A knife in love

Chapter 1274

When Li Zhisheng and Master Pan heard this man's words, expressions of relief appeared on their faces.

Li Qiufeng and others turned their heads to look, but saw a dozen people walking in from the gate of the county government.The leader was wearing a square scarf and a long blue cloth gown, with a square face that was quite dusty.It looks like he is in his 40s, but his temples are already gray and he looks haggard.The dozen or so people behind him were all the arresters who had just escaped from the Yamen. At this time, they rushed into the yard with swords and sticks in their hands. It seemed that the man in Tsing Yi was the backbone, and his courage was strengthened again.

Xiao Dong saw that although the man in the blue shirt looked tired, his eyes were piercing, and the arresters behind him were all aggressive, he was definitely not an ordinary person.Therefore, he was secretly on guard in his heart, and his right hand was already holding down the hilt of the sword.Although Li Zhisheng is stupid, but seeing Xiao Dong's appearance, he also knew that Xiao Dong was hostile to the man in Qingshan, so he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Master Xiao, this is the famous criminal master of our county yamen, his surname is Jiang Mingjin, and he is very kind." Shrewd. I plan to hand over the case of your lord's missing ship to Mr. Jiang."

Hearing what Li Zhisheng said, Xiao Dong felt relieved.After Mr. Jiang walked into the yard, he saw more than 20 arresters who had been knocked down by Li Qiufeng lying on the ground in a mess, motionless, his face changed drastically, he stopped suddenly, and said in a trembling voice: "This, what is this?" What's going on?!"

A policeman following Mr. Jiang pointed to Li Qiufeng who was standing in the main hall and said, "That little thief can use demonic techniques! These brothers were all defeated by him using demonic techniques!"

Master Jiang saw many people standing in the main hall, including Li Zhisheng and Master Pan.Although the faces of the two were not very good-looking, they were not panicked.Jiang Jin knew that the county magistrate and master Pan were both strong outsiders and middle-aged, and if they were besieged by others, they would definitely panic at this time.Since the two were still calm, the strangers standing in the main hall didn't think they were in any trouble.Thinking of this, Master Jiang cupped his hands and said, "Lord Li, Master Pan, what is the origin of these friends? What happened to the Yamen?"

Li Qiufeng, Xiao Dong, Zhang Shi, Shopkeeper Hu and others are all smart people. Seeing Master Jiang speak well, they immediately knew that this person was a hundred times smarter than Master Li Zhisheng and Master Pan.And looking at his appearance, he could already tell that everyone was not in trouble with Li Zhisheng, but he was extremely careful, he just stood in the courtyard and talked, and did not enter the main hall rashly.Li Qiufeng and the others all thought that there were such shrewd and capable people in this small Dongliao County.

Li Zhisheng coughed twice, put on the airs of the county magistrate again, and said in a deep voice: "Master Jiang, why don't you come over to see Master Xiao from the capital!"

Master Jiang was stunned, his eyes flicked across the faces of Li Qiufeng, Xiao Dong, Zhang Shi, Shopkeeper Hu and others, and he said, "Excuse me, who is Mr. Xiao?"

Seeing this person still standing in the yard, Li Qiufeng didn't look flustered, and secretly admired him.

Xiao Dong looked at Master Jiang and said, "What advice does Master Jiang have?"

Before Master Jiang could speak, Li Zhisheng pointed to Xiao Dong and said, "This is Lord Xiao. Master Jiang, come in and pay a visit."

Master Jiang looked Xiao Dong up and down, still standing in place, cupped his hands and said, "Which yamen does Mr. Xiao work in in the capital, and what business do you have in Dongliao County?"

Li Zhisheng saw that Master Jiang didn't listen to his words and went into the main hall to meet Xiao Dong, but instead questioned him, he was a little annoyed, and was about to reprimand him, but Xiao Dong waved his hand at him.Li Zhisheng had no choice but to swallow the words that came to his lips, and looked at Master Jiang Xiao Dong angrily. Seeing that Master Jiang was quite wary of him, he thought to himself that this person is more cautious than the dog officer surnamed Li and that muddled master. Over a hundred times.It is a suitable person to have this person to help find the big ship.Thinking of this, Xiao Dong had a good impression of this Master Jiang, and immediately smiled, took out the paper seal from his arms, and said: "I have a customs certificate issued by the Ministry of War, and Ningbo City Mr. Jiang might as well take a look at the inspection and cooperation of the Bosi Yamen."

Master Jiang thought for a while, then turned his head and said to the dozen or so policemen behind him: "You first help these brothers in the yard up, and then guard the gate, absolutely no one is allowed to enter or leave!"

