On the slightly shaking carriage, Zhao Hao looked at a telegram from TK.

‘Inventory has been cleared, and the shopkeepers have immigrated overseas to develop, don’t worry.’

Although Zhao Hao used a secret report, he could understand who he meant. It means that all the black materials related to the group and the Jiangnan Gang were destroyed, and Xu Jue also secretly moved overseas...

The one who was burned to death in the Jiageku of Dongchang was actually the substitute that Xu Jue found for himself. In this era when life was as cheap as grass, as the actual controller of Dongchang, it should not be too simple to find a scapegoat.

However, how can everything be perfect? ​​The captain of the Beizhen Fushi Department who surveyed the fire found that many of the dead were tied to chairs and burned to death...

But no one dares to talk nonsense, pretending that he didn't see it, for fear that he would cause trouble.

With Xu Jue's death, many things were unproven, and everyone was relieved.

Emperor Wanli was naturally furious, but he could only endure it and not rashly start the prison...

"Oh..." Zhao Hao burned the secret report on the copper stove. As the dark blue flames jumped, the black ash spread like a devil, he couldn't help but sigh.

What spies do are always unpleasant. No wonder Zhou Gong once said that you must not conduct spy activities on your own comrades.

But at this moment of turbulence, it will cause huge losses if you are not careful, and you can only comfort yourself and not be restricted.

Blowing away the ashes floating on the cuffs, Zhao Hao picked up the coffee cup and tasted it. This was the first batch of coffee introduced in Borneo and the taste was still good.

The richness of the aroma of coffee made him look refreshed and he threw the afternoon burnout and negative emotions behind him.

Zhao Hao continued to read the telegram from the capital...

Speaking of which, since he officially took office on the tenth day of August, Shou Guard Zhao has been full moon.

However, what made Zhao Shouzheng feel a little uncomfortable was that after he thanked him for taking office, Emperor Wanli had never summoned him once...

But on the other hand, Zhao Shouzheng's new official three-fire "Please accumulate to calm the people's livelihood", "Please pay mercy and "Please pay mercy and review" and "Please pay mercy and reopen the academy to lecture", all successfully obtained the approval of Emperor Wanli.

The first memorial made the people very happy, the second memorial made the officials celebrate, and the third memorial made the scholars very happy. For a while, the world praised Zhao Xianggong, and it was said that the new chief minister brought new atmosphere!

All the officials even talked happily in private that they finally survived the strict father and welcomed the kind mother...

At the same time, Emperor Wanli was not idle either. He skipped the cabinet several times and issued an order directly to restore Zou Yuanbiao, Yu Maoxue, Qiu Wei and other large numbers of people who were dismissed from office for offending Zhang Juzheng or opposing reforms.

Wanli obviously did not give up by failing to cleanse Zhang Juzheng's party by defeating Feng Bao. During the long wait, he had already thought of various countermeasures and accumulated enough patience and stubbornness to realize them one by one.

The person who was trapped by Zhang Juzheng in Qifu was his own trick. These officials were determined to rebel against Zhang and were his natural allies!

But because there are too many people who have been dealt with by Zhang Juzheng, there are not so many seats to make a comeback. So Wanli can only come in batches.

The first thing he had recovered was the officials who were blamed in the storm of love. These people occupied the title of righteousness and had already made a lot of noise all over the world. Whoever opposed the recovery of them was a politically incorrect treacherous slander.

Moreover, these people dared to stand up against Zhang Juzheng when he was covering up the sky. Now that he has passed away, how could he not have the courage to fire at Zhang Dang?

It's definitely very good at fighting!

In response to this, Wang Guoguang accepted almost everything before leaving office. It is the king to do more favors before retirement.

Zhao Jin, the Minister of Personnel who took over, did not stop him according to Zhao Hao's instructions. Therefore, Wanli has recovered many officials in the past month, and when these people arrive in Beijing one after another, there will definitely be good shows.

But Zhao Hao didn't care. These opposition parties who only knew how to talk big could actually cause far less harm than those of the jealous party. He had already taken down the jealous party and let them accompany the emperor to do whatever he wanted...

Moreover, the large number of officials in Wanli were not all bad things. For example, Wang Xijue, who forced Zhang Xianggong to almost commit suicide, was restored as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites.

In fact, Wanli also remembered Zhang Han who took the lead in opposing the robbery at that time, but Zhang Tianguan was almost eighty and refused to join in the fun, so the emperor had to give up...

In addition, Wanli is also preparing to revive an old man, that is Hai Rui...

Zhang Juzheng did not like Hai Rui. During his reign, he kept killing the Ming Dynasty sword, which was killed by the tyrant emperor and the treacherous ministers, was trapped in Nanjing and threw it idle. He refused to summon him to Beijing, nor would he let him go to the local area to take charge.

In a fit of anger, Hai Rui resigned from his post and returned to his hometown in Qiongzhou to serve as his mother. In the tenth year of Wanli, after his mother died at the age of 95, his mourning period ended and he still refused to come out to be an official.

But Hai Rui has not been idle for many years. After resigning from office, he was invited by Zhao Hao to help Zhao Shouye reorganize the ineffective Procuratorate and Supervision Commission as a guest official, which has brought the group's internal control and audit capabilities to several levels.

