Zheng Yi asked the old man surnamed Jiang from He Xicun to sue the Jiang family, but he was not sure about it, and even made preparations for Zhou Maohe to find out that these people were coerced by him.
The result... Among these people, there is actually a talented person!
The old man's performance was far beyond Zheng Yi's expectations. He couldn't help but praised the old man over and over again in his heart, and despised the Jiang family by the way.
He didn't pay much attention to the Jiang family, and he didn't know that the other two children of the Jiang family were like this.
This Jiang's father and mother are also really strange. They don't like their eldest son who is dedicated to their efforts, but prefers their second son and third son who ask for anything from them.
After the old man was pulled to the ground by Mrs. Jiang, Zhou Maohe immediately asked someone to move him a chair and asked him to sit down, and then said: "Find a maid, come and search for this Jiang Wang family, come again Two people, ripped off Jiang Chengcai Jiang Chengxiang's clothes!"
The Jiang family naturally didn't want to be treated like this, but before Jiang Zhen didn't want to kneel to get a decree, but they didn't have anything.
The clothes of Jiang Chengxiang and Jiang Chengcai were quickly taken off.
These two people, from childhood to adulthood, they really didn't suffer any hardships, but the Jiang family's life was difficult for more than a year, and they actually didn't suffer much, at most they just had no meat to eat.
In Hexi Village, the grain produced by one mu of paddy fields can still support an adult man after the tax is paid, and the amount of land in the Jiang family is definitely more than that of the adults in their family. Since no one is working, the output will be greatly reduced, and they will not be unable to eat.
The two of them were reluctant to work. In this way, the consumption was less. Therefore, after taking off their clothes, everyone found that the two were white and plump, with thin skin and tender flesh.
Although Jiang Zhen eats meat every day, he does a lot of exercise and consumes a lot of energy, and his whole body is so lean that in comparison, Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang are actually fatter than him.
This is nothing, the servant girl found from the old lady Jiang also found seventy or eighty taels of silver.
Zhou Maohe's face was already as black as the bottom of a pot.
When he came to Jiangnan this time, he didn't bring so much money with him. This Jiang family is obviously richer than him!
"Oh, the youngest son of the Jiang family is an old acquaintance of mine. He always comes to my house to buy roast chicken." said the owner of a business owner who sold roast chicken in Hecheng County. He didn't buy much chicken, and he would come to buy some dried tofu skin cooked in brine from roast chicken almost every other day, and these days, he came to buy roast chicken almost every day.
Song Lizheng stood beside the merchant, and his whole body was stiff at this moment.
He thought with all his heart how hard Jiang Chengxiang's life was, but in the end, he was completely wrong!
The lives of others are much more comfortable than him! It is rare for him to eat roast chicken once!
Song Lizheng was at a loss, his stomach hurt, but he was punched.
Zheng Baoning retracted his fist, grabbed Song Li, and slapped Song Li again.
He originally thought that Song Li was not bad-hearted, so he just kept avoiding him, but before, he was really annoyed when he saw this man talking bad about Jiang Zhen in the crowd.
This Song Li should be taught a lesson!
"Sir, do you still want to try the case?" asked Zhou Mao and a scholar who came from Fucheng. He felt that, at this stage, the case could no longer be tried...
Even if Jiang Zhen's fault is really caught and he is punished, the people will only think that these people have acted erratically.
These scholars care about their reputation the most. If Jiang Zhen loses his reputation in order to interrogate him, it will not be worth the loss.
"My lord, my nephew's family used to only buy land, not sell it. After Jiang Zhen joined the Zhao family, the remaining two sons were lazy and spent all kinds of money, so they sold the land again and again, but even so , the life of their family can also go on." The old man who had shouted to sue Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang before said again.
Zhou Maohe was already angry with the Jiang family at this moment, and immediately pointed at Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang and said, "If you want to try, the case will naturally have to be tried, but this time, it's these two people who will be tried!" Jiang Zhen made that one He will investigate the matter of Qingfenglou later. At this moment, the two sons of the Jiang family have to be tried first!
Zhou Maohe looked coldly at the two people who deceived him, and was about to say something when old lady Jiang suddenly screamed and rushed over and hugged his leg: "Sir, my talent is the best. Filial piety, you can't wrong people!"
"My talent! You are so miserable! Your brother doesn't care about you, there are still people who want to wrong you!"
"If something happens to my son, I'll be rammed to death in this yamen!"
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When Mrs. Jiang had a good life in the Jiang family, she was still very embarrassed, but recently her life has not been good, but she cares less and less about her face, and she is especially willing to go out.
"Let go!" Zhou Maohe was helpless when Madam Jiang hugged his leg. When the people he brought saw this, they went to talk to Madam Jiang again.
A good court, it has been completely messed up at the moment.
The people around outside watched the excitement but watched with relish.
