Chapter 2067
Chapter 2067
Chapter 2067
Most of the commercial organizations seized so far are deployed in Haihan's control area, and almost every one of them has a certain number of standard weapons in private possession. The hostility of the mastermind behind the scenes towards Haihan is obvious.But for Haihan, hostility from outside is not uncommon. Over the years, due to various conflicts of interest, there are countless people who regard Haihan as an opponent, and there have indeed been many forces that can be regarded as enemies.
But those who are qualified to fight against Haihan, of course, are not too weak. Generally, they will choose to use war as a faster way to resolve the conflict of interests with Haihan.Of course, Haihan's impressive record in recent years has also had the effect of dissuading him from retreating. Nowadays, it is becoming rarer and rarer to see the forces that dare to fight with Haihan.
However, this method of slowly deploying in a large geographical area requires a lot of capital and manpower, and takes a long time to achieve the expected goal, but the risks to be borne during the period are very high. big.Prior to this, the infiltration methods implemented by other countries' intelligence agencies against Haihan were far from being so meticulously deployed. If such an opponent is called an enemy, then the degree of hatred is quite considerable.
He Xidao: "Although we haven't identified the real mastermind behind the scenes, based on the evidence and clues we have so far, we can rule out many suspects."
The Spaniard is one of the main participants in this series of events, but judging from the various information currently available, the Spaniard is only a participant, not the mastermind of planning and operating the entire plan.
The participation of the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei is more like a stupid thing done by a small group of local people on impulse, because apart from Fujian, the investigations in other places have not found any evidence related to the Jinyiwei, and there is no sign that the Jinyiwei is in the new Participated in arms smuggling incidents on a large scale.
Of course, the relationship between the Qing Dynasty and Haihan can be regarded as a deadly enemy, but with backward primitive navigation capabilities, it is almost impossible to establish a relationship with the Spaniards far away in the South China Sea, let alone plant spies in the trading ports under the control of Ming and Haihan up.Even if the Qing Dynasty took the initiative to claim responsibility for this series of incidents, it would be difficult for Haihan to believe that he had such abilities.
Besides these three main competitors, are there any other opponents who have been fighting against Hai Han?If these three companies are excluded from the list of suspects, who else has the ability and motivation to do these things?For the senior officials of the executive committee present, this seemed to be an unsolvable dead end.
Tao Donglai said: "But the companies that are most likely to oppose us seem to be the most likely to be excluded. Who is the real mastermind? It is impossible for a group of people to appear out of thin air and choose us As a goal, make so many deployments?"
He Xi was silent for a moment before responding: "If all possible options have been ruled out, then the truth of the matter is probably those situations that we thought were impossible to happen. Of course, I don't mean that the opponent this time fell from the sky. , but we have ignored some clues intentionally or unintentionally, and perhaps the real behind-the-scenes mastermind has not been included among our suspects at all."
Tao Donglai said: "You seem to have discovered more situations? Tell us about it. For us, everything is possible. After all, it is extremely unreasonable for us to appear in this time and space. .Now many things have deviated from the original historical track, and the development of the future situation will exceed our expectations, so any situation is possible.”
Yan Chujie also agreed: "President Tao is right. Our judgment of the situation can no longer be based solely on historical facts and previous experience, because our every move is affecting and changing the world, and there are many situations that we don't understand. Happened. If it weren't for these things that have happened in the past few months, we would not have realized that there are still such opponents secretly spying on our every move, quietly waiting for the opportunity to attack us. Old He, no matter you Whatever is discovered, the Executive Committee will definitely support the Ministry of Security in continuing the investigation!"
He Xi said: "It's not as serious as you said... Let's put it this way, if we go through the clues we have already grasped, we will actually be able to find the root of those problems that have not been resolved."
"First of all, we can use the current investigation progress to identify the characteristics of the mastermind behind the scenes. For example, they have rich sailing experience, have a better understanding of the environment in the southeast sea area of Ming Dynasty and the South China Sea area, and are familiar with how to operate cross-border trade. Strong organizational ability and strict organizational structure, and its members are mainly Han Chinese,...these are some characteristics that I can think of for the time being, and you can add them yourself.”
