When the soldiers spread the seized weapons underground, the faces of the officials of the Salt Section Lifting Division, including Chen Huaijing, were as pale as earth. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The young shopkeeper had previously admitted to trafficking in illicit salt, but now he was convicted of possession of weapons and resisting arrest, and Shen Xi's sentence of beheading was legal.

Shen Xi shouted: "It is the existence of such profiteers that makes the price of salt in my Ming Dynasty soar, and the people can't even afford to eat salt...... Immediate execution! ”

"Wait!" Chen Huaijing shouted loudly, "Lord Shen, as the governor of the three provinces, you have no right to dispose of it without authorization before the conviction of the Yamen, let alone the right to execute in public!" ”

Shen Xi smiled coldly: "Whether you have authority or not, it is up to the imperial court to decide, and now this official is going to ask and kill such thieves to see who dares to stop them." Execution! ”

"Ah, wronged...... Brother-in-law, save me, I'm innocent, it's not a private ......"

He was only halfway through his sentence when he heard a "poof" sound, and the man was already in a different place, and his round head was like a juju, bouncing up and rolling far on the ground, and then the knife and axe man raised the knife, and the blood-stained long knife shone in the sun.

"Good kill!"

After all, Shen Xi said that these profiteers were the main culprits who caused the high price of salt in the Ming Dynasty, and the people didn't care whether it was true or not, they only knew that this was what the dignified governor said in public, and he couldn't be wrong.

Chen Huaijing was already unstable at this time, and he needed the support of the person next to him to stabilize his figure, and his head was even more cold sweat.

Shen Xi walked up to the third shopkeeper...... This is an old man with a gray beard about sixty years old, his face is full of fear, Shen Xiyin smiled and asked: "Official salt, or private salt!" ”

This old shopkeeper is simply an errand runner, and when he saw that his big shopkeeper was beheaded by a knife and axe hand, he had already had no master, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed one after another:

"If you go back to your lordship, it's official salt, it's official salt...... We have the salt of the official salt, and these salts are brought out from the salt works with the salt lead...... It's not private salt! Please be careful! ”

Chen Huaijing said angrily: "How can the government ever give you salt? ”

Shen Xi said: "Chen Tiju is trying to interfere with the trial of this official?" If someone comes, please ask Chen to take it to the back to rest, and not disturb the official questioning the case. ”

"Order!"

At this time, Chen Huaijing no longer had the prestige of being promoted from the Wupin Salt Class, and was "invited" by several officers and soldiers to stay within the range of Shenxi within ten zhang.

At this moment, Chen Huaijing knew that it was useless to say anything, and he could only hope that the political envoy could help him.

Shen Xi continued to try the case, and said in a deep voice: "You said that there is official salt and salt citation, but it is official salt citation, but there is salt citation as evidence?" ”

The old shopkeeper was trembling all over, and his upper and lower teeth were fighting: "Back to my lord, the salt is all in the cellar under the warehouse, and the villain will never dare to deceive the adult, please be aware of it." ”

In the Daming salt class system, the salt introduction is not only used for salt extraction, but also the salt merchant transportation salt through the state and province as a passing certificate, there is salt introduction is regarded as official salt, without salt introduction, even if the salt is raised from the salt field, it can only be regarded as private salt.

As soon as Shen Xi waved his hand, someone immediately went to search for Yanyin.

According to the old shopkeeper's place where the salt was hidden, it didn't take long for the bundles of salt to be found. The total number is superimposed, and there are not only 5,000 small citations of salt, but as many as 20,000 or 30,000 citations, which shows that these salt introductions will be used to extract salt from the salt field for sale.

Shen Xi took out the salt introduction and looked at it, and said, "It's strange, this is the salt introduction of the summer salt in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi...... Didn't you say that the salt introduction of this year's summer salt has not yet been distributed in the salt class lifting division, why did so many suddenly appear here? Chen Tiju ......"

Before, Shen Xi sent Chen Huaijing aside not to interfere with his trial, but now that he has obtained conclusive incriminating evidence, he is going to question Chen Huaijing properly.

