Chapter 600 The sugar-coated bullets of Ming capitalists (please subscribe!)

Author: Linjiangjun

Chapter 600 The sugar-coated bullets of Ming capitalists (please subscribe!)

Under Xu Qianxue's "service", Hong Lei is living comfortably in Yingtian these days.

This was a good life until he received an oral instruction from Zhu Kezang asking him to go to Shanghai for questioning.

Hong Lei thought that Zhu Kezang wanted to ask him quietly, probably because he wanted to see how the cabinet was managing the world while he was away at war.

Hong Shangshu, who was very sensitive to internal strife, felt that the emperor trusted him and asked him to find out if there were any changes in the imperial court during the emperor's expedition.

Because the emperor only called him one person, this was a favor, and it was also a rare opportunity to overthrow political enemy Yang Ying, so he had to seize it.

But what Hong Lei didn't expect was that just when he was preparing materials to blackmail Yang Ying.

However, he received a letter from his good brother Xu Qianxue, which immediately made Hong Lei dizzy.

Xu Qianxue is a good person. Considering that his filial son Xu Jun was beaten by men in black and no clues could be found, he keenly sensed that something was wrong.

Those men in black are most likely Jin Yiwei.

Immediately write letters to Hong Lei, the protector of the Xu family.

After reading the letter, he realized that the emperor wanted to question him because the Xu family was in trouble.

At this time, in the painting boat, Hong Lei looked at Xu Qianxue and said angrily, "I said Xu Jian'an (Xu Qianxue's nickname), why do you, the Xu family, want to harm me?"

Hong Lei looked like he had eaten a fly and said in an angry tone: "It's okay for your son to be arrogant and domineering at ordinary times. Why did he provoke the Jin Yiwei? The Jin Yiwei are His Majesty's eyes and ears. If you provoke them, you are provoking the Emperor. This is not dragging me into trouble."

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Hong Lei is still too optimistic.

He never imagined that what Xu Jun provoked was not Jin Yiwei, but Long Live the Ming Dynasty.

The more Hong Lei thought about it, the angrier he became. He suddenly raised his voice and slapped his hand on the coffee table, "Also, you Xu family are so wicked that they actually sell Fushou ointment. Isn't this something to annihilate your descendants?"

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Hong Lei suddenly jumped up, grabbed the teapot, and smashed it against the wall of the painting boat, soaking all the authentic paintings of Dong Qichang.

This is Xu Qianxue's private painting boat, and the things inside are very valuable. Dong Qichang can be said to be the first calligrapher in the Ming Dynasty, and his original works are of high value.

Xu Qianxue felt very distressed when he saw it, but he swallowed and had no choice but to remain silent.

Hong Lei was so angry that he was trembling all over. He exhaled a breath and flicked his sleeves, "I don't care about this matter. You Xu family can fend for itself!"

"Hong Shangshu, you can't ignore this matter!"

Xu Qianxue said anxiously: "Now the imperial envoy has arrived in Songjiang. If you don't care and let them investigate, you will not be able to get away with it."

Hong Lei snorted coldly: "I don't know about these things you did. I will explain them to Your Majesty."

"Hong Shangshu, this explanation doesn't make sense, because you own shares in the opium shop!"

Seeing Hong Lei being so ruthless, Xu Qianxue said calmly.

This is the fate of being hunted, the control is always in the hands of others.

Hong Lei was stunned, "When will I invest in the opium shop?"

Hong Lei suddenly remembered that the Xu family gave him a dividend a while ago, saying that he had shares in the Xu family industry and that the profits would be distributed to him every quarter.

At that time, he thought that the Xu family would be able to handle things, but he didn't expect that he would be in a big trap.

Hong Lei sat down, feeling a little dazed, "I've been tortured by you."

Hong Lei thought about how he could not save his whole body and sunk into the chair at night, feeling as depressed as an eggplant beaten by frost.

Originally, he could leave a few marks in the history books even if he didn't do anything.

