In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, the new army in the southeast showed strong combat effectiveness, Qi Jiguang defeated Xu Hai in three quarters of an hour outside Shangyu City, and Yu Dayou struggled to cut off Xu Hai's retreat.

Although Xu Hai escaped to sea, Wang Zhi immediately came and surrendered to Xu Hai's head.

In the following six months, Yu Long, Qi Hu, Qi Jimei, Lu Bin, Hou Jigao, Liu Xian, and Dong Bangzheng took turns to attack and exterminate small groups of Japanese robbers, and won many victories.

The government also set up a city in Hou Taoshan in Zhenhai County to trade, merchants gathered, every ten days the sea ships go to sea to sell goods, and the trade is prosperous for a time.

Since the 27th year of Jiajing, the Japanese began to frequently go ashore to plunder, and then the Xu brothers and Li Guangtou were captured and killed, and then in the 32nd year of Jiajing, Wang Min should destroy Ligang and go to the southeast to rebel, it has been nearly ten years.

Ten years have passed, and the people of the southeast coast have finally waited for the day when the clouds and fog will disperse, so since the twentieth day of the lunar month, the sound of crackling firecrackers has resounded in every town, and passers-by have smiles on their faces, watching the children in new clothes walking the streets and alleys, playing and playing.

But not everyone is in such a good mood, and some people feel ...... New Year's Eve is closed, this year's New Year's Pass is so difficult!

For example, those small officials and clerks in the yamen of the governor of Zhejiang.

Zhao Zhenji almost didn't get his ass on the bench, and began to check the account books of the governor's yamen...... This is a very taboo thing, generally speaking, it is taboo for the later officials to check the accounts of the former officials, and no one wants to leave the back butt and be ignited by the successor.

But Zhao Zhenji obviously made very full preparations, although Master Huang he brought was born in Xiucai, but he had served as a staff member of the governor of Yingtian for two terms, in charge of money and grain account books, and Zhao Zhenji also brought a lot of people from Nanjing.

Boxes of account books were brought out, and the sound of dialing the abacus resounded through the governor's yamen until the thirtieth ...... of the lunar month That is, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the account is finally finished.

Zhao Zhenji squinted at the summary booklet handed by Master Huang, most of which were circled with a black pen, and only a few places were circled with a red pen.

Listening to Master Huang's whispered words, Zhao Zhenji snorted, these black pens circled are all routines, that is to say, the gray income of the following officials, such as the regular silver submitted by Fuzhou below, will be scraped by these officials when it is put into storage, but this kind of thing is the same all over the world, and the eunuchs who enter the warehouse for the royal family will be scraped by the eunuchs......

The little officials below all have an unhappy look? Former Zhejiang Governor Wu Baipeng has a breeze on his sleeves? Although they don't deduct the following, there is no additional subsidy, and they are not afraid to check.

Of course? There are also ...... reasons for the upset Please? Is it Chinese New Year's Eve? You are not too old, we still have to go home for a reunion dinner!

Zhao Zhenji then took a closer look at the few places circled by the red pen? Part of it is military spending, and he also knows that Wu Baipeng has a force of 2,000 people under his command? The other part was to send it to the Governor's Palace.

Stretching out his finger and pointing, Zhao Zhenji sneered twice, obviously in his opinion, it was sent to the Governor's Mansion...... Naturally, there is a problem, and all the bad ones go into Hu Ruzhen's private pocket.

Master Huang coughed twice, stretched out his hand to turn the booklet to the end, and pointed to one place.

Zhao Zhenji frowned and looked at the little officials below? "What about the account books of Jiajing thirty-five years ago?"

A white-faced official came out and said, "My lord, Jiajing is in September of the thirty-fourth year? Yamen fire? The books of accounts were burned. ”

"Burned?"

Zhao Zhenji and Master Huang repeated it in unison? Look at each other and know that there is something in this? Because thirty-five years before Jiajing, the governor of Zhejiang was concurrently served by Hu Zongxian.

Naturally, Hu Zongxian was tired, and at that time, Hu Zongxian had already hooked up with Wang Zhi, and Jiang Zhou was used as an envoy to repeatedly send heavy gifts.

Zhao Zhenji's face is pale? waved his hand to let the clerks retreat, and sighed: "It seems that there are many obstacles to entering Zhejiang this time...... Even the books were burned. ”

Master Huang didn't care, he encountered this kind of thing more than once or twice in the cloudy day patrol yamen, there was a problem with the account book, and the fire burned to ashes...... If you have the ability, you can check it, and I admit the blame for the fire, but the officials don't repair the government all day, and there are many fires.

"Dong Weng, in fact, there is not much to find in the account books." Master Huang explained: "Wu Weixi is not a person who holds power, is not greedy for money, and wants to find out his eyebrows, but I am afraid that he still needs the account books of the Governor's Palace, but ......"

Although he didn't say it, Zhao Zhenji also knew what it meant, when he began to check the account books, Hu Zongxian had already slipped away, it is said that there are Japanese robbers in Wenzhou, look at it like this...... I won't go back to Hangzhou for a year.

As for Wang Yin, who was left by Hu Zongxian to sit in Hangzhou, he obviously would not sell Zhao Zhenji's face...... Not to mention that the two sides are hostile, the governor is above the governor, how can he give the account books to Zhao Zhenji for checking?

Zhejiang Patrol Qian Yuan has this name, and he is also Xu Jie's grandson-in-law, this thought turned between his tongues, and was swallowed by Master Huang again...... Although he didn't know the inside story, he knew very well that there was a disagreement between this Dong Weng and the famous Junjie in the southeast.

