Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 347: The imperial prison shuts down Qingliu, Jiajing is so terrible!
Imperial College.

Chongzhi Hall.

Wu Jing was here counting the silver tributes brought by the students.

But at this time, the Jinyiwei came outside.

Wu Jing was shocked when he saw this. He quickly hid the silver in the cabinet and walked to the door of the hall with an uneasy look on his face, asking, "What are you doing?"

"I have ordered you to be arrested!"

After the Jinyiwei came to say this, he took out the imperial edict.

Wu Jing took a look at the imperial edict and his eyes widened immediately. He could not help but get angry: "Why is Yang An Ning like this? Why is he like this? Doesn't he care about his reputation? Isn't he afraid that the crime of murdering the previous emperor will be spread for thousands of generations?!"

"Go!"

The Jinyiwei directly picked up Wu Jingsuo and forcibly dragged him out of the Imperial College.

Wu Jing was soon taken to the imperial prison.

Looking at the dark prison, Wu Jing became even more panicked and at the same time hated Yang Yiqing even more: "Yang Anning, why did you do this? Why did you do this?"

Wu Jing couldn't help but punch the ground as he spoke.

Suddenly.

With this blow of the hammer, a mouse came out from the rotten straw pile. He was so scared that he took a few steps back and his face turned pale.

"Mr. Duizhai, you have to save me!"

Wu Jing became more and more devastated and cried out in a low voice with tears in his eyes.

He had been living a life of luxury, but within less than a quarter of an hour he could no longer stand the horrible prison environment.

Not only were there rats here, but it was also pitch black and there was no light at all. It was as if countless eyes were staring at him, making his whole body go goosebumps. The musty smell was very pungent.

Zhu Houcong also soon learned from Qin Wen that Wu Jing had been arrested and imprisoned.

"Very good, lock him up first and slowly interrogate him to find out who is behind the slander of Yuan Fu."

Zhu Houcong therefore gave an order.

After Zhu Houcong gave this order, Wang Qiong from the Imperial Study suddenly delivered another report to Zhu Houcong: "Your Majesty, Wang Hong and Zhu Wan sent a victory report, saying that the Japanese pirates on Shuangyu Island have been completely wiped out, more than 10,000 Japanese pirates and more than 300 Western barbarians were killed, more than 3,000 Japanese pirates and 200 Western barbarians were captured, more than 800 large and small ships were captured, and more than 100 were sunk! More than 1,000 houses were sealed up by order, as well as a large amount of armor, iron materials, gunpowder, and craftsmen they captured."

Zhu Houcong was both happy and surprised after hearing this.

What made him happy was that the navy had won a great victory and finally wiped out all the Japanese pirates on Shuangyu Island.

What surprised him was that there were so many Japanese pirates on Shuangyu Island.

Logically speaking, with tens of thousands of Japanese pirates, it should be no problem for them to cause chaos in Zhejiang, let alone in the southeast.

This made Zhu Houcong so surprised that he couldn't help but gasp.

Because he could sense that the sudden appearance of so many Japanese pirates was probably due to the continuous increase in troops on Shuangyu Island recently.

It is impossible that Shuangyu Island has always been occupied by so many Japanese pirates.

Of course not!
After all, if there were always so many Japanese pirates on Shuangyu Island, the amount of supplies needed would not be a small amount.

Yang Yiqing and Wang Qiong also realized the problem here.

Therefore, Yang Yiqing said, "Your Majesty, Wang Hong and Zhu Wan have made great contributions this time. Tens of thousands of Japanese pirates have been annihilated, and the Japanese pirates have been seriously injured. Now, not only will the inspection of the East Ocean be much smoother, but even the southeast will not have to worry about large-scale invasions by Japanese pirates for the time being!"

"This is all due to your Majesty's wisdom!"

"Because according to what Wang and Zhu said, it was because your majesty reminded them to pay attention to Shuangyu Island that they were able to win this great victory. Otherwise, with so many isolated islands along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, it would have been impossible to find out that so many Japanese pirates would gather in this area in a short time!"

Wang Qiong said at this time.

When Wang Qiong said this, Yang Yiqing, Wang Ao and Zhang Cong were all shocked.

They knew that the emperor now had extensive and well-informed sources of information.

