The shrewd and spicy Uncle Zhang was a little confused and confused by the impact of the pirates. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When this kind of iron-clad loyal minister who was absolutely loyal and swore to defend the Great Song Dynasty and the emperor also questioned the prospect of the Great Song Dynasty, which was still prosperous and powerful on the surface, it was a sign that the country had reached the end of the road and was not far from destruction.

Uncle Zhang didn't have a long-term vision at night, and he was not a future traveler, so he naturally didn't know this, but his heart was full of depression and confusion.

When they saw the row of sleek corpses of bureaucrats hanging from the city, Zhang Bofen and Zhang Zhongxiong felt that it would damage the majesty of the court and hinder Guan Zhan, and asked their father if they had been relieved and buried.

"What are you doing here?"

Uncle Zhang roared at night, his cold and violent eyes swept over the fat and ugly corpses of the first evildoers such as the general judges, deputy generals, prison guards, and judicial dignitaries of Zhucancao who had colluded with him in the past, extremely disgusted, and at the same time there was a joy and hatred in his heart.

His horsewhip pointed at the corpse and said hatefully: "It is these dogs and things that have brought disaster to the country and the people that have scattered the hearts of the people of my great Song Dynasty, and I should have died a long time ago." As a father, he was bound by the legal system of the court and the rules of officialdom, although he hated that he couldn't behead them with his own hands, but he was prevented by the traitors in the court and couldn't really do it, and now they were killed and humiliated by pirates, completely self-inflicted, died well, and humiliated well. ”

scolded so badly that he couldn't understand his hatred, and he sneered again: "Even if it's dead, the official won't let it be better." When the emperor was treated, he said that when these shameless thieves saw the pirates coming, they did not think of serving the country loyally and resisting the thieves, and they rushed to abandon the city and flee one by one, but they were intercepted and killed by the pirates.

Do evil and die, and want to die to get the honor of martyrdom with the city? Don't. I want him to die silently and shamelessly, to be covered up by the imperial court, and it is impossible to leave a name in history for 10,000 years. ”

Zhang Bofen and Zhang Zhongxiong were shocked by his father's sky-high anger, and he didn't dare to say more, but said honestly: "Yes, father." ”

Uncle Zhang vented at night, felt better, regained his senses, thought about it and said, "Solve it." It's not about leaving them with dignity. It is afraid that the city will cause a plague. We must not let them die and create iniquity in the world. Untie the distance to a no-man's land and hang on a tree to continue. ”

After the instructions were over, he asked his son to continue to urge the people in the city to clean up the corpses as soon as possible, and go back to the yamen to write a memorabilia.

There's so much to write about.

It is necessary to remind the emperor that piracy is not simple, and he must not underestimate this overseas force, and strictly guard against conspiracy to steal the country; to persuade the emperor not to ruin the young and promising official Marquis Wencheng; It is necessary to warn the ministers of the court and the central government that the Great Song Dynasty is not prosperous and indestructible, on the contrary, it is already in danger of destroying the country, and it is no longer blindly corrupted for selfish desires. It is necessary to crack down on smuggling and put an end to pirates luring the people......

Uncle Zhang wrote a few words hard at night, dropped the pen in despair, and smiled bitterly.

What's the use of writing these?

If these are really written, then this twist and turn will not appear on the emperor's imperial case at all. Not only is it useless, but it will also lead to the disaster of destruction.

Zhang Shuye is not a loyal minister who is corrupt, and he will not risk his life to bury his family in vain just to fulfill his duty as a loyal minister.

Just as the pirates hinted, he wanted to stay useful and work hard to do something for the Great Song Dynasty and the people.

After a lot of thought, in the end, he only wrote a confession of loss of power and humiliation of the country, saying that the pirates were brave and cunning and scheming, luring the people to take refuge with smuggling, the thieves came, the officials rushed to surrender or flee but were killed, his family fought to the death, his nephew was killed, and the city was lost.

What he writes is disguised but generally factual, and it can stand up to scrutiny.

The officials in the city did want to abandon their duties and flee as soon as they heard that the pirates were coming, but they were trapped by him, the chief official, who sealed the city and severely punished them, and as a result, they were basically killed and hanged like pigs in the surrender or escape when the city was broken.

Besides, the officials of Haizhou, except for his family, all the others are dead or gone. He is what he says.

The city of Tokyo is still full of singing and dancing, as it was in the old days.

