Chapter 499: Ding Juan is willing to obey orders and will not hesitate even to the death.
In the end, Gu Yanbing stood up, and as soon as he stood up, the other three people also stood up.
There was no introduction from anyone on either side. Gu Yanbing didn’t even know who the other party was, but he knew that the other party definitely knew who his group was.
He could vaguely guess the other party's intention, but the other party must know better why he was willing to travel thousands of miles from Zhangzhou.
The taste of inequality is a bit bitter, but Gu Yanbing doesn't care. After surviving the bitterness, sweetness may come.
“Sit down.” Feng Ziying sat down on the main seat and then raised her hand to signal the four of them to sit down.
The four of them, Gu Yanbing and Gu Yanbing, all looked at each other in confusion, but the strength hidden beneath the calmness and composure shown by the other party made them even dare not ask anything.
"I know you are full of doubts. Since you are looking for someone to talk to you, why did you come by car like this? Is it to take advantage of the situation to suppress you, or has any other intention?" Feng Ziying smiled, "It's really unnecessary. If I think about it, as soon as this teacup is thrown to the ground, maybe the Dragon Guards will pour in from both sides..."
One sentence made the entire room feel frozen to the bone.
"Gu Yanbing, on June 27th three years ago, you attacked the Luzon Folangji merchant ship "Pearl Rock" outside Tongshan, killing forty-seven people and plundering 30,000 Folangji silver coins (COB). And lots of pepper,…”
Gu Yanbing tried his best to keep his legs steady and not to tremble, but the meridians of the lame leg that had not hurt in decades began to feel dull pain, even to the point of bone-deep pain.
"Xu Zhongxiang, on the ninth day of March in the second year of Yonglong, together with Japanese pirates off the coast of Nanri Mountain, robbed three merchant ships of Ma from Liangzhe and Zhejiang seas, and robbed 2,000 pieces of Hangzhou silk and more than 3,000 pieces of Jingdezhen porcelain worth more than 50,000 taels of silver. Sixty-eight crew members were killed and twenty-four were seriously injured..."
Xu Mazi's face was pale, with cold sweat on his back. The muscles on his face were twitching constantly, but his eyes were already looking outside the door. He just didn't know if there was really a dragon captain outside. Is it still too late to rush out at this time?
“Huang Yongxiu, in July of the fourth year of Yonglong, got into a jealous fight with others after drinking in Pingtan Mansion, and beat one person to death. Later, he blamed his nephew,..."
Huang Butou's expression was normal. After all, what he was doing was nothing compared to the first two people.
“In the fifth year of Yonglong, Huang Yongxiu gave the two Japanese women to Qin Ze, the general manager of the Fuquan Institute, and gave him nine thousand taels of silver every year in exchange for the other party’s permission to smuggle the route,…”
Huang Butou's mood immediately dropped below freezing point. If this matter was revealed, it would no longer be his problem. The entire family and the people who ate under him would no longer be able to eat this bowl of rice.
The loss of a guard officer because of this meant that all the guards troops along the coast of Fujian had to guard themselves tightly and even put themselves to death. Thinking of this, he was confused.
“Zhu Donghai, you did that thing outside Chenkeng at the beginning of this year, right? The harvest was not small, right? Oh, let’s see,…”
"No, no, sir, please stop talking..." Mr. Zhu was already sweating profusely and fell to his knees with a plop, "I did it, I did it, so there is nothing I can do about it. The people under my command want to Have a meal,…"
At the same time as Mr. Zhu knelt down, several other people, who could still maintain their stability, all knelt down suddenly with a plop, not daring to raise their heads, and just kowtowed. There were bursts of crisp sounds of green bricks in the room.
Feng Ziying raised the thick stack of paper in her hand and said, "Well, all the papers in the past ten years are here. Looking forward, I'm afraid I will have to ask Long Jinwei and the Fujian Qingli Department of the Ministry of Punishment to provide me with more There are some suspicious things, I haven’t wronged you, right?…”
Several people are feeling cold all over, but they don’t know why the imperial government and the government have not taken action in the past few years since they are aware of their misdeeds.
They are all veterans who have been in the arena for many years. Although they were intimidated by Feng Ziying's words for a while, they could think of some of the weirdness when they thought about it.
If the other party really wants to kill a few of his people, not to mention that they can directly mobilize the troops from the border guard station in Zhangzhou to confiscate their homes and exterminate their families, can they take down their own group right now? Why do I need to say so much here?
Could it be that he deliberately set a bait at this critical point to lure a few of his people to come, and the border guard station started to take action?
But my family is not special among the thirteen families. When it comes to these things, even the five families have done less than me, let alone the other eight families among the thirteen families. Why do they have to do this to me? Start? Could it be that Gu Laizi wanted to use the three of him as a proxy?
Thinking of this, a few or three people couldn't help but look at each other, and their eyes fell on the face of the ancient lame man.
What a shrewd person Gu Laizi was, yet he couldn't react. He smiled wryly and spread his hands, but said nothing.
Seeing the unpredictable expressions on the faces of several people, Feng Ziying really likes the feeling of controlling other people's lives and manipulating other people's hearts. Well, it's really refreshing, but it's a pity that this is not her purpose.
