In the Nanjing Ministry of Justice, the interrogation has ended, but Yang Cong and several jury officials still sat there without leaving, because Tu Dashan's confession still needs to be signed and confirmed by several jury officials.

Tu Dashan did not plead guilty, and there is a big difference between the confession of several jury officials or not.

If they sign, it means they support Yang Cong. Then, not only did they offend Tu Dashan, but also the cabinet chief Yan Song.

If they don’t sign, it means they support Tu Dashan. Then, they not only offended Yang Cong, but also offended Yangming's lineage.

This matter is a bit conspiring, and several jury officials feel that they are not human inside and outside.

So, they were hesitant.

Should I stand on Yang Cong or Tu Dashan?

Judging from the situation in Southern Zhili, they naturally have to stand on Yang Cong's side, because Yang Cong is the governor of Zhejiang Zhi now and offended others, he may wear small shoes every minute.

However, standing on Yang Cong's side means standing opposite Tu Dashan. Behind him, the cabinet chief Yan Song stood, who offended him and was also facing the danger of wearing small shoes at all times.

So, which side should you stand on?

Everyone circulated the confession as they pretended to be. Zhang Shiche, the Minister of Justice of Nanjing, signed his name on the confession without hesitation, but the other three jury officials hesitated and did not take a pen for a long time.

Yang Cong was not in a hurry. He took the account book of Longjiang Shipyard and looked through it carefully. He seemed very interested. I don’t know if he was really looking at the account book or waiting for the other jurors to sign it.

After a while, Zhou Yong, the censor of the Nanjing Censorate, finally couldn't help but speak, "Sir, Tu Dashan refuses to plead guilty. What are you going to do?"

This is obvious. People do not plead guilty. What's the use of you taking this certificate?

Since this evidence is not very useful, you are so proud and spare us.

You gods fight, don’t drag us little devils into the water!

Upon hearing this, Yang Cong looked at him lightly, and then said with a little seriousness: "It seems that Lord Zhao Wenhua and Lord Zhao did not plead guilty, right? What's the result?"

Several jury officials changed their faces when they heard this.

how?

Zhao Wenhua was forced to commit suicide!

Although Zhao Wenhua was seriously ill on the surface and died of illness, they all knew in their hearts that Zhao Wenhua had eaten rhubarb and pulled herself to death!

At this time, they suddenly realized that the wealthy maritime business was probably over. If the chief minister of the cabinet Yan Song wanted to protect the wealthy maritime business, why would he not even protect his godson Zhao Wenhua?

It is obvious that Yan Song doesn't want to protect the wealthy family of the sea merchants, or in other words, he can't even keep it even if he wants to.

Zhao Wenhua committed suicide, can Tu Dashan escape again?

Obviously, I can't escape the mountain!

The facts were right in front of me, and there was nothing to hesitate. Zhou Yong no longer hesitated and quickly picked up his pen and signed his name.

Seeing this, the other two men followed suit and took the confession and signed it with their own name.

After Yang Cong received the confession signed by the four people and confirmed it, he couldn't help but feel relieved. The wealthy maritime merchants were finally over, and the Japanese strife in the southeast were almost completely over.

Xie Shixian and Tu Dashan's confessions were quickly spread to the capital. This time, Yang Cong asked Gu Kexue to take action and personally sent the confessions to Jiajing.

Gu Kexue said that if you want to govern the country and ensure stability, it would be a piece of shit. However, if you want to cheat people, you are indeed a good player. Sometimes, even Yan Song is not his opponent, so Yang Cong naturally wants people to make the best use of it and let him do his best.

Gu Kexue received a secret letter from Yang Cong and confessed very much, so he immediately went to the palace to find Jiajing.

After respectfully performing the rituals of the king and ministers, he pretended to be indignant and said in pain: "Your Majesty, I really didn't expect that the wealthy maritime merchants would be so crazy!"

What a mess?

Jiajing thought Gu Kexue was here to discuss medicine refining with him, but he never thought that this guy suddenly said something like this.

He said inexplicably: "Oh, what's wrong with the wealthy maritime family?"

After hearing this, Gu Kexue took out the confessions of Xie Shixian and Tu Dashan from his arms and said with a little indignation: "This is from Lord Yang from Nanzhili, and the emperor understood it at a glance."

Yang Cong?

It seems that this guy has just been to the Southeast for a few days. Is the Southeast so fast going on?

Upon hearing this, Jiajing curiously took the confession from Gu Kexue and looked carefully.

As soon as he finished reading Xie Shixian's confession, he had anger on his face. The pirates and Japanese pirates were indeed instructed by the so-called "maritime merchants" such as the Xie family of Yuyao and the Tu family of Ningbo!

Although he had a long time to make a judgment on this matter, it was all based on other people's memorials. He had never seen the confessions of the maritime merchants, because Zhao Wenhua suddenly fell seriously ill and died before he was escorted back to Beijing.

Originally, he was a little worried that he had blamed others wrongly, but now he was completely relieved that these so-called "maritime merchants" were treacherous villains who used all means to achieve their goals.

However, Governor Yingtian Tu Dashan was actually a member of the wealthy maritime merchant family, which was really beyond his expectations. Or, he did not pay attention to Governor Yingtian's identity at the beginning.

These people are really amazing. They all monopolized the positions of governor and governor, and he was still kept in the dark!

Originally, he thought that Xie Shixian's confession said everything. The pirates and Japanese pirates who ravaged Su Yang's two palaces were instructed by the Xie clan of Yuyao and the Tu clan of Ningbo. Later, Tu Dashan's confession probably only confirmed all this.

But he never thought that when Yang Cong was trying to slaughter the mountains, he involved the problem of warships, muskets and artillery. These guys actually built warships and Japanese pirates, and supplied muskets and artillery to pirates and Japanese pirates!

No wonder Su Yang's two prefectures were in urgent need, and many attacks were taken in the prefectures and counties. It turned out that the equipment of pirates and Japanese pirates was even better than the treasury of the coastal ministry. Moreover, these equipment was provided by the wealthy maritime merchants!

These guys are simply lawless!

He was already very angry when he saw this, but he never thought that Tu Dashan would pull Yan Song out and threaten Yang Cong.

Yang Cong even asked him directly if he had bribed Yan Song!

Jiajing had long heard of Yan Song accepting bribes.

Originally, he thought that Yan Song was just following the crowd and was unwilling to break the rules of the officialdom and just wanted to accept some bribes, but he never thought that Yan Song would dare to accept any money!

Is this true?

Jiajing couldn't help asking, "Yu Cheng, Qingfeng said that Tu Dashan bribing Wei Zhong, do you think this is possible?"
Chapter completed!