Duan Fei's fleet left Suzhou on the second day, and continued to go south along the canal, Hua Ming and others each took a group of Jinyi guards to the mission location to assist in defense, Duan Fei's ship docked in Jiaxing for a long time, and moved many huge boxes from the ship, these boxes could not be carried, but in the way of rolling wood, a few people pulled a few people to push, and finally turned to some small boats with a flatter bottom, and Han Xing, who had just taken refuge in Suzhou, led by Han Xing, a thousand households in Suzhou, led five hundred guards from Suzhou to escort to Hainingwei.

Han Xing watched with a sad face as he sent the fleet south to Hangzhou, his mood was completely different from when he first left Suzhou, because Duan Fei had told him a lot of things along the way, and his task was not as simple as he imagined.

He was accompanied by a hundred households in brocade clothes named Wu Huai'an, and he was the one who was responsible for changing the ship and loading the cannons.

Duan Fei's ship arrived in Hangzhou in the afternoon, Hangzhou prefect Shao Shijie heard the news and rushed to greet him, this person was just brought up by Wang Jinglong, with outstanding ability and a reputation for integrity, the original prefect has been taken off by Wang Jinglong, sent to Nanjing to await trial, and the Hangzhou government has also been cleaned.

Judging from the news obtained by Jin Yiwei, this Shao Shijie's ancestor had someone who had done business, so his family was wealthy, and he had a supportive attitude towards opening up the sea and commerce, although he had a lot of complaints about the land reform, but he was still very interested in the industrial production model in Suzhou, and he had done some work in Hangzhou for less than two months, and convened several large businessmen in Hangzhou to discuss, everyone was quite interested, as long as the timing was right, it is estimated that they would also take the road of Suzhou.

Shao Shijie set up a banquet to entertain Duan Fei in accordance with the rules of officialdom, accompanied by in addition to Hangzhou officials, there are many local celebrities in Hangzhou, after a period of politeness during the banquet, everyone began to speak tentatively, for people who are willing to accept new ideas, Duan Fei is not refused, he gladly answered everyone's questions, whether the questioner is an official or a businessman, as long as someone asks, he will answer in as much detail as possible, the prospect of reform and opening up will be fully promoted, and made many promises, as long as he is in power for one day, it will never let everyone's investment go down the drain.

Shao Shijie cautiously proposed: "My lord, the lower officials intend to learn from Suzhou and engage in 'reform and opening up', but I don't know what the reaction of the imperial court will be......"

Duan Fei said: "The emperor will definitely support it, but most of the officials in the DPRK and China will oppose it, Lord Shao don't worry, wait for your official appointment, this official is also ready, after the DPRK and China have Austrian aid, it is not too late for Hangzhou to carry out large-scale reforms." ”

Shao Shijie nodded and said, "Xiaguan understands, just wait for the adults to successfully suppress the widows and return to Beijing to take charge!" ”

Duan Fei smiled slightly, it seems that foreign officials also know that he lacks a helper who can bear it in the imperial court, Qian Rujing is difficult to support alone, and his weight is too light compared with Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren, etc., and there is no way to affect the direction of the wind in the court, if Duan Fei can't return to Beijing to take charge, he has to put a person who has enough weight and can be trusted by the emperor, in Duan Fei's heart, this person is Gui Cao, the prefect of Suzhou.

Duan Fei didn't say what he thought in public, he just nodded slightly, and said: "It is estimated that it will take about half a year, but you can be careful in Hangzhou first, this matter will be done early, and if it is late, others will take the lead, and it will be difficult to chase it later." ”

Everyone nodded their heads in understanding, and under Duan Fei's patient explanation, there was basically no problem, and then someone suddenly asked loudly: "Lord Duan, I heard that the sect is arrogant and is about to sack the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I don't know how the adults plan to deal with it?" ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "This official has made all the arrangements, and is ready to sit in Hangzhou in person, there are thousands of officers and soldiers of Hangzhou Guard, as well as the tall city wall, as well as the three thousand brocade guards brought by the official, presumably the sect will never dare to come to Hangzhou to harass, and the other local officials have other arrangements, as long as the Japanese Kou dares to go ashore, the official will call him to come and go!" ”

"Lord Yang, Huwei, now we are relieved!" Most of the businessmen and officials present were relieved, hearing that Lord Duan was going to give up the defense of Hangzhou, it turned out that it was just a false shot, and he was actually going to sit in Hangzhou himself.