"Then we can think about who can meet the conditions listed above, especially those who we would consider subconsciously impossible."
"Xu Xinsu!" Ning Qi responded immediately with an answer that sounded impossible, but he denied the answer as soon as he said it: "Of course it's impossible. If Xu Xinsu planned this, then You won’t turn your own table in Zhangzhou.”
The progress of a series of investigations after obtaining information from Cebu actually originated from the investigations conducted by Xu Xinsu in Zhangzhou. If Xu Yuxing, the youngest of the Xu family, had not discovered the tricks of Jinfahao and Zhengfuji during the investigation, It will not involve many business organizations that were subsequently seized in various places.Xu Xinsu definitely couldn't shoot himself in the foot with a rock, so Ning Qi's inference is of course untenable.
But other than that, Xu Xinsu almost met all the characteristic conditions proposed by He Xi, far surpassing the Ming, Qing and Spaniards in this regard, so it's no wonder that Ning Qi thought of him immediately.
But He Xi nodded and said: "Mr. Ning can immediately think of Xu Xinsu, and his reaction is indeed very fast. From Xu Xinsu's standpoint and the relationship with our country, of course he will not be the mastermind behind the scenes, but we can infer from Xu Xinsu and think about it. I wonder if there is anyone else who can have similar conditions as Xu Xinsu."
Tao Donglai said in a deep voice: "For a person like Xu Xinsu, someone who can have similar conditions to him is either his partner or his competitor."
Xu Xinsu is the spokesperson of interests supported by Haihan. The two parties have established a relationship of mutual trust based on years of cooperation, and each has reaped huge benefits.Xu Xinsu became the local emperor of Fujian from a state of being almost wiped out, and Haihan was able to implement a comprehensive export of military, economy, and culture to Fujian, and obtained considerable profits from the trade.
Although there is a huge difference in strength between the two parties, up to now, Haihan has always been Xu Xinsu's most important trading partner and military ally, and such a cooperative relationship has been difficult to be destroyed by external forces.
As for Xu Xinsu's competitors, there are basically no such figures in Fujian at present. No matter whether it is the governor, the chief envoy, the inspector, or the command envoy, their actual influence in Fujian is not comparable to that of him, the "Fujian General Soldier". Titles work.Not to mention private businessmen, without the backing support of Hai Han, it is basically impossible for a second Xu Xinsu to follow this route to rise rapidly.
"If you want to talk about a partner, it must be our country. As for the competitor... Xu Xinsu hasn't had a rival for several years, right?" Yan Chujie immediately responded to Tao Donglai's opinion: "Since Shibazhi is gone, how can he have anything else?" competitor..."
As Yan Chujie was talking, his voice suddenly became quieter, and the expression on his face became a little confused: "If Shibazhi is still there, it seems to meet the characteristics listed by Lao He just now!"
Back then when Xu Xinsu and Haihan had a relationship, they hadn’t made a fortune yet. At that time, the real overlord of the Fujian sea area was Shibazhi, an armed civilian organization composed of [-] pirate merchants headed by Zheng Zhilong. In its heyday, it had tens of thousands of troops. People, more than [-] ships of various grades, even the Ming army and the Dutch colonists could not do anything about it.If Haihan hadn't appeared, then Shibazhi would have been the most powerful maritime armed force along the southeast coast of Daming during this period.
But the appearance of Haihan changed the development track of history. At that time, Xu Xinsu was forced to buy an official position in the Fujian Navy under Zheng Zhilong's oppression, in order to seek asylum from the Ming Dynasty officials.But the effect of this method was not ideal. If Haihan had not provided military assistance to Xu Xinsu, he would have died at the hands of Zheng Zhilong as in history.After that, Xu Xinsu, who rose rapidly afterwards, became the vanguard of attacking Shibazhi. He followed Haihan and continued to suppress Shibazhi until 1633 when he sent troops with Haihan to wipe out the remnants of Shibazhi who had retreated to Miyako Island, east of Taiwan. .
