Chapter 173 Absolute plan

The fisherman knelt down in front of Zhu Houzhao tremblingly. He thought that the man in front of him was young and not very old, but if he could be a high official, he was naturally a son of the official family.

“I’m here to ask you, can you understand what they say?”

“I can understand what Master Zheng said.”

The fisherman thought that Zhu Houzhao’s surname was Zhen, so he returned the above words.

Zhu Houzhao was not surprised, so he asked casually, “Go and ask these pirates, what are they doing here?”

“They said that the warship was very powerful and wanted to go back for their use, but now you have taken it, and they are now clamoring for you to let them go.”

After listening to Zhu Houzhao, he pondered for a while and said, “Well, I see, you go down!”

Several guards quickly came up and took the fisherman down.

Zhu Houzhao was sitting on a chair, looking down at the Ming Navy, secretly happy in his heart, seeing is believing, seeing the whole thing clearly, in this confrontation, nearly 200 Japanese pirates were wiped out, and 70 or 80 people were captured. And his side only lost less than 60 people.

Qi Jingtong and others stood aside, waiting for Zhu Houzhao’s instructions.

They were all worried about the safety of His Majesty, and some people were even secretly discussing who should be the king if Zhu Houzhao was killed this time.

Not long after, the personnel in the management of the Navy’s logistics reported the actual number of casualties, and Zhu Houzhao looked at it for a while and put it aside.

“Li Qing’s house!”

Li Dongyang quickly walked over and said, “Your Majesty!”

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Dongyang and asked, “As the chief minister of the cabinet, tell me, how many people does this Ming Dynasty have?”

This question suddenly stumped Li Dongyang.

He stood there for a long time and couldn’t answer Zhu Houzhao’s question, because no cabinet before that had an approximate figure.

They were all wondering what happened to His Majesty today, and it was a difficult question to ask.

“Your Majesty, I have not implemented this issue before. Please forgive me. When I go back this time, I will immediately start the census.”

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: “I asked Liu Jian to measure the land under the whole world, and they only gave me a rough figure. I just want to know how many people I have?”

After a pause, Zhu Houzhao continued: “I’ve been a little tired of living in this sea for a while, so I’ll return to the capital immediately!”

“As for these Japanese pirates, I think they’ll be cut off. It’s useless to keep them, and it will waste a lot of food.”

“Besides, they came here to challenge us. I just gave them a little color to look at, so I don’t need to let them go back.”

When Zhu Houzhao said these words, the prisoners kneeling at the bottom didn’t hear a word, and more people muttered and cursed something they couldn’t understand.

It was estimated that they were all swear words to greet Zhu Houzhao’s eightfold female ancestor, but Zhu Houzhao couldn’t understand it either.

Since the prisoners were to be slaughtered, none of them could be released. This matter was arranged for Deng Wenlong to do.

Deng Wenlong didn’t seem too happy because he didn’t perform any meritorious service in this battle. Qi Jingtong would arrange the matter to his men.

They tied all the captives to a warship and drove to the place where they were eight miles away. They cut off the heads of these Japanese pirates and threw them into the sea to feed the fish.

Soon, a group of sharks gathered around…

Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chariot happily, and opened the curtain from time to time to look out the window along the way. His heart was full of curiosity, and the honor guard left Tanggu in a mighty manner.

Now it is said that this is the governor of Liaodong Wang Shouren.

Although he is only seventeen or eighteen years old this year, about the same age as Zhu Houzhao, he has matured a lot in thinking.

The 200,000 Daming officers he led had been stationed in the west of the Daxing’an Mountains and were ready to attack the Jianzhou Jurchen at any time.

This Jianzhou Jurchen is very cunning, knowing that he is not an opponent of the Ming army, but he has repeatedly invaded the Central Plains, and has come to the mainland to loot from time to time. For this reason, there are always urgent reports from Liaodong.

It’s not that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are not powerful, but that the mountains and valleys in the Daxing’an Mountains are deep, and it is impossible to lead the army to go deeper. This also makes Wang Shouren stationed again, but he is in a dilemma.

The Jurchen tribe has a large population and occupies a vast land thousands of miles in depth. How difficult is it for Wang Shouren to conquer the entire Liaodong?

In a head-to-head confrontation that just broke out, the Jurchen tribe suffered huge losses, losing tens of thousands of people, and the Jianzhou Sanwei was razed to the ground by the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

Afterwards, the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou led people to escape into the depths of the mountains.

However, this battle is a tug-of-war, and the damage to the Jianzhou Sanwei is the beginning.

Wang Shouren’s task is to clean up the front of the Jurchen tribe hidden in the mountains.

This is much more difficult than a frontal attack.

Inside the Forbidden City.

The imperial examinations were held as scheduled after Zhu Houzhao arrived.

Yang Tinghe has already set up the Gongyuan, and every invigilator is personally selected by Yang Tinghe. As this confidential examination for the selection of talents for Daming, there must be no fraud.

Otherwise, he, a cabinet minister who has worked for more than 30 years, will follow Liu Jian’s path.

For this imperial examination, Zhu Houzhao is also full of expectations. This is the first time he has faced the truth since he succeeded the Datong.

It has been three days since Zhu Houzhao returned to the capital from Tanggukou.

One of the most troublesome things Zhu Houzhao encountered in dealing with the internal affairs of the government was the memorial sent by Wang Shouren.

It was said that they were chasing the Jianzhou Jurchen, and the Jianzhou Jurchen rose up against them and broke out with a powerful fighting force, which surprised the civil and military capitals of the Manchu Dynasty.

However, the war that broke out in Liaodong allowed them to see the tenacity of the Jurchen tribe. Under the pursuit of Wang Shouren, the Jurchen tribe survived by chance.

But for the Jurchen tribe, the Daming officers and soldiers are pressing hard this time, and they have reached the moment of life and death.

However, this was only the beginning, and Wang Shouren used his ultimate strategy.

He ran out of food for the Jianzhou Jurchen who fled to the depths of the mountains. It is autumn again. Although there are many fruits in the mountains to fill their stomachs, as time goes by, they will gradually lose the possibility of survival.

Yes, he is waiting for the arrival of winter.

He didn’t take the approach of entering the mountain rashly, because the mountains in the big and small Xing’an Mountains are deep, and once they enter, they may not be able to get out again.

If winter comes soon, UU reading www. Those Jianzhou Jurchens are likely to freeze to death.

At this moment, Zhu Houzhao was reading the memorials sent by Liaodong in the Qianqing Palace.

The **** Xiao Fangzi came over, cupped his hands and said to Zhu Houzhao, “Prince Taifu Liu Daxia is back.”

“Liu Daxia?”

Zhu Houzhao put down the memorial in his hand and thought for a while.

This Liu Daxia was a famous minister of Zhongxing during the Hongzhi period.

This person took the first place in the rural examination in Tianshun three years, and later served as the head of the Ministry of War, the minister of Guangdong, the left servant, and the right servant.

In the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, he was promoted to the Minister of War and assisted Emperor Hongzhi in realizing the rejuvenation of Wang Chao of Daming, so he was deeply loved by Emperor Hongzhi Zhu Youji.

For this reason, he and Ma Wensheng and Wang Shu are collectively known as the “Three Gentlemen of Hongzhi.”

After Emperor Zhengde ascended the throne, dissatisfied with the actions of the **** Liu Jin, he wrote to Zhu Houzhao to kill Liu Jin many times, but he never got a reply, so he was disheartened and resigned from the position of the prince’s grandfather and went to the mountains.