prosperous age

Chapter 295 Chapter 294

Yu Dayou has a reputation as a scholar and is a military Jinshi of the imperial court. He seems to be an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, but it can be seen from his failure in the imperial examination that his knowledge may really be poor.

Perhaps, if he could go to the north to take the imperial examination, the ending would be different.

But it should be noted that Yu Dayou is a rare general in this era who is proficient in land and sea warfare.

Yu Dayou was born in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, near the sea, and is very familiar with the sea.

After being transferred to the military, he devoted himself to studying tactics, and it is not an idiot who can pass the examination as a scholar, so Yu Dayou has his own unique views on military operations.

Although the Ming Dynasty in this era did not completely sever ties with overseas countries, it still accepted tribute from surrounding countries, but it did not take the initiative, so there were actually very few generals who were familiar with water warfare.

Even among the few naval divisions, there are not many generals who really understand the law of water warfare, and most of them are hereditary officials.

Therefore, after the Japanese generals entered Zhejiang and Fujian to suppress the Japanese, and after Hu Zongxian replaced Zhang Jing as the governor of the Japanese suppression, Yu Dayou was promoted to the commander-in-chief. He not only commanded the land battlefield to suppress the Japanese, but also commanded the naval forces here. Japanese pirates fight.

No matter what, Yu Dayou would never have thought that Hu Zongxian would attack him, because no one could replace Yu Dayou's position on the battlefield to suppress the Japanese.

According to the short period of two months after being locked up and taken into Beijing, the Ming army could only maintain the suppression of the Japanese pirates on land, and the naval forces did not dare to go out to patrol after several defeats at sea.

According to Hu Zongxian's plan reported to the imperial court, Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang each planned to train a new army to suppress the Japanese, and the sea defense had to be temporarily abandoned.

In Yu Dayou's view, the most effective way to resist Japanese pirates is to defend the enemy on the sea, which requires a large number of large warships, so he has been applying to Hu Zongxian to build a new large ship to defend against the enemy, but the approval each time is disappointing. Poorly few quantities.

Yu Dayou knew why Hu Zongxian ordered Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang to train the new army. It was not only to deal with the rampant Japanese pirates, but also to collect money. The additional tax and labor sent every year was not a small number, and there was also the lijin collected from merchants. They needed some Things to consume the collected money.

I know, I know, he actually wanted to get out of the ups and downs of the officialdom for more than ten years. He had already reported these things in the past, but he didn't expect that he, who planned to be in the same dust, as long as Hu Zongxian could distribute the money for suppressing the Japanese on time, he would Suppress the Japanese well, and don't get involved in other things. Unfortunately, God failed to fulfill people's wishes, and I finally blocked their way.

Wei Guangde has already entered the officialdom, and here is Fusi Prison in Beizhen, so he is not afraid that the walls have ears, even if there are people, they are sent by Lu Bing, so at this moment Yu Dayou began to talk to Wei Guangde about his experience in being an official over the years. .

At the beginning, he was too straightforward, and he was crowded out by his colleagues everywhere. Some supervisors even dared to write a letter to the Japanese military because he was a martial artist.

As a result, the official position of Qianhu in the Kinmen Guarding Office was deprived. It was not until Mao Bowen went to Annan and Yu Dayou wrote a letter to offer advice that he was noticed by Mao Bowen, then Minister of the Ministry of War, and then appointed him to guard Tingzhou and Zhangzhou.

Not to mention after that, the superior officials that Yu Dayou followed were either jealous of the virtuous and capable, or took military merits. Anyway, because Yu Dayou would not flatter the superiors and give gold and silver, he rubbed Yu Dayou countless times. Only by assisting from the side can you get mixed up in the army until the Japanese outbreak breaks out.

"I don't want to fight with them anymore. I just want to fight for the country and wipe out the Japanese pirates this morning, but I still can't escape this prison."

Speaking of this, Yu Dayou couldn't help but feel depressed. He is now in prison. Although Hu Zongxian's accusations against him are groundless based on the previous two interrogations, the presiding judge still insisted that he plead guilty. If it wasn't for the protection of Captain Jinyi, I'm afraid he would be beaten into a trick.

"Uncle Yu didn't ask Mr. Lu to play around with it?"

Wei Guangde didn't understand why Lu Bing stood openly behind Yu Dayou, while those from the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Metropolitan Procuratorate still insisted on punishing him.

Regarding Wei Guangde's question, Yu Dayou remained silent.

He has feelings about some things, but he has no evidence, so it's useless to say more.

Sometimes, maybe pretending to be stupid can get you through.

He just whispered: "Wen Fu told the Ministry of Punishment and the gang in Dali Temple in private, but they said that they had to do what they suppressed from above."

