Thump!

A figure jumped off the bridge and fell into the rolling Wei River.

"How many are you doing today?" The yawning soldier asked his companion beside him.

"About a dozen, right?" The other party replied, "I can't count them anyway......"

Ever since the merchant of Huaishi Ziqian was executed by Jinwu, some people began to commit suicide by jumping into the river on this temporary bridge.

In the last two days, there has been a sharp increase.

There is no way, killing people to pay for their lives, and paying off debts, this is the iron law of the Han family.

Even if the prince and prince do not pay back the money, they will be enforced, and even lead the court lieutenant to go down and be held responsible.

And with Huai City being held by Jinwu, the entire Chang'an fell into the two heavens of ice and fire.

On the one hand, the slightly larger merchants of Ziqian were all staying at the Yamen of the Ship Prison.

In other words, the usury that once owed them, now no one will come to collect the debt.

According to the usual practice, the government offices of these unscrupulous businessmen are generally chosen to burn all the confiscated bonds to show the people's gratitude.

This is very good, and the beneficiaries are almost all over Chang'an.

Countless residents of Chang'an were relieved from the pressure at once.

On the other hand, a large number of merchants, officials and nobles were trapped.

Especially those who used to have a close relationship with the sub-money merchants and borrowed large sums of money to lend them money, now, overnight, clean and slippery.

Many people have accumulated a lifetime of wealth, and now most of it is turned into water.

A lot of people can't stand this blow and go crazy.

As for those who not only borrowed money themselves, but also borrowed money from others and lent money to the merchants to make money, not only did their entire net worth go down the drain, but they also owed a lot of debts.

Under the pressure of debt, there are even feudal monarchs who commit suicide by swallowing gold at home.

In a sense, in fact, many of the property of the sub-money merchants confiscated by the Jinwu this time belonged to the bureaucracy, aristocracy, and wealthy businessmen.

That's why the amount is so huge.

One Huai City has exceeded the equivalent of seventy percent of the world's land tax revenue last year!

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Holding the wine urn in his hand, Zhang Gan took a sip fiercely.

Like a walking corpse, he walked to the door of Jianzhang Palace.

Looking at the wind bird on the phoenix, he smiled bitterly.

He is just an ordinary imperial history, and in the imperial history doctor's yamen, there are dozens of six hundred stone imperial histories like him.

Even with the reward of the Son of Heaven and the subsidy of Lantai, all year round, it is only 400 stone of japonica rice plus more than 30,000 yuan of money, ten horses of cloth, and 15 catties of sorghum meat.

How can such a small amount of money and food support his livelihood in Chang'an City?

Not to mention, he also has three concubines, twelve singers and more than a dozen slaves to raise.

Not to mention, he also wants to progress and get to know a few more powerful people.

This ushered in the send-off, and over the course of a year, the expenses were in the millions.

His little money is not enough for even a gift to a banquet!

Fortunately, he is lucky, because he is the supervisor of the imperial history, and his power is not small, he controls the performance appraisal of several counties in Guanzhong, and holds the life of many powerful nobles.

So, after a year, filial piety is not bad.

But......

Now it's all over!

Huaishi was copied, and the money he put in Huaishi merchant Jia Zhang's family will not come back.

Thinking of this, Zhang Gan secretly scolded himself for being obsessed with money, why couldn't he hold it!

Now it's okay, not only is all his net worth in, but he also owes a lot of money.

"Zhang Yushi ......" suddenly shouted behind him, and a nobleman, carrying a ribbon, walked over.

"Chen Langzhong......" Zhang Gan saw the other party, and said weakly: "Langzhong has something to do with the official......

The other party came to Zhang Gan's side with a smile, and said softly: "I heard that the imperial history has not been too smooth recently?" ”

Zhang Gan squinted at him and said, "Lang Zhong is here to see the jokes of the lower officials?" ”

Although he is almost in debt now, as long as he still supervises the imperial history for one day, and is still a subordinate of the imperial history for one day, there is still hope.

Supervising the imperial history, although the position is low, but the power is great!

And what about the other side?

It's just Guang Luxun's Langzhong.

It seems that the rank is more than a thousand stones, but everyone knows that Langzhong is a title of honor.

Not to mention power, I don't even have the qualifications to go to the court and inspect politics.

Besides, although the other party is famous, he has already offended a great person.

Otherwise, he would not have been sent to Guangluxun and hung a title among the empty heads.

"Hey...... How dare you watch the jokes of the imperial history? The other party smiled, stuffed a piece of lintoe gold into Zhang Gan's hand, and said mysteriously: "Zhang Yushi wants to be rich?" ”

Zhang Gan touched the lintoe gold in his hand, looked at the other party's expression, instinctively shrank his head, and said, "Chen Langzhong, don't want to harm me!" If he is an enemy of Zhang Shizhong, even if he has 10,000 guts, he will not dare! ”

Who is the other party? Zhang Gan understood very well in his heart.

Qu Wei is dedicated to Chen Ping's great-grandson, so Chen Hui, the adopted son of Zhan Shi Chen Zhang of Changxin Palace.

Wouldn't it be said that the Qu Weihou family and the Liuhou family themselves have been entangled in enmity for generations.

It's just that this guy once made an enemy of that Zhang Zizhong in Changxin Palace, and was slapped in the face by someone, and even the queen was annoyed that he didn't know the decency, kicked out of Changxin Palace, and fell to Guangluxun as a nominal Langzhong who was waiting for death.

