Later, Fang Shujun left to take care of other matters, and only Zhou Changfeng and Zhu Lingjing were left in the bright East Room.

The latter casually flipped through the volume of "Old Tang Book" in front of him, raised his eyes and said: "You are not very clear, I will explain it to you." ”

"Well, I'm listening."

Zhu Lingjing was speechless, "People are very respectful when they say such kind words, you stand straight and have sharp eyes, heh... Words and deeds do not match, and look inconsistent. ”

No, you're deliberately finding fault, aren't you?

Although he secretly complained in his heart, Zhou Changfeng nodded naturally, "That's ...... Your Majesty, please speak, I listen. ”

"The Fuzhou case is not small, and now the matter of the customs has been involved, and the total number of people involved may exceed three digits, and strict investigation will only be more." Zhu Lingjing, who looked calm, said lightly: "However, whoever should be arrested will be arrested, and it is not allowed to come nonsense, and it cannot be expanded." ”

"Stop?" Zhou Changfeng thought for a while, "It's still stable now, isn't it all in one go?" ”

"All in one?" Zhu Lingjing stared at him, sneered, and said calmly: "Then I'm afraid that Fujian Province will be paralyzed, and maybe it will involve people from the imperial court. ”

"Your Majesty, it's useless to do this so far, treating the symptoms but not the root cause."

"Heh, cure the root cause?"

Probably thinking that he was powerless to complain, Zhu Lingjing raised her hand and pointed to the portrait hanging on the wall in front of her.

She said nonchalantly: "There is no cure, Emperor Taizu Gao has never been soft, and it is only temporarily stopped." ”

A little embarrassed, Zhou Changfeng replied, "Uh... Actually, I mean...... Tube longer. ”

"How long can it last? As I said, the gains outweigh the losses. Zhu Lingjing took a sip of the teacup, "It's not a big deal to be greedy for ink in other places, but it's not right at all when it comes to the military, and the outstretched hand has to be interrupted by it." ”

It is human nature that greed is unstoppable, and everyone will turn a blind eye to take advantage of their position to get some oil and water, but there are some key areas that cannot be sloppy.

"This time it's also a long memory for other people, some guys have forgotten their shapes."

"Your Majesty, since Shen Yu and I are in charge, we must have some power to make decisions on the fly, right? I don't know the place of life. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Lingjing, who had a thoughtful expression on her face, was silent for ten seconds before finally replying: "You can do whatever you want." ”

Seeing that Zhou Changfeng was quite excited, she knocked on the imperial case and warned seriously: "If you dare to act recklessly, you will go to the prison for vacation." ”

The former agreed, saluted, took a few steps backwards, and then turned around and opened the door and left.

Because this matter is not small, it is likely to implicate the dignitaries and nobles of Jingshi Ying Tianfu, so it is still necessary to be prepared.

Zhou Changfeng went to the cabinet, and although he didn't see Xie Qinduan, the minister of civil affairs, he got a "white list" from the attendants here.

This civil administration is not the other civil administration, not only limited to marriage, welfare, relief, and the like, but also includes public security, immigration, administration, and other affairs.

After getting the white list, he went directly to the Foreign Investigation Factory non-stop.

It is not too late to do the matter, and there are certain uncertainties in the case investigation team in Fuzhou Prefecture, so there is no room for delay.

At 22:39 in the evening of the same day, Takahashi Airport.

“…… Convective clouds moved southward, with dense clouds at an altitude of 900 m, a surface wind direction of 155, and a wind speed of 4.8 m/s......."

"Two or four turns, permission to take off."

On runway 4, a blue-and-gray Youyun II passenger plane began to glide slowly, and the two air-cooled star-shaped engines gradually increased their horsepower and emitted a loud roar.

The propeller spun as fast as the whole plane got faster, until it climbed softly and reached a cruising altitude of 3,000 meters before turning to level flight.

At the front of the cabin, Shen Yu casually put down the seat a lot, and then took the blanket from the flight attendant.

"A bunch of fools, they can't make money, and they step on taboos." He complained and covered himself with a blanket.

"Yes, I'm tired of our 'Uncle Shen' going out in person." Zhou Changfeng, who was next to him, flipped through the magazine, and then stretched.

"Let me tell you, Brother Zhou, even if they used their usual routine at that time, they would not have such a situation if they quoted more prices, they simply did their own thing."

"Indeed."

The Ming court has its own characteristics, and many times it is purpose-oriented - attaching importance to the result and despising the process.

As long as you can do things well and do it beautifully, then everything will be fine, and whether the process is twists and turns during the period and whether the cost is big or not is secondary, and may even be ignored.

