The journey from Wusongkou to Nanjing went smoothly, but in just over a day, Lieutenant Long made another breakthrough in his interrogation of the Tang family on the ship. The second child of the Tang family has made a move.
The second eldest son of the Tang family is mainly responsible for liaison and coordination with the military system. It can be said that the Tang family's penetration into the entire Songjiang and even the health centers in Nanzhi and Zhejiang has reached a deep-rooted level.
Except for the Jinshan Guard, which was right under Songjiang's nose, almost all the troops were wiped out, including the Nanhuizui Zhonghou Post, Wusongjiang Guard, Zhapu Post, Haining Guard, Linhai Guard, Dinghai Zhong, Zuo and Hou Post, Haimen Guard, Jinshan Guard and so on. Almost all the Xiang Guards, all the way to the Yongning Guards in Quanzhou and Zhenhai Guards in Zhangzhou, have been penetrated in place.
This is not to say that every officer in the guard station has been bribed by him, but basically every key officer in every guard station has been bribed by him, so the Japanese pirates' activities in this area can be said to be on the same level.
Because the mobilization of the guards' troops can basically be passed to the Tang family as soon as possible, and then quickly fed back to Chen Qianshan.
Not only these guards, but also the military preparations were penetrated by the Tang family like a sieve.
Fortunately, Japan's Tokugawa Ieyasu is still in the stage of seclusion and contraction. Those ronin do not have the support of daimyo from all over the country, and it is difficult to organize large-scale troops and ships to plunder foreign countries. If it were the era of the ambitious Toyotomi Hideyoshi, I am afraid that Jiangnan It's really dangerous.
However, Feng Ziying knew very well that Jiangnan coastal defense could not be subject to changes in government policies in neighboring countries. It was quite dangerous to hope that Japan would continue to maintain this closed-door policy.
Feng Ziying was not sure whether the Great Zhou Dynasty had replaced the Ming Dynasty. The arrival of herself as a time traveler had promoted the rapid development of the Great Zhou Dynasty's sea-opening plan, and whether it would have any impact on the national policies of Japan and Korea. At the same time, whether future changes in Nanyang policy would stimulate the West. The policy changes of the barbarian countries towards East Asian countries also led to changes in the policies of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan.
Therefore, the best way to solve this risk point is to build our own navy into the strongest navy in Asia and even the world in this era, so that we can be in an invincible position.
Although the second son of the Tang family vomited everything clean, the military system is still somewhat different from the local government.
For local government officials, a censor can send a message, whether it is a magistrate, a tongzhi, a general judge or an official. In front of the censor, there is basically no room or opportunity for resistance.
Even if the main officials of a prefecture and county are attacked at the same time, the inertia within the entire system can continue to operate.
Unless you arrest all the officials, it will only show the stupidity of the decision-makers. At least Feng Ziying will not do this. Even if they are indeed pulled into the water, then you still need to pay attention to strategy and prioritize.
Seeing the densely packed names covering almost all the health centers south of the Yangtze River Estuary, Feng Ziying also felt a headache.
Local officials can still have people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, otherwise, but military attachés like these, especially middle and low-level military attachés such as Baihu, Qianhu, garrison, and guerrillas, are all the business of the Ministry of War.
How to deal with these people? If we want to win them all, where should we recruit people to supplement and replace them?
These are extremely tedious and tricky tasks, and Feng Ziying is a little at a loss.
After thinking about it again and again, Feng Ziying felt that it was not possible to move for the time being, at least until the Jiangnan area was sorted out. Unless it was a situation like Jinshan Guards that had been completely destroyed and was deeply entangled in the collusion of Japanese pirates and the sharing of spoils, they could not extricate themselves. situation.
This point was firmly supported by Sun Chengzong without hesitation when Feng Ziying returned to Nanjing to exchange views with Sun Chengzong.
It is definitely not a good thing to destroy the entire Jiangnan coastal guard system at this time. It will only make the situation worse. Feng Ziying simply raised the issues involving local officials with Sun Chengzong, which made Sun Chengzong find it unacceptable. , especially the wide range of things involved, made Sun Chengzong's scalp numb, and when he thought about the Zhen family, it made people even more upset.
For Sun Chengzong, he was extremely eager for Gu Bingqian and his party to come as soon as possible.
Feng Ziying took action one after another, constantly poking big holes and opening big lids. Although she gained a lot, the subsequent processing was...
It will become increasingly hotter, and the various risks it brings will continue to pile up.
He is the Minister of the Ministry of War, not the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. As a relatively orthodox military official, Sun Chengzong does not have as many tricks as Feng Ziying. He just wants to complete the purge of the military preparations and the guard system in the Jiangnan area as soon as possible, and at the same time, let Deng Deng The coastal defense system, with the Lai Navy and Fujian Navy focusing on attack and the Coastal Guard Station focusing on defense, was gradually improved. As for the rest, he had no intention of asking too much.
Sun Chengzong even vaguely felt that Feng Ziying's interests had diverged from the Ministry of War, but he would not interfere with the other party.
Everyone has their own ambitions. Feng Ziying's future future is in the cabinet, or even as the chief minister. This is recognized by everyone. She is proficient in financial planning, skilled in military affairs, and has a lot of insight into the law. She is so young but has great authority. , no matter how you look at it, he will be the material to enter the cabinet and worship the prime minister in the future. Sun Chengzong believed that his future goal was to be the Minister of War, and he was not interested in others.
