Chapter 33: The First Round

The characteristics of the conspiracy lie in concealment, in a tactful way to make the opponent fall into the quagmire, and unable to fight back, in the performance of strength is a kind of softness, Zhang Yunyi killed Wei Deyu to blame Xue Daoheng is a typical conspiracy, which is also his plan to kill two birds with one stone. ，

He had already discovered that Wei Deyu was secretly investigating the Zhang family and its Guanlong forces, and the intention of killing him had long been known, but Zhang Yunyi had to wait for the opportunity, and when Yang Yuanqing arrived, Wei Deyu's sudden murder also disrupted his plans.

The characteristics of Yangmou are open, ordinary people can also see it, but even if they know, they are helpless, Yangmou is more of a kind of borrowing, to suppress people, Yang Yuanqing used Yangmou, when he first arrived in Jiangdu, he first arrested Jiangdu Lieutenant Wang Jinwu, and then used his imperial history to control the local army in Jiangdu, and control the army in his hands, which made him strong, in the face of strength, the conspiracy seemed so powerless.

"Have you taken care of the aftermath?" In front of the fire, Zhang Yunyi asked coldly, and at the same time, he tore up Wei Deyu's investigation records and folds one by one and threw them into the fire.

Standing next to him were two of his henchmen, one was called Zhang Li, and the other was Zhang Liang, who grew up in Zhang's Mansion since childhood, and they were two extremely strong martial arts people.

Zhang Li bowed down and said: "Master Huiyu, it has been dealt with, Wei Deyu's three subordinates have been killed by us, Jiang Qing and Wang Shunlang have also been killed, and the corpses have been thrown into the Yangtze River." ”

"What about Wang Shunlang's family?" Zhang Yunyi asked again.

"Wang Shunlang's wife took her son back to her parents' house yesterday, she is from Danyang County."

"We must cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and immediately send someone to kill his wife and children, so that there can be no aftermath."

"Yes!"

Zhang Zhang turned around and walked away quickly, Zhang Yunyi looked at the paper that recorded their secrets burning into ashes, and his tense heart relaxed a little, although he was at a disadvantage in the first round of fighting, but ruining Wei Deyu's investigation record made him feel that he still had something to gain, and killing Wei Deyu was the right decision.

He kept hinting to himself that it was a wise move to kill Wei Deyu, but his hint came from the uneasiness in his heart, his plan to kill two birds with one stone has only succeeded half of it so far, and only destroyed the evidence, but it has no effect on Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing simply ignored Wei Deyu's death, ignored Xue Daoheng's arrest, as if there were no two people in Jiangdu.

This made Zhang Yunyi feel like he was punching the air, and he understood the true meaning of his father asking him to strike first, and he actually wanted him to kill Yang Yuanqing, although killing Yang Yuanqing was very risky, it was the most effective way to solve the Jiangnan crisis.

Zhang Yunyi now fully understands that the so-called inspection of Caoyun and the inspection of the Jiangnan River are all just excuses, and the real purpose of Yang Yuanqing's visit to Jiangnan is to eradicate the power of the Guanlong nobles in Jiangnan like Wei Deyu.

But killing Yang Yuanqing is not as simple as killing Wei Deyu, once he misses, it is likely to ruin his career, and Zhang Yunyi does not dare to act rashly.

"Father, let the child do it!" Zhang Qi whispered on the side.

"No way!"

Zhang Yunyi flatly refused, he glared at his son fiercely, "This kind of officialdom struggle will be ruined if you are not careful, you must not participate, you should go back to the capital immediately!" ”

"But my father ....."

"No, but!" Zhang Yunyi was furious, even he realized that the struggle with Yang Yuanqing was an extremely dangerous thing, and his son actually wanted to take the initiative to ask for help, he simply didn't want to live.

"You go now, let me go now!"

Zhang Qi's teeth chattered with hatred, and he had to clench his fists, "Okay, I'll just go." ”

He turned and walked out, only to hear his shout come from afar, "Go! Let's go back to Beijing! ”

Zhang Yunyi's brows furrowed, he still didn't believe that his son would really return to Beijing, he immediately said to another confidant next to him: "Take some people and escort your son back to Beijing, and don't allow him to turn back halfway." ”

Zhang Liang agreed and left in a hurry, Zhang Yunyi couldn't help but be upset for a while, for a Yang Yuanqing, the Zhang family was restless.

At this time, one of his staff members hurriedly ran over, "Envoy, it's not good! ”

"What's wrong again?" Zhang Yunyi asked impatiently.

"The streets are full of troops, and Wanji Boat Company is surrounded by Yang Yuanqing's army!"

"He's so fast!"

Zhang Yunyi sneered, it was less than an hour before Yang Yuanqing's arrival.

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The battle of officialdom is like a battle on the battlefield, only by mastering the initiative is the magic weapon to win, this is Yang Yuanqing's consistent strategic thinking, as early as on the way to Jiangdu, Yang Yuanqing has formulated his own strategy, no matter how Zhang Yunyi interferes, he will not be moved by it, and resolutely implement his own tactics.

Next to an inner city wharf in the north of Jiangdu City, there is a large-scale building complex, covering an area of eight acres, two or three hundred houses, three large shops have been opened on the street, and there is a big plaque on the top of the storefront in the middle, writing 'Wanji Boat Company' four big characters painted in gold, here is the head office of Wanji Boat Company.

