Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 304 The giant tribes in the southeast were shocked. Are you serious about banning the sea?

"Chenxian, what on earth is going on?"

"Why are you seizing Xu Bin's merchant ship?"

Xie Dou soon found out about this and hurried to ask for a meeting with Zhu Wan.

Zhu Wan picked up the tea, took a sip, and asked, "Who is Xu Bin?"

Xie Dou smiled awkwardly: "You are asking even though you already know the answer."

Zhu Wan smiled slightly, then asked, "Could it be that his smuggling merchant ship is really related to your family?"

Xie Dou was slightly startled, then he could only deny it and said, "That's not true!"

then.

Xie Dou even deliberately asked Zhu Wan: "Why does the magistrate ask this?"

"My subordinates said that when he was caught, he said that he was from the Xie family and that his ship was also engaged in smuggling for the Xie family!"

Zhu Wan looked at Xie Dou and said, "I say, your family is not really still doing shameful things under the banner of Mr. Xie, right?"

"Your elder brother and your second brother both lost their lives because of this. Can't you let Mr. Xie worry less?"

"Mr. Xie, don't blame me for not reminding you. Your father is already an old man and can't protect you for a few more years. It's better to stop as soon as possible while he is still here!"

Zhu Wan reminded Xie Dou.

Xie Dou's face darkened for a moment, then he smiled awkwardly and said:
"Slander! This is definitely slander!"

"My Xie family has reformed. How could we be involved in such things? Please don't believe the lies of these profiteers and bandits. They are just deceiving you and scaring you. How dare my Xie family do that?"

"It's good that you don't dare!"

Zhu Wan said this loudly, and then continued:
"That Xu Bin has been executed. Those who were in his gang will also be executed on the spot, including the foreigners on his ship. When the time comes, please ask Mr. Xie to tell the local elders to come to the governor's office to watch the execution and witness the court's determination to strictly enforce the sea ban!"

"must!"

"must!"

Xie Douqiang answered with a smile and left the governor's office.

As soon as he left the governor's office, Xie Dou's face completely fell.

After returning to his home, he threw a glass bottle on the ground and ordered his butler Xie Wu:

"Write a letter to your father and tell him that Zhu Wan is really a f**king ban on sea travel!"

"It's different from what we thought. The goods we smuggled were all confiscated by the government before we made any money. Xu Bin was also killed. This Zhu Wan is here to cause trouble!"

Xie Wu agreed and asked Xie Dou, "If we don't make enough money from the goods we sell, how are we going to pay for the goods we import next year?"

"How do I pay?"

Xie Dou asked back, then laughed and said in a deep voice: "No!"

Xie Wu said: "Wouldn't this be bad?"

Xie Dou said: "You can't blame my Xie family, you should blame Zhu Wan, it's him who banned the sea and didn't follow the rules!"

"But they naturally don't dare to blame the government, they are just afraid that they will be dissatisfied with my Xie family."

Xie Wu said.

Xie Dou frowned: "If you are dissatisfied, go and sue the officials! I don't believe that all the bureaucrats in Zhejiang are the same as Zhu Wan!"

Xie Wu had no choice but to say yes and leave.

And Xie Fei didn't know that his family was wiped out by pirates in history because they never paid the pirates for the goods.

It is no coincidence.

In Fujian and Guangdong, Wang Hong, who had been promoted to Deputy Censor-in-Chief, Governor of Guangdong and concurrently in charge of Fujian's maritime routes, also summoned Ke Rong, Yu Dayou and other naval officers and issued an edict to the court requiring a strict ban on maritime operations.

The merchant ships led by Fujian smuggler Lin Xiang and others were also seized by Yu Dayou's warships.

There was even an artillery battle between the two sides.

However, the merchant ships led by Lin Xiang were just ordinary Fujian ships. They had no upper hand against the giant ship "Hejian King" driven by Yu Dayou, and were eventually captured.

