Chapter 621 A War to the Death
Fan Yingqi, a scholar-official of the Ming Dynasty, a direct descendant of the Jin Party, a disciple of Ge Shouli, and one of the later members of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, was contaminated with opium due to toothache, and later became the Baoding Prefecture Occupying the protective umbrella of public land, opium damages people both physiologically and psychologically. The dependence it creates cannot be resisted by the human spirit and will.
In the forced rehabilitation room of Daming Jiecuyuan, only 7% of the people were able to undergo forced rehabilitation, and the rest failed.
Fan Yingqi was in the prison, and before he was transferred to the Jiecuyuan, Fan Yingqi asked the escorting Tishuai Zhao Mengyou: "How long will I stay in the Jiecuyuan? Can I be released as long as I stop smoking?" ?”
Zhao Mengyou didn’t answer for a long time. Because the chief medical officer of Jiecui Hospital wanted to treat the emperor, Tiqi carried out all-round and strict surveillance of Jiecui Hospital. What was the chief medical officer of Ming Dynasty doing? Zhao Mengyou knew clearly that Zhao Mengyou could not answer Fan Yingqi's question because Zhao Mengyou knew clearly that Fan Yingqi would not be able to successfully quit.
7% is a minority, and only a handful of people with great perseverance can accomplish it.
Zhao Mengyou replied calmly: "No, God knows how long you will stay."
Fan Yingqi struggled hard and asked with a sense of luck: "The imperial court has already done this to me. After being punished and deprived of my official status, why are you still imprisoning me in the hell of Jiejuyuan! Can I stop smoking?"
Zhao Mengyou looked at Fan Yingqi with an extremely serious tone. His eyes said hard: "No, there won't be a day when you don't want to smoke. Do you naively think that you just need to get rid of your dependence on opium? That's wrong. After you enter the forced rehabilitation room, you only need to pass three Months later, you won’t become addicted to drugs.”
“Doesn’t it sound wonderful? It only takes three months to physically quit. This is the research result of the senior medical officer of Jieju Hospital. In that small dark room, you became addicted. I locked you in that small dark room with your hands, feet and head tied to the iron bed, and your mouth was stuffed with linen. You were in the forced rehabilitation room, let alone opium, and you had no idea. There will be.”
"After three months, I just want to go out."
"After the eighteen-month compulsory abstinence period, you can leave. When you see the sun again, you will feel like you are bathing in fire. When you are reborn, you will feel like you have been reborn, and you will never be the same stupid person again.”
“Isn’t it very simple? Isn’t it very easy? It only takes three months of being restrained in a forced abstention room, and eighteen months. Is it true that if you force yourself to quit, you will pay the price for your mistakes?"
"On the contrary"
"Why!" Fan Yingqi was shocked and was in jail. There won't be any opiates. He also experienced withdrawal reactions. The Tiqi tied him tightly to prevent him from killing himself due to withdrawal reactions. Fan Yingqi knew all about the pain. Fan Yingqi was in the sky prison. Having been through it several times, he thought he could get through it.
But according to Zhao Mengyou, the withdrawal from the forced abstention room is just the beginning of the test.
Zhao Mengyou's voice was still calm, even with some fear. He whispered: "Because everyone will relapse, and there is no exception. I have never seen anyone who can quit smoking completely. The great medical officials are very desperate and characterize this phenomenon as heart addiction. Unless you can kill your past self, you will always be in the nightmare of opium."
"The reason why people are human. , rather than beasts and beasts, because people are rational and can control themselves, but addiction makes people irrational and unable to control themselves."
"Even if you can use perseverance to overcome yourself. You feel itchy and unbearable, stay away from all places where opiates may exist, but your addiction will still haunt you like a gangrene on your bones, as if there is an evil spirit always on your back, talking in your ears. , that urge to smoke is still deeply engraved in your bones.”
“Even if you hear the word opium, read a few words in the newspaper, or even read it. Paste may lead you to hell again.”
"People cannot stand the test. Once or twice is lucky, a hundred times, two hundred times, or even a thousand times, ten thousand times?"