The strength of Shibazhi before Xu Xinsu's rise can fully meet the main characteristics listed by He Xi.But because this force was wiped out by Haihan himself four or five years ago, no one has ever associated the series of arms smuggling cases with it before.
"To be precise, there is probably no other force that fits these characteristics better than Shibazhi." He Xi nodded to confirm Yan Chujie's opinion.
"But wasn't Shibazhi already wiped out back then?" Ning Qi asked puzzled.
"Eighteen Zhizhi is indeed gone. After Wang Tom took down Miyako Island, he specially ordered troops to go back and forth on the island to clean up the island several times to make sure that there were no fish that slipped through the net." Yan Chujie answered Ning Qi with certainty. However, he immediately changed the topic and said: "Although Shibazhi is gone, there must be many people related to Shibazhi who have survived. As for why they didn't continue to hunt down these people, one is to destroy Shibazhi. The strategic goal has been achieved, and it is not very meaningful to pursue some personal goals. Secondly, we did not have the conditions to wipe out the roots. After defeating Miyako Island in September, we immediately pulled the fleet to the South China Sea and organized a joint fleet to cruise around the South China Sea. Show off your muscles. If your memory is good enough, you should remember that at the end of that year, we formed the South Sea Trade Federation on the island of Abunna."
Soon after the Battle of Miyakojima ended in 1633, Yan Chujie personally led the naval fleet into the South China Sea, formed a joint fleet with Annan and other allies, and traveled all the way southward along the Indochina Peninsula to Batavia Port on Java Island. There was a show of force at the door of the house.
At the end of that year, Haihan completed two major events in the South China Sea. One was to station troops on Xingdao to establish a base to control the key waterway in the Strait of Malacca; The agreement to form the South China Sea Trade Union brings these countries into the trading system led by Haihan.
Either of these two events is far more significant than the battle that took place on Miyako Island.At that time, the Shibazhi who had retreated to Miyako Island was actually just a remnant of forces. Everyone in Haihan believed that the victory of this battle was a matter of course. Did not attract much domestic attention.Later, it was through various propaganda methods that the domestic people learned about the history and significance of the Miyakojima Battle.
After that, both Haihan and Xu Xinsu tacitly seldom mentioned anything about Shibazhi.Xu Xinsu's fortune was achieved step by step by stepping on Shibazhi. In fact, there were many operations that should not be made public. In essence, it was also a bloody history of power alternation, and there was no need to show it off.And the name Shibazhi also died with the First Battle of Miyakojima, and no one walks around the world with this signboard anymore.
But at this time, Yan Chujie's statement seemed to loosen the result that everyone believed.Ning Qi asked back: "Lao Yan, can you explain the situation of Shibazhi in more detail?"
Yan Chujie patiently explained: "To put it simply, it was indeed the main force of Shibazhi who retreated to Miyako Island at that time, but apart from Miyako Island, there were also members of Shibazhi who fled to other places scatteredly. Such as Southeast Asia and Japan."
He Xi added: "Zheng Zhilong used to travel frequently between Japan and Ming Dynasty to engage in trade activities in his early years, and he had a very close relationship with Hirado. He married a Japanese wife in Hirado at that time. Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, that is, we all The one who knows was born in Hirado."
Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, Zheng Sen, later changed his name to Chenggong, but because of the appearance of Haihan people in this time and space, his fate has undergone a huge change. Unfortunately, he died in the war between Haihan and Shibazhi when he was young.But Zheng Zhilong did have a certain career foundation and personal connections in Japan, so after Shibazhi's repeated defeats, some of them fled to Japan under Zheng Zhilong's arrangement.But these people are not the big bosses of Shibazhi, and the Ministry of Security did not invest more energy in investigating this after the war.
Ning Qi thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Wait, what's the name of the wife that Zheng Zhilong married in Japan?"
