"Collusion between officials and bandits?"

In the house, Fang Yu and Pei Yao were eating together, and when they heard these words, Fang Yu's hand that was holding vegetables for him couldn't help but pause slightly.

"According to the information from the secret agent, it is not impossible to do so."

Pei Yao's face was gloomy and he said in a low voice.

Fang Yu put down the chopsticks in his hand, and frowned, "The concubines chatted with the group of ladies today, and also made some words, and learned from them that the merchant ships of ordinary people, if they want to go to sea safely, they must go with the ships of the government, and the government will also charge high protection fees to these merchant ships, even if they come back safely with their own skills, they can't escape the fact that they have to pay a little benefit to make the ship dock at the dock, the concubines thought that this was the people below who used their power for personal gain, but if it was linked to the collusion of officials and bandits found out by the emperor, this.”

"The water in this pool in Lanzhou is also very muddy." Pei Yao said coldly.

Fang Yu bowed, "If this matter cannot be investigated clearly and completely resolved, it will also be a great hidden danger in the future, and it is not impossible that a good maritime trade route will be cut off from now on." ”

If the cost of going to sea is getting bigger and bigger, the people will naturally refuse to take risks again, and overseas businessmen will definitely not be willing to come to Daqi to do business again.

"This Lanzhou, we have to clean it up." Pei Yao narrowed his eyes.

At that time, the governor of Lanzhou, Chen Zhili, was also in his wife Wang's room.

"What did the imperial concubine say to you today? How does the mother treat you? ”

"Niangniang is very kind, there is no shelf at all, she laughs and moans at all of us, and she has to talk to me more, I think it is because of the reason why you have the highest official position among the ladies present." Wang's Road.

Chen Shili was still not at ease, "Did Niangniang ask anything strange?" ”

"Zuo is just the idea of going to sea for business, the mother is very interested in this Western thing, and told us that the Western things are fresh and fresh, but the price is not very cost-effective, inflated, we also think it is, but this trip to the sea is not easy, want to safely transport things back to sell, but also to give up a lot of benefits, these expenses can not be added to the selling price."

Wang said as he spoke, and at the same time showed a look of calculating the price, but he didn't expect Chen Shili to hear this, but he suddenly slapped the table.

"Oops, idiot, idiot!"

"Who is the lord scolding? That lady can also tell me today, sir, you have been an official for many years, and Lanzhou has developed so prosperously, the emperor is thinking of the master's exploits, and the matter of piracy is inevitable, the emperor is not such a caring person, and if he knows that this matter is solved, there will be no big problem."

Wang was still chattering, but was interrupted by Chen Shili's scolding.

"It's also meritorious, then the imperial concubine is obviously listening to the news from your mouth, your few words, isn't it just to explain to the outside, the government asked for protection money from the caravan going to sea, and now the pirate matter has not been given an explanation to the emperor, and let the emperor know the benefits of the Lanzhou government's indiscriminate collection of taxes, this is corruption! Then the emperor can't let us go! ”

"Ah, this, this. I don't know, it's just tea and chatter."

Wang's face turned white suddenly, and he was at a loss for what to do.

But Chen Shili was even more anxious, he had already left his wife, hurried to the study, and ordered his henchmen to quietly call several officials under him to come to the mansion to see him.

As everyone knows, Pei Yao's people are already staring at the Zhizhou Mansion.

As soon as the little guy went out, he was followed.

That night, several officials entered the governor's mansion and reported to Pei Yao clearly.

Pei Yao listened to the official positions and names of these people, and his face turned cold inch by inch.

Immediately, he wrote two secret letters and secretly sent them out overnight.

In the next few days, Pei Yao watched Chen Shili and others play in Lanzhou.

is worthy of being an old fox who has been in officialdom for many years, Chen Shili still has two brushes.

First of all, he rectified the sailors, took the initiative to exterminate the pirates, and fought back and forth with the group of pirates, indeed exterminated several groups of people, and rescued many surviving merchants, and then ordered people to re-make the coastal defense map, and the coastal defense of the entire Lanzhou territory was more tightly controlled.

At the same time, he also gave a plan, and decided to send a government fleet to the sea to discuss with the countries of several nearby continents, jointly send troops to suppress bandits, and jointly create several routes specially opened for maritime trade, so as to ensure the safety of the people going to sea for trade.

This series of operations is naturally good, but the premise is that they all have to be true.

But according to Pei Yao's investigation, the pirates seemed to have been repelled by heavy losses, but in fact, they were only injured in the skin, and their main force just retreated back and hid in their nests.

As long as the limelight during this period of time passes, you will still be able to come out again to rob money and hurt people.

And those sailors are defending and controlling, as long as Pei Yao is not staring here, no matter how the people are arranged, it is not Chen Shili, the governor, who has the final say.

This last point sounds tempting, but it takes a lot of effort to go to sea and negotiate with other countries.

How could Pei Yao stay in Lanzhou for a long time, staring at him to complete this plan.

After all, it's also a pie.

However, Pei Yao was not in a hurry to demolish him, but gradually showed satisfaction, and revealed that in half a month, he would leave for Beijing, which undoubtedly made Chen Shili greatly relieved, and he performed more and more hard.

But after five days, he couldn't laugh anymore.

The garrison of Cangzhou next door appeared at the border of Lanzhou at some point, and together with these escorts and guards brought by Pei Yao from Kyoto, they quickly attacked and surrounded the Zhizhou Mansion, and several officials under Chen Shili who were close to him were surrounded by mansions.

In less than half an hour, a group of Lanzhou officials led by Chen Shili were escorted to Pei Yao.

At this time, Chen Shili was still crying out for injustice, but when Pei Yao put all the evidence he had found in the past few days in front of him, he was completely dumbfounded, his lips squirmed, and he couldn't speak.

A group of people, except for Chen Shili, were all imprisoned, and Chen Shili was to be escorted to Kyoto to be executed.

After taking care of this officialdom, there is still a pirate matter that has not been resolved.

Pei Yao secretly sent out two letters that day, one was sent to Cangzhou, so that his garrison could come to support, so as to take down Chen Shili in one fell swoop, after all, he was in Lanzhou City, if Chen Shili wanted to do something rebellious, Pei Yao's people were not enough to resist the garrison of Yizhou.

In addition, let the Cangzhou garrison come, there is another layer of ideas, ready to let the Cangzhou and Lan state armies work together to suppress the bandits.

This is to mention another letter sent by Pei Yao, which was sent to Kyoto in an expedited manner of 800 miles, so that Kyoto could send someone to lead the troops to fight.

Piracy is rampant, and it is certainly not something that can be solved in a short period of time, so we must be prepared to fight a protracted war for a year.

However, Pei Yao revealed to Chen Shili that he would leave for Beijing in half a month, which was true.

It's been long enough to come out, and the matter has been explained to a reliable person, and it's time to go back.

It's just that what Pei Yao didn't expect was that the pirates in Lanzhou were so bold, seeing that Chen Shili in Zhizhou was dismissed, and the government sent more troops to suppress the bandits, they decided to take a risk, sneaking into Lanzhou City at night, wanting to assassinate. (End of chapter)

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