The Heavenly Wolf was thinking about it, but he heard Hu Zongxian's majestic and deep voice sound again: "General Qi, you will take the soldiers of your department and take a trip to Yiwu with the Heavenly Wolf, a thing, but listen to the orders of the Heavenly Wolf, understand?" ”

As soon as the Heavenly Wolf heard this, he hurriedly raised his head and said, "Lord Ministry, you have your own opinion on this matter, please listen to the report of the lowly position." ”

Hu Zongxian was a little surprised, "oh", calmly picked up a cup of tea from the case, blew lightly, took a small sip, and said, "What else does Lord Sky Wolf have to say?" ”

Heavenly Wolf Zhengse said: "I don't want to move the troops to go this time, if the information of the ministry is accurate, then now the feelings of both sides are very excited, if there are spies in the middle, and provoke from it, I am afraid that it will provoke a civil uprising." ”

Hu Zongxian put down the tea bowl in his hand and said coldly: "But if you don't bring troops forward, how can you suppress these tens of thousands of people, just rely on your three-inch incorruptible tongue of Lord Tianluo?" You must know that these villagers and ordinary people may not buy your Jinyi Wei's account, and if there are really Japanese traitors who incite the people to besiege you, then the matter will only get bigger and bigger, and if the heavens hear it, I am afraid that there will be another huge earthquake in our southeast. ”

Xu Wenchang also followed and said: "Yes, Brother Tianwolf, please think twice about this matter, the people of Yiwu are unruly, and they usually don't even buy the accounts of the government, this time they killed thousands of people, and they didn't stop, and now they are red-eyed, if you go alone at this time, if there are one or two traitors instigated, it will indeed put you in danger." Although Brother Tianwolf's martial arts are world-renowned, he should not be in danger, but he hurt the people with one shot. In the future, it will be difficult to calm down the people's feelings. ”

Heavenly Wolf laughed: "Lord Ministries and Mr. Xu are too worried, this time we can change our disguise, first observe with our eyes, see the truth of the matter, and judge whether there are really Japanese cowards stirring up in it, and if there are really Japanese cowards." We're going to pull him out of the crowd, and as for the common people, I'm not going to get involved in their fights. I will only do something to save lives and help the wounded, and when I see it clearly, I will find a way to stop it. ”

Hu Zongxian's brows furrowed, after all, he had been in officialdom for a long time. I don't know about the rivers and lakes. I don't believe that the wolf can come and go freely in the encirclement of tens of thousands of people, after all, the wolf is the envoy sent to Hangzhou by Jinyiwei, and he has an important mission, in case one of them is not careful, then his own governor of Zhejiang is afraid that he will also do it, he thought for a while, and said: "In this case, Lord Tianluo might as well lead the troops there." Just camp your soldiers near the county seat and then follow your plan. In case things change, these thousands of sergeants can also respond. ”

The heavenly wolf knew that Hu Zongxian still couldn't rest assured of himself, but it was useless to continue to dwell on this issue, after all, Feng Wu still had to entrust him to take care of and heal, and it was not good to get stiff, so he bowed and said, "Then listen to the orders of the department." ”

Hu Zongxian's expression was slightly wider, he turned his head to pick up a general order, and said to Qi Jiguang: "General Qi, you go and prepare quickly, and early tomorrow morning, you will leave the camp and set off." ”

Qi Jiguang stepped forward and lowered his head, respectfully took the arrow with both hands, answered "yes", turned around and withdrew from the camp, and only the three people left in the big tent were Tianluo, Hu and Xu.

Hu Zongxian looked at the Heavenly Wolf calmly and said: "Lord Heavenly Wolf has come from afar, what you said to Wen Chang, Wen Chang has also reported to me, and you must have counted the current situation in the southeast, if there is anything you want to ask this official, this official must know everything." ”

Sky Wolf nodded, he felt that Hu Zongxian also intended to talk to him today, the guards outside the door were all far away, there was no fourth person within fifty steps, this conversation should be safe, he took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Since Lord Ministries said so, that day the wolf will have the courage to ask, is the strategy that Mr. Xu said really the strategy of Lord Ministries to deal with the Japanese in the next few years?" ”

Hu Zongxian nodded seriously: "Yes, the southeast Japanese rebellion has lasted ten years, and the imperial court has also changed several governors, all of which have had little effect, and the soldiers have lost their generals, but the Japanese are fighting more and more, and the more they fight, the bigger and bigger, which shows that it is impossible to completely exterminate them by military means alone, and only by opening the sea ban and giving the coastal people a way to live, can this fundamentally cut off the soil for the emergence and growth of the Japanese invaders." ”

