Qian Yuan, who has a deep foundation in the southeast, especially when he has great prestige in the army, returned to the southeast. It doesn’t matter whether he will rebel. What’s important is that he has the capital to rebel.

It is said that Gao Xinzheng is very arrogant and proud of his anger. Unexpectedly, those who play with the slut are also good at playing tricks!

After looking at the expression of Emperor Longqing, Xu Wei thought about it and said, "Wang Zhi has been circulating on the sea all year round, and the dynasty has always been strict in banning the sea. At that time, Hu Jixi and Zhan Cai were forced to recruit people.

But then several governors of Zhejiang encouraged coastal areas to build warships and purchase firearms, which led to the Wusong Navy and Liangzhe Navy. Among them, Ge Hao led the Liangzhe Navy to Fujian and Guangdong to suppress the Japanese, and made many military achievements."

"Zhan Cai once mentioned that Wang Zhi is fifty-six years old this year, and his son is dull. Ten years later, the imperial navy should be able to completely take the sea power in his hands."

"Zhancai also said at the beginning of the year that the governor of Zhejiang and the prefect of Taizhou reduced the supply of silver and money in the shipyard." Emperor Longqing thought for a while with interest, "Is there any?"

Xu Wei nodded and said, "Third, it is also the most critical. If Jinghaibo rebels, there will be wars everywhere in the southeast coast. But in the past ten days, there has been no report on the southeast war except the original Taiping County."

Looking at Emperor Longqing's expression, Xu Wei emphasized: "Ligang was destroyed, and Japanese plagues were everywhere in the southeast, along the coast, from Susong to Taiwen to the south, every prefecture, county and even township were attacked by Japanese pirates. The situation was terrible, the village was deserted, and the corpses were on the side of the road..."

Emperor Longqing also understood the hint hidden under this sentence, "The long text means... Although Wang Zhi fled to Zhoushan, he still controlled the maritime businessmen and did not make him become a Japanese pirate?"

"From the war report, this is indeed the case." Xu Wei shook his head and said, "Then we have to see Zhan to turn the tide... If Wang Bengu drove the army to attack, Wang Zhi and many maritime merchants would not be left alone."

Emperor Longqing sighed. Once the fight started, not to mention anything else, the old man Fang Dun, the Minister of Revenue, could not hold back.

Just today, Fang Dun met with him and said frankly in front of Gao Gong and Xu Jie that if the war in the southeast starts again, there will be no supply of a single meter in the court.

Moreover, when the war begins, taxes and silver are gone, and everyone has to tie their belts tightly to live. If they can’t make up enough by the end of the year, they can only be wronged that your Majesty will pay the money from the warehouse.

Emperor Longqing rubbed his temples, feeling that this was too difficult, but he also felt glad that if he hadn't been wise and decisive and courageous, he would have no hope now.

Although he ignored the government affairs, Emperor Longqing attached great importance to money. Among the six ministries, he was the Ministry of Revenue. He knew it in his mind. Fang Dun, the Minister of Revenue, said it was rude, but he was right... If the war broke out, the court would be sad.

After reading what Xu Wei said today in his mind, Emperor Longqing picked up a letter from the table and handed it over, "Zhan Cai's secret letter yesterday."

Xu Wei showed a hint of surprise just right on his face, and then he couldn't wait to open the envelope, read it at first, and then read it carefully... He sorted the sequence of events in his mind again, and then went back to the point where Qian Yuan had to kill himself.

Slowly relieved the letter, Xu Wei said in a daze: "The officers and soldiers openly searched Wang Zhi with knives in Zhenhai County... Is Wang Bengu crazy?"

"And Hu Yingjia...What is Sun Ying doing?!"

"wrong!"

"If Wang Bengu searched for Jing Haibo...well, it should be because Tan Qizhi invaded Taiping County. Wang Zhi was in the city and was actually fleeing out of the sea by him!"

"Waste, it's really waste!"

Xu Wei's two mouths flew up and down, and the words spewed out of his mouth were not jealous. "Wang Zhi has been stationed in Zhenhai for a long time, and the power is mixed. It must have been leaking news, so Wang Zhi fled in a hurry!"

"No, or not!"

Emperor Longqing squinted his eyes and stared at Xu Wei who suddenly froze, "Wen Chang, what's wrong?"

