I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 242
"These bastards are greedy for ink and misleading the country!"

The more Hu Zongxian thought about it, the more angry he felt, and then he slammed the table and said angrily.

All the people present were shocked by Hu Zongxian's sudden action, especially Liang Hong and He Jin, who were kneeling on the ground, were even more frightened.

"My lord, calm down, what we have said is the truth!"

Seeing this, the two quickly kowtowed hard on the ground, making a 'bang bang' sound and bleeding.

"Give them both to this officer!"

Hu Zongxian was in a very bad mood at the moment, and then he gave such instructions to the guards on the side.

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

After hearing Hu Zongxian's order, the guards who had been waiting by the side immediately stepped forward and took the two of them down.

"My lord, please calm down."

After Liang Hong and He Jin were taken down by the guards, Cao Shunhe at the side immediately stepped forward and comforted them.

"It's okay, I'm just angry for a while."

Hu Zongxian waved his hand, indicating that he had calmed down.

Then Hu Zongxian turned his gaze to Cao Shunhe and said.

"Next, all the affairs of the government office will be handled by you, the governor of Jiangxi."

"I want to inform His Majesty of the situation here!"

After listening to Hu Zongxian's words, Cao Shunhe nodded, and immediately responded.

"Leave it to the officer here!"

"Ah."

After Hu Zongxian responded, he left the room.

……

As early as Hu Zongxian led a large army into the city, Jin Yiwei, who had been assisting secretly, began their work.

They arrested all important officials in the entire Nanchang Mansion with lightning speed!

A howling sound came from a prison in the city.

"Say it, just say a name, and you won't have to suffer like this anymore."

A guard in Jin Yi looked at the man who was tortured so badly in front of him, and said persuasively.

And this man is Gao Hong, the chief envoy of Nanchang Mansion.

"I really don't know anything."

After Gao Hong finished speaking, he passed out again, and blood dripped down his chin to the ground.

"Hmph, stubbornness! Wake him up for me!"

"I don't believe it anymore, there are still people who can resist Jin Yiwei's punishment!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Seeing this, the subordinates at the side quickly poured the salt water that had been prepared on the side onto Gao Hong's face.

"Ahhh!"

The severe pain from all over the body pulled him back from the coma.

"Yo, are you awake?"

Seeing this, the former Jin Yiwei asked with a smile on his face.

"I really don't know anything about what you said, I just took some money from those salt merchants!"

Gao Hong looked at the face so close, feeling weak.

"We have already investigated the matter of your money collection! You have collected a total of 570 taels of silver, right?"

"In addition, for safety reasons, you ordered someone to transport it to your hometown, right?"

After hearing Gao Hong's words, the Jin Yiwei immediately added.

"You... how do you know about this!"

After Gao Hong heard it, his face was full of horror.

In his opinion, when he was planning this matter back then, he was absolutely foolproof. Not only did he not leak any news, but also for the sake of safety, he killed all the people who knew about it.

How did the Jin Yiwei in front of him know about this?
The Jin Yiwei seemed to have guessed what Gao Hong was thinking, with a smile on his face, he explained to him.

"Are you wondering, how do we know?"

"Hey, it's been so many years, you officials, don't know where to hide things a little bit, except for the ancestral hall, it's the ancestral hall!"

After the Jin Yiwei finished speaking, a malicious smile appeared on his face.

"You might as well guess, what did we find in your hometown?"

"By the way, your son is quite cute. It should be time to go to school, right?"

"In addition, your wife and the few concubines raised outside are also quite good."

After Gao Hong heard these words, his emotions instantly became agitated.

"Don't touch them!"

Seeing that Gao Hong became agitated, the Jin Yiwei continued with the same smile on his face.

"I can agree to you myself, but my subordinates may not."

"Think about it, without you as the chief envoy as a backer, how will your wife and children survive?"

"Maybe, those people you have offended in the past are secretly thinking about how to ravage your wife and children!"

"Speak, as long as you name a name, I can guarantee that they are safe and sound."

"It's really not good, you can also confess your enemies as well, just take it as a breath of anger, how about it?"

Seeing that Gao Hong's defense had been breached, the Jin Yiwei continued to use the previous strategy, earnestly seducing him.

"Can you be responsible for what you said earlier?"

I saw Gao Hong staring at the Jin Yiwei's eyes, and said word by word.

"Of course, who doesn't know here, I'm the one who values ​​promises the most!"

"You can rest assured that since I promised you, I will definitely do it. Tell me."

Gao Hong saw that the guard in Jinyi had already made a promise to himself, and then, as if resigned to his fate, he spit out a name from his mouth.

"Hmm, is there any more?"

The Jin Yiwei ordered his subordinates to take notes, and then asked.

Some things are only once and countless times, and once you start, you can never stop!

Soon, Gao Hong explained everything he knew.

"Well, thank you for your cooperation. Next, I will fulfill my promise to ensure that your wife and children are safe!"

After the Jin Yiwei finished speaking and sorted out the confession, he left quickly.

Soon, a large number of Jin Yiwei were dispatched, and they began to punish the people according to the names on the list!
……

In the study, Hu Zongxian was writing a memorial to His Majesty.

The situation in Jiangxi is shocking, and the situation is so complicated that Hu Zongxian didn't know how to write for a while.

Time passed slowly like this, and I don't know how long it took before Hu Zongxian sorted out his thoughts, spread out the pen and paper, and began to write on it.

"Report to Your Majesty, Hu Zongxian, my humble minister, has personally led the army to Jiangxi to suppress the rebellion according to your previous will!"

"Currently, all the forces in the area who dared to resist have been wiped out by the minister! And in the process, the minister also suddenly discovered that the situation in Jiangxi is very complicated."

"According to what Wei Chen has learned so far, there have always been several large salt merchants in Jiangxi, namely the Liang family, the He family, and the Li family. They colluded with some officials in the capital to jointly sell private salt. Salt, a lot of profit!"

"And Weichen sent people to search all the homes of these salt merchants, and the silver obtained was converted into a total of 5000 million taels!"

"According to these salt merchants, they cooperated with Zhao Wenhua, the former head of the criminal department. They need to give [-]% of the profits from selling private salt to Zhao Wenhua every year! And Zhao Wenhua is responsible for settling official troubles for them. .”

"And after Zhao Wenhua was beheaded by Your Majesty, this group of people sent a new candidate to take over Zhao Wenhua's job. He called himself "Lord Li"!"

"In addition, these salt merchants also confessed that when the imperial court sends people to collect salt tax every year, they will pay more, and this extra part is the benefits promised to this "Master Li"! The amount Quite huge, at least 500 million taels of silver per year."

"And the extra silver that these salt merchants paid was transported to the capital through the Grand Canal, and flowed into the pockets of these high-ranking officials in the capital through various channels. It was not transported into the treasury at all!"

"Finally, Cao Shunhe, the governor of Jiangxi Province, had made several memorials to the imperial court, requesting to deal with these salt merchants, but they didn't get any response. My minister ventured to guess that these memorials were stopped by someone!"

"The above is the news that Weichen has found out so far."

After Hu Zongxian finished writing the memorandum, he waited for the ink on the paper to dry completely, then called his subordinates, and ordered in a deep voice.

"Submit this letter to His Majesty as soon as possible!"

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

(End of this chapter)