Yan Hong's is a great victory for Taiping, and the four thousand true widows are defeated, so they will naturally be counted as total annihilation. Then there were a thousand true widows in Xinhe, pursued along the way, and there were gains, and there was a final word in Gengjiazhai, so it was not too exaggerated to calculate and report more than 10,000. Of course, for this reason, the entire army of Shingoro died at least twice.

As for the question of whether Chen Dong and Ye Mabu are real widows, according to Yan Hong's logic, although the vast majority of these people are Chinese, including the old camp is also located on China's coastal islands, they have all lived in Japan and are nominally partners of the Matsuura family, so it is not wrong to say that they are real widows. If Geng Shaoquan hadn't been to Japan, most of them would have been counted as a real widow.

In this, Yan Hong praised Xu Hai and Chrissy again, saying that under the inspiration of the Long Live Lord, Xu Hai Ningbo assisted in the suppression, and Foyi Taizhou assisted in the suppression, which played a role that cannot be underestimated in this great victory of annihilating 80,000 or more than 10,000 true widows. This also shows that the Long Live Lord saw thousands of miles, and issued an order to pardon Xu Hai and order him to recruit the old department, and this year he issued an order to pacify the Buddha in the trench realm, and now he has repaid the favor, and these two people are used by my Heavenly Empire. Sure enough, only the extraordinary master can reap extraordinary achievements. As for Mao Haifeng and others, Yan Hong also made an understatement, saying that they had also divided their troops to help suppress them in two places, which was a little meritorious.

When Jiajing saw the Tang Daily, he was overjoyed, and was overjoyed by Yan Hong's sycophancy. After more than half a month, he got Yan Hongshang's secret report, which stated that he had connected with Wufeng Haoshang, and the other party failed to restrain the sea because Wang Zhi was captured, causing some villains to commit crimes, and expressed deep remorse. Not only did they assist the officers and soldiers in requisitioning and suppressing the remaining party, but they are also currently raising silver taels. Prepare to repay the internal money with silver to compensate for Wang Zhi's sin. In the future, he will donate to the interior every year. I just want to live long live and not die. Amnesty was granted and trade was granted. Wang Zhi hopes to have the identity of a tax collector and collect taxes.

When the emperor saw the words "Serving the Inside", he was very happy. Although the number is not written, it is expected that it will not be small. His current mentality is not much different from that of the ordinary old man. Since King Li Yu gave birth to a grandson last year, Emperor Jiajing loves him like a palm bead. I just want to earn more money for my grandson, save more money, and make my grandson more comfortable in the future.

It's never too much money. There are a lot of places to use this money, and Rao is the last time he got the White Lotus Holy Treasury, and he also feels that it is not so abundant. After thinking about it, I feel more and more that Yan Hong's words make sense, this dead money is still used less and less, it must be revitalized, and the sea must be opened! With this idea, Jiajing secretly summoned Yan Song. After a discussion, let Yan Song and his son sit in Xiyuan during this time. Shelter the Emperor from the wind and rain and prepare for this round of storms.

Then the emperor issued an order to let the hundred officials discuss the opening of the sea and trade, and recruit An Wang Zhizhi. This can be regarded as a stone that hit a thousand waves, and set off another wave in the court. The opening of the sea by the imperial court was not a tributary trade, but a proposal by the emperor to build sea ships, supervise the construction of sailors, travel to the Western Ocean, trade with the vassals, and communicate with each other. At the same time, private trade is also encouraged, but only if taxes are paid on time. Shipbuilding must receive a ship guide, and build the corresponding ship according to the size specified on the ship's guide.

Jiajing's discussion with hundreds of officials caused chaos in the court. The original factional camp had been completely disrupted at this time, and the officials were divided into "Jiangnan faction" and "Jiangbei faction" according to their origins, and among them, they were divided into "Zhejiang faction", "Fujian faction", "Shu faction", "Cantonese faction" and so on. The officials of the same province are divided into regional organizations such as the "Eastern Zhejiang faction", "Western Zhejiang faction", "Southern Fujian faction", "Northern Fujian faction", etc., and there are also "appeasement factions", "Fenggu factions", "Yuxing factions" and so on in the same region.

