Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 1672 Zong Xian seeks refuge

"The lower official now finally understands why the Songluo tea made by the notorious Monk Dafang is famous all over the world and is hard to find. This tea is like a dragon and snake rolling in the cup, swallowing it into the throat, like orchids on the tongue, refreshing; If the soul is in the sky, floating like a fairy, if there is a fairy product in the world, then it must be this tea. Cough cough, I have to break my promise, the adults just said to leave and let me take half a can away. Count it, if it doesn't count, the lower officials will have the audacity to ask for half a jar from your lord and take it away."

  After taking a sip of the tea, Hu Zongxian seemed to be intoxicated in every pore, and praised Songluo tea to the fullest.

"Hahaha, I must do what I say, and I will do what I say. Naturally, what you say means what you say. You know the inner rhyme of Songluo tea well, and you are the master of Songluo tea. Who is this half pot of tea not with you? From now on , the surname of this half can is Hu."

  Zhao Wenhua couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this, and generously handed half a can of tea to Hu Zongxian.

   "Thank you, Mr. Zhao, for your kindness. I will not be disrespectful if you are a lower official."

  Hu Zongxian took half a can of Songluo tea with both hands, smiled with joy, and put it in his sleeve like a treasure.

   "Hehe, what's the matter with Meilin's late-night visit this time?" Zhao Wenhua asked with a smile.

"Returning to my lord, although Xian is not talented, he still has the ambition to exterminate the Japanese pirates and help the country. I am here tonight to recommend myself to help my lord to calm the southeast." Hu Zongxian bowed to Zhao Wenhua and explained straightforwardly. intention.

   "Meilin please get up quickly, please get up quickly, I have Mei Lin to help me, like a fish in water, like a tiger with wings added, why worry about the Japanese pirates not being wiped out, why worry about the injustice in the southeast!"

  When Zhao Wenhua heard the words, he couldn't help stepping forward to help Hu Zongxian with a happy face, and was very satisfied with him taking the initiative to seek refuge.

  Although Zhu Ping'an left, but Hu Zongxian came, this wave did not lose money, and even made money.

  In terms of status, Hu Zongxian is the inspector and censor of Zhejiang appointed by the Holy Majesty, and his status is far above Zhu Pingan. In terms of academic ability, Hu Zongxian's academic ability is not weaker than Zhu Ping'an. In the seventeenth year of Jiajing, Hu Zongxian was a high school Jinshi at the age of 26. Although it is not as exaggerated as Zhu Pingan's high school champion when he was weak, but compared He didn't give in too much, and after Hu Zongxian appointed the magistrate of Yidu County in Qingzhou, he demonstrated his outstanding political talents in one appointment. He first eliminated the locust disaster, then suppressed the mountain bandits, and then patrolled Xuanfu, Datong and other important border towns to rectify military discipline. , Consolidate the border defense, with outstanding achievements: Then patrol Huguang, quell the Miao people's uprising, step by step in the past ten years of official career, steadily rise, outstanding achievements, fame; two months ago, the emperor hand-picked Hu Zongxian The censor of Zhejiang Province has high hopes for his son.

  It can be said that he is both civil and military, with outstanding political talents, courageous and strategic!

  In terms of age and experience, Hu Zongxian is twenty years older than Zhu Pingan, has much more experience than Zhu Pingan, and is calm and sophisticated in his work, much more sophisticated than Zhu Pingan, a young and impulsive young man.

  In terms of knowledge of current affairs, I took the initiative to invite Zhu Pingan. Although Zhu Pingan did not completely reject it, he did not accept it either.

  This is the real Junjie!

   Zhang Jing only covers the sky with his hands, regards the military affairs in the southeast as a taboo, and does not allow others to intervene. The officials in the southeast are in awe of themselves, and even more in awe of Zhang Jing. Now that Hu Zongxian is here to vote, the dilemma in the southeast can be broken.

   "Now it's late at night, so don't go back, Mei Lin, just rest in the Yamen, I happened to talk with Mei Lin Bingzhu night about the current situation in the southeast." Zhao Wenhua pointed to the dark night outside the window and said to Hu Zongxian to stay.

   "Thank you for your sympathy, sir, then I will have the audacity to spend the night in your yamen." Hu Zongxian immediately responded.

