Su Ze pulled Lin Mojun to enter the house. Lin Mojun shook his head and said, "Let's find a place to talk outside the house."
Su Ze thought for a while, and finally took Lin Mojun to a frequented tea shop.
This tea shop has a separate room for talking alone. After Su Ze took Lin Mojun in, he waited until Dr. Tea left and then asked:
"What's wrong with Yu Shibo?"
Lin Mojun lowered his head and said, "I was caught by the Jin Yiwei. He should have left Zhejiang by now."
Su Ze calmed down and asked, "Didn't Yu Shibo just win the Battle of Pinghu?"
Lin Mojun told the news he had found out:
"Yu Shibo defeated the Japanese pirates in Pinghu and chased the remnants of the Japanese pirates all the way to Shenjiakou, Zhoushan. Because he led Zhejiang soldiers, Yu Shibo did not continue the pursuit, which caused the Japanese pirates to enter Fujian."
"The new governor of Zhejiang, Li Hu, is also a Fujianese. Because the Japanese pirates were ravaging Fujian, he impeached Yu Shibo, saying that he deliberately allowed the Japanese pirates to enter Fujian and delayed the fighter plane to not pursue them in order to support the pirates' self-respect."
Su Ze calmed down, and then he remembered that Yu Dayou seemed to have encountered setbacks in Zhejiang.
However, Yu Dayou seemed to have escaped successfully later, and during this period, Su Ze was busy giving birth to his son and forgot about this incident.
Only when Lin Mojun talked about it did Su Ze realize how serious this matter was.
"The person who came to Changning Guard to seek help from me was Yu Shibo's son Yu Zigao. He also came with me. However, he also has a military position and has not been dismissed by the court for the time being, so I left him in the Shanghai camp."
Su Ze nodded. Lin Mojun was very cautious. If Yu Zigao was found to have left the military camp without permission at this time, there might be complications. Lin Mojun was very cautious.
Su Ze thought for a moment and said, "What's Hu Zongxian's attitude?"
Now Hu Zongxian has been promoted to governor of southern Zhejiang, and it is this Li Hu who takes over as governor of Zhejiang.
However, Hu Zongxian did not like to see Li Hu very much. Li Hu was originally from Fujian Province, and according to the Three Guardians' Law, he was not allowed to be an official in Zhejiang.
It is said that he was able to come to Zhejiang as an official because he was recommended by King Yu.
The background of this naturally made Hu Zongxian wary, but this was also Emperor Jiajing's method of controlling people.
"Governor Hu did not protect Yu Dayou, but instead wrote a letter to participate in Yu Shibo's performance."
Lin Mojun looked at Su Ze and said, "Brother Aze, you have a relationship with Hu Zongxian, why don't you ask him to withdraw the memorial and protect Yu Shibo?"
Su Ze shook his head and said, "It's no use looking for Hu Zongxian."
Lin Mojun still didn't understand officialdom, so she asked, "Why?"
Su Ze said: "Yu Shibo is involved in the struggle between Yan Dang and Qingliu. Hu Zongxian is busy cutting himself off to protect himself, so how can he save Yu Shibo."
Lin Mojun was silent, and she looked at Su Ze: "What should we do?"
Su Ze stood up and said, "Come to Beijing!"
Lin Mojun was stunned for a moment, and Su Ze said: "Come to Beijing, the root cause of this case lies in the court, and there is nothing we can do in Nanjing."
Although in the history of the Ming Dynasty, Yu Dayou finally turned the corner, Su Ze also changed the fate of many people since he traveled through time.
Who knows whether this butterfly effect will affect Yu Dayou's fate?
These days, Su Ze corresponded with Yu Dayou. This Yu Shibo was indeed a loyal man who served the country with fists and fists.
Yu Dayou loved the soldiers as much as his sons, and could share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. He could also strictly enforce military discipline and try not to intrude on the common people.