Of course, only looking at the results and not looking at the process is only the bottom line, if you want to do it brilliantly, then the process is still very important.

Applying this logic to this matter, if the stakeholders of Changle Shipyard want to get some oil and water, they only need to use the cliché but safe method - a little more here and a little more there.

In the end, the qualified ships of the Ming Navy were built, and they could still make a lot of money by adding them up.

But they did the stupidest thing, daring to cut corners, using defective products, and in the end they didn't even ensure the basic purpose - qualified ships.

Even the bottom line of the court has been trampled on, who will die if you don't die?

"Speaking of which, why don't we make a bet?" Shen Yu put his hands behind his head, opened his eyes and asked with a smile.

"Bet?" Zhou Changfeng wondered: "What are you betting on?" ”

"Bet on how much private property will be confiscated after the people involved in the case are confiscated this time."

"This ...... Interesting, good. ”

Seeing that he agreed, Shen Yu turned his gaze to the bulkhead ceiling, thinking about what kind of bet to make.

"Let's take the Navy's latest Jieyang-class destroyer, this year's purchase price is 1020000 yuan, and I bet that the confiscated private property can be worth one. And then... Let's bet 100 yuan, so as not to hurt our friendship. ”

Now Yiyuan's purchasing power is actually very strong, and he can buy two movie tickets.

More than 10 million yuan? That's a bit of an exaggeration, right?

Zhou Changfeng was entangled, his instincts telling him that this was unlikely, a bit outrageous.

But...... Shen Yu is experienced in this area, and since he is so confident, he must be sure.

"I don't think it's so much, it's not enough to gamble on a destroyer. But let's talk about it first, it's only limited to the Changle Shipyard case, and it doesn't include the people involved in other things. ”

"Of course."

Outside the round window, it was pitch black, with only the crescent moon and the sky full of stars.

Because being in the air avoids the diffuse reflection interference of the lights in the city, the dense stars are even brighter when viewed here.

In the second half of the night, at about Mo Chou, the Youyun 2 passenger plane with flight number 1247 approached the urban area of Fuzhou.

Looking from the cockpit, I saw that the airport was brightly lit, and as the plane began to approach, all kinds of light signals were accurate.

After landing, Zhou Changfeng, who was half-asleep and half-awake, came to the cabin door, but as soon as his left foot stepped up the gangway, he was startled by the situation not far away.

Grass?

I saw hundreds of soldiers of the Ming army waiting in a line near the tarmac a few hundred meters away, and under the bright lights, the heavy machine guns and mortars placed in the column were particularly deterrent.

When the two of them and their entourage walked over, the tall major in the lead immediately stood up straight, clenched his fists extremely standard and neatly, and said calmly: "The post is Cui Quan, the second battalion of the first paratrooper regiment, and a total of 357 people including the military police platoon, the first paratrooper team, and the machine gun team are ordered to arrive and wait for the dispatch. ”

"When did you arrive?" Zhou Changfeng remembered that they would only arrive tomorrow.

Cui Quan stretched out his hand and pointed to the runway in the distance in front of him, and replied, "Not long, about two quarters of an hour." ”

Following the direction of his finger, several transport planes could be seen parked there, and some ground crew were surrounding them preparing to intubate and refuel.

Knowing that he had the opportunity to raise his eyebrows, the Ming Air Force was naturally very happy, so he couldn't wait.

According to the original plan, all the officers and men of the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of the Paratrooper Regiment would arrive by train tomorrow afternoon, but when they learned that the "Chincha" would arrive in the early morning, the Air Force simply assigned some of them to come by plane first.

They had a reason for doing so they sent one in advance to make sure they were well protected.

In recent years, the Air Force and the Navy have not dealt with each other at every turn, and the root cause of the contradiction is very simple, that is, money.

The Air Force and the Navy are both big money burners, especially in the thirties, aviation technology is changing with each passing day, often the first type of aircraft has just begun mass production and delivery, and the new type of aircraft with better performance has been developed.

For the Air Force, it has taken several years to replace the old aircraft with new ones, but the performance of these new aircraft has fallen behind.

Therefore, the Navy laughed at this - just bought it back and fell behind, what do you usually want so much money for?

Therefore, it is better to wait for the war to buy more new planes in one go, and the money saved in normal times will be used to build ships for us, anyway, the backwardness of the ship is relatively slow, and it can be modernized and modified in the later stage.

Being so targeted, the Daming Air Force has not had a satisfactory life in recent years, and the Air Force is naturally very unhappy.

I've been waiting for a long time, and now I finally have the opportunity to scare the majesty of the navy, I can't wait!

However, in Zhou Changfeng's view, even heavy machine guns and mortars seem to be a bit of a fuss - such a deterrent is too strong, so strong that if you are not careful, it can turn into bullets or shells.

