Chapter 12 The gloomy clouds are bleak

Now, Governor Feng also knows that no matter how much you quibble, it is useless. Originally, he still wanted to grit his teeth and hold on, and he had nothing to do with the disaster relief bank, but Hu Yingjia's letter completely uncovered his disguise, and he not only knew that he was tired, but he was also the main participant!

The bamboo tube poured beans, and Governor Feng explained everything in one go, and even handed over an important thing, that is, the account book of Hu Yingjia who used the money to buy food with greedy ink, plus the private account book of the disaster relief silver that had been obtained by Chen Xiao, and a dry witness who had confessed, these things were enough to convict Hu Yingjia of being greedy for ink!

As soon as he got the things, Chen Xiao immediately got up and rushed to Kaifeng, and the next thing was to arrest Hu Yingjia.

For two days in a row, the grain in the hands of Jiangxi grain merchants was almost endless, and no matter how frantically the people rushed to buy it, they did not see less grain piled up next to the counter. In this way, the price of grain has been suppressed at 500 yuan and has not moved.

News from various parts of Henan also followed, unifying the grain price of 500 yuan, and not giving Henan grain merchants a chance to breathe at all.

Hu Yingjia and the local grain merchants in Henan did not sit idle, first hoping to force the Jiangxi merchants to delist or raise prices through the Yamen of the Political Secretary, and they did not dare to hope for one or two cents of silver, but it must not be less than 800 Wen, otherwise the usury on the ass is not clean at all.

However, the political secretary's yamen was heavily guarded, and several waves of people sent to the department could not even enter the door. Even in the end, Hu Yingjia had a plan to come forward in person, but the plan was just a plan, he never dared to come forward, although now everyone almost knows it. But if you come forward in person, the effect is different, and you can't let people talk nonsense with their eyes open.

If this road doesn't work, then we can only find another way. Put down your name and invite Jiangxi grain merchants to discuss major matters, after all, it is a matter of making money, and I believe no one will refuse. But this time it's really evil, and several waves of people were sent to it, and the status was higher and higher each time, but none of them were able to send the post out.

Well, if this doesn't work, think of another way. Spend money to hire a bunch of ruffians to make trouble, you don't let us earn money, and you don't want to live. It's a pity that a large group of hundreds of people just appeared, and before they could make a move, they were all arrested by the officers who suddenly killed, and they didn't pass the hall, and directly put on a pair of heavy flail to parade through the streets, but they scared the ruffians in Kaifeng City to death.

This time, Hu Yingjia, who was originally holding a fluke mentality, immediately realized that something was wrong, it seems that Jiangxi grain merchants suddenly appeared in Henan, and the imperial court was planning behind it.

At this moment, Hu Yingjia was in a hurry, if the grain in his hand could not be sold, then all the silver that he was greedy for ink at the risk of killing his head would be wasted! This is not the most serious, since the imperial court has intervened in the matter of grain prices, the plan to use grain to smooth out the accounts of the disaster relief bank is afraid that there will also be unpredictable changes! Even if the imperial court didn't interfere and wiped out the account books with the price of one or two cents of silver, no one would believe it when they took it out.

As soon as he was in a hurry, Hu Yingjia made another ruthless move. This time it was not to make trouble, but to decide to hire the largest amount of grain to buy the grain of Jiangxi grain merchants, as long as you wrap all the grain in your hands, the price of this grain is completely up to you.

However, there is a problem that makes this method impossible to implement at all, that is, all the money in hand is pressed on food, and there is no money left in hand to rush to buy food. At this time, Hu Yingjia was so worried, everything he could drop in the inn was broken by him.

"Smack!" There was another sound, this time it was a large piece, and the two large vases more than one person high in the lobby were discarded by Master Hu, and the debris splashed out was almost all over the doorway.

The old shopkeeper and the two guys stood tremblingly behind the counter and didn't dare to stop it, who let seven or eight strong men stand not far away, these are all Lord Hu's guards. But seeing things being destroyed, the distressed ones are dripping blood.

"Rice buckets, a bunch of rice buckets!" Master Hu, who smashed the bottle, was still angry, and turned his head to point at several guards and scolded. The guards also admit it, who let us eat this bowl of rice.

"Hehe, Master Hu is so angry, who made you angry?" Shen Chongming walked in with a smile on his face, followed by Chen Xiao and his subordinates.

"Shen Chongming?" Hu Yingjia's eyes narrowed, and he figured out in an instant in the past two days, since he appeared in Henan, everything now must be in his hands!

"Tsk, it's a pity that such a good thing." Shen Chongming raised his foot and kicked the porcelain fragments on the ground, and said with a regretful face, if this is left to future generations, I am afraid that it will be a rare treasure.

Hu Yingjia's brain teaser immediately guessed what he was doing, it seems that he knew that he was organizing people to hoard grain behind his back to raise the price of grain.

But it's nothing, Hu Yingjia has already planned countermeasures. According to the records on the books, the grain in his hands can be said to be the purchase of disaster relief food, not to mention greed for ink, not even embezzlement. What makes me feel distressed now is that the more than 400,000 taels of silver slipped back into the pocket of the imperial court in a blink of an eye!

