Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 157 Don't worry, let the merchants rest for a while! (seeking subscription)

Seeing Feng Dong bowed his head, the others looked annoyed.

Feng Dong lowered his head, ignoring the gazes around him.

He is very clear.

They can't struggle.

Without salt ponds and iron mines, these salt merchants and iron merchants have no right to bargain at all, and can only let the government decide.

Right now the government is indeed short of salt and iron, but this 'Mr. Zhong' has never mentioned that the salt and iron have been hidden from the beginning to the end, and has always treated them with an attitude of sinking salt and iron, but how can this person be so wise? Can you not guess that the salt and iron may be hidden?
The reason why I didn't mention it was either because I didn't bother to mention it, or because I had other calculations.

In his opinion, it is mostly the latter.

Feng Dong can see that they are the meat on Mr. Zhong's chopping board, and they can only be slaughtered by him. Don't try to resist. The more fierce the resistance, the more severe the suppression will be in the end. If Mr. Zhong said directly Should be down, there will be no follow-up 'safety check' one out.

He is tired.

I don't want to pinch my nose and let others humiliate me anymore.

And he had a hunch that not all the people present could leave alive.

Eventually someone will be left behind.

aside.

Feng Zhen looked anxious.

Feng Dong glanced at Feng Zhen, then shook his head numbly.

Feng Zhen was taken aback.

With a sigh, there is no follow-up.

After a commotion, other merchants also bowed their heads.

Ji Heng laughed lightly, and said lightly: "You parents have no objection to what I said?"

Feng Dong cupped his hands and said, "I would like to obey what Mr. said."

Ji Heng nodded slightly, straightened his face, and said solemnly: "Since you are willing to carry out, then some things should be clarified."

"Go ahead."

"Who is in charge of dispatching the ships this time?"

A word fell.

The face of the merchant below changed abruptly.

Everyone looked at each other with panic in their eyes, but no one dared to speak.

Ji Heng sneered and said, "Why? You don't want to say?"

"Or are you all involved?"

"But according to the information I have inquired during this period, not many people have handled the transportation of salt and iron this time, and only a few people from your various ethnic groups know about it."

"Is there any unspeakable secret in it?"

Ji Heng glanced down coldly, where all the merchants lowered their heads, no one dared to look up and look at him.

The atmosphere in the arena was extremely depressing.

a long time.

No one in the hall spoke.

Ji Heng said: "Is this so shady?"

Cheng Zheng bit the bullet, cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Zhong is joking, we walk straight and straight, and there is no such thing as shameful. All the parents present are parents, but the daily business affairs are complicated. The matter of salt and iron was decided very early, so I really didn't think about it for a while."

"I also ask Mr. Zhong to forgive me."

"So who is it?" Ji Heng remained unmoved, and continued to ask: "You can tell all the clan members you have an impression of. The government has plenty of time now, so you can invite them one by one."

"This..." Cheng Zheng was momentarily at a loss for words.

He turned his head and looked anxiously at the others, wanting them to speak for him, but how dare others touch this brow?All lowered their heads, not thinking of opening their mouths at all.

There was a hint of anger in Cheng Zheng's eyes.

finally.

He could only grit his teeth and said, "I am old and my memory is not very good. I really can't remember it for a while. Please give me more time, Mr. Zhong."

Ji Heng smiled, waved his hands and said: "It's okay, as you get older, your memory will indeed decline, and you may not remember people in the clan clearly, but during this period of time the government has conducted some investigations on the Cheng family. There are very few people who have handled the matter of salt and iron, and the government still draws up a list."

"Parent Cheng can watch slowly."

talking.

Ji Heng raised his hand.

Immediately, a small official sent a bamboo slip over.

Cheng Zheng stretched out his hand subconsciously, and when his fingertips touched the bamboo slips, he quickly retracted, with a look of surprise and uncertainty, he raised his head and looked at Ji Heng, his expression gradually becoming restless.

Ji Heng moved the mask upwards to make the mask more close to his face, and continued: "Other parents don't need to worry, the government knows about the situation in your clan, and if you can't remember, the government can also provide corresponding roster."

"It's just that who else can't remember?"

The merchants were silent.

Feng Dong hesitated for a while, and said, "I don't know why Mr. Zhong asked these things?"

Ji Heng said: "Of course it is to arrest people."

"There is such a big situation in the world. As people who know about it, they have no protection against it, and hundreds of people have died. Such crimes cannot be shirked by ignorance."

"It's intolerable."

"The law is even more intolerable!"

Feng Dong took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "But the operation of salt and iron has been confirmed early, or the person in charge of this matter does not know much about it. Is it too arbitrary to directly convict him?"

Ji Heng said indifferently: "Since you are in charge of this matter, you should take responsibility."

"If something goes wrong, they all say that they don't know about it, and then shirk all responsibility. Then the sinking of the ship will never stop? Then who is responsible for the dead?"

"Death cannot be brought back to life."

"But accidents will inevitably happen in the world, and it's a bit too harsh to insist on letting people take responsibility." Feng Dong said.

Ji Heng said: "So this time it's just arresting people."

"Not a conviction."

