Chen Baibin's speculation was obviously more in line with the facts. The two faced each other in silence. Obviously, the matter involved in coming to Wuzhou was not just as simple as Xie Erren.
After a long time, Chen Baibin said: "After regaining Wuzhou, Xu Xu wrote a field report and mentioned the battle at Bangshan."
"The leakage of rifles from South Asia?"
"You probably didn't read it carefully. According to this report, Bangshan's servants were not only equipped with Nanyang rifles, but also had improvements in tactics and fortifications. At that time, Xu Xu suspected that there were traitors from the Fubo Army among the enemies."
"It seems that this traitor is Jiang Suo."
"This is the only possibility."
"I think we should first obtain relevant materials from the Political Department of the Fubo Army. It will not be too late to draw conclusions after seeing the materials." Ji Xin said, "Yi Haoran's confession mentioned that he was once responsible for the recruitment of servants, so it should be
I know more about Jiang Suo. You can ask again."
Yi Haoran was interrogated again, and he was not secretive in the interrogation. He told the story of how he met and knew Jiang Suo, how he recommended Xiong Wencan, and how he was appointed.
"... General Chiang abandoned the secrets and surrendered to the light, returned to his motherland, was loyal to the king, and was finally captured and captured without losing his loyalty!" Yi Haoran said sonorously and forcefully, "Before I saw Jiang Suoqian, I thought that Kun was so powerful that it was difficult to resist him. See you.
After meeting him, I realized that there are loyal ministers in the chaos. Although the Ming Dynasty is in danger, it has not lost its destiny..."
Chen Baibin secretly slandered: An exiled prisoner, after being a soldier for a few days and learning some trivial things, was praised as the "Qiancheng of the country". There is no such thing as "the destiny has not been lost", the brain circuits of these literati are really strange!
Ji Xin did not refute his remarks. In his opinion, it was easy to obtain some additional information in the process of allowing them to fully express their inner thoughts.
Sure enough, Yi Haoran spoke smoothly and slipped out a sentence: "...even Mr. Chang is impressed by General Jiang's loyalty to the king and his country..."
When Yi Haoran stopped talking, Ji Xin asked: "Who do you think this Mr. Chang is?"
"Mr. Chang Qingyun." Yi Haoran didn't mince words.
"Chang Qingyun?" Ji Xin seemed to have seen this name somewhere. When he thought about it again, he was mentioned in the report at the Sanhezui camp. He seemed to be Xiong Wencan's staff. He was born in Juren and worked in the camp.
Liu is expected to be a "dog leg".
"What is the relationship between Chang Qingyun and you?"
Only then did Yi Haoran feel that he had made a mistake. But when he thought about it, Chang Qingyun was obviously not captured, and it was impossible for him to get away with what he did in the camp, so he said calmly: "I was with him in the Xiong Governor's tent.
We are old friends."
"So, he is also one of your group."
"Of course. Mr. Chang is also a loyal man, so why not?"
Originally, Ji Xin and others only suspected that Sanhezui was related to the riots in the city. Now that Yi Haoran has confessed like this, the relationship between the two is certain.
The two of them compiled Yi Haoran's confession, compared it with the investigation records from Sanhezui and the relevant reports on the entire incident, compiled a table of events, and roughly sorted out the context of the Wuzhou riot.
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Obviously, Yi Haoran is a well-deserved core figure in the Wuzhou riot. Although the initial cause of the riot was not caused by him, without him running around to contact them, even if the Wuzhou riot happened, it would not have upset the Senate.
So embarrassed.
Next is this "Mr. Chang". From Yi Haoran's confession, it can be seen that the chaos in Sanhezui was basically caused by him. Although Chang Qingyun slipped through the net, judging from Yi Haoran's indirect testimony, Chang Qingyun was responsible for
Liu is expected to give in to his favour, seduce him into further corruption and depravity, causing great public dissatisfaction in the camp. Finally, he uses the relationship between running a theater troupe and unlocking the theater box to introduce insiders... The whole routine is very precise.
As for Jiang Suo, he was not that important. His role in this incident was not only running back and forth to communicate, but also a warrior who rushed to the front.
"I think the story of what happened is generally clear." Chen Baibin said, "The main unclear part now is Cai Lan's part. Judging from the information currently available, Chang Qingyun is also related to Cai Lan."
"Of course there is a connection." Ji Xin said, "We just don't have a confession. I'm afraid this matter will have to be directly interrogated by Liu Youzhi to find out."
"Should we interrogate Liu Youzhi?"
"There's no need to be anxious. Since they haven't come to a conclusion, we don't have to rush for a while." Ji Xin said, "We now have enough information from the prisoners. Now we can talk to the retained personnel and the naturalized cadres."
The most important among the naturalized cadres are three people: Luo Yangming, Zhao Fengtian and Zheng Ergen.
