Chapter 39: Pressuring
Ye Chen knew that after this upheaval, when all the families couldn't sit still, he immediately ordered Liu Qi and Wang Tianhammer to spread rumors, saying that Qingfeng Village would come to rob and retaliate.
In addition, Ye Chen made another letter, a letter from Qingfeng Village.
The letter was directly addressed to Han Dong, but the content was addressed to Han Dong, Huang Fei, and Yan Cheng.
The content of the letter is not much, but it is very domineering: "Dare to play Lao Tzu, the Han family's manor is just a lesson." Ah, wash my neck, Huang Fei, Yan Cheng, don't think that Lao Tzu doesn't know that you guys are doing ghosts in the back. ”
There is no payment for this letter, but I believe they all know, and this letter does not make any requests, which is even more frightening, if there is a request, there is still room for negotiation.
This letter would have made their already exhausted state even more miserable.
"Young master, I heard that many families want to join forces and ask the government to exterminate Qingfeng Village." Liu Qi received the news and quickly came back to report it to Ye Chen when he thought it was useful.
Ye Chen also felt that this was an opportunity, and it was also an opportunity for Taishou.
Ye Chen asked Wu Xian to make an appointment with Li Wei, saying that there was something to discuss.
That night, Ye Chen came to Taishou Li Wei's mansion again.
"Lord Taishou, the junior has saluted you."
"Don't be polite to the virtuous nephew, I don't know what the virtuous nephew is anxious to find me."
Although Taishou Li Wei had a kind and smiling face, Ye Chen also knew that the other party was an old fox, how long he had been in office, he didn't seize power, he didn't do anything, he just kept preparing in secret, and it was not easy to be so forbearing.
"Lord Taishou, Tatsumi is here for last night's incident."
The two have met and have initially reached a willingness to cooperate, so there is no need to detour at all to speak, and go directly to the topic.
"Well, yesterday's incident caused a shake in Liaodong, and the impact was indeed too great." Although this Taishou doesn't care about things, it doesn't mean that he doesn't have to take responsibility, if the boss blames him, then the first one who is unlucky must be him.
So Li Wei also felt too much pressure today, as soon as Ye Chen asked him, he immediately met him, wanting to see if there was any solution on Ye Chen's side.
"Lord Taishou, I heard that many families in Liaodong have united to put pressure on the government and demand to get rid of the bandits in Liaodong."
Li Wei sighed and said, "No, my hair is gray for this." ”
"Chen Bucai, I thought of a plan for Taishou, I hope Lord Taishou won't be surprised." Ye Chen said to Li Wei very seriously.
Li Wei was overjoyed, and was worried that there was nothing he could do, so he hurriedly said: "Don't take care of the virtuous nephew, please speak." ”
"Chen is willing to exterminate the bandits and bandits in Qingfeng Village and the surrounding areas alone." Ye Chen said it word by word, and his tone was very firm.
"Ye Xian's nephew is serious!"
This can't be blamed for Li Wei not believing it, now the government is afraid of these bandits, they come and go without a trace, and the bandits spend a lot of money, thankless, and now the government is poor to death, although most of the officials are very rich, but they are all their own.
"Seriously," Ye Chen's tone was firm and serious.
After Ye Chen finished speaking, he looked at Li Wei with straight eyes, and Li Wei knew at a glance that Ye Chen's suppression of bandits was true, but there were other conditions.
"I don't know what the virtuous nephew wants."
Ye Chen saw that Li Wei was still very good, and immediately understood that this was an exchange of interests.
"Now my Ye family's dispatch of troops to suppress bandits is not justified, so it is not a good time to send troops, and this has to be too ordered."
Of course, no one will say anything if Ye Chen wants to suppress the bandits by himself, and it is estimated that the government will issue a good person card at that time, and he will not earn much benefit. Now that the government is in difficulty, there is a request for him, of course, take advantage of this time to raise some prices.
"Well, of course, I will create opportunities for my nephew, and if my nephew asks for anything, just say it."
"First, Huang Fei, Han Dong, Yan Cheng and others have caused a lot of trouble to my Ye family, and I don't want them to endanger my Ye family anymore."
This price is not light, and it is a bit troublesome for Li Wei, otherwise he would not have been in office in Liaodong for more than half a year and let Huang Fei control the power.
Li Wei saw the opportunity, and he might be able to use this opportunity to weaken Huang Fei's influence and let himself truly control Liaodong. So he agreed to Ye Chen's price.
"Han Dong and Yan Cheng are officials of the imperial court, but they are not effective in governance, causing the bandits to rob repeatedly and causing heavy losses to the people under their rule, and they do bear a very big responsibility."
Even if Li Wei said this, even if Ye Chen understood, the two of them would definitely not be able to run, and as for Huang Fei, it would be difficult to say.
For Huang Fei Ye Chen is not afraid, although they are also a big family, they can't compare to the Ye family, at least they don't dare to do anything to the Ye family here, as for Ye Chen secretly, they can't let them mess around.
"Okay, it's good that Lord Taishou has this heart. As for the second condition, all the proceeds seized from the suppression of bandits, the government should not ask about it, and all of it will be arranged by my Ye family itself. ”
"There are no other conditions for the virtuous nephew, of course the income from this bandit belongs to the Ye family."
For this condition, it is even simpler, the government is unable to suppress the bandits, and the people themselves suppress the bandits, and the captured government does not have the face to ask for it, besides, Li Wei thinks that it is good if the bandits have no losses, and they still want to make money.