The pirates raided quickly, lightly broke through the city, wiped out all the officials who attacked the land, and quickly swept away the local bullies and gentry who had colluded with the government and had the strength to reconnoiter in advance according to the accuracy of the pre-reconnaissance, but as a result, no one reported the fall of the Jianghuai coast, and the nearby state capitals that had not been hit knew nothing for a while, and after a few days they noticed that the people in the jurisdiction began to flee in a big way, and the bureaucrats were shocked when they heard about the murderous elimination of corrupt officials and the means of raiding their homes and destroying their homes. I wanted to abandon the city and flee and was afraid that I would be held accountable by the imperial court, and my future would be ruined, so I didn't have time to find out the details, so I hurriedly reported to the imperial court for support while strictly guarding the city.

They don't know what to say, and they can't tell the extent of the piracy.

It's not uncommon for pirates to commit crimes. It's rare not to offend. The court did not pay attention to the report immediately, but only judged that the magistrate was afraid of the pirates and listened to the wind and was timid and afraid of things or exaggerated the thief's feelings, and took the opportunity to show his merit and seek to rise to the top.

Bai Shizhong, Zhang Bangchang and other prime minister-level ministers believed that the Great Song Dynasty was now on guard against pirates. The coastal cities are heavily armed, and they are no longer as careless and easy to break down as before. If the pirates storm the city, they will break a few big teeth, and if they don't want to suffer heavy casualties, they will definitely be defeated, and they will only rob some people and money in the countryside, what else can they do?

At this time, Cai Jing was overwhelmed by the sudden disappearance of many children and grandchildren.

He has many children and grandchildren, and if he disappears, he will only lose his family and lose people, and he will not really take it seriously, but will only be angry that the authority of the Cai family is provoked and rebelled.

The key is that all the outstanding children and grandchildren who he placed high hopes on stayed in the capital for the convenience of officials and carefully instructed and cultivated at any time have all disappeared, and there is only one honest but useless fifth son and a few wastes left in the family.

This can cost half the life of the old Cai Jing, who is extremely obsessed with and values power.

The kidnappers are cunning and skillful, and such a big kidnapping case can be done without leaving any traces and no traces, and there are no valuable clues to be found, I don't know who is so powerful in Tokyo and dares to break ground on the tiger's head so boldly, and I don't know what the robbers' intentions are, the old guy feels helpless for the first time.

In the past few days, he has no intention of going to the court council, saying that he is sick at home, but because he is concerned about power and the dynamics of the court, he learned that the pirates on the southern coast are making trouble, and then his mind suddenly moved, and he felt that the kidnapping case had an eyebrow, and his heart became more and more frightened but there was a glimmer of hope for luck.

Sure enough, a ransom letter then appeared, in which the kidnappers demanded 20 million pieces of gold, silver, and jewelry, not precious calligraphy and paintings, and no copper coins.

Cai Jing saw that the kidnappers were so vulgar and not elegant, and first accepted that it was a pirate who lacked cultural background and was only obsessed with red goods, and in the annoyance that the thief dared to open his mouth like this, he saw the unique skull printing sign on the foot under the letter paper, and knew that it was the pirate, he looked up to the sky and sighed, hating the debauchery of the sons and the unruly love of fireworks and willow lane, so that the pirates had a chance to succeed easily.

It's just that no matter how much you hate, you have to do everything possible to rescue your outstanding children and grandchildren and inherit the power and glory of the Cai family. Otherwise, as soon as he retires, the Cai family will be finished.

Children and grandchildren fall into the hands of pirates, and pirates are not a powerful force that does not know his Cai family, as soon as he makes a move, he must be well-calculated, so don't expect to coax pirates to wait for the opportunity to rescue the hostages by force, if you want people, the ransom must be paid honestly. Cai Jing was extremely saddened to lose such a high ransom money.

This can make the old Cai Jing, who loves both power, majesty, glory and money, in a dilemma and heartache to death.

Cai Jing himself doesn't know how much money he has in his family, he only knows a lot, and he is still adding a lot of money to the bank.

After finding a housekeeper to take inventory, it is not a problem to take out 20 million gold jewelry shells, and there are still hundreds of thousands of surpluses, Lao Cai thought about it, and finally made up his mind to pay the money to ransom people. As long as the power is there, you can get it again when the money is gone. If the people are gone, the Cai family will have no future.

May the pirates keep their word and let their outstanding children and grandchildren return safely.

He didn't dare to delay, knowing that this was just a blackmail letter, and if he hesitated, the next time would definitely be a bloody warning. or a hand, or an ear, or even the life of an outstanding child or grandson of the Cai family. If it were the two sons who Cai Jing valued the most, the loss of compromise would be too great.

Since the ransom is to be paid, it should be paid quickly.

