It was completely dark, and many servants around the temple hung lanterns under the supervision of the imperial guards, illuminating the temporary suffocational yamen, and the lights were bright everywhere. These lanterns will be taken down until dawn tomorrow morning and put out before dark at night.

People from Fuzhou were rushing to the second gate. When they arrived at the second gate, Lin Douyao's close body was waiting. Everyone did not speak and continued to move forward. After turning through the corridor, there was a small courtyard with fine bamboo planted around them. This was the residence of the temple abbot, but now it was requisitioned by Lin Douyao.

The weather was very hot, and Lin Douyao stood at the gate of the yard waiting for someone to come. He was wearing a light blue round neck robe with a lining inside. In such a hot weather, even if he was thin silk clothes, he was still sweating profusely.

Lin Douyao looked unhappy. He had already lie down except for his robe and told him not to see the guests tonight, but someone from Fuzhou urgently asked for a meeting, so of course he had to see him. After a lot of trouble, Lin Douyao was quite impatient.

The nominal top official of Fujian Road was only in his early fifties. He was known for his shrewdness and strength, and was young and strong, so he was placed on the very important Fujian Road.

Lin Douyao was also one of Han Zhong's confidants. He originally planned to work in Fujian for a few years and directly join the central government as the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor.

Now it seems that the cool umbrella is getting further and further away from Lin Douyao.

Lin Douyao suffered repeated setbacks in Fujian, and the political situation in the DPRK is unpredictable. Now he is also determined to manage the Fujian local area well, consolidate his power, and no longer have any hope for entering Beijing to rule.

"What happened?" Lin Douyao saw that a clerk was coming in rushing. This Kongmu official named Li Bao was very clever and was very capable of doing things. He was one of the nails left by Lin Douyao in Fuzhou. He specifically asked him to inquire about the news. When he saw that this person was coming, Lin Douyao knew that something was important was indeed something, so he couldn't help but become nervous.

"Meet the Lord." Li Bao bowed and said, "Last night, there was news from the Minqing area. First, there were a small number of people rumored, and then there were rumors all over the city. The villain inquired from many sources. After confirming, he felt that things were not small. He came down from the city overnight and walked to the post station to ride a horse..."

"Who cares about how you left the city and how you came to Quanzhou!" Lin Douyao's face appeared and he shouted: "Of course I know that it is not easy for you to come. If you don't have to do with your ugly appearance, hurry up and talk about what's going on!"

Li Bao was startled, but he also knew that his credit had been recorded. He looked even more respectful on his face and lowered his head and said, "Yes... The villain heard that the Nan'an Prefecture Army of the Dongfan had defeated the Luzon thieves, killed Yan Qi, drove Liu Dan away, beheaded more than 20,000 levels, and half of the pirate ships were destroyed. From then on, the Luzon thieves will no longer be a disaster for China..."

"What?" Even if Li Bao said that the emperor died or Donghu invaded again, and Shenjing was surrounded, Lin Douyao would not be too surprised.

At most, it would be a cold and then consider the next step of development.

Because these things have not only happened, but are also very likely to happen, within people's basic cognition, it will not be too unexpected even if you know it.

Lin Douyao originally thought that the worst news was that Fuzhou was besieged or Zhangzhou had been conquered, but he never expected that it would be such news.

Under the huge impact, Lin Douyao's originally tense nerves became even tighter. He could not understand the meaning of what the official said for a while, but he felt that his eyes were dark and he almost fainted on the ground.

Two senior followers rushed forward and tucked their master.

Lin Douyao was slightly shocked, stared at the official, and after a while, he said, "Did you run hundreds of miles for this joke?"

"The villain dared not promise to say it was true." Li Bao bowed and said, "The news came from Minqing, saying that it had hired a large number of pearl pickers to salvage items from the shipwreck. The villain asked people to go to Minqing to implement it. Indeed, people from the Marquis of Nan'an went to the beach to hire pearl pickers. Even so, the villain did not dare to come to Quanzhou for this matter. Until dark in the evening, the villain saw Li Gu, a staff member of the Zhao Prince's Mansion, leave the city. He led a team of followers to let go of the city gate. The villain heard it very clearly in the dark and went to the beach of Minqing."

Lin Douyao left Li Bao in Fuzhou, of course because this person was smart enough. Judging from Li Bao's news, the news was not only passed on to the people, but also to the Zhao Palace, and attracted the attention of the Zhao Palace. Li Gu is the most trusted and valued aide around Zhao King. Even Li Gu went to Minqing. It can be seen that for King Zhao, the rumors were not considered completely boundless.

"How is this possible? How is this possible?"

Lin Douyao felt a strong stimulation, and an endless sense of illusion surrounded him. He turned around and entered the room, sitting straight on the chair in the middle, unable to speak for a long time.

Many staff members, officials and generals rushed over after hearing the news, and everyone was talking.

I was also quite shocked.

"Beheading more than 20,000 levels? So far, this dynasty has not had any battle to behead so many beheadings except when it was founded, right?"