"No one can survive it."
Fan Yingqi spent three months in the forced abstinence room in the Jiecu Yuan and was already in physical withdrawal. But soon Fan Yingqi understood that what Zhao Mengyou said was true and addiction really existed. , people really can't stand the test, it's possible once or twice, but no one can stand the test.
Fan Yingqi chose to spend the rest of his life in Jiecuyuan. He knew that there would be someone watching him in Jiecuyuan so that he would not slip into the abyss again.
Zhao Mengyou is a man who is fearless, even more so after becoming Tishuai. But facing opium, Zhao Mengyou is really afraid. It is a nightmare that will haunt him for a lifetime. No matter what he does, he cannot get rid of it. .
Many people do not understand that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty clearly knew that surgery may be dangerous, and facts have proved that there are indeed risks. An inflammation storm almost took away the Emperor, the master of ZTE, but His Majesty still refused to use opium. Analgesia.
Zhao Mengyou understands, the Tiqi understands, the eunuchs understand, the great medical officer understands, Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang also understand, because His Majesty is such an upright man who would rather die standing than live on his knees.
Withdrawal is never a three-month physiological withdrawal or an eighteen-month forced withdrawal, but a test and suffering that must be experienced every moment, every minute, and every second for the rest of your life. Until death.
So, drug withdrawal, like drug control, is a battle to the death.
The country's surname is Zhengmao. His Majesty the Emperor originally gave the country the surname Zhengmao in order to keep Luzon's basic stance in favor of the Ming Dynasty. Even in order to control Luzon in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor gave the daughter of Concubine Zhou De, Married to Yin Zhengmao's third son, Yin Zhengmao is a true relative of the emperor.
Concubine Zhou's daughter was also adopted. After being a loyal and brave warrior, she was the title princess of the Ming Dynasty. She was the emperor's daughter. The relationship was established by imperial decree, so Yin Zhengmao was indeed the emperor's in-laws.
Yin Zhengmao knows the dangers of opium very well, even better than His Majesty. There are very few drug addicts in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, but in Luzon, drug addicts are very common. The founder of the Thousand Islands Country Countless people grow opium in the archipelago.
Yin Zhengmao and Deng Zilong rushed to the dock in a hurry. Marcus, the messenger from Taixi, rushed over in panic, but was captured by the tooth soldiers on the spot. Marcus did not resist, he kept Ask in Chinese what happened, why the soldiers from the Governor's Palace surrounded the ship, and why all the sailors on the ship were controlled.
Anti-narcotics is a war, and Luzon is the line of defense guarding the gate of the Ming Dynasty.
"Open!" Yin Zhengmao's angry voice sounded in the cabin. A dozen dental soldiers with crowbars began to pry, and soon one hundred and twenty boxes of opium were packed like this. Appeared neatly in front of everyone.
One hundred and twenty boxes of opium are covered with countless straws, and there are even feces and other materials on the straw to cover up the smell of opium, but these anti-smuggling dogs are specially trained, and there are even Two pigs, because great medical officials discovered that pigs have a more sensitive sense of smell than dogs.
A box of opium weighs one hundred and twenty kilograms. There are 14,000 kilograms of opium here. If an opium ball sells for 2,000 taels of silver, the opium ball in front of you alone is worth 28.8 million silver. Of course, in the Founder Islands , an opium ball costs only two to three taels of silver, and one acre of land can yield 1.5 kilograms of opium.
"Everyone is in custody! Take the court!" Yin Zhengmao took a deep breath, ordered the opium box to be sealed, and then began to prepare to interrogate the sailor from Taixi.
Deng Zilong’s wife, the Thai red-haired girl Luo Lian, visited her old friend Marcus in prison.
Luo Lian gave birth to two sons for Deng Zilong. She has completely become a Ming Dynasty person. In order to avoid suspicion, she did not use Latin but used Chinese to communicate with Marcus. After all, Marcus was because of his relationship with The profound friendship between Ming Dynasty and Ming Dynasty can be said very well in Chinese.
