After briefly reading the confession, Yang Tao's eyes flashed with surprise.
Surprisingly, he actually revealed the hiding places of many Japanese pirates and Fusang merchants. According to the oral confessions, the Japanese pirates in Jiangsu and Anhui can be completely cleaned up.
"Chen Zhen, arrange for two people to quickly send the confession back to Nanjing City and hand it over to Governor Xiong.
Then take two small flags to ship all these people back to Yangzhou, and wait for the commander to send someone to pick you up! "
"Send another person to Fengyang to find Ren Pengqianhu, tell him that the Japanese pirates have been caught, and ask him to go to Nanjing for review!
Oh, by the way, copy this confession and bring it to Ren Qianhu as well. "
"Inform the nearest government and ask them to come and clean up the battlefield!"
"The rest of the people will continue to go to Beijing with the caravan with Ben Qianhu."
Everyone took the order and dispersed, each busy with their own business.
Half an hour later, the caravan continued northward.
Everyone in the Dongting Business Gang who witnessed the entire operation and interrogation process had pale faces. Even if they were wandering around, they were in endless panic at this moment.
"Yanshan Guard has only participated in one battle, the Battle of Longjing Pass. These scenes are nothing compared to the battlefield there. There is the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, and the hell of Shura.
Compared with the Battle of Dangwan in North Korea, the Battle of Longjingguan was even weaker.
I tell you so much just to let you remember that your peaceful days are the result of the hard work of countless of our brothers. "
Everyone nodded in unison, their eyes full of excitement.
Two days later, the fleet docked at Dongwei in the north of Hongze Lake. The silver, cargo, etc. in the merchant ships had been disguised before. Since the Japanese pirates had been fooled, there was no need to disguise anymore.
After leaving one shopkeeper responsible for handling the goods, the others changed to carriages and continued carrying the empty boxes, with the natural purpose of fishing out the robbers along the way.
At the same time, several guard posts stationed in Nanjing City were moved by the confession sent back by Yang Tao, and a large number of sergeants were shuttled between Nanjing City and various prefectural cities.
A famous Japanese pirate disguised as a commoner of the Ming Dynasty was caught, and all the businessmen and gentry who were involved were also imprisoned.
This kind of arrest lasted for half a month, and the provincial capitals in Jiangsu and Anhui became quiet.
The people who had been waiting for a long time finally got the announcement from the government. After learning that it was the lurking Japanese pirates, the people immediately cheered and jumped, which clearly shows their resentment towards the Japanese pirates.
The people cheered, and Xiong Wencan also breathed a sigh of relief. The head was finally saved.
A few days later, the good news was sent to Beijing City ahead of the Dongting Merchant Gang. Seeing the good news, Chongzhen was filled with great joy.
Since then, the Japanese pirates in Jiangsu, Anhui, and Zhejiang provinces in the Ming Dynasty have finally been cleared away, and the remaining two provinces are Shandong and Fujian.
"Li Aiqing, by arresting so many people alive, we will use this as a breakthrough to eliminate these Japanese pirates as soon as possible and restore a stable living environment to the people."
"I understand!"
Li Ruolian responded immediately, and then whispered: "Your Majesty, now that the Japanese pirates are hiding, it is difficult for us to investigate them.
I thought that the news of the annihilation of Japanese pirates in Linshan and Nanjing would be announced to the whole world, especially in Shandong and Fujian.
The Jin Yiwei secretly entered the coastal state capitals and came to shock the tigers. In this case, they would definitely panic and then show their flaws.
When the time comes, you can always eliminate some of it by following the clues. If you are lucky and catch the middleman, you can completely eliminate it. "
"Can!"
Chongzhen just thought for a moment and agreed with Li Ruolian's idea. This was not a solution.
"Xiong Wencan did a good job this time, and the Dongting Merchant Gang also made great contributions. Li Aiqing, what do you think I can reward these people in the Dongting Merchant Gang?"
Listening to the emperor's inquiry, Li Ruolian thought for a moment and whispered: "Your Majesty, I have two suggestions. One is to give a few places to Ningyuan Mutual Market shops. Of course, the money should be paid.
Second, the advisory team of Ningyuan Mutual Market has not yet been determined, so it is better to give him a quota. I think Xi Duanfan, the current leader of the Dongting Merchant Gang, is very suitable.
According to Governor Xiong, the success of this fishing plan is inseparable from Xi Duanfan's decision-making. "
Seeing the emperor's expression of interest, Li Ruolian continued: "This Xi Duanfan was checked by His Majesty during his southern tour of Suzhou. He was named Zuoyuan. He also had a younger brother named Xi Duanpan, named Youyuan.
When their father died when they were seventeen years old, the two brothers worked together to plan and send people north to Yanqi and south to Fujian and Guangdong. All the shuttles in Wuhui, the soil in Jingxiang, and the hubs of carriages are all the Xi clan in Dongting.
Within twenty years, he accumulated a huge amount of money and became the boss of the Dongting Business Gang, which then influenced the younger generation. Most of the Dongshan children gave up literature and went into business to make money.
Although they are wealthy, the Dongting merchant gang is regarded as a clean stream in the business world. During the Qingyuan plague, many people died, so Xi Duanfan bought a piece of land outside the city as a cemetery for the poor to bury.
Donating money and food during major disasters has a very high reputation. This is probably because the members of the Dongting Merchant Gang are more convinced of Xi Duanfan. "
"Okay, let's confirm him first and wait until the investment conference to announce it!"
Chongzhen nodded, and then asked: "Where is the Dongting Merchant Gang? When can we arrive in Beijing?"
"According to the news delivered by Jin Yiwei, because of the escort of Yanshan Guard, the Dongting Merchant Gang traveled day and night, changing horses instead of carriages. If it doesn't rain, it is very likely that they can arrive in Beijing at the time scheduled for the investment conference."
"Inform Bi Ziyan that the investment conference will be postponed for another three days!"
"I obey the decree!"
Li Ruolian bowed and slowly exited Dongnuan Pavilion.
The following time was spent every day busy with the shop bidding rules of the investment conference, the mutual market planning map, commercial banks and money orders.
The days flew by at the end of the month. On this day, as soon as Chongzhen went down to court, the eunuch from Kunning Palace came to report that Concubine Yuan was suddenly unwell and was about to give birth.
Chongzhen didn't even bother to go back to Dongnuan Pavilion and went directly to Concubine Yuan's palace.
Wen Po, the imperial doctor, etc. were already in place. After going through the birth process of Zhu Cixiang, Chongzhen was obviously much calmer this time. He was reviewing the memorial and waiting.
Until late in the afternoon, Po Wen came to report that she had given birth to a princess.
This made Chongzhen very happy. He finally had a little cotton-padded jacket. After just a little thought, he named Princess Changping.
But this was just the beginning. Two days later, on the first day of October, Concubine Tian also gave birth to a prince.
Four days later, on the fifth day of October, Concubine Shen was also in labor and gave birth to a princess. Chongzhen directly named Princess Zhaoyi;
From then on, Chongzhen had two sons and two daughters, and the harem became lively.
It was naturally a great joy to have two daughters and one son within ten days. In addition, in addition to the previous great victory in the Northern Campaign, at the request of the ministers, the world was once again granted amnesty.
As soon as the news came out, the entire Ming Dynasty was boiling.
But after seeing the edict, some people couldn't laugh anymore.
