Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 219

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Less than a month after King Nan'an set off from central Beijing, news of a great victory came from the southeast, saying that he had regained all the lost ground.However, the Japanese pirates are cunning, seeing the situation is not good, they burned down the villages and towns and fled to the sea.

The king of Nan'an County also said: the people along the coast are suffering, lack of food and clothing, and are homeless.

King Annan's memorabilia made the emperor very angry, and he dropped several pairs of teacups in the imperial study.Seeing this, Eunuch Su hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty, calm down,..."

Before Eunuch Su finished speaking, the emperor interrupted him angrily, and asked in a low voice: "Calm down? How do you let me calm down! Those pirates burned my villages and towns, killed my people, and plundered supplies! I sent troops to go, but Nan'an didn't say anything." Annihilating the pirates, he only cared about the merits on the list and asked for supplies! What merits does he have?! Did he drive the pirates away?"

Eunuch Su bowed his head and stood aside. At this time, he didn't dare to answer casually, but the emperor continued to say angrily: "Allow funds and distribute food!? What's his idea? Don't you think I don't know? Hmph!" The emperor said He punched heavily on Jinsi Nanmu's imperial case.

Eunuch Su rolled his eyes, and tentatively said cautiously: "Could it be better to send Prince Wu back to the fief?" As soon as Eunuch Su finished speaking, the emperor suddenly raised his head, his eyes brightened by two points!
The emperor thought to himself: This is a good idea. At first, the old prince called him back, saying that it was for Hongjin's engagement, but in the end, he was just afraid that he would get involved in seizing the heir, but now he has no such worries.Besides, the fiefdom of King Wujun is in the southeast, so it's just right to send him back.Thinking of this, the emperor immediately asked Su Gonggong to personally go to call Wujun Wang into the palace.

Coincidentally, King Wu Jun learned that the southeast was restless, and was about to enter the palace to ask for an order to return to the fiefdom. When he was about to reach the gate of the palace, he met Su Gonggong who was going to call, so he entered the palace together with Su Gonggong.On the way, I learned that the emperor intends to let him return to the fief, and I couldn't help being overjoyed!

In the past two years, King Wujun was detained in the capital, and he had nothing to do all day long. If it wasn't for Hongjin's engagement and marriage, he could be busy. King Wujun felt that he was about to get moldy.Now that he heard that something happened in the southeast, how could he stay in the capital peacefully?
When seeing the emperor, King Wujun greeted him and said first, "I heard that Seventeen Villages, two towns in the southeast, were attacked by pirates. I asked you to return to the station and guard the southeast!"

The emperor asked Eunuch Su to summon King Wu, so he naturally planned to use him, but the emperor did not expect that King Wu would be more eager than he imagined, so he shook his head and smiled, "Get up." Then he ordered Eunuch Su to go up After drinking tea, under the expectant eyes of Prince Wu, we started talking about serious business.

What the emperor wanted to do was not just to provide relief to coastal refugees.He even wanted to take this opportunity to build a water army. However, the emperor was not at ease when this army was handed over to Nan'an.

The reason why the emperor was furious was not only because of the inaccurate performance of the King of Nan'an County, but also because just a few days ago, the Supreme Emperor, who had lived in Daming Palace for a long time and had never intervened in government affairs since the emperor ascended the throne, was actually chasing after the arrears. For the incident, he came forward and reprimanded the emperor, saying that he not only did not care about the veterans, but also deliberately suppressed them.It's almost saying that he is not filial!

With such a big hat down, the matter of recovering the arrears again was suppressed.How could the emperor not be angry?But you can't be angry at the Supreme Emperor, right?It just so happened that Nan'an Junwang's memorial gave the emperor a chance and an excuse to get angry.

