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Chapter 374 Beijing (Part 2)

After quieting in the hall for a while, Emperor Jiajing looked up at Lu Bing, and then looked at Xu Wei, "Wen Chang knows?"

"I don't know." Xu Wei spread his hands, "Zhan Cai mentioned in the letter that the reason for raiding the house of the Governor's Office was tenable, and said that His Majesty was informed."

Emperor Jiajing didn't say anything, and flipped through the letter paper. There were still four or five pages behind it. I really didn't want to continue reading the words, so I put them aside and said, "I won't read them anymore... You have read them, let's talk about them."

Qian Yuan's handwriting is not that ugly, but the letter is written too long, so he is too lazy to use a brush, but he uses a quill. People in this era naturally don't like it.

"Your Majesty, although I have been in the palace of Hu Ruzhen, the governor of Zhejiang, but I have been in Hangzhou for a short time. I returned to Hangzhou from Nanjing at the end of July. In August, I was seriously ill in the provincial examination. After recovering from the illness a few months later, I went to Beijing to take the exam."

"I know, that guy Zhan Cai has said more than once or twice, saying that if you, Xu Wenchang, hadn't been that serious illness, you would have never been able to pass the provincial examination in your life." Emperor Jiajing cursed with a smile.

Xu Wei laughed and said, "Actually, I am not very familiar with Hu Ruzhen. I didn't expect that he has some skills. Over the years, I have never seen Zhan Cai suffer such a big loss, and I am still a mute loss... After reading the letter, Chen Xiao made his stomach hurt."

Huang Jin, who was standing beside him, smiled and said, "I heard from Feng Bao that monkey, that I have the most pointed face to the wheat head in the garden."

"So I gloat about it?" Emperor Jiajing asked with great interest: "Come on, give me a seat and make it clear."

Lu Bing quietly moved the stool under his butt to the side. In fact, Qian Yuan's idea was to stuff Xu Wei into the West Garden. Everyone could see this clearly, and even Emperor Jiajing knew it. The intention was nothing more than to keep Qian Yuan from being forgotten by Emperor Jiajing.

There is no one in this world who forgets the most profession like the emperor. Of course, those who are emperors may have the best memory. These two types can be unified by Emperor Jiajing.

And today's scene means that Xu Wei's efforts have not fallen into vain, and Emperor Jiajing still has a strong interest in Qian Yuan who has been away for several months.

"Hu Ruzhen is indeed short of money, otherwise how could he dare to attack Jiangnan salt tax? Seeing such a large piece of fat, he would naturally pounce on him." Xu Wei squeezed out a strange laugh in his throat, "I have discussed it in advance, Zhan will only have to divide it with half..."

"Nothing!" Emperor Jiajing looked stern, "The money and furniture that were searched were all lost to the government. Hu Ruzhen dared to give it to an unemployed Hanlin official!"

"Of course Hu Ruzhen didn't dare." Xu Wei leaned forward and smiled, "So, he regretted it, and he still made every word. Why did you pay the Taizhou Prefecture Office half of it? You Qian Zhan wanted money to find Taizhou Prefect Tan Zili to go."

"Hahaha……"

A low laughter sounded in the hall, and Lu Bingren explained: "Taizhou magistrate Tan Zili is Qian Zhancai's uncle."

"But Tan Zili started to train the new army two years ago, and the food and salary of the Yiwu soldiers led by Qi Jiguang, the general of Ning Shao, was also provided by Taizhou Prefecture. His eyes were green when he was looking forward to silver..." Xu Wei smiled and said, "After Zhan Cai returned to Taizhou, he would not dare to go to the government office. Tan Zili once picked up his waist knife... If it weren't for Tongzhi Jingchuan Gong blocking it... I would have laughed to death!"

"Not it?" Lu Bing was a little surprised. "What does this matter have to do with Tan Zili?"

"The Governor's Office did allocate some of the silver to Taizhou Prefecture as military funds, but most of the money was sent to Yiwu by Zhancai. Qi Jiguang was training troops in Yiwu at that time..." Xu Wei explained: "Speaking of this, Zhancai had no right to allocate the silver to Qi Jiguang, but unfortunately, Qi Jiguang's new soldiers lacked military equipment, and many soldiers were unarmed, and Zhancai had great expectations for Qi Jiguang to train the new army..."

After looking at the thoughtful Emperor Jiajing, Xu Wei added: "At that time, the person who was traveling with Zhejiang inspector Wu Baipeng, was actually arranged by Hu Zongxian secretly... But Tan Zili could only find Zhan to let out this anger. He was originally allocated to Taizhou Prefecture, but what he got was leftovers."

Emperor Jiajing nodded slightly. He also knew that a scholar with a reputation and a simple emperor had the ability to influence these things. What he was afraid of was Qian Yuan's unscrupulousness.

Lu Bing knew a lot about the matter in the south and asked: "Qi Jiguang spent a lot of money to train the new army in Yiwu, and he didn't know if he could defeat the enemy."

Xu Wei closed his mouth cautiously, and Emperor Jiajing frowned and asked, "Have you consumed a lot of money?"

"The same number of people is 60% more than the new army trained by Yu Dayou." Lu Bing said softly.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Wei, "Did it be mentioned in the letter?"