After pacifying the officials and merchants in Hangzhou and sending out enough information, Duan Fei did not go directly to Qinchaxingyuan, after arranging the place where his subordinates were stationed, Duan Fei first came to the Hangzhou Mansion, where he wanted to interrogate the chief culprit in the battle for tribute in Ningbo, the eunuch Lai En, and the deputy of the Japanese false confession envoy, Song Suqing.

Duan Fei was the first to interrogate the former Ningbo City Governor of the Great Eunuch Lai En, this person accepted bribes, favored Song Suqing and other fake missions, led to the outbreak of the Battle of Ningbo, Zongshe sacked Ningbo, it is said that the biggest gain is to rob Lai's home, in the past two months, Zongshi's power has developed so rapidly, one of the reasons is because he has a lot of ready-made silver in his hand, he can continue to buy ships and guns, and he can also recruit a large number of stragglers along the coast, and quickly formed the largest group of Japanese pirates on the sea.

Ryan didn't have a pity to die, he seemed to know his fate, after being brought up, he looked like he was dying, covered in grass clippings and embarrassed, Duan Fei patted the shocked wood and asked: "Prisoner Ryan, are you guilty!" ”

Ryan didn't quibble, he replied dejectedly, "The villain is guilty, please give me a refreshing look." ”

Duan Fei sneered: "You have been corrupt and perverted the law to bribe and bribe, and you have served as the chief eunuch of the City Department for more than ten years, and the people are full of resentment, and now you have caused such evil consequences, it is really an unforgivable crime, and the criminal official Lai En accepted the order!" ”

Duan Feilang read loudly: "Feng, heaven carrier, emperor's edict, say...... The criminal official Lai En was corrupt and disregarded people's lives, and the crime was extremely heinous, and the edict ordered Jinyi Wei to command Duan Fei to escort Lai to Ningbo and execute him in public! Chin this ......"

Ryan finally got a little angry, he cried, howled and bowed to the north, shouting for the emperor to spare his life, Duan Fei immediately ordered someone to escort him down, and then put Song Suqing in court.

has also been in prison for nearly two months, Song Suqing's situation is completely different from Ryan's, I saw that he had neatly tied his hair, neat clothes, and a calm expression, if it weren't for the shackles on his hands and feet, he really couldn't see that he had been in prison for so long.

Song Suqing really can't see that he is in his early thirties, his face is beardless, and his skin is white, which is enough to make many women ashamed to death, saying that he is almost in his early twenties, but the newspaper records that he came to Daming as a member of the Japanese envoy in the fourth year of Zhengde, and even caused a controversy.

Song Suqing's original name was Zhu Bian, a native of Danxian County, Zhejiang, in the eighth year of Hongzhi (1495 AD), when the Yaofu Shou Mo Ming Trade Group arrived in Ningbo, his father Zhu lacquer craftsman was entrusted by the Japanese businessman 'Field Four or Five Lang' to purchase lacquerware. However, until the Japanese merchants returned to China, his father failed to deliver the goods at the price, so he used his son Zhu to pay off the debt. Zhu compiled to the Japanese Shi in Hosokawa and changed his name to Song Suqing.

When Song Suqing led the Hosokawa trading ship to Ningbo, he recognized it by his uncle, and the state officials reported it to punish him. Wu Zong ordered that he should be the messenger and punish his crimes, fearing that the Japanese would protest and cause other gaps. After being warned by the Ministry of Rites that he could no longer serve as an envoy, Song Suqing returned to China in the fifth year of Zhengde.

Duan Fei hated the widows, and even more hated the traitors, he couldn't help but be angry when he saw Song Suqing's neat and unflustered appearance, and shouted: "Song Suqing, you are guilty!" ”

Song Suqing said calmly: "My lord, the villain doesn't know what crime he has committed, and please make it clear to the adult." ”

Duan Fei sneered: "As a Ming person, you worked hard for the Japanese, pretended to be a mission, bribed the great eunuch Lai En of Ningbo City, and squeezed out the real envoys everywhere, which directly caused the Ningbo Rebellion and killed countless villagers, you are heinous in your crimes, and you dare to pretend to be stupid in front of this official!" Now I ask you, are you guilty! ”

Song Suqing said indifferently: "What is the trouble of wanting to add crimes? Adult, if there are no other accusations, the villain still believes that he is innocent! ”