Chapter 246: Jiangnan smuggling, go and report to Your Majesty!
After Jin Yiwei put away his sword, no one else on the entire deck except Jin Yiwei dared to stand with a sword.
Those who are still alive have been killed and their courage has been broken. They put down their swords and knelt down to beg for mercy.
Those who had the guts to resist with a knife were all killed.
Qinglong shook off the blood beads on the knife and looked at Yu Yunzhong who was so scared that he was lying on the ground on the deck with cold eyes.
Qinglong sheathed his sword and walked slowly towards Yu Yunzhong.
"You...what are you going to do?!"
"No! Don't come over!"
"Stop! Stop! If you take one step closer, I'll jump right away!"
"..."
Yu Yunzhong's scalp felt numb at the sight of Qinglong's vicious and violent gaze.
The piles of corpses on the deck not only broke the courage of the servants of the Yu family, but also frightened him, the head of the Yu family, out of his wits.
Yu Yunzhong pointed at Qinglong and rolled and crawled towards the railing next to the deck.
Trying to threaten Qinglong with his own life and death.
But Qinglong didn't take Yu Yunzhong's words to heart at all.
Qinglong walked towards Yu Yunzhong without stopping, and at the same time, he was giving orders to the Jinyi guards under him.
"You guys, go to the cabin and ask the crew to drive back. If you don't stop, behead!"
"Yes, Second Master!"
"You guys, go to the warehouse and take a careful inventory to see what they brought out to sea."
"Yes, Second Master!"
"You guys, continue to search the boat and count the number of people on the boat. Except for those who drive the boat and row the oars, all the other men will be tied to the deck."
"Those who resist will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes, Second Master!"
"You..."
The Jinyiwei who was pointed out by Qinglong immediately took the order and left after hearing his mission.
Under Qinglong's arrangement, the Yu family ship immediately restored order from the chaotic state just now.
The royal guards perform their duties and maintain the operation of the ship.
During this time, there were still screams and screams on the ship.
Most of these noises are made by female relatives.
Because most of the men are already dead.
Among them, Chen's scream was the loudest and sharpest.
And from the moment Jin Yiwei got on the boat and started killing people, she kept screaming and screaming, and she never stopped.
"Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Such a sharp cry made Qinglong's eardrums hurt, and he felt even more unhappy.
"Shut up!"
Qinglong dug his ears, frowned, and looked at Yu Chen not far away with disgust.
"Make any more noise and I will kill you right now!"
Originally, according to Zhu Youtang's order, they should have killed Yu Yunzhong and others immediately on the spot after catching them.
But after Qinglong saw such a huge ship preparing to set off from Nanjing Port, he changed his mind.
The maritime ban has been one of the basic national policies strongly supported by officials along the southeast coast since the Hongxi Dynasty.
But now, these southern officials, who are absolutely determined to ban the sea, actually have so many large ships at home.
Qinglong is keenly aware that this may involve a shocking case spanning decades, involving hundreds of thousands of people, and involving multiple provinces.
This matter was far beyond Qinglong's ability, but he didn't dare not to report it.
Therefore, Qinglong decided to capture these Yu clan members alive, and then take Yu Yunzhong and others to the capital and hand them over to His Majesty.
Therefore, at this moment, Qinglong really had no idea of killing people like Yu Chen immediately.
Qinglong threatened Chen, just hoping that she would be quiet and not make his head hurt.
"Ahhhhhhh!!!"
But Yu Chen didn't know whether she was frightened or was used to being arrogant, so she didn't listen to Qinglong's words at all.
She closed her eyes and screamed, letting out the fear in her heart wantonly.
Turn a deaf ear to Qinglong's words.
Qinglong can ignore their words.
But if they ignored Qinglong's words, the consequences would be unbearable for them.
"Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Yu Chen's screams continued, and a sharp look flashed across Qinglong's eyes.
"Still barking!"
Qinglong unsheathed the sword with his right hand, stabbed it accurately from Yu Chen's mouth, and the tip of the knife came out from the back of Yu Chen's head!
The tip of the knife is covered with red and white things.
Yu Chen's face was full of horror, her eyes widened, blood flowed out from the mouth that made the noise, and the scream was locked in her throat.
The world finally quieted down.
Qinglong pulled out his knife, and Yu Chen's body fell limply to the ground.
"Madam!"
Yu Yunzhong, who had already run to the deck railing, looked at this scene with splitting eyes and let out a heartbreaking cry.
Qinglong put away his sword and looked back, his eyes scanning every Yu family prisoner gathered on the deck by the Jinyi guards.
"Please be quiet, anyone who makes any more noise will end up like her!"
