"And there must be a Han annihilation in it who is disguised as a real wolf, because this group of Japanese is extremely familiar with the terrain, just like growing up in Si since childhood." Hu Zongxian said in a deep voice: "The sum of the three factors has created this haunting and powerful wolf. ”

"On the other hand, the elite coastal areas of my Ming Dynasty, most of the garrisons in inland prefectures and counties are rotten guard armies, as well as some militia regiments, which are definitely not the opponents of these Japanese robbers." Hu Zongxian said with a pale face: "I naturally knew that once I allowed this group of pirates to penetrate deep into the hinterland, it would bring a catastrophe, so I organized several troops and laid a net of heaven and earth, striving to keep them in Zhejiang." ”

"Why didn't you stop it?" Shen Mo also frowned and asked, "Even if it's all Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, it's impossible to escape, right?" ”

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?" Hu Zongxian wondered: "What is that?" ”

"An honorary title that is awarded only to the most powerful Wako." Silence said casually.

Hu Zongxian spread his hands and said helplessly: "But several times they closed the encirclement, and they all escaped from the cracks in the encirclement. Saying that, he slapped his thigh fiercely and said: "If you want to say that no one gives them a message, I, Hu Zongxian, will live to be a dog at this age!" ”

Shen Mo finally moved: "So, this time the invasion was premeditated?" ”

"Definitely!" Hu Zongxian said categorically: "Let me tell you an aggressive thing, this group of Japanese robbers does not plunder wealth, do not destroy silver, do not kill civilians, and almost only fights against officials and soldiers, which makes people unable to understand their motives." ”

Shen Mo closed his eyes slightly and said, "The mission of these people should be to appear under the city of Nanjing." "Nanjing is the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, the mausoleum of Emperor Taizu, the political center of the entire southeast, its importance is second only to Yanjing, since the martyrdom of Chengzu, has not been attacked in one hundred and fifty years.

Now, under the protection of more than 100,000 troops, it has been attacked by the Japanese invaders, although it is only a symbolic surname, but its symbolic meaning is enough to escalate a hide-and-seek guerrilla war into a serious political incident!

"Yes," Hu Zongxian nodded slowly, "That's indeed their purpose, but what is the motive for doing so?" Who is behind this? ”

"The motive is nothing more than to make the enemy behind the scenes unlucky." Shen Mo spread his hands and said, "But who is the mastermind behind it, I have nowhere to guess." ”

Hu Zongxian was a little disappointed, but he also knew that Shen Mo had always been tight-mouthed and never said anything uncertain, so he turned to say softly: "This time, I asked Brother Yan to come over, I want to ask you to help my brother." ”

Shen Mo rolled his eyes in his heart, this is simply a copy of Zhang Jing's meeting, no need to ask, he must have wanted to fold himself up to help him decompose, so he raised his hand and said: "Lord Zhongcheng is polite, I know the proportion, and I will definitely take it as my responsibility to maintain the front-line soldiers...... But I'm soft-spoken, and what I say doesn't really help. ”

"Don't be presumptuous, your words are of great use!" Hu Zongxian smiled and said: "I don't know yet, Your Majesty has already printed the report you submitted a year ago, and also issued the title 'Sea Chip Strategy' to the cabinet scholars for reference, and it is said that he has praised you in front of the cabinet elders several times." ”

Shen Mo's first reaction was that my copyright had been infringed, and then he quickly said in surprise: "What an honor." ”

"Are you still worried that your opinion will not be taken seriously?" Hu Zongxian twisted his beard and smiled: "I won't embarrass you, you just need to play truthfully, and you can focus a little." After a pause, he said: "Of course, you are the governor of our Zhejiang, so don't worry about the affairs of Nanzhili." ”

"I know that." Nodding silently, "You can also send it according to your wishes, my lord, these are all right," Hu Zongxian just showed a relaxed application on his face, but he said firmly: "But the lower official must tell you, this may cause more trouble." ”

Hu Zongxian's expression was stunned and said, "What trouble." ”

"A group of powerful Japanese robbers who have no offenses in autumn have landed on my Daming, is it just to be famous?" Shen Mo said softly: "Your Majesty is extremely smart and arbitrary, and he will not let this matter be obscured. His voice suddenly became very low, and he said quietly: "Do you remember Zhu Kun?" ”

Hu Zongxian was stunned.

The silent guess was right, when the eight hundred miles rushed to Yanjing, Emperor Jiajing was furious, he felt hot on his cheeks, as if he had been slapped hard, crackling and smashing all the things that could be smashed in the house, and returned to the Forbidden City in tears, went to the Fengxian Hall to ask Emperor Taizu for his guilt, and knelt for an hour in front of the portrait of Lao Zhu, which shows the extent of his heartache.

When Jiajing came out of the Fengxian Palace, he saw Yan Song, Xu Jie, Li Mo and other important ministers, kneeling on the ground under the imperial stairs, his eyes swept over everyone coldly, the emperor snorted and went home, he was fed up with these wastes! I don't want to look at them again.

The emperor was away for a while, and Yan Song said to Li Mo, who was kneeling beside him: "When you are in trouble, Brother Yan will help me." ”

Although Li Mo was very reluctant, he couldn't refute Shoufu's face in public, so he had to get up and bend down and help the trembling Yan Ge Lao up, but he heard Yan Song say softly while getting up: "Let's get through the hardships together." ”

Li Mo was stunned for a moment, then nodded imperceptibly and agreed. Yang Yi, the governor of the southeast, is the candidate he swears to recommend, not to mention the same spirit, but it is also a loss.

