Although Zeng Qisheng has not held a formal official position in Dongfan, he has been following Guo Zhiyuan for advice and discussions. He has repeatedly offered advice to Guo Zhiyuan before. He has been highly valued by Guo Zhiyuan and will definitely be of great use in the future, so Guo Zhiyuan is so concerned about him. Seeing Guo Zhiyuan taking the initiative to ask him, Zeng Qisheng looked at him with a complicated expression and said, "Today's victory in Dongfan is indeed a great joy. It should not be disappointed, but Zeng did not speak out, and did not know whether to speak or not?"

Zeng Qisheng has been following Guo Zhiyuan during this period. Guo Zhiyuan knows him very well. He knows that he rarely expresses his opinions on his decisions, but he always hits the point whenever he speaks. He becomes interested when he hears it. His eyebrows raises and chuckles, "Sir has been following me for some time. You should know that I am not a person who can't listen to the words. If you have something to say, it's okay!"

Zeng Qisheng then gritted his teeth and said, "Today's victory in Dongban is a good thing, but as the saying goes, good fortune is the basis of disaster. Japanese pirates have been in trouble on our coastal coast for a long time. Since the Jiajing period, our Ming navy fought with Japanese pirates, which won more victory than defeat. The imperial court gathered the troops of several coastal provinces and could not completely eliminate the Japanese pirates. Today, the great victory of this great victory is probably a fear of the court. If there are any more jealous people who are jealous of the abilities, this great victory in Dongban is a disaster but not a blessing for you!..."

Guo Zhiyuan was poured down by Zeng Qisheng's words like cold water, and his hot mind completely calmed down. He was indeed a little proud and forgot that there was a mountain above his head. Emperor Wanli was already a little afraid of him. If the results of this battle were passed to the capital and were disturbed by the ministers in the court who were hostile to him, I am afraid that Emperor Wanli would really treat him as a confidant. His current power is far from powerful enough to confront the court. Once Emperor Wanli is determined to kill him in the cradle, then Dongfan will be in danger!

Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan got into a cold sweat, solemnly bowed to Zeng Qisheng and said seriously: "Thanks to sir, it almost made a big mistake!"

Zeng Qisheng was so scared that he waved his hand and said, "Sir, don't kill villains. You are busy with all your time, and it is reasonable to think a little bit uneasy. Zeng is the counselor of the adult. It is a matter of duty to check for omissions and fill in the gaps. How dare you be the adult to salute?..."

However, Guo Zhiyuan didn't care about being polite to Zeng Qisheng, turned to the guard behind him and said in a deep voice: "Go and summon Zhang Cheng to see me quickly!"

Zhang Cheng is also one of the few people who did not attend the banquet tonight. As Guo Zhiyuan's power expands, the intelligence network is getting bigger and bigger. As the person in charge of Guo Zhiyuan's secret spy system, Zhang Cheng's burden on his shoulders is naturally heavier. He is busy choosing suitable seedlings from new immigrants to train and expand his secret spy team. He also made contributions in this battle. The one who was responsible for detecting the trends of the pirate coalition at sea was his secret spy. However, as the person in charge of the secret spy system, he must always be vigilant, so he did not attend to tonight's celebration banquet.

After receiving Guo Zhiyuan's call, Zhang Cheng quickly arrived. Seeing Guo Zhiyuan's serious face, he thought something big had happened, so he saluted carefully and said, "What's the matter with the Lord summoning his subordinates?"

Guo Zhiyuan didn't care about explaining too much to Zhang Cheng, and directly ordered: "You can do three things immediately! First, block the news of this battle immediately, list the results of the battle as top secret, and do not disclose it to the outside world! Second, speed up the identification of pirate prisoners, select some pirates who have no major deeds to reorganize them, and can let them return to the islands before, so that they can continue to operate in nearby waters, but they must obey our commands and do not attack and loot innocent merchant ships! Third, go to Mr. Xu to withdraw 500,000 taels of silver, and then select some from the goods returned from the previous maritime trade transactions.

We cherish treasures in the West. You personally take them to the capital. Among them, 100,000 taels of silver are taxed by the court in advance this year. The rest are used to manage ministers in the court. I will list the specific list of accounts. In addition, I will also write a memorial to you to submit it to the court. In the memorial, I will report to the court, saying that I was attacked by Japanese pirates. Although I was lucky enough to win, the garrison soldiers suffered heavy casualties and were seriously damaged in warships. I asked the court to allow me to expand the garrison troops and build a shipyard in the garrison. I asked the court to allocate shipbuilding craftsmen and drawings to support the garrison..."

When Zhang Cheng saw Guo Zhiyuan's expression, he knew that the matter was serious. He didn't say much, so he immediately took the order and left. Zeng Qisheng saw that Guo Zhiyuan could come up with a solution in a short time, and couldn't help but sigh: "My decisive and unlimited water. In this way, I can be safe from the East!..."

Guo Zhiyuan shook his head and sighed, "I just hope it's not too late to fix the dead!"

Although Guo Zhiyuan ordered the blockade of the news as soon as possible and "shrinked" the results of this battle as much as possible, the news still caused an uproar when it reached the inland Fujian. You should know that the coastal areas of Fujian were invaded by Japanese pirates for many years and were always in a passive defense. Therefore, the water camps were built on the coast of Fujian, which at most were deterrent. The Japanese pirates who ran away like wind were helpless. Even when the two famous generals Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou were stationed in Fujian, they adopted a defensive counterattack strategy. Although they had a victory, at most they were a small victory to annihilate a small group of Japanese pirates. The battle to kill hundreds of Japanese pirates was considered a great victory.

This time, Guo Zhiyuan actually annihilated thousands of prisoners of pirates, including more than 2,000 Japanese pirates (this is the result of Guo Zhiyuan's vague results as much as possible), which basically destroyed the Japanese pirate pirate forces along the coast of Fujian. Such a result can almost be said to be unprecedented in the history of the Ming Dynasty's battle against Japanese pirates. How could the imperial officials and naval generals in Fujian Province not be shocked?

Therefore, when most Fujian officials and naval generals heard the news, they did not believe it at all, but they could not change the iron fact. According to the reflections of sailors on the passing merchant ships, the activities of Japanese pirates and pirates in the coastal waters of Fujian were significantly reduced, and only a small group of pirate ships occasionally cruised on the sea (in fact, they were fake pirates played by pirate prisoners reorganized by Guo Zhiyuan). Moreover, these pirate ships basically did not rob and snatch the merchant ships. It seemed that they had changed their temperament overnight, and they changed from butchers to vegetarian vegetarian chanting Buddha. On the other hand, Dongfan, which was supposed to be a disaster, was good, and there were more ships traveling between Dongfan and Fujian to transport supplies and cargo. Obviously, they were not the loser of this battle. This forced Fujian's imperial officials and naval generals to believe that the news that Dongfan had won the battle with the pirate coalition was accurate.

After confirming the accuracy of the news, the officials of Fujian's imperial court and the generals of the navy have a big fuss about how to deal with this matter. Such a big thing must be reported to the court, but how to report it is a matter of particularity. Guo Zhiyuan became the prefect of Dongfan at a young age. There were many Fujian officials who were jealous of him. Now that he has made such military achievements, wouldn't he want to go to heaven? Besides, if he reported it truthfully, the Fujian Navy had no choice but to defeat the Japanese pirates when fighting. However, Guo Zhiyuan relied on the barren land of Dongfan to kill the Japanese pirates without leaving any armor. Doesn't it seem that the officials of the court in Fujian Province are all idiots?
Chapter completed!