People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 264 Confused! Even if we kill you, the money will still be ours!

When King Jin heard about Chen Han's experience at the inn, he almost exploded with anger.

How angry he is now as much as he respects Chen Han.

He knew that many officials in Taiyuan Prefecture were colluding with local Shanxi merchants, either covertly or covertly.

But I never imagined that under the strict laws of my father Zhu Yuanzhang, there would be so many desperate people.

These people really risk their lives just for some money.

Originally, His Highness King Jin wanted to rush into the Zhang family directly with his troops and uproot the Zhang family's roots.

It was Chen Han who stopped him.

Chen Han still wanted to see what these people would do and what kind of arrogant operations these people would do under such circumstances.

So I saw the next scene.

This time, Chen Han's visit was not in vain.

Finally, I learned that even under high pressure, Shanxi merchants still have some energy.

At this time, when Chen Han and King Jin surrounded the entire Zhang family.

The Zhang family finally knew they were afraid.

Especially Zhang Yi, who was trapped and kneeling at the front this time, never thought that just because he wanted to rob a room, his house would be ransacked.

If he had known that this would be the result, he would not have tried to rob this room.

To be honest, the station was not far from Taiyuan City. The reason why he did this was to give a shocking performance to his colleagues.

Let them know that even if they are businessmen, even officials must show courtesy to them when they arrive at the inn.

But who would have thought that what he originally wanted to do to show off in front of his friends turned out to be an opportunity for his family's downfall.

Now he was kneeling on the ground and saw his home surrounded by heavy soldiers, and his intestines turned green with regret.

The magistrate of Yangqu County was also trapped and knelt on the ground.

He also wanted to cry but had no tears.

Originally, there was nothing of his own business here, and he had no dealings with the Zhang family.

Although he knew that the Zhang family was extremely wealthy, he was afraid of the laws enacted by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, so he really did not commit any corruption.

He just wanted to show his loyalty in front of Li Gang and gain more political capital.

But who would have thought that he would meet an opponent like Chen Han.

Now that I am implicated, not only will my black hat be lost, but my head may also be lost.

For a moment, he was also despairing.

Thinking of his performance at the inn, he wanted to slap himself in the mouth.

If no one else will stand up, you must stand up and embarrass yourself.

And he complimented Zhang Yi like this in front of Duke Qian. Isn't this looking for death?

Thinking about it, I was also a second-ranked Jinshi, and I finally became an official, but today I fell into such a trivial matter.

This is really a mistake that will lead to eternal regret.

The one who regretted the most was Meng Tiande who was also kneeling on the ground at this time.

He is arguably the most damned one.

To be honest, he doesn't usually have a very good relationship with Zhang Yi.

The two of them would only meet once every year or festival. Everyone in Taiyuan City knew how arrogant and domineering Zhang Yi was.

But you have to keep your face.

My brother-in-law has begged me. If I don't behave more positively, how will the Zhang family view me and how will my brothers view me?

The combination of all these factors made him do such a stupid thing.

Think about how stupid this is.

He was the one who was really brave, actually scolding Chen Han bloody in front of so many people.

Needless to say, even if the world is amnesty, he will still die.

Eh……

Zhang family, Zhang family.

You are a disaster.

But it's too late to say anything now.

Because no matter what, Chen Han would never let him go.

"Shout inside and if you don't open the door, the door will be broken down!"

King Jin spoke directly.

The soldiers actually shouted inside: "Our prince said that if you don't open the door, we will break down the door!"

"We do what we say. If we don't act lightly, then we won't just smash the door, we will smash everyone together!"

The people inside were frightened. They had never seen such a gangster.

So the people inside quickly shouted outside: "Don't smash, don't smash! Come out!"

crunch...

With a creaking sound, the door of the Zhang family really opened.

Then I saw a lot of people pouring out of the brightly lit Zhang family.

The leader was obviously the Zhang family who advocated Jinzhong.

He was sweating profusely at this time. He was still discussing how to deal with the situation at hand, but he didn't expect that someone would knock on the door right away.

Moreover, the prince himself led the team.

The most unlucky person here is Li Gang.

