I am a temporary worker in Jinyiwei, how did I become a powerful official?

Chapter 14 The great cause of resisting the Japanese invaders rests on the shoulders of Lin Shisan?

As an aside, Chen Ju, who was able to become a great official whose name will be recorded in history, must have had an extraordinary mind.

He seemed to be able to see through Lin Shisan's thoughts: "You don't want to continue looking for the dog for Eunuch Gao because of its name."

Lin Shisan continued to play dumb: "I have forgotten the name of Ye Wulong. What was it called?"

Chen Ju said: "Ye Wulong's name is Yan Qingci, don't pretend to be ignorant when you know the truth."

Lin Shisan said, "How can that be possible? I have never pretended to be stupid since I was born."

Chen Ju looked up to the sky and sighed: "Alas! What a pity."

Lin Shisan thought Chen Ju was trying to make big promises for him. Gao Xiaoqi had made big promises for him every day at the elephant training center, so he was no longer sensitive to big promises.

He guessed that Chen Ju wanted to promise him a large sum of money, or a promotion after the success.

Lin Shisan thought: You have to be born to get promoted. You have to be born to make money.

Unexpectedly, after sighing, Chen Ju actually said, "It's a pity that our old man Gao is not as cruel and ruthless as the father and son of the Yan family and eunuch Chen Hong."

Lin Shisan asked: "Oh, what do you mean?"

Chen Ju said sternly, "Old Man Gao's greatest strength is kindness. His greatest weakness is also kindness. If the father and son of the Yan family and Eunuch Chen Hong ask you, a nobody, to find a dog, they will crush you like a stink bug if you can't find them. Do you still want to give up? Aren't you afraid that your whole family will end up in a mass grave?"

Lin Shisan asked tentatively: "What about Eunuch Gao?"

Chen Ju said: "Eunuch Gao is kind as water, and never forces anyone to do anything. If you refuse to continue to help him, he will never make things difficult for you."

Lin Shisan thought: This young eunuch Chen is young, but he is very thoughtful. If Chen Hong and the father and son of the Yan family gave me a task, I would not dare to give up halfway.

Eunuch Gao is a well-known virtuous eunuch, and a virtuous eunuch will not make things difficult for a small person. So, I have decided to take this task.

But Lin Shisan couldn't say it clearly: "No matter what you think, Eunuch Chen, I can't do anything about it."

Chen Ju asked, "Do you know which of Eunuch Gao's best friends gave this dragon?"

Lin Shisan smiled slyly: "Eunuch Gao didn't tell me, and he had his reasons for not telling me. I don't want to know and I don't dare to know."

Chen Ju gritted his teeth and said, "Even if you don't want to know, I will tell you. The name of Eunuch Gao's best friend is Lu Tong!"

Lu Tong was a famous general who fought against the Japanese invaders.

Once upon a time, the Ming Dynasty had three famous generals who fought against the Japanese invaders.

One is the current Zhejiang general, Yu Dayou.

One of them is the current deputy commander of Shandong's defense against Japanese invaders, Qi Jiguang.

One is the former governor of Fujian, Lu Tong.

Among the three, Lu Tong has the longest seniority.

When Lu Tong led the troops of Fujian Province and defeated the Japanese pirates at Shuangyu Port, Qi Jiguang was still an unknown flag officer in Jizhen; Yu Dayou was just a subordinate of Lu Tong's subordinate, the garrison commander of Zhangzhou.

Lu Tong was a general who was not afraid of death and was good at fighting both clever and tough battles. The people along the coast of Fujian respectfully called him "Lu Long Wang".

But such a Dragon King with outstanding military achievements has now been imprisoned for three full years!
The reason is party strife!
Yan Song had a mortal enemy - the former chief minister of the cabinet, Xia Yan.

Xia Yan had a disciple, Zhu Wan, the former governor of Zhejiang and commander-in-chief of Fujian Sea Route Military Affairs.

Zhu Wan had a trusted and beloved general - the former Fujian Dusi, Lu Tong.

The Yan Party killed the virtuous prime minister Xia Yan, persecuted the capable minister Zhu Wan, and incidentally sent Lu Tong to prison. Lu Tong had been imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice for several years.