But Ji Xin's attitude was not to talk to them first. Luo Yangming had mastered too many truths, and once the talk was made, it would be like making a fool of himself. And Zhao Fengdao and Zheng Ergen were under Xie Erren's command, and the talk would be like asking them to state their stance. This is
There is a lot of pressure on the naturalized cadres, and they must have done some shady things for Xie Erren. Whether they confess under pressure or resist to the end, it is definitely not a good thing for the naturalized cadres.
"It is not easy for us to train naturalized cadres. These are considered elites. We cannot push them to death..." Ji Xin said, "Talents are rare."
"But they followed Xie Erren and did a lot... a lot... things that were not on the table. Wouldn't it be too easy for us to let them go so lightly? This would easily encourage the unhealthy tendencies of soldiers as generals.
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"Factions have existed since ancient times, and our Senate is no exception. It is normal for naturalized civilian cadres to be attached to a certain senator. It is not uncommon for them to do things that violate regulations or even laws. We will never put an end to this kind of thing.
Let alone eradicate it." Ji Xin smiled bitterly and said, "If it were in the old time and space, there would be nothing to say. The ground would be uneven and it would just be eradicated. There are people who can fill the gap. But that doesn't work here. We are short of people. Sometimes we can only
Let’s look at the problem from the perspective of protecting people first. The same crime would be a serious crime if it were placed on a naturalized citizen, but it might not be a serious crime if it was placed on other people. Besides, there is still a difference between someone who takes the initiative and someone who is forced to do so.”
Chen Baibin pondered the meaning of his words and understood that he hoped that Xie Erren would bear the main responsibility. In this way, the punishment for the naturalized cadres would not be too severe. Otherwise, Zhao Toyota, Zheng Ergen and others would be labeled as "deceiving the Senate".
Dai, it is basically impossible to turn around. The best result is to become a cadre in Kaohsiung or Jeju.
"just in case……"
"I don't think he doesn't understand. The Senate still tolerates Dugu's proposal. What can't be forgiven for his romantic sin? If he really lets his cronies take the blame, how can he come out to do things again in the future? This is the key point
He always wants to understand. The most worrying thing now is that there are too many people who want to eat Wuzhou's human blood steamed buns, so we have to be more cautious."
In the next few days, Ji Xin and Chen Baibin summoned naturalized citizens and retained personnel in batches, including the National Army soldiers who participated in the battle that night, retained personnel from the government office, and prisoners and refugees who had not escaped from the Sanhezui camp...
Ji Xin directly sent people to summon all the personnel, and then interrogated them one by one. From their mouths, a lot of important information was quickly learned. Among them, Cai Lan's case was particularly strange, because all relevant personnel involved in her were missing.
Either he died in the riot that night, or he "missed". This was also true for the two servant women who guarded Cai Lan when she committed suicide.
Although the report stated that Cai Lan worked as an "errand" in the Third General Office, doing simple clerical work, during the interrogation, none of her colleagues were found. Most people did not know that there was such a retained woman in the Third General Office.
staff member.
This abnormal behavior basically confirmed that Cai Lan not only had an improper relationship with Xie Erren, but she also played a very important role in the riot that night. So much so that Xie Erren made great efforts to report the details to the relevant parties
All personnel were "cleaned out".
As for what role he played, probably only Zhao Toyota and others know.
However, from these conversations, they also learned a lot about the Sanhezui camp, including Liu Youyi's various evil deeds in the camp, Jiang Yougong's participation, and Chang Qingyun's activities. It is said that he became "active"
In the short period before the riots - a lot of bad things were actually done.
Ji Xin also received an important piece of news: Chang Qingyun was once called to Wuzhou City. Soon after he came back, he received preferential treatment and painted in the house every day. Wuzhou City was very busy with paintings being sent in and out.
Although the person who provided this information had a low status and did not know why Chang Qingyun was asked to paint or why he had to transport the paintings back and forth, the only person with the authority to do so was Xie Erren.
Ji Xin checked Xie Erren's archives before departure. Although he was also a cultural person, judging from his personal background and his related self-report, he did not show a special interest in Chinese painting, let alone find someone specifically.
Using paintings to sing harmony - and this practice of just asking Chang Qingyun to paint has nothing to do with singing harmony.
Recall that Yi Haoran and some other people said that Cai Lan was "good at painting", and the city government's material procurement staff also provided the work of collecting paints, papers and other painting tools in the city. Correspondingly, this is Cai Lan's hobby.
Chang Qingyun also painted because of Cai Lan.
"Good guy. I didn't expect him to be such a passionate person..." Chen Baibin sighed, "So attentive!"
"It's not surprising that literati are sentimental and pay attention to the interest in life. What's more, given our current status, we can't do anything we want. There are also some elders in Lingao who have done even more ridiculous things." Ji Xin smiled, "He
This romantic crime is really nothing. It's just a bad thing that caused such a big incident in Wuzhou, and Cai Lan is a key figure in it."