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Chapter 228 Cao Fuyin does not take dry shares

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    Hearing that Wu Shilai was outside, Cao Sanyang, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, immediately put down his official duties and asked him to come inside to meet him.

    "Wuzhai, why are you back again?" Cao Sanyang smiled and asked Wu Shi to come and take a seat, and asked him to watch tea.

    Cao Sanyang has passed the age of destiny and is of the same age as Zhao Jin. However, he has not suffered much and has always been pampered and well-maintained.  Therefore, he looks much younger than Zhao Hao's elder brother, almost the same as Wu Shilai, who is ten years younger than him.

    "Ming Mansion." After Changsui left, Wu Shilai asked in a low voice: "I'm here to ask about Zhao Xiaolian. What kind of laws has he violated? Please give me your instructions."

    "Zhao Xiaolian" Cao Sanyang was stunned and didn't get the number.

    "He is Zhao Zhongcheng's cousin. He was brought directly into the government office today by Ni Dahong." Wu Shilai said with a displeased look on his face: "My family is going crazy with anxiety. They have to gather a group of him to beat the drums of the same year."  !¡±

    "Oh, you're talking about him" When Cao Sanyang heard Ni Dahong's name, Fang slowly nodded and said, "That's what happened. Didn't Ni Dahong tell you in detail?"

    "He only said that he was looking for the Lu family's account book. If he asked further, he asked me to ask the Mingfu." Wu Shilai lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Please ask the Mingfu to clear up the confusion in the official's mind."

    "Hey, okay." Cao Sanyang nodded, and after the man served tea, he ordered him to close the door and go out and not let anyone come near him.

    When there was no one else around, Cao Mansion Yin Fang let out a long sigh and said:

    "Wu Zhai, do you think I'm willing to meddle in this nosy business? Then Zhao Zhongcheng is a fellow student who watches politics with me. As soon as he left, I caught his uncle. How should I be treated in the same year?"

    "Then why, sir" Wu Shilai looked at him puzzled.

    I just heard Cao Fuyin ask quietly: "Do you still remember Wang Zhi?"

    ??~~

    "It goes without saying." Wu Shilai nodded.

    The officials and people of the whole southeast will never forget the captain of the Wufeng who dominated the sea until his death.

    Wu Shilai's most proud work in his life was his heroic feat of resisting Japanese aggression when he was promoted to an official in Songjiang Prefecture.

    That time the Japanese invaders invaded Songjiang and hunted and killed the fleeing people. Wu Shilai withstood the tremendous pressure and resolutely opened the city gates, allowing tens of thousands of refugees to take refuge in the city and resettle them properly. He also personally led hundreds of strong crossbowmen.  He went out of the city to meet the enemy, miraculously repelling the Japanese pirates!

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

    "Is this related to him?" Wu Shilai asked solemnly: "He has been dead for almost ten years, right?"

    "But the huge territory he established in Japan is still there, and his fleet across the sea has not been wiped out. Even now, the Francois and the Japanese still only recognize his gold seal. Those maritime merchants must hold his gold seal  Only after the seals and surveys are completed, sea-going ships will be allowed to enter for trade.¡±

    Although there was no one else in the room, Cao Sanyang still lowered his voice subconsciously and said: "Brother Xian has suffered in Guangxi these years, and it is understandable that he didn't know what happened next. Let me tell you this, after Wang Zhi was beheaded  , the Lu family took over his maritime business, including the gold seal."

    "Ah!" Wu Shilai shuddered, but immediately felt that this was the case.  Because when Wang Zhi was alive, there were rumors in official circles that Lu Bing and Yan Shifan were his backstage, otherwise the anti-Japanese commander-in-chief Hu Zongxian would not have been flirting with him and having an ambiguous attitude.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????:????????????????????????????????? out of the public records, Yan Shifan's party aide Luo Longwen not only served as an aide in Hu Zongxian's Governor's Mansion, but also traveled at sea all year round. He was a Japanese pirate under Wang Zhi's banner, or a maritime trader.

    At the same time, Lu Bing and Yan Shifan were not only relatives. After Yan Shifan was defeated, the Lu family also took in his only son Yan Shaoting This is also a major crime that the Lu family is now being liquidated.

    So although Wu Shilai couldn't understand the mystery, the Lu family was probably Wang Zhi's backstage.  After Wang Zhi was killed, it was reasonable for the Lu family to send people 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!

    ??~~

    In the custody room, Cao Sanyang whispered the secret to Wu Shilai.

