Lin Fu read the official letter delivered from Qingzhou Kuaima under the oil lamp, frowning slightly, as if locked in deep thought. When he saw Sun Jingtang, Sun Wenbing, and Sun Wenwan walking in, he asked them to sit down and said: "Sit down, everyone.
This is an excerpt from the decision of the various departments involved in the Changyi case, take a look..." He handed the official letter in his hand to Sun Jingtang.
Sun Jingtang sat down slightly on the case side, hesitated for a moment, took the official letter folder and looked through it; Sun Wenbing and Sun Wenwan stood on one side and did not sit down.
Lin Fu didn't pay attention to these rules, but others had to pay attention to the rules of respecting elders and younger ones, so he could only follow the local customs.
Xihe Hui employs an accountant, but in recent years, Sun Wenwan has been more responsible for correspondence and accounting. Sun Jingtang and his brother Sun Jingxuan are not very literate. Fortunately, the excerpts of the Changyi case trial are very simple and clear, and they are basically the same.
It records the original words of the interrogator and the person being interrogated. He read it easily. He spent a lot of time reading the eloquent excerpt of 10,000 words. He was afraid that something was missing, so he read the key points carefully again.
Give it to the second son Wen Bing to read.
Sun Wenwan couldn't break the rules, so she relied on her good eyesight and turned sideways to read the excerpt in her cousin's hand. After reading it, a chill ran down her spine.
Even with Tang Haoxin and Lin Mengde in Qingzhou, they fought for the Xihe Hui and the Sun family to gain new forces. The result of the joint trial was still quite unfavorable to the Xihe Hui and the Sun family, and the initial punishment was very severe.
Naturally, Liu Yefei will be held responsible for neglecting to monitor the river conditions and killing the congregation without permission, leading to the Changyi mutiny. Liu Yefei will also be held responsible for the mutiny of the Qingzhou Army. Since Liu Yefei has a very high official position, the case will be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
, the joint trial of the three divisions of Dali Temple even had to be finalized after the palace meeting, which was not within the scope of the joint trial of the Changyi mutiny case.
The Changyi Mutiny was ultimately classified as a gang gathering to cause trouble, and serious crimes such as treason were omitted. However, Sun Jingxuan, Sun Wenyao, and more than 150 leaders of the Xihe Society, including Sun Jingtang, had to be punished for their lax control and hiding soldiers secretly.
Those who gather a crowd to cause trouble and cause death or injury to seventeen people with weapons shall be punished by imprisonment ranging from three years, five years, or ten years, plus corporal punishment ranging from thirty, fifty, or eighty with a cane; other leaders of the congregation are one hundred and fifty
The rest were sentenced to prison terms of one to three years, plus corporal punishment ranging from ten to thirty with a cane. Sun Wenbing, who had nothing to do with the Changyi mutiny, was also implicated. He had military merits, so he was able to compensate for his crimes; Sun Wenwan was a female classmate.
Without additional punishment, he was sentenced to emigrate from his father; he sent an envoy to join the Jianghuai Governor's Office and the Jiangdong County Inspector's Office to immediately dissolve the Xihe Hui, and the grain transportation services undertaken by him were divided among the river gangs in Jiangning, under the name of Xihe Hui.
The water vessels, the society's property, and the Sun family's property were registered, searched, and brought to the official...
Without the Jiangdong Zuojun to take refuge, in a normal sense, the Sun family and the Xihe Society would have been completely destroyed by suffering such a severe punishment, but at least everyone was saved.
It is conceivable that if Lin Fu had not used the grain shortage in the capital as a threat to invade Shandong with his troops, the Changyi mutiny would have been really classified as a major crime of treason, and the more than 300 people who were taken to Qingzhou as the first criminals would not have been able to save Xiang Shang's head.
I'm afraid that even the clan will have trouble preserving...
Sun Wenwan still felt waves of fear, and cold sweat broke out down her back.
"The Changyi mutiny case will not be investigated further, but it is difficult to completely wipe out some of the unfavorable evidence that the Sun family collected for Liu Yefei. The trial can only fabricate some unfounded charges on the Sun family.
Wash it away - let's ignore these so-called evidences of crime. The key is that the resolution after the trial is too much for the Sun family," Lin Fu said to Sun Jingtang, "I will go to Qingzhou tomorrow to lead the cavalry camp.
, you follow me to Qingzhou, I want to get closer to Xu Jian, and I have to fight for the Sun family no matter what!"
