I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 15
Quanzhou has been an extremely important trading port since ancient times, but since the seventh year of Hongwu, after the imperial court abolished the city ship department here, and the influence of the sea ban policy, the place has become more and more depressed, and the people have become more and more poor. After changing, it is still called Quanzhou Prefecture, but it has actually been reduced to a county, and the defenders in the city are no more than a thousand people.

Generally speaking, no official is willing to serve in such a remote place where Japanese infestation is everywhere, which is not valued. !

And Yang Zongtai, the magistrate of Quanzhou Prefecture, was the unlucky guy who was sent to Quanzhou Prefecture as an official!Just because he didn't manage his boss well, he was "assigned" to this bitter cold place.When he first came to office, Yang Zongtai also wanted to make some political achievements, but the cruel reality quickly woke him up: Quanzhou government had no money, and the deficit left by the previous county magistrate had not yet been filled.

If there is no money, the officials' salaries cannot be paid out, and the officials' salaries cannot be paid out, and the officials will go on strike passively, and the public security in the city will deteriorate further. Paying taxes is an unsolvable endless loop.

Fortunately, Yang Zongtai still has some ability. With his efforts, he barely made up for the shortfall of his predecessor. He no longer needs to borrow money from neighboring counties to survive, and the salary of officials is also guaranteed.

As night fell, Quanzhou City, the county government courtyard.

"Damn it, I will be transferred from this ghost place one day!" Yang Zongtai put down his wine glass angrily, recalling what happened to him in these years.

The officials who entered the officialdom at the same time as him are now in higher positions than him, and some even climbed into the Yan family's relationship, promoted all the way, and made steady progress.

"Okay, drink less, you have to take turns later." Yang Zongtai's wife opened the door and walked in.

Yang Zongtai's wife grew up with him as a childhood sweetheart. After Yang Zongtai got his fame, he came to propose marriage. The couple loved each other and had a son.

"On duty, what is on duty? Will anyone come to this ghost place?"

Yang Zongtai looked at his wife, but still put down the wine glass.

"I have treated you badly these years. I am not capable as a husband. I have been an official for so many years, and I am only a small magistrate."

"Husband, don't say that, being with you is enough for me, I dare not ask for anything else." Yang Zongtai's wife responded with a gentle smile.

"By the way, how is Lin'er? Have you not finished the homework I assigned?"

"Lin'er has already fallen asleep, and you too, how old is he, and you give him such a difficult homework!" The wife said, with resentment in her tone.

"It's also good to read more books. I hope he won't be like his father in the future."

"Don't talk about being discouraged, didn't you say that you have found a way?" His wife came to Yang Zongtai and helped him arrange his clothes.

"Hey, the price they want is too high, forget it! Don't mention this, I'll be on duty."

"Well, be careful."

……

"Quick, quick, quicker!"

Jizhou General Soldier and Dengzhou Guard Commander Qi Jiguang is anxiously mobilizing his troops to reinforce Quanzhou. After receiving the order from his immediate superior Hu Zongxian, he led more than [-] members of the Qi family army and ordered them to station in Quanzhou. The Ming army in the nearby guards, a total of three groups of soldiers and horses, totaling more than [-] people, rushed to Quanzhou City for help.

In the outskirts more than ten kilometers away from Quanzhou City, a group of Japanese pirates with a total of more than [-] people is stationed here. The leaders are Xu Hai and Chen Dong.

Inside the tent, the two chiefs sat facing each other, the table was filled with delicious food and wine, and there were women who had been kidnapped to serve them attentively.

Xu Hai had a shocking scar on his face, which gave him a vicious look.

But Chen Dong was blind in one eye, and the blind eye was injured by the Ming army with a firecracker. In recent years, he sent people to search for famous doctors, but all the results he got were that there was no possibility of regaining his sight.

Behind the two leaders, there are countless Japanese pirates in ragged clothes holding simple weapons and looking blank. Among the Japanese pirates, the number of Japanese ronin is only a small number, and the majority are people who lost their way of life due to the maritime ban policy and heavy taxes. After a mouthful of food, they took up their weapons.

"Why haven't they come yet? Have they been exposed!" Xu Hai frowned, picked up his wine glass, hesitating in his heart.

"How can it be so fast, big brother, don't be suspicious, and relax." Chen Dong, who was wearing a blindfold, comforted him.

"I don't know why, but I always feel uneasy." Xu Hai picked up a mouthful of food with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.

"This plan was planned by Mr. Wang Zhi himself, and it cost the lives of so many brothers! As long as we take down Quanzhou City, we can come and go whenever we want in the future. Not to us!"

Speaking of the Ming army, Chen Dong's tone was full of unforgettable hatred. These damn Ming soldiers blinded him in one eye, and even killed the concubine he had laboriously plundered earlier, but as long as they break through After leaving Quanzhou City, you can choose any beautiful woman like that.

Thinking of this, Chen Dong felt a burst of heat in his lower abdomen, and his expression became more and more eager, wishing to attack Quanzhou City immediately.

"Boss, they're here!" A soldier came to report from outside the tent.

"Please come in quickly." The two people in the tent heard this, their faces were happy, and they quickly got up to greet them.

……

Capital City, Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Jiajing looked at the group of important cabinet ministers kneeling in front of him, and he couldn't help feeling a little doubt in his heart.

"It's so late, the duty of the cabinet has already ended, do you have anything important to tell me?"

"Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"

"This is the battle report from the front line sent by Hu Zongxian, governor of Zhejiang Province and governor of Zhejiang Province! Because of the urgency of the situation, we made our own decisions and did not ask the Supervisor of Rituals to approve the red flag. We wanted to present it to His Majesty."

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Yan Song spoke first tremblingly, and Lu Fang, who had been standing by Jiajing's side from the very beginning, saw an imperceptible haze in his eyes.

"But you won?" Jiajing took the memorial from Yan Song and opened the envelope.

"Your Majesty, Hu Zongxian's Qi Jiguang led the army to wipe out more than [-] Japanese pirates in Fenghua, Ninghai and other places. In addition, he also seized the news of the Japanese leader Wang Zhi. The above is the battle and the list."

After Yan Song spoke first, Xu Jie, who was the second assistant of the cabinet, also stepped forward to explain.

After Jiajing checked the contents of the letter, he looked overjoyed, and then said: "Okay, everyone on this list will be promoted to one level each! Let your cabinet handle this matter."

As if suddenly thinking of something, Jiajing added: "Also, tell Hu Zongxian for me that he did a good job! Forget it, I'll do it myself."

Immediately afterwards, Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang beside him, coughed twice, then looked at the ministers in the cabinet, and warned calmly: "Okay, forget it this time, let's not be an example! No matter what, we still have to follow the Here comes the process."

"Yes, I'm guilty." Yan Song knelt down to admit his mistake first, and then all the cabinet members also knelt down on the ground behind him.

"Okay, get up, is there anything else?"

"Your Majesty, no more!"

Just when the ministers were about to bow and leave, Jiajing said: "Zhang Juzheng is staying, I still have something to discuss with him."

Facing the jealous gazes of Xu Jie, Yan Song, and Yan Shifan, Zhang Juzheng bowed down.

"Your Majesty is very happy today!"

"Yes."

Walking out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Xu Jie and Yan Song walked in front, supporting each other and greeting each other, while Yan Shifan and Gao Gong, who followed behind, looked at each other disgustedly, and simply turned their heads away with a cold snort.

(End of this chapter)