"Lorian, help me! I swear to God, I really don't know! How could there be opium on the ship! I know very well the majesty and solemnity of the Ming Emperor's imperial edict, but I escaped the inspection of the Manila Shipping Department. I can't escape the search and inspection of Songjiang Mansion, how could I be so stupid!" Marcus was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
“This is the reason. The large sailing ship has to dock at Songjiang Prefecture, and the ship needs to be thoroughly cleaned and repaired so that it will not be troubled by the plague when it returns. When you know that a thorough inspection will be carried out, you still carry such a The large amount of opium must be unloaded on the way. The flow of this batch of opium is to Ming Dynasty, so the governor is so angry." Luo Lian explained the seriousness of the problem clearly and logically.
The large sailing ship will be cleaned and repaired in Songjiang Prefecture, and the opium will be exposed no matter what, so it will be unloaded on the way and will definitely flow to the Ming Dynasty, not elsewhere. This is why Luzon is the gateway to the Ming Dynasty's anti-drug war. The reason for its existence is also the reason for Yin Zhengmao's anger.
"Marcus, Taixi has the motive to do this. Because of the huge trade deficit, the Ming Dynasty does not need any goods from Taixi. It only needs silver. Silver is flowing into the Ming Dynasty. This terrible situation will definitely make the Ming Dynasty Taixi used some crooked ideas, and opium is a profit-making product that can be used to make huge profits. "Luo Lian's child is from the Ming Dynasty, and her descendants will grow up in the Ming Dynasty.
If Ming Dynasty becomes full of poisonous insects, will his children still grow up healthily?
Luo Lian also reads Public and Private Theory and Theory of Contradiction.
"Your Highness, Princess, I have no motive! Portugal has no motive!" Marcus said in panic: "Your Highness, our Portugal is the distribution center for Ming Dynasty goods. It is true that there is a net outflow of silver, but Portugal has earned silver. , Why should I do this?"
"Just call me Luo Lian, I am not a princess in Manila." Luo Lian shook her head and said: "I believe you didn't do it, you know everything you know. As long as the explanation is clear, don't let go of any details. In such a serious case, the Governor's Office will definitely be cautious."
"Okay, okay," Marcus agreed repeatedly. As a well-known person in the West. Sword Master, Marcus is a little panicked. He is on a mission as an envoy. If Ming Dynasty becomes disgusted with Portugal because of this incident, there will be big trouble.
Marcus is a sword master and he is very powerful. The reason why he follows Antonio unswervingly is because Antonio boasted that he wanted Portugal to remain Portugal and that civilians could live.
According to most people's opinions, Marcus is stupid, but he is also loyal, loyal to Antonio and loyal to Portugal. If due to his negligence, he brought Ming's disgust and Portugal lost the distribution of Ming's goods, That was absolutely unacceptable to Marcus.
Marcus tried his best to recall the details, and it gradually became clearer.
There were a total of twelve large sailing ships that came to the Ming Dynasty, five of which were Portuguese ships, and opium was found on the Portuguese ships.
“Damn it, it’s Sauron’s conspiracy! If this batch of opium can be delivered smoothly, a large amount of silver can be obtained. If it cannot be delivered smoothly and the opium is found on the Portuguese ship, then the Ming Dynasty must re-examine it. Relations with Portugal! Damn Round Hat Sauron!" Marcus' expression changed as he thought of a possibility.
Spain’s infiltration into Portugal is pervasive. It is normal for someone on a Portuguese ship to be bribed.
"If this is the case, the Governor will not wrongly accuse you." Luo Lian nodded and left the prison in Manila.
In order to prevent accidents, after Yin Zhengmao took everyone into custody, he sent people to the Shipping Department of Guangzhou Prefecture to ask for help. Yin Zhengmao wanted to handle the case in another place. It only took one day to get from Luzon to Guangzhou. Soon, the Guangzhou Prefecture dispatched The coastal defense inspection team and the Municipal Maritime Judicial Case Office Tiqi came to investigate and handle the case.
