Rise From the Humble

"Xiaguan now finally understands why the Usnea tea made by the infamous Monk Dafang has become famous all over the world and is hard to find. The tea leaves are like dragons and snakes rolling in the cup. When you take a sip, it is like orchids on the tongue, refreshing the heart and mind; If there is a fairy in the world, it must be this tea. Ahem, I have to break my promise. I just asked you to take half a jar with me when you leave. It counts, if it doesn’t count, I will have the audacity to ask for half a can and take it away.”

After Hu Zongxian took a sip of tea, every pore seemed to be intoxicated. He highly praised Usnea tea and praised it full of praise.

"Hahaha, I must do what I say and what I do must be resounding. Naturally, I mean what I say. You know the inner meaning of Usnea tea deeply and you are the master of Usnea tea. This half-cup of tea is not yours or anyone else's?! From now on, , this half jar is named Hu."

When Zhao Wenhua heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and generously handed half a can of tea to Hu Zongxian.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhao, for your kindness. I will be disrespectful if you lower your rank."

Hu Zongxian took the half-can of Usnea tea with both hands, smiled with joy, and put it in his sleeve as if it were a treasure.

"Haha, what's the purpose of Merlin's late night visit?" Zhao Wenhua asked with a smile.

"Reporting to your lord, although Xian is not talented, he still has the ambition to exterminate the Japanese pirates and help the country. I have come here tonight to recommend myself to help your lord calm the southeast." Hu Zongxian did not hide his tuck, bowed to Zhao Wenhua, and explained straightforwardly. Intention.

"Meilin, please get up quickly, please get up quickly, I have Merlin to help me, I am like a fish in water, like a tiger with wings, so why worry about the Japanese pirates not being exterminated, and why worry about the injustice in the southeast!"

After hearing this, Zhao Wenhua couldn't help but stepped forward with a happy face to help Hu Zongxian up. He was very satisfied with his initiative to surrender.

Although Zhu Ping'an left, Hu Zongxian came, and he did not lose money this time, and even made a profit.

In terms of status, Hu Zongxian was the censor of Zhejiang appointed by the emperor, and his status was far above Zhu Ping'an. In terms of knowledge and talent, Hu Zongxian's knowledge and talent are not weaker than Zhu Pingan's. In the 17th year of Jiajing, Hu Zongxian became the top scholar in high school at the age of 26. Although it is not as exaggerated as Zhu Pingan's top scholar in high school when he was weak, but compared with He did not try to make too many concessions, and after Hu Zongxian was appointed as the magistrate of Yidu County, Qingzhou, he demonstrated his outstanding political talents in one appointment. He first eliminated the locust plague and pacified mountain bandits, and then patrolled the important border towns of Xuanfu and Datong to rectify military discipline. , consolidated the border defense, and achieved outstanding results: Then he patrolled Huguang, quelled the Miao people's uprising, and entered the official career. In the past ten years, he steadily rose step by step, with outstanding political achievements and rising reputation; two months ago, Hu Zongxian was appointed by the Holy Emperor. The censor of Zhejiang Province had high hopes for him.

It can be said that he is both civil and military, has outstanding political talents, and is brave and resourceful!

In terms of age and experience, Hu Zongxian is about twenty years older than Zhu Pingan. He has much more experience than Zhu Pingan, and he is calm and experienced in doing things. He is much more experienced than Zhu Pingan, a young man who is easily impulsive in doing things.

Regarding current affairs, he took the initiative to invite Zhu Pingan. Although Zhu Pingan did not reject it outright, he did not accept it either. Hu Zongxian took the initiative to submit his offer and was much more knowledgeable about current affairs than Zhu Pingan.

This is the true hero!

Zhang Jing covered the sky with one hand and regarded the military affairs in the southeast as a taboo, and did not allow others to interfere. The officials in the southeast were in awe of him, and they were even more in awe of Zhang Jing. Now that Hu Zongxian has come to invest, the dilemma in the southeast can be solved.

"It's already late at night, so Mei Lin shouldn't go back and rest at the Yamen. I happened to be discussing the current situation in the southeast with Mei Lin Bingzhuye." Zhao Wenhua pointed at the dark night outside the window and persuaded Hu Zongxian.

"Thank you for your sympathy, sir. I'll have the nerve to stay overnight in your office." Hu Zongxian responded immediately.

Zhao Wenhua nodded with satisfaction, and ordered some wine and food to be sent to the study. He and Hu Zongxian held candlelight talks at night.

