The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

At the prince's canonization ceremony, Yang Qier had a string of Buddhist beads around his wrist. This Buddhist beads were consecrated by Ji Heng in Hanshan Temple in Suzhou. They were sent to Beijing a few years ago. Yang Qier didn't want anything else, just grabbed them. The emperor was very happy with this string of beads.

He didn't think much about it except being happy.

Because Yang Qi'er was too young, he couldn't do the ceremonies of the crown prince's canonization ceremony, so he was held by the emperor almost the whole time. After holding his son like this for a day, the emperor's arms became numb in the end.

After Yang Qi'er had been ill for a few days, he was not in good spirits, and he didn't pay much attention to people. Whenever a courtier saluted him, he would just glance at them and immediately buried his face in the emperor's arms.

The emperor had been in a state of depression since seeing him ill, and felt very distressed, fearing that something would happen to him, so in early February, he decided to set up a Buddhist hall in the palace, and specially invited several eminent monks of high moral character to give lectures. .

Canonization of the crown prince is a national event, and because of this, a rural examination Enke was added, and the whole country was amnesty.

Ji Heng is in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is also concerned about his son. On the child's first birthday, officials from all over the country gave gifts to the prince. He took the time to carve a set of dolls for His Royal Highness himself. This gift was sent to Beijing. Compared with those of other officials, it naturally looked very shabby, but the gifts from other officials were all stored in the palace treasury, only Ji Heng's was placed in Yang Qi'er's bedroom.

After the prince canonization ceremony, in mid-February, Ji Heng received a letter from Mrs. Xu and Mr. Ji. The envelopes of the two were in the same envelope, but the letters were written separately.

Mr. Ji's letter was about the situation in Beijing, and explained some of his ways to be an official. Xu's letter was to tell him to pay attention to his health, and said a lot about His Royal Highness, the most important thing is that the prince His Highness was frightened during the Lantern Festival and fell ill for several days.

After Ji Heng read the letter, he felt uncomfortable for several days. When he left Beijing, Yang Qier was only three months old. Now, the child is one year old, and he doesn't know how old the child is. Uncomfortable, I had no choice but to let myself not think about it.

But then I searched for some toys that Jiangnan children like and sent them to Beijing.

The emperor's letter to Ji Heng arrived a few days after Mr. Ji's letter arrived.

In the letter, the emperor poured out his heart without hesitation, saying that he missed Ji Heng very much, and wondered if Ji Heng missed him. He also wrote about Yang Qi'er's illness, saying that he was cured now, but he lost weight because of the illness. It didn't grow back, and in a very joyful tone, I wrote about Yang Qier's arrest of Zhou and the string of Buddhist beads bracelets he sent. Some of the jokes that Yang Qier usually made were also selected and written in the letter. Xu Xu actually wrote thousands of words, Ji Heng read the letter over and over again, then silently put it away in the letter box.

In late February, the emperor issued orders to officials at all levels in Jiangsu, Fujian, and Zhejiang. One of them was to demand that the Japanese pirates and pirates should be completely wiped out, and they should not just be driven into the sea.Second, the "Baojia System" is implemented in the coastal areas, with ten families as Jia, and Jia has its own strengths, and every ten Jia is a guarantee, and there are Zheng.The people in Jia made their own weapons, gongs, drums, and blunderbusses.If there is someone in Jia who is in touch with Japanese pirates, Jia will be punished. If Japanese pirates break through the defense of the Marine Guard and land on the shore, the Baojias must watch and help each other.

In addition, Jiang Shize was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Navy, and formed a mobile navy to command all the guards in a unified manner, so as to wipe out Japanese pirates at sea.Jiang Shize used to be the prefect of Wenzhou, the prefect of Taizhou, and the deputy envoy of the Inspectorate. He has made meritorious service in eradicating Japanese pirates many times. He is good at training sailors and naval battles.

Another purpose is to add shipyards in Guangyang, Jiangyin, and Jinling, and add firearms factories in the other two places. The people appointed are officials recommended by Ji Heng.

The emperor broke through all difficulties and wanted to allocate an additional 100 million military expenditures to Jiangsu, Fujian and Zhejiang, and they would also be escorted to their place in batches.

