Chapter eight hundred and eighty first there is no difficult business
It can be said that these coastal wealthy families are probably the group that cares most about the direction of policy trends.
Tu Ren came to see Qin Zhongtang, not just on behalf of himself, nor just on behalf of the Tu family, but on behalf of all the big coastal families in Ningbo Prefecture.
In other words, these coastal wealthy families need a representative to see Qin Zhongtang, and Master Tu Rentu happened to be in trouble, so he was pushed out. The person who caused trouble in Sanjiangkou was Zhang Shixing, and Zhang Shixing was
Tu Ren's nephew, Master Tu cannot ignore him.
Moreover, Mr. Tu himself has a very impressive identity. Not only does he have the title of Juren, but he also has a cousin, Tu Qiao, who is the censor of Zuodu, and his nephew, Zhang Shiche, who is a third-rank official.
According to official social customs, Master Tu's dignity is enough to meet all the officials in the world.
At this time, Qin Zhongtang had talked a lot when he met the local people. He was a little thirsty, so he picked up the tea and said to Tu Ren, who was still in a daze: "If you have nothing to say, then leave."
Because of your age, don’t stand here waiting for others to see you and think they’ll punish you.”
Master Tu suddenly woke up. He hadn't said a word yet, so how could he leave?
Moreover, Mr. Tu also guessed that Qin Zhongtang's shouting to kill and thank him for the inspection might just be a false shot.
Just now, Qin Zhongtang's soldiers dragged Inspector Xie outside, probably just pretending to kill him, just to scare him! Thinking of this, Mr. Tu felt a little unhappy, and he was almost frightened by such a little trick.
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So he subconsciously said sarcastically: "If the central hall wants to kill Inspector Xie, if you have the courage, please kill him for real. Why make fun of others!"
Qin Dewei was stunned, put down the tea cup, and ordered to the soldiers on the left and right: "Send the message, this Tu Ren is mocking Ben Zhongtang for being cowardly and soft-hearted, and dare not kill Xie the inspector!
He also encouraged Ben Zhongtang to say that if you have the guts, kill one! In that case, do it quickly!" Tu Ren: "..."
Damn it! If Inspector Xie really died here and the specific circumstances were spread, wouldn’t he become an indirect murderer? How would the Xie family in Yuyao view me in the future?
Not long after, he saw soldiers coming in from outside carrying a head, and showed it to Mr. Tu. The head was none other than Xie Xinqin, who was determined to die.
Qin Zhongtang said coldly: "I am young and energetic, I can't stand being stimulated."
Mr. Tu felt a chill in his heart. Qin Zhongtang was unpredictable and changeable, which was really scary. He killed someone, but he put most of the blame on himself.
While thinking about it, he shouted to give himself courage: "You are killing indiscriminately!"
Qin Dewei asked: "I took advantage of my official position to block the road and rob five hundred pieces of silk. I still showed no remorse and didn't even think it was a crime. Shouldn't I be killed?"
It can be seen from this that Inspector Xie has done a lot of evil in the past. If such a person falls into the hands of this Zhongtang, there is no need to live." Having said that, if Inspector Xie cannot afford to kneel down and cry bitterly,
Qin Zhongtang may not have murderous intentions even if he sheds tears and begs for mercy.
But a ninth-level inspection officer still dares to "do official business" with the Supervisor of Zhongtang University. Who do you think you are?
Inspection Xie's biggest mistake was to regard Qin Zhongtang as an ordinary *** boss, and to think that the officialdom would be "finished".
Then he didn't realize that Qin Zhongtang was a wartime coach with the privilege of killing people. He also didn't realize that his status as an inspector was not a civilian official and he had no political amulet.
Now the whole Southeast is looking at Qin Zhongtang. If even a ninth-grade inspection officer has to be gentle, then everyone will be in trouble in the future!
Tu Ren couldn't think of that much for the time being, and he wasn't worried that he would be killed. After all, the title of Juren came with political privileges, and he was worried about other aspects.
Inspector Xie who forcibly bought 500 bolts of silk paid the price with his life. So what would Qin Zhongtang do in Sanjiangkou where he lost one or two bolts of silk?
Qin Dewei was too lazy to say anything more and saw off the guests again: "If you are just trying to persuade me to kill the inspector, then the matter is over and you can leave!"
Qin Dewei really didn't like these coastal wealthy families at all.
Historically, Japanese pirates have become a serious problem and coastal defenses have been weakened. These big smugglers, who are both responsible and established, can be said to have made "indispensable contributions".
” Mr. Tu only felt that this Qin Zhongtang was too difficult to deal with, as if every sentence, every word, and every word was provoking people.
He definitely couldn't leave like this, otherwise it would be a big joke. Mr. Tu quickly spoke again and said: "A big event happened at Sanjiangkou outside Ningbo City. Yan Shifan, the son of Mr. Yange, trafficked several pieces of silk to Sanjiangkou...
..."
