed Hua Manlou and praised her.

"Your Majesty, what Nie Butang said is correct. Hua Manlou is a talent born in the Great Zhao Dynasty, so I also recommended Hua Manlou to preside over the Pingwa..."

"Your Majesty, the Xishanwei Qianhu Huamanlou almost wiped out the Tatars with his own strength, and now the Japanese pirates are easily captured. I dare to guarantee my life..."

"Your Majesty, Nie Butang's words are justified, but I think he is too cautious, and now Hua Manlou is the commander in charge of coordinating the southeast anti-Japanese war..."

It was these people who impeached Huamanlou most ferociously in the past, and now they are the ones who boast that Huamanlou is a talent. Emperor Guangxing was shaken.

After all...

The person who has the most confidence in Huamanlou is Emperor Guangxing himself.

So after hesitating for a while, Emperor Guangxing said, "Decree, Zhuhuamanlou will come to Beijing immediately, and discuss matters in the southeast tomorrow morning!"

Generally speaking, Emperor Guangxing likes to chat with Huamanlou in private, but Xishan is a bit far away after all, and it will be too late to let Huamanlou return now, and the matter to be resolved in the morning tomorrow is the southeast matter, so Emperor Guangxing simply said Let him directly participate in the morning court.

Nie Wenbing lowered his head when he heard the words, his eyes flashed with complicated and incomprehensible colors: Tomorrow, tomorrow will let you fall into a deep deadlock!

……

"Did Nie Wenbing really blame Hua Manlou for his son's death? As for killing him so much?"

After the court meeting was over, Ying Guogong dragged Uncle Huai'an and Elder Wen Ge out of the palace to find a secluded place, before he could sit still, he yelled first.

On the surface, it seems that Duke Ying is even more frustrated than Uncle Huai'an, after all...

If the daughter is widowed, she will really not be able to marry.

"Since you know that he is in the pain of bereavement, why bother about his means?" Elder Wen Ge was calmer, but his face was not good-looking: "For the present plan, let Your Majesty stop thinking about spending the whole building, as long as His Majesty Without nodding, he's safe."

Old Wen also didn't want his daughter to die before she got married, otherwise, wouldn't it be true for Na Kefu's remarks?

Compared with these two, Uncle Huai'an was extremely calm: "There are many ways to prevent my son from going to the battlefield, even if he is beaten until he can't get out of bed, but Nie Wenbing needs to be more cautious..."

Duke Ying sweated a little, but then nodded: "Yes, if you let him go, I'm afraid he will make another plan if he fails, and this will be endless."

In the final analysis, there is a qualitative gap between the number of people Huamanlou provoked this time and the people provoked by the previous round.

The method used by the censor is actually very simple, it is nothing more than impeachment and impeachment, but in this era of human rule, as long as the emperor does not want to touch you, then no amount of impeachment will help.

But the Shangshu is different. As one of the big bosses in the court, the Shangshu has the ability to directly influence the emperor, and can do six Shangshu. How can this struggle experience be less?

That's why he couldn't even answer the reason given by the old three. After all, one is Hua Manlou's father-in-law and the other two are Hua Manlou's father-in-law. , This is a conspiracy, not a conspiracy.

So Huai An Bo and the three of them just set up a strategy in their meeting this time: let Hua Man Lou talk less nonsense tomorrow, even if he admits he's a coward, he can't touch this matter, that's all.

As for Nie Wenbing...

The days are still long, since you provoked the incident, then everyone will rely on their own abilities, and we will see who kills the other first.

……

West Hills.

"Pingwo? Let me?" Hua Manlou widened his eyes.

It was Xu Dacheng's confidant eunuch who came to deliver the decree. Seeing that Hua Manlou seemed angry, he hurriedly said: "Uncle, the old ancestor said that this is Nie Wenbing's dead son trying to harm Uncle, so Uncle Master, please don't be too impulsive...and it's not certain whether uncle will go, we will find out tomorrow morning."

Hua Manlou nodded: "Okay, I understand. I was talking about other things on the way back. I will settle down and leave after I settle down."

