Shangshu of the Criminal Department has been very troubled recently, because the clansmen who are far away in Bashu have found the capital.

The family of Shangshu of the Criminal Department is not a big family in Bashu. However, because of good luck, I met a nobleman, so the officialdom had a smooth journey. However, since he was transferred to the capital four years ago, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department has never returned home, and the clansmen have not come to the capital to look for relatives. Now a group suddenly came, and the news brought was enough to make the head of the criminal department big.

As for what the news is?

It was Bashu who suddenly had an additional merchant.

The surname of the criminal department is Cai, and the Cai family is not a family that has been inherited for a long time, but on the contrary, it is a new family. Because there are people in the family who are in high positions, they can all speak in the Bashu Cai family. Using this network to engage in business, in just over three years, the Cai family has become the business boss of the Bashu realm.

Therefore, the people in the family don't need Cai Shangshu at all.

It's just that the life of the family is not good now, because a Tang family suddenly appeared in Bashu. Speaking of the Tang family, Bashu also had a Tang family a few years ago, but it was a Jianghu family. However, now this Tang family is not a Jianghu family, they are regular merchants. That's right, it's a merchant who works against the Cai family.

The people of the Cai family are in the medicinal materials business, and the people of the Tang family are also in the medicinal materials business, their purchase price is higher than that of the Cai family, and the selling price is lower than that of the Cai family.

Originally, the Cai family thought that the Tang family was just a business and wanted to intervene, and it was enough to hit it once or twice. However, no matter how it was cracked down, people did not go out of business, on the contrary, all shops began to open, especially in the industries involved in the Cai family, there was no one in the Tang family that did not do.

"Who is the person in charge of the Tang family?" asked Cai Shangshu with a long sigh.

Speaking of the Tang family, what comes to mind is the Tang family in Bashu. However, that family is far from having the ability to do this kind of thing, after all, the accumulation of more than a hundred years of heritage has long been copied away, and even the members of the descendants, the distribution of the distribution, the questioning and the beheading, how can they still have the ability to engage in business.

However, if it weren't for the Tang family, which Tang family would directly target the Cai family like this?

Sitting opposite Cai Shangshu was an old man about sixty years old. This person is the patriarch of the Cai family, and because he is an important patriarch of the family, Cai Shangshu will dare to see this person.

"Yanbin. As soon as the old man on the opposite side spoke, he called Cai Shangshu's words: "Now that the family is in danger, it is not the time to pay attention to who the Tang family is in charge. ”

The old man's tone was tough, and he didn't respect Cai Shangshu at all because of his identity.

Cai Shangshu gritted his teeth, his expression a little hideous.

"Do you want to betray the family?" the old man naturally saw Cai Shangshu's expression, and raised his voice: "Don't forget, what you did before!"

"Uncle don't be angry, my nephew will pay attention to this Tang family. Cai Shangshu forcibly put away the different colors on his face, and replied calmly: "It's not too early, please ask the clan uncle to move to the backyard." ”

Sending the old man out of the door, Cai Shangshu returned to the study.

At the end of summer, the capital is peaceful. However, the peace did not last long, and a letter from Bashu destroyed the peace in an instant.

The letter was written by the old man Yuan, an imperial businessman.

Speaking of this old man Yuan, he is really a powerful guy. This person, since he became an imperial merchant last year, has continued to develop his career. The old man who was originally on the rich side of Dingzhou has done business in less than a year.

Among them, there is Bashu.

In Bashu, the big businessman who cooperated with the Yuan family was the Tang family. Originally, the two families cooperated well, but as a result, some time ago, the Tang family was framed.

And the person who framed the Tang family is really the family of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, the Cai family.

Speaking of this frame-up, we have to talk about the Cai family's industry. The Tang family and the Cai family are both merchants in Bashu, the Cai family has been entrenched in Bashu for a long time, and the Tang family is an emerging family.

It stands to reason that the two families have no deep grudges at all, but the Tang family has always been able to suppress the Cai family because of the alliance with the imperial merchants, and the Cai family can't stand it now.

However, the Cai family did not think about getting the Tang family in operation, but through power. There was no one above the Tang family, and the Cai family directly bribed the officials and sent the head of the Tang family to the cell. There was nothing to do with the Yuan family, but the Yuan family had no partners and did not change people to cooperate, but found evidence of the Cai family's crime and sued the Cai family.

I have to say that the Yuan family's methods of making small reports are also different from ordinary people.

"Heh, this Yuan family. The excerpt of the Yuan family was handed directly to His Majesty's case.

Speaking of the Yuan family, the new emperor is still quite concerned, you must know that when the power of the second prince was overthrown, he still relied on the assistance of the Yuan family's gods. Moreover, this family contributes an unknown amount of tax revenue to the treasury every year, and it can be said that half of the treasury is raised by this family.

However, if nothing happens to the Yuan family, it will be a big deal.

Originally, the death of the two families did not need to be stabbed in the court at all. The key is that this matter involves the secretary of the criminal department, and the current secretary of the criminal department is a person from the Cai family. And the old man of the Yuan family is really uncomfortable. The same thing, but it was sent from the nine-rank official to the first-rank official, and of course, the dragon case was not let go.

Your Majesty can't understand, according to this emotional intelligence, how can you make business so big?

Now His Majesty doesn't have much time to care about this old man Yuan's emotional intelligence, and his most important thing at the moment is to appease this old man. You know, now this old man pays millions of taels of silver to the treasury every month.

"How should this matter be resolved?" His Majesty, who was sitting on a high place, threw the problem to the hundred officials.

How else can it be solved, the information sent by the old man of the Yuan family lists all the evidence in great detail, and it is completely that the Cai guy and the local officials set a trap on the Tang family.

"The minister thinks that such a trivial matter should be dealt with by sending someone to deal with it. The official Shangshu spoke.

If it is really an official who accepts bribes, the solution is very simple, and it is resolved as required. If it is the Yuan family's frame-up, the solution is even simpler.

His Majesty frowned.

This is not a problem that cannot be solved at all, but how to appease the Yuan family. This Yuan family, where is an ordinary family, the family is an imperial businessman, and half of the income of the treasury this year is contributed by this family. If you send people casually, the solution cannot satisfy Old Man Yuan, and the result may not be acceptable to everyone.

Yun Ji, who was standing at the bottom, also frowned.

He squinted at Hengqing, who was sitting not far away, his eyes were calm, and he couldn't see anything. Yun Ji knows more about Hengqing than His Majesty, and he also knows that the Yuan family has an excellent relationship with Hengqing.

This accident, could it be Hengqing's instructions?

Thinking of this, Yun Ji took a step forward: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should be handed over to the Ministry of Officials, and the appointment and dismissal of officials should be judged by the Ministry of Officials." ”

Regardless of whether you are greedy or not, let the people in the ministry take a look at it, and it is just right to do the evaluation. [.]