Because Zhu Xi and Zhu Di came here, Zhu Su was no longer the most noble prince in Suzhou City. At this time, Zhu Xi was sitting at the top, Zhu Di, the fourth eldest brother, was sitting on the left side next to Zhu Xi, and Zhu Su, the fifth eldest brother, could only sit on the right.
When they saw Yang Lu carrying something, Zhu Di and Zhu Su looked on with cold eyes. Zhu Xi was quite interested, "What is this? Uncover it and let me see it!"
Yang Lu didn't notice anything unusual on Zhu Su and Zhu Di's faces, and just assumed that the Zhu family of the Tian family had strict rules. Now that the elder brother Zhu Fang spoke on his behalf, the other two brothers naturally had to keep quiet. He smiled and asked someone to lift the curtains covering the three gifts. The hall suddenly lit up, revealing three coral trees that were several feet tall!
Even at this time when they were feeling anxious and uneasy, everyone present took a deep breath when they suddenly saw such treasures. These three coral trees are so radiant and inexplicably precious that it is no exaggeration to say they are rare treasures.
"There are quite a lot of treasures in your Suzhou Guard's treasury." Zhu Su couldn't help but mock. "There is such a rare and precious thing."
"It's all thanks to the great kindness of Your Majesty and your three Highnesses." Yang Lu said flatteringly. "These three treasure trees were hidden somewhere in Suzhou City by the former King Cheng, Zhang Shicheng."
"By chance, I, Suzhou Guard, took me into the palace. Now I just used it to borrow flowers to offer to the Buddha and give them to your three highnesses." He said with a smile to Zhu Su: "I was supposed to present it to your highness, King Wu, that day. , but in the moment of joy that day, I actually forgot about it.”
"But now it's just right. Three precious trees, paired with three His Highnesses, don't they complement each other perfectly?"
The Suzhou officials below had strange eyes, and they all secretly glanced at the three Zhu brothers above them. Zhu Su, Zhu Di, and Zhu Xi looked at each other, and Zhu Xi said: "In this case, I, King Yan, and King Wu will accept it."
"Commander Yang, please take a seat. We have an important matter to discuss."
"Yes. Thank you, Your Highness, King of Qin." Yang Lu knelt down and saluted. The guards of King Qin took over the coral trees. Yang Luzhi sat back in his seat with great satisfaction. No one dared to say anything about his late arrival. The first half of the sentence.
"You are all the pillars of Suzhou Mansion. You must all know about the capture of bandits in Taihu Lake last night." Seeing that everyone was in place, Zhu Su stood up from his chair and walked out as per the previous decision. He stepped forward and took charge of the overall situation.
"It's just that you may not know. Before the bandit Zhang Ren captured and beheaded him, he threatened us. He mentioned that a large army would march into Suzhou soon, and they would slaughter all of us in Suzhou, leaving no chickens or dogs behind. …”
As soon as Zhu Su said this, everyone in the hall became restless.
"A big army?" Someone asserted: "We all grew up in Suzhou, and we are the most proficient in the geography of Suzhou. We have known every plant and tree here since we were young."
"Where can we hide an army strong enough to attack the city? It must have been just a deliberate threat made by the thief before he died, just to scare us."
"On this point, I, my staff and several brothers have already completed the investigation." Zhu Su showed his folding fan and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid this army is not groundless."
"It's very possible that they are Japanese pirates!"
"Japanese pirates!" Everyone was shocked, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.
The origin of Japanese rebellion has been around for a long time. In the Yuan Dynasty, there was already Japanese rebellion. Susong has always been wealthy, and it was originally the area hardest hit by the Mongolian Yuan taxation. However, because it was close to Linhai, it suffered from Japanese rebellion from time to time.
Often after the Japanese pirates plundered, the remaining grain was not enough to pay the taxes set by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. It can be described as internal and external troubles. Therefore, the people of Susong were no less afraid and disgusted with Japanese pirates than those of Meng Yuan.
That is to say, in the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when Zhang Shicheng was in power, he was cultivating military affairs internally in order to strive for world hegemony. Outside, there was the "Pirate King" Fang Guozhen patrolling the sea, which frightened the Japanese pirates into not daring to move lightly. Only then did the people of Susong fall under the Japanese swords of the Japanese pirates. Got a moment of peace.
After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates were still rampant in the southern half of the Yangtze River, and they were getting worse and worse. But for some reason, in the past few years, Suzhou has not been plundered by the first group of Japanese pirates after the "Jianming" period. At this moment, they suddenly heard that these evil thieves who had appeared in their memories were coming again. How could these people not panic?
"Are your Highness's words true?" Ru Taisu, the censor of the river patrol, looked extremely worried. "I wonder if there is any definite news. How many Japanese pirates are there? When will they arrive?"
"If there is, we need to take precautions early. If there is no definite news, we should also send a speedboat to conduct coastal reconnaissance and warning..."
"I'm afraid we have to prepare for the worst in terms of numbers. Since we dare to threaten to massacre the city, there should be at least ten thousand people." Zhu Su said.
"As for the exact time, I don't know. But I think it won't be long."
Chen Hui, Zhang Ren and his party were not many in number. They rushed to burn down the reserve warehouse and assassinate themselves. Their purpose must be to stir up chaos in the city so as to prepare for Zhang Li to lure the Japanese pirates into the city.
So, this time will definitely not be much. Even if they succeeded in burning down the reserve warehouse and instigating the desperate refugees who had been deprived of food in the west of the city to start a rebellion, this chaos would not last long. Because when the imperial court learns of the chaos in the city and transfers disaster relief food from other places, these refugees will surely settle down immediately.
However, the core members of Zhang Chen's remnants, who only have a few hundred people, are simply unable to completely control Suzhou's capital city and cooperate with others inside and outside. Therefore, the time period when Japanese pirates attack will definitely not be longer than the time period when the imperial court mobilizes food and grass from other places.
Yingtian is not far from Suzhou, so the court must respond quickly. Then it will take no more than seven days to mobilize food and grass to Suzhou.
In other words, within these seven days, Japanese pirates will definitely come from far away!
"I will immediately close the four gates of Suzhou. From today on, the whole city will be under martial law to guard against Japanese pirates!" Wei Guan, the prefect of Suzhou, could not sit still. "In addition, I have spoken softly and asked His Highness to immediately prepare a letter and go to the surrounding guards, asking them to bring troops to come here for reinforcements."
"If I were to go to the capital to revise the book, and then send out a message to send troops to the capital, I'm afraid it would be too late. Your three highnesses are all here. If there is something wrong, I will be responsible for my death..."
On this side, many bureaucrats nodded frequently and agreed with Wei Guan's statement.
"If the prefect of Wei wants to close the city and defend himself, does he have to abandon the other counties of Susong and ignore it?" Ru Taisu, an old friend of Wei Guan who also had a completely different view from the good-tempered Wei Guan, had a different opinion at this time. "How can we be sure that Japanese pirates will attack Suzhou Prefecture?"
"Those Japanese pirates came by boat, but they didn't bring siege equipment with them. The city of Suzhou is high and deep. Could it be that those Japanese pirates could use their bald heads to directly knock open the Suzhou city wall? "
"In my opinion, when those Japanese Japanese come across the sea, they will definitely disperse and plunder. At that time, the villages, counties and towns around me in Susong will be the ones to suffer!"
"Since we know in advance that the Japanese are coming from afar, we should gather our troops and wait for work on the coast in order to annihilate them all on the coast. This way we can use our troops together!" Ru Taisu said.
(End of chapter)
