Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 221 Chapter [-] Recruiting another strong general

He was worried about the selection of the new Zhejiang Navy admiral, so he left the building outside the building, returned to his residence and closed the door. Wang Daoqiu went back to the library to look up information.As he watched, a person's name fell into Wang Daoqiu's eyes.

Lu Boring, whose courtesy name is Ziming, is now from Liandu District, Lishui City.His fifth patriarch, Lu Bao, was Zhu Yuanzhang's old comrade-in-arms. After the victory of Geming, Comrade Lao Zhu named Lao Lu as a thousand households of Pingyang Wei.Later, in the 19th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Lu Ying, Lu Bor's grandfather, was transferred to Zhejiang Chuzhou Wei, and was hereditary to thousands of households. From then on, the Lu family lived in Lishui City.

Lu Bo was born in a military family. When he was young, he loved reading military books, riding and shooting, and was well versed in military affairs.After he came of age, Shi Meng succeeded him to the post of Qianhu of Zhenhai Guards in Fujian Province, and was later promoted to the posts of Fujian Du Commander Qian Shi, Du Commander, Staff General, Zhejiang Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Commander Tongzhi, and Commander Qian Shi.

Lu Tong spent his whole life fighting Japanese pirates along the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian. It is said in the history of the Ming Dynasty: Lu Tong had a general strategy, and the Japanese were at the beginning of the disaster.He was a famous anti-Japanese general in the Jiajing Dynasty, and his military exploits were second only to those of Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang.

In the original historical time and space, after Zhu Wan was convicted and committed suicide, Lu Bor, as a close general of Zhu Wan, was also charged with death. He was later pardoned, imprisoned, and released and reinstated three years later.Later, in the 41st year of Jiajing, after Hu Zongxian was overthrown and imprisoned, as a close general of Hu Zongxian, Lu Boring was implicated again, dismissed from his post and returned to his hometown.

It is so unfair that such a brave general was implicated in the power struggles of the civil service group and imprisoned twice, and was eventually dismissed from office.

Looking at these information about Lu Bor, Wang Daoqiu liked Lu Bor, especially the record about him in the history of the Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the Japanese disaster, all the generals fled in despair, but Lu Bor and Tang Kekuan dared to fight.

Think about the "great heroes" of later generations. They all talk about destroying the Japanese today and taking on the beautiful tomorrow. They all act like fighting tigers and warriors. They are extremely awesome.But actually?In the land of Zhonghua, like the Tangshan BBQ restaurant, where are the hooligans bullying the good people? How often is there not a group of people watching, but no one dares to stop them?
Ma De, a group of bastards raised by concubines who are so frightened that they become incontinent when they see little hooligans. As long as they don't bully him, they can even kneel down and call others "Daddy", but they yell every day to destroy the Japanese and carry the beauty!Just talk about how shameless those "patriots" and "heroes" are, right?The real thing is how loud the sound is, how frightened the heart becomes!

Despising the gossips of later generations, Wang Daoqiu liked Lu Boring.After all, those who resisted the Japanese were not those despicable bastards of later generations who could only talk.Instead, he held the sword and rushed forward to fight the Japanese pirates to the death.That's why Wang Daoqiu likes Lu Boring and his masculine temperament.

If Wang Daoqiu likes him, he won't mind giving him a future.So after making up his mind, Wang Daoqiu put on his frightening gold-woven red python robe, dragon-coiled boots, and went to the prison.

As soon as they got close to the prison, they heard screams inside. There was no doubt that Dongchang Fanzi and Jinyiwei were torturing the prisoners.

Lamenting the unchanging interrogation method of Zhonghua, Wang Daoqiu shook his head. The interrogator beat him like this. Given the human endurance, what kind of confession can't you ask for?After all, among a million people, you may not be able to find one tough guy who can withstand physical torture with willpower!

Just bemoaning the way many unjust, false and wrongly decided cases happened, Wang Daoqiu walked into the jail.

As soon as he came in, Yang Qifu, the Hangzhou garrison eunuch who received the notification from his subordinates, and Qianhu Lu Haihua, the Jinyiwei Qianhu who was in charge of the case, hurriedly ran out to see Wang Daoqiu.

Seeing these two people, Wang Daoqiu asked coldly: "How is the case going?"

