Chapter 2056

After all, Jin Yiwei has no one else but the Xu family to deal with in the local area. The risks involved in attacking the Xu family, and the consequences it would entail, Jin Yiwei would not have imagined. If Shi Biao

If Sun Baihu knew the real purpose of obtaining these weapons before the incident, he would probably be indifferent to Xu Yuxing's remarks. Xu Yuxing also wanted to use this method to determine whether Shi Biao knew the key information.

Shi Biao slowly raised his head, looked at Xu Yuxing and said, "There was civil strife in the Ming Dynasty? Is the world peaceful now?"

Hearing this tone, Xu Yuxing felt that this person should know something about the inside story, and immediately retorted: "The north has been in war for many years, and it is indeed not peaceful. However, in recent years, Fujian has a unified government and the coastal states are very prosperous. Isn't this a fact? Every year from Fujian

The amount of taxes paid to the imperial court, whether it is money or grain, is among the top in the country. If Fujian is in chaos, will it be good for the Ming Dynasty?"

Shi Biao shook his head slightly and said: "Fujian is stable on the surface, but it is not a peaceful and prosperous era. The imperial decrees are not implemented, and local factions form their own factions. A chaos may occur at any time. The duty of the Jin Yiwei is to eliminate these hidden dangers of instability for the emperor!"

Although Shi Biao did not name who the so-called "local factions" and "potential instability" were, it seems that there is no need at this time. Xu Xinsu has been in control of military power in Fujian for more than a year or two.

The garrison is almost entirely controlled by the children of the Xu family, so that no one in Fujian dares to challenge the Xu family head-on. The peaceful situation in Fujian is due to the dominance of the Xu family, and the hidden dangers behind this peaceful situation also come from

The current situation of the Xu family in Fujian is covering the sky with only one hand.

However, Shi Biao's position was very clear when he said this. Even though he had become a prisoner, he had no intention of surrendering to the Xu family.

Xu Yuxing took a deep breath and tried to control the anger in his heart. There have been many guys like this who are hostile to the Xu family in the past few years, but their endings have generally not been very good. A mere Jinyiwei general banner was killed immediately.

He would just kill him, and the news wouldn't even get out of this courtyard. If he hadn't wanted to get more words out of Shi Biao's mouth, he wouldn't have wanted to waste his words here.

"That's nonsense! My Xu family has been guarding the border for the Ming Dynasty for many years, guarding the southeastern seaboard. We have kept Fujian safe for so many years. There is no merit but hard work. Besides, the imperial court has always placed great trust in my Xu family and has given me rewards every year. How can we allow you to do this?

Waiting for the villains who are afraid of the world to be slandered!" Xu Yuxing naturally could not acquiesce to the other party's insinuations and accusations, and he still had to refute them squarely.

Xu Yuxing did not wait for Shi Biao to argue, and made a gesture: "Continue the trial! If you still refuse to recruit me, I will kill you!"

When his men rushed over like wolves and tigers, took Shi Biao's arms and dragged him out, it was conceivable that another beating would follow.

"This man's bones are quite strong." Jin Ming expressed his opinion at this time: "Even if I knew I still had a chance to survive, I still gave up on my own initiative."

Xu Yuxing snorted and said: "If you jump out to fight against my Xu family, you are asking for death! No matter how hard your bones are, how can they withstand sharp knives and guns? Since he has made up his mind, I will give him a happy life after the trial."

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For such a determined person, Xu Yuxing is not going to waste any more time. If he can be tried, he will be tried, and if he cannot be tried, he will be killed. In short, he cannot stay. Even if Shi Biao has some key information, in Xu Yuxing's opinion, it is actually

It has nothing to do with the overall situation. With so many personal and material evidences obtained on the Jinfa today, why can't we find any clues? If it weren't for Haihan to give an explanation, he would have adopted a more radical interrogation.

means.

Jin Ming can actually feel Xu Yuxing's thoughts, but even if he doesn't completely agree with the other party's approach, he can only provide opinions as a participant and cannot dictate to Xu Yuxing. He only hopes that Xu Yuxing will not get angry.

Making some impulsive decisions, such as ordering the direct execution of insiders like Shi Biao.

At this time, in addition to Jinfa, many places in Zhangzhou City were also surrounded by city defense corps for searches. Zhangzhou City has always had good security, and it was rare to see the city gates closed and the city defense troops dispatched to search everywhere.

It also makes people panic.

