After everything had returned to calm in the study, Marquis Linhuai Li Tingzhu and Zhu Pingan sat down to talk.
“What, Zihou you actually took over the military affairs of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang press division? Alas, it’s too late. I was going to specifically advise you not to take over the mess that is ‘military preparation’. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Shandong, the military preparations of these coastal press inspectorates, they’re all one deep, bottomless black pit ah.”
When Marquis Li Tingzhu of Linhuai learnt that Zhu Pingan had taken over the military preparations of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang press inspection divisions, he could not help but sigh long and hard.
“Not to mention the other things, this Japanese disease is blazing, the military affairs are dangerous ah. Alas, still remember when in the capital and nephew chatting about the southeastern Japan, I was still think only need to recruit or kill Wang Zhi, the southeastern Japan can be fixed in a matter of days, alas, at first too wishful thinking, no matter whether to recruit or kill, are too unrealistic. Now, the Japanese as fire cooking oil, has been boiling carry on, the entire southeast coast of the Japanese endless, rampant to unimaginable. The Japanese are brave and warlike, but also insidious and cunning, the guards of the army touched, often beaten and armour discarded. You’re the leader of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangsu Provincial Police Department, and you’re the leader of the militia, which is even worse than the guards’ army, so you’re not sending them to their deaths by taking the militia to fight against the Japanese! Shu’er is still pregnant, if you have a problem, how will you let Shu’er deal with it?”
Marquis Linhuai Li Tingzhu shook his head in disbelief and was worried about Zhu Pingan leading the militia.
“And ah, according to the Department of the original regardless of military preparation, only because of the recent Japanese seriousness of the additional, not only supporting the food and pay is not enough, but also overlap with the duties of the guards, the new army, the status of the embarrassing, grandma does not love uncle does not love. Participate in the fight against the Japanese, lucky to win, you militia only auxiliary, the credit basically does not fall on your head. If you lose, I’m sorry, when you share the pot, you won’t be missing a bite, or even the pot will fall from the sky, and all the deductions will be made on your head. According to the inspection division dye hand military preparation, Fujian side than Jiangzhe slightly earlier days, Fujian according to the inspection division of the military preparation officials repeatedly because over the depreciation was punished, there are even people were arrested and imprisoned ……”
“And ……”
Within a short period of one tea time, Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu gave Zhu Pingan a full example of more than ten reasons why the military reserve was unacceptable.
“Thank you uncle for your thoughts.”Zhu Pingan listened patiently and arched his hand to express his gratitude for Marquis Linhuai’s concern, then said with a firm gaze, “*******, *******! Now that the Japanese invasion is getting worse and worse, the coastal people are suffering, Ping An eats the king’s salary and enjoys the people’s wealth, so he also wants to do his part.”
“*******, *******……”Marquis Linhuai recited silently, looked up at Zhu Pingan in a complicated manner, and sighed, “You ……Alas, perhaps I am old.”
Standing towards the mountain, bravely taking on a heavy responsibility ……Such an angsty teenager!
Linhuai Hou heart feeling quite a lot, in front of this young man when he lived in the Marquis, but a lift, not over a year, will be the body to today’s five-piece criminal investigation division Commander of the high position, is not a fluke to make it happen, alone this mindset of the spirit of the far beyond their own comparisons! Own inheritance of ancestral glory, the starting point is the Marquis, dozens of years in the officialdom, and now also just a fourth-ranking manipulation of the river Governor only.
Although looking at the rank than he is high, but our dynasty is in charge of the civil servants, and the status of the military officials is relatively low, not to mention their own this fourth rank manipulation of the river governor, that is, the third rank of the guerrillas, generals or guards of the officer, in the same rank or even a few grades lower than the front of the civil servants, the waist ah can not straighten up, and even more so, but also to kneel down, so that some of the military officials in front of the lower grades of the civil servants have to call themselvesSome military officials have to call themselves “under the door” in front of civil officials of lower ranks. Himself and Zi Hou, if there is no this layer of kinship, himself this fourth grade Governor encountered Zi Hou this fifth grade Tidings Commander of the Commander of the Judicial Inspection Department have to salute it first.
“uncle’s sword is not old, uncle in yingtian governor manipulation of the river, leading the upper and lower river defence, do not avoid the sword, willing to take on the heavy responsibility, expulsion of Japanese invaders. Ping’an led the Jiangzhe Press Division’s military preparation, and also learnt from uncle.”
Zhu Pingan praised Marquis Linhuai for daring to take on a heavy responsibility, giving him a high hat.