Heavenly Wolf's eyebrows raised: "Hu Butang is also the same as Xiao Ge Lao, and wants to do business with a widow like Wang Zhi?" ”

Hu Zongxian said categorically: "No, Wang Zhi, Xu Hai and Xiao Xian, these widows, must be exterminated, these people are all Han people, but they are willing to join forces with the Oriental bandits, leading foreign thieves to burn and loot the motherland, it is the culprit and the first evil, we must eliminate the evil, that is, in the future, if we really open the sea ban, and do business with overseas countries, including the Oriental, we must first sweep away these Japanese bandits, otherwise they will set a very bad example for the country, and those greedy and lawless people will follow in the footsteps of Wang, Xu and other thieves in the future, and continue to cause trouble on the sea. Even robbing our country's trading merchant fleet, which is difficult for our Ming sailor to protect, so these first evils must be eliminated to set an example. ”

The wolf smiled slightly: "The lord of the ministry is deeply scheming, dedicated to the country, the wolf admires it to the fullest, and the inside story here, the humble position will definitely face the emperor, let the emperor know your hard work." ”

Hu Zongxian's face softened a little, and said: "Heavenly wolf, Wen Chang should have told you that your boss Lu Bing is not a person who can be trusted at a critical moment, this can be seen from Shen Lian's case, this official knows that you are a chivalrous man who is dedicated to the country and does not care about his wealth, so I hope you can find a way to present this news to the emperor himself, instead of passing it on to Commander-in-Chief Lu." ”

Heavenly Wolf shook his head: "Lord Ministry, I didn't know, I saw Commander-in-Chief Lu in Nanjing City a month ago, and he didn't stand with Yan Shifan now, and he also protected Shen Lian more, just let him flow for the time being, and he will find a chance to rescue him back in the future, Commander-in-Chief Lu is also dedicated to the country, and Yan Shifan is not a person all the way." ”

Hu Zongxian sighed: "Heavenly wolf, you are still too young, many times the things in the officialdom are not out of his heart, Lu Bing only thinks about preserving his family and official position." Although he has a conscience, he will not gamble his life to fight a powerful enemy to the end, the reason why this official told you this. It is because the matter of the anti-Japanese struggle in the southeast is a matter of great importance, and my Hu Zongxian's personal advance and retreat are small, and the overall situation of the anti-Japanese struggle in the southeast is a big matter, and at this juncture, we must not give up all the previous achievements, whether it is Yan Shifan or Lu Bing. None of them can interfere with my big things. ”

Sky Wolf was speechless for a long time, he had been thinking about this question since yesterday, and he didn't know if he could believe it all. Intellectually speaking, Lu Bing is indeed ruthless, and it is not impossible to betray himself in the future, but emotionally speaking, he already regards Lu Bing as his father and brother, and he really can't turn his back on him like this. After a long silence. Sky Wolf said: "It's just that the lowly position was personally sent by the commander-in-chief Lu, and if there is something, you must report to him, and you will report directly to the emperor by bypassing the commander-in-chief, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, even if the lowly position really has this mind, I'm afraid I won't be able to see the emperor." ”

Hu Zongxian smiled slightly and looked at Xu Wenchang, who understood. He said: "Brother Heavenly Wolf, the emperor believes in Taoism. Like auspicious things, recently we found a pure white deer in Wuyi Mountain, Fujian, this is the Taoist classics said in the natural auspicious, the ministry of the Lord intends to dedicate this thing to the emperor, by me to write an article praising the kindness of His Majesty, when the time comes to bring back to the capital by Brother Tianluo, the emperor will definitely be happy, personally come to inspect this auspicious thing, Brother Tianwolf can take the opportunity to present Hu Butang's plan to the emperor. ”

Tian Wolf's heart moved: "This plan is very good, but it ...... like this" When the words came to his mouth, he suddenly felt that it was inappropriate, Hu Zongxian patted the emperor like this, and he would be scolded by the people of the world, and those who did not know would only say that he was obsessed with his official mind and flattery, and even those coastal people would scold him for not thinking about peace, and only thinking about protecting his official position, even Yan Song's father and son, who were good at this party, were afraid that they would also hate Hu Zongxian, and they began to make trouble and dismantle the stage.

