I am a temporary worker in Jinyiwei, how did I become a powerful official?

Chapter 200 This is a copy

Yang Jinshui had met Lin Shisan before when he was in Hangzhou. In addition to his relationship with Lu Fang, he truly regarded Lin Shisan as his own family.

The issue of the use of silver for Yunjin by the Weaving Bureau had been discussed, and the three imperial merchants took their leave.

Lin Shisan came to the tea room on the second floor.

Yang Jinshui laughed and scolded, "Thirteen, you bastard, you came to Nanjing to take up your post, but you didn't even bother to visit me at the town's prison office?"

"I am the eunuch guarding Nanjing after all, a local tyrant. If you flatter me more, there will be no harm but only benefits."

"You are so good, kid. I haven't seen you since I came to Nanjing."

Lin Shisan bowed and said, "Haha, Eunuch Yang, I am here to see you and pay my respects to you!"

Yang Jinshui snorted coldly: "You don't come to me for no reason, you must have something to ask of me."

Lin Shisan smiled and said, "I don't know if I have anything to ask of you."

Yang Jinshui pointed at the chair and said, "Come and sit next to me."

Lin Shisan sat down.

Yang Jinshui lowered his voice and said, "My foster father wrote to me before. He said that your trip to Nanjing may seem like a demotion, but in fact, you came to help the southeast fight against the Japanese invaders."

"You are here to fight against the Japanese invaders. I will give you my full support. If you need anything, just tell me."

"As the eunuch guarding the city, I manage the soldiers when on horseback and the people when on foot. My power in Nanjing City is not much less than Xu Pengju's."

Lin Shisan said: "Eunuch Yang is one of us, I don't need to hide it from you."

He told Yang Jinshui everything that had happened in the past two days.

Yang Jinshui murmured, "Shao Fang, why does the name Shao Fang sound so familiar?"

"Oh, I remember now. Half a month ago, the patrol officers of the town's supervisory office were on night patrol outside the city. They seized 500 dan of illegal salt and arrested more than 40 people."

"A chivalrous knight named Shao Fang came to see me about the illegal salt. I turned him down."

"Oh, I see. He will help you investigate the Japanese nest on the Qinhuai River, on the condition that you come forward and take back the 500 dan of smuggled salt from me."

Lin Shisan nodded: "Yes, that should be the case. Please, Eunuch Yang, have mercy on me."

Yang Jinshui said: "I don't need to give face to the chivalrous knights, but I have to give face to you. It's just a matter of a word from me."

"As for Shao Fang, he is really interesting. I am quite curious about him and would like to meet him."

Lin Shisan said, "Eunuch Yang, no, judging from my uncle's generational level, I should call you Big Brother."

"Brother Yang, I have some Japanese pirates to catch today, so I won't drink with you."

Yang Jinshui asked: "Do you have enough men? If not, you can ask me to lend you some. I dare not lend you more, but a few hundred or a thousand is no problem."

Lin Shisan said: "We have enough manpower. Brother Yang, goodbye."

Yang Jinshui stood up: "Okay. Good going. I won't see you off."

"Come on, call those girls up here. I've spent all my money, but I can't get anything real done. It would be nice to just cuddle and kiss and touch them."

It seems that Yang Jinshui had had a lot of fun on the flower boats on the Qinhuai River before.

Lin Shisan left Cangchunzhai. The target was clear, the last flower boat "Wenyuanxiuju" was the intelligence nest of the Japanese pirates.

Lin Shisan said to King Xue, "Let's go ahead and arrest all the brothel owners, girls, teapots, servants, and cooks on the entire ship of Wenyuan Xiuju."

Xue Yanwang nodded: "Okay. Brothers, prepare your weapons and get on board."

When it comes to secret arrests, Xue Yanwang is an expert. Just let him do it.

Two minutes later, all 26 people on Wenyuanxiuju were taken off the boat, including three prostitutes.

When they were arresting people, two servants resisted with knives and were executed on the spot.

Lin Shisan ordered: "Take all these people back to Dachanggan Street and interrogate them overnight."

Xue Yanwang bowed and said, "I obey your order. Come on, take him away."

Lin Shisan was just about to leave and return to Dachanggan Street with everyone else.

Shao Fang suddenly appeared in front of Lin Shisan. He cupped his hands and said, "You have captured all the Japanese pirates so quickly. Captain Lin is indeed smart, capable, and invincible."

Lin Shisan smiled bitterly: "Don't laugh at me. It's all thanks to you. How dare I take credit for it?"

"Don't worry. You have contributed to the fight against the Japanese invaders. I will remember your contribution for you."

"I'll take care of Yu Jiaohong's matter. I've also informed Eunuch Yang. Tomorrow you can go to the town supervisor's office and transport the contraband salt out."

Shao Fang cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Captain Lin."

Lin Shisan said, "There is something I need to clarify. How did you find out that Wenyuan Xiuju was the intelligence base of the Japanese pirates?"