He originally just came to see the excitement, but he didn't expect to put himself inside.

As more Zhang family members came out, they could see angry looks on their faces.

This is the confidence that money brings.

The Zhang family's manor covers an area of ​​thousands of acres and is one of the largest mansions in this area.

It’s no wonder that Shanxi merchants have been flying into luxury houses since ancient times.

After these businessmen made money, the desire to compare became prevalent. It is not easy to compare yellow and white things directly, so the best thing is to build a bigger house.

Under the influence of this trend, more and more people want to build houses that look like palaces.

If there were no legal restrictions, they would really dare to do this.

King Jin looked at such a nice house and said with a smile to Chen Han, "Sir, don't tell me that I want to live in such a nice house for a few days."

Chen Han replied: "It seems that although you have been in Taiyuan Mansion for so many years, you have never been inside?"

King Jin smiled bitterly: "You don't know that the old man was very tight in the past few years. What is the difference between us princes claiming to be enfeoffed here and being imprisoned? In order to avoid suspicion, we have to pretend that our grandsons have nothing to do with the local powerful. ,

If we don't do well, it will be considered a light thing to be reprimanded by the old man. "

Chen Han felt that this was true.

Zhu Yuanzhang's control over the princes was relatively strict. Of course, this also caused these royal children to behave randomly in their own palaces.

Even though His Highness Prince Jin appears to be so docile in front of him now, in fact he is still very fierce in front of outsiders.

But Chen Han really couldn't handle this kind of thing.

Again, modern people’s concepts cannot be used to constrain the behavior of ancient people.

Just like the legislation of the ancients cannot be used to restrict the behavior of modern people.

We cannot say that it is wrong for the older generation to restrain modern women with the three obediences and four virtues.

Then they imposed modern moral concepts on the ancients in a high-sounding way.

So Chen Han could only express his sympathy for this behavior, but he couldn't say anything.

Because even contemporary people seem to be very tolerant when the prince tortures a few ordinary people to death.

After hearing what King Jin said, Chen Han smiled and said, "Then you are like a tiger descending from the mountain, do you want to double the compensation for your previous debt?"

King Jin immediately replied: "If things were normal, I would definitely do this kind of thing, but now that I have a higher goal, it seems childish to do these things.

Compared to torturing these ordinary people, I would rather follow you to make a difference. "

Chen Han didn't know if King Jin really had such an awareness, so he just thought he was telling the truth.

As soon as the Zhang family came out, Zhang Jinzhong hurriedly came to Chen Han and the others, and it could be said that he was rolling around.

The last time he went to Prince Jin's residence, he knew that His Highness Prince Jin was very dissatisfied with them. This time, his son had offended Chen Han, who was even more difficult to offend than Prince Jin. He could still survive if he didn't beg for mercy.

Zhang Jinzhong ran in front of Chen Han and the others, fell to his knees on the ground, and kowtowed with a stick: "Your Highness, King Jin, have mercy on me, have mercy on me!"

This may not be necessary with the local official Zhang Jinzhong, after all, he secretly spent a lot of money to establish a relationship.

Even though today's officials don't dare to commit corruption, Zhang Jinzhong has some tricks to make money flow into their pockets.

But there was nothing he could do about His Highness King Jin.

Zhang Jinzhong knelt down and the Zhang family also followed him.

Hula copy...

Hundreds of people came at once.

There are dozens of female relatives alone.

It seems that a wealthy family is indeed unusual.

"Your Highness King Jin, please spare your life!"

"Spare my life!"

"The Zhang family is wrong!"

"The Zhang family is wrong!"

King Jin stepped forward and shouted: "You are blind, if you bitches offend me, I will treat you like a fool."

But you should never have offended our Mr. Chen.

What kind of person is Duke Qian? He is a holy family member in front of His Majesty. Even in the capital, he is a man who is seen kowtow and salute.

Even in the capital, there were so many people queuing up to see the Duke, but the Duke had no time to receive them due to busy official duties. This became a regret for many people.

The prince of the country has now come to our Taiyuan Mansion. He pays a private visit incognito and is unwilling to disturb the local area or waste money. He lives in a post station and pays for housing as a merchant. How noble and honorable is that.

how? In your eyes, the station is yours, right?

