Chapter 464: Two Decrees
Cai Changhe has five sons, more than 20 grandsons, plus great-grandchildren, there are more than 100 males alone. Added up to the rest of the relatives, almost two-thirds of the merchants in Quanzhou had dealings with their family, and the rest were the Zheng family's sphere of influence.
The Yizhou soldiers made a decisive attack, arrested all the two families, escorted them to the outside of the city, and lined them up. The surroundings were already crowded with people who had heard the news. The crowd of black pressure could not be seen at a glance, and everyone stretched their necks and stood on tiptoe. Until now, people don't really believe that the Cai family will be finished.
How many dignitaries and dignitaries has Master Cai made friends with over the past few decades, from the eunuchs in the palace, the bachelors of the cabinet, the six ministries and nine secretaries, down to the governors, political envoys, and even the prefects and counties of Quanzhou, who does not sell Mr. Cai a little face.
Especially Master Cai's granddaughter is also married to the Fujian General Army, and the grandson-in-law holds the military power, is it just watching the Cai family finish?
Maybe there will be troops to fight with the Yizhou soldiers, and then there will be a good show to watch.
But everyone who was in the mood to watch the show was destined to be disappointed, there was no official who came out to speak for the Cai family, as for the chief soldier, he had already hidden, and even none of the big businessmen who usually had many dealings with the Cai family came to the door!
Until the time of the execution, the big guy had to sigh, what is called the warmth and coldness of human feelings, and the hot and cold state of the world.
A few scholars looked at the situation in the court and couldn't help but sigh: "So far, there is not even a person who has sent a severed head wine, the Cai family is really pitiful!" ”
"Pathetic? I think the Yizhou soldiers are too domineering! Scared that others don't dare to come, martial arts are so rampant, the great misfortune of my generation of scholars! ”
While everyone was talking, suddenly someone ran out of breath and rushed to the Dharma field.
"Big guy, look, there are a lot of boats coming up from the river!"
The people hurriedly looked, and sure enough, there were white sails on the river, and soon the ships docked. From above, a group of sailors dressed in white jumped down.
It immediately attracted everyone's attention, majestic and majestic, clean and tidy, snow-white clothes, spotless, cleaner than the clouds in the sky!
"This is Uncle Qiu, wearing this clothes, you can go on a blind date, which father-in-law sees it, I sure I like it!"
The populace was attracted by these strange soldiers. I forgot that there were still hundreds of people to be put to death.
After the sailors jumped off the ship, a group of people were escorted out of the cabin, all of them tied hand and foot, covered in dirt, in stark contrast to the sailors, and some of them even had blood stains.
The sailor held a bayonet, whichever walked slower, stabbed mercilessly in the butt in the back. Stumbling, I finally got to shore. The people looked at it and were dumbfounded!
I don't know who was the first to shout: "Wako! ”
The two words were like thunder, exploding above the heads of the people.
Fujian was the hardest hit area of the Japanese invaders, and Qi Jiguang was back then. Yu Dayou fought against the Japanese in Fujian and Zhejiang and became a generation of famous generals. Today's Fujian coastal families are still practicing martial arts, just to prevent the attack of the Japanese invaders.
Looking at the widows who came down from the boat, everyone instantly calmed down. Stupidly watched. One string after another, there were hundreds of people. was driven to the front of the Cai family and the Zheng family.
"Kneel, kneel!"
Soldiers wield rifle butts. Smash all the pirates to the ground. The black press pressed down and knelt for a large part.
With a sneer on his face, Chu Haitian walked to the earthen platform in the middle of the court, looked at the people around him, and coughed twice.
"Folks in Quanzhou, the big guy may not understand why he wants to tie up the people of the two families of Wakou and Cai Zheng! Now I'm going to sue the big guys, they raise pirates and collude with the pirates! General Ming Ruxin of the Jiangnan Naval Division, together with the General Li Dan of the Jinzhou Naval Division, destroyed five sea nests in a row. Three of them are directly controlled by these two families, and two are in correspondence with them. Which one to rob, which one not to rob, all have to listen to the remote control of the Cai and Zheng families! ”
Rumble!
These few words are even bigger than the shock just caused, and I have recently heard some rumors that the Cai family is raising a large number of widows, and while doing the business of escorting, they are secretly looting merchant ships and doing all kinds of evil.
But after all, it's just a rumor, and the people don't believe much. First, the Cai family has done a lot of things to repair bridges and roads over the years, and they have a good reputation, but the big guys can't believe that they are two-faced people, and they will be so ruthless to the villagers! Moreover, the people did not believe in the imperial court, only thinking that these rumors were to discredit the Cai family.
Suddenly, the scene was chaotic, and everyone was talking about it, buzzing like countless flies.
As soon as Chu Haitian waved his hand, three soldiers stood up and aimed their guns at the sky.
Bang bang bang! Three warnings were fired, and the people finally quieted down.
"Folks, we have found a large number of correspondence from the Cai family, we can sue the big guys, the collusion between the big maritime merchants and the Japanese is not unique in the past few years, pushing forward, it has lasted for decades, since the Jiajing Dynasty, they have hooked up and used each other! Think about it, big guy, if a group of uncivilized pirates, if there is no internal response, no scum to give them news and deliver military supplies, why can they run rampant for one or two hundred years without falling! ”
The people in the audience were stupid, yes, the dignified Heavenly Empire, how could they not deal with the Japanese Invaders, and finally found the reason, it turned out that they were defeated by their own people!
As soon as they thought of their relatives who died at the hands of the widows, the audience suddenly cried, and the people were excited, and no one sympathized with the Cai family anymore!
On the contrary, they also think that beheading is cheaper for them!
"Kill, Wan Ling Chi!"
"Destroy the Nine Clans! Not a single one to stay! ”
The shouts of the people came and went, and the angry crowd even picked up stones and threw them at Cai Changhe and his son.
"Kill the scum, kill the traitor!"
Chu Haitian had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, waved his hand, and shouted: "Execution!" ”
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"Yongzhen, this is an urgent report from Quanzhou, the men of the Cai family and the Zheng family have been sentenced, and the Yan family is also being arrested. This time, not only the army, but also the sailors of the old ship owner Li were blockaded on the sea, and the local government did not dare to cover it, ensuring that no one could escape. Deng Wentong said with a smile: "I think this is a good opportunity now, just to be able to penetrate the power into Fujian, and the entire southeast coast will fall under our control!" ”
"Hehehe, I think well, but I'm afraid I can't stay in Jiangnan!" Zhang Ke smiled bitterly and said: "Gonggong Zhang sent a message, saying that the emperor has issued a decree to let me go to Beijing to recuperate from my injuries, and Zhang Weixian and Zhu Chunchen, the two princes are sick, and they want to appoint me as the governor of the military affairs of the Beijing camp!" ”
When Deng Wentong heard this, he was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Yongzhen, this is a ploy of the imperial court, if you enter the capital, it will fall into their hands, and you will be slaughtered by others, let alone to the Beijing camp, even if it is given to a prince, you can't go!" ”
Zhang Ke said: "Don't I know, it's always good to say that openly resisting the decree is not good, and there must be a proper reason!" ”
Reason!
Deng Wentong's eyes lit up, and he suddenly stroked his palm and said: "Yongzhen, just now the prefect's yamen also received a holy decree to give the nine-thousand-year-old cultivator ancestral hall, do you think this is a godsend?" (To be continued......)