Zhao Zhenji rubbed his eyebrows and thought about it for a long time, he couldn't find any way for a while, and now the Zhejiang officialdom is quite repulsive to him, and he can't find anyone to be a counselor, He Xinyin is a staff member of the Governor's Palace, and Zhao Zhenji doesn't dare to believe what he says.

In fact, this is a looming black cauldron, but Zhao Zhenji has to carry it.

The reason is very simple, for Zhejiang, it is right to scold Yan Song, but there is a prerequisite for scolding, you have to live.

Over the years, the Japanese invaded every year, Yuyao, Shangyu, Hangzhou, Xiaoshan, Shanyin Huiji, Cixi...... In the past two years alone, Yuyao, Cixi, and Shanyin Huiji have almost been destroyed by the Japanese invaders, Xiaoshan and Pinghu have been looted, and many large families have been destroyed.

No matter what happens to the DPRK and China, whoever can stabilize the situation in the southeast and kill the Japanese will support whoever the southeast and the bottom will support.

This is a key point for Hu Zongxian to sit firmly in the position of governor of Zhejiang, and it is also the reason why Qian Yuan has a high reputation in the southeast.

In comparison, Xu Jie is a bit ...... From Peng Dian to Tu Dashan, and then to Yang Yi, they were all Xu Jie's comrades in the same year, and they all failed.

Southeast actually has an opinion on Xu Jie...... And everyone knows that Zhao Zhenji was recommended by Xu Jie to be the governor of Zhejiang.

"Wait for Hu Ruzhen to return to Hangzhou, and then try again." Zhao Zhenji gritted his teeth and said, "The successor will ask ......"

Speaking of which, Zhao Zhenji himself couldn't go on, he was stuffed to Zhejiang by Xu Jie, obviously to find fault, did he still expect Hu Zongxian to hand over the account books for his review?

And it's also a subordinate who checks the account books of his boss......

"Ahem." Master Huang reminded softly: "After Dong Weng took over, he unexpectedly learned that the Yamen treasury was quite small, so he asked the staff in charge of the account books and money and grain of the Governor's Mansion to check the number of silver taels sent to the Governor's Mansion by the Governor's Yamen this year, and where they were spent. ”

Zhao Zhenji's eyes lit up, "If it is a rule set by the predecessor, the official will not be stingy, but you must first ask what it is for." ”

Master Huang smiled and bowed slightly.

"Sir has helped me a lot." Zhao Zhenji praised a few words, and suddenly asked, "How much treasury silver is left?" ”

"Less than a thousand taels." The corners of Master Huang's mouth twitched, "I have already asked, all the taxes and silver paid by the Mention Law are sent to the Governor's Palace, and the governor's yamen is mainly the usual silver of various prefectures, and it should be able to be put into the treasury after the year." ”

"Wu Weixi is ...... Hu Ruzhen," Zhao Zhenji sneered twice.

Master Huang was a little disapproving, under the suppression of Hu Zongxian, Wu Baipeng actually had no real power, but Wu Baipeng rescued Shanyin Huiji several times, and he once heard the villagers mention that Wu Weixi took care of the overall situation.

"Ahem, Dong Weng misunderstood." Master Huang spread out the account book, flipped through a few pages and explained: "Half a year ago, the treasury was quite sufficient, mainly allocated to the Ningbo Mansion. ”

"Ningbo Mansion?"

"Zhenhai County."

Zhao Zhenji understood now, Wu Baipeng sent the silver to Zhenhai, and Qian Yuan and Tang Shunzhi made a big construction project there...... He had heard it all in Nanjing.

"Recruit more than 10,000 people, build embankments and roads, repair wharves and repair Weiyuan City, and rebuild the city wall...... Zhao Zhenji shook his head, "At the expense of the people's strength, the people's grievances will inevitably boil, it's really nonsense!" ”

Zhao Zhenji looked at the sky, ordered his subordinates to cook two bowls of noodles, and filled his stomach with a few pieces of dried tofu, although he was frustrated that he didn't find a breakthrough, but he didn't lose his fighting spirit.

At the same time, Qian Yuan, who was far away in Zhenhai, Ningbo, was also in a bad mood, and he couldn't wait to find a horsewhip to whip people...... What's this called?!

I prepared for months and finally missed the opportunity!

Lao Tzu made up his mind that they would not have a good time on this Chinese New Year's Eve, and now that it is good, people are happy to spend Chinese New Year's Eve, and Lao Tzu himself is full of anger.

"Okay, it's been a few days, who is putting on a dead face?" Xiao Qi was so unhappy that he glanced over, "Burn a braised pig's feet, but the hair on it is not shaved clean, who are you going to eat?!" ”

"That's it." The little sister coaxed on the side, "Second brother, you eat that pig's foot." ”

"I eat it, I eat it." Qian Yuan snorted unhappily, it's my responsibility if the hair is not shaved clean?

After thinking about it, Qian Yuan got up and walked out, and went straight to the kitchen in the outer courtyard to scold a few cooks...... You have to breathe, or you'll be suffocated!

"Young master, Yang Wen is here."

Hearing Peng Feng's report, Qian Yuan sneered and said, "Okay, good, good, it's finally here!" ”

After a pause, Qian Yuan ordered: "Peng Feng, go, bring the young master my horse whip!" ”

When he encounters the culprit, how can he relieve Qian Yuan's anger without whipping a few whips.