The imperial commissioner made a private visit in private and found that the villain brought the villain to justice. They watched a lot on the stage, but in fact, there was nothing to see. This imperial commissioner was hugged by the thigh and held on to it, which is really good-looking.
"Retire!" Zhou Maohe shouted.
This old lady Jiang refused to let him interrogate Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang, so he could only give up.
It is impossible to interrogate the unfilial son, and in the end, he will force the old parents of the unfilial son to death.
However, in this way, it is Jiang Zhen, who has to let go...
As soon as he heard that Jiang Zhen was fine, Brother Zhao Jin, who had been waiting outside, rushed in immediately.
"Brother Jin." Jiang Zhen wanted to hug someone subconsciously, but Zhao Jinge bent down abruptly, just avoiding his hug. At the same time, he picked up the clothes Jiang Zhen dropped on the ground and put it on Jiang Zhen: "Get dressed!"
Seeing Jiang Zhen standing there shirtless, he has been cold for Jiang Zhen, and can't do it with distress.
Jiang Zhen was indeed a little cold, so he took the clothes and put them on.
There was no expression on his face, but he teased Brother Zhao Jin in a low voice: "Brother Jin, you are so anxious, don't you want others to see my body? Don't worry, I will only let you see it in the future."
Zhao Jinge: "..." Jiang Zhen thought too much! He used to do farm work shirtless, who has never seen him in the village!
However, he really didn't want others to see Jiang Zhen's body...
"Don't freeze, if you freeze, you won't be allowed to hold the Pearl." Zhao Jinge said with red eyes, Jiang Zhen is fine now, and as soon as he relaxes, he can't control his emotions. .
Jiang Zhen quickly put on his clothes: "Brother Jin, I'm fine."
Zhou Maohe finally got rid of Mrs. Jiang at this moment, but his official uniform was messed up. He ran to Jiang Zhen's side, gave Jiang Zhen a cold look, and then called someone to run out and go straight to Qingfenglou.
Not to mention the filth in Qingfenglou, it is said that there are many things in it that are only found in the palace. Just this, Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi can also drink a pot!
Even though Jiang Zhen has changed a bit, Zhou Maohe still feels that Zheng Yihe is not a good person.
Zhou Maohe left quickly, and Jiang Zhen was surrounded by people... Pulling Zhao Jinge out, Jiang Zhen walked to Zheng Yi: "Zheng Shao, this imperial envoy, I'm afraid he is going to Qingfenglou."
There were people making trouble in Qingfeng Tower before, and Jiang Zhen didn't care when he heard about it, but now, after thinking about it, he came to the conclusion that the person who went to "make trouble" was probably Zhou Maohe.
At this moment, he might be going there again.
"Qingfeng Building?" Zheng Yi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Let the people here disperse, let's go to Qingfeng Building to see."
Jiang Zhen nodded, followed Zheng Yi to a carriage that Zheng Yi had prepared a long time ago, and the two went to Qingfeng Tower together.
Brother Zhao Jin also wanted to follow, but the people who followed in Hexi Village needed him to comfort him, so he could only stay.
"Jiang Zhen, this time, I'm afraid I have troubled you. I'm really sorry." Zheng Yi said after getting on the carriage.
"Zheng Shao, no one would have imagined such a disaster, and it's not necessarily that Zheng Shao was implicated in me, maybe someone did not like me and paid money to buy the Jiang family to do it." Jiang Zhendao. Many people think that the money on Jiang Chengxiang's body is what they originally had, but he is very clear that it is not.
The Jiang family absolutely can't come up with so much money, so this money should be given to them by others.
However, this matter can be put aside for now and then checked later.
"You said, could it be Feng Jingyuan?" Zheng Yi said, the former Feng Jingyuan, but persuaded him to break his wrist.
"He is now attached to you, Zheng Shao, so he shouldn't destroy the Great Wall by himself." Jiang Zhen said. When Feng Jingyuan was beaten in the face by him, he could still come to his door again and again to give gifts and make amends... Such a person would never do such a thing at this time.
"Who would it be then?" Zheng Yi frowned. He has always made money with humility, and he always leaves a line for others when he does business. He has never sinned against anyone, not to mention Jiang Zhen. He is still measured.
"Wait until this is over and check it out slowly," Jiang Zhen said.
"Also... I don't know how long Lord will be making trouble this week." Zheng Yi couldn't help frowning when he thought of Zhou Maohe.
This Zhou Maohe is not really a bad person, but he is like this, and he is not liked.
"Master Zheng, if he wants to make a fuss, why don't we push him?" Jiang Zhen said suddenly.
"What?" Zheng Yi was taken aback.
Jiang Zhen didn't speak this time, but wrote the word "private salt" on Zheng Yi's hand.
He once had the idea of selling illicit salt, and when he went into the sea, he also saw how the Hongjiang Salt Factory took the entire coastline and sold it together with the official salt.