When Lin Xiang was brought before Yu Dayou, she was still a little confused: "I have already raised the lantern of the Putian Lin family, why are you still trying to stop me? It's not you who banned the sea, aren't you afraid that the old man will be angry?"

Yu Dayou only glanced at Lin Xiang, then waved his hand and said, "Take him away!" Lin Xiang shouted at Yu Dayou, "General, it is not a good thing to offend the elder, not to mention that you are just a military official!"

Yu Dayou ignored it.

At this time, Lu Tong came out of the cabin with his men and said to Yu Dayou with a smile: "Captain, we have made a fortune! All of it is high-quality raw silk and satin, as well as Songjiang cotton cloth!"

Yu Dayou smiled faintly: "Give more to the brothers who died from the cannon, and take half from my share!"

Lu Tong hurriedly bowed and said yes respectfully.

The Lin family soon learned about this and asked their son Lin An to deliver the news to Nanjing first.

When Lin Shiyuan, the Nanjing official, learned about this, he was shocked:

"The imperial court ordered a maritime ban, but how did they really ban the sea?"

Lin An said, "Yes, no one can understand why Wang Hong and his officers and generals did not follow the rules and confiscated our three 5,000-ton sailing ships. Lin Xiang, the merchant who cooperated with us, was also tortured to death because he bombarded the government troops."

"That's unreasonable!"

Lin Shiyuan gritted his teeth and then walked towards the study: "I will write a letter to the elder and ask him to ask what is going on. Wang Hong is so bold, the problem must be with him!"

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Capital.

Xie Qian and Lin Jun received letters from the local authorities almost at the same time.

The two of them looked extremely ugly because of this.

Xie Qian came directly to Wang Ao's imperial residence and told Wang Ao about Zhu Wan. He asked, "Lord Zhenze, what's going on? Did the fellow villager you recommended fail to understand the true intentions of the court, or did he act on his own and lose his sense of proportion?"

Wang Ao also said helplessly after Xie Qian asked this:
"This, I didn't expect it to be like this."

"At that time, when His Majesty was asking who would be the best candidate for the post of Superintendent of the Coastal Defense of Liangzhe and Nanzhi, I remembered that he happened to be the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner of Guangdong and had also served as the Deputy Superintendent of Coastal Defense of Fujian, so I recommended him, but I didn't expect that he would do this."

"Then you should write him a letter."

"He'll ruin everything if he does this!"

Xie Qian spoke anxiously.

Wang Luo nodded and said, "I will discipline him well, don't worry!"

"That's good, that's good. Don't scold him too much. We still need to let him know that we are not really going to end his career because of this. We just hope that he can understand the situation."

Xie Qian nodded and said.

Wang Ao continued to nod: "I know."

Xie Qian then left Wang Ao.

Wang Ao looked at Xie Qian's back, sighed slightly, then called his son-in-law Xu Jin over and said:

"Write a letter to Zhu Wan, and in your name, reprimand him! But at the same time, send a family member to meet him in person and tell him that the contents of the letter do not count. He can show it to others in the future, and what he should do is to always keep the interests of the country and the people in mind!"

Xu Jin bowed and said yes.

Lin Jun also found Fei Hong and said, "Yuan Fu, it doesn't matter how Wang Hong deals with Haiyi, but he can't be so unruly in this sea ban, right?"

"Why is he breaking the rules?"

Fei Hong asked.

Lin Jun said: "He slandered the good people as pirates!"

Fei Hong said: "Then you go and tell Lord Zhenze about this matter. His Majesty has already issued a clear order to let Lord Zhenze be responsible for the sea ban. The promotion and demotion of officials in charge of the sea ban will all be managed by Lord Zhenze!"

Lin Jun opened his mouth wide when he heard this: "Just because Nanzhi donated 5 million? Your Majesty trusts Lord Zhenze so much?"

Fei Hong nodded and smiled.

Lin Jun said: "In fact, we Fujianese can also show loyalty and care for the people of the world!"

"Just don't mess around with the sea ban!"

(End of this chapter)