Now it's all over.

"Hong Shangshu, things haven't gotten out of hand yet. Otherwise, what should we do?"

Xu Qianxue was optimistic. He felt that with Hong Lei's status, this matter could probably be solved.

Hong Lei was silent for a while, but then said: "The only way at this time is to serve the imperial envoys well and take good care of them. If they don't say a word, we will lose a layer of skin. It's best to drag the imperial envoys into the water. Do you understand?"

"Hong Shangshu is still brilliant!"

Xu Qianxue also laughed. As long as he asked the imperial envoys to take a puff of Fushou ointment, were they afraid that they would not obey?

After meeting Xu Qianxue, Hong Lei went to the Shanghai County Government Office to meet Emperor Zhu Kezang.

When Zhu Kezang met Hong Lei, he was scolded.

Seeing that he was an old minister, Zhu Kezang did not intend to kill him. At most, he would take off his official skin.

Hong Lei kept discounting his head, saying that he was in Yingtian and had no idea that the Xu family had done such an outrageous thing.

Zhu Kezang exhaled after hearing the words, "Xu Jiazhen will conduct an investigation on his own. I hope you did not participate."

Hong Lei made repeated promises, and Zhu Kezang took one look at him, and then decided to leave Shanghai, return to Yingtian, and hand over the investigation to Dai Zi.

Dai Zi and Jin Yiwei will figure everything out.

He has already warned Hong Lei about the right and wrong and what to do.

To be honest, if he were Hong Lei, he would surrender by now.

Because if he surrenders, he can at least end with dignity. Zhu Kezang will then let him retire and return to his hometown with a stroke of his pen, which will also be an honorable retirement.

But if you don't surrender, you are defying the court and deceiving the emperor.

No matter what, Zhu Kezang was tired. He didn't plan to stay in Shanghai anymore. It was boring.

As soon as Zhu Kezang left, Dai Zi and other imperial envoys marched from Huating to Shanghai County, and the entire group was arranged in a house by the Huangpu River.

However, when Dai Zi became an imperial envoy for the first time, he encountered sugar-coated bullets from the budding capitalists of the Ming Dynasty.

The attack was so fierce that officials, including Dai Zi, successively called on superiors, subordinates, relatives and classmates to intercede.

At night, Dai Zi knew that he could not continue like this, otherwise he would not be able to complete His Majesty's mission.

He had to finish it quickly and continue with Gatling.

So, he secretly summoned the officials of the imperial mission and went to the Huangpu River for secret talks.

That night, Dai Zi stood by the river, blowing the river breeze, with several officials standing beside him.

Dai Zi said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, we are under great pressure! Even Hong Shangshu from the Ministry of Personnel has come forward to intercede with the Xu family!"

"We are the same. My family members all write to me asking me what's going on. Someone at home always gives me gifts!"

Several officials ordered and complained.

"Master Dai, what should we do? Should we follow what those people want?"

An official asked in a deep voice.

But Dai Zi shouted angrily: "Confused, do you see why the emperor walks so fast?"

"Your Majesty, I just want to see if we, the imperial envoys, can stick to the bottom line and keep our original intention in his absence. If you dare to protect the Xu family, the Jin Yiwei will not be unaware. Losing your official position will be a trivial matter. Don't hurt your family.

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Dai Zi originally thought that the Xu family's incident was just a matter of relaxing, but he didn't expect that he would involve Hong Lei, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

But no matter how difficult it is to do, it must be done. Emperor Zhu Kezang is watching.

If this is not done, the future of these imperial envoys will be in jeopardy!

Dai Zi regretted it very much. He was just a technician, and His Majesty the Emperor was trying to embarrass him!

In fact, Zhu Kezang used this incident to train him, fearing that he would not be able to fight and would be harmed again one day.

Several people were standing by the river talking, and suddenly a local official came over and said, "Master Dai, so you are here. The reception feast is about to begin. Everyone is waiting for you!"
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