Sprinkled with thousands of words, Lao Zhu dictated Li Hualong's handwriting, and it is estimated that Wanli will faint happily after reading this longest secret letter in history. In the letter, Zhu Yidao described in detail the problems he was facing, and the various situations that were about to emerge, and repeatedly reminded the emperor that he must pay attention to give Li Hualong enough power, otherwise he would not be able to suppress this group of native emperors in Zhejiang; And Wanli must support them unconditionally, no matter how much resistance there is in the government and the opposition, this matter must be carried out to the end! In any case, the monks in Zhejiang cannot be allowed to read the scriptures crookedly, otherwise it will be an irreversible disaster for the Ming Dynasty.

By the time the two of them were busy, it was already three o'clock in the evening, Li Hualong was already hungry and didn't feel it, but Lao Zhu's stomach was already growling. "People are iron rice and steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry! Let's go! Go to the restaurant and order something to eat! As soon as he pulled up Li Hualong and ran out, he just knocked on the door, only to see the spy who had just delivered the letter standing respectfully at the door, still carrying a basket in his hand.

"The two adults, they didn't eat that night, so their subordinates took matters into their own hands and went to the restaurant to get some side dishes and food. If you eat it now, your subordinates will take it hot again. The spy turned and walked out.

Zhu Yidao was extremely moved, and hurriedly grabbed him, and stuffed some broken silver into his hand: "You didn't eat either, did you?" Heat this meal, get more meat, and let's eat it together! ”

The spy hurriedly excused himself: "No, no, no! The two adults are so busy with official business, where do their subordinates dare to disturb! Wait a while, go and come! Lao Zhu laughed and grabbed him and stuffed the silver into his hand: "Come on!" You don't have to play with Lao Tzu, you can come if you come! You're welcome! Go for it! ”

There was a clear twinkle in the spy's eyes, and without saying a word, he turned around and ran out. Li Hualong looked at Lao Zhu enviously: "Okay, it's only been a few days, and you have such a loyal subordinate who can do things!" Look at his young age! Zhu Yidao also smiled: "Where, where, this little guy looks fifteen or sixteen years old, but he is quite old-fashioned!" It's really rare! In the future, we must cultivate it well. ”

As he spoke, the spy knocked softly at the door, and when he entered, he neatly put down the basket of food, turned and walked out. Zhu Yidao was a little funny, and quickly grabbed him: "You little guy, what are you polite to let you eat?" In the future, remember that except for official business, there are no rules in front of me Zhu Qianhu! If you are polite to Lao Tzu again, Lao Tzu will really be rude to you! ”

The spy then sat down resignedly, and carefully opened the lid on the basket. There is roast chicken, mutton, and loose wine! After finishing the meal, he comfortably put his legs on the table, and he picked the shredded meat in his teeth and asked, "What's your name?" ”

The spies were still a little restrained at first, but when they saw Li Hualong

c With Lao Zhu's eating appearance, he couldn't care much anymore, so he tore off a piece of chicken and chewed it heavily. It's just that Lao Zhu and the others are hungry, and they are full of food after dividing five by two, and then only the spies are left on the table who are still chewing. He was still wondering in his heart, why did these two adults eat so quickly? As soon as he heard Lao Zhu's question, he quickly swallowed the muscles in his mouth into his stomach, sat down honestly, and then replied, "I...... My name is Deng Ai......"

Thump!

Zhu Yidao fell to the ground again. After getting up, he asked embarrassedly, "Who taught you so many rules?" ”

"My father has always taught me that I must have a standing appearance when I stand and a sitting appearance, even if I am a brocade guard, I am also a sergeant of the Ming Dynasty!" Deng Ai said this loudly, making the two of them nod their heads incessantly, which made Lao Zhu feel very embarrassed.

"And which part of you are from?" Zhu Yidao always felt that his eyes were tight.

"Subordinate...... The subordinate is the Jingshi Guard who only entered this year! Jiang Qianhu is allowed! As soon as he mentioned this, Deng Ai's bore suddenly stood tall again, and he looked very sacred. In this way, Lao Zhu was very satisfied, but the strange thing was that Jiang Fei hadn't told him about this matter? Although Deng Ai is young, he is extremely flexible, and hurriedly explained: "My father has always praised you, saying that you Zhu Qianhu can be a model for my Ming sergeant, and you are the youngest in my family, so you must let me go to your guard to be a soldier, and said that only you are worthy of being followed by your subordinates and worthy of the trust of your subordinates!" ”

"Your father, no, who is your father?" Lao Zhu drank a little violently, and it became more and more strange, there were still people who admired him these years, and he must send his son to his army to be a soldier? That's a surprise! Li Hualong was also surprised.