"Hehe, I don't know what Lord Shen is doing here?" Hu Yingjia asked with a nonchalant face, as if he hadn't done anything bad at all.

Shen Chongming raised his head, but he didn't open his mouth directly, but looked at Hu Yingjia with interest, well, his psychological quality is good. "Master Hu, what do you think the official is looking for you?" Shen Chongming suddenly showed a smile, but he wanted to see how arrogant he could be.

"Hmph, this official is busy with official business, so he has no time to guess riddles with Lord Shen." As he spoke, Hu Yingjia greeted and was about to go out with someone.

Shen Chongming stretched out his hand to stop, "Master Hu, from now on, you will be idle, and the official will do it for you." Come on, take Master Hu back to get angry. ”

Hu Yingjia's eyes widened, and he said inwardly: "Shen Chongming, don't rely on your identity as a Jinyi guard to bully people at will, I am not easy to mess with." Besides, this official is now a messenger, you have to weigh it before you do it! ”

"Chincha? Hehe, I forgot to tell you, the capital has come to the will, and your position as a messenger has been taken over by this official. As for you, go back and explain the matter of 430,000 taels of greedy ink slowly. ”

"Shen Chongming, you don't want to frame the blame, saying that the official is greedy for disaster relief silver, do you have any evidence?" Hu Yingjia shouted angrily, but his eyes didn't dare to look directly at Shen Chongming, being a thief with a weak heart, this sentence always makes sense.

"Evidence? If it weren't for the evidence, would you think you would still be able to live in Kaifeng City for such a period of time? Shen Chongming's face also turned cold, and he looked at Hu Yingjia with disdain.

Hu Yingjia was startled, only to see Chen Xiao, who was following behind Shen Chongming, wave his hand, and a Jinyi lieutenant brought two account books and more than a dozen confessions to him. One of the account books Hu Yingjia is very familiar with, it is the one that exists in Feng Shuangxin's grain purchase account book!

"Lord Shen, misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding." In front of the evidence, Hu Yingjia's attitude immediately softened, and with that account book, the lies in front of him were full of flaws.

"If it's a misunderstanding, I still have to ask Master Hu to follow the official back and explain it clearly." Shen Chongming's face was harmless, but in Hu Yingjia's eyes, it was not like that at all. The door of Jinyiwei is easy to enter and exit, once you enter, few can come out completely!

"Lord Shen, you listen to what the lower official said, the matter is ...... Hey, don't! Lord Shen, listen to the explanation! Without waiting for Hu Yingjia to finish speaking, Brother Erdan personally led someone to tie up Hu Yingjia, and before he finished speaking, he dragged him out directly.

Glancing at a few dumbfounded Hu Yingjia guards, these guys hurriedly went out, and they were also the targets of the temporary imprisonment.

"My lord, what should I do next?" Chen Xiao looked at the end of the matter, and asked Shen Chongming with a smug face.

Shen Chongming thought for a while and asked, "Have you found out where Hu Yingjia hoarded grain?" ”

"It's clear, Kaifeng is the big head, there are 400,000 stones, and there are nearly 800,000 stones in the region." When Chen Xiao said this, he was still shocked in his heart, with so much food, he didn't know what kind of scene it would be like when it was piled up.

Shen Chongming smiled and nodded with satisfaction, one hundred and twenty stones, next year's disaster relief grain has been settled. "Well done, immediately arrange for someone to seal up Hu Yingjia's hoarded grain in various places, remember, the account must be registered, don't eliminate a big rat and run out of a nest of small mice."

"Yes, the subordinates will go and order, and the adults can rest assured." Chen Xiao hugged his fists and smiled.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, coupled with Shen Chongming's fanfare, the news of Hu Yingjia's arrest spread. Maybe ordinary people don't know what Hu Yingjia has done, but the major grain merchants in Henan who are looking forward to him know what's going on, and when they heard the news, they immediately collapsed on the ground and counted several people. It's over, it seems that the imperial court intervened in this matter, and now that Hu Yingjia has been arrested, fighting with others with the strength of the big guy, it's just a mantis arm as a car.

They were worried, and the Wuwei Sect, who originally wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble and give the Ming court a heavy blow, was not much better.

"Well, where did the news leak?" Cai Wenyuan frowned, and most of the hundreds of people sent out to provoke the incident were arrested by the government before they could make a move, which shows that the people have long been guarding against this, and it also shows that the deeds of Wuwei have long been discovered.

But this time it is more cautious than usual, there is no reason to be noticed by the government, after thinking about it, Cai Wenyuan still didn't think that there was a flaw there.

"Protector, we have only fought with the imperial court once this time, do you think it will be discovered when Huang Huai killed him?" Serangjun said, raising his eyes and glancing at the bald horse beside him, which was his own hand.

Ma Wu was stunned for a moment, and then understood, "Selangjun, there must be evidence when you speak, that thing was done neatly, when did Lao Tzu show his flaws?" ”

"Hehe, I wasn't there at the time, who knows what you left behind in this rough goods," **Jun looked disdainful.

"You ......" Ma Wu's bald eyes widened, and he wanted to come to see the real chapter under his hands. Okay, Brother Ma, tell me what the *** has done. Cai Wenyuan waved his hand to stop it, what Serangjun said was reasonable, if he really showed his flaws, it would only be that time.