Chapter 351 Who dug up my ancestral grave?
The question is whether Lu Wenyan is pregnant with a son or a daughter.

The final result was just as Lu Wenyan said.

Yan Shaoting was hit head-on by Old Yantou and Yan Shifan.

Yan Shifan threatened Yan Shaoting fiercely that if he dared to argue with his daughter-in-law again, he would break his legs.

At present, the key protected person in the Yan family is Lu Wenyan, who is pregnant.

Old comrade Yan Song immediately expressed his agreement and told the managers on the spot that even if the grandson's wife demolished the roof of the Yan family's house, they should not do anything about it.

It must be rebuilt immediately as quickly as possible, leaving it for my granddaughter-in-law to dismantle next time.

At last.

It was rare for Old Yan to get angry at Yan Shaoting for the first time.

After summarizing, Old Yan had only one sentence to say.

No matter whether the granddaughter-in-law is pregnant with a boy or a girl, they are the bloodline of the Yan family and the descendants of the Yan family.

last of the last.

It was Old Yantou and Yan Shifan who gave the order at the same time.

For the next year, Yan Shaoting was forbidden to stay overnight in Lu Wenyan's room. Even during the day, Yunniang had to bring people to serve Lu Wenyan to prevent Yan Shaoting from misbehaving.

Suddenly.

Yan Shaoting became the person with the lowest status in the Yan family.

Even the watchdog at the door is not as important as him.

Originally, he was thinking that since he was forbidden to spend the night in his eldest sister's room again, according to the rules, Old Yan and Yan Shifan should allow him to have a few maids or concubines.

But it didn't happen.

These two actually said that in order to ensure that the only granddaughter-in-law they recognized was in a good mood during her pregnancy, they even forbade themselves to spend the night outside.

He was not allowed to have a maid at home.

Bang!
"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Ow..."

"Wang Wang!"

The entrance of the academy.

The big yellow dog and the little white dog who were guarding the gate retreated far away, baring their teeth and barking at Yan Shaoting who was throwing stones at them and disturbing their affection.

Yan Shaoting glared back fiercely.

"Look! I'm going to make a dog meat hotpot tonight!"

"Woooooooo..."

Dahuang and Xiaobai whimpered, then rolled their eyes and gave Yan Shaoting a look of contempt. The dog couple looked at each other, wagged their tails and disappeared from the sight of this now dog-hating human.

Hu Zongxian and Xu Wei on the side looked at each other, and smiles appeared on their faces.

Hu Zongxian laughed and took out a small wooden box from his sleeve and handed it to Yan Shaoting: "My wife heard that the wife of the Yan family was pregnant, so she took out the amulet jade that she brought as a dowry when she married into my family, and asked me to send it to you."

Yan Shaoting immediately opened the wooden box.

In the box lay a simple and restrained-colored protective jade.

As soon as you see this protective jade, you will know that it must be an heirloom from Mrs. Hu Zongxian's family.

Yan Shaoting immediately said, "How can a young couple accept such a valuable item? Please take it back quickly, Grand Marshal."

Hu Zongxian glared at him and said, "Runwu, are you going to ask me to go home and be held accountable by my wife, causing conflicts between my husband and me?"

This is just a joke.

Hu Zongxian continued, "It's just that my wife hasn't been feeling well lately, so she hasn't come. When she feels better after the New Year, she will come in person to see the young lady and chat with her. My wife also said that this amulet jade is her family heirloom, but my family and the Yan family are also hereditary. The old man is my teacher, and it's hard work for me to be able to serve in Beijing. This piece of jade is nothing compared to the friendship between the two families."

Seeing Hu Zongxian say this, Yan Shaoting reluctantly accepted it.

He bowed and said, "Mrs. Hu loves my wife dearly. I only hope that Mr. Li can come into the city today to check Mrs. Hu's pulse and see if everything is fine."

According to what Hu Zongxian said today.

This is the Hu family's attempt to establish a close relationship with the Yan family.

That being the case.

This is just a piece of protective jade passed down from my ancestors, it is really nothing.

What's more important is that Hu Zongxian would use the fact that Sister Lu is pregnant to further strengthen the relationship between the two families. This also means that in the political structure of the court, the Hu family and the Huizhou Hu family are completely on the same side as the Yan family.

He looked up at the busy square in front of the academy.

With the continuous construction of Changping, it has now become the hottest tourist destination around the capital.

Every day, travelers from the capital, Shuntian Prefecture, and even from all over the world come here to visit.

This also provides a steady stream of income for Changping's small businesses.

However, the three-meter area outside the academy is still a restricted area.

This also means that the conversation between Yan Shaoting and others will not be overheard by outsiders.

Yan Shaoting immediately said: "I heard that the war against the Japanese in Fujian is progressing quite well, and Jiangxi soldiers are entering Guangdong from Nan'an Prefecture and Ganzhou Prefecture to help suppress the Japanese."

