Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 177: It’s a snake that scares the grass

"Gewuyuan? Shutong?"

Hearing this voice, Lin Yide was subconsciously in a daze.

It was here that the Gewu Express came out, and he was asked to come out and clean up the mess.

But, what's going on now? Why do you end up on your own!
Aren’t you just insiders?
wrong!

Suddenly, Lin Yide suddenly reacted.

The Gewuyuan suddenly sent out today's "Gewu Express", what is their purpose? Is it just to plunge the capital into chaos?

of course not.

Now this seems to be their real purpose.

Does it really refer to the "rich household theory" mentioned above? But the question is, what does the Holy One think?

So, big ones are not enough, what if it is only for small ones?
Judging from the small direction of wealthy households, it is very possible for Your Majesty to have this intention.

"My father and uncle had no choice but to continue borrowing money, reselling the last house to buy food, and even served as transporters themselves. But the first year passed, and the second year they had no money at all, and the government came again... We didn't pay. Then, I don’t know who reported him, and the government regarded him as a fugitive. After that, when several uncles escaped, their lives were uncertain..."

"Yes!" Although Bai Jue is only twelve years old, he is very organized.

"My father was worried about Sangtian and sent someone to check, but he never came back."

"Our mulberry field is also among them!"

After this idea appeared, Lin Yide seemed to be no longer pessimistic, but actually had a glimmer of hope.

The thoughts of the mind are completed in just a moment.

At this moment, Lin Yide didn't know what he was thinking of, and his mind seemed to have completely turned around.

"What case do you have?"

But he himself is a child, and when he thinks of old things, he still feels a little angry and sad, and even his voice trembles.

"That's the truth." Lin Yide nodded: "Since you know it, you should also know that the imperial court does not participate in so-called commercial operations."

hiss!
As soon as this thought came to his mind, he was startled by this terrible thought.

Does your Majesty also want to reform the system based on this "Treatise on Taxation of the Four Peoples"?
impossible!
Lin Yide shook his head again in his heart. The four peoples have been the foundation from ancient times to the present and are the stable framework of the imperial court. There is no reason for the emperor to do this.

"Although we moved from Suzhou Prefecture to the capital, according to the original land deed, Suzhou Prefecture still had our 800 acres of mulberry fields. But not long after we moved to the capital... Suzhou Prefecture successively planted mulberry fields in the summer of the seventh year of Hongwu. A summer of rain.”

He spoke in great detail, perhaps because of personal experience.

And you must know that you were released by His Highness the Crown Prince.

"The mulberry fields suffered heavy losses, and the mulberry farmers there did not have any harvest. In order to compensate for the disaster, the magistrate of Ningyuan County, Suzhou Prefecture, called on the wealthy households in the county to contribute money and grain. And thereafter, these mulberry fields were Farmers and mulberry fields, all mortgaged by rich households to provide food and money..."

"For bulk goods, we never rely solely on other people's mulberry farmers, because the Bai family also has their own mulberry fields. Moreover, even if they default, the Bai family can also purchase silk from other provinces."

"You don't know something." Bai Jue said loudly: "These are not business at all."

"After that, my father borrowed money. If nothing happens, the silk borrowed from other places and our original mulberry fields can still be completed by the craftsmen in our silk village working overtime."

But this time, Lin Yide did not prevaricate like before, but asked carefully.

Lin Yide got into the case, "But I know that these are all interactions in the business world. You failed to protect these mulberry farmers, and they were bought by others at high prices... This is reasonable. "

Regardless of emotion or reason, Your Majesty will not sit idly by.

"Are you saying that your Bai family's silk shop was quite profitable before, but about five years ago, the sang farmer you had been cooperating with suddenly changed to someone else?"

"When my father received the news again, he learned that the continuous heavy rain had caused landslides and even floods near Sangtian."

"Sir, as before, this is not a business operation at all!"

"After that, when the customer who signed the contract with my Bai's Silk House learned about this, my father really couldn't produce the silk, so he had to sell the entire silk house and the textile machines to him at a low price..."

Wrong, wrong again!

"In the seventh year of Hongwu, Bai's Silk House suffered heavy losses, but just before Xia flood came, Bai's Bank suddenly received a large business. My father and several uncles considered it again and again before finalizing the deal."