"Your Majesty..." Xu Wei frowned and said slowly: "There is a problem in Taiping County... there is a problem there."

"Wang Zhi entered the city calmly, obviously without the desire to rebel again. He was forced to flee Zhoushan. Wang Zimin must have made the case that Tan Qizhi invaded Taiping County... Tan Qizhi is not an unknown soldier. If he really invaded Taiping, Ningbo and Taizhou would not have known Wang Zhi at all."

Xu Wei's face was distorted, "Wang Zimin once impeached Tan Qizhi to invade Taiping County, Taizhou Prefecture, I'm afraid there is something else in this matter."

Emperor Longqing thought about it carefully and found that this was the case... but he knew Tan Qizhi's identity, so he didn't consider it in this regard.

Xu Wei murmured: "What exactly does Wang Zimin want to do..."

"Xu Hai was forced to flee, and his business route was cut off. Can he be able to get it?"

"And it also cheated Hu Kerou..."

Emperor Longqing asked softly: "Wen Chang, have you seen this person before Tan Qi pointed?"

"No, in the 34th year of Jiajing, I went to Beijing to take the exam, and never returned to the southeast. I heard that this person was originally under Xu Hai's command, and later defected to Wang Zhi. He was highly valued and even had an independent fleet." Xu Wei said frankly.

Emperor Longqing couldn't help but feel twitching in his heart. Qian Yuan's mouth was so tight that even Xu Wei didn't know Tan Qizhi's true identity.

Rearing on the back of the chair, Emperor Longqing said nodded to the letter on the table, "I heard that Wen Chang is not only good at calligraphy and painting, but also proficient in military tactics and war situations, if a war begins..."

Seeing Xu Wei's face look ugly, Emperor Longqing smiled bitterly: "I don't know if the war has started, nor do I know if Zhan Cai is capable of stopping the war..."

"I hope Zhan can catch up." Xu Wei said expressionlessly: "If a war begins, no matter whether it wins or loses, the court will be a loser."

"Although the imperial court has not officially opened a sea ban, it has been five years since it has set up a city to trade, taxes, silver, money and grain have been exported to the center one after another, and aided Fujian, Jiangxi and Liaodong, and countless merchants gathered in the southeast."

"Once the war begins, the court will inevitably be regarded as traitor. Even if the official army captures and kills Wang Zhi and then carries out business, will the Southeast Maritime Businessmen still believe in the court?"

"The trade route will inevitably be cut off, and even if the sea ban is officially opened, it will be useless. Smuggling by large-scale merchants will follow the old story of nearly ten years ago, become Japanese pirates, and invade the southeast coast everywhere."

Emperor Longqing's face was also ugly. In the late Jiajing Dynasty, the Japanese siege in the southeast was quelled, and the city was established to trade, and the tax and silver center was exported. The court seemed to be prosperous at least. But after one year of his ascendance to the throne, would he have to usher in such a scene?

"If a war begins, can Zhan win quickly?" Emperor Longqing asked, "I heard that many leaders of the Qian family guards led the army in the southeast?"

Xu Wei lowered his eyes slightly, "The Qian family guards joined the army. Zhejiang attacked the Japanese, Fujian and Jiangxi killed bandits. Yang Wen, Zhang Yishan, Peng Feng, Liang Sheng, and Zhou Ze all entered the army one after another. They used military achievements to be promoted to guerrillas. However, after learning about the war in Jiangxi, Zhan recalled most of the guards, leaving only Yang Wen and Zhang Yishan in Ningbo to prepare for the Japanese."

"There are many generals who are good at the Southeast and Zhan Cai, but the two famous generals guarding the Southeast are Qi Jiguang who are transferred to Jimen in the north, Yu Dayou goes south to Guangdong, and Lu Bin is transferred to General Wusong... Zhan Cai is also afraid of being taboo."

"Your Majesty, although there is a hidden danger in the southeast, it is a peaceful and prosperous era!"

"Zhan Cai's old mother, widowed sister-in-law, and his wife and children are all in the capital. Would he lose his heart?"

"Who makes such slander?"

Emperor Longqing immediately felt a little embarrassed, "Wen Chang, your mouth says that you and Zhan Cai are in a similar stinky way, but you are really right..."
Chapter completed!