With these fifteen confessions of guilt, the next thing will be much easier to handle.
Shen Yi withheld the fifteen confessions and placed them in his own hands, preparing to hand them over to Xu Fu later.
These things can only be given to Xu Fu and cannot be handed over to the court.
Because treason is a capital crime and a crime of confiscating one's home.
There is no way to change this.
Shen Yi cannot shake the law of the country.
But as the actual operator, there is a lot of room for manipulation in this kind of thing. For example, reporting to the court. It can be said that although these dozen family members had communicated with the Japanese pirates, they were deceived and did not know that the other party was a Japanese pirate. .
In this way, the sin will naturally be lighter.
And by putting these confessions in Xu Fu's hands, Xu Fu can use them as a handle when doing business in Fuzhou in the future, and his business will naturally be unfavorable.
Of course, this kind of thing must be told truthfully to the emperor.
Otherwise, everything Shen Yi does will not have the support of the emperor.
As for whether Xu Fu will use these things to seek some personal gains and fulfill some selfish desires...
Shen Yi believes not.
However, even if Xu Fu did something not very good, Shen Yi would quickly find out that there would be no major problems with the Fuzhou Di Reporter here.
In this way, after meeting the talkers of more than a dozen Fuzhou gentry families, Shen Yi began to use the Di Reporting Department to investigate the Japanese treason case in Fuzhou.
This investigation made the entire officialdom in Fuzhou tremble with fear.
Because although these officials did not communicate with the Japanese and could not communicate with the Japanese, they did condone the behavior of Fuzhou merchants, nobles and some landlords in the Japanese, and many officials were vested interests in these places. Being supported.
It can be said that it is a community of interests. If you pull out the carrot, you will definitely get mud.
However, this time the Di Reporting Department investigated the case very carefully and basically stopped at these gentry families and did not involve the rural gentry families in these places.
Because it's not needed.
In Shen Yi's hands... to be precise, in the hands of Cheng Fantai, there is enough evidence of Fujian officialdom, and this matter has been secretly reported to the emperor.
Next, how the emperor will deal with Fujian officialdom has nothing to do with Shen Yi. If he forcibly involves these Fujian officials, it will have some implications of forcing the emperor to do things.
Shen Yi did not hold back any of the gentry who were subsequently found to be treason with the Japanese. They were all charged with treason with the Japanese.
In the blink of an eye, four or five days passed.
The confiscated properties of each family were basically clearly counted. After counting these things, Eunuch Du Huaidu in the palace found Shen Yi with a smile on his face.
After meeting Shen Yi, Eunuch Du smiled with a few wrinkles on his face. He sat in front of Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Scholar Shen did a great job on this errand. He caught all the fish that slipped through the prince's net last year." It was a real pleasure to fish it out."
For Eunuch Du, it was naturally very satisfying.
Because in this matter, the property they handled, excluding the property that the fifteen families have not yet negotiated, the rest of the property taken together is probably worth one million taels or even two million taels.
What's more important is that many of these things are real estate.
Whether real estate is returned to the state treasury or to the internal treasury, there must be a sale process.
In this process, Eunuch Du and others do not need to get too much. As long as this kind of thing passes through their hands and is stained with a little oil foam, it is enough to spend a long time as eunuchs like them.
Shen Yi was actually a little disgusted with this kind of thing.
It's not that he resents these eunuchs for making money, but it feels like he is working in front of them and working for these eunuchs.
But there is no way.
Du Huai was a servant of the Emperor, sent by the Emperor to "manage accounts" for the anti-Japanese army. In fact, he was the incarnation of the Emperor walking in the southeast.
For the time being... there is no way to control it.
Mr. Shen smiled politely at Du Huai and said, "Whether this money goes into the national treasury or into internal funds, the Holy Father should be very happy. When the time comes, Eunuch Du will be in the palace, and he will have made a great contribution. "
"Our family is all of this age."
Du Huai laughed at himself and said, "Those who have made meritorious deeds but not meritorious service are of little use. No matter how great your merits are, you will never be able to sit in the position of Eunuch Gao."
At this point, Eunuch Du bowed his head slightly to Shen Yi and said with a smile: "We came here today to tell Bachelor Shen that the confiscated things will be counted and put into storage soon. I also brought the list, Bachelor Shen Let’s take a look…”
He handed a document in front of Shen Yi, and then his eyes turned into crescent moons: "If Bachelor Shen feels there is something wrong, you can just cross something off the list. Our family has already said hello to those slaves, and there is no one He will be too talkative."
