Capital, Prince Yu's Mansion.
"What does Hu Zongxian want to do?"
In the study room, after reading the detailed information sent by his subordinates, Xu Jie failed to control his emotions and became furious! When he was angry, he also broke a vase.
After all, these coastal smuggling families are just the white gloves of high-ranking officials and nobles! And Xu Jie's family will get a lot of profits from it every year.
Xu Jie is from Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture. Xu Jie's family occupies almost half of the fertile land in Songjiang Prefecture, so it is also known as Xu Bancheng! It is said that the Xu family also owns more than 5,000 looms, and there are countless textile workers working for the Xu family. The silk in the house is piled up like a mountain. If used to pave roads, it could cover several kilometers of road!
Coupled with the protection fees paid regularly to the Xu family by those coastal smuggling families, it is not an exaggeration to describe the Xu family as being as wealthy as the country.
At present, Hu Zongxian sent troops to kill most of the smuggling families, which harmed the fundamental interests of Xu Jie and the families behind him, so he could not control his emotions and lost his temper.
"Mr. Xu Ge, don't worry, don't be too impatient." Seeing this, Gao Gong quickly comforted him.
"Yes, Mr. Xu Ge, the most important thing is to take care of yourself! There is no need to get angry over this kind of thing." Zhang Juzheng, who was standing beside him, also comforted him after he bowed his head.
Zhu Zaijing, on the other hand, looked at the vase that was broken by Xu Jie with a painful look on his face, and then comforted him.
"No, you don't need to persuade me, I must ask Your Majesty for a copy of it!" After Xu Jie said this, he opened the door angrily and left.
Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other and thought to themselves: "It's bad."
Just when the two of them wanted to catch up with Xu Jie and persuade him not to submit a letter, Xu Jie had disappeared.
Soon, Xu Jie's memorial to impeach Hu Zongxian went through the process and came to the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
"Eunuch Lu, what should we do? This is a memorial from Xu Jie, the second assistant to the cabinet! Should we also stop him like we did before?"
Seeing this, Eunuch Shi, the eunuch and Eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Ceremonies, could not make up his mind for a moment and quickly asked Lu Fang.
"Well, this is a memorial from Xu Jie, the second assistant to the cabinet, so let's not stop it! According to the procedure, it will be presented to His Majesty later." Lu Fang sighed and responded.
"Then follow what Eunuch Lu said." Seeing Lu Fang speak, Eunuch Shi breathed a sigh of relief and continued to correct with his ink pen.
At this time, the supervisory censor Zhao Zhenji looked at the incoming impeachment memorials and felt a headache.
Unlike the previous impeachment of Gao Hanwen, the target of this impeachment is Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang and the governor of Zhejiang! While Hu Zongxian was favored by the emperor, he was also a student of Yan Song, the chief minister of the current cabinet, and had the power to directly present the memorial to His Majesty!
Therefore, Zhao Zhenji could not understand why these high-ranking officials and nobles went crazy and kept writing memorials to impeach Hu Zongxian, thus provoking such an extremely powerful enemy for themselves.
"Sir, this is a new batch of memorials." Just as Zhao Zhenji was thinking hard about the possible reasons behind it, the voice of a minor official interrupted his thoughts.
"Well, let's put it over there." Zhao Zhenji said, pointing to the corner. In recent days, the memorials to impeach Hu Zongxian have been piled up there randomly.
"Sir, are we..." Seeing this, the subordinates on the side wanted to comfort him.
"It's your mother! Get out of here!" Zhao Zhenji was furious, and then he picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it on the head of the subordinate who had just spoken.
There was just a crisp sound of "bang", and then the teacup fell to the ground. The previous subordinate was bleeding profusely from the place where the teacup was hit. He did not dare to cover it with his hands, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said to Zhao Zhenji apologized.
"Get out of here, I don't want to see you now." Zhao Zhenji didn't look at him, but stretched out his right index finger and pointed to the door.
