After receiving the emperor's order, the war machine of the Ming Dynasty began to work gradually! At the same time, the Ministry of War is also urgently dispatching troops and dispatching elite soldiers from nearby guards to assemble in Zhejiang, and the Ministry of Officials is responsible for issuing all kinds of appointments and personnel transfers.

Zhejiang, Zhejiang's Governor's Palace.

Hu Zongxian didn't sleep all night, waiting for the news from Qi Jiguang in the study, and finally when the sky was bright, his subordinates knocked on Hu Zongxian's door.

"Your Excellency Governor, this is the news that General Qi sent you!"

"Well, you go down."

"Yes."

Hu Zongxian took the letter from his subordinates and opened it, only to see that it read: "Your Excellency Governor, your subordinates have sent troops last night to kill most of the people on the list!" The amount of money obtained is innumerable, and the exact amount is being counted, and the results will be available in the near future. ”

"Okay, these insects should have been killed a long time ago!" Hu Zongxian slammed the table and said in a deep voice.

After the excitement, Hu Zongxian adjusted his mood, spread out the pen and paper, and began to write the face to present to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Minister Hu Zongxian sent troops last night to kill most of the coastal smuggling families, and the property obtained is countless, and after the inventory is completed, the people will be sent to the national treasury."

After Hu Zongxian finished writing, after the ink on the paper dried, he immediately called his own soldiers and said in a deep voice: "Present this letter to Your Majesty without delay!" ”

"Yes."

……

Beijing, Yanfu.

Early in the morning, Yan Shifan hurriedly knocked on the door of his father Yan Song.

"What's the matter, what's going on in the cabinet?"

Since yesterday's order issued by the emperor, the five members of the cabinet have not slept all night, and all kinds of chaotic and complicated orders have been issued from the cabinet, and then handed over to the six subordinate departments, which in turn have been handed over to the subordinate officials, and the officials have handed over the orders to the magistrates for execution.

The five of them were busy until the early morning, and then they had some free time, and then Yan Song chose to go home to rest for a while on the grounds that he was unwell.

"Father, according to the news from Zhejiang, Hu Zongxian mobilized the army last night, and I don't know what to do?" Yan Shifan handed over the information in his hand to Yan Song and said in a deep voice.

"This shouldn't be, the official appointment of the imperial court is still on the way, what is he Hu Zongxian doing when he mobilizes the army? Suppress the Wokos? There are no more pirates in Zhejiang! Yan Song said, put on reading glasses, and finished browsing the content on it.

"Father, do you think this will be His Majesty's will?"

"Well, I can't rule it out! Let them pay more attention. ”

……

Early in the morning, Jiajing walked out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, he didn't sleep all night last night, that Li Lisheng and his apprentices together translated part of the tadpole text on the book, and Jiajing was overjoyed, and tried to build a formation overnight, but finally achieved a small success, and there was no explosion.

When Lu Fang saw the emperor coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and said softly: "Your Majesty, there was nothing abnormal about Elder Yan Ge and Elder Xu Ge last night, they stayed in the cabinet all night!" In addition, those officials handed over the proceeds of the raids, and the state treasury recorded 1.2 million taels. ”

"Well, you're doing a good job, let's go with me!" When Jiajing heard this, he couldn't help but feel in a good mood, and turned to Lu Fang and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Lu Fang said that, and followed behind Jiajing step by step.

Near noon, the official appointment of the imperial court finally arrived at the Governor's Mansion of Zhejiang.

After Hu Zongxian respectfully sent away the appointed father-in-law, he summoned everyone to the hall to discuss the next strategy.

"This time, Hu Zongxian is fully responsible, and now the imperial court is sending elite soldiers from the surrounding guards to gather in Zhejiang, and it should be able to reach more than 9,000 people by then! The money, rations, ordnance, armor, and so on needed by the army are also being allocated, and all of them will arrive in a few days. Hu Zongxian swept his gaze over everyone and said in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency the Governor, do you need to mobilize some more troops from my guard post near Hangzhou?" After listening to Hu Zongxian's words, Zheng Michang raised questions.

