Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 153 Jiang Yan is Coming

Eight days later, the main hall of Yongshou Palace.

His Royal Highness kneeled Yan Song, Yan Shifan, Lu Bing, and Zhang Juzheng.

The voice of Emperor Jiajing came from inside the green gauze curtain: "Hu Zongxian just posted the report. The Japanese pirates suffered a big loss in Zhejiang and began to covet the coastal areas of Fujian. A month ago, the Japanese Inoue Shishiro joined Funing, Lianjiang and other places The Japanese pirates captured Shouning and Ningde successively. Hu Zongxian asked for an order to transfer Qi Jiguang to lead his troops south to Fujian."

Standing in front of the green gauze curtain, Lu Fang took the opportunity to flatter Emperor Jiajing: "When the news of the great victory in Taizhou came, the emperor expected that the Japanese pirates would turn to attack the coast of Fujian! The emperor is really the most wise monarch in all ages! "

His Highness, Yan Song, Yan Shifan, Lu Bing, and Zhang Juzheng, heard the words, immediately knelt down and shouted: "The emperor is holy."

In the green gauze curtain, Emperor Jiajing's hoarse voice came: "Zhang Juzheng, you are in charge of the military department, what do you think?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "Now the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang are Yiping. I think it's time to transfer the Qi family army to Fujian to fight against the Japanese!"

The old fox Yan Song finally opened his mouth: "Your Majesty, I think that Qi Jiguang is a good general in the world. It is only natural to send his Qi family army to Fujian to fight against the Japanese. But Qi Jiguang already has [-] elite soldiers in his hands, and he is controlling Zhejiang. The other guards in the two provinces of Fujian and Fujian, I think there seems to be something... wrong!"

Everyone in the officialdom knows that among the "Three Pillars in the Southeast", Hu Zongxian is a strict party.Qi Jiguang is Yu Wang party.Yu Dayou is a person without party.

In fact, before the Taizhou War, Yan Song wrote a letter to Hu Zongxian, which said: "The Japanese pirates must be suppressed, and they must not be completely suppressed."

Yan Song's mind is nothing more than to let Hu Zongxian raise the thief to respect himself.In recent months, there have been various signs that the emperor seems to be suppressing the strict party.If the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang are completely suppressed, the emperor can "do all the Japanese pirates and Zong Xianzang".At that time, the emperor let go of the strict party, so he didn't care.

Who would have thought that Hu Zongxian would fully support Qi Jiguang, the Yuwang party, in launching a decisive battle with the Japanese pirates in Taizhou, and solved the Japanese pirates in Zhejiang in one fell swoop.

After the war, Qi Jiguang was rewarded, but Hu Zongxian, a strict party, was only awarded the title of Zuodu Yushi.

At this time, Yan Song's words were nothing more than to remind the emperor: Qi Jiguang has a heavy army in his hands. If he has two hearts, he can completely separate the southeast half!

The purpose of doing this is to provoke the relationship between Qi Jiguang, the royal party of Yu, and the emperor.

Zhang Juzheng was about to speak when he heard the words, but the words of Emperor Jiajing came from inside the green gauze tent: "Qi Jiguang is the Wei and Huo of this dynasty, and he is loyal to me. There are a lot of ridiculous things. What Yan Ge said makes sense. Lu Bing, isn’t He Liu still in Zhejiang? Let him also serve as Qi Jiguang’s supervisor and governor, and go south to Fujian with Qi’s army.”

Lu Bingdao: "I obey the order!"

Emperor Jiajing said again: "Zhang Juzheng, have you delivered the firecrackers that your military department bought from Frangji in Tianjin Wei?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "The delivery has been made clearly."

Emperor Jiajing ordered: "Let Jiang Si of Jinyiwei escort this batch of firearms, take the waterway to Zhejiang and send them to Qi's army. Qi's army received the firearms and immediately went south to Fujian. There must be no mistakes!"

Zhang Juzheng kowtowed: "I obey the order!"

The 40th day of the twelfth lunar month in the [-]th year of Jiajing.In the city of Hangzhou, imperial envoys go to the palace.

He Liu, Lao Hu, and Feng Baowei, Lao Hu's new godson, were eating dumplings.

Old Hu sighed: "Well, it is said that we are alone in a foreign land as a stranger, and miss our relatives during the festive season. This year, we can only live in Jiangnan."

He Liu picked up a chicken leg for Feng Bao: "Don't you like roast chicken? This whole roast chicken is all yours."

The 16-year-old Feng Bao is extremely grateful to He Liu and Lao Hu.They spared his life, returned him food and clothing, and treated him like a family member.Feng Bao secretly made up his mind: When he gets rich in the future, he will never forget the kindness of his godfather and sixth master.

The three of them were talking when the door suddenly opened.

A woman led a child into the room against the wind and snow.

