Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 174 The Japanese pirates were angry and almost poisoned to death by Chu Nan’s evil plan!

"What unscrupulous businessmen? Corrupt officials are corrupt officials. Now that we have caught them, are you afraid of offending them? The ones who should be afraid now are them!" Jiang Lin looked at the general and spoke.

"Pass on my order. Block the entire Taizhou City. Don't let even a mosquito out!"

"All those high-ranking officials and their servants and guards, no matter who they are or what their backgrounds are, should all be imprisoned!"

Jiang Lin was not afraid of anything, because this was Zhu Yuanzhang's instruction. Not only should he destroy the Japanese pirates, but he should also take the opportunity to capture these dignitaries. So who was he afraid of?
But capturing these dignitaries was a small matter, while letting the Japanese pirates escape was a big matter. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang had instructed that the main purpose of their trip was to capture the Japanese pirates.

Now that five or six thousand people have fled, the mission has not been completed yet. Jiang Li can only bite the bullet and call his men.

"Spread the news to the capital."

I hope Zhu Yuanzhang won’t blame him.

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maritime.

Dozens of ships are sailing on the sea, some large and some small. The large ones can carry hundreds of people, while the small ones can only carry a hundred people.

This is the Japanese pirate fleet that escaped death.

"Bakayaro!" At this moment, Taro Kojima had a gloomy face. He was at the bow, looking at the Taizhou city in the distance where flames were rising to the sky, and slammed the railing hard.

"I was actually tricked by the Ming Dynasty. How hateful!"

He originally thought that with so many troops going out to occupy Taizhou City, he would be able to return with a full load. But in fact, those people in Taizhou were no match for him at all.

So he could have really had a bite of fat meat full of oil and water.

But who would have thought that this was actually a trap.

And they lost so many soldiers, more than 3,000 people, it's incredible!

"Bagayalu, damn Ming, damn Zhu Yuanzhang! Bagayalu, I will kill you sooner or later!"

Hu Lu's face was also gloomy at this moment. Fortunately, Hu Weiyong reminded them quickly, otherwise they would be really finished.

But Hu Lu's face darkened again: "Zhu Yuanzhang is really good at using tricks. He used so many high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty to lure us, totally disregarding their lives. He is really cruel and ruthless."

"But this strategy may not be what Zhu Yuanzhang had in mind."

"Oh?" Taro Kojima was surprised when he heard this.

"If it's not Zhu Yuanzhang's plan, then whose plan could it be?"

"Chu Nan!" Hu Lu nodded seriously, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"In the Ming Dynasty, there is a powerful character named Chu Nan. He often plots evil plans for Zhu Yuanzhang and is very powerful."

"I see this scheme is so vicious, it must have been planned by this Chu Nan."

In fact, Hu Lu was not sure whether this plan was proposed by Chu Nan, but Hu Weiyong had told him that if something bad happened, he should just lead it to Chu Nan.

"Baka!" Upon hearing this, Taro Kojima became even more furious and gritted his teeth.

"Chun Nan, I will remember you. Just wait for me. Your scheme has killed so many of my people. I will definitely chop off your head!"

Taizhou is not far from Jinling, and with the imperial court's expedited express of 800 miles, the express from Taizhou was delivered to Jinling in less than two days.

Suddenly, the whole Jinling exploded.

The officials were in an uproar because Zhu Yuanzhang had made such a huge move without their knowledge, which caused many people to panic.

Because many of the dignitaries arrested at the Taizhou Jade Fair had connections with some people in Jinling. Some dignitaries even went to the Jade Fair directly under the instructions of Jinling officials, so how could they not panic.

But those officials who had no connection with the dignitaries in Taizhou were happy. This time, another group of people were going to be cleaned up, and they were afraid that they would be promoted.

This is what the officials thought, but in the Nanjing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang did not think so.

Huagai Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not even sit on the dragon throne, but was anxiously walking around.

Standing below were Zhu Biao, as well as Liu Bowen, Yao Guangxiao, Chu Nan, Mao Xiang and his close associates.

"I can't figure it out." Zhu Yuanzhang frowned at this moment. He didn't care about the affairs of the dignitaries at all, but he couldn't figure out another thing.

"Why did such a reasonable plan fail? Instead of catching all the Japanese pirates, they only captured more than 3,000 people?"

His face was filled with rage. If these Japanese pirates were not captured completely, it would affect Ming's overseas trade, and the Ming's ships going to the East for grain would also be affected.

"This..." Zhu Biao, Yao Guangxiao, and Liu Bowen also frowned when they heard it.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked a good question, but they didn’t know what was going on. After all, the plan was proposed by Chu Nan, and he was not the one who executed it.

Chu Nan also frowned at this moment. This shouldn't be the case. He looked at Mao Xiang.

"Commander Mao, why is the situation like this? Did we alert the enemy? Otherwise, why did we catch more than 3,000 people when 5,000 or 6,000 of them escaped?"

"We must have alerted the enemy." Mao Xiang frowned.

"According to the news from Jiang Li, when they began to surround them, five or six thousand Japanese pirates had already withdrawn. And according to the captured prisoners, the leader of the Japanese pirates wanted them to escape, but they chose not to."

"So, it is very likely that we have alerted the enemy, or there is something wrong in the court..." Mao Xiang said here and did not continue.

"What!" But having said this, who doesn't understand what Mao Xiang wants to say next.

Zhu Biao, Liu Bowen, and Yao Guangxiao's faces suddenly changed: "Could it be that there are spies in our court who told the Japanese pirates about this, so that they were able to retreat in time?"

"Is it so?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he felt that this was the only reasonable explanation.

At the same time, he was also glad that he did not blame Chu Nan for his failed plan, otherwise Chu Nan would definitely be disappointed.

It was not because his strategy was bad, but because of his own management, which allowed some people in the court to collude with the Japanese pirates.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion came back. Who was this person who conspired with the Japanese pirates? After all, only a few people knew about this plan.

Those soldiers who were on the move only realized that they were going to fight the Japanese pirates after they arrived at their locations.

However, it is not ruled out that some people have speculated that Chu Nan's strategy was to deal with the Japanese pirates, and then to inform the Japanese pirates to retreat.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was overthinking it, and then he stopped suspecting anyone.

But he frowned again: "Now that things have come to this, we must think of a solution."

"But now, how do we solve this problem?"

His face was serious and there was murderous intent in his eyes.

"There are still five or six thousand Japanese pirates. They are too threatening. If they are not eliminated, there will be no peace along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and I will never be at peace!"

"So I need a way to kill all these pirates! Return peace to the coast of Ming Dynasty and keep the people of Ming Dynasty safe!"

(End of this chapter)