Li Yuchun could not survive the torture, but was finally willing to confess everything he had concealed

It turns out that the Li family has been trading with the Spanish for a long time since they came to Spain, and it has always been a fair transaction. They have never done anything illegal. After all, it is not a one-time deal. In order to maintain the long-term stability of the business, both parties have

It pays more attention to time and establishes a long-term partnership.

But just three months ago, a man named Gao Wang came to the door and said that the British had a batch of goods that they planned to cross the ocean to sell. After some negotiations, Li Wenzhang agreed to everything, and Gao Wang seemed to be among them.

The time to get a huge kickback deal was set for yesterday, when Li Wenzhang would send Li Yuchun and Zhao Ke to lead people to wait at the coast of Zhangzhou. However, a month ago, just when Li Yuchun and people were about to set off, they left from Zhangzhou.

There's a letter from over there

Li Wenzhang's fishing village on the seaside of Zhangzhou has all contact points to facilitate contact with the Spaniards and convey the news of the transaction. This letter was sent by the Spaniards, but the content of the letter was not about trading with Li Wenzhang.

I just said that I heard that some English people want to do business with Li Weng. This is because they intend to pry it off and do not follow the rules. I hope that Li Weng will not have anything to do with them based on the cooperative relationship between you and me for many years. Of course, Li Weng cannot let it go.

We don’t want to make money, so we gave Li Weng an idea. The British traveled across the ocean and brought so many goods. These goods were all looted and not obtained in the right way. Li Weng could just give him something in return.

If we go there, rob their goods and kill them on land, no foreign businessmen will know. I, Spain, promise that we will establish a closer relationship with Li Weng in the future. As long as we have goods in the future, we will definitely deliver them on the land.

I contacted Li Weng for a while, but if Li Weng disagreed, I, Spain, would be very sad.

The implication is very clear. If Li Wenzhang does not agree, Spain will terminate its long-term cooperative relationship with the Li family. Anyway, their products are very popular in the Ming Dynasty, and they never worry about buyers.

Li Wenzhang read the letter and immediately understood its meaning. At the same time, he also understood another meaning. This was an English businessman who went to these waters to do business without the consent of Spain. The Spanish were very dissatisfied.

Wanting to repair the other party, I came up with the idea of ​​borrowing a knife to kill someone. I planned to lend my own hand to the English people, and the loss of both people and goods also served as a warning to other overseas businessmen. If they want to come here to make money safely, they have to follow their Spanish

people cooperate

But the sea is vast. Wouldn't it be better if the Spaniards took matters into their own hands and dealt with the Englishmen? They also had to grab an extra batch of goods, which was quite a lot. When Li Wenzhang was talking to Gao Wang, Gao Wang had already

I was given a base and left the goods in hand instead of grabbing them. Instead, I gave them to me. Li Wenzhang was not a fool. He thought there must be something fishy in it, so he immediately sent someone to find out what the English people were saying.

There are also foreign missionaries in Wuchang. From their mouths, Li Wenzhang learned a piece of news. It turned out that a few decades ago, the country with the most powerful maritime fleet was the Netherlands, known as the sea coachman. What is Spain with similar strength?

, Portugal and the like, but with the rise of the navies of the major European countries, the maritime scenery of the Netherlands, Spain and other countries was gradually replaced by a country called England. The English navy was powerful, coupled with its large number of people, making it beyond the reach of those small countries. From then on,

Spain and other countries did not dare to compete with Britain

After asking about this matter, Li Wenzhang immediately understood that he was afraid that Spain would not dare to fight the English at sea, so he came to ask me for help.

Therefore, Li Wenzhang weighed it up and finally made up his mind to eat the English people.

These English people are just merchants across the ocean. As long as they don't return, they will be fine. He can guarantee this. With his own strength, it is more than enough to eliminate some foreigners on the shore. But the Spanish

The Dutch and pirates control this area of ​​​​the sea. The Dutch have other buyers and have never done business with them. If they lose Spain as a big customer, their future income will be much less. And these English people are just a one-time deal.

After this time, people took the goods and left, and there was no talking about when the next transaction would be. Even if the transaction was successful, the English businessman would not necessarily bring his reputation back to help find more partners, so

, no matter how you calculate it, it’s most cost-effective to kill these Englishmen on the battlefield.

At that moment, Li Wenzhang asked Li Yuchun to bring only one-third of the goods and bring more people. When they arrived at the place, during the transaction, when the British were unprepared, he stabbed them in the back, killed them, and took back all the goods.

But what Li Wenzhang never expected was that Kong Youde and Mao Youjian actually acted maliciously first and robbed the English at sea. As a result, they were defeated and suffered heavy losses. After hearing the news, Yue Su personally led his troops to pursue them and happened to be in

Li Yuchun arrived when he and the British started to fight

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After listening to Li Yuchun's story, Yue Su realized that this was what happened. It was exactly the same as the previous guess. It was really the Li family who had robbed the English people. After knowing the truth, Yue Su had a hard time making a decision because he heard Li Yuchun's voice.

