Chapter 498: Murder (two more)

Within a few days, Minister Zuo proposed to return to China.
Yufu was quite surprised. They ran to Beili for thousands of miles. Why did they leave so soon?
"The minister did not return to the country immediately, but saw that the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry's shipbuilding learned seriously and wanted to take them to the harbor where we stopped to survey the ships on site, which is much faster than studying the drawings."
Minister Zuo explained so. Yufu also felt that the progress of the Ministry of Industry in researching the ship was too slow. It was a good thing that the envoys of Sang Yiguo had this idea.
Yufu said politely, "Just like this, don't you delay your studies?"
Minister Zuo laughed: "No delay, no delay. In fact, Chen also wanted to walk around a few towns along the coast to see how the Beili people deal with all kinds of fish in the sea. Do not hide your Majesty, said that in our country we will only eat raw. That's it. "
Eat raw? !!
The minister in the palace could not help but panic when he heard the words. What is the difference between this and Ru Maoyin?
Yufu coughed awkwardly, and did not want the courtiers to show contempt, then said: "Then please please the envoys, please, prepare the gifts for your country, and then please the Ministry of Commerce and you to hand over. The Ministry of Industry also Be prepared to responsible officials and craftsmen to the port with your envoys. "
"Yes."
"The official obeys."
The two Shangshus took the lead. Within a few days, the envoy of Sang Yiguo and his party left the capital.
After the envoy left, Chen Jingxing's subordinates came back to secretly report, "Return to my lord, our eyeliner searched everywhere, we can't find anyone who can speak Sang Yi Mandarin. Sang Yi Guo and we haven't been in contact for hundreds of years. What about them? "
The subordinates only felt that Chen Jingxing's request was unreasonable, but they did not know that Chen Jingxing was in a state of entanglement.
"Why doesn't my official know that such a person is hard to find? But my official always thinks that these ambassadors of Sangyi Kingdom are a little weird, but they can't say anything weird."
Subordinates comforted: "You don't have to worry about it, haven't they gone now? Even if there is something weird, it won't make any waves."
Yeah already gone
Chen Jingxing suddenly said, "No, the officials of the Ministry of Industry and the shipbuilding craftsmen are still with them! Immediately prepare a carriage, I will go to the Ministry of Industry!"
Since Yufu explained the shipbuilding skills to the craftsmen of Sangyi Kingdom, Chen Jingxing has been in frequent contact with the Ministry of Industry, and the gatekeepers of the Ministry saw him again today.
The envoy is gone, what else is he here to do?
"Where are you Shangshu?"
When he entered the door, it was very hot, and the doorkeeper busyly said, "Yes, inside it!"
Chen Jingxing walked in without waiting for the briefing. Fortunately, he and Shang Shu were equal officials, but it was rude and nobody dared to say anything. The Shang Shang was drinking tea in the inner hall and seeing him quite Astonished.
"Master Chen, why are you free today?"
Chen Jingxing said, "Master Shang Shu, suddenly I think of an important thing and want to ask you. The people in your ministry have been studying shipbuilding at Sang Yi for a long time. Can you make progress?
When it comes to learning shipbuilding technology, Shang Shushu's face doesn't look good.
Compared to Chen Jingxing when he first came to the Ministry of Industry to find a book, his face was not ugly now.
He frowned suddenly. "What's wrong?"
The book of the Ministry of Industry sighed, "Well, it is a trivial matter to say, but in the end it is detrimental to the face of our Ministry of Industry, Master Chen, don't say it. To say that these people who build the ship in the Ministry of Industry have always been smart and capable, yes I'm very proud of the manpower! I don't know if the boat of Sang Yiguo is too subtle or why, they haven't touched the door for so long, or they are deceptive. "
Chen Jingxing murmured in his heart.
The Ministry of Industry is still complaining, "It may also be that my proud companions are too stupid, alas. But fortunately, these people in Sang Yiguo know what to do and take them directly to the port to see the ship. Even if stupid, look at it in the past You can always learn, don't you say? "
Chen Jingxing had no intention to listen to what he said, and hurried to leave the palace.
At the same time, the palace.
Yu Fu and Gu Shubai used dim sum in the Changsheng Hall. She likes crab cakes. The taste has not changed over the years. The two talked while eating.
Yu Fu held a piece of crab noodles, and no corners were seen for a long time.
Gu Shubai couldn't help laughing, "Just put down when you're full, what do you do with it?"
"No, I was thinking about the problem."
Yufu took a bite, and his face was swollen, and he was thinking about something with his cheek. Gu Shubai handed her the tea cup, and she swallowed the cake smoothly.
"I still think that the envoys of Sangyi Kingdom are weird."
