Chapter 260: Mutual calculations and good news are sent to Beijing!

“Pass on this order!”

“Fujian government offices should gather food and supplies as soon as possible and send them to Quanzhou Port!”

“Order Sui Maoxiang to lead the troops to march quickly, requisition horses along the way, travel light, and speed up the march.”

“Within half a month, rush to Quanzhou to join me!”

“Also, spread the message to the world.”

“A reward of one million taels of silver is offered to each of the thirteen chieftains who rebelled in Yunnan and Guizhou.”

“If anyone can deliver his head, I will forgive all past mistakes and recommend him to the third-class position!”

We left Beijing in May, arrived in Jiangnan after half a month, and then spent another half a month on the sea.

It is now the eighth day of June.

Rice matures early in the south and can be harvested in late June or early July.

Collecting grain locally perfectly alleviated Jia Cong’s logistical pressure.

As for when the requisitioned food runs out…

Jia Cong turned his gaze to the south!

“Subordinate to obey!”

An Ledao’s face shuddered when he heard Jia Cong’s orders.
Bend down quickly and accept the order.

I couldn’t help feeling emotional.

After more than ten years in the officialdom, he was promoted to the position of prefect of Quanzhou. Although he was not as clean as water, An Ledao considered himself to be a capable official.

Although I don’t say it, I’ve always been quite arrogant in my heart.

But now compared with Jia Cong.

I just realized how insignificant my ability is!
……

Hundreds of miles away
“Brother Mo Ying!”

Kong Zongren fled hundreds of miles from Quanzhou City.

Only then did he stop with lingering fear and look for Mo Ying.

Just as he was about to step forward to say hello, he saw Mo Ying’s figure suddenly step back a few steps with a wary expression on his face.

“What are you doing?”

“Brother Zongren, can brothers Yan Xiaowen and Yan Xiaowu escape together?”

“This……”

Kong Zongren’s face suddenly changed when he heard this, and his heart skipped a beat!
They were all old foxes who had lived for hundreds of years. They were just busy escaping for their lives. Now Kong Zongren finally realized that something was wrong.

Don’t say anything else.

Kong Zongren and the brothers Yan Xiaowen and Yan Xiaowu are of the same generation, but his talents are far inferior to those of the Yan brothers.

Only by inheriting the semi-saint treasure from his father can he unleash the combat power of the initial fifth realm.

In this situation, how could he have escaped from the siege of three fifth-level masters so easily?

“Brother Kong, I am busy with affairs in Mo City, so I will take my leave first.”

Mo Ying took a look at Kong Zongren’s expression.

He knew that the other party had abandoned the Yan brothers and ran away.

The feud between the Mohists and the Gongshu School had lasted for so many years, and there was no rush to resolve it at this time.

However, the Kong family even abandoned the Yan family, their ally who had been with them for countless years.

If you form an alliance with such a person, you might be betrayed one day.

His expression immediately became indifferent, and even the way he addressed Kong Zongren changed.

Just found a reason.

The ink shadow turned into a stream of light and disappeared.

“Jia Cong, little boy!”

“Killing people and destroying their hearts…”

Watching Mo Ying leave, Kong Zongren subconsciously raised his hand and wanted to stop him to explain something.

But in the end, he put his hands down helplessly.

It is an indisputable fact that the Yan brothers were abandoned.

Even if the most outstanding successor of a famous artist were asked to explain the situation at this moment, he would not be able to make sense of it.

What does it mean to kill someone and destroy their heart? This is what it means to kill someone and destroy their heart!
It seemed that Kong Zongren escaped and saved his life.

But for Kong Zongren, life was worse than death.

It goes without saying that within a month, the result of today’s battle will be known to everyone after being publicized by Jia Cong.

Until then.

What are we still talking about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness!

Even the Yan family’s allies can be abandoned!
The Kong family will be completely discredited.

If he had the chance to choose again, Kong Zongren would rather die in battle than do it now.