(End of this chapter)
Most of the commercial organizations seized so far are deployed in Haihan's control area, and almost every one of them has a certain number of standard weapons in private possession. The hostility of the mastermind behind the scenes towards Haihan is obvious.But for Haihan, hostility from outside is not uncommon. Over the years, due to various conflicts of interest, there are countless people who regard Haihan as an opponent, and there have indeed been many forces that can be regarded as enemies.
But those who are qualified to fight against Haihan, of course, are not too weak. Generally, they will choose to use war as a faster way to resolve the conflict of interests with Haihan.Of course, Haihan's impressive record in recent years has also had the effect of dissuading him from retreating. Nowadays, it is becoming rarer and rarer to see the forces that dare to fight with Haihan.
However, this method of slowly deploying in a large geographical area requires a lot of capital and manpower, and takes a long time to achieve the expected goal, but the risks to be borne during the period are very high. big.Prior to this, the infiltration methods implemented by other countries' intelligence agencies against Haihan were far from being so meticulously deployed. If such an opponent is called an enemy, then the degree of hatred is quite considerable.
He Xidao: "Although we haven't identified the real mastermind behind the scenes, based on the evidence and clues we have so far, we can rule out many suspects."
The Spaniard is one of the main participants in this series of events, but judging from the various information currently available, the Spaniard is only a participant, not the mastermind of planning and operating the entire plan.
The participation of the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei is more like a stupid thing done by a small group of local people on impulse, because apart from Fujian, the investigations in other places have not found any evidence related to the Jinyiwei, and there is no sign that the Jinyiwei is in the new Participated in arms smuggling incidents on a large scale.
Of course, the relationship between the Qing Dynasty and Haihan can be regarded as a deadly enemy, but with backward primitive navigation capabilities, it is almost impossible to establish a relationship with the Spaniards far away in the South China Sea, let alone plant spies in the trading ports under the control of Ming and Haihan up.Even if the Qing Dynasty took the initiative to claim responsibility for this series of incidents, it would be difficult for Haihan to believe that he had such abilities.
Besides these three main competitors, are there any other opponents who have been fighting against Hai Han?If these three companies are excluded from the list of suspects, who else has the ability and motivation to do these things?For the senior officials of the executive committee present, this seemed to be an unsolvable dead end.
Tao Donglai said: "But the companies that are most likely to oppose us seem to be the most likely to be excluded. Who is the real mastermind? It is impossible for a group of people to appear out of thin air and choose us As a goal, make so many deployments?"
He Xi was silent for a moment before responding: "If all possible options have been ruled out, then the truth of the matter is probably those situations that we thought were impossible to happen. Of course, I don't mean that the opponent this time fell from the sky. , but we have ignored some clues intentionally or unintentionally, and perhaps the real behind-the-scenes mastermind has not been included among our suspects at all."
Tao Donglai said: "You seem to have discovered more situations? Tell us about it. For us, everything is possible. After all, it is extremely unreasonable for us to appear in this time and space. .Now many things have deviated from the original historical track, and the development of the future situation will exceed our expectations, so any situation is possible.”
Yan Chujie also agreed: "President Tao is right. Our judgment of the situation can no longer be based solely on historical facts and previous experience, because our every move is affecting and changing the world, and there are many situations that we don't understand. Happened. If it weren't for these things that have happened in the past few months, we would not have realized that there are still such opponents secretly spying on our every move, quietly waiting for the opportunity to attack us. Old He, no matter you Whatever is discovered, the Executive Committee will definitely support the Ministry of Security in continuing the investigation!"
He Xi said: "It's not as serious as you said... Let's put it this way, if we go through the clues we have already grasped, we will actually be able to find the root of those problems that have not been resolved."
"First of all, we can use the current investigation progress to identify the characteristics of the mastermind behind the scenes. For example, they have rich sailing experience, have a better understanding of the environment in the southeast sea area of Ming Dynasty and the South China Sea area, and are familiar with how to operate cross-border trade. Strong organizational ability and strict organizational structure, and its members are mainly Han Chinese,...these are some characteristics that I can think of for the time being, and you can add them yourself.”