He said he wanted to settle down, but in fact, he didn't have much to settle down with the hands-off shopkeeper, it was nothing more than saying hello to the two young wives.

"You mustn't try to be brave in this matter. If it's just a matter of defeating the Japanese, Nie Wenbing must have a countermeasure. If you are not careful, you will lose your reputation..." Just as Hua Manlou finished talking about the matter, Wen Liang became anxious: " In the early years, I heard that this person is narrow-minded and unscrupulous in doing things, and today I see that it is indeed the case! How can the great trouble in the southeast be used to vent personal anger?"

It has to be said that if it is not good to be warm and cold when it comes to feelings, but when it comes to the court situation and various conspiracies and tricks, I am afraid that she is of the same rank as Elder Wen Ge.

It was also the first time Hua Manlou saw Wen Liang in this state, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Huh? You...will even change your personality after transforming into Ye Gucheng?"

Wen Liang was taken aback for a moment, and then he couldn't laugh or cry: "When is it, you are still so unruly? Listen carefully, no matter what, you can't promise to take care of the Pingwa yourself tomorrow, at most, you can give advice for His Majesty, you know?" ?”

Hua Manlou said with a sneer: "No, you really treat me like a dish? I'm not a wise man, do you really think that I can solve problems perfectly?"

"That's good." Although Wen Liang said so, he still added with some uncertainty: "No matter what method they use, whether it's aggressive or flattering, don't just issue a military order... "

"Do you have confidence or no confidence in me?" Hua Manlou couldn't laugh or cry: "I remember telling you before that if the Tianjin Navy's fleet fails, the Japanese pirates cannot be eradicated. Not only because of the Japanese pirates at sea, but also because of the war in the Japanese country, what can I do to fight the Japanese without conditions?"

Wan Cheng Yanran glanced at Wen Liang at the side, and then said coquettishly, "Sister Wen is worried about your safety, you just listen, why bother to say these things?"

Hua Manlou hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, I'm listening!"

He said so, but Hua Manlou's thoughts turned to other places: He was very polite when we met before, but after meeting today, he suddenly became a sister and sister. It can be said that they are very close, and they even join hands to hate themselves. ...

The relationship between girls is too delicate!

(I really fell asleep this time~)

344. Sun Thief!

Speaking of which, Huamanlou is also very popular.

The honeymoon is only a few days away, and she is still in a state of eating marrow, knowing the taste and sweetness, and the things on Wenliang's side have just been straightened out, although I dare not expect to win it before marriage, but at least hug She probably doesn't mind a hug...

Cough, I'm already a fiancee anyway, so what if I just eat some tofu?

As a decent salted fish, if you don't play some unsuitable games with your daughter-in-law at home, what kind of battlefield will you be on?Is that the material?

It is true that the people in the southeast are extremely miserable, and the territory of Dazhao is in jeopardy, but this can't all be carried by a salted fish, can it?There are so many civil and military officials in the Great Zhao Dynasty Hall, all of whom are worthy of the emperor. How embarrassing to entrust such an important matter to a young man?

What's more, there are some people's personal grievances mixed in!

So on the way back to Beijing, when Su Jiuer suddenly asked if he was going to fight Japanese pirates, Hua Manlou said without hesitation: "I won't go, it's useless to go, I know how much I will be."

This is the truth.

Thinking back to the Ming Dynasty back then, what level was Hu Zongxian when he fought against the Japanese?

The military governor of the seven provinces in the southeast, at the rank of Marshal.

At that time, Marshal Hu had a lot of talents: Xu Wei, Shen Mingchen, Mao Kun, Wen Zhengming, Zheng Ruo in Wen, Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, Lu Tong in Wu, and it took two years to reorganize military discipline and close relatives. Mao Shishi was divided and disintegrated again, which made the Japanese trouble calm down.

Note that it is calm, not extinct. After all, the plague of Japanese pirates continued until the end of the Ming Dynasty, and...

After Qingliu Wang Bengu insisted on killing Wang Zhi, the captain of Wufeng, who was recruited by Hu Zongxian, the Japanese pirates at sea were completely freed.This destroyed Hu Zongxian's hard work, and the southeast suffered from the Japanese invasion for more than ten years.

