Rou Niang hugged the usual, everyone restarted, the topic returned to business, and asked Yu Dayou silently: "Brother Yu, how is it in Fujian and Zhejiang now?" ”

Yu Dayou said: "After Wang Zhi arrived in Pinghu last year, his subordinates were quite honest, but Ma Yiyi was based in Kemei, Zhejiang, and he still suffered from the constraints if he did not listen to the constraints. Lord Ministry organized a battle and ordered me to fight with Lu Bo left and right, sink his grain ship, and won several battles in a row. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Ma Yiyi fled south, and now most of the Japanese are in Fujian and Huguang, although the fighting is frequent, but there is no big scene. ”

Yu Dayou's 'Wang Zhi into Pinghu' was a major event in the history of the anti-Japanese war, stimulated by the silent submission of Xu Hai, Hu Zongxian spared no effort in planning in recent years, wanting to invite Wang Zhi to the shore.

On the one hand, he sent Shen Jing and frequently delivered autumn waves to Wang Zhi, I don't know how many promises he made, and how many poisonous oaths he made, hoping that Wang Zhi could meet with him, and everyone would have a good talk to build a harmonious and beautiful new Zhejiang.

But as the ultimate boss of the Japanese world, Wang Zhi is a real old annihilation giant, in terms of IQ, five Xu Hai is tied together, and he can't compare to the old ship owner, he knows that all promises are unreliable, so where will he surrender? After negotiating with Hu Zongxian for several years, you came and went politely, but in fact you did not let go at all, and thought about using Hu Zongxian as a gunman all day long -- in fact, he cooperated with Governor Hu for only one purpose, that is, he hoped to use the hands of the government to eradicate the disobedient thorns one by one, so that he could become the only overlord on the sea!

At that time, all competitors will have to rely on him, and the Wufeng fleet will naturally become the only big operator at sea, and he will engage in monopoly management, so that he will become the controller above the city, and he will naturally be able to dominate the rivers and lakes for thousands of generations.

However, Wang Zhi is smart, but Hu Zongxian is not a fuel-efficient lamp, although he is warm and caring for Wang Zhi, and there are gifts to be presented during the New Year's holidays, and his enthusiasm is comparable to that of a passionate lover, but the means under the negotiation table are no less - he sent Jiang Zhou, who has the talent of a lobbyist, to lobby the powerful clan of Kyushu, Ouchi Yoshicho and Otomo Yoshijin, expressing his willingness to establish a close partnership with them, not to blame the past, and to create a harmonious and beautiful new situation...... The signboard of the southeastern governor of the Ming Dynasty is still very good, and both the Ouchi family and the Otomo family are ready to send 'tribute envoys' to return the plundered population, ask for tribute, and prepare to trade with China.

This was a great shock to Wang Zhi, because he understood that this meant that the powerful feudal lords of Kyushu would soon be intolerable and would dominate their territory. In fact, before this, Shimazu Takahisa had already begun the Osumi United War, which made the space for Wang Zhi's existence in Yumoto smaller and smaller.

The deeper reason is that with the deepening of the Anti-Japanese War, the advantages of Daming's vast resources and strong strength have been reflected. A series of outstanding civil and military officials, such as Hu Zongxian, Shen Mo, Lu Bo, Yu Dayou, and Qi Jiguang, emerged, and the recruits with combat effectiveness completely replaced the decadent and erosive guards, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army became stronger and stronger.

Correspondingly, the ratio of casualties between the officers and soldiers and the Japanese is no longer so great, and although it is far from being equal, the tragedy of ten people not being able to replace one person for one person is no longer repeated. The number of casualties among the Japanese has risen dramatically, and naturally there are many real Japanese among them.

Speaking of these true Japanese people, the fate is actually very tragic, most of them come from Kyushu, part of them are the army of the princes, but more of them are the ronin who lost the war, the civilians who lost their land, these people listen to the propaganda of the Japanese Bandits, thinking that China's coastal areas are rich and prosperous, the people are weak, the defense is lax, and it is easy to rob and get rich, so they have the dream of making a fortune and become a shameful Japanese Bandits.

