afterglow

Chapter 323 Do whatever you want; break the rules

Later, Fang Shujun left to take care of other matters, and only Zhou Changfeng and Zhu Lingjing were left in the open Dongci.

The latter casually flipped through the "Old Tang Book" in front of him, raised his eyes and said, "You are not very clear, I'd better explain it to you."

"Well, I'm all ears."

Zhu Lingjing was speechless, "When people say such kind words, they are very respectful. You stand up straight and your eyes are sharp. Heh... words and deeds do not match, and it looks like a violation."

No, you are deliberately finding fault, right?
Although he complained secretly in his heart, Zhou Changfeng nodded naturally, "Then...please tell me, Your Majesty, I'll listen."

"The case in Fuzhou this time is not a small one, and now it has also involved the matter of the customs. The number of people involved may exceed three figures. Strict investigation will only lead to more." Zhu Lingjing, who looked calm, said lightly: "But, we should be arrested." Anyone can be arrested, no nonsense is allowed, and no expansion is allowed."

"So far?" Zhou Changfeng thought for a while, "It's pretty stable now, shouldn't we catch everything?"

"Catch them all at once?" Zhu Lingjing stared at him, sneered, and said calmly, "Then I'm afraid that Fujian Province will be paralyzed, and maybe people from the imperial court will be involved. In the current war, the gains outweigh the losses."

"Your Majesty, it's useless so far, it's not a cure for the symptoms."

"Oh, cure the root cause?"

Probably feeling that his words were powerless to complain, Zhu Lingjing raised her finger and pointed to the portrait hanging on the wall obliquely in front of her.

She said flatly: "There is no cure, Emperor Taizu Gao has never softened his hands, and it's just a temporary restraint."

Zhou Changfeng, who was a little embarrassed, replied: "Uh...Actually, what I mean is...take it for a long time."

"How long can it last? As I said, the gain outweighs the loss." Zhu Lingjing picked up her teacup and took a sip, "It's not a big deal to be greedy for ink in other places, but it's not right at all when it comes to military affairs. The outstretched hand must be given to it." interrupt."

It is human nature to be greedy and unstoppable, and everyone just turns a blind eye to make some money by taking advantage of their positions, but there are some key points that cannot be sloppy.

"This time is also a long memory for others. Some guys have forgotten."

"Your Majesty, since Shen Yu and I are in the lead, there must be some power to make decisions on the fly, right? I'm not familiar with the place of life."

Hearing this, Zhu Lingjing, with a thoughtful expression on her face, was silent for ten seconds before finally replying, "You can do whatever you want."

Seeing that Zhou Changfeng was quite excited, she knocked on the case and warned seriously: "If you dare to act recklessly, you can go to prison for vacation again."

The former agreed wholeheartedly, and after saluting, he took a few steps backwards, then turned around, opened the door and left in a hurry.

Because this matter is not a small matter, if they are linked together, it is likely to implicate the dignitaries of Yingtian Mansion in the capital, so they need to be prepared.

Zhou Changfeng went to the cabinet. Although he didn't see Xie Qinduan, the civil affairs cabinet minister, he got a "white list" from the attendants here.

This civil affairs is not the other civil affairs. It is not limited to marriage, welfare, relief and the like, but also includes public security, immigration, administration and other affairs. The civil affairs cabinet ministers who preside over the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs are undoubtedly busy people.

After getting the white list, he went straight to the Foreign Police Department without stopping.

It is better to do the matter sooner rather than later, and there are certain uncertainties in the special case investigation team's presence in Fuzhou, so there is no room for delay.

At 22:39 that night, Gaoqiao Airport.

"...The convective cloud cluster moves southward, with dense clouds at an altitude of 900 meters, the wind direction on the ground is 155, and the wind speed is 4.8 meters per second..."

"Yao Er Si Guai, permission to take off."

On runway [-], a Youyun-[-] airliner painted in blue and gray began to taxi slowly, and the two air-cooled radial engines gradually increased their horsepower, making a loud roar.

The propellers turned fast, and the speed of the whole plane became faster and faster. Finally, it climbed up gently, and turned to level flight after reaching the cruising altitude of 3000 meters.

At the front of the cabin, Shen Yu laid down the seat a lot, and then took the blanket from the flight attendant.

"A bunch of idiots, they don't even know how to make money, they just step on taboos." He made a fuss while covering himself with a blanket.

"Yeah, please trouble us 'Uncle Shen' to do it himself." Zhou Changfeng next to him flipped through the magazines, then stretched himself.

"Let me tell you, Brother Zhou, even if they used the usual routine at that time, they would not have caused this situation by quoting more prices. It was simply self-inflicted."

"indeed."