Do you understand?

Daming's troubles are not outside, but in the court...

Compared with Hu Zongxian, Hua Manlou is only a military officer, and he is only a fifth-rank military officer with a thousand households. Who is to blame him in the local area?

So even if there is no personal grievance, it is really useless for him to go.

Even if Huamanlou was appointed governor of Southeast Asia, and tried his best to repeat what Hu Zongxian did, maybe a bitch would jump out and turn history back. Why bother?

So Hua Manlou simply explained to Su Jiu'er: "Relying on the guard to destroy the Japanese pirates is simply blowing the lamp... Uh, the words are a bit rough, just understand the spirit. In short, there is no one in a day that is enough to defend The fleet of maritime sovereignty, the Japanese pirates are hard to exterminate in one day, even if it is useless to purge military discipline or completely reform the military system now. Speaking of it, it seems that you have never cared about this, why are you asking about this today?"

Hua Manlou thought she wanted to ask herself to think more about the people, but Jiu'er said calmly, "I can't protect you when you go to the battlefield."

Hua Manlou: "...I thought you said that you need to pay extra money to go to the battlefield."

"I... don't like money."

Well, let me tell you a joke, for a person who doesn’t love money, the asking price for a three-year guard is 3 taels of silver...

Well, it's not funny, maybe she really has something to do.

So far Huamanlou doesn't know Su Jiu'er very well, but one thing is certain: Jiu'er is very competent, even in Xishanbo's mansion, she is always vigilant, and the scope of her activities is basically within Huamanlou's calling. Within the reaction distance, he is inseparable when going out. In short, he is a very reliable guard.

It's just a little boring, and I can't say a few words without seeing her all day.

"Then what do you like?" Hua Manlou was suddenly curious about what she liked.

"Eat, sleep."

After saying this, Su Jiu'er closed her eyes and rested her mind, while Hua Manlou looked out of the window in boredom: I should have brought Qin'er with me, this girl can't talk at all...

……

After returning to Beijing, Uncle Huai'an also told Huamanlou not to talk too much at the court meeting tomorrow, and not to get involved in this matter.This makes Huamanlou very depressed, why are both of them like this?

I'm just a salty fish, but in the eyes of my own father and daughter-in-law, why does I seem to be a thing?

And for some reason, Hua Manlou always felt that Uncle Huai'an's eyes would occasionally glance over his legs...

It must be an illusion, right?My dear father shouldn't let himself avoid this incident by breaking his leg, right?

Well, it must be an illusion, they are about to get married, and my father should not be so cruel, after all, it is my father.

Early the next morning.

It is estimated that Huamanlou was woken up at two o'clock in the morning, and after swallowing some bread with sleepy eyes, he was dragged into the carriage by Huaianbo in a daze and headed for Miyagi.

Therefore, going to court is really not something that people do.

The gate of the palace doesn't open until [-]:[-] in the morning, but at [-]:[-] in the morning, you have to stay outside the Meridian Gate. You can only wait for two hours during this period. It's a waste of time, and it's a coincidence that there is light rain today... …

Fortunately, Huamanlou's two father-in-laws-to-be are big brothers, so after getting off the carriage, Uncle Huai'an was greeted by Mr. Ying Guogong who had arrived here earlier, and entered the value room next to the Meridian Gate, which made Huamanlou It is not necessary to hold an umbrella or wear a bamboo hat in the wind.

This was the first time Hua Manlou saw Duke Ying after their engagement, and also the first time he saw Elder Wen Ge as a prospective son-in-law.

Ying Guogong was very happy after seeing Huamanlou, he kept patting him on the shoulder to encourage and comfort, and by the way, he also said that he wanted him to treat Qi Wanrong well in the future, and Wen Ge's youngest...

Hua Manlou always felt that Lao Wen looked at her with a somewhat unfriendly gaze, which was comparable to that of her own father.

It's just that his father's eyes are always sweeping his legs, while Mr. Wen Ge is looking at his head, as if he wants to pick up something and throw it at him, which makes Huamanlou really trembling.