You must know that there were originally a number of small hills in large organizations such as the Yan Party and the Xu Party, but now that there is this matter of opening the sea, it is equivalent to lifting the lid, and most of the originally hidden mountains have emerged, each forming a gang to form a force. There is a dedication to serving the master of the teacher, and the career is well-established; Some are thinking about the food and clothing for thousands of miles for officials, if they sacrifice the interests of their families, what face will they have to see their hometown parents in the future? Besides, what does it mean to be an official, he goes against the faction to which he belongs for the sake of family interests. others saw that Zhang San agreed, and they objected; Others oppose it when they see that the majority agrees. For example, Jin Yunsong of the Jiangnan and Zhedong faction originally belonged to the Fenggu faction that opposed the opening of the sea, but it turned out that Duan Tieqiao, whose name was in conflict with himself and who was usually at odds with him, was also against the opening of the sea, so he resolutely threw himself into the arms of the appeasement faction. And so on and so forth.

On the whole, the majority of the Jiangnan faction opposed the opening of the sea. This is not surprising, many of them are from wealthy merchant families, as soon as the sea ban is opened, the power of the imperial court comes in, how can their own family dominate? Moreover, I know that my family is usually forced to buy and sell, and there is no advantage in the quality and price of goods, and once competition is introduced, overseas people will not buy their own things as long as they are not crazy. It would be even worse if the emperor also mixed in, and when the time came to open an imperial store in Jiangnan, would his own family still fight for a fart?

Others have received money from wealthy businessmen and used people's money to eliminate disasters for others, if they don't come out to speak and smash the plate, then is there any professional ethics?

The other part is to consider that if the city division is restored, then the governor and eunuch are also likely to be restored, and at that time the eunuch will be in power again, maybe the power of the eunuch like Liu Jin, the "emperor" of the Zhengde Dynasty, will appear because of this, how can he sit idly by as a civil official? The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty have always had a glorious tradition of habitually opposing eunuchs and military generals, so even if some people are not entangled in interests, they resolutely join the army of opposing the opening of the sea.

The Jiangbei faction is the majority of those who support Kaihai, anyway, their own family usually can't share money from here, the so-called self-life is not good, others don't think about it, I can't get it, you don't want to get it. Then it's best to bring in the power of the imperial court, and disgust you Jiangnan Yankees for a few days. In case this business gets bigger and bigger, maybe you can get in and get a piece of the pie. For example, Shandong, which also has access to the sea, if it really starts the sea trade, it may become a cornucopia, so the officials from Shandong are the most enthusiastic in supporting the opening of the sea. There are also people from the four major families in Shandong, who have received Yan Hong's favor, and if they don't repay the favor at this time, when will they stay? Therefore, it is not risky to rush into battle.

There are also shameless ones in it, such as Bai Siwen, the former magistrate of Qingxian County, Beizhili, because of his meritorious work in detecting the White Lotus Sect, plus Yan Hong looks at him more pleasing to the eye, and now he has been promoted to the Beijing Division as an official, and he is in charge of the household department. Although he was born as a jinshi, he can also be regarded as a clear stream, but his conduct is worse than that of a miscellaneous official. He is not a southerner, and he has no scruples, he only wants to stand out for the little prime minister in exchange for political capital, so he jumps up and down, arrogant. made full use of his advantage of scolding people and not breaking the law, and he didn't talk about the benefits of opening the sea, but he just scolded whoever opposed the opening of the sea, either that the other party was corrupt and bribed, or that the other party was not filial to his parents. In short, it is not reasonable to convince people, only ginseng rooster, so that all the Shilin gentlemen shake their heads at it, and it is a great shame to be with such people.

And the second assistant Xu Jie, this time he stood in the same camp as Yan Song, and mobilized his faction to lead the sea, but his subordinates were the same as Yan Song's people, and they were a little ineffective at this time, and many people betrayed their mentors for the sake of family interests, so in terms of the situation, it was not very good-looking.

