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Chapter 610 Just this night

The simple truth, Emperor Jiajing wanted to get it, and Xu Jie wanted it too.

This is the situation that Xu Jie least wants to see, and Qian Yuan and Yan Dang joined forces.

In fact, this is not the first time. Before Qian Yuan passed the Jinshi and was far southeast, he was out of place with Zhang Jing, Li Tianchong, but he fought fiercely with Zhao Wenhua and Hu Zongxian, and eventually went to Beijing to stir up the situation and established Hu Zongxian's position in the southeast.

Xu Jie no longer cared about the granddaughter he sent out. He could see clearly that a granddaughter could not win over Qian Yuan... Be more polite, if Qian Yuan was willing to join Xu Jie's disciple or approach Xu Jie, how could his grandson-in-law be better than his son-in-law?

Xu Jie was a little discouraged and had already explained several times that he would target Hu Zongxian and not provoke Qian Yuan's hornet's nest... but he just mentioned the Ningbo tax and silver account briefly.

It seemed that the scholars of Suiyuan, led by Qian Yuan and Xu Wei, were scolded very badly, but Xu Jie did not think Suiyuan would suffer a loss... He just received news that Ningbo government office allocated 50,000 taels of silver, and the Ministry of Revenue purchased grain from the north to help Liaodong Town.

The matter was spread out, and Fang Dun didn't care. The news spread quickly. Xu Jie knew that in addition to the military pay, money and grain sent to Liaodong, Datong and Jimen, the Ministry of Revenue Taicang still had tens of thousands of taels of silver in the Taicang warehouse... Most of them were escorted to Beijing by Ningbo Prefecture.

It was hard for Xu Jie to believe that, but after more than half a year, from scratch, he could actually make hundreds of thousands of taels of silver... but he had to believe it.

Xu Jie felt that he had overestimated the grandson-in-law enough, but he didn't expect to underestimate it.

The study was quiet, but Xu Jie's ears were in a mess. He was no longer able to control the direction of the public opinion of the censor Kedao. After he returned from Xiyuan, several disciples came to visit him... After all, Qian Yuan was Xu Jie's grandson-in-law, and he knew the rules. He had to say hello before impeachment.

At this moment, Zhang Juzheng had a smile on his lips. Now, in the capital, except for Xu Wei and Emperor Jiajing who knew the inside story, Yan Shifan who could see the most clearly was him.

After all, he was once a like-minded confidant and friend, and had heard Qian Yuan’s many opinions on sea trade in Hangzhou City? He also had enough understanding of Qian Yuan’s methods? Zhang Juzheng quickly judged that it was a deliberate act of causing trouble.

"What's wrong?" Xu, who was already a little belly-stirring, walked slowly into the study. The maid behind him was holding two bowls of bird's nest soup on the table.

Seeing the maid go out, Zhang Juzheng whispered: "Nearly half of the censors in the Kedao impeach Suiyuan? It may be even worse tomorrow."

Xu frowned slightly, "Rare merchant ships? Kill people and robberies? Is it true or false to collude with Japanese pirates?"

Zhang Juzheng sighed, "Whether it is true or false, my father-in-law's plan has failed."

Seeing his wife's face full of confusion? Zhang Juzheng explained in detail: "Originally I just wanted to do something on the Ningbo tax bank account? Test one or two, and then follow the memorial that Duke Dazhou was about to be sent to Beijing... Duke Dazhou impeached Hu Zongxian and suppressed the Japanese. The Japanese invasions in Wenzhou and Chuzhou were endless, and Taizhou Prefecture and Ningbo Prefecture were inflamed again..."

Hearing this, Xu suddenly realized that "It is not good to suppress the Japanese and embezzle military pay?"

"No, if it goes well? Even if Hu Zongxian doesn't take the position, he will suffer a big loss." Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly and said, "But these two days? The wind has changed for some reason? They were impeaching Zhan to violate the ancestral system and open up sea bans for trading? They also robbed merchant ships, killed people and robbed goods... This matter is quite strange."

After a pause, Zhang Juzheng repeated it all, "It's really strange... Today Wenchang took everyone in Suiyuan to the Sixth Department to make a fuss. Zhancai was not in Beijing, Wenchang is the backbone of Suiyuan."

"Murder and robbery..." Xu murmured: "I'm afraid there is something else."

"Yes, there may be something else." Zhang Juzheng whispered: "Wu Shilai from Taizhou, the chief of the Criminal Department, is a native of Taizhou, and he vows to testify... But no matter how you show your talents, you will not be like this with your heart and nature."

"Mentality?" Xu's voice was a little sharp.

