In late November of the ninth year of Hongde, Shen Yi personally supervised and beheaded the last batch of Japanese pirate prisoners.
So far, more than a thousand Japanese pirates he brought to Fuzhou were killed by the anti-Japanese army with one sword.
The green bricks near the big banyan tree in Fuzhou City are all dyed red.
Shen Yi personally threw down the last command arrow and chopped off the heads of the remaining thirty Japanese pirates on the field.
After killing the last thirty Japanese pirates, Shen Yi posted a notice on the big banyan tree.
Once the incident of treason with the Japanese is discovered, they will be guilty of the same crime as the Japanese pirates.
These more than a thousand people were killed in Fuzhou for more than half a month.
At this time, residents near the big banyan tree had begun to spread some gloomy ghost stories, saying that they heard people speaking Japanese words on the street in the middle of the night.
The people nearby have discussed it and are preparing to find some monks and Taoist priests to come over and perform rituals to drive away the resentful spirits of these Japanese pirates after the officers and soldiers of the imperial court leave.
After Mr. Shen finished this last scene, he was ready to leave Fuzhou.
Because it was approaching the end of the year, he was going back to Jiankang to report to the big boss in the palace.
Although he has not finished his work in Fujian so far, he has left a lot of threads, and the finishing work will be much easier.
For example, regarding the rectification of officialdom in Fujian.
If Cheng Tingzhi can take the position of Fujian's first constitution next year, then he will definitely start to rectify Fujian's officialdom. By then, those officials who have unclear relations with the local squires, or to put it more bluntly, will not be dealt with by Cheng Tingzhi. Fujian officials will be purged on charges of collaborating with Japanese and accepting bribes.
As for taking over the property of the Fuzhou gentry...
Shen Yi is already making arrangements for this.
After Xu Fu left Jiankang, his first stop was Fuzhou. At the beginning, he mainly sold tea in Fujian, and also had some business foundation in Fujian. However, Xu Fu is still in Jiankang, and he is with those Franji was thinking about the voyage to the West together. He had to wait until he was done with his work there before he could return to Fuzhou and handle the property of these noble families for Shen Yi.
But Shen Yi has already laid the foundation for him.
After Xu Fu returned to Fuzhou, it can be said that there was basically no difficulty in taking over these industries.
As for what direction the politics of Fujian province will take next, the final decision lies in the hands of the big boss of Jiankang.
However, judging from Shen Yi's understanding of the emperor, as long as Cheng Tingzhi does not show too much crotch after arriving in Jiankang, the bold emperor will most likely agree with his idea.
Of course, although the little emperor dared to do some bold things, he often kept some back-ups in his own hands. For example, although he delegated power to Shen Yi to establish the anti-Japanese army, he sent Du Huai and others came down and took over the property rights of the anti-Japanese army.
It can be regarded as a layer of supervision over Shen Yi.
If Cheng Tingzhi can take office as governor of Fujian next year, he will probably have such a layer of supervision around him to watch over this bold Fujian chief envoy for the emperor.
After noon, Shen Yi left the execution ground where the beheading was carried out. He was about to find a place to eat when he saw a woman wearing a light blue coat standing not far from the execution ground, quietly. Look at Shen Yi.
It's Ye Chan.
Mr. Shen thought for a while and then remembered that there was indeed something to discuss with Miss Ye.
So, Shen Yi asked Jiang Sheng to find a roadside tavern. He invited Miss Ye to the tavern and sat down face to face.
After ordering, Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, looked at Ye Chan, and asked: "Miss Ye, I have a lot of things to do during this time, so I won't rush you. Have you, the fifteen family members, discussed it?" How much money are you willing to spend? After I return to Jiankang, I can report it to the Holy One and let the Holy One make decisions on all matters in Fujian."
Ye Chan sat opposite Shen Yi. She nervously clenched the tea cup in her hand, then looked up at Shen Yi, took a deep breath, and after doing a lot of mental construction, she said with some difficulty: "Your Majesty, Imperial Envoy, Fifteen of us sat together and discussed for many days..."
"We also argued for many days."
