Chapter 289 Zhu Yunxi's whereabouts
There was silence in the warm pavilion, and Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao and his son were also in deep thought, because what Li Jie said just now was really beyond their expectations, but after being shocked, he felt something was right.
"Are you sure this method is feasible?" Old Zhu thought for a long time before asking.
"I can't guarantee it, but I can always give it a try. If it is really feasible, it can solve the Jurchen problem in one fell swoop. In addition, there is also the problem of the shortage of people in Japan, which is simply a win-win situation, so it's totally worth a try!" Li Jie smiled again.
Just now, Li Jie had a flash of inspiration and suddenly realized that Zhu Ren's lack of support, the most serious of which was the shortage of people. After all, he only brought more than 2,000 guards, and the local Japanese were not trusted. In the future, there might not be enough personnel to deal with the surrounding enemies.
The Jurchens are a group of savages. Although they are now in trouble, they are mainly because they are too poor and will starve to death if they do not rob. In this case, the Ming Dynasty can send people to recruit Jurchens to Japan. For these poor people who are about to starve to death, as long as they lose a piece of bone, they will willingly help you do anything, so there is no need to worry about not being able to recruit people.
"This method looks good, but those Jurchens did not accept Wang Hua and had harassed my Ming border from time to time. What if they went to Japan, what if they refused to accept discipline or even colluded with the Japanese?" Zhu Biao also spoke out his concerns at this time.
"Your Highness, the Jurchens are a group of barbaric people. It is impossible for them to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty in a short period of time, but they can use the art of defence to solve this point. For example, after recruiting them to Japan, they will arouse their conflicts with the local Japanese, and at the same time give generous rewards. In this way, they can only rely on the Ming Dynasty to gain a foothold in Japan, so naturally they don't have to worry about them going backwards!" Li Jie smiled again.
In fact, when Li Jie talked about the above, he thought of the Cossack cavalry of later Tsarist Russia. They were the butcher knives in the hands of Tsarist Russia and committed numerous crimes for Tsarist Russia. Tsarist Russia did not need their loyalty. They used the method mentioned above, which made the Cossacks could only rely on Tsarist Russia. Li Jie was just following the example now.
"This method is good, worth a try!" Lao Zhu finally spoke again. He was a little hesitant just now, but now he figured it out. Although Li Jie's method seems outrageous, it is indeed a good method. If you take a step back, even if the method doesn't work, the impact will not be great.
"Your Majesty is wise!" When Li Jie saw Lao Zhu agreeing, he immediately stepped forward and bowed happily.
If this method is really successful, the young and strong people in Liaodong can be transferred to Japan. The remaining old and weak are not at all. Japan does not have to worry about lack of manpower. It can even allow Zhu Chuang to organize a Jurchen cavalry to sweep the entire Japan, which is exciting to think about.
The main thing was over, and it was almost noon. Li Jie thought that he would go to find Zhu Yunyu, so he stood up and said goodbye. Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao also wanted to discuss how Li Jie's method was implemented. After all, Li Jie only took the initiative, and he generally did not participate in the rest of the matter, so Lao Zhu did not try to keep him.
Li Jie stepped out of the warm pavilion, stretched his body and moved his body, then took a step to the main hall where Zhu Yunyu was attending class.
However, what Li Jie didn't expect was that when he came to the main hall, he only saw Zhu Yunwen listening to the class here. The person who gave the lecture was Huang Zicheng, but Zhu Yunwen's seat was empty.
Li Jie and Huang Zicheng didn't deal with each other from the beginning. Now they were lazy to deal with each other when they met, so Li Jie didn't go in. Instead, they asked someone to ask Zhu Yunxi's whereabouts. Only then did they find out that Zhu Yunxi had left here and left the palace an hour ago, saying that there was an urgent matter on the Patent Office, so Huang Zicheng did not stop him.
"Why is this kid so active?" Li Jie, who learned where Zhu Yunyu was going, was also secretly surprised, because it was not yet noon, and Zhu Yunyu usually only had to leave the palace in the afternoon.
Li Jie was out of nowhere, which made him helplessly leave the palace and rushed to the Patent Office. At the same time, he was even more curious about Zhu Yunxi's recent whereabouts. This kid is so elusive, so it must be strange.
It was a coincidence that when Li Jie's carriage came outside the Patent Office gate, and was a few hundred steps away from the gate, he suddenly saw a familiar carriage slowly driving out of the Patent Office. Li Jie also recognized at a glance that it was Zhu Yun's carriage.
"Stop!" Li Jie suddenly whispered to his coachman, and then asked the coachman to retreat to the corner next to him because he suddenly had an idea.
After Zhu Yunxi's carriage was released from the Patent Office, he did not find Li Jie in the distance, but drove directly in the opposite direction. This made Li Jie smile secretly, then reached out to wave the guard leader beside him and ordered the other party to send a smart guard to quietly follow Zhu Yunxi's carriage. He wanted to see where Zhu Yunxi went?
