Shen Xi raised his hand: "If Lin Zhentai doesn't leave, this official will send someone to bombard the guest out!" ”

Lin Tingxuan said in a threatening tone: "If Shen Zhongcheng acts arbitrarily, this official will definitely go to the court and accuse Shen Zhongcheng of the crime of disturbing the place!" ”

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Lin Tingxuan's departure means that there is no one to shelter the Jiaofang Division, and these people are completely handed over to Shen Xi for conviction.

Shen Xi instructed: "The main culprit will be detained alone, and as for the accomplices...... According to the previous instructions, escort to the firewood room and wait for the departure! ”

"Order!"

There are many rooms in the inn, but after all, it is the place where the reception officials are, and there are not many houses that can be used as prison cells, so the guest rooms can only be used as temporary cells for the time being, and the so-called main culprits and guests who "harm the pond fish" are locked in, and the girls and handymen of the rest of the sect department are driven into the firewood room.

For a while, there was a mess in the official post, Shen Xi returned to the main hall, picked up the teacup with one hand and drank it awkwardly, Tang Yin came in to report: "Shen Zhongcheng, what happened before ......"

Shen Xi interrupted Tang Yin's words and said, "Brother Bohu doesn't need to explain, people's instinct is to seek good fortune and avoid evil, and when that happened before, I didn't tell you in advance, and it was normal for you to flee." ”

In Tang Yin's thoughts, I felt better when you scolded me, and now you actually help me speak, which makes me feel uneasy! Tang Yin said sneeringly: "Shen Zhongcheng, you have taken great pains...... What do the people who design the Workshop Division do? They are just falling into the dust, even if they collude with the political envoys and the yamen of the inspection envoys behind their backs, it is a last resort, and it is not for them to call the shots. ”

Shen Xi looked at Tang Yin, who was worthy of being a romantic and talented man, and actually spoke for the woman in the teaching department.

"Since Brother Bohu said that they had to do it, if they were coerced to commit murder and arson, they could escape responsibility?" Shen Xi asked rhetorically, "Just like the thief leader of the Fuzhou Sect Division, Zi Shi, who killed people and set fire to Fuzhou City, and did all kinds of evil, she is also the poor person you said in your mouth?" ”

Tang Yin hurriedly explained: "I am not excusing them. ”

Shen Xi thought to himself: "Just now, I really wanted to intercede for the people of the Teaching Workshop Division, but now I immediately say that it is not an excuse?" Shen Xi said: "Brother Tang, there are some things that I can't explain, but if you go and look at the businessmen who were arrested and brought to justice today, you will probably understand a thing or two." The people in this workshop are not just a group of poor people who have fallen into the dust, as you imagined! ”

Tang Yin was stunned for a moment, he didn't think about what the businessman who was arrested together today had any way.

Saluted and retired, Tang Yin thought about what Shen Xi said before, as soon as he came out of the backyard, he saw Zhu Qi coming over, Zhu Qi was a good man by Shen Xi's side, and he had a good relationship with anyone, knowing that Tang Yin was Xie Yuan, or Shen Xi's staff hired back, Zhu Qi had always been respectful to Tang Yin.

Zhu Qi saluted: "Tang Gongzi." ”

Tang Yin nodded, and then asked, "Master Zhu, I want to ask you something, who else are the people who got it back today, except for the people in the sect?" ”

Zhu Qi thought about it, this is the staff trusted by Lord Governor, so naturally he had something to say, and immediately replied: "Tang Gongzi, there are also several salt merchants. ”

"Salt merchant?"

Tang Yin was surprised.

He is a smart person, and if he connects the previous things a little, he will probably understand the key to the matter, which is the preparation that Shen Xi made in order to sell the salt smoothly.

The reason why Lin Tingxuan rushed to hear the news immediately after Shen Xi seized the Jiaofang Division was because the Jiaofang Division had close ties with the salt merchants, and the Jiaofang Division was used by the political envoys and the Yamen of the Inspection Envoy Department to secretly communicate with the salt merchants. Knowing this stubble, many things can be straightened out, Shen Xi has been prepared, but he just didn't discuss it with him.

"Shen Zhongcheng, I will do my best to assist you, but you hide everything from me, it is clear that you don't trust me!" Tang Yin was very depressed, he asked himself if he didn't help Shen Xi after he arrived in Guangzhou Mansion, Shen Xi gave him a monthly salary for no reason, and he also had a guilty conscience when he received it.

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The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, there was a commotion outside the post house, Shen Xi got dressed and came out, just bumping into Tang Yin, a little surprised: "Brother Bohu got up very early today?" ”

Tang Yin's face was ashamed.

Since arriving in Guangzhou, he has been drunk almost every day, and when he wakes up the next day, he is basically three poles a day, and there are very few times when he gets up in the morning. Tang Yin said embarrassedly: "I heard a noise outside, get up and check what's going on." ”

Shen Xi laughed: "The official is trying to come out and ask." Let the pro-soldiers open the door. ”

The door of the post house opened, and a bunch of people outside wanted to rush inside, but they were blocked by officers and soldiers.

Shen Xi inquired carefully and found out that the family members of the businessmen who were detained yesterday heard that their master was detained by Shen Xi, the superintendent, and he couldn't even solve it by pressing the envoy to come forward, so he had to send someone to give gifts early in the morning, hoping to "ransom" the person back.

