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

But he has already fallen into the pit, how can he save himself?

After a while, Nie Wenbing kowtowed again: "My minister...willing to go!"

After all, Nie Wenbing felt ashamed.

353. The World Is Big, There Are No Surprises

The matter of the Japanese pirates was decided in this way.

We all know that Pingwa can't be done in a day or two. The soldiers that should be transferred in the southeast have also been transferred, the battles that should be fought have also been fought, and the Japanese pirates have long since disappeared. Now we can only wait for Hua Manlou's own actions and Nie Wenbing In the southeast, the wind and the rain are stirring.

Therefore, when the dynasty was over, most people looked relaxed, as if the matter had really been resolved. With the cessation of the light rain, Da Zhao was bright and bright again, and the world was at peace again.

This is Da Zhao's court, and this is Da Zhao's civil servants.

Although being a salted fish is too lazy to do things, Hua Manlou is still very worried after receiving some information, and deeply feels that Da Zhao is following Da Ming's old path.

Occasionally, Hua Manlou wondered if her time travel was an arrangement of fate, to make up for the sympathy she had for the last Han Dynasty when she was studying history in the past, so she didn't stop.

Therefore, consciously or unconsciously, Hua Manlou will do some extra things, such as collecting information on Japanese pirates.

It's not for the sake of all the people in the world, it's not because of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and it's not because of wanting to climb to a high position. Playing "wake up to the power of the world, sleep on the knees of beauties", it's just to be worthy of my conscience and be worthy of that compassion.

Thousands of years ago, the doctor Sanlu swam in the river and pond, his face was haggard, his appearance was haggard, and he sighed that everyone was drunk and I was sober; a thousand years later, Huamanlou stood in Miyagi, looking gloomy, with anxious brows and eyes, and sighed that everyone was drunk and I was sober.

No one knows what's going on in the world right now than he does.

The renaissance has almost begun, and the West is gradually rising from barbarism. Maybe in a few days, a ship from an unknown country in the Mediterranean will dock in Dazhao’s harbor, hoping for a deal. If there is no agreement, there will be a war. .

At the same time, one fleet after another planted the flags of their own countries all over the world, and began round after round of colonial plunder.They study all kinds of things, seek the truth of this world, and then start a wave of technology boom.

And during this period, these people in the court of the Heavenly Dynasty were like birds, because of various reasons they began to dig various pits for future generations, causing future generations to spend a hundred years of humiliation, followed by dozens of years of humiliation. Nian gritted his teeth and chased desperately...

Therefore, Huamanlou, who followed Emperor Guangxing to the apse after the early court, was in a really happy mood, but when Emperor Guangxing asked, "Just now, in your words, there seems to be some unfinished meaning?" ’, Hua Manlou sighed softly and said, "Father, although I don't want to disturb you, I still want to say that some parts of Da Zhao are already rotten."

"Oh?"

Emperor Guangxing felt a little strange. After all, Hua Manlou had rarely talked to him like this before. If there was...

It is roughly the same as the prairie talk that Hua Manlou had when they first met.

"How do you see it? Tell me carefully."

Hua Manlou nodded, but his expression became more and more gloomy: "Father just asked why Chen Jiafu and Wei Xingchen became Japanese pirates. If the minister there told you, one of them is a scholar with a small talent and reputation, and may even be a gold medalist." The title; the other is a wealthy landlord with no shortage of money at all, does Emperor Father believe it?"

Emperor Guangxing was shocked: "How is it possible?"

Hua Manlou smiled wryly and said, "I thought I was wrong before, but the facts are the facts. One of these two went to sea 23 years ago, and the other went to sea 19 years ago. There are many opinions on why they went to sea and the truth is collected. The news is also very complicated, but the situation before they went to sea is very clear, and...the two of them went to sea in a hurry. At that time, Chen Jiafu's wife who had just passed the family died inexplicably, Wei Xingchen's old father disappeared mysteriously, and his own The family property has been changed hands several times..."

Emperor Guangxing opened his mouth and said after a while, "You mean, someone persecuted them?"

Hua Manlou shook his head and said: "The truth can no longer be found out, and it is not important. What is important is why a scholar or a landlord becomes a pirate enough to cause headaches for the court when he goes out to sea? Father knows, not only this According to my calculations, more than [-]% of all Japanese pirates are Han Chinese. Then why do these people want to live the life of licking blood on the knife edge?"

Emperor Guangxing's eyes widened: "You...you're not kidding, are you?"

Hua Manlou smiled wryly and said: "I also hope that I am joking. Father, these so-called Japanese pirates were all the people of Da Zhao before they went to sea, and they were all ordinary people. They each had their own reasons for going to sea. But did they really go to sea because they didn't respect education and seek wealth? My son thinks that if normal people can live on, they will generally never live the kind of life where there is no tomorrow."