According to the information provided by Xu Yuxing, the city defense army surrounded and hunted the Jinyi Guards' other strongholds in the city, one in the dark and one in the dark. At this time, their faces were torn, and the Xu family had no fear in their actions. They wanted to kill all the Jinyi Guards in the city.

Policy safety.

Unsurprisingly, the city defense army encountered resistance at both locations, but the intensity was limited because almost all the local Jinyi guards were concentrated on Jinfa No., leaving only a few people to look after the homes at these two strongholds.

However, Sun Baihu, who was in charge of the local Jinyiwei, was still not found. It seemed that he was not in Zhangzhou City at this time, as the Jinyiwei of Jinfa had said.

Because there are still many things that have not been clarified in this matter, Xu Xinsu did not blindly expand the scope of arrest targets. Almost all those who should be arrested were arrested before dark. However, Xu Xinsu still issued a curfew order just to be safe. In fact, Xu Xinsu still issued a curfew order.

Several main roads in the city were already under control by the city defense army that afternoon. When the people in the city heard that the city defense army was searching for gangs of gangsters, most of them returned home and closed their doors and windows to avoid getting into trouble.

Since the arrest target was clear and the city defense troops were dispatched quickly and handled properly, the arrest operation did not cause much trouble in Zhangzhou City. Except for a few participants and commanders, most of the people in Zhangzhou City

No one knows the truth of what happened today.

But the so-called arresting of Jiangyang thieves is okay for ordinary people. Today, we have arrested so many Jinyiwei, and we have basically wiped out all the Jinyiwei in Zhangzhou City. Such a big move will definitely not be hidden from the people in the officialdom in the future, so in the end we have to do it.

This gives a more secure explanation.

"Raising private soldiers, colluding with foreign invaders, smuggling weapons, assassinating important ministers, and stubborn resistance... Well, all these charges will be written down. Tomorrow morning... no, after they are finished, they will send someone to rush to the capital for 800 miles.

You have to take the initiative in this matter so as not to be passive." After reading the memorial drafted by Dong Yanyun, Xu Xinsu expressed that she was basically satisfied with the contents.

After all, the Jinyiwei are the emperor's personal soldiers. To cover up this conflict, Xu Xinsu must come up with a justifiable reason. At this time, he must take the first step and list a bunch of charges for the Jinyiwei to report to the court. Even the little actions of these Jinyiwei in Zhangzhou

It's an instruction from the imperial court. As long as you act quickly enough and report it before the imperial court takes the next step, the imperial court will probably just hold your nose and admit it.

Dong Yanyun said: "After this battle, Jin Yiwei will probably never set foot in Zhangzhou City again in the future."

Xu Xinsu snorted coldly and said: "If you are not afraid of losing your life, you can come to Zhangzhou and try again!"

Allowing Jin Yiwei to be stationed in Zhangzhou was actually a tacit understanding between Xu Xinsu and the imperial court, indicating that he recognized the imperial court's practice of placing surveillance personnel near him to prove that he had no intention of betraying the imperial court. Before that, he was stationed in Zhangzhou

The Jinyiwei staff are also honest and have not caused any trouble for Xu Xinsu, so the two sides have always been in a state of harmony. Even if Jinyiwei wants to operate a private industry like Jinfahao in Zhangzhou, Xu Xinsu gives it the green light.

There will be no restrictions.

But after the current incident, it is obviously unlikely that Xu Xinsu and Jin Yiwei will live in peace again. In the future, Zhangzhou will probably no longer allow Jin Yiwei to set up a permanent office.

Dong Yanyun said: "Master Jin from Haihan has been following the third young master. It seems that their attitude towards this matter is more nervous than ours."

Xu Xinsu said: "Sir, I don't know. The Spaniards are now selling muskets everywhere, and most of the trading objects are forces that are at odds with or conflict with Haihan. They have caused a lot of trouble for the Haihan people. It is said that Haihan is in order to

Investigating this matter also used a lot of manpower. There are countless people from Liaodong to the South China Sea working on investigating this matter, and this Lord Jin is just one of them."

Dong Yanyun said: "Relying on selling weapons to create trouble for Haihan, the Spaniards' move is a bit like attacking a cow from across the mountain."

Xu Xinsu shook his head and said: "This strategy can only work for a short time, but it is difficult to have long-term effects. Think about it, the Spaniards themselves can't defeat Haihan, can they just rely on selling weapons to reverse the passive situation? So nothing

Scattered sales of a few muskets and cannons would at most distract Haihan from taking care of them for the time being. Moreover, the Spaniards could not make weapons much faster. In the past, our ships would go to Manila.

