In the back hall of the governor's yamen, after listening to Sun Yueling's narration, Zhu Qinxiang's face became extremely solemn, and said: "I can't imagine that Yan Siqi robbed Xu Xinsu's goods for a reason, if it is really Xu Xinsu who did it first and then accused him, I'm afraid the matter will be tricky." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Sun Yueling nodded and said: "Zhongcheng is right, this case is extraordinary, according to my analysis, nine times out of ten it is Xu Xinsu and others who framed Yan Siqi and others in order to monopolize coastal trade." ”

Zhu Qinxiang said: "Then how are you going to deal with it?" ”

Sun Yueling pondered for a moment and said: "Xu Xinsu has Yu Zhigao and Zhang Ruzhen behind him, and even Fu Dapeng, the punishment officer in the lower official yamen, is their person, and the lower officials are afraid to investigate it to the end, if the matter involves Yu Dudu and Lord Zhang, I don't know what Zhongcheng will do?" Yu Zhigao and Zhang Ruzhen are both members of the party, and if they want to move the two of them, they can't do it without Zhu Qinxiang's nod and support, so he tested Zhu Qinxiang's thoughts.

Zhu Qinxiang frowned deeply and said nothing. He is still gradually drawing up a strategy for Jinghai, and many things can only be implemented by relying on the support of the two men, and it is not that he cannot do anything about them, but in this case, the top level of Fujian will inevitably fall into civil strife, and his plan will not be carried out smoothly.

Moreover, Yu Zhigao and Zhang Ruzhen have served in Fujian for a long time, their forces are intertwined, and there is no shortage of supporters in the center of the imperial court.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qinxiang sighed and said, "This matter can't be rushed, it has to be done step by step." Yu Zhigao and Zhang Ruzhen can't move for the time being, but their wings Xu Xinsu and Fu Dapeng can be checked, and if it can be found that Xu Xinsu and Fu Dapeng colluded with the law and monopolized the sea trade, they must be severely punished. After a pause, he continued, "In this way, Yu and Zhang were shocked by this, and they must not dare to act rashly again." ”

Sun Yueling was disappointed in his heart when he heard this, Zhu Qinxiang was not bold enough after all, and his determination was not resolute enough, just investigating and dealing with Xu Xinsu and Fu Dapeng was a practice of fighting snakes without hitting seven inches, even if they could hold the two, if they didn't get rid of the big backers behind them, they would have to suffer a counterattack sooner or later. At that time, maybe he Zhu Qinxiang has been promoted to an official position, and he, a rising bird, is bound to die well.

Thinking of this, he felt a trace of contempt in his heart for Zhu Qinxiang's way of behaving in the world. Worthy of what later generations said, some high-ranking officials of the Donglin Party are indeed high-eyed and low-handed, who want to make some political achievements, but do not dare to face many obstacles and oppression, and want to please both sides, how is this possible?

The governor in front of him, Zhu Qinxiang, has obviously changed, and he is no longer the righteous and outspoken person who used to be in the court. Maybe it was the defeat of the Donglin Party that made him see the facts in front of him clearly, or maybe the expulsion of the Donglin people made him timid, in short, he no longer had the tenacious confidence to dare to face life and death and maintain Taoism.

Sun Yueling was very helpless, so he had to say: "The lower official knows, the lower official will definitely act carefully, and please rest assured." With that, he took his leave, and went straight to the judge's yamen.

Since Zhu Qinxiang did not have the determination to investigate to the end, at this time, he could completely push the boat along the river as a favor, and did not blame Xu Xinsu and Fu Dapeng and his gang for the past, directly agreed with their concepts, or even brought Zheng Yiguan and other pirates to justice. But is it worthy of your conscience? Are you worthy of the Ming people who were threatened and persecuted by Xu Xinsu and others?

After returning to the Yamen, Sun Yueling thought for a long time and finally made up his mind.

Check, check to the end.

Even if Zhu Qinxiang does not support it, he must find out about this matter. What if Yu Zhigao and Zhang Ruzhen are involved, can they be greater than the law of the country and the Son of Heaven? Even if the final outcome is that Sun Yueling loses his official position and abandons his post, he must bring this gang of people who monopolize trade and embezzle bribes to justice.

It's just that at this point, the power he can use in his hands is much smaller. According to the people of the Yamen of the Judicial Division, because of the internal response of Fu Dapeng, they can no longer be greatly transferred; Although Li Zhunxing, another criminal servant, does not look like Yu Zhigao's person, he can't rely on it if he is careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years.

At this time, all he could rely on was to bring more than a dozen subordinates from the Beijing division and some lower-level officials in the yamen who were usually squeezed out by Fu Dapeng, and their strength was very weak. However, now that we have made up our minds, we must work hard to do it even against all odds.

Therefore, Sun Yueling will soon secretly summon relevant personnel, teach secrets face-to-face, and start the investigation and punishment of Xu Xinsu and his gang.

This matter started because of Xu Xinsu, so the first starting point is this person, as long as Xu Xinsu's illegal evidence can be found first, and then follow the vine, the main messenger behind him can be found out one by one.

The first thing Sun Yueling explained to Yamenli about his experience and inspection was to ask them to secretly contact the principals of the twelve chambers of commerce in Fuzhou, and strive to make the principals of the twelve chambers of commerce stand up for Yan Siqi and expose Xu Xinsu.

