Chapter 66: The Man Behind the Scenes

Li Yuchun was tortured, and he was finally willing to confess all the things he had concealed

It turns out that since the Li family took the road of Spain, they have been trading with the Spaniards for a long time, and it has always been a fair trade, and they have never done anything black and black, after all, it is not a one-shot deal, in order to maintain the long-term stability of the business, both sides are more particular about the long time, and they have established a long-term partnership relationship

But just three months ago, a man named Gao Wang came to the door and said that the English had a batch of goods and planned to come across the ocean to sell them, and after some negotiations, Li Wenzhang promised everything, and Gao Wang seemed to have obtained a large kickback deal from it, and the time was set for yesterday, when Li Wenzhang would send Li Yuchun and Zhao Ke to wait on the coast of Zhangzhou, but a month ago, when Li Yuchun was about to set off with his people, a letter was sent from Zhangzhou

Li Wenzhang has a contact point in the fishing village by the sea in Zhangzhou, so as to facilitate contact with the Spaniards and convey the news of the transaction This letter was sent by the Spaniards, but the content of the letter was not to trade with Li Wenzhang, but only said that I heard that there were English people who wanted to do business with Li Weng, which was their intention to pry and not abide by the rules, and I hope that Li Weng will not have dealings with them in line with the cooperative relationship between you and me for many years, of course, Li Weng can't let go of the money in hand and not make money, so we give Li Weng an idea, the English people have crossed the sea, Brought so many goods, these goods are robbed, not the right way, Li Weng simply, come to the other way to give back to the other, rob their goods and kill them on land, there will be no foreign businessmen to know, I Spain promises, will establish a more intimate relationship with Li Weng in the future, as long as there are goods in the future, I will be in contact with Li Weng at the first time, but if Li Weng does not agree, I Spain will be very sad

The implication is that if Li Wenzhang does not agree, Spain will terminate the long-term cooperative relationship with the Li family Anyway, their goods are very popular in Daming, and they never worry about buyers

Li Wenzhang read the letter, and immediately understood the meaning of the letter, and at the same time understood another meaning, this is the English businessman without the consent of Spain, unauthorized to this water area to do business, the Spanish are very dissatisfied, want to repair the other party, so they came up with such an idea of borrowing a knife to kill people, planning to borrow their own hands, let the English, people and goods lose both to warn other overseas businessmen, if you want to come here safely to make money, you have to cooperate with their Spaniards

But the sea is vast, if the Spaniards take matters into their own hands and solve those English people, wouldn't it be better, and wait for an extra batch of goods to grab this batch of goods is really a lot, when Li Wenzhang was talking to Gao Wang, Gao Wang had already given the base number and put the goods in hand not to grab, but to give things to me, Li Wenzhang is not a fool, he thinks that there must be something strange in it, so he immediately sent someone to inquire about the reality of the English

There are also foreign missionaries in Wuchang, and from their mouths, Li Wenzhang heard a news that a few decades ago, the most powerful country in the sea fleet was the Netherlands, known as the coachman at sea, and its strength was similar to Spain, Portugal and the like, but with the rise of the navies of European powers, the maritime scenery of the Netherlands, Spain and other countries was gradually replaced by a country called England, and the British navy was strong, and the number of people was overwhelming, so that those small countries were beyond the reach of the dust. Spain and other countries did not dare to compete with Britain

When he heard about this, Li Wenzhang immediately understood, I am afraid that you Spain will not dare to fight with the English at sea, so he came to ask me for help

Therefore, Li Wenzhang weighed it and finally made up his mind to eat the English people

These English are just merchants who have crossed the sea, as long as they don't return, there will be nothing to do, which he can guarantee, with his own strength, to eliminate some foreign countries on the shore, it is not more than enough, and the Spaniards, is with the Dutch and pirates to master this sea area, the Dutch have another buyer, have not done business with themselves, in case of losing the Spanish as a big customer, the future income will be much less, and these English people, just a hammer deal, after doing this time, people take the goods and leave, When will the next transaction be, but also say that even if the transaction is successful, this English businessman may not necessarily bring his reputation to the hope and help find more partners, so no matter how it is calculated, it is the most cost-effective to do these English people on the press

At that moment, Li Wenzhang asked Li Yuchun to bring only one-third of the goods, bring more people, and when he arrived at the place, when he was trading, he stabbed them in the back while the English were unprepared, and snatched them back with all the goods

But what Li Wenzhang never expected, Kong Youde and Mao Youjian actually took the lead in robbing the English at sea, and as a result, they suffered a defeat and suffered heavy losses

