Chapter 617: Comparable to the national hand
When Hou Taoshan's military report from the first battle entered Beijing, Xu Jie clenched his fists excitedly...... It's coming, it's coming, and sure enough, the two Zhejiang widows are still in trouble!
Taizhou Mansion and Shaoxing Mansion are in trouble, and there is still war in Chuzhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Mansion, and the Japanese have already reached Zhenhai County!
Xu Jie, who once served as the chief inspector of Zhejiang, knew that Hou Taoshan was only a few dozen steps away from Zhenhai County.
Five days ago, Zhao Zhenji impeached Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang, and the two prefectures of Wenzhou and Chuzhou were in trouble, and the troubles in Taizhou and Ningbo had just been sent to Beijing...... It didn't work at all.
It has been seven days now, and the official of Kedao is still desperately impeaching Qian Yuan, all kinds of fancy impeachments, and even Qian Yuan was pulled out and whipped when he was cooking in the examination room...... After all, there are also assessment standards for science and technology officials.
It continues to the present...... Well, it's really not because Qian Yuan is extremely evil, or Xu Wei has caused something wrong, but mainly because all the impeachment pieces have been left in the middle of Emperor Jiajing.
If you stay in the middle and don't send it, you may not be vetoed, which gives many science and Taoist officials the motivation to continue.
And this military report that has just been sent to the cabinet has allowed Xu Jie to find a glimmer of opportunity, and now it is a real resurgence of the Japanese trouble, Hou Taoshan Wharf has been built out of the Beijing Temple, even if Qian Yuan has a meritorious role in killing the Japanese, it is difficult to hide the disadvantage of Hu Zongxian's suppression of the Japanese.
The most important thing is that Xu Jie remembered that Zhao Zhenji mentioned in the secret letter sent that Wang Zhi, the owner of the Wufeng ship, had always been near Hou Taoshan, as long as he linked the rebellion with Wang Zhi...... Can Hu Zongxian still escape?
Xu Jie tried hard to contain his excitement, and continued to look down at the folds with an expressionless face, thinking in his heart that the military report had already arrived in Beijing, and it stands to reason that Zhao Zhenji's secret letter should only be delayed by one or two days at most, and maybe he would receive it when he returned in the evening.
Yan Shifan, who was crossing Erlang's legs not far away, sneered and glanced at Xu Jie, although he didn't know the inside story, he knew how to read people, and because of Hu Zongxian, Luo Wenlong and others, he knew the situation in the southeast very well.
Just kidding, not to mention a Zhenhai County, it is the entire Ningbo Mansion, plus the entire Taizhou Mansion, which is Qian Zhancai's territory...... There was such an uproar, if there was no money to show permission, was it possible?
Since Qian Zhancai is involved, how can Xu Jie intervene?
Yan Shifan may be the person in Beijing who knows the most about Qian Yuan's heart of Zhenhai trade, except for Suiyuan, Emperor Jiajing, Zhang Juzheng and other few people in Beijing.
Unless it is to impeach Hu Zongxian for embezzling military salaries, unless Hu Zongxian suffers an irreparable defeat, it is impossible to bypass Wang Zhi if he wants to bring down Hu Zongxian, which is equivalent to the impossibility of bypassing Qian Yuan.
Qian Yuan's troops surrounded the governor's yamen and fished out Wang Zhi, which had proved his determination.
Yan Shifan lowered his head and re-read this military report, and soon, he smiled, he noticed the most easily overlooked point, who sent this military report to Beijing?
Zhejiang guerrilla general Qi Jimei.
This should be the younger brother of Qi Jiguang, the general soldier of Fujian.
Yan Shifan has always been well-known, he remembers that Qi Jiguang and Qian Yuan have a very deep friendship, and the two great victories in Jiaxing Mansion the year before last, and the great victory outside the city of Shanyin Huiji last year, Qian Yuan was with Qi Jimei.
Yan Shifan frowned, suddenly dropped the fold, got up and walked out of the straight house, and found a small official to inquire about the news.
Soon, Yan Shifan confirmed that he was not mistaken, in March this year, Qi Jimei went south with his brother Qi Jiguang to Fujian.
Qi Jimei, who should be in Fujian, appeared in Zhenhai and sent the army to Beijing after the success of the First World War, what does this mean?
It shows that everything is under Qian Yuan's control.
After pondering in his heart, Yan Shifan did not go back to Zhilu, but walked around the West Garden, and turned to the places where Hanlin wrote green words on weekdays.
"Donglou Gong."
"Donglou Gong."
Li Chunfang, Yan Ne, and Yuan Wei all stood up and saluted, they were all close ministers of Hanlin who were favored by their words, and they had never been involved in party disputes, but only took the road of luck.
Originally, there was a Guo Pu here, but in May this year, he finally got out of the way and was promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites...... He is a fourteen-year jinshi in Jiajing, and he has been working for twenty-three years.
