Chapter 576 It’s important to save your life
Li Jin nodded and responded: "You are right, I think so too. But now that our strength is weak, we have to take the initiative to start a war. With all due respect, I think doing so is asking for death!"
Yan Mingjun laughed angrily: "I didn't expect that on Qiongzhou Island, there would be a scene where military officers lead peace and civilian officials lead battle! Brother Li, have you received all your royal salary in vain over the years?"
Li Jin retorted: "It is precisely because I have received a salary from the imperial court that I have to consider the interests of the imperial court. Now, apart from giving them an excuse to annex Qiongzhou Island, starting a war with the Haihan people, will it be of any benefit to our Ming Dynasty?"
Yan Mingjun insisted: "After the Haihan people in the city are eliminated, we can organize civil defense to defend Danzhou..."
"If Danzhou could have been defended, it wouldn't have been lost in the first place! It wouldn't have needed the Haihan militia to take it back from the pirates!" Li Jin didn't wait for Yan Mingjun to finish speaking, and loudly refuted his statement: "If You are really wrong to expect a group of assassins to defend Danzhou City! That Confucian scholar surnamed Huang actually expected Jinyiwei to command the operation to regain Danzhou. It’s not me, Li Jin, who looks down on Jinyiwei! What else can they do besides investigating the case and seizing people? Even if they can succeed in five days, when the Haihan people come back, is it something he, a Jinyiwei, can do, except Tu Zeng, to arrange city defenses and command operations? Casualties, what else can happen?”
Seeing Li Jin's decisive attitude, Yan Mingjun couldn't help but feel a little hesitant in his heart. He knew that Li Jin was not a person who was afraid of getting into trouble, and would often act recklessly, but if even such a reckless man in the army thought that this was not possible, then this matter probably really needed to be carefully considered.
Yan Mingjun calmed his breathing and asked again: "In Brother Li's opinion, how should this matter be handled?"
Li Jin said coldly: "Then it depends on whether Brother Yan still wants to save his life!"
Yan Mingjun said: "How do you say this?"
"Whether this matter succeeds or fails, the Haihan people will definitely put a share of the responsibility on you and me. It goes without saying that if it fails, even if it succeeds, the Haihan militia will still not be able to escape if they fight back in the future. Don't forget Now the Qiongzhou Strait has been blocked by Haihan warships, and it is impossible to retreat to Guangdong." Li Jin sighed: "During these days in Danzhou, hasn't Brother Yan noticed that there are no surviving local officials. Are they against Haihan? Those who dare to act against Haihan have long since disappeared!”
Yan Mingjun said: "Since death is inevitable whether everything succeeds or fails, then why do you have to persuade me? At least you can fulfill your righteousness with death!"
Li Jin shook his head and said: "There is still a chance to live, why should you die in vain? As long as you don't participate in this matter, you don't have to die."
Yan Mingjun sighed: "But I have already participated..."
"There are still five days left, and you can still escape." Seeing that his tone had softened, Li Jin continued to persuade: "These people are more likely to fail than succeed. If you get involved with them, you will only die in vain! Hurry up! Only by drawing a clear line with them can we protect ourselves!”
Yan Mingjun said: "I'm afraid it's too late to get rid of the relationship."
Li Jin was silent for a moment this time before speaking again: "Everyone involved in this matter will eventually die. Rather than you and me dying, it is better to let them die."
Yan Mingjun looked at Li Jin in shock and said: "You...you mean...report them to the Haihan people?"
"This is the only way to get rid of the responsibility, otherwise once things happen, our lives will be in danger!" Li Jin saw the embarrassment on his face and said decisively: "We can no longer hesitate on this matter, time is running out! ”
Yan Mingjun never expected that he had been planning in the mansion for many days, thinking that everything was ready and all he needed was the east wind, so he called Li Jin to discuss it. In less than an hour, his thoughts took a big turn, starting from how to kill the Haihan people. Taking back Danzhou City became a question of how to protect ourselves from this catastrophic disaster.
After Li Jin's explanation, he had to admit that his previous thoughts were indeed a bit naive. Haihan's current power on Qiongzhou Island is so great that it can be changed by killing three or five Haihans in Danzhou? His own life is still second to none. Once Haihan takes this as an excuse to retaliate and separate Qiongzhou Island to start a war against Ming Dynasty, will Ming Dynasty accept the war or not? With the current situation in Guangdong, can it sustain a long cross-sea war without any advantage in strength?