Yin Zhengmao suspects that there is a traitor in the Luzon Governor's Mansion. Otherwise, such a strict inspection and knowingly commit the crime is simply audacious. Coastal defense patrols are also human beings. When faced with white silver, Langli Baitiao will also have ambitions. , it’s just that reason suppresses greed. When there is enough silver, reason cannot defeat greed, and things will happen to use the power in hand to seek economic benefits.
So, Yin Zhengmao chose to handle the case in another place and asked the Guangzhou Shipping Department to send a coastal defense inspection to investigate the case. After a delay of two days, the interrogation began. Three days later, the case came to light. Marcus was acquitted. It was really not Marcus who did it, but Sauron. And just as Yin Zhengmao expected, the Coast Guard Patrol A "traitor" appeared in the inspection. There were three coastal defense inspectors, and each of them accepted a bribe of 50,000 silver.
Originally, all the joints were opened. When the ship arrived at Tamsui Town, Jilong Island, it would unload the goods in Tamsui Town. The smugglers who had been waiting for a long time would take the opium back to Daming, take Daheigou, and go to the private market to negotiate. A good price is two hundred and fifty silver per catty. This price is very different from the selling price of two thousand silver, but profit and risk are directly proportional. The risk of marketing opium in Ming Dynasty is too great.
But something unexpected happened. These three "traitors" on the coastal defense inspection were the same ones who discovered opium that day. The three of them changed shifts to inspect the drug-hiding ship. These three Coast Guard patrols carefully searched every corner of the ship and discovered where the opium was hidden.
Connivance and cover-up of drug trafficking and acceptance of money and inaction are completely different crimes. Connivance and cover-up of drug trafficking is a capital crime, but acceptance of money and inaction is at most considered bribery, even according to Hai Rui’s Anti-Corruption Policy Strength, this money, after the illegal gains are confiscated, at most it will be dismissed.
At that time, Fan Yingqi and Wang Jiaping were not punished for accepting bribes and not doing anything during the imperial examination, because at that time, Hai Rui had not started to fight corruption, and Ming Dynasty had not fought against corruption, and there was no restoration of administrative power. Without the examination of the law to eliminate the disadvantages of appeasement, talking about eradicating corruption is a false proposition.
"How can this be possible! You obviously took the money!" Sauron was furious. It was the last day he was found out. He started investigating from the sailors who carried the opium on the ship, and then went on to investigate step by step. Sauron was found.
Solon originally found a Portuguese businessman with a 'Far East Trade License' to do this. Everything had nothing to do with Sauron, and this Portuguese businessman was not on the ship, but on the ship. If Davao City in Mindanao was traced, Solon would not be traced after the businessmen left, but Solon underestimated Ming's determination to fight against drugs.
After the discovery of opium on the large sailing ship, Yin Zhengmao ordered that no overseas immigrants from Manila, Cebu, and Davao were allowed to leave by ship. Each ship was carefully inspected, and the Portuguese businessman was arrested. , and finally revealed Sauron.
“After repeatedly weighing the pros and cons, these three coastal defense inspections have not made any big mistakes.” Yin Zhengmao said with a serious face: “Solon, you are provoking the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Emperor explicitly prohibited any In the opium trade, if you have to test the law by yourself, you can’t blame me.”
“The Law of the Ming Dynasty: Sea Trade” says: All trade in tobacco, opium, and ayahuasca is prohibited, and violators will be killed and pardoned. No mercy."
"I am the special envoy of Tessie, the envoy of King Felipe, you are not qualified to execute me!" Sauron's expression changed drastically. He actually had some luck that he would be discovered. , Ming Dynasty can't do anything to him. He is the envoy of the state. The two countries are at war and the envoy is not killed. What's more, he is the envoy of the Spanish state and only made a trivial mistake.
"It's not like the Ming Dynasty has never killed special envoys. Wasn't the Portuguese envoy Huo Yasan was beheaded in public in the third year of Jiajing? What gave you the illusion that as an envoy, if you broke the law in the Ming Dynasty, the laws of the Ming Dynasty would not matter. "Diplomatic immunity?" Yin Zhengmao looked at Sauron and said with a smile.