"Okay, get up. If I want to deal with you, this tea cup should be smashed on the ground." Feng Ziying waved her hand, "Some people can still see the situation clearly and know how to take advantage of the situation to fight for their lives. Some people just sit back and wait for death. Others cannot see the situation clearly and want to hit the stone with eggs..."
I don’t understand, but several of them breathed a sigh of relief, and their eyes fell on the tea cups in each other’s hands. They were really worried that if they lost the cups, the swordsman would come in and chop them into pieces.
If we really want to kill a few of them here, they can't even shout out, and they have come all the way to kill them. Is that unfair?
But once again listening to the meaning of this person's words, could it be that everyone has been watched by the court for a long time, and it depends on whether you understand current affairs? Then could it be that a few of us are talented people who understand current affairs?
My heart was pounding, and for a moment I felt like I was facing the sea and the flowers were blooming, and Yang Qi was coming out of my body.
“Okay, let me introduce myself. My surname is Feng. I am Feng Keng. I am a editor at the Hanlin Academy. I am going to Jiangnan this time..."
Although he is just a few low-class people who make a living at sea, Gu Laizi has always been paying attention to the changes in the situation of the court, because he knows that eating this bowl of rice is really like dancing on the edge of a knife, and any risk can put him in danger. dust.
So when the imperial court's strategy of opening up the sea began to spread in Jiangnan, most people focused on the content of the strategy, looking for their own backers, and considering the next move, but he put more thought into understanding this strategy. Why is the strategy of opening up the sea proposed at this time, and what is the reason?
Nominally, this strategy of opening up the sea was proposed by Chai Ke, the Right Minister of the Ministry of War and the Governor of the Three Borders, and the purpose was to use sea taxes as collateral to raise military salaries for guarding the Nine Borders, but Gu Laizi still found out an inside information that was not considered secret.
More details of this strategy of opening up the sea were put forward by a Jinke Jinshi in the imperial court.
This Jinshi’s surname is Feng. He is a descendant of Conglong Wuxun during the Taizu period. His father is still a general military officer in the North and holds military power. It is said that he is a rising star among the scholars in the North.
As a smuggler who made a living on the sea in Fujian, he had never read a book and could only read a few words. It was rare to find out such detailed content. He even didn't know what happened in Yulin, where Feng Ziying's father was the commander-in-chief. I don’t know where it is, I just know it’s a border town in the Northland.
But he kept the name of this Jinshi firmly in his heart.
“Master Feng is the one who proposed the strategy of opening up the sea?!” Gu Laizi couldn’t help but stood up and said with a trembling voice.
Although he knows that his group may be completely destroyed due to the opening of the sea, Gu Laizi is also aware of the general trend.
Not to mention such a general trend, he knew how much benefit it would bring to the people along the entire coast, including Fujian, once the imperial court opened the sea.
Let’s not talk about those who are waiting at the top to make a lot of money, but the thousands of ordinary people who make a living by fishing can really make a living from this, and no longer need to worry about the government breaking into their homes at any time, or intruding into their homes at any time. On the shore, the officers and soldiers of the guard station fired firecrackers and crossbows to kill him.
"Oh? You know me too?" Feng Ziying was not surprised. There were also dragons and snakes hidden in the grass. Whether they were dragons or snakes, it depends on whether these people can recognize the current affairs and use them for themselves.
"Although the common people are stupid and arrogant, they also know that Lord Feng's strategy of opening up the sea is a great blessing for us and other coastal people. The common people also believe that in ten or twenty years, countless people will build a shrine to thank you... "
Although Gu Yanbing was sincere, he felt a chill in Feng Ziying. After building the Sheng Temple twenty years later, was he cursing himself to be like the 9,000-year-old man who built the Sheng Temple in this era? ?
Unceremoniously interrupting Gu Laizi's words, Feng Ziying said in a deep voice: "Gu Yanbing, don't mention these treasonous words again. This is the emperor's grace, and it is also the fact that the princes in the court care about the well-being of the people along the coast. Feng is just I just took advantage of the trend and came up with some specific strategies..."
Seeing that the other party was unwilling to mention such things, Gu Yanbing estimated that the other party was tired of hearing such flattery, or just didn't want to be in the limelight, so he immediately shut up.
“I have called you here today, and I have only one question: What are your plans under this situation?”
To get straight to the point, Feng Ziying didn’t bother to beat around the bush. This group of people took the initiative to come. In fact, they should have had some kind of consciousness, the consciousness to make sacrifices and pay the price, but they didn’t know their true plans yet.
"I am willing to listen to Mr. Feng's orders, even if I die." Suddenly, his heart was filled with happiness. Without saying anything or asking, Gu Yanbing stood up and bowed.
For a moment, the other three people didn't understand. Why did this guy, who was always well-informed and shrewd in the Thirteen Family, suddenly say something like this after the other party only asked such a sentence?
And looking at that posture and expression, is it really a posture of surrendering and obeying orders, and will not give up even if you die?
Don’t even ask what they want to do with a group of people. What if they really want to kill people’s heads by themselves?
(End of this chapter)