    "Of course, such a big deal is not something that the Lu family can afford. Almost all the powerful families in the southeast have a share. But Lu Bing was at the height of his power at the time, and everyone had to rely on his protection, so everyone respected the Lu family as their new boss.  The first Jinghai King allowed them to monopolize 20% of the shares."

    Wu Shilai nodded slightly.

    He suddenly thought that Cao Sanyang was from Yixing, Nanzhili. Yixing and the Pinghu Lu family faced each other across Taihu Lake. I was afraid that the Cao family would not miss this gluttonous feast.

    Otherwise, Cao Fu Yin, why should he care about this nos?

    "ButThe Jinghai King in our family did not do well in his job. Jing wanted to eat more and occupy more, but he was unwilling to share the benefits with others.  But with Lu Bing around, no one dared to say a word.  Later, Lu Bing died, and his son Lu Yi took over as the commander of the Jinyi Guards. Everyone still had to swallow their anger.  "

    "But now that I have ascended to the throne, everything has changed. Lu Bing's crimes were revealed, Lu Yi and Lu Wei were both imprisoned, the Lu family was ransacked, and more than 300 people were imprisoned by Yousi." Cao Cao.  Sanyang said with a sigh:

    "However, something slipped through the net. Lu Bing's second son, Lu Shen, fled to Japan. In the name of King Jinghai, he actually ordered the entire fleet to set off and follow him to attack Hangzhou City and rescue his family. How is this possible?"

    "So during the internal strife, Lu Shen was killed and the Lu family's shares were deprived of their shares. Lu Shen's son, Lu Xuan, became so angry that he went to Beijing rashly to expose everyone and perish together." Hearing Cao Sanyang's slow response  Xu said:

    "They have the account books of the merchants' purchases and payments. If it fell into the hands of the emperor, the consequences would be disastrous." After saying that, he was silent for a long time. It was not until Wu Shilai couldn't help but want to start a conversation that he sighed softly.  Voice:

    "After the maritime merchants got the news, they came to me one after another. I received a report that someone from the Lu family came to Beijing with the intention of robbing the prison, and sent people to set up traffic jams on all the roads entering Beijing"

    Now that Wu Shi came, he finally understood the whole story.  But he was still shocked beyond words.

    ¡°The dignified third-grade Shuntian Prefecture Yin actually became an accomplice of a maritime merchant. Even if this matter spreads out, no one will believe it

    Cao Sanyang naturally knew what Wu Shilai was thinking, so he stood up slowly, walked to the "Mountain and River Map of the Ming Dynasty" hanging on the wall, turned around and looked at Wu Shilai calmly and said:

    "I know what you are thinking, Wu Zhai. Whether you believe it or not, I have to tell you that my Cao family has been farming for generations and has never been involved in any maritime business, nor has I taken any shares in their gang.  If there is even the slightest bit of falsehood in this statement, the thunder from the sky will kill me!"

    Seeing that his boss was talking about this, Wu Shilai hurriedly stood up and said: "I have never doubted the innocence of Mingfu."

    "No, I am not honest. I am a party of the maritime merchants. Not only me, but also the officials and gentry in the southeast are all a party of the maritime merchants."

    But I heard Mr. Fu Yin¡¯s shocking analysis:

    "Wuzhai, you are from Zhejiang and have been an official in Songjiang. Naturally, in our southeastern area, there are not many farmers who make a living by growing grain. Most farmers are planting mulberry, raising silkworms, and growing cotton and spinning yarn.  , growing tea and frying tea Citizens in county towns and prefectures rely on spinning, weaving, silk weaving, porcelain making, and paper making as their industries. So many things are continuously produced, and they cannot be sold through domestic sales - only  They have to rely on maritime merchants to help them sell overseas!¡±

    "Wu Zhai, the common people all rely on maritime merchants to make a living. If the imperial court takes over all maritime merchants, what will the people in the southeast do to eat? Without the employment and control of maritime merchant groups, those sailors who run ships will become different again.  They have become man-eating Japanese pirates! The ten years of Japanese chaos that have just subsided will come back in the blink of an eye! The victory we have made against the Japanese with so much sacrifice will be immediately wasted"

    "So I can only do them this favor and try to settle this matter for them." Cao Sanyang sighed and said, "I said this, can Wu Zhai understand?"

    ps. The third update, don¡¯t think this is making up a story.  In fact, this was generally the situation at the time. I was just using a novelist's technique to connect many historical facts together.  It may be far-fetched or exaggerated, but it is definitely not fabricated or made out of nothing.  Please recommend monthly tickets~~(remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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