And the purpose of this guy's coming to find himself is obvious.

Even if it's not......

Zhang Gan doesn't want to have anything to do with him!

Zhang Gan even wanted to press his head and ask him properly: Are you stupid!

Do you know that my immediate boss is in charge of the violent victory, and that Zhang Zi is called a virtuous brother?

is also very affectionate, every time that Zhang Zi returns to the palace, he has to meet the storm!

Are you trying to harm me when you come to me now?

In case this matter is seen and told to the storm, people will look at each other, and the fat difference who supervises the imperial history will fly.

But......

The lintoe gold in this hand is so cute! I like it so much!

The yellow-orange glow, the cold and mellow touch, is more charming than any beauty!

Chen Hui lowered his head, stuffed two more Lintoe Gold into Zhang Gan's hand, and said with a smile: "Husband, you should be a five-tripod food in life, and you will cook in a five-tripod when you die......

"Does Goshi think so?"

Zhang Gan was the target he chose after observing for several days.

This person is greedy, stupid, stupid, and can't take his eyes off when he sees money, and among the dozens of imperial historians under the command of Cheng in the imperial history, he is the easiest target to overcome!

"And husband, for the sake of the righteousness and justice of the world, what is Yushi worried about?" Chen Hui said quietly: "As long as Zhang Yushi agrees, there are hundreds, or even thousands, of such Lintoe gold!" ”

This is fooling him.

Lintoe gold, when today's son started casting ten years ago, a total of only 30,000 pieces have been minted.

Of these, 20,000 were distributed to the army as medals to reward Dawan war heroes and generals.

The rest is only 10,000 pieces, and after so many years, the Son of Heaven has spent most of the rewards and sacrifices, and the most that remains in Shaofu is only 5,000 pieces.

And in the entire Chang'an City, the total number of lintoe gold held by all the princes and ministers was up to 3,000.

It is precisely because of this that Lintoe Gold is so sought after.

So much so that some people are willing to exchange twice the weight of gold for Lintoe gold, and there is still no market.

But it doesn't matter, stupid, you can't think of it here.

Zhang Gan touched the toe gold in his hand, and his breathing suddenly became short.

How much is a hundred Lun Toe Gold worth?

He was a little confused.

But he knew that it was an astronomical amount, and it was even enough for him to pay off his debts and continue to live a good life.

People die for money, birds die for food!

"I don't know what Lang Zhong wants to do?" Zhang Gan bowed deeply and asked.

"It's not a big deal...... Chen Hui chuckled and said: "It's just that this official heard that the Qiangfu, You, Pavilion Chief and officials of Xinfeng Township Pavilion have turned their backs on the Holy Dao, do not cultivate virtue, use machines to change equipment, and disturb the people's hearts, and even use feces and urine as the so-called 'fertilizer', polluting the land, making the soil impure, and making the gods of the ancestors uneasy......

"As the imperial historian, Your Excellency has the responsibility of supervision and the duty of sarcasm, and you should be impartial......

"This ......" Zhang Gan instinctively shook his head when he heard it, and said: "The lower officials are soft-spoken, I am afraid it will be difficult to take on this important responsibility!" ”

What are you kidding, going to slap Zhang Chiyou?

He didn't want to die yet!

Besides, in the imperial history, Cheng Tyrannical Shengzhi and Lantai Shangshu Ling Zhang Anshi are both the 'eldest brothers' of this Zhang Chiyou.

Even if he is impeached, he will not be able to reach the Son of Heaven!

With that, he wanted to leave.

But how can you get away?

Chen Hui grabbed Zhang Gan's hand, put a silk book in his hand, and said, "This is an IOU from some time ago......

He raised the stack of silk books in his hand and said with a smile: "The others are also in his hands...... After doing the math, it's about two million......"

"If you want to pay back the money now...... he said with a smile: "I'm afraid the imperial history won't be able to take it out!" ”

It is only natural to repay debts.

The Han family protects debts in any case.

Under the national policy of one punishment, not to mention his little imperial history, even his top boss Yushi Zhongcheng, and even one of the three princes, the imperial historian, must pay back the money.

If you can't afford it, you can pay it back with your whole family!

It can't be said that the common people can't afford to sell their sons and daughters when they owe money, and it won't work when they get to the aristocratic officials?

It works!

It is precisely because of the existence of this system that the benefits of Ziqian are the most lucrative of all commercial trade.

The richest person in the whole world has always been a sub-money merchant.

"Chen Langzhong......" Zhang Gan looked at the IOUs, and the whole person lost his strength: "Do you want to force the lower officials to death?" ”

Saying that, he was about to draw his sword and kill himself, but was stopped by Chen Hui: "Zhang Yushi's words are serious, and I just want to build a great cause with Yushi!" ”

"Yushi, please rest assured, you and I are not alone......"

"That Zhang Zizhong is rampant, pampered and arrogant, and carried away, and the person who hates him can be described as a carp crossing the river!"

"Now that the kings have entered the dynasty, as long as they can lead them to the cusp, are they still afraid that he will not die?"

"If this matter is successful, won't the imperial history be able to build a great cause and make great contributions?"

Listening to Chen Hui's words, and then looking at the IOU in Chen Hui's hand, he thought that if this thing was really done, his future would be bright.

Zhang Gan finally put away his sword and sighed: "My family! ”

If this matter fails, Long Yan will be furious, and none of his family will survive!