This is selling well to Shen Yi.
Tell Shen Yi blatantly to take whatever he likes.
Even if Shen Yi crossed off the amount of cash, Eunuch Du would probably nod in agreement.
This is the "favor relationship" in the power arena. Master Shen helped these eunuchs seek "welfare", and they would reciprocate the favor to Master Shen.
Shen Yi took the list and glanced at it, then handed it back and said with a smile: "Since it was calculated by the palace, there is no problem. Eunuch Du doesn't need to show it to me, just hand it over directly."
Hearing Shen Yi's words, Du Huai's eyes were slightly disappointed.
Because Shen Yi is not greedy.
If Shen Yi is greedy, then they, the palace people, can be more ruthless when they "get involved". After all, Shen Yi, the imperial envoy, has also taken action, and he can take money from both sides with peace of mind.
But Mr. Shen has a clear mind, and eunuchs like them have to restrain themselves even if they are involved in oil and water.
Eunuch Du still had a smile on his face. After communicating with Shen Yi for a few words, Mr. Shen remembered something and said: "Eunuch Du, I received news from the court in the morning. People from the Ministry of Punishment and Yushitai are already on their way. We are on the way to Fuzhou, and those people whose homes were ransacked and detained will be handed over to the Yushitai of the Ministry of Punishments, so Eunuch Du will no longer have to worry about them."
In the past few days, when these eunuchs were counting their belongings, they frequently attacked the detained nobles.
Eunuch Du nodded and smiled: "This is natural."
He stood up and said goodbye to Shen Yi: "Scholar Shen, our family still has a lot of things to do, so I won't disturb Bachelor Shen."
Shen Yi stood up and followed Du Huai out.
Eunuch Du waved his hands quickly and said with a smile: "Scholar Shen doesn't need to be sent to our house. If someone sees it, others will laugh at Master Shen."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly and laughed softly: "I happen to have to go out, so I just want to see my father-in-law off."
So, the two of them went out together and separated at the gate of Shen Yi's residence. After Mr. Shen got on the carriage, he did not go anywhere else, but came to a private house all the way.
This is a villa belonging to Fujian Chief Minister Cheng Tingzhi.
Sometimes he lived in the Chief Envoy's Yamen, and sometimes he lived here.
In the morning, when Shen Yi received the secret letter from the court, he sent someone to the Chief Envoy Si Yamen to greet Cheng Fantai. At this time, Cheng Fantai was waiting for Shen Yi in this house.
After Jiang Sheng stepped forward and knocked on the door, the door opened quickly.
Inside stood Cheng Fantai, dressed in ordinary cotton clothes.
After Shen Yi saluted him, he entered the house. After looking around, he couldn't help but sigh: "Cheng Fantai, you are really frugal."
This yard is better than Shen Yi's old house in Jiangdu.
And the good ones are limited.
For a provincial level three boss, this is a bit shabby.
"Cheng also has a residence in the Chief Minister's Yamen, but living in the Chief Minister's Office, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at me, and I feel uncomfortable. Sometimes I live here to hide and be quiet."
Cheng Tinghe smiled and said: "Because of this, many people in Fujian officialdom don't like Cheng very much. They feel that Cheng should be getting money behind his back, but he is pretending to be poor in the open. That's..."
Cheng Fantai, a scholar, still did not say that classic saying about the archway.
After all, it's a bit unsightly.
Mr. Shen smiled slightly, then looked at Cheng Tingzhi and said calmly: "Cheng Fantai, Your Majesty has replied to your letter."
Cheng Tingzhi took a deep breath and knelt down to salute.
Shen Yi still reached out to support him and smiled lightly.
"The Holy One said in the letter that Cheng Fantai should come with me to Jiankang at the end of this year."
Shen Yi looked calm: "Your Majesty wants to see you in person."
Cheng Tingzhi's eyes showed excitement.
The fact that the emperor was willing to see him showed that what he said to the emperor worked.
At the very least, it has played a certain role!
As a result, the Fujian chief envoy bowed his head slightly to Shen Yi, and then looked respectful.
"Your Majesty... Cheng Tingzhi, respectfully receive your Majesty's edict!"