In the Governor's Mansion of Pinghu City, important generals such as Hosokawa Huiyuan, Hu Zongxian, Zhao Wenhua, Yu Dayou, and Qi Jiguang gathered together to drink and talk.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhao Wenhua was drunk and drunk under the table, and several generals also went down to reward the soldiers, and only Hosokawa Huiyuan and Hu Zongxian were left in the hall.

"Gen-sama! Come on, come on, and the lower official will toast you again. After speaking, Hu Zongxian immediately drank a cup, and Hosokawa Huiyuan also returned a glass with water instead of wine.

"Hahaha, happy! This battle can wipe out the open sea pirates in one fell swoop, and it all depends on the strategy of Lord Yuan. Tsk, draw the ground as a prison, please enter the urn, adults are really a good means. Hahaha" After that, Hu Zongxian laughed heartily, he knew in his heart that after this battle, he would definitely be promoted to an official and a knight, and the reward would naturally be indispensable. Because Hosokawa Terumoto is an outsider after all, the credit must be his alone, and it is beautiful to think about it.

"Hey~" Looking at Hu Zongxian, who was smiling so happily, Hosokawa Terugen sighed.

"Uh~cough." Hu Zongxian, who was laughing vigorously, choked on this sigh. After relieving a while, Hu Zongxian asked suspiciously: "On the occasion of this great victory, why do you sigh?" But what else is wrong with the lower officials? ”

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just sad down there." Hosokawa Terumoto had a sad expression.

"Sad? Sorrowful? "Monk Hu Zongxian and the second monk were puzzled.

"Yes, I think of my homeland, which has been invaded and humiliated by foreign enemies, the land has been lost, the national treasure has been lost, and the people of my country are living in misery." Speaking of the heartache, Hosokawa Terumoto couldn't help but shed tears.

"Hey, my lord's day is mourning, maybe my lord can rely on this big victory to ask the emperor to send troops to help or provide weapons." Hu Zongxian also thought that Hosokawa Terumen's homeland referred to the Wa Kingdom, but in fact it was not, it was China a hundred years later. Although he traveled through Japan, just to grab survival points, his heart was in Daming.

"I thank the Governor for his kindness, the affairs of Japan don't need to be worried about by the suzerain, and they will be resolved later." Hosokawa Terumoto politely rejected Hu Zongxian's proposal. I thought: [Just kidding, let the Ming send troops, waste financial, material and human resources, with these capitals, it is better to drive out the Tartars now.] I don't want weapons, and I wish Japan was still in the era of cold weapons, so as to fundamentally curb Japan's armament level. ]

"Actually, my homeland was originally strong and strong, and the weapons were sharp, but it's a pity." As he spoke, he drank a glass of water.

"Hehe, yes, if it weren't for the minister's power, it wouldn't be like this." Hosokawa Terumoto was hehe, Hu Zongxian.

"It's not all about the corruption of the dynasty, the most important thing is the corruption of the bureaucracy, and the misery of the people caused by land annexation......" Hosokawa Terumoto began to gush about these harms, Hu Zongxian frowned, these problems also exist in the Ming Dynasty, and may be more serious than this.

"The so-called strongest castles are often breached from within, and the Governor should know that he knows it well, right?"

"Hmm." Then he poured himself a glass of turbid wine, although he understood these truths, but he embezzled military salaries, lived a luxurious life, and lustful, which is an indisputable fact, for which he is known as the "Governor's Silver Mountain".

"Then the Ming people don't say dark words, since they came to the Ming Empire, although the time is still shallow. But I see that the shortcomings of Daming are already very deep, Yan Song grabs power, land annexation and so on. Presumably, as a corrupt giant, the Governor should know better than me, right? ”

Hu Zongxian was shocked by this sudden blow, and raised his eyebrows, and then forced to calm down. But this subtle action did not escape Hosokawa Terumen's eyes, although he was a huge greed, in fact, he and Wang Zhi were equally worthy of being saved. Although Wang Zhi was the leader of the Japanese bandits, he actually longed for the Ming Dynasty to develop ports, trade freely, and develop the economy of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he also made every effort to restrain his subordinates to prohibit the Ming Dynasty, and he also participated in the extermination of pirates, hoping to get the understanding of the imperial court. Both of them are helpless or drifting with the flow, but they are also concerned about Daming and are willing to pay for the century-old foundation of Daming.