In addition, the emperor agreed to Ji Heng's method of supporting war with business.

With the method of commercial support and war, when the emperor brought it to the cabinet for discussion, he was severely criticized. However, the emperor still insisted on going his own way and supported Ji Heng's method.

As soon as the method of using business to raise wars came out, it attracted the attention of maritime merchants across the country.Merchants who will be maritime merchants are often very adventurous and have a certain foresight.

No matter how powerful the Japanese pirates are, these maritime merchants believe that they still cannot shake the foundation of the Dayong Dynasty. The current emperor is not a foolish emperor, and he is determined to solve the problem of the Japanese pirates as soon as possible. There are so many loyal ministers and good generals in the southeast , Solving the problem of pirates and pirates is just around the corner.

Although this investment has certain risks, it will have long-term benefits in the future. Therefore, before Ji Heng went to find these businessmen, these businessmen came to him first.

Naturally, one of the reasons was that these businessmen were afraid that if they did not cooperate with the imperial court, they would be suspected of colluding with Japanese pirates.

In the middle of March, in less than a month, Ji Heng raised 70 taels of military expenses without going out. There are also businessmen who are willing to directly provide timber or shipbuilding technology to the imperial court. Ji Heng also made a conversion. The investment is recorded in the account, and then these accounts are directly sent to the imperial court in the capital. Finally, the imperial court personally writes the receipt, and then reduces the tax for these merchants, stamps the emperor's seal, and then the government personally sends it to the merchant's home.

This emperor's seal is a priceless treasure in the eyes of businessmen. After seeing the sincerity of the court, more businessmen will naturally be willing to invest in it.

So Ji Heng refunded 100 taels of the 80 million taels of silver allocated by the emperor.

Ji Heng managed the matter of raising military expenses, but the return of the 80 taels of silver was the result of discussions with the governors of Liangjiang and Fujian and Zhejiang.

The emperor saved 80 taels of silver, and life would be much easier.

This big move by the imperial court directly deterred the Japanese pirates, and the emperor had the determination not to give up until the Japanese pirates were wiped out.

Naturally, those who were eager to make a move and wanted to collude with pirates or go to sea to become pirates would naturally have some scruples, and there would not be as many people as before.

Because of the defeat of the Japanese pirates Ouchijing Ryubu and the pirate Wang Qi Group years ago, the Japanese pirates have not made any large-scale invasions since then, and the coastline has been calm for a while, but this calm is always like the calm before the storm.

On March [-]th, Ji Heng returned from the yamen to the mansion, washed and tidied up, just changed into the casual clothes he wore at home, Baoqin came in and said to him, "My lord, someone wants to see you."

Ji Heng turned his head and asked, "Who?"

There have been a lot of sea merchants looking for him recently, and he thought it was another sea merchant, but it was late at this time, who would come without posting a post to make an appointment like this.

Baoqin stepped forward and said in a low voice, "It's a man in his twenties. I went out to do errands, and he came to me specifically and said he wanted to find you, my lord."

Ji Heng froze for a moment, then looked at Baoqin to signal him to continue.

Baoqin continued, "My lord, he said that he is the subordinate of the pirate Wang Qi. He wants to see you, my lord, and has something to say to you."

Ji Heng pondered for a moment, and said, "Where is the man?"

Baoqin said, "I thought my lord would want to see him, so I let him wait in the side hall of the front yard."

Ji Heng nodded, "Exactly, I really want to see him."

Saying this, he lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "Please meet him in the West Study Room where you are treated."

Baoqin said, "Do you want Master Bian to be by your side?"

Ji Heng understood the meaning of holding the piano, he was afraid that Wang Qi's people would be unfavorable to Ji Heng, but Ji Heng said, "No need."

Baoqin is Ji Heng's personal, Bian Wulang Shang and others are the emperor's people, Baoqin thought about this very clearly, he naturally obeyed Ji Heng's wishes, and went out after agreeing.

Ji Heng walked slowly to the west study room. It was mid-March, it was late spring, and the weather was already very warm. The two peach trees in the yard bloomed later than other places. Now it is the time to bloom vigorously, and the scenery is gorgeous. Pink, with a light peach blossom fragrance, it comes to the nose with the spring breeze, just like the smell of spring.

