Yun Zhonghe has two plans for how to return to the capital.

One is to return to Beijing secretly and suddenly appear in the capital, which can give the enemy a sudden fatal blow and effectively avoid assassination.

It has to be admitted that in the entire empire, the emperor's side is still more powerful, even much greater.

This naval battle is completely related to the throne, so the opponent is likely to be anxious and choose to assassinate Ao Yu and Zhou Li directly.

The second option is to return to Beijing with great fanfare.

From the moment he landed, he was extremely ostentatious and made everyone know. He was a good news for the world, so that everyone knew that Ao Yu had won this battle, and Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai, had been captured and surrendered.

In this way, even if the emperor sent someone to assassinate Ao Yu, it would not be able to change the situation.

After a little hesitation, Yun Zhonghe chose the second plan, made great efforts and returned to Beijing with glory.

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In the past month, the people of the coastal towns of Dazhou were completely affected, and countless pirates began to land and loot.

This scene is somewhat similar to the troubles of the Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty. These pirates came from the sea and were completely unpredictable. They had no idea where they would land, without knowing it.

Moreover, these pirate methods are extremely cruel. After looting a village and town, they will be accompanied by rape/lewdness and looting, and will be burned out afterwards.

Every time I land, I will slaughter the village and town, and burn the body and stab it on the wooden stake, as if I was provoking the Great Zhou court.

In the past month, the thousands of miles of the Great Zhou seaside turned into hell, with coastal villages and towns, and wars were everywhere, and blood and tears were endless.

Conservatively estimated that in the past two months, this group of pirates have raided hundreds of times on the coastal areas of the Great Zhou Dynasty, massacred more than 100,000 innocent people, and burned hundreds of villages and towns.

At this time, there were almost no navy in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they were all taken to the King of Sea to quell the rebellion. So the entire sea surface became a pirate paradise, and the coastal areas of the Great Zhou Dynasty became public toilets. These pirates came whenever they wanted and left whenever they wanted.

Of course, the looted local officials immediately sent military information to the capital.

For a time, the local officials' memorials and requests for help flew to the capital like snowflakes.

The emperor's party began to build momentum, and the Yuedanping organization began to build momentum.

Suddenly, the entire Great Zhou knew that the people on the coast had been massacred, and hundreds of millions of people were deeply sad and angry, and hatred soared into the sky.

Public opinion throughout the Great Zhou Empire was in full swing.

These pirates were completely destined to be wiped out, must avenge the victims on the coast, and must return peace to the vast ocean.

All scholars and all the people speak out.

Why didn’t the court send navy to wipe out pirates?

Then someone replied that the navy of the court went to quell the rebellion of Zhenhai King.

Then someone began to guide public opinion. These crazy pirates have always been there, why did they not cause trouble for the Great Zhou before, but now they are burning, killing and looting?

Then someone answered that the reason why the sea in Dazhou was peaceful before was because there were people on the sea surface.

That is Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai. His powerful fleet and the Great Zhou navy protected the vast sea border of the Great Zhou Empire and maintained maritime trade.

So these pirates dare not be arrogant and arrogant.

But now the Supreme Emperor forced the rebellion of King Zhenhai, and the imperial navy went to suppress the rebellion of King Zhenhai, so the pirates landed one after another and began to carry out large-scale robbery and massacre.

Not only that, now the maritime trade in the Great Zhou Dynasty has completely collapsed, and all relevant parts of the coast have been looted.

One hundred thousand casualties and tens of millions of silver were lost. Countless families were destroyed, and countless people went bankrupt.

Then he said that King Zhenhai didn't want to rebel at all. He only put forward one condition, which was to hand over the murderer Ao Yu, who killed Shi Guang.

But the Supreme Emperor refused to hand over, and he even shouted that the war would start.

The reason why the Great Zhou Dynasty had a terrible situation was entirely because the Supreme Emperor was foolish, favored Ao Yu, harmed Chaogang, and forced himself to rebel against King Zhenhai.

Regarding this view, there are two completely different voices within the Great Zhou Empire.

Most officials, scholars and businessmen were on the side of the emperor because their interests were greatly lost.

The maritime trade was completely destroyed, how much money was immediately gone? Cutting off people's wealth was like killing parents. How could they not hate Ao Yu? How could they not hate the Supreme Emperor?

However, although most ordinary people have been guided by public opinion, their minds are a bit complicated.

In their minds, Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai, has a bad reputation, so there is nothing wrong with His Highness Zhou Li and Ao Yu going to quell the rebellion?

However, at this time, ordinary people have no public opinion rights, only imperial elites have it.