Hu Zongxian sighed: "Lord Heavenly Wolf wants to say that I, Hu Zongxian, will be ridiculed and scolded by people of insight in the world for doing this kind of minister's act, right?" If there is really infamy, I, Hu Zongxian, bear it, my loyal heart, but the sun and the moon, one day, the world will understand my hardships. ”

The Sky Wolf could only nod and said, "In that case, the lowly duty should be served." It's just a matter of Yiwu, and there is another idea for the humble position, General Qi didn't have time to say it just now, and the humble position here wants to make it clear to the minister. ”

Hu Zongxian nodded, the exchange just now narrowed the distance between the two, and he spoke: "This official just felt that Lord Tianluo repeatedly mentioned this matter, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as trying to catch the Japanese traitors, what else do you have to do, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Tian Wolf told Hu Zongxian that he had discussed with Qi Jiguang in the inn about the idea of recruiting recruits in Yiwu, Hu Zongxian listened quietly, without saying a word, and the light in his eyes flashed, obviously trying his best to think, after a while, he slowly asked: "Wen Chang, how many recruits can we raise with the military funds in our hands now?" ”

Xu Wenchang had been calculating this account in his stomach just now, and when he heard Hu Zongxian ask like this, he quickly replied: "In the military expenses allocated to us by the imperial court this year, in addition to the guards and soldiers, we can recruit 30,000 new soldiers and build 300 new warships, and now General Qi, General Yu, General Lu, and General He have each raised troops ranging from 3,000 to 5,000 people, totaling about 15,000 people, and the ministry has recently transferred 10,000 wolf soldiers from Guangxi, and because of the long distance, the military pay given to them is more than ordinary soldiers. Therefore, we have already exceeded our military spending this year, and if we want to recruit new soldiers, we will probably be able to recruit more than 3,000 more unless we do not build warships. ”

Hu Zongxian nodded, pondered for a while, and continued to ask: "Then if you don't build a warship, can the current scale and strength of our army's naval division fight against the Japanese at sea?" ”

Xu Wenchang shook his head: "The current sailors are only more than 200 old ships, and half of them are requisitioned and modified by fishing boats, and they have no strength to confront the Japanese at sea. ”

Hu Zongxian's eyebrows furrowed: "Are the recruits of the navy army now mainly Yu Dayou and Lu Bo training?" ”

Xu Wenchang said with a straight face: "Yes, now it is the newly recruited soldiers of the two generals Yu Lu who are training the navy, most of them are coastal boat people recruited from Fujian, and the marshal has also seen them." Their combat ability and enthusiasm are good, but they lack strong ships, if 300 ships can be launched within the year. If we issue another 300 next year, then our army will have the ability to directly attack the nest of the Japanese in three years, and we will be able to fight them head-on. ”

Hu Zongxian waved his hand and said: "For the time being, regardless of this year's war, the enemy is strong and I am weak, so I will focus on forbearance and rely on negotiations with Wang Zhi." provoked Wang Zhi and Xu Hai, Xiao Xian, the infighting of the leaders of the Japanese pirates to spend the past two years, if the Japanese invaders went deep into the mainland. They will send wolf soldiers to recruit and suppress, and they will retreat to the sea, and they will not care for the time being, waiting for the training of new recruits of our army. No matter how big the shipbuilding is, only. In one fell swoop, the old nest of the Japanese invaders. ”

"Wen Chang, you go and arrange it, this year's warship will not be built, if General Qi really believes that Yiwu soldiers are available, he will be allowed to recruit 3,000 people and train a new army, if the people of Yiwu are not available, then continue to rely on warships as planned. The sailors of General Yu and General Lu. Let's use those old fishing boats to train first. ”

Xu Wenchang nodded yes. Hu Zongxian turned to the Sky Wolf and said with a smile: "Sky Wolf." Are you satisfied with this arrangement? ”

The Celestial Wolf said in a loud voice, "Thank you for your humble position. If there is nothing else, I will retire from my post and go to Yiwu with General Qi early tomorrow morning. ”

Hu Zongxian waved his hand: "Alas, Lord Sky Wolf doesn't have to be in such a hurry to leave, this official still has one more important matter, and he wants to entrust Lord Sky Wolf to handle it." ”

The Heavenly Wolf stopped his steps and said strangely, "What else does the Lord of the Ministry have to say?" ”

Hu Zongxian took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the heavenly wolf: "You take a look at this letter first, this is what Wang Zhi secretly handed to me this time to Mao Haifeng, and even Xu Hai doesn't know the storage of this letter." ”

Tianluo's face changed, he stepped forward to take the letter, and hurriedly looked at it, only to see that it was written that Wang Zhi entrusted Hu Zongxian to send troops to exterminate Chen Sipan, a sea thief who was rampant in Fujian and Guangdong, and Xiao Xian, the leader of the Japanese pirates who joined forces with Chen Sipan.

