Chapter 882: On Merit and Demerit

Jiaozhi County dispatched 258 sea ships, completely annihilated Pu Shima, the largest maritime force in the South China Sea, burned more than 300 enemy ships, sank more than 100 ships, and captured dozens of ships!

According to the calculation of 50 people on a ship, the scale of the dispatch of troops this time is also more than 10,000 people, and about 30,000 people are eliminated, which is even larger than the scale of the previous water battle to exterminate the Yuanjiang Naval Division.

The matter was not approved by the Privy Council, which immediately caused an uproar.

Cai Jianli of the Zhiyuan impeached Su You, Wang Shao, and Li Shunju to start a war without permission, and challenged the powerful forces with the strength of Jiaozhi, hoping to be lucky, and intended to invite rewards, even if it succeeded for a while, it was not enough to corrupt the system, and asked Zhao Ji to govern poorly.

The function of the Imperial Court is to hear about the news, not necessarily listen to everything, as long as there is movement, it can be activated.

However, the information prepared by Su You and the three of them is very detailed, starting from the Yunzhou Trade Fair.

Your Majesty, the scale of trade in the South China Sea has exceeded 30 million yuan, and the city has collected 1 million yuan in transaction tax alone, and the results are very gratifying.

However, at the meeting, many maritime merchants and envoys from various countries put forward a request for the Great Song Dynasty to ensure the safety of the South China Sea shipping lanes and crack down on piracy.

In the end, it developed into a joint letter of blood written by various countries, pointing out the various crimes of the sea bandits who stifled their tribute roads, and asking the suzerainty to intervene.

In view of the fact that all the maritime merchants had purchased a huge amount of goods, and there were many envoys from many countries traveling with them, in order to protect their safety on the way back, the city shipping division decided to dispatch the Ning Navy to escort the merchants and envoys.

As a result, when the vanguard fleet of the escort advanced to Macheng, it was unreasonably blocked and intercepted by pirates.

When the warning was fruitless and the pirates began to charge the Song fleet, Wang Shao decisively ordered a counterattack, and the Battle of Macheng officially began.

Fortunately, the Emperor Song Tianyou, the soldiers and the strength, the small rebels were defeated by my heroic Great Song soldiers, and after losing hundreds of warships, the remnants fled to the port of Macheng, the old nest, and were surrounded and annihilated by me in the port.

This battle declared the absolute hegemony of the Great Song Dynasty naval division in the South China Sea, occupied Penang, Macheng, Longya City three straits to rush, the merchants and envoys of various countries were happy to run to the Great Song Dynasty, and they all sang the praises of the great Song Dynasty's Shengde Tianen, everyone agreed on the "South China Sea Maritime Convention" in Macheng Port, and held a celebration and groundbreaking ceremony.

Because of the haste of the incident, there was no time to report it thousands of miles away, and the chief officials of Jiaozhi County knew that they were deeply responsible, and they specially asked His Majesty and Zhongshu for their guilt.

Fortunately, the ending is satisfactory, the national letters of the countries, the previous appeal and crying, and the subsequent signing of the covenant are all in progress, please Your Majesty and the Chinese book to check carefully.

In addition, a chart of the South China Sea was attached for the imperial court's reference.

By the way, in this operation, the army also found two huge tin mines in Penang and Longya City, and the pirates in Longya City alone hoarded as many as 100,000 catties of tin ingots.

As for the soldiers who fought bravely and the generals who commanded the enemy, they all obeyed orders and successfully completed the task.

In addition, how to arrange the land of the three states, please also ask the Chinese book to discuss, and the ministers should be fearful.

Zhao Ji convened a court meeting of officials above the two systems to discuss the issue of Jiaozhi.

In the palace of the emperor, on the side of the throne, there are two large vases, one black and one white, one more than one person high.

The large black vase is carved from coal, in the form of a square bottle, inlaid with several colors of amber, and the four sides are the cochin scenery of bas-relief, which are Yezhou Industrial Base, Halong Bay Beauty, Meizhou Harbor, and Yunzhou Haishi.

The other large bottle, exactly the same as the black large bottle, but it was as bright as silver tin, which was made by Su You to make people turn the mold with coal essence and cast it temporarily, and was inlaid with red, blue, yellow and green gemstones.

On the two large bottles, the strange terroir and products of Cochin are displayed, the elephants in the banana forest, the harbor where the Tibetan boats gather, the envoys of the Tibetan people in strange costumes in the market, the whales and dolphins in the sea......

Zhao Ji sat on the Huali high-backed chair presented by Jiaozhi County, with a huge science and engineering drawing board on his side, and on it was a map of the territory of the South China Sea made by Shen Kuo: "Let's discuss it, this time Jiaozhi County sent troops, should be rewarded and punished?" ”

Cai did secretly complain in his heart, Your Majesty, you are acting in a way, and it is clear that you want to favor Jiaozhi's side.