Shen Xi said: "Didn't Chen Tiju ask this official to send someone to the Guangdong Salt Lifting Division to count the amount of salt, and now it seems that this is indeed necessary, isn't it that the thieves took advantage of the carelessness in the Salt Lifting Division to steal the salt?" Come on, go to the Guangdong Salt Division to raise the division, seal all the salt, and bring it back to the Governor Yamen for inspection! ”

"Yes, sir!"

The 200 officers and men of the Guangdong Left Guard, who had been dispatched to the wharf, immediately put themselves in order and rushed in the direction of the Salt Division.

Chen Huaijing knew that a catastrophe was coming at this time, and Shen Xi had already planned to do all this, he was completely kept in the dark, and thought: "Pity me when I went out today, I was unprepared, and I went to the appointment in ignorance, could it be that this great future is about to fall on this summer salt and salt lead?" I hope Zhang Fantai can save me! ”

Chen Huaijing hurriedly pleaded: "Lord Shen, it is better to ask the people from the political envoy Si Yamen to come and judge this matter." ”

Shen Xi asked in surprise: "This official supervises the salt administration of the three provinces, it is an errand appointed by His Majesty, could it be that the Guangdong Salt Division is out of salt on weekdays, and what kind of behind-the-scenes deal with the Guangdong Domain Division Yamen?" It's ridiculous! Come on, please Chen Tiju and all the colleagues of the Salt Section Lifting Division to return to the Governor Fu Yamen, and this official will personally ask about the case! ”

At this time, Chen Huaijing and his subordinates were no longer able to ride leisurely in the official sedan chair, but were stuffed into a carriage by three or two and sent back to the post house like prisoners.

Shen Xi got back on the horse, and the group returned to the city in a mighty way, and the people all flocked to follow, and the people who heard the news came in a steady stream, and many people applauded after hearing about Shen Xi's feat.

Shen Xi just returned to the post house, and found that the political envoys, the envoys and the bigwigs who commanded the envoys were already waiting there, mainly because Zhang Yuanying and others heard that Shen Xi made a big fuss about salt politics, and sealed the warehouse outside the city where smuggling official salt was piled up, and killed a leader who bought and sold illegal salt.

After the governor and the heads of the three divisions gathered in Nanhai County, this was the second time, and they met directly in front of the temporary governor's yamen, that is, the post house.

Because he was caught by Shen Xi with pigtails, Zhang Yuanying now has no right to speak in front of Shen Xi, and the errand to fight with Shen Xi falls on Lin Tingxuan, the envoy.

Waiting for Shen Xi to enter the official post hall with the members of the three divisions, before he sat down, Lin Tingxuan stepped forward to advise: "Shen Zhongcheng, the matter of this salt class is very important, there are illegal traders in the place to forge salt quotes, Lord Shen investigates and handles it, and you must not implicate the salt class promotion division." If this year's salt class can't be collected on time and delays the use of troops in the northwest, can Lord Shen afford it? ”

Shen Xi just got the news, saying that after the Tatar civil strife, the Warat people who were originally driven to Moxi by the Dayan Department were ready to move again, and they raided Hami in the middle of the year.

At present, the imperial court is discussing sending troops to block the eastward advance of the Warat people, but there is no result yet. This is what Lin Tingxuan used to make a fuss.

Lin Tingxuan said righteously, as if Guangdong alone could not levy the salt tax, which would affect the imperial court's use of troops in the northwest.

At this time, the officers and soldiers who searched the Yamen of the Guangdong Salt Division had returned to the Yamen, and all the salt citations were brought back, Shen Xi took out two salt citations and presented them to Lin Tingxuan: "Lin Zhentai said that illegal traders forged salt citations, but you should take a look, which of these two salt citations is real and which one is forged?" ”

Lin Tingxuan took the two salt citations in his hand, observed them repeatedly, and found that they were exactly the same, and there was no difference from the salt quotations he had seen before.

Seeing that Lin Tingxuan couldn't reply for a long time, Shen Xi took the salt lead back and said: "The salt lead is specially approved by the household department, and it is transported south all the way through Jiangbei, and it is escorted by officers and soldiers on the way, and it has not been lost. This official is sending someone to count the number of salt citations in the salt department, and I believe that the results will be obtained soon......"

