"My lord, aren't you ordered to worship the god of the sea? Why don't we ask Providence about this and let Heaven make a decision? Hu Zongxian cautiously proposed.

Zhao Wenhua was overjoyed, and the first of the "Seven Important Things to Resist the Japanese" proposed to Emperor Jiajing was to invite officials to worship the sea god on the southeast coast. Daxi said: "This method can be used, but I don't know how to ask the sea god?" ”

Hu Zongxian saw that Zhao Wenhua agreed with his resolution, and said with a smile: "My lord, our Daojun Emperor has also had the elegant act of 'drawing lots to take pictures', why don't we follow his old man's example to 'draw lots', not to mention that literati and artists still have 'drawing lots and writing poems'." Let's resign ourselves to fate, write two lots, and let you 'catch lots', and whether it is good or bad depends on the will of God. What do you see? ”

As soon as he heard that Emperor Jiajing, the object of his flattery, also had this elegant act, Zhao Wenhua was not calm for a moment, and hurriedly agreed, so he ordered Hu Zongxian to hurry up and order lots.

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After a while, Hu Zongxian held two lotters with the same appearance and placed them on the table of the eight immortals in front of the main hall........

After Zhao Wenhua bathed and washed his hands, he was dressed upright, walked forward with square steps, and then prayed to the sky with great care, and then drew one of the two lots, unfolded it, and was immediately overjoyed: "Ruzhen, God will travel to you." ”

Hu Zongxian was also overjoyed, hurriedly stepped forward, covered the tray with his body, and took advantage of his inattention to quietly take another lot from his sleeve robe and put it in the tray, and secretly put away the lot in the tray. Only then did he take the lot in Zhao Wenhua's hand, looked at it for a long time, and didn't feel the old tears pouring down, and said with a smile: "One day there is such a will, I should obey it." ”

Oh, yes! There are too many constraints in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, and the pedantry of self-restraint can be seen everywhere, and a good resolution has to be in a dilemma.

It's okay to catch lots, but it's people who have problems.

Since you are born at the right time, you should learn to be flexible and deal with things smoothly between constraints.

In addition to him Hu Zongxian, how many people in the entire Ming Dynasty can do this?

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Hu Zongxian felt relieved, looked at an unfamiliar name on the document with relief, and was very excited in his heart, he didn't expect God to give such a strange young man, and secretly made up his mind to recruit him and contribute to the great cause of fighting against the Japanese. At the same time, he was a little afraid, if he hadn't stopped Zhao Wenhua's jealousy in time at the critical moment, I am afraid that this young man would have fallen into many hardships in the future.

Hu Zongxian's pain is not Zhang Mingyuan's chances, what he suffers is the willfulness of the Ming officialdom, and there is a crisis of rectification and rectification everywhere.

"O Ruzhen! Since there is a demonstration of the Japanese in the heavens, our generation should follow it and order Cixi County to arrange the affairs of the tourists. Zhao Wenhua stroked his beard and smiled, really proud of his psychic deeds: "Since the great victory of Cixi County's anti-Japanese war was done by this person, then this strange young man Zhang Mingyuan will try his best to arrange the matter of traveling to the Japanese!" We can't bury talents, can we! ”

Listening to Zhao Wenhua's unsparing words of praise, Hu Zongxian's eyes lit up, it is rare that Zhao Wenhua will have such a generous act, which is undreamable.

Immediately walked forward quickly and bowed to Zhao Wenhua: "Your Excellency, please atone for the crime of despicable and arbitrary." ”

"What?"

"The Zhang Mingyuan that the lord just said is the one hundred households who were appointed as Guanhaiwei not long ago, and when the Japanese invaded Cixi, he was ordered to contact and suppress the Japanese."

"Oh? It turned out to be the officers and soldiers of my Daming Guard, good, good, Lord Hu is discerning and choosing materials for the country, which is really admirable. Hehe. Zhao Wenhua was quite pleased.

"Your Excellency praised it falsely, this is all due to your kindness, my lord, and the majority of soldiers are very grateful, and they all fight bravely to kill the enemy." Hu Zongxian was respectful and modest.

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Out of the lobby of the capital, Hu Zongxian hurried back, his steps seemed a little hurried.

As a civil official, he rode a fast horse at this time and hurried to the governor's yamen, he wanted to do something that might have something to do with the great cause of the Japanese and even his own future.

Hu Zongxian is not only an experienced person, but also an elder who knows and uses people, and he always feels that Zhang Mingyuan, a strange young man, will shine in the future.

After rushing to the governor's yamen, Hu Zongxian quickly instructed the secretary: "Immediately send someone to Cixi County, promote the anti-Japanese hero Zhang Mingyuan to 100 households, and ask him to arrange a demonstration plan for the Japanese as soon as possible, and then escort the Japanese to Guanhaiwei. ”

The clerk agreed, turned around and ran out..........

"Tell the officials of Cixi County that Zhang Mingyuan, the anti-Japanese hero, has been watching the sea from beginning to end, and he must not be lost."

The secretary paused and turned back, and after listening to the order, he didn't have time to salute and rushed out again.....

He knew the governor's style of simplifying the complex, and the more urgent the situation, the less he had to take care of many etiquette..........

After arranging all this, Hu Zongxian collapsed weakly in the rattan chair........

He knows what it means to do it today, and he knows what it might cost him. Mixing up the boss's audio-visual appearance, touching the taboo of officialdom, and giving orders beyond the ranks..... Every revelation of an incident may set him on fire, and a slightly crazy move will lead him into an abyss from which he will never recover.

Of course, this is not a big deal for Hu Zongxian, who cares about the peace of the world and the suffering of the people, as long as the family and the country are healthy and the people live and work in peace and contentment, although he has died thousands of times, it is also worth it.

How many things have happened throughout the ages, leave it to future generations to comment.

Even if the history books are wantonly smeared and the notoriety spreads far and wide in the future, I have no regrets.

Slowly unfolded the small paper ball in his hand, and the large characters of 'Youwei Demonstration' came into view, exuding dazzling brilliance under the bright sunlight........

After looking at it for a long time, move it to the candle........ Instantly reduced to ashes.

"The old man should do his best, I only hope that the front-line soldiers will fight bravely to kill the enemy, and return this troubled era to peace, the old man's wish is enough."

Hu Zongxian moved, like a tall clay statue, scorching in the bright sunlight........

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