After receiving the emperor's order, the war machine of Ming Dynasty gradually began to operate! The first is the Ministry of Household Affairs, which transports money, food, ordnance, armor and other materials needed by the front-line army from various places to Zhejiang. At the same time, the Ministry of War is also urgently dispatching troops and generals, and deploys elite troops from nearby guard posts. The soldiers gathered in Zhejiang, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs was responsible for issuing various appointments and personnel transfers.
Zhejiang, Zhejiang Governor's Mansion.
Hu Zongxian stayed up all night, waiting for the news from Qi Jiguang in the study. Finally, at dawn, his subordinates knocked on Hu Zongxian's door.
"Mr. Governor, this is the message General Qi has sent to you!"
"Well, you go down."
"yes."
Hu Zongxian took the letter from his subordinates and opened it. It read: "Your Majesty Governor, my subordinates sent troops last night to kill most of the people on the list! The property obtained is countless, and the specific number is being calculated. Among them, the results will be obtained soon.”
"Okay, these insects should have been killed long ago!" Hu Zongxian slammed the table and said in a deep voice.
After the excitement, Hu Zongxian adjusted his mood, spread out his paper and pen, and began to write a memorial to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, Hu Zongxian sent troops last night to kill most of the smuggling families along the coast. Countless properties were obtained. After the inventory is completed, they will be sent to the treasury."
After Hu Zongxian finished writing, he waited for the ink on the paper to dry, and then called his soldiers and said in a deep voice: "Send this memorial to Your Majesty without delay!"
"yes."
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Capital City, Yan Mansion.
Early in the morning, Yan Shifan hurriedly knocked on his father Yan Song's door.
"What's going on? What happened to the cabinet?"
Since the emperor issued the order yesterday, the five members of the cabinet stayed up all night. All kinds of complicated and complicated orders were issued from the cabinet, and then handed over to the six subordinate ministries, which in turn handed over to the subordinate officials, who in turn handed the orders to The magistrate executes.
The five of them were busy until early in the morning, and then they got some free time. Then Yan Song chose to go home and rest for a while, citing physical discomfort.
"Father, according to the news from Zhejiang, Hu Zongxian mobilized the army last night, and he didn't know what he did?" Yan Shifan handed the information in his hand to Yan Song and said in a deep voice.
"This shouldn't be the case. The official appointment of the imperial court is still on the way. Why is Hu Zongxian mobilizing the army? To suppress Japanese pirates? There are no Japanese pirates in Zhejiang!" Yan Song said, putting on his reading glasses and browsing the above content.
"Father, do you think this is His Majesty's will?"
"Well, we can't rule out this possibility! Let them pay more attention."
…
In the early morning, Jiajing walked out of the Yangxin Hall. He didn't sleep all night last night. Li Lisheng and his disciples translated part of the tadpole text on the book. Jiajing was overjoyed and tried to build the formation all night, and finally succeeded. As a result, there was no explosion.
Seeing the emperor coming out, Lu Fang hurried forward and said softly: "Your Majesty, there was nothing unusual about Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xu Ge last night. They stayed in the cabinet all night! In addition, those officials turned over the confiscated family income and the national treasury One million two hundred thousand taels were recorded in the account.”
"Well, you did a good job, come and walk with me!" Jiajing couldn't help but feel good after hearing this, turned around and said to Lu Fang.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After Lu Fang said that, she followed Jiajing step by step.
Near noon, the official appointment from the imperial court finally arrived at the Zhejiang Governor's Mansion.
After Hu Zongxian respectfully sent away the father-in-law who brought the appointment, he summoned everyone to the hall to discuss the next strategy.
"I, Hu Zongxian, am fully responsible for this suppression of Japanese pirates. The imperial court is currently deploying elite soldiers from surrounding guards to assemble in Zhejiang. By then, there should be more than 9,000 people! The money, food, ordnance, armor, etc. needed by the army are also being allocated Among them, they will all arrive in a few days." Hu Zongxian glanced at the crowd and said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, Governor, do you need to mobilize more troops from my guard station near Hangzhou?" Zheng Michang asked after listening to Hu Zongxian's words.