"Meilin, I'm here for the first time. What's the current situation of the Southeast Japanese Bureau?" Zhao Wenhua asked.

"My lord, now the Japanese pirates are in full swing in the southeast, and they are getting more and more serious. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are corrosive. Since he rejected the proposal of the great Japanese chief Wang Zhi to open the market, Wang Zhi colluded with the Japanese pirates to invade in a large scale, and even hundreds of ships came to Zhejiang. Thousands of miles away in the east, west of Zhejiang, Jiangnan, Jiangbei and Binhai, alarms were raised at the same time. Tens of thousands of Japanese pirates captured cities and fortresses, killing countless people. The Japanese pirates also captured countless people and forced them to work for them. Women weaved during the day and were beaten at night. Bullying, strong men were forced into slavery, and even forced to join the Japanese pirates as cannon fodder. The Japanese pirates plundered countless properties and silks. After the robbery was completed, they set fire to the sky, and the fireworks were soaring. The losses were immeasurable, and the people were miserable; except for Wang In addition, there are also Japanese chiefs Xu Hai, Chen Dong and others who gathered more than 40,000 Japanese pirates to occupy places such as Tuolinchuan Sand Castle in Zhejiang Province. New Japanese pirates gathered in their areas every day. Xu Hai, Chen Dong and others continued to attack They plundered the surrounding towns and committed crimes, burning, killing, and looting, which also caused serious harm. There were more than ten groups of Japanese pirates, but the number ranged from hundreds to thousands. Although not as powerful as the two groups of Japanese pirates, they still caused great harm. Not too small either.”

Hu Zongxian sighed and briefly reported to Zhao Wenhua the situation of the Japanese pirates raging in the south of the Yangtze River.

"God damn the Japanese pirates, even if they are making small troubles, they dare to be so rampant. The southeast is our Ming Dynasty's important tax territory. The Japanese pirates are so rampant in the southeast, which seriously threatens our Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue and shakes our Ming Dynasty. The Holy Spirit is worried about this. Sorry, the Japanese pirates really deserve death!"

Zhao Wenhua said angrily when he heard this.

"What your Excellency said is absolutely true. Due to the influence of Japanese pirates, the taxes paid by various places in the south of the Yangtze River this year are less than 30% of previous years, and the property looted by Japanese pirates is tens of millions of taels." Hu Zongxian sighed and added further.

Zhao Wenhua was even more angry when he heard that the Japanese pirates had robbed him of so much money, tens of millions of taels of silver.

"The Japanese invasion is so serious, how should all parties respond?" Zhao Wenhua asked with concern after he recovered from tens of millions of taels of silver.

"Hey, this time the Japanese invaders, the guards in various places are quite unbearable. The troops of the guards are generally cowardly. When they encounter the Japanese pirates, they lose all their courage. They are defeated as soon as they meet the Japanese pirates. Their combat effectiveness is not much better than that of the common people. The guards who can resist the Japanese pirates Less than one out of ten."

"In view of the cowardice of the guards' troops, Governor Zhang decided to mobilize troops and recruit generals with combat effectiveness from other places to come to the southeast coast to assist in suppressing the Japanese pirates. At present, Governor Zhang has appointed Bai Xuan, the original commander-in-chief of Guizhou, and The Guangxi Dusi commanded Zou Jifang, who acted as a guerrilla general. He went to Tianzhou, Guishun, Nandan, Donglan and other places to mobilize 6,000 wolf soldiers, and jointly led them to Zhejiang to fight against the Japanese. Among them, the hereditary native officials in Tianzhou were young and could not fight regularly. Mrs. Shi has taken command of the Tianzhou wolf soldiers on her behalf. The wolf soldiers are already on the way and will arrive soon. In addition to the wolf soldiers, Governor Zhang has also recruited generals Li Fengshi and Xu Guodong to lead 6,000 Shandong spearmen to Zhejiang to fight against the Japanese. It’s on the way and will be there soon.”

Hu Zongxian said slowly.

"Since Governor Zhang took office, how has the situation been in suppressing Japanese invaders?" Zhao Wenhua asked again.

"Governor Zhang is more cautious about the suppression of Japanese pirates and has not deployed troops to suppress Japanese pirates. Currently, he is mainly urging all barracks and guards to intensify troop training and raise food and salary. He intends to wait for the arrival of Shandong spearmen and Guangxi wolf soldiers before proceeding to suppress Japanese pirates."

Hu Zongxian replied.

"You haven't sent out troops to suppress the Japanese since you took office?" Upon hearing this, Zhao Wenhua narrowed his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking.