Under the leadership of Niu Fude and Zhao Dali, the Zhaofu Nursing Home raided the Yingtian Mansion Prison without warning.
This battle was not only easy and enjoyable, but also extremely fruitful.
Because of the active cooperation between the Nanjing government and various gentry families, when the seventh prince Zhu Hejian issued an order to severely punish profiteers, this order was implemented as never before. In just half a day, all the "United Shipping Company" in Nanjing were wiped out.
Those well-known franchise merchants in the territory.
Therefore, when Niu Fude and Zhao Dali led a group of Zhaofu guards to raid Yingtianfu Prison, they found that Yingtianfu Prison was crowded with relevant prisoners. In addition to Qian Lai, the Nanjing boss of "United Shipping Company", they also detained
Along with dozens of other franchise merchants of "United Shipping Lines".
Li Pengyu, the big boss of "Pengyu Trading Company", the Zhang brothers, the big boss of "Zhang's Shipping Company", Gu Xiqing, the big shopkeeper of "Yongfeng Grain Company"...
Niu Fude has been assisting the military and government all year round, and he is also a decisive and ruthless character. After seeing this situation, he just thought about it for a moment and decided to kidnap all the merchants in the cell. Now they are all brought to Jiangdong Tower by him.
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Because there were so many merchants rescued during the prison robbery that ordinary rooms could not accommodate so many people, so Niu Fude and Zhao Dali temporarily arranged most of the merchants in the main hall on the first floor of Jiangdong Building to wait for news, while the two of them
He took Qian Lai to the third floor of Jiangdong Building and reported the mission results to Zhao Junchen.
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When Niu Fude, Zhao Dali, and Qian Lai entered the room, Zhao Junchen was discussing Hu Xiao's matter with Huo Zhengyuan and Guo Min.
"...While someone was setting fire to kill the captured soldiers, and the entire Zhanyuan was in chaos, the villain led a team of men into Zhanyuan in the name of hunting down the arsonists, thinking that
In order to take advantage of the chaos to recapture Hu Xiao, they had successfully found Hu Xiao's room, but found that Hu Xiao was in a coma due to severe injuries, his whole body was hot and his breath was weak.
But when the villain was about to take Hu Xiao to evacuate Zhanyuan, Li Yong of the Qianhu of the Jinyi Guards suddenly moved out of the imperial edict. Hu Xiao also woke up from his coma due to various movements, and immediately shouted, determined not to
After leaving Zhanyuan, the situation was at a stalemate. When His Highness the Seventh Prince rushed back to Zhanyuan in time, he also had a tough attitude and resolutely refused to allow us to take away Hu Xiao. After all, our side was weak and lacked manpower.
If you disobey the Seventh Prince for any reason, you will have to fail and leave Hu Xiao in Zhanyuan..."
As he spoke, Guo Min kept shaking his head, his expression full of annoyance: "The good news is... Hu Xiao's physical condition is extremely bad, and his body is extremely hot. There is a high probability that he will not die soon, but the villain always feels vaguely,
This Hu Xiao is very hard-working, and he probably won't die easily!
The bad news is... Judging from the importance that His Highness the Seventh Prince attaches to Hu Xiao, he must have discovered the importance of Hu Xiao. Maybe he has also found out our secrets from Hu Xiao. He is very likely to use Hu Xiao next.
When an owl deals with cabinet ministers, there will definitely be endless troubles!
Thinking about it afterwards, the villain should have taken advantage of the opportunity to control Hu Xiao and secretly do something to send Hu Xiao to hell in advance! Alas! What a missed opportunity! What a missed opportunity!"
Zhao Junchen's expression was calm. He raised his hand and patted Guo Min's shoulder before comforting him in a calm voice: "Mr. Guo, there is no need to be upset, let alone be frightened by this! The seventh prince is also in trouble at the moment, and there is a high probability that he will not be able to care about the relationship with him."
I am my enemy, and he forcibly kept Hu Xiao in his hands. Most likely, he just regarded Hu Xiao as a bargaining chip and wanted to exchange some benefits with me! In short, you are not to blame for this matter. Although there were mistakes,
But as long as we think more about it, we can always plug this loophole... In any case, if something happens, this cabinet will give priority to protecting Mr. Guo, and we will try our best to prevent Mr. Guo from being implicated in this matter."
As he spoke, Zhao Junchen seemed to have a calm expression, but his brows were tightly knitted, and he was obviously under great pressure.
Hearing Zhao Junchen's statement, Guo Min was even more moved to tears.
