People say that curiosity kills cats, but Zhao Xu's curiosity saved him, and Tang Yi suddenly discovered that this lawless guy might have a better use.

"Why?" Zhao Xu asked with a low roar, he didn't believe that a super scheming master who dared to tell a big lie would show mercy to his subordinates. Although he Zhao Xu is dying, he doesn't want to die stupidly!

Tang Yi smiled calmly, "Zhao Xu, you have been at sea for several years, and you should also know some information, the Westerners have opened up new routes and discovered a world that is still in the wilderness, and I boast that my territory is vast, but in fact it is less than one-tenth of the whole world." There is too much land waiting for people to develop, if we don't do it, Xiyi will do it, in fact, we have been left behind by Xiyi! ”

Tang Yi suddenly sighed with emotion: "Scholars of all generations have been intoxicated in dreams for too long, but they don't know that there is a Han, regardless of Wei and Jin. It is a portrayal of us, if we don't take another dose of strong medicine and wake everyone up, we will sink with the whole era. ”

Zhao Xu pursed his lips and didn't speak, but his expression was quite disapproving, he didn't believe that those stupid and stupid, in addition to being stupid and bold, Xiyi, who was useless, could surpass the East and surpass the Ming Dynasty.

In terms of arrogance, not only scholars, but even every common person is deeply rooted in the bone marrow and cannot be changed. Tang Yi sighed, "Zhao Xu, I won't talk nonsense, as long as you agree to lead the fleet to sea, I will provide you with all the help, including a new identity, after a few years, if you can still return to Daming alive, the former Zhao Xu will disappear forever, replaced by the hero of the Great Voyage, a figure who is on a par with Zhang Qian." ”

Zhao Xu lowered his head, to be honest, he was skeptical of Tang Yi's words, he didn't think that a trip to the sea would make anything great. But who wants to die if they can survive!

He pondered for a long time and asked, "I want to know, why did you choose me?" ”

"Sailing requires experience and courage, but there is no point in sailing. It is necessary to find commercial value and find valuable business opportunities, and only windfall profits can stimulate waves of people to go to the ocean. In the future, we need to learn from the Westerners, establish colonial strongholds, and use all means to exploit and plunder, such as massacring natives and buying and selling labor. Stealing, even spreading the plague, in short, as long as it is for money, people who are willing to do anything! ”

Zhao Xu's scalp was numb when he heard this, he was sweating wildly in his heart, waterfall sweat, Tang Yi, Tang Yi. You are the Six Chiefs, the example of the literati of all ages. Why is your heart so black and so ruthless! These are the words you can say, too!

Zhao Xu's eyes were as big as a cow, full of puzzlement and surprise.

"Hehe, if you are surprised by such a thing, then you probably won't be able to complete the task." Tang Yi smiled: "Zhao Xu, what I value you is the ruthlessness in Suzhou City. That madness! But you remember, from now on, only to the natives, if you dare to harm the people of the Ming Dynasty again, you know the end! ”

Didn't say much. But Zhao Xu was very clear, and the repeated torture made Zhao Xu not have a trace of courage, and he didn't dare to resist Tang Yi at all, so he happily agreed.

However, Tang Yi did not let him go easily, but asked Zhao Xu to hand over all the correspondence evidence of his cooperation with the Seven Great Surnames.

This can confuse Zhao Xu, obviously Tang Yi has already sent someone to attack Yuegang, and the information there is a hundred times richer, what do you want, why do you have to stare at yourself?

Although he couldn't figure it out, he still obediently took out the evidence.

Zhao Xu saw that Ruan Yi had fallen and Tang Yi had risen again, so he expected that Tang Yi would retaliate, and he ran away smartly, and he couldn't take the evidence away, so he had to put his things in a grocery store.

The owner of this grocery store used to be one of Zhao Xu's subordinates, loyal and reliable.

Tang Yi sent an errand to the grocery store, took out the things, and put them in front of him, a whole wooden box of things, daring Zhao Xu to cooperate with the seven surnames, and also kept a hand, which was very detailed.

Even when Quanzhou was blockaded last year, the seven surnames once wrote to Zhao Xu, asking him to help out and threaten the gentry. As for this year's things, there are even more, for example, Cai Tonggui wrote a letter to Zhao Xu, asking him to pretend to be an Ryukyu envoy, purchase goods, and ask the city for insurance after the goods were robbed.

There is also content about Ruan Yi, such as forging a petition letter from dozens of businessmen jointly falsely accusing Tang Yi and asking Ruan Yi to let him go......

and so on, put together, it is enough to outline the seven surnames represented by Cai Tonggui, colluding with pirates and robbing the goods of the city, and there are many crimes that cannot be denied.

Tang Yi looked at these things, and finally a smile appeared on his face.

"Lord Qiyu, Ruan Zhongcheng has arrived."

"Hahaha, Lord Ruan is here well!" Tang Yi actually got up in person and invited Ruan Que to the living room, Ruan Que was sweating profusely and was extremely anxious.

"Lord Tang, where is that Shang Guang, hurry up and torture him and ask for evidence!"

"Lord Ruan, don't worry, I already have the evidence, you can take a look."

Saying that, Tang Yi asked people to send the wooden box to Ruan E, Ruan He opened it and looked at it, he was surprised and delighted, angry and hateful! The seven surnames really have dealings with the Japanese Kou, and there are a few handwritten letters from Cai Tonggui, which makes him grit his teeth the most, and what he can't tolerate is that he has been used by others from beginning to end.