"..." Sun Jingtang pondered for a moment and said, "Thank you, sir, for the sake of the Sun family. Such a punishment is not unacceptable to the Sun family. The key is to save people. But apart from the thousands of mouths that cause trouble to you, Xihe will not
The Sun family is really ashamed of others who can serve you well..."
"Why are you saying these things? When I arrived in Jiangning, I was penniless," Lin Fu said, tapping his fingers on the table, thinking for a moment, and said, "Even if we finally admit it, we still have to go to Qingzhou to bring the
Take him out first and then talk about it, so as not to play dirty tricks on others. Although Wen Bing does not mention military achievements, his identity is not affected. You should return to Jiangning immediately to find Mr. Gu, and move the Jiangning congregation and their families of the Xihe Society to the mouth of the river for the time being.
If there are any difficulties with the resettlement, discuss the solution with Lin Jingzhong and Zhao Hu. If it doesn't work, go to Chongzhou for help!"
The waterway from Jiangning to Chongzhou is less than 500 miles. With sailing and smooth current, it can be reached day and night, and it only takes three days to return on horseback. It is much faster than their reaction in Shandong, which is beyond their reach.
At this time, Fu Qinghe, Ge Cunxiong, Hu Zhiyong, Hu Zhicheng and others were presiding over Xisha Island in Chongzhou, with Qin Chengzu and others secretly assisting them. There were more than 600 elites in Jiyun Military Guards and Xisha Island Township Camp, but in fact there were more than 8,000 strong men in Xisha Island.
The rotation training has been completed, and about a thousand Jianyong were selected and directly used as Jiyun military guards and rural camp back-up troops. Prior to this, Lin Fu sent more than 1,400 Jiangdong Left Army soldiers to Xisha Island for recuperation.
After months of recuperation, most of the people had recovered from their injuries. At this time, even if he did not count the elites of Changshan Island, Fu Qinghe could organize 3,000 combat troops on Xisha Island to prepare for any eventuality.
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Sun Wenbing left Changyi that night. Considering the lack of manpower in Jiangning, Lin Fu directly sent two hundred fine cavalry to be controlled by Sun Wenbing and escort him back to Jiangning to resettle the Xihe congregation and their families. It is still possible for the Xihe congregation and the Sun family to transfer part of their property.
This depends on whether the personnel of the Xihe Society guarding Jiangning move quickly enough. In fact, after suppressing the mutiny of the Qingzhou Army, Lin Fu asked Sun Wenbing to send people back to Jiangning to do these things, but no news has been reported back.
It has been four generations since the Sun family established the Xihe Association to take over water services. The number of members in the congregation has increased from more than 300 to more than 2,000. Although they are earning coolie money and being heavily exploited, they have also accumulated a lot.
For example, along the Cao Canal Road, the Xihe Association will add some houses to provide a place for congregants to rest and stay when they are sick and injured. Xihe Association uses Jiangning as its base and purchases land in the south of Jiangning City to build a large number of houses for the congregation to use.
The family settled in.
Xihehui makes a living on water. In addition to water transportation, it also undertakes other transportation services in its free time. In addition to waterships, Xihehui also has many private ships under its name. Although these private ships are not very big, they are exactly the purpose of the Sun family to strengthen Xihehui.
After adding armaments, it can be easily transformed into a warship, and the hull is strong.
Compared with the land and houses, these private ships are easier to relocate; but it is still unknown to what extent Jiangning has done so.
Lin Fu rested for two hours that night. In the early morning, he asked Zhou Pu to lead the rest of the cavalry battalion to escort him, Sun Jingtang, and Sun Wenwan to Qingzhou. Zhao Qingshan led a battalion of infantry to slowly march towards Qingzhou, while Ao Canghai and Zhou Tong's three battalions of armored soldiers stayed.
More than 1,500 Xihe congregations were stationed in Tarbao Mountain.
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From Tarbao Mountain to Hanting and then to Qingzhou, it was about two hundred miles. Lin Fu, supported by more than 400 horsemen, walked for only one day and one night, and arrived in Qingzhou in the early morning of April 2.
When we arrived in Qingzhou, there was fog in the city. The white mist flowed on the eaves of the streets and alleys, and the city walls were also looming.
Lin Mengde got the news a moment earlier and went out of the city to meet Lin Fu. Lin Mengde and Sun Jingtang were both familiar with each other. After chatting for a while, he told Lin Fu the latest developments in Qingzhou City in the past two days: "At the banquet last night, Xiao Xuanchou
Suddenly the matter of the prison city came up, and they said that they would submit a letter to the imperial court along with the resolution of the Changyi case, requesting that they choose a place to reopen the prison city at the mouth of the Chongzhou River, and integrate the Jinchuan prison island into the prison city..."