Emperor Guangxing was silent.

Hua Manlou continued: "Besides, since this group of people are ordinary people, why did they become bandits who could make Da Zhao's regular army lose face when they went out to sea? 300 people beat the guards to 4000 People are running around, can these people really fight ten against one?"

"In addition to these, I also mentioned Nanri Water Village. After it was occupied by Japanese pirates, Xinghua Prefecture and Ping Haiwei did not wipe them out, but did something that seemed very smart." Hua Manlou said With a bitter smile on his face: "The magistrate of Xinghua Prefecture has set up a tax similar to Ping'an silver, which is distributed to all the people, but this Ping'an silver is handed over to Japanese pirates. It is really spending money to buy peace..."

"What did you say?" Emperor Guangxing trembled with anger, "Have you verified this matter?"

Hua Manlou did not answer directly, but continued: "The Japanese pirates stationed in Nanri Water Village can go ashore freely, and they can also swagger through the market in Xinghua Prefecture and squander their money wantonly, but their main looting is Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Zhangzhou and even Yanping really did not commit any crimes against Xinghua Prefecture, and even repelled other Japanese pirates who came to attack the autumn wind. Therefore, Xinghua Prefecture is the only place in Fujian and Zhejiang that has not been invaded by Japanese pirates in recent years. In the truth, he even praised the prefect of Xinghua, and the inspector censor even gave him a good evaluation..."

Speaking of this, Hua Manlou suddenly laughed: "Father, do you think this magistrate is smart? He really spends a small amount of money to do big things, keep his one-third of an acre of land safe, and let the local brothel run it very well." Prosperous, his own official career is also extremely smooth, and he is also complacent, often boasting about the peace he brought to Xinghua Mansion..."

Seeing Hua Manlou laughing, Emperor Guangxing gradually calmed down, and even wanted to laugh a little.

"The local gentry also said that when he left office, he would give him the Umbrella of the People, wishing him every step of the way. In addition, some people in the court even praised him, saying how excellent he is as an official, and how much he loves the people like a son...Father, the world It’s so big, it’s full of surprises, hahahaha..."

Emperor Guangxing looked at Huamanlou who seemed to be crying from laughter, and finally said a word after a long time: "You are right, some parts of Dazhao are already rotten."

354. Don't even think about it, big niece

This conversation can be said to be the most unhappy one since Emperor Guangxing and Hua Manlou became friends, even worse than the first time.

And before that, Emperor Guangxing dumped the problem to Huamanlou for him to solve, but now Huamanlou found out the problem and dumped it to Emperor Guangxing.

Last summer, all the big and small officials in Datong fell from the horse. I can still vividly remember that Emperor Guangxing had already seen it once, but now he has learned it again, and he has a question: the imperial examinations for scholars are all Talented people who have read the books of sages should be the moral role models of the people no matter what, and they should act according to the principles of sages, but why did this official stop doing human affairs in front of the public?What step went wrong?

Killing is simple, all it takes is an imperial decree.Cleaning is also simple, and only one decree is required.But after killing people and carrying out a big cleansing, who can guarantee that the replacement will not be worse?

Moreover, who gave these people such courage?

Emperor Guangxing originally wanted to ask Huamanlou about Tianjin Wei, and wanted to know more about how he would deal with the Japanese pirates, but according to Huamanlou, it is actually very simple to fight the Japanese pirates, and only one is enough to fight the Japanese pirates. It's nothing more than a powerful navy, these flowers can be easily handled by Huamanlou.

But if you want to completely quell the scourge of Japanese pirates, first of all, the court can't be too outrageous.If there were talents like the magistrate of Xinghua Prefecture everywhere, it would be impossible for Huamanlou to completely wipe out the Japanese pirates even if they were exhausted.

So Emperor Guangxing made up his mind and felt that it was time to do something.

And Hua Manlou didn't say anything more, let alone the matter of commanding the sea or opening up sea trade. Today's talk is enough.

Not long after Huamanlou left, Lu Kun and Ying Guogong, commanders of the Xuanwu Guard, received a secret decree, and they would send people from the capital to go southeast to do what Huamanlou had done in detail.

This was not because Emperor Guangxing didn't trust Huamanlou, but because Huamanlou focused on collecting information about Japanese pirates, and there were bound to be some omissions.Therefore, Lu Kun and Ying Guogong collected illegal information from officials. This information would not only be sent to the capital, but also to a certain unlucky minister who was about to hang himself after returning home.

This unlucky Shangshu also received an imperial decree from the cabinet and the Secretary of General Administration. He will set off within three days to patrol the southeast for the emperor as an imperial envoy. After this trip, he probably won't be able to return...

At the same time, a few civil servants who had just gathered together to conspire with panicked expressions came to Dongchang before they had time to think of a way, and pressed them to the ground without saying a word.

