Chapter 1345
Coercion
Chapter 1345 Coercion
According to Tie Pingjiang's understanding, businessmen like Zheng Ai took the initiative to send benefits in order to keep this lucrative trading right.Haihan's local material suppliers all need qualification certification, and the person in charge of this certification is a quartermaster like Tie Pingjiang.Of course, Zheng Ai was not the only local merchant in Dengzhou who could supply stone and wood to Haihan. With Tie Pingjiang's support, he would naturally be able to secure his qualification as a supplier more securely.
But Zheng Ai's real purpose is not just to be a supplier. The task he shoulders is to make money. The second is to bribe Tie Pingjiang to spy on intelligence.Zheng Ai was dubious about Tie Pingjiang's promise, because it seemed to be somewhat different from what he had learned from other sources.
"Master Tie, are you sure there will be no changes in the near future? Why did the villain hear from Chief Chen that the handover will be arranged before the end of the year at the latest?" Zheng Ai decided to try again boldly.
The "Chen Chief" in Zheng Ai's mouth, of course, refers to Chen Yixin who is currently in charge of local civil affairs.Tie Pingjiang's face changed when he heard the words. He didn't know whether Zheng Ai had really gone to find Chen Yixin, but the schedule was indeed true, and he was not bold enough to deny Chen Yixin's words.But I just insisted that the rumors related to trade jurisdiction are non-existent, and now I want to admit this news again, wouldn't that slap myself in the face on the spot?
Tie Pingjiang felt that Zheng Ai was too dumb to speak. If it wasn't for the "gift" just now, he really wanted to kick Zheng Ai out and disqualify him as a supplier by the way. as punishment.
"Chief Chen's decision, you have already inquired before it was announced? I haven't received the notice yet, and you are faster than me. It seems that you are quite capable! Since you are so familiar with the chief, Seeing what you mean, you don’t need to let me take care of you from now on, right? I understand.” Tie Pingjiang decided to retreat, and he didn’t say whether the news was true or not. He only said that he hadn’t been notified by his superiors to avoid being caught by Zheng Ai. Stop talking.
Zheng Ai is so slippery, although Tie Pingjiang's words seem to have no loopholes, but he has already felt the other party's intention to give in.As for the time arrangement he mentioned, Chen Yixin did not say it himself, but got it from other sources.But he knew that using this reason to defraud Tie Pingjiang would definitely be effective. Sure enough, Tie Pingjiang was not sure about this, and finally showed his flaws.The seemingly tough attitude, on the contrary, proves that Zheng Ai's words are highly credible. The management rights of this supplier may soon change hands.
"Master Tie, don't you need to be so terrific?" Zheng Ai's attitude at this time has obviously lost the respect he had at the beginning, and he even looked at Tie Pingjiang with a bit of playfulness: "Master Tie, you You usually get benefits from the villain, but now that you are about to hand over the power, the deal will fail, and you will lose your friendship?"
Tie Pingjiang is not an idiot, and naturally felt the change in Zheng Ai's attitude, and said angrily: "Did you overestimate your status? You are just a supplier of building materials for my Haihan Garrison, and you are trading at a clear price , who told you about friendship?"
Zheng Ai was not frightened by Tie Pingjiang's anger, and responded calmly: "You can't say that, Zheng has spent a lot of money in the past few months, isn't it just to buy a copy from Master Tie?" Friendship? If Master Tie thinks that the price offered by the villain is not enough to buy a friendship, then please Master Tie to return all the benefits you received before, so that we can count as both money and goods, and we will not owe each other! "
Hearing Zheng Ai's unceremonious remarks, Tie Pingjiang's eyes suddenly became more hostile, and his voice became deeper and deeper: "Zheng Ai, are you threatening me? Do you know what you are doing?"
Zheng Ai laughed dryly and said: "Of course I know what I'm doing, I'm afraid it's Master Tie who really doesn't understand my situation! Why don't Master Tie tell the villain that if the chiefs find out about the bribe you accepted? number, what will they do with you?"
Zheng Ai slowly showed his ferocious side, Tie Pingjiang was secretly startled, and responded sternly: "Bribe? What evidence do you have to prove that I have accepted your favor?"