"No need, with the current number of troops, it is more than enough to eliminate this group of pirates." Hu Zongxian waved his hand and refused.

"This time, this official plans to attack in three ways! In order to exterminate this group of Japanese robbers entrenched in Fujian as quickly as possible, the official decided to divide the soldiers into three parts, Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou each led one, and the remaining one was handed over to Tan Lun to command. Hu Zongxian said, turning his gaze to Tan Lun, who was sitting in the corner, and said in a deep voice.

"Is the Governor talking about me?" When Tan Lun heard what Hu Zongxian said, his face was full of disbelief.

"Well, that's right! This official still remembers the deeds of the 29th year of Jiajing, when he was the prefect of Taizhou, he led the dead soldiers to fight against the Japanese invaders, and won three battles and three victories, and this time it was also Xu Ge Lao who personally recommended you to His Majesty. Hu Zongxian said dryly, then picked up the teacup on the side and took a sip.

"Yes, the subordinates will not disgrace their lives!" Tan Lun said, bowing to Hu Zongxian.

"Let's all go down and prepare." Hu Zongxian waved his hand, and then sent everyone away.

"Yes."

……

Night, Beijing, Yanfu.

"Father, it's all clear, last night Hu Zongxian sent his general Qi Jiguang to kill most of the families along the coast who relied on smuggling to survive, and there was not one survivor."

"What? How could this Hu Zongxian have such courage, does he know how many people are involved behind this? ”

"Father, the child suspects that Hu Zongxian has received His Majesty's instructions, otherwise, he would never have acted recklessly like this."

"Recently, if there is a twist and turn in the impeachment of Hu Zongxian, help press it, we have to withstand this pressure for him! Otherwise, the battle on the front line will be delayed, and no one will be able to withstand the wrath of His Majesty. Yan Song said, commanding in a deep voice.

"Yes, the boy will command it." After Yan Shifan finished speaking, he left in a hurry.

At this time, Yan Song was already able to confirm that Hu Zongxian's dispatch of troops to kill the coastal smuggling family must be behind His Majesty's instructions! Otherwise, with Hu Zongxian's old and serious character, it would never be possible to do such a reckless thing.

And to help Hu Zongxian suppress the impeachment, Yan Song is showing favor to the emperor in disguise to show his loyalty, Your Majesty, we are all in the same group!

……

The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

After reading the content of the recital, Jiajing couldn't help but feel in a good mood, and laughed loudly: "This Hu Zongxian acted so decisively!" ”

"Lu Fang, you can also come and see." Jiajing said, handing the song to Lu Fang, who was waiting on the side.

And when Lu Fang read the above content, he couldn't help but change his face greatly, without him, the content recorded above was too terrifying: Hu Zongxian sent troops to kill those coastal smuggling families!

The matter of coastal smuggling has always been the counterweight of the imperial court, and if you touch it, you will die! Therefore, this is a topic that must not be touched, and now Hu Zongxian sent troops to kill him, which must be the emperor's instructions.

At the same time, Lu Fang also knew that it involved a wide range of things, and countless noble clans, local gentry, and high-ranking officials of the imperial court were involved! Even I can get a lot of money from it every year.

"May I ask what your majesty needs slaves for?" Soon, Lu Fang calculated the benefits and disadvantages clearly, and said in a deep voice.

"Then there will be a twist and turn to impeach Hu Zongxian, and they will all be pressed down by me! In addition, let Jinyiwei check those people, don't let any of them go, and kill them directly if they don't cooperate, so you don't have to report to me. Jiajing's tone was indifferent, as if he was talking about an unrelated trivial matter.

"Your Majesty, this is going to implicate you!"

Lu Fang was shocked in his heart, but he still saluted respectfully on his face and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the slave maid will inform Jinyiwei." ”

(End of chapter)