When these old people were taken away, they shouted wronged all the way, that they were also deceived, that they were for the sake of the people and the country, and so on, but after being slapped twice by an impatient fan, they withered away. I only hate myself for why I didn't run for my life or hang myself immediately after leaving court...

But these have nothing to do with Huamanlou, just wait for the news of the death of a certain minister.

This wave, although the cause was Nie Wenbing's unreasonable desire for revenge, but in the end it turned into a dog biting a dog, anyway...

As far as this group of moths are concerned, it is unjust to kill even a few of them with their eyes closed. Kindness to them is cruelty to future generations. Killing a few more may save a few more innocent people.

……

After leaving the palace, Hua Manlou looked up at the gradually clearing sky and breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though I had to pay more attention to Tianjin Wei because I wanted to cheat Nie Wenbing, and I might even say that I had to go out with them a few times to actually fight the Japanese pirates a few times, but what happened today is really worthy of my conscience.

Sacrificing a so-called Shangshu may give Da Zhao a few more breaths, and it is impossible to say that Da Zhao... Or in the future, the Celestial Dynasty will really have a magnificent turn and continue to stand on the top of the world. Those who don't know the so-called stick devils are trembling.And as far as those small countries in the West are concerned, why should they come to this land of civilization that has been passed down for thousands of years to play wild?

It's just...

Looking at Su Jiu'er who came up to welcome her, Hua Manlou sighed slightly, and smiled at her, "I told you yesterday not to fight the Japanese pirates, but looking at the situation now, it seems like I'm going to renege on my promise."

Su Jiu'er didn't even change her expression when she heard that, she just nodded and said calmly, "I'll go with you."

Hua Manlou smacked his lips: "By the way, don't you really need to add money?"

Jiu'er stopped talking and quietly walked behind Hua Manlou, waiting for him to get into the carriage.

this girl...

It's really boring.

There is a cold beauty like Su Jiuer who is the opposite of her... Well, a hot-tempered beauty, just as Huamanlou stepped into the house, she saw someone rushing towards her like a ball of fire, without saying a word, she punched Huaman Lou's chest, accompanied by a loud roar: "Are you stupid? If you go to fight Japanese pirates like this, can you survive? I'm not married yet, and I don't want to be a widow!"

Seeing this behavior of beating his employer, Su Jiu'er, who was supposed to stop him, didn't react in the slightest, and the servants of the Hua family around him also pretended not to see it, but Hua Manlou couldn't help crying and laughing: "Why did you come here?"

"Why can't I come? Anyway, I will be part of your family in a few days!" Qi Wanrong looked at Huamanlou angrily, stomped her foot and said, "Don't interrupt, I said, are you stupid? You are going to fight Japanese pirates when you are about to get married?"

"It's as if I was crying and shouting to be beaten." Hua Manlou rolled her eyes, and led her to the front hall: "Stop sticking to the door, are you really not afraid of other people's gossip?"

Seeing him like this, Qi Wanrong couldn't get irritable anymore, and said sadly: "What can I do, the kiss didn't work out!"

Hua Manlou originally thought that meeting her would be embarrassing, for example, that was the case when he and Wen Liang got engaged that day, but now it seems that he thought too much, or Qi Wanrong didn't think about anything at all...

In short, it's good to get along like this, even if it still looks like brothers in the past, but it seems that many slow-moving men and women develop in this way?

"Forget it, anyway, after I marry you, you will be a member of your Hua family. I will follow you wherever you go, and we will die together even if you die." Qi Wanrong's face was determined, as if she really wanted to accompany Huaman Lou went to die.

Hua Manlou was even more dumbfounded: "What do you mean, it's like I'm really going to die?"

Qi Wanrong pouted: "Knives and guns have no eyes on the battlefield, and a single shot can kill you. Is it really the same as the war against Wala before?"

Even though Qi Wanrong kept complaining and complaining, her concern couldn't be overshadowed, and immediately dispelled the last trace of haze in Huamanlou's heart.

So, it seems that having more daughters-in-law is also beneficial, even if they just mess around and clean up the mess for them, it's better than going to fight with Japanese pirates, right?

So Hua Manlou chuckled: "It's as if you are good at fighting! Hearing what you mean, you still want to fight with me? Tell you, don't even think about it, niece, stay in Xishan honestly!"

"Grandma gave you face? You stop!"

355. Pinch in the air

Hua Manlou didn't immediately set off back to Xishan to prepare for the fight against the Japanese pirates. For the next two days, he spent the next two days collecting all relevant information at the Ministry of War and Xuanwuwei.

As a modern person, he knows the importance of information better than anyone else, especially in a war. It is very likely that a seemingly insignificant piece of information can lead to the outcome of a war.

Speaking of it, there are some differences between Da Zhao and Da Ming. For example, Da Zhao never made seven voyages to the West.

