Zhejiang has always been a prosperous literary style, and there are countless Jinshi in this dynasty. Since the Chenghua period, he has gradually been able to compete with Jiangxi in the imperial examination system, and then gradually overwhelmed Jiangxi during the Jiajing period.

Especially last year in the 35th year of Jiajing's scientific examination, the number of Jinshi in Zhejiang Province ranked second in Jiangxi, and the most famous one was naturally Shaoxing Prefecture. The first three people were added to the second one, and all the three people were Shaoxing scholars.

Among the coastal prefectures in Zhejiang Province, Shaoxing Prefecture has the most special status. It is not as poor as Taizhou, not as miserable as Jiaxing, and not as rich as Ningbo. Farming and studying and passing on family traditions is the tradition of Shaoxing scholars. Although many large tribes participated in maritime trade, they rarely went into battle in person.

However, this tradition may not be a good thing. In the 28 years of Jiajing, few large Japanese pirates have invaded Shaoxing Prefecture.

In the war last year, Xu Hai divided some of the main forces, and added hundreds of real Japanese to invade Shaoxing. The general Liu Xian was exhausted and rushed to the death. Xiaoshan City was broken, Yuyao was almost captured, and Shanyin was also besieged by Japanese pirates for several days.

A large number of Japanese pirates interspersed with a small group of 100 people, invading the central and western parts of Shaoxing Prefecture, burning, killing and looting... Qian Yuan took a boat north on Cao'e River. Looking around, there were not many people on both sides of the straits. Occasionally, wild dogs were seen shuttled by in decline villages.

"It is said that the Shaoxing soldiers are the worst." Zhang San whispered from the side: "In October last year, more than a thousand guards were under the supervision of more than a dozen Japanese pirates, but none of them resisted, and the army was said to be a laughing stock."

Qian Yuan sighed and said nothing. Before the information networking was introduced in later generations, they were often poor places and strong counties that were good at exams, but this era was different. Studying was too expensive and ordinary people really couldn't afford it.

However, along the river, we went north and near Sheng County, the two sides were crowded with people, and there were many ships coming and going. Qian Yuan also saw a navy stationed and there were soldiers wearing persistent and sharp soldiers on the ship.

Qian Yuan and his party stayed in Lianghu for a whole night, and continued to set off the next day. Towards the east was Shangyu and towards the west was Shanyin.

Get off the boat at the pier outside the city and walk into the city. Qian Yuan found that there were many refugees and beggars. It seemed that the Japanese pirates attacked Shanyin County last year.

"Fortunately, General Qi and Prefect Tan in Taizhou last year." A new guard who had just joined the team muttered in a low voice. He was a villager in Huangyan County.

Qian Yuan stopped and looked for a while. There were about a hundred refugees gathered. However, there was a porridge shed at a hundred steps to the left of the city gate. I don’t know if it was the government or the big family in the city. The refugees were in order under the slogan of the managers. It seemed that the porridge shed had been in place for a long time.

In just a moment, someone had already come out to welcome him, and the one who came was Mei Shoude, the governor of Shaoxing.

"Mr. Wanxi." Qian Yuan took the lead in giving a salute, "disturbing."

"Zhancai inspected Zhejiang, and the whole province is gone, why is Shaoxing Prefecture not included?" Mei Shoude was upright, but not the kind of person who was so stupid. He smiled and greeted, "How about Brother Gangkong in Beijing?"

"Sure good." Qian Yuan had known about Mei Shoude, who had been the magistrate of Taizhou in the 30th year of Jiajing to two of his tenures in six years, and was pressed to this position and could not move.

In the 20th year of Jiajing, he was appointed as the chief of the Taizhou Prefecture. Later, he was promoted to Beijing as the head of the Ministry of Revenue. Because of his straightforward temperament, he was demoted from Beijing to serve as the prefect of Shaoxing because of his straightforward temperament.

Speaking of which, Qian Yuan and Mei Shoude are still related. First, Mei Shoude once worked in Taizhou, second, he had a friendship with Qian Yuan’s uncle Qian Zheng, third, he was also a disciple of Xinxue, and very friendly with Xu Wei’s teacher Wang Ji, and fourth... Well, he was from Ningguo Mansion. Li Mo was exiled from Beijing to serve as the Tongzhi of Ningguo Mansion, and praised him as a "national weapon".

However, the main reason why Qian Yuan attached great importance to Mei Shoude was that although this person was not in military strategy, he had strong ruling ability, which Gao Gong had long regarded... The two were both Jinshi in the 20th year of Jiajing.

"Zhan Cai came for Tian Zhou's wolf soldiers?" Mei Shoude was stunned.

"Yes, Tian Zhou's wolf soldiers have been stationed in Shaoxing Prefecture since they were transferred to Shaoxing Prefecture at the beginning of last year. What is the current situation?" Qian Yuan did not go to the wolf cage as soon as possible, so he first asked a local official to ask clearly.

