Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 946
In the past, what happened in the Rong Mansion would definitely become a topic of discussion among the rich and powerful in the capital and the market, and it would last at least half a month.

But right now, there is more important news spreading in the capital, which directly covers up some nasty things inside the Rong Mansion.

There was a chaotic scene in the court hall, and many court officials fell from their horses.

Such a mess has not appeared for a long time.

The occurrence of such a situation can only show that there is a very serious conflict of interest between the court and the local government, which is exactly the case.

With the support of Jinmen Haiyan, the Cao Gang at this time has spread the scope of private salt sales to the essence of the Jianghuai area.

Xuzhou, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Jinling and other towns are the most prosperous and economically active areas of the Dagan Empire.

At the same time, these areas are all Huaiyang salt merchants' own territory, which is the so-called lair and basic territory.

Now that the old nest has been stolen, how can Huaiyang salt merchants sit still?
Among them, there may be some who have mastered the method of drying sea salt, but they dare not make the news public, and even dare not make large-scale salt themselves.

The production cost of boilable salt may even be higher than the ex-factory price of sun-dried sea salt. How can we fight this?
The more you fight, the more you lose, and the more you fight, the more money you spend.

Even if you have a net worth of tens of millions, you probably won't be able to last for a few years.

It's a matter of life and death, so Huaiyang salt merchants have to work hard?

The bulk of their expenditure is to give tribute and filial piety to all aspects. No matter what difficulties the salt merchants encounter, those powerful and powerful people must give them all the benefits and filial piety they should give.

Of course, when the Huaiyang salt merchants were working hard, these existences who had benefited from it naturally had to follow suit.

Then, there were all kinds of private fights in the local area, and there was a falling out in the court.

For the sake of profit, all kinds of impeachment papers are flying all over the sky. Anyone who has something to do with the interests of salt has suffered at least two papers of impeachment.

Sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai today, the opportunity to clear certain officials has not been missed.

He has long disliked certain guys, but he didn't have a good excuse before, and it's not easy to make it too obvious now, so naturally you don't have to be polite now.

Then, a well-known official in the court was caught in this turmoil in the court, and there was basically no possibility of turning over.

Today's participation is simply adding fuel to the fire.

Originally, the courtiers were quite restrained in their impeachment, but when many officials from their respective camps fell, they gradually became angry.

You must know that an official based in the court represents not only himself.

There is also the family behind it, and a series of interest chains centered on it, involving many people and forces.

Once the leader falls, it represents a reshuffle of interests, large or small.

Anyone who has a little understanding of this will know the cruelty and bloodiness in it.

For example, is the huge land owned by the family behind a certain courtier going to give up the bulk, and maybe it will directly change from a big landlord to a small landlord.

If the enemy is ruthless enough, it can directly cause the family behind him to fall apart.

Also, will a big businessman who rises with the help of a certain courtier be divided up by competitors, other courtiers, and local tyrants?

Not only that, but officials who have a good relationship with him will be more or less implicated, and their careers will be greatly affected.

This is not a joke. Generally speaking, it is very difficult for officials who are established in the court to be taken down.

But right now, the content of the opponent's impeachment is extremely targeted, and all the things listed are things that will lose the official title. Once it is confirmed, it is basically difficult to have room for maneuver.

But if it is serious now, or if it is serious, the impeached courtiers will naturally have to leave the scene sadly.

With the private struggle between the Cao Gang and Huaiyang salt merchants in the Jianghuai area, the intensity of the struggle driven by interests is getting higher and higher.

It is a matter of huge interests, and no courtier will choose to back down voluntarily.

Then, some courtiers couldn't hold their breath, and revealed some black material about their opponents.Not to mention blowing up the opponent to pieces, the furious present almost played the trick of stealing the house.

This time, a certain gate was opened, and the black material leaked out of control, and immediately entered the stage of mutual explosion between courtiers.

Eye-opening, really eye-opening!

Not only the current courtiers and the courtiers who did not participate were stunned, but even the people in the capital city were in an uproar.

There are no secrets in court!
But what happened in the court will soon be spread in the capital city.

The more intense the court battle, the more interest it can arouse the interest of the people in the capital.

People in the capital are very fond of talking about political affairs, and they also have this unique condition.