The Ming court had its own characteristics in handling affairs, and most of the time it was purpose-oriented-emphasizing results and despising the process.

As long as you can do things well and beautifully, everything will be fine. Whether there are twists and turns in the process and whether the cost is high or not are secondary, and may even be ignored.

Of course, it is just the bottom line to only look at the results and not the process. If you want to be brilliant, then the process is still very important.

Applying this logic to this matter, if the stakeholders of Changle Shipyard want to make some money, they only need to use the clichéd but safe method-a little more quotation here and a little more quotation there.

In the end, qualified ships for the Ming Navy were built, and they could still make a lot of money together.

But they did the most stupid thing, daring to cut corners and use defective products, and in the end they didn't even ensure the basic purpose-qualified ships.

You have even trampled on the bottom line of the imperial court. Who will die if you don't die?
"Speaking of which, why don't we make a bet?" Shen Yu put her hands behind her head, opened her eyes and asked with a smile.

"Bet?" Zhou Changfeng asked suspiciously, "What is the bet?"

"Gamble on how much private property will be confiscated after the person involved in the case raids this time."

"This... interesting, good."

Seeing that he agreed, Shen Yu turned her gaze to the ceiling of the bulkhead, thinking about what bet she should make.

"Let's take the Navy's latest Jieyang-class destroyer. The purchase price this year is 24 million yuan. I bet that the confiscated private property can be worth one. Then... let's bet [-] yuan, so as not to hurt our friendship."

Now the purchasing power of one yuan is actually very strong, and it can buy two movie tickets.

More than 1000 million yuan?This is a bit exaggerated, right?
Zhou Changfeng was tangled, his intuition told him that this was unlikely, a bit outrageous.

But... Shen Yu has rich experience in this area. Since he is so confident, he must be sure.

"I don't think there are so many. It's not enough to buy a destroyer. But let's say it first, it's only limited to the case of Changle Shipyard, not including people involved in other matters."

"of course."

It was pitch black outside the round window, only the crescent moon and the sky full of stars.

Since being in the air avoids the diffuse reflection interference of urban lights, the dense stars are more radiant when viewed from here.

Around midnight, the Youyun-1247 passenger plane with flight number [-] approached Fuzhou Fucheng District.

Looking forward from the cockpit, I saw that the airport was brightly lit, and as the plane began to approach, all kinds of light signals were accurate.

After landing, Zhou Changfeng and Shen Yu, who were half asleep and half awake, came to the cabin door, but just as they stepped up the gangway with their left foot, they were startled by the situation not far away.

Grass?
I saw hundreds of Ming soldiers waiting in line near the tarmac hundreds of meters away. Under the bright lights, the heavy machine guns and mortars placed on the line were particularly deterrent.

When the two of them walked over with their entourage, the leading tall major immediately stood up straight, clasped his fists in an extremely standard and neat way, and said calmly: "The post is Cui Quan, the second battalion commander of the first paratrooper regiment, and the post includes the military police platoon, A total of 350 seven people from the first paratrooper team and the machine gun team were ordered to come and wait for dispatch."

"When did you arrive?" Zhou Changfeng remembered that they would arrive only tomorrow.

Cui Quan pointed to the runway far ahead obliquely, and replied, "Not long, about two quarters of an hour."

Following the direction of his finger, he could see several transport planes parked there, and some ground crews were surrounding them, preparing for intubation and refueling.

The Daming Air Force was naturally very happy when they learned that they had a chance to be proud, so they couldn't wait.

According to the original plan, all officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion of the First Paratrooper Regiment would arrive by train tomorrow afternoon, but when they learned that the "imperial envoy" would arrive in the early morning, the Air Force simply assigned some of them to come by plane first.

They have their own reasons - to send one in advance, so as to ensure comprehensive protection.

In the past few years, the Air Force and the Navy have been at odds with each other everywhere, and the root of the conflict is also very simple, which is money.

Both the Air Force and the Navy were big money burners, especially in the 30s when aviation technology was changing with each passing day. Often a type of aircraft had just begun mass production and delivery, and a new type of aircraft with better performance had already been developed.

For the Air Force, such a situation is that it took several years to phase out old aircraft and replace them with new aircraft, but the performance of these new aircraft has fallen behind.

Therefore, the navy laughed at this--you fell behind as soon as you bought it, why do you usually need so much money?
So it’s better to buy more new planes in one go after the war, and use the money saved to build ships for us. Anyway, the lagging speed of ships is relatively slow, and modernization can be carried out later.

Being targeted in this way, the Ming Air Force has been unsatisfactory for the past few years, and the entire Air Force is naturally very unhappy.

After waiting for a long time, now I finally have the opportunity to show off the majesty of the navy, I can't wait!

