The fire was lit, and the flames were more than a man high. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hua Shen found some dead vines and a thick wooden stick, saying that he wanted to tie Zheng Zhidong to the wooden stick, and then roast it like a suckling pig.

Zheng Zhidong thought that Qin Shuhuai and they could really do it, because since they could easily rush out of the heavily defended yamen, they would definitely not be afraid of officers and soldiers. Ordinary bandits are still afraid of killing people to pay for their lives, but the martial arts of these three people are unfathomable, how can they take the government in their eyes?

The cunning man began to be unable to bear it.

hurriedly shouted, "Hero, hero, I didn't say I didn't want to say it, I just remembered, recalled!"

Qin Shuhuai Yin laughed, "Recall, have you recalled?" to tell you, Lao Tzu's patience is very limited. ”

Zheng Zhidong nodded hurriedly, "Remember, remember!"

"Okay, let's say it, I hope your memories aren't too outrageous, or my patience will really come to an end. ”

"No, no, I promise to be honest. That Mr. Zhao, he used to do foreign business in Ningbo Mansion, and although it was not big, it was also famous. ”

When Qin Shuhuai heard the "foreign business", he was slightly shocked, and said in his heart, isn't foreign business foreign trade?

The Ming Dynasty began to implement a maritime ban policy since the Hongwu period, and it was absolutely impossible for ordinary merchants to participate in foreign trade. Although there were periods of relaxation, such as the switch during the Longqing period, the sea ban was strengthened again during the Jiajing period, and the Ming Dynasty almost cut off trade with the outside world. In the Chongzhen Dynasty, except for the pirates in Fujian, there was almost no non-governmental foreign trade.

After Chongzhen ascended the throne, although he intended to reopen the sea ban to increase his income, he was unanimously opposed by the Donglin party, so the ban had to be abandoned.

From Qin Shuhuai's point of view, opening up trade with each other was naturally excellent for the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was the most abundant country in the world, and as long as the sea ban was opened, a large amount of global silver was bound to flow into the Ming Dynasty. In addition, if the sea ban was opened, the Ming Dynasty would be able to look at the world with a broad view, so that it would not be eliminated by the world in the next wave of the industrial revolution, and perhaps this would have avoided a long period of humiliating history.

However, now is not the time to discuss whether the sea ban is good or not, but under the strict maritime ban policy of the imperial court, how did Master Zhao open up all kinds of relations to carry out foreign trade? To put it mildly, this is called "foreign business," but to put it realistically, he is smuggling! And if you want to smuggle, you will never be able to do it without buying off officials at all levels.

Qin Shuhuai knew with his toes that there must be many officials at all levels in the southeast coast who were secretly engaged in smuggling with unscrupulous businessmen. And intuitively, he thinks that the Donglin Party must be inseparable from this matter!

Why? Because all the scholars in the world are Donglin! Nowadays, more than eighty percent of the officials of the Ming Dynasty are from the Donglin Party, and such a big matter of smuggling can be carried out without the participation and acquiescence of the Donglin Party?

In other words, the Donglin Party first asked to prevent Chongzhen from opening the sea ban, and then quietly supported a group of smuggling merchants in private, allowing them to monopolize the smuggling trade across the country!

Why did they do this? First, in this way, there are only a few oligarchs smuggling in the whole country, because there are few people and it is naturally easy to control, and it can be said that as long as these oligarchs are controlled, the Donglin Party will control the entire "customs" of the Ming Dynasty in disguise. Second, the customs tax of the Ming Dynasty during the ban period was extremely high, according to the convention, it was worth five out of ten, that is, 50% of the tariff was charged, but if you smuggle it directly, you don't have to pay a penny!