  Zhao Wenhua nodded in satisfaction, ordered some food and wine to be brought to the study, and he and Hu Zongxian talked at night by candlelight.

   "Meilin, I'm new here, what's the situation in the Southeast Japanese Bureau?" Zhao Wenhua asked.

"My lord, the Japanese pirates in the southeast are raging like a raging fire, and they are becoming more and more serious. It is not an exaggeration to say that corruption is an exaggeration. Since rejecting the proposal of opening the market by the great Japanese chieftain Wang Zhi, Wang Zhi has colluded with Japanese pirates to invade massively, with hundreds of ships, covering the sea. Thousands of miles east, west of Zhejiang, south of the Yangtze River, north of the Yangtze River, and along the seaside, alarms were issued at the same time. Tens of thousands of Japanese pirates captured cities and fortresses and killed countless people. Japanese pirates also captured countless people and forced them to work for them. Bullying, strong men were forced to be slaves, and even forced to join the Japanese pirates as cannon fodder. The Japanese pirates plundered countless property and silk. Straight outside, there are also Japanese chieftains Xu Hai, Chen Dong, etc. who gathered more than 40,000 Japanese pirates to occupy places such as Tuolinchuan Shabao in Zhejiang Province, and new Japanese pirates gathered there every day. The soldiers looted the surrounding towns, burned, killed and looted all kinds of crimes, and they did a lot of damage. There were more than a dozen groups of Japanese pirates, but the number of small groups ranged from hundreds to thousands. Not too small."

  Hu Zongxian sighed, and briefly reported to Zhao Wenhua the situation of Japanese pirates raging in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Damn Japanese pirates, it's okay to make small troubles, but they dare to be so rampant. The southeast is my Ming Dynasty's heavy taxation. The Japanese pirates are so rampant in the southeast, which seriously threatens my Ming Dynasty's financial revenue and shakes our Daming country. The Holy One is worried about this. No end, Japanese pirates really deserve to die!"

   Zhao Wenhua said indignantly when he heard the words.

   "What your lord said is very true. Because of the influence of the Japanese pirates, the taxes paid by various places in the south of the Yangtze River this year are less than 30% of the previous years, and the property looted by the Japanese pirates is not tens of millions of taels." Hu Zongxian sighed and added further.

   Hearing that so much silver was robbed by Japanese pirates, Zhao Wenhua was even more indignant, tens of millions of taels of silver.

   "The Japanese plague is so serious, how should all parties respond?" Zhao Wenhua asked with concern after recovering from tens of millions of taels of silver.

"Hey, this time the Japanese invasion, the guards in various places are quite unbearable. The troops of the guards are generally cowardly. When encountering the Japanese pirates, they have no courage. They are defeated as soon as they meet the Japanese pirates. The fighting power is not much stronger than that of ordinary people. The guards who can resist the Japanese pirates There is less than one out of ten."

"In view of the cowardice of the guard army, Governor Zhang decided to dispatch troops and generals to recruit combat-capable troops from other places to the southeast coast to assist the troops in the suppression and fight against Japanese pirates. At present, Governor Zhang has replaced the former Guizhou General Soldier Bai Xuanhe Zou Jifang, commanded by the Guangxi capital, served as a guerrilla general. He went to Tianzhou, Guishun, Nandan, Donglan, and Na to transfer 6,000 wolf soldiers. Mrs. Shi took the command of the Tianzhou wolf soldiers, who are already on the way and will arrive soon; besides the wolf soldiers, Governor Zhang also recruited generals Li Fengshi and Xu Guodong to lead 6,000 Shandong spearmen to Zhejiang Yuwa, and they have already arrived. It’s on the way, it’ll be there soon.”

   Hu Zongxian said slowly.

   "Since Governor Zhang took office, how is the situation of the Japanese suppression?" Zhao Wenhua asked again.

   "Governor Zhang is more cautious about suppressing Japanese pirates, and has not sent troops to suppress Japanese pirates. At present, he is mainly urging the barracks and guards to step up military training and raise food and salaries. He intends to wait for the arrival of Shandong spearmen and Guangxi wolf soldiers before proceeding to suppress Japanese pirates."

  Hu Zongxian replied.

   "Haven't sent troops to suppress the Japanese after taking office?" Zhao Wenhua squinted his eyes when he heard this, not knowing what he was thinking.

  (end of this chapter)