Chapter 35 The duel in the court

Things went extremely smoothly, and under the coercion of the fans, many merchants in the capital who had had transactions with Tongda Che Ma Hang went to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion to complain. Eighty-one? Chinese? Net?????. 8. The reason is the same, that is, Tongda Carriage and Horse Dealers monopolize transportation in various places, wantonly raise freight rates to accumulate money. If someone dares to disobey or bargain, they will suppress it through the power of a certain yamen in the capital, so that everyone can not do business.

In just three days, nearly 100 cases against Tongda Che Ma Xing were backlogged in Shuntianfu, which made Lord Yan dizzy. But at this time, he had faintly heard the rumors, and there was Shen Chongming behind this accessible carriage and horse dealership!

In this way, the yamen, whose names were not dared to be said by all the complainants, also surfaced. Several times the yamen in the capital, except for Jinyiwei and Dongchang, there is no yamen that can make all people fearful. And Shen Chongming is the commander of Jinyiwei, and the yamen involved in this matter must be Jinyiwei.

But knowing this, Lord Hiko-sama is even more of a first two big. Shen Chongming's identity is not simple, he is not the kind of master who can offend himself at all, and now they have involved themselves as soon as they complain.

If you have the intention to suppress this matter, you can show your credit to Shen Chongming, but Lord Yan doesn't dare to do it. Suddenly, there were so many people who sued Tongda Carriage and Horse Dealers, and the situation was very similar to the situation of the last incident in Lianyun Buzhuang, and it was clear that someone was behind it.

With his own head, Hiko-sama quickly deduced the identity of the mastermind. This person must be Feng Bao, the governor of Dongchang Factory, except for him, no one in the officialdom today dares to conspire against Shen Chongming. You must know that although this time it seems to be dealing with Shen Chongming, in fact, the person who is dealing with Gao Gong is Gao Gong, as long as you can't suppress Gao Gong, there is no way to deal with Shen Chongming.

And everyone in the officialdom several times, the only one who is qualified to have the same guts as Feng Bao is Feng Bao at the moment, and if others provoke this, it is definitely self-defeating.

Thinking about this section, Lord Yan is more worried, his own small Shuntian Mansion Yin is sandwiched between the two big guys, it is really difficult to do things, no matter which side he throws to, the only ending waiting for him is a bleak ending.

"Alas, it's better to protect yourself, I hope this hurdle can pass smoothly." Hiko-sama sighed and said to himself. Originally, I wanted to use this matter to sell it to make some favors, but the two bigwigs were involved, and I could only do things according to the rules, only in this way would neither party be offended, and I could keep my current official position.

Not only Shuntianfu, but also the yamen in various places have received cases against Tongda Carriage and Horse Dealers. Unlike the same as the Shuntianfu receives, the reasons for the local complaint are much more complicated. There are many cases of suing Tongda Carriage and Horse Dealers for raising freight rates and forcing merchants to hire them, and there are many cases of suing Tongda Carriage and Horse Dealers for bullying others and forcing their own carriages and horses to go bankrupt, and there are even several cases involving Tongda Carriage and Horse Dealers embezzling goods and making the merchants empty of their property.

The case was serious, and in less than half a day, it alarmed the imperial historians who were stationed in various places to inspect and supervise. The headquarters of Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop is in the capital, and although there are people who complain from all over the country, the imperial historians believe that the trial of the case should be carried out in the capital. The local yamen had no choice but to send the case record to the Criminal Department as soon as possible, and what to do was none of its own business.

"Hmph, they're quite in a big formation." Shen Chongming had a smile on his face, but he was lamenting the viciousness of Feng Bao and Song Qingyang in his heart. These two guys are embarrassed to make up so many things, it seems that they are determined to condemn themselves.

Chen Xiao, who came to report the situation, smiled and said, "My lord, the bigger the formation they have, the worse they will lose at that time, let's just let them make trouble." ”

Shen Chongming waved his hand, "No, if we don't react at all to such a big movement, I'm afraid that Feng Bao will be suspicious." It's best to figure it out for yourself, and it's best to pretend to be panicked. ”

Chen Xiao's head is not bad, and he understood it as soon as he heard this. "My lord, how do you think that the lowly position will now lead people to arrest a few people who complain in Shuntian Mansion?"

"Well, that's a good idea." Shen Chongming nodded, "Without further ado, you go and do it immediately." As long as this matter is successful, Feng Bao and Song Qingyang will definitely be eager to show their minions. ”

Chen Xiao took the order and left, and the second brother on the side smiled and said: "My lord, Lord Chen's trick is really high, Feng Bao's dead eunuch will definitely think that we are jumping off the wall in a hurry." ”

There was a crisp sound, but it was Shen Chongming who rewarded Brother Erdan's brain. "Stupid, is this dog jumping off the wall to describe himself?"

There was a slight deviation from Shen Chongming's expectations, and the first person to suspect this matter was not Feng Bao but Song Qingyang. Seeing that the turmoil he caused was getting bigger and bigger, but Shen Chongming didn't react, Song Qingyang couldn't help but think that he might be tricked by Shen Chongming.

With such a thought in his heart, Song Qingyang couldn't sit still, changed into a cloth suit and went to see Feng Bao.