The Donglin Party is really a good calculation! They would rather let Chongzhen be so poor that they should feed themselves first! That's right, otherwise, how can those Donglin Party members who are called "Qingliu" enjoy their lives? For example, that Qian Qianyi, known as the Qingliu in the Qingliu, and has not been an official for many years, has not taken any money, and after meeting the famous prostitute Liu Rushi, he can actually take out a large amount of money to build two mansions, "Qianyun Building" and "Red Bean Pavilion", and give them to Liu Rushi, where did the money come from?

Qin Shuhuai was angry and excited when he thought of this. The angry thing is that the bottom line of these Donglin Party people is completely lower than he imagined, and he is excited that he has found the black material of the Donglin Party people again.

There is no doubt that this is another big nest case! If this case can be investigated clearly, not only will the bamboo pole be able to crack down on the soft hand, but it will also be expected to be able to hack the Donglin Party in the future. The Donglin Party first suggested that Chongzhen be banned, and then engaged in smuggling in private, such a hypocritical, cunning, and deceitful thing, if it was made public, it would inevitably be a heavy blow to their reputation. Now I have several black materials of the Donglin Party in my hands, and with these things, as long as the time comes, I can launch a powerful public opinion offensive, and if I don't make the Donglin Party stink, I will lose!

Thinking of this, he said to Zheng Zhidong again, "Master Zheng, you said that Master Zhao is engaged in foreign business, and I have heard of this. The imperial court is now forbidden by the sea, and if Master Zhao wants to engage in this business, I'm afraid he will have to dredge up a lot of relationships, right?"

Zheng Zhidong said, "You're right, if you want to do this business, you naturally have to dredge up and down." However, he is doing business in Ningbo Mansion, we are Yangzhou Mansion, I don't know how he dredged it, do you think this is the truth?"

Qin Shuhuai nodded, "That's the same, after all, it's so far away, you can't reach it." ”

Zheng Zhidong breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, I can't reach it, I can't reach it!"

Qin Shuhuai suddenly changed, and said, "But since you can't reach it, why do you want to help hide the real murderer? Who did the Zhao family's murder tragedy, I think you know very well, right?"

Zheng Zhidong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "No, no, no, we really don't know! I was eager to close the case with meritorious service before, so I wronged you, and it was my fault." But if you want to say who is behind this tragedy, I really don't know!"

"I don't know?" Qin Shuhuai sneered, "If you were just meritorious, then you would have brought those few black-clothed people who were killed by us to justice, but now you don't say a word and quietly erase them from the file." You say, aren't you wiping your ass for the mastermind behind the scenes?"

"This ......."

"Zheng Zhidong!" Qin Shuhuai shouted angrily, "Do you really treat me as a three-year-old child?" Lao Hua, don't ink with him, burn his hand first!"

Hua Shen smiled, "Okay, I'm impatient!"

After speaking, he grabbed Zheng Zhidong's hand and roasted it on the fire.

Zheng Zhidong struggled desperately, screaming and begging for mercy, but Qin Shuhuai was not moved at all.

Within a few seconds, a burning smell spread, and one of Zheng Zhidong's hands suddenly burst into countless blisters, large and small, which was extremely terrifying.

"I say, I say it all!" Zheng Zhidong shouted by pulling his neck.

Hua Shen was very shrewd, knowing that if Zheng Zhidong's hand was really burned, he would definitely not survive tonight, and seeing that his hands were already full of blisters, he deliberately let go of his hand, pretending to be broken free by Zheng Zhidong.

Zheng Zhidong rolled and cried frantically on the ground in pain, and his tears and snot came down.

Qin Shuhuai said angrily, "Lao Hua, haven't you eaten?

"Careless, careless! Otherwise, I'll throw him all in?"

"Throw it all in? That's not cheap him! It's just the beginning, little by little, anyway, there's time!"

After listening to the conversation between Hua Shen and Qin Shuhuai, Zheng Zhidong's psychological defense line completely collapsed.

He wept bitterly and said, "Masters, I was wrong, I was really wrong! Please give me another chance, I will tell you everything I know! There will be no fake, if there is any more fake, I don't need you to do it, I will jump into the firepower myself!"