In fact, in any Japanese army, the proportion of true Japanese is not large, at most no more than 30%, generally about 20%, but often after each battle, the definition of the most casualties is these people, even more than the majority of the 'false Japanese', the number of casualties is more.

The reason is very simple, those cunning Han people, taking advantage of their own ignorance of Chinese geography and simple-minded weaknesses, let them act as death squads, what strikers break off, siege and blockade, all are the tasks of these fake widows.

But when it came to the distribution of spoils after the war, it was a different situation, and the tendon said that he always divided less and shared the latter, and could not share much valuable things, and was fully endowed with the great sentiment of 'enduring hardships in the front and enjoying in the back'.

Every time the Japanese invaded the city, they let the real Japanese rush in front and fight to the death, but once the city fell, those Han people rushed into the city first and looted all the treasures in the city; If they were preempted into the city by the Shinwa, the Han Chinese would lie to them, saying that the treasury was hidden in prisons or other difficult places to attack.

At this time, the real widow believed it, so he called his fellow villagers and compatriots together to attack those places. At this time, the Han people pretended to be widows, so they went to the treasury, took away thousands of official money, and then slipped away. And the real Japanese often don't know it, and they are still working hard to attack those useless places, and when the Ming army counterattacks and defeats them, all the dead and wounded prisoners are real Japanese people, and none of the Japanese are created.

The incident that Shen Mo heard about happened in the spring of the 38th year of Jiajing, and before that, he had suffered a lot of casualties, so his bereaved family had many resentments against the Japanese invaders, and their attitude towards Wang Zhi also changed from support to hatred. And the original daimyo who supported Wang Zhi were also very dissatisfied because of heavy losses, little gains, and a serious imbalance between input and output.

Moreover, in the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing, Ye Ma, Xin Wulang and others died, and Xu Hai and Xu Hong defected and became the vanguard of the elimination of the Japanese invaders, which made the strong clan feel that he had lost the hope of defeating the official army, and was very dissatisfied with Wang Zhi's wait-and-see attitude in the process, so his position on him also changed greatly.

When the envoys of Ouchi and the Otomo family were about to set off, Wang Zhi finally couldn't bear the pressure and decided to go ashore to negotiate with Hu Zongxian, so as not to fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy.

In the 38th year of Jiajing, he arrived at Cen Port in Zhejiang Province with hundreds of warships, as well as more than 1,000 elite subordinates, together with the envoy of Dayouyi Town, Shanmiao, and asked to land and negotiate with Hu Zongxian.

Hu Butang finally got what he wanted, and it was supposed that he should be relieved at this time, but on the contrary, he was in big trouble - just like Shen Mo did at the beginning, he chose to carry out his plan in private, and did not inform his subordinates of the details of the plan, let alone the people under his rule. Because he holds the same view as Shen Mo, in this world, most people are irrational, and they can't be allowed to indulge in military politics based on their likes and dislikes, but they must rely on a few sober people to act arbitrarily and arbitrarily in order to achieve great things.

But when Wang Zhi swaggered to Cen Gang and demanded to go ashore for negotiations, huge differences arose within the government, and most of the officials were conservative, and they demanded that Hu Zongxian refuse to negotiate with Wang Zhi and use the strongest means to fight back against the other party's provocations.

Among them, the patrol according to the imperial history Wang Bengu is the most extreme, and he has even played the emperor, saying: 'The will of the straight is unpredictable, and the fear of insulting is acceptable!' So one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and those ignorant people in the court and the middle of the country were all talking about it, saying that Hu Zongxian was going to cause chaos in the southeast!

Even Hu Zongxian's iron team, the civil and military officials in Zhejiang, watched from the sidelines, and no one came out to support him. Even Lu Bo, the general he relied on the most, met with Shanmiao in private and asked him to capture Wang Zhi as a condition for paying tribute.