The fireman Yasan was beheaded by Emperor Sejong.
Spain is used to being arrogant in Europe and the West. It thinks that it will tolerate them everywhere and let them do whatever they want. The Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty, and one Ming Dynasty can dominate the whole of Europe and the West.
"I will ask your majesty that if your majesty wants to consider the issue that is surprising to the friendly countries, you will die in Manila. If your majesty does not consider it, you will die in Caishikou of the capital." Yin Zhengmao stood up after saying this. , left the prison.
Even if the court does not agree to kill Sauron, Yin Zhengmao will take action, because Luzon is the main battlefield for anti-drugs, and Yin Zhengmao is a feudal prince, the Marquis of Sishui. The court does not want to surprise its allies, but Yin Zhengmao does not care. Luzon was originally snatched from the Spanish, and it was already dead.
No matter who dares to reach out, he will be killed if caught, even Yin Zhengmao himself.
There is never a shortage of rules in the world, but no matter how perfect the rules are, they must be followed. What is always missing is a way for people to abide by the rules.
Yin Zhengmao sent a coastal defense patrol to Beijing to inquire about His Majesty's holy will. Yin Zhengmao was worried.
"Governor, what are you worried about?" Deng Zilong was a little confused. Yin Zhengmao, who had always had everything in mind, was a little uneasy at this time.
“Looking at this problem from the perspective of contradictions, the imperial court needs the inflow of silver from Spain. Under the money shortage of the Ming Dynasty, it would be an unwise choice to turn against Spain again; and from our local point of view, our anti-narcotics is the main contradiction , because drug traffickers are rampant in Luzon, and if Sauron is not dead, people will continue to take action. The anti-drug campaign in Luzon is just a fictitious thing.
Sauron is a messenger, so killing Sauron must be reported to the court. This is the court and the place. Because of their different positions, different functions, and different main contradictions, they form contradictions in decision-making.
The court and the local government are always accompanied by such contradictions. Even if the court refuses to kill, Yin Zhengmao will take action for the sake of Luzon's anti-drug campaign.
The Ming Dynasty was a very traditional Confucian dynasty. The basic proposition of Confucianism is actually very simple, that is, if everyone cultivates virtue, it will not be chaotic. Although this has never been realized, the addiction to opium has made people addicted to it. It’s really scary to not be able to control your own things.
Anti-narcotics is related to the collective interests of every class and everyone in the Ming Dynasty.
"That makes sense." Deng Zilong finally understood the contradiction, and his expression changed several times. Like Yin Zhengmao, he became worried. From worrying alone, to worrying about two people, they sat and watched the tide. I sat there all day long, looking at the sea, waiting for the decision from the court.
Five days later, the coastal defense inspection team returned to the inspection department and ran to the tide watching building with the letterbox.
After Yin Zhengmao checked the paint, he opened the mailbox. Deng Zilong also looked at Zhu Pi with a tired look on his face.
[Behead him and send him to the capital to behead him as a warning to others. Sauron is a criminal, not a messenger. 】
Zhu Pi's treatment of Sauron was three words, a letter written by the emperor himself. First of all, he was a criminal. When Sauron committed a crime, he was a criminal, not a messenger.
This letter from Emperor Ming was very long. It mainly asked about the three coastal defense inspections and asked them if they had made any more serious mistakes? Is it the first time? Have there been cases of rent-seeking with power happening before? How did they become corrupted? It is hoped that the Luzon Government House can combine its rich anti-smuggling experience to form a set of regulations to protect coastal defense inspections and prevent this kind of thing from happening again.
They also asked these three people to conduct coastal defense inspections and come to Beijing for investigation.
Compared to Sauron, the Ming Emperor cared more about coastal defense inspections.
"Your Majesty is worth a thousand dollars. Since he has made a promise, he will not forgive Sauron." Yin Zhengmao highly recognized His Majesty's credibility. Since he has made a clear promise, he will not break it.