While refuting Zheng Ai, Tie Pingjiang recalled the process of collecting money from Zheng Ai in the past, so as to judge whether there was any real handle in the other party's hands.Zheng Ai's gifts are basically similar to the way of giving tea just now, using other ordinary gifts as a cover, and sending out paper money quietly.Generally, there is no third person present on this kind of occasion. It can be said that you know everything about gift giving, and God knows everything. If there is a third person who knows, there should be no actual evidence to prove that you received it from Zheng Ai. too good.
Zheng Ai said unhurriedly: "Master Tie, do you think that if a villain gives a gift and you receive it, without a third person knowing, the chief can't hold you accountable? Then you think too much." It's easy, there are all the witnesses and evidence, and you won't be able to get away so easily!"
Tie Pingjiang was taken aback, and did not respond to Zheng Ai immediately, but got up and walked to the door, saw that there was no one around, and closed the door immediately, then returned to the table, and his tone became urgent: "What about you?" Dare to publicize it, is it because you are tired of work? If you can't show evidence, I will punish you for a false accusation!"
Of course, Tie Pingjiang is very clear about the attitude of the higher authorities on these matters. As long as no one reports and no obvious losses are caused to the troops, the big bosses above will not take the initiative to investigate these matters, but if someone reports, there is a credible Evidence, it is easy to have an accident.In his previous job, he was sentenced by a military court to be expelled from the army and punished with three years of hard labor for accepting bribes.
Tie Pingjiang didn't know the exact amount of bribes his predecessor had accepted, but he knew that if the amount of money he got was revealed, the result would not be much better than his predecessor's.However, he still couldn't understand, where did Zheng Ai get the witnesses and material evidence to threaten him, if it was proved that Zheng Ai was just lying, then he must find a way to kill this daring businessman afterwards.
Zheng Ai chuckled and said, "Is it still necessary to look for witnesses? The villain himself is the witness, and every money sent to Lord Tie is passed by the villain himself. Who else can know better than the villain?"
Tie Pingjiang was startled and angry, he had no idea that Zheng Ai would even end up in person, it seemed that he planned to kill him.He thinks that although he has received a lot of benefits from Zheng Ai in the past, he has never treated him badly. As long as it is not obviously contrary to the requirements of Hai Han's interests, he basically just turns a blind eye and closes his eyes to let it go. .The money Zheng Ai spent with him, even if it can't be said to be worth the money, at least it won't lose money.But why today, when we started the conversation, it was fine, but why did it develop to the current situation after a few words were wrong?
Just a moment ago, Zheng Ai was still respectfully paying tribute to him, but now he is planning to personally act as a witness to report his bribery behavior. How did this sharp turn happen? Tie Pingjiang suddenly wondered I can't turn a corner.But he still decided to continue to fight back, and he couldn't easily compromise with this profiteer.
"What's the use of just saying that you have no evidence? It will only be regarded as a false accusation!" Tie Pingjiang sneered: "Don't think that my Haihan army is so easily misled, and the person who will be convicted may not be I, but you, a dirty and innocent profiteer!"
Zheng Ai's expression didn't change, apparently he wasn't frightened by Tie Pingjiang's counterattack. He shook his head and said, "Master Tie, you think things too simply. The villain gives you so much money every month." , You really think it’s a free gift? Do you know why I only give you Haihan banknotes and not give you silver notes? You must think that this is considerate of you, so that you can use it in Haihan in the future, right? Hmph... the reason I sent you Haihan banknotes because I knew that you would not be able to use them locally, so I had to store them first. But the codes on each banknote sent to you were recorded in advance. A pen of Haihan banknotes, and they all coincide with the number provided by the villain, how do you explain it to your chief?"
The more Tie Pingjiang heard it, the more frightened he became, knowing that he was really being tricked by the other party.Haihan has not promoted the use of banknotes on a large scale in the Shandong occupied area, and the transactions with Ming merchants are naturally based on gold and silver as the main settlement method. The state is responsible for everything, and the banknotes received by the soldiers have no place to use them locally, so they can only be collected by themselves or deposited in Haihan Bank.In order to prevent counterfeiting, each banknote is printed with a code composed of Roman numerals and Arabic numerals designed by Schneider himself.
