The officials of the Three Law Divisions who were sent to Sichuan to try the case of illegal salt, just after Huguang, the two Huai actually made another case of illegal salt.

The Lianghuai region is the center of salt affairs in the world, as long as you are determined to investigate, you will have to find out a lot of things!

Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian and Mao Ji, and the three ministers sat opposite each other, and they didn't know what to say.

After a long time, Jiang Mian spoke: "Those corrupt officials and profiteers are purely to blame, even if they all deserve to cut off their heads." ”

Mao Ji also said: "Yes, they should all be killed!" ”

Salt merchants who are related to the Yang Party, Yang Tinghe took advantage of the fact that the new salt law had not yet been implemented, and specially sent people to let them leave the market in advance. Who knows, greed is endless, and he is not satisfied with the silver he has earned, so he actually turns to the collusion of officials and businessmen to sell illicit salt.

Of course, only about two or three percent of the two Huai smugglers involved in this incident were related to the Yang Party, and many other powerful people were also involved.

Including Yang Yiqing's clansmen, they were also involved!

"Yang Yingning (Yang Yiqing) has already resigned, His Majesty has not replied, and it is estimated that he did not read his resignation at all." Jiang Mian said.

Mao Ji said: "The two Huai private salt cases, this time I am on Wang Ruoxu's side, whether it is an official or a wealthy businessman, it is best to kill a few Liwei, and then exile a group of people to show punishment." ”

Yang Tinghe said: "The officials of the Three Law Divisions who were sent out to investigate the case can no longer be selected by Wang Er, and it has to be our talents." ”

The Criminal Department and Dali Temple are the basic plates of Yang Tinghe. As long as the Yang family is not involved, and then chooses an obedient imperial history, Yang Tinghe can manipulate the outcome of the case at will.

However, Yang Tinghe is no longer showing favoritism this time, because he is really angry, and his face has been lost by those dogs!

As soon as the joint investigation team of the three law divisions came out, the eunuchs of Nanzhili were the first to be unlucky.

Yang Tinghe has always given Zhang Yong and Gu Da face, but he will not give face to their successors. Regarding the punishment results of the local eunuchs, the celebrant kept rejecting the cabinet's opinions, and Yang Tinghe personally went to Haoshan Garden to meet Zhu Houzhao.

The eunuchs who accepted bribes from salt merchants and secretly supported smuggling, one was thrown to guard the imperial tomb, and the other three were beheaded.

In the Tang and Song dynasties, the Central Plains scholars moved into Huizhou, with a total of 47 tribes. Many great clans have continued to this day, among which the eight major clans in Huizhou are: Cheng, Wang, Hu, Wu, Huang, Wang, Li, and Fang.

These eight noble families have been officials for generations, have been in business for generations, and at least more than half of them are involved in the salt industry.

After the eunuchs were dismissed, Yang Tinghe opened his knife on these Hui merchants. But he was not bold enough, and he didn't dare to investigate to the end, so he only attacked two of the eight major clans in Huizhou. One clan has nothing to do with Yang Tinghe, and the other clan involves Yang Party officials, and no one can say that there is anything wrong with this way of dealing with it.

Hui merchant Huang Ying, punished for the crime. The head of the Huang family, the whole family was exiled, and all the female dependents were sent to the Jiaofang Division.

Wu Yanxian, a Hui businessman, was beheaded for his crimes. The head of the Wu family, the whole family was exiled, and all the female dependents were sent to the Jiaofang Division.

The Huang and Wu clans, the officials of the main sect, whether they know it or not, are all dismissed and reinforced! The officials from the ancestors took back the imperial court. The Jinshi archway and the chastity archway of the two clans were all demolished immediately!

Huizhou, Suzhou, Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou...... A number of prominent families were investigated, a total of 100,000 taels of dirty silver were confiscated, a total of 76 smuggling salt dealers were exiled, and 238 people were sentenced to three years in prison. Nineteen officials were dismissed and 42 officials were demoted. This attack is very wide, and the investigation team is all Yang Party, trying to attack non-Yang Party as much as possible, and the descendants of psychology and physics are involved in the six.

Wang Yuan did not come forward to defend his students, let alone help Wang Yangming to protect his students. And he also "fell into the well" and exiled the relevant personnel to Yinzhou, which is more terrifying for most people than exile Bianssai.

