Late at the 20th night of May 20th, the 27th year of Jiajing, a fire broke out in the Hangzhou Prefecture Prison.

The fire was very fierce and burned all night.

By the next day, the prison had been burned to ruins. The prisoners detained in the prison were naturally burned to death.

This incident alarmed Zhu Wan, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang.

Governor Zhu rushed to Hangzhou Prefecture immediately to inspect the situation.

Faced with the reprimand of the Governor, Hangzhou Prime Minister Zheng Youhe was silent and did not even dare to show off his anger.

Although he was not directly responsible for this matter, he did not escape joint and several liability. If he wanted to investigate it deeply, the crime of missed supervision would definitely not be stopped.

It would be fine if it was normally placed, but recently a group of prisoners with special identities were imprisoned in the Hangzhou Prefecture Prison.

These prisoners were all pirates captured after the Battle of Shuangyu a month ago.

Most of the pirates have been executed, and the Governor deliberately left some useful information to interrogate.

At this time, a fire suddenly started and the prison was burned clean. Isn’t that a coincidence?

Zhu Wan was naturally very angry.

But he was under pressure and did not have an attack.

There is no doubt that someone deliberately released this fire.

The people who set fire do not want Zhu Wan to draw useful information from them. Moreover, the people who set fire may have internal support in the government.

Collusion between officials and businessmen, snakes and rats are in a nest.

This is something that Zhu Wan can't bear.

To this day, Zhu Wan finally understands why the Japanese disasters in the southeast can never be eliminated.

"Send the order and investigate this matter to the end."

Zhu Wan shook her sleeves and walked away.

This is an attitude.

He Zhu Wan will not surrender.

Hangzhou magistrate Zheng Youhe followed closely behind, and from time to time wiped the sweat from his temples with his sleeves.

Things have reached this point, so it is definitely not good.

The Governor also expressed his attitude and wanted to investigate it to the end.

As the prefect of Hangzhou, Zheng Youhe naturally needs to make a statement.

But the person behind this arson is not easy to mess with.

On one side is Zhejiang Maritime Businessmen and on the other side is the Governor. Zheng Youhe was caught between the middle and felt as wronged as an angry young wife.

When he arrived at the Houya Hall, Zhu Wan sat down with her robe.

Zheng Youhe didn't dare to sit, and his hands stood like a servant.

"These maritime merchants are actually cancers of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Wan said in a bitter voice.

"What Master Budou said is very true."

Zheng Youhe quickly flattered.

"Others dare not touch this cancer, for fear of splashing themselves. Over time, the cancer grows bigger and bigger. Little do they know that what they are absorbing is the bones and blood of the Ming Dynasty."

After a moment of pause, Zhu Wan continued: "Now that the tail is too big, it will be difficult to move even if you want to."

Seeing that Zhu Wan had such a thorough understanding of the nature of Zhejiang Japanese ills, Zheng Youhe advised him: "The master of the Ministry is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and the subordinates admire him very much. However, the freezing three feet of ice does not last a day. The man of Zhejiang Japanese ills is like this today, not a single person's fault. Why should the master of the Ministry take all the responsibility? As long as the master of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry

Unexpectedly, Zhu Wan heard this and scolded him sternly: "If everyone had the idea of ​​you, the Ming Dynasty would sooner or later become rotten."

Zheng Youhe was kind-heartedly persuaded him, but saw Zhu Wan's attitude, so he wouldn't say anything more.

"I have decided to do it, so I can just obey the orders of the prefect Zheng. I will not cheat you. If the sky falls, I will bear all the responsibility."

The purpose of Zhu Wan's words was to tell Zheng Youhe not to have any worries and let go of his hands and feet.

If something really happens, the board will not hit him.

"The lower officials are obeying the teachings of the masters of the ministry."

Zhu Wan said everything to this point, and Zheng Youhe naturally needs to make some statements.

Although he admires Zhu Wan very much, he really doesn't like Zhu Wan's ability to do the Fujian-Zhehai Maritime Business Group.

After all, Zhu Wan has only one person, but the other party is a group of people.

No matter how brave the Governor is, he is still hard to beat four hands with two fists.

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The fire in the Hangzhou Prefecture Prison is like a mirror, reflecting all kinds of monsters and monsters.

In the officialdom in Zhejiang, there are pro-Sea businessmen, neutrals, and bans.

Like Zhu Wan, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, is a completely forbidden sea ban.

As for the Hangzhou prefect Zheng Youhe, he is a neutral faction and neither side can offend him.

The Governor ordered him to investigate the arson case, and he ordered people to investigate it. But he was able to maintain a suitable degree from beginning to end and not cross the line.

After all, the core of being in the officialdom is the word "missing". The more you do, the more you make mistakes.

Of course, there are many pro-Sea Business Sect officials.

They took the money they respected by local maritime merchants, so they naturally could not sit idly by.

As a result, the prefect Zheng was subject to many obstacles in the investigation of the case. Every time there were clues, there would be a change, which would cause the clues to be suddenly interrupted.

Of course, the prefect Zheng understood what this meant and continued to change the other direction when it was done.

The investigation efficiency is so low that Zhu Wan naturally can't sit still.

In connection with all the previous things, he felt a sense of powerlessness for the first time.

He really didn't expect that the officialdom in Zhejiang had become this bad. Those high-ranking officials appointed by the imperial court to become umbrellas for local smuggling maritime merchants.

This is really heartbreaking!

However, Zhu Wan had no intention of retreating at all.

Even if he is a small number of people, even if he is standing opposite to the entire pro-Shanghai faction.

Even if there are thousands of people, I will go.

There must be one or two people standing in the Ming Dynasty officialdom!

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After living in Ningbo for more than a month, Xu Yan set off for Hangzhou.

The one who walked with him was Shen Mingchen.

Shen Mingchen has already prepared the family affairs and is willing to change the environment.

As for Xu Yan's most important thing is to meet Zhu Wan in addition to going to Hangzhou to meet his mentor and fiancée.

Although Xu Yan won a good public opinion environment for Zhu Wan by writing "The Story of Anti-Japanese War", he was able to handle government affairs under a relatively ideal state.

But Xu Yan was still a little worried about Zhu Wan's straightforward nature.

After some consideration, Xu Yan decided to recommend Shen Mingchen to Zhu Wan as a guest.

In history, Xu Wei and Shen Mingchen both served as Hu Zongxian's aides.

There are two reasons why Xu Yan chose to recommend Shen Mingchen instead of Xu Wei.

First, Shen Mingchen was older than Xu Wei.

The profession of aide requires extremely rich life experience. As for now, Shen Mingchen is obviously more suitable than Xu Wei.

Second, Xu Yan has selfish intentions.

Xu Wei is the team he is dedicated to training and wants to keep it with him when he becomes an official in the future. Xu Yan was a little unwilling to recommend Xu Wei to Zhu Wan.

Shen Mingchen and Xu Wei are both very capable Mubins, one of them, which is fair and reasonable.

However, after Xu Yan arrived in Hangzhou, he learned a shocking news, that was, the Hangzhou government jail was burned down. This was obviously a warning from the smuggling maritime merchants to Zhu Wan.

Xu Yan originally wanted to see his grandfather and mentor first, but now he can only change his itinerary and go to see Zhu Wan first.

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Chapter completed!