The anti-Japanese army in Fuzhou Prefecture still killed fifty Japanese pirates in Fuzhou City every day.
While killing the Japanese pirates, the interrogation of the Japanese pirates on the other side was also going on at the same time.
Because Japanese pirates are constantly being beheaded, the psychological pressure on the Japanese pirates who are "waiting to die" on the other side will increase. Although these Japanese pirates are not very afraid of death when fighting, this kind of waiting to die is far more serious than dying in battle.
horrible.
On the third day, two Japanese pirate leaders couldn't stand it anymore and gave more information.
The original four families were not the only ones who had access to the Japanese.
In fact, in the past few years, businessmen who went overseas to do business, as long as they had a way to communicate with Japanese pirates, would sometimes pay some protection fees to the Japanese pirates to ensure that their business trip would not be in vain.
This kind of family that has dealings with Japanese pirates is certainly at fault, but it can still be forgiven.
But others, after transporting the goods, pretended to be robbed by Japanese pirates in order to evade the court's taxes, or even paid to feed the Japanese pirates. This is an unforgivable crime.
Because the two Japanese pirate leaders confessed and pulled out the thread, Ling Su personally interrogated the two Japanese pirates for a whole night. In the morning of the next day, General Ling, who had dark circles under his eyes, had no time to rest and went straight into Fuzhou City.
At Shen Yi's residence in Fuzhou, I met Mr. Shen who had just woken up.
At this moment, Shen Yi was about to go out to visit the tea shop opened by Xu Fu in Fuzhou. When he saw Ling Su walking in, Mr. Shen looked him up and down, looked at his eyes that were almost bloodshot, and said with a smile:
"Looking at General Ling's appearance, it seems that there is progress on the Japanese pirates' side?"
"yes."
Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said: "Yesterday afternoon, two Japanese pirate leaders confessed. A large number of merchants paid tolls to them along the entire coast of Fujian, and in Fuzhou City, there were also many..."
"Among them, there are two families in Fuzhou City who once gave a lot of money to a group of Japanese pirates, allowing them to survive."
Hearing this, Mr. Shen narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "Which two?"
"According to what these two Japanese pirates said."
Ling Su lowered his head slightly and said, "It's the Tan family and the Feng family..."
Shen Yi took a deep breath and said expressionlessly: "Is there any new evidence?"
Ling Su shook his head slightly: "Mr. Shen, these Japanese pirates... can hardly speak Chinese, let alone ask them to record it. Even if we find evidence, the two families will most likely deny it... and deny what these Japanese pirates wrote down.
thing."
"The only evidence that can be used as evidence is the letters found earlier..."
Shen Yi stood there, thought for a while, then looked at Ling Su and said calmly: "Move two more hundred-household camps into the city and place them nearby. Remember not to alert the snake. As for these two families..."
"I will send people to keep an eye on them. If they make any changes, we will immediately control them."
Ling Su nodded slightly, hugged Shen Yi's fists, and then went down to do errands.
After Ling Su left, Mr. Shen lowered his head and thought about it, and suddenly remembered something.
Feng Lu, the former magistrate of Jiangdu County, seems to be from Fujian.
If I remember correctly, he was from Hui'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province.
Hui'an County is not too close to Fuzhou, but it is definitely not far away. I wonder if there is any relationship between Shen Yi's old enemy and the Feng family in Fuzhou.
If there is…
It would be great.
Thinking of this, Shen Yi reached out and touched his chin, with a somewhat evil look in his eyes.
He is a somewhat vindictive person.
He almost died at the hands of Magistrate Feng. Although several years have passed, Mr. Shen still remembers it clearly to this day.
Even when Feng Lu left Jiangdu, Shen Yi made a point of asking about the hometown and whereabouts of the county magistrate, and he has remembered it until now.
If it really falls into Shen Yi's hands, not to mention killing Feng Zhixian, he must at least return all the food he had eaten back then...
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In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.
In the past two days, Fuzhou City has been calm on the surface. As for the turbulent undercurrents in the dark, ordinary people cannot see clearly.
As the center of the turbulent undercurrent, Shen Yi naturally could not enjoy peace and quiet. In two days, at least a dozen invitations came to his door, asking him to go out to meet.
They were all rejected by Shen Yi, and he even locked himself in the house and would not leave the house.
On the third day, when Mr. Shen was writing in the study, Jiang Sheng knocked on Shen Yi's door and handed a name sticker to Shen Yi with both hands.
"Sir, someone sent me a greeting card."
Shen Yi put down his brush, glanced up at Jiang Sheng, and asked, "Have you collected the money?"
Jiang Sheng quickly shook his head and waved his hands.
"Sir, this is sent by a servant. He has a very loud tone. I thought it might be a favor from some big shot, so I sent it to you..."
"That person..."
Jiang Sheng thought for a while and added: "Very arrogant."
After hearing these four words, Shen Yi knew in his heart that this greeting was most likely from a good source.
So he casually glanced at the name on the cover.
Cheng Tingzhi.
Shen Yi thought about the name for a while, then compared it with the list of Fujian officials he had seen a few days ago, and quickly learned the origin of Cheng Tingzhi.
