I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 95 Keel?

Early the next morning, the county government of Shouning County gathered countless people to watch the excitement.

When the soldiers posted the notice last night, these people were still skeptical. They couldn't believe that those powerful and domineering gentry and landlords would end up like this one day, but when they saw the figures kneeling in the county government office, The last trace of doubt in my heart was also dispelled.

After Li Jie and Zhang Er, the chief bookkeepers of Shouning County, finished reporting the crimes committed by these gentry in the courtroom one by one.

Hu Zongxian was wearing an official uniform, sitting in the lobby of the county government office, and said in a loud voice: "Keeping private soldiers, murdering imperial officials, gaining access to Japanese officials, annexing common people's land, disregarding human lives, and bribing officials. For these crimes, can you plead guilty?"

"I'm wronged! I beg the governor to spare our lives. I'm willing to give up all my family property!"

"My lord governor, I still have an 80-year-old mother who needs to be supported! I'm leaving, what will she do!"

"Your Excellency, I have never done these things. They forced me to do them. I don't know!"

After listening to Hu Zongxian's statement of the crimes, the group of gentry panicked. Each of these piles is a sure death sentence. The ending of copying and beheading.

"Hmph, noisy! Let me put it on hold, and chop them all up, including their families! I let your family get together next time, so that it won't violate filial piety." Hu Zongxian became a little impatient when he heard it. Immediately, with a big wave of his hand, he asked the soldiers under him to take action and took them down.

Soon, these gentry and landlords and their families were all escorted to Caishikou in Shouning County.

……

After disposing of the group of gentry and their families, Hu Zongxian called Master Li, and said in a deep voice, "You will be in charge of Shouning County for the time being, and the imperial court will soon send a new county magistrate!"

"Follow the order of the governor!" Li Jie hurriedly bowed and saluted upon hearing what Hu Zongxian said, his face full of respect.

After all the affairs were explained, the army immediately set off and marched towards Zhangzhou Mansion.

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Capital, Yan Mansion.

Yan Song put down the scroll in his hand, and asked his son Yan Shifan, "Has the army set off yet?"

Seeing his father's questioning, Yan Shifan on the side quickly put down the busy work in his hands, and responded: "Father, Hu Zongxian set off two days ago, divided into three armies! The other two are Yu Dayou and Tan Lun. Zhangzhou Prefecture occupied by Japanese pirates."

"What is father worried about?" Seeing that his father was worried, Yan Shifan couldn't help asking.

"I'm thinking, if it's just to suppress the Japanese, it would be far less than so many troops. Only 4000 people at most can wipe out all the Japanese pirates entrenched in Fujian! Now, nearly 1 troops have been dispatched. Not only that, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, Tan Lun and other generals were also dispatched, and I suspect that this operation was just incidental to suppressing the Japanese."

"Father is right. If it was just to exterminate Japanese pirates, His Majesty would not have to take such painstaking efforts. He even beat Xu Jie hard in front of everyone, telling him not to make small moves behind his back." Yan Shifan listened to his father. Yan Song couldn't help thinking about his conjecture.

"What is the relationship between all of this? Hu Zongxian, Zhejiang, and the smuggling family..." Yan Song frowned and thought for a long time.

After connecting all the clues he got recently, Yan Song slapped his thigh suddenly, his eyes glistened, and said in a deep voice: "I see, Your Majesty is using the pretext of suppressing the Japanese to kill the disobedient gentry and landlords near the coast. Clean it all up!"

"Ah, what!" After listening to his father Yan Song's words, Yan Shifan's face was full of disbelief.

"By the way, has His Majesty sent Jin Yiwei to Zhejiang recently?" Yan Song asked in a deep voice.

"According to the father-in-law in the palace, it seems that His Majesty recently sent a large number of Jinyiwei to Zhejiang to transport something." Yan Shifan squeezed his chin and recalled.

