Chapter 183: Invitation from the inspector

A cloisonné Boshan stove with lace-shaped graphic engraved with tiles is spitting out wisps of sandalwood smoke, the faint and faint fragrance floating in the room. On the wall of this house is a genuine Song Dynasty book "Spring Travel in the Mountain Path", and a pineapple wooden bookshelves piled with thread-loaded books. Next to the bookshelf is a wide red sandalwood desk, with lake pens, Hui ink, rice paper, and Duan inkstone neatly placed on the table.

Sitting silently on the large and comfortable chair of the Grand Master, her slender fingers gently knocked on the table, staring at an open invitation on the table... This was what Tiezhu went to the door to retrieve, and it was Hu Zongxian, the inspector of Zhejiang, who invited him to raft the broken bridge tonight, welcome him to the dust and dust, and to express his feelings for the farewell.

Recalling silently, he had only met Hu Xunzhang at the Xun family, and it seemed that he could not reach the point where he needed to reminisce... Of course, he knew that Hu was "Xiang Zhuang's sword dance and ambition was in Pei Gong", so he must have other pictures.

"I didn't expect that my little inspection was so important to all adults." Xiao Xiaoxiao laughed silently and continued to think about his thoughts... Although he has been on the front line in the past few months, through chatting with many civil and military officials, he has also heard of the grudges in the officialdom in Zhejiang.

In fact, the relationship between Governor Zhang Jing and Governor Li Tianchong is still good. Faced with the increasingly serious Japanese and pirate rebellion, the two tried their best and worked diligently day and night, but they didn't hear any intrigue. Since the two giants were one mind, the officialdom in Zhejiang was originally a solid piece of solid ground and there was basically no ups and downs.

But the situation changed quietly after Zhao Wenhua came to Zhejiang to sacrifice to the sea. At first, everyone thought that this guy should go back to Beijing to report after sacrifice to the sea. There was no need to offend Zhang Butang in order to curry favor with him, so they were very cold to Mr. Zhao and hoped that he would get out soon.

But Mr. Zhao also has self-esteem. He thinks that as his godfather's son, no one takes himself seriously, is a great humiliation! Okay, you dare to bully me, I... go to complain to my godfather! Then he took Zhang Jing, Li Tianchong and others to look down on him, and did not take you seriously, and wrote down his nose and tears, and sent it to Beijing.

Unexpectedly, his father replied, "I'm not sure, don't mess with Zhang Jing." Because Yan Song knew that the emperor's expectations for Zhang Jing were at the peak. If he didn't know how to bite the governor of the six provinces at this time, he would definitely get rid of two front teeth.

Just when Zhao Wenhua was about to give up and was about to bring some local specialties back to Beijing to reunite with his father, Altan invaded and Beijing was surrounded. Xu Jie rose without warning, and the limelight was overwhelming. Mr. Yan, who performed poorly! This made Mr. Yan very angry, and immediately promoted the dealing with Xu Jie to the top priority... Well, if you win me in the north, then I had to win back in the south!

Once the policy changes, Mr. Yan felt that Zhao's son was ignoring the cat and dogs in the south, and it was really difficult to complete the task. So he asked his staff to write a copy of "Six Strategies for Pairing Japanese" by Zhao Wenhua, and presented it to His Majesty for the emperor to read. He praised him on the side, saying, "Wenhua has been dedicated to it, and has been so profound in his understanding of the situation in the southeast in a few months. He is really a loyal and willing talent."

Jiajing also felt that his writing was good, and his evaluation of Mr. Zhao increased a lot, so he agreed to Ge Lao Yan to let Zhao Wenhua stay in the Southeast to supervise the army... Of course, the more important reason was the suspicion and balance in the bones of the emperor. He was really worried about Governor Zhang who was in power.

So Mr. Zhao stayed in Zhejiang and took out his ardent love to pick bones from the eggs and devoted himself to the military supervision work, wanting to find a place where Zhang Jing could be defeated.

Governor Zhang has been through the officialdom for a long time and knew that the emperor was not at ease with him, so he put a spy around him. But he was not an easy person, so he sent a special person to follow Zhao Jianjun all the time. In name, it was to protect his safety, but in fact it was to monitor his movements and limit his freedom. He clearly told Zhao Jianjun: "Boy, be smart, this is my territory!"

Zhao Wenhua is also a bit ruthless. Even if he is not popular, he will never give up easily. If you don’t let me see, I will insist on staring at you all day! Anyway, he is the emperor’s imperial envoy and has the support of his godfather, so Zhang Jing dare not do anything to him. In fact, compared with the old fox of Zhang Jing, his level is far inferior. Even if Governor Zhang goes to the cottage, he can’t find other people’s flaws. He has been wandering for more than a month, but Zhang Jianjun, who is isolated and helpless, still has nothing.