After Shen Xi finished speaking, he stopped talking. After about half an hour, the tent that had been invited to calculate the number of salt citations in the Salt Division came out and said, "A few adults, there are a total of 83,400 salt citations in the Division, and the inventory is correct!" ”

Shen Xi looked at Lin Tingxuan, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "What did Lin Zhentai say?" ”

Lin Tingxuan glanced at Zhang Yuanying and continued to argue: "Maybe the salt was stolen and replaced by the pillars when the Jiangbei was transferred to the Hubu, or someone in the Hubu opened the salt for the ...... After this salt was introduced to Guangdong, the salt class lifting division has not yet been distributed, what is the relationship between the salt introduction on the market and the salt class lifting division? ”

If Shen Xi only believes that the salt is lost or someone forged the salt citation, there is no way to determine the crime of the officials above and below the salt department, because no one knows which yamen the extra salt is from, Shen Xi said that it was forged by the salt section promotion division, and the salt section promotion department can also strongly argue that it was actually opened by the superior yamen privately, or someone forged it, and we have no knowledge of this.

Lin Ting's reason for choosing this is very reasonable, and the salt department cannot be held accountable for the responsibility of the salt department because there is a forged salt introduction!

In other words, he relied on his tongue to save Chen Huaijing and the others almost steadily, but what he met today was Shen Xi, and Shen Xi clapped his hands: "Lin Zhentai said it well, the reason is sufficient, it is really leaky!" ”

"Hmph."

Lin Tingxuan snorted lightly, with a little contempt in his tone, as if to say, young man, you are a little tender after all, but he said, "This official is just a truthful statement, and the facts have finally proved that the matter has nothing to do with the Salt Section." ”

"Oh!?"

A mocking smile appeared at the corner of Shen Xi's mouth: "Then dare to ask Lin Zhentai, this Guangdong Salt Section, the Salt Factory, the Political Envoy Department and the Yamen at all levels, and even the ordinary people, all know that this year's summer salt and salt introduction has just arrived in Guangzhou Prefecture, but why can someone use the fake summer salt to extract official salt from the salt field and sell it?" ”

"Could it be that the salt work does not need to be reviewed by the Salt Division Lifting Division, and the officials stationed in the salt field do not even have the least common sense?"

In one sentence, the previous justification of Lin Tingxuan was broken.

Since you say that this salt introduction is fake, but even an ordinary person knows that the salt introduction of summer salt has not yet come out this year, but some people have taken the summer salt salt to the salt field to extract a large number of official salt, and the salt seized alone is as much as 5,000 small introductions, and countless people have been transported away in advance.

Guangdong salt class yamen is hard to escape!

Lin Tingxuan was speechless.

Originally, Lin Tingxuan exonerated Chen Huaijing and others, but now it seems that not only Chen Huaijing will be questioned, but even the people in the salt farms below may also be implicated.

Shen Xi said: "As the governor of the three provinces, this official has the responsibility to supervise the maladministration of the local salt department. Even if there is no salt section promotion division, can't this official transfer the salt in full amount, and complete the delivery of salt and the promotion of salt class this summer? ”

Lin Tingxuan said with a dark face: "Shen Zhongcheng, you are not from the salt class, how can you afford such a responsibility?" If there is a mistake, how to explain it to the court? ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, you also look up to this salt class to raise the Yamen, what I lack now is only the support and cooperation of the local government, you have set up stumbling blocks for me everywhere, so that I can't perform my official duties satisfactorily, if I can get the same resources as Chen Huaijing, I will definitely do better than him.

Shen Xi shouted: "Come on, take down all the people in the Guangdong Salt Class, and wait for the court to send out!" As for the salt introduction, they will all stay in the Yamen of the Salt Division, and no one is allowed to transfer it without authorization! ”

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PS: Second update!

Life is full of helplessness, the Son of Heaven originally wanted to code words well, but there are too many unexpected things in life, and this chapter has been delayed again! But the Son of Heaven does what he says, today's four changes remain the same, that is to say, there are two more in the future, please support a lot, subscriptions and monthly passes! (To be continued.) )