At this moment, Kong Zongren suddenly felt a burning sensation in his arms.

When they took it out, it turned out to be a crystal-like alchemical tool used to communicate with Westerners.

At this moment, a sentence appeared on the crystal.

“The enemy has many experts and is difficult to resist!”

……

“Snapped!”

The next second, after reading the above sentence, Kong Zongren crushed the crystal in anger.

Finally he couldn’t hold back and spurted out a mouthful of blood, his face turned pale!
“You barbarians, you are despicable and shameless!”

He roared weakly.

With Kong Zongren’s intelligence, it was clear that the Westerners had suffered a great loss at the hands of Jia Cong.

Then he deliberately did not pass on any information.

Deliberately calculated for myself.

……

Over the South China Sea
The waves are rising and the country is turbulent.

Three figures stood.

“Sir, we need an explanation!”

Antonio, the chief court magician of the Kingdom of Spain who took the lead in forming this joint fleet, stared at the lame Taoist in front of him with anger in his eyes.

“explain?”

“How do I know that the power behind that Jia Cong kid is so strong?”

“I was secretly plotting against the Kong family and asked them to form an alliance with you. It was you who were unwilling to join forces to encircle and kill us.”

“This gave Jia Cong the opportunity to take advantage of us. We will defeat them one by one!”

The lame Taoist’s expression didn’t look much better either.

It took a lot of pawns to start a rebellion in the south of Daqian, allowing the Kong family to secretly form an alliance with Westerners.

In the end, all efforts were in vain.

It’s strange to be in a good mood.

As he spoke, a five-poison area filled with poisonous insects, snakes and ants slowly unfolded.

“If what I guessed is correct, you have already taken the opportunity to backstab the Kong family once, right?”

“Now you come to me again to ask for an explanation…”

“Don’t you think I’m easy to bully?”

Looking at the familiar Five Poisons Field, Antonio suddenly remembered the frustration he experienced when they first met half a year ago.

His face darkened. After all, he was not sure whether he could keep the lame Taoist here.

“it is good!”

“As you say in the Far East, we have a long way to go!”

After uttering some harsh words in poor Daqian dialect, he turned and left with the venom sorcerer Nika Horns behind him.

……

“Jia Cong, little boy…”

“He actually became a big shot.”

“But how could my plan be so simple?”

The lame Taoist showed a hint of sneer on his face: “The Western joint fleet suffered a setback at sea, and the influence of the South Sea countries was also affected.”

“This is such a huge benefit, I don’t believe you, Jia Cong, can resist it!”

“As long as you dare to go south…”

……

Shenjing City

cabinet
“Yunnan and Guizhou were originally places where the imperial court had little influence, second only to the U-Tsang Regional Administration.”

“The forces inside are complicated and intricate, and the major chieftains can affect the entire system if one move is made.”

“After half a month of delay without any action, there must be a lot of people who are waiting and watching who are starting to get interested.”

“That’s easy for you to say. The court has always focused its main attention on the Mobei grassland. Where can I mobilize troops in such a hurry?”

The elders of the cabinet, the old generals of the Five Military Commanderies, and the ministers and assistant ministers of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, who were related to military affairs, were all arguing with each other.

Similar quarrels occur almost every two or three days.

Today, the Ministry of War accused the Ministry of Revenue of failing to allocate grain and fodder in a timely manner, thus delaying military affairs.

Tomorrow the cabinet will criticize the Five Military Commanderies’ troop deployment in Daqian for its problems.

Emperor Shunde had long been accustomed to this.

He let the ministers quarrel and stared blankly at the map of Daqian and its surrounding areas hanging on the wall of the cabinet.

I couldn’t help but feel doubtful in my heart.

In the past two years, thanks to Jia Cong, Shandong and Jiangnan have become increasingly stable. In addition, the two major protectorates of the former Korean Kingdom, now Andong, have nearly tripled their annual tax revenue.

