Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty built Genyue, he demolished all eight squares in the east and north directions of the north city of the inner city. Most of the prosperous North City was destroyed, and the South City became even more prosperous.

Congshanfang is located east of the prime area of ​​Nanshi.

There are not many noble people here, but rich people are everywhere. It belongs to an important business district in Tokyo.

Early in the morning, Pan Gongjian got up and took a walk. He rarely fell asleep at his age.

The snow has stopped for several days, but the weather is still cold. Pan Gongjian walked into the courtyard wearing brocade clothes, but heard a noise coming from somewhere in his yard.

Pan Gongjian called the butler: "Where is the noise?"

The steward replied: "There are some guests in Erlangjun's courtyard, and they have been playing with the gun and stick with him these past two days."

"I don't do my job all day long, I just know how to make friends..."

Pan Gongjian was suddenly frightened and asked, "Are the officials clearing out the bandits in the ditches these days?"

"Yes, people are being arrested everywhere," the housekeeper whispered. "Erlangjun's friends came early and have been at the house for seven days. They don't seem to be vicious people. The government hadn't sent out troops seven days ago. If there were people in Wuyou Cave, You have fled outside the city a long time ago, how dare you hide in our house? Master is too worried."

Pan Gongjian was right to think about it, but he was still worried.

He was engaged in serious business. Even before Zhao Kuangyin wore the yellow robe, the ancestors of the Pan family had already settled in Kaifeng. For more than a hundred years, relying on the powerful, the business has grown bigger and bigger, and now Pan Gongjian is the head of the Tokyo cloth industry.

Where is it possible to interact with ground rats in ditches?

It's a pity that the former backers have fallen, and the new dignitaries have not yet won over. I wonder if this market position can be maintained in the future.

"Surround Pan's house and don't let anyone escape!"

Large groups of troops were running in the streets and the Pan family's door was banged.

Pan Gongjian, who was having breakfast, was buzzing with the news. Although he still didn't know what happened, he had a premonition that a huge disaster was coming.

Jiang Yong, commander of the military and horse divisions of the five cities, came to the door in person. Before the door was fully opened, he led the police force and rushed in.

Pan Gongjian crawled up and down to greet him, bowed and said, "May I ask the general if you have anything important to do?"

Jiang Yong took out the arrest warrant jointly issued by Dali Temple and Kaifeng Prefecture: "Pan Benzhong colluded with gangsters, bought and sold women, took human life seriously, and evaded taxes... This department was ordered to arrest and bring him to justice. The Pan family members and others are temporarily detained pending trial!"

Pan Gongjian felt as if he was struck by lightning. His legs were weak and he could not stand firmly. He did not fall down with the help of his eldest son. His mouth was dry: "The general may have made a mistake. My family has a lot of money, but I still have a clothing line. I don't lack the money. How can I collude with gangsters to buy and sell women?"

"You're right, you'll find out when you go to Dali Temple," Jiang Yong ordered, "Get someone!"

The core of these police forces are Sichuan soldiers, and most of the rest are recruited from the local area. After all, Tokyoites are most familiar with the situation in Tokyo.

"It's unfair! It's unfair..."

Pan Gong remonstrated that he was still being pinned to the ground and tied up despite his age, and no one paid any attention to him no matter how much he complained about injustice.

Suddenly, a soldier came over and reported: "It is said that there are thieves over there who want to escape. Four of them have been caught, and another one has escaped over the wall and we are chasing him!"

Pan Gongjian no longer shouted injustice, but froze in place.

The whole family of the leader of Buhang was arrested. This matter is bound to become a big deal, and the merchants must be tried as soon as possible to calm their minds.

Liu Yao, the Minister of Punishment, came to Dali Temple in person.

The Minister of Dali Temple and the Censor of the Inspectorate were also present. This was the first time that the three courts had a joint trial.

Pan Gongjian was old and at the head of the civil service, so he was allowed to sit in the hall with his old wife and listen to the trial.

Several gangsters captured from the culvert were brought to the hall for questioning.

"Who is this person?" Liu Yao asked.