Shao Fang said, "I don't have much else, but I have many friends and many informants. Captain Lin, please don't ask me who leaked the information to me."

Lin Shisan said, "Well. I'll go back and interrogate them first. I'll treat you to a drink another day."

Everyone returned to Dachanggan Street and used the main hall of the Lin family's new house as the interrogation hall.

For fear of scaring the children, Lin Shisan asked Biyun, Yun'er and Hu'er, Fu'er and Wang Xiaochuan to stay temporarily at Li Gao's house.

Among the twenty-six people captured, it is unclear who is a spy for the Japanese pirates and who is innocent.

The matter was urgent and literary trial was useless, so military trial was the only option.

The so-called martial interrogation is the classical interrogation method of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, which can defeat all other methods with force, and the only way is to fight.

All night long, the wailing sounds echoed throughout the night sky of Dachanggan Street.

The next morning, Lin Shisan sat in the lobby. The Japanese pirate leader who had been interrogated overnight, the big teapot of Wenyuan Xiuju, knelt in front of him.

The big teapot was in his fifties, and was covered in bruises after a night of torture.

Lin Shisan asked: "Name."

The big teapot replied: "Zhao Er."

Lin Shisan said seriously: "I asked about your Japanese name."

The big teapot was silent.

Lin Shisan chuckled: "Oh, we have an old saying in the Ming Dynasty, which goes, he who knows the current affairs is a hero."

"I think the tortures last night are enough to open your mouth."

"Do you still want to keep your mouth shut? Then I will have to make you suffer twice."

"King Xue, punish him again!"

The big teapot had obviously suffered enough last night. He raised his head and said weakly, "Don't torture me anymore. My name is Hojo Koji. I'm from Osaka, Nihongoku."

Lin Shisan said, "That's right. Hojo Koji, how long have you been hiding in Nanjing? Who do you work for? Who did you pass on the information to? Tell the truth."

Hojo Koji replied: "I have been hiding in Nanjing for five years. I work for myself. I will sell the intelligence I pass on to whoever offers the highest price."

Lin Shisan frowned: "Work for me?"

Hojo Koji confessed: "Buy, sell, buy, sell. Where there is buying, there is selling. Where there is demand, there is supply."

"We, the Nihong people, have been plundering your coast for a hundred years. In the past twenty years, the scale of plunder has been increasing." "What is the most important thing when landing to plunder? It's not sophisticated muskets, large barrels, or sharp knives, but intelligence!"

"A piece of crucial information could save countless lives and increase the amount of gold and silver treasures that can be looted."

"Therefore, the pirate leaders of Nihong have always been generous with their money when it comes to buying intelligence."

"I'm from Osaka. I was born to do business. But I'm small and timid. I can't do the lucrative robbery business."

"Five years ago, I had an idea. Since the pirate leaders were so eager for intelligence about the Ming Dynasty, why didn't I come to the Ming Dynasty and specialize in the intelligence business?"

Lin Shisan interrupted Beijo Koji and asked, "How much money have you made from this business in the past five years?"

Hojo Koji replied: "About 300,000 ryo."

Lin Shisan was amazed: "It's really a huge profit, the money is rolling in."

Sun Yue interrupted, "Where is the silver you got? Where did you hide it?"

Hojo Koji's answer surprised everyone: "I exchanged all the silver for fertile land in your inland area. I also bought some other properties."

Lin Shisan was puzzled: "You are a Japanese, but you made money in Ming Dynasty and didn't take it away. Instead, you bought property in Ming Dynasty? How can this be justified?"

Hojo Koji replied: "The Nihong Kingdom has admired the great China since the Tang Dynasty. China is far superior to the Nihong Kingdom in terms of production and writing."

"Nowadays, there are many lords of Nihong Domain, and the people are living in misery after years of civil war."

"It is far better to stay in Daming than to return to Nihong. Even for the sake of my descendants, I will never return to Nihong."

Lin Shisan said: "I didn't expect you to have such insight."

Hojo Koji began to beg for mercy: "I know that I have committed a capital crime in your country. I am willing to hand over all my property and tell you everything I know."

"I just beg you to spare my life."

Lin Shisan asked: "On your ship, three girls, four servants, two cooks and the brothel owner are your people, that is, the Japanese pirates' secret agents. The rest are innocent, right?"

Hojo Koji replied: “That’s right.”

Lin Shisan asked again: "Recently, someone brought intelligence about Qi Jiguang's Zhejiang troops from Hangzhou and was going to give it to you in Nanjing. Is that true?"

Hojo Koji replied: "That's true. The person who brought the information out is called Hata Ye Oto. He is one of the people who has been supplying me with information for a long time."

"Qi Jiguang's Zhejiang troops are a newly formed army in your country and are very mysterious. Intelligence about them is very popular."

"I haven't gotten the intelligence yet, but Muto Tamaki, one of the big pirate leaders, has already given me an advance of 7,000 taels of silver."