He is a new newcomer, mainly under the banner of the firm successor of the new law, and has been appreciated by Zhao Ji, who has impeached conservatives again and again, and has succeeded again and again, eliminating political enemies all the way, climbing from the imperial history to the Zhiyuan, and promoting the important position of Sinong Temple.

Su You was still the top boss who promoted him from the mud of corruption and bribery, and when Su You was the governor of Weizhou, Cai was indeed the general sentence, but in turn he impeached Su You.

But this time, Cai did obviously miscalculate, attracting a blank eye from the DPRK and China, and he did not get the reputation of "impeachment does not shy away from personal favors" at all.

Su oil seems harmless to humans and animals, and often makes people ignore its influence in the DPRK.

I saw the privy envoy Feng Jing coming out: "Your Majesty, before the minister came, he was discussing the chart with Guo Kui, the privy councillor who signed the book, and Guo signed the book and laughed at the minister, saying that it was Penang, Macheng, and Longya Port, which are the three locations, and they only need to show their eyes, although the three-year-old child also knows the weight of its cardinal, why not?" ”

"If in normal times, my Great Song Dynasty will be criticized by all countries, but it is rare that this time it is the countries that seek to be willing, my Great Song Dynasty is not only famous, but also highly praised, which can be described as fame and fortune."

Guo Kui stepped forward: "Heaven does not take it, but suffers the blame, it is rare to have this golden opportunity, my Great Song Dynasty proudly controls the strait, and from then on I have the initiative." What is difficult for the minister to understand is how Su Mingrun's vision is so accurate, and why Wang Shao is so capable of using troops, and he was stunned to wipe out more than 500 warships! ”

"It's not so easy to drive five hundred pigs into the pen, right?!"

Zhao Ji was so happy when he heard it, but the palace attendant Yu Shi stepped forward: "You must not be rude before the saint!" ”

This is Su You's method of teaching Guo Kui, Lao Guo, when you return to Beijing this time, don't be bombarded by the civil officials anymore, teach you to be obedient, make big mistakes and keep making small mistakes, which is a good way to protect yourself.

Sure enough, Guo Kui hurriedly excused himself, and then said honestly: "Wang Shao commands the army, or likes to use strange, but Su Mingrun's style is well known to the ministers, and he is a hundred times more cautious than the ministers." Once he's done what we think is a trick, it's definitely time for him to be sure, it's just that we don't know what kind of sharp and weird tricks he's coming up with. ”

Zhao Ji laughed and waved away the palace attendant: "Although Taiwei Guo's words are ugly, the truth is true, and it can be said that things are like gods." I'll pass on the secret story of this naval battle to you in a moment, and I'll know what's going on. ”

Except for Zhao Ji, everyone is a jinshi, and the exams of that year were all military books, and the charts were placed there, with three positions, separate heads, bodies, and tails to guard the strait, and no one could pinch their noses and deny that they were not important.

What's more, there is a big profit from tin mines, it can only be said that the Great Song Dynasty has missed it this time.

Li Chengzhi, the third envoy, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, there are famous ministers in Jiaozhi according to the rule: Li Shunju is old and steady, Su Mingrun is fluent and harmonious, Wang Shao is like a god with soldiers, Jiaozhi is a minister, Li Daocheng is the leader of Nanhai Wenzong, and Su Mingrun gets along. ”

"But Your Majesty, the rest of the world, I'm afraid there is no such ability, Nong Zhigao, Li Changjie's old affairs, are all caused by the improper measures of the border ministers."

"We can't just see Su Mingrun destroy Jiaozhi and pirates, we should see that he doesn't work for the imperial court every time he fights, and he earns ten times the cost of revitalizing the army."

"I think that all military ministers should be strictly ordered, and they must not start a war without permission, unless he can be like Su Mingrun, otherwise even if he is victorious, the army will not be successful, and he should be punished to set an example for the future!"

From the perspective of national finance and security, what Li Chengzhi said is also right, Zhao Ji nodded in agreement: "Since this is the case, but now is to discuss the aftermath of Jiaozhi Road, what Qing Zhi said can be discussed later." ”

Han Zhongyan, the deputy envoy of the household department, came out of the ranks: "Thousands of miles away, the military opportunity is fleeting in a blink of an eye, and it is impossible to command the pre-surrender, and the great opportunity will be missed in vain." ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen feels that he can be granted the right to do things urgently, but in order to do so, he must keep up with the gains and losses after the fact, since he dares to do it, he must stand up to inspection, not to mention the award of the best, especially the inferior, he must be severely punished!"

Han Zhongyan is the son of Han Qi, and Zhao Ji also values him, so he nodded and said, "What Aiqing said is very good. ”