As these pirates escalated their killings and looting, countless officials submitted memorials, and even Juren and scholars jointly submitted letters.

The Great Zhou is in danger, and the Great Zhou is in danger. I ask the court to immediately negotiate with King Zhenhai, put aside the dispute, and wipe out the pirates.

The situation is getting worse.

The final memorial completely ignited the situation in Korea and China.

The group of pirates actually captured three counties, slaughtered all the officials in the city, set fire to the city, and then left.

Suddenly, the entire court and even the entire Zhou officialdom were completely boiling.

Before, these pirates just plundered and slaughtered villages and towns, but now they have begun to attack the county town?

Officials from three counties, from county magistrates to minor officials, were killed completely?

A great shame?

The shock of civil and military officials in the court had not yet dissipated, and an astonishing report came immediately.

Shuzhou City was captured, and all the officials below the prefect were killed and their bodies were hung on the city wall.

The prefect's mansion was burned, and the entire Shuzhou City was burned by a fire, with more than 10,000 casualties.

Now, the whole world was completely shocked.

Suddenly, countless memorials flew to the palace like snowflakes again.

Why did the Great Zhou Dynasty become so decayed?

It was obviously not like this before, but now even pirates can break a county town?

After the Supreme Emperor was in charge of the government, was my Great Zhou Empire so weak?

Please ask the court to immediately stop the innocent war with Zhenhai King, negotiate immediately, and then wipe out these pirates.

The pressure the Supreme Emperor is under increasing every day.

Countless officials asked the emperor to negotiate with King Zhenhai immediately and stop the war.

But the emperor said that suppressing the rebellion of King Zhenhai was the will of the Supreme Emperor, and it was difficult for him to go against the will of his father.

So, countless officials knelt down and asked the Emperor to issue an order to stop the battle with Zhenhai King immediately and immediately let the navy wipe out the pirates.

Now he no longer attends court and stays in Qian'an Palace, but every day more and more officials kneel outside.

At first, they were only civil and military officials. Later, the imperial court nobles, officials who retired, and many scholars were also put into the palace and knelt outside the Emperor's Gate.

The emperor's party began to play the role of the tyrants they were best at.

In this way, the situation worsened day by day.

Finally one day, the news broke out.

The Great Zhou Navy had been completely destroyed, and Ao Yu and Zhou Li were both dead.

For many people, this is just waiting news and is not surprised at all.

Zhou Li's navy was only 13,000, while Shi Bian, the King of Zhenhai, had an 180,000 joint fleet. Such a huge gap in military strength would be strange if it was undefeated.

All officials in the court knew that Zhou Li had been running away and did not dare to fight with King Zhenhai at all.

After running away for a month, he was finally wiped out.

Ao Yu died, Zhou Li died, and this battle was lost.

Supreme Emperor, have you said in front of everyone before that as long as you lose this battle, you will immediately commit suicide in the world?

Now you can commit suicide.

Of course, no one dared to directly tell the Supreme Emperor about letting him commit suicide.

But you can force me secretly, so the civil and military officials and nobles knelt outside the Gan'an Palace of the Supreme Emperor and shouted loudly: "Your Highness Zhou Li is defeated, the entire army of the Great Zhou navy is destroyed, and the Angry Marquis Ao Yu is dead."

"Uncle Supreme, our Great Zhou is defeated. Please give me kindness and issue an order to negotiate with King Zhenhai to save the people of Great Zhou."

These people kept saying peace talks, but they were actually reminding the Emperor that you should commit suicide.

As long as you commit suicide, the disaster will stop. Shi Bian, the king of Zhenhai, will become a loyal minister of the Great Zhou again, and he will send troops to wipe out the pirates, so that the vast sea border of the Great Zhou will be peaceful.

It's a pity that these pirates were raised by the Shi family.

The reason why this group of pirates was able to burn, kill and rob the coastal areas was entirely due to the secret instigation of someone, and it was even more than just a fuel to the fire.

Hundreds of pirates broke through a county town? What a joke?

What about the defenders of the Great Zhou Dynasty? Why didn’t they go out? Instead, they avoided the pirates?

This is the battle of imperial power. What is the sacrifice of a Great Zhou navy? What is the sacrifice of hundreds of villages and towns? What is the sacrifice of hundreds of officials and hundreds of thousands of people?

Countless officials and nobles shouted, "The Great Zhou was defeated, Ao Yu and Zhou Li were both dead, you have no hope for the Supreme Emperor."

However, the Supreme Emperor in Gan'an Palace never cared about it, and the palace gate was closed as if he had not heard it at all.
To be continued...