Moreover, he did not hide the knowledge passed down from his family at all. He wrote military books while leading troops, just to promote new training methods in the army so that future generations can also lead good soldiers.
Such a general who did not sacrifice his soldiers' blood, did not kill good men and take credit, and devoted himself to resisting the Japanese and saving the country, was actually captured by the Jin Yiwei and sent to prison.
Su Ze also understood that Yu Dayou was affected by the party struggle between the Yan Party and Qingliu. In order to save Yu Dayou, he could only find a way in the capital.
Su Ze said to Lin Mojun: "You take Yu Zigao to Yangzhou. I will meet you in two days and go to the capital together."
Lin Mojun rekindled her hope. Su Ze was the most capable person she had ever seen. He always said he had a way, and he really had a way.
Now that Su Ze is willing to go to the capital, it means there is still hope.
Su Ze returned home and told Fang Ruolan the whole thing, and then immediately found Fang Wanghai and explained the whole thing.
Fang Wanghai asked: "Do you want to ask Hu Ruzhen first?"
Su Ze shook his head and said, "It's useless to ask him. I'm afraid the Nanjing Sixth Section Procuratorate has impeached him a lot these days, right?"
Fang Wanghai fell silent. Although he had clearly won the great victory at Pinghu, the number of impeachments against Hu Zongxian was strangely increasing.
Even Fang Wanghai was affected, and the affairs of the Zhejiang Customs Department were also revealed. It was said that Fang Wanghai and Hu Zongxian teamed up to exploit large households in Zhejiang.
The thing that Hu Zongxian was most attacked was his recruitment of Wang Zhi.
The condition for Wang Zhi's surrender to the Ming Dynasty was to allow the Japanese to pay tribute again, and the Ming Dynasty made Wang Zhi the city shipping envoy responsible for paying tribute to the Japanese.
Under the mediation of Wang Zhi, this part of the Japanese pirates of the trading faction surrendered, led by the Japanese daimyo Dayoujia. Wang Zhi's Mao Haifeng, Xie Hedu served as Japanese envoys and sailed ships to pay tribute to Ningbo.
However, the Ming court ordered Wang Zhi to lead his old troops to attack the fleet. As a result, Wang Zhi led his troops to fight, but many of his troops betrayed him. Mao Haifeng occupied Zhoushan, fought with the Ming army for a month, and finally broke through and fled.
Later, this group of Japanese pirates invaded Pinghu and were defeated by Yu Dayou. Then Yu Dayou pursued them to the border of Zhejiang and Fujian and watched them go to Fujian.
After this battle, Wang Zhi expressed his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, but still did not gain the trust of the Ming Dynasty.
Hu Zongxian also persuaded Wang Zhi to go to Hangzhou to see Wang Bengu, the governor of Hangzhou, but Wang Bengu suddenly arrested Wang Zhi. Wang Zhi was imprisoned and shouted: "What crime do I have? What crime do I have?"
After being imprisoned, Wang Zhi also submitted "Zi Mingshu" to the emperor, suggesting that the Japanese shipping department should be established like Fujian and reopen the Japanese tribute trade, so that the Japanese chaos could be resolved.
In Su Ze's view, it was a foolish move for the Ming court to go back on its promise and first order Wang Zhi to be safe and then arrest him.
Wang Zhi may not have been sincere when he surrendered, but after surrendering, he still helped Ming Ting attack his old subordinates.
In this battle, Wang's direct lineage either died in battle, or followed Mao Haifeng and became Japanese pirates again. This was also the reason why the Ming Dynasty went back on its word later. Wang's direct lineage was all lost, and the value of their use was actually lost.
But even so, this made those Japanese pirates who wanted to surrender completely give up. After Wang Zhi was arrested, Mao Haifeng took his place and once again led the Japanese pirates to ravage the southeast.
But this time the imperial court cut off another arm. The arrest of good generals like Yu Dayou because of party strife also chilled the hearts of more anti-Japanese people.
