7. Trade
It is said that Xing Shilang designed to punish Xu Hai and his gang, and he was afraid that Wang Zhi's heart would change, so he treated Wang Zhi, Mao Hai, Xu Liang, and Ye Zong with courtesy, so that they had no suspicion. He always said to the people around him: Wang Zhi is different from Xu Hai, he has never invaded my frontier, but he is stubborn and does not come to see me, if he comes to see me, I will definitely give him everything he wants.
Yanjing, the National Assembly Hall, Xing Shilang came to the office of Yuan Keli, the secretary of the household department.
Xing Shilang said to Yuan Keli: Wang Zhi has nothing to do for the country, he has no hope, he only wants to open the sea market to trade.
Yuan Keli said: How difficult is it to open the market, I will immediately ask the prime minister.
So he asked the prime minister, and the prime minister allowed him to issue a special trade license to Wang Zhi.
When Wang Zhi heard this, he said that Xing Shilang was a cheerful person, so he emboldened himself and decided to cross the sea. Xing Shilang was overjoyed. Wang Zhi first asked Mao Hai, Ye Zongman and others to lead large and small sea ships, and more than 1,000 subordinates flocked to the sea ships in Cen Harbor first. The distribution of the four sides has been determined, and the land is generous.
Xing Shilang sent General Lu to drink with Mao Hai in Zhoushan to appease his subordinates, and he was extremely compassionate, and all his subordinates were friendly with him. So Wang Zhi is calm.
Xing Shilang asked Mao Hai and Ye Zong to come to live in the official residence of the Ministry of War. And put the general's war petition, special trade license and pardon on the table. Deliberately faintly exposed will be seen by Mao Hai. Mao Hai looked at it secretly and was very surprised. One night, Xing Shilang pretended to be drunk and fell asleep, and said in a dream: I want to live you, so stop them and prevent them from entering the army without permission. If you don't come to me again, don't blame me.
Mao Hai and Ye Zong both heard it together, and they were afraid that Xing Shilang would send troops to suppress him, so he quietly called Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi replied to Mao Hai: You first got a trade license for me.
Subsequently, Mao Hai opened an Eastern Hemisphere trading company in the interior of the Ming Dynasty and recruited various personnel. There was a steady stream of applicants. Many companies in Daming have also contacted and entrusted companies in the Eastern Hemisphere to export their goods overseas.
On a certain day in May, Wang Zhi's fleet was suspected of hiding weapons and was surrounded by the Ming army's sailors, Mao Hai was arrested, Xing Shilang called Wang Zhi to condole, and Wang Zhi personally came to Dinghai to negotiate with him. Xing Zongxian comforted and persuaded Wang Zhi to go to Hangzhou.
Wang Zhi came to Hangzhou by private jet, surrounded by bodyguards with guns, and entered the living room of Hanhui Building, like a king. Sitting with Xing Zongxian as a guest and host, sitting down, Xing Zongxian said: Is Wang Gong okay lately?
Wang Zhi thanked him: I am a fugitive from overseas, why bother? Today, Meng Xing Shilang misses the feelings of the hometown, and comes from afar to inquire, thank you!
As he was speaking, more than 100 gunmen suddenly rushed into the living room, knocking down all Wang Zhi's bodyguards in an instant, and blood splashed everywhere.
Xing Zongxian was taken aback and asked, "Who are you?"
Zhang Zilin said: The Criminal Department came to arrest Wang Zhi. And asked Wang Zhi: How majestic is the majestic Haiqu, but how can he become a thief?
Wang Zhi said angrily: Zhang Gong's words are bad. I drive thieves for the country, how can I say that I am a thief?
Zhang Zilin said: Take it away!
Wang Zhi asked: What is my crime? What am I guilty of?
It turned out that after the new prime minister Xu Jie came to power, Wang Zhi's second trade channel robbed the first trade channel of the household department. Xu Jie ordered the household department and the criminal department to take down Wang Zhi together.
The Criminal Department convicted:
Wang Zhi began to shoot profit, violated the ban and went to the sea, and then forgot the righteousness of China, and entered the country as a traitor. Haiyu shook, and the southeast deduced the commotion. Although he said that he had returned from repentance, he still wanted to blackmail the Japanese to seek the market. There is a national ban on the top, and poison on the living beings, the evil is monstrous, and the gods and men are angry!
Zhang Zilin, the waiter of the Criminal Department, impeached Xing Zongxian for shielding Wang Zhi. For a time, the government and the opposition wrote to demand that Wang Zhi be executed.
During this period, the Ming court ordered to besiege the tributary fleet of Mao Haifeng and Otomo's family. Mao Haifeng and Otomo's fleet broke the encirclement and left.
On December 25, under the guarantee of Xing Zongxian's squire, Wang Zhi was released on bail and was killed by a car bomb at the gate of Dali Temple.
It turned out that Xing Zongxian lived a luxurious life, and Wang Zhi bribed Xing Zongxian with a huge amount of money, and was known as the "Governor Yinshan". Most of this money was squandered by himself. Once, Xing Zongxian invited everyone to a banquet, and actually used two hundred maids to accompany him to drink, and in the evening, someone took out 5,000 yuan to express his gratitude, Xing Zongxian sneered and ignored it. Li Ziyuan only rewarded 1,000 yuan, and was thrown into the water by Xing Zongxian on the spot, and said with a smile: You are humiliating me!
Another time, Xing Zongxian welcomed the Spring Festival banquet, the lanterns were colorful, stretching for several miles, the sound of drums shook the sky, and the maids knelt on the ground to greet the guests, doing their best to be luxurious. Jinyi Wei Zuotian passed by Hangzhou, Xing Zongxian was naturally extravagant, hospitable, and recommended beauties to stay overnight, Zuotian did not leave until dawn the next day.
Soon, Xu Jie ordered Xing Zongxian to be dismissed from all his positions, and arrested and escorted him to Beijing on charges of embezzlement of military salaries.