"Then we can think about who can meet the conditions listed above, especially those who we would consider subconsciously impossible."
"Xu Xinsu!" Ning Qi responded immediately with an answer that sounded impossible, but he denied the answer as soon as he said it: "Of course it's impossible. If Xu Xinsu planned this, then You won’t turn your own table in Zhangzhou.”
The progress of a series of investigations after obtaining information from Cebu actually originated from the investigations conducted by Xu Xinsu in Zhangzhou. If Xu Yuxing, the youngest of the Xu family, had not discovered the tricks of Jinfahao and Zhengfuji during the investigation, It will not involve many business organizations that were subsequently seized in various places.Xu Xinsu definitely couldn't shoot himself in the foot with a rock, so Ning Qi's inference is of course untenable.
But other than that, Xu Xinsu almost met all the characteristic conditions proposed by He Xi, far surpassing the Ming, Qing and Spaniards in this regard, so it's no wonder that Ning Qi thought of him immediately.
But He Xi nodded and said: "Mr. Ning can immediately think of Xu Xinsu, and his reaction is indeed very fast. From Xu Xinsu's standpoint and the relationship with our country, of course he will not be the mastermind behind the scenes, but we can infer from Xu Xinsu and think about it. I wonder if there is anyone else who can have similar conditions as Xu Xinsu."
Tao Donglai said in a deep voice: "For a person like Xu Xinsu, someone who can have similar conditions to him is either his partner or his competitor."
Xu Xinsu is the spokesperson of interests supported by Haihan. The two parties have established a relationship of mutual trust based on years of cooperation, and each has reaped huge benefits.Xu Xinsu became the local emperor of Fujian from a state of being almost wiped out, and Haihan was able to implement a comprehensive export of military, economy, and culture to Fujian, and obtained considerable profits from the trade.
Although there is a huge difference in strength between the two parties, up to now, Haihan has always been Xu Xinsu's most important trading partner and military ally, and such a cooperative relationship has been difficult to be destroyed by external forces.
As for Xu Xinsu's competitors, there are basically no such figures in Fujian at present. No matter whether it is the governor, the chief envoy, the inspector, or the command envoy, their actual influence in Fujian is not comparable to that of him, the "Fujian General Soldier". Titles work.Not to mention private businessmen, without the backing support of Hai Han, it is basically impossible for a second Xu Xinsu to follow this route to rise rapidly.
"If you want to talk about a partner, it must be our country. As for the competitor... Xu Xinsu hasn't had a rival for several years, right?" Yan Chujie immediately responded to Tao Donglai's opinion: "Since Shibazhi is gone, how can he have anything else?" competitor..."
As Yan Chujie was talking, his voice suddenly became quieter, and the expression on his face became a little confused: "If Shibazhi is still there, it seems to meet the characteristics listed by Lao He just now!"
Back then when Xu Xinsu and Haihan had a relationship, they hadn’t made a fortune yet. At that time, the real overlord of the Fujian sea area was Shibazhi, an armed civilian organization composed of [-] pirate merchants headed by Zheng Zhilong. In its heyday, it had tens of thousands of troops. People, more than [-] ships of various grades, even the Ming army and the Dutch colonists could not do anything about it.If Haihan hadn't appeared, then Shibazhi would have been the most powerful maritime armed force along the southeast coast of Daming during this period.
But the appearance of Haihan changed the development track of history. At that time, Xu Xinsu was forced to buy an official position in the Fujian Navy under Zheng Zhilong's oppression, in order to seek asylum from the Ming Dynasty officials.But the effect of this method was not ideal. If Haihan had not provided military assistance to Xu Xinsu, he would have died at the hands of Zheng Zhilong as in history.After that, Xu Xinsu, who rose rapidly afterwards, became the vanguard of attacking Shibazhi. He followed Haihan and continued to suppress Shibazhi until 1633 when he sent troops with Haihan to wipe out the remnants of Shibazhi who had retreated to Miyako Island, east of Taiwan. .