As a result, the generals, who were unwilling to negotiate a solution to the problem, mobilized their troops to Cen Harbor without authorization, and imposed martial law on the area, prohibiting any ships from entering or leaving. The same thing has happened once in the 36th year of Jiajing, but at that time, Wang Zhi came uninvited, and the Ming army's precautions were still excusable, but this time it was Governor Hu who asked several times, and people came, but they were rejected again, and the old shipowner was in a bad mood, which can be imagined.

He sent Mao Haifeng again to go ashore and ask Hu Zongxian: "We will wait for the edict to come, and we will rest the army and settle down." It is said that the messenger should welcome him from afar, and the banquet will be delivered. Today, Chen Junrong is prosperous, and it is forbidden to travel between boats, and I am a man? "This passage translates into the vernacular, which means, 'It's not like that's how people play.'"

Hu Zongxian was very depressed, things had come to this point, which he had not expected before-he underestimated the unrealistic stubbornness of the Qingliu ministers, and underestimated the desire of his generals to defeat Wang Zhi...... The current situation is completely different from when Shen Mo recruited An Xu Hai a few years ago, when the pressure of the Japanese was too great, and the Ming army was staggered, and they wanted to reduce the burden, so although there were criticisms, it was successfully realized.

But now, seeing that the war situation is becoming more and more favorable, more and more generals of the Ming army have begun to enthusiastically look forward to making meritorious contributions and sealing their wives and sons, and Hu Butang wants to solve the problem through negotiation, which is obviously not in line with their wishes.

But Hu Zongxian is not one of those ministers who only knows empty slogans, nor is he a military general who only knows how to fight, he is the governor of the southeast who commands the overall situation, and he has a superhuman sober understanding of the current situation. He knew that the reason why the Japanese had stopped in recent years was actually the silent Shibo Division, and it was precisely because of the huge trade profits and escort benefits that Wang Zhi and the close forces under his control were all focused on trade and escort, and the disturbance to the mainland was naturally reduced.

Therefore, in recent years, what the official army has defeated is actually some newly added miscellaneous strengths, and the real veteran Japanese robbers, not only have not been weakened, but because of the growth of financial resources, they have recruited troops and ships, and their equipment has also been replaced with guns, and they have become more and more powerful.

Therefore, Hu Zongxian clearly realized that the current calm is fragile, and maybe one day, because of some contradictions, those maritime merchants who are becoming more and more powerful will lead an invincible army to appear in front of him. This feeling made it difficult for him to sleep, so this problem had to be solved! And it is better to settle it peacefully.

But as a deep and thick old spicy man, he will not be desperate at any time, pinning all his hopes on a thing that has not yet made a big score, he must be prepared in all aspects and leave a way back for himself. And he had to avoid having a handle in the hands of someone else, and not go too far against the will of the people, no matter how stupid it might be.

Hu Zongxian, a dignified member of the first class, the crown prince and the governor of the southeast, was depressed at that time because it was difficult for his sister-in-law to be an aunt, so in the face of Mao Haifeng's questioning, he could only try his best to persuade in many ways, and even swore at the cost of cursing, and wrote a written guarantee to Wang Zhi, promising to ensure Wang Zhi's safety and personal freedom, and to strive for the imperial court to meet his requirements as much as possible, Yunyun. At the same time, he had to persuade his civil and military officials to agree to his plan.

Hu Zongxian's compromise was not in vain, because Wang Zhi finally lost his temper...... In fact, he can't be angry and can't do it, because at this time Wang Zhi is already riding a tiger - Miaoshan has already issued him an ultimatum to negotiate with the government as soon as possible, otherwise he will leave Wang Zhi aside and go it alone.

And in the face of the Ming army that had been assembled, Wang Zhi couldn't be tough, he could only test again and again...... first proposed to let Mao Haifeng come back, in fact, Hu Zongxian thought that it was a waste of money to package him for food and lodging all day, so he didn't say a word, so he let Xiao Mao go back.

Seeing Mao Haifeng coming back with all his beards and tails, and with Hu Zongxian's gifts, Wang Zhi's heart was half lowered, and then proposed to send a noble official as a hostage, Hu Zongxian didn't care about this, anyway, the officials under his command were not his sons, so he immediately promoted Shen Jing and Xia Zheng to two levels, one became a governor and a senator, and the other became a commander, and quickly became a scholar and a martial artist, two senior officials, and let them go to Cen Gang as hostages.