Yufu said: "Look, at first, we discovered that they had a huge ship, a large number of people, and many gifts. It didn't look like a small country that was extremely barren. Then, when the Minister Zuo always spoke, Intentionally or inadvertently emphasized that the barrenness and weakness of Sangyi Country could not implement even the household registration system. What raw fish was eaten, why did he expose himself to us? "
"This is all, maybe it can be explained that the customs and customs are different. The most weird thing is that this time, they hurriedly left, as if something happened. It took so much energy and financial resources to come across the sea, not just In order to study? If you leave so quickly, wouldn't the already weak countries waste a lot of money, can their kings agree? "
Speaking of which, this is something weird.
The Ministers of North Korea and China did not realize that because everyone had substituted the scorn of Sang Yiguo and the envoys, they would not care about these things.
Gu Shubai Siyi said for a moment: "If you say this, I think of one thing. Several questions raised by the envoy of Sang Yiguo at the Golden Hall were known as Sang Yi's 100-year difficult problems. Difficult, but now think about it, it will not be so exaggerated for a century. "
Yu Fu raised his eyebrows. "It's obviously not a problem, but it should be asked as a problem. Is it a novel way to please us? If it's not, there is only one possibility-"
Yu Fu put down the pastry in his hands, the two looked at each other, and immediately had the answer.
"If it's not pleasing, it's paralysis."
There was a rush of footsteps outside the hall, "Your Majesty, Master Chen Jingxing, Chen has something urgent to ask your Majesty!"
"Hurry up."
Yufu vaguely realized that Chen Jingxing's hurried arrival may have something to do with the envoy of Sang Yiguo.
Chen Jingxing hurriedly entered the palace to salute, and then said: "Your Majesty, the minister has been stuck in my heart for several days, can't help but come and tell His Majesty. Does Your Majesty feel that those envoys of Sangyi Kingdom are a little weird?"
Yu Fu took a subconscious look at Gu Shubai, "What happened?"
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Chen Jingxing shook his head. "It is because the minister did not feel strange because nothing happened. Your Majesty remembered the last time you asked the minister to ask someone from the Ministry of Labor to ask for advice to make a ship. At that time, Minister Zuo's expression was very delicate. Those ministers behind him Even more unpleasant. Although the minister suddenly asked, Minister Zuo gave the perfect reason, saying that it was because of the tea that caused homesickness. From the experience of dealing with the envoys of various countries for many years, it seems that they are unwilling to teach us the shipbuilding. Surgery. "
Chen Jingxing was the party present at the time, and he knew best how Minister Zuo and others looked.
Yufu knows him very well and knows that he has a surprising talent in foreign affairs. Since he feels that those envoys have an unwilling attitude, I am afraid it is not groundless.
"You continue to say."
Chen Jingxing breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Chen originally intended to put spies near them to investigate their minds. But they usually talked in private in the language of Sang Yiguo, and subjects visited throughout the state. I ca n’t find anyone who can speak the language of Sang Yi, so I have to give up. Fang Caichen went to the Ministry of Industry to ask Master Shang Shu, and His Majesty guess? The talented and skilled craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry have not yet mastered the technology of Sang Yi artificial boats, Learned only fur! "
If you say this to others, you may not feel anything.
But when Yufu heard it, he understood that the old craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry had been serving in the Central Government. If they were so incompetent, they would not be able to sit firmly in their positions.
The biggest possibility is that the craftsmen of Sang Yiguo moved their hands and feet and refused to teach them the real technology.
Gu Shubai frowned suddenly, "It's not a big problem if it's just a craftsman who refuses to teach their technology to us. What I worry about now is"
"what?"
Gu Shubai pursed his lips and looked at Yufu with anxiety. "If they don't want to teach our craftsmen the shipbuilding technology, then taking them to the port for field investigation is an excuse."
Yufu for a moment, already understand
The court sent men and women to travel day and night, following the steps of Sang Yiguo's envoy all the way east.
Halfway back, they returned to the capital and returned with them, as well as the officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry responsible for shipbuilding, but they have all become corpses.
Those corpses were cut through the abdomen with a sabre and died of excessive blood loss. The most shocking thing is that the shape of the knife that cuts the abdomen is a cross.
That is to say, someone broke their abdomen horizontally and then stabbed them vertically, so that almost all the organs in their abdomen were shredded, not only impossible to survive, but also extremely painful before death.
This perverted massacre method instantly aroused the resentment of the Beili Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, these people from the Ministry of Industry set out with the envoys of Sang Yiguo. Now they are dead and the tragic envoys have no response. They must be brought back and questioned carefully!"
"No need to cross-examine."
Yufu looked coldly, "I'm afraid they've already fled on the big ship. How can we get a chance to catch it?"
"Your Majesty means that the people in the Ministry of Industry are the ones who killed the envoys ?!"
Why do those who make good officials kill?
