"Mr. Governor, why don't we continue the pursuit?"
"If we continue the pursuit, with our current strength, we can easily wipe out all the remaining ships!"
Seeing Hu Zongxian ordering all ships to stop pursuing, Qi Jiguang was quite puzzled by this, and then asked.
"What if all these ships are sunk? Apart from us, does anyone know?"
"I just want these surviving Japanese pirates to be afraid of my Ming Dynasty!"
"After this battle has been spread by these surviving Japanese pirates, other Japanese pirates who want to invade the Ming Dynasty must weigh their own weight first!"
Hu Zongxian glanced at Qi Jiguang and explained patiently.
"The general has benefited a lot from the Governor's teachings!"
After listening to Hu Zongxian's explanation, Qi Jiguang was immediately convinced, with a respectful expression on his face, and bowed to Hu Zongxian.
"Haha, there is so much, there is so much for you to learn!" Hu Zongxian was in a good mood, stroking his beard and said loudly.
…
Zhejiang, Zhejiang Governor's Mansion.
Zheng Michang sat alone on a chair in the meeting hall, feeling unhappy.
Before, he had expected that the Wen family would have a lot of property, but he didn't expect it to be so much. The silver alone was almost 30 million taels. Not only that, there were 85,000 acres of land in his name.
Faced with the huge amount of property confiscated from the Wen family, Zheng Michang did not dare to do anything. After personally counting and confirming that it was correct, he sent people to the capital overnight! I believe they can all arrive in the capital within a few days.
Then Zheng Michang thought of the record he had seen in the account book before: "On the third day of the first lunar month last year, Zheng Michang, the chief envoy, received three thousand taels of silver!"
"Those bastards from the Wen family make so much money every year, but they are only willing to share the profits with me, a mere three thousand taels of silver! If they were willing to give me a little more, how could such a thing happen?"
"You can keep the remaining money and spend it in the underworld!"
Zheng Michang had a gloomy face and gritted his teeth.
At this moment, the guard's report came from outside the hall: "Master Chief Envoy, they are here."
"Well, let them come in." Zheng Michang sat up from his chair, nodded and said calmly.
"Yes!" After the guard took the order and left, he quickly let in all the officials waiting at the door of the Governor's Mansion.
"Haha, Master Zheng, are you alright?"
"Haha, I see Master Zheng's complexion is getting better and better..."
"When can Lord Zheng be rewarded with a meal in the official residence?"
As soon as this group of officials entered the meeting hall, they started chatting with Zheng Michang with smiles on their faces.
"There's no need for extra pleasantries. I'm calling everyone here this time just to explain the account books clearly!"
Zheng Michang ignored the greetings of many colleagues, but picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
"Yes, yes, the account book matter must be taken care of, otherwise, I will have trouble sleeping and eating in the future!"
"Why are you hesitating? Just take it out and burn it!"
Seeing that Zheng Michang went directly to the topic, the officials stopped greetings and began to discuss each other one by one.
"Here, here is the Wen family's account book. Take a look at it for yourselves! My name is also on it."
As Zheng Michang spoke, he ordered his cronies to get the account books and submit them to the officials in front of him.
"Okay, okay, Mr. Zheng is such a kind person!"
After receiving the account books, these officials began to look through them eagerly.
"Master Li, your name is on this!"
"Haha, Mr. Wang, your name is also on it!"
"Ah, I obviously only received five hundred taels of silver, why is it written as one thousand taels!"
After these officials saw their names on it, they no longer doubted the authenticity of the account books.
"Master Chief Envoy, we have confirmed that this account book is indeed correct!"
"Well, that's good. Next, I will burn this account book in front of everyone! When you go back, tell the people under you that you don't need to worry about this anymore, let alone talk nonsense. I understand. ?"
After Zheng Michang finished speaking, without waiting for anyone to reply, he ordered his confidants to bring a brazier.
Then in front of everyone, he threw the thick account book into it, took the fire folding piece, blew it, and threw it directly into the basin.
Soon, the account book was engulfed by the raging flames and gradually turned into ashes under the witness of many officials at the scene.
"Huh~"
Seeing that the evidence of corruption was completely wiped out, many officials present breathed a sigh of relief. In recent days, most of them have been unable to eat or sleep well, and have been worrying about this all day long! Now that the stone in my heart has fallen to the ground, I can't help but feel relaxed physically and mentally.
"Okay, that's it for now! I don't want to hear any more rumors about this in the future, do you understand?"
After doing all this, Zheng Michang looked around and said coldly.
"understand."
Seeing that the matter was successfully resolved, many officials present also put aside their caution and assured Zheng Michang.
"Okay, it's getting late. I'm going to have a rest. Please excuse me!"
"Your Majesty the Chief Envoy, I will leave first."
"Sorry for not sending you far!"
After Zheng Michang finished speaking, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
…
Capital City, Yan Mansion.
Yan Shifan put down the brush in his hand, looked at the completed imperial examination questions on the desk, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Yan Shifan looked at the exam questions he had come up with on the desk and couldn't help but recite them: "It's so dang that the people are incompetent. It's so lofty that it's successful, but it's so splendid that there are no articles."
After Yan Shifan checked the questions of the imperial examination again and confirmed that they were correct, he said silently to himself: "Huh, thank me! I gave you such a simple question."
At this moment, the housekeeper's voice came from outside the house: "Mr. Xiaoge, this is a letter sent to you by Zheng Michang."
"Well, bring it in." Yan Shifan stood up from his seat and said calmly.
The butler, just like before, handed the letter to Yan Shifan and then bowed and left.
Then Yan Shifan opened the letter and read the contents.
The letter stated that a total of 28.59 million taels of silver were confiscated from the Wen family, and the land owned by his name totaled 85,000 acres. In addition, there were house deeds, mansions, and several antiques and treasures!
Zheng Michang did not dare to touch these things, but left them intact and transported the confiscated properties to the capital through the Grand Canal. They are now on the way.
After Yan Shifan read the contents of the letter, he secretly said: "Fortunately, this guy knew the truth and didn't do anything in it. Otherwise, it would be difficult for His Majesty to explain!"
After Yan Shifan read the contents of the letter, he knocked on his father Yan Song's door.
"Father, this is the letter submitted by Zheng Michang from Zhejiang. Please take a look."
"Well, bring it over."
Yan Song opened the door and took the letter from Yan Shifan's hand.
"What are you doing standing still at the door? Come in?"
"Oh, alright."
…
Forbidden City, Hall of Nourishing Heart.
After reading the contents of the letter, Jiajing threw it aside and said silently to himself: "Huh, 28.59 million taels, and 85,000 acres of land! These salt merchants, when You are so rich."
This letter was submitted by the Jin Yiwei who were sent to Zhejiang by Jiajing.
After Jiajing finished speaking, he went straight to the dragon chair and rubbed the dragon head carved on it with his hand. He didn't know what he was thinking.
(End of chapter)
