Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 319 Lin Ruhai Suppresses the Japanese

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He Qiuyuan was seen lying on the ground motionless, as if he had fallen asleep.

"grown ups!"

The guard hurriedly took two steps forward to check.

Wang An also followed in with big strides.

It's over! It's over!
The guard was startled when he touched He Qiuyuan's body, and sat back on the ground, leaning back and saying with trembling fingers: "Master, Master, he..."

Wang An frowned: "What's wrong?"

Couldn't he be dead?

Guard: "Dead."

Wang An: “…”

"Commit suicide out of fear of crime!"

"Go and call all the military officers above the rank of Qian Hu, the Imperial Censors, and the eunuchs who supervise the army. I have brought the Emperor's order."

The guard wiped his sweat and said, "Please wait a moment, sir."

Soon everyone arrived.

First-class Earl Niu Jizong, Marquis Zhongjing Shi Nai, Inspector General of Nine Provinces Wang Ziteng, etc. Ye Xiang has worked very hard to ensure that there will be no more problems on the northwestern border this year. He can be said to have a strong army.

But everyone was sweating profusely at this time, obviously they had already learned that He Qiuyuan committed suicide out of fear of punishment. What kind of thing could make him commit suicide out of fear of punishment? Without a doubt, it must be the false report of military merit last year!

This happened!

Done!

Wang Anju stood at the top, looking down at everyone. He sneered and took out the imperial edict: "The Emperor of Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven decrees: The Minister of War He Qiuyuan lied about his military achievements and failed my expectations. I order the Jinyiwei to bring him back to the capital for trial. Once the truth is revealed, he will be executed immediately and his entire family will be exiled! I decree this!"

The Censor collapsed directly to the ground.

The eunuch accompanying the army rolled his eyes and fainted.

Niu Jizong, Shi Nai, Wang Ziteng and others are slightly better off. After all, the Tartars have been restless recently, and it is impossible for these military generals to be tried immediately. If they can atone for their crimes with their merits, it may not be impossible for them to turn the tables.

Sure enough, after Wang An finished reading the imperial edict, he observed everyone with squinted eyes, and then said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lords, our emperor is kind-hearted, and our Zhao Tangguan has also tried his best to plead for you, so only the main culprit will be punished in this matter, and the others will not be investigated. I hope you will atone for your sins and don't let the emperor down!"

Everyone knelt hurriedly and said, "We will do our best until our death. As long as the city is alive, people will live!"

Wang An smiled and nodded, looked at the two people lying on the ground, and waved his hand gently: "Come here, drag these two away and take them back to the capital for trial, and take the body of Lord He with you." After that, he smiled softly at the crowd and said, "Lord Su from the Ministry of War, the Supervisory Censor, and the eunuch supervisor are on their way. There are also 20,000 reinforcements from the Beijing camp led by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which will arrive soon. Everyone, take care of yourselves!"

"Yes, yes, we will definitely assist Master Su with all our heart."

"Lord Wang, you have come a long way and must be very tired. We have prepared a little wine. I hope Lord Wang will not refuse it..."

No matter what everyone thought in their hearts, they kept trying to please and compliment him.

Wang An felt very comfortable.

He was just a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, but he could make these court officials, earls and marquis bow down and call them "sir", hehe.

"That's fine. Let's rest for a night and leave tomorrow." Wang An said with a smile.

Everyone was busy preparing.

Good wine and good food, and even a 16-year-old girl was found from somewhere to serve Wang An...

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"Hahaha!"

"God help me!" Yelu Cai was so excited that he almost didn't sleep the whole night. He learned from the spies planted inside the pass that He Qiuyuan, the highest official of Daxia stationed in the northwest, the Minister of War, had died!

To be honest, because he suffered a loss once, He Qiuyuan had been on high alert for the past few months with almost no loopholes, which made him very uncomfortable. He felt like he was facing a hedgehog and had no idea where to start.

Unexpectedly, someone gave He Qiuyuan a pillow when he was sleepy. He Qiuyuan was dismissed from office and stripped of his title by the Emperor of Daxia and taken back to Beijing for trial because of his false reporting of military achievements last year. He Qiuyuan had apparently received the news in advance, and committed suicide out of fear of punishment to avoid bringing disaster to his family.