Tie Pingjiang obtained a large amount of gray income from merchants in Ming Dynasty, so he naturally didn't dare to deposit it in the bank, so he could only hide it secretly in his residence.But if you want to search with peace of mind, there is really nothing hidden in the room he lives in, and the large amount of banknotes hidden in it will definitely be found.If Zheng Ai had really recorded the codes on the banknotes, Tie Pingjiang would have died after just one check.
Tie Pingjiang never imagined that what Zheng Ai said about witness and physical evidence turned out to be such a thing.These two pieces of evidence are really strong, stronger than his surname, and he couldn't even think of how to refute Zheng Ai's statement for a while.But one thing is undoubtedly very clear, Zheng Ai has obviously been scheming against him since a long time ago, and he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to set up this trap, and the insidious means he did before should also be in order to finally wait for such a situation. Time to coerce yourself into submission.
Thinking of this, Tie Pingjiang gradually calmed down, sat back on his chair, and asked Zheng Ai in a calm tone: "You send money first today, and then take the initiative to tear yourself apart with me, this turning point must not be accidental. Tell me, what is your purpose?"
"Master Tie, gain or loss is just a matter of thought. You want money, or you want to go to jail. The choice is in your own hands. The villain is just responsible for reminding you of this." Zheng Ai saw that Tie Pingjiang's emotions had calmed down. , I didn't continue to stimulate him at the moment.However, he still didn't express his purpose immediately, but continued to seduce Tie Pingjiang with words.
After all, Tie Pingjiang was also a soldier who had been born and died on the battlefield, and his will was not as weak as Zheng Ai imagined. Hearing this, he sneered and said: "Zheng Ai, you look down on people too much. Although Tie is greedy for money, he can You're not someone who is greedy for life and afraid of death, if you want to threaten Tie with this matter, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."
"Although Master Tie is not afraid of death, if he is convicted of corruption and loses his military post and goes to jail, it will be more uncomfortable than dying on the battlefield, right?" Zheng Ai still did not give up his efforts, groping to find Tie Pingjiang's weakness: "The villain heard that those who were dismissed from the Haihan Army will be sent to extremely remote overseas lands to cultivate wasteland after hard labor, and may not be able to return to their homeland throughout their lives. Can Lord Tie accept such a result calmly?"
Tie Pingjiang didn't respond immediately, and it was hard for him to accept this situation.Although he is only an ordinary grassroots officer in the Haihan Army, he was a meritorious person at any rate. He was inspected by the heads of the executive committee at the military parade for the founding of the country last year. For military exploits, follow-up welfare care will be given.But if he was convicted of being accused of corruption, he might really be dispatched to a deserted island in Southeast Asia to act as a coolie immigrant to open up wasteland.
Tie Pingjiang is not afraid of death, but he really does not want to live in humiliation as a prisoner.He took a deep breath, and asked in a deep voice: "Let me ask you again, what exactly do you want, it's best to say it quickly. Otherwise, it's a crime that you have to serve in prison anyway, so I'll find a reason to kill you. The military court will never sentence me to pay for my life, do you believe it or not?"
After Tie Pingjiang finished speaking harshly, he stared at Zheng Ai intently, to see how he would express himself.He secretly made a decision in his heart, if this Zheng Ai continued to go around in circles without pain, teasing himself with words, even if he wanted to be severely punished by the military law, he would kill this guy.As for whether he will be sentenced to death by the military law, he is actually not sure. He just wants to use this to intimidate Zheng Ai and give himself a little more negotiating weight.
Zheng Ai was sitting less than five feet away from Tie Pingjiang, and naturally felt the other party's fury and murderous intent.He had another purpose in the first place, and he didn't want to stimulate Tie Pingjiang's emotions out of control, so he responded immediately: "Master Tie, don't get excited, the villain mentioned to you today about the handover of power, in fact, it is for your sake. Since before the end of the year The handover is about to be completed, so why don't Master Tie take advantage of this time to earn some extra money, and then choose a day to retire from the army and return to Haihan to live a happy life."
Hearing this, Tie Pingjiang knew that this was a joke, and asked calmly: "Get more extra money? Is this extra money not falling from the sky? You can tell me, how did this extra money come from?" .”
