Early in the morning, Du Fu washed up and ate something briefly, and then rushed into the main hall of the county court.

"According to insiders, the Chen family is still trafficking in illicit grain, and the amount is not small, and everyone went to investigate this matter today, and once it is verified, everyone has obtained the stolen goods, and they will act as usual. Alright, let's go!"

After a simple explanation, the officials in the main hall dispersed in a hurry. For more than a month, they have already perfected this trick of detecting smuggled food, not only showing their prestige, but also sharing a considerable bounty in the investigation operation.

Du Fu has also finished the assignment, and he will not be idle, he will not personally go to the front line to collect evidence of the Chen family's trafficking of illicit grain, but he still has to give the Chen family one last chance. After all, the Chen family is a big family of Feng Yi, and once it is uprooted, the impact will be immeasurable.

Before the Chen family, the Xiang family was also uprooted for trafficking in illicit food, but Qin Envoy Jun found out the evidence that the Xiang family colluded with Huang Fu Ke in order to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys. But what is surprising is that Xiang Jia actually made a secret communication with the pseudo-Yan in Kanto, which touched Qin Jin's bottom line. Originally, it was just a raid on the house, and the punishment for the first evil was immediately ten times more ruthless.

Qin Jin immediately ordered that the elders and hundreds of members of the Xiang family be arrested and imprisoned, the adult men beheaded for public display, the female dependents were enslaved by the government, and the underage men were sent to the palace as eunuchs after purification.

Afterwards, Qin Jin officially reported the case to the political affairs hall. After cracking the big case of local rebellion and collusion with the thieves and rebels, of course, the prime ministers of the political affairs hall could not contradict it, and specially issued a commendation order to encourage the local government to investigate the anti-thieves. As a result, a wave of rebellion was set off in various counties and counties in Guanzhong.

What is especially affected is the family of merchants from all over the world, whether there is a background, there is no background, the background is large, the background is small, and there are countless people who break their homes because of this. Even those who kept the door in the tide were still in fear every day, and they didn't know when bad luck would come.

Of course, there are complex political factors in this situation, but the fundamental point is that almost none of the businessmen's butts are clean. Whether the Li family sits on the country or the An family sits on the country, and the emperor who sits on the country is a Han or a Hu person, what does it have to do with them? The fundamental purpose of the businessmen is to seek profit, so it is not surprising that in such a stormy moment, which one is willing to hang himself from a tree?

Those who are backstage businessmen are on the cusp of such a storm, where will they steal the limelight for these people and shield themselves from the wind and rain? In order to avoid being implicated, they completely give up their protection.

In short, this trend has reached its peak in just over a month, and almost all the merchants in Guanzhong have been destroyed.

It's just that the beginning of all this came from the Tongzhou City of Feng Yi County. One of the most direct participants is the county commander Du Fu.

Du Fu is deeply remorseful for the rebellion against merchants that started from Xiangjia and spread throughout Guanzhong.

In his opinion, such a large-scale raid and murder is nothing more than coveting the wealth of the people behind it, and who cares whether those who are convicted are really guilty?

But Qin Jin reprimanded Du Fu, this is a woman's kindness, and it is also wishful thinking. Now that half of the rivers and mountains outside the border have fallen into the hands of An Lushan, how many of the merchants have not taken precautions early? As long as there is solid evidence, they must be severely punished according to the law, and there must be no mercy.

"Brother Zimei, I once heard a saying that the strongest fortresses are conquered from within. Although Tongguan is the key to the pass, the enemy that must be guarded against is no longer ...... outside."

In this regard, Du Fu couldn't find a word to refute it, but he later felt that the internal threat was not so much in the merchant as in the court. As long as the prime ministers of the political hall do whatever they want to do to destroy the Great Wall in order to compete for power and profit, how can they do a hundred times more harm than those businessmen who secretly collude with the thieves and rebels?

But how can this kind of thing be said by a mere county order, and even if it is said, who will listen to it? Didn't Qin envoy also invite himself out because he was overwhelmed by the court battle?

Therefore, Du Fu had to choose to bury his head in the errand that Qin Jin had explained.

When he arrived at the Chen family, the head of the Chen family was very jealous of this broken county order, and he was careful and hospitable, not daring to offend in his words.

"Du Mou bluntly told that the county court has already obtained evidence of your government's trafficking in illicit grain, and if your government can rein in the precipice, there is still room for maneuver, otherwise ......"

Du Fu has always been bad at beating around the bush and straightforwardly issued an ultimatum to the head of the Chen family.

The head of the Chen family always accompanied him carefully, but he didn't want the other party to give him any affection, so he directly threatened him. A bitter smile appeared on his face, and then he spread his hands and said:

"Since the Ming Mansion has taken a fancy to the family wealth below, he will let it go, why bother to come to the door and humiliate others?"

The family of businessmen has always valued profits, Du Fu originally thought that if he knew the benefits, these people would be restrained and make the right choice, who would have thought that this person would die without repentance?

"You, you, if Du really wants to humiliate you, why do you want to come to the door in person?"

