Zhu Pingan bid farewell to Zhang Tiantai, and then visited Chu Xiong and other officials one by one, declined Chu Xiong’s invitation for a dinner date, and left the government office for the main destination of his trip – the government office of the Ministry of Military Affairs in Yingtian.
“I am Zhu Pingan, Commander of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Tidings and Pressure Inspection Department, and I have come to seek an audience with Minister Zhang, and incidentally, to consult the detailed dossier on the recent Japanese infestation.”Zhu Pingan showed his official waist tag to the guards at the Ministry of War’s Yamen and explained his intentions.
“Greetings, Sir Zhu, Sir Zhu, please.”The guard verified Zhu Pingan’s waist tag and respectfully released him.
After entering the Ministry of War’s Yamen, there was an officer who led Zhu Pingan inside, introduced an empty room to wait for a while, poured tea and water for Zhu Pingan, and then respectfully said, “Sir Zhu, please wait a moment, I’ll go and report to you.”
“Thank you.”Zhu Pingan arched his hand and said.
The officer went out to report and soon returned, and when he came back, he said to Zhu Pingan with an apologetic face, “Lord Zhu, it’s really unfortunate, Lord Zhang is currently receiving someone else, so we have to ask your lordship to wait for a little while longer.”
“No harm done. May I ask, where are the detailed volumes of the recent Japanese infestation stored? Can I consult the Japanese disaster dossier while waiting?”Zhu Pingan asked.
“Recently, the Japanese case files are stored in the archive room next door, please follow me, my lord.”The officer replied, leading Zhu Pingan to the archive room, pointing to one of the bookshelves and said to Zhu Pingan, “Sir, this is the detailed information about the recent Japanese infestation, please feel free to flick through it, and just put it back where you found it when you are done.”
“Thank you.”Zhu Pingan arched his hand and thanked him.
The archive room had bookshelves like a forest, if not for the guidance of an officer, Zhu Pingan would not have been able to find the Japanese dossier on his own.
Standing in front of the bookshelves, Zhu Pingan took a closer look, this bookshelf is full of Japanese dossiers, which are registered according to the date, so I only need to look for the Japanese dossiers from the last five days.
There are quite a lot of files from these five days, as many as twenty volumes. Each volume recorded a single Japanese infestation, and twenty volumes meant that more than twenty Japanese infestations had occurred in these five days alone, which showed how rampant the Japanese invaders had been during this period of time.
“Jiajing 31 November 20, a Japanese pirate east, landed in Wenzhou Province, attack Yongjia County, the governor Tang Yi troops out to attack, was set up by the Japanese pirates ambush, Tang governor frustrated by the trauma, retreated to the town of Luomen, the Japanese pirates split into three ways to plunder Yongjia County ……Not this one ……”Zhu Pingan flipped open a dossier and found that its record was of a Japanese disaster in Yongjia County, so he put it back and picked up another dossier again.
“On the twenty-first day of the eleventh month of the thirty-first year of the Jiajing reign, more than two thousand of the Japanese besieged Ningbo Prefecture and failed to overcome it, and divided their troops to rob the counties of Fenghua and Xiangshan. Xiangshan County governor Peng Man Ying fear of the Japanese like a tiger, abandoned the city to escape, Xiangshan County residents suffer ……Nor is this one ……”
Zhu Pingan flipped open the dossier and then hurriedly skimmed through the same, shook his head slightly, and put it back in its original position.
“Jiajing 31 November 21, more than 1,800 Japanese invaders into Fujian Putian County and Zhendongwei, the Ming army thousand Dai Hong, Gao Huai, Zhang Luan (Luang) and other fought and died. On the 23rd of the same month, the group of Japanese invaders also committed Fujian Xinghua Pinghai Wei as well as Fuqing and other places, the Ming army is a thousand households Qiu Zhen, Bai Ren, deputy thousand households Yang Yimao, Quanzhou Wei Command Command Commander Dong Qianzhen led the troops to eliminate the Japanese, ambush, all the strength of the battle death ……”
Next, Zhu Pingan flipped through three more dossiers, none of which were the group of Japanese pirates that landed in Shaoxing Province.
It was only when he turned to the sixth dossier that he came across the news of the group of Japanese pirates that landed in Shaoxing Province.
