Chapter 128: The Beginning of a Big Case

Zhu Qizhen thought about it slightly, and then understood.

Even if Wei Yuan said that Shi Li was confused, he still knew the most basic situation if he wanted to come to Shi Li to mix in the imperial court for so long. The property analysis case was a civil case, although the Nanjing Criminal Department was robbed of a lot of power by the Beijing Criminal Department.

However, it still has jurisdiction over the internal situation of Nanzhili.

If Shi Li really wanted to help Xie Zhao, there was a way.

But this is not the solution, a sentence of killing the father, whether it is a word or not. It's still true, and this thing is all over the world.

If a magistrate gets a wrong verdict in such a big case, he will have to sacrifice his political career.

But sometimes, the truth doesn't matter, what matters is the truth that Zhu Qizhen wants.

Whether it is Xie Qi or Xie Zhao, Zhu Qizhen never cares about who is the sufferer, but how many officials are involved, or how many officials can be involved.

Zhu Qizhen looked at Liu Qiu and said, "Liu Qiu, I am going to send Qing to the south to Lianghuai to preside over the case." I don't know what Liu Qing thinks? ”

Liu Qiu said: "The old minister is an important minister of the country, although this case involves people and heaven, but it is not enough for the old minister to go, and the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is enough to hear the truth." If Your Majesty has another mission, please also give a quote. ”

Zhu Qizhen also knew that many things could not fool these elites, especially the rumors of the salt law, which had not yet reached the people below, but these people were all people in the inner circle of Daming's decision-making.

It's time to know.

Zhu Qizhen doesn't have to hide it. He said: "What Liu Qing said is extremely true, just a case, naturally it is not as alarming as me, and there is also a scholar, the secretary of the criminal department, who is here to discuss the imperial history. ”

"I want Qing to go south, what I am investigating is not just a case, but the salt administration, how many of them are cheating, how many are unbearable, all of them are found out by me, I want to see, where is the silver allocated by the imperial court to the stove households, and the remaining salt official collection set by Emperor Taizong is collected like this?"

This is Zhu Qizhen's most angry point.

Yes, unless there is a major case of rebellion, there is no need for the emperor to ask about the details of any case, and there is no need to dare to eat anything at the moment, unless such a case involves party disputes.

Just like the murder case of Yang Shiqi's son, Zhu Qizhen never asked who he killed after it.

Because there is no need to ask, the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, Jinyiwei, and Dongchang have already found out this matter clearly.

In fact, the salt merchant is insatiable, although Zhu Qizhen feels helpless, but he is not surprised, after all, the salt merchant is rich, and there are rumors in later generations.

And in general, the salt merchants may have perverted the law, but in essence, they just exploited the loopholes of the imperial court.

This is the essence of a businessman, it's hard to say anything.

Even if Zhu Qizhen disposes of them, he doesn't want to

Money, not necessarily life. But some people are different, especially the silver used to buy surplus salt at a high price.

Zhu Qizhen checked it in the household department, and the silver was allocated, and it was getting more and more year by year, and it seemed that the output of surplus salt was getting higher and higher year by year.

But there is no one on the stove side.

Or it can't be said that there is none, but it is folded in three, two, or even one.

If it is said that the use of treasure money to sell a fixed amount of salt is a problem left over from history, then the policy of buying surplus salt at a high price is purely being peeled layer by layer.

Anyway, these stove households have no way to ask for help.

And three feet of freezing, not a day's cold, Zhu Qizhen thought with his toes, at the beginning they just wanted to deduct a little, but the results were more and more, and some places simply did not give it.

It is understandable that the salt merchants make money, but this silver costs people's lives. If you can't let people live, there will be rebellion. Jiangshan is not them, they are not distressed, but Zhu Qizhen is distressed.

Liu Qiu is also an upright and selfless minister, listened to Zhu Qizhen's words, and said: "Your Majesty's intentions, the minister knows, it's just that the minister invited Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "What's the matter? ”

Liu Qiu said: "Please send a minister to Nanjing to take charge." ”

When Wei Yuan heard this, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, don't stop here." ”

Yangzhou and Nanjing are too close to each other.

If you think about it, you will know that the affairs of Yangzhou are rarely involved in Nanjing. Sending important ministers to Nanjing means that Liu Qiu's strike range will be unprecedentedly large.

Otherwise, there is no need for an important minister to sit in Nanjing.

For a while, Zhu Qizhen was also stunned.