But he didn't expect that the emperor's sources of information would be so wide and well-informed that he could even find out the lair of the Japanese pirates.

Could it be that the emperor could predict the future?
Or is there really a divine will secretly helping the emperor?
In any case, for the ministers in the Imperial Study, the closer they are to the current emperor, the more they feel that the current emperor should not be underestimated.

Let’s talk.

After Wang Hong secretly arrived in Liangzhe in accordance with the imperial order, he discussed with Zhu Wan the strategy of encircling and suppressing Shuangyu Island.

Zhu Wan also kept sending out scouts at sea.

In the end, the two of them learned that a large number of Japanese pirates had recently come from the east, and they even figured out the number of these pirates.

To this end, the two men deliberately postponed the time of attacking Shuangyu Island, mobilized more troops, and made more thorough preparations, so much so that even the cooks were wearing armor.

There is no way. Although the Ming Dynasty court is now facing a serious fiscal deficit, that is a fiscal deficit caused by high expenditures. The income has actually increased, and the main manifestation of high expenditures is the large military expenditures.

Zhu Houcong ordered the Marquis of Zhenyuan to send people to Korea to dig for iron ore, and ordered government-run iron factories in Zunhua and other places to collect large quantities of iron ore from these places, making the Ming Dynasty's official army's reserves of armor and other military equipment particularly abundant.

This is certainly something that the real Japanese who came to plunder the Ming Dynasty and even stole iron pots and hoes.

A total of 20,000 naval forces besieged Shuangyu Island on the night of July 5, the fifth year of Jiajing.

When the navy arrived at Shuangyu Island, most of the Japanese pirates on the island were still asleep, so when the navy rushed in, many of them were killed in their sleep.

Many of them didn't even have clothes on.

Even if the real Japanese reacted, relying on their rich practical experience, and calmly put on armor and went out to fight, they were still frightened by the overwhelming iron torrent and dared not fight. They could only think of seizing ships and going out to sea.

After all, they rarely saw tens of thousands of elite armored soldiers appear in their own country.

The Japanese pirates who only managed to seize ships and escape from Shuangyu Island would be even more desperate because there were more naval forces waiting to encircle and suppress them at sea.

In short, because the Ming Dynasty was well prepared and the Japanese pirates were caught off guard, these invading Japanese pirates who originally intended to invade the southeastern Fujian and Zhejiang areas and assist internal forces to prevent the Ming Dynasty from patrolling the East were surrounded.

And at dawn on the eighth day of July in the fifth year of Jiajing.

The official ships patrolling the East and the merchant ships of the imperial merchants have all gathered at the port of Dinghaiwei, preparing to sail to the East.

Yu Dayou, who was in charge of the escort, also wore armor and accompanied the inspecting ministers Huo Tao and Zhang Tong to the deck, examining everything around them.

clap clap!

When the auspicious time arrived, some people lit firecrackers on the shore, and crackling sparks bloomed one after another on the shore of the port.

After the sound of firecrackers, everyone from the inspecting minister to the sailors and laborers began to eat. Because they were setting sail today, even the lowly sailors and laborers received a big bowl of fatty braised pork, so everyone ate with relish.

After dinner, there was the sound of drums.

Amid the sound of drums, the sailors who had just finished their meal began to raise the anchor and started shouting everywhere with their greasy mouths, causing the large ships to hoist their long sails.

At the same time, a large number of hired warriors from wealthy coastal families who were hiding near the port also shouted loudly.

"The sailors have already had their breakfast. In less than half an incense stick, they will all lie down!"

"Brothers, let's get started! Kill these government troops and wait for the flood to get out of the boat!"

After shouting loudly, the forces of these big coastal families really rushed towards the port.

Some civilians who were watching the excitement around the port were also hacked to death on the spot by these brave warriors who rushed in.

For a moment, there was chaos around the port.

The screams continued.

Blood flowed.

Wu Jian and other children of the local wealthy families were watching this scene with a sneer, and said: "We now have internal support, and the upcoming Japanese pirates to support us, so the imperial court's inspection of Japan will not be successful!"

But just as Wu Jian finished his words, he saw a large number of government troops coming down from the boats and starting firing at the rebels.

Wu Jian was shocked: "Did our insider fail to poison their breakfast?"

(End of this chapter)