He was locked in the ancestral hall for several days without eating, and only ate some of the tributes on the table to satisfy his hunger. He barely maintained his physical strength. However, within two or three days, he had almost exhausted his physical strength and was in a miserable state.
After Zhang Jian ordered people to carry him back to the county government office, he turned around and saw a haggard-looking Fan Qian standing behind him.
Mr. Fan's face was already a little gray. He looked at Zhang Jian and was silent for a long time. Then he bowed his hands and said, "Fan from Jiangdu, say hello to the old prime minister."
Zhang Jian was stunned for a moment, then smiled dumbly, shook his head and said, "Mr. Fan, my grandfather doesn't know anything about Jiangdu."
He looked calm and said, "Zhang was just fulfilling his duties. What happened today has nothing to do with my old man."
Fan Qian smiled miserably: "Without the old prime minister, I am afraid that the county magistrate would not be able to stay in Jiangdu until now."
This sentence is true.
For local snakes like the Fan family, it would be extremely easy to drive away a county magistrate.
Zhang Jian smiled slightly and said, "As Master Fan said, if there was no Fan Jiming in the Fan family, then this county wouldn't have to go through so much trouble today."
"Besides, if the Fan family could really pass on poems and books to pass down their morality from generation to generation, there would be no negative consequences from this today."
After saying that, he raised his hands with a calm expression: "Do you have anything else to say, Mr. Fan?"
Fan Qian let out a deep breath.
"I'm sending this to the county magistrate."
"No need, Mr. Fan should have a good rest at home."
…
The county government acted very quickly. They started arresting people in the evening. By noon the next day, the three parties involved in the Chen Qing case, Fan Dongcheng, Luo Maocai, and Ma Jun, who had just returned to Jiangdu, were all arrested.
He was arrested and put on trial in the county jail, awaiting retrial by the imperial envoy.
And that afternoon, Shen Yi also returned to Jiangdu from the academy with his wife. The young couple were now inseparable and wished they could stay together twelve hours a day.
After returning to Jiangdu, Shen Yi received a document from the county government asking him to cooperate in handling the case.
He was asked to go to the Jiangdu County government office in two days to retrial Chen Qing's case.
In addition to this document, there is another person waiting for Shen Yi's return at the Shen family.
Shen Yi recognized him at a glance. This person, Zhou Mingzhu, was a eunuch in the palace. He usually worked with eunuch Sun Jin, so he could be understood as Sun Jin's right-hand man.
That is, people sent by the palace.
Since he was someone sent by the palace, Shen Yi naturally had to be more polite. He slightly raised his hands to Eunuch Zhou and said with a smile: "Eunuch Zhou is not in Jiankanafu, why did he come to Jiangdu?"
Eunuch Zhou's status in the Ministry of Internal Affairs was not high. Even Sun Jin had to treat Shen Yi respectfully. Naturally, he did not dare to be too presumptuous. He immediately stood up and saluted Shen Yi respectfully: "I have seen Shen Sizheng."
After saying this, Eunuch Zhou took a cloth bag from the table behind him. There was a thick stack of documents in the cloth bag.
He handed the document in front of Shen Yi and said: "Shen Sizheng, this is given to you by the palace. I want you to write it in the next issue of the Di Di newspaper. If it is not convenient for you to return to Jiankang, your servant will wait here.
You can write it and take it back to Jiankang."
Shen Yi looked at these documents and couldn't help frowning: "So many?"
He smiled bitterly and said: "Eunuch Zhou, before I return to Jiangdu, I have already written the Di newspaper for the Chinese New Year. Why do I have to write the Di newspaper again now?"
"Return to Si Zheng."
Eunuch Zhou was young and had a very good attitude. He lowered his head and said: "Eunuch Sun said that it was Gao Eunuch's representative who wanted to add it to the December Di's newspaper urgently. He said it was very important and had to be written by Si Zheng yourself. ."
Shen Yi sighed helplessly.
