Chapter 915: Between Advance and Retreat
Duan Xuan was intensively investigating in Fuzhou, mobilizing all the people of the entire intelligence department, even if he was secret, it was impossible to completely hide Zheng Zhilong.
Zheng Zhilong also got some information, but this information is just some wind and grass, whether it is the Ministry of Intelligence or the original Jinyiwei, it has always been a self-contained system, needles can't be pierced, water can't be splashed, not to mention that it involves arms and other important matters related to the survival of the imperial court, even if Zheng Zhilong tries his best, he can't get useful information.
At this time, Zheng Zhilong had a trace of fear of the Ministry of Intelligence in his heart, he didn't expect that the imperial court still had a force that he couldn't imagine at all, once they really found the real evidence, he would only have one way to go to Huashan.
Just when Zheng Zhilong was anxious, Duan Xuan came to the door.
"Lord Zheng, the official has been staying in Fuzhou for three days, and the brothers have already taken this breath, the emperor is still waiting for the official's reply, and he can't stay for long, tomorrow, the official plans to return to Nanjing City, and I hope to forgive me for the trouble."
Duan Xuan is still very polite, however, the more polite Duan Xuan is, the more bottomless Zheng Zhilong's heart becomes, Duan Xuan's methods in the first two days, he has already understood, in just half a day, he pulled out all the nails in the post house, without the ability to reach the sky, it is absolutely impossible to do it, if Duan Xuan has not gained anything in the past three days, he killed Zheng Zhilong, he himself does not believe it.
"Lord Duan, these brothers have been rushing for days, I'm afraid that they won't be able to repair it in the past three days, if they rest for a few days, the lower officials still want to be closer to Lord Duan, hehe......"
Zheng Zhilong smiled reluctantly.
Duan Xuan shook his head and replied: "Lord Zheng, we are all officials in the same dynasty and serve the emperor, so naturally we are very close, who doesn't use anyone's place?" In the past few days, Lord Zheng has been so warmly entertained, the official has seen it, and on the emperor's side, the official will naturally do a lot of things for the adult. ”
Zheng Zhilong hurriedly bowed his hand and said gratefully: "Thank you Lord Duan for understanding the difficulties of the lower officials, and please also ask Lord Duan to reply to the emperor, in this case, I, Zheng Zhilong, will go all out, and I will definitely chase the arms back, the left and right battalions of the Fujian Navy Division have already gone to sea, and they are all elite sailors of the lower officials for many years, and it must not take too long to be able to make some gains......"
As he spoke, Zheng Zhilong took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and said with a smile: "Lord Duan and the brothers have worked hard all the way, this Cheng Yi is not respectful, please smile!" ”
Duan Xuan took it and swiped it with his finger, sure enough, it was Zheng Zhilong, worthy of being a heroic figure who has been in charge of Haijiang for 20 years, this shot is ten silver tickets of 10,000 taels of silver, all of which are special silver tickets of Yongxing Bank, 100,000 taels, it seems that Zheng Zhilong died a little sick and rushed to the hospital, knowing that he was the emperor's henchman, he still took out such a large sum of silver to gag his mouth.
Originally, Duan Xuan didn't want it, but after thinking about it, he suddenly smiled and said: "Lord Zheng, although this silver ticket is good, the official doesn't dare to take it, it's too hot, the silver tickets of Yongxing Bank are all recorded, especially the large amount of income and expenditure, the survey is very strict, the official doesn't want to be cleaned up by the emperor because of this silver ticket......
Zheng Zhilong looked stunned, why, directly refused? Too little?
Duan Xuan continued: "However, this time, it is true that the brothers have some hard work, Lord Zheng has prepared a heart for the brothers, if you refuse, the official will not be able to pay for the brothers, in this way, the official only needs cash, not silver tickets, in this way, the official naturally has the means to hide from the world, the official's share is exempted, our brothers still have a day, the brothers under the official are their own henchmen, each person has a thousand taels of tea money, you send it to the post house late at night, how about it?" ”
One hundred elites of the Ministry of Intelligence, one thousand taels per person, is still one hundred thousand taels of silver, but the silver ticket has turned into cash.
Zheng Zhilong's heart shook slightly, this Duan Xuan in front of him was really leaky, he didn't accept his own silver tickets, and the silver was also distributed to his brothers, so that people couldn't catch a handle at all, since he wanted to bite him in the future, he could be pushed clean by it, as for how much of this silver could fall into the hands of his subordinates, God knows! As for dealing with the supervision of the imperial court, with the respect of Duan Xuan's intelligence department, Zhineng, it is too easy to cover up such a thing, it is really a good means!
"Okay, since Lord Duan has a life, Xia Guan will naturally prepare it for you properly!"
Zheng Zhilong was secretly happy in his heart, taking people's money and eliminating disasters with people, since he accepted his own money, he must have to speak to himself, with the trust he got in front of Zhu Jie, the right to speak is really not small, maybe he can really help himself eliminate the disaster invisibly.
"Lord Zheng, there is one more sentence, this official doesn't know whether to say it or not!"
Duan Xuan said lightly.
Zheng Zhilong hurriedly smiled and said, "Lord Duan has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it, there is no need to be so polite between our brothers." ”
"Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are nothing in the eyes of the emperor, and you also know that the emperor can be said to be a genius of the world, and some of the means he has to get the silver are, even if all of them are lost, he will not take it to heart; Only this batch of arms involves the stability of the country, not to mention hundreds of thousands of taels, even millions of taels of silver can't be exchanged, you don't have to take it lightly, this is one of them; ”
Duan Xuan paused, and then said: "Besides, between the government and the opposition, it is rumored that the emperor is decisive in killing people, ruthless and abnormal, every time he makes a move, it is all the head of the people, this is the case when he was the chief soldier and the prince of the country, and now he is the emperor, and it is still the same; In fact, otherwise, the emperor is an extremely magnanimous person, think about Ma Shiying, when he was in Nanjing, he repeatedly fought against the emperor, and Qian Qianyi also regarded the emperor as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, when supporting the emperor, they even tried their best to block it, so what, as soon as the emperor ascended the throne, the two of them were still high-powered governors and scholars, the emperor did not have the slightest intention of embarrassing them, and the power in his hands did not shrink in the slightest, but Qian Qianyi still didn't know how to stop after Qian Qianyi, and he was insatiable. Even the nanmu used to repair the emperor's mausoleum was misappropriated; As for Ma Shiying, he even pulled the flag and rebelled, and the emperor had to endure the pain. After a long talk with Lord Zheng a few times, I found that Lord Zheng seemed to have an unspeakable secret, you and I met for the first time, although we talked very happily, but we were still afraid that it would be difficult to speak freely, and the official only studied deeply, I just wanted to mention a word about my lord, take a step back and open the sky, the vast grace of heaven is not something you can imagine; Further, as for what the ending will be, no one can measure, Lord Zheng, this official said that this is the end of the matter, and we will meet again......"
(End of chapter)