Deng Zilong breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is at the age where you hate evil and hate evil. The day before yesterday, my wife Luo Lian knew the governor's concerns and said that your Majesty will definitely kill Sauron. , at an age that has the greatest malice for all sins, he will not be as worried as those old men."
"According to Marcus, your wife is the princess of Tessie, which country she is from. Princess?" Yin Zhengmao asked curiously.
There are actually two princesses on the small island of Luzon. Princess Yingjia, Zhu Xuanchang, is married to Yin Zhengmao’s third son, Yin Zongxin, and now Luolian is also a princess, but she doesn’t know her identity.
"I didn't ask her. She was not willing to say it, so I didn't ask too much. Anyway, she is my wife now." Deng Zilong said carelessly, no matter what kind of princess she is, she is still breastfeeding his children. .
Luo Lian doesn’t like to talk about her background, but in terms of knowledge, she is by no means a small family.
Solon and other prisoners were thrown onto the hydrofoil sailboat and sent to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. When they arrived at the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it was already mid-June, and the excitement of the opening inspection was coming to an end. Suzhou Xieji Spiced Soju and Shandong Zhaoji Qiulubai once again entered the finals. In order to compete for the title of "the first wine presented", both sides brought out the best products at the bottom of the box.
Zhu Yijun really doesn't understand wine, and he doesn't like to drink it. But for writing a calligraphy, he can receive 50,000 silver in retouching fees. Zhu Yijun is still happy to do it.
"Last year, Xie Ji was a little behind. This year, I will take the lead." Feng Bao laid out the paper for His Majesty, polished the ink, and asked Your Majesty to write the inscription. He also reported the results of this year's opening inspection. One hundred thousand silver is really a lot. .
Color, taste, aroma and many other aspects have been unanimously praised by twenty-four wine gluttons.
"Okay." Zhu Yijun picked up the pen, carefully wrote the five words "Chengzhong No. 1 Wine", and said with a smile: "One word is twenty thousand silver, one word is ten thousand gold."
"Has Sauron been taken to the capital?" Zhu Yijun put down his pen and asked.
"It has been sent to Beizhen Fusi." Zhao Mengyou immediately replied that the coastal defense patrol had handed over the criminals, including the three coastal defense patrols, but the coastal defense patrols did not wear shackles.
"Your Majesty..." Zhao Mengyou said with an extremely complicated expression: "What do you think, these three coastal defense patrols are doing fishing, collecting the money, which is the bait, for the Yuanxun Islands Opium plantations and smugglers in Tamsui Town.”
Da Ming had already started operations and captured a group of smugglers. They also found a private market on the coast of Fujian and destroyed a red-haired gang in Yuanxu Islands. The plantations are all growing opium, and these smugglers are also being transferred to Beijing. After thorough investigation, they are all guilty of death.
No matter how Zhao Mengyou looks at this matter, it seems that these three coastal defense patrols are eager to perform their duties and fish for law enforcement.
"No." Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "Judging from the memorial from Luzon, they hesitated at the last moment and seized these opium, instead of fishing for law enforcement, they stepped on the ship's planks On board, I finally stopped hesitating when I learned that there were more than 10,000 kilograms of opium under the ship's plank. After the job was done, there was still a reward of 50,000 taels of silver."
"But fortunately, it was indeed their first time. .”
The three coastal defense patrols were indeed not fishing for law enforcement, but really accepting bribes. But in the end, conscience defeated greed, and the moment 14,400 kilograms of opium was at their feet, they hesitated. How much harm would it cause if it flowed into Ming Dynasty? And once this channel is formed, it will be extremely poisonous.
"Confiscate the proceeds and transfer the engineering corps camp." Zhu Yijun did not threaten him in the end, because he did not cause any serious harm, so he could deal with it this way. If the three of them were really let go, they would not be pardoned for the death penalty, and even their family members would be punished. All may be exiled.
Sentencing is completely different.
(End of this chapter)