However, from Zhou Changfeng's point of view, even bringing heavy machine guns and mortars seemed a bit of an overkill—the deterrent meaning was too strong, so strong that it might turn into bullets or shells if one was not careful.

"Why don't we start arresting now? Do you have any suggestions?" Zhou Changfeng looked sideways at Shen Yu beside him.

Now that the situation has changed and some helpers have arrived, do we still need to follow the steps?

"Uh..." Shen Yu looked around thoughtfully, pondered for a few seconds, and replied: "It's also possible, but the general strategy is still the same, first big and then small, fast and fast."

Zhou Changfeng nodded in agreement, and then took the map of Fuzhou Prefecture from a follower.

He glanced at it twice, handed it to Cui Quan, and ordered: "The paratrooper team is divided into three, controlling the three roads out of the city in the northwest, southwest, and north, each with a group of heavy machine guns, and the other gendarmes also carry a heavy Machine gun team, let's go."

Cui Quan's behavior style belongs to the calm type at first glance. He carefully examined the three points, then assigned tasks to his subordinates, and finally waved: "Let's go!"

Soon, the hundreds of figures were divided into four groups, moving quickly towards their respective goals.

A heavy machine gun team of the machine gun team carried a [-]-type heavy machine gun that had not been out of the factory for a long time, and more than [-] people from the military police platoon of the first paratrooper regiment followed closely behind Zhou Changfeng and his party.

After going to the warehouse next to the airport to temporarily borrow four trucks, these dozens of people went straight to the city.

In ancient times, prefectural and county officials usually lived directly behind the yamen. For example, behind the lobby of the county yamen was the second hall, and behind it was the inner house where the magistrate's family lived.

But it’s not what it used to be, and it certainly won’t be the same now.

Two-quarters of an hour later, the convoy stopped at the street entrance outside a courtyard, and the soldiers jumped out of the car one after another and began to line up.

Zhou Changfeng crossed his waist, looked at the mansion not far away and said: "This place is quite secluded, and the yard is not big. It seems that Fuzhou Tongzhi is relatively low-key."

"Low-key? Low-key is for outsiders to see."

Shen Yu, who had a cigarette in his mouth, took a deep breath, then pressed the lit cigarette against the trash can, and finally threw it into it.

There was a squad at the back door, with two teams of three on the left and right to patrol back and forth, the heavy machine gun team stayed behind in the convoy, and the rest went directly to the main entrance.

"Ta! Tat! Tat!"

The knock on the door was extremely loud in the night, and someone answered soon.

"Who?!"

"Commissioner of the imperial court, I have been ordered to temporarily arrest Zeng Qinglu, a fellow magistrate of Fuzhou, and open the door." Shen Yu, who was familiar with the road, acted very calmly, with a flat tone, just like the routine before.

The people present could hear a movement behind the door, the sound of talking and walking was mixed together, it seemed that there were several people.

"Open the door in 30 seconds."

After a while, there was a sound of hurried footsteps, and then the door was opened.

Compared with Shen Yu's calm demeanor, Zhou Changfeng is much simpler and rougher.

He stretched out his hand and waved forward, and the paratroopers with submachine guns in front of them and rifles behind them rushed in, pushing the guards inside aside.

"Get off to the wall! Put your head in your hands!"

"Deaf people can't understand human speech? Put both hands on top of your head!"

After walking a few steps and crossing the threshold, Zhou Changfeng, who came to the front yard, looked around this simple and quiet mansion, and felt that it seemed to be a good place to retire.

Then, he pointed to the main house ahead and said, "Bring the suspect out..."

"Ahem!" Shen Yu interrupted his words with a few dry coughs, and reminded: "This is not very good, it's better to make people decent."

"Wasn't he decent before?" Zhou Changfeng smiled slightly, patted him on the shoulder, and handed him a pack of Jinshi brand cigarettes.

Hey, this guy wants to break the rules again!
Forget it, follow him.

Helpless, Shen Yu took the cigarette and took one out.

The actions of the paratroopers were crisp and neat. Only 2 minutes later, Zeng Qinglu, who was still wearing a nightgown, was framed by two paratroopers, one on the left and one on the right, looking a little embarrassed.

He asked a little angrily: "Is there such a person who comes to arrest people? How big a mistake have I made?"

Scholars and officials have their own preferential treatment, so they can't be sentenced to doctors. In ancient times, the Ming Dynasty could not use torture on scholars and above.

Although there is no explicit regulation today, there is still a habit that has been passed down in one continuous line-unless he has committed an unpardonable crime, no matter what, he will give the other party a little dignity, which can be regarded as a tacit understanding of convention.

But the emperor's anger also needs to be expressed, and Zhu Lingjing is actually showing her authority by allowing someone Zhou to make her own decision on the arrest.

(End of this chapter)