The matter of Wu Xing Qi Wang risking his life to remonstrate against him was finally determined and judged. It was Li Hong who personally issued the order to Di Renjie, Wang Xiaojie, and Zhang Jianzhi, who succeeded Li Qiao and became the Yushitai doctor. Follow oral instructions.
Relatives and relatives should be spared if possible and avoided if possible, and the disaster would not affect the family, wives, children, and children. But even so, with the five surnames and seven Wang family's great cause and intertwined forces, it is difficult to sort them out without being taken advantage of. There is no difference compared to Dengtian.
Moreover, none of these famous families have hundreds of slaves serving in the houses of the five surnames and seven kings. Such a large number of people, plus some relatives, relatives and other related people, official slaves An increase in the number is inevitable.
The most critical thing, or what makes Li Hong angry, is that the wealthy nobles headed by the Five Surnames and Qi Wang, who were truly disintegrated and disintegrated in the past three years, finally solved this matter half a year ago.
Now, people from wealthy families headed by Wu surname and Qi Wang have been listed on Yaxing's list and have begun to trade and buy openly. It really goes with the old saying: If a drum breaks, someone will beat it; if a wall falls, someone will push it.
Converting an official slave into a private slave was a desperate and illegal act, but what Li Hong didn't expect was that these people were so impatient. Less than half a year after he settled the matter, some people began to speculate behind him. , lining their own pockets.
"Your Majesty, this minister has neglected his duty, please punish me."
"Punishment is of no use. Punishing you can make those people who were sold come back again? Investigate! Investigate thoroughly for me. No matter who it is, as long as it is related to this matter, we will never tolerate it." Li Hong punched The heavy blows hit the table, making Yan Lingbin next to him almost jump in fright.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will order someone immediately..."
"Forget it, you don't have to worry about this, let Li Ye investigate." Li Hong's tone softened, and he picked up the list that Yan Lingbin picked up and put on the desk. After looking at it, he said: "These Why are people so impatient?"
"Back to your majesty, I...I don't know." The sweat on Wang Xiaojie's forehead dropped. In so many years, he had never seen Li Hongfa get so angry several times.
Yan Lingbin, who was next to him, flipped through the list in his hand, then looked at Li Hong cautiously, and Nuonuo said: "Your Majesty, I may know something about it, but I don't know if the reason is the same as what I said. The guesswork is pretty much the same.”
"Tell me more." Li Hong calmed down the anger in his heart and looked at Yan Lingbin with a gentle smile.
Yan Lingbin nodded. Dressed in men's clothing, she was very cautious at the moment. Her little face turned red because of the fright just now, so she whispered: "Your Majesty, I am not sure about the other concubines, but based on this list, Presumably, the people on this list are not too young. The price of slaves is closely related to their age, appearance, and physique. If, according to His Majesty, these people come from wealthy families with five surnames, they must be in those houses. You have been serving here for a long time. After you convert into a private slave, you need to make a move in time, otherwise, as time goes by, the older you are, the lower the price will naturally be. "
Seeing Li Hong thoughtfully and nodding in agreement, Yan Lingbin continued: "But we can't generalize. There are too many dirty-minded people nowadays, especially the elderly, who prefer those who are not yet young. She has grown up to be a woman of eleven, twelve, thirteen or fourteen years old. Therefore, I believe that the reason why they turned into private persons in such a wretched manner is probably due to these two reasons. "
After listening to Yan Lingbin's words, Li Hong could only sigh helplessly, and then he didn't know whether he was talking to himself or complaining to Yan Lingbin and Wang Xiaojie: "Are you saying this is a human thing? What? In my opinion, all these great scholars and scholars are just a bunch of hypocrites who have lost their humanity!”
At this time, Wang Xiaojie did not dare to speak casually anymore, but in his heart he had already greeted all the eighteen generations of Cui Xin's ancestors several times.
Following the brief silence between the three of them, Yapo's clear voice began to sound in the hall. Although it was not loud, it was still able to send words to every corner of the first and second floors.
Of course, this is also because with her appearance, the entire hall and the second floor became silent. After all, people here are not here to reminisce about old times and chat about home affairs. Therefore, as soon as Yapo appeared, the entire hall and the second floor suddenly became quiet. It got quiet.
With Yapo's call, everyone present focused their attention on her, and then, just like the auction in the previous life, as the slaves appeared on the stage one by one, the bidding competition could begin.
But in this era, it doesn’t often happen that dental stores secretly raise prices. The sales are quite fair, and most of the needs are different between customers. Even if they like one at the same time, they will bid twice. After that, one of them gave in with a smile and said congratulations.
Li Ye on the other side, through the eunuch's investigation, already knew which room Li Hong was sitting in. Xiao Zhizhong next to him saw the eunuch whispering in his ear, and he was not angry. After glancing at it, he immediately concentrated again. on that list.