"During the reign of Emperor Wenzong, the court used imperial guards to slander the troops. The old King of Qi once led the wing army to assist. In one battle, he captured more than 100,000 people from the southwest Yi. If all of them were killed..."

"That's different. Except for the chieftains and a few elite soldiers in the southwest, the rest are all old and weak, and they are pulled out to make up the numbers. The elite soldiers will of course besieged, and they can't beheaded all the young, young, women and children. Who will be the generals? This time, the Dongfan is different. The pirates are both cruel, violent, brave and brave, and the brave man beheaded more than 20,000 on the battle formation. The martial arts of Nan'an Hou... Tsk tsk, if it is true, it is really amazing."

"Not." An imperial guard general sneered: "Liu Guangsi has always been dissatisfied with the Marquis of Nan'an. He said that he really wanted to fight. One of his troops was enough to destroy the Nan'an regiment. He also looked down on him, saying that the King of Qi was biased and only knew that he was the son of the royal family. He did not urinate and looked at him. He was old and had no virtue. He just relied on his qualifications to become the commander of the army. He had the ability of Nan'an?"

"This is true. Liu Guangsi has always said that Nan'an's group is not capable of fighting a group of rogues. Now he asks him to tell me. Tens of thousands of Luzon pirates have once broken through Zhangzhou and fought with the imperial guards. They are not ordinary bandits and village thieves, nor are they comparable to Qishan thieves. See what he has to say."

These imperial guards who spoke were very resentful towards Liu Guangsi. They were once considered old subordinates of the King of Qi. The King of Qi was harmed by Liu Guangsi's collusion with King Zhao. This matter has been known to everyone. It was a helpless move for these people to turn to Lin Douyao. Otherwise, they would have to withdraw from their military posts and find another way out.

"If it is true..." A civil servant of the tutor's office said happily: "This is the greatest martial arts since the founding of this dynasty. Although the pirates are not as cruel as the Northern Lu and the Donghu, they are still unsure. In the past thirty years, the first border trouble in the southeast of our Great Wei, and the emperor and the two prefectures cannot control it. If there is such military merit, the commander will enter the Privy Council for his merits, I am afraid that no one can say anything!"

Only then did everyone realize that they folded their fists to congratulate Lin Douyao.

Although this battle was fought in the Dongfan, Lin Douyao, as the Fujian Road pacifier, beheaded more than 20,000 in one battle. This heavy contribution from the Nan'an Marquis Mansion family must not be used up, which is also quite beneficial to Lin Douyao.

While everyone was congratulating, Lin Douyao smiled bitterly and waved his hand, saying, "The news is still just a rumor. The Nan'an Marquis Mansion has not yet sent someone to report the merits. There is still doubt in this matter. Don't congratulate you or go out to spread the scattered yamen after the scattered yamen. Everything is first. Otherwise, the news will spread, and the morale and the people will be scattered. If it is false news from pirates, wouldn't we be distracted?"

This is reasonable, and everyone clasped their fists and said, "We are not careful when we think about it, so we must be careful after we go out."

Everyone withdrew, leaving only the thoughtful Lin Douyao indoors.

Both the Imperial Guard Generals were all above the battalion commander. If it weren't for this, they wouldn't have been to Lin Douyao. After dispersing, the two generals left the yamen together. One general said: "Even if the news of the great victory cannot be implemented, why did the general minister look depressed? If this great merit is reported, he is very likely to be promoted to the Privy Council."

"He doesn't want to go to the capital now." Another military general said: "Recently, the court has devoted all its energy to the Northern Expedition. Lin Shuaichen has been working in the southeast for 30 years. He has no understanding of the situation in the north, whether it is local government affairs, military operations, logistics, or financial resources. Even if he is the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, he can only help idle and do whatever he wants, and the government may not be willing to have another Korean prime minister."

"It makes sense, so this great merit doesn't matter to him at all."

"Hmph." Someone snorted coldly and said, "Although Lin Shuaichen cooperated with the Nan'an Marquis Mansion according to the wishes of His Highness of the King of Qi, I don't think he wants to see the Nan'an Marquis Mansion rise too quickly, and he will not be able to control it. Now, the Dongfan was besieged by tens of thousands of pirates, and the comforting envoy had no choice but to rescue him. Even if he was acting like a good example, he would feel at ease to receive this credit. Now I want to see what the good news in the Nan'an Marquis Mansion really came over, and what expression was on the face of the General Secretary."

"After all, he is the one he likes to His Highness, and he is indeed extraordinary."

"If we have a chance, I want to go to Dongfan to serve..."

"When the time comes, our third army of Longxiang should support those who are truly dedicated to the country, not these bastards who fight for power and profit."

The guards of Fujian Road are Longxiang, the two armies of the Pang Japanese, and the imperial guards are divided into various garrisons such as the capital Shangwei, Hebei, and Northwest. Their numbers are also related to the garrisons. For example, Longxiang and Pang Japanese have been stationed on the beach, either in Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Guangxi, or in Jiangling. The two armies have five armies, with a total of more than 20,000 troops. Now there are five armies stationed in Fujian, three of the five armies stationed in Jiangling, one in Mingzhou and the other in Guangzhou.

