Xia Yan is also seventy years old, but these two old men are in good spirits, and they are still the pillars of optimus in the court.

Xu Zan did not hold on, and died in the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing, and Xia Yan replaced him as the second assistant of the cabinet.

In the past few years, two more people have entered the cabinet, one is Lu Ben and the other is Xu Jie.

These two people have more or less taken on some of the affairs for them, but it is a lot easier.

However, some important things still need to be checked by the first and second assistants.

Yan Song wrote his advice next to one of the notes, and then opened the next one, just as he had done in the past.

The two words "Wakou" caught his eye.

Yan Song's pupils shrank unnaturally.

The Japanese and the southeast are always united, and it is the richest place in the world in the eyes of the Japanese invaders, and the future Toyotomi Hideyoshi even wants to retire in Ningbo.

His heart lifted.

In fact, there have always been small groups of Japanese pirates in the coastal areas, but since the 32nd year of Jiajing, the number of Japanese pirates has increased, and they are not as unorganized and undisciplined as before, but have a certain contingent and command. They harassed and plundered the local people, and became even more unscrupulous when they found that the officers and soldiers could not stop them.

Fortunately, there was no infringement around Ningbo Mansion, and the guard office there even reported a victory, handed over more than 500 heads, and asked for a reward from the imperial court.

However, Yan Song saw through his trick at a glance - what combat effectiveness the guards in the south could have. He reverted to the situation in his mind:

Hundreds of Japanese invaders attacked Ningbo, but they were all repulsed by the tribesmen, not only did they not grab anything, but left behind more than 500 corpses. But it was useless for the family to take the head, so they simply sold it to the generals of the guard as favors.

After all, just look at the surrounding reports, from Shandong to Fujian, disasters have been suffered everywhere, even Nanzhi has been harassed, only the location of the family is no problem, it is obvious that the family's soldiers have made a move.

In any case, he was somewhat relieved, knowing that he also had some relatives who were still there in his hometown.

In his heart, his trust in the family has reached a higher level.

Soon he appeared in front of the palace, such a big matter, it must be reported to the emperor, not only that, the rest of the cabinet members also followed to the palace.

As expected, the Emperor was furious when he read the letter.

"A small country, An dare to be so, An dare to be so!"

"The coastal soldiers are also waste, and the Japanese are only a team of hundreds of people, and they can't be cured, a group of rice buckets! What do I want them to do! ”

He cursed angrily, got up from his chair indignantly, and paced back and forth.

"It is better for Your Majesty to personally draw up a letter of solicitation and order someone to go to Japan and ask the king of Japan in public, where did he have the courage to send his men to invade the territory of our Celestial Empire and make him restrain his subordinates."

Xia Yan immediately said.

Zhu Houxi stopped when he heard this, obviously intended.

But this suggestion was immediately rejected by Yan Song:

"Your Majesty, it's useless to send envoys, the current Japan has long been torn apart."

"The minister has gone to find someone to understand after seeing the twists, and now their king has been completely reduced to a puppet, and there are many princes in various places, attacking each other, and our envoy is in the past, and it will not have any effect."

"These Japanese are the remnants of those princes who fought in battle, and they were scattered to the coast, and mixed with the local people and hooligans, and finally formed this Japanese bandits, and they have those who are familiar with the terrain to guide the way, so it is very difficult."

Compared with other courtiers who didn't know anything about the Japanese courtiers, Yan Song was easy to come and organized, and Jiajing's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he nodded again and again, and his eloquent talk was also in stark contrast to the few speechless courtiers around him.

After all, it's about Japan, and they really don't know, and they can't say one, two, three, four.

Xia Yan's eyes were faintly dissatisfied.

The more powerful Yan Song is, doesn't it make him more incompetent? His own suggestion has just been directly refuted...... I can't say, when the emperor will be disappointed in him, then his current status will not be guaranteed.

Emperor Jiajing's usual method is to divide and disintegrate, and now that Yan Song is powerful and Yan Yuanmo is also on his side, although Jiajing trusts Yan Song very much, he still fosters another force to resist the most, and that force is Xia Yan.

Xia Yan is certainly a capable minister, but he is also scheming, and his political skills are also quite clever, so he naturally knows the reason why he is favored by Jiajing.

Now that Yan Song has provided effective information, he must win back a city.

He immediately stood up and put forward his opinion:

"In that case, let's fight! I don't believe that my Heavenly Empire will be afraid of these little widows! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests that one of the capable ministers should be selected to sit on the coast, clean up the armaments, and lead the overall situation of water and land to fight against the Japanese invaders."

"Once my Ming Dynasty officially sends troops, it will be just around the corner to exterminate this area of Japanese robbers!"

Jiajing nodded, it was not a stunning proposal, but it was decent, and it was not a mistake.

And he didn't think that the would-be a threat was anything.

So he nodded:

"Then let's do it!"

"Then you Aiqing think, who can take on this important task?"

……

Xia Yan returned home tired.

The "capable minister" who can sit in the southeast was not elected in the end.

Yan Song didn't plan to speak, Hu Zongxian did a good job in the north, and now he has become the governor of Xuanda, sitting in the north, beating me all over the place, and he has no intention of changing the other party's job.

After all, he didn't know if Hu Zongxian was good at water warfare, what if he went to the southeast and overturned?

Xia Yan himself is a subordinate who can handle it, so he can't be promoted.

As soon as he thought of this, he secretly gritted his teeth.

Although there are many officials under him, there is no one like Hu Zongxian who is fully civil, military, and he has some ability to intrigue.

How did Yan Song dig up this gold from the crowd, why didn't I have this luck!

He sighed to himself.

As for Xu Jie and Lu Ben, they are newcomers, and the two bigwigs don't speak, so naturally they don't speak, so this issue has to be shelved.

"Master, Zhao Shilang from the Ministry of Industry has sent a letter, please take a look."

Zhao Wenhua? What did he do when he sent letters?

Xia Yan doesn't like Zhao Wenhua, this person has a treacherous and flattering temperament, and although Xia Yan has means, he is still upright after all, and he is very unaccustomed to this. It's just that he is good at stammering, licking his wife very comfortably, blowing the pillow in the wind, plus reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, so he reluctantly took it in, but he didn't reuse it.

At this time, the letter should be another slap on the back or something......

Xia Yan picked up the letter and glanced at it casually.

However, in the next second, he couldn't take his eyes off.

"Seven Things to Prepare for the Widow", four bright and bright characters, the other party obviously also knew what happened in Xiyuan today, so he wrote this letter.

Xia Yan quickly looked at it.

Although the first thing to ask the sea god is a bit nonsense, but the rest of the things are all reasonable, Xia Yan is more or less familiar with military affairs, after reading it, he only feels as if something has been dialed in his mind, and his mind is instantly unblocked.

It is indeed a matter that is conducive to the overall situation, just looking at this letter, Zhao Wenhua has far surpassed him Xia Yan in military terms!

And the matter of asking for the sea god, he is not so resistant, after the incident of asking for rain a few years ago, he has also faintly believed in the fairy god, and this must be very much the emperor's appetite.

Xia Yan's eyes couldn't help but flicker.

Could it be that this Zhao Wenhua, like that Hu Zongxian, is a buried genius who is both civil and military?

(End of chapter)