In order to avenge their crimes and meritorious services, those gangsters rushed to answer: "That's Qi Da, the leader of the Qingbai Association!"

Liu Yao said: "Come on one by one, who accused Qi Da of colluding with the Pan family?"

"It's me!" A gangster responded quickly.

Liu Yao asked: "Who are you?"

The gangster replied: "My name is Lu Hou, and I am called Lu Si. I sit in the fourth position in Anshui Society."

Liu Yao asked again: "How did you know that Qi Da had contact with the Pan family?"

Lu Hou replied: "We abducted women and children and contacted the private gangs on the ground. The price was suppressed severely and the goods were sold very slowly. Qi Da sold the goods very quickly, so I asked him what kind of connections he had. , and he didn’t want to tell me. I sent people to follow him for two years, and then I saw him going to Fanlou with Erlangjun of the Pan family! He also has a lair outside the city, but this time he must go to the Pan family to escape! "

Dali Temple officials recorded the confession and asked Lu Hou to sign it and seal it.

He also asked other people one after another, and they all wrote down their confessions and signed them.

Liu Yao interrogated Qi Da again: "Who is your real name?"

Qi Da was quite arrogant. He held his head high and said, "Kill him if you want. I have been called Qi Da since I was a child. I have no other name. I was kidnapped to Wuyou Cave."

Liu Yao asked: "What is your relationship with Pan Benzhong?"

Qi Da said: "Pan Erlang and I are just friends and have no business dealings. We met at Yuanshe and we play Cuju together on weekdays."

Pan Benzhong said quickly: "Yes, we are just Cuju's friends. I don't know what bad things Qi Da has done."

"How dare you quibble!"

Liu Yao sneered and ordered Qi Da's men to be brought.

These henchmen are afraid of death and will spit out everything.

Second Young Master Pan and Qi Da indeed met at the football club. Both of them like Cuju, and they became friends as soon as they went back and forth, and even became bed friends who knew each other well.

Two gays!

Although Second Young Master Pan has a lot of pocket money, he does not have his own industry or power, so he can only work in the family business.

So Qi Da came up with the idea, and the two of them formed a joint stock market under a hook in Baokangmen Wazi.

Second Young Master Pan opened up official channels and was responsible for recruiting serious employees. Qi Da is responsible for providing women and settling some dirty and scandalous matters.

Their business is getting bigger and bigger, and they have hook bars in several tiles.

Not satisfied with this, the Second Young Master Pan used his family connections to establish a tooth shop to do serious business, while secretly buying and selling women and children obtained from the underground.

Yaren is the intermediary, and Yaxing is the intermediary company, which is divided into official teeth and private teeth.

Official teeth are recognized by the government and need to be registered in advance. They undertake intermediary business, go to the government every ten days to go through tax payment procedures, and submit sales and employment contracts to the government for stamping.

Private teeth do not go through the government, are not stamped, and do not pay taxes.

"Treason!"

Pan Gongjian cursed loudly and almost fell down in anger.

Liu Yao sneered and said: "Your son has opened several Goulan businesses and is also engaged in the dental business. Don't you say you don't know?"

Pan Gongjian was about to burst into tears: "The common people really don't know, they only know that this traitor is doing business. He usually gets close to the Thirteenth Son of the Cao family, and I thought he was helping the Thirteenth Son of Cao manage his property, so I don’t dare to ask too much, for fear of ruining Thirteenth Cao Cao’s good deeds.”

Liu Yao's eyes lit up: "Cao family?"

"Yes, it's the Cao family." Pan Gongjian said.

Liu Yao asked Pan Benzhong: "The Cao family is also involved?"

The Second Young Master Pan was dejected and didn't bother to hide it: "Thirteenth Master didn't participate, but I gave him a lot of money, and he came to help when there was trouble. Wang Zonghou, the Xiangdian in the second compartment on the left, and Wanchun, the Xiangdian in the second compartment on the right, He also took my money and helped me deal with the aftermath. Marshal Zhu came to the city. The reputation of these two people was so bad that they were dismissed from their posts at home. I later opened a dental shop and would regularly give filial piety money to several people. After they took the money, they only asked about official business and helped me cover up my private business."