As a result, according to the judge's yamen, the surface is calm, but in private there is an undercurrent.

At this moment, Sun Yueling was dealing with Fu Dapeng's urging, and he could only hear this guy say: "My lord, the pirates who were imprisoned have already confessed, and they all admitted to the robbery of merchant ships. It's just ......," he said, "I heard that the lord had imprisoned Zheng Yiguan and Yan Ke in the post house, and the lower official thought that since he wanted to calm the sea, he couldn't let go of a thief, and hoped that the lord would hand these two over to the lower officials for interrogation, and maybe he would be able to pry more things out of their mouths." After finishing speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at Sun Yueling's expression.

Sun Yueling didn't show the slightest expression on his face, and said lightly: "Yan Siqi's gang of pirates is a disaster on the coast, so naturally they can't let go of any of them. It's just that this Yan Ke is Yan Siqi's biological daughter, and she has always been powerful in the pirate gang and knows a lot of pirate internal affairs. Since the official wants to catch them all, he naturally has to know their situation well. After a pause, he added, "In this way, in another ten days, after the official asks clearly, he will hand over the two of them to you." ”

Fu Dapeng was helpless, so he had to say: "It's okay, adults work hard, and you have to pay more attention to your body, and retire." "Then go out and go.

Sun Yueling nodded and let him go.

In the next few days, the people he sent out brought back news to him - the principals of the twelve chambers of commerce denied that they had any dealings with Yan Siqi, let alone reached a trade agreement with him, and said that Yan Siqi had robbed their cargo ships and was a sea thief who could not be pardoned, and demanded that he be arrested as soon as possible according to the judge's yamen.

After hearing the return, Sun Yueling was surprised, he didn't expect that what they brought back was such a result.

There is no doubt that this must be Xu Xinsu behind his back, and he must have adopted the method of threats and persecution, so that they dare not tell the truth.

Sun Yueling said to his subordinate Li He: "You find an opportunity for me to meet with the president of the Chamber of Commerce." ”

The Li experienced and said, "Okay, the lower officials must make proper arrangements." ”

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This night in the backyard of Zhou's house in Furong Lane, Sun Yueling and Zhou Wenxi, the general president of the twelve chambers of commerce in Fuzhou, sat together.

Under some persuasion, Zhou Wenxi always insisted that he had never met Yan Siqi at all, nor did he reach any trade agreement with him, and everything was nonsense from those pirates, trying to muddy the water and get away with it.

Under the lights, Sun Yueling saw Zhou Wenxi's eyes flickering when he answered the question, and he didn't even dare to look at him, and he firmly believed in the situation that they were threatened by Xu Xinsu and others, and secretly thought to himself in his heart, Zhou Wenxi was so afraid of Xu Xinsu, if he didn't come out with a more decisive attitude, I am afraid he would not dare to tell the truth at all, let alone stand up and identify Xu Xinsu.

Sun Yueling smiled coldly and said, "President Zhou, do you know what this official came to Fujian to perform his duties for?" ”

Zhou Wenxi still didn't dare to look at him, and muttered, "This ...... The grass people don't know. ”

Sun Yueling snorted heavily in his nostrils, arched his hands towards the sky, and said: "The reason why this official came to Fujian to take up his post is because he was entrusted by the current emperor and came for Jinghai Pingkou. An important mission entrusted by the emperor to this official is to uproot the local snakes that disrupt the order of coastal trade and oppress the traders! ”

As soon as these words came out, the fat on Zhou Wenxi's face trembled, and he finally raised his head to look at him and said, "It turns out ...... It turns out that the lord was entrusted by the emperor......"

With a "snap", Sun Yueling pressed an object on the table and shouted, "What do you think this is?" ”

Zhou Wenxi looked at it, and saw that the thing on the table looked like a small arrow, but it was much wider than the small arrow, shining with golden light, and there was a "edict" engraved on the round handle at the top, and he couldn't help but say: "This ...... What is it? ”

Sun Yueling said solemnly: "This is the gold medal order given by the emperor today, with the third grade and below the official can be cut first and then played, as long as you truthfully report to the official, the official will definitely return you justice, and the snake and corrupt officials who oppress you will be swept away." After a pause, he continued, "If you don't report it and cover it up, don't blame the official for punishing you in the future." "Things have come to this point, Sun Yueling has to coax and deceive and threaten, otherwise, it will be difficult to do it if you want Wenxi to stand up and tell the truth this week.

The gold medal order arrow given to him by the emperor is actually nothing more than a sign of trust in him to a large extent. If you really want to be able to do whatever you want with this gold medal order, and even command the local military and government, this is simply impossible. What he says now, it is also to scare and scare this Zhou Wenxi, increase his confidence, and let him come out to testify without any worries.

Although it was early spring, Zhou Wenxi was also dripping with cold sweat on his forehead, dripping down his cheeks, and his eyes were staring at the gold medal arrow, not blinking.

Sun Yueling stretched out his hand, picked up the gold medal arrow, and shouted: "Okay, since you insist on going your own way, he will stop tomorrow to blame the official for being ruthless." All the livelihood of your Zhou family in Fujian in the future will be replaced by others. "Anyway, I don't care about him anymore, and I just leave with my hands.

As soon as he walked to the threshold, Zhou Wenxi's trembling voice came from behind, "My lord...... Adults, please stay! (To be continued.) )