Although Guo Min also believed that he was innocent, the variable Hu Xiao emerged because of Guo Min. However, Zhao Junchen not only did not anger Guo Min and let Guo Min take the blame, but instead continued to comfort Guo Min. His first reaction was to think about how to protect him.
Guo Min is not implicated. Where can I find such a wise master?
Guo Min now works for Zhao Junchen, mainly because his brother, the former prince's young master Guo Tang, completely offended Zhao Junchen, and then was chased and beaten by Zhao Junchen, killing them all. The entire Guo family is a big family.
Disaster was imminent, and in order to protect the Guo family, Guo Min had no choice but to confess to Zhao Junchen his connection with the Nanyang pirates, and "voluntarily" joined Zhao Junchen as an aide, becoming the intermediate contact between Zhao Junchen and the Nanyang forces.
Therefore, before today, although Guo Min had been working for Zhao Junchen, he always had strong resistance in his heart.
But after hearing Zhao Junchen's relief and promise, Guo Min was moved, and most of his resistance quickly dissipated, and he even thought that working for Zhao Junchen was not a bad thing.
However, if Guo Min can know more about Zhao Junchen's true character, he should know Zhao Junchen's background as a politician.
What is a politician? He says one thing on the surface and does another thing behind his back, and does not have any psychological burden when he becomes ruthless.
There is no conflict between Zhao Junchen's words to comfort Guo Min and Zhao Junchen's subsequent push for Guo Min to take the blame. It's just that the current situation has not developed to the point where Guo Min must take the blame for himself, so
Zhao Junchen was naturally willing to say a few more good words for free and take the opportunity to win people's hearts.
In fact, although Huo Zhengyuan, Guo Min and others were worried about Zhongzhong because Hu Xiao fell into the hands of the seventh prince Zhu Hejian, Zhao Junchen was not too worried about this incident.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! For Zhao Junchen, the worst consequence of this incident was that Zhu Hejian used Hu Xiao as a witness to expose Zhao to Emperor Deqing and all parties in the court.
Junchen secretly colluded with Nanyang forces and conspired to rob the civilian smuggling fleet.
But even this worst consequence is insignificant to Zhao Junchen.
Because Zhao Junchen has arranged three layers of insurance in advance.
The first is the ocean-going plan promoted by Zhao Junchen. The biggest supporter is Emperor Deqing himself, because Emperor Deqing is currently obsessed with going to sea to find immortals. In order to find immortals, he will do whatever it takes to seek immortality, and he has also given Zhao Junchen great authority.
, so even if this matter is exposed, Zhao Junchen can easily obtain the understanding of Emperor Deqing - since he is going to sea to find immortals, he must deal with various forces in Nanyang. This is a natural situation, otherwise
What should we do if it affects Emperor Deqing’s great cause of immortality?
The second is that Zhao Junchen has decided to fall out with the Jin gentry forces, and after Emperor Deqing saw this situation, he was not in a hurry to punish Zhao Junchen. Instead, he would continue to indulge Zhao Junchen and allow Zhao Junchen to become
Taking the lead - According to Zhao Junchen's estimation, by making the move against Jin Shen, he could stabilize Emperor Deqing for at least two years.
Third, Zhao Junchen could push Guo Min out at any time and take the blame, because Zhao Junchen not only controlled Guo Min's only son, but also forced Guo Min to write a secret letter to his brother Guo Tang before accepting Guo Min's surrender.
It was Guo Min who decided to endure the humiliation and take refuge in Zhao Junchen. After that, he secretly colluded with the Nanyang forces in Zhao Junchen's name, and pinned relevant charges on Zhao Junchen... With this secret letter as evidence, even if it is a serious accusation,
, Zhao Junchen can also completely distance himself from the relationship.
All in all, with these three layers of insurance, Zhao Junchen's secret contacts with Nanyang forces would at least not be investigated and investigated by Emperor Deqing, so Zhao Junchen was naturally not panicked at all.
However, Huo Zhengyuan only knew about the first layer of Zhao Junchen's three-layer insurance, and Guo Min only knew about the third layer. Therefore, both of them greatly overestimated the seriousness of this matter. They only felt that Hu Xiao was falling behind.
After being taken into the hands of the Seventh Prince, the sky was about to fall, and the entire "Zhao Party" was also in danger, and everyone was in panic.
Zhao Junchen was naturally happy to see such a misunderstanding, so he followed the trend and put on a perfect image of a boss who looked calm on the surface but was actually serious, but even if the situation was extremely serious, he would give priority to comforting his subordinates, taking the opportunity to win people's hearts.
In this way, both Huo Zhengyuan and Guo Min were deceived, and both became more and more loyal.