The battle that broke out in the court naturally attracted the attention of Jing Chengjing in the capital early on.Whenever something worthy of debate happens, the people in the market can argue non-stop, which can be regarded as a life adjustment.

However, when the battle escalated and the two sides started the mutual explosion mode, the public opinion in the capital city well also exploded.

It is true that there are too many shocking stories that broke out in the court, and it is too dark.

No one expected that the courtiers in the court hall, who were full of grace and moral cultivation at first glance, were secretly very dirty.

According to the violent news that broke out, they could do all sorts of disgusting things one by one.

Which one is secretly a regular visitor of the Nanfeng Hall, which one likes to torture delicate girls of twelve or thirteen years old the most, which one is extremely obsessed with the three-inch golden lotus, and so on.

These are just the personal morality of the courtiers who were revealed.

What is really fatal, and what the people in the capital city are most concerned about, is their private methods of accumulating money, corrupting the law, and forming cliques for personal gain.

They didn't make money directly, but they seized a large amount of land through the clan's ingenious extortion, and opened shops all over the prosperous towns of Daqian. Don't have too many income channels that are bright but not bright.

Collecting cash directly is the most inferior method!
In other words, although the former Ming Dynasty completely collapsed after the Tumu Fortress, and there was no outstanding person like Xu Jie, almost all the courtiers who were exposed to the news were Xu Jie.

It's not about their abilities, but about the expansion speed of the families behind them.

As for the other nasty things, as long as one of them is proven, they will not be tolerated today to continue to gain a foothold in the court.

Losing an official and dismissing him is still a minor matter, and he might have to go to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to enjoy free food and lodging services.

In a short period of time, more than a dozen courtiers ranging from the fifth rank to the third rank fell directly in the fierce battle.

Although there is no means of ransacking their homes today, the families behind these fallen officials will definitely not have a better life.

The properties in the capital, whether it is fields outside the city or shops in the city, are all waiting to be sold at a low price.

And judging by the posture and the intensity of the battle in the court, I'm afraid that more courtiers will be involved, and it's hard to say whether they can get out smoothly.

Naturally, there are all kinds of discussions in Jingchengjing, and there are all kinds of ugly things.

In other words, the prestige of the imperial court slowly dissipated little by little during the process of such discussions.

Afterwards, the court was a little tense, and people were in a state of panic.

Who knows if the unlucky courtiers will gnaw randomly in the prison, expand the intensity and scope of the fight, and directly implicate those courtiers who did not participate in it, no one can guarantee such a thing.

No, the Second Master Zheng was a little panicked.

There is no way, the few civil servants he had befriended, all of them were unlucky in the court battle this time, and the lightest ones were dismissed from office.

He was in a well-informed place like the Secretary of General Administration, so it was hard not to suspect that he might be involved, so he was naturally very nervous.

It's not easy to ask the old lady to tell the reason, so I can only ask Jia Rong about the situation.

I don't usually think that Jia Rong, the backbone, is still very trustworthy at critical moments, at least his previous performance has never dropped the chain.

"Don't worry, Uncle, could it be that you have participated in the affairs of the salt administration?"

Jia Rong was a little disapproving, and asked directly.

"No, how can I participate in salt affairs?"

The Second Master Zheng shook his head hastily, with a strange look on his face.

Just kidding, don't look at where he stayed before, where are they?
Either the Ministry of Industry or the Taichang Temple, and then the General Secretary, except for the Ministry of Industry, they are all standard Qingshui yamen.

Who can participate in the salt administration, who is not a powerful bigwig?
"Since there is no participation, what are you worried about?"

Jia Rong laughed and said, "With the energy of our Jia family, we really don't have to worry about being implicated innocently or being wronged!"

"I'm just worried that if I continue to torment the court, I'm afraid I will be implicated, so it's not necessarily a matter of the salt administration!"

The Second Master Zheng was sincere and expressed his worries.

"Don't worry, the battle will end soon!"

Jia Rong chuckled and said, "There will be no turmoil in the court today, taking down twenty courtiers in one go is already the limit!"

If there is more, the courtiers will be able to react, and the pressure today will be great.

Do you really think courtiers are made of mud?

Looking at the past dynasties, how many emperors were able to die?

