Chapter 583: Raiding the House
In the next few days, the officials in the imperial court, led by Tang Geng and Wen Tang, launched a fierce impeachment of Zhu Mian, and Zhu Mian did not sit still, and also mobilized the officials under his influence to continue to write to defend him, and kept urging Wu Zhi to close the case quickly. "Words * love * first * hair
The struggle in the court was fierce, Cai Jing, Wang Huang and other powerful ministers did not intervene, but just watched the battle from the sidelines, and the results of all struggles were decided by Zhao Ji.
At the same time, Wu Zhi also really saw how much Zhao Ji protected Zhu Mian. Because this case involves murder, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that it must have a major relationship with Zhu Mian, even if the officials in Zhu Mian's power can not be contaminated. Therefore, in this political struggle, the overall strength of the officials on Wu Zhi's side is far higher than that of Zhu Mian's side, and the strength of the book is unprecedented, but even so, Zhao Ji still does not believe that Zhu Mian is the real murderer behind the scenes, and he has no wavering intention to defend it in every way.
Moreover, Zhao Ji had already directly stated in front of Wu Zhi that he would help Zhu Mian solve this trouble, and even asked Wu Zhi to help him close the case as soon as possible.
Helpless, Wu Zhi could only do superficial work and pretend to close the case.
In fact, this superficial work will be done even if no one urges Wu Zhi, according to the rule, for such a major homicide case, it is necessary to raid the house before closing the case, and the Zhu family's business is all in charge of Zhu Wen's department, Zhu Wen not only has the Zhu family's countless real estate estates in Bianjing, but even the Zhu family's Tiandi Bank is also under his name, Wu Zhi can just take this opportunity to suppress the Tiandi Bank.
Just after breakfast today, Song Gong and Qin Hui came to Wu Zhi with a thick stack of materials.
"My lord, all the industrial information under Zhu Wen's name has been collected, and you can copy it at any time."
"The two thousand men of the patrol battalion are already waiting outside."
The two reported to Wu Zhi very calmly.
"Okay, without further ado, you two will each take five hundred soldiers to raid the Zhu family's other properties, and I will take the rest of the men and horses to raid the Tiandi Bank."
Wu Zhi arranged it, and then strode out of the mansion, and there was indeed a team of patrol battalion soldiers lined up outside the mansion, dense armor and swords and guns glowing with cold light, occupying the wide street in front of Wu Zhi's house, and everyone waited motionlessly for Wu Zhi's order, like a pool of cold water.
"Departure"
Wu Zhi stepped on the war horse, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu rode horses to escort the left and right, Zhang Quan, the head of Kaifeng Prefecture, followed closely with a group of unhappy people, followed by a large group of soldiers.
This kind of thousand-person soldier is also a large-scale military operation in Bianjing City, and when the army moves, the momentum is like a bamboo, and the surrounding people are all shocked
Qin Hui and Song Gong also took their teams in different directions, and Lord Lan had already been ordered to set off for Suzhou to copy the family property in the name of Suzhou and Jiangnan Zhu Wen.
Wu Zhi and his large army soon came to the headquarters of Bianjing Tiandi Bank, which is a three-story mansion with a main building, the main building is just facing the street of Yujie, and there are pavilions and courtyards in the back, which can be described as a luxury real estate.
"Surround me here, no one is allowed to enter or leave"
Wu Zhi made a look, and Zhang Quan immediately took action, leading people to quickly surround the Heaven and Earth Bank.
The business of Tiandi Bank is still good, Wu Zhi just arrived at the door of the crowd, very lively, but Wu Zhi knew that when the officers and soldiers surrounded Tiandi Bank with such fanfare, the Tiandi Bank was basically finished.
Because credit is the foundation of the bank, even if Tiandi Bank is not as good as the Great Song Bank, there are at least tens of thousands of depositors in Bianjing, relying on Zhu Mian's relationship, many depositors are court magnates, this Wu Zhi copied Tiandi Bank, those depositors must be worried that Tiandi Bank will be emptied, and their deposit certificates will become waste paper.
Especially the common people, it is even more important to look at their hard-earned money, and the slightest wind and grass will make them panic.
Tiandi Bank also has a branch in Bianjing, and Wu Zhi deliberately surrounded the head office and set aside that branch, the purpose of which was to lure the depositors of Tiandi Bank there to withdraw deposits, and once the funds were not available there, it would trigger a credit crisis in Tiandi Bank.
Depositors no longer trust Heaven and Earth Bank, and it is only a matter of time before the bank closes.
Of course, if he just led troops to raid the bank headquarters, with the strength of the Zhu family, there would be a way to save the bank's credit crisis by remedying it in time.
However, Wu Zhi came to raid the headquarters of Tiandi Bank this time, and he had already planned to surround this place for at least five days, and five days was enough to make Tiandi Bank collapse.
"Master Wu, why are you?"
Wu Zhi just got off the horse, and a person walked out of the gate of the Tiandi Bank, this person has gray hair, a slightly fat figure, and is wearing a plain gown, and the embroidered pattern on the gown is a classic Suzhou embroidery style.
"You are"
Wu Zhi raised his eyebrows, there was a feeling in front of him that Wu Zhi was familiar with, but he couldn't say what it felt, in short, Wu Zhi knew at a glance that this little old man was not simple.