Zhu Pingan flipped through the files of this group of Japanese pirates one by one and looked at them carefully.
“Alas, no wonder this group of Japanese bandits were able to pass through the Huizhou Pass ……”Zhu Pingan couldn’t help but let out a long sigh as he flipped through a dossier.
At first, he was puzzled as to how this one hundred and fifty person group of Japanese pirates, with their cold weapons, were able to pass through the Heavenly Moat Pass.
Now, this dossier solved his own confusion.
“Jiajing 31 November 23, Shaoxing escaped from Changhua, Yu Qian County to Chun’an County, Chun’an County Order Hai Rui strictly Chun’an County, the Japanese bypassed the county, even broke the three towns of Chun’an County, Chun’an County Order Hai Rui led the troops out to attack, for the front of the Japanese broken, more than a hundred dead and wounded, Chun’an County Order Hai Rui retreated to defend the county, inviting the soldiers of Changhua, in the subconscious County to join in the attack on the Japanese, Changhua, in the subconscious County soldiers have not yet reached, the Japanese have been from the rift valley pass, the Japanese have been in a hurry to get there.reached, the Japanese have been from Chun’an Pan Mountain burst into the Shexian Huangjiu source mouth, Huizhou Prefecture to guard Huizhou pass officials and soldiers, a total of more than six hundred people, the Japanese burst into the pass before the massacre of two villages, people holding the villagers head a top to the pass to buckle, Huizhou Prefecture guards to see it is very fearful, did not send an arrow, the coefficient of the run rout, the Japanese were broken into the pass into the Huizhou, robbed the Jixi ……”
After reading this dossier, Zhu Pingan can not help but sigh long sigh, no wonder the Japanese easily into Huizhou ah, the original Huizhou Prefecture to guard the passes of the officials and soldiers of the people, occupying the time and place and people and, even once they saw the Japanese were scared of the rout!
Without a fight and fled, without a fight and collapsed, the hall of the moat passes into a setup, into a setup without defence!
It’s true that an army’s incompetence kills the people.
Zhu Pingan was speechless!
After sighing, Zhu Pingan continued to go through these volumes, carefully reading the details that were not recorded in the pond report.
“Ta-Jen Zhu, Zhang Shangshu has an invitation.”Zhu Pingan had just finished flipping through these dossiers when the errand boy came in to report.
“Many thanks.”Zhu Pingan arched his hand in thanks, quickly restored the dossiers to their original position, and followed the errand boy forward to pay his respects to Zhang Jing.
“Your humble servant, Zhu Pingan, pays his respects to Lord Zhang.”Zhu Pingan entered the door and was the first to arch his hand and salute Zhang Jing.
“You’re here, Sir Zhu, please take a seat.”Zhang Jing nodded slightly and pointed to the chair next to him.
Zhang Jing looked tired, as if he hadn’t had a good sleep for several days in a row, with heavy dark circles under his eyes and a lack of vitality, a look of a body that had been emptied.
This is the second time Zhu Pingan came to the Ministry of War Yamen to pay a visit to Zhang Jing, I remember the last time to pay a visit, Zhang Jing is still rejected outside the high cold, this time to pay a visit, their treatment is obviously too much better than the last time, are given a seat. Perhaps it was the last time he paid a visit to the examination, his own performance changed Zhang Jing’s opinion.
“Many thanks, my lord.”Zhu Pingan thanked, took his seat, politely arched his hand and said, “The next official had not made an appointment in advance, today’s abruptness, disturbing your lordship ……”
“There is no need to say these condescending words.”Zhang Jing waved his hand and asked, “Your regiment, how is the situation now.”
“Just about to report to Lord Zhang ……”Zhu Pingan briefly reported the overall situation of the Zhejian army once again, and because he had just reported it at Lord Tantai’s place, this time the report was much more skilful.
“Well, it’s still okay ……”Zhang Jing listened carefully, said faintly, and then looked at Zhu Pingan, said with a serious face, “Mercy is not in charge of soldiers, righteousness is not in charge of money, you need to be a few more points of rigour in your practice, for these returned to the bandits can not be merciful and soft, if necessary, kill a few typical molecules, as a warning to others ……
