There are two rows of rosewood long cases placed between the left and right pillars of the main hall, and the four eunuchs of the celebrant are all standing in front of the long case on the left, and the five cabinet members are all standing in front of the long case on the right. All the people waited silently for the sound of the brass chime to come from the curtains.

There was no wind on this day, and the nine people who decided the national policy of the Ming Dynasty were all waiting quietly in sweat, but the sound was not heard for a long time, and the sound of cicadas in the distance outside the hall became the only sound that could be heard.

Eight pairs of eyes all looked at Lu Fang, hoping to see a little bit of holy information from his gaze and complexion. But Lu Fang was even more silent than usual this day, and his eyes only looked at the ground below.

The hall was even more silent, and the sound of cicadas in the distance became louder.

Many eyes quietly squinted at the two veils outside the ashram.

Finally, there was a sound of footsteps inside, and the veil was slowly lifted open by a hand, and Jiajing walked out of it with an indifferent face.

"Long live my emperor!" Foreseen by Yan Song, the nine people knelt down in their standing positions.

Jiajing is not the only one who came out, but there is also King Yu behind him!

Jiajing was still wearing a thick Songjiang cotton robe, and when he walked slowly, the sleeves of the robe could not float up, and he moved drapedly to the chair in the middle, and he sat down.

Yuwang followed him and stood on the left side of his chair with his head bowed.

"Get up." Jiajing's voice was a little dull.

"Hooray! Hooray! All nine of them kowtowed and stood up.

Jiajing glanced at all the people as usual, and finally his eyes fell on Yan Song: "Elder Ge should sit down." ”

Yan Song didn't sit down this time, and replied in a heavy tone: "The court situation has been mistaken again and again, internal and external troubles have arisen, and the blame lies in the cabinet." As the leader, the minister is ashamed of his father. Holy Lord, let the minister stand and reply. ”

"Two different things." Jiajing deliberately slowed down his speech, "For decades, what I don't want to talk about is the court situation. It's still the same today, I don't want to discuss the situation with you. I just want to talk about one topic, father and son! ”

All of them were a shock. In Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng thought that these words were aimed at King Yu, and Yan Shifan thought that these words were directed at him. and Lu Fang and his three pencil eunuchs' godsons, today is not as good as usual. All the sweat on their faces was more than they had just been.

"Yan Shifan." Jiajing named Yan Shifan at this time.

"Wechen is here." Yan Shifan trembled and immediately knelt down.

Jiajing: "Father in his eighties, help him sit down." ”

"Yes." Yan Shifan stood up again and helped Yan Song to sit down on the embroidery pier.

"You've all seen it." Jiajing said slowly, "I also called my son today, not to ask him to participate in your political discussion, but to ask him to come and talk with you about the relationship between being a father and being a son in this world. ”

Yuwang's head lowered even more, and everyone held their breath.

Jiajing: "From ancient times to the present, who is the most difficult person? It's not the emperor, it's not the first eunuch, it's not the chief eunuch. Nothing, the hardest thing is the father. Let's start with myself. My son has been weak since he was a child, and I am indifferent to the world, and I have little discipline for him, but I don't worry a lot. This year, he added a grandson to me, which is a great contribution to my Ming Dynasty. For his father and ancestor, I rewarded his daughter-in-law's family with 100,000 pieces of silk. Today, my son has returned all the 100,000 pieces of silk to me. ”

All of them lowered their heads even more, lest a hint of expression be revealed.

Jiajing: "Is this a son who doesn't recognize me as a father, or a grandson who doesn't recognize me as a grandfather?" ”

King Yu knelt down beside him, bumped his head on the brick floor, and lay down there.

Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng's hearts also hung in their throats all of a sudden.

I don't know how long it took before Jiajing continued: "It's not. My son understood the difficulties of being a father, so he returned 100,000 pieces of silk. It's not to be returned to me, but to the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau. Because someone lent food to the victims under the sign of me. I have to pay off this grain, my father's debt is repaid by my son, and my son is to pay my debt. Who called me the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was empty! ”

Now it was the turn of the others to kneel, and the five cabinet members and the four great eunuchs all knelt down and lay there.

Jiajing no longer called them up, his eyes looked out of the gate, and a person Gu said to himself: "He withdrew these silks, and reminded me that my life is miserable!" Everyone has one son, two sons, and more than a dozen sons with many wives and concubines. But as a monarch's father, all the people in the Ming Dynasty are my sons, why did I become such a father? At this point he paused again.

This is to ask someone to answer, of course, the person who can only answer the call can only be Yan Song: "King Yu is benevolent and filial to his son, all because of the disloyalty of his ministers and other ministers, and the worries of his father." The ministers ask the Holy God to punish the sin. ”

"I don't talk about the court." Jiajing immediately interrupted him, "The court situation is all your business. Take Zhejiang as an example, the governor, the governor, the envoy and even the new prefect of Hangzhou are all from your Yan Ge Lao and Xiao Ge Lao faction, the Weaving Bureau is from Lu Fang's faction, and the prefects of the two disaster-stricken counties are all recommended by my son to the Ministry of Officials. What are you talking to me about now? ”

The rod knocked down everyone again, and everyone didn't dare to say anything, so they had to lie there again.

Jiajing returned to his previous tone and said slowly: "As the saying goes, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, don't be a horse and a cow for your children and grandchildren." But many fathers are willing to be horses and cows. Yan Song, Lv Fang. ”

Yan Song and Lu Fang lay there and replied, "The ministers and servants are here." ”

Jiajing: "Let's talk about Yan Ge Lao first." Your son is here, and you know better than I know how you are. I'm just saying hello to you now, don't listen to him in everything. There are some things that can be done by him, and some things that he should not be allowed to do. Keep it tight, it's good for you and for him. ”

Yan Song raised his head: "The minister respectfully receives the holy order!" ”

The clouds cover the fog, and it is difficult to understand the praise and criticism. Not only Yan Shifan was lying there in a daze, but everyone else was also lying there motionless.

Jiajing looked at Yan Song's gaze: "It's good to understand my hardship." ”

Yan Song's head trembled slightly: "The minister understands the hardships of the monarch's father. He replied and fell down again.

Jiajing's gaze turned to Lu Fang: "Lu Fang." ”

Lu Fang raised his head: "The slave is here." ”

Jiajing: "You are a man without a son, but you have more sons than anyone else. So many godsons and grandsons, are you tired? ”

Lu Fang: "The slave is wrong. ”

Jiajing: "It's not about right or wrong, it's all because of confusion." ”

Lu Fang straightened up and knelt there, looking at Jiajing with pure eyes.