(End of this chapter)
According to Tie Pingjiang's understanding, businessmen like Zheng Ai took the initiative to send benefits in order to keep this lucrative trading right.Haihan's local material suppliers all need qualification certification, and the person in charge of this certification is a quartermaster like Tie Pingjiang.Of course, Zheng Ai was not the only local merchant in Dengzhou who could supply stone and wood to Haihan. With Tie Pingjiang's support, he would naturally be able to secure his qualification as a supplier more securely.
But Zheng Ai's real purpose is not just to be a supplier. The task he shoulders is to make money. The second is to bribe Tie Pingjiang to spy on intelligence.Zheng Ai was dubious about Tie Pingjiang's promise, because it seemed to be somewhat different from what he had learned from other sources.
"Master Tie, are you sure there will be no changes in the near future? Why did the villain hear from Chief Chen that the handover will be arranged before the end of the year at the latest?" Zheng Ai decided to try again boldly.
The "Chen Chief" in Zheng Ai's mouth, of course, refers to Chen Yixin who is currently in charge of local civil affairs.Tie Pingjiang's face changed when he heard the words. He didn't know whether Zheng Ai had really gone to find Chen Yixin, but the schedule was indeed true, and he was not bold enough to deny Chen Yixin's words.But I just insisted that the rumors related to trade jurisdiction are non-existent, and now I want to admit this news again, wouldn't that slap myself in the face on the spot?
Tie Pingjiang felt that Zheng Ai was too dumb to speak. If it wasn't for the "gift" just now, he really wanted to kick Zheng Ai out and disqualify him as a supplier by the way. as punishment.
"Chief Chen's decision, you have already inquired before it was announced? I haven't received the notice yet, and you are faster than me. It seems that you are quite capable! Since you are so familiar with the chief, Seeing what you mean, you don’t need to let me take care of you from now on, right? I understand.” Tie Pingjiang decided to retreat, and he didn’t say whether the news was true or not. He only said that he hadn’t been notified by his superiors to avoid being caught by Zheng Ai. Stop talking.
Zheng Ai is so slippery, although Tie Pingjiang's words seem to have no loopholes, but he has already felt the other party's intention to give in.As for the time arrangement he mentioned, Chen Yixin did not say it himself, but got it from other sources.But he knew that using this reason to defraud Tie Pingjiang would definitely be effective. Sure enough, Tie Pingjiang was not sure about this, and finally showed his flaws.The seemingly tough attitude, on the contrary, proves that Zheng Ai's words are highly credible. The management rights of this supplier may soon change hands.
"Master Tie, don't you need to be so terrific?" Zheng Ai's attitude at this time has obviously lost the respect he had at the beginning, and he even looked at Tie Pingjiang with a bit of playfulness: "Master Tie, you You usually get benefits from the villain, but now that you are about to hand over the power, the deal will fail, and you will lose your friendship?"
Tie Pingjiang is not an idiot, and naturally felt the change in Zheng Ai's attitude, and said angrily: "Did you overestimate your status? You are just a supplier of building materials for my Haihan Garrison, and you are trading at a clear price , who told you about friendship?"
Zheng Ai was not frightened by Tie Pingjiang's anger, and responded calmly: "You can't say that, Zheng has spent a lot of money in the past few months, isn't it just to buy a copy from Master Tie?" Friendship? If Master Tie thinks that the price offered by the villain is not enough to buy a friendship, then please Master Tie to return all the benefits you received before, so that we can count as both money and goods, and we will not owe each other! "
Hearing Zheng Ai's unceremonious remarks, Tie Pingjiang's eyes suddenly became more hostile, and his voice became deeper and deeper: "Zheng Ai, are you threatening me? Do you know what you are doing?"
Zheng Ai laughed dryly and said: "Of course I know what I'm doing, I'm afraid it's Master Tie who really doesn't understand my situation! Why don't Master Tie tell the villain that if the chiefs find out about the bribe you accepted? number, what will they do with you?"
Zheng Ai slowly showed his ferocious side, Tie Pingjiang was secretly startled, and responded sternly: "Bribe? What evidence do you have to prove that I have accepted your favor?"