Feng Ziying's return finally made all the girls in the house breathe a sigh of relief. Although Li's twins were secretly happy, Zhen's twins were also looking forward to it.
In the two or three days after Feng Ziying and the others returned to Nanjing, the situation of the Tang family, various gossips, or specific details, had spread throughout Jinling City and came to life.
Gold bricks are used to pave the floor, silver cakes are used as walls, sandalwood osmanthus is used as firewood, and everything imaginable can be piled on the Tang family. The wall fell and everyone pushed. At this time, the reactions and reports received from Sun and Feng's house also came like snowflakes, making Sun and Feng feel like they had suddenly become the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the minister of punishment.
Many of these can be related to some of the evil deeds of the Tang family, but there are also many things that add fuel to jealousy or are pretentious and blame the Tang family.
In the following days, the property and currency confiscated from Chen Qian's Shanxi Island and Changshanzui and Huatingtang's home were successively shipped to the Nanjing dock, which aroused countless reveries.
"This nine-phoenix beaded crown is an exclusive work of Suzhou Dingfengji. Sir, please look at this pair of black diamonds inlaid on the phoenix eyes, which has a wonderful finishing touch. The black diamonds come from the Lion Kingdom and are a special product of the Shen family. Purchased from Nanyang through Western merchants, this pair of black diamonds cost an entire
The station totaled twelve thousand taels of silver, plus the consumption
With Dongzhu and other accessories, it is said that the cost of this Nine Phoenix Pearl Crown reached 18,000 taels, and with the joint efforts of many famous masters, it was sold to the Shen family for 29,000 taels. The Shen family originally planned to give it as a gift for the 40th birthday of Prince Yi Zhong, the current queen. However, one month before her birthday, bandits from Taihu Lake invaded the Shen family. That night, more than 30 members of the Shen family were killed and injured. People were robbed of more than 400,000 taels of property..."
"What year was that?" Feng Ziying couldn't help but ask. The person from the Ministry of Punishment who came to lead the team this time was Han Xu, and Fang Youdu also came with him.
The person who introduced the situation was a chief of the Ministry of Punishment. He and Fang Youdu came with Han Xu.
"It is the thirty-eighth year of Yuanxi, sixteen years ago." The chief replied.
"The Shen family is the richest man in Suzhou and Huzhou. It can also be regarded as the richest man in Jiangnan. The family that was robbed belongs to the Shen family in Huzhou. Logically speaking, Wucheng is about 30 kilometers away from Taihu Lake.
When it comes to distance, it is better to be further away from the seaside. Whether it is the South Canal, it is still quite far away.
Moreover, the Shen family knew that big trees attract wind, so they took extremely strict precautions on their home.
Asking professionals to build it, not to mention ordinary civilians, even the guards may not be able to break it easily. However, Shen's Wubao was easily broken that night. Later, I learned that there must be an insider lurking in Shen's house, and it was not One or two people have been in the Shen family for more than five years, acting as guards..."
The person in charge knew the case very well, "The case was extremely shocking at the time. The Criminal Department, the Nanjing Criminal Department and even Long Jinwei were all involved, but the origins of the spies who infiltrated the Shen family have never been found out. It is said that these people should be They were recommended by officials in the government, but it was impossible to find out who recommended them, because Shen Tongyuan, the head of the Shen family, died of his injuries that night. Only he knew who recommended those guards... ··.』
"Now it is enough to prove that the bandits that night were not the bandits from Taihu Twelve Chain Piers, but Japanese pirates from the sea. But they
How they could easily cross the border from Songjiang to Huzhou is puzzling, because the number of bandits who attacked Shen's Wubao that night exceeded 300. It was impossible for Jiaxing and Huzhou not to notice such a large bandit crossing the border. ·····.」
Fang Youdu added.
"Who was the military personnel officer at that time? There must be something wrong here." Feng Ziying frowned, "It is common practice in both Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces that the military personnel officers are concurrently appointed by the ministers of the Procuratorate and Prosecution Department. More than ten years ago, the military personnel were I don’t know if the changes are frequent, I’m afraid I have to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to find out the details.”
To cross the border and attack the hinterland of Huzhou, one has to go through Suzhou or Jiaxing, but going to Suzhou is more complicated.
Because although Nanzhi has a military branch in Susongchang, which nominally controls the guards of the three prefectures, the Zhenhai Guard in Suzhou is special because it is responsible for the security of the entire Nan Canal and is actually under the direct control of the Governor of Water Transport. The line from Taicang to Suzhou is under the jurisdiction of Zhenhaiwei. Su Songchang's Zhenhaiwei officer actually has no control over Zhenhaiwei.
Therefore, Feng Ziying judged that the Japanese pirates should have come from Jiaxing, but it is simply incredible that hundreds of Japanese pirates crossed hundreds of miles from Jiaxing to Wucheng to attack the city and then returned to the sea unharmed. It is simply unimaginable if there is no internal support in the government offices of Huzhou and Jiaxing, and if there is no support in the military preparations on the front lines of Jiaxing and Huzhou.
