Sun Piyang nodded with satisfaction, patted the shocked wood, and said loudly: "Bring someone to commit a crime!" ”

With Sun Piyang's words, the four people of the Zhou family were pressed up, and they all knelt in a row, Sun Piyang slapped the shocked wood and scolded loudly: "Look at these, they are all evidence of your crimes." As he spoke, he shook the testimony in his hand.

"The testimony of sixteen people is really unpunishable!"

The four of them were already shaking at this time, and after listening to Sun Piyang's words, Zhou Cang was the first to kneel and climb a few steps, and said loudly: "My lord, the villain is guilty, the villain is willing to confess, and please let the adult fall lightly!" ”

The other three people were all stunned, this Zhou Cang also confessed too quickly, right?

In the past few days, the four of them have been divided into switches, and their hearts are also hairy, but now after hearing Zhou Cang's words, they can't help it, and hurriedly knelt forward and crawled a few steps, and said loudly: "My lord, I am willing to confess!" ”

slapped the startled wood fiercely, Sun Piyang said loudly: "What is the noise, you will be a roaring court before arguing!" ”

The four of them suddenly fell silent, and they all knelt down and stopped talking.

"Come one by one, Zhou Cang, you say it first!" Sun Piyang looked at Zhou Cang and said loudly.

"Yes, my lord, yes, my lord, the villain is the warehouse manager of the Zhou family, and the private salt of the Zhou family has passed through the hands of the villain over the years. The Zhou family's private salt trade began to grow up about ten years ago. ”

"At first, it was more than 100,000 catties, and now it's about 1 million catties a year."

"The private salt of the entire Hejian Mansion is basically in the hands of the Zhou family, because relying on the Changlu Salt Farm, most of the private salt from the north of Hejian Mansion is transferred out through the Zhou family."

Sun Piyang nodded and asked in a deep voice, "Then where did all the private salt that was transferred out go?" ”

"Back to my lord, they are all transferred to the Qian family in Hejian Mansion." Zhou Cang didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly spoke.

"Sign, draw!" Sun Piyang nodded, and directly asked the scribe next to him to sign and draw for Zhou Cang.

Next, Sun Piyang asked three other people one after another, and these three people also corroborated Zhou Cang's words from their own different angles. The account clerk talked about the money exchanges, and also provided an account book, which he wrote down in private.

When this evidence appeared, all the people present stopped talking, and Yao Renji had collapsed to the ground.

"My lord, this account book of the Zhou family's bribes to Cangzhou officials!" The messenger handed a book of accounts to Sun Piyang.

Sun Piyang nodded, opened the account book, and the first person on the top was Yao Renji. Since Yao Renji's arrival, the Zhou family's bribes to Yao Renji have increased every year. From 10,000 taels a year when he first took office, it has increased to 50,000 taels this year.

There are other officials of all sizes in Cangzhou below, judging from the account books, the money that the Zhou family spends on Cangzhou officials every year is more than 100,000 taels.

"It's really rich!" Sun Piyang sighed with emotion, turned his head to look at Yao Renji, and said with a smile: "Yao Renji, you really impress the official, Cangzhou only pays taxes in a year, you dare to take so much money, and you are not afraid of money biting your hand!" ”

The last sentence Sun Piyang had already shouted, he really didn't expect Yao Renji to dare to take so much money.

"My lord, this money is not all, the salt field ambassador of Changlu Salt Farm is Yao Renji's brother Yao Renkang, and Yao Renkang accounts for 20% of the private salt from Changlu Salt Farm every year. In fact, since more than ten years, the Zhou family has been constantly bribing the ambassadors of the salt farm. ”

"Those who collect money to do things will stay, and those who don't collect money and don't do things will be transferred away soon."

Sun Piyang sighed, such a big case must have been involved in the capital, although the Qian family has its back to Xining Hou, it is impossible to rely only on Xining Hou. The Qian family itself is a gentry, and with money opening the way, it will not take much effort to buy some officials.

"Sign for them!" Sun Piyang sighed and said in a low voice.

Things have reached this point, and it is no longer beyond Sun Piyang's control, and he can't suppress it if he wants to.

"Come on, put Yao Renji and all the officials in Cangzhou, this official will sit in Cangzhou these days, and all matters will be decided by this official temporarily. How to deal with the matter, the official will play to the court. ”

Sun Piyang did not interrogate Zhou Feng, and by this time, it was no longer meaningful to interrogate Zhou Feng.

"Princess, the punishment of thousands of households, the matter has come to this point, it is estimated that the Changlu Salt Farm should also be in chaos, the soldiers are fast, you should also go!" After retiring from the hall, Sun Piyang said to Wang Zhong and Xing Shangzhi.

"Okay, our soldiers are divided into two routes, one way to capture Yao Renkang, the ambassador of Changlu Salt Farm, and all the way to arrest Yu Youguang, the envoy of Changlu."

Wang Zhong and Xing Shangzhi nodded in agreement, and then the two of them went their separate ways.

Sun Piyang was not idle, after returning to the house, he wrote a note, wrote all the cases, and then asked people to enter Beijing quickly, now all he needs to do is to wait for news from the capital.

The case has been handled so far, and Sun Piyang has no way to continue to handle it.

If you want to continue, you need to send a senior member of the imperial court, at least at the level of a cabinet scholar. This time the Qian family is involved, and moving down the Qian family will definitely involve a lot of people in the court, and maybe there will be big people.

In fact, Sun Piyang hopes that this will end, if it really makes a big fuss, the entire Hejian Mansion will be unstable.

Beijing, Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon chair, looked at the old man in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how old he is!

However, with Hai Rui's living standard, it is really not easy for him to live to be over 70 years old, and his vitality is really tenacious. People in this era live to seventy, which is rare in ancient times!

"Your Majesty, why do you look at your ministers like this?" Hai Rui saw Zhu Yijun staring at him, so he asked.

Hai Rui's body was very thin, wearing the official uniform of the general political envoy, which looked a little big, but the old man's eyes were very clear. Speaking of words, the middle qi is quite sufficient, and in general, the body is quite healthy.

"I have heard the name of Aiqing for a long time, and when I see it today, I naturally want to take a closer look." Zhu Yijun said with a smile.

"A little fame, not worth mentioning!" Hai Rui shook his head and said seriously: "It's not related to the well-being of all the people in the world, what is it." A few days ago, the minister went to the show, and asked the emperor to restore the legal system when Taizu was played, I don't know if the emperor can see it? ”

Zhu Yijun was stunned, after so long, this is the first minister who dares to ask himself if he has seen his play!

Do you want to say that Hai Jui deserves to be Hai Jui?

"I watched it, and after reading it, I thought about it for a long time, and slept for a few nights." Speaking of this, Zhu Yijun sighed: "I don't know about the problems of the Ming Dynasty, but many things affect the whole body!" ”

Hai Rui was also silent, but he took out two books from his arms and said: "Your Majesty, this "Xing Ge Regulations" is the experience of government and the people's livelihood written down by the minister when he was the commander of Chun'an County. This "Governor's Constitution" was written when the minister governor Shuntian, and the emperor can read it. ”