marquis of jingan

Chapter 620 The Emperor's Reply

With these fifteen confessions, the next thing is much easier.

Shen Yi withheld the fifteen confessions and put them in his hands, ready to hand them over to Xu Fu later.

These things can only be given to Xu Fu, not to the court.

Because Tongwa is a capital offense and a crime of copying one's home.

There is no way to change this.

Shen Yi can't shake the law of the country.

But as the actual operator, there is a lot of room for manipulation in this kind of thing. For example, to report to the court, it can be said that although the dozen or so families had communicated with the Japanese pirates, they were deceived and did not know that the other party was a Japanese pirate. .

In this way, the crime will naturally be lightened.

And by putting these confessions in Xu Fu's hands, when Xu Fu is doing business in Fuzhou in the future, he can use them as a handle, and doing business will naturally be beneficial.

Of course, this kind of thing should be told the truth to the emperor.

Otherwise, everything Shen Yi did would not have the support of the emperor.

As for whether Xu Fu will use these things to seek some personal gain, to fulfill some selfish desires...

Shen Yi believed not.

However, even if Xu Fu did some bad things, Shen Yi would soon find out that there would be no major problems with the Fuzhou Mansion Reporter.

In this way, after meeting the speakers of these dozens of Fuzhou gentry, Shen Yi began to use the Dibao Division to investigate the Tongwo case in Fuzhou.

This investigation made the entire officialdom in Fuzhou tremble with fear.

Because although these officials did not understand the Japanese, it is impossible to understand the Japanese, but they did condone the merchants, gentry, and some landlords in Fuzhou, and many officials have vested interests in these places. I am feeding.

It can be said that it is a community of interests. If you pull out a carrot, you will definitely bring out mud.

However, this time the Dibao Division investigated the case very well, and basically stopped at these gentry, and did not implicate the gentry and gentry in these places.

Because it is not needed.

In Shen Yi's hands... To be precise, it was Cheng Fantai who had enough evidence of Fujian's officialdom, and this matter had already been reported to the emperor in secret.

Next, how the emperor will deal with the officialdom in Fujian has nothing to do with Shen Yi. If he forcibly involves these officials in Fujian, it might mean forcing the emperor to do things.

Shen Yi didn't hold back any of the Japanese gentry who were found out later, and they were all questioned for the crime of being a Japanese.

In a blink of an eye, four or five days passed.

The confiscated properties of each family were basically counted clearly. The eunuch Du Huaidu in the palace found Shen Yi with a smile on his face after counting these things.

After seeing Shen Yi, Eunuch Du's smiling face was wrinkled. He sat in front of Shen Yi and said with a smile: "Scholar Shen has done a good job on this errand, and he has taken care of all the fish that slipped through the net last year." It was really a joy to be fished out.”

For Eunuch Du, it was naturally very satisfying.

Because in this matter, apart from the properties that were handled by them, apart from the properties that had not been negotiated by the fifteen families, the rest of the property together may be worth a million taels or even 200 million taels.

More importantly, many of these things are real estate.

Regardless of whether real estate is returned to the national treasury or to the internal treasury, there must be a sale process.

During this process, Eunuch Du and the others don't need to fish too much, as long as this kind of thing passes through their hands and is stained with a little oil, it will be enough for eunuchs like them to spend for a long time.

For this kind of thing, Shen Yi is actually a little disgusted.

It's not that he hates these eunuchs for making money, but that he is working in front of them and working for these eunuchs.

But there is no way.

Du Huai was the emperor's servant, who was sent by the emperor to "manage accounts" for the anti-Japanese army. In fact, he was the incarnation of the emperor walking in the southeast.

For the time being... there is no way to manage it.

Master Shen smiled politely at Du Huai, and said, "Whether the money goes into the treasury or into the internal funds, the Holy Majesty should be very happy, and when Eunuch Du is in the palace, he will have made great contributions. "

"Our family is at this age."

Du Huai laughed at himself, and said, "It's useless to make meritorious service or not. No matter how great the merit is, it's impossible to sit in the position of Eunuch Gao."

Speaking of this, Eunuch Du bowed his head slightly to Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Our family came here today to tell Bachelor Shen that those confiscated things will be counted and put into storage soon, and I also brought the list, Bachelor Shen And take a look..."