"After the information is delivered at the Yancheng coast, there will be another 8,000 taels of silver to be collected."

Lin Shisan asked: "When will Hata Ye Yi enter Nanjing City to meet you?"

Hojo Koji replied: "According to the agreement, he will board my flower boat disguised as a merchant tomorrow evening."

Lin Shisan said: "After you get the information, how do you deal with the Japanese pirates along the coast of Yancheng?"

Hojo Koji confessed truthfully.

Lin Shisan had a logical idea in his mind: after arresting Hatano Ye Oto, it would be better to replace the real information and provide false information to the Japanese pirate leader Muto Kan.

Thinking of this, Lin Shisan said: "Hojo Koji, I can spare your life. But you have to cooperate with me."

A hidden agent is a lurker who has to stay in a dangerous place at the risk of being beheaded.

There are only four reasons why secret agents take risks: money, ideals, women, and being blackmailed.

Hojo Koji lurked in Nanjing just for money.

Now that the truth has been exposed, he has to do whatever Lin Shisan tells him to do.

Hojo Koji immediately expressed his attitude: "I am willing to cooperate! Oh, I have something else to give you! This thing will definitely be of great benefit to you."

Lin Shisan asked: "Oh? What is that?"

Hojo Koji replied: "There are many high-ranking officials in your country whose families are doing business with the Nihong pirates."

"In the past five years, I have collected a lot of information related to this. The Mud Bomb Pirates don't want this information, so I can only hide in a place in Nanjing City."

Lin Shisan interrupted Hojo Koji: "You mean, you have a list of Ming officials who have colluded with the Japanese?"

Hojo Koji said: "Not only the list, but also some details of their transactions with the Mud Bomb Pirates."

"According to the official titles of your Ming Dynasty, there are more than ten officials above the fourth rank recorded above. There are more than forty officials from the fourth to seventh ranks."

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Lin Shisan and Zhang Bo beside him looked at each other.

Uncle Zhang asked, "Where did you hide the things?"

Hojo Koji replied: "There is a pomegranate tree in the first courtyard at the east end of Baohu Hutong on Huapailoumen Street. I am buried under the pomegranate tree."

Lin Shisan ordered Zhang Bo: "Take your people to handle this matter in person."

Uncle Zhang stood up and said, "Okay. I'll go to Huapailoumen Street now."

Lin Shisan said: "Do you want to open your Wenyuanxiuju on the Qinhuai River as usual and continue your intelligence business?"

Hojo Koji kept saying, "I dare not, I dare not. I am grateful that you can spare my life. How dare I have any unreasonable thoughts?"

Lin Shisan said, "No! I will let you continue to run Wenyuan Xiuju. I will let you continue to do the intelligence business. But..."

"From now on, you can only sell the 'information' I provide you to the Japanese pirate leaders along the coast."

Hojo Koji was a smart man and understood immediately: "You mean, sell them false information?"

Lin Shisan's calculation was this: Now that the Japanese pirates' intelligence nest had been found, wouldn't it be a pity to just expose it?
It is better to let it continue to exist and provide false information to the Japanese pirates. When the critical moment comes, a piece of false information may even affect the overall situation of the anti-Japanese war!

Of course, we also need to feed the Japanese pirate leaders some real and irrelevant information from time to time.

Lin Shisan said: "You are a smart man. As long as you listen to me, I will ensure that you live safely in Nanjing from now on."

"However, all the girls, madams, servants, cooks, etc. at Wenyuanxiuju will be replaced by my people."

Why would Hojo Koji be unwilling? He immediately said, "I will follow your instructions."

After more than half an hour, Zhang Bo came back. He was holding an iron box in his hand: "Thirteen, I got the things back."

Lin Shisan ordered his attendants, "Take Hojo Koji, oh no, Zhao Er Zhao Da Chahu away first. You are not allowed to enter the main hall without my word."

Everyone left, leaving only Lin Shisan and Zhang Bo in the main room.

Uncle Zhang put the iron box on the table. Lin Shisan opened it and saw a thick stack of papers inside.

Lin Shisan read through it carefully, exclaiming from time to time: "Him? Him? And him? My God, even he who talks so much about morality and justice is actually colluding with the Japanese!"

"What? He has thick eyebrows and big eyes. I never knew he was actually doing business with the pirates!"

Zhang Bo was stunned as he watched from the sidelines: "Oh my God! If this box of things were made public, the court would probably be in turmoil!"

Lin Shisan put down the paper in his hand and said, "These are just hearsay records. There is no actual evidence. If it is made public, not only will it not bring anyone down, but your disciple's head will also be in danger."

Zhang Bo asked, "What are you going to do with this iron box? Give it to the Emperor?"

Lin Shisan said, "No. I plan to keep it for myself."

Zhang Bo was surprised: "You want to threaten Yin Zizhong?"

(End of this chapter)