This is undoubtedly a fatal blow to morale!
If Yelu Cai didn't know how to seize this opportunity, he could just go home and hug his children instead of thinking about dominating the world.

"Everyone, are you all ready?!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Everything is ready. We can break down the city gates as soon as you give the order, and the three towns of Yulin will be within our grasp!" Everyone had the same excited look on their faces, baring their sharp fangs as they looked at Yulin Town.

"Hahaha, good!"

Yelu laughed loudly three times: "After daybreak, we will start to attack the city with all our strength, and reward you according to your merits after you take Yulin!"

The city was broken.

It happened faster than expected. The Daxia defenders were completely out of shape. They put up a symbolic resistance and then let the Tatars attack the city walls. They even opened the city gates for unknown reasons.

Who opened it?
The hell knows!

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When Niu Jizong arrived with his personal soldiers, the defeat was already overwhelming and there was almost no way to save the situation. However, he still fought to the last moment... and died at the city gate together with fifty of his personal soldiers.

Shi Nai, who came later, was shot off his horse by the Tartars and his life or death was unknown. Wang Ziteng, seeing the situation was not good, had no intention of going up and hurriedly ran back 30 miles with his trusted guards.

The Jinyiwei who announced the imperial edict regretted that his mother had not given him two more legs. He fled all the way to Yan'an Prefecture before he dared to stop to catch his breath.

A great defeat in the Northwest!

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Emperor Anping, who was in Kyoto, did not realize how big a mistake he had made. He thought that sending any trusted person would be better than He Qiuyuan, who lied about his military achievements to fill in the numbers.

The main reason was that Jinyiwei Zhao Quan, in order to highlight his own ability, belittled He Qiuyuan and made him look like a waste, so Emperor Anping naturally believed it.

As the retired emperor gradually became silent and devoted himself to cultivating immortals in the harem, ignoring worldly affairs, Emperor Anping prepared to carry out a drastic purge of the court, replacing all of them with his own people in order to revive the government.

Prime Minister Ye is actually pretending to be sick at home. In this case, I must approve it. It won't take half a month. You can come whenever you feel better. If you really can't get better, you can resign.

The first thing he did in the past two days was to transfer Li Minzhi to the cabinet and appoint him as the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion.

The second thing was to transfer Jia Yucun, who had been in Jinling Prefecture, to Kyoto to serve as the Minister of War. Although Jia Yucun was promoted by Jia Jing, he had already secretly defected to him and was also a very capable official, so he planned to use him.

He had not yet started preparing for the third thing when he suddenly received an urgent message from Lianghuai that the Japanese pirates had once again attacked and invaded many coastal areas, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of atrocities.

Emperor Anping believed that this was caused by Jia Jing sending the Lianghuai coastal defense out to "promote national prestige", but he could not reprimand Jia Jing because Jia Jing had just sent him two million taels of silver and proposed that Lin Ruhai go to suppress the Japanese pirates.

"My dear Minister Lin, the Japanese pirates are rampant in Lianghuai. You should go and suppress them." Emperor Anping said with a smile.

"Sir, obey the order!"

Lin Ruhai bowed and accepted the order.

In fact, he had received Jia Jing's letter two days ago. This time when he went to Lianghuai, he was determined to completely eliminate the Japanese pirates and put an end to their future troubles.

Although the Lianghuai Navy is temporarily away, Daxia is vast and rich in resources. Under the guidance of Lord Jia, a lot of warships have been built in the past two years, and the navy has also deliberately recruited a lot, which is enough to fight against the Japanese pirates on the sea.

As for the Japanese pirates who have fled to the land, Daxia has no shortage of land forces and can surround and annihilate them with its absolutely superior military strength!
"By the way, you should ask Lord Jia for the military pay for suppressing the Japanese pirates. I don't have any money to give you at the moment." Emperor Anping suddenly said.

Lin Ruhai: “…”

After dealing with this matter, Emperor Anping was about to continue to rectify the corrupt officials in the court, but an urgent memorial from the northwest, which traveled eight hundred miles, almost made him fall off the throne.

The Northwest was defeated.

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(End of this chapter)