Su Ze said to Fang Wanghai: "Father-in-law, I will go to the capital to see if I can find someone to rescue Yu Shibo."
Fang Wanghai originally wanted to say something, but no words came out when he opened his mouth.
In the past six months, he, the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, has been working cautiously. He has no backer in the cabinet, and he has risen to the top purely by doing things, and he has nothing to do with being in the capital.
What's more important is that Fang Wanghai didn't join any faction, he just did his own thing.
Thinking about it now, he didn't have anyone he could talk to in the capital.
Su Ze instead said: "Don't worry, father-in-law. I also know some people in the capital. My son-in-law is good friends with Mr. Tao from the Fujian Shipping Company. Mr. Tao's godfather is Li Fang and Li Dayun. There are also a few people who came to Nanjing last time." As Mr. Dongchang, it shouldn’t be difficult to find out more about the situation.”
Fang Wanghai thought for a while and said, "I still have a few people of the same year in the capital. I'll write you a few letters to see if I can help."
"Thank you very much, father-in-law."
"As a family, wherever you are, after you go to Beijing, let Lan'er take the children back to live at home, and there will be someone to take care of them."
"This is the perfect fit."
If we set off now, we won't be able to celebrate the New Year in Nanjing. Although Fang Ruolan was a little reluctant to leave, she still prepared a bag for Su Ze.
The capital is closed before the Lantern Festival, which means that Yu Dayou has not been tried so soon, which provides Su Ze with buffer time.
He met up with Lin Mojun and Yu Dayou's son Yu Zigao in Yangzhou, and then took Fang Wanghai's warrant and took a water transport ship north to the capital.
Capital.
Zhang Juzheng came back from the Hanlin Academy. Before he reached his door, he met Gao Gong who had just come out of Prince Yu's Mansion.
"Brother uncle!"
When Zhang Juzheng saw Gao Gong, he knew that this man was here to have a meal again.
Since Zhang Juzheng returned to the capital last year, Gao Gong has been very fond of this junior. Although the two are twelve years apart in age, Gao Gong regards Zhang Juzheng as a like-minded friend and often discusses current affairs with Zhang Juzheng in his free time.
Zhang Juzheng read documents all day today, but he still cheered up and pulled Gao Gong into the house.
Zhang Juzheng's wife had long been accustomed to Gao Gong's visit, and she smiled and took her maid to prepare dinner.
Zhang Juzheng's wife had already lit the heater in the study, and Gao Gong said jealously:
"Sure enough, marry a virtuous wife. How could the fierce wife in my family have such thoughts!"
After finishing complaining about his wife, Gao Gong got down to business: "Yu Dayou is being escorted to Beijing."
Zhang Juzheng frowned and said, "So fast?"
Gao Gong nodded and said, "The canal transport was carried out by Jin Yiwei."
Gao Gong looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "My uncle's teacher, Mr. Xu Ge, should know this matter best."
When Zhang Juzheng was a scholar, Xu Jie was taught in the Hanlin Academy, so Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng had a teacher-student relationship.
The relationship between Gao Gong and Xu Jie is a little stranger. They can only be regarded as political allies who both support King Yu.
Qingliu obviously played a huge role in Yu Dayou's imprisonment this time.
Among the officials who participated in Yu Dayou's performance, Qingliu was also the main one. As the leader of Qingliu, it was impossible for Xu Jie to be unaware of this.
Sure enough, Zhang Juzheng fell silent. Since this year, he has gained Xu Jie's trust. He is often taken by Xu Jie to do things and attend gatherings related to Qingliu.
In contrast, Gao Gong, who has an upright temper, can be regarded as Qingliu and is still lectured by King Yu, but he cannot enter Qingliu's inner circle.
Officialdom culture is this kind of circle culture. If you are a member of the circle, even if your official position is not high, you will still have the opportunity to prosper in the future.
