Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1042

Looking at the paper with the pattern drawn on it in his hand, Wei Wu pondered for a moment before looking at the officer.

"Go, bring the person in!"

"Yes, my lord!"

After getting Wei Wu's approval, the officer quickly turned around and ran out of the yard, and brought the person in shortly afterwards.

The person who came was the boatman who had kidnapped Zhang Dengyue at the dock before.

After the officer brought the man away, he left on his own accord. The boatman then saluted Wei Wu and said,

"Ma Baoguo, a captain of the Imperial Guard, greets the Duke of Zhenguo!"

When Wei Wu heard the other party's name, he was stunned on the spot and asked subconsciously.

"Horse what?"

"Ma Baoguo, sir!"

"Oh, it's about serving the country!"

After hearing Ma Baoguo's second application, Wei Wu finally reacted and asked again:

"I thought it was an acquaintance of mine who practices Tai Chi! By the way, why did you come to the inn to see me? What's the matter?"

"Yes sir!"

Hearing Wei Wu's question, Ma Baoguo immediately nodded in response, and then stated his purpose.

"Sir, Zhang Dengyue, the head of the Zhang family, was trying to take a boat to the capital to file a complaint against you, but we stopped him at the dock."

Zhang Dengyue?

Wei Wu raised his eyebrows. Zhang Dengyue knew that it was Shen Lin who went to arrest the person, and Shen Lin later specifically mentioned this matter.

In fact, Wei Wu was not surprised that Zhang Dengyue tried to go to the capital. After all, he had guessed it long before he arrested him.

He knew that someone would definitely go to the capital to file a complaint, he just wanted to make sure which family would send someone to file the complaint.

But what Wei Wu didn't expect was that it would be Zhang Dengyue, and what Wei Wu didn't expect even more was that Zhang Dengyue was captured by the Jinyiwei.

Of course, what puzzled Wei Wu the most was why the Jinyiwei wanted to arrest Zhang Dengyue. It must be because they had nothing better to do!

On the surface, neither the Zhang family nor Zhang Dengyue had committed any crime; they were simply preparing to take a boat to the capital.

Even if there will be punishment for filing a complaint, filing a complaint to the emperor is not a crime, and it is not the turn of the Jinyiwei to take action personally!

So, after Ma Baoguo finished speaking, Wei Wu asked with a little doubt.

"By the way, why did you arrest Zhang Dengyue?"

Hearing Wei Wu's question, Ma Baoguo quickly bowed in response.

"Reporting to the Lord Zhenguo, Zhang Dengyue once said on board the ship that a disaster had come to Suzhou and told the people surnamed Wei to go back to where they came from."

"I concluded that he was planning to go to the capital to file a complaint, so I took him down."

I am a disaster, let me go back to where I came from?

This sentence made Wei Wu laugh. What a troublemaker actually said that he was a troublemaker and that Tiangang was the one who was troublemaker.

However, Wei Wu knew that these people from Jiangnan would not say anything good about him, so he didn't take it to heart.

And the most crucial problem was that Ma Baoguo did not answer his question, so Wei Wu asked it again.

"Yes, I know you arrested him because he went to the capital to file a complaint. The problem is, this kind of thing shouldn't be something the Imperial Guard should get involved in!"

Hearing this, Ma Baoguo finally realized what Wei Wu wanted to ask, so he quickly began to explain.

"Your Excellency, I and others have come to Suzhou on the orders of Your Majesty. Our duty is to assist you in implementing the land tax system."

"Your Majesty, say..."

Seeing Ma Baoguo hesitating, Wei Wu was curious about what he couldn't say, so he spoke.

"Your Majesty, tell me what you are talking about!"

Facing Wei Wu's repeated question, Ma Baoguo, who was originally a little hesitant, immediately spoke:

"Your Majesty said that the Duke of Zhenguo does things in an unconventional way, unlike ordinary people. He will definitely use some unconventional means."

"These poisonous tumors in Jiangnan are cunning and insidious. They will definitely seize on your mistakes and find a way to bring the matter to the court."

"So we were sent here to intercept those who wanted to go to the capital. This way, you can act freely and Your Majesty can save trouble."

Wei Wu really didn't expect that after Zhu sent him over, he also specially arranged another backup plan.

However, after hearing Ma Baoguo's answer, he had to admit in his heart that Lao Zhu still knew him quite well.

At the same time, this approach is indeed Lao Zhu's style, which is to solve the problem thoroughly from the root to avoid trouble.

Thinking of this, Wei Wu looked at Ma Baoguo again.

"You're a centurion, so that means His Majesty has deployed over a hundred Jinyiwei to guard the key roads around Suzhou?"

"No, my Lord."

After Wei Wu finished speaking, Ma Baoguo shook his head and then said:

"Your Majesty has arranged three centurions here. I will guard the waterway, and the other two centurions will guard the land route."

Oh my god, he sent more than 300 people over here. How much does Mr. Zhu fear trouble?

After listening to Ma Baoguo's explanation, Wei Wu couldn't help but complain in his heart, but then continued to ask:

"So you came to me this time to ask for my advice on how to deal with Zhang Dengyue?"

"Yes, sir. In order not to disrupt your plans, it is up to you to decide whether to kill or keep all those captured."

"That's it!"

After hearing what Ma Baoguo said, Wei Wu immediately fell into deep thought. He was also thinking about how to deal with it.

"Killing him doesn't seem to have any effect. After all, even if Zhang Dengyue dies, the Zhang family still has other heirs. We can't cut off the roots."

"Besides, it's not the Zhang family that makes the decisions in Jiangnan. Instead, the people who have come together make the collective decision."

"Killing Zhang Dengyue is meaningless, but letting him go seems too easy for this guy."

While thinking in his mind, Wei Wu subconsciously stood up and paced back and forth in the yard while thinking.

"It would be best if we could use this incident with Zhang Dengyue to make something of it, or achieve some purpose. That would be the best outcome."

"Just like Gong Honghai, I was able to extract a lot of useful information from him by taking advantage of Gong Honghai's imprisonment."

"For example, how are they going to deal with the land tax system? Have they considered sending people to take action? And as for Zhang Dengyue... eh!"

Wei Wu was thinking about it when suddenly his eyes lit up and he remembered what Gong Honghai said about these people preparing to kill him.

"That's right! If they attack me and I catch them, then Jiangnan will become the same as Shandong!"

"After all, I am also the Duke of Ming. The crime of assassinating the Duke of Ming is not a small one. It is enough to confiscate all their property."

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Wei Wu's face!

"Since you can't make up your mind whether to take action or not, I'm going to give you a push and force you to do it!"