This shipping company, which mainly operates Cao Yun, seems to be inconspicuous, and has only been in business for two years, but it monopolizes seventy percent of the freight in Tongji Canal, while another Qianji shipping company monopolizes the other three percent, and they have raised thousands of thugs, all over the wharves along the Tongji Canal, and collude with the government to strictly prohibit other merchants from operating Cao Yun, and seek huge profits by forcibly monopolizing the method.

It became Yang Yuanqing's first target, and it was also a breakthrough to deal with Zhang Yunyi.

At this time, 3,000 soldiers had already controlled all important parts of Jiangdu City, city gates, docks, warehouses, etc., while Wanji Boat Company was surrounded by hundreds of soldiers brought by Yang Yuanqing, while another Qianji Boat Company was also surrounded by troops.

Wanji Boat Company closed down yesterday, the gate was closed, the main entrance was still affixed with the seal of the government, there were only two guys in the boat shop, they opened the side door, and looked at the soldiers outside in horror, "Inside the ship shop.... No one. ”

"Thorough search!"

Yang Yuanqing personally led the team, and as soon as he gave the order, hundreds of soldiers rushed into the store and began to search the world.....

Yang Yuanqing walked to the gate with his hands behind his back, and there was a notice from the government posted on the gate, Wan Ji Shipping Company monopolized Caoyun, and did evil, and has now ordered it to close its door and suspend business, and a reward of 2,000 is wanted for its two proprietors, Wan Qi and Wan Bang Brothers, the date is yesterday.

At this time, a soldier whispered: "General, Zhang Taishou is here!" ”

Yang Yuanqing turned around, only to see Zhang Yunyi walking quickly with a group of officials, Zhang Yunyi arched his hand and smiled: "Does Yang Yushi also know about the evil things of this ship?" ”

Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "It's been two years since the ship did evil, and I don't know how many ships have destroyed the goods, which has seriously hindered the south's cargo to go north, why did Zhang Taishou only find out yesterday?" ”

"Hey! The Tongji Canal involves more than a dozen counties, not a county in Jiangdu can be solved, although I have also heard of it, but there is no evidence, until Wei Yushi presided over the overall situation, I made up my mind to shut down the Wanji ship, but unfortunately Wei Yushi ....."

Zhang Yunyi sighed, "Some people say that Wanji Boat Company is my Zhang Yunyi's industry, which is simply nonsense." ”

At this time, Shen Guang hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "General, the ship company is already an empty house, all the account books and records have been burned, and there is not even a penny in the underground warehouse. ”

A hint of smugness flashed in Zhang Yunyi's eyes, and he pretended to say suddenly: "It turns out that Yang Yushi is asking for money, money is there, yesterday when we closed the store, we seized thousands of hanging money, if Yang Yushi wants to ......."

Zhang Yunyi wanted to speak and stopped, his eyes were full of mockery, Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Zhang Taishou misunderstood, I don't have this kind of thought." ”

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand and ordered: "Pass my order, completely burn the Wanji boats, and auction all their ships!" ”

Zhang Yunyi's face changed, "Yang Yushi, the criminal has not been caught yet, and the government has not yet tried the case, so it is inappropriate to destroy the ship and sell the ship like this!" ”

Yang Yuanqing said coldly: "This is my Yang Yuanqing's consistent way of doing things, if Zhang Taishou thinks it is inappropriate, he can go to the saint to impeach me." ”

He didn't pay attention to Zhang Yunyi, turned around and walked away, Zhang Yunyi stared at his back, his eyes were extremely vicious.

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The raging fire engulfed Wanji Boat Company and Qianji Boat Company, thick smoke billowed over Jiangdu City, on the wharf outside the city, more than 6,000 boats of the two ship lines were being auctioned, and the dense boats filled the canal, and the auction was the most simple and direct method, twenty yuan for one piece, each person could only buy a maximum of five, and it was not allowed to choose, and the ships were paid in order.

The news caused a sensation in Jiangdu City, tens of thousands of merchants and boatmen came to buy boats, generally this kind of boats, a minimum of 100 hangs, even sold for only 20 hangs, this low price made the dock become hot, almost everyone is to buy five upper limits, many are the whole family to go into battle.

Walking five miles north along the canal, there is a village by the river, and the canal forms a crescent-shaped inlet in front of the village, so the village has a nice name: Mingyue Bay.

The village is not big or small, more than 100 families, almost all of them rely on the canal for food, but there are only two occupations, either to be a crew member for the government, or to be a crew member for the two major shipping companies, there is no third choice.

There is a big mansion in the west of the village, covering an area of more than ten acres, and the style of the whole village seems incompatible, but the owner of this house is kind and generous, repairs a bridge to the village, and also sends food and salt to more than a dozen widows and orphans in the village every year.

At noon, almost the whole village went to the Jiangdu wharf to buy a boat, and the village became empty, and a horseman galloped in from afar, turned over and dismounted in front of the mansion, knocked on the door and entered the courtyard.

"Is the gentleman there? There is an urgent order from the lord! ”

"What information?"

Out of the room came an old man with fairy bones, he was the owner of this house, and behind him was a woman taller than a man, 'Ah! Yes! After two strokes, it turned out to be a mute girl.

"I see!"

The old man nodded and smiled: "The dumb aunt feels unsafe, go into the house and say!" ”

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