The two turned around and walked out, Xu Jie silently followed, and behind him were the two cabinet members who were whispering, Li Ben and Zhang Zhi. Under the comparison of the two pairs of people in front and back, Xu Jie, who was already thin, looked particularly lonely and inconspicuous...... In fact, since the Zhang Jing incident, he no longer casually discusses the government, and no longer opposes any decisions made by Yan Song, and has become like Li Ben and Zhang Zhi, but Yan Song doesn't seem to appreciate it, and is still very cold to him. This made Xu Gelao, who didn't talk much, even more reticent, as if he was ready to be appointed and retired.

The cabinet members and the officials returned to Xiyuan, and continued to kneel outside the Yuxi Palace, until the evening when Huang Jin came out and said: "Yan Ge Lao, Xu Ge Lao, and Li Butang, Your Majesty let you in." Seeing the three of them trembling in, Li Ben and Zhang Zhi asked in a low voice, "Father-in-law, what about the two of us?" ”

Huang Jin smiled and said: "Your Majesty didn't say it, and the miscellaneous family doesn't know, or the two adults wait, maybe there will be an edict later." "Then he turned and entered the temple gate, and his fat face showed a hint of tease, and he said in his heart, 'You deserve it, who made you pretend to be deaf and dumb all day long?'

When Huang Jin entered, he heard the emperor lecturing, and quickly knelt down and listened: "Only 200 Japanese robbers, which lasted more than 30 days, traveled thousands of miles, ignored tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, looted the two provinces and Kyushu counties, and even attacked the southern capital of my Ming Dynasty. Saying that, he slammed his purple gold bowl, making a muffled sound of 'buzzing', which made people's hearts palpitate and tremble, and the three old ministers knew that the emperor was going to scold his mother, so they quickly lowered their heads, and the province was smashed by the spitting stars.

Sure enough, I heard the emperor say angrily: "Look at us again? Hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed in the southeast, but they can't help such a little bit of the Japanese invaders, so that a royal history, a county Cheng, two commanders, two generals, together with more than 1,000 soldiers under their command, have become the souls of the Japanese invaders. This is the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty that I spent tens of millions of dollars to raise, do I dare to expect them to defend the country? ”

The three important ministers hurriedly kowtowed and pleaded guilty, saying that all the mistakes were the fault of our people, Your Majesty, don't be angry.

After a while, Jiajing was not so excited, and impatiently shook the sleeve of his robe and said: "According to the anger, I have already made you angry eight times, let's say, how to deal with this matter." ”

"Strict investigation!" Yan Songcang said.

"Severe punishment will not be granted!" Li Mo also said.

"What's the method, what?" Jiajing asked coldly.

"Find out whose responsibility is responsible, and whoever is responsible will be held accountable, and we will not tolerate it!" Li Mo gritted his teeth and said.

"What does Shousuke mean?"

"That's what the old minister meant." Yan Song said slowly: "If this matter is not investigated, there will be no hope for the anti-Japanese war." ”

Jiajing's face was slightly pale: "Shoufu is right, I bet that this is by no means an isolated incident, there must be another fly camp behind it." Speaking of this, he thought of Zhu Kun, and there was a pain in his heart for no reason...... That was the greatest shame in his life, he actually believed in the instigation of a group of Fujian parties, and killed the most loyal ministers who carried out his intentions, so that the situation in the southeast could not be controlled. A smart person can't be kicked twice by the same person, so this time Jiajing didn't immediately order this and that to be arrested, but made up his mind to investigate the matter thoroughly, and when all those unsightly things were shaken out, it was not too late to catch and kill again.

"Who to send to investigate?" That's the crux of today's problem, and it's about tracking the findings.

Yan Song recommended Wang Xueyi, the right attendant of the Criminal Department, to go south to investigate the case as the minister of the Qin Mission, and Li Mo did not show weakness and recommended the two members of his command to go with him.

The emperor glanced at Xu Jie, who had not spoken, and said, "What do you think of Hua Ting?" ”

Xu Jiecheng said in fear: "Weichen has no opinion, but I just ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible, so that Qincha can set off and arrive in Zhejiang as soon as possible to find out the matter." ”

Jiajing's brows furrowed imperceptibly, he really didn't want to see his high-hoped, second-aid, so sloppy, but he was distracted by another meaning in Xu Jie's words...... From Yanjing to Hangzhou, it normally takes a month, if you put on the guard of honor and greet and bid farewell locally, it would be good to be able to go to Jiangnan in the lunar month, wouldn't it be cold daylily?

Yu rejected the suggestion of sending officials from Yanjing, and decided to find a respectable, loyal and upright official from Nanjing to complete this mission. ”

"Zhao Zhenji, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department." Although he didn't know what the emperor meant, Li Mo said honestly.

"Zhao Mengjing." Xu Jie said softly, Zhao Zhenji is Meng Jing.

"Back to the emperor, it's Zhao Zhenji." Yan Song is old, and he can't remember much about the members who were 'exiled' in Nanjing, only the name of 'Zhao Zhenji', which makes him hate the root of his teeth, is always remembered by Yan Gelao.

"Very good, I will send Zhao Zhenji as the minister of the Qin Mission to investigate the case thoroughly," Emperor Jiajing's narrow eyes flashed with a fine light: "In addition, let Su Song patrol and Zhejiang patrol to assist in the investigation." ”

(To be continued)