Chapter 376
Saying this at night really affects the mood. Wang Yanqing took his hand and said, "No matter how complicated the affairs of the court are, they will be tomorrow. You haven't eaten yet, so let's eat first."
Lu Heng didn't want to disturb him and his wife alone because of those people. Lu Heng nodded and suddenly thought of something: "Have you eaten?"
Wang Yanqing shook her head: "I don't have an appetite by myself, so I'll just wait for you to come back and use it together. The vegetables have been warm on the stove."
Thinking of the current hour, Lu Heng lowered his face and said, "If I come back late, you can use it yourself. If I don't come back, will you wait another night?"
"But you always come back."
Lu Heng got stuck in his reproach, and finally held Wang Yanqing's hand firmly and helped her up: "Okay, let's go eat."
In the next few days, Lu Heng began to leave early and return late again. Wang Yanqing had a premonition that the court and China would not be peaceful. Half a month later, the capital entered the rainy season. The rain was dripping on the eaves, like the boundless sky, with no end.
At this time, good news came from the southeast front. Thousands of Japanese pirates suddenly invaded Jiaxing by land and water. Zhang Jin sent three groups of troops to encircle them. After several days of fierce fighting, the Japanese pirates were defeated.
The admiral in the battle report said that this victory was the most glorious victory since the Anti-Japanese War. After the emperor read it, it was rare to summon the cabinet members and the six ministries to talk secretly in Xi Nei for an hour.
I don't know what the emperor said, but after the elders came out, they were all sweaty and pale. Immediately afterwards, Fu Tingzhou, Marquis of Zhenyuan, and Guoxun, Marquis of Wuding were urgently summoned into the palace. The emperor wore loose Taoist robes and looked gentle and indifferent to world affairs.
Guo Xun and Fu Tingzhou didn't know why, but they could feel that the emperor was in a bad mood now. Fu Tingzhou remembered the good news sent to the capital not long ago, and vaguely guessed that there should be a problem on the battlefield of Japanese pirates.
Guo Xun and Fu Tingzhou have led troops for several generations, but they have always been rooted in the northwest, and their ancestors have fought on land for generations. They have no experience in fighting on water. But those who are daring, starving and cowardly, dare not take risks, what are they still doing in the officialdom?
Fu Tingzhou stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "This minister is willing to give it a try."
Soon, rumors spread in Beijing. The emperor ordered Zhang Jin to be arrested and ordered Fu Tingzhou, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, to go to Zhejiang and Fujian to supervise the war. During the incident, Li Yongjing and Wen Wangyun made a remark, saying that the army had just won a great victory, and Zhang Jin was so arrogant of Japanese pirates that it was not appropriate to change the commander at this time, and hoped that the emperor would take it back. Moreover, even though the Marquis of Zhenyuan used his soldiers like a god, but he had been fighting against the Mongols in the plains, how could he understand sea battles?
The emperor's answer was to beat Li Yongjing and Wen Wangyun severely, cut their posts to serve the people, and still sent someone to arrest Zhang and put him in prison.
Many people in the DPRK did not understand why the emperor had a sudden attack when he had just won the battle, so that he had to change coaches immediately? Even if the emperor was dissatisfied with Zhang Jin, there were civil servants familiar with Jiangnan Water Affairs in the court.
In fact, the emperor sent Fu Tingzhou to the southeast just because he was a pure northerner. Fu Tingzhou's background is tough enough, and behind him is a group of northern nobles headed by Guo Xun. Zhu Wan came from a poor family and had no power or power. No one would seek justice when he died, but Fu Tingzhou was different. No matter what the situation is in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, those scholars would definitely not dare to touch Fu Tingzhou.
Regardless of the fact that the nobles are torn to death, but if someone offends the interests of the generals, this group of people is the most united.
If you want to shake a solid interest group, you can only activate another group.
After Fu Tingzhou returned from the Datong battlefield, he also asked the governor of Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Zhejiang, Shandong, Fujian, and Huguang provinces to attract the attention of the whole court. When everyone in the capital was busy watching the expedition ceremony of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, a large ship on the Tonghui River was docked at the pier, coming and going to carry things.
It is said that this is a wealthy family marrying a daughter. The rich family loves their daughters like their lives, and the girl married into the Jiangnan clan. All the entourage are tall and tall young men, busy carrying boxes to the boat. The bride was dressed in red, and her dowry was quite rich. The large red wooden boxes were carried one by one, filling half of the cabin. The dowry prepared by the wealthy for their daughters is really solid, and a boat of this size has a very deep draught into the water.
A man dressed as a servant counted the amount of the dowry. After coming out, he looked at the wharf with vigilant and subtle eyes. After secretly patrolling the ship for a week, he walked quickly to a cabin, clasped his fists, and said, "Captain, you've counted, and I'll tell you. No suspicious persons are tracked.”
A slender figure was sitting at the table drinking tea. His face was like a crown jade, his eyes were like cold stars, and he was holding a tea cup in one hand like a graceful young man walking out of a poem. He took a sip of tea, put down the tea cup, and said unhurriedly, "Let's go then."
"Yes." The little servant clasped his fists and wanted to leave. But the young man stood up and walked leisurely towards the little servant. The servant stopped, lowered his head and asked, "What else is there to order from the Governor?"
He walked to the boy's side, tapped the boy's shoulder with a folding fan, and said in a warm and gentle voice, "Call me young master."
The little servant frowned in a weird way. Naturally, they were not a real family to send their relatives, but Jin Yiwei in disguise. Guo Tao thought that the commander-in-chief was really quick to enter the play, he lowered his eyes in response, and took orders to leave.