amaotonovel Chapter 772 Old Zhu's good eldest son, the number one filial son in the world!
Chapter 772 Old Zhu's good eldest son, the number one filial son in the world!
Yang Shaofeng turned his head and glanced at Zhu Biao.
Is that what I think?
Well, that's what I think.
As the famous, decadent writer once said: Don't argue with a fool, because he will drag your IQ down to his level and then defeat you with his years of experience as a fool.
Yang Shaofeng smiled and was about to say, "Your Highness is right," when he was interrupted by a dead eunuch brought by the guards of the Prince Consort's residence.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, this is an urgent message from His Majesty, delivered by my command."
Chen Zhong handed a letter to Zhu Biao. "His Highness said that His Highness the Crown Prince and the Prince Consort should discuss it and come up with a plan, which I will then take back to the capital."
"In addition, His Majesty also instructed me to convey a message to His Highness the Crown Prince."
At this point, Chen Zhong's expression turned somewhat strange.
"You little rascal, you never learn anything good, only bad things!"
"You wait, I'll wait until you return to the capital!"
"Let's see how we deal with you!"
After relaying Emperor Zhu's words, Chen Zhong shrugged and hid to the side with a fawning smile.
Zhu Biao snorted dismissively, then opened the letter and began to read it.
Yang Shaofeng was a little confused.
While sending people to scold Zhu Biao, Lao Deng also sent an urgent letter, specifically ordering Heizhi Tangyuan and this official to handle it?
This is fucking wrong.
It's normal for Zhu Biao's black sesame dumpling to anger Deng Xiaoping. After all, he was the Ming Dynasty's Executive Vice Emperor who dared to say "First there were rulers like Yao and Shun, then there were people like Yao and Shun" in front of Deng Xiaoping. This wasn't the first time that Zhu Biao had provoked Deng Xiaoping.
But what really happened to him that made Old Deng so angry that he sent someone over to scold him?
Furthermore, Lao Deng himself is in the capital, as are those two old foxes, Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen. Many of the top officials from various ministries, temples, academies, and monasteries are also in the capital. What is it that they cannot handle and that they must ask Black Sesame and me to handle?
Could it be related to the Dengzhou border market?
Or has it come down to those good students of mine again?
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering this, Zhu Biao said with a smile, "Before leaving the capital, I deliberately accumulated some memorials."
"For example, the Ministry of Works wanted to make uniforms for female officials."
"For example, the Imperial Academy was going to provide its students with clothes and bedding."
"For example, there are currently more than 96,000 monks, nuns and Taoist priests in the Ming Dynasty."
“These messy memorials have been piling up for days, and now they’re all piled up on my father’s desk.”
"..."
Zhu Biao explained the situation with a smile, while Yang Shaofeng was completely dumbfounded.
This is truly Old Zhu's finest son, the most filial son in the world!
The fact that Old Deng is still alive and hasn't been driven to death by him shows just how good his cardiopulmonary function is!
Yang Shaofeng was mentally ranting about a certain black sesame dumpling, but the object of his complaints suddenly exclaimed "Eh?" and handed the letter in her hand to Yang Shaofeng: "Brother-in-law, take a look at this."
Yang Shaofeng paused slightly, then took the letter from Zhu Biao and began to read it.
"King Adana of Champa sent his minister Yang Bao Moha Ba's Yue Wendan to present a memorial, offering tribute and stating: 'The pirates Zhang Ruhou and Lin Fu claimed to be marshals and plundered the seas. The king defeated them, and Ruhou and the others drowned. We captured twenty of their ships, 70,000 catties of sappanwood, and the bandit Wu Sidi, which we are now presenting.'"
After Yang Shaofeng finished reading the letter, Zhu Biao sneered and said, "Another deep pool of water."
Yang Shaofeng also gave a cold laugh.
It was normal practice for King Ataja of Champa to send envoys to present memorials and tributes; there was nothing unusual about it.
However, the rest of the content is strange in many ways.