But to betray these anti-Haihan "righteous men" in exchange for his own chance to survive, Yan Mingjun felt that this approach was unreasonable and even a bit despicable, so he did not respond to Li Jin immediately.
Li Jin sighed: "Brother Yan, you are still hesitating at this moment. Do you have to wait until the Haihan people's muskets are pressed against your forehead before you can remember how precious your life is?"
Yan Mingjun said: "I just think this matter is unjust..."
"How long have you still been righteous?" Li Jin scolded: "The interests of the Ming Dynasty are the righteousness! Not only will they not be able to help the court get back Qiongzhou, but it will ruin the overall situation! We have to stop them from doing such stupid things. Upholding justice!”
Yan Mingjun suddenly felt a deep sadness in his heart. Before he came to Qiongzhou, he had thought about trying to reshape the court's authority in the local area. Unexpectedly, the Haihan people had already included Qiongzhou Island under their rule. But now it has become politically correct to prevent civil servants from assassinating Haihan people. Is this helping Haihan? Help the court? Or help yourself escape and save your life? Yan Mingjun couldn't distinguish the entanglement of interests for a while.
Yan Mingjun suddenly realized that from the moment he left the Pearl River Pier outside Guangzhou, his destiny was no longer up to him. The Haihan people arranged everything carefully, leaving no room for performance. The resistance methods of Huang Zixing and others may be successful due to the negligence of the Haihan people, but it is difficult to cause a big splash in changing the situation on Qiongzhou Island. As Li Jin said before, the Haihan people were all superior to the Ming Dynasty officials in terms of governance, business, military training, and fighting. Regardless of whether they are orthodox or not, if they rule Qiongzhou Island, how many people will have the will to resist to overthrow Haihan at the cost of their lives?
"Then what should we do now?" Yan Mingjun suddenly showed fatigue, leaning on the back of the chair and asking weakly with his eyes closed.
"Let's send someone to inform the Haihan people. It's best to ask them to arrange local interviews after dark." Li Jin immediately came up with an idea.
Yan Mingjun nodded and said, "That will be arranged by Brother Li." After nightfall, a carriage stopped at the back door of Yan Mingjun's residence. After picking up Yan Mingjun and Li Jin, they went straight to Dan in the north of the city. The seat of the State Management Committee. In the meeting room of the management committee, they met Zhang Xin again, as well as several other familiar or unfamiliar faces.
"This is Lieutenant Colonel Wang Tom, the naval commander of the Haihan Militia. The Danzhou garrison is commanded by Lieutenant Yu Tiezhu." Zhang Xin introduced in turn: "These three are officials from the Haihan Security Department, Lin Nan, Li Qingyang, and Wang Baisuo."< br>
"I am Lord Yan Ming of Danzhou, everyone, please be polite!" Although Yan Mingjun still kept his official title on his lips in accordance with social etiquette, he no longer had any official airs at this time. He held his fists and bowed to everyone present. Li Jin also followed to greet everyone.
"You two said that there are important matters that need to be discussed in person, so I specially notified the heads of the local departments to come and observe. Wouldn't you mind?" Zhang Xin asked with a half-smiling expression on his face.
Of course, Yan Mingjun didn't question the other party's confidence. Hearing this, he just shook his head slightly to express that it was okay.
"Then please tell me what is so important." Zhang Xin made a gesture of invitation.
Yan Mingjun and Li Jin looked at each other, and it was Li Jin who spoke first: "Let me speak! Recently, both Mr. Yan and me have received news that some people are trying to harm Director Zhang and other Haihan people. I hope Director Zhang can take precautions in advance to avoid being taken advantage of by Xiaoxiao.”
"Oh? I wonder what harm these people plan to do to me?" Zhang Xin still asked with a relaxed look: "Are they going to scold me in person, or are they going to tie me up and beat me up?"< br>
Li Jin solemnly said: "Director Zhang, I am not just threatening, and what I said is no joke!"
Zhang Xin nodded, turned to Yan Mingjun and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Yan, of what Mr. Li said?"
