Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 167 Hu Zongxian

"Boom!"

In September of the 43rd year of Jiajing.

There was a heavy rain in Zhejiang.

And taking advantage of this heavy rain, the reinforcements from various provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have also completed the final deployment under Hu Zongxian's dispatch. Just wait for the rain to stop to carry out the final encirclement and suppression of the Japanese pirates who have been harassing the southeast coast for more than ten years.

At the moment, he is in the big tent of the Qi Family Army barracks in Zhejiang.

Hu Zongxian, who also serves as the governor of Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and the governor of the Southeast Military, is writing like a dragon and a snake.

What he wrote was the upright song left by Wen Tianxiang in the Southern Song Dynasty.

This is his favorite article among the famous Confucian and Taoist articles handed down today, and it is also the article where his Confucian and Taoist talents can be most volatile.

Soon there will be a decisive battle with the Japanese pirates, and he must make full preparations for this decisive battle.

It took a full half an hour for Hu Zongxian to finally finish writing this upright song full of talent. When he stood up, he immediately felt dizzy, which was obviously a sign of excessive loss of talent.

"Butang, are you okay?" Seeing Hu Zongxian's appearance, Qi Jiguang hurriedly helped him sit down.

Hu Zongxian waved his hand, and handed Qi Jiguang the righteous song in his hand.

"General Qi, I leave this article to you. Use it at the right time. It can enhance the morale of soldiers, and at the same time, at least 3 people can be supported by talents, and their strength and speed will be greatly increased. They will heal automatically, as long as they are not hit by cannons, there will be no hindrance."

"The time can last for a quarter of an hour. Remember, it must be used at the most critical moment!" Hu Zongxian instructed again.

"Ministry!"

"Why are you doing this?"

"Are you afraid that we won't be able to defeat those Japanese pirates? Now our armies from all walks of life have encircled the Japanese pirates. No matter how powerful they are, they can't escape!" Qi Jiguang solemnly took this page of heavy poetry and prose, and began to comfort him .

However, he knew that this was the third piece of poetry written by Hu Zongxian in the past month, which had a great influence on Hu Zongxian, and it could even be said that it must have consumed Hu Zongxian's lifespan.

Even though he knew that this poem of Ping Tianxia could at least reduce the casualties of his Qi family army by more than [-]%, he still couldn't bear it.

"Hehe, to tell you the truth, General Qi, I'm really afraid that those Japanese pirates will grow three heads and six arms."

"General Qi, do you think the emergence of Confucianism and Taoism in this world is a good thing or a bad thing for Ming Dynasty?" Hu Zongxian sat on the chair, took a long breath, and asked with a wry smile.

"Of course it's a good thing. If it weren't for your lord's poems and essays, our encirclement and suppression of Japanese pirates this time would not be so smooth!" Qi Jiguang complimented with a smile.

"Ha ha!"

"Not necessarily!"

Hu Zongxian smiled wryly: "I still remember that last month, Japanese pirates also used a copy of Li Bai's "Will Enter the Wine" to make the Taizhou city defenders drunk for half an hour, and directly captured Taizhou."

"Among the Japanese pirates, there is no great Confucian who can write Confucian and Taoist poems that contain the power to calm the world."

"How do you say they got the poem?"

Hearing Hu Zongxian's question, Qi Jiguang was suddenly embarrassed.

Needless to say, of course it was because there were great Confucianists in the Ming Dynasty, or there were big families secretly aiding the Japanese pirates.

If not, how could they have been making waves in the southeast coast for more than ten years with just a few ronin warriors in Japan?

These people are actually not difficult to find. After all, there are many great Confucians in the imperial court, and they are all on the bright side. Those who are in court are nothing more than the few elders and officials of the Six Departments, plus a few big officials like Hu Zongxian Although there are more people in the field, they are all well-known in Daming, who have achieved success in teaching and educating people, or who have contributed to spreading Confucianism and Taoism.

And as long as you find out which great Confucianist the Ping Tianxia poems and essays in the hands of the Japanese pirates came from, you will naturally be able to find out the origin of the person behind him.

But so what if we find out, what can we do with those people?
Those people have already woven a huge net with the money they earned through smuggling by sea.

On this website, there are people from court officials to traffickers and pawns.

The imperial court did not dare to investigate deeply at all, because once it was thoroughly investigated, the sea and Japanese plague would only become more serious, and even the entire Ming Dynasty would continue to fall into turmoil.

You must know that Zhejiang, Nanzhili and other places are the wealth of Ming Dynasty. If these places are disturbed by Japanese pirates, the whole Ming Dynasty will be in jeopardy.

Emperor Jiajing knew this all too well, so he couldn't do anything.

Or dare not do it.

Because the lessons learned from the past are too appalling.

There are secret records of the royal family in the palace. The first emperor, that is, Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao, once took advantage of the opportunity of King Ning's rebellion to move those people.

But he just showed a sign, fell into the water for no reason, and then died for no reason.

You must know that Zhu Houzhao at that time was one of the few emperors in the Ming Dynasty who had a part of the military power, and he plundered a lot of money through the eight tiger eunuchs headed by Liu Jin.

It can be said that if you want money, you have money, and if you want people, you have people.

He dared to act because he was determined to solve the Japanese riots along the southeast coast in one fell swoop.

But he was full of confidence, and he counted all aspects, but he didn't count the pervasive infiltration and assassination of those people.

Even Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty fell to the ground, let alone Jiajing, the emperor who was selected and elected by civil servants.

