Beginning on March 11, more than 20 ships of the Su family that were still able to move were dispatched at full strength, riding the wind and waves to transport the Su family's people, property, and various materials that had been prepared for many years to Shandong.
In Juzhou, Shandong, Zhao Kaishan has arranged for Sun Ziyi and Liu Yongqiang, the local powerful people who decided to rebel, to assist Su Yonglin in transporting supplies to their territory, and then arrived at Zhao Kaishan's uprising base camp, ready for an uprising at any time.
On March 14, the last batch of Su Yonglin left Dinghai County by boat.
Before leaving, Su Yonglin had evacuated the entire family and secretly moved the graves of his grandfather, father and mother, leaving only empty shells.
Oh, he doesn't want it anymore.
He doesn't want people anymore. Those peripheral members have no idea where they are going. Without online contact, it is impossible for them to know the specific movements of the Su family's core group.
If you don't want some things, just don't want them. If you lose them, just throw them away. It's not a pity.
Because Su Yonglin didn't know whether he could succeed or whether he could really enliven the uprising.
The possibility of failure is very high and the possibility of success is very small. This is something he knows in his heart.
Of course, we cannot say this to the outside world. We must be full of hope and persevere forever.
However, even if the Jin Kingdom only had an army, it was still strong enough, especially those fierce elites of the frontier army, including the powerful tactical elites of the famous Tiefu Tu Kaizima.
The Su family only has a total of more than thirty horses, which is not considered a cavalry. Zhao Kaishan's entire rebel army cannot be said to be able to form a decent cavalry. This is a huge weakness.
Before they could obtain enough horses to form cavalry, the rebels still had to face the embarrassing situation of the Song Army - not enough cavalry.
Of course, in the early stages of the uprising, the Jin Kingdom would not rashly use border elites to suppress them. They would most likely use local Jurchen soldiers and sign troops, thinking that they were just a group of thieves.
That was an important window period for the rebel army to expand and strengthen its strength.
That window period must be grasped to increase strength and train the cavalry to deal with the elite border troops of the Jin Kingdom that may arrive at any time.
In the uprising, one must have a clear mind and always be full of crisis awareness. Until the Jin people are driven out of the Great Wall and the Great Wall is reoccupied, they cannot slack off and must not stop.
Of course, in the event of an uprising, private salt will definitely not be sold.
Everyone is gone and will rebel. No one will continue to cooperate with the Su family, but this market share will always exist.
Soon, a large number of private salt dealers will rush up to fight, bite, and fight to the death, reorganizing the private salt market after the Su family left.
In this regard, Su Yonglin is quite confident.
So he didn't care at all what would happen to the Southern Song Dynasty after he left.
By the way, there is also the matter with Sun Yuanqi. Is he dead?
Has it been discovered?
Did the Southern Song Dynasty officials find anything out of their investigation?
Sun Yuanqi is indeed dead.
Die on the bed, die in the arms of a beautiful woman.
When it was almost noon on the ninth day of March after the incident, the trembling shopkeeper of Xichunlou stood in front of the investigating officer, tremblingly explaining what he knew.
The other boys who had served Sun Yuanqi that day were also found and questioned one by one.
After all, those who died were officials of the current government, and it would be impossible not to figure it out.
Although it was funny that he died in bed, the investigating officer did not think it was a deliberate murder.
"Dr. Sun... arrived at our restaurant at 12:00 that day, had a drink with friends, and then... went to the hotel room with the two accompanying girls to rest. The next morning... he was... found It’s gone…”
Although the shopkeeper had some official connections, he was afraid of getting into some serious trouble if the real official died here.
The officer responsible for investigating the case nodded and looked at the other boys.
"Do you have any problems when Mr. Sun is drinking?"
Boys, look at me and I'll look at you.
"I didn't notice it. It's normal to drink alcohol."
A boy replied.
The investigating officer nodded, thinking that this was Sun Yuanqi, a famous old pervert who didn't care about his body, and died under the peony flower. It was really funny.