Mei Shoude picked up the teacup and slowly savored the tea. He then said: "Last year, the wolf soldiers of Tianzhou first supported Cixi, Ningbo, Yuyao, and Shanyin, and successively fought, and suffered heavy losses. Now they are stationed six miles outside the city, about 2,000. Among them, Mrs. Wa is seriously injured and cannot afford to wait for the Governor's Office to allocate the silver reward for the war last year, and then set off to return home."

"I heard that Zhan Cai and Mrs. Wa have a good relationship?"

"Yes, in the 33rd year of Jiajing, Tianzhou soldiers were stationed in Songjiang Prefecture. Later, Zhang Banzhou left his seat and tried hard to persuade the governor to leave Tianzhou soldiers." Qian Yuan unconsciously took a sip of tea, "Is there any food and salary now?"

"There is no shortage of food, but the reward of silver... the government office cannot bear it, so it can only be allocated by the Governor's Office." Mei Shoude glanced at Qian Yuan who was thinking and had a deep mind, long-term vision, and good at military strategy. This is true. If he hadn't left behind the Tianzhou army, Shanyin would have been defeated by Japanese pirates in the war last year.

Qian Yuan thought about it for a while, then suddenly looked up and asked, "Governor's Office... Did you say when will the silver reward be allocated?"

"At the end of last year, official documents arrived and were allocated within half a month."

"How much is the total silver?"

"Last year, the wolf soldiers of Tianzhou killed more than 800 Japanese pirates, but the head level was only more than 500, with a total reward of more than 7,000 taels of silver. At the end of last year, the Shaoxing Prefecture Office transferred more than 2,000 taels of taxes to first allocate, and the remaining five thousand taels were borne by the Governor's Office."

Qi Jiguang and Lu Bin are under their command of a head of thirty taels of silver, but Tian Zhoubing has only been 15 taels in half.

Tsk, there is no way. Hu Zongxian also knew in his heart that Tianzhou soldiers could not be stationed on the southeast coast for a long time. Moreover, now Yu Dayou, Liu Xian, Qi Jiguang and Lu Bin have successively trained new troops, and the importance of Tianzhou soldiers is declining rapidly.

Qian Yuan's mouth curled up a curve and adjusted it within a month... Today is the 18th day of the first lunar month. I don't know if Hu Zongxian has been suppressed or was just snatched by himself, so he has to drag it out for a while.

However, this is an opportunity.

"Mr. Wanxi, Qian needs to stay in Shanyin for a few more days." Qian Yuan said slowly: "If there is a document from the Governor's Office, please inform me."

Mei Shoude blinked and responded vaguely. He remembered rumors in the Southeast officialdom that Qian Zhancai and Hu Ruzhen had a very close relationship.

"Zhang San, Yang Wen." Qian Yuan walked outside the door and called for a guard, whispered a few words, and the two messengers headed towards Hangzhou and Taizhou respectively.

This is the last time that a group of old men including Zhang San, Yang Wen and others will follow Qian Yuan on their way. After this trip, they will join the army.

Turning back, Qian Yuan smiled and bowed, "Mr. Wanxi, there are two private matters left on this trip. One is to worship the families, and the other is to visit his mother."

"It is easy to worship, and the sacrifices that need to be prepared are always prepared in the government office..." Mei Shoude paused when he said this. In this year, almost half of the families in Shanyin County were wearing mourning clothes.

"But Wen Chang's biological mother..." Mei Shoude sighed, "The Xu family is making a fuss. Wen Chang is in the capital, so it is not convenient to deal with it."

"Please tell me in detail." Qian Yuan narrowed his eyes and his face turned cold. Xu Wei was his most important chess piece in Beijing and a second only person in Suiyuan. There must be no accidents.

After hearing what Mei Shoude said, Qian Yuan understood the other party's difficulties. As early as the 24th year of Jiajing, Xu Wei's house and land were all snatched away by local scoundrels. It is natural that these scoundrels dared to do this, and there were several local wealthy families.

There is another important reason why these scoundrels dared to be. Xu Wei became the son-in-law of the Pan family at that time. According to the rules, the family property must be returned to the clan. Xu Wei's brother and sister-in-law also passed away at that time. In desperation, Xu Wei had to give up.

But in the 25th year of Jiajing, that is, the second year, Xu Wei's wife Pan died of illness, so Xu Wei could no longer stay in the Pan family, but his original property had already been scattered, so he had to teach a private school to make a living.

In the 35th year of Jiajing, Xu Wei was the second place in high school, and those rogues didn't care... There were too many scholars in Shaoxing Mansion, and you were not the only one Xu Wei, but the biological mother who was taken back by Xu Wei didn't think so, and she intended to snatch back her son's property.

This time, the rogues were so happy that those rogues would spit out the meat they had eaten in their stomachs for more than ten years?

The paper was handed over to the prefect Mei Shoude's case. Although he also sympathized with Xu Wei and was a disciple of Xinxue, it was really difficult to judge. The Xu family actually irrationalized.

But this was just a trivial matter for Qian Yuan. He breathed a sigh of relief, "Today I will visit Mrs. Wa, and then deal with those rogues tomorrow."

Mei Shoude specifically reminded: "It also involves the Xu family..."
Chapter completed!