She held out five fingers, then looked up at Shen Yi's expression: "This number is the limit we can give. No matter how much it is, each family's business will no longer be able to continue..."
Shen Yi frowned: "After discussing it for so many days, it's still 50%?"
"Then why are you still discussing it? Isn't 50% the number that Miss Ye gave me at the beginning?"
Ye Chan shook her head slightly.
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, it's not 50%, it's..."
She spoke slowly.
"Fifty-five percent."
This is an obvious little trick.
First give Shen Yi an ambiguous answer, and then look at Shen Yi's reaction before giving a specific answer.
If Shen Yi is satisfied with 50%, then Ye Chan will definitely not mention the remaining half.
Miss Ye took a deep breath, lowered her head and said, "This is the maximum amount we can give..."
Shen Yi snorted.
Just this gentle "hum" made Ye Chan's heart beat violently.
It's scary.
Shen Yi had left such a deep psychological shadow on her during this period that she was a little afraid of Shen Yi from the bottom of her heart.
"No need to say such stagey words."
Mr. Shen's face was calm: "I have looked at the seized property of the Tan family and the Feng family. Don't say I will take you 50%, 55%, but I will take 90% or even 95%. The rest will still be enough for your family." Those people eat.”
"It's just a matter of how much you're willing to spit out."
Mr. Shen stretched out and said lazily: "If you say five, it will be fifty percent. If you say fifty-five, it will be fifty-five. This number will be reported to the Holy One to see how the Holy One decides."
Ye Chan felt slightly nervous. She also stood up, bowed her head deeply to Shen Yi and said, "Master Shen, we..."
"alright."
Shen Yi waved his hand towards her and said: "There is no need to say more. I have the confessions of each of your families. This year will end until the end. Next year, will each of your families be able to spend money and eliminate disasters..."
"Just look at next year."
"correct…"
Shen Yi suddenly remembered something. He looked at Ye Chan and asked slowly: "When I first arrived in Fuzhou, I was also here to kill the first batch of Japanese pirates. There was a commotion in the crowd of onlookers, and then it became quiet again. …”
"I heard a few days ago that the commotion at that time was because someone hired them to go to the execution ground to cause trouble when the Japanese pirates were beheaded, and they went up to yell at their brothers and uncles..."
When Shen Yi was supervising the execution for the first time, before the butcher's knife fell, there was indeed a moment of chaos in the crowd of onlookers. (mentioned earlier)
Shen Yi didn't care at that time.
Later he learned that someone had hired a group of people to cause trouble and prepare to go to the execution ground to recognize relatives.
If someone really made such a fuss, they would be blatantly slapping the anti-Japanese army in the face and accusing the anti-Japanese army of "taking advantage of the good and risking the Japanese"!
This is no different from killing a good person and claiming merit.
At this point, Mr. Shen paused and continued: "However, before these people caused trouble, their employer canceled their action, so they rioted for a while."
He looked at Ye Chan and asked, "These people should be arranged by you local nobles."
"I'm curious as to why you stopped midway."
Ye Chan lowered her head and said: "This matter has nothing to do with me, but I do know that at that time, they thought that among these Japanese pirate prisoners, there should be 30% or even half of them Han people..."
"If half of the Han people openly went up to make a fuss, the matter would be done, but..."
Ye Chan looked at Shen Yi and said softly: "But almost 10% of the Japanese pirates on the execution ground are Japanese..."
"They had no choice but to tell those people to stop."
"I see."
Shen Yi smiled. He opened his mouth and said: "There are some smart people among the Fuzhou gentry. If there were really more than a dozen Han people in the execution ground at that time, if you guys made a fuss, it would really not end well."
After saying this, Shen Yi stood up directly and smiled at Ye Chan: "I still have something to do, so I won't eat this meal with Miss Ye."
After that, Shen Yi stood up and left.
Ye Chan looked at Shen Yi and then asked, "Master Shen is leaving Fuzhou?"
"Leaving tomorrow."
Mr. Shen didn't look back, his tone was calm and free.
"See you again when we are destined."