Hearing his words, Feng Bao didn't look worried, but comforted: "Don't worry, this Shen Chongming is used to it, and now there is a high arch to support him, so he will not underestimate this matter and not deal with it." ”

Having said that, Song Qingyang was still relieved, and said worriedly: "Father-in-law, the lower officials have known Shen Chongming for so many years, although they don't know the root of him, but the lower officials know what kind of character he is. This person is cautious by nature, and will never let us do these things, but I am afraid that he has set some trap waiting for us in this matter. ”

Feng Bao laughed. "Qingyang, you really think highly of Shen Chongming. You must know that the method we used to deal with him was the same as when he dealt with Ouyang Jing back then. The treacherous and cunning Ouyang Jingzhi is powerless in the face of this matter, which shows the power of this method. Therefore, our family thinks that although Shen Chongming can figure out this method to deal with others, he may not be able to solve it. Not to mention that the formation we have now is better than that of him back then, and it is also expected that he will be helpless. ”

While he was talking, a fan walked in hurriedly. "Lord Qiqi, the people of the Jinyi Guard have arrested the six shopkeepers who sued the Chariot and Horse Dealers."

Without waiting for Feng Bao to speak, he saw Song Qingyang's eyebrows raised, and he couldn't hide the joy on his face and asked, "Is the news accurate?" ”

"My lord, the news is true. In order to prevent the backlash of these shopkeepers, the lower officials specially sent people to keep an eye on all of them. Fanzi looked at Song Qingyang and smiled. This Lord Song, don't look at what the masters of our East Factory do, how can there be mistakes.

"Hehehe, okay." Feng Bao laughed a few times, looked at Song Qingyang and said, "Now you can rest assured, the person who complained will be arrested for no reason, this is obviously Shen Chongming has no way to deal with it, and the dog jumped off the wall in a hurry." ”

Song Qingyang's heart finally settled down, and he arched his hand: "You still have foresight, father-in-law, and your subordinates admire it." ”

The smile on Feng Bao's face became thicker, mixed with a hint of coldness, and asked, "How are the imperial historians of your Imperial Court preparing?" If everything is ready, the matter will be reported to the emperor tomorrow in the court. ”

"Father-in-law, rest assured, most of the chapters of the Imperial History Revelation of the crimes of the chariots and horses have arrived in the capital, and they are waiting for your order." Song Qingyang looked a little expectant, and he could finally compete with Shen Chongming.

"Okay, our family has arranged all this matter. Tomorrow, as long as you take the lead in impeaching Shen Chongming above the court, the people arranged by our family will respond to you, and then our family will also rush to Shuntian Mansion to supervise this case. At that time, you and I will have a huge momentum at the same time, and Gao Gong will have to weigh it even if he wants to maintain Shen Chongming! Feng Bao's face was full of pride, he had arranged so much, he didn't believe that he couldn't take a little Shen Chongming.

Song Qingyang was also full of ambition, with the account book in his hand, Shen Chongming didn't want to get out of it! "Please rest assured, tomorrow's officials in the court must make their masters and apprentices look good."

The day is early. "Your Majesty, the ministers have their own music." As soon as he got up, Song Qingyang walked out of the column and bowed.

Last night's expedition, Emperor Longqing's expression was a little sluggish, and he said weakly: "What's the matter? ”

"Your Majesty, recently my Imperial Procuratorate has received documents from the imperial history of many places, most of which mention a thorough, chariot and horse dealership, bullying and dominating the market, and many illegal acts. Weichen felt that the matter was very important, and specially sent someone to investigate the matter strictly, and just last night, Weichen showed a major event. Song Qingyang's expression was exaggerated, as if he was still surprised by this matter.

This expression was very attractive, and Emperor Longqing, who had no idea about this matter, couldn't help but be interested, and asked eagerly: "Song Aiqing, what is the big deal, let's talk about it." ”

Song Qingyang first glanced at Shen Chongming, who had a strange expression, and then said: "According to the news obtained by Weichen, this Tongda Carriage and Horse Company has been established in just a few years, and its business has spread all over the country. Now the merchants who come and go from the south to the north will inevitably deal with them. The shop is a big bully, because the car and horse shop almost monopolized the transportation of goods along the way, it wantonly raises the freight rate to harm the merchants, many merchants because they can not afford to pay the expensive freight have turned their business yellow, so that the tax revenue in various places has been greatly reduced, and the current predicament of the household department has a lot to do with this. ”

Song Qingyang tried his best to portray the seriousness of the matter. You must know that the shortage of household silver is a major event that plagues the imperial court, and the emperor is often troubled by this matter. And when he implicated Shen Chongming in this matter, he was afraid that the emperor would be even more angry.

Emperor Longqing trusted Shen Chongming so much, but Shen Chongming affected the imperial court's taxes for his own selfishness, which made him often worried, and as soon as the feeling of being let down appeared, it was not impossible to take off Shen Chongming's black gauze hat on the spot.

"Ah, it's so serious?" Emperor Longqing was dumbfounded, a businessman could actually influence the tax revenue of the imperial court, this strength is also a little greater.

Many ministers in the court set their sights on Shen Chongming. In the past few days, they have also heard rumors, and Lord Shen is involved in this accessible carriage and horse shop. Originally, everyone only thought that Shen Chongming was quietly doing some business in order to support his family like others, but no one expected that Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop would be so powerful.

Thinking about it, the ghost envoy actually had admiration for Shen Chongming. This Lord Shen is not only an official, but he didn't expect that this business is also a leader, and he is really a rare genius in the world!

"Your Majesty, what Wei Chen said is not false at all. According to the evidence obtained by Weichen, this Tongda Carriage and Horse Shop has been open for less than four years and has earned more than three million taels of silver! Another bombshell was thrown, and a gasp suddenly sounded above the court. Emperor Longqing opened his mouth wide, and his face was full of disbelief.