And like the previous Minister of Household Affairs Fang Blun, even if he has a position and level, but can't get into the circle, he can only enclose the territory for himself. Once he loses power, he will be uprooted.
Zhang Juzheng's position was not as good as Gao Gong's, but he was closer to the core in the Qingliu circle, so Gao Gong came to Zhang Juzheng for information.
Seeing that Zhang Juzheng was silent, Gao Gong said again: "Yu Dayou has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. From Fujian to Zhejiang, he fought repeatedly and suffered repeated defeats, and was wounded many times for the country. We cannot harm such a person, as this will chill the generals of the world." Heart."
Zhang Juzheng was still silent.
Gao Gong said in a high-pitched tone: "If a good general like Yu Dayou is killed for the sake of party struggle, then what is the difference between Qingliu and Yan Dang? What is the difference between Mr. Xu Ge and Mr. Yan Ge?"
Speaking of his teacher, Zhang Juzheng could no longer remain silent. He said:
"Qing Su! Be careful what you say!"
Gao Gong still said: "I also know that Yu Dayou was involved in the battle. The gains in the Battle of Pinghu were all verified by the Ministry of War. They were all real Japanese pirates. Yu Dayou himself was injured. The reason why the Japanese pirates were not pursued was because Yu Dayou did not receive military orders. , this is a sign of maturity and prudentness, how can you become a self-respecting bandit?"
"Yu Dayou ranks first in beheading skills this year. If he respects himself by raising bandits, then who do the others?"
Seeing that Zhang Juzheng still didn't speak, Gao Gong said again:
"I know that now that the Japanese rebellion has calmed down, you are worried that Hu Zongxian will take the credit for pacifying the Japanese and strengthen the reputation of the strict party. But the fight against the Japanese is the fight against the Japanese, and party struggle is a party struggle. How can we delay national affairs because of party struggles?"
After all, Zhang Juzheng is still young. He finally couldn't help but said:
"Brother Suqing! Yan Shifan comes in and out of Prince Jing's Mansion day and night. Prince Jing still has no country. The country's foundation has not yet been determined. If Yan Dang is allowed to make the contribution to pacify the Japanese, is he going to give up the country's foundation?"
This sentence made Gao Taitao stop.
King Jing, the younger brother of King Yu.
According to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, the eldest son of the emperor is the prince, and there is no objection to this.
But since the sudden death of the prince, Emperor Jiajing has been superstitious that "two dragons never meet" and has never established a prince.
King Yu is old and should have been established as the crown prince, but now the throne is vacant.
King Jing was young and should go to the fiefdom according to etiquette, but he was left in the capital by the emperor.
Over the past year, Yan Song has grown older, and the power has been in the hands of Yan Shifan.
The current battle between Qingliu and Yandang is not only a battle for political positions and rights, but also a battle for the country, that is, the battle for the successor to the throne.
Gao Gong was lectured by King Yu, and was deeply tied to King Yu. Qingliu supported King Yu, and Zhang Juzheng mentioned the foundation of the country, so Gao Gong could not continue talking.
This topic was completely awkward. Zhang Juzheng didn't want to be separated from Gao Gong because of this matter, so he changed the topic and said:
"Has Brother Su Qing seen Su Rulin's new drama?"
"I haven't seen it yet."
"I have finished reading "Handan Dream". Life is really like a dream. Su Rulin's opera has reached its peak. I have read it three times and still can't stop."
Gao Gong also loved opera, and he immediately became interested and took over the script from Zhang Juzheng.
"Piracy?" Gao Gong asked with a frown.
"In Jiangnan terms, this is a bound volume that was serialized in Tongyan last month. It was pieced together and published by Jiangnan booksellers themselves. It will take some time until the original version is printed."
At this moment, Su Ze, who was on the boat, received the prompt.
["Handan Dream" spreads widely, literature skill experience +500, literature has been upgraded to Lv10]
(End of chapter)
