Unable to achieve his goal of persuading Zhu Su, Fujiwara left with a dejected look. Zhu Su stared at his back as he left the tent, thinking about what he had just said about the "abducted Ming woman".
Women, in this era, are also a type of wealth. Maybe I subconsciously ignored this fact and even forgot that when Japanese pirates raided the coast, they would definitely take away many Ming women.
Originally, he planned to finish deceiving Fujiwara and then send a capable and loyal person to accompany him to the Japanese country. Then his mission of patrolling Su Song on behalf of the old man and eldest brother would be completed. After that, even if you wait for this arrangement to slowly come to fruition in the future.
Slowly influenced the Japanese emperor through Fujiwara, who was the minister, so that he could "ask for help" from the Ming Dynasty at the appropriate time. In this way, they imitated a certain country in later generations and achieved the three main goals of seizing the Japanese royal power by garrisoning troops, plundering Japanese resources to feed the Ming Dynasty, and recruiting Japanese people to become tenant farmers of the Ming Dynasty.
As for Su Song's internal affairs, although Wei Guan, the prefect of Suzhou, was mediocre, he was also a virtuous scholar. He had helped him quell the hidden dangers of Zhang Chen's remnants, defeated the merchant power in Suzhou City, and reorganized the Suzhou Guards who were timid and insubordinate to the prefect's Yamen. Wei Guan can take care of the remaining chores such as resettling the victims and building the dam, and there is no need to keep an eye on them.
The Jinyi guards in Yingtian Mansion must have finished arresting the people they should arrest, and there is no need to go out to avoid trouble anymore. In fact, even if someone impeached Hu Weiyong after he returned to Beijing because he was named Zhu Su in the past, he didn't care: You can scold him if you like. I, Zhu Laowu, have no intention of taking power and becoming emperor.
It's time to leave this power field, promote the basic science of Ming Dynasty with peace of mind, and also have a free time...
"Sigh, I may be a hard worker." Zhu Su rubbed his brows.
Now that he knew that a Ming Dynasty woman was abducted by Japanese pirates, he had no choice but to go to sea for this so-called "Oita Clan's lair".
Since we are going to go to sea, we must take some troops with us. After all, the sea is the territory of Japanese pirates. If you, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, are accidentally kidnapped by Japanese pirates, it is no joke. And dispatching the army is the most troublesome. Since we have to dispatch the army, we have to wait for our subordinates to coordinate the food supplies and mobilize the ships... This delay will take at least another half month.
That's all, let's go. When the time comes, we'll hunt rabbits and clear out the other small groups of Japanese pirates entrenched on the sea. To completely eradicate the Japanese pirate rebellion, we have to wait until the army is stationed in the Japanese country. During this period, we can only cut off as many Japanese pirates as possible. If one more Japanese pirate is eliminated, one more Ming citizen may have a way to survive.
"Hey, Fifth Brother, why are you sighing here? Where's Fourth Brother?" The curtain was lifted, and Zhu Ping's big face poked in from outside the tent. He looked around and saw Zhu Su's sad face, so he walked in.
"It's the second brother. He was thinking about something just now. The fourth brother must have gone to that stone mountain. He just blew up the mountain to quarry stone, and he said he wanted to see the power of gunpowder."
"Oh, that's it." Zhu Ping sat down directly next to Zhu Su. "The fourth child is very happy here in Suzhou. He runs around and looks around, but the bolts can't be tightened. You don't have a moment to spare either. You are so young but you are so capable. You can mount a horse to govern the army and dismount to govern the people. Even the firecrackers are now Serve you."
Zhu Xi smiled a little reluctantly. The fourth son followed the fifth son, the generals of the Suzhou Guard, and even the ordinary soldiers and the common people did not know what to learn. The fifth son needed his eye on all the big and small affairs of Suzhou Mansion. I originally thought that I could do something by holding the Suzhou Guard's military talisman, but the Suzhou Guard was a mess. Holding the military talisman by myself was just a mud bodhisattva using my identity as a prince, and I didn't have to do anything. He was the eldest among the three brothers. He originally came to Suzhou with the intention of protecting his two younger brothers. Unexpectedly, he was the only one left idle.
"Where did the second brother come from?" Zhu Su naturally captured the sense of loss in Zhu Feng's mood. He was a little surprised that his usually careless second brother could be so affectionate, so he thought about it and decided to drop the topic. Hearing Zhu Su's question, Zhu Fang came back to his senses: "Oh. I just visited the eldest brother of the Chang family in Shenjiayuan's house. By the way, I happened to meet the miracle doctor Dai, and the miracle doctor asked me when will you respond?"