Ruan He only felt that a fire was expanding in his chest, almost uncontrollable, if he didn't breathe this way, he would have exploded!

"Lord Tang, what do you think we should do?"

"Lord Ruan, you are also an old criminal name, with these criminal evidence, first confiscate the properties of the seven surnames in Quanzhou, I estimate that there are at least three or five million, and the gap in the city department is also blocked, and the situation is very clear, you are just deceived by them, and the court has no reason to investigate your guilt."

Ruan Yi's eyes lit up, he almost laughed, and endured it again, "Lord Tang, no matter what, the crime of dereliction of duty can't be escaped, and I ask Lord Tang to do more." ”

"Please rest assured, Lord Ruan, you just have to show your courage and start immediately, as long as you do things beautifully and get some more silver, our majesty is poor, with money and anger, his old man will think of your good."

"Understood, understood!"

Ruan Que was overjoyed, holding a wooden box of evidence tightly, and came out of the prefect's yamen with a hideous expression, and said sharply: "Give the order to this official, go and raid the Li family and the Cai family first!" No favoritism is allowed, otherwise there will be no forgiveness for this official! ”

It is not an exaggeration to describe it with a sudden change in the wind and clouds, a day ago, there was a big mistake in the city, waiting for the closure of the door, Ruan Que was also in danger of his life, and businessmen all over the world were looking for him to settle accounts.

But in the blink of an eye, Ruan Que led the army to raid the seven surnames, and it became too fast, so fast that everyone didn't have time to react.

The old lady of the Li family is called Li Dongsheng, and he is a political envoy, the old man is about to be eighty, and he is still in good spirits, and he is on Nanmu crutches, surrounded by a group of children and grandchildren, and came to the outside of the mansion.

Seeing Ruan Yi, the old man was furious.

"Ruan Ying, don't forget that you were able to be the deputy envoy of the university at the beginning, it was all recommended by the old man, but now, you dare to bite the benefactor, do you still have a conscience?"

Ruan Que has now given up everything, and he looked up to the sky and laughed: "Lord Li, the family and the country, the world, the country, the society, and the people of Li, compared with these, the kindness is really not worth mentioning!" In order to control the city, your Li family tried in vain to starve the people of Quanzhou to death, and now they are colluding with the Japanese to rob the merchant ships and materials. So frustrated, I want to let you go, God won't let you go! ”

"Left, take it for me!"

Among Ruan Yi's subordinates, many of them were disguised by Qi Jiajun, who didn't say anything, and when he gave an order, everyone hugged him, no matter what you are, Lord Li, Lord Wang, they will all take it.

The Li family has been inherited for a hundred years, with strong accumulation, Li Dongsheng is still the cousin of Li Mo, the deceased secretary of the ministry, although Li Mo has fallen, but the Li family has a chief in Beijing, and there is a prefect outside, a prefect, and two prefects. The power is staggering, and the family background is rich, which is far beyond imagination.

More than 1,700,000 taels of silver alone were found, and 120,000 taels of gold were found.

The rest of the real estate title deeds are countless, and they are several times richer than Zhao Wenhua.

In addition to the Li family, the Cai family was also copied over there, this time because the person who picked the lead was Cai Tonggui, so the Cai family was copied more thoroughly, except for the old house, the rest of the manors, courtyards, shops and workshops, all of them did not run.

The preliminary inventory of gold and silver alone is five million taels, which is twice as much as the Li family.

Someone has long estimated that the combined property of the seven surnames is at least 50 million taels. Not counting the fields, fleet. There are also many people who scoff at it, saying that how much the Ming Dynasty earns a year, which is simply nonsense.

But when the results of the raid came out, the big guys were dumbfounded, 50 million taels was not more, but less!

First of all, among the seven surnames, only the old mansions of the Li family and the Cai family are placed in Quanzhou, and the other five are in other places, and this thing in Quanzhou is far from all the property of the Cai family of Li Jiahe, they still have a fleet outside, as well as shops, fields, workshops, and money village ticket numbers, all in all, it is not enough to describe them as rich and rival countries!

While everyone was amazed, they couldn't help but wonder where the money came from, and they understood very well that they were eating smuggling, eating big households, and even eating Japanese robbers, sitting on the ground to share the spoils, and stealing and plundering, and every tael of silver was bloody and dirty.

Especially in the process of searching, an account book was found from the sandwich wall of the Cai family, and the things on it were simply staggering.

In the 31st year of Jiajing, the Japanese invaded Jiading and looted 300,000 taels of property, of which 200,000 taels of gold and silver were discounted by half, and handed over to the Cai family for disposal, and the Cai family provided 30,000 stone of grain to the Japanese invaders.

In the thirty-second year of Jiajing, the Japanese invaded Suzhou, Songjiang, and the Cai family sent guides and helped sell the stolen goods, and obtained a dividend of 50,000 taels.

……

After reading the whole account, the mystery shrouded in everyone's hearts has finally been solved, why the Japanese can run rampant in the Ming Dynasty, and why they come and go freely every time like divine help.

It is because people like the Cai family act as the eyes, ears, and even brains of the widows.

"Their wealth is exchanged for the blood, sweat and bones of hundreds of people, and it is not enough to be angry if they don't kill!" Tang Yi slapped the table hard and said categorically. (To be continued.) )