Hearing that Wu Shilai was outside, Yin Cao Sanyang of Shuntian Mansion immediately put down his official business and invited him to come in to meet him.

"Wu Zhai, why did you come back again?" Cao Sanyang smiled and invited Wu Shi to come to the seat, and let people watch the tea.

Cao Sanyang has passed the year of the Mandate of Heaven and is the same age as Zhao Jin, but he has not suffered any crimes, and has always been pampered and well-maintained. It looks much younger than Zhao Hao's old brother, and it is about the same as Wu Shilai, who is ten years younger than him.

"Mingfu." When Chang Sui went out, Wu Shilai asked in a low voice: "The lower official is here to ask about Zhao Xiaolian, what kind of heavenly rules he has committed, and please instruct." ”

"Zhao Xiaolian ......" Cao Sanyang was stunned for a moment, and he didn't get the number right.

"It's Zhao Zhongcheng's cousin, who was directly put into the government office by Ni Dahong's guy today." Wu Shilai said with a displeased face: "Everyone is crazy at home, and they have to gather him to beat the Dengwen drum in the same class!" ”

"Oh, you said he......" Cao Sanyang heard Ni Dahong's name, Fang nodded slowly: "Is there such a thing, didn't Ni Dahong tell you in detail?" ”

"He only said that he was looking for a Lu family's account book, and if he asked again, he asked me to ask the Ming Mansion." Wu Shilai lowered his head and said in a muffled voice: "Please also ask the Ming Mansion to solve the confusion in the hearts of the officials." ”

"Hey, okay." Cao Sanyang nodded, and after the chief served the tea, he instructed him to close the door and go out, and not let people approach.

When there was no one else, Cao Fu Yin Fang sighed for a long time:

"Wu Zhai, are you willing to take care of this matter as an old man? That Zhao Zhongcheng is the same department as me to watch politics, as soon as he walked with the front foot, I arrested his uncle with the back foot, which made a job of how to look at me in the same year? ”

"Why do you ...... that adult" Wu Shilai looked at him puzzled.

I only heard that Cao Mansion Yin Youyou asked, "Do you remember Wang Zhi?" ”

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"It goes without saying." Wu Shilai nodded.

The officials and people of the whole southeast will never forget the owner of the Wufeng ship who dominates the sea until they die.

Wu Shilai's proud work in his life was the feat of resisting the Japanese when he was the official of Songjiang Mansion.

Wu Shilai withstood the great pressure, resolutely opened the city gate, let tens of thousands of refugees take refuge in the city, and properly resettled, and personally led hundreds of strong crossbowmen out of the city to meet the enemy, miraculously repelled the Japanese invaders!

And Chen Dong, who led the attack of the Japanese at that time, was just one of the many captains under Wang Zhi.

"This has something to do with him?" Wu Shilai asked with a solemn expression: "He has been dead for almost ten years, right?" ”

But the vast territory he had established in Japan was still there, and his fleet had not been wiped out. Even now, the Francois and the Japanese still only recognize his golden seal. Those maritime merchants must have his gold seal before they can be allowed to enter the sea for trade. ”

Although there was no one else in the room, Cao Sanyang still subconsciously lowered his voice and said: "Brother Xian has suffered in Guangxi all these years, and it is understandable that I don't know what happened later. Let's just tell you, after Wang Zhi was beheaded, the Lu family took over his maritime business, including the golden seal. ”

"Ahh Wu Shilai shuddered, but then felt that it should be so. Because when Wang Zhi was alive, there were rumors in officialdom that Lu Bing and Yan Shifan were his backstage, otherwise Hu Zongxian, the commander-in-chief of the anti-Japanese war, would not have been eye-to-eye with him and had an ambiguous attitude.

Moreover, judging from the files that have been made public, Yan Shifan's henchman Luo Longwen, who not only served as a staff member in Hu Zongxian's governor's palace, but also traveled to and from the sea all year round, and was himself a widow under Wang Zhi's banner, or a maritime merchant.

At the same time, Lu Bing and Yan Shifan are not only sons and daughters, but after Yan Shifan's defeat, the Lu family also took in his only son Yan Shaoting...... This is also a major crime for the Lu family to be liquidated now.

Therefore, although Wu Shilai can't understand the mystery of this, since the Lu family is likely to be Wang Zhi's backstage. After Wang Zhi was killed, it was reasonable for the Lu family to send someone to take over his territory.

After all, it was a smuggling empire with an annual trade volume of tens of millions of taels of silver!