When Hu Zongxian heard that the Yan family was pregnant, he immediately took time out, left the busy affairs of the Ministry of War, and came to Changping during his day off, not just to come and congratulate.

really.

When Hu Zongxian heard Yan Shaoting take the initiative to mention the matter of suppressing the Japanese pirates in the southeast, he immediately put away the smile on his face.

He nodded and said, "Fujian has more mountains than Zhejiang. Although the war is going smoothly now, it will probably take more time than in Zhejiang. Fortunately, Guangxi has also sent out a group of wolf soldiers to station in Lianzhou Prefecture, Guangdong, and can support the entry into Gaozhou Prefecture and Leizhou Prefecture at any time."

Xu Wei was listening on the side and immediately said with a smile: "In this case, our army can encircle the Japanese pirates in Fujian and Guangdong provinces from both the north and south directions. The countdown to pacifying the Japanese invasion can really begin."

In five years, the Japanese were pacified.

This was Hu Zongxian’s political mission.

This is also the most urgent thing for the Ming Dynasty, which has already opened up the sea.

Hu Zongxian said: "After the Japanese invasion in the southeast is quelled, the southeastern coastal provinces of our dynasty will be completely peaceful. In addition, the court is now opening up the sea, and the Maritime Customs Offices at various trading ports will be able to trade with overseas countries more effectively, and the court will be able to profit greatly from it. However..."

At this point, Hu Zongxian's tone was more worried.

Yan Shaoting's heart moved, knowing that Hu Zongxian must be in trouble at the moment.

Hu Zongxian said, "It's just that the Japanese pirates on land can be eliminated, but it's always been difficult to eliminate the Japanese pirates and pirates on the sea. In addition, the Japanese pirates also harass Nanzhili and Shandong provinces from time to time. Although the war is going smoothly, I'm afraid it will take more effort to gnaw on this last bone."

Xu Wei frowned and said, "The Longjiang Shipyard in Nanjing, as well as the shipyards in Guangzhou and Quanzhou, are now rushing to build warships. They are just waiting for the imperial navy to get the new ships. Then they can go out to sea to hunt down Japanese pirates and other pirates at sea."

Hu Zongxian shook his head.

He turned and looked at Yan Shaoting.

Yan Shaoting immediately understood and asked, "Does Grand Marshal have anything else to say? If I can help, I will definitely do my best."

Hu Zongxian smiled and nodded, saying, "Speaking of which, I actually wanted to submit a petition to the Emperor, asking for permission for the Imperial Navy to station troops in the coastal areas of Southeast Asia."

Colonize and station troops overseas!

Yan Shaoting raised his eyebrows.

I didn't expect that Lao Hu would actually submit a petition to ask for approval for such a thing.

Hu Zongxian immediately explained: "It will only take time to eliminate the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast, but these pirates are like lichens. Seeing that our dynasty cannot make any profit, they will definitely go south overseas.

“Although the imperial court can currently dispatch naval warships to escort merchant ships along the way, as the news of our dynasty’s opening to the sea spreads to the Western countries, I’m afraid that the number of merchant ships at sea will increase day by day, and the number of our dynasty’s merchant ships going out to sea will also increase day by day. By then, it will be impossible for all the navy to be dispatched to escort merchant ships.

"In this case, the Japanese pirates and corsairs who have fled overseas will certainly go to further sea routes to rob merchant ships. This situation will inevitably affect our opening of the sea to trade with other countries.

After much thought, I think that the only way to ensure peace on our sea routes is to station troops and naval ships at strategic locations along the coast, frequently go out to sea to eliminate Japanese pirates and pirates, and frequently destroy the pirates' nests on the islands at sea!"

This explains why he was preparing to submit a memorial.

The purpose is to ensure that the sea routes for Ming Dynasty's foreign trade can be peaceful and not be harassed by Japanese pirates and pirates driven to the sea. Hu Zongxian whispered: "Since I have been in charge of the five southeastern provinces to suppress the Japanese pirates, and the emperor has approved the opening of the sea after my request, the merchants in the southeast have often asked people to visit me, hoping that the court can consider this matter..."

Yan Shaoting frowned and thought deeply.

But a smile appeared in my heart.

It was for the sake of profit that the gentry and merchants of the Ming Dynasty were able to shift from sticking to the central plains to opening up to the seas.

Just as Hu Zongxian said.

If the imperial court had only cleared out the Japanese pirates in the southeast, but had not pushed for the opening of the sea in the Jiajing period as approved by the old Taoist priest, these gentry and merchants would probably not have approached Hu Zongxian in the hope of pushing this matter into reality.

And everything.

It's all for profit.

Because of the benefits of opening up the sea, these gentry and merchants gave up their original belief in the vastness and rich resources of the Central Plains, and united together in the hope that Hu Zongxian, the Minister of War, would submit a petition to allow the Ming army to go out.

Let the Ming Dynasty embark on the path of foreign colonization?