"Ah..." Zhu Su was startled when he heard Dai Sigong's name, and then looked away with a guilty conscience. Thinking about it, this was the time when Dai Sigong was helping Chang Mao to see a doctor. After using his half-baked medical knowledge and the "microscope" pie in his mind to seduce this famous doctor, as soon as he was free, Dai Sigong came to ask when he could return to Beijing to do a microscope. Zhu Su felt increasingly guilty as he asked. After all, with the current glass firing technology, it was not certain whether he could tinker with a microscope.
"Brother Chang, are you okay?" Zhu Su changed the topic again.
"It's okay. It was just knocked unconscious by Zhang Dingbian. But Brother Chang was so aggressive that night that he suffered a lot of injuries. Although it was nothing serious, Doctor Dai said it was best to recover more. A few days ago... I learned that Zhang Dingbian was leaving the day before yesterday, and I was still clamoring to get up and go fight him for three hundred rounds. How shameful!" Thinking of Chang Mao sitting up in shock on the hospital bed, Zhu Cang Yi couldn't help but laugh.
Speaking of Zhang Dingbian, Zhu Su couldn't help but admire him. This guy received more than a hundred sticks, and after three days of training, he hurried away with Chen Hui, as if he didn't want to be favored by the Zhu family. A normal person's body should not be able to lie down for a year and a half after being beaten hundreds of times? It can only be said that the physique of the fierce general is truly extraordinary.
Although Chang Mao is considered brave, he is far from Zhang Dingbian's opponent... I guess only Chang Yuchun, who has come back from the dead, can save his son from the shame of being knocked unconscious with a stick. .
"Hey, second brother... what book are you carrying in your hand?" Zhu Su was surprised when he accidentally caught a glimpse of Zhu Ping holding a book in his hand. My second brother has always been at the bottom of the main hall, even worse than Zhu Di who often skipped school. How could he be so stubborn? Could it be that the sun is coming out in the west?
"Ah? That's what you're talking about. This is a good book!" When talking about this book, Zhu Xi suddenly became energetic. Passing the book to Zhu Su, Zhu Su took a look and the three words "Water Margin" came into view. Luo Guanzhong's only wish in the past was to print the manuscripts of his late master. On that day, Zhu Su sent people to do the engraving at Xunyin Workshop. It has been some time since then, and the first printed edition of Water Margin should have been put on the market in bookstores in the city.
"The imperial court of Zhao and Song Dynasty and Captain Gao are really not the same thing!" Speaking of the plot of Water Margin, Zhu Xiang was full of yearning. "The strong men in the world who eat meat from a big bowl and kill people with a big sword are the true heroes! I wish I could live in my place!"
Zhu Su twitched the corner of his mouth. Do you wish you could be replaced by your own body? You, a prince, actually envy the bandits and bandits on Liangshan Mountain... All of those people are ruthless people who kill officials and rebel. Could it be that you, King Qin, want to go up the mountain to rebel against your own father?
No wonder he went to hang out with Zhang Dingbian's rangers for a while a few days ago.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little worried. The content in the book Water Margin that treats human life as nothing will not affect my second brother. Looking at his appearance, a murderous guy like Li Kui may really be regarded as a hero by him. Zhu Su did not forget that his second brother was killed by a domestic slave in history because of his murderous nature and abuse of his servants.
It’s no wonder that the Water Margin was banned in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
"Second brother, those bandits and rangers who kill people indiscriminately cannot be called heroes. I have some free time these days. If second brother is interested, why don't you listen to my brother's story?" Zhu Su said.
I don’t want to see Zhu Xi go down the same old path recorded in later generations’ history. Since he likes to watch this kind of world and thinks that the Liangshan heroes in the novel are heroes, then he can use magic to defeat magic and use another more fascinating subject to tell Zhu Xi what a real hero is.
"What book? Can it be more interesting than Water Margin?" Zhu Fang lacked interest. He didn't like the "Three Kingdoms" story compiled by his younger brother.
Since the second brother showed signs of violence, he had to find a way to correct him. Zhu Su was "at least half as good as Water Margin." Zhu Su showed his folding fan and smiled confidently. "The heroes among them are much better than the people in Liangshan!"
"Second brother, do you know, 'Martial Arts'?"
(End of chapter)
