After Zhu Ping'an saw through the evil ambitions of the Japanese pirates in Shangyu and realized the seriousness of the problem, he squeezed the horse's belly without hesitation, increasing the speed of the horse under him to the fastest, and rushed to Yingtian at full speed.
The time taken for this journey was half of the usual time.
When Zhu Ping'an arrived in Yingtian, he continued to go to the Yamen of the Judicial Inspection Commission without stopping, and immediately ran to meet Zhang Nietai. Zhang Nietai was Zhu Ping'an's direct superior, and Zhu Ping'an had to report to Zhang Nietai first.
When Zhu Ping'an hurried to Zhang Neitai's office, Deputy Envoy Bai Jinhu and Assistant Envoy Zhang Chufeng were also in the room.
"Zihou, you are sweating and panting, but what happened to the Zhejiang Army?!"
When Zhang Nietai saw Zhu Ping'an panting and sweating, he thought something had happened in the military camp and asked hurriedly.
Something went wrong in the Zhejiang Army?!
After listening to Zhang Neitai's question, Zhang Chufeng looked at Zhu Ping'an, who looked anxious, sweaty and breathless. He highly agreed with Zhang Neitai's guess and a gloating arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The Zhejiang Army Corps led by Zhu Pingan has run into trouble during training. Haha, we need to make more preparations for this at noon.
Zhu Ping'an was in bad luck, so Zhang Chufeng couldn't help but feel in a good mood. There were various complicated reasons. It was not only because he lost a large sum of money to Zhu Ping'an in two consecutive gambling games some time ago, nor was it simply because he was jealous of Zhu Ping'an for winning the top spot in the imperial examination at a young age and becoming an official of the same rank as him. The more profound reason was that Zhang Chufeng was a member of the Yan Party, and was worried about how to complete the task assigned to him. Now, Zhu Ping'an's Zhejiang Army Corps had eliminated the chaos, and the opportunity to deal with Zhu Ping'an had come.
This good internal news must be told to the higher-ups. I believe someone will soon use this as a reason to impeach Zhu Ping'an.
This kind of thing, at the very least, is dereliction of duty, and at the most, it is not taking the task assigned by His Majesty seriously. If you had taken the task assigned by His Majesty seriously, how could there be chaos in the military camp? Therefore, the chaos in the military camp means that you did not take the task assigned by His Majesty seriously, which is a great disrespect to His Majesty.
This impeachment, which went too far, would be enough to make Zhu Ping'an very upset.
Haha, Zhu Ping'an has offended Prime Minister Yan, and he still wants to be well with you? He’s dreaming.
Oh, by the way, I also had a contribution to Zhu Ping'an's leadership of the militia. Now his militia had run into trouble, and I reported it to the superiors immediately. I could be considered to have made a great contribution, and I would surely be able to show my face in front of the Prime Minister.
In the Prime Minister's heart, it would be difficult for Jane not to be promoted.
As Zhang Chufeng thought about it, the curve of his mouth grew bigger and bigger, and the smile on his face became harder and harder to conceal.
"No." Zhu Pingan shook his head.
What? ! No!!
When Zhang Chufeng heard this, the smile on his face withered before it even bloomed, and disappointment and loss surged in his heart.
Since there is no trouble in the Zhejiang Army's training, why are you running so fast and panting like a cow
Zhang Chufeng complained inwardly with a look of disappointment on his face.
"Then why are you in such a hurry, Lord Zhu?" Zhang Neitai asked curiously.
"Your Excellency, I have important military intelligence to report!" Zhu Ping'an said with a serious face and bowed.
What, important military intelligence
Upon hearing this, Zhang Nietai leaned forward and asked, "Master Zhu, what important military information do you have?"
Before Zhu Pingan opened his mouth, Zhang Chufeng on the side laughed disapprovingly, "Master Zhu, you are training the militia in Taohuaji, a remote place. What kind of urgent military information could there be? Are there bandits in the vicinity of Taohuaji, or are there villagers fighting over water and land? These are just trivial matters. Why did you, Zihou, mobilize so many troops and make such a fuss to come and report to the Lord Neitai?!"
Zhang Chufeng looked disapproving, thinking Zhu Pingan was making a fuss out of nothing.
After hearing what Zhang Chufeng said, Zhang Nietai couldn't help but look at Zhu Ping'an in confusion. He wondered what kind of urgent military information Zhu Ping'an, who was training troops in Taohuaji, could have.
"Lord Neitai, Lord Zhang, do you know about the group of Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu?" Zhu Ping'an asked in a deep voice.
"I seem to have heard of it somewhere, but I can't remember where it is at the moment. There have been so many Japanese pirates landing and committing crimes recently. What about the Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu?" Zhang Chufeng looked confused. He had basically no impression of the Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu. He didn't understand why Zhu Ping'an mentioned this group of Japanese pirates.
"I have heard of this group of Japanese pirates. There are only about a hundred of them. After landing in Shangyu, they burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of atrocities along the way. They even destroyed several counties. They are really arrogant." Deputy Envoy Bai Jinhu said softly.
Zhang Neitai nodded slowly, "I have been keeping an eye on this group of pirates. I have met the old censor Qian who was killed on his way home after retiring several times. Although this group of pirates only has more than a hundred people, their combat power should not be underestimated. They roam around and commit crimes, attack cities and strongholds, and are full of evil. Currently, this group of pirates is roaming around Ningguo Mansion and committing crimes. Zihou mentioned this group of pirates now, but is the important military intelligence related to this group of pirates?"
"That's right." Zhu Ping'an nodded and said seriously, "Master Neitai, I have carefully studied the route and style of this group of Japanese pirates. I seriously suspect that this group of Japanese pirates will harass Yingtian City! We should make preparations early and eliminate this group of arrogant and domineering Japanese pirates under Yingtian City!"
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Zhang Chufeng spat out the tea he had just taken a sip of when he heard that. He shook his head and laughed, "What?! Zihou, did I hear you right? You said that the Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu are going to harass Yingtian?! Don't be ridiculous. Less than a hundred Japanese pirates dared to lay hands on Yingtian City?! Hahaha, this is the best joke I have heard this year."
"Ahem, Lord Zhu, is this what you call a major military situation?" Zhang Neitai couldn't help coughing after hearing what Zhu Ping'an said. He stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead. He felt that Zhu Ping'an's major and urgent military situation was a bit unbelievable, just like a fairy tale. How could it be possible that less than a hundred Japanese pirates attacked Yingtian City! With such a small force, they also rushed to harass Yingtian. Are they going to commit suicide? !
"Zihou, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but your military intelligence is too unreliable. It's like a fairy tale. Less than a hundred Japanese pirates harass the secondary capital Yingtian?! Even if they are very brave, they would not dare to attack the huge city of Yingtian with less than a hundred people. Even if they have ten or a hundred times more troops, they can't capture the heavily guarded huge city of Yingtian!" Deputy Envoy Bai Jinhu shook his head.
In his opinion, in fact, in the opinion of almost everyone, Yingtian City is the second largest city in the world that will never fall, and the first largest city is Shuntian City. So he felt that Zhu Ping'an's military intelligence was too outrageous and too unreliable.
None of the three people present believed the important and urgent military intelligence that Zhu Ping'an mentioned.