First, the Champa envoy stated that "the pirates Zhang Ruhou, Lin Fu, and others claimed to be marshals and plundered the seas."
When did the Ming Dynasty's reputation become so worthless that a mere Champa dared to so easily convict Ming Dynasty merchants and even send troops to suppress them?
Why are Zhang Ruhou, Lin Fu, and others considered maritime merchants rather than actual pirates?
Laugh to death.
What legitimate pirate family would transport 70,000 catties of sappanwood?
Which legitimate pirate would be surrounded and wiped out by those monkeys in small sampans in Champa?
Good heavens, Zhang Ruhou, Lin Fu and other so-called "pirates" all drowned. The Champa authorities seized twenty ships and 70,000 catties of timber, and incidentally also captured an accomplice named Wu Sidi.
If there wasn't some explanation, Yang Shaofeng would rather believe that the relationship between the 30th generation of the Japanese Soe-o Min-tat and his younger sister was platonic, and even be willing to believe that the relationship between the 25th generation of the Japanese Soe-o Mu-rye and his mother was innocent.
Then the problem is coming.
Who wanted to kill Zhang Ruhou and his men?
First, exclude Champa.
The fact that King Adana of Champa sent envoys to the court to report on Zhang Ruhou and others in front of Emperor Zhu, instead of writing it in a memorial, already speaks volumes.
Secondly, Hu Yuan can be ruled out.
Because Hu Yuan's naval strength was a mere pile of rubbish, it was simply not enough to make Ada Aja risk offending the Ming Dynasty.
The second point is to exclude vassal states such as Annam and Burma.
If they had the guts, they wouldn't have acted like subservient grandchildren at the Dengzhou border market.
Therefore, the final answer is obvious, and only this answer can explain why Ada Aja was willing to frame and take the blame for killing Zhang Ruhou and others, and why a group of Champa monkeys with twenty ships would be killed by a bunch of Champa monkeys.
The group that actually killed Zhang Ruhou and the other "Ming pirates" was another group of "Ming pirates" with considerable power in Champa. They had the ability to kill Zhang Ruhou and the others, and Ada Aja could not afford to offend them.
Then, another problem arose.
Zhang Ruhou and his associates are all dead, and the so-called accomplice "Wu Sidi" must have confessed that Zhang Ruhou and his associates plundered the sea and even raided Champa, and that the Champa king Adaja had no choice but to send troops to wipe them out.
Thinking of this, Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "Since it's deep water, let's follow the normal procedure. First, bait the area, then cast the line. We can't scare the fish away."
Zhu Biao was slightly taken aback and asked, "What's the plan?"
Yang Shaofeng said, "Didn't they send over an accomplice named Wu Sidi? Let the Embroidered Uniform Guard interrogate him first."
"In addition, the presence of pirates in the South Seas can easily affect the safety of our Ming Dynasty's maritime merchants. The Ming Dynasty's navy in Dengzhou has the responsibility and obligation to send a small fleet to escort them."
"To provide escort, we can't just have one small fleet. After all, the naval officers and soldiers are human too, and they need to rest. So we need two fleets that can take turns."
"Since the fleet's soldiers need to rest, there must be a naval port and base."
"Most importantly, these two fleets will not only escort our Ming Dynasty's merchant ships, but also benefit the maritime merchants of those vassal states."
"Therefore, it is quite reasonable for the various vassal states to contribute money to support the naval base."
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Yang Shaofeng went on and on, and Zhu Biao immediately became gloating: "These people will never have imagined that my father would pay attention to such a trivial case as Zhang Ruhou's, let alone that my brother-in-law would get involved in such a trivial matter. If they knew this in the afterlife, they would probably regret it to the core."
"That's not all."
Yang Shaofeng chuckled and said, "Since my father-in-law, the Duke of Han, and the Marquis of Chengyi sent this case over, it means they want to use the border market to give Champa a good talking-to."
"Hmm, perhaps we can handle this together with the matter concerning the shorty?"