Guo Min, in particular, never thought that Zhao Junchen's relief was just a show of pretense. He couldn't help but knelt down and thanked Zhao Junchen again, crying: "Zhao Junchen treats this villain so kindly, and I have nothing to repay, but from now on, I will definitely do it."
This is the service of death!"
"Serious words! As long as Mr. Guo didn't blame me..."
While talking, Zhao Junchen helped Guo Min up again.
At this time, Niu Fude, Zhao Dali, and Qian Lai entered the room and interrupted Zhao Junchen's subsequent speech.
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Because he was arrested by the government and had his family property taken away, Qian Lai, the Nanjing boss of the "United Shipping Company", was originally in agitated mood. When he entered the room and looked up and saw Zhao Junchen, he burst into tears uncontrollably. He immediately
He knelt heavily in front of Zhao Junchen.
"Zhao Gechen! You're here! You're really here! It's like I'm in a dream! It's like I'm in a dream! After being arrested by the Nanjing government, I was in despair. Fortunately, I was rescued by your guards in time, otherwise those people
In order to completely take away the family property of the common people, the Jin gentry must wait for an opportunity to kill the common people! But now, the common people are not afraid at all! As long as you come, we merchants will finally be saved!"
Qian Lai shouted loudly and moved his knees, getting closer to Zhao Junchen.
In the end, Qian Lai hugged Zhao Junchen's thigh tightly and continued to cry loudly: "Zhao Gechen! You must make the decision for us! We merchants are just doing business honestly and with great difficulty.
I have accumulated some assets, but let the gentry take them away at will without any reason... This kind of behavior is not bullying us merchants, it is clearly looking down on you. Who doesn't know that you are the real backer of the "United Shipping Company"? We
I don’t mind losing my family fortune, but I absolutely cannot tolerate those bastards damaging your face..."
Listening to Qian Lai yelling, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but frown slightly, feeling a little impatient in his heart.
"Honest duty"?
"Some assets"?
"No reason"?
“Don’t care if you lose your family fortune”?
Especially after hearing Qian Lai's hypocritical words, Zhao Junchen almost laughed angrily on the spot.
To be fair, these franchisees of "United Shipping Lines" are all profiteers and bad businessmen with no moral bottom line. Taking advantage of the chaotic situation in Nanjing and the shortage of living materials for the people, they continued to drive up prices and hoard. Such bad deeds are simply shocking.
People point fingers!
Therefore, the order issued by Zhu Hejian to punish profiteers and close down trading houses was definitely not an injustice to them.
If this kind of thing happens in Zhao Junchen's hands, their ending will only be more tragic and desperate!
But... in a power struggle, the butt is far more important than the head. Since Zhou Shangjing used these profiteers and bad businessmen to launch an offensive against Zhao Junchen, Zhao Junchen had no choice but to hold his nose and protect them.
What's more, these profiteers and bad businessmen are "our own people" after all. Even if they need to teach a lesson, they should do it themselves. It is not Zhou Shangjing, Zhu Hejian's turn to intervene!
Therefore, Zhao Junchen did not directly refute Qian Lai's hypocrisy. Instead, he turned to look at Niu Fude and Zhao Dali and asked: "You did a good job in the prison robbery. Did everything go smoothly? My Majesty.
Are the guards injured?"
The guards under Zhao Junchen are all highly skilled in martial arts carefully selected by Zhao Junchen. In the past two years, they have followed Zhao Junchen all over the country and fought on the battlefield. It is not an exaggeration to say that they have a close relationship with Zhao Junchen.
They are all loyal.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Therefore, Zhao Junchen also values these guards very much. Even if there are only one or two casualties, it is enough to make Zhao Junchen feel distressed for a long time.
Without waiting for Niu Fude to speak, Zhao Dali waved his hand and said: "When the brothers robbed the prison, it was like an outing. Not only was it extremely smooth, but there was almost no damage. Only one brother was too excited when he charged and escaped from the people behind him.
He joined the team and rushed directly into the middle of the Yingtian Mansion Yamen. Although he defeated eight people on the opposite side by himself, he was also slightly injured! I have long heard that the people in the south are weak and cannot be beaten, and they are far less brave than the men in the north.
, now that I look at it, they are really just a bunch of girls..."
As he spoke, Zhao Dali's rough and dark face was full of disdain.
Niu Fude coughed quickly and stopped Zhao Dali from continuing.
After all, most of the people in the room at this time were from the South.
Including Zhao Junchen himself.