Gu Shubai said: "Last night, my Majesty and I looked through ancient books and found out that the people of Sang Yiguo have a special tradition that they like to use a cross knife to cut their belly. This killing method is unheard of in Beili. No one sent back to report that it was indeed what they did. "
The ministers were very surprised. When they thought of the courtiers of Sang Yiguo in Beijing, they couldn't imagine how these people would kill.
Above, Yu Fu's voice came deep.
"When the credentials of the envoys of the Sang Yi Kingdom came, I always felt wrong, and I sent someone to visit the envoys secretly. Now I understand that these envoys did not come to Beili to study, but to spy. It ’s true. Before their giant ship came to Beili, they sent a subsidiary boat to Dongling, and I only got the news yesterday. "
They did not first come to Beili, which is now the most powerful in Kyushu mainland, but instead went to Dongling. It can be seen that studying is false, and the plot is true.
Yufu sneered: "Sang Yiguo must have colluded with Dongling to plot something that is not good for my Beili, so I want to divide the local government and send envoys to give Ning Emperor gifts, making Minister Zuo think they already know Their conspiracy, they will flee in such a hurry. The key now is not to try to capture these envoys, they fled to the sea, and our ship technology is not comparable to them at all. Now the most important thing is-"
She almost gritted her teeth and said word by word: "Build a border defense on the first-tier cities along the east coast of Beili, and be prepared for Sangyi's command!"
"His Majesty!"
The book of the Ministry of Defense led the way, "I am on the east coast of Beili. From an unarmed city defense, I have only built city defenses at the borders with Xikun, Dongling and other countries. Not only China, but also a large area on the east side of Dongling. The city, they never set up a city defense! "
It ’s easy to set up all the places where you have never been fortified.
Ouyang shouted: "Yes, Your Majesty, what are you worried about? Are you still afraid that the envoys of Sang Yiguo will return to take us to attack us? Although their navigation technology is good, their population strength is insufficient, and their weapons are not as advanced as ours. Coming across the sea with an army, how much combat power can you have? "
Yu Fu sighed and frowned at Ouyang Yan.
Tian Yun broke through the line and said: "General Ouyang's remarks are bad. Knowing that Sang Yiguo has wolf ambitions, he should know that what they tell us may not be true. They say that their country is weak and weak, are they really weak? Saying that their weapons and armaments are incomplete, is it really imperfect? ​​Now that I want to come, those are just to paralyze our words. They must have reached a certain deal with Ningdi, which will be bad for me.
Ouyang Yan is a warrior, and fighting with soldiers is a good hand. Analyzing the affairs of the DPRK is a bit laborious.
After hearing Tian Yun's words, he realized that the ambition of Sang Yi's ambassador was not good at first.
The ministers whispered and scolded the Sang Yi people.
Yu Fu's hand knocked on the imperial case, and the palace was suddenly calm, she said positively: "This is not the time to blame the heavens and the others, let alone Zhu Qing can disdain the enemy. Only then you said, Beili has never been on the front line of the coast, Dong Ling too. Did you forget about the straw letter? "
Two years ago, the insurgents who attacked Dongling, Gu Xiang used the method of stalks to send a large number of stalks with hidden text into the sea and floated along the ocean to the coast of Dongling.
At that time, the people along the coast of Dongling caught the letter and learned about Beili's excellent national policy.
The ministers could not help hearing silence.
Beili once used a maritime ship to throw a straw letter, which changed the war situation of Dongling, so why not sangyi country?
Their ships are clearly more advanced and larger.
Gu Shubai said: "Twenty-five cities are counted in Dongling's eastern coastal areas, including Dongling, which has been placed in our territory. The minister proposed that the twenty-five cities should be classified in batches. Officials and generals will build a line of defense, and more will be sent to tie soldiers. One supplements the force, and the other is easier to manage and observe the situation of the enemy. "
Yufu nodded. "There is also Dongling. Although Ning Emperor is weak, his national strength still exists. If the Sangyi people use any tricks to trick Ning Emperor into the army, it is important to us. Divided into five, sending five generals together, plus Dong Ling's side, a total of six generals are needed. "
The general in the palace was eager to try, and Yufu said quickly: "You generals do n’t have to be busy to ask for help. What you mean is that the generals sent to build coastal defenses along the coastline must be well-versed in the sea and have experience in water warfare. If they are all dry ducks who dare not even get down in the water, what good is it to go? "
With that said, many eager generals returned.
It is said that battles on land, whether it be mountain wars, desert wars, or water wars, have proficient hands.
But naval battles were too strange for them.
When the ministers were thinking about candidates, they were also wondering whether the so-called naval warfare would be too much of their hearts and imagine Sang Yiguo too much?
Even if they deliberately concealed their true strength, could their national strength be better than Beili?