Zhang Peng, the director of Huai'an Banknote Customs, neglected his duty and resigned for the people.

Nan Zhili was the chief judge and all of them were demoted and transferred.

Gu Ning, the chief military officer of the Governor Cao and the Marquis of Zhenyuan, resigned and returned to Guizhou, and took away the title, fined 3,000 taels of silver for his crimes, and his eldest son inherited the title of Marquis of Zhenyuan.

Liu Xi, the general of Huai'an Caoyun, was honest and honest, fulfilled his duties, and made meritorious contributions to helping crack the case of illegal salt, and was promoted to the chief military officer of Caocao and the guard of Huai'an.

Patrol the imperial history Weng Wanda, enforce the law impartially, not afraid of the powerful, and be promoted to the Huizhou government. As the "culprit" who triggered the Lianghuai private salt case, Weng Wanda was secretly demoted by Mingsheng, and he was thrown to Huizhou to be an official, I don't know how many Huizhou businessmen wanted to kill him.

The general judgment is an unfixed official position, equivalent to the level of deputy mayor or city director, and there may be several general judgments in one government.

With the good things Weng Wanda did, after he was transferred to Huizhou for general judgment, the Huizhou businessmen were absolutely crazy to send silver to the prefect and arranged for him to be in charge of water conservancy, agriculture and other errands. Huizhou is mountainous and has little land, agriculture is underdeveloped, and there are local gentry to hinder, so it is impossible for him to build water conservancy. It's a thankless chore, and it's hard to make a difference. However, if Weng Wanda is clever in his means, once he makes political achievements, he will have an official reputation far and wide in the future.

Weng Wanda is a physics disciple, Wang Yuan did not deliberately promote him, but wrote a private letter to encourage him to forge ahead.

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Huai'an, the governor's general military office.

This is an official residence, not a private residence.

However, the general soldier and his family members can live in the general soldier's mansion.

Some of the maids and servants in the house returned to Guizhou with Gu Ning, and some were dismissed by Liu Xi. There is no way, the new chief soldier is a poor ghost and can't afford to support so many people.

Weng Wanda arched his hand and said, "Brother Huaiyu, Brother Fool is here to say goodbye." ”

Liu Xi held Weng Wanda's hand: "I'm really ashamed, this case is the case advocated by the virtuous brother." The case of smuggling salt was solved, and my brother and I were promoted to chief military officer, but I transferred my virtuous brother to Huizhou Mansion to be punished. ”

Weng Wanda smiled: "Why should Brother Huaiyu be ashamed? I, the inspector of the imperial history, was ordered to check the local salt affairs, and I obviously found that there was a flood of illegal salt, but no one dared to take care of it when I reported it to the judge. After coming to Huai'an, he ran all over the yamen, and only Brother Huaiyu made a righteous move. You, the chief military officer, have to be above board, who dares to say half a word? ”

Liu Xi is really famous all over the world, and there are few military attachés who are incorruptible, not to mention that he is still a general of Caoyun, and he can eat a brain full of fat with oil and water. Such a military attaché and such a position have been honest and selfless for more than 20 years, and the whole family can only wear old clothes and eat vegetables.

If Yang Tinghe dares to promote Liu Ximing secretly, the Yang Party will inevitably fall apart, and his reputation will be ruined here.

Not only can they not be promoted openly and secretly, but they must also be greatly promoted. Many old ministers of the Three Dynasties jumped out and jointly recommended Liu Xi to serve as the chief military officer of the Governor, a position entrusted to honest people, which can save countless expenses for the imperial court every year.

Heaven and earth have righteousness, and miscellaneous manifolds. The lower part is the river mountain, and the upper part is the sun star. People say Haoran, full of gloom!

Qing officials, who have been raised for more than 20 years, once became famous, and their heroic spirit soared to the sky, they were so awesome that they could even break through the natural boundaries of civil and military officials.

Weng Wanda was about to leave Huai'an, Liu Xi specially left him for dinner, and called his wife and children out to meet him, which is called the good of the family.

There is wine and meat, simple and hearty.