Cai Jing has been a prime minister for many years, and he has acted decisively, using his authority to mobilize some of the government's transport ships, and arranging for his cronies to secretly escort the huge ransom to a certain junction of the Huaihe River set by the pirates for settlement.

Nowadays, the sea and the big rivers like Jianghuai are the world of pirate warships, they can come and go when they want, the Song army can't stop them, and the navy doesn't even dare to take a look.

Cai Jing just wanted to play tricks and calculate, and after exchanging the hostages, he used officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress the kidnappers to relieve his hatred and grab the ransom, and there was no such possibility. Cai Jing, as the prime minister, also knew this, and did not bother to arrange the army to try to get it out of luck. He was also afraid that the pirates would be pervasive and would be angry when they noticed the arrangement of the officers and soldiers, and they had murderous intentions together.

The chief housekeeper of the Cai Mansion, who was in charge of this matter, saw the kidnapped children and grandchildren of the Cai family walking out of the pirate ship one by one in a panic, and saw that the little masters seemed to have no other problems except for their panicked expressions and sluggish spirits, and they didn't even see the imaginary traces of beating and abuse, and he finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

The legendary ferocious and evil pirates did not look vicious, and after reviewing and counting the ransom and being satisfied, they all smiled and shouted: "Xie Caixiang is generous." Then he set sail arrogantly and ran down the river to the sea, and soon left.

And Cai Jing was relieved when he saw that his children and grandchildren had come back safe and sound, and then he was furious, scolded and taught his children and grandchildren a lesson, and turned to concentrate on the huge wealth he had lost, and swore that he would take revenge on the pirates and thieves, and when the new warship built in Jiangzhou by mobilizing the power of shipbuilders from all over the country was ready, he would definitely kill the pirates. I don't want him to swear an oath, and the extortion letter of the pirate kidnappers came again, this time asking for one million yuan in exchange for the lives of Cai Shisan, the prefect of Suzhou, and his son, and he was quickly handed over within a limited time.

Cai Jing was horrified, he didn't expect that Suzhou Mansion, which was heavily guarded by strong soldiers, could be broken by pirates and capture alive the children and grandchildren he valued.

The old thief is invincible in officialdom, and he is indeed resilient and withstood the second heavy blow.

Since 20 million yuan has been paid before, it is nothing to pay another 1 million. I had no choice but to knock out my teeth and swallow it in my stomach again, and then pay the ransom honestly.

Pirates, like smuggling businesses, remain trustworthy. Cai Shisan's father and son came back safely, but this time they were tortured and suffered a lot, and their image was miserable.

Cai Jing's wealth that he had worked hard to loot for decades was almost gone, his heart was dripping blood, and he gritted his teeth more and more against pirates, but after listening to Cai Shisan's report on the ease with which Suzhou fell, he realized the horror of pirates and the seriousness of the matter.

The first time he did not report to the imperial court to rush to drive away the pirates and reduce the losses, but to think about the consequences of this disaster and the way to remedy it.

I can't report it, I didn't report the specific situation below, how can I know the details above? It can't be said that he privately exchanged the ransom for the accurate information that Cai Shisan learned. It was a traitor, not only could the prime minister's power and family reputation not be kept, but the Cai family would also lose power.

At this time, Uncle Zhang's recital arrived. The reports of specific disasters in various places have also come one after another.

When the emperor Zhao Ji, who was no longer in good health and graceful as before, heard that the cities of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in later generations had fallen, and the wealth and population were looted by pirates, he saw that all the southern Xia tax ships that were to be handed over to the capital were intercepted and robbed, and there were more than these two affected areas, and the state capitals along the coast and offshore of Jianghuai were generally in trouble, and the weight of the losses was unimaginable, and the pirate soldiers were in the state capital east of Henan, how far away from Tokyo Kaifeng? Endanger the capital division.

If the pirates are rampant, the capital will also be in danger! Zhao Ji was frightened, and in order to hide his embarrassment and panic, he pretended to be unwell and retreated to take a shower and change clothes.

Bai Shizhong, Zhang Bangchang and other traitors and bosses were also as pale as paper, and their bodies were shaky.

It's not that they're afraid of pirates coming to attack the capital. There are 800,000 forbidden troops in the capital, and there are millions of people who can help defend it, so they will not be afraid.

What they think about is what to do with the huge hole owed by the huge amount of loss that is so great?

Hundreds of thousands of Western soldiers' documents urging summer rations were piled up on the table like snowflakes.

The Northern Army also did not pull behind. These two military expenditures alone are a terrible figure. Don't dare to be in arrears yet.

If it is a big dynasty, the other expenses are also too much, and the aggregate is also an astonishing number. You have to hurry up. This is the duty of a prime minister.