The more powerful the civil and military group is, the greater the danger will be if the emperor goes too far. This is no joke.

Of course, there is no need to say this, so as not to scare the second master of politics.

Seeing that the second political master was not convinced, Jia Rong continued: "Is the uncle aware of the struggle between the Cao Gang and the Huaiyang salt merchants?"

Master Zheng Er shook his head, how could he care about this?
"The Huaiyang salt merchants are about to be overwhelmed, and it won't be too long before the winner is determined!"

What Jia Rong said shocked the Second Master Zheng, who called it "impossible".

"Nothing is impossible. Although the Huaiyang salt merchants have a lot of money, they are no match for the Cao Gang's numbers and power!"

A large number of people means that you can fight more, and your advantage in private fighting in the arena will be great.

Although the Huaiyang salt merchants have many private salt dealers under their command, these guys are all out-and-out desperadoes, and their force is quite acceptable.

But compared to Cao Gang, it pales in comparison.

Especially with the stimulation of private salt interests, there are more desperadoes on the Cao Gang side.

In addition, the private salt produced by the salt merchants in Huaiyang could no longer sell the private salt of the Cao Gang. Whether those private salt dealers who were allied with them would work hard for them was a matter of debate.

As long as the Cao Gang let go and provide cheaper sea salt to private salt dealers in the Jianghuai area, I am afraid that these private salt dealers will turn against the water directly.

The comparison of private fights in Jianghu is that there are many people and powerful people. Under the premise that the backgrounds of the two parties are similar, the amount of money is not the decisive factor.

At this time, as far as Jia Rong knew, the Cao Gang had already transported the sea salt produced in Jinmen to Yangzhou.

It can be said that Huaiyang salt merchants have suffered a crushing defeat.

Unless there is strong official support, failure is doomed.

Next, what awaits them is bankruptcy, or the possibility of their family being ruined. The boss behind them doesn't care about their specific situation, anyway, the money must be in place every year.

When the news reached the capital, the battle in the court would almost be over.

He talked about what was said in it, picked up what the second master of politics could listen to, and explained it in detail, and finally said: "Uncle, don't worry, this court turmoil will pass soon, and it has nothing to do with uncle!"

"So good!"

The Second Master Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and the expression on his face relaxed.

As long as he can hold the position of deputy envoy of the General Secretary, he will not bother to care about other things, and he will not have much ability to participate in them. There is still some self-knowledge.

But he didn't know that when it came to the court battle to decide the winner, a bigger disturbance had just begun.

Jia Rong also planned to take this opportunity to have a good time, as he hadn't forgotten some things.

In fact, Jia Rong's guess soon came true.

When the specific news from the south reached the capital that the sea salt of the Cao Gang had begun to be sold in Yangzhou, the originally fierce battle between courts and courts suddenly fell silent.

What this means, as long as there is no problem in the brain, one can guess: the Huaiyang salt merchants were defeated, and the defeat was very complete!

It's not that the cooking salt in their hands can't be sold anymore, that's impossible.

Instead, they can only be sold as official official salt, and they can collect funds to make profits through small profits but quick turnover.

Such a small profit is not enough for the salt merchant family's own expenses, let alone paying tribute and filial piety. Over time, it will only go bankrupt.

The rich and powerful are not good people, even if the Huaiyang salt merchants want to let go of the salt profits, it is impossible to get away. Anyway, the tribute and filial piety that should be given every year cannot be less.

It would not be an exaggeration to use the phrase 'knocking the bones and sucking the marrow', unless the salt merchant family can withstand the blow and revenge of the powerful and powerful.

Now that the Cao Gang and the Huaiyang Salt Merchants have already decided the winner, the battle in the court can naturally stop slowly, and the respective gains and losses can only be calculated slowly by themselves.

Today, he also came forward at the right time, and adopted a cold treatment of ignoring the impeachment papers from relevant parties, and the originally fierce court battle calmed down all of a sudden.

But no one expected, and no one knew what was going on, that there were suddenly a lot of scriptures directly impeaching Lin Ruhai, the Chief Executive of Jin Province.

Moreover, the courtier who impeached Lin Ruhai was the loser in this battle, which made people feel a little baffling.

Okay, what are you dragging Lin Ruhai, the chief minister of Jin Province, into the water...

(End of this chapter)