Weng Wanda arched his hand and said, "Let my brother break the bank." ”

Liu Xi laughed: "Thanks to Wang Shangshu, all officials in the world have been added to the third level. Otherwise, I don't have the money to invite you to eat meat, so I can only invite you to eat green vegetable soup. ”

Weng Wanda said: "Mr. is indeed commendable for the world's officials. At least my brother is a clean official, and his life can be a little better. ”

Liu Xi said curiously: "The virtuous brother calls Wang Shangshu Mr., could it be that he is Wang Shangshu's disciple?" ”

Weng Wanda said: "I'm ashamed, the foolish brother has limited qualifications, and he is just a second disciple of Mr. ”

Weng Wanda in history, after becoming an official, practiced Yangming Xinxue. Weng Wanda of this time and space, during his stay in Beijing, entered the School of Physics, his ranking in the imperial examination was not high, and his talent was not very prominent, so it was difficult to attract Wang Yuan's attention.

"Wang Shangshu is a good man, and he has made countless contributions on the battlefield. The virtuous brother and others are also promising to be the second disciples of Wang Shangshu," Liu Xi beckoned, "Eat and drink quickly, today there is only fried meat with green vegetables, and the virtuous brother should not feel shabby." ”

Weng Wanda said with a smile: "Stir-fried meat with green vegetables is already a delicacy in the world. Growing up, I ate a lot of fish, but I haven't seen meat a few times. ”

Liu Xi saw that Weng Wanda's clothes had been washed white, and said angrily: "Brother Xian also seems to be from a bitter background. ”

Weng Wanda's face was gloomy, and then he smiled: "Don't say so much, eat meat, eat meat!" ”

Weng Wanda's background was extremely poor, and he was quite wealthy at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and then passed on to four generations, and his family was in the middle. He lost his mother when he was five years old, and his father had to take his son with him when he was fishing, but fortunately, the teacher at the village school appreciated him.

The village teacher was a talented man, not only taught Weng Wanda to read for free, but also married his daughter to him. also taught Weng Wanda to practice the piano and sword, and Weng Wanda's swordsmanship is also very clever.

It's a pity that the family is too poor, and the road to the imperial examination is too expensive. The father-in-law has a son, and it is impossible to help the son-in-law indefinitely.

The wife cut down on food and clothing, put things in the bowl and then served the rice, and she couldn't even eat enough every day. Weng Wanda ate quickly, went to study after eating, and was about to go to Beijing to catch the exam, only to discover the secret in his wife's bowl, and the husband and wife hugged their heads and cried. Weng Wanda went to high school in one fell swoop, but the bad news came that his wife had died of illness in her hometown.

This kind of regret and heartache is indescribable, and he still wants his wife to live a good life.

After three rounds of drinking, Weng Wanda got drunk, said the regret buried in his heart, and cried in front of Liu Xi's family.

"Alas, it's also a miserable person." Liu Xi sighed.

The next day, Weng Wanda set off alone, without even an entourage by his side. Only a piano on his back and a sword at his waist were given to him by his father-in-law and master.

"Boom!"

Weng Wanda stood on the bow of the ship, pulled out the iron sword suddenly, flicked the spine of the sword with his fingers, and sang in a low voice: "Ten years of sharpening a sword, the frost blade has not been tried." Who has a grievance today? ”

Those wealthy businessmen in Huizhou have had a hard time.

Weng Wanda is not a fool, how can he not have a backer? He did not ask for a transfer, but only wrote a letter to Wang Yuan to arrange an errand for the arrest from the prefect of Huizhou. A deputy mayor in charge of law enforcement, water conservancy, and agriculture is enough for Weng Wanda to go to Huizhou to ask about grievances.

Yang Tinghe dared to secretly promote Weng Wanda to Mingsheng, and Wang Yuan was not a vegetarian.

The deputy leader of the investigation team that went to Sichuan this time was Wang Yuan's friend Jin Wei. Jin Wei has served in Dali Temple for many years, and has been excluded by the Yang Party, this time he went to Yang Ting and his hometown, and it is strange not to take the opportunity to vent his grievances.

Yang Tingyi, who is in charge of the affairs of the Yang clan, will definitely be targeted by Jin Wei.

The case of illegal salt is one thing, and it is another thing in the fish and meat township, this is not Wang Yuan's holding on to the case!