Chapter 2060

Regarding the hypothesis put forward by Jin Ming, Xu Yuxing has actually been thinking about similar issues more than once in the past two days, that is, if this group of people was not exposed, but acted according to their original plan and used muskets to assassinate Xu Xinsu, what would happen next?

What will happen?

If something happens to Xu Xinsu, there will definitely be a certain degree of chaos in the area under his control. And if it is found out in the subsequent investigation that the Jinyiwei is related to this, then the Xu family will probably no longer be willing to serve the Ming Dynasty as a courtier and put up a flag.

Rebellion is a high probability situation. Even without the support of Haihan, the armed forces controlled by the Xu family will definitely fight under the banner of revenge for Xu Xinsu, and the outbreak of war in Fujian will be inevitable.

"In fact, there is no need to wait for the situation assumed by Lord Jin to happen. The evidence we have now is enough to trigger a war." Xu Yuxing responded in a deep voice: "We can only understand the Jin Yiwei's behavior in Zhangzhou City as this.

The order came from some treacherous ministers and traitors who deceived the emperor and issued the order privately. The purpose was to plunge the southeastern part of the Ming Dynasty into chaos. We, the Xu family, are full of loyal and loyal people. Naturally, we cannot just sit back and watch the treacherous ministers take over. We must raise troops to clear the emperor's side and kill the traitors to protect the emperor!"

The implication of Xu Yuxing's words was to raise troops under the banner of "Qingjun side", and any sound made by the court may be interpreted as "treacherous ministers control" by the Fujian side. A large-scale civil war initiated by Fujian will be difficult

avoid.

Of course, the Qing emperor's side is not a good deed to safeguard justice. This statement has been a common reason for local armed forces to launch rebellions in history. The Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in the early Western Han Dynasty was the first time this slogan was publicly raised. Later in the Tang Dynasty

The Anshi Rebellion was also a rebellion launched by An Lushan on the grounds of the Qing monarch. In the Yuan Dynasty, Polo Timur also led an army to invade the capital of the Yuan Dynasty in the name of the Qing monarch.

The examples of Qing emperors in this dynasty are well known to the world. After the death of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, his grandson Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne and was known as Emperor Jianwen in history. Zhu Di, the king of Yan who was based in Peiping, was quite dissatisfied with Emperor Jianwen's policy of reducing vassals, so he started

Under the banner of the Qing Dynasty, he launched an army to attack Nanjing and overthrew Emperor Jianwen from the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. This Qing Dynasty operation was only more than 200 years ago, and many information is still available. Xu Yuxing wanted to use this as a reason for raising troops. In fact,

The threat is already very obvious.

Even if Sun Yongjun didn't know about the cases of the Qingjun's side in the previous dynasty, as an officer of the Jinyi Guard, it was impossible for him not to know about this famous case in this dynasty. When he heard Xu Yuxing mention "Qingjun's side", he naturally thought of that incident in the Yongle period of this dynasty.

The Battle of Jingnan was a family affair of the emperor. I don’t know how many people died because of it. Who dared to talk about it openly? Xu Yuxing said that he would raise troops on this basis. This obviously meant that he had the idea of ​​​​rebellion.

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Sun Yongjun knew that what he did would have extremely serious consequences, but he always believed that his purpose was not to stimulate the Xu family to rebel, but to use special means to dismantle the Xu family's privileges in Fujian in a short period of time and let them

Unable to rebel, this seems to be exactly the opposite of the situation threatened by Xu Yuxing. If the Fujian Xu family really rebels because of this incident, then the Jin Yiwei will not be able to stop Xu Xinsu's army.

Seeing that Sun Yongjun was still silent, Xu Yuxing continued: "If your original intention was to benefit the Ming Dynasty, it is not too late to stop now. Our Xu family has no intention of betraying the Ming Dynasty. We just want to find out who is planning these things."

It is intended to disrupt the actions of the Ming Dynasty. Our Xu family is not the enemy of the Ming Dynasty. The people behind sending weapons to the Jinyiwei and instigating you to cause trouble in Fujian are the ones who really want to cause trouble in the Ming Dynasty!"

Xu Yuxing and Jin Ming had discussed the reasons for Jin Yiwei's involvement before. Both of them believed that it was unlikely that Jin Yiwei would collude with foreign enemies to initiate rebellion, because the power of this special institution came from the emperor. If the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty led to the collapse of the regime,

Steady, Jinyiwei will also be directly impacted.

