Five days later, in the Zhao Mansion on Shidao, the two children of Zhao Haiming and Zhao Lie were running around and making noises.
They looked nothing like the third-grade commanders they had been in the past, and were just like the grandfathers of ordinary people.
Zhao Haiming did not go back to his hometown.
His wife, children, especially his two grandchildren were all in Shidao.
Why did he go back to his hometown?
After arriving at Shidao, Old Zhao couldn't sit still.
He was very excited when he saw the Galen ship.
He often went to sea with the ships, which made the navy captains very troublesome.
This old Zhao saw everything new and thought about everything.
Give it a try.
The question is, do you dare to let an old man try it on sailing and debugging?
One of them fell from a height of several feet and lost his head.
Now several Galen ship captains on standby on Shidao had a splitting headache when they saw Mr.
Zhao.
Zhao Haiming had just returned home two hours ago.
After bathing and changing clothes, he immediately came to see his grandchildren.
He was a relative of another generation, so he didn't need to put on airs in front of his grandchildren.
Even when he played with the children, the children were close to him.
When Zhao Lie came in from the outside, he saw his grandson Xiao Zhao grabbing Zhao Haiming's beard and pulling it.
Zhao Haiming was not angry but smiled.
"How about father going out for a few days."
Zhao Lie said with a smile.
He also agreed with Lao Zhao's restlessness.
He was only fifty years old, so of course he couldn't sit still at home.
"Yes, I went with the Wei Qing this time.
I was at the helm and fishing.
It was really good."
Zhao Haiming's face wrinkled when he mentioned this.
"I'm afraid my father doesn't know that the Weihai navy returned from defeat in Korea."
Zhao Lie asked.
"Really?"
Zhao Haiming suddenly looked at Zhao Lie.
"Indeed, Jeju sent me a battle report, in which more than ten ships were damaged and destroyed.
Li Hong led the remaining fleet to ignore the North Korean navy and escaped from the battle.
He has been back to Weihai for many days."
"There are so many injuries," Zhao Haiming looked at Zhao Lie dissatisfied, "You don't know how to show mercy, you are from Weihai after all."
"Dad, how could we hold back on this battlefield?
Li Hu was merciless if he didn't send a ship to pursue them."
Zhao Lie couldn't laugh or cry.
This complaint was really unreasonable.
How could he hold back on this?
Did he let them reach Jeju safely?
"Li Hong is a bastard.
His salary is in vain, and he can do anything but escape in the middle of battle.
He has disgraced the Weihai Navy."
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Zhao Haiming was furious.
"The problem is, he, Li Hong, is currently the acting Weihai Navy, and his father is still in office."
Zhao Lie nodded at Li Hong's official position.
Zhao Haiming narrowed his eyes and thought without saying a word.
Yes, he is still the commander now.
Although he did not command this battle, someone with good intentions took advantage of it and dealt a big blow to Zhao Haiming.
If it was serious, he would be dismissed from his post and investigated.
The best result would be demoted and returned to his hometown, never to be used again. .
In fact, it's not a big deal to leave the Weihai Navy in a backwater, but.
This reputation of being defeated is unbearable.
After all, he is the nominal commander of this battle.
"Humph, he is unkind, and I am unjust to fix the monster."
Zhao Haiming made up his mind and could not wait for punishment from the court.
Zhao Lie smiled and said, "Li Hong's escape is a big deal.
My family can make good use of it."
"Well, this idiot has long seen that he is not good enough to go into battle."
Zhao Haiming said scornfully.
"After all, Weihai is the place where my father has been in charge for many years, and he has his own opinions."
Zhao Lie smiled and said nothing, just pointing it out was enough.
He believed that his father would handle it himself.
After many years of officialdom, if you can't cope with these, how can you reach the position of commander.
It was already getting hot at noon in Tiandeng Prefecture in April, and Sun Yuan, dressed in cyan silk casual clothes, sat in the back house of the government office to take a nap.