The inn is run by your Zhang family, right?

None of your Zhang family members are serving in the government. Your third son, Mr. Zhang, goes out to play, goes to stay at a post station, refuses to pay, and wants to kick out people who have already paid.

Even if ordinary merchants live in the inn, the court has regulations. As long as they pay money, they can live there, and no one can drive them away.

People say that there is a first-come, first-served rule. Why are you so domineering with your Zhang family?

When other people move in, they will be kicked out. If they don't want to leave, their legs will be broken.

You are above the law!

When did your Zhang family become the masters of the world? "

The accompanying officers and soldiers cheered loudly: "Well said, Your Highness!"

"Well said!"

"Your Highness is mighty!"

What His Highness Prince Jin said was reasonable and well-founded. It was more satisfying than when he dealt with the people casually before.

I used brute force to scold and whip those people before, but I didn't get any appreciation.

But now, after being justified and disciplined, I have made everyone in the Zhang family unable to hold their heads high.

This feeling is much better than before.

After hearing what His Highness King Jin said, the Zhang family could only kowtow and beg for mercy.

"Your Highness! Lord Duke! I waited wrongly, I waited wrongly!"

"We have failed to teach our children well, so we are willing to compensate and donate the Zhang family's property to make up for our mistakes."

King Jin became even more angry when he heard this, "What, are we here to ask for some money from you?

Let me tell you, what the Zhang family is committing now is a capital crime, and this Zhang Yi will definitely die.

As for you, we have to see how you are going to bear this fault. "

After Zhang Yi knelt on the ground and heard what His Highness King Jin said, he was so frightened that he peed his pants, so he yelled: "No! I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

Didn't I just offend you, Chen Han, or something?

Our family has plenty of money, how much do you want? We can just settle it with money.

Even if you are a prince, what can you do if you are a duke? My family has plenty of gold and silver.

We will give you as much as you want, why should you kill me?

I've tortured people to death before, isn't it just to use money to settle it? "

This Zhang Yi spoke freely, and at this time he still didn't realize what his mistake was.

I even felt aggrieved, as if I had been greatly wronged.

Zhang Jinzhong was furious: "Sir, you have no right to speak here!"

King Jin laughed loudly, "Don't say anything to him, isn't this what he means?

In his eyes, anyone who finds trouble with you wants your money.

But you are right, I want your money today, but I want to ransack your homes.

Sir, it seems that what we are talking about is too much and it is meaningless. Come here, arrest all the Zhang family members and search their homes! "

Mrs. Zhang, the old woman, ran over with a cane and shouted: "His Royal Highness, King Jin, I know that you are right in Taiyuan Mansion, but don't forget that our Zhang family has been ordered by His Majesty to use Kai China and France provided food and grass for the important towns in Jiubian.

Without our Zhang family, the salt merchants in Lianghuai will have to worry, and the soldiers in Jiubian will be hungry.

You don't have to do something like this for the sake of my grandson and cause trouble in the whole city.

Everyone, please take a step back. I, the Zhang family, are willing to donate half of our property to settle this matter.

From now on, as long as my grandson's life is saved, my Zhang family is willing to give the court an extra 10% on the salt tax from Kaizhong, France and Lianghuai? "

After Chen Han heard what the old woman said, he laughed heartily and unscrupulously.

Chen Han knew that Shanxi merchants were all lawless because they always felt that they were important.

The important reason is that he used the Kaizhong method to provide food and grass for the court.

Contributed to the court's salt tax.

So they always feel that they should be above ordinary traders,

Even officials have to be a bit disrespectful. This is their confidence. This is why the Zhang family dares to be tyrannical like other Shanxi merchants.

After Chen Han laughed, he said loudly, "You old woman is quite courageous, but my father-in-law wants to tell you something.

You old woman is confused. Now that we have raided your house, the money is also ours. Why are you taking off your pants and farting here?

I finally caught you with such a high-sounding handle, why not use it?

You like to engage in rogue tactics, and my father-in-law also likes it very much! "

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(End of this chapter)