Bai Jue's voice was clear and he tried hard to stay calm.

And soon, Bai Jue was the first to speak, moving his family from Suzhou to the capital, and then explained one by one why Bai's Silk House was in such a state of decline due to various reasons.

"However, after the destruction of Sangtian, all the relationships we left in Suzhou were of no use. The silk village could not start construction for a long time, and the craftsmen of Yiying were poached by other silk villages at this time... "

He didn't even pay attention to the whispers around him.

If it was really the initiative, then it would mean that Su Xian had passed His Majesty's Qi before, or was this in itself a secret promise from His Majesty?
In other words...

This is their own selfishness. They want to die. Why should they bring...

He seemed to have thought wrong before!
If His Majesty really wants to blame, or even if His Majesty really ignores government affairs, this message involves the emperor's eldest grandson.

"Afterwards, the government asked us to hand over this year's supply to wealthy households before the summer harvest in August... However, at this time, even if we sell the goods, we still can't pay the full amount."

Speaking of this, Bai Jue's voice became more and more trembling, and his eyes turned red as if he thought of something.

At first, he was stuck in a dead end. He just thought he would throw himself on this platform to calm this sudden storm!
But what if...this storm didn't happen passively.

He couldn't help but ask, and his eyes looked eagerly.

Rather, it appeared on its own initiative?

Speaking of it.

In fact, it goes without saying what happened next. The younger ones ended up living in the "dental industry"...

now.

Some "rich households" around also listened.

As they listened, their expressions seemed to empathize, and they all felt emotional.

"It sounds similar to ours. We were doing good business, but something unexpected happened..."

"We are a cloth village, and we also dig food from the fields, but we moved here from Songjiang Prefecture because the business collapsed."

"We opened a restaurant, but those beasts came to cause trouble again and again, forcing us to sell the restaurant..."

There are more and more voices from people around who are talking because they feel the same.

however.

Lin Yide felt deeply troubled.

Because from his words, there was no big problem at all.

Of course, if you want to talk about the problems of the Ningyuan County government in Suzhou Prefecture, it is not under the control of the Tianfu. And the reason why they have no money to pay taxes and grain is because of poor business operations in the first place.

As for being sold to Yahang in the end, he escaped first...

"This case..." Lin Yide said with some embarrassment.

"Since you know the process, why did you come to report the case? Is there someone among them who is persecuting me?"

Finally, Lin Yide changed his question.

Bai Jue shook his head, "I'm too young. I only know the general process. I don't know more details."

"This..." Lin Yide became increasingly helpless.

"But I know..." At this moment, Bai Jue spoke again, first pointing at himself, and then at Lin Andong next to him:

"We don't know the details before we were sold to Yahang, but the details after we were sold to Yahang are clear." "Like us, they were all children from wealthy families before. It was also for these reasons. He was sold to the same dental shop and then bought at a low price and worked for them..."

"Wait, them?" Lin Yide said keenly.

"who are they?"

"I don't know." Bai Jue shook his head again, "We are young, so they asked us to support us, and then we gave it to the beggars."

"Sisters and brothers who are over 11 years old are...sold into flower houses."

Bai Jue said, the hatred in his eyes became more and more obvious.

Lin Yide sighed. He had been an official for many years, and he had seen many such tragedies of family destruction and death.

And when he wanted to continue to say something, after all, he deeply sympathized with these experiences, but who hadn't been like this before?
"But I saw him!"

At this moment, Lin Andong on the side suddenly shouted: "Master Magistrate, I saw the person who came to our house before, and he is also inside!"

Whoosh!
Subconsciously, Lin Yide narrowed his eyes, "Where?"

"Qunfang Pavilion!"

Lin Yide sat back again.

There are many flower houses and brothels in the capital, and Qunfang Pavilion is one of the famous ones. Is it strange to see it here?

The capital is so big, you can’t even look down when you look up...

"They took my cousin to Qunfang Pavilion. I know the person leading them. He was the one who came to my Lin family..."

"Our family is involved in porcelain, cloth shops, and restaurants. My father also met him at the beginning and said that he wanted to make porcelain specially for the palace... and the craftsmanship of Yuan blue and white. My grandfather wanted this craft, and he also wanted to make it for himself. When Porcelain entered the palace, he agreed to him, but he didn't want to..."