All the arresters quickly agreed, and then went to support the companion who was knocked down by Li Qiufeng.Li Qiufeng, Xiao Dong, Zhang Shi, shopkeeper Hu and others saw that Master Jiang was cautious in his actions, and these police officers respected him very much, and they felt a little bit of admiration for this man in their hearts.I saw Mr. Jiang walking into the main hall quickly, just as He Butou came out from the corner, the two of them met, He Butou looked nervous, and said in his mouth: "Old Jiang, you are finally here!"

Master Jiang saw He Tuotou's timid look, but he was not annoyed, he nodded at him, and immediately walked in front of Xiao Dong.First he bowed his hands to salute, then stretched out his hands, and respectfully took the paper seal in Xiao Dong's hand.He took out the two official documents inside the paper envelope, held them in his hand and looked at them carefully.After he read the two official documents, he carefully put them back on the paper seal, and then respectfully returned them to Xiao Dong, saying: "I have read the official documents, and I respectfully listen to Master Xiao's instruction."

Xiao Dong said with a smile: "just now this Master Pan and your Dong Weng have doubts about these two documents, because the two of them don't know where the Shibo Office is. Master Jiang, you might as well tell your Dong Weng Said, lest he think that this official has deceived him with false official documents."

Rao Li Zhisheng has always been cheeky, but after hearing what Xiao Dong said, he also blushed.Naturally, he didn't want Master Jiang to tell him anything about the Shibo Department's yamen, otherwise it would seem that he doubted Xiao Dong.It's just that at this time he felt ashamed, so he slowed down a bit. Before he could stop him, he only heard Mr. Jiang say in a deep voice: "Yes, I respect your lord's order. At the beginning of the founding of our Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu followed In the old system of the Song Dynasty, the Shibosi Yamen was set up in Guangdong to be in charge of the exchanges between Ming Dynasty and overseas countries. When the villain was discussing mounds in the imperial examination, he had nothing to do. He once read the book of the official records of the Ming Dynasty. I remember the book Referring to the functions of the Shibosi Yamen, it is said that the Shibosi Yamen is in charge of the affairs of the overseas tributary and the market, to distinguish the authenticity of the people's confessions, to prohibit communication, to collect private goods, to trade on a fair basis, and to let them go in and out. Shenguanguzhi'. Later, the imperial court also set up Shibosi Yamen in Fuzhou, Fujian and Ningbo, Zhejiang, with similar functions and powers to Guangdong Shibosi Yamen.

"In the beginning, the officials sent by the imperial court to work in the Shibo Division were promoted to one person, from the fifth rank. Two vice-promoters, from the sixth rank. They belonged to the official and one person, from the ninth rank. Eunuchs were dispatched to supervise the work, and the chief eunuch was called Admiral Shibo Eunuch. From then on, the power of the Shibo Office belonged to the Admiral Eunuch, and the original chief officials became officials under the Admiral Eunuch. Later, Emperor Yongle sent Zheng He Commanded the fleet to go to the west, the main ship set off from Nanjing, and assembled at Liujiagang with other ships arriving from other places. After all the fleet arrived at Liujiagang, the whole fleet stopped at Taiping Port, Changle, Fuzhou, Fujian , when the wind direction has turned, the anchor will be sailed out to sea.

"Master Zheng He's fleet is huge. Because it departs from Nanjing, the status of Ningbo, Quanzhou, Fuzhou and other places close to Nanjing has become the most important. Among them, Ningbo Wharf is the landing port when the envoys of Fusang Kingdom came to pay homage to Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the status of the Bosi Yamen in Ningbo became more and more important, and it gradually surpassed the Bosi Yamen in Guangdong and Fujian. He has great power, even the governor and governor of Nanzhili and other high-ranking officials are not in his eyes."

Master Jiang paused for a while, glanced at Xiao Dong, and continued, "It's just that last year a major event happened in the Bosi Yamen in Ningbo City, and the whole court was shocked. , and often sent envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. However, in recent years, there have been disputes in Fusang, and the court ministers formed gangs to fight against each other. Last year, the two major powers of the Fusang court, Hosokawa City and the Ouchi Clan, both sent envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty. As a result, after arriving in Ningbo, Zhejiang , a conflict occurred because of the debate over the authenticity of the survey. The admiral and eunuch Ryan got the benefits of the Hosokawa clan's envoy and favored the Hosokawa clan. As a result, the Ouchi clan's envoy Zongsha was dissatisfied. At the banquet, the two sides fought at the banquet. At first, the two sides were just fighting with each other, but later they actually started fighting. Zong set up martial arts very high, not only killed many subordinates of the envoys of the Hosokawa family on the spot, but even several officials of the Shibosi Yamen He also died at his hands. This is the 'Zongshe Rebellion' that shook the Ming court."

(End of this chapter)