He handed a document in front of Shen Yi, and then his eyes turned into crescent moons: "Scholar Shen, if you think there is something wrong, you can just cross something off the list. Our family has greeted those servants, and no one Will talk too much."

This is selling to Shen Yi.

He told Shen Yi blatantly that he could take whatever he liked.

Even if Shen Yi crossed out some of the cash amount, this Eunuch Du would probably nod in agreement.

This is the "human relationship" in the power field. Mr. Shen helped these eunuchs seek "welfare", and they will reciprocate Mr. Shen.

Shen Yi took the list and glanced at it, then handed it back, and said with a smile: "Since it was calculated by the palace, there is naturally no problem. Eunuch Du doesn't need to show it to me, just hand it over."

Hearing Shen Yi's words, Du Huai's eyes were slightly disappointed.

Because Shen Yi is not greedy.

If Shen Yi is greedy, then these palace people can be more ruthless when they are "stained with oil and water". After all, Shen Yi, an imperial envoy, has also done his job, and he can take money from both sides with peace of mind.

But Mr. Shen has nothing to worry about, eunuchs like them have to restrain themselves even if they are in trouble.

Eunuch Du still had a smile on his face. After communicating with Shen Yi for a few words, Master Shen remembered something and said, "Eunuch Du, I received news from the imperial court in the morning that people from the Ministry of Punishment and Yushitai are already on their way. We are on our way to Fuzhou, and those who were detained by ransacking their homes will be handed over to the Yushitai of the Ministry of Punishment, and Eunuch Du will not have to worry about them anymore."

In the past few days, when these eunuchs were counting their belongings, they often did something to those detained gentry.

Eunuch Du nodded and smiled: "It's natural."

He stood up and bid farewell to Shen Yi: "Scholar Shen, we still have a lot of things to do at home, so I won't disturb Bachelor Shen."

Shen Yi stood up and went out with Du Huai.

Eunuch Du waved his hands quickly, and said with a smile: "Scholar Shen doesn't need to be sent to our house, if someone sees it, others will laugh at him."

Shen Yi shook his head slightly, and said with a soft smile: "It just so happens that I'm going out too, so I'll send my eunuch off."

So, the two went out together and separated at the gate of Shen Yi's residence. After Mr. Shen got into the carriage, he didn't go anywhere else, but came all the way to a private house.

This is another courtyard of Cheng Tingzhi, the chief minister of Fujian Province.

Sometimes he lives in the Chief Envoy's Yamen, and sometimes he lives here.

In the morning, when Shen Yi had just received the secret letter from the imperial court, he sent someone to the chief envoy's yamen to say hello to Cheng Fantai, who was waiting for Shen Yi in this house at this time.

After Jiang Sheng stepped forward and knocked on the door, the door opened quickly.

Inside stood Cheng Fantai in ordinary cotton clothes.

After Shen Yi bowed his hand and saluted him, he entered the house, looked around, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Cheng Fantai, you are really frugal."

This yard is better than Shen Yi's old house in Jiangdu.

And the good ones are limited.

For a provincial third-rank boss, it was a bit shabby.

"Cheng also has a residence in the chief envoy's yamen, but he lives in the chief envoy's office. I don't know how many eyes are staring at him, and he feels uncomfortable. Sometimes he lives here to hide himself."

Cheng Tinghe smiled and said: "Because of this, many people in Fujian official circles don't like Cheng very much. They think that Cheng should take money and money secretly, but he is pretending to be poor on the surface. It is..."

Cheng Fantai, a scholar, still didn't say that classic saying about erecting a memorial archway.

After all, some are not decent and elegant.

Master Shen smiled slightly, then looked at Cheng Tingzhi, and said flatly: "Cheng Fantai, Your Majesty has written you back."

Cheng Tingzhi took a deep breath and was about to kneel down to salute.

Shen Yi still reached out to support him, and smiled faintly.

"The Holy Majesty said in the letter that Cheng Fantai will go to Jiankang with me at the end of this year."

Shen Yi's face was calm: "Your Majesty wants to meet you face to face."

Cheng Tingzhi's eyes showed excitement.

The emperor was willing to see him, explaining that what he said to the emperor worked.

At the very least, it has played a role to a certain extent!
Ever since, the Fujian chief envoy bowed his head slightly to Shen Yi, and then looked respectful.

"Your Majesty... Cheng Tingzhi, respectfully receive His Majesty's edict!"

(End of this chapter)