Chapter 232 Gunpowder
After hearing this, Oda Heiichiro said, "This recipe is not what I gave you, but you invited me to drink. I mentioned a legend in Japan when I was drunk. This is just a legend!"
"But after hearing this, you were like crazy, catching children everywhere. Even people like me think you are cruel!"
Shen Zhengcong gritted his teeth and said, "You think I am cruel, that's because you can't understand me. I want to be a complete man. My wife is so beautiful, but I can't enjoy her. Isn't this the world
The first tragic thing?”
"As for those children, they are suffering from life. They are better than dying. At least they can make such a great contribution to me. Others will not remember them, but I will, I will always remember them!"
"I didn't want you to catch a child this time, but to kill a few people. These people know the truth about the dam and catching a child. If these two things are exposed, I'm afraid you can't hide them anymore.
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Shen Zhengcong said as he took out a note from his arms.
"There are only five people, and they have their official positions and their addresses written on it. Kill them! After the imperial envoy of the court, King Han, left, I will send someone to send you to the port so that you can steadily
go home."
Shen Zhengcong said and got up and left. Oda Heiichiro opened the note and looked at the address and names of the five people above. Then he tore off the note little by little with his backhand and stuffed it into his mouth.
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A few days later, Zhu Song received a message.
Five magistrates died in Zhejiang.
The five straight-line areas are Longyou County, Pujiang County, Tonglu County, Lin'an County, and Changshan County.
And it happened that the five dams that were blown up were all in these five counties.
Because Zhu Song had been secretly investigating before, he did not arrest these five magistrates in prison for interrogation.
First, this is not your own territory. Second, if there is no imperial prison, you can only use the prison in Hangzhou. However, this will inevitably make Hangzhou officials know about this matter, and there is a great possibility of secret operation.
But Zhu Song never expected that they were so brave that they dared to kill people to silence them.
However, this also proves that Zhu Song was right in investigating the nine dams.
Otherwise, those people wouldn't have to be so anxious to kill and silence them.
"Where are the bodies of these five magistrates?"
Lao Cao replied: "Your Highness, these five magistrates have been buried."
Zhu Song sneered: "Five imperial officials were suddenly killed and buried without even checking. This is obviously not to let people know how the five of them died. This is obviously guilty."
"Did you find out who issued the order? Is it Zhou Tong or Wu Qian, or the prefect Fan Zhongping?"
Lao Cao shook his head: "Your Highness is not. The families of these five magistrates have agreed and chose to hold this matter down and not report it. After the five magistrates have been buried, the five magistrates have been buried.
The family members quickly packed their luggage and left the local area as if they had agreed. However, they were all stopped by our people and are now being placed in a small nearby village.”
Zhu Song nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly he remembered another person, and there was also a commander of Shishi in the Sansi Yamen.
"In theory, the commander-in-chief could not stay in the military camp all the time. Qin Tai did the opposite. His family was in the city, but he didn't like to run into the city. He ate with his soldiers every day.
Stay here, how about this person you have been with him these few days?”
After hearing this, Lao Cao chased his beard and thought for a long time.
"Your Highness, the lower-ranking official has been in contact with Qin Tai in the past few days. Qin Tai seems to have not had a harmonious relationship with Wu Qianzhoutong and others. Not only him, but also the Hangzhou governor Fan Zhongping."
"Qin Tai doesn't like to go back to the city, because Zhou Tong and Wu Qian always try to pull him into the group. He said that once they almost said that they sent a woman to his bed. If it weren't for Qin Tai,
His wife was quick-thinking and brought her servants to make things worse. I am afraid that Qin Tai had already been in their trap now."
After hearing this, Zhu Song nodded: "So, this commander in charge of military power is one of the few good people among the three of them?"
Old Cao bowed and said, "Your Highness, I can't guarantee whether Qin Tai is a good person or not, but doing this is a dam, it should be unavoidable to him."
"Oh?" Zhu Song was delighted: "What did you find out?"
"Your Highness, those nine dams should have cut corners, but it would not have collapsed all nine dams after a heavy rain. There is only one way to collapse all nine dams, gunpowder."
"There is only one place where the entire Hangzhou City can take out so much gunpowder at once, that is, the military camp of the Du Commander. The gunpowder control is extremely strict. Without the Du Commander nod, the gunpowder will never be taken out.
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"So the Xiaguan thought Qin Tai was also involved, and maybe he might even think of this idea, after all, he only has gunpowder."
After hearing this, Zhu Song thought about it carefully and what Lao Cao said made sense.
"Yes, why didn't I expect it before? These nine dams collapsed together, and even if they cut corners, they wouldn't be so complete. It's very likely to blow it up with gunpowder."
"If the matter of these nine dams is found out, it will not be possible to pay the transaction just by taking millions of taels of silver. I'm afraid we will make a big fuss in Hangzhou."
"Old Cao, what do you think? Should we pretend that nothing happened, or report this to Your Majesty and let Your Majesty make a decision?"
After hearing this, Lao Cao thought for a long time: "Your Highness, the official believes that the affairs of these nine dams and the affairs of the hundreds of children who disappeared should be known to His Majesty. If it is really proved that this Hangzhou official is not.
If you are good at slapping them, even if the Jinyiwei wants to arrest them, His Majesty will have to nod his head."
Zhu Song nodded, then wrote a memorial in person, describing all the doubts in Hangzhou, and sent them to the capital quickly with six hundred miles.
The memorial was turned and finally entered the imperial study room of the palace. After reading Zhu Song's memorial, Zhu Di closed it with a snap and paced back and forth in the imperial study room with anger.
"What a courage! What a courage! In order to greed for the salt tax of the imperial court, these officials in Hangzhou blew up the embankment! Destroy farmland! Displaced thousands of people! They also took advantage of the chaos to lose hundreds of children.
Where did the hundred children go? They don’t feel sorry for their children, right?”
Zhu Di looked at the prince who was listening to his words while holding a pen, and asked, "Boss, tell me what to do about this matter. You always made me be kind and lenient to the world and forgive the world. Now this is happening.
Chapter completed!