Huai'an is not only a traffic artery, but also a place of learning, and there are many people who come and go.

Its inn is also second to none.

The inn that Chu Zheng took Gu Xinyue to was located by the river, the location was quiet, the house was exquisite and luxurious, and the layout was comfortable.

The price is also very expensive.

When she entered the room, Gu Xinyue laughed unconsciously.

People who can afford to live in this kind of place also brought three people who are not ordinary people at first glance, but those young men can be Chu Zheng is poor student......

Should I say that Chu Zheng is too good at pretending to deceive people, or is it that those people are blind?

"They didn't know I lived here." Chu Zheng walked in after him, and when he saw the smile on Gu Xinyue's face, he said with a smile: "They won't care about these either." ”

"This kind of person, what do you bother to do with each other?" Sitting on the chair by the window, Gu Xinyue looked at the spring flowers blooming in the yard and said with a smile.

She didn't believe that there was no use value, and Chu Zheng would stay here to intersect with them.

The Ministry of Industry corruption case is said to be from the north down, but it is still aimed at Jiangnan.

If he said that he wanted to stay, he should stay in Yangzhou, Jinling and Hangzhou for more time so that he could find clues.

Chu Zheng looked at her, the corners of his lips pursed slightly, and said in a low voice: "The Yun family is a big family in Huai'an, and the family is rich, but ten years ago, the Yun family was just a scholarly family, with Hengtian, and the annual income was only a few thousand taels of silver, but now, it has become a pivotal family in Huai'an, and its grandchildren have more than 20 people, just like Yun Shu, a three-room son-in-law, with a monthly consumption of one hundred taels of silver, this qiē, started ten years ago, Yun Shu's uncle took office as the history of Huai'an Salt. ”

Gu Xinyue's eyebrows raised unconsciously.

After doing salt reselling, she knew how much salt profit Chu had in the country.

Salt is a consumable item that everyone has to eat, and the consumption of it in a year is huge.

The official selling price of a pound of salt is 35 to 45 wen (the selling price varies in different regions), and the cost of owning salt to go to the salt field to extract salt is less than a few yuan.

However, it is necessary to pay a tax of 15 wen to the government.

The tax of 15 wen multiplied by the total amount is a lot of money.

The land of Huaiyang is the land where Chu is rich in sea salt.

Huai'an Salt Political History is just a petty official with seven grades, but he has half of the tax revenue of Huaiyang's salt industry in his hands.

More than 20 grandchildren, even if half of them are concubines like Yun Shu, and the monthly silver of the concubine is halved, then these grandchildren alone will have to spend 1,500 taels a month.

And that's just the pocket money of the teenagers.

If other expenses are added, the Yun family's annual expenses will not be less than 100,000 taels!

From an annual income of a few thousand taels to an annual expenditure of 100,000 taels today......

Chu Zheng, this guy, really found the right breakthrough.

It's just that the officials of the Chu State are in office for three years, and at most three consecutive terms, how did this uncle of the Yun family serve for ten consecutive years?

Thinking like this, Gu Xinyue muttered out of her mouth.

Chu Zheng bent his eyebrows, smiled faintly, and said: "Four years ago, the first emperor began to be sick in bed, the three princes began to seize power, and the officials became the most fiercely contested place, and the officials were frequently replaced, and often the files were not familiar, and the people had been transferred, and two years ago the capital was in turmoil, and the officials were looted, and many files were lost. That Yunqi happened to belong to them, and when the three terms expired, he also stayed in one term. ”

In other words, it was formed by Chu Yu's laziness.

Nodding, Gu Xinyue's fingers tapped on the table, with a trace of doubt in her eyes, and said, "In the three-year term, you haven't been promoted?" ”

Chu Zheng chuckled lightly and said in a low voice: "Promotion and retention are actually the same principle, it depends on what you want to do, as long as the assessment is poor, but you can let the boss say something good, you can stay in office." Huai'an's salt tax has been sluggish, and the assessment is naturally poor, as for the boss, the governors of Jiangnan have been very rich all these years, where does the money come from? ”

Gu Xinyue was stunned for a moment, and her mind unconsciously passed over the words of the big shopkeeper in the silver building.