Qinglong pointed at Yu Chen's body on the ground and shouted sternly.
In an instant, all the prisoners were so frightened that they covered their mouths and did not dare to make any more noise.
At this time, Qinglong continued to walk towards Yu Yunzhong.
Faced with the huge pressure brought by Qinglong, Yu Yunzhong only had time to mourn for Yu Chen for a second before he had no time to take care of himself.
"Stop! Don't come over!"
"I'm jumping! I'm really going to jump!"
"Stop! I beg you, stop!"
"..."
Half of Yu Yunzhong's body had already leaned out of the railing of the deck.
In fact, Yu Yunzhong didn't know what his purpose was and what effect it could have.
Under tremendous pressure, Yu Yunzhong panicked and could only use this method to pray for Qinglong to stop.
Qinglong's eyes were cold and he continued to approach expressionlessly: "Jump! Why don't you jump?"
"You are Yin Tian Fu Yin, an official of the imperial court. If I catch you, I will report to the imperial court and be tried by the Three Laws Division. Only after your majesty approves, can you be executed."
“This set of procedures will take at least ten days and a half months.”
"You jump down now and die on the spot, saving us the time of being escorted back and forth!"
Qinglong's words seemed to indulge Yu Yunzhong in jumping into the sea, but both inside and outside his words left Yu Yunzhong with hope of survival.
Whether it is emphasizing the multiple review processes and long review cycles for the death penalty, or emphasizing the many departments involved and the mixed personnel, it is actually a fluke that allows Yu Yunzhong to survive.
The more processes required and the more diverse people involved, the more room there is for operation.
But in fact, there are so many procedures for Zhu Youtang to kill people. With 130,000 troops in hand, whoever you want to kill is just a matter of words. Who dares to have any objection?
For Zhu Youtang, killing someone is easy.
Even the chief minister of the cabinet and the six ministers are just talking about it.
But the problem he faced could not be solved by killing a few chief ministers and monks.
What Zhu Youtang faced was the political system accumulated over the past hundred years in the Ming Dynasty. It was an intertwined interest group and an alliance of interests involving millions of people.
To solve these problems, absolute suppression by force is the indispensable basis.
It cannot be solved by talking politics or playing political tricks.
Whether it is reform or revolution, people will die, many, many people will die.
The blood in the north has been shed, and it's the south's turn.
Back to business.
Qinglong's words did have an effect, making Yu Yunzhong stop his movements.
He was riding on the railing, his head lowered, his whole body was shaking, and his expression looked very tangled.
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Qinglong smiled contemptuously in his heart. He knew that rich people like Yu Yunzhong, who were used to living a life of fine clothing and fine food, were the ones who were most afraid of death.
They have clothes to stretch out their hands, food to open their mouths, and the weather is cold, and there is a young and beautiful concubine to warm their feet.
They live so happily that they will not let go of any chance of survival.
Only the people at the bottom who don't even have enough to eat have the courage to fight.
If Yu Yunzhong really wanted to commit suicide, he would have jumped into the sea long ago and would not have lingered with him on the railing for so long.
After Qinglong slowly walked to a sufficient distance, his legs suddenly exerted force, and he rushed to Yu Yunzhong's side and grabbed him from the railing.
Yu Yunzhong, who was captured alive by Qinglong, looked gloomy and at the same time secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Qinglong's guess was correct, he did not have the courage to commit suicide.
When the choice of his life and death was no longer in his hands, he felt relieved.
After Qinglong tied up Yunzhong, he threw him into the center of the deck and held him together with a group of Yu clan members.
After waiting for a while, the Jinyi guards who were sent by Qinglong to inspect the ships also came back.
"Second Master! All the cargo on the ship has been inventoried!"
Qinglong turned his head and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, what is loaded on this boat?"
"Back to the Second Master, there are two boxes of gunpowder, five boxes of gunpowder, ten boxes of weapons, ten boxes of armor, and sixty-three boxes of silver on this ship."
"In addition, there are fifty boxes of Suzhou embroidery, eighty boxes of porcelain, one hundred and twenty boxes of silk, and one hundred boxes of tea..."
Listening to the data reported by Jin Yiwei, Qinglong became more certain that this was a cargo ship going out to sea for smuggling.
If His Majesty intends to pursue this matter, Jiangnan will be in trouble again.
At the same time, the Jinyi guards who were sent to the cabin also came to reply to the letter. The crew members on the ship were turning around and returning to Nanjing Port.
The forward driving force of this sea-going ship is mainly wind power, supplemented by human rowing.
At this time, it has not completely left the port, so the sails are furled and driven only by human power.
