Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 592 The Monster Everyone Fears
From the second day after Lu Xiangsheng arrived in Songjiang Mansion, the work surrounding the construction of the Shanghai County Wharf was fully rolled out again.Several officials from the Ministry of Industry who went south with Lu Xiangsheng moved into the construction site with mixed feelings, and began to survey and plan the terrain of the port.

But what made them feel a little relieved this time was that hundreds of school lieutenants from the Songjiang Jinyiwei Qianhu Institute were deployed in several critical positions, guarding them day and night in rotation to ensure their personal safety.

According to Lu Xiangsheng's request, Songjiang Mansion put up posts about the recruitment of civil engineering talents, and the magistrate's office arranged for people to hire a large number of young and strong laborers to go to Shanghai County. , for the young and strong to eat during the construction period.

Accompanied by Xie Ruyun and others, Lu Xiangsheng first inspected the construction site in person, and then, surrounded by the governor of Jiangsu and other senior officials who came after hearing the news, he inspected the three most affluent places in Jiangsu Province, Su Songchang.

After Li Lie learned that Lu Xiangsheng had left Songjiang Mansion, he immediately put all his energy into summarizing and analyzing the intelligence sent by the lieutenants every day, and discussed with Bian Wuchang and others, gradually narrowing down the scope of suspects, and In the end, Gu Shenqing, Lu Maocheng and others were listed as key monitoring targets.

"Brother Gu, what do you think the Xie Fuzun and the others are thinking about doing this? We did it after all our thinking and taking risks. Isn't it just to prevent the court from collecting taxes? Why is this imperial envoy? As soon as they arrived, these elders immediately turned the rudder? On weekdays, real gold and silver are enshrined, but when they see the real chapter, they shrink back. These bastards are really not human!

Treason?It's just famous!Isn't this just a way to scare three-year-old children?With no evidence at all, the court can't just accuse people of treason, right?

These grandsons are also a little timid, so they told Lu Jiandou to calm down with a few words, which is good, and turned around and asked us to donate money and materials to help build the pier. Why? "

In the early winter season, although the temperature in the south of the Yangtze River is still not low, several copper charcoal basins have been lit in the large study in the backyard of Gu Shenqing's house, and the whole room has become as warm as spring.

After receiving the news from Xie Ruyun's confidants, Gu Shenqing, Lu Maocheng, Saturday Guan, and Xu Sheng gathered together again to discuss how to deal with the current changes.

"I said Brother Lu, let's stop complaining, let's discuss what to do next. Let's take what Mr. Xie said, or think of another way? Old Gu, Old Xu, what's your opinion? ?
Ouch, it's too hot in this room, old Gu, are you too weak?It's only mid-October, and I'm going to light the brazier, so I'm not afraid of being too dry! "

After finishing speaking, Saturday Guan, who was dressed in fat, first wiped the sweat off his face with a white sweat towel, put down the towel, then picked up the tea on the low table and gulped it down, put down the tea cup and stood up, Stepping on the thick and soft Persian wool blanket on the ground with bare feet, I came to the high table behind the door, picked up the teapot and returned to the seat, and refilled the teacup with tea.

Because the things they discussed were too secretive, no one was allowed to approach them inside or outside the courtyard where the study room was located, so serving tea and pouring water had to be done by oneself.

"I didn't expect the imperial court to send someone so quickly this time, and they are important ministers like the three assistants of the cabinet. It seems that what we have done this time is really not small. The emperor of the Zhu family even used it as a crime of treason. If this matter is handled inadvertently, the outcome may be extremely unfavorable to us, and we must work together to make it happen!"

Xu Sheng, who was worried between his brows, twisted his beard with his hands, and said in a slightly heavy tone.

"Brother Xu, you said that, let alone said the same thing. Isn't it because I was afraid of inadvertent response that I waited to get together to discuss? You tell me, what should we do?"

Before Gu Shenqing could speak, Saturday Guan followed up with a dissatisfied tone.

"This matter is a bit tricky right now, and I am hesitant in my heart. If we look at it according to the subpoena issued by the government office, Xie Wencheng and the others have made it clear that they have retreated, and they are afraid that they will be involved if the incident happens.

They are planning to confuse the matter first, so that Lu Jiandou will reduce the felony to the lowest level in the report to the capital. In this way, the Zhu family's minions will not be implicated. Don't get up too early to do too much harm.

But if according to Xie Wencheng's words, the Songjiang government will urge the completion of the Shanghai Wharf as soon as possible, and when the construction is completed, we can only pay taxes in full. The family business has suffered a lot of damage, and it is really difficult to make a choice in such a dilemma! "

At the end, Xu Sheng shook his head frequently, his face full of helplessness.

In fact, when he heard the word treason, he was already scared, and Xu Sheng was very much in favor of the decision of Xie Ruyun and others.He also believes that as long as the court's requirements are fully met and the construction of the Shanghai Wharf is completed as soon as possible, the court will no longer focus on investigating the murderer if there is no proof of death.

What the emperor and the court want is to collect taxes. As long as this main purpose is achieved, everything else can be ignored.

His words just now also showed that he wanted to compromise, but because Lu Maocheng and Saturday Guan had a very tough attitude, and both expressed that they wanted to fight the court to the end, so he did not fully express his attitude, lest he would be caught. Lu and Zhou Zhou laughed.

"Brother Xu's words also clearly explained the situation we are facing, but the current matter is more difficult.

If only the imperial court sent people down, everything would be fine, but the person I fear the most right now is Zhu Mingzhi's relatives.

According to Gu Shunyan, in the past few days, there have been quite a few strangers inquiring about news inside and outside Songjiang City. If there is no accident, these people must be the spies of Jinyi's pro-army.

Although what happened last time was kept secret, but if it relies on the heavenly constitution to mess around, it may be very detrimental to us! "

As soon as Jin Yiwei, who had a bad reputation, was mentioned, the four people in the room felt heavy pressure.

The Jinyiwei Qianhu Office of Songjiang Prefecture was established more than a year ago. Its jurisdiction covers all prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Songjiang and Changzhou. The troops of the entire Qianhu Office are also scattered in the local area.

Gu Shenqing and others also wanted to try to make friends with a few people in power at the beginning, but unfortunately, because the Jinyiwei was directly under the royal family, they did not interact with the outside world at all on weekdays. There is no one in Songjiang Mansion who is familiar with the people in it, even if you want to open the way with money, you will not be able to enter the door.In addition, these big gentry in the south of the Yangtze River think highly of themselves, and feel that in their own territory, even if it is a dragon, you have to coil for me, so they gave up this idea when they tried again and failed.

But now it seems that although they are not afraid of the imperial court, deep down in their hearts they are still very afraid of this monster lying aside.It is said that in the large army camp that can enter and leave tens of thousands of people, the place to capture the first-rank supervisor is not as easy to deal with as those civil servants.

Although I don't know that these Jinyiwei have not heard of the rumors to arrest people, and then tortured them to extract confessions, but it does not mean that these Jinyiwei's usual methods will not be used again, maybe they are waiting for the opportunity to say for sure.

"Brother Gu's words are very true! My little brother also thinks that we should first follow Xie Wencheng's strategy and endure the unfavorable situation in front of us. As for the business and taxation, we will slowly figure it out later!"

　Thanks to the book friend Doudou for the reward. I wish the whole family of the book friends a healthy and safe Year of the Rat. Personally, try not to go to crowded places. Everyone cherishes it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)