Shaking her head, Gu Xinyue said: "Okay, this is a matter of the imperial court, and it has nothing to do with me, it's just that you have to be careful, no matter how rich and rich you are, you have a life to enjoy." ”

With such great wealth, those people will not sit still.

Whether it is the Marquis of Huibei or the Luo family, they are all crimes of treason with conclusive evidence, and most of the influences are military generals, that is, the Xu family and the Fan family are dismissed, and the scope of their involvement is also indicted.

The most important thing is that the military power is in the hands of Qin Qi and Qin Mohan, and there is no accident in the army.

But just like that, Qin Qi was very difficult at that time, and Qin Mohan was even more dead.

Corruption involves all aspects, from top to bottom, if you really want to find out, there are few officials in Jiangnan who are afraid that they are clean.

It is equivalent to Jiangnan officialdom becoming a monolith.

And Chu Zheng did not have military power in his hands.

Relying only on that holy decree, he brought a few powerful followers, not to mention the evidence, if it was detected, then there would be more opportunities for the black hand.

I really don't know how to die.

Although she said this, the worry in her tone was very obvious, Chu Zheng's heart warmed, and he nodded: "I know, I will not act rashly." ”

"Yue Gongzi, someone is looking for you outside." As soon as Chu Zheng's words fell, Yuan Zisu walked in, looking very unhappy.

"Who?" Chu Zheng was slightly stunned.

He did not tell anyone else about his stay here, and the person who had made an appointment to deliver the letter would not appear at this time.

"The other party said that it was someone from the Yun family." Yuan Zisu said lightly.

Chu Zheng's expression was slightly stiff.

Secretly glanced at Gu Xinyue.

Also, the Yun family is the head snake in Huai'an, and they didn't pay attention to the characters that their many grandsons have befriended before, but as soon as the matter comes out today, the head of the Yun family will definitely come forward to solve it.

Otherwise, the Yun family's face in Huai'an would be lost.

It is naturally not good to find a female dependant directly, so finding Yue Gongzi to apologize and then dissociating himself from the surnamed Jiang can at least minimize the impact.

If Yun Shu is punished again.

If you don't get it right, you can also come out with a good reputation of the Yun family's informality, fairness and strictness.

These, it depends on what Yue Gongzi said to the outside world.

Once she figured it out, Gu Xinyue looked at Chu Zheng with a little wrong eyes, and said with a smile: "In this way, you can take the opportunity to catch the line of the Yun family." ”

It's that she thinks crookedly, she just thinks that Chu Zheng will be like Qin Qi and Qin Mohan, really clean up those dross, really clarify the water, at least, let the people and soldiers in her jurisdiction live a good life.

But forgot.

Corruption cases can be big or small, depending on what the person investigating the case does.

It can not only become a weapon for stealing the house, but also an alliance can become a force in its own hands.

That's why he said there would be no danger.

Naturally, there is no danger......

Chu Zheng's face turned slightly pale, and he hurriedly reached out to hold Gu Xinyue's hand and said, "Sister, I'm ...... I ......"

But I don't know how to explain it.

After all, he calculated her.

calculated Jiang Huihui's character and calculated her reaction.

Then, in the most natural way, connect with the Yun family.

The Yun family does not have only one Huai'an salt political history, and the family also married several concubines to Huaiyang salt merchants.

"Alright, you don't want to keep people waiting." Gu Xinyue slowly withdrew her hand and said with a light expression.

Chu Zheng was still about to speak, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw his entourage appear at the gate of the courtyard, hurriedly left Gu Xinyue some distance, and said in a low voice You believe me.

He walked out of the house quickly.