After interrupting Zhao Dali, Niu Fude immediately changed the subject and reported the report with a serious expression: "For the record, the prison robbery process went smoothly. The students understood after seeing the guards of the Zhao family fighting against the Nanjing Jiangfang camp outside Nanjing.
The south has been at peace for a long time, and its armaments have been completely depleted, and the same is true for those Yingtian Mansion officials. The Zhao Mansion guards are all fighting one against ten, and the situation in Nanjing has been unstable in the past few days, and Yingtian Mansion is also stretched.
, most of the government officials were sent out to perform tasks, either to quell civil unrest or to raid businesses, and there was no spare manpower to guard the cells, so when the students led people to rob the prison, they encountered almost no resistance, but...
"
Having said this, Niu Fude looked a little nervous.
Zhao Junchen asked: "Just what?"
Niu Fude said in an anxious tone: "It's just that because the time was tight, the students had no time to contact Zhao Gechen in time, so they saw that in addition to the big shopkeeper Qian Laiqian, there were also dozens of other members of the United Shipping Company imprisoned in the Yingtian Mansion Prison.
After joining the merchants, he made his own decisions and rescued all these merchants, but the student was not sure whether his decision had ruined the cabinet minister's plan..."
"It doesn't matter, this decision is exactly what I want! It was indeed the right decision to send you to take charge of the prison robbery and rescue!"
After hearing this, Niu Fude's face showed a sense of peace of mind.
But the next moment, Niu Fude's expression became solemn again and he continued: "In addition, Ying Tianfu Tongjuan Yi Ping, although he looks like a skinny old man, he is actually quite responsible, even if we have defeated him three times, five times divided by two
They killed all the Yingtianfu government officials and even took out Zhao Gechen's name, but this person still refused to give in. He even blocked the entrance to the Yingtianfu prison with his body. He would rather die than let us rob the prison, so the students had no choice but to
, I ordered people to tie him up and throw him aside! But in this way, it will be an attack on the court officials. I am afraid that the relevant officials of Yingtian Mansion will soon come after Jiangdong Tower to cause trouble for us!"
Zhao Junchen waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, it's just Yingtian Mansion. The situation in Nanjing is constantly chaotic. They are also the Ni Bodhisattva who can't protect themselves when crossing the river. I am too lazy to pay attention to them! At this time, the more you are wrong, the tougher your attitude will be!
Zhao Dali, while I am temporarily staying in Jiangdong Tower, you will have full responsibility for our defense! When people from Yingtian Mansion come to argue with us, it’s fine if they humble themselves, but if they come with bad intentions, they will be blasted away!"
Zhao Dali immediately agreed loudly with an excited expression.
The principle that Zhao Dali believes in is "big fists make sense." This principle may seem rough and arrogant, but it is also suspected of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
Some time ago, during Zhao Junchen's inspection tour of Liaodong, he had several conflicts with the Liaodong border troops. Zhao Junchen was also placed under house arrest in Liaodong Town twice. However, Zhao Dali, as the leader of Zhao Junchen's bodyguard, was unable to resist. He was not one of those Liaodong soldiers at all.
The opponents of the cavalry could only swallow their anger. This situation undoubtedly made Zhao Dali feel deeply aggrieved.
But now, after arriving in Nanjing with Zhao Junchen, Zhao Dali was pleasantly surprised to find that the southern officers and soldiers were all soft persimmons. With Zhao Junchen's support, Zhao Dali was naturally fearless. As long as Zhao Junchen gave an order,
He even dared to lead people into the East Garden and carried Zhou Shangjing directly to Zhao Junchen to apologize.
Zhao Dali's mentality is undoubtedly somewhat dangerous, but Zhao Junchen has no intention of admonishing or changing Zhao Dali's mind for the time being.
In the city of Nanjing, Zhao Junchen was alone and weak. At this time, he had to become even more tough. Only in this way could he try to suppress the gangsters and wallflowers and prevent them from turning to Zhou Shangjing.
Previously, when Zhao Junchen booked the Jiangdong Tower, he also deliberately acted domineering and arrogant, also out of the same consideration.
While Zhao Junchen was talking to Niu Fude and Mr. Zhao, Qian Lai didn't understand the rules at all. He still hugged Zhao Junchen's thigh and kept wailing. He kept crying and begging Zhao Junchen to uphold justice for them merchants, and repeatedly interfered and beat them.
Cut off Zhao Junchen's speech.
As the Nanjing boss of the "United Shipping Company", Qian Lai was originally a smart man who knew how to advance and retreat.