"Why don't you just arrest it now? Do you have any suggestions? Zhou Changfeng looked sideways at Shen Yu beside him.

Now that the situation has changed and the helpers have already reached a certain level, do you still need to follow the steps step by step?

"Uh......" Shen Yu, who was thoughtful, looked around, pondered for a few seconds in his heart, and replied: "It's okay, but the general strategy is still the same, first big and then small, from fast to fast." ”

Zhou Changfeng nodded in agreement, and then took the map of Fuzhou Mansion from one of his attendants.

He glanced at it twice, handed it to Cui Quan, and ordered: "The paratrooper team is divided into three, controlling the northwest, southwest, and north three roads out of the city, each with a group of heavy machine guns, and the other gendarmes also bring a heavy machine gun group, let's go." ”

Cui Quan's style of acting belongs to the calm category at first glance, he carefully examined the three main points, and then assigned tasks to his subordinates, and finally waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”

Soon, hundreds of figures were divided into four groups, moving quickly towards their respective goals.

A heavy machine gun group of the machine gun team carried a Type 37 heavy machine gun that had not been out of the factory for a long time and was still very new, while more than 30 people from the military police platoon of the first paratrooper regiment followed closely behind Zhou Changfeng and his party.

After going to the warehouse next to the airport to borrow four trucks temporarily, the dozens of people headed straight for the city.

In ancient times, the officials of Fuzhou and counties usually lived directly behind the yamen, for example, behind the lobby of the county government was the second hall, and then there was the inner house where the family of the county lord lived.

But that's not what it used to be, and it's certainly not going to be that way now.

Two quarters of an hour later, the convoy stopped at the entrance of the street outside a courtyard, and the soldiers jumped out of the car one after another and began to line up.

Zhou Changfeng crossed his waist, looked at the mansion not far away and said: "This place is quite secluded, and the yard is not big, it seems that Fuzhou Tongzhi is relatively low-key." ”

"Low-key? Low-key is for outsiders to see. ”

Shen Yu, who was holding a cigarette, took a deep breath, then pressed the cigarette that was only a little burned against the trash can, and finally threw it in.

There was a squad at the back gate, two three-person teams on the left and right sides to patrol back and forth, the heavy machine gun team stayed behind to guard the convoy, and the rest came directly to the main gate.

"Click! Click! Click! ”

The knock was loud in the night, and soon someone answered.

"Who?!"

"The commissioner of the imperial court, I was ordered to temporarily detain Zeng Qinglu, the same governor of Fuzhou, and open the door." Shen Yu, who was familiar with the road, behaved very calmly, and his tone was flat, just like the routine before.

Those present could hear a commotion behind the door, a mixture of talking and walking, and there seemed to be several people.

"Open the door in thirty seconds."

After a while, there was a rush of footsteps, and then the door was opened.

Compared with Shen Yu's calm and unhurried style, Zhou Changfeng is much simpler and rude.

He stretched out his hand and waved forward, and the paratroopers with submachine guns in front of him and rifles behind them rushed straight in, pushing the guards inside to the side.

"Get over to the wall! Hold your head in your hands! ”

"A deaf person can't understand human speech? Put your hands on top of your head! ”

After stepping up a few steps, and then crossing the threshold, Zhou Changfeng, who came to the front yard, looked around at this quaint and quiet mansion and felt that it seemed to be a good place to retire.

Then, he pointed to the main house in front of him and ordered, "Bring the suspect out......"

"Ahem!" Shen Yu interrupted him with a few dry coughs and reminded: "This is not good, it is better to make the family decent." ”

"Was he not dignified before?" Zhou Changfeng smiled slightly, patted him on the shoulder, and then handed over a pack of Jinshi brand cigarettes.

Hey, this guy is going to break the rules again!

Forget it, let it be.

Helpless, Shen Yu took the cigarette and took one out of it.

The paratroopers' movements were crisp and neat, and only two minutes later, Zeng Qinglu, who was still wearing a nightgown, was put out by two paratroopers on the left and on the right, looking a little embarrassed.

He asked a little angrily, "Is there such a door-to-door detention of people?" How wrong am I? ”

Scholars and officials have their own preferential treatment, and they can't be punished by doctors, and the Ming Dynasty in ancient times could not punish scholars who were talented and above.

Although there is no explicit rule to this day, there is still a habit that has been inherited - unless you commit a major crime of unforgiveness, you will give the other party a little dignity no matter what, which can be regarded as a tacit understanding.

But the emperor's anger also needs to be expressed, and allowing Zhou to decide on his own arrest is actually Zhu Lingjing's demonstration of his authority.

(End of chapter)