Chief envoy of Fujian.
To be precise, he was the envoy from Fujian Province.
According to the rules of the imperial court, there are two chief envoys on the left and right, and the left is generally respected.
However, this is just the theoretical preparation of the imperial court.
The Chief Envoy Office was originally the highest administrative office of a province, so the imperial court needed to set up two Chief Envoys to decentralize power. However, later, it gradually became common practice for each province to have a governor, and the Chief Envoy Office became a subordinate agency of the governor's office. greatly weakened.
In this case, the establishment of the two chief envoys on the left and right usually lacks one.
In other words, most provinces have only one chief envoy.
For example, Zhejiang has been a chief envoy for decades.
However, there are two chief envoys in Fujian.
This situation means that these two chief envoys are not particularly popular in the court or the official department, so they are placed in the same yamen.
After opening the post, Shen Yi glanced at it briefly.
The general meaning is that I want to meet Shen Yi for lunch at Yanyun Tower in the west of Fuzhou City.
This is the first Fujian provincial official to come to see Shen Yi.
Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then put the greeting note into his sleeve and looked up at Jiang Sheng: "Calculate the time, today and tomorrow, there is a high probability that there will be a letter sent from Jiankang. After you receive the letter , no matter what time, deliver it to me immediately, do you understand?"
Jiang Sheng lowered his head: "I understand, little one."
Shen Yi said "hmm", stood up and stretched: "I haven't been out for a few days, it seems I have to go out for some activities."
So, when it was almost time to finally get there, Shen Yi put on a new suit of clothes, got on his carriage, and wandered to Yanyun Tower in the east of Fuzhou City.
After arriving at Yanyun Tower, someone had already been waiting for him downstairs. When he saw Shen Yi's carriage, a boy immediately stepped forward, bowed slightly and said, "Is this Mr. Shen?"
Shen Yi nodded slightly: "It's me."
The boy looked respectful: "Master Cheng has arrived and is waiting for you upstairs."
Shen Yi nodded slightly: "Lead the way."
Soon, under the leadership of this boy, Shen Yi went all the way up to the second floor and arrived at the door of a private room. After knocking on the door, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties or fifties opened the door. The middle-aged man opened the door. He looked Shen Yi up and down, and then asked with some surprise: "Is it Bachelor Shen?"
Shen Yi smiled and nodded: "It's me."
He cupped his hands and said, "See you at Chengfantai."
"What kind of feudal clan is there not a feudal clan?"
With a smile on his face, Cheng Tingzhi turned aside and asked Shen Yi to come in. At this time, two stoves had been lit in the room. After entering, it was quite warm.
"Cheng is a few years older than Bachelor Shen. If Bachelor Shen thinks highly of me, he can call me brother."
Shen Yi smiled and did not answer.
After receiving such kind words, you will feel a little embarrassed.
The two people quickly took their seats. After taking their seats, Shen Yi said with a smile: "It has been a while since I arrived in Fuzhou. This is the first time I have met the chief officer of the Sansi Yamen. I feel very honored."
Cheng Tingzhi shook his head slightly and sighed: "I am the right chief envoy, so I can't be considered a chief official."
"But speaking of it..."
The chief envoy looked at Shen Yi and smiled: "Two days ago, when Sun Futai called us to discuss matters, he mentioned Bachelor Shen."
"oh?"
Shen Yi smiled and said: "What did Sun Zhongcheng say?"
"I say that Bachelor Shen doesn't understand etiquette."
Cheng Fantai smiled and said: "When I arrived in Fuzhou City, I didn't even go to the governor's Yamen to pay my respects."
Shen Yi raised his eyebrows and responded with a smile: "Cheng Fantai's words seem to be sowing discord."
"Speak the truth."
Cheng Tingzhi looked at Shen Yi with a smile: "To be honest, Master Shen, I am from Gyeonggi Province. I also went to Ganquan Academy to study in my early years. I lived there for several months and consulted with Master Lu."
"You and I are kindred spirits."
Same shit.
Shen Yi complained in his heart.
I have been in Fuzhou for five or six days. We are really from the same school. Why did you come to see me now?
Obviously, this Cheng Fantai has been weighing the interests and losses in the past few days.
Should he side with those Fujian colleagues, or should he come to see Shen Yi, the imperial envoy of the imperial court?
And today, he met Shen Yi here, which shows that this feudal lord has made his own choice.
Just as Shen Yi was about to say something silly, there was a knock on the door, and then Jiang Sheng's voice came.
"Sir, Jiankang's letter."
Shen Yi stood up from his chair and smiled apologetically at Cheng Tingzhi: "The court will wait a moment. I'll go down to receive an urgent letter."
Cheng Tingzhi looked at Shen Yi walking towards the door, thoughtfully.
Mr. Shen walked to the door of the private room and took the letter from Jiang Sheng outside.
After quickly opening the letter and scanning it, Shen Yi immediately felt reassured.
He reached out and patted Jiang Sheng on the shoulder, smiled and said something that Jiang Sheng didn't understand.