The woman took off her bamboo hat, and it was He Liu's wife, Bai Xiaoyan!
Xiangxiang saw the table of delicious food, and ran to the table in three steps at a time: "Father, Xiangxiang is starving to death!"

He Liu picked up Xiangxiang and asked Bai Xiaoyan, "Why are you here?"

Bai Xiaoyan said: "You forgot, we have dozens of commercial shops in the south of the Yangtze River! At the end of the year, I have to come and write off the accounts."

Bai Xiaoyan looked at Feng Bao, and asked He Liu: "Who is this handsome little brother?"

He Liu hurriedly introduced him: "This kid is Lao Hu's new godson."

As soon as Bai Xiaoyan sat down, He Liu complained to her: "Someone was going to kidnap your mother and daughter a while ago! How dangerous it is to come this way! Why don't you stay in the capital?"

Bai Xiaoyan said: "If I don't check the accounts of those dozens of commercial shops for you, those ghost shopkeepers will not cheat you with 10 taels of snowflake silver? Besides, we have Yinshuai men from the five northern provinces along the way." Escort, no one dares to think about us."

He Liu suddenly remembered something: "I remember we have a meat shop in Hangzhou?"

Bai Xiaoyan nodded: "You said Chint Meat. Now all the pork in the restaurants in Hangzhou is supplied by Chint. Don't underestimate the business of slaughtering pigs and sheep. It can generate 10,000+ taels of interest a year! "

He Liudao: "Tomorrow, you ask Detai Meat to prepare [-] catties of meat and send it to Taizhou. It's a reward for the brothers in the Qi family army!"

Bai Xiaoyan nodded: "Okay!"

Feng Bao and Xiang Xiang, it can be said that a big glutton meets a small glutton.According to seniority, Feng Bao wants to call Xiangxiang "little niece", and Xiangxiang wants to call Feng Bao "little uncle".

"Little niece, eat this, the duck neck, it's delicious." Feng Bao put a duck neck in the fragrant bowl.

"The duck's neck is not delicious! This mandarin fish has the best tail!" Xiangxiang gave Feng Bao a piece of fish tail.

Old Hu asked Feng Bao: "Godson, when you return to Beijing, would you like to stay with me, or enter the palace and be a little father-in-law?"

Feng Baodao: "I can't eat free food by my godfather every day. Entering the palace to be a father-in-law, although it doesn't sound very nice, is still a job."

Bai Xiaoyan listened at the side in a daze.

He Liu quickly told Bai Xiaoyan about Feng Bao's life experience.Although Bai Xiaoyan has a hot temper, she has a soft heart in her bones.

She wiped away tears when she heard Feng Bao's life experience, and then said: "After entering the palace, it will be difficult for you to see your godfather. How about this, Concubine Li of Prince Yu's Mansion is pregnant with the grandson of the emperor. As usual, the emperor will reward you in the spring of this year." There are sixty eunuchs and maidservants in Prince Yu's Mansion. Let me tell Concubine Li, let you go to the respect room to hang a sign and go to Prince Yu's Mansion to serve the soon-to-be-born grandson. Prince Yu's Mansion should be more relaxed. You and your godfather We can see each other often."

Feng Bao nodded sensiblely: "It's all up to the sixth sister-in-law to decide."

He Liudao: "You can do it now! Open your mouth about Concubine Li, and shut up about Concubine Li. Those who didn't know thought you had climbed a high branch and became Concubine Li's god-sister."

Bai Xiaoyan said: "That's right. Do you know how much money I lost to my concubine Li's sister at the Mahang table in the last month? It's a total of 7 taels! Now that she sees me, she is closer than seeing her own sister."

He Liu replied without raising his head: "Anyway, you deliberately lost to her, no matter how much you lose, it's not a loss."

The family ate half of the meal, and suddenly the imperial envoy came, and the person who came to deliver the decree was a family member named Zhao from Jinyiwei.

"There is a decree that He Liu, the governor of Jinyiwei North Township, also serves as the governor of the Qi family's army. Enter Fujian with the Qi family's army!"

"I accept the order to thank you!"

Zhao Shibai households announced the decree, and said to He Liu: "Liu Ye, here is a letter, Commander Lu asked me to bring it to you."

He Liu opened the letter, and Lu Bing asked him to continue to investigate who sold the firecracker to Monk Chen in Beijing.Although Monk Liaochen died, the case of Tongwo in Zhejiang was only half solved.This case cannot be closed until the person who sold the gun to Monk Chen is found.

He Liuda was surprised by Zhao Shibai's words before leaving: "By the way, Liu Ye, the emperor also ordered Jiang Siye to escort the firecrackers to Qi Jiguang's army."

Monk Liaochen said that the person who sold him the new gun was Qianhu Jiang, who claimed to be Jinyiwei.Jiang Si is one of the thousand households surnamed Jiang in Jinyiwei.

He Liu secretly said in his heart: This is really destined to meet, it's not that enemies don't get together!

(End of this chapter)