Zhejiang Bei Du Division, back hall.

Zhao Wenhua, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, lazily leaned on the wide Taishi rocking chair, his eyes slightly paled, and his white face showed a drunken expression. The right hand is not idle, is playing with a pair of dark red Wuling walnuts, accompanied by the continuous sound of walnut rubbing sound, the slightly blessed body is also shaking up and down, the look is quite complacent, the demeanor is arrogant, a 'spring breeze is proud of the right hand, a day to dish Wuling peach. 'The appearance of a villain.

Zhao Wenhua is always so 'proud of the spring breeze and anxious'.

Jiajing was a scholar for eight years, and when he was first in Guozijian, Yan Song was a sacrificial wine (principal), and with his cunning and sleek character, he met Yan Song all the way, and finally recognized him as his father-in-law. Later, Yan Songsheng Rilong began to be an official in the court, and was first appointed as the head of the Criminal Department. Then, Yan Song thought that he had done a lot of evil on weekdays, and he was afraid of being impeached, so he wanted to find someone to go to the General Administration Department as an internal response to facilitate the interception of the performance, so he appointed Zhao Wenhua as a general political envoy. 'After passing through his hands, they were all sent to Yan Song first, and then presented to Sejong. ’

In the 34th year of Jiajing, the Japanese invaded the southeast coastal area on a large scale, and Zhao Wenhua, who had been promoted to the head of the Ministry of Works, told the Jiajing Emperor seven important things to resist the Japanese invaders, one of which was to ask the imperial court to appoint capable officials to worship the sea god in the southeast coastal area. After Jiajing read it, he asked Yan Song, as Zhao Wenhua's father-in-law, how could he not seek benefits for his son? So, after some fussing, Yan Song actually said to Emperor Jiajing: Wenhua is skilled in military affairs, and he can be appointed to worship the god of the sea, and by the way, supervise the coastal military situation. How could Emperor Jiajing, who loved alchemy, be able to resist Yan Song's rhetoric, so he issued an order to be played.

Thanks to his father-in-law, Zhao Wenhua, who got a good job, has been pampered and domineering since he arrived in the Jiangnan territory, and he has been asking for bribes all the way, and anyone who dares to confront him will either be dismissed or imprisoned.

After completing the task assigned by Emperor Jiajing, it was just when the Japanese invaded Zhejiang on a large scale, so they did not know the shame and skillful means, and embezzled the 'Wangjiangjing victory' obtained by the governor and Shangshu Zhang Jing to suppress the Japanese, and took it as his own credit, and falsely accused Zhang Jing of "raising the Kou lost the opportunity", causing Zhang Jing to die in vain. Later, he impeached Li Tianchong, the governor of Zhejiang, causing Li Tianchong to be killed in vain, and at the same time recommended Hu Zongxian to be appointed. Soon, he impeached and deposed the governors Zhou Hui and Yang Xuan.

It is undeniable that his method of reversing black and white and making false accusations has been repeatedly appreciated by Emperor Jiajing, not to mention that there is also Yan Song's father-in-law who is the first assistant of the cabinet in the court, and Zhao Wenhua's arrogance is growing day by day, how can he not be complacent?

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After a long time, Zhao Wenhua slowly opened his slightly chated eyes, and looked at Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang, who had been standing beside him for a long time, and still maintained a respectful posture.

Hu Zongxian, 33 years of Jiajing, was appointed by Jiajing to serve as the inspector of Zhejiang.

Since taking office, Hu Zongxian has felt a heavy responsibility and made an oath: "I will not capture Wang Zhi and Xu Hai in this post, stabilize the southeast, and vow not to return to Beijing." At the beginning of his tenure, Hu Zongxian vigorously rectified the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers in the area under his jurisdiction who were lax in discipline and weak and sloppy, and used strict rewards and punishments as a means to vigorously rectify them. Through his efforts, the military appearance and discipline of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have improved, and their morale has gradually recovered.

Soon, Zhao Wenhua, the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, was recommended by Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, and was sent to Jiangnan to supervise coastal military affairs in the name of worshipping the sea god. Zhao Wenhua is Yan Song's righteous son, who is treacherous and arrogant. He excluded and framed Zhongliang, and Zhang Jing, the governor of Zhejiang, and Li Tianzhong, the governor of Zhejiang, were killed one after another because of their frames.

In the face of Zhao Wenhua's arrogance, Hu Zongxian had to think about how to complete the great cause of resisting the Japanese without being restricted, because Zhao Wenhua was simply a hypocrite who did not advance in oil and salt and could not make sense.

When he first saw Zhao Wenhua, Hu Zongxian thought he was just a comatose; It didn't take long for him to be classified as a villain; Later, as his bad behavior emerged, he finally had no choice but to interpret him as a hypocrite.

If he is just a faint and villain, Hu Zongxian is confident that he can completely control him with his three-inch incorruptible tongue, but with his continuous escalation, Hu Zongxian is a little powerless.

Villains and hypocrites cannot be generalized.