There are obviously many people writing articles in the Di newspaper department, so how come you can get married when you go home and find someone from the palace?
Thinking of this, he glanced at the cloth bag thoughtfully and asked, "Eunuch Zhou, what are these documents?"
Zhou Zhu lowered his head quickly: "I haven't read it, but I know the specific content. Si Zheng, you will know after you see it yourself."
Shen Yi nodded and said silently: "Then I will trouble my father-in-law to stay at my house for a few days. I will see what I want to write first. After I finish writing, I will ask my father-in-law to take it back to Jiankang."
Zhou Zhu shook his head: "Sizheng is newly married, and this slave is dirty, so I won't disturb Sizheng, so as not to pollute Sizheng's new house. I have already found a hotel. After Sizheng has finished writing, I will send someone to inform this slave." ."
Hearing this, Shen Yi couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
This Zhou Zhu, like Sun Jin, was a Qing...um...Qing eunuch?
After the two exchanged some polite words, Shen Yi sent him out.
After sending Eunuch Zhou away, Shen Yi returned to the living room, looked at the cloth bag, and shook his head slightly.
Originally, he was going to the county government office to meet the three old friends in the evening, but now I'm afraid he will have to delay for some time.
At this time, Lu Ruoxi brought hot tea. She looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Husband, are the people in the palace gone?"
Shen Yi smiled hoarsely: "How do you know, madam, that you are from the palace?"
"Qing'er said it."
Lu Ruoxi smiled and said, "She said she could tell if he was a eunuch in the palace."
Shen Yi picked up the bag and said with a smile: "I've left already. I was sent by the Di newspaper department to urge my husband to do some work. There's nothing wrong with him."
With that said, he carried the cloth bag back to his study room, and then took out a thick stack of documents from the bag.
The pile of these documents is probably a foot and a half high.
Shen Yi patiently took out the first book at the top and turned to the first page.
There are a few lines written on it.
Records of Haizhou in March of the first year of Hongde.
"On the ninth day of March, more than ten Japanese pirate ships landed. There were about a hundred Japanese pirates. They attacked more than ten coastal fishing villages and killed more than two hundred people..."
"On March 18th, the bandits attacked again and injured more than 50 people of our Chen Kingdom..."
"On May 21st, the bandits landed in Yongjia and injured nearly a hundred of our people..."
"July 11th..."
"The fourth day of September..."
"September 19th..."
This first booklet records the harassment of Japanese pirates in Taizhou and Yongjia in the first year of Hongde. This year was particularly serious. In just one year, nearly 400 people died at the hands of Japanese pirates.
In addition, during this year, Japanese pirates also killed seven or eight large merchant ships.
Shen Yi frowned, finished reading the booklet, then took a deep breath and opened the second book.
"The second year of Hongde..."
"Three years of Hongde..."
…
"The seventh year of Hongde."
Shen Yi went through these documents roughly. All the documents recorded the evil deeds of the Japanese pirates over the years, and they only recorded events during the Hongde period.
It is impossible for the Japanese pirates to say that they only started committing evil crimes during the Hongde period, so these are only part of the crimes committed by the Japanese pirates.
but…
Shen Yi put down the last document, then took a hard sip of tea, slowly closed his eyes, and calmed down his mood.
After a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at these documents.
What did the emperor mean when he showed these things to him?
Or...what did the emperor want him to write?
Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, and then an idea suddenly came to his mind.
Yes…
The emperor wanted to pacify the Japanese.
To pacify Japan, some public opinion is needed to build momentum, and he sent these things to Shen Yi just to let Shen Yi build momentum for him, or in other words, to build public opinion for the court.
Shen Yi's brain was spinning rapidly.
The emperor would not pacify the Japanese earlier, and he would not pacify the Japanese later, but he pacified the Japanese at this time...
His real purpose may not be to pacify the Japanese, or not to completely pacify the Japanese...
Shen Yi looked in the direction of health, his eyes a little lost.
Is the emperor...
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