Although history has proven that colonization is not a policy that can last forever.

But going out into the world has also proven to be an indispensable way to make a country strong.

Just after a brief thought.

Yan Shaoting immediately said, "Letting the imperial court's troops go to sea and station in important places will probably cause opposition from the court."

aside.

Xu Wei lowered his head with a slight smile on his face.

But he knew that his guests were actually the most in favor of sending Ming troops to sea.

But obviously, saying this at this moment is hoping that Hu Zongxian will reveal his trump card.

really.

Hu Zongxian said immediately: "Although there are objections, more people will certainly agree with this matter by then. After all, this is the trade between our dynasty and the Western countries. In addition to involving the interests of local maritime merchants, it is also closely related to our taxation. The officials in the court can naturally distinguish it clearly."

This shows that Hu Zongxian has already established contact with officials from the southeast coastal areas and has begun to cooperate with them.

They wanted to push the Ming army to go out to sea and station in important locations.

And now.

Hu Zongxian hoped that the Yan family could speak out together on this matter in the court.

Xu Wei immediately said, "Guest, recently many officials from the Ministry of Revenue have said that since the court opened the sea, the tax silver collected by the seven maritime customs offices in the southeast has doubled every day compared to the past. For this reason, they have taken the initiative to propose to expand the number of tax and military offices."

Now, the tax collection and trade after the opening of the sea is under the control of the Tax and Military Office, and Xu Wenbi is the governor of this matter.

Although the court has not yet issued a clear order.

However, local and court officials had already begun to address Xu Wenbi as Governor-General.

in fact.

Yan Shaoting was naturally aware of this matter.

After all, although Xu Wenbi was in charge of tax collection, the tax accounts of various customs offices were in his hands.

How much tax to collect, when to collect tax, and who to collect from are all set by themselves.

After Xu Wei started speaking.

Yan Shaoting then said, "If that's the case, when the Grand Marshal submits a memorial to the court for discussion, I will certainly speak up for it."

Got an accurate answer from Yan Shaoting.

Hu Zongxian immediately smiled and said, "In that case, I will prepare for this matter when I return to the city today, and I will bring this up at the court meeting before the imperial court closes the office this year."

Yan Shaoting nodded.

"Don't worry, Grand Marshal. The Ministry of Revenue will also report all the accounts after the opening of the sea this year to the Emperor and the court."

This means that we need to use specific data to provide theoretical support for Hu Zongxian.

Hu Zongxian's smile widened.

The two of them had another discussion.

In addition to continuing to ask the military supply department to provide weapons for the suppression of the Japanese in the southeast, the navy must continue to speed up the construction of new ships.

After Hu Zongxian stayed in the academy for lunch at noon, he left with satisfaction and returned to the capital.

Yan Shaoting naturally started to get busy with this matter.

As the year draws to a close, although all the affairs of the court will gradually come to a halt, the court’s summary of the 41st year of Jiajing needs to be prepared.

The emperor and the court also needed to be aware of the Ming Dynasty’s achievements this year.

While the court was busy preparing for the year-end meeting, the common people were preparing for the New Year and the holidays.

Huairou County, Shuntian Prefecture.

This small county, located only a hundred miles away from the capital and east of Changping, is also in the atmosphere of the New Year.

But at the southern foot of Dayang Mountain at the junction of Huairou County and Changping, there is a Nanlu Zen Temple, which is very noisy at this time of the year.

Outside the Zen temple.

There are a lot of people these days.

These people all come from nearby Dongguanzhuang.

Although Dongguanzhuang is called a village, it actually has no less than 4,000 people and nearly 1,000 households.

There is a long north-south street in Zhuangzi. The east side of the street belongs to Huairou County, and the west side belongs to Changping.

This is also the only area in Changping that has not been invested in governance.

This is probably because, as the name suggests, all the people in Zhuangzi are from the same family, and their history can be traced back to the pre-Tang and pre-Song dynasties.

Everyone in Zhuangzi has the surname Yang.

In the pre-Tang Dynasty, there were many Jinshi (Jinshi) who served as officials for generations. In the pre-Song Dynasty, there was even a prime minister.

It is for this reason.

This Dongguanzhuang was divided into two in the Ming Dynasty.

The purpose is self-evident.

In order to weaken its influence.

However recently.

The people of Dongguanzhuang gathered outside the Nanlu Zen Temple.

Today, as usual, the people of Zhuangzi gathered around the Zen temple early in the morning.

A man in a soap suit walked out from the crowd.

Under the Zen gate, the monks guarding the temple held long sticks and looked nervous.

However, the man from the Yang family in Dongguanzhuang remained calm and even smiled faintly after looking at the monks.

Immediately.

The man knelt heavily on the ground.

"Unworthy descendants are ashamed of their ancestors!"

"Who on earth actually dug up my ancestral grave?"

"Yang is a humble man, but I will seek justice for our ancestors!"

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