"My father is the deputy chief soldier of Yunnan Yongchangwei, the general of Jinshan, and his surname is Deng Zilong!" It seems that his father is the pride of the little one, and at the mention of his father, his face immediately turned red with excitement. Deng Zilong? Li Hualong's eyes widened in disbelief. Deng Zilong is a well-known fierce general in Yunnan, who once followed Qi Jiguang to fight against the Japanese in Fujian and Guangdong coasts, but because of his arrogance, he was not promoted to the Tonggushi garrison until he was forty-three years old. However, he was later transferred to Yongchangwei, Yunnan as a general, and beheaded Hanqian of the Mubang Department who led Burmese soldiers into the country in the counterinsurgency, so he became the deputy commander-in-chief. It was only because he treated the Tengchong soldiers with extremely strict military law when he was also leading the Tengchong battalion, which directly led to the mutiny of the Tengchong battalion and was taken from his post. But then it came back on.

The mutiny in the Tengchong battalion was widely spread in the army back then, after all, the mutiny was a big event. When Li Hualong was in the border army, he had heard that those Miao were fierce, disobeyed discipline, and often gathered people to fight without authorization, and it was normal for Deng Zilong to rule the army with strict military rules. It's just that because of his arrogance, he was carved out of the same mold as the previous Qi Jiguang, and as a result, he offended the general soldiers of Yongchang Guard; It is said that with his official position, it is enough to command a Yao An battalion, but the general soldier must hand over such a hot potato as the Tengchong battalion to him. Such a big thorn battalion, in anyone's hands, will have an accident, Yongchangwei originally planned to abolish this battalion, just because he was worried that these Miao soldiers would disrupt the local social order after they returned, so he reluctantly kept it. As a result, this powder keg exploded in Deng Zilong's hands, and since they all mutinied, there was nothing to say, and Yongchangwei naturally put the responsibility on his head Deng Zilong.

Thinking back on these past events, it is easy to understand that Deng Zilong sent his youngest son to Zhu Yidao, Li Hualong shook his head helplessly, he Deng Zilong was clearly supporting Gu! He gave birth to several sons in a row and unfortunately died, only the youngest son, the relationship with the Yongchangwei general soldier was stiff again, if he was glorious in the future, wouldn't such a young son be killed by others in Yongchangwei?

Zhu Yidao shook his somewhat dizzy head, who is Deng Zilong? Looking at Li Hualong's somewhat melancholy face, he knew that he couldn't ask anything, so he said to Deng Ai: "You must personally deliver this secret letter to the emperor!" Come back and follow me! ”

Deng Ai jumped up with a red face all of a sudden, wiped the oil on his mouth fiercely with the back of his hand, and was about to point to God and swear allegiance, Lao Zhu kicked over: "How many times have I told you, don't break the rules so much in front of Lao Tzu!" Deng Ai laughed, picked up the secret letter on the table, carefully put it in his personal pocket, and said to the two: "Without further ado! Two adults, subordinates will go first! ”

Looking at Deng Ai, who was leaving quickly, Lao Zhu smiled knowingly, when this person is lucky, someone will send him a pillow when he sleeps! This little guy has a very promising future, if he can come out, he will definitely be a general who can defend one side in the future!

There was a low thunderclap outside the window, and it looked like it was going to rain heavily tonight! Zhu Yidao frowned in distress, the road in Zhejiang is a standard cement rain, and the water and mud on the ground are mixed together, you can't tell which is the water and which is the mud, walk all the way, and the pants have to be washed quickly, otherwise the next day it will be hard to kill people! It's no wonder that the farmers in the fields are wearing fashionable "cropped pants", which are easy to wash!

He lowered his head and looked at his regular riding boots, and then looked at the sparse and crooked cement road outside, cursed God, quickly took off his shoes, and then took a knife, cut off the trouser legs below the knee, and then put on the spare straw sandals in the barracks, and walked around the house for a long time, not to mention, it was so comfortable! He also buttoned the local straw hat in Zhejiang on his head, and only kept a cloak unique to Jinyiwei, which made Li Hualong look straight: This shape is too Zhejiang, right? Lao Zhu proudly raised his waist knife and posed, well, it feels different!

None of them expected that the next day, when the two of them walked around the barracks with all the sergeants, this shape has since become the unique image of the Southern Jinyiwei! And gradually there is a tendency to spread to the north.

During this period of time, the weather in the whole Zhejiang has not been good, and it has been drizzling, although it is not big, but it also makes people feel bored and panicked. The secret letter has been handed to Wanli's desk, and he attaches great importance to it, and he specially instructed: Let Li Hualong call the shots in the open, and secretly Zhu Yidao will personally visit, if you encounter the obstruction of the local government or Yang Feng's violation, you can cut it first and then play! Wanli's heart was extremely unhappy, was it easy for him to come up with an idea that could enrich the country and strengthen the people? If this thing is not done well, let the world scold you, at least you have to lose a bunch of heads to accompany me!

After the middle of September, the weather suddenly became even worse, and the torrential rain continued to fall, causing the water of the Xin'an River to rise sharply. The change from rice to mulberry can only be postponed. Li Hualong had already met with Qian Ning, the political envoy of Zhejiang, and he had at least a resolute support for changing rice to mulberry on the surface, but He Jinxian's attitude was a little reluctant.