Liu Yao asked: "Women can be sold to Goulan or to wealthy families, but to whom are children sold?"

Second Young Master Pan said: "Sold to a family that has no heirs and does not want to have heirs. They let their wives and concubines pretend to be pregnant. When the time is almost up, they will go and get more babies."

Liu Yao glanced at Qi Da's confidants and said seductively: "You can avoid death if you perform great deeds."

A confidant quickly said: "Children's hearts, livers and spleens can be used as medicine, and the wealthy master who is sick is willing to buy it!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's expression changed and they were all shocked by these words.

Pan Gongjian fainted immediately.

"Poof!"

Liu Yao slapped the gavel tree fiercely and shouted angrily: "Take it seriously!"

There is more than one similar case.

Second Young Master Pan is only the one with the highest status, and there are dozens of other ground collaborators.

Most of these collaborators are underground gangs.

For half a month, the troops in the five cities were arresting people like crazy. Most of the underground gangs in and around Tokyo were wiped out.

A large number of illegal brokers have also been arrested. Their main crime is participating in human trafficking, and their secondary crime is tax evasion.

Seven tiles and 32 hooks in the city were inspected, and more than 200 women of unknown origin were rescued.

Because there were so many prisoners arrested, the Dali Temple Prison could no longer hold them, and the Kaifeng Prefecture Prison was also forced into them. The case will have to be tried slowly, and it is estimated that it will take at least half a year until all trials are completed.

"It's time to ransack the house again." Zhu Guoxiang flipped through the rough case report.

Zhu Ming was speechless and said: "The husband of the head of the cloth shop actually colluded with Wuyoudong. I didn't expect this. The Pan family's floating wealth plus fixed assets must be several million yuan, right? I heard that There are also semicolons in other places. This Second Young Master Pan is quite deceptive."

Zhu Guoxiang said: "My son made such a big move, but his father ignored him for several years. It is his own fault for not being strict in educating his son."

"After repeated interrogations," Zhu Ming said, "Pan Gongjian really didn't know anything about it. Even the servants of the Pan family didn't know about it. They only knew that the second young master was friends with Fei Fei'er (a gangster). Even the maid next to Pan Benzhong didn't know. I only regard Qi Da as an ordinary gay friend of this young master. He has a lot of fun, and that Thirteenth Lang Cao seems to have gone to bed with Qi Da and had a sword fight."

"Don't say this, it's too disgusting." Zhu Guoxiang doesn't like gays.

Ju Ming said: "Those involved in the case will definitely be severely punished. As for the family members, there are too many people involved. Then the Pan family should be fined two million yuan to atone for their sins. If you can't pay it all at once, you can pay it in installments. The market is depressed now, so we have to pay it in installments." We rely on these merchants to stay stable.”

The father and son insist on not allowing fines to atone for serious criminals.

The Pan family can atone for their sins, but it is because of the conspiracies.

For serious crimes committed in the past dynasties, most of the family members would be implicated, and it was common for the whole family to be implicated and exiled.

Kaifeng Mansion, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment are trying cases separately every day, and occasionally they are tried together.

Every time a case is concluded, notices are posted to announce it to the people.

On average, one person is beheaded every two days.

Every day, people are exiled, or used as hard labor, and sent to the surrounding mines.

Not only were the cases related to Wuyoudong, but because many gangs were involved, the gangs were also swept up, and many previous security cases were involved.

Even many old Tokyo officials were not spared. They bit the bullet and followed the new officials to investigate the case. As they were investigating, someone suddenly confessed themselves.

All kinds of violations from officials have greatly slowed down the progress of the case.

Since Taixue has not yet reopened, batches of Taixue students have been transferred to serve as temporary officials, so that many cases can continue to be tried.

The number of people involved in the case, including gang members and gang members, has gradually exceeded 5,000.

And, more and more...

Such a severe crackdown not only did not cause uproar in the whole city, but instead countless people clapped their hands and cheered. The public security in and around Tokyo has never been better!