Wei Guangde blinked, knowing something was wrong in his heart, it seems that Hu Zongxian probably said something to Yan Song and Yan Shifan about this matter, and these two people wanted to punish Yu Dayou.

If this was the case, what he thought was simple at first would become complicated, because Yan Shifan's path obviously wouldn't work.

Not to mention why Wei Guangde thought of Yan's father and son, isn't that simple?

First, Hu Zongxian is a member of the Yan family. This is a well-known matter in the court. How many people knew about Hu Zongxian at the beginning. If Zhao Wenhua hadn't been the one who got in touch, Hu Zongxian might have continued to serve as the inspector censor in Zhejiang.

Second, people from Lu Bing's public platform, people from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple dare to bite and hold on. Without the support of the Yan family, it would be impossible to do it. The only person who can wrestle with Lu Bing in front of the Emperor Jiajing is now Yan Song.

Both of them were trusted by Emperor Jiajing, but the government affairs were handed over to Yan Song, while the intelligence was handed over to Lu Bing. The division of labor between the two was different, and it was really uncertain what would happen when the lawsuit came to the imperial court.

"What does Master Lu mean?"

Wei Guangde knew that Lu Bing might have a solution, but he didn't know how he planned it.

"Let's procrastinate for a while, it will be fine after a few more sessions. As long as I don't say anything, they don't have any evidence to prove anything."

Yu Dayou shook his head and smiled wryly.

"What is it for?"

Although Yu Dayou's words were simple, Wei Guangde generally understood Lu Bing's thoughts. Now that he is in the limelight, he should avoid it for a while. After all, the case is not tried by the Jinyiwei, but the three divisions. His influence on the case is really not as good as Yan Jiaqiang.

But what Wei Guangde cares about is what exactly Yu Dayou knows to get him to where he is today.

Xu Bangrui's letter said that some time ago, many Jiangnan officials collectively turned against Hu. It seemed that they wanted to follow the example of Zhao Wenhua before.

This time, Yu Dayou was silent for a long time before he sighed and said: "I guess it has something to do with the Zhoushan Cengang battle. Hu Zongxian adjusted the deployment of troops without informing me to let the Japanese pirates find an opportunity to break out. I don't know about the others." .”

Yu Dayou spoke out his guess, but Wei Guangde was startled.

Hu Zongxian impeached Yu Dayou and released the Japanese pirates. At that time, Wei Guangde thought that the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and it was not surprising that something went wrong. In short, it is no wonder why Fujian officials wrote a large number of letters to impeach Hu Zongwo.

There are many people who have seen it, but there is no evidence.

If so, Yu Dayou wouldn't have to stay in the prison.

"Uncle Yu's grievances, Mr. Lu didn't listen to Datian?"

Wei Guangde asked again in a low voice.

"Shang Datian listened, that's the only way to see it, and there is no room for redemption."

But Yu Dayou shook his head and said, "At that point, if the emperor decides, for the sake of the great cause of suppressing the Japanese in the south of the Yangtze River, if it is not good, you can only use me to sacrifice the flag. You can't say it, absolutely you can't say it."

Wei Guangde nodded. Hu Zongxian is now in charge of the Japanese suppression in the south of the Yangtze River. In terms of status and importance, he is definitely far more than Yu Dayou. In Emperor Jiajing's view, perhaps sacrificing a Yu Dayou to complete Hu Zongxian, as long as he can do his best in the suppression of Japanese, it is worthwhile.

After a while, no one paid attention to this case, and if we find another opportunity to make peace with the Yan family, maybe there will be a day for Yu Dayou to get out of prison.

At this time, Wei Guangde naturally wouldn't talk about his original plan, and wanted to talk to Yan Shifan himself, but now it seems that he can't.

Coming out of the imperial prison, Wei Guangde did not go to see Lu Bing again, he went there when he first arrived, Lu Bing just met him and arranged for someone to take him to see Yu Dayou, as if there was something very important to do.

Originally, he wanted to help solve Yu Dayou's case. He heard about it when he was in Nanjing. Yu Dayou's case seemed to be a bit troublesome, and it has been dragging on. It turns out that there is an inside story, so it's no wonder that Lu Bing did the same thing.

It's not that you can't deal with Hu Zongxian, but it depends on the owner to beat the dog. At that time, he will definitely fight Yan Song with Emperor Jiajing. He is not an easy person to deal with.

In fact, the relationship between Lu Bing and Yan Song can be said to be very complicated. There are cooperation and confrontation, and they still hold some handles on each other. Relatively speaking, Lu Bing will suffer a little bit, so Lu Bing is also a bit wary.

Wei Guangde returned to the old days, went to the Imperial Academy on time every day, and took time every month to go to Taichang Temple and Zhan Shifu.

Ordinarily, Wei Guangde's main work should be transferred to Zhan Shifu now, but who made Zhan Shifu have nothing to do all day long.