"The southeast called it "broom star", "money beheaded", defeated the Japanese and cut down their heads and became Jingguan, and this matter spread to the world, and Jundao Zhan was too powerful to kill." Zhang Juzheng shook his head, "But his people are compassionate in their thunderous methods..."

"Compassionate?" Xu's voice was not only sharp, but also trembling.

Zhang Juzheng's mind was running at high speed, and he didn't notice any strangeness of his wife. He whispered: "Zhan Cai was just a student back then. He witnessed the poisoning of the Japanese pirates in the southeast. If he weren't compassionate, how could he go to Songjiang to help Shuangjiang Gong again?"

"A student, this matter is just a icing on the cake. If you fail, everything will be empty. If you don't have a compassionate heart, how can you do this?"

"In the 34th year of Jiajing, more than a hundred real Japanese were interspersed thousands of miles, and they attacked Nanjing from Huizhou Prefecture, burned and killed and looted along the way, and countless villages were burned... Now most of them are rebuilt, and it was Zhan Cai who privately distributed silver."

"At that time, even his enemies who killed his father and brother were unwilling to cut off their incense. How could he do this?"

That was the key point for Zhang Juzheng and Qian Yuan to intersect. In Hangzhou City, Zhang Juzheng witnessed how Qian Yuan played with people's hearts and swept away Jin Hong and Zhang Siwei, but he also saw that Qian Yuan let Jin Hong go and did not kill him.

Zhang Juzheng may be the most outstanding politician of this era, but he is definitely a straight man. He deeply regrets his breakup of diplomacy with Qian Yuan, and he deeply regrets that he cannot work hand in hand with Qian Yuan... but he never noticed that his wife beside him had bitten her lips and bleeding.

How come Xu doesn’t hate him?

Zhang Juzheng praised Qian Yuan to heaven. The more he praised him, the more his heart was like a snake.

"I don't know if this change is whether Zhan Cai is hosting or Wen Zhang..." Zhang Juzheng murmured: "But Zhan Cai must have a backup plan... If there is a backup plan, it should be almost done now."

After a long silence, Zhang Juzheng turned his head and looked at him. Xu's eyes were quite confused... Zhang Juzheng's expression tightened and felt that the headscarf was a little green.

Zhang Juzheng's judgment is very correct. If there is a backup plan, it should be almost the same now.

It was on this night.

In Ningbo Prefecture, there was a bright moon hanging in the sky, and the bright moonlight was pouring on the river surface. The heavy sound of paddlings and low shouts sounded from time to time, and the sharp sound of weapons hitting them from time to time.

I can't wait any longer. Although there was another scene of Japanese pirates attacking in the nearby Ninghai, Yang Wen's troops on Xiangshan Island had set off for Zhenhai.

If Yang Wen's troops arrived in Zhenhai, there would never be any chance again.

As a guerrilla general, Yang Wen had two thousand soldiers under his command, half of whom were veterans who participated in the Shangyu War. He had fought many times in the past year and was invincible in the battle, and he was already famous.

Dozens of ships hid in a small fishing village by the Fenghua River. They set off quietly to sail and paddle, quickly passed through the Yin River and entered the Yongjiang River.

There were eight hundred young men carrying weapons on the ship, and there were several bandits recruited by heavy funds near Zhenhai County, small pirates, and once things were done... Zhou Fu believed that Zhenhai would be scorched earth.

As I went down the river, I happened to be on the wind. The boat sailed lightly on the river. The bright moon hanging above my head suddenly hid in the thick clouds, as if I didn't want to witness the next tragic situation.

Wu Zhi looked up and smiled and said, "I'm lucky. As long as I can cover the pier, I'll be 60% sure!"

Zhou Fu held the hilt of the knife in his hand tightly and looked at the sea ships that were looming in the darkness in the distance. According to the rules, these sea ships were not allowed to dock on the trading dock at night... The empty dock gave enough space and time.

As long as you successfully board the dock, hundreds of houses on the dock can be ignited immediately. When the fire occurs, the pirates lying ambushed on the left and right sides will rush over. The sea merchants on Jinji Mountain opposite... or Japanese pirates can't stand this temptation of being close at hand.

"Play out the lantern."

The ship stopped slowly. After two lanterns were fired, a small boat quickly leaned over. Zhou Fu jumped directly to the small boat, climbed back to the big boat after a while, nodded and said, "Qian Yuan is in Hou Tao Mountain."

Wu Zhi's voice trembled, "Isn't you in Weiyuan City?"

"Not here." Zhou Fu whispered: "I bribed a servant of Qian's family and plundered his only son, and sent it at dusk."
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