What happened to Su Song, Tang Shunzhi, who was far away in Beijing, did not know at present, Tang Shunzhi was currently racking his brains to prepare how to deal with Emperor Jiajing's question, Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, had already come to see Tang Shunzhi, Lu Bing was one of the most powerful people in the dynasty, and Lu Bing's appearance meant that Emperor Jiajing's attention to Tang Shunzhi was no longer just a man in the mountains, and it also meant that Emperor Jiajing did not intend to continue to get by with the situation in the southeast. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the long-term confrontation between the monarch and the minister of the Great Rites Discussion Incident, the ambition of Emperor Jiajing in his early years has disappeared without a trace, and has been replaced by a Daojun Emperor who longs for a peaceful life and successfully cultivates to become an immortal, which does not mean that Emperor Jiajing has not continued to hold the supreme power, and Emperor Jiajing is lazy to make decisions and respond to major events in the country, but when these major events have affected his peaceful life, he will not hesitate to act.

At this moment, Emperor Jiajing's patience with the situation in the southeast has reached the limit, the tax revenue in the southeast has been reduced year after year, as the money bag after the orthodoxy of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty, the number of taxes in the southeast has always been the highest in the country, and it is also the pillar of the Jiajing Emperor's early smooth cultivation, but now the tax revenue in the southeast has dropped by more than one-third compared to 20 years ago, and it is about to be close to half, the Jiajing Emperor could not bear it, and decided to do something to the southeast, and it happened that at this time Zheng Guang's Suzhou victory entered the emperor's eyes, The scheming emperor began to plot his own plan.

Jiajing is by no means a mediocre king, and compared to the means, he is better than the other little grandson Wanli Emperor I don't know how many generations, even if he swallows clouds and fog in Xiyuan all day long, his control of the empire is undoubted, strong as Xia Yan, cunning as Yan Song, are just chess pieces in his hands, if the Ming Dynasty has an IQ testing institution, then his IQ may be the highest among the more than a dozen emperors in the entire Ming Dynasty.

The important evidence why Tang Shunzhi judged that the emperor did not intend to continue to appease the southeast was what Lu Bing said to him.

"Mr. Tang, this time you come to face the saint, but you have to make certain preparations, I will give you a thorough understanding, after the victory in Suzhou, Fujian Zhejiang and Nanzhili are still constantly defeating the battle, so that Your Majesty is very unhappy, even the great cause of cultivation has been temporarily stopped, ******** plan to choose elite soldiers and strong generals and capable ministers to go to the southeast to stabilize the situation, but most of the talents elected by the court are northerners, Your Majesty thinks that the situation in the southeast is only known to the locals in the southeast, so he wants to choose officials from the southeast to be responsible for the peace.

The previously elected Governor Zhu Su Zhu has already gone south to pacify the Japanese, and you are also one of the important candidates that His Majesty is ready to send back to the southeast to assist the Governor Zhu Su to pacify the Japanese, as long as you show your true talent and learning, let Your Majesty see it, Your Majesty will naturally give you the corresponding status and power, let you show your strengths, remember, you must come up with a practical plan. ”

Lu Bing is the emperor's first confidant, this is an open secret, everyone knows it, so, Tang Shunzhi is convinced of what Lu Bing said, when the emperor summoned Tang Shunzhi to Xiyuan for an audience, Tang Shunzhi has been preparing for more than ten days, striving to be foolproof, get the position of real power in the southeast to resist the Japanese, and show his ambitions in his chest, and hold up a protective umbrella for Zheng Guang.

Seeing Emperor Jiajing again, Tang Shunzhi felt that he hadn't changed much, the last time he saw him was more than ten years ago, and for more than ten years, the years didn't seem to have left any traces on Emperor Jiajing's face, but Tang Shunzhi could still see that the anger and exhaustion hidden in the eyes and hearts of this Ming Supreme were hidden in the depths of his eyes and heart.

When they met again, there was no part where Emperor Jiajing asked Tang Shunzhi if he had repented of the wrong things of the year, and Emperor Jiajing didn't seem to investigate the meaning of the year, but just asked Tang Shunzhi: "Tang Shunzhi, you are Zheng Guang's teacher, and all of Zheng Guang's skills are also taught by you, your disciples can win the Japanese Invaders, so I ask you, can you win the Japanese Invaders?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Tang Shunzhi knew that Emperor Jiajing was annoyed by the mess of the Japanese Invaders, and he was also extremely angry, knowing what the emperor wanted, and he was indeed prepared, so he said: "If it is said to deal with the Japanese Invaders, the minister is still sure, as long as His Majesty gives the ministers money, food and weapons, the ministers can recruit troops by themselves to deal with the Japanese Invaders!" ”

Emperor Jiajing raised his eyebrows and asked, "At the beginning, Zheng Guang also asked himself to recruit troops, why, you masters and apprentices are like this, and you think that the soldiers of the guard are not useful?" ”

Tang Shunzhi nodded generously: "It's useless, and if you use it, you will mislead the country." ”

Emperor Jiajing didn't expect Tang Shunzhi to say so unabashedly and directly, he didn't have much preparation, and paused for a while before asking: "In this case, how do you plan to recruit troops, how many soldiers do you want to recruit, how much money and how much time will it take to train into an army to level the Japanese?" ”

Tang Shunzhi took out a copy of the recital from his arms, and presented it with both hands: "Your Majesty, the minister has written some of the minister's ideas into a recital, please read it for Your Majesty, if Your Majesty thinks it is feasible, the minister will do so, if Your Majesty thinks it is impossible, the minister will find another way, all in all, the minister must find a way to calm the troubles in the southeast for Your Majesty, and return the southeast to a prosperous future!" ”

Emperor Jiajing asked Huang Jin to take over the fold, took it and looked at it, and immediately felt that chatting and talking with such courtiers was a relatively easy thing, they didn't say anything very beautiful about the scene, and they didn't know what it meant to avoid it, they only knew how to bury their heads in doing things, there were many such courtiers in the era of Taizu and Emperor Taizong, but now, there is a Xia Yan in the court, and a Zhu Yan outside the court, and no other courtiers are willing to do things in a down-to-earth manner instead of fighting for power and profit.