With the efforts of the crew, the ship quickly docked back to Nanjing Port in the direction it came from.
After lowering the anchor, tying the rope, and opening the cabins, Qinglong led the royal guards and escorted the Yu clan back to the dock.
At this time, the dock was filled with officers and soldiers from the Military and Horse Division.
But after seeing the Jinyi guards arresting Yingtian Mansion Yin Yu Yunzhong, they all hesitated and did not dare to step forward.
Qinglong was walking at the front, looking at the hesitant officers and soldiers, and shouted loudly: "Jinyiwei is doing business, and everyone else, please get out of the way!"
Jinyiwei has a vicious reputation, and Yu Yunzhong has been arrested.
As expected, the remaining officers and soldiers did not dare to step forward to stop them, but just watched on the spot.
Qinglong sent people to escort Yun Zhong and others back to the capital for trial without stopping.
At the same time, they sent people to continue searching several other Yu family ships in the port.
The wealth and goods that the Jinyi guards found on these ships were even more astonishing.
Qinglong no longer hesitated and left a hundred Jinyi guards behind to guard the captured Yu family ships.
He took the rest of the Jin Yiwei back to the capital day and night to report the matter to Zhu Youtang.
Of course, Qinglong also told the Jinyi guards who stayed to guard the ships to be careful in everything and do things expediently.
If something unexpected happens and you can't do anything, you can abandon the ship and leave, with your own life as the top priority.
The lives of these Jin Yiwei are much more profitable than these ships.
At this moment, Qinglong was running on the official road back to the capital. He still didn't know what kind of disaster his decision would bring to the nobles in Jiangnan.
……
Ying Tianfu.
Nanjing City.
Zhang Peng's residence.
At this time, the Zhang family's residence was full of guests and animals.
In the official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty, civilian officials had birds embroidered on their chests, and military officers had animals painted on their chests. They were collectively called "dressed animals".
Therefore, before the mid-Ming Dynasty, the beasts in clothes were all blessings and praises for a person, and also contained some envy and jealousy.
But the officials of the Ming Dynasty, with hundreds of years of hard work, successfully turned the word "dressed like a beast" into a derogatory term.
Anyway, the things they did were no different from animals, so it was not a misunderstanding.
"Damn Yu Yunzhong, let him die, and he has to implicate us!"
“I didn’t even try to run away, but I was captured alive by the Jin Yiwei while I was still on the boat!”
"The ship is still alive and full of cargo for the voyage to the West!"
"This bitch, when he was about to die, he didn't rush to the sea to save his life. He still had to carry so much cargo, which delayed his time to go to sea..."
"Damn it, if I had known this was the case, I would have gotten rid of this evil piece of trash myself without Jin Yiwei taking action!"
During the dinner, Zhang Peng angrily slapped several cases, his face livid with anger.
Not only Zhang Peng, but also the faces of other southern officials present were extremely gloomy, and even the surrounding air pressure dropped.
Zhang Peng's words were quickly echoed by everyone.
"That's right, if he hadn't been Yu Qian's adopted grandson, he would have died countless times. He is so stupid!"
"They are stupid and greedy. The Yu family relies on Yu Qian's golden brand to make a living. He has also taken part of the advantage of going to sea. Now it is also affecting us... Alas, we should not have helped him in the first place!"
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"For causing such a big disaster, Yu Yunzhong is really a scourge to Jiangnan!"
"..."
Some complained, while others got to the point.
"Yu Yunzhong deserves to die, but what should we do now?"
"The Jin Yiwei has seized the Yu family's ship, and Qinglong is escorting the Yu family to the capital. When they arrive in the capital, the smuggling matter will definitely be hidden!"
Zhang Sheng, the Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, was so anxious that he scratched his head and felt tingling all over his body.
"How about... let's take action in advance and let the Japanese pirates intercept and kill these Jin Yiwei..."
Zhang Peng was shocked and said: "You must not do it. The Jinyiwei are the emperor's personal soldiers. If all the Jinyiwei die here, our situation will be even more troublesome!"
When it comes to the issue of Japanese pirates again, Zhang Sheng, who is also one of the six ministers of Nanjing, seems much more casual.
But Zhang Peng once again rejected the proposal and gave a seemingly reasonable reason.
But Zhang Sheng obviously doesn't follow Zhang Peng's tactics.
"What are you afraid of? The murderer was a Japanese pirate, so what does it have to do with us?"
"Or are you unwilling to let the Japanese pirates you raised work for themselves?"
Zhang Sheng's words hit the spot, and Zhang Peng's expression suddenly changed!
(End of chapter)