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After listening to Li Yuchun's story, Yue Su realized that this was the case, and it was not bad at all with the previous conjecture, and it was really the Li family who robbed the English after knowing the truth, Yue Su was not easy to decide, because he heard from Li Yuchun's voice that the other party did not lie, nor did he hide anything, and the person who wanted to buy firearms and did it with Wu Sinan was not the Li family

The Li family's current crimes are only two, the first is to gather a crowd to fight, this is to kill the Chinese, Yue Su naturally will not be polite, not to mention the Li family's family to destroy the clan, but Li Wenzhang's head is estimated to be unable to be saved, and the evil slaves headed by Li Yuchun must also all die, but now it is a foreigner who is dead, Yue Su will not worship foreign flattery, since he killed, he will also kill

The second crime is to raise a large number of armed forces, and the crime of plotting misdeeds is too big, enough to make the Li family die after all, Li Wenzhang is his father-in-law, and there is no evidence of rebellion, if he kills the whole family, it will be too much, so how will he face Li Qiongying in the future?

Yue Su hesitated for a long time, and did not come up with a complete countermeasure, anyway, it was not early, simply, think about it again, and wait until tomorrow So, he ordered to retreat from the hall and detain Li Yuchun alone

After leaving the hall, Kong Youde arranged a tent for Yue Su to rest, where could Yue Su sleep, and after entering the tent, he invited Jiang Jie to come over and talk alone

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"My lord, you recruited your subordinates because it was difficult to deal with the current case?"

Jiang Jie entered Yue Su's tent, and after seeing the ceremony, he sat down opposite Yue Su, and then said frankly that Yue Su's psychology The two people are too familiar now, and there is no difference between guest and host, no matter what happens, Jiang Jie is straightforward

Yue Su nodded and said, "Mr. I know me, Mr. ......" Yue Su sighed and said with some embarrassment: "You said that this case, how should Su deal with it?" ”

"The Li family robbed the goods of the Yi people, gathered a crowd to fight with the Yi people, it can be said that it can be judged or not, after all, the Yi people did not comply with the Ming Dynasty's ban on the sea, and they logged in without authorization, and the imperial court did not send troops to exterminate it, it is already good, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, if some consequences occur, it should naturally be their own responsibility Just ......" Jiang Jie groaned, and then continued: "It's just that the Li family has raised so many warriors, it seems that the strength of the Li family is not only that, and sending another three or five thousand people should be more than enough according to the imperial court system, Even the prince is not allowed to have so many private soldiers, and the generals in the border towns raise more families to go into battle, but it is also because there are too few combatable soldiers in the military camp, so they raise more private soldiers to fight against foreign captives However, what is the Li family a businessman doing with so many private soldiers?

No matter from what point of view, the Li family is selfless and should be severely punished, however, the master of the Li family is the adult's father-in-law after all, and now there is no conclusive evidence of rebellion, and the adult really can't do that."

What Jiang Jie said is exactly the same as what Yue Su thought in his heart, how to decide, it is too difficult Even if it is Qingtian, in this matter, it is not easy to judge You know, the Li family has raised so many people, and it can be regarded as making a certain contribution to society, if it is really dismissed, how many people will be laid off at once, and these people who are facing reemployment are all powerful people, and they can mix with Li Wenzhang and become a family soldier, that is, they are unwilling to work, and they are really put in society, and it is impossible to do anything?

Especially in the current troubled times, to take refuge in the anti-thieves, follow the rebellion, or fall into the grass, even if it is a local ruffian, it also has an impact on public security Zhu Yuanzhang set up a post station in the world back then, and raised most of the powerful people, gave them a bowl of rice to eat, and let them work honestly for the court

Besides, it is impossible to prove that Li Wenzhang is planning to rebel, but the hat of the ill plot is still to kill Boss Li without evidence, how can I say that Li Wenzhang's current identity is somewhat of a business leader, once he is killed by the imperial court, it will definitely cause a lot of turmoil in the business world, and those businessmen will be in danger for everyone, just like modern times, Boss Li, the richest man in Hong Kong, if he is destroyed by the imperial court for no reason, it is just a trumped-up crime, which will definitely cause panic in the Hong Kong business community to kill Li Wenzhang, It's also a truth

It's a bit inappropriate to really take care of it, and if you don't do it, Yue Su also feels that it's inappropriate

After listening to Jiang Jie's words, Yue Su shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Sir, the problem is here, in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

"My subordinates think that now we can only use an expedient measure, a small punishment and a big commandment," Jiang Jie said

"How is the small punishment and the great commandment of the gentleman punished? Please also give advice," Yue Su hurriedly asked