"Yes, yes, thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!" After the visitor finished speaking, he went out in fear, blood dripping on the ground.
The remaining people in the room were all shocked by Zhao Zhenji's momentum just now. After a brief pause, they all looked at their noses and hearts. At the same time, they paid more attention to the work at hand to avoid offending the supervisory censor.
The reason why Zhao Zhenji was angry just now was because Lu Fang, Yan Song, etc. had all said hello to him before, and they all suppressed the announcement of the memorial to impeach Hu Zongxian!
One is the eunuch of the Chief of Ceremonies, the person whom His Majesty trusts the most, and the other is the chief minister of the cabinet who has many party members and powerful people and has controlled the government for more than 20 years! Unless Zhao Zhenji doesn't want to live anymore, otherwise, he is absolutely unwilling to offend these two people at the same time.
The words of his subordinate just now were hinting that he should handle these memorials on the impeachment of Hu Zongxian as soon as possible. This was obviously going to push Zhao Zhenji into the fire pit, which is why Zhao Zhenji was so angry.
And at that moment, Zhao Zhenji even had the urge to cut this man into pieces!
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Forbidden City, Hall of Nourishing Heart.
Jiajing looked at the memorial handed over by Lu Fang, raised his eyebrows, and asked doubtfully: "This is a memorial to impeach Hu Zongxian, what are you giving it to me for?"
"Your Majesty, I was originally unwilling to submit this memorial to Your Majesty, but this memorial was handed over by Xu Jie, the Second Assistant to the Cabinet. I didn't dare. Just now..." Lu Fang said, hurriedly kneeling on the ground and speaking. Full of guilt.
"Okay, get up! I just want to ask you a few words, and I don't want to punish you." Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang angrily and said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." After hearing Jiajing's words, Lu Fang quickly stood up in fear and stood next to Jiajing to serve him very respectfully.
After Jiajing finished speaking, he opened the memorandum submitted by Xu Jie, and after roughly browsing the contents, handed it back to Lu Fang.
"I haven't been feeling well recently. My eyes are blurry and I can't see the words on this clearly. Please take this memorial." Jiajing covered his forehead with his right hand and said calmly.
"Your Majesty, I will take this memorial right now. Your Majesty, please take care of yourself and don't work too hard!" After Lu Fang said that, he took Xu Jie's memorial to impeach Hu Zongxian and turned to leave.
After Lu Fang left, Jiajing sat alone on the dragon chair, stroking the dragon heads carved on both sides with his hands, and said to himself silently: "Xu Jie, Xu Jie, I hope you can be more knowledgeable!"
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Night, Zhejiang, Zhejiang Governor's Mansion.
"This is the strategy for suppressing the Japanese this time. Do you have any objections?" After saying this, Hu Zongxian turned his attention to Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, and Tan Lun, and asked softly.
"My Lord Governor, is the strategy for suppressing the Japanese this time too cautious? The general feels that based on the current strength comparison, some more radical strategies can be adopted." After Hu Zongxian finished speaking, Qi Jiguang asked again He said, his face full of confusion.
"A lion hunts a rabbit with all its strength! The reason why I march like this is to eliminate the Japanese pirates' effective strength to the maximum extent. In addition, I also request the Ministry of War to dispatch the navy to clear the retreat route of this group of Japanese pirates. And seal it."
"Do you have any objections?" After Hu Zongxian finished explaining, he turned to others and continued to ask.
"Your Majesty the Governor, I agree with this strategy."
"I agree!"
"Then since everyone has no objections, let's act according to this strategy. You first go down and get familiar with your soldiers. Once the subsequent money, food, ordnance, and armor are in place, then take action. We must defeat these groups entrenched in Fujian. The Japanese pirates will be completely wiped out!" Hu Zongxian ordered in a deep voice.
"Yes, Lord Governor!" Everyone accepted the order and prepared to leave.
"Oh, by the way, General Qi is staying. I have some things to discuss with you."
"I will obey your orders!"
Ps: The author is really not short
(End of chapter)