"No need, the current number of troops is more than enough to eliminate this group of Japanese pirates." Hu Zongxian waved his hand and refused.
"This time, I plan to attack in three directions! In order to wipe out this group of Japanese pirates entrenched in Fujian as quickly as possible, I decided to divide the soldiers into three groups. Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou will each lead one group, and the remaining The other part will be commanded by Tan Lun." Hu Zongxian said, turning his eyes to Tan Lun sitting in the corner, and said solemnly.
"Are you talking about me, Lord Governor?" Tan Lun had a look of disbelief on his face after hearing what Hu Zongxian said.
"Yes, that's right! I still remember that in the 29th year of Jiajing, when you were the magistrate of Taizhou, you led the dead soldiers to fight against the Japanese pirates, and achieved three victories in three battles. Moreover, Mr. Xu Ge personally recommended you to His Majesty this time. ." Hu Zongxian's mouth went dry as he spoke, then he picked up the teacup on the side and took a sip.
"Yes, I will definitely live up to my orders!" Tan Lun said, bowing to Hu Zongxian.
"Go down and get ready." Hu Zongxian waved his hand and then sent everyone away.
"yes."
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Night, Beijing, Yan Mansion.
"Father, we have found out everything. Last night Hu Zongxian sent his general Qi Jiguang to kill most of the families on the coast who relied on smuggling to survive. Not even a tenth of them survived."
"What? How could Hu Zongxian be so bold? Does he know how many people are involved behind this?"
"Father, I suspect that Hu Zongxian got His Majesty's instructions. Otherwise, he would never have acted so recklessly."
"If there is a memorial to impeach Hu Zongxian recently, please help suppress it. We have to withstand this pressure for him! Otherwise, it will delay the battle on the front line, and no one can withstand His Majesty's wrath." Yan Song said in a deep voice. commanded.
"Yes, I will tell you to go down now." After Yan Shifan finished speaking, he left in a hurry.
At this time, Yan Song was able to confirm that Hu Zongxian's decision to send troops to kill the smuggling families along the coast must be His Majesty's order! Otherwise, with Hu Zongxian's mature and prudent character, he would never have done such a reckless thing.
In helping Hu Zongxian suppress the impeachment memorial, Yan Song was showing favor to the emperor in disguise to show his loyalty. Your Majesty, we are in the same group!
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Forbidden City, Hall of Nourishing Heart.
After Jiajing read the contents of the memorial, he couldn't help but feel good and laughed loudly: "This Hu Zongxian is so decisive in his actions!"
"Lü Fang, come and take a look too." Jiajing said, handing the memorial to Lu Fang who was waiting at the side.
And when Lu Fang read the above content, she couldn't help but change her face. Otherwise, the content recorded above was really shocking: Hu Zongxian sent troops to kill those smuggling families along the coast!
The issue of smuggling along the coast has always been a source of antagonism to the imperial court, and those who touch it will surely die! Therefore, this is a topic that must not be touched. Now that Hu Zongxian is sending troops to kill him, it must be the emperor's instruction behind this.
At the same time, Lu Fang also knew that it was very involved, with countless noble families, local gentry, and high-ranking court officials involved! Even I can get a lot of income from it every year.
"Excuse me, what does your majesty need a slave for?" Lu Fang soon calculated the interests clearly and said in a deep voice.
"There will be memorials to impeach Hu Zongxian next. I will suppress them all! In addition, let the Jin Yiwei go check those people. Don't let anyone go. If you don't cooperate, just kill them directly. There is no need to report to me." Jiajing said indifferently. , as if talking about an irrelevant trivial matter.
"Your Majesty is going to involve himself in a big way!"
Lu Fang was horrified in her heart, but she still bowed respectfully and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will inform the Jin Yiwei immediately."
(End of chapter)