The wolf read it twice, sneered and returned the letter to Hu Zongxian: "These robbers are greedy for profit, and they will only fight for power and profit. The Lord of the Ministry can just break them all. ”

Hu Zongxian smiled slightly: "Does Lord Tianluo know the history of this Wang Zhi's family?" Do you know how Wang Zhi's grievances with Chen Sipan and Xiao Xian were formed? ”

The heavenly wolf really didn't know anything about this, and after listening to Hu Zongxian's meaning, he intended to explain the ins and outs of this matter, so he said: "I am willing to listen to Hu Butang's advice." ”

Hu Zongxian glanced at Xu Wenchang, Xu Wenchang's face was solemn, and he began to tell the story: "If you want to say that this Wang Zhi, he was originally just a businessman, and his fellow townsmen Xu Weixue and Ye Zongman partnered to run a private salt business, and later because the government checked the smuggling of salt in the mainland, Wang Zhi felt that he couldn't make money in the mainland, so he went to sea with Xu Weixue and Ye Zongman to do business. So he formed his own armed fleet and started piracy. ”

At that time, the most powerful pirates on the sea were Xu Dong, who was also from Huizhou, and Li Guangtou, a giant thief from Guangdong. The two sides are also not convinced by each other, and often fight each other, that is still about ten years after Jiajing, more than 20 years from today, the Japanese pirates have not become a climate, and most of the Chinese pirates on the sea are only plundering merchant ships going to sea, not directly attacking cities and towns as today. ”

"Wang Zhi and Xu Dong are both from Huizhou, so they joined Xu Dong's fleet when they were weak at the beginning, because Wang Zhi was ruthless and deeply versed in the way of war and business, and soon became the number one general of Xu Dong Group, and pressed Li Guangtou far away from Guangdong, and did not dare to compete with him in eastern Zhejiang."

"When he was twenty-four years old in Jiajing, Xu Dong was killed by his righteous son, this righteous son was named Xu Chaoguang, a native of Chaozhou, Guangdong, Xu Dong had attacked Chaozhou when he was a pirate in his early years, killed Xu Chaoguang's father, and abducted his mother and young Xu Chaoguang, Xu Dong had no children under his knees, so he accepted Xu Chaoguang as his righteous son, and this Xu Chaoguang knew his past when he was a little older, so he took the opportunity to kill Xu Dong to take revenge, and took away a considerable part of Xu Dong's subordinates, and went south to Li Guangtou."

"Wang directly took over most of the remaining subordinates of Xu Dong Group, and since then has become the number one wealthy businessman in Zhejiang and Fujian, because Wang Zhi is cunning, taking advantage of the geographical advantage, and early related to the Japanese Kou, so his strength is stronger than Xu Chaoguang, and Xu Weixue, who also received Xu Dong's favor back then, led his subordinates to fight with Xu Chaoguang in order to avenge Xu Dong."

Although Xu Weixue killed Xu Chaoguang, he didn't expect Li Guangtou to take advantage of the chaos to raid and kill Xu Weixue, so as to save his subordinates. Later, Li Guangtou was merged with his subordinate Chen Sipan, this person has a dog-headed military advisor by his side, it is Xiao Xian, a man in Guangdong, this person is insidious and vicious, full of poisonous schemes, I heard that the elimination of Xu Chaoguang, Xu Weixue and Li Guangtou's serial strategy, is his dedication to Chen Sipan. ”

After the deaths of Xu Chaoguang and Li Guangtou, Chen Sipan and Xiao Xian also shook hands with Wang Zhi, and these pirates from Guangdong were also able to enter the coastal areas of Zhejiang, and even got into contact with the Japanese pirates, often taking the Japanese to loot Fujian and the Shantou area of Chaozhou in Guangdong. It's just that they are not the same as Wang Zhi to rob in order to avoid conflict. Now Wang Zhi's strength is not the same as it was back then, and it is estimated that he can't tolerate this Chen Sipan, plus Xu Hai is Xu Weixue's nephew, and he has always wanted to pacify the Guangdong pirates and avenge his uncle, so he secretly sent me a letter, asking us to help each other and exterminate Chen Sipan and his gang. (To be continued......)