Sighing, he shook his head and asked casually.
"Do you know who the person who had dinner with Dr. Sun that day was?"
The shopkeeper nodded.
"I know, it's a merchant named Su. He is very affectionate with Dr. Sun. He calls Dr. Sun uncle, and Dr. Sun calls him nephew. This is not the first time that the two of them have had wine at our place. They have been here several times, so I Impressive."
"A vendor named Su?"
The investigating officer frowned, thought about it, and felt a little concerned.
"Well, he's quite a young man."
The shopkeeper explained.
"Young young man...where are you from? Are you from Lin'an?"
"That's not quite clear."
The shopkeeper shook his head.
The investigating officer thought about it carefully, but didn't take it seriously. He felt that Sun Yuanqi must have been bribed by someone else.
He couldn't control this matter. Sun Yuanqi had deep connections in the court and the network was quite complex. There must be many people who benefited from him. Even if he died, he couldn't investigate in depth.
He was going to close the case.
"Are all the people who met Dr. Sun that day here?"
He asked one last question, preparing to have these people sign and sign as witnesses to close the case.
"Most of them are here, and there is one who quit his job a few days ago and left this morning."
"gone?"
The investigating officer felt a little strange: "There's something going on here, and you just let him go? Isn't that right?"
"He said he was leaving a few days ago. I said I couldn't find a replacement and asked him to take over for a while. He agreed. Then he said he had to leave today, so I agreed and didn't try to keep him."
"oh."
The investigating officer heard what he said and thought about it carefully, but he didn't think there was anything too wrong.
Anyway, he died under the peony flower. Now we just have to wait and see if Zuo Zuo can find out anything. That's it for now.
Around the afternoon, Wu Zuo reported over there that something was wrong with Sun Yuanqi. He had taken medicine, so he had no control over what he did. It was not like dying under the peonies.
The investigating officials felt that there was something wrong. At this time, Sun Yuanqi's wife Wang came to the government office and made a fuss. She said that the boy from the Su family had bad intentions and knew how to arrange a woman for Sun Yuanqi. As a result, Sun Yuanqi was killed. This caused the investigating officials to worry. of attention.
According to Wang's wailing confession, the Su family boy's name was Su Yonglin, whose alias was Yuting, and he was from Dinghai County. His grandfather Su Dingguang was an official during his lifetime. His father participated in the imperial examination and achieved fame, but died young.
He himself did not participate in the imperial examination, but engaged in business, and his business was good. Because of the relationship between his grandfather and Sun Yuanqi, he had many contacts with Sun Yuanqi, and often sent gifts to ask Sun Yuanqi to take care of him.
Sun Yuanqi went to the banquet yesterday and did not come back in the evening. According to the usual practice, this bastard must have arranged another woman for Sun Yuanqi.
This had happened several times in the past, but Sun Yuanqi came back the next day, so Wang didn't pay attention. As a result, Sun Yuanqi died this time.
Mrs. Wang felt that Sun Yuanqi deserved to be an old pervert, but Su Yonglin, a bastard who arranged a woman for him, was also guilty. She asked the government to arrest Su Yonglin and kill him to pay for Sun Yuanqi's life.
The investigating officer then told Wang that Sun Yuanqi could not control himself because he had taken medicine, which eventually led to his death, and asked Wang if Sun Yuanqi had ever taken medicine in the past.
Wang cried and thought about it, and said that she didn't know clearly, but it was quite similar to what Sun Yuanqi would do.
At this time, the investigating officials felt a little depressed, because maybe Sun Yuanqi took medicine and killed himself, and maybe it had nothing to do with the young man named Su.
But it's not a problem for Wang to be so noisy.
They would explain this matter to their superiors and let them make the decision.
The person above did not respond for a long time.
As a result, on March 10, relevant personnel at the last survey site found an envelope in the room. When they opened it, they found that it contained a large amount of land deeds near Chun'an County, Yanzhou, Sun Yuanqi's hometown.