Liu Qiu is such a minister, sometimes Zhu Qizhen can't suppress them. A person who adheres to the heart of asking for the people's life, and at this moment has Zhu Qizhen's Shang Fang sword. Naturally, it will be investigated to the end and will not be tolerated.

But this is not necessarily the result that Zhu Qizhen wants.

Although it seems that now it is only implicated in a Nanjing Criminal Department Shangshu. But who knows who is behind these salt merchants? Not to mention in Daming, even now, there is no backer behind that rich man. In particular, it is likely that there are nobles involved.

Zhu Qizhen hesitated for a while.

Liu Qiu is naturally a good knife, but I don't know if it will cut himself.

But for a moment, he made up his mind, and secretly said in his heart: "I have already greeted Zhang Fu in advance, as for those who don't listen to the greeting, don't blame me." ”

It is not only Zhang Fu's support that gives Zhu Qizhen determination, but also Meng Ying is sitting in Beijing at the moment, with tens of thousands of horses in his hands. plus the imperial soldiers and horses left by Emperor Xuanzong. and Zhu Qizhen's authority is growing, and his control over Jingying is not as weak as it was at the beginning.

If Xungui is really disobedient, it is time to prune the branches and leaves, and it is also necessary to prune one or two.

Zhu Qizhen said: "It just so happens that Wei Guogong has always wanted to go to Nanjing, just as he wants." Fengcheng Hou Li Xianjiu Zhennan

Jing, if you have merit with Sheji, you will be summoned to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. ”

"So, do you have any worries?"

Liu Qiu said: "No, the minister is going, even if he is broken, he will return the world to Lang Lang Qiankun." It's just that the minister will definitely enforce the law impartially, and if the officials below are safe and secure, the minister will definitely not be a cool official. ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he actually wanted to laugh, but the meaning of Liu Qiu's words was that he was worried that Zhu Qizhen would make a big deal for political purposes. However, Zhu Qizhen has long seen clearly the character of bureaucrats, and many times, there are big problems in major investigations, small problems in small investigations, and there are no problems if they are not investigated. Modern officials are like this, although in general during the orthodox years, politics was still relatively clear, Yang Shiqi's vision was very vicious. But I really thought it was a peaceful and prosperous world, and the officials were all Yao Shun. Zhu Qizhen didn't believe it. Therefore, Zhu Qizhen said: "According to Qing's words, the imperial court will never wronged a good person." ”

Liu Qiu agreed to come down and immediately prepared the line. actually left the entourage, brought a few entourages with him, and went to Yangzhou to understand the situation first.

Just after Liu Qiu, the Metropolitan Procuratorate sent a few imperial historians to lead and go to various places, although Lianghuai is the main salt production area, but it does not mean that after Lianghuai, there is no place to produce salt.

Not to mention the sea salt along the coast, that is, Shanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, and Yunnan, all have pool salt and well salt, all of which must be checked one by one.

Not to mention the actions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Just said that Xu Xianzong, the Duke of Wei, went to the palace once, and after he came back, he was a little in a trance.

He has always wanted to sit in Nanjing, but he never thought that once he returned to Nanjing, there would be such a big thing, what was behind the salt merchants, Wei Guogong might know better than Zhu Qizhen.

Not to mention anything else, Wei Guogong had a deal about salt in the south. Although he didn't ask, he also knew that the stakes were particularly great.

This time, he took a hot potato in his hand.

It's not for him to take it, and it's not for him to take it.

He thought about it and said secretly: "Let's go, since the emperor wants to, I, the Duke of Wei, will accept a vote." ”

Thinking about it, Xu Xianzong was still unwilling in his heart, after all, he was also the prince of the country, and his ancestor was still the first hero of the founding of the country, Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan. Now it is much worse than the British Duke Zhang Fu and Chengguo Duke Zhu Yong, and he is even behind the Mu family of the Duke of Qianguo and the Duke of Dingguo.

Xu Xianzong is really unwilling, and the Xu family is rich enough, what salt is just icing on the cake, without the salt money, can the Wei Mansion not be able to survive?

Xu Xianzong didn't care about this money at all, but what he cared about was that he was going to offend a lot of nobles.

It's just that now the people who are in power are all Jing Nanxun, even if they are not offended, how friendly are they to the Xu family?

Therefore, Xu Xianzong immediately ordered that anything about salt in the house should be cleaned up.

As for how to clean it up, it is naturally bloody.