The army has been stationed in the southeast for a long time, and many generals have settled their homes in the southeast. Many of the generals’ wives and children are in Fuzhou City. Of course, they hope to create another person similar to the King of Qi to stabilize the morale of the army, guard the southeast, so that the small people can relax and the people can rest.

...

In the Fuzhou Prefecture, Yang Shiwei only learned the news the next day. Because his family knew that he had been patrolling the city at the city for many days and nights, he did not dare to wake up the Ming Mansion in the middle of the night. It was not until dawn that Yang Shiwei stood up and went to the front and back of the yamen that his close family reported the rumors to Yang Shiwei.

Hearing the news, Yang Shiwei closed his eyes and did not speak for a long time.

Some of the assistant officials from the government offices around and the generals of the wing guards in the city did not speak out. Everyone was looking at the red-robed official who had been overworked recently and had all been white.

"It's true, it's true." Yang Shiwei suddenly opened his eyes and was already full of tears. He said to everyone: "But there is no need to know that the military and civilians know that the military and civilians should not shake the morale of the military and civilians. We have to wait for the official good news from the Marquis of Nan'an. At that time, I will give cattle wine to the soldiers on the front of the city and the people who help guard the guards, and the government officials will also have their share."

There was a thunderous joy for a moment. Compared with Lin Douyao and others, Yang Shiwei, the grand mansion, was respected by everyone, and was always slacking off in official affairs. Whenever there was something in Fuzhou Prefecture, the Yang Dafu was always the first person to arrive. He also liked to appoint subordinates and promote his juniors. It was because some of the public were self-righteous and too honest, which made the officials nowhere to make money. The world was so powerful. Many minor officials in counties and towns earned more than the officials. If they were as good as Kong He, they would not be able to survive. Most of the people around Yang Shiwei were more honest and upright, perhaps because of the inspiration of this old prefect.

Yang Shiwei's excitement should be done, so it's natural.

Tens of thousands of Luzon thieves were invaded by the territory, but this was not Qishan thieves. The pressure on Fujian military and civilians was extremely huge. Lin Douyao patted his butt and went to Quanzhou, and Fuzhou became the world of King Zhao and his subordinates of the Xiang army.

The military discipline of the Xiang army is not good, and there are looting incidents these days. Yang Shiwei is worried every day to deal with these things, and he also has to meet with King Zhao to compete in the arena.

After King Zhao took charge of the major affairs of the Governor's Office, he was not as polite to local officials as before. Sometimes he avoided Yang Shiwei and made him helpless.

In addition, at least more than 100,000 people flocked to the prefecture to take refuge. The weather was hot, summer vacation, epidemic prevention, food and water were all caused by the old prefect.

Once the news is true, a large number of refugees will leave the city as soon as possible, the economic and social order of Fuzhou Prefecture will return to normal, and the transferred Xiangjun will return to their original location one after another... If King Zhao delays, Yang Shiwei has already thought about it and jointly with the Pacification Envoy to cut off the food and water from the Xiangjun garrison!

For Yang Shiwei, seeing the younger generation who appreciated and admired achieve such great victory and achieve such achievements, the feeling of comfort and excitement cannot be described in words, only tears can be passed on and vent their emotions.

...

While Yang Shiwei learned the news, Zheng Liqi, Zhao Debang and other officials in Fuzhou also received the news one after another. Everyone responded differently, were excited and extremely happy, and naturally there were also shock, shock, and even anger.

Outside the Zhao palace, the mansion was extremely lively, and people flocked to seek truth from the news of the most noble and powerful prince in Fuzhou city. However, the Zhao king avoided the guests. Out of a cautious and steadfast mentality, the Zhao king was unwilling to deny the news like Liu Guangsi and others. Liu Guangsi had already spoken at the military camp. The news at the moment was definitely a rumor, and it was very likely that the pirates released it to shake the morale of the army.

But King Zhao was unwilling to admit that this possibility was possible. The attitudes of Yang Shiwei and others were also spread. Although the government did not have any clear meaning, the Grand Mansion and the Envoy believed that the rumors were facts, and this attitude was quite obvious.

The city of Fuzhou was surging undercurrents, and the determination or denial of the news of the Dongfan, or the failure to express their opinions, could clearly see the attitudes of all forces.

The royal families, nobles, officials, gentry, including academics, newspapers, monks, merchants, and ordinary people in the city, also have their own opinions and opinions.

But most people are cautious, which is not surprising. You should know that the two thieves in Luzon are not ordinary fish, but the giant thieves who once gathered tens of thousands of people to break through Zhangzhou with Pu Xingfeng, and their subordinates were able to compete with the imperial guards of the Great Wei.

The powerful pirate king, with tens of thousands of subordinates, faced the Nanyang Navy who had no ability to fight back at sea, and thousands of troops from the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion. Even though he trusted Xu Zixian's ability, he still considered or discussed this matter with a very serious attitude.
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