Yan Shifan only nodded, did not return the salute, and only asked, "What about Wen Chang?" ”
Among the three, Li Chunfang Zhongjin Shi had the shortest time, but he was born as a champion, and replied: "Half an hour ago, Your Majesty summoned you. ”
A clear smile appeared on Yan Shifan's face, and he turned around and left, now he was completely sure.
If he was in control of the situation, he would arrange it in this way, first send a secret letter to Xiyuan, and then report the army to Beijing.
Next, it's none of my business, I just need to watch the play.
Emperor Jiajing has been watching the drama these days, watching it with relish, he knows all about Qian Yuan's "all" plans, and looks with great interest how Qian Yuan can stir up the situation in Beijing from thousands of miles away.
"Wen Chang, you really don't know?"
Xu Wei looked at the secret letter in his hand dumbfounded, and only came back to his senses after half a ring, and stammered, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, Your Minister...... The minister really doesn't know, and Zhancai is also ...... It's too good to hide it, and even ......"
"Oh, no wonder that the guide died as soon as he arrived in Nanjing...... It must be Zhancai's hand! ”
"It should have been the guide's confession...... It seems to be surnamed Wang ......"
Seeing that Xu Wei lowered his head to find the list of thirteen maritime merchants, Emperor Jiajing smiled and said: "In fact, the surname is Wu, Wu Dahu, a native of Qiantang County, Hangzhou Prefecture, and moved to Fuyang in the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing. ”
Xu Wei raised his head suddenly, "It's the one that Zhancai went south for the first time and urged the Governor's Mansion to copy...... No wonder the letter said at that time that His Majesty knew the inside story. ”
"Tsk, more than 20 sea ships have been robbed alone!" Emperor Jiajing took the list and said: "The eight maritime merchants are all rich households, and this exhibition must be full of money, and I don't know how many percent will be sent to Beijing!" ”
"Emperor, Zhancai is still abiding." Huang Jin said with a joke: "Even the accounts of Zhenhai tax and silver are clear, and even let out the words, I am not afraid that the household department and the celebrant will send someone to investigate, how can I be greedy for the silver of a few rich families." ”
"Huang Ban, the tax silver will either go to the government or the warehouse." Emperor Jiajing snorted, "These copied ...... I'm afraid that he will directly carry it back to the Qian family's private treasury! ”
"Your Majesty, the old slave is going to be aggrieved for Zhancai......"
"How much money did Qian Zhancai's guy give you, and he actually cried out for him in front of me!" Emperor Jiajing scolded with a smile: "I don't look at your identity, as an internal minister...... Don't buy it for a few taels of silver! ”
Over there, Xu Wei had already read the letter from beginning to end, reviewed it in his heart, and sighed: "Zhancai played a good hand." ”
"You and Qian Zhan are friends of life and death, but you don't know that his chess skills are comparable to national players?" Emperor Jiajing waved his hand and said: "I don't care about other things, Zhenhai is a city for trade...... It won't be a big decline, will it? ”
Xu Wei blinked, "Probably not, Zhancai mentioned in the secret letter, he beheaded Wu Zhixiao, the head of the Wu family, in front of Jingguan, and all the maritime merchants were trembling, if there was no accident, in the next few months, taxes and silver should not fall but rise." ”
Emperor Jiajing nodded with satisfaction, and the topic changed and chatted about green words, Xu Wei cheered up and went all out, and the witty words made Emperor Jiajing laugh from time to time.
It wasn't until the time when the government was about to be released that Emperor Jiajing suddenly asked, "How long has Zhancai been going south?" ”
Xu Wei made a little calculation in his heart and replied: "Jiajing set off at the beginning of May of the thirty-fifth year, and it has been two years and two months now. ”
"The two great victories of Jiaxing Mansion turned the tide, and the Shaoxing Mansion fought twice, finally killing Xu Hai, exterminating the Japanese Invaders, and setting up a city for trade, and a hub for the transportation of money and grain to solve the shortage of money and grain in the DPRK...... Zhancai went south, it can be said that he did not work hard. ”
Emperor Jiajing got up and paced a few steps with the lion cat in his arms, and sighed: "Now that Zhejiang's woes have been peaceful and trade is smooth, don't you want to return to Beijing?" ”
"Do you want to go to Fujian again to make contributions?"
Xu Wei's face was wrinkled, not knowing what to say.
Xu Wei has also been thinking about this problem, for Qian Yuan personally, the best choice is to return to Beijing, if he can re-enter Hanlin, it would be the best, this is not absolutely impossible, with Qian Yuan's merits, Emperor Jiajing's appreciation of it, specially given to Hanlin, will not attract too much opposition, after all, Qian Yuan was originally born in Jishi.
What's more, there was a precedent before, Xu Jie's was kicked out of the Hanlin Academy, and then returned to the dynasty and re-entered the Hanlin Academy, and then entered the Zhan Mansion, or he was promoted to the second assistant of the cabinet step by step with the usual route of the prime minister.
And not to mention anything else, after being in the field for a long time, the saint's family is fading, which is also a problem that must be considered for Qian Yuan.
But Xu Wei also knew that at least for a short time, Qian Yuan had no plans to return to Beijing.