Jiajing also looked at him: "There are so many eunuchs and palace maids in the palace and outside the palace, all call you ancestor." Only those who die are called ancestors. You are a big living person who makes people scream as dead, and you are called to death. ”

Lu Fang had no choice but to lie down and kowtow and replied, "The slave is really confused. ”

Jiajing: "What happened to your godson Yang Jinshui after he returned to Hangzhou?" Every year, hundreds of thousands of horses of silk are pinched in the hands of others, and when I want to take out some food to help the victims, I have to rely on others to do it. Now my son has returned 100,000 pieces of silk and paid the bill first. But have the 500,000 pieces of silk sold to Western merchants this year been found? It's not possible that Hu Zongxian is fighting in front of me to ask for military salaries, and I still have to act according to the eyes of others, right? ”

Lu Fang immediately replied loudly: "This is a dereliction of duty on the part of the minion, and the minion pleads guilty first." ”

Jiajing: "If you ask for sin, you can ask for money?" ”

Lu Fang: "The slave pleaded guilty to tell the cabinet that the Weaving Bureau is the Weaving Bureau of my Ming Dynasty, and anyone who does business under the banner of the imperial court is a business disorder and has nothing to do with the Weaving Bureau." The Cabinet should identify this person and take action immediately. If he dies this year, he will die and sell 500,000 pieces of silk to the West to raise military salaries and supply them to the front in time. If Hu Zongxian's war with the Japanese in Zhejiang and Fujian was mistaken, the celebrant and the cabinet would jointly accept the guilt. ”

"I said that you should discuss the situation." Jiajing stood up, "I only want to say hello to you, and everyone will take care of their own sons." For example, this time he went to Chun'an Renzhi County, the Hai Rui, his parents were good, although he left me a lot of debts, but he was able to appease the people of his county, and I really can't say that he is nothing. Because this person was recommended by my son, this debt has to be paid by my father and son. Each man's abacus is beaten, and every man's debt is repaid! After saying that, he left the person who was kneeling on the ground and walked alone to the inner house.

"Congratulations to St. Ann!" In a panic, Jiajing's figure disappeared into the curtains.

plus Yuwang, a total of ten people, all slowly stood up at this time.

Lu Fang's gaze looked straight at Yan Song.

Yan Song: "Immediately send it to Zhejiang with an expedited dispatch of 600 miles, copy that Shen Yishi's home, and raise food and army to supply Hu Zongxian!" ”

Yan Shifan: "I'll draw up a ticket immediately!" ”

The court sent it at night, and the meeting had to be held overnight. Due to the outbreak of war, Hangzhou has long been under martial law, and at this time, there are soldiers standing outside the gate, and there are torches everywhere, and the guard is tight.

There was the sound of horses' hooves on the street outside the gate again, or the team officer with a few soldiers went up, and found that Gao Hanwen was from Chun'an and Jiande, so he immediately waited aside, and when Gao Hanwen stopped the horse, the team officer immediately went up and took the reins: "Gaofutai has finally arrived." I'm in a hurry, I'm waiting for you. ”

Gao Hanwen turned over and dismounted, and as soon as he stepped into the yamen, another person was waiting there to meet him, and it was the porter clerk.

Gao Hanwen did not stop and continued to walk towards the Yanei, and the secretary quickly followed him, and said in a low voice: "Gaofutai, there is one thing, Lord Zheng and Lord He asked the small one to return to the adult." ”

Gao Hanwen stopped.

The clerk looked around, and only the soldiers standing in their respective positions took out a piece of paper from their sleeves and stuffed it. Gao Hanwen glanced at him, took the piece of paper, and as soon as he opened it, he saw the two lines of words: "My affair with Yun Niang has nothing to do with others." Gao Hanwen. ”

Gao Hanwen's face immediately showed coldness, of course, with a little disdain, he threw the piece of paper on the ground and continued to walk.

The clerk hurriedly picked up the piece of paper and chased after it: "Or the little one tore it for the adult?" As he spoke, he walked sideways in front of him and tore and tore the piece of paper into pieces and scattered it into the air.

Gao Hanwen walked into the lobby and found that it was not only Zheng Michang, He Maocai, and Yang Jinshui waiting for him, but also four brocade guards wearing wingless black gauze palace hats and red brocade clothes. Although they were subordinates, when Gao Hanwen came in, Zheng Michang, Yang Jinshui, and He Maocai actually stood up, and the four brocade guards also slowly stood up.

Gao Hanwen was stunned when he saw this, and stood there.

Zheng Michang hurriedly smiled: "The Kochi Mansion doesn't know yet, this is a few Qincha in the palace, for a case, because it is related to the current food and army recruitment, they will discuss with us together." ”

Gao Hanwen calmed down and bowed to the hall: "Your Excellency, you have been waiting for a long time. The subordinates have already arranged for the front to raise food and troops, and more than a dozen counties, including Chun'an and Jiande, are willing to do their best, and the most important thing at the moment is that the imperial court will allocate funds. ”

"It's about it. You may be seated in Kochifu. Zheng Michang was unusually polite and stretched out his hand.

All of them sat down at the same time again.

Zheng Michang looked at Yang Jinshui: "Father-in-law Yang, did you say this matter or did we say it?" ”

Yang Jinshui's face was gloomy: "The court sent it to you, do you want to push the matter to me at this time?" ”

"That's not what it means, that's not what it means." Zheng Michang hurriedly said twice, then picked up the court mail on the case, and turned his gaze to Gao Hanwen, "The court mail of the cabinet has arrived, two meanings, let me tell you." ”

Gao Hanwen's expression immediately became solemn.

Zheng Michang looked at Tingji: "The first meaning, Hu Butang and General Qi, their military rations, grass and military resources are supplemented by the supply of Zhejiang, Nanzhili, and Fujian, mainly in Zhejiang. The second meaning is to investigate the Zhejiang businessman Shen Yishi deceived the Weaving Bureau, ran business for personal gain, and used business to disrupt the government. ordered him to be taken into his home immediately. All the stolen private property is allocated to the military! ”

Gao Hanwen was shocked when he heard this, first looked at Zheng Yuchang, and then looked at Yang Jinshui.

Zheng Michang did not avoid his gaze, but Yang Jinshui looked at the case.

Gao Hanwen: "My subordinates don't understand, why are you waiting for me to discuss this matter. ”

Zheng Michang: "We discussed it, and this matter can only be handled by the Kochi Prefecture. ”

Gao Hanwen stood up: "Why wait for me to do it?" ”

Zheng Michang: "Sit down, sit down first." ”

Gao Hanwen sat down again.

Zheng Michang: "First, because you are now in charge of raising food and recruiting troops, and the prefect who copied Shen Yishi's private wealth can be immediately transferred to the military without delaying the military situation." The second is that the Kochi Mansion is now also the imperial history of Zhejiang Province, according to the laws of the imperial court, the Jinyiwei case is directly involved in the case of the imperial history of the provinces. Therefore, this matter must be handled by the Kochifu. ”

Although Gao Hanwen knew in his heart that Zheng Michang and He Maocai were pushing themselves to the front again, the two reasons they listed made you unable to shirk, so they had to be silent.

