Chapter 16 Capture of Stolen Goods
Boss Fu took Liu Datou and the carriage convoy set off early, came to the Tonghui River wharf in the suburbs of Beijing, at this time a short and fat man headed by the escort of grain and grass saw Boss Fu coming, immediately jumped out of the cabin, and said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, you let me wait, I arrived here from the child, and waited for you for nearly five hours, and the brothers were tired, because they had important things to do, and they didn't dare to go ashore to rest, so the river breeze blew all night." ”
"Haha, Brother Jiang, don't blame, it's the younger brother's, you should have arrived in the morning, but I didn't expect it to arrive so early in advance, so let's do it! Because I'm also going north to collect the goods here, I really can't accompany my brother today, so you can relax and have fun by yourself at night! ”
Saying that, he nodded to Liu Datou and said, Liu Datou immediately went back to the carriage and brought a package and sent it to "Brother Jiang", Brother Jiang probed with his hand and felt about fifty taels of silver, and immediately changed his face and said: "It's easy to say, next time I go to Hangzhou Mansion to talk to Brother Jiang, and arrange you well." ”
Boss Fu immediately nodded yes, Brother Jiang got the benefit, and immediately arranged personnel to help unload and load the goods, and the dock was not lively for a while.
In less than two hours, the cargo on the cargo ship was all stuffed with hundreds of empty carriages of Boss Fu, and at this time, the people on the ship also went ashore to prepare to go out to relax, Boss Fu said suspiciously: "Brother Jiang, this is not right, I think this time it seems to be less than before." ”
"Yes, this time there is a hurry, this is the first 10,000 stones, and we have to continue later."
"Really? I'm afraid you don't have that opportunity. ”
At this time, a cold voice came, which frightened the old Fu people, only to see that countless archers suddenly stretched out around the dock to surround it, and the people who escorted the goods together also pulled out their waist knives, and for a while, the swords were tense, and at the same time, many soldiers of the Shenji Battalion held firearms and aimed at Fu Laoda and his party.
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, where are you from the yamen, we are the Jinyi Guard."
At this time, "Brother Jiang" immediately took out his Jinyi Wei token, and at the same time took off his shirt, revealing the flying fish suit inside, and shouted anxiously, for fear that he would be accidentally shot into a hedgehog by this group of people.
"What a big guts, who gave you the power to hold the public weapons of the brocade guard for private use?"
At this time, the owner of the previous voice spoke again, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion on both sides slowly moved out of the way, and the first person was surrounded and walked in.
The previous short and fat man was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak, because of the appearance of this person, he knew that he was going to be completely cold this time, and the person who came was Tian Ergeng, but he had been holding his breath for the past two days to find a good place, and when he went to the emperor according to Shen Lian's suggestion to ask Wei Zhongxian to help sort out Jiangnan Jinyiwei, Chongzhen was still quite satisfied, at least it proved that Tian Ergeng was still the biggest emperor in his heart, and he had no selfish intentions, and at the same time, Luo Yangxing also told the emperor to let Tian Ergeng follow up and find the clues directly to the personal stolen goods. Emperor Chongzhen also agreed, Tian Ergeng knew that this was Luo Yangxing giving him a favor, and after thanking Luo Yangxing for his fists, he directly led the team to guard, and even mobilized the people of the Shenji Battalion in order to avoid foolproof, so there was the situation just now.
The short and fat man hurriedly knelt down at this time and said: "Jiang Yongzhuo, a hundred households in Hangzhou, knock on the commander." ”
At this time, Boss Fu and the others were completely stunned, and stood in place at a loss.
This is not over, and a few people behind him staggered out and knelt down.
"Li Xing, a hundred households in Suzhou, knocked on the commander."
"Liu Feng, a hundred households in Yangzhou, knocked on the commander."
"Humble duty, should be the general banner of the Tianqian Household Office, Han Chen knocked to see the commander."
"Humble ......."
"That's enough, all of them will be sent back to prison."
At this time, Tian Ergeng felt that their identity was like a slap in the face, and after speaking angrily, he walked forward without looking back.
A dry escort of the brocade guards and some porters with 10,000 stone of goods all pulled back to the prison, an afternoon of interrogation soon ended, when Tian Ergeng tired with the results of the interrogation came to the imperial study, Chongzhen was alone in the room to review the folds, saw Tian Ergeng did not have any accidents, did not raise his head and asked: "How is the interrogation?" ”
"Your Majesty, Dongchang has arrested all the more than 100 households in the south of the Yangtze River and brought them into Beijing for questioning, and at the same time, the personnel who resold grain to finance the enemy this time have also been investigated, and I respectfully ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment."
While speaking, Tian Ergeng held a piece of paper in his hand and respectfully presented it in front of the imperial case.
"There's nothing good to judge, then kill them all!"
Tian Ergeng thought that this was a very difficult thing to do at first, after all, the matter was big, and there were too many people involved, the reason why he was overly tired after the interrogation was only a small part physically, and the biggest exhaustion was still mental, he didn't know what to do about it, so he consumed a lot of mental energy, but he didn't expect that Chongzhen only used one sentence to solve this seemingly difficult problem, and the level was quite high!
"Your Majesty, will so many people be killed?" Tian Ergeng said hesitantly.
"Oh, it turns out that Commander Tian, who is keen on killing, will the butcher knife in his hand become soft when he encounters his own people committing crimes? Or are you questioning my decision? ”
"The minister doesn't dare, the minister just thinks that if these people are cleaned up at one time, the Jiangnan Fourth Institute will face a major rectification, and it will be difficult to maintain the manpower for a while."
Chongzhen frowned, thinking to himself that you are talking about this at this time? Is it difficult to pick it up high and put it down gently? This time, Chongzhen has made up his mind to rectify it, and would rather let the power appear in a short-term gap than let them rely on the power in their hands to do evil.
"It's okay, just kill the people involved, it won't make the four schools in Jiangnan paralyzed immediately, it is inevitable that it will take time to recover, it's a big deal, let Luo Sigong speed up, let the first batch of people from Jinyiwei School come over in a month, and test their learning effect by the way."
Tian Ergeng's eyes rolled, yes, after all, His Majesty also built a school? In this way, the shortage of personnel can be made up soon, and he is no longer entangled at the moment, and bows down and says: "Your Majesty Shengming, Weichen will do it immediately." ”
"Wait, don't be busy, Commander Tian, I have a word to tell, I don't know if you want to listen?"
"Your Majesty has orders, and the ministers have orders."
Chongzhen's words were very light, but Tian Ergeng became more and more frightened after hearing it, and a trace of cold air rose on his back.
"What I need is a house slave who performs tasks unconditionally, and you are always a little short of this standard."