What makes everyone even more stunned is that Sanfu Lu Tai has always been a good gentleman in the cabinet in the past, and it is about national affairs, Yan Ge Lao and Xu Ge Lao say what they say, if Yan Ge Lao and Xu Ge Lao clash once in a while, he resolutely stands on Yan Ge Lao's side. But this time, Yan Ge Lao and Xu Ge Lao both advocated opening the sea, and Lu Ge Lao actually jumped out to oppose the opening of the sea. This is really a once-in-a-lifetime Jin Ge Iron Horse in the court, Lu Ge Lao is standing on the cusp of the storm, holding a pillar of optimus, with iron bones.

In addition, some Zhejiang patrols were sent to Beijing according to the impeachment of Yan Hong and Hu Zongxian by Wang Bengu of the imperial history, and the issue of impeachment of Hu Zongxian was mainly focused on corruption: "Zhejiang, Zhizhi, and Fujian have recently been unable to meet the needs of the military due to the recent rise of the military, and the funds are insufficient. Compared with the pursuit of non-people, because of the official duty, the people are unbearable. Now that the situation is a little quieter, it is appropriate to cultivate a rest, and not to seek a way to make a living. And the governor Hu Zongxian is in addition to the levy and retention, but still pre-edited. The cost of the festival year is nonsensical. The former Nanjing Imperial Shi Shenmeng played the compilation, and asked the military to give the money and food year, and sent it to the inventory in the matter. In and out of the words, it alluded to Hu Zongxian's personal pockets and short-term promotion.

As for Yan Hong's more sins, they can be summarized as follows:

1. Collusion with the Japanese Bandits. Zha Yanhong once had a secret meeting with the chiefs of Wufeng and the Wokou in Donghuo Mountain, and had a secret discussion, but the content was unknown. I also heard that Wang Zhi had a female Yiren, young and beautiful, and Yan Hong had been alone in the same room for a long time. There is also the former Yan Hongli's protection of the Japanese Kou Xu Hai, and now the bandits are back in power, gathering tens of thousands of outlaws, more than 1,000 large and small ships, rampant on the sea, more prosperous in the past. Yan Hong and his wife entrusted their sister and brother to be like husband and wife, and they were extravagant and ugly, and they were afraid that they had already colluded with the Japanese Kou.

2. Falsely reporting military exploits. The so-called 10,000 people who broke the Japanese army, why did they only get more than 1,000 heads? Moreover, according to previous reports, the number of true Japanese people has never exceeded 1,000, so why did tens of thousands of real Japanese invaders all of a sudden? Moreover, the strength of Yan Hong's headquarters is only one battalion of 3,000, if it encounters more than 10,000 true widows, the disparity between the numbers is huge, and the casualties will be serious, and now the casualties are less than 50, why is Yun Zhen 10,000 people?

3. Frame Zhongliang. The brave thousand households of Geng Shaoquan in Chatai Prefecture were born in martial arts. In the thirtieth year of Jiajing, he sacrificed three of the true Japanese heads to the imperial court, and he had a meritorious role in killing the Japanese people, but Yan Hong was only in Taizhou for a few days, and Geng became a person who colluded with the Japanese invaders? Hearing the Taizhou people's report, when Yan Hong first arrived in Taizhou, he used the cruel law and insulted Geng Shaoquan for no reason, causing the two to be filthy, and I am afraid that Yan Hong will be suspected of taking revenge for personal gain. I also heard that Geng Shaoquan's wife and sister have now become Yan Hong's private pets, and his trip to frame Geng Shaoquan is obvious.

Fourth, the abuse of scholars. Hangzhou Xiucai three, just because they refused to rely on the powerful and bluntly committed crimes, they were innocently cut off their fame, which affected their marriage. He even ordered his soldiers to beat Xiucai with leather whips and sticks, and even fired a gun at the sky to intimidate the people.

5. Blackmail the gentry. The local gentry in Taizhou were looted by Yan Hong, and in the name of co-ordination, they forcibly demanded tens of thousands of taels of silver. However, the monthly salary of the Qi family army is only nine yuan, and the monthly fee of three thousand sons is only two thousand seven hundred taels of silver, tens of thousands of silver, and the whereabouts are unknown.

6. Seizure of private property. Collected more than 10,000 acres of land from the Geng family and the surrounding 12 families, all of which went into private pockets and were no longer owned by Taizhou. (To be continued......)