While refuting Zheng Ai, Tie Pingjiang recalled the process of collecting money from Zheng Ai in the past, so as to judge whether there was any real handle in the other party's hands.Zheng Ai's gifts are basically similar to the way of giving tea just now, using other ordinary gifts as a cover, and sending out paper money quietly.Generally, there is no third person present on this kind of occasion. It can be said that you know everything about gift giving, and God knows everything. If there is a third person who knows, there should be no actual evidence to prove that you received it from Zheng Ai. too good.
Zheng Ai said unhurriedly: "Master Tie, do you think that if a villain gives a gift and you receive it, without a third person knowing, the chief can't hold you accountable? Then you think too much." It's easy, there are all the witnesses and evidence, and you won't be able to get away so easily!"
Tie Pingjiang was taken aback, and did not respond to Zheng Ai immediately, but got up and walked to the door, saw that there was no one around, and closed the door immediately, then returned to the table, and his tone became urgent: "What about you?" Dare to publicize it, is it because you are tired of work? If you can't show evidence, I will punish you for a false accusation!"
Of course, Tie Pingjiang is very clear about the attitude of the higher authorities on these matters. As long as no one reports and no obvious losses are caused to the troops, the big bosses above will not take the initiative to investigate these matters, but if someone reports, there is a credible Evidence, it is easy to have an accident.In his previous job, he was sentenced by a military court to be expelled from the army and punished with three years of hard labor for accepting bribes.
Tie Pingjiang didn't know the exact amount of bribes his predecessor had accepted, but he knew that if the amount of money he got was revealed, the result would not be much better than his predecessor's.However, he still couldn't understand, where did Zheng Ai get the witnesses and material evidence to threaten him, if it was proved that Zheng Ai was just lying, then he must find a way to kill this daring businessman afterwards.
Zheng Ai chuckled and said, "Is it still necessary to look for witnesses? The villain himself is the witness, and every money sent to Lord Tie is passed by the villain himself. Who else can know better than the villain?"
Tie Pingjiang was startled and angry, he had no idea that Zheng Ai would even end up in person, it seemed that he planned to kill him.He thinks that although he has received a lot of benefits from Zheng Ai in the past, he has never treated him badly. As long as it is not obviously contrary to the requirements of Hai Han's interests, he basically just turns a blind eye and closes his eyes to let it go. .The money Zheng Ai spent with him, even if it can't be said to be worth the money, at least it won't lose money.But why today, when we started the conversation, it was fine, but why did it develop to the current situation after a few words were wrong?
Just a moment ago, Zheng Ai was still respectfully paying tribute to him, but now he is planning to personally act as a witness to report his bribery behavior. How did this sharp turn happen? Tie Pingjiang suddenly wondered I can't turn a corner.But he still decided to continue to fight back, and he couldn't easily compromise with this profiteer.
"What's the use of just saying that you have no evidence? It will only be regarded as a false accusation!" Tie Pingjiang sneered: "Don't think that my Haihan army is so easily misled, and the person who will be convicted may not be I, but you, a dirty and innocent profiteer!"
Zheng Ai's expression didn't change, apparently he wasn't frightened by Tie Pingjiang's counterattack. He shook his head and said, "Master Tie, you think things too simply. The villain gives you so much money every month." , You really think it’s a free gift? Do you know why I only give you Haihan banknotes and not give you silver notes? You must think that this is considerate of you, so that you can use it in Haihan in the future, right? Hmph... the reason I sent you Haihan banknotes because I knew that you would not be able to use them locally, so I had to store them first. But the codes on each banknote sent to you were recorded in advance. A pen of Haihan banknotes, and they all coincide with the number provided by the villain, how do you explain it to your chief?"
The more Tie Pingjiang heard it, the more frightened he became, knowing that he was really being tricked by the other party.Haihan has not promoted the use of banknotes on a large scale in the Shandong occupied area, and the transactions with Ming merchants are naturally based on gold and silver as the main settlement method. The state is responsible for everything, and the banknotes received by the soldiers have no place to use them locally, so they can only be collected by themselves or deposited in Haihan Bank.In order to prevent counterfeiting, each banknote is printed with a code composed of Roman numerals and Arabic numerals designed by Schneider himself.