Even Emperor Shunde’s own treasury became abundant.

The strength of the Imperial City Division is far different from that of Shunde in the past four years.

The spring examination in March.

The first batch of graduates from Dongli Academy.

One person passed the imperial examination and became a first-class scholar, twenty-seven people passed the imperial examination and became second-class Jinshi, and twenty-four people passed the imperial examination and became third-class Jinshi.

All fifty-two Juren students passed the high school entrance examination.

These are all disciples of the emperor, born to be the men of Emperor Shunde.

It has been arranged in various departments from the Hanlin Academy to the six ministries and five temples.

Their current positions are not very prominent, but needless to say, in just ten years, these “disciples of the emperor” of Emperor Shunde will be able to emerge in the court.

Form a force that no one can ignore.

It can be said that a fresh breeze has emerged, changing the stale and decadent atmosphere that existed a hundred years after the country was founded.

He saw that Daqian had a chance to revive in his hands.

But all kinds of big things happen one after another!
White Lotus Rebellion!
The Shui family is rebelling!

Conquer Korea!

Until now, there are rebellions in Yunnan and Guizhou, and in Fujian!
Westerners plundered the southeast coast.

In the past two years, Daqian has encountered more crises than in the entire 45 years of Kaiyuan.

Every major event involved a lot of the court’s energy, and the Beijing camp would be mobilized as soon as it was integrated.

Now it has seriously affected the combat effectiveness.

This has never happened before.

Not only that.

In addition, the frequency of attacks by masters from all sides is much higher than before.

Emperor Shunde went to the palace library specifically to check intelligence information.

Even the war to overthrow the brutal Yuan Dynasty before the founding of Daqian.

Emperor Taizu received support from several Taoist sects such as Longhu Mountain and Gexian Sect.

Compete with some Buddhist branches behind Bao Yuan and the Tibetan Buddhist sects.

The highest existence that appears on the open battlefield is at the peak of the third realm.

But the fighting in secret only stopped at the fourth level.

To put it bluntly, this kind of confrontation is more like a gambling fight.

Several Taoist sects won, and several Buddhist sects and Tibetan Buddhist sects withdrew their support for Bao Yuan in accordance with the bet.

Only then did Taizu Daqian secure his rule over the world.

There wasn’t much real fire.

It’s nothing like now, where beings of the fourth realm appear frequently and even the fifth realm is not rare anymore.

For the fifth realm or even the late fourth realm.

The benefits brought by participating in the dragon fight no longer attract much interest.

But now, the situation is contrary to normal, and masters appear frequently.

If you can’t feel it anymore, something big is definitely going to happen.

It is impossible for Emperor Shunde to hold on to his current throne.

……

“Where is Sui Maoxiang now?”

Seeing that the quarrel in the cabinet was getting more and more intense, the hot-tempered Duke of Wei, Chu Zhaogang, had already rolled up his sleeves.

Emperor Shunde put aside his doubts and changed the subject.

“Return to your majesty!”

“The information sent by Ziweisi!”

“General Sui, the deputy commander of the Canghai Road Army, arrived at Yingtian Prefecture the day before yesterday.”

“We have joined forces with the 50,000 troops from the Jiangnan camp, and the 50,000 troops from the Emperor’s 17 Guards in the secondary capital.”

“After a day of rest, the army set out early yesterday morning and continued to move south.”

Xia Shouzhong, who was waiting on the side, reported.

“Your Majesty, 150,000 troops are more than enough to quell the rebellion in Fujian!”

“What’s more important now is the outcome of the battle between Marquis Jing’an and the Westerners at sea.”

Although Xia Shouzhong said this, the faces of the civil and military officials in the cabinet were still full of worry.

Before and after Jia Cong left the capital.

Important officials in the court also inquired about the news from the West through their own channels.

I just found out now.

The barbaric foreign countries that were once considered insignificant have actually established a large number of colonies overseas.

