Rise From the Humble

When Zhu Ping'an woke up, the navy's search and rescue ship had completed its search and returned.

Except for those who were buried in the sea, all the pirates who attacked that day became prisoners of the navy, including the one-eyed pirate and Sanji, who was wearing a black feather cloth. It can be said that the whole pirate army was wiped out and no one escaped the net.

Most of the pirates died in the sea. Although their water skills were excellent, they were still not enough to see in front of the huge waves on this day. Especially the pirates' boats were not able to withstand the wind and waves, and all of them were smashed to the bottom of the sea by the waves.

Basically, those who survived were the pirates who stormed the supply ships behind the Marine Division. These warships were large and had strong ability to withstand wind and waves.

In addition to the ship where Li Shu and Zhu Ping'an were on, two supply ships at the rear of the Navy were also broken or overturned in the deep sea by waves. The remaining ships were not injured and were seriously damaged but did not capsize. In other words, Zhu Ping An and the others were more unlucky. They were among the three ships capsized by the waves.

Among the two ships that the pirates mainly attacked, Zhu Ping'an's ship was among them, and they were mainly taken care of, so the pirates were severely damaged when it capsized.

The other old ladies and maids around Li Shu were luckier. Although they were captured by the pirates and tied to the mast soon after the pirate attack, when the huge waves hit, they managed to survive because of the mast, and were successfully rescued when the navy came to rescue them.

The returning navy easily killed all the pirates who resisted on the supply ship. Except for those who surrendered, the rest of the pirates were either captured by the navy or pickled by their bosses as military honors; the pirates who survived in the sea were all captured by the navy. Captured as prisoners, the one-eyed pirate and Sanji were captured by the navy in the sea.

After the battlefield was cleaned up and statistics were collected, 98 pirate heads were captured (including pirate corpses salvaged from the sea), 63 pirates were captured, and the remaining pirates were buried at the bottom of the sea without a trace. Among the heads, there were 28 real Japanese and 70 fake ones; among the captured pirates, there were 13 real Japanese and 50 fake ones.

According to the prisoners' accounts, a total of 368 pirates were attacked in this battle, which means that more than 200 people were buried at the bottom of the sea.

Judging from the results of the battle, it can be said that this battle was a complete victory, and it can be considered a brilliant result in the coastal anti-Japanese war in recent years. It is certain that when the results of this battle are presented to the capital, there will be generous rewards.

But facing such a victory, Linhuai Marquis could not be happy.

Because his niece Li Shu and prospective niece-in-law Zhu Ping'an, the sixth-rank official of the imperial court, were also "buried in the sea".

Li Shu is the apple of Lao San's eye, and Lao San's doting on Li Shu is famous throughout the Linhuai Marquis Mansion. Putting aside the mysterious position of Lao San, in terms of wealth, the reason why Linhuai Marquis Mansion can maintain Today's facade is inseparable from the elements of Laoshan Delivery. Thinking of the situation after Lao San learned the news, Linhuai Marquis felt troubled and overwhelmed.

In addition, the prospective niece-in-law Zhu Pingan is also a problem. He is the youngest number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty so far, and he entered the Hanlin Academy early. The Holy Emperor also summoned Zhu Pingan and rewarded him with an official promotion on the spot. This is in the Holy Spirit Everyone registered in front of me. It's hard to explain why he was buried in the sea like this.

The Marquis of Linhuai rubbed the table and had a headache.

There was a tray on the table in front of the Marquis of Linhuai, and there was a gold hairpin on the tray. This golden hairpin was found by the search and rescue fleet on the neck of a pirate whose body was floating in the sea. Because the golden hairpin had the character "李" on it, the navy handed it over to the Marquis of Linhuai after finding the golden hairpin.

The Marquis of Linhuai recognized this gold hairpin. The character "李" on the gold hairpin was a commonly used secret sign in Laosan's shops. This type of hairpin could only be worn by his niece Li Shu. It was also because of this and the gold hairpin that the Marquis of Linhuai concluded that Li Shu was buried in the sea.

The Marquis of Linhuai seemed to be able to imagine that when the pirates attacked, Li Shu resisted desperately, pierced the pirate's neck with a hairpin, and finally died into the sea with the pirates.

In addition to this golden hairpin, there was a belt on the table in front of Linhuai Marquis. This belt was the belt Zhu Pingan was wearing and was also found on the pirate. Based on this belt, the Marquis of Linhuai concluded that Zhu Ping'an was also unfortunately buried in the sea.

After the Marquis of Linhuai pondered for a moment, he stood up and walked to the porthole, throwing the gold hairpin and belt on the table into the sea.