One possibility they agree with is that officials at a certain level of Jinyiwei hope to eliminate the current situation of local separatism in Fujian by solving key figures in Xu Xinsu's group, thereby eliminating the hidden danger of Xu Xinsu establishing his own business. In this process, the story behind Zhengfuji

The planners appeared, provided Jinyiwei with weapons and action plans, and encouraged them to take action in Zhangzhou.

Of course, the process may be more complicated. Zhengfuji and Jinfahao under the name of Jinyiwei have long had business relationships, so maybe the two companies have been flirting with each other for a long time, and they have only recently begun to plan and implement some things other than normal business.

Things. The reason for their cooperation and the purpose they want to achieve may not be as simple as overthrowing Xu Xinsu's military separatist regime in Fujian or messing up the situation in Fujian.

Xu Yuxing believed that Jin Yiwei's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty imperial power should not be affected by the situation in Fujian, so in his opinion, this might become a breakthrough in the interrogation. He would rather spend more time than try to use persuasion to disintegrate this Jin Yiwei.

Baihu's psychological defense line. But he was not even sure whether this method would be effective.

Sun Yongjun finally responded at this time: "There is no basis for what you say. These are things that cannot be verified. You can say whatever you want."

If Sun Yongjun had remained silent, it would be hard for Xu Yuxing to guess what he was thinking, but this opening would inevitably reveal his guilty conscience.

Xu Yuxing immediately responded: "The circumstances I just mentioned are not unverifiable. Haihan State has been pursuing the case for several months and has obtained a large amount of personal and material evidence. The investigation launched in Zhangzhou came from other places

clues to identify. Whether you recruit or not, we will catch the real owner of Zhengfu Ji, but it is only a matter of time. But if you refuse to cooperate, leading to chaos in Fujian, civil war in the Ming Dynasty, and devastation of all living beings, then there will definitely be your descendants.

A contribution from hundreds of households!”

Jin Ming noticed that the expression on Sun Yongjun's face was no longer as cold and stiff as when he was first brought in. It was obvious that some of the information he heard here still touched him. Jin Ming decided to add more fuel to the fire.

Biachai: "Sun Baihu, you have to understand one thing. What you are risking your life to do will not achieve the purpose you expected. On the contrary, the result will turn you and your colleagues into manufacturing."

National traitors in the civil war, no one will think that what you do is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. Please think clearly and stop being a tool for others to mess up the Ming Dynasty!"

Sun Yongjun raised his head and looked at Jin and Xu, his face full of pain, and said in a trembling voice: "Did we...really do something wrong..."

It is not easy to persuade someone like Sun Yongjun to give up his original position, but as long as he can accurately judge his motives, he can use his words in a targeted manner. Fortunately, both Jin and Xu have rich experience in interrogation.

Experience, this unrehearsed singing and harmonizing actually achieved quite good results.

And the information they obtained intermittently from Sun Yongjun's mouth was indeed not in vain in the past two days in Zhangzhou City, and pointed out a new direction for the subsequent investigation work.

The interrogation of Sun Yongjun lasted for several hours, during which they stopped many times to let Sun Yongjun eat and drink water to replenish his strength. However, Jin and Xu were afraid that the other party's mentality would change, so they did not dare to leave before the interrogation was over, so they could only stay here.

I ate something in the dark interrogation room.

It was not until the sky was getting dark that the interrogation finally came to an end. Both Jin, Xu and Sun Yongjun were very tired at this time, as if they had completed a major exam.

Xu Yuxing asked people to temporarily detain Sun Yongjun and provide him with good food and drink first. There was still a lot of unconfirmed information about this person, so he must not let anything happen to him. Jin Ming had to go back to his residence to draft a report message.

Inform Sanya of the progress of the investigation in Zhangzhou as soon as possible and ask for instructions on the next steps.

Xu Yuxing, on the other hand, wanted to rush back to the Xu Mansion with the newly released confession and report to Xu Xinsu the results of today's interrogation. The reason why he was so eager was because the information Sun Yongjun confessed contained a lot of content related to the Xu family. He

Xu Xinsu's opinion must be sought before subsequent investigation can be conducted.

Although the city of Zhangzhou has been turbulent in the past two days, people are being arrested everywhere, and the martial law enforced by the city defense army has not been lifted yet, Xu Xinsu is very safe. When Xu Yuxing rushed back, he was playing chess with Dong Yanyun in the study

chat.

"Since there is new news, let's get down to business first. The game of chess will be played again tomorrow!" Xu Xinsu threw the chess pieces back into the chess basket, indicating that Xu Yuxing could start reporting: "That Jinyiwei Baihu

What interesting things happened?"