“…… It's unusual, and it's not selling children and daughters to sign a deed of sale, so how can you redeem people? Shen Xi said with a smile, "Tell the people outside that it's okay to ransom people if they want to, and when the official finishes checking whether they have colluded with the Japanese robbers, he will naturally escort people to the Yamen of the prefecture and county, and let them go there to ransom people!" ”

Tang Yin reminded: "Shen Zhongcheng, yesterday's people from the Sect Division intended to beat you and arrest you, but it would be too far-fetched to say that those businessmen had an affair with the Japanese Bandits. ”

Shen Xi looked at Tang Yin and pondered Tang Yin's intention in saying this. Shen Xi knew that Zhu Qi had already told Tang Yin before, saying that most of the guests in the Jiaofang Division last night were salt merchants, and you Tang Yin knew that I was detaining them for the purpose of buying and selling salt tomorrow, and now he actually asked me to release them, and Cheng Cheng was willing to go against me, right?

Shen Xi snorted coldly: "If Brother Bohu can find a reason to convince me, I will release them, otherwise, these people will have to stay honestly in the post house, at least they will not be released before tomorrow afternoon." ”

The time set for the sale of salt was set on the morning of the next day, and Shen Xi made it clear that the release time was in the afternoon after the sale of salt introduction, which was clearly aimed at those salt merchants.

Tang Yin asked, "I don't know Shen Zhongcheng, why are these people detained?" Although they are salt merchants, they are not evil, and now they can't bring salt back when they buy salt, and they can't afford to make a profit, who will do this loss-making business? The twisted melon is not sweet, but it is better to let people ......"

Shen Xi sighed secretly, Tang Yin's reason made him feel very disappointed, and it can be said that Tang Yin's opinion was not constructive in the slightest. Shen Xi asked, "Brother Bohu, what do you know about the salt class?" ”

Tang Yin was stunned for a while before replying, "I know a little bit about it." ”

Shen Xi said: "If you don't know, then I'll make it clear to you." This small amount of salt is 200 catties, and the tax is two coins of silver, which needs to be collected by the salt department, and then converted into silk cloth or rice by the yamen of the political envoy department, and transported to the north together with the money and grain of the local government treasury. Other...... In addition to taxation, the original price is made of two taels and six dollars, which will be transferred by the salt department to the Tianfu treasury. Does Brother Bohu know? ”

Tang Yin pondered for a moment, still confused: "What does this have to do with Shen Zhongcheng's deduction?" ”

Shen Xi said: "According to the rules of salt production in the past year, the salt merchant pays the money, and the local squire and the Guangdong Salt Department Lifting Division discuss the matter, and each family has a fixed number of how much it is distributed. After purchasing the salt, the salt is directly extracted from the salt factory, transported to the sales place and sold to the salt shop, and then the salt shop sells it to the people. Whether it is the salt class, the price, or the surplus collected by the three divisions and the local government, they have all passed the salt class to raise the yamen. ”

"This year is different from previous years, the salt class promotion division is nothing, the salt is in my hands, the yamen know that the envy is broken, so they let the salt field not produce salt, but in fact, it is just for the officials and the ignorant people, dare to ask the officials of the salt field how many heads, dare to cover the salt?"

Tang Yin understood what was going on now, and asked in surprise: "What does Shen Zhongcheng mean, before the political envoy said that the salt field would not produce salt, but he only intimidated the salt merchant and Shen Zhongcheng to make the salt impossible to sell, so the responsibility is not on the political envoy and the salt farm, but on Shen Zhongcheng?" ”

Shen Xi smiled and nodded: "It seems that Brother Bohu understands." ”

After Tang Yin calculated, he asked: "Then if a salt merchant takes salt and leads it to the salt field to test it, what if the salt field does not release salt?" ”

Shen Xi said with a smile: "One or two, or a small batch of salt leads, of course the salt farm can find an excuse not to let go, or drag it, the salt merchant believes that the salt farm is under the pressure of the political envoy and refuses to release the salt, then naturally he will not buy the salt lead, and the court will investigate it, and it will only put the blame on me who can't sell the salt lead." But if a salt merchant takes 10,000 salt to the salt farm, do you think the salt farm has the courage to cover it and refuse to release the salt? ”

"Then Lord Shen, let's find someone to take the salt to the salt field to extract salt?" Tang Yin said a little impatiently.

"To no avail."

Shen Xi said, "To buy and sell salt, you must first pay the salt tax, a small introduction of salt is two dollars, and 10,000 small quotations is two thousand taels of silver. And we go by ourselves, which does not conform to the law of the transfer of salt in the Ming Dynasty, and the political envoy and the salt field can also refuse to release salt, and participate in the imperial court. ”

Tang Yin understood now, and now he knew that the political envoy was playing a conspiracy with the people in the salt farm, but he had nothing to do about it.

Tang Yin said: "That is, to let the salt merchants spend money to buy salt and go to the salt field to extract salt, but how can these salt merchants know that they are not profitable...... Oh, I understand, that's why Shen Zhongcheng escorted everyone back, is he trying to force these people to buy salt? ”

Didn't the political envoy tell the salt merchant that he couldn't mention salt if he had a salt lead? The salt merchants were afraid of losing their money, so they would rather not buy and sell summer salt.

But in fact, the salt factory did not dare to refuse to release salt when it saw a large amount of salt, and the governor and the yamen could not take the salt to extract the salt by themselves, so they had to let the salt merchants buy the salt.

This was originally an unsolvable dead end, but this time Shen Xi detained the big salt merchants who had made an appointment to discuss in the Jiaofang Division, and forced them to buy a large amount of salt.

Don't buy?

Then imprison you to death!

You only use the money you ransom to buy salt, and then you release the people according to how much salt you want to buy, and if you don't buy it, your lord will have to stay here for a long time.

Shen Xi smiled: "What Brother Tang said is neither right nor entirely true. The official detained these salt merchants with the intention of forcibly selling them salt, but this was only a strategy. I sold all the salt to these salt merchants, or sold it at a low price, and when I turned back, whether it was a tax or the original price, I was a good person, but where did I get the silver to fill the army and bandits? ”

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