At that time, he never thought of touching those people at all, but he just showed a little intention to take back the military power from the civilian officials, and was almost strangled to death by the maid in the palace.

This incident has always been considered by Emperor Jiajing as a warning to him from those people.

It was precisely because of this incident that Emperor Jiajing completely lost his spirit and became greedy for pleasure and letting go of himself.

In doing so, Emperor Jiajing did not have the idea of ​​being angry with the civil official group and the huge gentry group behind the civil official.

Even Emperor Jiajing couldn't afford to offend the forces behind these people, let alone the little Qi Jiguang.

So Qi Jiguang could only smile awkwardly, not daring to answer.

"You dare not tell the truth, I understand, because I dare not either!"

"Why?"

Hu Zongxian asked himself, and without waiting for Qi Jiguang to answer, he said again: "Because it won't help the matter if you say it, unless you want Ming Dynasty to be in chaos immediately, those people can't move."

"We can obtain Confucianism and Taoism to enhance our strength, and others can also obtain it. Even in the wild, there are more great Confucianists who have achieved peace in the world through teaching and educating people and spreading Confucianism and Taoism than the princes in the court."

"What can we do?"

"Unless the imperial court has the determination and courage to break the net, we can't do anything!"

"Actually, sometimes I wonder if Daming would be better if there were more generals like General Qi without Confucianism and Taoism talent?"

Hearing Hu Zongxian's words, Qi Jiguang fell silent immediately.

He is just an insignificant general, and he really doesn't understand these things.

"All right!"

"General Qi laughed."

"Without the blessing of talent, the old man's mind suddenly began to lose consciousness. Don't mind the nonsense just now!"

Hu Zongxian forced a smile, closed his eyes and said: "General Qi, I have already done what I should do, and I said these words to make you be careful of the articles that may exist in the other party's hands."

"As for how to fight this battle, it's up to you to decide!"

"The old man's talent is exhausted, his body is exhausted, and coupled with the political turmoil within the court during this period, no matter whether he wins or loses this battle, I'm afraid he will be powerless in the future."

Qi Jiguang naturally knew that the so-called court turmoil that Hu Zongxian said was about Yan Ge's going south to Zhejiang.

Although he didn't know the inside story, Yan Ge must have fallen into a disadvantage.

Otherwise, he would not leave the center of the imperial court and go south to Zhejiang.

Hu Butang is an old man of Yan Ge. If Yan Ge steps down, Hu Butang will not be much better.

And he, Qi Jiguang, is a member of Hu Butang, so strictly speaking, he is also an old man of Yan Ge. I don't know if the political turmoil this time will affect him?

Thinking of this, Qi Jiguang inevitably felt a little heavy.

But these worries haven't happened yet. As a military commander, his bounden duty is to fight every battle well, so he quickly put these worries behind him.

"Let's rest in the hall, and just leave the rest to the subordinates!"

"The subordinates will definitely present you with a satisfactory answer sheet!"

Qi Jiguang hugged Hu Zongxian respectfully, and was about to turn around and walk out of the tent, but unexpectedly Hu Zongxian stopped him again.

"General Qi!"

"You take this letter too!"

"If something difficult happens to the general in the future, you can take this letter to Zhang Juzheng, and he will protect you!"

"What's the meaning of the ministry?"

"Isn't Zhang Juzheng Qingliu?"

"Will he respect his subordinates?" Qi Jiguang was puzzled.

"Ha ha……!"

"How can the factional disputes in the imperial court be so simple? I have always been among you, and you have been among me!"

"Whether it is the Qingliu Party or the Strict Party, not all of them are so distinct!"

"These things are too complicated. As a general, General Qi doesn't need to play politics."

"If the general trusts me, just do what the old man says."

"I did this not because I had any deal with that Zhang Juzheng, but because I didn't want to see my only army that dared to fight being ruined by those people!"

Hearing Hu Zongxian's words from the bottom of his heart, Qi Jiguang suddenly felt a sense of heaviness in pleading with Gu Gu. He opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't know what to say. He clasped his fists silently again, solemnly put away the letter, and withdrew from the tent.

When Qi Jiguang left, Hu Zongxian took out a letter from his arms again.

This is a letter written to him by Yan Song in Zhejiang.

Hu Zongxian is Yan Song's student, and he is highly regarded by Yan Song. It can be said that half of his ability to become the current governor of the southeast is due to his own ability, and the other half is due to Yan Song's credit.

Yan Song's letter warned Hu Zongxian to let him fight this battle well, and not to have any scruples just because Yan Shifan was arrested.

But don't use your life too hard. It's best not to write poems and essays that are passed on to the world. It's important to save your life.

This letter seems to be just a short-term concern of the parents, but in fact there is a mystery hidden in it. Yan Song's words are because he doesn't want to use his life too hard. If he can delay the time to suppress the Japanese, he should delay as much as possible, and don't let the Japanese pirates be calmed down so quickly.

But Hu Zongxian didn't intend to listen to the teacher this time.

The Japanese pirates have been in trouble for more than ten years, and finally had the possibility to wipe out the opponent once, and he didn't want to miss it.

As for the changes in the court situation caused by this, he can't care so much now.

Moreover, he was really tired. He was really about to be overwhelmed after being in the deepest part of the vortex of the struggle between the strict party and the Qingliu all these years.

"Let it be your fate!"

Hu Zongxian finally sighed, and set the letter on fire and burned it.

(End of this chapter)