The Ming Dynasty's sea ban measures were all-round and three-dimensional, not only severely cracking down on those who went to sea from the law, but also starting from the root, destroying and striking at various ways of navigation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThis includes not only the destruction of the nautical charts that have been handed down, but also the destruction of the original seagoing ships and the destruction of the drawings and methods used to build the seagoing ships.

In fact, in the early years of Yongle, under the exploration and practice of Zheng He, a generation of navigation pioneers, Daming has a very clear understanding of the surrounding waters, and at the same time, it is also leading the world in the construction of sea ships. At that time, the treasure ships of the Western Ocean were the aircraft carriers of that era.

However, as some conservative and self-contained officials took over the right to speak, all this changed completely, and the imperial court not only no longer spent energy and money on navigation, but destroyed everything that had been before. For example, Liu Daxia, a famous minister of the Zhengde Dynasty, destroyed many precious navigation materials left by the previous dynasty.

Even in the imperial court, this is the case, and the situation among the people is naturally stricter. Those ships that could go to sea were confiscated and destroyed by the government, some of them were only a shell, and some were simply chopped up for firewood. In this way, the possibility of the Chinese nation going to sea was reduced to a minimum, and this phenomenon continued until several hundred years later, when the invaders opened the country with strong ships and artillery.

In today's Wanli years, the people actually stored the drawings of building sea ships privately, and this alone is enough to exile the entire family of the private collection to the border. And when it was discovered at the helm of the Cao Gang, the situation became even more serious.

Yang Zhen laughed after hearing Hu Ge's reminder: "I naturally know this, I just wonder what their purpose is in doing this." Could it be that Yan Huan actually has the heart to trade at sea? Does he have the courage and ability? ”

Indeed, under the strict prohibition of the sea by the imperial court, although there are still people who go to sea to smuggle, those who either have no way to survive and take risks, or they have a special status in the local area, and the government can only turn a blind eye, but obviously the Cao Gang can't stand these two things. And the sea boat can be completely different from the canal, do the people in the Cao Gang not know the difference?

Of course, Hu Ge couldn't give Yang Zhen an answer, so he could only look at Yang Zhen in a daze: "What do you mean?" ”

"Well, after we ask Yan Huan about them, we will naturally have the answer." Yang Zhen smiled and said, "Now that they have all fallen into our hands, are you still afraid that they will not confess?" And I think it's not going to be easy, and digging deeper should be rewarding. ”

After a pause, Yang Zhen put the sea ship drawings in his hand on the table and asked, "Is there anything else to gain from the Cao Gang?" ”

"The rest is not too much of a problem, except that most of the money that the adults gave them to lure them into taking the bait has been withdrawn by us, and they are indeed poor jingles." Now they are all their own people, and Hugo speaks very directly.

Yang Zhen nodded, and was about to say something, but Hu Ge suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, we found the remnants of a letter in a remote location, apparently they hastily burned it after they found out that we had arrived. ”

"Oh? Where is the faith? Yang Zhen became interested when he heard this. The more the other party doesn't want to be discovered by themselves, the more valuable it is often.

Seeing that Yang Zhen was really a little interested in this, Hu Ge hurriedly called a brother and took a tray from his hand, on which was a burnt letter paper, which could only be vaguely seen.

Yang Zhen took the letter, narrowed his eyes, and carefully recognized it under the candlelight. Not to mention, this letter was indeed burned a little badly, and the whole was scorched a lot, and many of them became black ashes, and only a few words could be faintly recognized at the beginning: "Woe ...... If...... Help...... Arouse...... Xu" Yang Zhen tried his best to distinguish the words in front of him, but he could see these words in a long time.

After confirming that he could no longer see any words, Yang Zhen put the letter aside, now after all, it is not the future generations, it is impossible to use the scientific means of chemical testing to make the words that have been burned out show their true form, so they can only infer the meaning of the letter from these vague words.

Seeing Yang Zhen pondering, Hu Ge hurriedly waved his hand to tell the brother to retreat, while he himself also held his breath and waited for Yang Zhen to come back to his senses.

After a while, Yang Zhen opened his eyes suddenly, revealing a thoughtful expression: "This letter should be for the Xu family, and the purpose, I guess, should be to ask for help." Obviously, it was Yan Huan who thought of asking the Xu family for help after discovering their situation. And this Xu family, I don't think there is much to guess. ”

"Huating Xu Family!" Hu Ge nodded clearly: "It's really possible that this thing is really possible, and the only one who can help them here is the Xu family." ”

"Yes, but I'm a little curious, why does he think that the Xu family is willing to help them? This is a felony of robbing official salt, even the Xu family doesn't have the courage to touch it, right? Would he Yan Huan not understand this? Was he sick and rushed to the doctor, or was there another reason? Yang Zhen thought about it for a while, but he didn't know the point.