In fact, the discerning local people have already realized that Qin Zhongtang sent people to transport several pieces of silk to Ningbo, probably just to stir up trouble.
Only when the situation becomes uncontrollable can Qin Zhongtang have an excuse to go to Ningbo. This is what the local wealthy families do not want to see. For these wealthy families who engage in gray business, everything is full of flaws and they can easily be exposed.
Get up and talk.
Even if Qin Zhongtang is not capable of overturning the table, it is still very simple to only mess with one or two families. No one wants to be the chicken in the trap of killing the chicken and the monkey.
"Wrong! Those silks are not from Yan Shifan, but from the shogunate!" Qin Dewei interrupted Tu Ren's introduction and corrected him. Mr. Tu was speechless for a moment, what did Qin Zhongtang want to do?
He said that these goods belonged to Yan Shifan, which was equivalent to having a buffer. They did not need to directly involve Qin Zhongtang, so that they could preserve each other's dignity and solve the problem more easily.
But Tu Ren never expected that Qin Zhongtang would completely ignore the rules and directly admit that the goods were his! In this case, their local wealthy family would have to face Qin Zhongtang directly, and there would be no room for maneuver in the matter!
After thinking for a while, Mr. Tu continued: "After Yan Shifan and others had a conflict with the local gang, one or two hundred Japanese pirates suddenly appeared and besieged the local people, causing a large number of local people to be seriously injured!"
This sentence has two meanings. First, it characterizes the thieves who participated in the siege of the locals as Japanese pirates; secondly, it implies that someone "colluded" with the Japanese pirates. Why did the Japanese pirates help Qin Zhongtang smuggle the fleet to besiege the locals? It is self-evident.
There has been collusion for a long time!
So it’s better to settle the matter and stop expanding it!
Qin Zhongtang secretly laughed a few times. If it was really Xu Weixue's work, it would not be an exaggeration to call this group of half-sea merchants and half-pirates pirates. But he said unforgivingly: "I heard that Japanese pirates are cruel by nature and kill people at every turn.
Few people who fell into the hands of Japanese pirates survived.
But there were more than 60 of you local people, but all of them were injured in the end, and occasionally a few were seriously injured, which is very suspicious. I wonder why the Japanese pirates were so abnormal and completely left these gangs alive?"
Qin Zhongtang's hint was so obvious that he almost said it explicitly. The only ones who are really connected with these Japanese pirates are you locals from Ningbo Prefecture, right?
Mr. Tu sighed with emotion at first, Qin Zhongtang's sophistry skills were indeed well-deserved.
But being beaten was still classified as colluding with Japanese pirates, which made Mr. Tu very dissatisfied: "If Qin Zhongtang has this attitude, it will be difficult to continue the conversation."
Qin Dewei rolled his eyes: "I didn't want to talk to you at first. You just stood here and refused to leave."
Suddenly I felt that talking to Qin Dewei would shorten my life by at least ten years!
Thinking of the mission he shouldered, Mr. Tu took a deep breath, but still refused to leave, and said again: "Actually, I wanted to persuade Zhongtang not to go to Ningbo."
Qin Dewei asked knowingly: "Why is this?"
Of course, he understood very well that no one of the wealthy smuggling families in Ningbo wanted people of his level to go to Ningbo. Originally, the days when the sky was high and the emperor was far away, making money behind closed doors were the best.
If there is a prime minister, assistant and governor like Qin Zhongtang sitting in Ningbo, no matter what Qin Zhongtang's attitude is, it will be very difficult for the local wealthy families. If Qin Zhongtang's attitude is harsh, then it will be a huge obstacle to local smuggling, affecting the wealthy families to continue to make a fortune;
If Qin Zhongtang wants to join in the conspiracy, then the local wealthy families will have to "pay tribute" to Qin Zhongtang, and they will receive a large amount of profit for nothing. So Qin Zhongtang actually wants to see what interface the local government is trying to find to dissuade him.
Afterwards, I heard Tu Ren say: "I don't know something in the middle hall. Rumors have spread all over Ningbo, and people are panicked." Qin Dewei asked curiously: "What are the rumors?"
Tu Ren replied: "For example, it was recently rumored that the imperial court planned to mobilize officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp to come to Fujian and Zhejiang for deployment, and public opinion was in an uproar. Zhongtang went to Ningbo,
It just adds fuel to the fire and makes the people unstable."
Qin Dewei nodded and said: "It doesn't matter, I spread this rumor to test the acceptance ability of the military and civilians along the coast." Tu Ren: "..."
There is a question that must be considered. If you continue talking to Qin Dewei, will you be pissed to death on the spot?
Thinking of the tasks he shouldered, he not only dissuaded Qin Zhongtang from going to Ningbo to take charge, but also wanted to find out Qin Zhongtang's attitude towards maritime affairs. So Tu Ren continued: "I don't know what Qin Zhongtang thinks about it. You must not transfer to Beijing."