However, Wei Guangde's leisure time did not last long, and Chen Ju in the palace asked a small servant to quietly send him a message that he might be sent out to patrol the border town again.

To Wei Guangde's surprise, Lu Bing also sent someone to send him the same message the next day.

Such news came from two channels at the same time, making Wei Guangde believe it or not.

It's just that Chen Ju just sent the news, but didn't explain the reason clearly. It was Lu Bing who made Wei Guangde suddenly see what was going on.

Two years ago, Xuanfu Town was in an emergency. Emperor Jiajing sent Weng Pu, the minister of the military department, to take Wei Guangde to patrol the border, but halfway through, the Tartars broke through the side wall and entered Xuanfu, and their border patrol ended hastily. Weng Pu Immediately took over the command of Xuanfu and Alda's battlefield.

Some time ago, during the incident, Li Yongjing impeached Jizhen by Li Yongjing, a large number of soldiers and civilians fled, which caused a great reduction in Jizhen's military strength and also affected the construction of the side wall.

Emperor Jiajing naturally attached great importance to this memorial after seeing it.

Jizhen is the last barrier of the Beijing city, if it is lost, the capital will be in danger, so I also want to find out what is going on in Jizhen now, and whether the same is true for other military towns, especially Xuanda.

Emperor Jiajing still vaguely remembered a secret report sent by Jin Yiwei two months ago, which was not very important in itself, but it involved a name that was already somewhat unfamiliar to him, Shen Lian.

Most people in later generations know that Shen Lian came from Jinyiwei. He was retaliated by the Yan family for impeaching Yan Song and his son. In the end, Emperor Jiajing chose to believe Yan Song's words and punished Shen Lian.

What most people don't know is that Shen Lian was not from a military family, but a 17-year Jinshi in Jiajing.

It is also very rare for Jinshi to enter Jinyiwei, so Emperor Jiajing still has a little impression of this person.

As for punishing him at the beginning, there were many reasons, and Emperor Jiajing also made the choice to avoid turmoil in the court.

However, this seems to be one of the reasons why Lu Bing and Yan Song turned against each other. You must know that the two of them had just conspired to kill Qiu Luan at that time, and their relationship was quite good.

Lu Bing admired Shen Lian very much, but when he opened his mouth to intercede with Shen Lian, Yan Shifan resolutely refused, which made Lu Bing quite unhappy at the time.

As for Jin Yiwei's secret report, it is natural that Shen Lian was beheaded by Yang Shun, the governor of Xuanda, for his illicit relationship with the White Lotus Sect.

Jin Yiwei, a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty, was actually a member of the Bailian Cult. Although Lu Bing only passed this matter into the palace as an ordinary official news, in the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, he naturally understood the reason for it with his ingenuity.

Who is Yang Shun, one of Yan Song's godsons.

Yan Song didn't have many sons, and he didn't have many godsons. There were only three, and two of them died. One was Zhao Wenhua, and the other was Qiu Luan. The remaining godson was Yang Shun, the current governor of Xuanda.

Previously, the cabinet suggested that Yang Shun should replace Yang Bo in Xuanda, and Yang Bo should be transferred to be the governor of Jiliao. Because Yang Shun had been in the Ministry of War for a long time, Emperor Jiajing readily agreed.

Let Yang Bo guard the north gate of the capital, and he will feel at ease living in Xiyuan.

But he still didn't expect that Yang Shun had killed Shen Lian only long after he came out of Xuanda, and he would be charged with such a crime.

This is slapping him in the face, it is slapping the face of the Ming court.

A dignified Jinshi, Jin Yiwei joined the White Lotus Sect, thanks to Yang Shun who edited it, such a document was approved by the Ministry of War, Xu Lun how did it happen.

Because Shen Lian was demoted and sentenced to border guards, the result of the trial of the case was not reported to the Ministry of Punishments but managed by the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Now that the problem of Ji Town is revealed, Emperor Jiajing naturally wants to send someone to visit Ji Town, and also check the situation of Xuanfu and Datong by the way, to see whether the military achievements reported by Yang Shun in the past year are true, because in the secret report of Jinyiwei It was mentioned that Shen Lian had offended the governor and other officials of Xuanda by reprimanding the two towns of Xuanda for killing Liang and pretending to be meritorious.

Shen Lian is really a person, scolding wherever he goes, according to Jin Yiwei, he has offended the entire Xuanda officials.

Killing good men and taking meritorious service is not only due to the dereliction of duty of the general, the governor and the governor are responsible for supervision, so naturally they cannot escape the responsibility.

In fact, in the border towns of this era, the governor governs the governor and the general army, and the governor can also control the general army. It is really hard to say who is more responsible.

(End of this chapter)