If it doesn't work out, that person will be finished. How does this keep them from rushing?

Zhao Ji wrapped his head around Shu brocade as a sick man, and on the bed, he summoned the prime minister and military attache and important ministers to ask for advice.

Everyone was stunned by the bad news, Bai Shizhong, Zhang Bangchang, Tong Guan, Gao Yu and others played with power to murder people up to 10,000, this kind of urgency can have a fart trick.

Cai Jing was scheming and prepared, and at this time, the pillar of the old minister who did not change color before the collapse of Mount Tai and the old man who became the country appeared, and said: "The top priority is to transfer the capital army to Jianghuai to try to eliminate the main force of pirates, quickly drive away the pirates to reduce losses, combat the arrogance of pirates, and regain the wealth of the population as much as possible." ”

There is truth to this.

It is impossible to expect the already weak local army in the interior of the Jianghuai River to rescue the crisis. The fact that they were able to keep their jurisdiction was a great achievement. At this time, only the Beijing army can quickly assemble and mobilize the power to eradicate the pirates.

Zhao Ji nodded.

Cai Jing played the second ...... Di'an, praise Cai Xiang.

Subsequently, Gao Yu hurriedly came out to show his loyalty to the country, and asked for instructions to personally lead the army to conquer and suppress.

Zhao Ji was happy, or Gao Qing was intimate, and ordered General Zhenguo (Zheng Erpin) to lead 100,000 Beijing troops to rush to Jiangnan to recapture Suzhou and Hangzhou and block the pirates' land retreat. He ordered Gao Yu and Gao Taiwei (Zheng Erpin) to be the main general, and the champion general and Huaihua General (Zheng Sanpin) to lead 300,000 Beijing troops as the backup, and was responsible for clearing the rebels who fornicated with pirates along the way and exterminating the pirates who went deep into the interior. He ordered the hussar general (who was also the highest military attache from the first rank) and the military department Shangshu Shifu to lead the remaining 400,000 forbidden troops in the capital to strictly defend Gyeonggi. The royal forbidden troops such as the left and right guards, the dragon guards, and the guards strictly guarded the palace.

The problem of grain and grass, because the summer tax even the precocious Jiangnan region has not yet arrived, the capital is short of grain and grass, if it cannot make up for the losses caused by the pirates, the capital will also suffer from hunger, and now it can not provide the consumption of the army, according to Cai Jing's law, the army requisitioned the tax grain prepared by the government along the way to solve the urgent need.

Zhao Ji was most afraid of pirates killing in the capital, and paid more attention to the cadres who stayed in the capital. In this way, Gao Yu's henchmen Qiu Yue, Zhou Ang and others with real skills can't go with Gao Yu.

How can Gao Yu lead troops to fight?

He actively behaved, but he had other thoughts, and when he left the palace, he first arranged for 100,000 forbidden troops to send away the founding nobles of the general of Zhenguo. He is preparing elite soldiers, and the 100,000 deceiving the emperor is to take the army to protect him, after all, he has been trained from time to time, and the soldiers are all tall and strong, have martial arts, always have a certain combat effectiveness, and have high obedience. The remaining 200,000 were selected from the entire army he could control, and those who were strong, powerful, able to fight, and more obedient.

During this period, Cai Jing summoned Gao Yu and confessed: "The pirates have grown so fast and are so arrogant, all due to smuggling. In order to solve the long-term troubles of the imperial court and lock up the growth of pirates, it is necessary to crack down on smugglers first. It is best for Mr. Gao to focus on this expedition this time. As for the pirates, the money and food that they could grab were sent away long ago, and they couldn't get it back. The thief can't help my big Song Jiangshan, and he will retreat if he has grabbed enough. ”

Cai Jing wanted to make up for the huge hole and crisis caused by the lack of summer taxes by robbing countless wealthy smugglers in Jianghuai, so that the emperor would not have to worry about money and food, and his phase would be worry-free. At the same time, Gao Yu made a fortune. His purse that has been swindled by pirates will also quickly bulge.

Gao Yu already had this plan, and he understood it, so he didn't need to say it too clearly, and the two sides reached an agreement tacitly.

Subsequently, Bai Shizhong, Zhang Bangchang and other important ministers also thought of Gao Yu's intention to actively lead the army, and had a magic method similar to Cai Jing to make up for the loss of money and food, and they all made an appointment to greet Gao Yu. The thieves made a tacit agreement.

With the support of the important ministers who can cover the court, Gao Yu, who didn't dare to toss too much, can now let go of his hands and feet and play a vote. (To be continued.) )