This is the northernmost point of the Grand Canal in Tongzhou.
It has been snowing heavily for more than ten days, and the sky is covered with lead-colored black clouds. There is no sign of the snow stopping.
It is already the end of the 43rd year of Jiajing. Although the weather is not very good, the entire Ming Dynasty has suddenly become energetic since the banditry in the southeast was eliminated. Although the Lijin system has been abolished, it has been implemented for nearly two years and without the huge military expenditures, the big hole in the treasury has finally not continued to grow.
As the Japanese pirates were annihilated one by one, the country's vitality seemed to be showing signs of recovery.
All this is thanks to Wu Jie's series of victories in the southeast, and his name is now completely famous.
At this moment, in an ordinary official ship, Wu Jie was sitting quietly by the stove reading the newspaper.
Nothing major seemed to have happened in the past few months, but there were two pieces of news in the newspaper that caught his attention.
The first one is that Hai Rui was arrested. It is said that when he was an official in Nanjing, Hai Qingtian was too outspoken and honest, so he could not get along with everyone and was very marginalized. Later, because his reputation was so great, everyone felt that he was too big a fish to stay in Nanjing, so they recommended him to Beijing as the imperial envoy. If you want to make a fuss, make it in front of the emperor, and someone will be able to control you.
There may not be anyone who wants to get along with him. Sure enough, Mr. Hai has not been quiet since he came to Beijing. He will impeach people every three days. In the end, the impeachment was actually blamed on the emperor, saying that the emperor was extravagant and lustful, and lived a corrupt life, which made the people miserable, and every family was in ruins.
As expected, Jiajing was offended, and the emperor was not polite and directly asked the Jin Yiwei to arrest him.
Today, Mr. Hai is still in prison in Beiya. It is estimated that he will not be released until Jiajing dies.
Wu Jie looked at the newspaper in his hand. He shook his head helplessly. He had vaguely heard about this in Nanjing. It seemed that the emperor saw that the treasury was no longer so nervous and stopped fighting. I just wanted to get him a few million taels of silver to build a few more palaces, but in the end, Hai Rui came out and choked.
"This emperor is really a spender. Seeing that life is finally getting better, he wants to spend money ahead of schedule."
Another piece of news is that the imperial emissary Li Hu impeached Hu Zongxian for corruption, perverting the law, and losing money from the air force. He said that he had obtained conclusive evidence.
So, the emperor ordered Hu Zongxian to go to Beijing to report on his duties and defend himself.
It seems that Jiajing is going to face a strict opponent.
He smiled, threw the newspaper aside, and put his hand on the stove.
The war in the south has ended, and there is no more Japanese pirate in Fujian. Wu Jie's mission has been completed. Naturally, I would not stay in Fujian any longer, so I brought my family with me. Take a boat back to the capital along the Grand Canal.
It¡¯s strange to say. Qi Jiguang and his men received awards for their military merits, but Wu Jie was still an ordinary editor of the Hanlin Academy.
Wu Jie has no interest in being rewarded. A bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is the prime minister, and he will join the cabinet in the future, so naturally he will not be granted other official positions.
It¡¯s really too cold. I haven¡¯t been back for almost a year, and I can¡¯t stand the severe cold in the north.
The hand is still the same, but it is not as fair and slender as before. The fingers are thick, the skin is rough, and there are even cracks in some places. After leading troops in Fujian for such a long time, he was also determined to create a bright and prosperous world, a peaceful and prosperous age, and preserve more vitality for the country. Or perhaps in order to make great achievements, Wu Jie traveled through the wind and rain with Qi Jiguang along the coast of Fujian. The skin has become darker, the person has become stronger, and the bookish aura on his body has been replaced by a vigorous and heroic aura.
"Master, your hands are all cracked." Next to him, Mozi grabbed Wu Jie's hand distressedly and carefully applied the grease on it.
"It's nothing important. The main reason is that it's cold. I haven't been back for more than half a year, but the cold is a bit unbearable." Wu Jie held Mozi's hand.
Mozi: "Yeah, it's really too cold. I'm still not used to the winter in the north. However, traveling in the south with me in the past six months has opened my eyes a lot. I can't repay my great love for you. Now. Speaking of which, I am much luckier than Sister Tang."
Speaking of Tang Mi, Wu Jie showed a hint of smile, and then a hint of worry. As early as a few days ago, an express ship came to my home in Beijing to report that Miss Tang had given birth to a girl. She asked the elder to give her a name.
"This Li Shizhen is really amazing. She can actually determine whether the child in a pregnant woman's belly is a boy or a girl. It's more powerful than X-rays.
Wu Jie is now regarded as the rebirth of Wang Yangming in the minds of people all over the world. A master of articles and a generation of poets, Leader of Shilin, mount the horse and dismount the horse. To put it bluntly, if he dies in the future, Wen Zhenggong¡¯s ·°ºÅ will not be able to escape.
But now she suddenly has an illegitimate daughter, and she has an affair with the Taoist master, a female Taoist cultivator. No matter how you look at it, her personal ethics are deficient, and this stain cannot be escaped.
However, being a father is always a joyful thing. Having a son and a daughter is such a blessing!
Now Qiang'er can run around all over the place. In two years, he will be able to hire a teacher to teach him how to read. However, this child seems to have no aura and is an obedient and honest child. This is probably a genetic relationship. Wu Jie's first prize was all due to plagiarism. In fact, he is just an ordinary person. However, it is enough for the child to live a peaceful life.
"Sir, Sister Tang has given birth to a child. She can't stay in the Taoist temple all the time. When will she take over the family?" Mozi was actually concerned about Tang Mi.
Wu Jie nodded: "I have to ask His Majesty for a favor. However, I bought a big house. This time I returned to Beijing and moved to a new home."
"Ah, we are moving, why haven't I heard about it?" Mozi was also happy. There were more and more people in the family, and it was obvious that the place where they lived before could no longer be crowded.
"It was Shui Sheng who wrote that it was Zhao Wenhua's house that was once confiscated and sold to us. He took care of it." When Shui Sheng was mentioned, Wu Jie smiled.
This boy is a good fighter and a fierce man. After his military exploits in Hengyu, Wu Jie recommended him to a seventh-level military position. He is now the deputy commander of the Wucheng Army and Horses Division in Beijing. He was appointed as the deputy commander two months ago. Returned to Beijing to take up a post.
At that time, he also thought about supporting Lian Laosan, but Lian Laosan refused to obey him, saying that he would stay in the Wu family for the rest of his life. Wu Jie had no choice but to let him.
This time I went to Fujian and gained a lot, mainly financially.
After taking Hengyu, the Japanese pirates on the island robbed more than 300,000 taels of property, of which 100,000 taels were used to reward meritorious soldiers and pay for fallen soldiers. The rest were divided up by generals such as Wu Jie and Qi Jiguang.
After this battle, Wu Jie got one hundred thousand taels. Then he fought a few more battles and won hundreds of thousands.
In one year, Wu Jie¡¯s family property reached 300,000 taels, all of which were legal income.
¡°This is what he got by fighting hard on the battlefield, and others won¡¯t say anything.
As we were talking, someone suddenly came from outside the cabin and reported: "Sir, Governor Hu from the Governor's Office of Zhejiang Province would like to ask you to come over and speak."
Wu Jie walked onto the deck and looked up. Behind him was a huge fleet of about a dozen ships: "What a coincidence, I actually got together with Hu Zongxian."