It is not right to say that he has gained nothing. At least he made a friend named Hu Zongxian. The status of the two is very different. If they were in Beijing, Mr. Zhao would not be a small seventh-rank official. But now he has been cursing his eyes and has experienced the coldness. Naturally, he attaches great importance to this timely friendship. Their relationship quickly heats up and they quickly call him brothers, which is as good as one person.

The situation gradually changed after that... I don't know if Mr. Zhao suddenly got his clue or if there were experts behind him, he found Zhang Jing's weakness at once. Although Governor Zhang was busy all day long and was mobilizing troops everywhere, he had actively deployed for several months and fought a lot of battles, but he did not take the initiative to attack!

Therefore, the Japanese/pirates' arrogance not only failed, but became more and more arrogant. They dared to go deep into the mainland casually, as if they were in a no-man's place. But all of this was covered by Zhang Jing's victory today and a great victory in Taizhou tomorrow, and no one noticed it. Zhao Wenhua admitted that those victories were true, but they were just battles to defend the city, which gave him room for attack.

The overly happy Minister Zhao reported the situation to his father. Ge Lao Yan also realized that the emperor was becoming less and less patient with the situation in the southeast because of the frustration caused by Beijing's siege. He arranged for his party members to follow Zhao Wenhua to write a letter, saying that he was "fearing the enemy and fighting with fear, holding troops, sitting and watching the Japanese turmoil, and making misconduct." As everyone was talking about it, Emperor Jiajing was increasingly concerned about it.

The emperor asked Yan Song what he thought. Yan Song had already prepared a speech and was waiting for the emperor to ask this question. He first complained to the emperor about the tragic situation of Japanese pirates harming the people, saying that "no chicken crowing thousands of miles, and white bones were exposed in the wild", which made the Emperor Jiajing tremble. Then he showed his stings and said that when there was no governor of six provinces, the military troops of the garrisons of each province and the prefecture could still fight bravely and protect the people. How could he not dare to attack after establishing this powerful governor?

Emperor Jiajing said: "Didn't you still win some battles? At least in the past few months, there has been no more tragedy in the city being captured."

"This makes him even more hateful!" Yan Song said with a heartache: "Although he has the strength to defeat the Japanese/pirates, he just doesn't attack. What exactly does he want to do?"

Jiajing's anger was suddenly unstoppable, and then the scene of scolding Xu Jie angrily and ordering Zhang Jing to be arrested and asked questions.

However, Zhang Jing's reaction was very strange. With his connections and status in the court, Zhao Wenhua and others received news as soon as they wrote to him. However, he neither wrote to him to defend himself nor settled the score with Zhao Wenhua. Except for drinking too much, he occasionally complained, as if nothing had happened.

But even the most sudden official realized that the confrontation between the two forces had reached the last moment, and we were just waiting for the moment of the decisive battle to come!

A devastating storm will form in this picturesque city of Hangzhou.

These situations are silent and know some of them, but most of them don’t know them, so it is really unlikely to judge who can win this fight.

But at such a critical moment, he was forced to stay in the Governor's Headquarters, and Hu Zongxian sent another invitation. Now is the time for him to show his attitude - should he stay in the mansion honestly and follow Zhangbutang to the dark side; or should he go to the Broken Bridge to meet Hu Zongxian, at least not offend Yan Dang?

Judging from the current situation, Zhejiang is the world of Zhang Butang, and he has an absolute advantage, while Zhao Wenhua has two brothers, he and Hu Zongxian, and there seems to be no choice.

But Chen Si knew very well that Zhang Jing was a gentleman and Zhao Wenhua was a villain, and he would rather offend a gentleman than offend a villain. So he decided to go there, because he knew very well that if he refused the invitation, Zhao Wenhua would regard himself as Zhang Jing's party. Once Zhang Jing was defeated, he would never let him go.

'Zhang Butang shouldn't make things difficult for me,' said silently: 'He has something to ask me for.' Then he stood up, walked out of the study, and said to Rou Niang who was wiping the table and chairs outside: "Change, I'm going out."

The two maids quickly stopped their work and came to help the young adult change into the winter clothes for the door. Just as he was about to go out, the manager in the front yard was asking for a meeting outside the door.

After silently letting him in, he saw the old manager holding a luxurious sable cloak and said respectfully: "Master Budo said it's snowing outside. If you go out, put on this cloak."

Silent bowed to the front yard and said, "Thank you, Lord Master of the Ministry, for your kindness, the student's inspiration." The old manager thought he would not go out because of the favor of the governor, but saw that the young adult seemed to be unaffected. He was stunned for a moment, and then gently put on a cloak for him and asked respectfully: "Sir, how many cars do you need to prepare?"

"Two vehicles are enough." Chen Si said softly: "Please trouble the old man."

Rou Niang stepped forward and tied the belt of the cloak for silence, and saw a lively noble man standing in front of her. She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, quickly suppressed the random thoughts in her heart, and stepped back and stood aside.

When he was silent, a faint snowflake had already floated in the sky, landing on his pure black cloak, and then turned into water droplets and slid to the ground.
Chapter completed!