I heard that the other party did not lie or hide anything. The person who wanted to buy firearms and did something to Wu Sinan was not the Li family.

There are only two crimes against the Li family now. The first is gathering a crowd to fight. The people who are going to be killed are Chinese people. Yue Su will naturally not be polite and does not say that he will confiscate the Li family's property and exterminate the clan, but Li Wenzhang's head is probably not saved, and

The evil slaves headed by Li Yuchun must also die. But the foreigners who died now are foreigners. Yue Su will not worship foreigners. Since he killed them, he will be killed.

The second charge is to secretly raise a large number of armed forces and plot evil. This charge is too big, enough to kill the entire Li family. After all, Li Wenzhang is his father-in-law, and there is no evidence of rebellion. If he kills the whole family,

That's too much. How can I face Li Qiongying in the future?

Yue Su hesitated for a long time, but did not come up with a complete countermeasure. It was getting late anyway, so he might as well think about it for himself and wait until tomorrow. So, he ordered to withdraw from the court and put Li Yuchun in solitary confinement.

After retreating from the hall, Kong Youde arranged a tent for Yue Su to rest. Where could Yue Su sleep? After entering the tent, he invited Jiang Jie to come and talk alone.

"Sir, did you recruit this subordinate because it is difficult to handle the current case?"

Jiang Jie entered Yue Su's tent, and after seeing the ceremony, he sat down opposite Yue Su, and then spoke frankly about Yue Su's psychology. The two of them were so familiar now, and there was no distinction between guest and host. No matter what happened, Jiang Jie

Jiedu said straightforwardly

Yue Su nodded and said: "Anyone who knows me is also a husband..." Yue Su sighed and said with some embarrassment: "How should Su handle this case?"

"It can be said that the Li family robbed the goods of the barbarians and gathered a crowd to fight with the barbarians. It can be said that it can be punished or not. After all, the barbarians disobeyed the Ming Dynasty's sea ban and logged in without authorization. It is already good that the imperial court did not send troops to exterminate them.

, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, if some consequences occur, they should naturally be responsible for it, but..." Jiang Jie pondered for a moment before continuing: "It's just that the Li family has raised so many warriors who can fight. It seems that the Li family's strength is still there.

Not only that, sending another three to five thousand people should be more than enough. According to the imperial system, even the prince is not allowed to have so many private soldiers. The generals who command the troops in the border towns support more servants to go into battle, also because of the number of combatable soldiers in the military camp.

Too few, so we can raise more private soldiers to fight against foreign invaders. But, as a businessman in the Li family, why do we raise so many private soldiers?

No matter from any angle, the Li family is guilty of private fraud and should be severely punished. However, after all, the owner of the Li family is your father-in-law, and there is no conclusive evidence of rebellion. Your Majesty really can't do it."

What Jiang Jie said was exactly the same as what Yue Su was thinking in his heart. It was too difficult to make a decision. Even Qingtian couldn't make a decision easily in this matter. You know, the Li family raising so many people can be regarded as a contribution to society.

After making a certain contribution, if they were really laid off, how many people would be laid off at once, facing re-employment. These people are all weak and powerful people. If they can hang out with Li Wenzhang and become domestic soldiers, they are unwilling to work.

If you really put it into society, you wouldn’t be able to do anything?

Especially in today's troubled times, if you join the rebels and follow the rebellion, you will still end up becoming a bandit. Even local gangsters will have an impact on public security. Back then, Zhu Yuanzhang set up post stations all over the world and raised many powerful people.

Just give them a bowl of rice and let them work for the court honestly.

Moreover, it is now proven that Li Wenzhang planned to rebel, but the label of evil intentions is still the evidence to kill Boss Li. How can it be justified? Li Wenzhang's current status is somewhat like that of a business leader. Once he is arrested by the court,

Killing him will definitely cause a lot of turmoil in the business world. Those businessmen who do this will put everyone in danger. Just like in modern times, if Boss Li, the richest man in Hong Kong, is killed by the court for some reason, and it is just an unfounded crime, this will definitely cause chaos in the Hong Kong business world.

It is also the same reason why Li Wenzhang was killed in panic

It would be inappropriate to really take care of it. Yue Su also felt it was inappropriate not to take action.

After listening to Jiang Jie's words, Yue Sun shook his head and sighed: "Husband, this is the problem. In your opinion, what should we do?"

"My subordinates think that we can only use an expedient strategy now, with small punishments and big warnings," Jiang Jie said.

"How do you punish your husband for his small punishments and big warnings? Please give me some advice." Yue Su quickly asked for advice.
Chapter completed!