Yang Cong didn't expect that things would develop like this, he arrested Wang Zhi's parents, wife and children, of course, he wanted to lure Wang Zhi to send someone to contact, and then take advantage of the situation to recruit Wang Zhi.

As a result, Wang Zhi didn't send anyone to contact him, but Yan Song sent Yin Menghuai of Ying Tianfu to rob people.

It seems that this Wang Zhi thinks that Yan Song is stronger than him, so he chooses to rely on Yan Song and not contact him.

This situation is naturally what he doesn't want to see, so how can he let Wang Zhi take the initiative to contact him?

This question doesn't seem to be complicated, as long as he proves that he is stronger than Yan Song, at least to prove that his power in the southeast is stronger than Yan Song, and Yan Song has no way to snatch people from him at all.

Is Yan Songqiang strong?

Of course, this guy is very strong, otherwise he would not be able to make a name in history and become one of the most famous corrupt officials in history.

However, Yan Song's strength is not to strategize, let alone lead troops to fight, his strength is to compete for power and profit, corruption and bend the law, to say that in terms of force, he basically has no strength.

This guy actually chose to fight with himself, isn't this looking for abuse?

Yang Cong changed his low-key style during this period, and the next day, he drove to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies in Nanjing to convene the left and right governors on duty to discuss the matter of rearmament and warfare.

It can be said that in addition to accepting the control of the emperor of the current dynasty, in other aspects, the tunwei system of Nanzhili is independent, and it is not under the jurisdiction of the military department of the capital of the capital and the capital of the five armies.

Yang Cong was originally the governor of Zhejiang, and he had the right to govern the Nanzhi Tunwei, and with the support of the Wei Guogong family, the left and right governors of the Nanjing Five Military Governor's Mansion naturally obeyed him.

This time, in order to deter Wang Zhi, he also made a lot of money, and he recruited 50,000 elite guards at one time!

You must know that Jiajing did not promise him to supply food and salary, that is to say, the 50,000 elite food and salary of the tunwei must be solved by himself, 50,000 tunwei, the military food alone will cost 500,000 or 600,000 stone a year, if you add the most basic salary, it is almost a million taels of expenditure a year, and the general governor really does not dare to do this, and even Jiajing does not dare to do this.

Just kidding, 50,000 elite guards, it doesn't mean that the Ming Dynasty has no soldiers, just in the south of Zhili, 100,000 elite guards can be summoned, the main Ming court has no money, not to mention one million taels, 100,000 taels of Jiajing is estimated to be difficult to take out.

Of course, Yang Cong is also a little difficult to take out, although the salt business is profitable, after their Yang family monopolizes Shanxi's salt introduction, it is not a problem to earn more than two million taels a year, but the problem is that half of the more than 60,000 salt quotations belong to the Lu family, and their Yang family can only get more than one million taels a year.

Is he crazy to do this, if you add the cost of manufacturing weapons and equipment and warships, not only will he not make money, but he will have to put money into it.

Of course he is not crazy, he will still calculate this account, the income of the southeast overseas trade is no worse than the salt business of the Ming Dynasty, if he can replace the four giants of maritime commerce in one fell swoop to become the leader of the southeast overseas trade, let alone one million taels, it is possible to earn ten million taels a year!

His order to recruit 50,000 guards was only the first step, and then, Shao Qianhu, who had led the troops to rob people, was transferred out of Jinling and transferred to the remote Yizhou Wei as a thousand households, and was beaten into the cold palace from then on.

That's it, it's because this guy met at the beginning, and he didn't talk back to Xu Bangrui, the prince of Wei, otherwise, he wouldn't want to be a thousand households.

Subsequently, Ying Tianfu Yin was impeached by the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for corruption, and he was disgraced and almost dismissed from his post for investigation.

Yang Cong just wanted to tell Wang Zhi through these actions that it was useless to rely on Yan Song, at least, in this southeast realm, Yan Song couldn't kill him at all.

This series of means was used, and more than ten days passed, and at this time, the elite and craftsmen of the Shenji Battalion recruited from Shanxi had already entered the territory of Nanzhili, and they were about to arrive in Jinling City, and Wang Zhi finally confessed.

Wang Zhi is really out of luck, he doesn't know how many times he has begged Yan Song's cronies, but his parents, wife and children are still in Yang Cong's hands, and even the people he sent can't get close to the house where his parents, wives and children live, and he doesn't even know what happened to his parents, wives and children.

In this case, unless he led people to attack Jinling City, there would be no way to rescue his parents, wives and children.

Does he dare to attack Jinling City?

What are you kidding, of course he doesn't dare, not to mention how many guards there are in Nanzhili, can he lead the army to reach Jinling City, even if he leads the army to reach Jinling City smoothly, what if Yang Cong is gathering the elite of the guards at this time, there are at least 30,000 or 40,000 guards stationed in Jinling City, and he doesn't even have 10,000 under his command, so he went to Jinling City to seek death?

Yan Song was also completely out of order, this robbery is not as good as grabbing an official position, it doesn't mean that you have the right to have the means, the key is to have someone, the party under him is basically a civil servant, and there are no generals at all, especially in Nanzhili, he can make a thousand households even good, but Yang Cong is the governor of the five armies, what do he use to rob others.

Wang Zhi finally recognized the reality and no longer relied on Yan Song, but secretly sent his godson Mao Lie to Jinling City to visit Yang Cong.

Yang Cong heard that Wang Zhi's people were finally here, so he was naturally happy in his heart, and at the same time he was a little nervous, although he was already the governor of Zhejiang at this time, and he could mobilize thousands of troops, but he himself was still an ordinary person, not a master.

At this time, I want to personally meet the person sent by Wang Zhi, the leader of the Japanese bandits, and it is false to say that he is not nervous.

He thought about it, but still recruited Tang Kekuan and Qi Jingtong, standing on both sides of the lobby on the left and right, and then ordered someone to bring in the people sent by Wang Zhi.

As soon as Mao Lie walked in, Yang Cong's eyes couldn't help narrowing, this guy is really not simple, this body shape is about to catch up with Peng Hu, and his face is full of strength, and his momentum is not inferior to Tang Kekuan and Qi Jingtong at all, he really didn't expect that Wang Zhi would have such a fierce general.

Mao Lie looked at Yang Cong, and he was a little nervous, although his kung fu was good, but his background was low, he was born as a fisherman, and when he saw such a big official as the governor, it was false to say that he was not nervous.

The two glanced at each other nervously, and Mao Lie, who was five big and three thick, was stunned, and he respectfully arched his hand and said, "Villain Mao Lie, see Lord Governor." ”

Yang Cong nodded slightly, and then asked, "What did Wang Zhi send you for?" ”

Do you ask this knowingly?

Mao Lie didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Yang Cong, he could only reply honestly: "My lord, the main reason why my father-in-law sent the villain here is to ask my lord to raise his noble hand and let his father-in-law's family go." ”

As soon as Yang Cong saw his attitude, he knew that Wang Zhi had confessed it, and if he did, it would be easy to do it next.

He said unhurriedly: "This question is a bit troublesome, he is a well-known leader of the Japanese pirates in the southeast, and this official is responsible for clearing out the pirates and pirates, and it is difficult to let his family go." If the official lets his family go, can the emperor let the official go? ”