"According to Sun Yongjun's confession, not long after the Jinfa branch was opened in Zhangzhou, someone from Zhengfuji came to the door, hoping to cooperate with Jinfa and buy and sell some Nanyang products. Zhengfuji gave the following information

The trading conditions were very tempting. They traded a large amount of Spanish silver coins of unknown origin to Jinfahao, who then went to the bank to exchange them for official silver. Jinfahao would charge a certain percentage of the handling fee, and the rest would be

Then return it to Zhengfu Ji through the bank."

Xu Yuxing paused and said: "Zhengfuji should have confirmed that Jinfahao's backend was actually using Jinyiwei's special identity to complete money laundering through transactions."

Xu Xinsu nodded and said: "There must be a plan to lure him with benefits. He must be offering benefits in exchange for Jin Yiwei's trust."

"That's exactly it." Xu Yuxing continued: "Since the middle of last year, Zhengfuji has been hinting that the people of Jinfa can purchase weapons and equipment from the Spaniards in Nanyang. Although Jinyiwei cannot recruit troops in Zhangzhou, if

It's not impossible to secretly train a musketry team. The key is that they must have a justifiable reason before they can take the risk of doing this."

"If I'm not mistaken, the last reason they found was to use weapons against me." Xu Xinsu said calmly.

Xu Yuxing responded: "Father expected it to be true. The people from Zhengfu Ji persuaded Jin Yiwei in this way. They told Sun Yongjun that as long as they could complete the assassination of important people of my Xu family in a short period of time, they could rely on the privileges of Jin Yiwei.

, first took over the command of the local army, then quickly dismissed the civil and military officials of my Xu family, and then transferred troops from Fuzhou to find a reason to arrest all people related to the Xu family, thus completing the purge of my Xu family.

When the time comes, not only will the imperial court not blame them, but they will receive a commendation from the emperor for solving the biggest hidden danger on the southeast coast for the imperial court."

Xu Xinsu couldn't help but sneered: "Those people in the capital are eager to take away the property that my Xu family has worked hard to accumulate over the years with just one decree, but they are also afraid that they will make us angry and force us to directly rebel. If only they could

Killing hundreds of men from the Xu family in one fell swoop would be able to fulfill their wish, but it's a pity that they can only think about it and use their words for a while!"

Xu Yuxing said: "My child thinks the same way. The dozens of Jinyiwei people who want to start an uprising in Zhangzhou City are just asking for death. Even if there are Zhengfuji secretly assisting them, they still can't make any waves. But this

If the gangster really does something like this, then our Xu family may be forced to raise an army."

Dong Yanyun said: "Let's talk about it, what is the origin of this Zhengfu Ji? Is the middleman that the Haihan people are looking for this Zhengfu Ji?"

"It's probably them." Xu Yuxing said: "Sun Yongjun said a few days ago that he left Zhangzhou City to go out on business, but in fact he went out to sea with the Zhengfuji people to meet one of their big shopkeepers. This

A shopkeeper told Sun Yongjun that as long as Jinyiwei succeeded in Zhangzhou, Zhengfuji could supply them with the weapons and funds they needed for a long time in the future. The exchange conditions proposed by Zhengfuji were... to deny the Haihan people entry to ports in Fujian and expel Fujian.

All Haihan agencies in the territory."

"This group of people have made so many preparations to expel the Haihan people from Fujian. It seems that they have a deep feud with the Haihan people!" Dong Yanyun couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.

"How can the Haihan people be easily expelled from Fujian? They think things are too simple!" Xu Xinsu said with a disapproving look: "If the Haihan people are really stationed in Penghu, the armed fleets in Kaohsiung and Kaohsiung cannot be deployed. If the situation worsens,

The fleets from these two places can arrive at the coastal ports of Fujian within a day at the earliest, and whoever has the bigger fist will have the final say at that time. Expelling the Haihan people... I'm afraid I'm just dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Period!"

Xu Yuxing said: "Perhaps these people actually know that things can't be done, and deliberately raise such difficult questions to make Jin Yiwei feel that this cooperative relationship is real and credible. After Sun Yongjun returned to Zhangzhou City, he learned the so-called musketry tactics in Zhengfu Ji

, we happened to find the Jinfa No. 1 at this time. If the clues were broken at the Jin Fa No. 1, they might be able to find a chance to sneak out after hiding in the city for a few days, but the sky net is sparse and

Needless to say, he only survived one more day hiding in Zhengfuji, and he still failed to escape our capture after all."
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