There are maritime merchants in Hexing Mansion, but those sea merchants do business a little further south, because here in Hexing Mansion, the sphere of influence of Hongjiang Salt Works is too large.
And Hongjiang Salt Works, relying on salt, has already established a huge interest group in Hexing Mansion and Wuzhong Mansion to the north of Hexing Mansion.
In Hexing Mansion and Wuzhong Mansion, there are not many rich salt merchants. Among them, the big salt merchants are richer than the sea merchants. Among them, there are also the wealthy and noble families in the south of the Yangtze River.
Everyone must eat salt, and they are not allowed to sell salt without permission. The annual salt tax should be very, very high, but the fact is just the opposite.
Although the salt tax is still a lot, it has been getting lower and lower in recent years. Obviously, the money has finally fattened various salt merchants.
It has been more than 300 years since Daqi was founded, and many drawbacks have become more and more obvious. The DPRK has always been short of money. If it were not for this, the Queen Mother would not have come up with the idea of sealing some imperial merchants to save money.
Under such circumstances, the queen mother wanted to rectify the salt business for a long time, but she has not started, that is because no one dared to do anything about this piece, for fear of being killed by those salt traders in the end.
But now... isn't this an upright imperial envoy
"Jiang Zhen!" Zheng Yi was taken aback when he saw Jiang Zhen sign these two words, Jiang Zhen really dared to think about it!
Is this piece something that ordinary people can move
Even his uncle, when someone mentioned this in the court, he only dared to say he didn't know...
However, it is not necessarily a bad idea to let Zhou Maohe rectify the salt affairs. I am afraid it is only people like Zhou Maohe who dare to do such a thing.
"I can improve... the method, and in the future, the... output will be greatly increased." Jiang Zhen said. At this time, people are all boiled salt, but in fact, it is completely possible to dry the salt.
Zheng Yi's heart skipped a beat.
When Jiang Zhen first mentioned this matter, he still didn't understand, and didn't understand why Jiang Zhen said this, but now...
Although Jiang Zhen's meaning is unclear, he has already understood it.
Jiang Zhen, this is to want Zhou Maohe to break up the interest groups that are now monolithic because of salt, and then they will get a share of it.
"It's… too risky."
"Master Zheng, now the Zheng family is relying on the Queen Mother, but what if His Majesty ascends the throne in the future?" Jiang Zhen asked in a low voice.
"Your Majesty is the mother of the Queen Mother..."
"When has there been less competition between mothers and sons for power and profits?" Jiang Zhen said.
Jiang Zhen has always felt that the Zheng family is not stable now.
In the Zheng family, only Mr. Zheng Er is alone in the court, and he is still going the way of the queen mother... When the queen mother falls, what will happen to the Zheng family
"But if you interfere in that..."
"As long as Bai Huahua's silver is always sent to the capital, and the salt tax is getting higher and higher, will Your Majesty still hate the Zheng family?" Jiang Zhen said.
"I think about it." Zheng Yi took a deep breath, feeling a little confused.
He had always known that Jiang Zhen was very bold, but he didn't expect Jiang Zhen to be so bold. What the hell, he was actually moved.
If the Zheng family manages the salt affairs well, His Majesty's private treasury will have money, and the household department will also have money... Whether it is the Queen Mother or His Majesty, they will definitely be reluctant to touch the Zheng family.
Of course, they also have to be careful. They must not be like the group of people in the Hongjiang Salt Works, who are dazzled by the benefits and only know how to pull the money into their arms.
Zheng Yi only thought that he had only thought about it for a while before the carriage stopped—the arrival of Qingfenglou.
The Qingfeng Tower has been surrounded by Zhou Maohe, and he is about to enter.
Seeing Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi, Zhou Maohe immediately said, "The two of you are here very quickly! Are you afraid that something that is only in the palace will be revealed by me?"
Zhou Maohe was certain that there must be something tricky in it, but Zheng Yi was speechless for a while.
He didn't have the guts to make something that only exists in the palace in Qingfenglou, it was just a rumor.
This Qingfenglou is popular, mainly because there are many novel things in it, which many people have never seen before.
However, Zhou Maohe wanted to search, so he searched.
Zheng Yi's face was calm: "Master Zhou, how can the next merchant dare to touch the things in the palace? Just go check it out, Master Zhou."
Zhou Maohe snorted coldly and walked inside. Zheng Yi said again: "Master Zhou, why don't you let me follow, so that I can introduce the situation inside to Master Zhou."
Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen were just two people, and Zhou Maohe didn't stop them, so they walked in together.
At this time, Qingfenglou used to be very lively, but today is different.
The imperial commissioner came to Hecheng County, and many businessmen went to see the imperial commissioner, but they did not come to Qingfeng Building, and there were not many guests in Qingfeng Building. Already terrified.
These days, is it not enough to even go out for a walk and have a meal? It even attracted the imperial envoy!