He had been meditating there for a long time with a teacup in his hand.
A maid behind him was gently shaking a cattail leaf fan to keep him cool.
In fact, Sun Yuanhua's heart has not been peaceful since he took office.
The turmoil in Dongjiang continued, and there was no court law.
Whoever had the bigger fist had the final say.
Regardless of what Denglai or Liaodong said, all the military leaders ignored it.
Now it is Liu Xingzhi who leads the troops who fled from Liaodong and is the king and hegemon in Pidao.
No one dares to offend him.
Even the officials appointed by the imperial court are beaten and scolded by him wherever they go.
The Denglai army is also extremely unstable.
The general town of Denglai, You Shilu, and the participating generals Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde are at odds with each other and have their own agendas.
And he had to be merciful, after all, Kong Youde was his direct subordinate, and a military state without direct subordinates would never be feasible.
He had figured this out in Liaodong.
However, the court's food and salary arrears have been repeatedly delayed.
Last year, half of the 800,000 taels of salary did not arrive.
Denglai was barely able to survive as in previous years.
There was still no money to build armor and train soldiers.
These days, no one who works hard as a trainer without money or food can even open the camp gate.
Even so, the imperial court did not stop and asked the Weihai Navy to go to Korea to fight.
As a result, they returned with a huge defeat a few days ago.
Li Hong personally came to apologize, saying that the Ming Dynasty in Jeju had huge battleships and fierce artillery and was absolutely invincible.
He also risked his life to bring his soldiers back to Denglai.
He was really crying with blood.
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Ever since he took the position of Governor of Denglai, there has been no happiness.
One trouble followed one after another, one defeat followed one after another, as if there was no end to it.
Sun Yuanhua had a hunch that when he first came here, his ideas were too optimistic.
Now it seems that the position of Governor Denglai is really difficult to live up to.
There was a knock on the door outside.
"Come in."
Sun Yuanhua frowned.
"Sir, the commander of the Weihai Navy, Zhao Haiming, is outside the official office asking for an audience."
A servant came in to report.
Who, Weihai Navy Commander Zhao Haiming, he is not, uh, Sun Yuanhua shook his head, although he agreed with Zhao Haiming to return to his hometown to cultivate, but the imperial decree has not yet been issued, Zhao Hai is clearly the commander.
"Let him wait in the official hall while I change my clothes."
The corner of Sun Yuanhua's mouth twitched in disgust.
If he guessed correctly, it must be because of the defeat of the Weihai Navy.
Huh, now he is still the nominal commander of the Weihai Navy.
Of course I don't want to be implicated in this.
He has seen a lot about the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, and there is nothing he can do about it.
This is officialdom.
Zhao Haiming saluted respectfully and waited for Sun Yuanhua to sit down at the desk before straightening his waist.
This was the unique treatment for civil servants in the Ming Dynasty.
When Zhao Haiming, a third-grade military general, saw a fifth-grade governor, you must also respect him respectfully.
Civilians respect military officials but they do not respect others.
"Mr.
Zhao is not recuperating at home, so why are you here on business?"
Sun Yuanhua stabbed Zhao Haiming, "Aren't you sick?
Why are you running around?"
"My lord, I don't know something.
This subordinate heard something important and had to drag his body here to report it."
Zhao Haiming paused his cane specially.
"Master Zhao still has the Denglai War in mind, but I have reported the defeat of the Weihai Navy to the capital immediately."
Don't say anything more.
I already know the court and the cabinet.
You can just go back and wait.
"Sir, what did Li Hong say about this defeat?"
Zhao Haiming looked at Sun Yuanhua.
"He said that the Jeju Mingjin warships were huge, the size of several lucky ships, and had so many cannons that they couldn't get close at all.
However, the Korean navy warships had very few cannons, only one or two.
They were defeated by the cannons and were defeated.
