Chapter 169 Persuasion
At this point, since the 28th year of Jiajing, the largest war against Japan in the southeast has come to an end.
The Ming army dispatched more than 100,000 troops and horses, with wolf soldiers as the vanguard, and achieved the largest victory since the anti-Japanese war in Wangjiangjing, beheading nearly 2,000 and drowned. In addition, a total of 1,000 or 2,000 Japanese pirates were killed in various places.
However, the Japanese pirates burned, killed, robbed and robbed the four prefectures of Suzhou, Jiaxing, Tongzhou and Changzhou, and suffered from the people. They were common with dry bones on the roadside. Nearly 20,000 Japanese pirates fled overseas, and some Japanese pirates were still lingering in Jiaxing Prefecture and Huzhou Prefecture. The most important thing is that the Japanese pirate leader Xu Hai escaped.
Of course, for the war situation in the Southeast, the biggest impact was the departure of the first Zhejiang Governor Zhang Jing. After the victory, the commander was escorted to Beijing, which was a heavy blow to the morale of the Southeast army.
However, there was joy in the food garden.
Half a month ago, the Japanese pirates attacked Beixin Pass, and Qian Yuan resolutely left the city to meet the enemy, designing to capture 400 Japanese pirates, but after the victory, he unexpectedly rushed to Taozhai Town for the third time. Wang and Qi Jimei, who brought back the news, were a little worried, let alone Tan, Lu and her younger sister.
Now that Qian Yuan has returned safely, the food garden is naturally excited, and even the old man Lu Shusheng has come to express his condolences.
Linpingshan defeated the Japanese pirates, and no casualties and captured 400 Japanese pirates had already caused a sensation in the city. Storytellers were spitting everywhere in every restaurant and teahouse. Qian Yuan swept away the stigma of liaring about military merits before and became a legendary figure.
"More than a year ago, the storyteller in Hangzhou said that you have become a monk at Dabaoen Temple since childhood. You have superb Buddhism and great supernatural powers." Wu Baipeng glanced at Qian Yuan with a funny look, "Now, people say that you are a croton and cultivated into a spirit... Hahahaha!"
"Which bastard wrote the book!"
Qian Yuan was also speechless. Didn’t it make people claim that Hu Zongxian used the medicine?
Why did you take the blame by yourself in the end?
"Anyway, it's not a bad thing. Everyone in the streets and alleys said it's thanks to the laxative..." Wu Baipeng glanced at a thick stack of paper on the desk and looked at it, "What did Gong Pingquan give?"
"Well, I gave three hundred questions before, and I handed them in yesterday... three articles." Qian Yuan was a little depressed. He had no intention of doing eight-legged essays in the past few months. The old man Lu Shusheng criticized himself in front of his mother and aunt yesterday, and then left a hundred more questions.
"Oh, there are many questions to be screened, and there are some ruthless ones." Wu Baipeng shook his head, "Now, the provincial examinations are mostly the main topics, and there are few questions to be screened."
"Then Mr. Pingquan is messing with me."
Wu Baipeng had the opportunity to make a comeback when he was poor and studied hard since he was a child. He was a little envious. "Pingquan Gong is very famous in the Hanlin Academy. In the future, you will be in the Hanlin Academy, and you will have your benefits."
Qian Yuan glanced at him, "Everyone said that I, Qian Zhancai, was speechless, who knew that Brother Weixi was also sharp-tongued!"
They are all on the right path of imperial examinations, and they can figure it out at a glance. Qian Yuan's eight-part essays can only be said to be in a proper way. When they meet a harsh examiner, they may not even be able to pass the provincial examination. They are not qualified to enter the Hanlin Academy.
"Hey, this isn't this the black guy who is close to the ink."
"Bah, it's obviously close to Zhuzhe Chi." Qian Yuan rolled his eyes, leaned on the Grand Master's chair, and picked up the purple clay teapot, "How are you thinking about that?"