But no matter what Du Fu said, the head of the Chen family only put on a posture of being a human being.

In the end, the Chen family still failed to avoid the fate of being raided and exterminated, and a large number of officials were actually drawn out of the various letters copied by the Chen family. Among them are officials from Feng Yi's own county, as well as high-ranking officials in the imperial court. In addition to the letters implicating officials, there were also correspondence between high-ranking officials of He An Lushan and pseudo-Yan, one of which was signed Yan Zhuang and made Qin Jin pay special attention.

It seems that the reason why Chen stubbornly resisted to the end is precisely because of this.

Cracking down on the trafficking of illicit grain was not Qin Jin's purpose, his fundamental purpose was different.

Feng Yijun took the lead in ending the rebellion against the merchants, and in the end, only the Du family became the survivors of the three big business stocks, and one family was dominant. Although there are rumors in Tongzhou City, it is said that Du Fu is a member of Feng Yi's Du clan, so he naturally takes sides.

Du Fu had a hard time arguing, but Qin Jin didn't care about it, so he didn't believe that Du Fu would show favoritism.

Therefore, the first decree was issued, and from the immediate effect of the decree of the county guard, the salt and iron grain of the county shall be allocated by the county guard's government, and merchants must apply for quotas at the county guard's office, otherwise the sale of any of the above three goods is illegal.

This order immediately attracted the criticism of many people, thinking that Qin Jin wanted to eat and squeeze the profits of the merchants. However, immediately afterwards, the amendment decree was issued later that day, which roughly means that the quota for inward shipments is not on the line in principle, but the quota for outbound shipments needs to be strictly enforced.

……

Pei Jing's injuries had long since recovered after more than a month of recuperation, but his errand had been vacant, and Qin Jin had never determined to arrange any position for him. Although he has been idle, he has walked back and forth in and out of the same state no less than dozens of times, and he has a little understanding of the basic situation in this place.

It's just that the more he knows about the place, the more Pei Jing feels that the decree that Qin Jin just issued is a complete stupid move. Doing so is tantamount to fishing with all his might, killing the businessmen who make money, who else is responsible for circulating goods?

As a big merchant in Chang'an, Pei Jing even visited some well-known local gentry, and found another problem from it.

There is a clear tendency in the decree that goods are only allowed to enter and not to be allowed to leave, but in this way, how can the merchants make a profit? Do they keep losing money?

"Even if the Du family has become Qin Jin's loyal lackeys, they will not be willing to continue this kind of trading that only loses money but does not make money......

A gentleman unabashedly expressed his dissatisfaction and hostility towards Qin Jin.

After some careful understanding, Pei Jing felt that it was necessary for him to make a proper reminder to Qin Jin. However, Qin Jin has been avoiding him, which is obviously dissatisfied with him, and the fiasco of Chaoyi City seems to have completely lost Qin Jin's trust.

However, Pei Jing did not give up, he found Lu Qi and asked him all kinds of problems he had discovered.

Lu Qi listened quietly to Pei Jing's narration before interrupting it after a long time.

"Envoys have always been prescient, and I have asked several times, but there are no answers. You've come to me, you're looking for the wrong person. ”

Pei Jing hurriedly said:

"Could it be, is that why you're looking at it so confused?"

In this regard, Lu Qi could only helplessly spread his hands.

"I'm only responsible for the training of troops in Tongzhou, and there is no room for interference in the rest of the decrees, so you might as well ask Du Zimei when you come to me, he is now the hottest person in front of the envoy. Even the long Shi Yan Lun, who betrayed the old master, is much more beautiful than our Shenwu Army."

There was a hint of pantothenic acid in the words.

Pei Jing was greatly surprised, he didn't expect that Qin Jin didn't completely rely on the old man of the Shenwu Army to push the administrative order at the local level, but set up a new set of stoves, and the characters in it were also mixed, including Du Fu who followed from Chang'an, and those who were recruited from Cui Liang's men on the spot, among which Yan Lun was a typical representative.

Hearing Lu Qi's complaint, Pei Jing suddenly seemed to have expected something.

"Maybe, maybe we'll all be wrong!"

"Could it be wrong?"

Lu Qi frowned and asked, Pei Jing said that he was small and robe, and the two of them could talk about everything.

Pei Jing suddenly changed the subject and asked, "What is the worst situation for the envoy in Chang'an?"

Lu Qi thought for a while and said: "Naturally, I got involved in the political dispute, and I was in a dilemma, and in the end it was difficult to get out......"

"Exactly, so that Jun empathizes with this, naturally he doesn't want the Shenwu Army to be involved in local battles, so stay out of the matter, so that he can have no scruples and no worries in the future......"

Lu Qi still didn't understand Pei Jing's words, so that Jun didn't use the ready-made strength of the Shenwu Army, but he used Du Fu Yan Lun and others around the corner, no matter how you look at it, it feels like taking off your pants and farting.

Pei Jing thought for a while, and said something amazing.

"Perhaps, maybe you think that the peaceful days will not last long, and the good steel of the Shenwu Army will be used on the blade......"