Chapter 27: The Dilemma (Afternoon Tea Update)
Although Zhu Yijun wants to see Hai Rui, now is not the time to see Hai Rui, so he should wait for the limelight to pass, after all, he can't really appoint Hai Rui, and then he will be sentenced to hanging for 80 times of corruption.
If they really did that, the officials of the Ming Dynasty could be killed by ropes from top to bottom.
In that case, he will not be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but the biggest rebel of the Ming Dynasty.
When Zhu Yijun was entangled, in a restaurant in Hangzhou, a group of people were drinking happily, and there were many women to accompany them, and it was Chen Lan who was idle at home.
Chen Lan was born in the eleventh year of Jiajing, and he is exactly fifty years old this year, but he looks very young. Lion's nose, square sea, forehead is a little wide, and the appearance looks very atmospheric, and there is also a momentum when sitting there.
At this time, Chen Lan was dressed as a rich man, sitting there chatting and laughing with the people at the same table.
On the second floor of the brothel, several people stood at the railing, glanced at Chen Lan, and then said to the people around him: "He is Chen Lan?" Aren't you mistaken? Let me tell you, this is the errand explained above, and if you mess up, your life will not be saved. ”
"Don't worry, there are a lot of people who know him here, and he must be doing well."
"I've had people drugged the wine on their table, and they'll all have to be poured in a moment, and then you can take him with you, and we'll take care of the rest." The man said hurriedly.
It didn't take long for the medicine to work, and several people at the table were confused.
Several people came down from the second floor and quietly took Chen Lan away. When he got outside, he directly tied Chen Luan's hands and feet, and then stuffed it into the carriage and drove the carriage away.
From beginning to end, neither Chen Luan's entourage nor the other people in the brothel paid any attention.
Hejian Province, Cangzhou.
"Recruited?"
In a room in the Zhou family's compound, Wang Zhong and Xing Shangzhi saw someone come in to report, put down the teacup in their hands, and asked, "Have you recruited it?" ”
"Lord Hui, this Zhou Feng is a hard bone, he said that the salt is legal, and it is the Qian family of Hejian Mansion who is here for him." The brocade guard who came in said with a gloomy face: "He doesn't admit that he sells illicit salt. ”
The two of them had long thought that Zhou Feng was not so easy to admit, but they didn't expect this Zhou Feng to move out of a Hejian Mansion Qian family.
Wang Zhong and Xing Shangzhi were naturally very annoyed, and sent someone to check on the Qian family in Hejian Mansion, and found that this Qian family was really not easy to handle. Although it seems that on the surface, the Qian family of this Hejian Mansion is just the in-laws of the Xining Hou Mansion.
The current Mrs. Hou of Xining Hou Mansion is the Qian family from Hejian Mansion.
But in fact, the Qian family's salt is all from the Xining Hou Mansion, so this matter is clear, not so much that the Xining Hou Mansion is supporting the Qian family, it is better to say that the Qian family is from the Xining Hou Mansion.
Their role is simple, that is, to make money for the Xining Hou Mansion.
Wang Zhong and Xing Shangzhi were naturally not afraid of the Xining Hou Mansion, they knew the seriousness of this matter, and they also knew who asked them to do it. The key is that the Xining Hou Mansion has enough salt, and this salt is a matter for the Zhou family, but it is not a matter for the Qian family in Hejian Mansion.
If you can't prove that the Zhou family's salt is private salt, then the two of you will be in big trouble.
Xing Shangzhi had a gloomy face, now he can't get Zhou Feng's confession here, and he refuses to explain to his family, the matter is tricky.
"What about the guy from the inner factory?" Xing Shangzhi looked at Wang Zhong and said angrily: "What do you say is foolproof, let it go, but now?" Things are like this, we can't kill Zhou Feng! ”
Wang Zhong was just about to speak, and Sun Piyang walked in with Cao Yikui and Wang Yongji.
Sun Piyang looked at the two people expressionlessly, and said directly: "Now someone is saying that you are asking the Zhou family for 300,000 taels of silver in order to extort money. ”
"If the Zhou family didn't comply, you directly arrested the people of the Zhou family and placed a charge for selling illicit salt to the Zhou family, with the purpose of confiscating the Zhou family's property. Public opinion is indignant, and Yao Renji, the governor of Cangzhou, is ready to go to the imperial court. ”
"It is estimated that the Hejian Mansion will not ignore things, if the matter can't be done, you will explain to the emperor yourself."
In fact, Sun Piyang is really not very afraid, he was originally here to make soy sauce, and the people were arrested by Wang Zhong and Xing Shangzhi, so he naturally would not be implicated. Although there are some responsibilities, when it comes to disposal, there will be no big deals.
It's okay to be punished and demoted, but there will be many people who will help you get promoted.
Wang Zhong and Xing Shangzhi also looked depressed, what is this called, it is estimated that if they don't deal with it, they will definitely make a fuss, and it is estimated that there will be a commotion below. After all, some people are agitating, whether it is the Qian family of Hejian Mansion or Yao Renji of Cangzhou, they will not let go of this opportunity.
Now Sun Piyang is clearly throwing the blame and directly pushing the matter onto the two of himself.
Although the two of them felt wronged, they couldn't say it, and they scolded the people in the inner factory for being unreliable.
Hearing that the two of them were extorting money, Wang Zhong and Xing Shangzhi were not surprised at all, these people often use this trick to blackmail places, the key is that this trick is easy to use. Whether it's true or not, everyone else is definitely scared.
What if it's true? Coupled with those salt merchants, it is estimated that the capital should make trouble.
Sun Piyang left, but Cao Yikui stayed, glanced at Wang Zhong and Xing Shangzhi, and said directly: "The two of you, the head of the inner factory in Hejian Mansion will come over in the evening, you and the official will go to meet together!" ”
"I was just trying to see this sneaky guy!" Xing Shangzhi gritted his teeth and said.
In the evening, Cangzhou Qincha Xingyuan, three people sat in the house and waited quietly, the drum beat the three watches, the Jinyi guard opened the door, a fat man walked in from the outside, saw three people, smiled and arched his hand: "Liu An, the head of the Hejian Mansion in the inner factory, has seen the prince of the prince, the criminal thousand households, and the imperial envoy Cao!" ”
When the three of them saw the person who came in, they were all stunned, this person was actually the fake Zhou Cang.
On the way to Cangzhou, when the three people intercepted the salt, the three people saw this person, and after getting this real Zhou Cang, this fake Zhou Cang was taken away by the people of the inner factory, but I didn't expect this fake Zhou Cang to be the head of the Inner Factory Hejian Mansion.
"There was a reason for the last incident, I hope the three of you will forgive me!" Liu An smiled and arched his hand to the three people, and then said: "I know everything, and our internal factory has already prepared, this method is called "manipulating public opinion and pressuring" in our internal factory, and our internal factory has already had a response plan. ”
"The problem now is not a question of manipulating public opinion, but finding evidence of the Zhou family's crime of selling illicit salt." Xing Shangzhi looked at Liu An and said a little unhappily, what kind of public opinion, Jin Yiwei is afraid of public opinion? No matter how much dirty water is splashed, Jinyiwei is still Jinyiwei.