The heart and mouth are all gentlemen, and the hearts and mouths are not villains, and they are called Yao Shun, and the heart is the same, and the most unpredictable is the hypocrite. Villain, everyone still knows how to guard against him, only this kind of duplicitous hypocrite, such as some officials in the officialdom or scum among the scholars, is the most difficult to guard.

But fortunately, the hypocrite's retribution in the underworld is several times greater than the sins in the yang, which is a gratifying thing.

Although Hu Zongxian and Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, are also teachers and students, he understands the righteousness and puts the overall situation first, so he still has to consider how to have a good relationship with people like Zhao Wenhua without misleading the right thing.

Therefore, in the process of working with Zhao Wenhua, Hu Zongxian appeared to be extremely cautious and cautious, and sometimes even acted tactfully, not hesitating to compromise and seek perfection, and also helped the abuse to do some things against his will. As a result, Zhao Wenhua was satisfied, and gradually removed the constraints in the decision of some major matters, and greatly appreciated Hu Zongxian's ability and quality. After the murder of Governor Li Tianchong, Zhao Wenhua strongly recommended Hu Zongxian, so Hu Zongxian was soon promoted to the governor of Zhejiang.

Of course, this is all obtained in deliberately welcoming and compromised.

How many people can know about Hu Zongxian's suffering?

Hu Zongxian, who had the great ambition of 'eradicating the Japanese invaders', was very aware of the great harm caused by the great cause of the Ming Dynasty and the Tang Party's common struggle against disagreement and the reversal of black and white. He knows more deeply that it is difficult to suppress the Japanese, and the slightest mistake will be limited to a catastrophe, especially after witnessing the tragedy of Zhu Kun, Zhang Jing, and Li Tianzhong, the three loyal ministers, and even more so seeing through the helplessness of 'no one in the court', and even more unable to let go of their hands and feet to do a career and suffer. Therefore, if you want to completely eradicate the Japanese bandits, you must need a quiet and unconstrained environment, so that the backyard is clean, and you can do a career without worry.

Imagine, you are fighting on the front line, and someone in the court is secretly impeaching you, with the emperor's mediocre character, he will definitely not hesitate to order you to be killed, do you say that you are aggrieved or not? At this time, if there is a powerful big man in the DPRK and China who can stand up for you, fool the emperor boss, eliminate all difficulties for you, and have a smooth heart without distractions, you will naturally be able to let go of your hands and feet.

Afterwards, at most, I will find a big man to nag the sky, pay bribes, show loyalty, my position in the DPRK is stable, and I have the big career I want to do all my life, why not do it?

This has been true throughout the ages, but how many people can see through this? Always think that his sleeves are clean, loyal and strong, and say what he is doing, the sky is watching, and he will live up to the emperor's grace and the people. In the end, everything is empty and nothing can be accomplished, especially because of his own reserved and brutal work.

Thousands of years of 'fighting in the nest' style has long formed the result of the party struggle in the ancient Chinese court, for the sake of political ideas, or for interests, someone must make sacrifices, and the person who has no status and no boss is definitely the first person to go out.

To be clear, what is a 'nest fight'?

As the saying goes: geography determines the scope of the struggle. The underdevelopment of transportation in ancient times determined that the scope of human activities was very limited, and there could be no broader range of activities. For example, to conduct a certain war activity, of course, Genghis Khan and his old man are an example. Compared with Europe, which was always boasting about foreign wars, the war of unification in ancient China was like a hundred years war between a certain country and a certain country, but in fact, compared to ancient China, more than a dozen provinces were fighting, and if the troops were too maneuvered, they would run to the so-called 'foreign countries' as in Europe. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a 'nest fight'.

Hu Zongxian, who is empty, is not a pedantic person, he is a big man with ideals and ambitions, and he will not be like those scholars and civil officials who always flaunt a clear stream and loyalty, and disdain to make friends with the powerful, but deeply realize the huge opportunity for making friends with the powerful for their own ambitions.

Therefore, in order to fight against the great cause of the Japanese, he had to choose to compromise and be wronged by Zhao Wenhua, who was regarded as a small person by the world.

Although the boss of the court is covered by Yan Song, who can predict what stumbling blocks will be behind the treacherous Zhao Wenhua?

He also looks down on hypocrites like Zhao Wenhua, but he knows very well the power of Zhao Wenhua to reverse black and white and fake public and private interests, he needs a court with clean ears, and he needs the help of this big guy.

What is the compromise of the whole? What's the point of being deliberately welcoming?

In the face of the great cause of resisting the Japanese, these can be ignored.

He needed a platform, a big stage where he could fulfill his lifelong ambition.

As long as I am allowed to complete the great cause of resisting Japanese aggression, it is okay for me to lose my life, let alone lose some human dignity a little.

After completing the great cause in the future, even if he is mistaken for a traitor, he is willing.

The sword buries the wrong, and the loyal soul surrounds the white clouds.

Just ask for peace of mind, who cares about the afterlife?

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