Zhang Ru walked up to the middle-aged man who was sitting straight with a faint smile, tilted his neck and said, "It's worthy of being a soldier, everyone else has knelt down, can you not kneel." ”

The middle-aged military general faced Zhang Ru's questioning, and he didn't mean to be afraid at all, and still drank the wine unhurriedly with a celadon wine glass.

After drinking a glass of wine, he stood up: "There are countless soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who die standing and dying, and it is not for nothing that they are born on their knees, but among the latter, there will definitely be no Lin Ao." ”

Wang Zhou said with a smile: "Interesting, boss, this brother is very interesting." ”

Fan Tong raised his hand and slapped Wang Zhou on the shoulder: "If the soldiers don't look like soldiers, then there is really no hope for our Daming." ”

Wang Zhou was slightly annoyed, rubbed his shoulder that was slapped by Fan Tong and pushed Fan Tong: "I wasn't killed by them, I have to be crippled by you." ”

Fan Tong rubbed his hands unembarrassedly and laughed, and he didn't know if he was embarrassed or laughing, Wang Zhou couldn't even bear this bit of strength.

Zhang Ru raised his hand, signaled the two to be quiet, and then arched his hand towards the middle-aged military general and asked, "Have you been on the battlefield?" ”

The middle-aged military general who called himself Lin Ao said lightly: "In the twenty-second year of Chenghua, I was fortunate to go to Datong and have a fight with the Tartars. ”

Zhang Ru smiled: "It seems that we are still the Pao Ze brothers who once fought side by side!" No wonder you're not afraid, if the people who killed the Tartars in Datong are afraid of this kind of small scene, then it's really unsightly. ”

"It's not as good as the great achievements of the Hou Ye, the last general is just a small person, a little person who fights for his family and the country." Lin Ao said in a low voice.

"The assassination of the prince of the imperial court, although it is an attempted assassination, this crime will not be small, the main culprit is indispensable to destroy the nine clans, and it is also possible for the accomplice to fill the army with his whole family, where is your confidence." Zhang Ru's eyes burned.

He really hopes that the other party can give him a different answer, for example, he is Xu Li's person, or for example, he is forced to be helpless.

It's a pity that Lin Ao is still fearless: "The last general is just worthy of his heart." ”

"Your guilt is not ashamed, do you mean that you don't know Guo Hansheng's plan, or have you confiscated the benefits of Guo Hansheng's people over the years?" Zhang Ru asked.

Lin Ao said: "The last general has received a lot of benefits over the years, and the commander of Fuzhou Wei is also a person who can speak in Fuzhou." Guo Hansheng dared to yell at Lei Yuan, but he didn't dare to yell at me, a military general with military power. As for his plan, the last general really doesn't know, but he doesn't know if Hou Ye believes it or not. The last general's guilt is to say that the last general has not done anything unconscionable in these years, and as for the benefits, for Guo Hansheng, it is nothing at all. If everyone else collects it, I can naturally accept it. ”

Zhang Ru laughed, and after laughing for a while, he stared at Lin Ao with some ill will: "It's the first time that Ben Hou has heard someone talk about bribery so righteously. Ben Hou heard a saying in the capital, saying that if you are an official and don't make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell tofu. What the surname Guo has done in Fuzhou over the years, no one knows better than those present. But the Guo family has never been punished in any way, even if it is a servant of the Guo family, they can also show off their power in front of the county magistrate.

Would they dare to do this without your protection?

Xiamen Port Governor County changed seven in three years, six were missing, and one was missing, and in the end, the prefect's yamen did not give any conclusion on punishment, and did not even send people to investigate.

Guo Hansheng's son married twenty-four concubines, but the people who are alive now are not the same as before.

Shielding the cheap businessman Jia to do illegal things, you Lin Ao dare to tell Ben Hou that you have a clear conscience! Do you speak with a clear conscience? ”

The look on Zhang Ru's face was already very ugly, obviously, this Hou Ye had been angered by Lin Ao's words.

The maritime merchants and squires who knelt on the ground buried their heads low, for fear that Zhang Ru would pour out his anger on them because he needed someone to vent to.

In particular, several officials who had positions in the prefect's yamen secretly moved their bodies and hid behind others, for fear that Zhang Ru would see it.

Wang Zhou and Fan Tongyi were both looking carefully, who had a clear conscience and who had a clear conscience, they would keep these things in their hearts, and report them to Zhang Ru one by one after returning to the post station.

A few years of Jinyiwei's life is not in vain, and these small actions are impossible to hide from their eyes.

Lin Ao lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and asked: "Do you remember how many people died in Datong, and does Hou Ye know how many brothers have died in Fuzhou over the years to suppress bandits?" There is only so much money for the bereavement money that the imperial court takes out every year, but so many brothers have so many families to support, if the last general does not ask for silver from these maritime merchants who are burdened with blood debts, can he still ask the court with a bare face if he wants silver!

Yes, the last general turned a blind eye to the nonsense of the maritime merchants, but the last general would write a recital to Nanjing every year, so many years have passed, and the imperial court once asked about Fuzhou?

Just last year, someone threatened the last general, saying that if he wrote the fold again, the skin on the last general's body would become a shackle.