"Jinyiwei is still waiting for a few messengers." He Maocai interjected, "Kochifu, we can't delay any longer. ”

Gao Hanwen ignored him and looked at Yang Jinshui: "Gonggong Yang, Shen Yishi has the six products of the Weaving Bureau, I don't know if this court master of the cabinet knows about it?" ”

Yang Jinshui's eyes were still looking at the case: "He doesn't have any top, and he is not from the Weaving Bureau." ”

After Yang Jinshui finished saying this, the four people of Jinyiwei stood up.

The head of Jinyiwei: "The cabinet of the court sent the ceremonial supervisor to approve the red, and the approval of the red is the edict." Tall, let's go. ”

If it was an edict, he had to kneel to accept it, Gao Hanwen had to slowly leave his seat, walked to the hall, and stood there, looking at Zheng Michang.

Zheng Michang also got off the seat with his hands in his hands and walked in front of Gao Hanwen: "Gao Hanwen, the prefect of Hangzhou and the imperial history of Zhejiang Province, received the edict!" ”

Gao Hanwen knelt down and raised his hands to take Ting Ji over.

Hundreds of looms were still weaving silk, and the sound of the looms was as loud as ever. A group of soldiers came running in with guns, and soon blocked the two doors and several passages of Shen Yishi's workshop.

The weavers were horrified, but they did not dare to stop the loom.

Gao Hanwen and the four brocade guards came in surrounded by a group of soldiers.

The officer who led the team in earlier shouted: "This place has been copied!" All stop! ”

One loom after another slowly stopped, and one by one the weavers stood up in front of their looms in horror.

Gao Hanwen stood in the passage: "It's none of your business!" Don't stop weaving, everyone keeps weaving! ”

The weavers still stood there in horror, and no one dared to sit down again.

Gao Hanwen glanced at the team officer, and the team officer ran over.

Gao Hanwen: "Don't scare them, tell them to continue weaving." ”

Officer: "Little one understands. ”

Gao Hanwen led the four brocade guards from the passage to the opposite door.

"Weaving! All continue to weave! The roar of the officer resounded behind Gao Hanwen. Then, the sound of weaving gradually sounded behind him.

Gao Hanwen and the four brocade guards walked into the living room, and the steward of Shen Yishi's family was standing with his back against the wall. Seeing Gao Hanwen and the others coming in, he greeted him and saluted on one leg: "All the adults, they all asked, they don't know where Shen Yishi is." ”

Gao Hanwen's mind immediately showed his other courtyard: "No need to ask, I know where he is." As he spoke, he turned to the four brocade guards: "He still has another courtyard, let's go there." ”

The four Jinyi guards glanced at each other, but the Jinyi guards didn't look anxious at this time: "I can't run him, let's sit here first." As he spoke, he sat down on the seat on the left. The other three brocade guards also sat down.

Gao Hanwen was stunned and looked at Jinyiwei.

Jin Yiwei glanced at another Jin Yi Wei, and the Jin Yi Wei walked up to Gao Hanwen and whispered: "If we arrest him, we won't go, and the Kozhi Mansion will take on more work." ”

Gao Hanwen: "Why? ”

The Jinyi guard's voice was lowered, close to his ear: "We will also be supervised by Si Li and give Yang Gonggong a face." ”

Gao Hanwen suddenly burst out of his bones, and at this moment of silence, everything he had done since he came to Hangzhou seemed to be understood at once: in this Ming Dynasty, there is no conscience or court law at all! Submerged in a cloud of muddy water from top to bottom! A voice sounded in his heart: "What kind of official is this!" Why should you be such an official! ”

The brocade guard urged him: "Go, arrest someone, and we'll discuss the following matters." ”

Gao Hanwen ignored them and strode out.

……

In front of it is Shen Yishi's courtyard. Still on the horse, Gao Hanwen felt something strange.

- The gate of the courtyard is open, and there is silence inside, like a Chen house that has been abandoned for many years!

Gao Hanwen slowly dismounted and walked towards the open gate of the cave.

A group of soldiers followed him into the deserted compound!

Walking to the door of the open account room, Gao Hanwen had already seen clearly, the bookcases full of account books in the account room he had come to not long ago were all empty! Even the big table, the coffee tables were empty!

Suddenly, Gao Hanwen saw something, it was a piece of paper pressed with a paperweight jade on the chair he was sitting on at the time!

"You're waiting outside the door." Gao Hanwen said and walked in alone.

He took away the paperweight and jade, picked up the piece of paper, and looked at the two neat lines of regular script on the paper.

- "Hou Feihou, Wang Feiwang, thousands of rides back to the mountain!" The cunning rabbit is dead, and the good bow is hidden; After me, Jun recovers! A song "Guangling San", play again to wait for Yun Niang! ”

Gao Hanwen was stunned all of a sudden!

Then he shuddered violently, and he heard the sound of drums, drums coming from the inner courtyard!

Gao Hanwen hurriedly walked out and shouted, "Come with me!" ”

All the soldiers followed him to the inner courtyard.

The door to the piano room was closed, and the sound of drums came from inside!

Gao Hanwen stood in the courtyard, and all the soldiers stood behind him.

The drum beat so calmly, beating slowly, there was a pause for a moment, and then there was an aftersound, like a breeze blowing through the boundless lotus leaves of the lotus pond!

Gao Hanwen's eyes were blank.

Then the percussion slowly accelerated, like intermittent drops of rain falling on the boundless lotus leaves of the lotus pond!

Gao Hanwen heard it, this is the "Wind Blowing Lotus Leaves" that You Heng played for Cao Cao back then!

What should be a stormy catharsis next, Gao Hanwen understood, and ordered loudly: "Knock the door open!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers shouted in response and ran to the door.

With the sound of banging on the door, the drum beat really became agitated! But the door didn't move!

Gao Hanwen: "Knock the door open immediately!" ”

Before his words could be heard, several soldiers at the door were suddenly rushed backwards by a wave of heat!

A roaring fire erupted from the crack in the door!

"Go away! My lord! A few soldiers carried Gao Hanwen and walked out.

"Let go of me!" Gao Hanwen shook them off, "Find water, put out the fire!" ”

But it was too late, the piano room was obviously full of oil, and the fire was already burning from the roof of the eaves!

Gao Hanwen froze in the courtyard, and the fire reflected his figure red!

The four copper-edged mahogany boxes containing all of Shen Yishi's accounts had already been moved here, and each wooden box had seals pasted on them, and each seal read: "Cheng Weaving Bureau Governor Yamen".

