East Factory Governor

Chapter 577 They Shouldn't Be Treated Like This

Lu Xiangsheng immediately took Qin Shuhuai to the prison.

On the way, Qin Shuhuai thought of something again, and said to Lu Xiangsheng, "Lord Lu, there are eight major Shanxi merchants in Shanxi, not only funding Zhang Xianzhong, but also secretly doing business with the Tartars, transporting food and ironware with them, causing great national disasters and windfalls, you You can check it out carefully. You can't forgive any of these people lightly."

Lu Xiangsheng was slightly startled, "The Eight Great Shanxi Merchants? I don't know which Eight Great Merchants the Lord Hou is talking about? These profiteers dare to invest in bandits and enemies. If this governor verifies the truth, he will never forgive him lightly."

Qin Shuhuai pretended to be mysterious and smiled, and said, "With Lord Lu's means, we can definitely find out, so why do you need me to point out them one by one?"

He said it in a serious manner, but the actual reason was that he only remembered that there were indeed eight Shanxi merchant consortiums that supported the Qing Dynasty in history, but he couldn't remember which eight these eight Shanxi merchants were.

However, even if he wants to support businessmen, he absolutely cannot tolerate these profiteers who ignore the laws of the country and the danger of the nation for their own selfishness.In his opinion, these profiteers are a hundred times more hateful than bandits!
Lu Xiangsheng arrested more than a dozen people from the "Dachang" because of the case of capital bandits. Among them, the Zhang family's grandpa, boss, and second child were all identified as the main criminals by him, and they were all sentenced to beheading. He was going to report it to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for approval in two days. Woolen cloth.Therefore, these people were put on death row.

The yamen servants guarding the death row saw that the governor was coming in person, and immediately panicked, came up to kowtow and salute in a hurry.But seeing that the governor was even more respectful to a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy beside him, they immediately guessed that this co-author was the famous Daming demon who had just entered our Taiyuan city, ah bah, it should be said to be Daming The Optimus Prime, Qin Shuhuai, Lord Qin Hou?

Qin Houye and Governor Lu came to the death row together?What is this saying?
Lu Xiangsheng said to the leading yamen servant, that is, the cell boss, "Open the door."

The cell leader didn't dare to neglect, he hurried to open the door, then led the way and led the two people in.

The other yamen servants watched Qin Shuhuai enter the door, and started discussing in a low voice.

"My dear, you really are a first-class hero in the world, with such a magnanimity and majesty!"

"Hey, we've met Lord Qin Hou, and we can boast for a year when we go back!"

Entering the dark, damp, musty-smelling death cell, when passing by each cell, many prisoners stretched out their hands from inside, screaming "wronged" heart-piercingly, but Lu Xiangsheng was unmoved.

Many of the death row inmates here were convicted by him himself. If these people were not bandits, or they were bandits themselves, he was confident that he would never make a wrong judgment—even if it was the Zhang family, he patiently gave them a chance to present evidence Well, who told them not to ask Lord Hou for a warrant?
Walking to a cell, the head of the cell pointed at the three people inside and said, "My lord, the Zhang family is here."

One of the unkempt middle-aged men inside followed the sound, his face froze immediately, his mouth was open enough to swallow a fist.

Qin Shuhuai cupped his fists and bowed to the middle-aged man, and said, "Brother Desheng, this Marquis has wronged you!"

The sound of "Brother Desheng" made the middle-aged man break down and burst into tears!He rushed over rolling and crawling as if possessed by an evil spirit, knelt on the ground and shouted, "Qin Shaobao, oh no, Lord Qin! Desheng waited so hard for you!"

When Zhang Desheng's grandfather and Zhang family's boss heard Zhang Desheng's shout, their dull eyes immediately burst into an incomparably bright light.They knew that Qin Shuhuai's arrival meant that they were saved!The Zhang family is saved!
The boss of the Zhang family immediately helped the grandpa of the Zhang family, walked up to Qin Shuhuai, and knelt down to Qin Shuhuai with a plop through the wooden fence.

"Crassman Zhang Deguang, with his father Zhang Wenjin, pays respects to Lord Qin!"

The grandfather of the Zhang family, Zhang Wenjin, was already in his seventies, so he could not kneel logically, but at this moment he also tremblingly wanted to kneel down.

Just now, the old man and Zhang Deguang were still cursing Qin Shuhuai for killing his whole family.However, when they really saw Qin Shuhuai, they knelt down without hesitation.

It's not that they are spineless, but that in this era, businessmen can't have spine at all when facing the government!
Seeing Qin Shuhuai come to rescue them, their resentment dissipated immediately, and they were grateful instead.They completely forgot that it was because of Qin Shuhuai that they fell to this point.

This is not normal, but in Daming, it is very normal.

Seeing this scene, Qin Shuhuai felt even more sad.

No businessman, farmer or anyone should be treated like this.However, even if they were really treated like this, with their diligence and wisdom, they still created a great and splendid Chinese civilization, and created half of the wealth in this time and space.

Qin Shuhuai was full of emotion in his heart, and immediately ordered the prison head to open the door, and then helped Zhang's grandpa first, then Zhang Desheng and Zhang Deguang.

"Brother Desheng, this Marquis has explained the situation to Lord Lu, you can go home." Qin Shuhuai said to Zhang Desheng, "This Marquis has come here specially to apologize to you."

Zhang Desheng burst into tears and said, "Master Hou, Desheng didn't dare. This matter is Desheng's own fault. If he knew that there was such a disaster, Desheng should have asked for a warrant from Lord Hou. However, Desheng knew that Lord Hou He will definitely help our Zhang family clear the case!"

Lu Xiangsheng also bowed his hands to the Zhang family, and said, "Master Zhang, brothers of the Zhang family, and this governor also accompanies you."

He didn't sincerely apologize, and he still thinks he did the right thing.But from the facts, it is true that he cannot be said to be at fault.It's just that Qin Shuhuai made an apology, and it's not easy for him to stand still. This is the knowledge in the officialdom.

How dare the Zhang family blame the Governor, the Elder and Grandpa immediately said, "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it, Master Lu has broken the old man. This matter is the fault of the dog, how dare you blame Master Lu and Lord Hou?"

Lu Xiangsheng immediately ordered someone to help the three members of the Zhang family out, and then in front of Qin Shuhuai, he ordered the prison chief to acquit all the people involved in the Zhang family banditry case. As for the formalities, he will go through them later and so on.

Qin Shuhuai helped Zhang Desheng, who was beaten so hard to walk, to the outside of the prison, and asked, "Brother Desheng, if this Marquis asks you to continue pretending to be a bandit and help the officers and soldiers find the location of Zhang Xianzhong's lair, would you be willing?"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Deguang immediately rushed to answer, "Master Hou, the Zhang family is willing! The Zhang family is willing!"

The news of Qin Shuhuai's defeat of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng in Shaanxi has already spread to Jinzhong, now who doesn't know that Zhang Xianzhong is about to follow?Hou Ye let Zhang's family continue to serve the court because he wanted to compensate Zhang's family. If you can't see this, you are not worthy of being a Shanxi merchant.

Zhang Desheng held Qin Shuhuai's hand tightly and said, "Master Hou, what my brother said is what I said."

Qin Shuhuai patted the back of Zhang Desheng's hand and said, "Okay! Brother Desheng, this Marquis will not forget what your Zhang family has done for the court."

Zhang Desheng had a vague feeling that the Zhang family was going to skyrocket among Shanxi merchants from now on!

Why?Just relying on Lord Qin Hou, the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, to call himself "Brother Desheng"!
The next morning, the army set off and continued northward!

(End of this chapter)