Of course, Li Wei didn't know that Ye Chen's condition was also purposeful, and the seizure was of course one thing, and you didn't see that more than 10 million points of money and materials were seized in Qingfeng Village alone.
There are two other reasons, that is, the hundreds of millions of assets obtained from the robbery of Han Dongmanor can be used openly, otherwise it is very painful to have hundreds of millions of family assets in their hands and not be able to use them.
As for Ye Chen's biggest purpose in suppressing bandits, it was to train soldiers. A soldier cannot become an elite soldier after all.
As for the losses in the suppression of bandits, Ye Chen believed that he could bear it, first of all, the combat effectiveness of his own guard battalion was much higher than that of the soldiers in the official government, and the combat effectiveness of most of the bandits was even worse.
"Lord Taishou, my Ye family has these conditions, most of my Ye family's business is now in Youzhou, and too many thieves have a considerable impact on my Ye family, and suppressing bandits is also self-interested."
It's really unbelievable that this condition is too little, and the first condition is also very important to Taishou Li Wei, this Han Dong and Yan Cheng are the county commanders and county lieutenants of Xiangping County, and they are also very important in the official system of Liaodong, they are all Huang Fei's subordinates, and it is very beneficial to get rid of them.
As for the second condition, which was not a condition for him at all, Ye Chen said that for the sake of their Ye family's business, it made him believe in it a little more.
Once the terms are negotiated, the next step is even simpler. The two exchanged some ideas and opinions, and performed a play together, using the matter of the family's pressure to trap Huang Fei and his gang, and by the way, improve the prestige of Taishou.
The next day, Ye Chen found the rest of the family and said that the Ye family was willing to put pressure on the government with them.
This move of the Ye family was warmly welcomed.
First of all, the Ye family is the most powerful family in Liaodong, and its influence is very great; Second, the Ye family is the master of suffering. They are lacking a sufferer, and with this sufferer, their actions are more justified.
Although the Chen family and the Han family were also sacked by bandits, the Chen family was wiped out, and no one could stand up to denounce it, and Han Dong, as a county magistrate, was not suitable to come out to be a bitter master, because it was his own rule, and people would only say that he deserved it.
In this way, the Ye family was the leader, and more than 20 influential families jointly submitted a petition to Xiangping County and Taishou Mansion, demanding that troops be sent to suppress bandits and eliminate bandits in Liaodong.
Taishou Mansion, Li Wei called the main officials of the Taishou Mansion of Liaodong County and the main officials of Xiangping County, as well as the representatives of the family who jointly petitioned.
Li Wei sat on the top and said in a serious tone: "Recently, bandits have repeatedly looted in my Xiangping County, and even infiltrated Xiangping City, slaughtered the Chen family, and committed a tragedy. Since I and the officials below cannot escape their duties, only by exterminating the bandits, can we be worthy of the imperial court and the people of Liaodong. ”
"Yes, it's so miserable, the Chen family was wiped out."
"They are so blind that they dare to kill people and set fire to the city."
"That's right, I recruited another 500 families the day before yesterday, and I don't feel safe in the city."
After Li Wei finished speaking, everyone immediately started to talk about it, this time they will unite unprecedentedly and put pressure on the government together, because they are really scared.
Ye Chen saw that the atmosphere was about the same, so he stood up, saluted Li Wei and said, "Lord Taishou, hundreds of people in my Ye family were killed by bandits, and the Ye Mansion was also set on fire by bandits, with heavy losses, my Ye family and the thieves in Qingfeng Village do not share the sky, and vow to take revenge, even if it makes trouble in the court, I will never let it go, please Taishou is the master of my Ye family." ”
Ye Chen's words made Huang Fei's teeth itch in anger, he didn't even say a word after the Ye family was ransacked, but now he has united all the families to put pressure on the government, and he has to make trouble with the court.
If this matter reaches the imperial court, they will not be happy, even if it is not a small amount.
This Han Dong is even more miserable, his losses are no less than the Ye family, the key is that he can't cry, Xiangping County is under his own rule, and as a county magistrate, he let the thieves go to the city to do the tragedy, how can he still be qualified to cry here.
After Ye Chen finished speaking, the others also coaxed together, saying that if they didn't exterminate the bandits, they would go to the court. These people are all from families, and they don't need to be afraid of people in the government, and the government doesn't dare to offend them.
"Okay, everyone be quiet, Ben Taishou will definitely exterminate the thieves and call the shots for everyone."
Li Wei is the number one in Liaodong, even if he has not been in charge of affairs since taking office, neither Huang Fei nor anyone else can ignore his existence.
After everyone quieted down, Li Wei shouted, "Where is Zhu Ming?" ”
"The end will be." Zhu Ming didn't know why Li Wei suddenly called him, but as a Shangguan, he immediately shook his fat figure and came out to answer on this occasion.
"Order you to immediately order 1,000 troops, go out of the city to destroy Qingfeng Village, and avenge the dead people."
"The last general commands."
Zhu Ming scolded Qingfeng Zhai in his heart, and he did the crime, and even did it one after another, and he did such a shocking case, which shook the entire Liaodong, and now he can't do it well.
He has a lot of responsibility for letting the thieves enter the city, and if the court wants to blame him, he will definitely lose his official position, and if he doesn't do it, he will be imprisoned.
And at this time, he couldn't help but receive his order, not to mention that Taishou would deal with him, these twenty or so families were watching here, and one by one they stabbed the imperial court, and it is estimated that he could only save his life if he scattered his family wealth.