Back then, Qiwang of the fifth surname invited him, but he decisively rejected it. However, there was still some love in terms of affection, so looking at the names on the list, Xiao Zhizhong secretly wondered in his heart, if he could Buying one counts for one, although each slave here costs hundreds of taels of silver, but at least he can save one and count for one, which can be regarded as fulfilling the kindness he was recommended back then.
As the voices in the hall below began to rise one after another, Xiao Zhizhong's heart gradually began to tighten. The monthly salary of a minister was naturally a lot, but if compared with the wealthy businessmen and wealthy families he could enter the inner city of Chang'an, Get up, his little salary is not enough.
Fortunately, the slaves he knew had not appeared yet, and he even hoped in his heart that the two slaves he knew had better not show up.
A white shadow flashed in front of Xiao Zhizhong's eyes. Xiao Zhizhong felt his eyes light up. After seeing the face that looked like a fairy and the waist-length black hair, Xiao Zhizhong stood up hurriedly, while Li Ye and the two men next to him The eunuch had also stood up and saluted the fairy-like Bai Chun.
"We're here, here you go, that's all my aunt can help you with." Bai Chun said to Li Ye, and then, under the arrangement of the two eunuchs and Li Ye's active greeting, he opened the door to the room that had been empty. The Lord sat down and sat down.
Xiao Zhizhong stood from the moment he entered until he sat down, and after saluting a dignified official, he only received a slight nod from Bai Chun, and the cold expression on his face did not change at all.
"Thank you, auntie, there are so many people?" Li Ye casually flipped through the roster that Bai Chun gave him. It was densely packed with names and various background information.
"This is probably not the most comprehensive. Some of them have slipped through the net. The time is too short, and my aunt has no way to find them all in a short while." Bai Chun gave a rare smile, and then there was a cold expression.
"Ye'er just saw Cui Xin, the Minister of Punishment, but he didn't sit down here. Instead, he passed by and went into the back. He must be with the people from Yaxing." Li Ye put down his hand. He looked at the roster inside and said to Bai Chun, who was looking at the auction outside.
"If you want to find evidence that Cui Xinguan turned private, it will be difficult for Cui Xin to plead guilty based on Pei Qing's words alone. Moreover, even Pei Qing is still counting on your mother and Pei Xingjian to save him. He even hopes that His Majesty will save him. You can open up a little bit, so since you want to express your anger at being used by him and get evidence that he turned his official position into a private one, the fastest and simplest way now is to buy a few slaves from here and then verify it. After identifying them, the most appropriate way is to get Pei Qing and Cui Xin to plead guilty." Bai Chun frowned and said calmly.
"But... whether it's you, my aunt, or the two of them, including me, as long as we bid, Cui Xin will definitely find out from behind. Cui Xin will definitely not let us succeed, and he might alert the snake. Let Cui Xin, who has just emerged, shrink back. Ye'er has dealt with him a lot in the past two days. This guy is extremely insidious. I thought about finding evidence of his crime from other aspects, but this guy hid it well and couldn't achieve his goal at all. That's why I listened to my aunt and came to this tooth shop to try my luck." Li Ye was a little embarrassed. Cui Xin knew both himself and the eunuch in front of him in the past few days, so once the bidding caught Cui Xin's attention, he would definitely do it. Be alerted by Cui Xin.
"Master Xiao, I'll trouble you in a moment. I'll pay for the money, and you can just ask for the price, no matter how much it is. Cui Xin is the minister of the Ministry of Justice, and he is on the same level as you. You can ask the price, so that he won't be suspicious for the time being. But You have to remember that you need to buy a few more people to convict him. The number is too small and will not pose a big threat to him as a minister of punishment." Bai Chun had obviously thought about it on the way here, so he said at this moment. Up, it is extremely skillful.
Moreover, he is not instructing the court officials. After all, Li Ye is here. If he appears today, he can at most be regarded as Li Ye's adviser, so he is not interfering in the government affairs and putting pressure on the officials.
"Yes, Miss Bai, I would like to comply with Miss Bai's instructions." Xiao Zhizhong saluted respectfully.
Miss Bai has little contact with the official department, but she has a lot of contact with the household department. After all, the tax Taiyi City gives to the household department every year is an extremely considerable amount, so since Miss Bai has said that she will pay for it , then Xiao Zhizhong believes that even if she buys all the people on today's list, Miss Bai still has the ability and courage.
So Xiao Zhizhong straightened his back in an instant, and his heart was suddenly full of confidence. His whole person seemed to be in high spirits, as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood. He waited for a while to list the people he knew well on the list, and if there were any younger ones. , and bought them all.
(End of chapter)