The strength of Shibazhi before Xu Xinsu's rise can fully meet the main characteristics listed by He Xi.But because this force was wiped out by Haihan himself four or five years ago, no one has ever associated the series of arms smuggling cases with it before.
"To be precise, there is probably no other force that fits these characteristics better than Shibazhi." He Xi nodded to confirm Yan Chujie's opinion.
"But wasn't Shibazhi already wiped out back then?" Ning Qi asked puzzled.
"Eighteen Zhizhi is indeed gone. After Wang Tom took down Miyako Island, he specially ordered troops to go back and forth on the island to clean up the island several times to make sure that there were no fish that slipped through the net." Yan Chujie answered Ning Qi with certainty. However, he immediately changed the topic and said: "Although Shibazhi is gone, there must be many people related to Shibazhi who have survived. As for why they didn't continue to hunt down these people, one is to destroy Shibazhi. The strategic goal has been achieved, and it is not very meaningful to pursue some personal goals. Secondly, we did not have the conditions to wipe out the roots. After defeating Miyako Island in September, we immediately pulled the fleet to the South China Sea and organized a joint fleet to cruise around the South China Sea. Show off your muscles. If your memory is good enough, you should remember that at the end of that year, we formed the South Sea Trade Federation on the island of Abunna."
Soon after the Battle of Miyakojima ended in 1633, Yan Chujie personally led the naval fleet into the South China Sea, formed a joint fleet with Annan and other allies, and traveled all the way southward along the Indochina Peninsula to Batavia Port on Java Island. There was a show of force at the door of the house.
At the end of that year, Haihan completed two major events in the South China Sea. One was to station troops on Xingdao to establish a base to control the key waterway in the Strait of Malacca; The agreement to form the South China Sea Trade Union brings these countries into the trading system led by Haihan.
Either of these two events is far more significant than the battle that took place on Miyako Island.At that time, the Shibazhi who had retreated to Miyako Island was actually just a remnant of forces. Everyone in Haihan believed that the victory of this battle was a matter of course. Did not attract much domestic attention.Later, it was through various propaganda methods that the domestic people learned about the history and significance of the Miyakojima Battle.
After that, both Haihan and Xu Xinsu tacitly seldom mentioned anything about Shibazhi.Xu Xinsu's fortune was achieved step by step by stepping on Shibazhi. In fact, there were many operations that should not be made public. In essence, it was also a bloody history of power alternation, and there was no need to show it off.And the name Shibazhi also died with the First Battle of Miyakojima, and no one walks around the world with this signboard anymore.
But at this time, Yan Chujie's statement seemed to loosen the result that everyone believed.Ning Qi asked back: "Lao Yan, can you explain the situation of Shibazhi in more detail?"
Yan Chujie patiently explained: "To put it simply, it was indeed the main force of Shibazhi who retreated to Miyako Island at that time, but apart from Miyako Island, there were also members of Shibazhi who fled to other places scatteredly. Such as Southeast Asia and Japan."
He Xi added: "Zheng Zhilong used to travel frequently between Japan and Ming Dynasty to engage in trade activities in his early years, and he had a very close relationship with Hirado. He married a Japanese wife in Hirado at that time. Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, that is, we all The one who knows was born in Hirado."
Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, Zheng Sen, later changed his name to Chenggong, but because of the appearance of Haihan people in this time and space, his fate has undergone a huge change. Unfortunately, he died in the war between Haihan and Shibazhi when he was young.But Zheng Zhilong did have a certain career foundation and personal connections in Japan, so after Shibazhi's repeated defeats, some of them fled to Japan under Zheng Zhilong's arrangement.But these people are not the big bosses of Shibazhi, and the Ministry of Security did not invest more energy in investigating this after the war.
Ning Qi thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Wait, what's the name of the wife that Zheng Zhilong married in Japan?"
(End of this chapter)