Then they broke out in different ways and then returned to Denglai," Sun Yuanhua replied with the utmost patience.
He made up his mind that if Zhao Haiming continued to be ignorant, he would not be able to reprimand him.
"Your Excellency, you don't know.
In this battle, Li Hong fled first and abandoned the North Korean navy.
Now the North Korean navy's life and death are unknown."
Zhao Haiming said sadly.
"Uh," Sun Yuanhua's eyes suddenly opened wide, "How did you know."
"Sir, after all, my subordinate has commanded the Weihai Navy for many years and has a very close friendship with his old subordinates.
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After this defeat, some of his old subordinates complained to me, saying that this defeat was a coward, and he will be held accountable for his crimes afterwards.
I feel in my heart.
If you're not angry, let me make the decision for them," Zhao Haiming said anxiously.
"Is this true?"
Sun Yuanhua was sweating profusely and his heart was pounding.
He was extremely afraid.
North Korea was close to the Ming Dynasty.
It had always been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and had always been respectful to the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty was also extremely benevolent and righteous to North Korea.
Hundreds of thousands of Japanese invaded the country, and the Ming Dynasty exhausted its treasury.
It took ten years to drive out the Japanese pirates.
The Korean people are still grateful.
This is also a happy thing that several emperors are extremely proud of and often talk about.
Now that the Ming Dynasty is assisting North Korea in retaking Jeju, the Ming navy navy puts the North Korean navy in danger and escapes alone.
One can imagine the resentment of the North Korean monarchs and ministers.
The king and ministers of North Korea will definitely send envoys to the capital to report the matter and hold him accountable.
How about the imperial court?
If only more than ten years ago, it would have symbolically punished the generals on its own, but it is different now.
North Korea is extremely important to the Ming Dynasty.
Although the Jiannu forced peace with North Korea a few years ago and gave the Jiannu some money and food, they did not send troops to assist the Jiannu, especially they did not let the navy help the Jiannu.
If the situation is not handled well this time and North Korea completely turns to the establishment of slaves, then the establishment of slaves will be even more powerful.
Sun Yuanhua thought about it, if the slaves had the help of the Korean navy, they could come and go at any time along the coast of Dengrai, Gyeonggi Province.
There would be wars everywhere in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and there would be no luck.
Therefore, the imperial court is likely to agree to severely punish the escaped general Li Hong in order to appease the hearts of the North Korean monarchs and ministers.
So who decided to appoint Li Hong?
He was Sun Yuanhua.
He appointed Li Hong as the acting Denglai Navy.
Then he was probably implicated in this matter.
To say the least, the cabinet and the emperor did not punish him.
It was just criticism from the government and the public.
He couldn't stand it either, at least he couldn't stand the criticism of someone who didn't know who he was.
"This matter is absolutely true.
Weihai Navy Commander Shanggu filed a lawsuit against Li Hong, accusing him of deserting before the battle, losing his army and humiliating the country, and betraying the divine grace."
Zhao Haiming cupped his hands and said seriously, "Now Shanggu and the two bows are Outside the official office.”
Sun Yuanhua closed his eyes in pain.
He estimated that 90% of the matter was true.
Several people had filed lawsuits.
This was not something Zhao Haiming could do by tricking him, especially when there was a governor.
If it was not true, they would not be able to protect themselves for fear of being held accountable in the future, so they would not be able to do this at all.
"Summon them in."
Sun Yuanhua weakly ordered.
He had to deal with it, otherwise, if the court investigated him, he would be suspected of covering up.
Of course, he could not leave this excuse to others.
As for whether anyone is taking advantage of it, haha, Governor Denglai is one of the dozen or so governors in the Ming Dynasty.
He has great authority in the government office, so there should not be too many people who are greedy.
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What, what's there to argue about in such a difficult and dangerous place?
What makes him look down on so many people is that Sun Yuanhua himself was the same way at the beginning
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