Tie Pingjiang obtained a large amount of gray income from merchants in Ming Dynasty, so he naturally didn't dare to deposit it in the bank, so he could only hide it secretly in his residence.But if you want to search with peace of mind, there is really nothing hidden in the room he lives in, and the large amount of banknotes hidden in it will definitely be found.If Zheng Ai had really recorded the codes on the banknotes, Tie Pingjiang would have died after just one check.
Tie Pingjiang never imagined that what Zheng Ai said about witness and physical evidence turned out to be such a thing.These two pieces of evidence are really strong, stronger than his surname, and he couldn't even think of how to refute Zheng Ai's statement for a while.But one thing is undoubtedly very clear, Zheng Ai has obviously been scheming against him since a long time ago, and he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to set up this trap, and the insidious means he did before should also be in order to finally wait for such a situation. Time to coerce yourself into submission.
Thinking of this, Tie Pingjiang gradually calmed down, sat back on his chair, and asked Zheng Ai in a calm tone: "You send money first today, and then take the initiative to tear yourself apart with me, this turning point must not be accidental. Tell me, what is your purpose?"
"Master Tie, gain or loss is just a matter of thought. You want money, or you want to go to jail. The choice is in your own hands. The villain is just responsible for reminding you of this." Zheng Ai saw that Tie Pingjiang's emotions had calmed down. , I didn't continue to stimulate him at the moment.However, he still didn't express his purpose immediately, but continued to seduce Tie Pingjiang with words.
After all, Tie Pingjiang was also a soldier who had been born and died on the battlefield, and his will was not as weak as Zheng Ai imagined. Hearing this, he sneered and said: "Zheng Ai, you look down on people too much. Although Tie is greedy for money, he can You're not someone who is greedy for life and afraid of death, if you want to threaten Tie with this matter, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."
"Although Master Tie is not afraid of death, if he is convicted of corruption and loses his military post and goes to jail, it will be more uncomfortable than dying on the battlefield, right?" Zheng Ai still did not give up his efforts, groping to find Tie Pingjiang's weakness: "The villain heard that those who were dismissed from the Haihan Army will be sent to extremely remote overseas lands to cultivate wasteland after hard labor, and may not be able to return to their homeland throughout their lives. Can Lord Tie accept such a result calmly?"
Tie Pingjiang didn't respond immediately, and it was hard for him to accept this situation.Although he is only an ordinary grassroots officer in the Haihan Army, he was a meritorious person at any rate. He was inspected by the heads of the executive committee at the military parade for the founding of the country last year. For military exploits, follow-up welfare care will be given.But if he was convicted of being accused of corruption, he might really be dispatched to a deserted island in Southeast Asia to act as a coolie immigrant to open up wasteland.
Tie Pingjiang is not afraid of death, but he really does not want to live in humiliation as a prisoner.He took a deep breath, and asked in a deep voice: "Let me ask you again, what exactly do you want, it's best to say it quickly. Otherwise, it's a crime that you have to serve in prison anyway, so I'll find a reason to kill you. The military court will never sentence me to pay for my life, do you believe it or not?"
After Tie Pingjiang finished speaking harshly, he stared at Zheng Ai intently, to see how he would express himself.He secretly made a decision in his heart, if this Zheng Ai continued to go around in circles without pain, teasing himself with words, even if he wanted to be severely punished by the military law, he would kill this guy.As for whether he will be sentenced to death by the military law, he is actually not sure. He just wants to use this to intimidate Zheng Ai and give himself a little more negotiating weight.
Zheng Ai was sitting less than five feet away from Tie Pingjiang, and naturally felt the other party's fury and murderous intent.He had another purpose in the first place, and he didn't want to stimulate Tie Pingjiang's emotions out of control, so he responded immediately: "Master Tie, don't get excited, the villain mentioned to you today about the handover of power, in fact, it is for your sake. Since before the end of the year The handover is about to be completed, so why don't Master Tie take advantage of this time to earn some extra money, and then choose a day to retire from the army and return to Haihan to live a happy life."
Hearing this, Tie Pingjiang knew that this was a joke, and asked calmly: "Get more extra money? Is this extra money not falling from the sky? You can tell me, how did this extra money come from?" .”
(End of this chapter)