"If the third child asks, tell me that Shu'er disappeared in the storm. Also missing was Master Zhu Ping'an. The navy's search and rescue found nothing." After Linhuai Marquis closed the porthole, he ordered the steward who had been following him for many years.

The Marquis of Linhuai threw the gold hairpin and belt that Li Shu and Zhu Ping'an were buried at the bottom of the sea into the sea, describing them as missing.

Being buried in the sea means that there are no other possibilities, and life ends at the bottom of the sea; missing means that there are other possibilities, including the possibility of survival.

In this way, there is hope, and it will be easy to explain to the third child, and the third child will not be

"Don't worry, sir, I will explain it later." The steward nodded in agreement and drew inferences from one example.

"Well, I can rest assured that you will do the work." Linhuai Marquis nodded with satisfaction.

At this moment, the news of the Navy's maritime bandit suppression has not yet reached the capital, but there is no peace at all in the capital. Two days ago, while the ripples caused by Zhu Ping'an's memorial exposing the killing of good people and taking merit for their crimes had not yet subsided in the capital, there were two more memorials in the capital that caused even greater ripples.

The first of them was sent by Zhao Jin, the censor of Yunnan and Guizhou, thousands of miles away. This memorial was directed at Yan Song, the current chief minister. It was not to flatter Yan Song but to impeach Yan Song.

"I saw that the solar eclipse on the first day of this year was very unusual, and there were consecutive floods in Huaixu, Shandong, and earthquakes in all directions. It is true that all changes must be followed. I am foolish and sincere, and I would like to follow the will of God on people and matters. The first assistant, Yan Song, father-in-law. Zhang Wei, stealing power and indulge in lust, doing everything in detail, not being independent, using fake torture hall to carry out his love and hate, letting people kill and seize them at will, all with bribes as a transfer, a small group succeeds, and the temple is clean with shame. I wish your majesty to look up to heaven. The clear observation of the vertical image, the subtle thoughts of the second ancestor's legislation cannot be moved, the thinking of the discipline and outline cannot be disturbed, and Song Zao was deposed to cope with the changes in nature."

Zhao Jin's natural disaster led to Yan Song, a powerful minister, to control the court and seek personal gain, which led to the deterioration of the official administration, a smoky atmosphere, flies and dogs, poor people and a poor country, and internal and external difficulties. Please remove Yan Song immediately.

An arrow from thousands of miles away caught Yan Song off guard and shocked the court. However, under Yan Shifan's suggestion, Yan Song adopted the method of retreat to advance.

So, the white-haired Yan Song looked like he was overworked, and went into the palace with tears streaming down his face to apologize to Emperor Jiajing. He knelt in front of Emperor Jiajing and cried without saying a word, and then asked Emperor Jiajing to remove his chief minister. position, allowing him to resign and retire.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Yan Song quietly for three minutes, then comforted him warmly for a moment, and issued a special decree. He ordered the Jinyi guards to arrest Zhao Jin on the charge of "deceiving heaven and slandering the emperor", and ordered him to be tortured and plundered in prison, with a forty cane and dismissed from his post. For the people.

The second letter was from Zhou Mian, a doctor in the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War. His memorial was similar to Zhu Ping'an's. Zhu Ping'an impeached those who killed good people for taking merit. The person he impeached was for taking military merit from the imperial court, but the target of his impeachment was Yan Zhongzhong.

Who is Yan Zhongzhong?

Yan Xiaozhong is Yan Song's grandson and Yan Shifan's son. He is still in his infancy and has not yet been weaned.

Zhou Mian's memorial pointed out that Yan Song's grandson Yan Xiaozhong was still young and had never been involved in the army. However, he pretended to have made contributions to Guangdong and Guangxi and was awarded the post of governor of Jinyi and thousands of households. He pointed directly at Yan Song and said that Yan Song's private party was used to make his descendants official.

Zhou Mian was not much better than Zhao Jin. He was soon imprisoned and tortured, and he also reduced his position to serve the people.

It can be said that all impeachments against Yan Song, or impeachments related to Yan Song, were thrown into the street.

Therefore, many people in the capital are now watching Zhu Pingan's memorial and waiting to see Zhu Pingan's fate.

There are some differences between Zhu Pingan's memorial and these two memorials, and it is obvious that these two memorials either directly pointed at Yan Song or Yan Song's relatives, but Zhu Pingan did not.

However, the target of Zhu Ping'an's impeachment was promoted by Yan Song and was also related to Yan Song.

So, everyone is waiting and watching