Zhu Yunxiu not only had open guards, but also secret guards, so ordinary people could not get close to him. So Li Jie did not rashly follow him, but only sent a guard to follow him so that he would not be discovered by the guards around Zhu Yunxiu.
The escort who followed him went for a long time before coming back to report. What surprised Li Jie was that the place where Zhu Yunyu went was not far, just inside the nearby Sanshan Gate, so Li Jie also set off immediately and soon arrived at the location where Zhu Yunyu was.
"Mr. Your Highness is on the second floor of the Zuixian Building. He ordered a few drinks and dishes to sit. I thought he was waiting for someone, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't find anyone to see Your Highness!" The stalking guard pointed to a restaurant in the distance and introduced to Li Jie.
Li Jie also looked at the Zuixian Building in the distance, but the restaurant didn't look special, and it even looked very ordinary, with no special name. How could Zhu Yunyu suddenly run here?
"Oh, there is a restaurant opposite Zuixianlou. You can see the situation of Your Highness on the other side in the private room on the second floor!" At this time, the guard spoke again.
"Let's go!" Li Jie immediately got off the carriage when he heard this, but he went to the cloak shop next to him and bought a wide hat, so that he could block his face. Even if Zhu Yunsheng above saw him, he probably wouldn't recognize him.
In this way, Li Jie brought a few guards into the restaurant opposite and opened a suitable private room. From here, you can see Zhu Yunyu on the opposite side. Of course, Li Jie did not dare to open the window, but only opened a crack so that Zhu Yunyu on the opposite side would not find him.
In fact, Zhu Yunxiu didn't notice the situation opposite him at all. He only saw him sitting at the wine table alone, but his eyes were only staring at a certain position downstairs outside the window. As for the wine and food on the table, he didn't even move.
Li Jie is only separated from Zhu Yunyu by the street, and he can see his expression clearly without a telescope. So Li Jie also followed Zhu Yunyu's gaze, but found that Zhu Yunyu was looking at a family diagonally opposite, right next to Li Jie's restaurant.
"Huh?" This discovery also made Li Jie look surprised again, so he carefully looked at the family next to him. He saw that the door of this family was towering, and there were two yards behind him. It looked like a wealthy family. There was an old door at the door dozing off, and there was nothing unusual.
But Zhu Yunyu on the opposite side was very engrossed. It seemed that there was something attractive about this seemingly ordinary family? It was said that Li Jie was opposite him. Even if Li Jie was careful, as long as Zhu Yunyu paid attention, he could find the abnormality on the other side. However, he focused his attention on that family from beginning to end, and did not find Li Jie on the opposite side at all.
"Strange, this kid came here just to see this family?" Li Jie was puzzled by Zhu Yunxi's actions at this time. He vaguely felt that he had done the right thing to send someone to follow Zhu Yunxi, because even if he asked him something strange, he might not be willing to tell him.
After half an hour passed, Li Jie's patience was almost gone, and he even wanted to open the window directly, and then loudly asked Zhu Yunxi to ask him why he came here. However, at this moment, the situation suddenly changed. Zhu Yunxi, who was opposite, suddenly stood up, and his little face was red with excitement.
Li Jie was shocked when he saw this and immediately followed Zhu Yunxi's gaze. As a result, when he saw the situation downstairs, he couldn't help but laugh and said to himself: "So that's it!"
In front of the yard where Zhu Yunyu was staring at, a beautiful girl was walking out of the mansion, followed by a maid, and a carriage was parked in front of the mansion. It seemed that the girl was about to go out, and Zhu Yunyu's pair of hot gazes were also falling on the girl.
"After a long time, it turns out that it's this boy Sichun!" Li Jie shook his head and smiled again. He should have thought of this long ago. After all, Zhu Yunxiu is not young anymore, and he has already had a ignorant understanding of men and women. It is normal to meet the woman he likes.
"Huh? This girl seems a little familiar?" Li Jie suddenly said in surprise again. He hadn't noticed it just now. Now, after a closer look, the girl who was about to get on the carriage in front of the mansion looked familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere?
"By the way! On the Lantern Festival!" Li Jie suddenly remembered that on the Lantern Festival, a group of girls gave him handkerchiefs, but one of them gave him a handkerchief to Zhu Yunxi, which made Zhu Yunxi very dissatisfied at that time. The girl who gave Zhu Yunxi's handkerchief seemed to be the woman in front of her.
At this time, Zhu Yunxiu, opposite, took action again. He saw him go downstairs quickly. Li Jie thought he was going to see the girl, but he didn't expect that he just left the restaurant and his carriage. After the girl's carriage left, his carriage followed far behind and did not come forward to recognize each other. Now Li Jie was also amused and crying. A grandson turned into a pervert who followed a good woman!
Chapter completed!