Chapter 629 Eventful Autumn
The atmosphere in the hall was depressing, and the scene of the king and his ministers getting along a quarter of an hour ago disappeared. There were many broken porcelains on the ground. Emperor Jiajing's angry scolding had come to an end. Everyone stood up solemnly and dared not look up.
"Yizhong?" Emperor Jiajing glanced coldly at Yan Song who was pretending to be dead and said sarcastically: "We need to ask the Ministry of War for military affairs?"
Yan Song could only kneel down, "I can't share your worries for Your Majesty, and the old minister will die."
The chief assistant knelt down, and Xu Jie, Lu Ben, Jiangdong, and Xu Wei could only follow suit.
Emperor Jiajing's eyes fell on Jiangdong. The official who was determined to rob the Minister of War was sweating profusely, but hesitated and couldn't speak.
It’s really not Yan Song, Jiangdong is so useless.
Although Yan Song was promoted from the Prime Minister's Route, he had been in charge of the dynasty for more than ten years and had been in power for decades, and was not a pure waste imagined by later generations.
Jiangdong successively served as the governor of Liaodong, the governor of Shaanxi, and the governor of Xuanda. In the 35th year of Jiajing, he lifted the siege of Datong Right Guard. In the 36th year of Jiajing, he also went south to Huaiyang as the Minister of War and the Right Censor of the Censorate of the Censorate of the People's Republic of China to eliminate bandits and Japanese pirates, both in military strategy and in leadership.
Their prudence comes from bureaucratic nature. When they speak randomly, they may be held accountable afterwards... It is easy to speak at this time, but afterwards, you may be the blame.
Even if we have to say it, we can't be here. It should be six ministries. The cabinet discussed this matter and planned to submit it to Your Majesty... To put it simply, if Emperor Jiajing was not here, they would say whatever they would say.
Under such circumstances, when Emperor Jiajing's eyes fell on Xu Wei, this famous scholar who had helped Hu Zongxian to quell the Japanese riots in the southeast talked freely.
To be honest, Xu Wei has not completely transformed into an official yet... But perhaps, it was his deliberate work, or perhaps, it was a blessing.
In his early years, Xu Wei traveled to Huanyangjiang with his father-in-law and traveled between Zhejiang and Guangdong. He was very familiar with Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places.
A simple map was drawn quickly on the paper, and Xu Wei whispered: "The thief army gathered in Shaowu Prefecture, Tingzhou Prefecture, and Jianning Prefecture. To the east is Yanping Prefecture, to the north is Chuzhou Prefecture, and to the west is Jiangxi Province."
Xu Wei's voice seemed a little hoarse, "If the thief army enters Jiangxi, it should be a blessing."
Emperor Jiajing did not understand the military strategy and said impatiently: "Make it clear!"
"Yes." Xu Wei explained: "Your Majesty, the governor of Zhejiang, Hu Ruzhen, has been stationed in Chuzhou Prefecture for half a year. There are many famous generals under his command, and the bandit army will not rashly go north to attack Zhejiang. Of course? Hu Ruzhen did not dare to cross the border to attack the bandits.
The Fujian general Qi Jiguang and the Fujian governor Wu Baipeng were both famous generals in the past? Qi Jiguang has made many military achievements and is famous in the southeast, but the Japanese tide has not subsided now? If the bandit army heads eastward, it is afraid that the situation in Fujian will be greatly damaged... So I only hope that the bandit army will enter Jiangxi."
Emperor Jiajing's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, and after a while, he asked: "In your opinion, can the thief army go east?"
Xu Wei hesitated for a moment and shook his head and said, "No news has been heard? It is difficult to figure out, but the bandit army originally went north from Guangdong to Fujian, but there are many Japanese attacks in Fujian now..."
Speaking of this, Emperor Jiajing also understood it? What Xu Wei was most afraid of was that the thief army had a tacit understanding or collusion with the Japanese pirates.
If that is the case, it would be bad for Wu Baipeng and Qi Jiguang to be defeated, and all Fujian provinces would fall into the hands of thieves.
Emperor Jiajing had to admit that the thief army entered Jiangxi and chaoticized the two provinces? It was a relatively good situation.
Yan Song and Xu Jie were both silent, both of whom were watching their noses and noses. Lu Ben was still a passerby? And Jiang Dong looked at Xu Wei with strange eyes.
Is there anyone who is an official like you?
Can you say this kind of guessing nonsense?!
If the thief army really colluded with the Japanese pirates, they would defeat Qi Jiguang and Wu Baipeng in a row? Maybe your Majesty thinks you are a crow's mouth!
After a long silence? Emperor Jiajing sat down while rubbing his eyebrows? “Governor of Jiangxi…”
Seeing that the four people on the other side were silent, Xu Wei stepped forward and walked forward: "Jiangxi Governor You Zhende, a Jinshi in the 17th year of Jiajing, served as deputy envoy of the Jiangxi Censorate and military preparation department, and the Huguang Governor's right-sponsor. Last year, he quelled the rebellion of the Miao people and was promoted to the Jiangxi Governor."