Seeing that Hu Zongxian was silent, Hosokawa Teruyuan knew the contradiction in his heart, and suddenly changed his words and said: "Today, I saw that the soldiers of the Ming Empire are really the army of tigers and wolves, and the weapons are peerless!" ”

"Haha, that's natural, my Ming army is strictly disciplined, and the weapons are extremely sharp, which is the blessing of my Ming Dynasty." Hearing the praise of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Zongxian couldn't help but feel proud in his heart.

"It's a pity." Hosokawa Terumoto shook his head with a sigh.

"But? Pity? Another 180° reversal, Hu Zongxian felt that he couldn't keep up with Hosokawa Teruyuan's leaping thinking.

"Your Excellency the Governor, you also led the troops to fight, do you bear the bloody battles of the soldiers in front, and after you go back, Tuntian is occupied, and you can't even eat?"

"This..." Hu Zongxian can also be regarded as a compassionate officer.

"You know that no matter how good the weapons are, they can't withstand the corrosion of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and will only turn into scrap metal in the end, as is the case in the Battle of the Changshan River."

"Uh... Hu Zongxian was choked speechless.

"Think about it, I have such a heroic soldier and such a sharp weapon, but let the local tyrants and gentry take away the loyalty of the soldiers, and the corrupt officials corrode the sharpness of the weapon, and finally went to the road of self-destruction. Isn't it pathetic? Alas? Pity? Hosokawa Teiyuan's emotional statement also infected Hu Zongxian, and after drinking some wine, Hu Zongxian's head was hot and said: "If my lord has a solution, even if the lower officials fight for their lives, they must save my Ming Dynasty." ”

"Good! In this case, I only need the Governor to be my tainted witness to help me bring down Yan Song's party. ”

"Dirty? Unsullied? Hu Zongxian was stunned by this new term.

"Well, anyway, as a witness, I am exposing the criminal evidence of Yan Song and his party. Afterwards, the Lord was safe and sound. ”

"Good! The lower officials listened to the orders of the adults. Xia Guan had already carefully studied the adult's method of changing the law before, although it seemed that those lawless people benefited, but since the half a year he lived with the adult, Xia Guan was even more sure that this was another strategy for the adult to invite the king into the urn. "Since he decided to stand on Hosokawa Terumen's side, Hu Zongxian also confessed a lot of confidential information in a single manner.

In the early morning of the next day, outside the camp in Pinghu City, all the soldiers looked at Hu Zongxian and Zhao Wenhua in the prisoner car in surprise, thinking that they had rewarded the three armies yesterday, but how could they become criminals today?

Hu Zongxian was fine, he looked calm in the prisoner car. But Zhao Wenhua was not calm, he drank well last night, and when he woke up early in the morning, he was locked in this prisoner car, scolding and not saying anything, and his attitude was also very arrogant, and he forcibly ordered the soldiers to release him, but unfortunately it was the Shenji Battalion that was escorted, and he only obeyed the orders of the prison army Hosokawa Terumen.

Before leaving, Hosokawa Terumoto asked Hu Zongxian: "I am going to expand overseas colonies, can the Governor intend to let your son develop overseas?" ”

"Oh? The sinner is willing to listen to him. Of course, Hu Zongxian is happy to keep his children and grandchildren away from this place, in case one of them is not done well, the emperor will be displeased and beheaded, but it will make his Hu family extinct.

"It's very simple, I'm going to open the flat account, let the noble son pass to Matsuura Takanbu first, and then let him give way to the noble son." Hosokawa Terumoto immediately proposed this plan, knowing that Matsuura Takanobu is now a captive, and he can make the Matsuura clan lose his family name at any time.

"Huh? Is this okay? Hu Zongxian, who looked confused, did not understand the Japanese concept of family names at all.