Yang Jinshui, Zheng Michang, and He Maocai have been sitting by these big wooden boxes for an unknown amount of time. To open or not to open, to burn or not to burn, or to open and see and then burn, or to burn without looking, no one will open their mouths.

"Open it and take a look? Or move to the backyard and burn it? In the end, it was He Maocai who couldn't help it and looked at Zheng Michang and Yang Jinshui.

"Please let Gonggong Yang decide." Zheng Michang immediately looked at Yang Jinshui, who was sitting on the other side.

"What do you say?" Yang Jinshui was already extremely tired of these two people, and seeing that the two of them were still so pretentious at this moment, he slowly turned his eyes to them and asked rhetorically.

Zheng Michang still refused to express his position, and looked at He Maocai fixedly.

"You can't be scared to death if you see it." He Maocai stood up, "If you don't look at death, you are wronged." ”

Zheng Michang looked at Yang Jinshui again, and Yang Jinshui was still looking at him. Zheng Michang had to express his position: "Responsible for the imperial court and the weaving bureau, just open it and take a look." ”

"Then don't open it." Yang Jinshui didn't give him any more face, "If you really want to be responsible for the imperial court, you will hand it over to the four brocade guards and send it to the imperial court." ”

Zheng Michang was forced by Yang Jinshui's words, and his demeanor didn't look like a lie, so he couldn't go around the bend anymore. Thanks to his ability to find a reason again, he smiled: "Gonggong Yang misunderstood what I meant." How much wealth does Shen Yishi have, and which ones should belong to the Weaving Bureau? Which ones must be immediately confiscated to raise food and recruit troops to send to Hu Butang to fight? This is what I mean when I say being responsible for the imperial court and being responsible for the weaving bureau. As he spoke, he looked at He Maocai again and motioned for him to open the box.

For Zheng Michang at this time, he was still unwilling to bear a little burden, He Maocai was also tired, and he was eager to open the seal as soon as possible to see what was going on, but thinking of the indescribable future, he also had a heart at this time, and forced Zheng Michang: "Does Zhongcheng mean to tell me to tear open the seal?" ”

Zheng Michang: "Do you have to explain this?" ”

He Maocai: "It is clearly written on it that the Weaving Bureau and the Governor's Yamen, Yang Gonggong does not speak, Zhongcheng does not speak, how dare I open the seal?" ”

At this point, Zheng Michang still didn't open his mouth, and looked at Yang Jinshui again.

"I really don't want to see it." Yang Jinshui dusted off his robe and stood up, "If you don't want to see it, I'll go and call the four brothers of Jinyiwei to carry the box away." With that, he walked out the door.

"Let's open it!" Zheng Michang hurriedly spoke, facing He Maocai, "After all, it is our business to raise military supplies for the front, so don't embarrass Gonggong Yang." ”

Yang Jinshui stood still again, turned his face and looked at the two people again.

"I said yes! After reading the account, there is still money waiting for the war ahead! He Maocai didn't delay any longer, and immediately tore open the seal of a wooden box.

"These words are still like human words." Yang Jinshui sat back again, "As an official and a person, even if you think about yourself for seven points, you have to think about the court for two points, and think about others for the rest of the court." Do you want to think of a full red gold like you, is there a full red gold in this world? ”

Zheng and He were so trained by him that their eyes touched again, their hearts were not tasteful, their faces were difficult to look at, but they didn't dare to reply.

Zheng Michang said to He Maocai: "Open it all." ”

The box was only sealed and not locked, and He Mao tore off the other three seals with a few brushes, and then lifted all four lids.

- The box is really full of books!

Zheng Michang and He Maocai all looked at Yang Jinshui again, but Yang Jinshui sat there but closed his eyes. The two of them couldn't call him, so they moved their eyes closer to the first box. Almost at the same time, both of them saw a letter on the first box full of account books!

——On the envelope, it was written in block letters: "Yang, Zheng, He Zhu Gong Qi Shen Yishi".

"Shen Yishi also wrote us a letter!" He Maocai said in a lost voice.

Zheng Michang couldn't wait: "Quickly disassemble it." ”

He Maocai picked up the letter, tore open the seal, took out two pages of letterhead, and read it alone in a hurry.

Zheng Michang: "Do you know the rules?" Put it on the table and look at it together! ”

He Maocai felt that something was wrong, and walked to the big case with the letter and placed it flat on the case.

Zheng Michang said to Yang Jinshui, who was sitting there: "Father-in-law Yang, let's watch it together." ”

Yang Jinshui slowly stood up again and walked to the side of the case. The three men stood side by side in front of the desk and began to read the letter.

A well-written regular script does not look at all like it was written by a person who knew that the deadline was approaching. Yang, Zheng, and He couldn't help but immediately think of this big businessman who had been in close contact with him for many years. Shen Yishi's silent figure seemed to slowly emerge from the letter. Then, the shadow spoke, and the voice that was once used to sounding in the ears of the three people: "From the twenty-first year of Jiajing to the forty years of Jiajing, in twenty years, this is the last batch of account books of Shen's interweaving bureau and the Zhejiang government. Four weavers, five governors, only Hu Butang Hu Zongxian and Shen have no account dealings, and only Hu Butang did not take a penny from Shen. Zhejiang's three divisions, Yamen, and only Hu Butang can be called the great officials of the national dynasty, and the rest of the princes are insignificant. ”

Yang Jinshui didn't have any expression on his face, but Zheng Michang and He Maocai couldn't hide their embarrassment at this time, their eyes met each other at the same time, and then they hurriedly looked at the letter.

Zheng Michang and He Maocai's eyes were a little dazzled, and they seemed to see Shen Yishi's figure slowly drifting away from the envelope, just like they usually do in this room, sometimes pacing, sometimes sitting, and the voice sounded around the room with the figure: "Shen Mou's cloth clothes and food have been rough for 20 years, and he has woven more than 4 million horses, and a total of 2.1 million horses have been handed over to the Weaving Bureau over the years, and each official has a profit of 1 million horses, and the remaining 900,000 horses are then bought and reproduced silk, which has made it difficult for Shen to maintain it to this day." I worked hard every day, and I didn't dare to rest in the middle of the night, and recorded all the expenses in the accounts one by one, that is, the account books that the public saw. ”

"His heart can be punished!" He Maocai couldn't help but roar, his eyes were looking around, "Shen Yishi, if you die, you will go to the eighteenth layer of hell!" ”

Zheng Michang's scalp was numb by He Maocai's roar, and his eyes also looked around, how could there be any ghosts in the blue sky and white sun? So He Maocai glanced at him, and then looked at Yang Jinshui.