I have visited local weapons workshops and found that the scale is not at the same level as Haihan, so they can only sell weapons on a small scale, and it will never become a big deal."

Although Xu Xinsu did not know the inside story of the Spanish colonial authorities' arms exports, he saw the problem very accurately and was keenly aware of the shortcomings of the Spanish colonial authorities.

No matter how wild the Spanish channels are, as long as the number of weapons exported is not enough, it will ultimately be in vain. These forces that receive Spanish weapons are often unable to form real combat effectiveness in the short term, let alone confront the Haihan regular army, and once their hands are exposed,

The new weapons on the battlefield will immediately attract the pursuit of Haihan.

The reason why Haihan is so nervous is not because the small number of armed personnel scattered in the country can change the international situation. More than half of the reason is to block the Spanish activity channels in East Asia and not allow them to turn around.

space. And the remaining part of the reason is because Haihan realized that someone was playing a role in connecting the Spaniards, and finding out the mastermind behind this was a more important goal than chasing down the Western-made weapons themselves.

Dong Yanyun nodded repeatedly and said: "My lord, you are right. If you only rely on others to provide weapons, your foundation will be unstable. What's more, the Spaniards are far away in the depths of the South China Sea. It will probably take several months to transport things here. It will take a long time."

It is indeed unrealistic to rely on the weapons they provide to fight the war."

Xu Xinsu understood the implication of Dong Yanyun's words and knew that he was reminding herself that she could not just buy weapons and equipment through buying and buying, but she had to try to achieve self-production. He had his own plans for this matter, and he did not do so at the moment.

After explaining more, he brought the topic back to the current situation in Zhangzhou City: "According to the Haihan people, there are middlemen operating the Spanish weapons sales. What do you think, sir?"

Dong Yanyun said: "Could it be that Jin Yiwei was the matchmaker?"

Xu Xinsu shook her head and said: "It makes no sense, because the Spaniards also sold weapons to the Liaodong Jurchens. Even if the Jinyiwei is brave, it is impossible for him to do such a thing."

Jinyiwei is a special organization that is directly loyal to the emperor. The commander of Jinyiwei can be regarded as the emperor's confidant. It is difficult to imagine that such an organization that serves the imperial power would secretly collaborate with the enemy. Even though Xu Xinsu had a very bad impression of Jinyiwei, he did not think that Jinyiwei would betray him.

Daming.

Xu Xinsu continued: "To be able to complete arms transactions across such a far distance, the middleman must have rich navigation experience. Maritime merchants from the south rarely go as far as Liaodong, and maritime merchants from the north are unlikely to go

To the depths of the South China Sea. To be honest, even if Jin Yiwei wants to handle this matter, the shipping capabilities may not be able to meet the requirements."

Dong Yanyun frowned and said: "In this way, it is actually rare to have such a level of power. Apart from Haihan himself, there are probably only a few large merchants in Fuzhou and Guangzhou who can do it."

Xu Xinsu said: "The Haihan people must have thought of this a long time ago. I think they have checked it several times..."

Dong Yanyun said: "They searched here and there, and all they investigated were maritime merchants in the Ming Dynasty. Is there a possibility that this middleman is not actually a maritime merchant in the Ming Dynasty, or that his original location is not a seaport in the Ming Dynasty, but he has been doing this all year round."

Han Chinese merchants were active on the coast of the Ming Dynasty."

Xu Xinsu said: "The situation you mentioned is a bit interesting, but if it is the behavior of an individual maritime merchant, his mobility is too strong. It can actually open up all the joints. If you have this ability, why bother doing business?

Being an official will definitely make you like a fish in water and make a name for yourself."

Dong Yanyun said: "I am afraid that it is not possible for just a few people to make such a big noise. I feel that this is more like the work of a force, but I don't quite understand its motive. Since it has so much control over

Trade channels and sea routes, then why not just do business honestly and make money, but take great risks to fight Haihan. What are the benefits of fighting Haihan?"

Xu Xinsu did not immediately respond to Dong Yanyun's question because he was also stumped by this question. As far as he knew, there were many forces that had opposed Haihan over the years, but no one had the last laugh, and those who were uprooted were also

Quite a few. So what is the reason and what purpose is driving the manipulator behind the scenes to choose to go against Haihan?
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