But this time, the Nanjing government and the Jin Gentry Group jointly seized the "United Shipping Company", which really frightened Qian Lai. Especially when the family business and wealth he had finally accumulated were completely taken over by the Jin Gentry, it made him fall into a trap.
He felt unprecedented despair, and at this time he completely lost his composure.
Zhao Junchen was so annoyed by Qian Lai's cries and complaints that he finally couldn't hold it in any longer and kicked Qian Lai aside hard.
Later, Zhao Junchen was finally willing to talk to Qian Lai, and said calmly: "Shopkeeper Qian, I haven't seen you for a long time! Remember the last time we met was when the United Shipping Company was first established? I thought you were smart and capable.
, you are quite insightful, so I gave you full responsibility for the important town of Nanjing, but looking at it now... maybe I was wrong at the beginning!"
These words immediately frightened Qian Lai.
He originally thought that Zhao Junchen specially sent people to rescue him from the Yingtian Mansion prison, which meant that he must be of great use to Zhao Junchen, so he climbed up the pole, and he had the confidence to help Zhao Junchen.
Stalking in front of him.
But now that he heard Zhao Junchen's statement, he seemed to want to give up on himself completely. Qian Lai suddenly lost all confidence and did not dare to continue crying and howling. He quickly adjusted his body and knelt at Zhao Junchen's feet again, and said in a trembling voice: "
How could Zhao Gechen misjudge him? It’s just Xiaomin who lost his composure for a moment! If the cabinet minister still has any use for the villain, I still hope that you will give your orders, and Xiaomin will do his best! Even if he goes up the mountain of knives or into the sea of fire, the villain will still
Never refuse!"
Seeing that Qian Lai finally found the right attitude, Zhao Junchen finally nodded with satisfaction: "Although it may not necessarily be you, but since you have already recommended yourself, there is indeed something here that you can use...this matter,
It’s not as exaggerated as going up the mountain of knives or going down into the sea of fire, it’s just… I need you to attract some resentment for me!”
After hearing this, Qian Lai couldn't help but trembled.
To attract resentment for Zhao Junchen?
What kind of grievances are there that even a big shot like Zhao Junchen is unwilling to bear?
But at this moment, in a few words from Zhao Junchen, Qian Lai had been completely figured out and had no ability to refuse Zhao Junchen.
Therefore, although Qian Lai was frightened in his heart, he did not dare to show any hesitation, and immediately said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, just follow your orders. It is an honor for me to attract resentment to my ministers!"
Zhao Junchen nodded with satisfaction again: "It's really not a big deal. It's just that I want to modify some of the articles of association of the United Shipping Company. However, it is not convenient for me to propose these ideas on my own initiative, so I hope that you will do it for me!"
Later, Zhao Junchen elaborated on his specific ideas to Qian Lai.
After listening to several things explained by Zhao Junchen, not only Qian Lai's face was pale and bloodless, but also Huo Zhengyuan and all Zhao's staff in the room were stunned.
In their opinion, Zhao Junchen is simply crazy, and his thoughts are completely self-defeating!
Among the crowd, only Huo Zhengyuan seemed to have guessed something and couldn't help but ask: "Zhao Gechen, do you want to..."
Zhao Junchen chuckled and said: "The method that Chief Zhou Fu is best at is 'if you want to take it, you must give it first'! And I also have my own method that I am good at, which is the word 'giving up', with 'giving up' first,
Only then can we have 'get'!
Now that Zhou Shangjing has taken away the "United Shipping Company" in Nanjing, then I will simply give up all this! However, after I abandon the "United Shipping Company" in Nanjing, will Zhou Shangjing and the Jin gentry have the ability to take over it steadily?
, and whether it will cause trouble, that is another matter!"
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About half an hour later, Qian Lai left Zhao Junchen's room with a grimace and tremblingly. Instead of Zhao Junchen, he went to the front hall on the first floor of Jiangdong Building to meet with those "United Shipping" franchise merchants who were anxiously waiting for Zhao Junchen to show up.
See.
Then, Qian Lai announced several decisions to these franchise merchants in his own name, and soon ushered in a fierce backlash from the merchants.
For a time, the merchants' cries, protests, and noises almost overturned the entire Jiangdong Building. Even Zhao Junchen, who was on the third floor, could clearly hear it.
But after Zhao Junchen heard such a movement, he didn't take it seriously at all. Seeing that it was getting late and everyone was exhausted, he ended the discussion and ordered everyone to find their own rooms to rest.
However, when all the staff members were ordered to leave the room one after another, Huo Zhengyuan deliberately stayed behind looking for a reason.
Obviously, Huo Zhengyuan had other secrets that he wanted to report to Zhao Junchen.