Yang Jinshui's eyes were cold, and his voice was even colder: "If your family is ruined, you should go to the eighteenth layer of hell; Only by getting away with impunity can you ascend to the heavens of Luosheng! ”

In this kind of atmosphere, Yang Jinshui said such incantation-like words again, and Zheng Michang and He Maocai's scalps were numb. The two couldn't help but glance at each other.

"Read the letter." Zheng Michang hurriedly forked.

The three of them looked at the letter again.

Shen Yishi's figure disappeared, but his voice seemed to be sitting on the chair in front of the big case and talking: "I have the four seas in the Ming Dynasty, if the imperial court festival is used to love people, so that the people can be timely, officials at all levels are honest and self-controlled, and open the road of silk, porcelain, and tea, these three alone can enrich the world, why is today's treasury empty!" If you spend extravagantly, you will plunder the people; When the people are about to revolt, they plundered the business. Shen's ending today was expected. However, with Shen's decades of exploitation, can the remaining family wealth fill the deficit in the treasury? When you see this account, you will be disappointed! A page of concise accounts is attached here, and I hope that after the public reading, I will think of another good way to raise military salaries for the front, or to reduce the guilt of the imperial court. Otherwise, Shen will take the first step and wait for the princes to be in Jiuquan, this day is not far away! ”

Seeing this, Zheng Michang and He Maocai's faces immediately changed, and they all looked at Yang Jinshui.

Yang Jinshui's face was still cold and expressionless.

"Look at the next page!" Zheng Michang was so anxious that his voice trembled a little.

He Maocai hurriedly took the page away, revealing the following page of accounts listing several expenses.

Shen Yishi's voice: "First, Shen has a total of 25 workshops and 3,000 looms, which can weave 548 pieces of silk every day. When the princes saw this account, the raw silk in my inventory could only last twenty days for the weaving of silk in the workshop, a total of 10,960 horses. It was 489,040 horses short of the 500,000 horses needed by the imperial court. ”

Zheng Michang and He Maocai's eyes collided in one place, and they were both at a loss.

Yang Jinshui glanced at the two of them hatefully, and sat back on the chair by the window alone. Zheng Michang and He Mao were stunned for a while, and then continued to look at the page of accounts.

Shen Yishi's voice seemed to be whispering softly in the ears of the two of them at this time, but it was so clear: "Second, Shen has a total of one hundred and seven silk shops, and there are still 125,600 silk horses in Jiajing at the beginning of the 40th century. In March, the Weaving Bureau was ordered to allocate 100,000 horses. Of the remaining 25,600 horses, Zheng Michang and Zheng received a profit of 3,500 horses on the grounds of the governor's expenses of the yamen, and He Maocai and He received a profit of 2,000 horses on the grounds of the expenses of the yamen. In April, 20,000 horses were sold in order to raise enough money to buy grain. There are only 100 pieces of silk in stock. ”

Zheng Michang and He Maocai's eyes straightened! Sweat was dripping down his face.

"How many taels of cash and silver are there?" Zheng Michang didn't look at the account anymore, took a few steps back, sat down on the chair softly, and looked at He Maocai who was still standing by the desk with lost eyes.

"The cash is less than 10,000 taels!" He Maocai held the page of accounts, his hands were shaking, and his voice was shaking, "This, how is this possible?" I don't believe it either! ”

"It's over." Zheng Michang muttered, "We were all played by Shen Yishi......"

"yes, he's playing with you with his life!" Yang Jinshui sat on the chair and said coldly, "You yamen, including your family, you know how much money he has spent on him for so many years. This year, in order to change rice to mulberry, we bought nearly 100 boatloads of grain, and how much money it spent, we all know in our hearts. The grain bought now has been lent to Chun'an and Jiande. Shen Yishi really has a mountain of gold in his house, and he has dug it out. ”

Zheng Michang and He Maocai seemed to have to believe the account in front of them, one was sitting on a chair, the other was standing on the side of the desk, no one looked at anyone, all looking ahead in a daze.

"Is there anything else going on with the two adults?" Yang Jinshui slowly stood up, "If there is nothing else, Yang is going back to the palace to plead guilty." ”

"Grandpa Yang!" Zheng Michang saved, "You must not ask for guilt like this." If we all plead guilty in this way, there will be no supply of military supplies at the front, and this big war will not be able to continue! ”

Yang Jinshui's eyes looked out of the door: "Now I think that the battle can't go on, it's too late!" ”

"Grandpa Yang!"

Zheng and He actually knelt down beside Yang Jinshui at the same time.

"I'm ashamed of the emperor and my ancestors!" Yang Jinshui looked up at the sky outside the courtyard. I didn't look at the two half-shorter bodies beside me, "Hu Zongxian and Qi Jiguang fought so hard in front, and the imperial court counted on the military salaries to receive them on the confiscation of Shen Yishi's family wealth this time, but we couldn't come up with military salaries......"

"We're trying to find a way to raise money!" Zheng Michang immediately answered, "I just hope that my father-in-law will talk to Jinyiwei and a few Qincha, and ask them to transfer Chen and Lu's father-in-law, and let the court give us some time limits." ”

Yang Jinshui slowly looked at them: "Even if the imperial court gives you a time limit, can the two adults still find a second Shen Yishi to raid his home?" ”

"As long as the imperial court asks us to make meritorious contributions, we can find another way." Zheng Michang said and immediately looked at He Maocai, "Old He, you said that we can raise as much as we can?" ”

He Maocai: "I'm desperate, how can I raise a month or two of food and grass for the army first!" ”

"What about Shen Yishi's case right now?" Yang Jinshui looked at them again, "If you copy the house, you have to give an explanation to the imperial court for such a result." ”

"Find someone to blame!" Zheng Michang replied.

Yang Jinshui: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Zheng Michang: "Gao Hanwen! As he spoke, he looked at He Maocai.

He Maocai immediately answered: "Yes! Because of his ineffective handling of the case, Qin committed suicide in fear of crime, destroyed the account books, and transferred his private property! ”

Yang Jinshui looked at them deeply, thinking there.

Here, Gao Hanwen's gaze was also at a loss!

Outside the hall was full of soldiers, and four brocade guards sat on chairs. In the middle of the room, Shen Yishi's steward stood with his head bowed, and there was silence.

Gao Hanwen's mind was obviously blank, and he slowly turned his gaze to Shen Yishi, who was in charge: "How many days can you just say that all the workshops can still weave?" ”

"Twenty days." The steward glanced at Gao Hanwen timidly, and when he saw his sharp gaze, he hurriedly lowered his head again, "Because the raw silk in stock is enough to weave for twenty days." ”

Gao Hanwen: "How much silk can you weave in twenty days?" ”

The steward: "A total of 10,960 horses can be woven." ”

"Ten thousand nine hundred and sixty?" Gao Hanwen's voice trembled, and then he asked loudly, "What about the silk in stock?" How much silk do you have in stock? ”

"There are more than 100 silk shops in stock, and there are only 100 horses of silk in stock?" Gao Hanwen's gaze was like two knives stabbing straight at the steward.

