Xia Yan hesitated, but when he thought of Hu Zongxian's meritorious deeds during this time, and Yan Song was also praised by the emperor for his recommended merits, he was a little red-eyed.

He read the letter again, and it was very coherent, and the list in it was indeed good advice.

Gritted his teeth and made a decision.

Tomorrow I will present this letter to Your Majesty!

……

Zhao Wenhua sat in his mansion, crossing Erlang's legs.

Beside him, there stood a scholar. His clothes are not neat, and even the whole person looks a little sloppy, and his spirit is very bad, but in his eyes, there is a light of hope:

"Lord Zhao, if you are activated by Xia Ge Lao, will you really reinstate my official position?"

His name is Tang Shunzhi, because in the nineteenth year of Jiajing, he and his colleagues played "Donggong Chaohe Shu" to ask for the crown prince, and was cut to the people by the angry Jiajing Emperor, and since then he has devoted himself to studying scriptures and the art of war, etc., and has achieved quite a lot.

He knew that Zhao Wenhua was not a good person, but he was also unwilling to sink like this, especially when he heard that his hometown Changzhou was harassed by the Japanese invaders, he was even more distressed by his powerlessness.

And if you want to fight against the Japanese invaders, you must have an official position, no matter what it is, at least there is the possibility of sending out the southeast to lead the troops, which is better than being a commoner now, and you can't do anything.

So he wrote the article "Seven Things to Prepare for the Widow" for Zhao Wenhua, which collected his lifelong understanding of maritime affairs in exchange for official reinstatement.

Zhao Wenhua glanced at him and agreed very simply:

"Don't worry, as long as I can be promoted, I will definitely not treat you badly, I, Zhao Wenhua, speak my word."

The premise is, "I can be promoted".

Tang Shunzhi naturally heard it, he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, he was entangled for a while, and finally spoke:

"Lord Zhao, in fact, I don't think it's necessary to add it to the 'sacrifice to the sea god'......" He actually only wrote six articles, the first one was added by Zhao Wenhua himself, and this one was regarded by Tang Shunzhi as "useless", and it may even lead to failure.

"You're wrong." Zhao Wenhua smiled mysteriously:

"It's with this addition that the odds of success will increase dramatically."

Although Zhao Wenhua is treacherous, he is also good at figuring out his intentions, and he has long felt that Xia Yan does not treat him well.

But there was no way, Yan Song didn't want to see him even more, and even the "tactics of pleasing his wife" were sternly rejected by Yan Song's wife Ouyang, and there was no way at all, at least Xia Yan could still keep himself.

And when the news spread, he was keenly aware that the opportunity had come.

This letter, six things, is to show Xia Yan's ability, and one thing is to curry favor with Emperor Jiajing.

In this way, he is eighty or ninety percent sure that he can be on top.

Things didn't go his way out of his expectations.

Through Xia Yan's recommendation, Zhao Wenhua successfully entered the eyes of the emperor.

Especially his suggestions, which won Jiajing's heart, not only flattered the immortals, but also had a practical strategy against the enemy, so he naturally rose step by step.

In the 32nd year of Jiajing, Zhao Wenhua served as the governor of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangnan as the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, and also controlled the military affairs of Jiangxi to defend against the Japanese invaders.

……

Daming, on an island off the southeast coast.

Dozens of people gathered in a cave, including Japanese dressed as samurai, fishermen from the Ming coast, and Xiyi with yellow hair and blue eyes.

These are the leaders of various pirate forces, that is, the Ming Dynasty called the Japanese Kou.

The so-called Japanese were never a single Japanese, their composition was very complex, and at the same time their forces were huge, in fact, they were a large pirate alliance.

And accompanied by a cry of "King Hui has arrived!" A thin middle-aged man walked in, and when the leaders saw him, they all stood up and saluted.

Without him, this person is the most powerful among all the people present, and at the same time holds the lifeblood of weapons and sets up the king of Hui, Wang Zhi!

After a while, they each sat down, but Wang Zhi did not start the meeting as they imagined, but suddenly turned to the leader of a Japanese samurai and asked:

"Neiku crooked ship, I have emphasized many times, you are not allowed to hit Ningbo Mansion, why don't you listen to orders?"

In the previous all-out offensive against the Ming Dynasty, there was no plan to attack Ningbo, but this leader changed direction without authorization and deviated from the position of the attack, which made Wang Zhi's chest angry.

The samurai leader was a little unconvinced, and his mouth was grunting, and Wang Zhi had been in Japan for some years after all, and he could understand Japanese, what he said was:

"Ningbo Mansion is the richest place along the coast, as long as it is captured, even if there is only one county, it is comparable to ten poor and remote places that you arranged for me to go, why can't you fight? When we came out, we just wanted to get rich, of course, where we had money. ”

"It's just that I didn't expect the Ming army there to be so able to fight, and most of my subordinates were killed and wounded." His eyes flashed with fear and pain, but then there was a deep greed:

"If we press together, we can definitely take it. This mansion is simply a sea of gold and silver, and after taking it, you don't have to do this desperate business anymore, you can find a place to enjoy the glory and wealth. ”

Wang Zhi suddenly froze with anger.

He was a businessman, not a pirate. His purpose has always been to attack the Ming Dynasty's coastal defense, so as to force the Ming Dynasty to open the sea ban, so that he can make money reasonably and legally.

However, attacking Ningbo Mansion and offending Chen Guogong and Yue Guogong will make it even more unlikely that his wish will be realized.

What's more, he has been sailing for a long time, and he also has some doubts about the special attitude of the Luzon Governor's Office towards the Yan family.

If it's true, then ......

He thought back to the time when he was doing business in Luzon, and the big ships full of Franc machines couldn't help but shiver, even he would not be such a behemoth's opponent.

When he came back to his senses, the murderous aura in his eyes was even worse.

It's not that you won't be allowed to rob it, after all, Wang Zhi also knows that he doesn't need to expect these pirates to have the same long-term ideas as himself, if they don't rob them, this already loose alliance will be broken directly. But you should also aim at the target when you rob them, the Yan family is rich, but robbing them, looking for death?

It's good now, I offended the Yan family, and I also lost my soldiers and lost more than half of the people.

Now not only do they not repent, but they even want to trick more people into sending them to death.

What a rubb......

Seeing that the leader was still talking, he had lost half of his patience, and as soon as his palm moved, a cold light flashed.

The leader's neck was bleeding, and he fell to the ground with a bit of disbelief in his eyes, and Wang Zhi's eyes were a little evil:

"If there is anyone who does not obey orders, he will be like him!"

"If you have money, you have to have a life to spend!"

No one around dared to speak anymore, and the leaders who were dominating one side looked at Wang Zhi with a little fear in their eyes at this time.

"Two months later, the offensive was launched again." Wang Zhi looked around and said coldly:

"This time, we have adopted the tactics of attacking the east and the west."

(End of chapter)