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In the signing room, Cao Sanyang whispered to Wu Shilai to tell his secrets.

"Of course, such a big deal is not something that the Lu family can eat, and almost all of the powerful families in the southeast have a share. It's just that Lu Bing was in full swing at that time, and everyone had to rely on his protection, so everyone respected the Lu family as the new King of the Pure Sea and let them monopolize 20% of the shares. ”

Wu Shilai nodded slightly.

He suddenly thought that Cao Sanyang was a native of Yixing, Nanzhili, and Yixing and the Pinghu Lu family looked at each other from a distance across Taihu Lake, and he was afraid that the Cao family would not miss this gluttonous feast.

Otherwise, he Cao Fuyin, why should he bother with this idle matter?

"But the Lu family, the king of the pure sea, is not good, he wants to eat more and occupy more, but he is unwilling to share the benefits with others. But with Lu Bing here, no one dared to say anything. Later, Lu Bing died, and his son Lu Yi took over as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, but everyone could only swallow their anger. ”

"But now everything has changed. Lu Bing's sins back then were revealed, Lu Yi and Lu Wei were imprisoned, Lu's house was also raided, and more than 300 people were all imprisoned by Yousi. Cao Sanyang said with a light sigh and said:

However, there are still fish that slipped through the net, Lu Bing's second son, Lu Shen, fled to Japan, and actually ordered the entire fleet to open in the name of the King of the Pure Sea, attack Hangzhou City with him, and rescue his whole family. How is this possible? ”

So in the infighting, Lu Shen was killed, and the Lu family's shares were also deprived. Lu Shen's son Lu Xuan was annoyed and ashamed, and he actually recklessly entered Beijing, wanting to expose everyone and die together. I only heard Cao Sanyang say slowly:

"They have in their hands the account books of the maritime merchants who purchase goods and pay the bills, and if they fall into the hands of the emperor, the consequences will be unimaginable." After speaking, he was silent for a long time, until Wu Shilai couldn't help but open his mouth, and then sighed lightly:

"When the maritime merchants got the news and begged the official to come here, the old man sent people to set up checkpoints on the roads into Beijing on the grounds that he had received a report that someone from the Lu family had entered Beijing with the intention of robbing the prison......

Wu Shi came here and finally understood the ins and outs of the matter. But it was still shocking and indescribable.

The dignified and upright Shuntianfu Yin actually became an accomplice of the maritime merchants, this matter is spread out, I'm afraid no one will believe it......

Cao Sanyang naturally knew what Wu Shilai was thinking, so he slowly stood up, walked to the 'Daming Mountains and Rivers Map' hanging on the wall, turned around and looked at Wu Shilai calmly and said:

"This official knows what you're thinking. Whether you believe it or not, I have to tell you that my Cao family has been farming for generations, and has not been involved in any maritime business, let alone taking the slightest dry stock in their gang. ”

Seeing that the boss had said this, Wu Shilai hurriedly got up and said, "The lower officials have never doubted the innocence of the Ming Mansion. ”

"No, this official is not innocent, I am a fellow party of maritime merchants. Not only me, but also the officials and gentry and common people in the southeast are all a party of maritime merchants. ”

But I heard Lord Fu Yin's earth-shattering analysis:

"Wu Zhai, you are from Zhejiang, and you have been an official in Songjiang. Naturally, we know that in our southeast area, there are few farmers who make a living by growing grain. Most of the farmers are planting mulberry and silkworms, cotton spinning, and tea and roasting tea...... The citizens of the county and the prefecture rely on spinning, weaving, silk weaving, porcelain, and papermaking for their business, and so many things are continuously produced, and they cannot be sold at all by domestic sales - only by relying on maritime merchants to help them sell overseas! ”

"Wu Zhai, the common people are all supported by maritime merchants. If the imperial court handles all the maritime merchants, what will the people in the southeast eat? If there is no employment and control of the maritime group, those sailors who run away from the ship will turn around and become cannibals! The ten years of unrest that have just subsided, I am afraid that it will make a comeback in the blink of an eye! The victory we won in exchange for such a great sacrifice will be wasted immediately......"

"So the official can only help them with this and try to settle this matter for them." Cao Sanyang sighed at the vicissitudes of life: "The old man said this, can Wu Zhai be considerate of one or two?" ”

ps. The third update, don't think it's making up a story. In fact, this was generally the case at the time, and I was just using a man's technique to link together a lot of historical facts. It may be far-fetched or exaggerated, but it is absolutely not nonsense or fabrication. Ask for a monthly pass recommendation ticket ~~