Later, he helped Zhang Xiaojing form the Anti-Corruption Investigation Foundation and trained a large number of independent investigators with excellent qualities!

The Jiangnan Group is so honest and efficient, it is absolutely inseparable from Hai Rui’s behind-the-scenes work over the past decade.

Although Hai Rui did not accept the emperor's appointment immediately, he was only dissatisfied with the resumption of his role as the censor of the Left Censor of Nanjing, and bluntly said that he would not go to Nanjing again, but did not say anything to death...

To be fair, Zhao Hao was reluctant to let Hai Rui go back. But Hai Rui was free, and he had to respect his old comrades...

Speaking of Hai Ruilai, Zhao Hao also has a like-minded comrade, that is Lin Run.

However, last winter, Lin Run's father passed away and he returned to his hometown in Fujian to Ding You. Moreover, Lin Run was Gao Gong's beloved general and Zhang Juzheng's reform leader, Wanli might not like him...

After reading the telegram from the capital, Zhao Hao sighed to Zhang Xiaojing who came beside him, "I didn't expect that our Emperor Wanli is a full-eyed wolf."

"How did my father offend him? Why did he deliberately deal with his deceased teacher?" Zhang Xiaojing said with endless grief and anger with red eyes.

Her political talent is originally the same as her father, far better than her six brothers. Naturally, she knew that the emperor had recovered so many officials who were defeated by her father, and the next step was to counterattack Zhang Taishi.

"Because when my father-in-law was alive, he didn't have the courage." Zhao Hao patted Zhang Xiaojing's back and comforted her, "Don't worry, I won't let him do anything."

"No, you have to let him do whatever he wants!" Zhang Xiaojing shook her head with frosty face and said, "The ugly one is the emperor, not the Zhang family! I want to see who will devote all his efforts to his Zhu family in the future and die!" Zhang Xiaojing was ruthless and said without even letting her family go:

"Let my brothers teach you a lesson and know what good fortune is and what misfortune is!"

"There is no need for this. Your nephew is still young, and grandma is so old..." Zhao Hao advised.

"The deceased is gone. Could it be that he can still confiscate the family and destroy the clan, and open the coffin and kill the corpse?!" Zhang Xiaojing snorted.

"This..." Zhao Hao thought to himself, he was really capable of doing it.

Zhang Xiaojing no longer feared the greatest malice to speculate on Emperor Wanli. However, she still did not expect that Zhu Yijun could be greedy and ruthless to the bottom beyond ordinary people's imagination...

"It will definitely not reach that point!" Zhao Hao couldn't bear to describe the future tragic situation of the Zhang family to her. He held his wife's hand and diverted her attention: "By the way, there is something else I want to hear your opinion."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Xiaojing asked.

"It's a negotiation with Spain. Haven't you been to Europe and deal with the red-haired ghost? Help me with some advice." Zhao Hao then took out a call from Suzhou and handed it to Zhang Xiaojing.

When Zhang Xiaojing saw that she was the CEO of West Africa, Tang Paul, who served as the full negotiator, reported on the progress of the negotiation.

Paul Tang is now in Lisbon, so of course he has no telegrams. However, it took only eighty days and months to deliver the letter to Suzhou.

This spring, the arrogant Spaniards finally couldn't hold on with the continuous attacks of the Ming, Portuguese and French coalition forces.

The ties with the American colonies were cut off again, and a rare famine broke out in Spain.

Queen Elizabeth of England took the opportunity to execute the Queen of Scotland in the Catholic camp and formed a Protestant alliance with the Netherlands, expressing her full support for the latter's independence.

The embattled situation completely calmed down the arrogant Philip II. He realized that if he continued to do it blindly, Spain would completely collapse in the siege of various countries.

Although he had never learned Sun Tzu's Art of War, he also knew the principle of getting along far and near and attacking each other, and anyone with a little clever mind could see that the Ming people, who were thousands of miles away, were the party with the least conflict of interest with Spain. Moreover, the two sides also had strong trade needs and had the possibility of peace.

Once a peace agreement was reached with the Ming people, even if the weak Portuguese were reluctant, they could only truce with Spain. In this way, two of the five enemies would go.

And more importantly, without the obstruction of the Ming fleet, Spain can restore its ties with the colonies. Only when the Treasure Fleet transports American treasures back to Spain continuously can it stabilize the domestic situation and restore the most important military strength of the empire.

Then concentrate your efforts to attack the brave sister-in-law!

So Philip II sent an envoy to Lisbon to request a truce.

The Jiangnan Group had long wanted to end this protracted war, so the two sides hit it off and stopped the troops from April this year, and at the same time launched a arduous armistice negotiation.

As the party seeking peace, Spain certainly has to pay enough price to the winner.

However, Philip II has been smooth sailing for half his life, and the Spanish Empire has been the best in the world for too many years. I can't adjust my mindset for a while and I don't want to suffer any loss.

Tang Baolu reported to Zhao Hao that after several rounds of arduous negotiations, the Spaniards were only willing to admit that Luzon belonged to the Ming Dynasty and resumed the sailing trade, and that the maximum compensation of one million pesos was the limit.
Chapter completed!