"That's right, Hu Zongxian dispatched troops to kill all those smuggling families before, but he didn't mention the confiscated property. The amount must be huge, and he didn't count it out for a while! Now, His Majesty dispatched Jin Yiwei for the purpose of confiscating the confiscated property." A huge amount of wealth was transported back to Beijing."

"Hiss, Your Majesty is truly enlightened, and such schemes are beyond our reach. No one could see His Majesty's true thoughts before!" After hearing this, Yan Shifan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

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The Forbidden City, the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Jiajing put on his gown under the service of the eunuch, and after finishing dressing, Lu Fang walked in quickly and said softly: "Your Majesty, the Jin Yiwei has escorted the money back to Beijing via the Grand Canal, do you see?"

"Do you want to ask me about this kind of thing? Just send it to the treasury!" Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang and said lightly.

"It's my servant who didn't think carefully, and please forgive me." Lu Fang said, bowing quickly and saluting.

"Is there anything interesting in the capital recently? I'm a little tired of staying in the Forbidden City every day." After Jiajing finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows and asked Lu Fang.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this servant has recently heard an interesting story from the outside. I heard that someone dug out a keel on the outskirts of the capital!"

"What's so strange about digging out the keel?" Jiajing rolled her eyes at Lu Fang and said.

"My Majesty, it's not the kind of keel with engraved words, but the real keel. I heard that the bone is exactly the same as the one depicted in the myths and legends!"

"What? There is such a thing!" Jiajing said in surprise after hearing Lu Fang's words.

"My Majesty, I don't know if the slaves are true or not. It is said that after the man dug out the keel, he sold it everywhere and wanted to sell it for a good price, but he was treated as a charlatan and was seriously injured."

"Send someone to take a look and buy the keel back. I'm curious about what the keel dug out of the ground looks like."

"Yes." Lu Fang said, bowing in salute.

"In addition, a few Taoist priests who are quite skilled have come to the capital recently. It is said that divination is extremely accurate. They can tell people's future, judge life and death, and can call wind and rain."

Jiajing lost interest after hearing this, and couldn't help thinking: "I can call wind and rain, and I can also call thunder from the sky!"

"Oh, that's all, let me go to the cabinet with me." After Jiajing finished speaking, he strode towards the cabinet without looking at Lu Fang.

Seeing this, Lu Fang hurriedly walked a few steps, following the emperor's pace step by step.

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"His Majesty is here!"

Outside the cabinet, a high-pitched voice came.

After Jiajing brought Lu Fang into the cabinet, he sat in his seat.

"Your Majesty, I will see you, long live my emperor!" All the ministers bowed and saluted.

"Get up!" Jiajing glanced at everyone and said calmly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone got up and sat down in their seats.

"Your Majesty, two days ago, Hu Zongxian's army had attacked in three directions and directly penetrated into Zhangzhou Mansion, which was occupied by Japanese pirates. It must be able to wipe out the Japanese pirates entrenched in Fujian soon! Our Ministry of War has dispatched warships to clear the retreat of the Japanese pirates. Cut them off." Zhang Juzheng took the lead and reported.

"Well, your military department has done a good job. You must cut off the retreat of these Japanese pirates and wipe out every single one!" Jiajing nodded and said in a deep voice.

"Report to Your Majesty, Taichang Shaoqing Li Chunfang has published the test questions for this imperial examination, please have a look at your Majesty!" Yan Song followed up and raised the test questions of this imperial examination high above his head, Lu Fang saw After receiving the test form, he quickly stepped forward, took over the test questions, and handed them over to the emperor.

Jiajing just flipped through it a few times and stopped reading it. Without him, the title above is too obscure: "The honest man is the foundation of the virtue of heaven and the source of holiness, and the scholar is the head of the four peoples." , Scholars are accustomed to honesty, and the relationship between the world's teachings and customs, governance should not be more important than winning people, and the theory must be preceded by practical..."

(End of this chapter)