In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Jiajing looked at the five important ministers kneeling in front of him and spoke.

"What Elder Yan Ge and Elder Xu Ge have asked for, I have approved!"

"In addition, the military quarters and salaries required for front-line operations are all coordinated by the household department! I don't want anything to go wrong with this, you see? Jiajing said, and set his eyes on Xu Jie.

After Xu Jie noticed the emperor's gaze, he hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen must have planned this matter completely, and there will be no mistakes!" If there is any problem with the front-line military needs, Your Majesty can ask me. ”

"Well, since Elder Xu Ge is so determined, then I can rest assured, you guys go down and get busy." After listening to Xu Jie's explanation, Jiajing nodded, and his tone was indifferent.

"Yes, Your Majesty! The ministers retired. When they had said this, they bowed down and departed.

After everyone left, Jiajing called Lu Fang to his side and said softly: "You go and send someone to keep an eye on them, and report to me if there is any trouble." ”

When Lu Fang heard what Jiajing said, she bowed down and responded: "It's Your Majesty, the slave and maid will do it." ”

Just as Lu Fang took a few steps, as if he suddenly remembered something, he turned back again.

"Lu Fang, do you have anything else to report to me?" Jiajing watched Lu Fang go and come back, raised his eyebrows, and asked.

"Your Majesty, the slave just remembered that there was one thing I forgot to tell Your Majesty, recently Yan Ge Lao is wantonly purging those disobedient officials! Look at ......," Lu Fang said, lowering her voice.

"Don't worry about this matter, those disobedient officials should be in charge, with Yan Ge Lao taking action for me, I will save a lot of trouble! By the way, let them take a small part of the confiscated property and put it into the treasury, which can be regarded as some compensation for me. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty! Then the slave and maid commanded it. ”

"Hmm."

After Lu Fang completed everything Jiajing ordered, he called his godson Feng Bao.

"Godfather, is there anything you want me to do? Is it ...... Your Majesty's side," Feng Bao said, respectfully handing Lu Fang a cup of tea.

"Boy, this time it's really lucky!" Lu Fang took the teacup from Feng Bao's hand, and after taking a sip, his face was full of smiles.

"Dare to ask Godfather, what reward did His Majesty give me?" Feng Bao suppressed the anxiety in his heart and asked Lu Fang.

"Gonggong Shi is about to leave the palace this year, right?" Lu Fang put down the teacup and said a few words with a smile.

"Godfather, could it be that Your Majesty asked me to ......" Feng Bao heard this, with an incredible look on his face.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Bao quickly reacted and kowtowed to Lu Fang: "Thank you, child, godfather for cultivating!" Thank you godfather for cultivating! The child will definitely serve the godfather in the future, and you will be my Feng Bao's day in the future! ”

When Lu Fang heard what his godson said, he couldn't help frowning, and warned loudly: "You are not working for me, but for the emperor!" Only the emperor is my god! Do you understand? ”

"The child understands, the child understands......" Feng Bao knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

……

At night, in Zhejiang, Qi Jiguang's department was stationed in the barracks.

Qi Jiguang was sitting in the main tent, carefully studying the "Art of War" in his hand, and frowned from time to time when he saw the obscure places in it.

"General, the reply from the Governor has arrived!" Just as Qi Jiguang was thinking about it, news came from the soldiers outside the tent.

"Come in."

"Yes!"

The soldiers entered the main tent, handed over Hu Zongxian's letter to Qi Jiguang, and then turned around and left.

Qi Jiguang took advantage of the light of the candle flame to open the letter, only to find that this was a list, and the people on the list were all well-known smuggling families on the southeast coast, and there was only one word annotated on the back, kill!

"The Governor has finally made up his mind to take action on those moths!" Qi Jiguang thought so in his heart, and after roughly browsing the names on the list, Qi Jiguang turned around and walked out of the main account.

"Pass my orders, and the whole army will assemble!"

"Yes!"

Soon the horn of the assembly sounded, and the soldiers who were still sleeping in the barracks got up from their beds, immediately grabbed their weapons, and gathered as fast as they could, and these soldiers did not take off their armor even while sleeping, so the assembly was very fast.

Qi Jiguang saw that the army had been assembled, and said loudly: "General Ben has gathered everyone together, there is one thing to ask everyone to do!" ”

"Those smuggling families along the coast are rampant, and there are also their shadows behind those smugglers in the neighboring province of Fujian, just now, General Ben got an order from the governor! Let my troops go and clean up these insects, and the rest of your property tonight can be kept by yourself, except for the necessary share. ”

As soon as Qi Jiguang's words fell, there was a burst of cheers from the soldiers in the audience.

"Quiet!" Qi Jiguang's voice was not loud, but as if there was some kind of magic power, the soldiers in the audience immediately quieted down.

"Don't leave anything alive tonight! Do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

The soldiers below responded in unison, and the sound was deafening.

After Qi Jiguang finished speaking, he passed the list to the other generals and generals who were responsible for leading the troops, and after everyone remembered the names on it, Qi Jiguang burned the letter and ordered in a deep voice: "Go!" ”

……

Since the imperial court announced the implementation of the maritime ban policy, there have been countless people in the entire southeast coastal area who have secretly smuggled at the risk of death and annihilation. The very few who survived made a fortune as a result, turning from poor people into local gentry, and even some became guests of the local government.

The Zhang family is one of the best among them, since the Zhengde period, the Zhang family has ignored the ban of the imperial court, secretly smuggled, and thus accumulated a wealth that rivals the country! The ancestors of the Zhang family were very far-sighted, and did not choose to use this wealth to buy land on a large scale, but chose to use the money to make friends with the powerful, win over officials, and build an extremely large network of relationships.

Many noble clans, local gentry, and high-ranking officials of the imperial court have participated in the "business" of the Zhang family, and the Zhang family is the first to know about any disturbances in the government and the opposition.

"The head of the family, the account books of the past few days have been sorted out, do you want to take a look?" The butler stepped forward with the account book and asked softly.

"Leave it aside, I'll see later!" The contemporary head of the Zhang family waved his hand and continued to enjoy the song and dance in front of him.

"yes, okay." After the butler had finished speaking, he put the account book aside, as the master had said, and then wanted to turn away.

Just then, there was a commotion from outside.

"What's going on out there? Go and see who is making noise outside, punish me well, and dare to disturb my interest! The contemporary head of the Zhang family frowned, his tone full of displeasure.

"Yes." Just as the butler was ordered to go out to check the situation, he saw countless soldiers in armor break in, kill anyone he saw, and immediately hack the butler to death.

"Kill them all, not one left!" In the group of soldiers, the leader said.

"Yes!"

More and more soldiers poured in, and the entire Zhang family suddenly turned into a human purgatory, crying, crying, crying, and laughing were intertwined, and a strong smell of blood gradually spread, which was disgusting.

(End of chapter)