Chapter 50 of the T-shaped volume: I am willing to obey my orders, even if I die.
In the end, it was Gu Yanbing who stood up, and as soon as he stood up, the other three people also stood up.
There was no introduction from anyone on either side, and Gu Yanbing didn't even know who the other party was, but he knew that the other party definitely knew who his group was.
He could vaguely guess the other party's intentions, but the other party must know better why he was willing to travel thousands of miles from Zhangzhou.
This unequal taste was a bit bitter, but Gu Yanbing didn't care. After getting through the bitterness, sweetness might come.
"Sit down." Feng Ziying sat down on the main seat and then raised her hand to signal the four of them to sit down.
Gu Yanbing and the four of them looked at each other in confusion, but the strength hidden beneath the calmness and composure shown by the other party made them even dare not ask anything.
"I know you are full of doubts. Since you are looking for someone to talk to you, why did you come by car like this? Is it to take advantage of the situation to suppress you, or has any other intention?" Feng Ziying smiled, "It's really unnecessary.
If I think about it, as soon as this teacup is thrown to the ground, maybe the Dragon Guards will rush in from both sides..."
One sentence made the whole room feel frozen to the bone.
"Gu Yanbing, on June 27th three years ago, you attacked and killed the Luzon Folangji merchant ship "Pearl Rock" outside Tongshan, killing forty-seven people and plundering 30,000 Folangji silver coins (cob).
and lots of pepper,…”
Gu Yanbing tried his best to keep his legs steady so as not to tremble, but the meridians in his lame leg, which had not hurt in decades, started to feel dull pain, even to the point of bone-deep pain.
"Xu Zhongxiang, on the ninth day of March in the second year of Yonglong, together with Japanese pirates off the coast of Nanri Mountain, robbed three merchant ships of Ma and Zhejiang merchants, 2,000 pieces of Hangzhou silk, and more than 3,000 pieces of Jingdezhen porcelain worth more than 50,000 taels of silver.
Sixty-eight crew members were killed and twenty-four were seriously injured..."
Xu Mazi's face was pale, with cold sweat on his back. The muscles on his face were twitching constantly, but his eyes were already looking outside the door. He just didn't know if there was really a dragon captain outside. Is it still too late to rush out at this time? "Huang Yongxiu?
, In July of the fourth year of Yonglong, he got into a jealous fight with others after drinking in Pingtan Mansion, and beat one person to death. Later, he blamed his nephew..."
Huang Butou's expression is quite normal. After all, things like his are nothing compared to the first two." In the fifth year of Yonglong, Huang Yongxiu presented the two Japanese girls to Qin Ze, the Qian President of the Fuquan Institute.
And send him nine thousand taels of silver every year in exchange for the other party's permission to use his smuggling route..."
Huang Butou's mood immediately dropped below freezing point. If this matter was revealed, it would no longer be his problem. The entire family and the people who ate under him would no longer be able to eat this bowl of rice.
The loss of a guard officer because of this meant that all the guard troops along the coast of Fujian had to defend themselves to death, and even put themselves to death. Thinking of this, he felt confused.
"Zhu Donghai, you did that thing outside Chenkeng at the beginning of this year, right? The harvest was not small, right? Oh, let's see..."
"No, no, sir, please stop talking..." Mr. Zhu was already sweating profusely and fell to his knees with a plop, "I did it, I did it, then there is nothing I can do about it, the people under my command
I want to eat..."
While Mr. Zhu knelt down, several other people could not hold their ground. They all knelt down with a loud thud, not daring to raise their heads and just kowtowed. There was a series of crisp sounds of green bricks in the room.
Feng Ziying raised the thick stack of paper in her hand, "Well, the papers of the past ten years are all here. Looking forward, I'm afraid I will have to ask Long Jinwei and the Fujian Qingli Department of the Ministry of Punishment to provide me with more
There are some suspicious things, am I not wronging you?..."
Several people were feeling cold all over, but they didn't know why the court and officials had not taken action in the past few years since they knew about their misdeeds.
They are all veterans who have been in the arena for many years. Although they were intimidated by Feng Ziying's words for a while, they could think of some of the weirdness after a second thought.
If the other party really wants to kill a few of them, not to mention that they can directly mobilize the troops from the Zhangzhou border guard station to confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans, even now they can immediately take down their own group? Why do you need to say so much here?
Could it be that he deliberately set a bait at this critical point to lure a few of his people to come, and then the border guard station started to take action?
But my family is not special among the thirteen families. When it comes to these things, even the five families have done less than me, let alone the other eight families among the thirteen families. Why do they have to do this to me?
To start? Could it be that Gu Laizi wanted to use the three of him as a proxy?
Thinking of this, a few or three people couldn't help but look at each other, and their eyes fell on Gu Laizi's face.
Gu Laizi was such a shrewd person, but he couldn't react. He smiled wryly and spread his hands, but said nothing.
Several people looked at it and it didn't look like it. For a moment they wanted to struggle for their lives, but they didn't dare. They were in a dilemma.
