amaotonovel Chapter 338 What does that bastard want the Japanese pirates to do?
Chapter 338 What does that bastard want the Japanese pirates to do?
Empress Ma was right. No matter how depressed Emperor Zhu was or how many setbacks he encountered, as long as he ate a hot pancake, he would be the energetic Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang again.
No matter how difficult things get, can they be worse than when I was begging for food and almost starved to death?
No matter how bitter life is, it can't be worse than those days spent locked up in jail waiting to die.
After finishing a large pancake, the fully revitalized Emperor Zhu immediately revealed his claws.
Yang Xian was executed.
As the head of the inspectors, Yang Xian first received no information whatsoever regarding the Plowhead Case, and then he received no information whatsoever regarding the case of Sun Gupu's rebellion, the involvement of Jiangnan gentry, and even the Japanese pirates. He usually only cared about placing his cronies in the Secretariat, and recently he had many unclear dealings with the gentry of Zhejiang. Emperor Zhu's tolerance for Yang Xian finally reached its peak, only refraining from implicating Yang Xian's entire family because of his past merits.
As for who else was involved in Sun Gupu's rebellion, Emperor Zhu chose to have Xia Yu, an even more notorious inspector than Yang Xian, investigate.
So what if it involves a lot of gentry? Anyway, we've already had the Plowhead Case, so it doesn't really matter if there's another Sun Gupu Case. At worst, we can just kill another one and that's it.
As for Liu Bowen's proposals to reform the education system, implement the land distribution and royal land system, implement the progressive tax system, implement the imperial censor inspection system, and implement the "four no's and two direct's" policy, Emperor Zhu intended to wait.
We should at least wait until Xia Yu has thoroughly investigated Sun Gupu's rebellion case before gradually implementing it.
As for his good son-in-law's request in his memorial to set all the real Japanese pirates on death row and keep them in Dengzhou Prefecture for service, Emperor Zhu simply agreed with a stroke of his pen.
They're just a few short, ugly guys. How could I, as their father-in-law, be reluctant to give them to him? Give them to him, give them all to him. If it's really not enough, we can send someone to catch them.
Otherwise, after Xu Da and his men completely wipe out Hu Yuan, we might as well build some ships to destroy Japan and then give all those short, ugly guys to that bastard.
So, what does that bastard want the Japanese pirates for?
It seems that this is the first time that bastard has strongly expressed his desire for something, apart from the Little Dragon Group.
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The war had a tremendous impact on Penglai County.
At the very least, dealing with the corpses and bloodstains outside Penglai City would not be a simple matter.
Those Yellow Turban followers who died and those fake Japanese soldiers were actually relatively fortunate, because Yang Shaofeng chose to bury them all.
However, the real Japanese who died did not receive such good treatment.
To fulfill Magistrate Yang's long-held wish, the dead Japanese soldiers were made into a mound of corpses.
Jing means a high hill; Guan means a gate tower.
As the saying goes, after a victory, when corpses are displayed, a mound of corpses is built as a place to bury them.
Yang Shaofeng had long wanted to build a few mounds of Jingguan (a traditional Japanese structure) with the short, ugly Japanese, and now that dream had finally come true.
Unfortunately, there weren't enough real Japanese soldiers who died, so the appearance of this mound of corpses was somewhat misleading.
"How can we attract more short and ugly people to Penglai?"
As Yang Shaofeng looked at the small mound of skulls in front of him, he smacked his lips and said, "If we could get a short, stout mound of skulls, how amazing would the size of this mound of skulls be?"
Hu Biao and Qian Er, who were standing next to Yang Shaofeng, were stunned by Yang Shaofeng's terrifying idea.
After a long while, Hu Biao tentatively said, "How about I have someone cut down all those real Japanese soldiers and drag them over to build a mound of corpses?"
Qian Er chimed in, "Yes, let's cut them all down. Keeping them around is just a waste of food. It would be much better to build a mound of skulls."
Although they didn't know why the prince consort was so eager to see a mound of dwarfs, Hu Biao and Qian Er figured that if the prince consort wanted to see it, they would build one for him.
If Your Highness is worried that killing prisoners will affect your reputation, then we two can just take the blame for killing prisoners. It's not like we haven't done it before.
However, to Hu Biao and Qian Er's surprise, after they suggested killing those short and ugly men to build a Jingguan (a mound of corpses), Yang Shaofeng glared at them and snorted coldly, saying, "No way! Those short and ugly men who are injured should be treated first. After they are healed, they should all be properly cared for by me. No one is allowed to be killed."
Hu Biao was slightly taken aback and asked, "Your Highness, didn't you just complain that the mound of corpses was too small? And that scoundrel Qian Er was right, keeping those Japanese pirates around is a waste of food."
Yang Shaofeng snorted coldly and said, "What's a little waste of food?"
At this point, Yang Shaofeng suddenly changed the subject, looking at Hu Biao and Qian Er and saying, "Have you heard about the Ningyang County Medical Clinic testing medicine on Xu Xiangjun?"
Hu Biao nodded slightly and replied, "Of course I've heard of it."
Yang Shaofeng nodded and said, "That's it—it's been almost a year since the last drug trial. Perhaps Physician Yang and Physician Wang have come up with some new prescriptions. Wouldn't those captured short, ugly men be perfect for drug trials?"
Besides, these short and ugly men have many other uses besides drug testing; their contribution to the development of surgical medicine in the Ming Dynasty alone is a great achievement.
Not to mention that after Yang Qing and his apprentice Wang Hu finish using it, they can use it again to fertilize the land, improve the soil environment of Dengzhou Prefecture, and increase grain production.
If those two idiots, Hu Biao and Qian Er, had simply cut down those short and ugly men and built a Jingguan (a mound of corpses), they would have achieved their goal of showing off their military might, but they would have lost the chance to promote the reform of traditional Chinese medicine preparations, advance the development of surgical medicine in the Ming Dynasty, and improve the soil environment of Dengzhou Prefecture.
As for why these short, stunted people who have already been cut down were not taken to fertile land but instead used to build a mound of skulls, the reasons behind this are quite complicated.
Firstly, the quantity is too small, making it unsuitable to distribute them anywhere. Secondly, the border market in Dengzhou Prefecture will be open sooner or later, and the existence of such a Jingguan (a mound of skulls) can better deter some petty scoundrels.
After they had barely seen enough of the Jingguan (a mound of corpses), Yang Shaofeng returned to the Penglai County government office and had Xu Jingyu summoned.
As soon as Xu Jingyu arrived, Yang Shaofeng went straight to the point and asked, "Have the losses suffered by the people been tallied?"
Xu Jingyu cupped his hands and replied, "Your Excellency, the losses suffered by the people have been tallied. It was all farmland that was trampled; there were no other losses."
Yang Shaofeng nodded and said, "That's good. Anyway, there aren't any in the fields at this time... no, the people planted winter wheat, and the wheat seedlings were trampled, so the people must have suffered losses."
Just as Xu Jingyu was wondering if Dong Xiaomiao's wheat seedlings were afraid of being trampled, Yang Shaofeng said with great distress, "It is my responsibility as the prefect of Dengzhou to cause losses to the people. I should give the people some compensation."