But at this time, when the emperor and Prince Wu were talking about business, the anger disappeared.Instead, he smiled lightly and said, "Fortunately, all the families and prefectures who owed money have paid back some of the money. After making a summary and statistics, they have recovered a lot." Speaking of this, the emperor was very happy to see Prince Wu, Can't help asking: "Isn't this worth being happy?"

Prince Wu thought for a while and said, "It's natural to be happy, but how do you plan to use the money? Do you really plan to help the southeast?"

Seeing that the emperor raised his eyebrows and did not speak, King Wujun bowed for a moment and replied: "I report to the Holy Majesty that it is not that I am cold-blooded and ignorant of the people, but that the seventeen villages in the two towns after the pirate raids were reported to be human and animal beasts." Don't keep it. This money," Prince Wu thought for a while and finally said, "Your Majesty, don't let him be deceived!"

Seeing this, the emperor smiled and said: "I plan to order you to return to the southeast secretly, and with these silvers, I will train a group of sailors who can really go to the battlefield for the sake of heaven/dynasties and me! This matter must be kept secret. You understand ?”

King Wujun was not stupid either, he naturally understood that the word "secret" mentioned by the emperor was actually hiding it from King Nan'an.But training an army is by no means easy, let alone three to fifty thousand taels or three to five million taels. Moreover, since it is a naval army, it must be necessary to build a fleet, which is a huge sum.

Hearing what the emperor said, the King of Suiwu County did not show any joy or excitement. Instead, he frowned and said worriedly: "The minister's fief is in the southeast, and it is only the Holy Majesty's will to return to the fief without eyes and ears. , there is no problem. It's just the navy, "

King Wu Jun looked at the emperor carefully and said: "It's not a small amount to build a navy. Where did the money come from? The recovered debts should not be enough, right?"

The emperor stared at King Wujun for a while, then nodded and smiled suddenly: "Not counting the arrears recovered, the donations from the ministers and relatives alone this time amounted to more than 100 million taels. Including the recovered silver owed, two to three million taels There are."

Seeing that King Wujun opened his mouth to say something, the emperor hurriedly raised his hand to stop him and continued: "Of course, two or three million taels is not enough to build a new naval army, but it should not be much worse if you save a little in advance. This time When you go back, you organize your manpower first and train them out for me, as for the fleet, I will think of another way."

King Wu Jun looked at the emperor and frowned and said: "Not to mention anything else, just how to transport the two or three million taels back is also a problem. I return alone. It is easy to avoid the eyes and ears. I am afraid that the two or three million taels will be returned together. No one can hide it, right?"

The emperor didn't think of any good solution for a moment, he frowned and thought about it, and ordered Huang Jiyun to be summoned.When Huang Jiyun learned of the emperor's plan, he frowned and pondered for a moment, then tentatively said: "Why do you need to hide from others? The king of Wujun can go back in an open and honest manner." As soon as the words came out, the emperor asked with a little interest: "Is there any reason for Ji Yun?" It’s better to listen to what you think.”

Huang Jiyun lowered his head and sorted out his thoughts before opening his mouth and said: "Something happened along the southeast coast. Although the Holy Majesty sent the king of Nan'an County to go there, the southeast is the fiefdom of the king of Wujun County. If the king of Wujun County proposes to return to the fiefdom, it must be the Holy Majesty." It's not easy to stop."

Speaking of this, Huang Jiyun raised his head to look at the emperor with bright eyes, and then looked at the King of Wujun before he smiled and said: "It is necessary to be on guard against others. It is only natural for the Holy Majesty to ask the princess of Wujun and his son to stay."

Seeing the slight change in Prince Wu's face, Huang Jiyun continued, "In this way, even if Prince Wu returned to the southeast, he would feel dissatisfied. An enemy's enemy is a friend, and Prince Wu will be a wooing target in the southeast. He is not a target of defense. In this way, King Wujun can go back in an open and honest manner."

