In the early morning, a trace of dawn had just appeared in the sky, and the air was still filled with the wetness of morning dew. Yang Cong slowly walked on the empty Chang'an Street, feeling extremely comfortable.

He came back less than three years after he was away from Beijing.

Originally, he thought he would stay in the northwest for at least five or six years, and even had to lead his army to the Gobi desert outside the border to pursue the Tatar cavalry, so he really didn't know when he would return to the capital.

I never thought that I would be back so soon.

Of course, he couldn't stay for a few days when he came back this time, because the situation on the southeast coast was already eroded, so he had to rush over and deal with it as soon as possible.

However, before this, he had to talk to Jiajing, because he didn't want to work hard to make wedding dresses for others, and he didn't want the heads of people who were cheated inexplicably fell to the ground.

At this moment, his identity is different from the past. When he met his officials on the road, no matter whether they were familiar with him or not, whether they were enemies or friends, almost everyone who recognized him bowed and bowed with great respect.

The right deputy envoy of the Censorate, the Minister of War, and the Governor of Zhejiang. Any of these official positions is a certain important official of the court, especially the Governor of Zhejiang. It can be said that he is a top-ranking official, and is not much inferior to the Six Ministers of the Secretariat.

He hadn't met the six ministers of the Ministry of Justice along the way, and he hadn't seen any of the two cabinet ministers, Xia Yan and Yan Song. In other words, the positions he met were basically lower than his, so it was normal for everyone to respect him.

He bowed his hand to return the gifts, slowly walked into the imperial city, and greeted the familiar faction boss one by one, and the morning court began.

This time, he did not prepare any memorials. He just wanted to ask for a meeting with a memorial. Therefore, he stood behind his father-in-law Zhang Yue with his eyebrows down and his eyes cleared without saying a word. He didn't raise his eyes all over the morning court, just as if he was in the air.

He treated himself as air, but others did not treat him as air. Some of the civil and military officials who participated in the morning court were secretly staring at him, as if they were looking at monsters, especially the officials of Yan Song's party and the wealthy maritime merchants. They all looked at him with a look of fear.

This guy is not easy to deal with!

Yang Cong was resting his energy and stood there for a while. The morning court was finally over. He did not follow the officials who had retired from the court to leave the palace, but walked straight towards the imperial study.

Lu Ling'er had already "sayed hello" to him, and he believed that Jiajing would not feel abrupt.

Sure enough, when Jiajing heard that he was asking for a meeting outside, he immediately passed him in after the eunuch on duty. After the monarch and ministers greeted each other, Jiajing said kindly: "Qingfeng, thank you for your hard work in Shanxi. You have done a good job, and I feel very comforted."

Yang Cong hurriedly bowed respectfully: "I am afraid, I am grateful to the emperor for his kindness in promoting him."

Seeing his attitude, Jiajing felt even more satisfied. Anyone who is a leader doesn’t want his subordinates to be respectful to him. He is like Xia Yan’s “rebellious” and is so crazy that he doesn’t know who he is, so he won’t be liked.

Of course, Yang Cong's respect is all pretended. People in this era will have more or less awe of imperial power, but he does not. It can be said that he is more powerful than Xia Yan in terms of contempt for imperial power, but he just hides it better.

Jiajing didn't know that Yang Cong was pretending. He nodded with satisfaction, then smiled and said, "If you have merit, you must reward you, and if you have mistakes, you must punish you. I will not treat every meritorious minister unfairly. These are what you deserve."

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but despise himself: "You won't treat every meritorious minister unfairly, Zhu Wan was forced to commit suicide by you!"

Of course, he would never say such beheading words. He pretended to be submissive and said regretfully: "I am ashamed of my humbleness. I have not done my best in the Northwest affairs. I hope the emperor will forgive me."

Jiajing said generously: "You can't blame you for this. The situation in the northwest is now stable, and you have made great contributions. However, the situation in the southeast is relatively critical, so I have to draw you to deal with it. How about it, are you confident of destroying pirates and Japanese pirates?"

Yang Cong pretended to be embarrassed and said ashamed: "This, the emperor forgives the crime. I think it may be difficult to destroy the pirates and Japanese pirates."

ah!

When Jiajing heard this, he couldn't help but look shocked. In his heart, Yang Cong was a rare official. He originally thought that Yang Cong would be full of confidence in the suppression of pirates and Japanese pirates, but he didn't expect Yang Cong would say so.

If Yang Cong couldn't solve this, who else could he send?

No one anymore!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say anxiously: "Qingfeng, what's the problem? You said, I'll find a way for you."

Hehe, Jiajing is really fun, no wonder Yan Song can make him play around.

Yan Song, do you think you can play Jiajing? I will do it too!

Yang Cong laughed in his heart, and then said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I think the most difficult thing to destroy pirates and Japanese pirates is to find their nests. The vast sea is more than tens of thousands of miles. If they cannot find their nests, how can they be wiped out?"

this!

When Jiajing heard this, his head was too big. Although he didn't know how vast the sea was, he probably still had some knowledge. The ancients used endless views to describe the sea. It can be seen that the vast sea is. How can we find the nests of pirates and Japanese pirates in the vast sea?

How could he think of it? To put it bluntly, he was just a young man who had never seen any world.

He really couldn't help Yang Cong solve this problem, so he could only ask tentatively: "Qingfeng, do you have any solutions?"

Yang Cong pretended to hesitate for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "I have a way, don't know whether to say it."

When is this time? You still "do not know whether to say it or not", Jiajing couldn't help but urge, "What's the point, but it's okay to say it."

Yang Cong said carefully: "The way for me is to recruit me. There are any pirates who do evil and those who go out to sea to do business. I believe that those who go out to sea to do business will not die. We can try to recruit such pirates, and then use them to find the nests of other pirates and Japanese pirates. After all, they were originally in the same group as other pirates and Japanese pirates, so it should not be difficult to find the nests of other pirates and Japanese pirates."

Upon hearing this, Jiajing couldn't help but stroking his hands and exclaimed: "Good solution!"

Seeing this, Yang Cong said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, this method is good, but I am afraid of being punished for it."

Upon hearing this, Jiajing said inexplicably: "I have approved the amnesty strategy, what are you still afraid of?"

You are sure of something to use!

Zhu Wan went to eliminate pirates and Japanese pirates but you agreed to, but what was the result?

Sometimes people who are emperors are so easy to be fooled because they have no clairvoyance or a favorable ear. They can only listen to the ministers below in everything. If the ministers below unite to deceive, they will not know that they are fooled into being.

Yang Cong pretended to be worried and said, "Your Majesty, you should also know that some people in the court have collusions with pirates and Japanese pirates. When I go to clear out pirates and Japanese pirates, I am making enemies with them. They will definitely try every means to frame the empress in front of the emperor. At that time, if I go to recruit pirates, they will definitely frame the empress in collusion with pirates and even engage in pirates. If the emperor is deceived, will I not die without a place to bury me!"

So that's the case, Jiajing said firmly: "Qingfeng, don't worry, I believe you. No matter what the court officials say, I will not be deceived."

Hehe, that's good.

When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy. He was relieved if he said this. He was not joking. He was really planning to collude with pirates!
Chapter completed!