The smile on Wu Baipeng's face gradually faded, and he sighed and sat down and drank a sip of tea, "I, Wu Baipeng, have received the emperor's kindness, and His Majesty ordered the inspector of Zhejiang. How dare you not respond?"
The so-called imperial grace means that Wu Baipeng was originally named Wu Bopeng. After becoming a Jinshi, Emperor Jiajing personally changed his name to him on a whim. He left the people and then changed his name to Baipeng.
"That depends on what Brother Weixi wants to do." Qian Yuan said lightly: "I want to gain a reputation and resolutely write a letter. In the end, nothing will be changed. Yan Dang will also be regarded as a thorn in his eyes. Maybe he will be dismissed from office and dismissed. Seeing that his hometown has become a food from the mouth of Japanese pirates, he can only beat his chest and stamp his feet..."
"Or endure the pain for a moment, please be flatter and train the new army to conquer the southeast, and relieve the people from the upside down, so as to achieve the future."
Qian Yuan took a sip of tea, stood up and walked a few steps, "It is better to break the steel than to make a hook. Although it can be kept famous in the Qing Dynasty and even the history of the name, what are the benefits of the war situation in the southeast and even the chaos of the government?"
"Although you endure the momentary aura, you may be ridiculed by the Shilin and lose your reputation, it can relieve your worries for a hundred days..."
Wu Baipeng looked at Qian Yuan who was talking with complicated eyes. After holding it out, he still couldn't help it. He asked in a low voice: "Zhancai, you and Zhao Wenhua..."
"You don't think that I, Qian Zhan, have you joined the Yan Party?" Qian Yuan smiled, "Besides, the little scholar puts the little scholar in Ge Lao Yan, the little master's eyes?"
"Your Qian Zhancai's weight is not low at least in the southeast." Wu Baipeng shook his head, "But this time Zhao Wenhua seized power in Taozhai Town, and you are in it... What's more, you and Hu Zongxian fought against the Japanese in Linping Mountain together."
"I know, you won't rely on the Yan Party, but there are many people saying... You Qian Zhan is happy to please."
"Where did you come from to please everyone?" Qian Yuan laughed and shook his head, "Xu Fan is my enemy. The Qian and Xu families had hatred from the previous generation; the Yan Party was regarded as a traitor who was suffering the world by the Southeast Shilin. Does it mean that my little scholar insisted on rejecting Zhao Wenhua outside the door to meet their wishes?"
"A bunch of idiots!"
"It's not as good as another scholar Xu Wenchang. Although that guy is annoying, he at least has the courage to go to the battlefield to kill the Japanese and can also give advice..."
Qian Yuan did not intend to tell Wu Baipeng about the complex situation in the court. A Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing was able to make trouble in other places, appease the people, and lead troops to fight, but he was just a little loach in the capital. If he was not careful, he would be swallowed by a crocodile and a leather bone.
"Even if you write to the court to explain the truth about Xu Hai's escape, Zhao Wenhua has a high chance of not being recalled to Kyoto for offense."
"The reason is very simple. The governor of Zhejiang is now vacant. The governor of Zhejiang Direct, Zhou Yu, has just arrived. Shuangjiang Duke has returned to Beijing. Only Zhao Wenhua, who went south to supervise the war... The court needs Zhao Wenhua, and the Yan Party needs Zhao Wenhua even more."
"The Governor's Office has ordered the implementation of the recruitment system. The governments in Nanzhili, Zhejiang and even Huguang, Fujian will draw funds and manpower. Resisting the Japanese will be the top priority for the imperial court for a long time. How could Ge Lao Yan not let the people in place?"
Qian Yuanzai carefully analyzed: "Brother Wei Xi, Duke Banzhou, Duke Shuangjiang returned to Beijing one after another, and the next battle in the southeast... Zhao Wenhua will have extremely high autonomy, and if you want to do something, you will not be able to bypass him."
After a long period of silence, Wu Baipeng reluctantly nodded.
"Don't worry, all joints are opened by my brother. Brother Xi only needs to be an impartial and willing to appease the army and encircle and suppress the Japanese pirates."
"Then please."
Chapter completed!