According to Bowen, Xu Wei is naturally a master among the masters, but you have to know who... Xu Jie, Lu Ben, and Jiangdong all knew something was wrong before they came to see each other, and Yan Song, who was unaware of it, was from Jiangxi. How could they not know who the governor of Jiangxi?
After all, they were holding Xu Wei, the naughty green man, in front of carrying the firepower.
After a pause, Xu Wei added: "This person is also from Huizhou Prefecture, Nanzhili."
In the past ten years, Huizhou Prefecture has really produced many people. Not to mention the enemies of Xu Hai, Wang Zhi, Hu Zongxian, Wang Yin, Chen Keyuan, Wu Chengqi, Wang Daokun, You Zhende, Yin Zhengmao and other outstanding talents.
Next, Xu Wei had no room for play. The final result was that Emperor Jiajing issued an order, and the general of Zhejiang, Yu Dayou, was transferred to the general of Nangan, and was also in charge of the three prefectures of Nan'an, Ganzhou, Jianchang in Jiangxi, and Tingzhou and Shaowu in Fujian.
Xu Wei walked out of Xiyuan and walked around the place. The six departments were in chaos. It was really a turbulent time!
Four days ago, Qian Yuan, who was far away in Zhenhai, thought Yang Wen was joking when he heard the weird name "Flying Dragon Emperor".
He had seen similar jokes on the Internet in his previous life, where the village chief was the emperor, the old wife was the queen, the village wife was the concubine, the butcher was the general, and the farmer was the soldiers.
Listen, Emperor Feilong, this is going to go to heaven!
Oh, it’s really a flying dragon in the sky!
But when the messenger of the Governor's Office appeared in front of him, Qian Yuan was stunned and half of the watermelon in his hand fell to the ground.
Qian Yuan patted his head and could not remember that while the Japanese invasion in the southeast was in such a large-scale rebellion in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty... Even if the army of 100,000 is known as, there are at least 40,000 to 50,000.
In fact, Qian Yuan is ignorant. In the original time and space, there is indeed such a flying dragon country, and Zhang Lian, the flying dragon emperor, caused a big storm at the junction of Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces.
Zhang Lian was called emperor in history at Baisong Pass, and later defeated by Yu Dayou and Liu Xian. However, Zhang Lian himself went to sea with his remaining troops, seized Sanfoqi Island, occupied Old Port, Johor, Malacca and other places, reclaimed as fishing, and established himself as king.
Qian Yuan went to Fujian and Guangdong in his previous life, but in fact, Zhang Lian had a considerable influence in the south.
"Map!" Qian Yuan jumped up, making people spread the map.
After setting up a city for trade last year, Qian Yuan ordered people to depict some maps of Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and southern Zhili, and copied a copy and handed it to Qi Jiguang at the beginning of the year.
"Tingzhou Prefecture, Shaowu Prefecture..." Qian Yuan thought for a while and turned around and asked, "Going east and west?"
Tang Shunzhi said with a sinister face: "If you collude with the Japanese pirates, you will naturally go east."
"It's Qi Yuanjing here." Although Qian Yuan had full confidence in Qi Jiguang, he couldn't help but grin. He really didn't know if Qi Jiguang could hold on.
"Hu Ruzhen was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang in the 33rd year of Jiajing, and the following year he was promoted to the governor of Zhejiang, and vigorously implemented the introduction of the law in some prefectures in Zhejiang, Susong, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili..."
Tang Shunzhi frowned and asked, "How?"
"I remember that last year, the floods in Fujian and Guangdong were very big." Qian Yuan frowned and said, "I'm afraid that the supply of money and food is not enough."
Qian Yuan knew better than Tang Shunzhi about the current economic situation of the imperial court across the country. Xuanda Jiliao and other places have been in a difficult situation in the past two years. Governor Xuanda and Governor Jiliao were all imprisoned and punished. Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian have been responsible for the important task of transporting money and grain to fight against the Japanese in recent years. Some Fuzhou has been promoted until 40 years after Jiajing, and they have no spare energy.
In other words, it would be fine if the officers and soldiers could quickly extinguish the rebellion. If they could not, the Ningbo Zhenhai Tax Bank would definitely take on the important task of transporting money and grain to ensure logistics.
Qian Yuan explained in detail and said: "It is late July and the autumn harvest is about to be harvested. The merchant ships will return to the sea to purchase rice from Nanyang, North Korea and other places... Don't move, wait for letters from Xiyuan."
Sun Piyang immediately agreed: "Purchase at an affordable price and build more granaries. If you promise to return with rice, you can get the documents of the sea first... In addition, the government office and county office may not be enough to show your talents?"
"The eight maritime merchants have searched their homes, and the land has not been used as official land. There is not much money in stock. I just told you in the next sentence."
Tang Shunzhi sighed: "It's a big deal, but unfortunately Hu Ruzhen led a large army to garrison Chuzhou Prefecture and did not dare to cross the border to attack the bandits. If the bandits were raised and headed east, Yuan Jing..."
Chapter completed!