Yan Mingjun said with a sullen face: "Haihan recaptured Danzhou from the pirates last year, and managed it on his behalf during this period to restore Danzhou to its former peace. This is a meritorious service to the court. If there are lawless people among the people who want to do harm to Haihan, This is a matter that I believe is illegal under the law and should be stopped.”
"Master Yan is right." Zhang Xin then asked: "Then what does Master Yan think of Huang Zixing, the director of Zhongming Academy who visited the house a few days ago?"
Yan Mingjun's heart skipped a beat, knowing that it was probably not the news that he hadn't received any news. It was more than half a month ago that I had an interview with Huang Zixing. After that, I only sent several oral messages through other means without leaving even half of my handwriting. Zhang Xin must be so concerned about this matter because he must be interested in Huang Zixing. Understand the purpose.
Yan Mingjun thought for a moment before responding: "This person seems to have misunderstood Haihan because of his family affairs, and has developed resentment. Although I tried to comfort him, it didn't seem to have any effect."
"That's it? Is there anything else?" Zhang Xin asked reluctantly.
Yan Mingjun was still hesitating whether to sell Huang Zixing, but Li Jin next to him had already spoken out for him: "This person named Huang is the person who just mentioned that he wants to do harm to Haihan. He came to visit Master Yan because he wanted to He persuaded Mr. Yan to help him, but Mr. Yan was upright and unwilling to make mistakes with him. He wanted to meet with you for an interview today because he wanted to expose this person named Huang. "
Zhang Xin smiled and said: "Master Li is more straightforward in speaking. In fact, we have already received news of what the two of you said. Who are they, what do they want to do, and how do they want to do it? We have already known it." I know it well.”
Yan Mingjun and Li Jin both opened their mouths and didn't know how to answer. They originally thought that if they took the initiative to report the case, they would at least be able to clear themselves of suspicion and avoid being dragged into the water by Huang Zixing and others and lose their lives. But I didn't expect that the Haihan people had already prepared for this matter. They were already well prepared. It seemed that they had laid a big net, waiting for these people to fall into the trap.
"Tom, please introduce the current situation to the two adults." Zhang Xin handed over the right to speak to Tom Wang next to him. Although he is a military personnel, from an administrative level, Wang Tom has undoubtedly the highest authority in Danzhou. The executive committee has also given him the overall command of this operation, which means that he can directly exercise the power of life and death as appropriate without requiring further instructions during the handling of the case.
Wang Tom nodded and said, "Before you two came to Danzhou, this Huang Zixing had already been included in our watch list. Many of his family members were killed in the pirate attack last year, but according to our After investigation, we believe that it is most likely because the Huang clan colluded with the pirates to cause rebellion, and later the conflict broke out due to the uneven distribution of the spoils. We also imposed certain penalties on the Huang clan after the war, mainly confiscating their illegal passes. It is precisely because of this that Huang Zixing is resentful of us.”
Wang Tom's statement basically confirmed what Huang Zixing said to Yan Mingjun. However, as soon as his position changed, the statement also changed. The Huang family changed from victims to those who deserved the crime. But who among them is right and who is lying is no longer what Yan Mingjun cares about now.
Wang Tom raised his hand to signal to several security officials next to him, and continued: "The Haihan Security Department has taken monitoring measures on Zhongming Academy a long time ago. Every move of Huang Zixing and his associates is under our surveillance. Next. What is the purpose of Huang Zixing's visit to Mr. Yan? We also know roughly that the reason why we have not arrested these people is to wait for them to connect with each other directly."
Yan Mingjun had nothing to say at this time and could only murmur: "General Wang is indeed a good tactic..."
Wang Tom said: "These people can't live a peaceful life, but they want to go against us Haihan. Since they are restless, they can't blame us for taking some unconventional means to deal with it. According to the information we have, Huang Zixing and his group Five days later, they will use the opportunity of the Danzhou Chamber of Commerce to hold a birthday party for Director Zhang to launch an assassination. The moment they take action, their gang will be destroyed!”
At this time, Yan Mingjun and Li Jin felt that cold sweat was breaking out on their backs. Huang Zixing's little actions were seen by the Haihan people from beginning to end. They haven't taken action yet, they are just patiently weaving a web, waiting for Huang Zixing and his gang to be exposed before starting to eliminate them. If he hadn't come to confess this matter to the Haihan people today, then there would probably be two more names added to the list of unlucky people.
(End of chapter)