Even he couldn't figure out what Hu Ge naturally had more difficulty in giving an answer, so he could only sigh: "It's a pity that we searched all over the place, and we only found these two clues that seemed to be useful, and it seems that we can only interrogate them by torture." ”

"Huh? Two clues ......" Yang Zhen was touched by his words, and his eyes immediately swept back and forth on these two pieces of physical evidence, combined with his own statement just now, a judgment was about to come out: "There are the most powerful people in the place who dare to go to sea, and the Xu family is one of the representatives." You say, are there any connections between the Cao Gang and the Xu family in this matter? It is precisely because of this that Yan Huan still wants to ask the Xu family for help in such a situation? ”

"Huh?" After listening to Yang Zhen's speculation, Hu Ge was obviously stunned for a moment, and then nodded vigorously: "My lord, this thing is indeed very possible, then everything makes sense......

"But this is just a little speculation on my part after all, and there is no substantial evidence, otherwise this article alone is enough for the Xu family to drink a pot." When Yang Zhen said this, a trace of excitement suddenly flashed on his face: "But since Yan Huan is in my hands, there is always a way to make him speak." I didn't expect that there would be such a big windfall this time, but it saved me a lot of trouble, and I didn't know where to start dealing with the Xu family. Looking at the two pieces of evidence at hand, a cold and meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Yang Zhen's mouth!

Early the next morning, Yan Huan, who was in a daze, was taken by Jinyiwei to a side hall of the government office, and at this moment Yang Zhen was already sitting upright, and next to him, Yao Qingzhi and several other government officials were also in the list.

Since being taken down by Jinyiwei, Yan Huan's whole person has been in a trance, and his mind has been completely occupied by all kinds of fears and uneasiness, and he has not slept all night. When he was brought here, he also looked dazed, and it was only when he met Yang Zhen's eyes that he came back to his senses a little because of fear.

As for the officials who were jurors, they all looked nervous, and their hearts were constantly beating drums. In fact, for today's interrogation of Yan Huan, they still want to hear it, once this guy says something unfavorable to himself, he can refute and rebuke him, so as to avoid trouble at that time. It's just that Yang Zhen's words against the Xu family at the end of last night made them feel empty in their hearts, and they really didn't want to have too much intersection with him.

It was in this contradictory and apprehensive mood that everyone watched Yang Zhen order someone to bring Yan Huan to the front and interrogate him with stern words.

"Yan Huan, you are guilty! You Cao Gang are really bold and reckless, and they are trying in vain to rob the official salt. Did you know that such an act is no different from rebellion? Yang Zhen stared at Yan Huan's eyes and asked.

Yan Huan was asked by him like this, his body slammed suddenly, and then he thought that everything was irreparable, so he snorted: "At this time, Lord Yang, don't talk about these nonsense!" It's true that I did something wrong because of greed, but I'm afraid all of this is from your calculations and arrangements. In order to avenge Hangzhou's revenge! I'm right, right? "It's all at this time, and there's nothing to be afraid of, so just spread it out!

When the other officials heard him say this, they were all stunned, but they didn't expect this matter to be so hidden. It's just that these people know very well, and even if they know that these are facts, they can't really say it, so at most they are just surprised in their hearts. At the same time, when they looked at Yang Zhen again, they were even more in awe, this young Jinyi Wei was really terrifying.

"Why, at this time, are you trying to put the blame on the official? It's ridiculous, you think this will lessen your sins? Yang Zhen just responded with a sneer, as if he didn't think much of this statement at all, and didn't see the slightest panic and annoyance.

"You ......" Yan Huan wanted to say that you can hide it from others but you can't hide it from me, otherwise how could my people lose so easily? But then he thought that even if he said this, it was useless, and everyone had fallen into his hands, could he still convict Yang Zhen in reverse? So he quickly withered, lowered his head and said: "Since I fell into your plan and fell into your hands, you want to kill or chop whatever you want!" ”

"This time, it's not just killing you or some people in the Cao Gang to atone for the crime. There are countless people who have committed the great crime of rebellion and exterminated the Nine Clans, and if it is implemented, I am afraid that you and everyone around you will have to die in this battle. Seeing him react like this, Yang Zhen said as if he were threatening.

Sure enough, hearing him say this, Yan Huan's face changed again, as Yang Zhen said, everything in the Yan family would be completely finished, including his two sons...... This is something he can hardly accept.

And after seeing the panic in his heart, Yang Zhen threw out his true purpose in a timely manner: "But if you are willing to cooperate with this official, I can keep your bloodline!" ”

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