Xu Wei nodded, "Qi Jiguang's military training method is a bit strange. If the army is in the army, the winner will get silver. In addition, there are many waterways, hills, mountains, and military equipment in the south of the Yangtze River are not used by the government army every day, and they need to be made from scratch."

"For example, the wolf-tooth squid?" Lu Bing recalled the information submitted below, "I remember that the Qian family guards first started using it. They were defeated in the field several times and had the ability to be the wolf-tooth squid."

Emperor Jiajing hesitated for a while and waved, "Let's just do that for now, let's take a look."

After chatting for a few more words, Lu Bing stood up and said goodbye. Emperor Jiajing and Xu Wei talked about Qing Ci with great enthusiasm, and asked Xu Wei to improvise poetry and splash ink. He kept Xu Wei for dinner at noon.

"It was delivered this morning." Huang Jin smiled from the side, "Zhancai is too stingy and can't bear to offer it to Your Majesty."

"Why would someone give up the secret recipe by relying on this hair generation?" Emperor Jiajing smiled and said, "It is said that this pepper has spread?"

"There are many farmers outside the city to plant." Xu Wei looked at the small hot pot in front of him, thinking that there was still a while since he had not eaten it. After all, it was summer, and nodded, "I think it will be seen everywhere in the Ming Dynasty in another two years."

"But this chili oil is the best in Suiyuan." Emperor Jiajing did not use Huang Jin, and he personally arranged the seasonings. He looked at Xu Wei with a serious face, "Tell me, Zhan Cai has something to say?"

"Your Majesty is wise." Xu Wei bowed and said, "Zhan Cai asked the guard to send a message."

"Spoken message?" Emperor Jiajing paused, put down the bowls and chopsticks, and sent a message meant that it could not be put on paper. "Is it the Liu family who was confiscated in Hangzhou Prefecture? Zhan reported this matter as soon as he entered Beijing last year, and later he gritted his teeth and said he wanted to take revenge."

"There is something else." Xu Wei whispered: "Zhan Cai had just gone to the south of the Yangtze River and heard the news that the Japanese pirate leader Wang Zhi and Xu Hai had already ceased to fight. Now there is heavy rain in the southeast. Once the climate improves, Xu Hai will invade a large amount."

"When the Governor of Zhejiang Direct, Hu Zongxian, learned the news, urgently ordered Yu Dayou, Lu Bin and Qi Jiguang to lead the new army to rush to the garrison to prepare for Japanese detention. This is also a major reason why Hu Ruzhen wanted to confiscate the Liu family."

"No wonder Hu Zongxian temporarily moved to Shaoxing Prefecture." Emperor Jiajing's narrow eyes seemed to be closed, "Where did the news come from?"

"The messenger didn't mention this matter." Xu Wei whispered: "I guess... Zhan Cai should have a stubborn eyeliner among the Japanese pirates."

Emperor Jiajing was silent for a while before asking, "What else?"

"The recruitment of troops in the southeast has just organized a new army and hastily entered the battle. Xu Hai is cunning. His Japanese pirates under his command have been very elite in the war. I don't know where Xu Hai will go ashore. This battle..." Xu Wei paused after saying this.

"Will you lose?"

"Zhan Cai mentioned in his letter that the day when Xu Hai was awarded the title of the first place was not far away, but this battle may not be successful." Xu Wei said with a tough head: "But after this battle, the new army will be able to shine, wipe out the Japanese pirates, and return the peace in the southeast."

Emperor Jiajing sneered: "He Qian Zhancai is ambushing in advance, his heart is punishable!"

Huang Jin, who was standing by, was silently brushing mutton slices for Emperor Jiajing, and Suiyuan's latest product, shrimp slip. What surprised him was that Xu Wei did not defend himself but fell silent.

The next moment, Emperor Jiajing's face changed and he cursed: "Didn't he go south to find his mother? Why are he involved in these things?"

They are all smart people. Emperor Jiajing quickly figured it out. Qian Yuan asked for leave to go south. The Southeast government army made contributions to the attack on the Japanese. Qian Yuan could not get any credit. If he got involved in this matter, if he was defeated, Qian Yuan might take responsibility... This responsibility is not in the open, but in the heart of Emperor Jiajing.

A smart person like Qian Yuan makes such a choice, and it is definitely not an ambush in advance.

Xu Wei said, "Your Majesty, Zhan Cai hated the Japanese pirates to the core and buried his burials early. I guess that this secret pirate's status is not low, otherwise he wouldn't have known so much about the Japanese pirates... Obviously, Zhan Cai had already wanted to go south."

After looking at Emperor Jiajing's face, Xu Wei continued, "Of course, Zhan Cai did not expect... to be elected as a Shujishi and stayed in the Hanlin Academy. After the palace examination, he thought about going to Taizhou to be a county magistrate."

This is very clear. Qian Yuan had already made up his mind to get involved in the war against Japanese descent in the southeast, and he had been preparing for this for a long time.

After thinking for a long time, Emperor Jiajing nodded, "Then let him mess around and see what he can do."

"In addition, if you have any news, you can send it directly to Xiyuan."

Xu Wei fell to the ground, and this sentence was quite important, which meant that Qian Yuan had the right to report secretly.
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