After Zhu Houjian opened the secret folder, it recorded the events that had happened in the court for the past seven days.
The Minister of Rites, Wang Yong, had recently taken in a concubine and held a banquet for his friends. The tycoon of Zhejiang merchants, Shen Yiguan, was present, and it was unknown how much he had given as a gift.
The Minister of Personnel, Fan Quanfu, and Xu Jie met with the Hui and Jin merchants at the Wanguo Guild Hall. The discussion involved the new tax law. During the meeting, they heard Fan Quanfu praise the emperor's great talent and strategy as the hero of the empire's rejuvenation. Then, Fan Quanfu and Xu Jie talked for fifteen minutes. The content was unknown, but it seemed that they were discussing the candidates for the cabinet...
Iron Gut God-Marquis Zhu Budian was recruiting Jianghu people at the Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa to help Xu Feng defeat the Tartar cavalry.
The King of Goryeo, Lee Won-Jeong, agreed to pay the military expenses first. He plundered a total of five million taels of silver from the national treasury, and the silver was being escorted on the way.
Along with the five million taels of silver, Li Yuanzheng's only daughter was also sent over…
The southern aristocrats were preparing to resist the reform of the imperial examination system and prepare for the Xingru Academy…
Prince Gan Su, Zhu Hao, concealed fifty acres of fertile land and sold a hundred thousand dan of grain to a merchant from the Western Regions without registering it with the local government…
Chief Assistant Yang Yiqing was not as energetic as before, and he refused to give it to her…
There were still many more, but most of them were the privacy of officials below the third rank, so Zhu Houyi was not interested.
Pa!
After Zhu Houjian folded the secret letter, he thought to himself that Yang Yiqing was capable as a chief assistant, had sufficient experience, and was not a conservative person. Furthermore, he was a reformist…
The disadvantage was that he was too old, and his health was not good. If he did not give it to him, he should retire...
However, since the Ming Empire was currently in the middle of it, Zhu Houjin decided to take it slow.
After leaving Yangxin Palace Hall, Zhu Houzhen began to pace on the bluestone road.
It was obvious that it had snowed heavily last night, and the sides of the limestone road were covered in snow…
Could it be that the Little Ice Age had begun?
He could not think about this now. The Empire was facing two wars at the same time, land and sea.
This was the time to test the military strength and national strength of the empire, and also the time to test Zhu Houjiu's ability to rule the empire.
The imperial censors and censors in the court were only temporarily suppressed by him. Their power was still there.
There were so many officials supported by consortiums other than the Shangguan Group. They were not easy to deal with.
Besides, the East and West Chambers and the Brocade Guard were scheming against each other, and Zhu Houjiu needed to use his wisdom to balance the power of the three parties…
The ones who were more at ease now were the harem. In the harem, because Li Moruo had already been conferred the title of beauty, coupled with her strong backing, and her aunt was the head of the harem, Imperial Concubine Li, no one dared to challenge Li Moruo's status.
Right now, Zhu Houjin was most concerned about the sea battle in the east and the defense of the city in the north.
Fortunately, news from both sides quickly reached the capital, and the Emperor could be informed of the latest developments in the war in a day and night.
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Goryeo, Yuanshan Harbor.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi weighed the pros and cons in pain. He had already eaten half of Korea.
It was easier said than done to make him spit it out at this time.
However, if he did not spit it out, he would have to fight a decisive battle with the Ming Empire. This was something he did not have the most confidence in.
He was an arrogant person, but he was not stupid.
He knew that the wooden ships were no match for the Ming Navy, which had cannons and ironclads.
Moreover, on the land, the cavalry and infantry of the Ming Empire's Guangning Guards were also advancing.
The army of the Ming Empire was protecting the vassal country of Koryo to defend the peace and drive away the Japanese pirates.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi realized that his country was about to be destroyed. In the past few months, the Ming Empire had destroyed Wang Zhi and Furang Kiren, causing a huge shock to the East Ocean Continent.
Now, the Ming Navy had already cut off their retreat route and was rapidly advancing towards Yuanshan Port!
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On the surface of the Bohai Sea.
The Japanese wooden warships had already appeared in Qi Jiguang's eyes.
" General, Yuanshan Harbor is right in front of us. Most of the pirates have been driven ashore by us. They are using bows to fight against our cannons…"
"Crossbow confrontation?"
Qi Jiguang raised the copper telescope in his hand. The pirates on Yuanshan Port were indeed fighting like trapped beasts…
After putting down the copper binoculars, Qi Jiguang ordered the soldiers,"
"This general's order! The entire army will slow down their advance, and the battleships will form a long snake formation around my battleship, destroying any Japanese battleships that try to escape or approach my battleship!”
"Understood!" The messenger picked up the small flag and waved it on the deck. The warships used flag signals to convey military orders.
After the order was given, the battleships began to cruise in accordance with Qi Jiguang's orders...
The warships had already loaded their cannons and were ready to fire at any time to destroy any pirate warships that tried to approach the Ming Empire's naval fleet!
Qi Jiguang stood on the deck and looked at Yuanshan Port in the distance. Now, the Ming Navy had already closed in on the pirates and was about to attack Yuanshan Port.
Whether or not the Ming Navy was strong was about to be revealed!
Even Qi Jiguang, who had won several overwhelming victories, was a little nervous at this time, and his palms were sweating.
If they were on land, Qi Jiguang would not be so nervous.
With the Ming Empire's advanced firearms, the Japanese armed with katana would only foolishly charge.
Just like the last battle of Dengzhou Wei, the Japanese pirates would be beaten into piles of corpses.
However, this was the first time they were fighting against hundreds of thousands of Japanese pirates, while Qi Jiguang only had 20,000 people.
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