"Eh!" Lin Fu breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Xuanchou had always been his immediate boss, and his impression of Xiao Xuanchou had always been in terms of being smooth and worldly. Gu Wuchen had been preparing for the reopening of the prison for a long time, and Xiao Xuanchou didn't look like that kind of person.
The person who stole the credit from his immediate superior! Lin Fu suddenly felt troubled and asked Lin Mengde, "What do you think of this matter?" Lin Mengde knew that this matter happened earlier than them, and he had enough time to think about the causes and consequences behind it.
"Choose a location to reopen the prison city at the mouth of the Chongzhou River. Naturally, it is convenient for you to control. At first glance, it is beneficial to us," Lin Mengde said, "In fact, it is not the case. I suspect that Xiao Xuanchou has been wooed by Yue Lengqiu...
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"It's a bit serious..." Lin Fu frowned and thought carefully. He had just heard the news and had no time to think carefully about the causes and consequences behind it.
"Tang Shaobao told me about this last night, and he also thought Xiao Xuanchou was unreliable," Lin Mengde said, "Because of you, and Mr. Gu supporting you, there is no possibility for others to interfere with Prison Island, or even see through it.
It is also difficult to determine whether the prison island is real or not. And in our deployment, the prison island and the estuary are dependent on each other, and they are the lips and teeth of dependence. If I were Yue Lengqiu, I would not want to see such a prison island in such a situation.
The heart of Jiangning is completely out of his control. However, neither Tang Shaobao nor Mr. Gu has an excuse to veto the matter and reopen the prison city. Only those involved in the Changyi case can officially migrate to Chongzhou..."
"It's so calm..." Lin Fu felt that Yue Lengqiu was really a troublesome figure. Changyi rebelled. If he hesitated even a little bit, the Sun family and the Xihe Society would not be saved. Yue Lengqiu's miscalculation meant that he had miscalculated.
reaction, I didn’t expect him to hand over another hidden nail so quickly.
Lin Fu has been able to fully control Xisha Island, and the Jiangdong Left Army will also return to Xisha Island. It will not be of any substantial benefit to him whether to pay for Chongzhou Township or to reopen the prison city at the mouth of the Chongzhou River.
There are two types of exile: Liubian and exile. Liuhai Island can also be regarded as a type of Liubian. When Lin Fu came to Qingzhou this time, he planned to directly take Sun Jingxuan, Sun Wenyao and others to Xisha Island to avoid extraneous matters, but he did not
Thinking of what excuses to make.
Prison Island is like Jiangning, just like Jinwei Island is like Jinhai. Controlling Prison Island, from Prison Island to Xisha Island to Changshan Island and then to Jinwei Island, is a complete link. At this time, it is hard to
I cut off a link on Yue Lengqiu's head, but I still can't express the pain.
Sun Jingtang had just had a heart-to-heart talk with Lin Fu yesterday, and he didn't know much about the details of many things in Jiyun Society. Seeing Lin Fu's frown, he also knew that the importance of Prison Island was beyond his previous imagination.
Lin Fu frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "Even if Prison Island cannot be mine alone, I must integrate Prison Island with the mouth of the river, and cannot give Yue Lengqiu or others any excuse to occupy it... In addition, Jiangdong is in Jia
Since Pengxu resigned, there has been no deputy inspector general, so Yue Lengqiu will probably push Xiao Xuanchou into this position."
"I talked to Tang Shaobao at night and he also had this worry," Lin Mengde asked, "Are you going to see Tang Shaobao first?"
"Oh, okay, let's go see Mr. Tang first." Lin Fu said.
Gu Wuchen and Yue Lengqiu were fighting in Jiangning and were already at a disadvantage. Unexpectedly, Yue Lengqiu also roped in Xiao Xuanchou within the Inspectorate to contain Gu Wuchen. This actually shows that after the conflict between Tang, Gu and Zhang and Yue became public,
Many people are more optimistic about Zhang and Yue. If Xiao Xuanchou had already turned to Yue Lengqiu before coming to Qingzhou, then the transfer of property of the Sun family and Xihe Society would probably come to nothing. Yue Lengqiu would definitely be able to send people to Jiangning before them.
Previously, we had launched a campaign to seize the property of the Sun family and the Xihe Society.