Seeing the unpredictable expressions on several people's faces, Feng Ziying really likes the feeling of controlling other people's lives and manipulating other people's hearts. Well, it's really refreshing, but it's a pity that this is not her purpose. "Okay, get up and go.
It's time for you to smash this tea cup to the ground." Feng Ziying waved her hand, "Some people can still see the situation clearly and know how to take advantage of the situation to fight for their lives. Some people just sit back and wait for death, while others can't see it.
To clear up the situation, we have to hit the stone with an egg..."
I don't understand, but several of them breathed a sigh of relief, and their eyes fell on the tea cup in each other's hands. They were really worried that if they lost the cup, the swordsman would come in and chop them into pieces.
If we really want to kill a few of them here, they can't even shout out, and they have come all the way to kill them. Is that unfair?
But after hearing the meaning of this person's words, could it be that everyone has been watched by the court for a long time, and it depends on whether you understand the current affairs? So, could you be regarded as a talented person who understands the current affairs?
My heart was pounding, and for a moment I felt like I was facing the sea, with spring flowers blooming, and Yang Qi emerging from my body.
"Okay, let me introduce myself. My surname is Feng, Feng Keng. I am a editor at the Hanlin Academy. I am going to Jiangnan this time..."
Although he is just a few low-class people who make a living at sea, Gu Laizi has always been paying attention to the changes in the court situation, because he knows that eating this bowl of rice is really like dancing on the edge of a knife, and any risk can put him in danger.
dust.
So when the imperial court's strategy of opening up the sea began to spread in Jiangnan, most people focused on the content of the strategy, looking for their own backers, and considering the next move, but he put more thought into understanding this strategy.
Why is the strategy of opening up the sea proposed at this time, and what is the reason?
Nominally, this strategy of opening up the sea was proposed by Chai Ke, the Right Minister of the Ministry of War and the Governor of the Three Borders, and the purpose was to use sea taxes as collateral to raise military salaries for guarding the Nine Borders, but Gu Laizi still found out an inside information that was not considered secret.
More details of this strategy of opening up the sea were put forward by a Jinke Jinshi in the imperial court.
This Jinshi's surname was Feng. He was a descendant of Conglong Wuxun during the Taizu era. His father was still a general military officer in the North and held military power. It was said that he was a rising star among the scholars in the North.
As a smuggler who made a living on the sea in Fujian, he had never read a book and could only read a few words. It was rare to know such detailed content. He even didn't know what happened in Yulin, where Feng Ziying's father was the commander-in-chief.
I don’t know where it is, I just know it’s a border town in the North.
But he kept this Jinshi's name firmly in his mind.
"Master Feng is the one who proposed the strategy of opening up the sea?!" Gu Laizi couldn't help but stood up and said tremblingly.
Although he knew that his group might be completely destroyed due to the opening of the sea, Gu Laizi was also aware of the general trend.
Not to mention such general trends, he knew how much benefit it would bring to the people along the entire coast, including Fujian, once the imperial court opened the sea.
Let’s not talk about those who are waiting at the top to make a lot of money, but the thousands of ordinary people who make a living by fishing can really make a living from this, and no longer need to worry about the government breaking into their homes at any time, or intruding into their homes at any time.
On the shore, the officers and soldiers of the guard station fired muskets and crossbows to kill him.
"Oh? You know me too?" Feng Ziying was not surprised. There were dragons and snakes hidden in the grass, whether they were dragons or snakes. It just depends on whether these people can recognize the current affairs and use them to their own advantage.
"Although the common people are stupid and crazy, they also know that Master Feng's strategy of opening up the sea is a great blessing for us and other coastal people. The common people also believe that in ten or twenty years, countless people will build a shrine to thank you...
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Although Gu Yanbing was sincere, he felt a chill in Feng Ziying. After building the Sheng Temple twenty years later, was he cursing himself to be like the nine-thousand-year-old man who built the Sheng Temple in this era?
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Unceremoniously interrupting Gu Laizi's words, Feng Ziying said in a deep voice: "Gu Yanbing, don't mention these treasonous words again. This is the grace of the emperor and the fact that the court officials are concerned about the well-being of the people along the coast. Feng is just
I just took advantage of the trend and came up with some specific strategies..."
Seeing that the other party was unwilling to mention such things, Gu Yanbing estimated that the other party was tired of hearing such flattery, or just didn't want to be in the limelight, so he immediately shut up.
"I have called you here today, and I have only one question: How do you plan to do this under such circumstances?"
To get straight to the point, Feng Ziying didn't bother to beat around the bush. This group of people took the initiative to come. In fact, they should have had some kind of consciousness, the consciousness to make sacrifices and pay the price, but they didn't know their true plans yet.
"I am willing to listen to Mr. Feng's orders, even if I die." Suddenly, his heart was filled with happiness. Without saying anything or asking, Gu Yanbing stood up and bowed.
For a moment, the other three people didn't understand. Why did this guy who had always been well-informed and shrewd in the Thirteen Family suddenly say such words after the other party only asked such a sentence?
And looking at that posture and expression, is it really a posture of surrendering and obeying orders, and will not give up even if it means death?
You don’t even ask what they want your group of people to do. What if you really want to kill their heads?