"Back to Master Taifu, the civil servants all claimed that it was Zhu Wan's idea. They tried to persuade him, but Zhu Wan did not listen. Most of the generals also confessed, and Zhu Wan ordered them to ban those who were unwilling to move to the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian. The sea, and the people who want to go fishing in the sea will be killed without mercy. Now there are only a few generals who are still talking tough, and we are torturing them."

Upon hearing Wang Daoqiu's question, Yang Qifu, the chief eunuch of the Hangzhou garrison who was responsible for handling the case, rushed out to answer the question.

After listening to Yang Qifu's reply, Wang Daoqiu asked again: "Did he recruit that Zhejiang deputy commander Lu Borang?"

Lu Boring!Wang Daoqiu asked Lu Tong why?A little transparent person with no great background, no great achievements, and no great misdeeds. Why did Wang Daoqiu ask him?

As soon as Wang Daoqiu opened his mouth, he asked Lu Bo, a person with no sense of existence, which confused Yang Qifu.He didn't know why Wang Daoqiu asked Lu Boring.

So Yang Qifu had no choice but to accompany him carefully and said truthfully: "Master Taifu, this Lu Tong is a close confidant of the traitor Zhu Wan. When enforcing the sea ban in Zhejiang, he was the most aggressive and severe among the generals. Now I have been killed by him." Many subordinates reported the report. The Zajia family and Lu Qianhu believed that this man deserved death, so they are currently sentencing him and asking him to write a confession. However, this Lu Boring's bones are still really hard, and he has not yet softened up. We are preparing Give him some tricks and try to win him tonight."

Lu Boring was enduring the torture. Wang Daoqiu was interested in this. He also wanted to see if Lu Bor was a really tough guy.So he said to Yang Qifu: "Don't change the tricks yet, show me how hard this Lu Boring's bones are."

"Yes, Master Taifu. Master Taifu, please come this way."

Under the guidance of Yang Qifu and Lu Haihua, Wang Daoqiu came to the interrogation room where Lu Boring was being tortured.Lu Ti was naked and tied to a pillar. There were whip marks all over his body, as well as large pieces of burnt flesh that had obviously been burned with a hot iron.

Being beaten like this, and not acting according to the arrangement of the interrogators, it seems that Lu Tong is really a tough guy who can only be picked out of a million people.Enduring his nausea, Wang Daoqiu walked up to the dying Lu Tong who had been beaten into a piebald snake.Wang Daoqiu said slowly to Lu Tong: "My official, Wang Daoqiu, is the current imperial tutor and a scholar of the Hall of Martial Arts. I think you should have heard of this official. I won't say much. I will ask you, you To recruit or not to recruit?”

Wang Shatou, the little fresh meat standing in front of him now, is Wang Shatou whom everyone in the flower-growing land knows?People's names, tree shadows, even though Wang Daoqiu looked calm now, Lu Boring was still startled when he heard Wang Daoqiu's name, and couldn't believe his ears.

But take a closer look at Wang Daoqiu's crimson gold python robe, and think about it. In today's Ming Dynasty, except for Wang Daoqiu, who had his head shaved, there really is no one who is so young and qualified to wear this robe.

After understanding that the person in front of him was indeed the famous Wang Shatou Wang Daoqiu, Lu Ti shed tears and begged coldly: "Master Taifu is mighty, since you are here in person, then I will use my conscience for once, I'm sorry for Zhu Butang's It's a blessing. I'll confess whatever you want me to confess. I just ask the Master to give the general a happy life and spare his family."

Wang had a reputation for having his head shaved, so Lu Bo did not dare to bear it. He said that he would comply and only hoped that he could die without suffering and that his family would be safe.

Wang Daoqiu looked at the tough guy who dared to draw his sword and charge at the ferocious Japanese pirates. Now he was weeping and surrendering in front of him.To be honest, Lu Boring's current performance is a bit lower than Wang Daoqiu's expectations.But this also made Wang Daoqiu feel that Lu Boring was a real person of flesh and blood and could be given a chance.

So after listening to Lu Boring's words, Wang Daoqiu asked Yang Qifu to order all the interrogators in the interrogation room to leave.

When only Wang Daoqiu, Lu Boring, Yang Qifu, and Lu Haihua were left in the interrogation room, Wang Daoqiu rushed to Lu Boring and continued: "A few days ago, I led troops to destroy the pirates in Shuangyu Port. You have to do this." Do you know?"

"If I tell you, Grand Tutor, I will know about this. Your Majesty is so powerful that you can calm down the troubles in the Southeast China Sea in one battle. I will not be as good as Zhu Butang."