The last general is not afraid of death, but the last general does not want to die so badly! ”

Without the title of Commander of the Guard, Lin Ao couldn't fight these maritime merchants at all. What's more, there are people behind the maritime merchants, even if he knows one or two generals with heavy troops in the army, once someone colludes with the Beijing officials, he is powerless to change the status quo in Fuzhou.

Zhang Ru sighed: "I didn't expect that the dignified court official would be so pressed by a maritime merchant that he couldn't even breathe." Fan Tong sent a letter back to the Criminal Department quickly, asking them to send a sea arrest document to arrest Guo Hansheng and his henchmen. Wang Zhou mobilized Zhendongwei, Pinghaiwei, Yongningwei, and Zhenhaiwei to Fuzhou. ”

Lin Ao asked in surprise, "Master Hou, this is.?" ”

Zhang Ru said: "Lin Ao, take your Fuzhou guards to Benhou to surround the post station, and no one is allowed to enter." Don't bring those who have anything to do with the maritime merchants, how many people can you bring out, and after taking the maritime merchants of Fujian, Benhou will ask the court for how much merit you have. ”

A look of joy surged up on Lin Ao's face, an iron-blooded soldier like him was naturally unwilling to crouch at the feet of a wealthy maritime merchant. Now that Zhang Ru is here, his opportunity has also come.

Immediately, the joy on his face dimmed: "Master Hou, the last thing to be greedy is."

Zhang Ru waved his hand very happily: "This is not a big problem, nine out of ten officials in the Ming Dynasty are corrupt, besides, your silver is not to fill your pockets, what are you afraid of!" With Ben Hou here, the two imperial histories dare not touch you, the six departments do not dare to touch you, and the people in the military department and the five military governors dare not touch you. ”

With Zhang Ru's identity and status, it really makes people find no reason not to believe it when he says such things.

Lin Ao gave Zhang Ru a military salute with ease, and then strode outside.

Fuzhou Wei's real name is Funingwei, and his station is not in Fuzhou, and he was later transferred to Xuzhou because of Xu Li. Although the time for the transfer is not very long, there are many people in Fuzhou Wei who have been corrupted by money.

What Lin Ao has to do now is to take advantage of the fact that the rumors have not leaked out, and immediately return to the Fuzhou garrison, so that the soldiers who obey his orders will first take down the generals who have been bought by the maritime merchants.

Now that Guo Hansheng's father and son are on the run, if Guo Hansheng, an old miscellaneous hair, instigates the generals in the army to rebel, and then gathers the forces of Fuzhou, I am afraid that not only Zhang Ru, but even he Lin Ao will not be able to bear it.

Transferring people from the other four guards can't be done at all in one or two days, but one or two days is enough for Guo Hansheng to take down himself and others.

After Fan Tong and Wang Zhou left, they immediately went to the post station to find the remaining brothers, and after the people took down the people in Guo Hansheng's house, they returned to the post station.

Just in case, after returning to the post station, Zhang Ru immediately ordered everyone to build a wall, and without bricks, it was demolished from the rich families with high-walled compounds around the post station.

In just half a day, there was a three-foot-high wall outside the post station.

Although the wall is not high, it is enough for the Jinyi guards to have a place to hide, and if there is a siege, at least the three-foot-high wall can block it.

Lei Yuan was released immediately, and then went straight to the prefect's yamen with four or five brocade guards, and those officials who had received a lot of benefits from maritime merchants in the prefect's yamen were directly taken down by the brocade guards before they could react. The head catcher of Fuzhou Mansion wanted to take the lead in resisting, and after several officials were cut down, these guys who were usually powerful and powerful were completely cowardly.

Then Lei Yuan sent people overnight to help Jinyi Wei build the wall, and according to Zhang Ru's meaning, he would see a six-foot-high wall the next day.

In the second half of the night, the lights around the entire post station were brightly lit, and the people learned that the ministers from the imperial court had directly taken down the maritime merchants led by Guo Hansheng, and they spontaneously came out to help.

Among them, there are also some guys who fish in troubled waters, but their small actions can't hide the Jinyi Guard, who has been busy for a long time but is still in good spirits.

In the end, they didn't make it with their hands and feet, but they were tied to a wooden pillar as a pet to be visited.

After Guo Hansheng and Guo Min left their house through the secret passage, they immediately arrived at another house prepared by Guo Hansheng in advance, and no one usually came to this house, and the surrounding neighbors didn't know that there were people living here.

In the dark, the father and son didn't dare to light the oil lamp at all, Guo Min asked Guo Hansheng with some anxiety: "Dad, what should we do?" ”

Guo Hansheng said fiercely: "There is no turning back now, I will go out in disguise after dawn to leave a communication signal, and someone will naturally come to answer us at that time." ”

Guo Min whispered: "Doesn't that big man in the capital just care about us?" ”

Guo Hansheng said coldly: "I can't trust that person now, if he wanted to make a move, he should have done it a long time ago, but he didn't make a move." Hmph, these officials are all virtuous, they only know how to take money from us, and they don't care about our life or death. ”

Guo Min muttered: "I knew that it would be nothing to go to Nanjing." ”

Guo Hansheng said angrily: "Fart, your father has been in Fuzhou for decades, from a small shopkeeper to today, you think it is all blowing in the wind." Hmph, no one has pressed on Lao Tzu's head for decades, and now someone wants to press on Lao Tzu's head, and Lao Tzu will definitely not do it. ”