The army has arrived along the coast of Zhejiang and Fujian!"
Qin Dewei asked in reply: "I think with the rise of Japanese pirates now, many coastal guards are unfit for use, and there are many soldiers in the Beijing camp. Why not send a small number to the coasts of Zhejiang and Fujian to fill the gap?"
Tu Ren quickly said: "To defend the sea, we still need to rely on the people and vigorously recruit rural soldiers for joint defense!"
Qin Dewei nodded and said: "Mr. Tu is a veteran in planning for the country, and what he said is accurate! That's good, I'll send you to the Hangzhou shogunate, carefully write down a plan, and wait for me to discuss it when I get back!"
Then several soldiers surrounded Tu Ren.
The next day, before Qin Zhongtang continued his journey, he hung Inspector Xie's head on the gate of the inn to show the public. I don't know how much of a deterrent effect it could have.
Another person from the Xie family in Yuyao came to send a message: "I can't raise enough silk at the moment to pay the shogunate in kind. Can I convert it into silver?"
Qin Zhongtang responded resolutely: "I only want punishment, not money! Therefore, I only want physical goods, not money!" It's not that I don't want to show face to the Xie family, but mainly because of the Xie family's petty thinking that makes Qin Zhongtang feel uncomfortable.
As long as there is a smuggling channel in hand, once the silk changes hands, it will be more valuable than silver. Of course, the Xie family is not willing to pay compensation for the silk.
No wonder that in the original history, the Xie family in Yuyao was robbed by a pirate leader due to a smuggling business dispute, and then became a fig leaf for the coastal wealthy families.
After that, Qin Dewei's boat continued eastward, and after entering Ningbo Prefecture, officials from Cixi County came to greet him.
After briefly dealing with it in Cixi County, we continued on our way. Before arriving in Fucheng, we saw Yan Shifan waiting at the inn halfway.
Qin Dewei asked in surprise: "I heard that you and Xu Weixue were detained at Sanjiangkou, and their lives may be in danger at any time. Why do you appear here again?"
Yan Shifan replied: "I'm not dead, so that's really disappointing for Zhongtang! When the people in Fucheng heard that you were coming, they let me go first! Probably because Qin Zhongtang is famous, the local government always wants to show goodwill! That's right.
They don’t understand how to show kindness!”
Qin Zhongtang asked again: "Where is the remaining silk?"
Yan Shifan still replied firmly: "They are still being detained. Zhongtang can just ask for it on his own! With Zhongtang's face, there must be no problem!"
Qin Zhongtang reprimanded him and said: "I ordered you two to traffic in silk to raise funds for the shogunate. Is this how you do things? You really deserve to be punished!"
Yan Shifan is not afraid of scalding dead pigs: "Anyway, there are only 3,000 pieces of silk left, and they haven't been sold yet, so you can punish them however you want!" So Qin Dewei was a little confused, why did Yan Shifan not seem to be afraid of him at all?
Originally, Yan Shifan would be a little afraid when facing him, but today his performance was really indifferent.
Has he lost his ability to intimidate Yan Shifan? Qin Zhongtang couldn't help but become suspicious. What was the problem? In fact, under Qin Zhongtang's trap, Yan Shifan faced life and death disasters again and again, and his nerves became stronger and stronger.
And compared with those fatal situations, it is impossible for Qin Zhongtang to publicly push himself out and behead him. Of course, Qin Zhongtang's place is relatively the safest. As long as he doesn't die, what else is there for Uncle Yan Shifan to be afraid of?
Qin Zhongtang suddenly changed his tone to a gentle tone and said with a smile: "Don't be discouraged! Even though you didn't succeed this time, just keep trying again!"
Yan Shifan said impatiently: "It's the same a few times! It's impossible to transport goods to Shuangyu Island! Unless you just want to be an inland errand boy and earn some hard money between Hangzhou and Ningbo!"
Qin Dewei said: "There is a saying that no business is difficult to do in the world! We have an important task for you."
Yan Shifan refused and said: "I don't want to do the task anymore!"
Qin Dewei nodded and said: "Since you agreed, then listen carefully! We can do the same things that the wealthy coastal families can do, and we can do it better than them!"
Yan Shifan was so angry that he wanted to curse, but he was stunned when he heard this. What did Qin Zhongtang mean?
Qin Dewei said harshly: "How can we let them have a monopoly on smuggling to make money? Why aren't we here to make this money? This task is left to you. You can do it freely. The shogunate is your strong support
backing!"
Yan Shifan still didn't understand, "What do you mean? If you just want to smuggle some goods to Shuangyu Island, your tone won't be so formal, right?" Qin Dewei said again: "What I mean is, I hope you can replace those wealthy families.
Become the talker of smuggling along the coast of Zhejiang! Let there be no business that is difficult for us to do on the coast!"
Yan Shifan: "...."
If Qin Zhongtang wants to kill him, just say so. Why go around in such a big circle? This chapter has been completed!