In the first battle against Wang Daoqiu, he captured Shuangyu, the hometown of pirates in the southeast, and captured thousands of pirates, including famous pirate leaders such as Baldy Li and Xu Dong.Lu Boring was truly convinced by this. After all, he and Zhu Wan could not do this.Otherwise, what kind of angry forbidden sea would they still engage in, wouldn't it be over if they just hit it?
Moreover, Lu Boring didn't know that Wang Daoqiu had yellow explosives and new artillery in his hands. He thought Wang Daoqiu had used the same equipment as him to capture Shuangyu.Therefore, out of the instinct of a soldier, Lu Tong admired Wang Daoqiu's ability to lead troops.

Seeing Lu Boring's eyes full of admiration for him, Wang Daoqiu didn't know what Lu Boring was thinking about now.

Moreover, when talking to the general, Wang Daoqiu didn't want to play around with twists and turns, so he said straightforwardly: "To be honest with General Lu, I have asked the Dengzhou Navy to escort the captured pirates on Shuangyu to enter We have suppressed other pirates in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. After cleaning up the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang, the Dengzhou Navy will escort those pirates to Nanyang and let them harm the Nanyang natives. As for Shuangyu Port, this The officer wants to build it into a free trade port for overseas trade. Therefore, of the Folangji captured in Shuangyu this time, I have not killed any of them, but have kept them to do business with us in the future."

"What? Master Taifu, the imperial court's policy is to only open ports in Guangzhou, and trade is prohibited along the southeast coast. If you do this, sir, the imperial court will punish you."

Lu Boring was shocked to hear that Wang Daoqiu, a dignified imperial tutor and cabinet bachelor, dared to openly defy national policy.I deeply doubt whether Wang Daoqiu is crazy because of the loss, or whether he has been beaten and lost his mind just now.

Seeing Lu Boring's suspicious attitude, Wang Daoqiu also found it funny and said lightly: "General Lu, look at the people standing behind me. One is the guarding eunuch of Si Li Supervisor stationed in Hangzhou, and the other is Qian Yiwei. Households. In front of them, I dare to say that the Southeast China Sea is banned. What does this mean? As an old man who has been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, you can't figure it out, right?"

"This, this, this..."

The Chief of Ceremonies and the Imperial Guards are both eagle dogs that belong directly to the emperor. Since Wang Daoqiu dares to openly overturn the national policy in front of the Imperial Supervisor and the Imperial Guards, what about behind him?Could it be that he meant to impose a sea ban?
This is too sensitive and involves the power struggle between the imperial power and the civil service group.So thinking of this, Lu Boring didn't dare to think any further.After all, for those big bosses who are qualified to play that kind of power game, he, Lu Borang, the deputy commander-in-chief of Zhejiang, is nothing more than an ant.

Thinking of this, Lu Ti lowered his head and did not dare to look at Wang Daoqiu anymore.Wang Daoqiu saw that Lu Boring had already understood that the establishment of a sea ban had actually been approved by Emperor Jiajing.

So Wang Daoqiu continued: "In order to protect this kind of ocean trade secretly, I don't speak secretly in front of people. I plan to reorganize the Zhejiang Navy. As for the candidate for the admiral of the navy, I have taken a fancy to you. If If you are willing to serve, then this official will recommend you to the Ministry of War and the Emperor tonight."

"This this……"

Wang Daoqiu's words made Lu Bo hesitate. He agreed to Wang Daoqiu. This was against national policy. If those Qingliu officials got caught, he would definitely die.

But if you don't agree to Wang Daoqiu, then if you just heard those words and knew those things, you will definitely be silenced. Wang Daoqiu may even kill his whole family when Wang Daoqiu is angry.After all, Wang Daoqiu had a bad reputation for having his head shaved, and he was not a good person.

Weighing the pros and cons, after thinking for a while, Lu Borang lamented: "That's all, I, Lu Bor, have strictly banned the sea in Zhejiang for two years, causing millions of people along the coast of Zhejiang to have no food and clothing, and sell their children to pay debts. I owe a lot of blood to the people of Zhejiang. If you do this U-turn this time, you can repay the debt to the people of Zhejiang! It’s just my lord, I hope you can plead with the court on behalf of Zhu Butang. After all, although Zhu Butang did something wrong Yes, but he is also out of public interest and has no self-interest!"

(End of this chapter)