Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 865: The Japanese Collaboration Case

The rain falls silently.

Zhejiang.

Hangzhou.

Somewhere unknown.

"what!!!"

“Please let me go!!”

“I admit it!!”

"You cruel officials must die a miserable death!!"

Qi Jin, wearing a straw raincoat, walked in this purgatory-like place on earth. He heard all kinds of screams and roars, and his nose was always surrounded by unpleasant smells. Even though he had experienced countless storms, at this moment, Qi Jin wanted to leave this place, but the reason in his heart told him that he had to keep going.

"Pinglubo, please come this way!"

Wu Chunfu, who was leading the way, smiled and waved his hand to Qi Jin.

"Ah."

Qi Jin frowned and responded, then turned and walked towards a place.

Cui Chengxiu invited Qi Jin here today, saying that a shocking case had been discovered. If not for this, Qi Jin would not have come.

After all, in Zhejiang today, the order in many places has been disrupted because of the arrest by the Integrity Commission, and even Ningbo, Wenzhou and other places have been invaded by Japanese pirates again.

In such a tense situation, as the commander-in-chief of the Japanese invasion, Qi Jin had a lot of things to do, but what Cui Chengxiu said caught Qi Jin's attention.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Qi Jin arrived at an inconspicuous place.

"Pinglubo, I have finally waited for you."

Cui Chengxiu, who had been waiting here for a long time, saw Qi Jin coming and walked towards him with a smile, "I have wanted to apologize to Pinglubo for a long time. The current chaos in Zhejiang is inseparable from our Integrity Bureau. If we could be more cautious, maybe Zhejiang would not be like this."

When he said this, Cui Chengxiu stopped smiling, raised his hand and bowed to Qi Jin to apologize.

“What Cui Lianxian said, Benbo does not agree with it.”

Qi Jin raised his hand in return, staring at Cui Chengxiu and saying, "Even if the Integrity Bureau is very cautious, as long as they find out the dirty things done by those evil spirits, unrest is inevitable."

Qi Jin knew the situation in Zhejiang very well. Even if there was no Integrity Commission, as long as someone was sent by the court to investigate something in the southeast, the result would be the same.

It's just a matter of time.

"Being recognized by the Earl of Pinglu, I feel a little relieved."

Cui Chengxiu smiled. To be honest, although he looked calm in front of others, as if the chaos in Zhejiang had nothing to do with him.

But no one knew how much pressure Cui Chengxiu was under.

If no useful clues are found despite massive arrests, he will have to bear the responsibility for causing further chaos in Zhejiang.

Cui Chengxiu could guess with his heels what this would bring him.

"The Zhejiang riots can be preliminarily characterized."

Under Qi Jin's gaze, Cui Chengxiu gathered his thoughts, with a strange light flashing in his eyes. "According to the information currently available to the Integrity Bureau, the so-called Japanese invasion of Zhejiang is a premeditated major case. Someone behind this is trying to achieve their ulterior motives through the Zhejiang riot."

"who is it?"

Qi Jin frowned and said.

Qi Jin had actually guessed this from the beginning, and was very sure of it, after all, there were too many strange things going on. But guesses are just guesses, and they cannot be used as evidence.

In the final analysis, if we want to properly resolve the chaos in Zhejiang and other places, we must not only eradicate all forces that disrupt local stability on the front battlefield, but we must also have solid evidence to arrest all those involved and make this matter a solid case.

Therefore, the imperial court must have solid evidence to silence the public.

"Xu Suxin, Li Dan."

Cui Chengxiu said calmly.

"Xu Suxin, Li Dan?"

Qi Jin was surprised and suspicious, and his eyes changed when he looked at Cui Chengxiu, "Could it be that all this that happened in Zhejiang was caused by these two people?"

"Do not."

Cui Chengxiu shook his head and said, "Based on the current situation, there is no direct evidence to prove that all this was done by the two of them. According to our Integrity Bureau's speculation, there may be many treacherous people hiding behind them!"

"You mean, there's someone behind them?"

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Qi Jin frowned even more.

"Definitely."

Cui Chengxiu said seriously: "I even suspect that there are even people behind them, but I haven't touched on them yet."

"What do these two do?"

Qi Jin clenched his hanging hands. He knew that the story behind the Zhejiang Rebellion must be complicated, but he did not expect it to be so complicated. If it was true as Cui Chengxiu said, with Japanese pirates harassing Ningbo, Wenzhou and other places and even killing officials sent by the Integrity Bureau, it would be an organized and premeditated action.

But Qi Jin thought about it again and again, he really couldn't figure out who were the people secretly fanning the flames?
The ones who can extend this are Xu Suxin and Li Dan.

In this situation, Wu Chunfu stepped forward and said, "Li Dan is from Quanzhou, Fujian. He is a Catholic and the most famous sea merchant in East Japan. He is currently living in Nagasaki."

"Xu Suxin is a famous sea merchant in Fujian, traveling back and forth between Haojing and Quanzhou all year round."

"What's interesting is that both Li Dan and Xu Suxin were forced to choose the path of maritime merchants."

"According to some of the people who confessed, they had private dealings with Xu Suxin, and porcelain, tea, silk, raw silk, sugar, tung oil and other items were continuously transported to Quanzhou."

"You mean to say that these two people have connections with Western missionaries?"

Qi Jin frowned and said, "But why should Western missionaries go to a place far away? As early as the Longqing period, our dynasty opened its doors to the outside world. Yuegang in Zhangzhou Prefecture is closer than Quanzhou."

“That’s where further exploration is needed.”

Cui Chengxiu said at this moment: "Based on the current situation, I am more inclined to believe that the two are the gloves of certain people, at least in the early stage, but as their power continues to expand, the ships under their jurisdiction involve Japan Island, Haojing, Nanyang and other places, so they are no longer at the mercy of these people."

"One thing can reveal something."

"Xu Suxin alone purchased hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Fujian and other places. The key point is that this matter has not attracted any attention at all, and part of the purchased land is government land."

"What did you say?!"

Qi Jin glared and said, "How dare a sea merchant occupy government farmland?!"

"Exactly."

Cui Chengxiu nodded and said, "When I first learned about this, I was also very frightened. After all, our dynasty pursues a policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce. Even if merchants are strong, they still have to be suppressed in certain matters."

Cui Chengxiu was extremely glad that he had persisted at the beginning. Otherwise, some truths would never be known even after many years. Cui Chengxiu had a hunch that as long as he could solve the problem in the southeast this time, he would definitely rise strongly in the center! !

(End of this chapter)