At these words, Li Tingzhu’s old face was slightly red. At the beginning, he was thinking that the Jiangnan Japanese invasion was only a minor incident that could be easily pacified soon, so he came to take up the post. ……Not so great ……
“Recently, uncle’s tenure, how is the situation?”Zhu Pingan asked curiously.
“Alas, it’s hard to say. The naval army military equipment is wasted, the warships are deserted, ten does not exist three, if you meet a small group of Japanese pirates small boat a few ships, my naval army can still be driven; if you meet a large group of Japanese pirates, then the force is not enough ……”
Marquis Linhuai slowly opened his mouth, his old face even redder.
Zhu Pingan sniffed, couldn’t help but pull the corners of his mouth, it seems that the degree of desertion of this water army is even more than the guards ah.
In fact, the water army was very important! If the navy is strong, for example, half or even 30% of the strength of the Eunuch San Bao when he went to the West, can be in the sea to wipe out the Japanese invaders, the Japanese invaders simply do not dare to come to Daming, to come to also can not get on the shore of Daming. Back a million steps, even if the navy can not be strong enough to Royal Japan in the sea, but with the army guards, land and water to combat the Japanese, can be twice the result with half the effort ah.
However, in feudal times, the army was always army-ist and did not pay attention to the navy, and the army’s status was more important than that of the navy.
Although it is sad and pathetic that the navy is deserted, it is reasonable.
“Uncle, to what extent are the navy’s warships deserted?”
Zhu Pingan was clear about the importance of the navy, and could not bear to see the navy wasted and unable to fulfil its value.
“Governor Cao Jiang, leading the upper and lower river defences, the original quota had 400 ships. However, the former governor of the river, Shi Panjian, when he was in office, in order to save military expenditure, he reduced it by half. When I took office, the court approved the request and reduced the number of ships by 200, leaving only 200 ships. Cough cough, due to the recent Ming court strike inspection minister not set up, Chinese and foreign dare not speak of the sea ban, sea defence is slack, I manipulate the river governor of the navy is not immune to the impact of the damaged warships can not be repaired in a timely manner, so that the available warships barely less than a hundred ships only.”
Marquis Li Tingzhu of Linhuai returned with some embarrassment.
That is to say that the navy’s warships only have less than a quarter left, and that’s just the warships, what about the navy? The current situation of empty pay, wasted training, and insufficient armament was not a secret in the Ming army. It is estimated that the naval force under the command of the Marquis of Linhuai can retain the original two achievements is good.
Therefore, the water army under the command of Linhuai Hou can only expel a few broken wooden ships by warships, and then more will not work.
“Uncle, recently the Japanese invaders have been attacking the south-east, so how can 100 ships be enough? Why doesn’t uncle submit a petition to the saint, requesting that additional warships be built, or at least the old quota be restored, in order to expel the Japanese and fulfil the role of the navy.”Zhu Pingan deliberated for a while and advised Marquis Linhuai Li Tingzhu.
“Xian nephew, the saint only granted permission to reduce the number of warships by half a year ago, and for me to go up to the court at this time to advise on the increase of warships, isn’t this going against the saint? Can’t, can’t ……”Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu shook his head.
“Uncle, this time and this time, the situation is different. His Majesty agreed to Shi Caojiang’s request to reduce the number of warships when the Japanese invasion was still under control. Nowadays, the leader of the Japanese pirates, Wang Zhi, has failed to request for trade and plundered the southeast, the Japanese pirates have gone out of control, and the Japanese pirates are becoming more and more rampant, and the number of times they have invaded the coasts, their degree of intensity, scale, and geographical area are such that the Japanese pirates in the other periods of time could not even be compared to them. At this time, I am sure that His Majesty will agree with my request to increase the number of warships and restore the old quota. In this way, not only uncle naval strength greatly increased, can play a greater role in the imperial Japanese, in uncle personal is also very beneficial, the so-called ‘in its position, seek its politics, exercise its power, do its duty’ also, not only highlight uncle duty merit, can also be heard by the holy hearings ……”Zhu Pingan patiently explained.
Marquis Linhuai heard some intention, but hesitated again and again, or shook his head, “Xian nephew, or forget it. After all, the saint has only just cut down the military ships, at this moment, it is still inappropriate to submit a petition, don’t touch the saint’s mould ……”
Do not ask for merit, but no faults ……
Zhu Pingan knows Linhuai Hou’s mentality at the moment, knows that it is useless to say more, so he will not say more.