Lin Shisan said, "Ah, it turned out to be a gift from Lu Shuai from Fujian. No wonder Old Man Gao treasures it so much."

Chen Ju said: "Everyone in the world knows that General Lu was wrongly imprisoned. Now my adoptive father has found an opportunity to clear General Lu's name. The key lies in the dog Ye Wulong. With the dog, General Lu can return to the southeast and fight against the Japanese pirates. Without the dog, General Lu can only continue to be trapped in the wrongful imprisonment."

Lin Shisan said, "Eunuch Chen, you must be joking. The hope of a famous anti-Japanese general to make a comeback lies in a dog? I don't believe it."

Chen Ju's face was solemn: "Do you think I'm joking?"

Lin Shisan remained silent.

Chen Ju said: "Today you are looking for the dog not only to please my adoptive father, but also for the innocence of a famous general and the success of the anti-Japanese war in the southeast! The heavy burden is on your shoulders. If you give up, the people in the southeast will be trapped in blood and fire for a long time. Half of Jiangnan will also be..."

Lin Shisan interrupted Chen Ju: "Wait a minute. Eunuch Chen is so eloquent that I almost got fooled by you. You said that the heavy burden of resisting the Japanese in the southeast is on the shoulders of a lieutenant like me who is not even a member of the Wei clan?"

Chen Ju also realized that he had exaggerated: "At least you can contribute to the great cause of fighting against the Japanese invaders in the southeast. When you are old, you won't regret your mediocre life."

Lin Shisan stopped talking in a slick way. He said something very honest: "Eunuch Chen, I understand both the big and small principles. But I want to live until the day I am old."

Chen Ju was stunned, and after a moment he said, "Even ants try to survive, let alone humans. A lieutenant is involved in such a big event, and there is indeed a risk of getting into trouble. If you don't want to help, I won't force you."

Lin Shisan said, "Stop. You didn't say what you just said, and I didn't hear it. What happened is very simple. Old Man Gao had a pet dog, and it was lost, so he asked me to find it. I'm not capable enough to find it. That's it. Goodbye."

After saying that, Lin Shisan walked out of the alley without looking back.

Chen Ju stared at Lin Shisan's back and shook his head helplessly.

Lin Shisan came to Gaoli Street and suddenly met his fat apprentice Sun Yue.

Sun Yue said, "The cat has been sent back. Master, how is the mission going?"

Lin Shisan smiled bitterly and said, "It's a failure. I might be expelled from the elephant training center this time and I can no longer be your master."

Sun Yue was surprised: "Ah? How is it possible? Master, you have great powers."

Lin Shisan said, "Stop flattering me. Let's go back to the elephant training center and answer for our crime."

On the way back to the elephant training station, the two men passed by a stall that evaluated things.

"Pingshi" is an official position in the officialdom, a seventh-rank official of the Dali Temple.

"Pingshi" is a way of making a living in the market, and as the name suggests, it means "commenting on current affairs."

The common people had no official newspapers to read and were cut off from the news. Some people with good tongues would inquire about current events from the servants of high-ranking officials and tell the common people about them to earn some money.

The Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty was far more tolerant than later generations imagined.

When "evaluating matters", as long as it is not explicitly said that the Emperor is selfish, Prime Minister Yan is treacherous, and Ci Fu Xu is greedy, Shuntian Prefecture, Bingmasi, and Jinyiwei will not care and are too lazy to care.

Lin Shisan stopped in front of the review booth because he heard the following words:
"Today we are going to talk about how fifty-three Japanese pirates landed in Shangyu, Zhejiang, and made a big circle in Zhejiang. Tens of thousands of garrison troops were helpless, and finally they arrived at the gates of Nanjing."

Lin Shisan thought that the commentator was exaggerating. This was their livelihood technique.

There were at least eight garrisons between Shangyu, Zhejiang, and Nanjing. The Ming garrison had at least 30,000 soldiers, if not 50,000.

How could a mere fifty-three Japanese pirates fight all the way from Shangyu to the outskirts of Nanjing?
Are they all monsters with three heads and six arms, heads breathing fire and butts emitting smoke?

(End of this chapter)