Of course, if it was placed in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it would have little to do with whether or not the voyages to the West were made. The tributary system established by the seven voyages to the West has long since collapsed, and it is rumored that the sea charts were also burned by a minister of the Ministry of War who claimed to be the country and the people. .

So, there are always some people who cheat the country and harm the people under the guise of being loyal to the emperor and patriotism, turning history back.

Closer to home, the absence of a voyage to the west means that Da Zhao’s ocean voyage is basically blank. The sea charts along the southeast coast are okay, but the sea charts after leaving the offshore are simply blank. At most, only a few fragments can be found. Description - It's like after a certain minister of the Ministry of War burned the sea charts of Ming Dynasty's voyages to the West.

Of course, some people who understand the ocean may be found in the southeast, but now Huamanlou can only smile bitterly. Who made people's awareness of ocean sovereignty so weak these days?

Apart from charts, Huamanlou wanted to collect the records of Japanese pirates' looting to analyze the scope of their activities.

There is not much effective information in Beizhili. Japanese pirates generally do not come to Bohai Bay. Even the Jiaozhou Peninsula has few records of Japanese pirates looting. There is only one in the past ten years, and it is very clear that this one is full of flowers—that is, The time when the magistrate of Tianjin was kidnapped.

But after crossing Andongwei, that is, after arriving at the border of Nanzhili, the records of Japanese pirates' looting increased sharply. There have been three incidents in the Huaiyang area this year, and there have been more in Suzhou and Hangzhou.

According to the detailed description in the dossier, Hua Manlou deduced that the three robberies of Huai'an Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion belonged to the same group of Japanese pirates, with more than a dozen large and small warships and no more than four hundred people.Judging from the scope of their activities, their strongholds are generally located on a few islands east of the mouth of the Yangtze River, and...

It is very likely that this group of Japanese pirates did the battle of Chongming Island this time.

According to Huamanlou's analysis, because of the large number of the three Japanese wolves, looting can no longer meet their needs, and their main business is smuggling.However, the Japanese pirates who attacked Chongming did not do this kind of thing. They robbed purely for the sake of plundering. From this point of view, this group of people generally does not belong to the three Japanese pirates.

In other words, if you beat this group of people, there is a high probability that you won't get started and you will provoke the three big monsters, so after thinking twice, Hua Manlou decided to practice with this group of people first.

It has to be said that this decision can be described as very helpless.

The navy of a superpower doesn't dare to provoke a smuggling group. Isn't it shameful to say it?

But the reality is the reality. Before the Great Zhao Navy has made great progress, provoking the three big Japanese is very likely to lead to the complete destruction of the Tianjin Navy, and even lead to crazy revenge, which Huamanlou cannot afford.

However, a country is a country after all. Once you realize the importance of maritime sovereignty and devote yourself to the development of naval forces, what are the three giants?

Therefore, the first battle of the Tianjin navy must be won, and it must be won beautifully, because this is not only related to the development of the new navy, but also related to his face, and...

Just look at the court, everyone thinks the Japanese pirates are cruel, and tens of thousands of guards are mobilized to chase and intercept them at every turn-this is not to attach importance to the Japanese pirates, this is a true portrayal of the great Zhao Wensheng's military decline, so this battle is also about whether it can be done Break this stereotype and boost Da Zhao's spirit.

Therefore, Huamanlou is very cautious and dare not slack off.

After the capital had collected all the information that could be collected, Huamanlou once again sincerely asked Lu Kun, who should be his immediate boss, to collect all information about the ocean for him along the coast, and to find all useful people, even It can be any Japanese pirate who was caught after placing an order accidentally.

This is also a helpless solution. After all, the people of Da Zhao are so unfamiliar with the ocean, so they can't fill it with a lot of money and lives, right?

Even if it can be filled, there is not so much time...

"I said, when are you going to fight Japanese pirates? I haven't seen your number before. What's going on in other people's warehouses before the war?"

After leaving Beizhen Fusi, Qi Wanrong began to complain.

These few days, Qi Wanrong has been busy with Huamanlou, but Miss Qi is not a person who can calm down and look up information?Even though she has been holding back her temper because she can stay with Huamanlou all day long, but...

As Qiaoqiao said, there are no flowers and no moon in the study, how can there be any atmosphere at all?So after a few days, Qi Wanrong was exhausted physically and mentally.

Hua Manlou sneered, "Are you the one who claims to be familiar with the art of war? Know yourself and your enemy, dear, you don't even know where the Japanese pirates are, so how do you fight them?"

Qi Wanrong froze for a moment, and resentfully said: "Then...then you can't rummage through those military newspapers all day long, right? At least it's okay to ask someone?"

Hua Manlou nodded: "Why don't you ask?"

Qi Wanrong froze again.