At this time, Wang Zhi was finally relieved, he ordered Mao Haifeng to stay in Cen Gang and be optimistic about the back road, while he took Ye Zongman and Wang Ruxian to the mainland and went to Pinghu to see Hu Zongxian...... Hu Zongxian deliberately moved from Hangzhou to Pinghu, in order to stay away from those noisy guys, so that he could not see out of sight and be out of mind, and he could reduce the pressure, which showed his good intentions.

Hu Zongxian in accordance with his own promise, with the highest standard to meet Wang Zhi, these two old rivals who have been dealing with each other for many years, finally met and sat together, although it is not a sympathy, but he treats Wang Zhi very politely, and never restricts his freedom, this is neither a 'state of etiquette, keeping promises', nor is there any conspiracy, but it is an inevitable choice in the face of the strong...... If Wang Zhi had lost the thousands of elites in Cen Gang, thousands of ships on the ocean, and tens of thousands of horses, Hu Zongxian would still invite him to dinner, but it was just a prison meal, how could he let him be so free?

For his own capital, Wang Zhi has the confidence that he is not arrogant, so he reunited with his mother and son with peace of mind, while enjoying the joy of family, while patiently waiting for the result of the negotiation.

Who knew that this wait was a year, from November of the 38th year of Jiajing, to November of the 39th year of the current year, it was about to pass, and he still did not wait for the final result. However, he also knew that the efficiency of this huge imperial court was astonishingly low, and it was thousands of miles away, so the negotiations were naturally time-consuming, and often a condition was made here, and the result was discussed, and then the news was sent back, which was a month later. Then he bargained again, and it was another month, and if it came down, time was naturally worthless.

Fortunately, to do his step in trading, he only needs to check the strategy, and as for the specific operation, someone will naturally do it, and he doesn't need to worry about it at all, he can just take the opportunity to accompany the old lady more, so Wang Zhi's mood is basically stable, and he is not particularly impatient.

But things are far from being as simple as he imagined, Hu Zongxian encountered unimaginable resistance in recruiting Wang Zhi, and many people believed that Wang Zhi should be killed by taking this opportunity, on the one hand, to prevent future troubles, and on the other hand, to wash away the slander of those opponents against him.

Hu Zongxian suddenly found that he encountered the same problem as Shen Mo at the beginning, when Shen Mo surrendered Xu Hai, he went to preside over the ceremony, and he also persuaded Shen Mo in private, cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and never suffer in the future.

At that time, Shen Mo's choice was to keep his promises and not break his promises, coupled with the situation of enemies and friends at that time, Shen Mo passed the test smoothly, and his reputation in the government and the opposition was very good, and they all said that he was committed and kept his promises, and although he was young, he had the style of an elder...... He was promoted to governor at the age of twenty-five, but there were not many people who said strange things, and it had a lot to do with it.

But the reason why Shen Mo was able to pass the test relied on the reason of 'using Xu Hai to fight against Wang Zhi', but now to keep Wang Zhi, Hu Zongxian can't catch the medicine according to the prescription, he really doesn't know, who else is worth letting Wang Zhi deal with?

Wang Zhi is not Xu Hai, he is recognized as the king of pirates, the ancestor of the pirates, and there is no more valuable pirate and pirate in this world.

So Hu Zongxian couldn't find a convincing reason to keep Wang Zhi, so as to go by, as time went by, how much pressure did he put on, especially the Zhejiang Inspector Wang Bengu, who attacked him for several months and three times to attack him for 'raising his own respect' and 'appeasing and annihilating' Yunyun, although the emperor did not pursue it, but he never issued an order to reprimand Wang Bengu, which made Hu Zongxian more and more frightened, I don't know what the emperor's attitude is, will it be that one day, a brocade guard will come to the door and lock himself in the capital like Zhang Jing?

In panic, he gradually began to waver...... Of course, that's an afterthought.

(To be continued)