The development momentum is rapid!

……

“Your Majesty, Chief Steward Dai from the Imperial Palace requests to see you!”

At this moment, the voice of the young eunuch’s report suddenly came from outside the cabinet.

“Dai Quan?”

“Why is he here?”

Emperor Shunde was slightly stunned: “Let him in!”

“I, your humble servant Dai Quan, pay my respects to Your Majesty!”

“I have met you sirs!”

A moment later, Dai Quan hurried into the cabinet with a happy look on his face!
“Be flat!”

“But has the emperor issued an order?”

“Your Majesty, I have been guarding Ziweisi for a long time in accordance with the emperor’s order!”

“An urgent report just came from Fujian!”

“Xi Zhengfeng’s rebellion this time was actually instigated by the Kong family!”

“Marquis Jing’an led his navy south to Fujian, and first engaged a small Western fleet at sea!”

“See through the Westerners’ tricks and traps and catch them off guard.”

“Kill two of the fifth realm, eight of the fourth realm, and more than a hundred of the third realm!”

“Only two fifth-level beings escaped!”

“Then we will take advantage of the situation and head to Quanzhou City.”

“Bring out the hidden master of the Kong family.”

“Kill the two semi-saints of the Yan family, Yan Xiaowen and Yan Xiaowu!”

“Mo Ying of the Mo family and Kong Zongren of the Kong family were defeated by Marquis Jing’an and fled!”

“Outside Quanzhou Prefecture, 60,000 of the 230,000 rebels were killed and 120,000 captured!”

“The traitor Xi Zhengfeng has been executed!”

Dai Quan suppressed his excitement and told the battle reports from Ziwei Division one by one.

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a pin drop could be heard clearly in the cabinet.

Including Emperor Shunde, everyone’s eyes were filled with disbelief!
Just now, people were still worried about the war on the southeast coast, and the court was even prepared for the war to go badly.

Abandon the coastal areas, rebuild the navy in the inland lakes and prepare to compete with the Westerners again.

Who would have thought that as soon as Jia Cong arrived in Fujian, he killed the experts sent by the Westerners!
Two figures of the fifth realm!
The fourth realm of the Eight Lords!
There are more than one hundred of them in the third realm!

This level of victory is more than the number of masters killed by Emperor Taizu during the establishment of Daqian!

“Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei’s spies in Southeast Asia also sent back intelligence. This time, the Westerners’ combined fleet totaled more than 700 large and small warships.”

“Half of them have been wiped out by Marquis Jing’an in one battle. Seven out of ten masters in the fleet are gone. I guess they are already preparing to evacuate.”

At this moment, Dai Quan added another sentence.

This slightly awakened Emperor Shunde, who was standing stiffly in place.

“This……”

“Marquis Jing’an…”

Although he was awakened in shock, Emperor Shunde still looked incredulous.

“Your Majesty, I am so happy!”

“Marquis Jing’an severely damaged the Western fleet in a battle in the Fujian Sea.”

“Xi Zhengfeng has also been killed, and the rebellion in the south can be quelled overnight.”

“In this way, the imperial court can save at least 30 million taels of military expenditure!”

The Minister of Revenue Chu Shen’an came to his senses and hurriedly announced the good news.

To sit in this position, one not only needs to be talented, but also needs to know how to save money.

Although taxes have doubled in the past two years, such huge expenses still make Chu Shen’an feel extremely painful.

“I believe that Marquis Jing’an is the most famous general in our dynasty!”

“The rebellion in Yunnan and Guizhou can be wiped out by the troops led by Marquis Jing’an. We should immediately issue an order to have General Sui Maoxiang return to the Shandong camp as soon as possible.”

“To save military spending!”

As soon as Chu Shen’an finished speaking, he suddenly found that the cabinet became quiet again.

Everyone, including Emperor Shunde, looked at him with puzzled expressions.

That look was as if he was looking at a fool.

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(End of this chapter)