This discovery attracted great attention from the investigating officials.
This is no small matter. With such a large number of land deeds, this is clearly a bribe, and it is a huge amount!
The direction of things suddenly became subtle.
Should we help a dead guy hide this matter, or should we report this matter to the higher-ups? A group of people studied it for a long time, and finally decided to report it quietly and let the higher-ups make a decision.
Since Sun Yuanqi was in charge of salt income, it can be basically concluded that this guy has something to do with the private salt dealers who sell private salt.
The matter of smuggling salt is too sensitive. Once the investigation continues, it is very likely to pull out the carrot and bring out the mud, and a shocking case will be discovered. They dare not make the decision privately.
Finally, a message came down from above, saying that the matter should be suppressed and not make a big fuss.
First, he told Sun Yuanqi's family to shut up and stop making trouble, and then he casually arranged for the private salt dealer Su Yonglin to be charged and killed as soon as possible to put an end to this matter.
In the end, everyone just pretended that nothing happened, that Sun Yuanqi died accidentally, and closed the case immediately without going into details.
All the front-line officials investigating the case felt that the matter was very deep, and no one knew how far Sun Yuanqi's relationship network reached.
But they all knew that this matter could no longer be investigated.
So a group of people immediately discussed how to capture Su Yonglin.
Considering that Su Yonglin was a private salt dealer, he must have armed forces around him, so he had to assemble elite troops and attack with lightning speed to kill him in one fell swoop without giving him the possibility to fight back.
Judging from Song Ting's experience of fighting against smuggled salt dealers for many years and being defeated repeatedly, anyone who can gain a foothold in the field of smuggled salt is not a simple commodity and has some skills.
Since you have decided to kill him, you have to do it quickly and violently, without giving him a chance to react, to prevent him from jumping over the wall and really rebelling after he learns about it.
Once he rebels, things will get serious. The court will definitely know about it, and the officials will inevitably know about it. This matter will be complicated and will be of no benefit to anyone.
Local officials and local garrisons cannot be counted on.
One or two are either colluding with the private salt dealers or cowardly, and they dare not conflict with the private salt dealers head-on. If they want to fight, they still need to mobilize soldiers and horses near Lin'an, and even mobilize the navy to help encircle and suppress them.
But mobilizing troops and horses is never a trivial matter. Can you suppress it and prevent others from knowing?
After the plan was finalized and submitted for review, nothing happened, but new instructions soon came.
The Forbidden Army and the Navy cannot be mobilized, otherwise the news will inevitably be leaked. Someone above has coordinated the armed forces of the two private salt dealers through connections, and is preparing to join forces to wipe out the Su Group.
The court only needs to provide some information and deal with the aftermath.
Well, if it is not convenient for the government to come forward, let the private salt groups come forward to take advantage of the evil, and the government can sit back and watch the fight between the tigers and the tigers.
and……
These private salt dealer groups are really closely related to the government.
The investigating officials no longer pay attention to this matter. They are just waiting for the results and then immediately close the case.
This kind of thing involves too much and is not good for them.
The informants set out to Dinghai County on March 13 to inquire about the information. When the spies arrived in Dinghai County, they were shocked to find that the Su family had disappeared.
The entire Su family in Dinghai seemed to have disappeared from the world. Overnight, no one was there, leaving only an empty house. Even if I searched everywhere, I couldn't find any trace.
The local officials found out later than the imperial spies and had no idea where the Su family had gone.
So they searched everywhere and asked people everywhere to get information, but the information they got was varied.
Basically, they said they didn't know clearly, but some people said that they were related to internal sources in the Su family, saying that there seemed to be some strange changes in the Su family.
Among these so-called sources, some said the Su family went south to Wenzhou, others said they went to Taizhou, still others said they went to Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Huizhou and other places, and some even said they went to Jiaozhi further south and further north. The Kingdom of Jin.
This sounds like nonsense.
The spy had no choice but to report the news to his superiors, not knowing how his superiors would react.