Now get a courtier who is not only talented but also willing to do things in a down-to-earth manner, it is impossible for Emperor Jiajing to feel uncomfortable, looking at the quite detailed plan written by Tang Shunzhi, Emperor Jiajing feels that there is no reason to refuse this plan, this plan is almost the same as the plan drawn up before Zhu Kun left, put Tang Shunzhi in the southeast, it is also a good assistant to Zhu Kun, if it is not for Tang Shunzhi to leave the officialdom for too long and cannot convince the public, Emperor Jiajing wants to give him a governor to do.

"This plan is quite detailed, it seems that Tang Qing has put his heart into it." Emperor Jiajing looked at it for a long time, and then slowly closed the fold, and said slowly: "It's just that although this plan is good, things in the world are often changeable, no matter how good the plan is, it can't catch up with the changes after all, Tang Qing can have other preparations, once the situation changes, such as the large-scale invasion of the Japanese invaders, or the Japanese on the land are flat, and the Japanese invaders flee to the sea and continue to endanger the southeast, so what?" ”

Tang Shunzhi remembered the brainstorming with Zheng Guang and Xu Wei for three days and three nights before he left Suzhou, and there were countless words in his heart that he wanted to say, but he didn't say it after all, but pondered for a long time and spit out a sentence: "Your Majesty, in fact, many people understand in their hearts, but they just don't say it. ”

Emperor Jiajing squinted his eyes, his fingers moved unconsciously, and then recovered as before, and said softly: "Does Tang Qing think the same?" If you want to eradicate the Japanese pirates, you have to open the sea ban? ”

Tang Shunzhi nodded, and said slowly: "The minister has lived in the southeast for a long time, and has talked with the southeast merchants, and some well-informed people have privately rumored that in addition to burning, killing and looting, the only thing the Japanese can do is to trade the looted goods with the maritime merchants of Europa, and the imperial court is forbidden, and the thirst of the Europa merchants for the products of the Ming Dynasty is like a long drought and a sweet rain, and they can't ask for help, so they can only turn to the Japanese Kou, and the Japanese can earn high profits. ”

Emperor Jiajing then asked: "Is the reason why the Japanese are growing stronger is because of the ban on the sea by the imperial court and the fact that the merchants of Europa cannot buy the products of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Of course, Tang Shunzhi couldn't say the important reasons, so he thought about how to say it without committing taboos, and more clearly explained the importance of opening the sea, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly remembered what Zheng Guang had said at that time, "If you want to convince a person, the best way is to say that things that have nothing to do with him are closely related to him and related to the vital interests of others". This made it impossible for coastal residents to trade with merchants in Europa, Luzon and other places.

And since the former Song Dynasty, Chinese products will be popular in Europa, the minister tasted and smelled the Chinese porcelain silk, in Europa only the royal family and nobles can use, the price is expensive, after Zheng He went to the West, it is caused by Europa merchants to the fanatical pursuit of Ming products, and so they came, but it coincided with the Ming sea ban, they could not trade normally, and the special burning and looting of the Japanese can get the goods of the Ming Dynasty, they traded with the Japanese Kou, the Japanese have money and gradually developed, come and go, it has become the scourge of today, The property that should have belonged to the people of the Ming Dynasty and the taxes that belonged to the imperial court contributed to the development of the Japanese and made it further grow, and finally became today's trend. ”

After speaking, Tang Shunzhi quietly paid attention to the emperor's expression, and sure enough, Tang Shunzhi found that after hearing this, Emperor Jiajing's expression became obviously angry: "It should have been the property of the Ming Dynasty, but it was cheaper for the Japanese to make him bigger and harass the mainland, which is simply hateful!" In this way, is it difficult to open the sea to the general trend? ”

Tang Shunzhi was secretly happy in his heart, could it be that so many people couldn't solve the matter, but I Tang someone said it with a sharp mouth?

However, Tang Shunzhi's hope for the following was gone, Emperor Jiajing seemed to be just angry, then calmed down, and said in a low voice: "Although there are thousands of benefits to opening the sea, but today, not to mention that there are many people in the court who oppose opening the sea, even if I decide to open the sea, the city has been abandoned for a long time, it takes money to restart, it takes money to rearrange officials, and it takes money to rebuild the port, how can the imperial court come up with so much money?" Let's discuss this matter for a while! Tang Qing, you are very talented, I am very optimistic about you, you go back and wait first, I will ask the Ministry of Officials to arrange a position for you, and after a while, you will set off to the south to prepare your anti-Japanese plan! ”

It wasn't until after leaving the palace that Tang Shunzhi suddenly remembered that the emperor's biggest characteristic - fickle!