The emperor raised his eyebrows and seemed to understand Huang Jiyun's meaning, while Prince Wu frowned and asked, "It's not the point whether to go back secretly, or to go back openly, the important thing is how to bring back the two or three million taels of silver. "

Huang Jiyun obviously didn't expect that the king of Wujun would say that when he said it so clearly, he couldn't help but look at the emperor in a daze, the emperor also smiled wryly at this, this king of Wujun is a good player on the battlefield, but I am really speechless about the twists and turns in the court.

The emperor thought for a while, and smiled helplessly at Huang Jiyun: "I would like to ask Ji Yun to clarify." Huang Jiyun looked at King Wu, and said with a smile: "This king returned to the fief, and brought some salutes with his personal guards. Isn't it normal?"

When King Wujun heard this, he immediately understood, and said with a smile to Huang Jiyun: "The meaning of the Grand Scholar is that you want me to return to the fief by boat?" You can’t hide anything else.”

Seeing King Wujun's face blushing, and his eyes full of excitement, the emperor could not help but exhort: "This matter is of great importance, and King Wujun should be careful about it." Worried, he couldn't help saying: "You can go outside the city to discuss this matter with your adopted daughter, maybe she can give you some advice."

After speaking, the emperor himself was stunned for a moment. Why did he think of that little girl for these important military affairs?Looking up to see Prince Wu, he also looked at himself in disbelief.

The emperor was about to change his words, but Huang Jiyun smiled and said: "The Holy Majesty is making the best use of everything. Not to mention anything else, the main purpose of King Ruowu's return this time is to train soldiers, maybe Yu'er can really make some idea."

It was the first time King Wujun heard Daiyu mentioned by someone other than the concubine and Wanyu. Although she was his adopted daughter, it was only in name.Furthermore, in King Wu's opinion, even if Huang Jiyun is Daiyu's teacher, Daiyu is just a girl.At this time, seeing the expressions of the emperor and Huang Jiyun, but not as he thought, he couldn't help but become more curious.

The matter of Daiyu could not be concealed from the emperor, and it was meaningless to conceal it. He thought that Daiyu was surrounded by people arranged by the emperor to monitor and protect her, otherwise he would not rest assured that Daiyu lived alone outside the city.Furthermore, since the emperor can promise to speak freely to Daiyu, he thinks he appreciates and likes Daiyu very much.

Thinking of the emperor's liking for Daiyu, Huang Jiyun immediately raised his head to look at the emperor. For some reason, he felt that Daiyu's marriage should be settled earlier.

The emperor saw Huang Jiyun raised his eyes and looked at himself, as if he suddenly didn't recognize him, not only was he surprised, but also felt that the look in his eyes was very strange.But Huang Jiyun only took one look, then hurriedly lowered his head, the emperor was not sure if he was wrong.

Since the matter of Daiyu cannot be kept from the emperor, the king of Wujun does not need to hide it. One is that the king of Wujun is the emperor's man, and the other is that Daiyu is the daughter of the king of Wujun in name, even if he is just a righteous daughter.

Huang Jiyun smiled and said: "The Holy Majesty must also know about the Lin Family Academy. The children there, I heard, are all in good health, and now they not only learn to farm and hunt, but also learn to water. Swimming. Really figured out something to strengthen the bodies of these kids."

The emperor naturally knew what Huang Jiyun said, but it was the first time for King Wujun to hear it, and he couldn't help but smiled with interest: "Then is this still an academy?"

Huang Jiyun smiled proudly, "I don't know King Wu, but this academy is of course an academy. Although there are only half-day classes every day, the students of the academy can get good results every year of the competition. And never I heard about falling ill in the tribute courtyard."

When Huang Jiyun said this, Prince Wu was also a little surprised. Although he took the path of a military general and was born in a clan, he didn't need to take part in the scientific examination. However, he was clear about the severity and difficulty of the scientific examination. .In each competition year, how many candidates are unable to achieve good results due to illness, or even give up halfway and return home with regret?

(End of this chapter)