The steward: "Just, just a hundred horses......

Gao Hanwen's face also turned white: "Arrest all these people!" Raid the storeroom now! ”

The soldiers outside the hall ran in unison.

The steward opened the lock of the warehouse with trembling hands, and Gao Hanwen kicked open the door of the warehouse and walked in first. The four brocade guards glanced at each other and walked in. The soldiers were nervously guarding the door.

In the warehouse, Gao Hanwen's back stood there steadily.

The four brocade guards stood by the door, and they were all silent.

There are only rows of empty wooden shelves in the whole storeroom, and there is not a single silk horse to be seen!

Gao Hanwen slowly turned around and looked at the four brocade guards.

The four brocade guards also looked at him quietly.

Gao Hanwen's voice was full of grief and indignation: "Thousands of soldiers in front are fighting with tens of thousands of Japanese invaders, but now we can't get military supplies to help them......" Speaking of this, Gao Hanwen's eyes flashed with tears.

The four brocade guards were also a little moved.

Gao Hanwen: "Where is Shen Yishi's account book?" Where is the family wealth? The Weaving Bureau and the Zhejiang government cannot escape the blame! If you don't investigate, you will be ashamed of the court, the soldiers in front, and the suffering people! ”

The four brocade guards glanced at each other, and the brocade guards said: "What should I do?" Say it. ”

Gao Hanwen: "Investigate immediately!" ”

Jin Yiwei: "How to track it down?" ”

Gao Hanwen: "Shen Yishi's account books and property weaving bureau and the governor's yamen should know!" You go to the Weaving Bureau to investigate, and I will go to the governor's yamen to investigate! ”

Jin Yiwei pondered for a moment: "This is our duty. Just do what Master Gao said. ”

Gao Hanwen strode out.

The four brocade guards all glanced at each other again and slowly walked out.

One by one, the books were thrown into the fire.

It is a matter of the life of the family, although it is a big June day, but they can't ask the people below to help, Zheng Michang and He Maocai had to take matters into their own hands, opened one of the four large boxes of account books and threw them into the fire, and opened another one and threw them into the fire. More than an hour passed, and there were still a lot of books left that had not been burned, and the sun was burning, and I didn't know how many sweats had flowed, and the soot was sticking to the sweat, and the faces of both of them were black, and only two dim eyes were left to see clearly.

Just then, there was a knock on the closed door in the backyard.

"Who!" He Maocai asked.

An answer came from outside the door: "Lord Yu, the Kochi Mansion is here, sitting in the second hall, and saying that I must see Lord Zhongcheng." ”

Zheng Michang and He Maocai looked at each other with the eyeballs on their black faces.

Zheng Michang: "Tell him I'm not here!" ”

The voice outside the door: "The little one said so, he just didn't leave, and said that he would come to the backyard to see the adult." ”

He Maocai was anxious: "Block!" Block it for Lao Tzu! Whoever lets him in will be beheaded! ”

"Yes!" There was an answer from outside the door.

"People are all lifting stones to beat people, but we, the little pavilion elders, just lift stones to shoot ourselves." He Maocai threw an account book into the fire, and said with hatred, "If it wasn't for this surnamed Gao, how could he pull out the rest of these things!" I was so desperate that I fucking pleaded guilty and confessed to everyone! ”

Zheng Michang is already old, and the external fire and the internal fire have been attacking each other, and he has long been unable to bear it. Now that I heard that Gao Hanwen was forced outside, He Maocai was so muddy again, and suddenly the world was spinning, and a thought wanted to ask He Maocai to support him, but he was speechless: "He, He ......"

"What am I?" He Maocai picked up another account book, and the voice of self-hatred continued, "It's really through the sky, we are one life, they are also one life, it's a big deal to cut off their heads together!" As he spoke, he threw the account book into the fire again, and when he turned around to take the account book again, he found that Zheng Michang was already lying on the ground.

He Maocai was startled, squatted down and helped Zheng Michang to sit up, and found that his teeth were tightly closed, like a dead man, he couldn't help but be anxious, and shouted: "Ancestor! You can't die at this time! Half-hugging and half-dragging, he moved him to the eaves of the back hall.

dragged to a shady place under the eaves of the back hall, He Maocai put Zheng Michang down next to the wall, hurriedly stood up and ran towards the courtyard gate, only walked a few steps and felt that it was inappropriate, turned back, Gu Zizi hated again and again: "It's unlucky!" What a fucking blood mold! Scolded, he squatted down beside Zheng Michang again, stretched out a finger and pinched his people: "Ancestor, the surname Gao is sitting outside, we can't go out now, you stand up again!" ”

Away from the fire, the person went to the shade, and was pinched by He Maocai, Zheng Michang really relieved, and slowly opened his eyes: "Don't worry about me, hurry up, hurry up and burn the account......"

"I'm going to burn it. But you have to stand up even if you are sick. He Mao was not in a hurry when he woke up, but stared at him, "At this time, I won't carry it alone if you tell him to be sick!" ”

Zheng Michang: "I'm sick...... Can you handle it...... Go burn it......"

"That's pretty much it." He Maocai stood up and walked towards the fire again.

Zheng Michang and He Maocai never expected that there were the same four wooden boxes in Yang Jinshui's house, containing all the account books of Shen Yishi in the past 20 years!

Yang Jinshui and the four brocade guards sat in front of the four wooden boxes, silent.

Jin Yiwei finally spoke: "Gonggong Yang, Shen Yishi, do you want to open these accounts and take a look." Which ones should be sent and which ones should be destroyed, you should always have an idea. ”

"You can't see it, and you can't destroy it." Yang Jinshui spoke, "Hide from the heavens and the earth, I can't hide it from the emperor, I can't hide it from the ancestors!" These four boxes of account books record the silk accounts that Shen Yishi has offered to the palace for the weaving bureau in the past 20 years, and also record the accounts of Shen Yishi's bribes to the successive Zhejiang officials, including Zheng Michang and He Maocai. It must be sent to the palace and handed over to the ancestors to let the emperor know. ”

Jin Yiwei: "In this case, we will arrest Zheng Michang and He Maocai now!" ”

Yang Jinshui: "I can't catch it yet." ”

Jin Yiwei: "Why?" ”

Yang Jinshui: "They are all Yan Ge Lao and Xiao Ge Lao people, the court situation is like this, will Er Yan fall, the emperor and the ancestor have not shown their hole cards, and now they will be caught as soon as they are involved, it will disrupt the strategy of the emperor and the old ancestor." Submit these account books, and the emperor will see his own holy judgment. At that time, we said that whoever we caught, we will arrest again. ”

Jin Yiwei: "Understood." But this time, if you copy your family and copy it like this, what will happen to the military salary in front? I have to give the court an explanation. ”

Yang Jinshui: "This is also one of the reasons why Zheng Michang and He Maocai were not arrested first. In the past few years, Zheng Michang, He Maocai, and those people in the Zhejiang government have not been less greedy, and they have pressed them to raise military salaries, and if they want to survive, they have to cut their own flesh with knives and take out some military salaries from their families. As for how to give an explanation to the above, there is only one way - arrest Gao Hanwen and go to the guilt first! ”

Jin Yiwei: "Catch him?" What crime? ”

Yang Jinshui: "The ineffective handling of the case led to the destruction of the suicide accounts of the Qin criminals, and the whereabouts of a large amount of stolen money are unknown. ”

"Zheng Michang and He Maocai just let them go?" Jin Yiwei's end was obviously a little uneven.