"But if it is found out that it was man-made, perhaps negligent, or a disaster caused by man-made, then don't blame Qin Fa for being ruthless."

heard.

Feng Dong's heart tightened.

He looked up at Feng Zhen, Feng Zhen's eyes were full of struggle.

He knew what his father meant.

This is for him to make a choice, but Feng Wen and Feng Wu are his sons, and Tiger Poison is not a predator, if he lets his son do the work, he really can't bear it.

Moreover, Feng's talents are dying.

If something happened to Feng Wen and Feng Wu, the Feng family would really be out of touch.

At this time.

The other merchants gradually spoke their names.

"Shu Zhuoheng."

"Cao Bingrui."

"Cheng Ling."

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Every time a merchant uttered a name, Fusu would ask the official to write it down.

After struggling for a long time, Feng Zhen finally did not follow Feng Dong's suggestion, but spoke out his name.

Ji Heng looked at Fusu with his usual expression, and said slowly: "My lord, now the people in charge of dispatching ships from each family are aware of it, send someone to invite them to Tingwei's mansion."

"There are some things that have to be clarified after all."

"What is white cannot be black, and what is black cannot be white."

Fusu nodded slightly, and said loudly to the outside: "Come here, take all the people on the bamboo slips to Tingwei Mansion for interrogation by the government."

Following a quick walk by the little official, the hall gradually became quiet.

The atmosphere in the arena was stagnant.

Fusu and the others looked relatively relaxed.

Merchants are very low.

Ji Heng didn't care about the atmosphere in the field, he turned his head to look at Du He, cupped his hands and said, "Du Shaofu, there is something I need to ask you to do now."

Du He cupped his hands and said, "Please tell me, Mr. Zhong."

"Who is responsible for the salt and iron affairs under the Shaofu?" Ji Heng asked.

Du He's eyelids twitched.

He took a deep look at Ji Heng, saw that Ji Heng was very serious, pondered for a while, and said two names.

Immediately, he explained: "Mr. Zhong may not know that the salt and iron officials set up by the government are not responsible for the transportation of salt and iron, nor are they responsible for supervising the transportation of merchants."

Ji Heng sneered and said, "Salt officials and iron officials take charge of the world's salt and iron."

"A word of irresponsibility cannot stand."

"They may not take the primary responsibility, but some secondary responsibilities will."

"I said."

"Laws can lag."

"But officials cannot afford to lag."

"As an official who manages Yantie, he has no vigilance, no sense of crisis, and knows nothing about the follow-up of Yantie. Isn't this a dereliction of duty?"

Du He frowned, looking a little displeased.

He thinks that Ji Heng has gone too far.

Ji Heng looked at Fusu and said, "Catch the relevant Yan officials and Tie officials as well."

He looked at it calmly.

Yan Guan Tie Guan this time is indeed a disaster for no reason.

But at this time, they cannot be wronged or not. After all, their official positions have been stained with salt and iron. Under the raging public opinion this time, they are destined to not be alone.

In order to establish the integrity of the court in the hearts of the people.

They can only be 'guilty'.

Their crime does not come from themselves, but from this public anger.

The so-called hurricane started at the end of Qingping, and such a menacing trend must be dealt with extremely seriously, so as to block the mouths of the world and not leave any tongues for the world.

There are two types of dismissal of officials in Daqin.

One is called 'free'.

It's just an ordinary dismissal, and the appointment can continue in the future.

The other is called 'waste'.

Officials who have been deposed cannot take office again.

In order to avoid complications, he personally advocates that the Yan officials and iron officials in charge should avoid the limelight, avoid being coerced by raging public opinion, and then leave people with talk.

But right now it's not the right time to say it.

Zhang Cang frowned.

He also felt that Ji Heng's move was a little too much.

Just out of his judgment of Ji Heng's behavior style, he didn't think Ji Heng's move was deliberately targeted, so after thinking for a while, he still chose to suppress his doubts.

Fusu hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

Ji Heng looked away.

He looked at the distraught merchants below, and said calmly: "This time the government invited you here mainly to ask you to provide the list of ship dispatchers. Now that you have it, you can go back."

"Return..." Cheng Zheng's pupils shrank slightly, his expression full of astonishment.

He thought it wouldn't end so quickly this time.

So this is the end?
Cheng Zheng asked in disbelief: "Mr. Zhong is serious?"

"Of course it is true." Ji Heng said.

heard.

Cheng Zheng was overjoyed.

He arched his hands all around without stopping, and left the lobby quickly.

out of the lobby.

Cheng Zheng breathed the air greedily.

The whole person was relieved, as if a big rock had been unloaded.

see.

The other merchants also looked happy.

Quickly got up from the ground, bowed to the surroundings, and left with both feet.

soon.

All the merchants in the lobby left.

Fu Su condensedly said: "Mr. Zhong, didn't you say before that this time is to solve the shortage of salt and iron in Guanzhong? Why are these merchants put back now?"

Others also looked puzzled.

Ji Heng smiled and said, "No hurry, let the merchants rest for a while."

"There is no way to keep suppressing like this all the time. There is still a difference between talking about things and judging things. Wait until they are almost sober, and then invite them over."

"Be patient!"

(End of this chapter)