Lin Andong continued to talk.

However, he didn't notice it, even after he finished his first sentence.

The prefect, Lin Yide, stood up suddenly and listened carefully.

"You mean, are there acquaintances between the people who went to your Lin family and the people who bought you back from the tooth shop and then sent your cousin to Qunfang Pavilion?"

"Correct!"

Lin Andong nodded.

"Do you know this person's appearance and remember his name?"

Lin Andong frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly said, "I only know that my grandfather called him Mr. Lu..."

"Lu? Your last name is Lu?"

At this moment, Lin Andong had just finished saying that name.

But when I saw the middle-aged man next to me who said "restaurant" before, his eyes suddenly opened wide, "Your surname is Lu, is that bastard Lu Zhongcheng?"

Without waiting for Lin Andong to answer.

The middle-aged man suddenly turned his head and looked at Lin Yide.

"Master Magistrate, it must be him, it must be him! This person relied on his brother to take the name of Jiang Jiao and deceived people everywhere in the capital. My restaurant was bullied and closed down by him. Even the government could not do anything to them. …”

"Crossing the river dragon? Did you say river dragon? Sir..." At this moment, another voice sounded.

"Sir, my ancestors and grandsons all relied on the water and managed to accumulate more than a dozen boats. As early as the fifth year of Hongwu, they all swallowed them up..."

"Master Prefect, we were also transporting goods before, and we were driven away by them..."

At this moment, the scene gradually became chaotic.

However, the prefect Lin Yide suddenly lost the panic and helplessness he had just felt.

Instead, he opened his eyes wide, and at the same time, his heart beat faster.

I just feel that all the fog before has finally become clear at this time. How come so many cases in front of me are connected together.

"Wait a moment!"

"Come one by one and tell us all the things you encountered, names of people, and even suspicious identities."

"Liu Jin." As he said that, Lin Yide looked to the side. The head catcher who had been with him for many years also realized what he was doing. He quickly asked someone to pick up paper and pen, take those people to find a place, and record it in detail.

As a clue to the case emerges.

Gradually, from the person named Lu to Jiangjiao...

A clue gradually becomes clear.

just.

As Lin Yide dug deeper and deeper, he was a little excited at first, but soon, he saw more and more information.

Not only silks for clothing, cloth shops, restaurants for food, porcelain, and brothels for entertainment...the goods transported, even tea and salt...

It involves more and more walks of life, but the main body seems to rely on Caobang.

It is like a dragon crossing the river that has grown up among the people in the capital!
And what really chilled Lin Yide was:
In these short five or six years, the other party has quietly annexed and grown stronger. However, the entire Yingtian Mansion has extremely little information about it.

……

I don’t know when.

Outside Yingtian Mansion.

Bai Zhixia and Lin Anjing hurried out and told Su Xian everything that happened inside.

In fact, they didn't need to tell Su Xian at this time, he had already heard it very well.

"River crossing dragon?"

This kind of movie with the name Jianghu gave Su Xian the illusion that he had watched the Young and Dangerous series of movies in his previous life when he was a child...

But he knew that these were no small matters.

The long arms of the government cannot govern everywhere, so for the grassroots people, they naturally have their own set of rules that apply to them.

For example, in various villages, rural covenants and clan rules are the most important.

And some people who travel south and north, between the government and simple rural farmers, are called Jianghu.

Especially since the Ming Dynasty had just been founded, the people were not stable at all. Emperor Hongwu did not take officials seriously and would cut them off whenever he asked.

So much so that the people in the capital also have "a system."

however.

Su Xian knows very well that any source of "unscrupulous power" must be the intersection of yin and yang, light and dark.

now.

He looked to the side and saw several young people with cold faces standing in front of him.

"Go check it out!"

"Yes!" With that said, one of the figures was about to leave.

However, Su Xian continued: "In addition, I also told Jiang Qianhu that once this incident comes out today, I am afraid that we will be alerted."

"However, we were shocked like snakes! Since light and darkness intersect, let Master Lin continue to investigate in the light and follow in secret to see who they want to scare."

(End of this chapter)