Yang Jinshui: "Let them go? If even they can be spared, my Ming Dynasty will have no heavenly principles. If you don't arrest them now, you want to force them to spit out some of the money they usually greed for. ”

Jin Yiwei: "Understood." When will Gao Hanwen be arrested? ”

Yang Jinshui: "I can't catch it now." You go and tell him, let him first send the confiscated Shen Yishi's family wealth to Hu Butang's camp immediately. Taking advantage of this time, we will rush the eight hundred miles of things here to the palace today. The will will also come down soon. When the will comes, we will arrest people. ”

The vast expanse of mountains, dense with grass and trees, is surrounded on three sides by miles of wide beaches, and dozens of warships of the Japanese are docked on the sea of the bay.

The board of the largest Japanese ship was tied to the captive Ming people. Both men and women have their shirts off and are exposed to the sun in broad daylight! The young men were chained, and the women were strung in a line with a long rope around each person's left arm, and they were being driven by the pirates to kneel and wipe the planks.

A pirate leader sat on the upturned bow of the ship, his eyes fierce and lewd over the breasts of shirtless women. Suddenly, he stood up and walked over to the row of women who were kneeling and wiping the planks.

The women were so frightened that they fell down.

The leader of the pirates grabbed a woman's long hair and lifted it up!

The woman's body was straightened, and she hurriedly covered her breasts with her right hand without a cover!

The leader of the widows smirked, and two of them came over and loosened the noose from the woman's left arm. The leader of the pirates grabbed the woman's long hair and dragged her to the cabin. The woman let out a long cry!

The other women were shivering on the board.

The men in chains closed their eyes.

The leader of the widows approached the cabin with the woman's long hair, and at that moment a man in chains suddenly jumped up and struck his head at the leader of the widows, but his head was still a foot away from the leader of the widows, and his body was tightly pulled by the chains.

The leader of the pirates stood still and looked at the man.

Anger shot out of the man's eyes, staring at the leader of the pirates.

The leader of the pirates loosened the woman's long hair, pulled out two swords from his waist, and slashed them at the same time!

A Japanese knife slashed the man's head into the sea, and a Japanese knife cut the iron chains on the man's body!

The blood that spurted from his body splattered the planks of the ship, and also the leader of the pirates!

The leader of the Japanese invaders had blood all over his face, but turned to the two Japanese (Japanese) beside him: "Feed the fish!" ”

The two would-be robbers lifted the headless corpse and threw it into the sea!

The sun hung high above the mountains and the sea was as blue as the sea, and from time to time flocks of birds flew from the mountains and hovered over the sea in search of fish for food. They were attracted by the splash of the waves from which the corpses were thrown into the sea, and a flock of birds immediately swooped down.

In the reckless and dense mountains opposite the mooring, a pair of angry eyes were looking at them at this time!

This is Qi Jiajun! The 2,000 men wiped out a group of pirates in Longshan and immediately rushed here, and it had been two days and two nights in the mountains, and no one moved, and none of the birds perched on the big trees were alarmed by a single person.

Qi Jiguang leaned against a big tree with his back to the sword, and sat there motionless.

Countless pairs of eyes were looking at him at this time, and he only looked ahead, still motionless.

A general crawled slowly on the ground, crawled to his side, tried to get as close to his ear as possible, and said in a very low and very soft voice: "General, some brothers have been without food for two days, and most of them have not eaten for a day. ”

Qi Jiguang didn't look at him, and replied in a low voice: "I know." ”

The general: "The thieves are committing adultery and murder on the ship every day, and the brothers say don't you have to wait?" ”

Qi Jiguang looked at him slowly, and only one word burst out of his mouth in a low voice: "Wait!" ”

After annihilating more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers and rescuing more than 4,000 Chinese people in the Battle of Longshan, the Qi army immediately rushed to Wenling, where they prepared to intercept the Japanese who had been burned and plundered from Xiangshan, Fenghua, and Ninghai. It was at this time that the backup was cut off. According to historical records, thousands of soldiers still insisted on suffering after several days of running out of food, waiting for an opportunity to kill the enemy!

Outside the mountains, there were two cannon shots from the Japanese ships on the sea! Soon, the sound of fire in response from the Japanese was heard from the hill on the other side of the beach! Then, faintly heard the roar of the Japanese in the distance and the cries of hundreds of people.

The eyes of countless pairs of soldiers all looked at Qi Jiguang, and Qi Jiguang slowly stood up by the big tree with his sword. A general brought Qi Jiguang's big white horse with his mouth from the dense forest and walked towards Qi Jiguang.

In the dense forest, many soldiers led their horses and slowly appeared, and many soldiers lying in the grass slowly stood up.

Qi Jiguang took the reins and patted the white horse's neck, and the horse immediately lowered its neck and rubbed Qi Jiguang's broad shoulders.

Qi Jiguang turned over and sat up: "Order, the horse team will follow me out of the middle lane, the 1234th battalion of the infantry team will kill the enemy from the three loaves, and the 5th and 6th battalions will save the people!" Don't set firearms until you have to, don't hurt the people! ”

There was no reply, and all of them raised their spears, swords, shields, and muskets in their hands as a sign of order!

On the edge of the bay, the high-headed black horse sits the Inoue Thirteen Lang! Behind him were the dozen or so Japanese warriors who were also clad in black hats! Behind the black horses, a large group of pirates drove the people from the mountains to the north to the beach!

All the people were strung in long rows with hemp ropes around their left arms, each carrying on their shoulders or on their backs the looted goods of the pirates!

The boats on the sea had approached the shore about ten feet, and then countless small boats were hoisted down from the big boats and rowed to the shore.

Here, the eyes of countless pairs of soldiers were staring at Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang untied the mouth of the white horse, and the horse immediately raised its head and neighed!