Ji Heng glanced at the peach blossom, and went into the study, where a servant brought tea in. Ji Heng drank tea while flipping through the southeast coastal defense map.

Those who entered the study room were searched by another guard, Qiao Yi, before they were allowed to wait beside them. They carried the piano into the room and said to Ji Heng, "My lord, you are here."

Ji Heng nodded, and the man was carried into the study with the piano.

At this time, Ji Heng put the coastal defense map aside, looked up at the person who came, and saw that the person was young, indeed only in his twenties, without a beard, and his face did not have the blackness that was blown by the sea wind all year round. , on the contrary, he is fair and clean, and looks very refined. Wearing a Confucian shirt, he looks like a scholar.

Ji Heng was expressionless and his eyes were deep. After seeing Ji Heng, the other party was stunned for a moment, and his eyes flashed with surprise. It was one thing to hear that Ji Heng first attracted the attention of the emperor because of his beauty. Seeing his true appearance like this It's another matter than Pan An and Song Yu.

Besides, although Ji Heng has always been serious and prudent, he is too young after all. No matter how he pretends to be mature, his face is still tender. The group is going to be completely cornered.His meticulous mind and determination of will are absolutely not what such a young person should have.

The visitor knelt down and saluted respectfully, "Caomin Wang You pays homage to Lord Futai."

Ji Heng didn't let him get up either, and looked down at him, saying, "Craftsman, you must be a grassroots bandit, right? Since your surname is Wang, you and Wang Qi belong to the same family."

Wang You raised his head to look at Ji Heng. Ji Heng's face was pink and white, and his eyebrows were drawn into his temples. At first glance, he looked like an upright and resolute person, but his eyes were a pair of big peach blossom eyes with upturned tails. The eyelashes are thick, which is full of style, but the expression in the eyes is resolute and cold, full of majesty, making people dare not look directly at them.

His face is like peach blossoms, his lips are like fat, that's what he should look like.

This is just a tall fairy garden peony, Wang You thought in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he said bluntly, "My lord, Wang Qi is Uncle Caomin."

Ji Heng's expression remained unchanged, but there was a hint of surprise deep in his eyes, "Send my nephew here, and he won't be afraid that you will come and go."

Wang You was still smiling, he had a baby face, and when he smiled, he seemed to have no intentions, like a child, and said, "The grassroots don't know, if the grassroots come and go, there is no way. But since my uncle sent me here, I thought about what my lord would do to the grass-roots people."

Ji Heng laughed, but it was a mocking smile, the smile didn't reach his eyes, Wang You looked at him, and felt that he was like a beautiful Buddha statue who looked down on all living beings and had pity on all living beings, but then Ji Heng said furiously, "Wang Qi, he not only He is bold and has no conscience at all. He is ashamed to be a citizen of Dayong. Previously, trade was not allowed in the southeast area, and merchants pursued profits and smuggled secretly. For business, he took advantage of this to recruit the people along the coast wantonly, making them bandits, and specifically disrupting the shipping department, so that the imperial court had to close the newly opened shipping department, disrupting the imperial government's decree, ruining the peace of the family and the country. I joined forces with the Japanese who invaded my homeland, invaded the inland, caused panic among the people, and damaged their lives and property. Do you think this was done by an upright man? Such a thief, I wish I could personally bring him to justice , you talk to me in such a frivolous tone, do you really think I won't do anything to you?"

Wang You was embarrassed by Ji Heng's words, and he didn't know what expression to put on his face.

Seeing him like this, Ji Heng knew that he still had some conscience, so he said again, "Wang Qi sent you here to surrender to the court?"

Wang You knew that Ji Heng should understand why he came here, but if Ji Heng didn't say anything, it would be hard for him to bring it up, so he quickly calmed himself down and said, "Your Excellency's words are very true. Uncle Caomin has the intention of surrendering, but if he wants to surrender, uncle also has a request."

Ji Heng already had a guess in his heart, and said, "What request."

Wang You said quickly, "Uncle means that the imperial court will assign Ryukyu to uncle as a fiefdom, and then there will be no more confrontation with the imperial court."