Qi Jiguang pulled out the spear from the saddle of the horse with his left hand, pulled out the long sword at his waist with his right hand, and waved a cold light: "Kill the enemy!" ”

The roar immediately resounded in the reckless mountains, and countless soldiers rushed out of the dense forest like lightning!

In the shouting and killing that shook the sky and the sea, Qi Jiguang took the lead and led the horse team to rush towards the Japanese brigade on the beach!

Immediately afterwards, a brigade of infantry soldiers with spears and swords and shields rushed to the beach from three sides of the mountains!

Inoue Jushiro pulled out his sword and shouted loudly (in Japanese): "Assemble!" Assemble your team! ”

All the pirates hurriedly drew their swords!

Some of the pirates raised their firearms!

The well-trained pirates quickly formed a battle formation!

Qi Jiguang's horse team, the infantry team all over the mountains and fields, quickly rushed towards the Japanese battle array!

The captives were thrown into confusion and began to flee in all directions, but the fleeing people did not go in the same direction, and fell on the beach with ropes!

Qi Jiguang's horse galloped like lightning, and shouted loudly: "The people of the Ming Dynasty fell on the spot!" ”

Immediately after that, the soldiers of the horse team behind him shouted in unison: "The people are down! ”

The captives were soon lying on the ground.

Inoue Jushiro raised his sword and yelled (in Japanese): "Kill!" "Steer the horse to greet Qi Jiguang who is galloping!

The Wako horses galloped after with their swords!

The Japanese infantry also rushed forward with their swords!

The three flying black horses galloped straight towards Qi Jiguang who was galloping with a spear in the shape of an arrow, Inoue Shisanlang clenched two Japanese knives, the long knife slashed at Qi Jiguang's spear tip, and the short knife stabbed Qi Jiguang's horse head!

Qi Jiguang's spear shook like lightning, and the cluster of red tassels at the tip of the gun connecting to the barrel suddenly turned into a ball of tassels as big as a bucket! The moment the long knife and the tip of the spear collided, Inoue's eyes were full of red, and the short knife in his right hand lost the direction of the stab, that is, in a lightning moment, his left shoulder was slammed by the front of the barrel of the gun, and the person fell to the right!

The horses of the two main generals passed by, and the horse teams on both sides were close to each other!

Inoue Shisan Lang is a master of the Japanese Kou, when he fell, he was stunned to break the saddle with his foot, threw away the knife in his left hand and grabbed the mane of the horse violently, the person clinged to the right body of the horse, galloping, leaning and actually stabbing down a knight on a horse that Qi Jiajun was galloping on!

The tip of Qi Jiguang's spear shook left and right, and he had already picked out three horseback widows one after another!

Horse teams fight at the forefront of the beach. The infantry of the Qi family army also surrounded from three sides of the mountains.

A row of pirates knelt down on one leg in a semicircle at the front of the battle formation, raised the fire guns in their hands and opened fire at the same time!

The flames spewed out from the mouths of the guns, and the infantry of the Qi family army at the forefront were obviously deployed, and in an instant, the shields were lit up at the same time, and the fan-shaped gunpowder was almost all sprayed on the shields, and countless fires burst out! In the gaps between the shields, the pikemen of the Qi family army rushed out, and one spear after another stabbed at the fire gunners of the Japanese Kou almost at the same time, and one by one the Japanese Kou fell down with a wild scream!

The group of pirates behind the firecrackers roared wildly and rushed towards the pikemen with their swords! At this time, the pikemen fell to their knees on one leg side by side, and the tips of the spears formed a sharp line of defense, all pointing diagonally at the rushing pirates, who were forced to slow down, but were squeezed to the tip of their spears by the surging pirates from behind.

- Countless spears pierced the pirates who rushed to the front, and the tips of the spears passed through the backs of many of them, and the pirates were strung on the barrels of their guns!

At this moment, the fire bolt behind the shield rang out, and then one by one, the rushing pirates fell down again in the firelight! The pikemen drew their spears that pierced through the pirates, and all of them rose to their feet, charging at them, and the shield-wielding swordsmen immediately followed them into the formation.

At this time, the soldiers of the five battalions and the six battalions had already rushed to the perimeter of the captive people, fighting with the Japanese and forming a circular battle formation to protect the people lying on the beach.

A general shouted: "The people of the Ming Dynasty untie the ropes!" Run to the other side of the mountain! ”

Hundreds of people got up, some untied their ropes, some untied their ropes, and ran towards the mountains.

Qi Jiguang, who rescued the people and had no worries, led the horse team to gallop in the Japanese formation, decided to end the melee, pulled out the sword at his waist, and shouted loudly: "Tie the mandarin duck formation!" ”

The shield bearers, spearmen, and waist knife men who were fighting in various places quickly formed a square of three shields, three spears, and three waist knives with the soldiers beside them in an instant, and immediately, countless teams of nine appeared on the beach! The shield blocked the sword, the spear stabbed at the body, the waist knife protected the wings and the tail, and one by one the square team killed the groups of Japanese who were still fighting from all directions!

The battle array of the Japanese was greatly disrupted, and the Japanese were knocked to the ground one by one.

——This is the famous Mandarin Duck Formation of the Qi Family's Army!

Inoue, whose hair was already scattered, yelled hysterically (in Japanese): "Retreat! Withdraw! ”

A large group of pirates brandished their swords and began to rush back towards the warships on the seashore!

Qi Jiguang held his sword high on his horse: "Set up a cannon!" ”

The cannon on the Japanese ship went off! Bursts of artillery fire fell on the beach, blocking Qi Jiguang's pursuit of the Japanese army on land. The pirates on the beach quickly ran to the boats on the shore.

The artillery of the Qi family army has been set up. Qi Jiguang ordered loudly: "Fire!" Hit the boat! ”

The red-coated cannons spewed out large groups of fire, and immediately several small boats of the Japanese were blown up and flew over the sea!

There were still many small boats rowing to the side of the warships of the Japanese invaders, and the Japanese went on board one after another.

The guns on the ships were still firing at the beach. Some officers and men of the Qi family army fell in the artillery fire.

The gunners adjusted their gun positions and aimed them at the large ships of the Japanese Invaders.

Qi Jiguang's hand holding the sword was put down: "There are people on the boat!" Stop firing and retreat! ”

The big ship began to sail towards the deep sea, and Qi Jiguang and his soldiers watched as the plundered people on the big ship of the Japanese were crying loudly.

The guns on the big ships of the Japanese are still spraying fire, some of them are blowing up on the beach, some of them have fallen into the shallow sea, splashing up columns of water that soar into the sky!

Although the Qi family army did not rescue all the captured civilians in this battle, it seriously dealt a blow to the morale of the Japanese invaders, and at the same time, they also practiced the tactics such as the "Mandarin Duck Formation" that would go down in history in the future......