"Old man Zhu Chong, the child is ignorant and offended, and I hope that Lord Wu will not care about the villain."
As he spoke, Zhu Chong bowed respectfully to Wu Zhi.
Wu Zhi squinted his eyes, it turned out that this old man was Zhu Mian's father Zhu Chong, I heard a few days ago that Zhu Chong had come to Bianjing from Suzhou, but I didn't expect to come so soon. Zhu Chong started a family similar to Wu Zhi, he also climbed Cai Jing's big backer after becoming rich in business in his early years, and then gradually blended into the court to gain Zhao Ji's trust, and became an official and made a fortune.
No wonder Wu Zhi felt that Zhu Chong had his own familiar feelings, unlike the arrogance and viciousness of Zhu Mian's second ancestor, Zhu Chong had the same taste of a profiteer as Wu Zhi.
"It turned out to be Mr. Zhu"
Wu Zhi hugged his fist, and Zhu Chong also had an honorary official position.
"Although this Tiandi Bank is your Zhu family's property, it is also inextricably linked with Zhu Wen, isn't it true that Lord Zhu is appearing now to prevent Kaifeng Mansion from handling official business?"
Wu Zhi couldn't help but question when he saw Zhu Chong followed by a group of entourages and bank employees who were eyeing him.
Hearing Wu Zhi's questioning, Zhu Chong stood aside with a smile and said, "How dare you dare to copy the house according to the law, just go in and copy it." ”
Wu Zhi smiled, and as soon as he raised his hand, Zhang Quan behind him led a team of people to rush into the Heaven and Earth Bank.
"Wait"
At this moment, Zhu Zhiran stopped Wu Zhi.
"Why does Boss Zhu want to stop it?"
"No, no, no, the old man just wants to remind Master Wu, since you are copying your house according to the law, then you can still remember another Great Song law" Zhu Chong said leisurely.
"What Law"
"The inviolability of private property just decided this year"
After speaking, a trace of pride flashed in Zhu Chong's eyes, he knew that although this law was proposed and promoted by Murong Yanda, it must also have a great relationship with Wu Zhi, and now with the shackles of this law, Wu Zhi would not dare to raid his house unscrupulously, otherwise it would be against the law set by his own people.
Wu Zhi was stunned, he didn't expect Zhu Chong to think of this law, worthy of being an old fox who has been in the officialdom for a long time Indeed, according to the Private Property Protection Law, if Wu Zhi copied his home, he could only copy the illegal gains in Zhu Wen's name, but Zhu Wen committed homicide, not a commercial crime, where is there any illegal gains.
If the house is raided in strict accordance with the law, Wu Zhi will not be able to steal any property at all.
Seeing that Wu Zhi was stunned, Zhu Chong sneered and stroked his beard.
"Master Zhu, are you mistaken" Wu Zhi smiled.
"Why does Master Wu want me to bring you the laws of the Great Song Dynasty" Zhu Chong sneered, he had already been guarding against Wu Zhi's tricks.
Wu Zhi looked at the gilded Tiandi Bank plaque on the gatehouse, and sighed: "This official will naturally not violate the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, but if I remember well, the laws clearly say that private property from legal sources is inviolable, Master Zhu, rest assured, we will carefully review it, and we will not move any property from legal sources, as for those whose sources are unclear, don't blame us for being polite."
After speaking, Wu Zhi ignored Zhu Chong and directly ordered someone to break into the headquarters of Tiandi Bank.
"You"
Zhu Chong's face on the side turned pale in an instant, and he pointed at Wu Zhi for a long time and couldn't say a word.
It's no wonder that he is excited, the main income of the Zhu family is to rely on Zhu Mian as an official to rely on Hua Shigang to loot the people, these money are all gray income, there is no specific way on the books, if Wu Zhi loots all the money without a source, then not only the Heaven and Earth Bank will suffer heavy losses, but their Zhu family's financial resources will also shrink significantly.
Since Wu Zhi came to raid the house, he naturally took this layer into consideration for a long time, and Lord Lan, Song Gong and Qin Hui, they will also abide by this protection law to raid the house.
In fact, if Wu Zhi's heart is a little darker, he can brutally clean up all the property under Zhu Wen's name, but this time is also a great opportunity to promote the private property rights protection law, Wu Zhi will not lose a big one because of a small one, Wu Zhi specially invited reporters from major newspapers to follow before the raid, and tomorrow the news of Wu Zhi's raid in strict accordance with the protection law will be reported, so as to make this law deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
"Wu Zhi, don't be rampant, my Zhu family has been standing for less than a few decades, and the foundation is not what you can imagine" After Zhu Chong calmed down, he said coldly to Wu Zhi: "Do you think that you can bring down my Zhu family with these little cleverness, you are too arrogant, be careful to lift a stone and hit your own feet." ”
After reprimanding Wu Zhi, Na Zhu Chong shook his sleeves and strode away with his hands in his hands.
Wu Zhi heard a lot of such threats, but for some reason after hearing them from Zhu Chong's mouth, Wu Zhi faintly felt a little uneasy, because some parts of this Zhu Chong's body were too similar to himself.
Wu Zhitian is not afraid of the ground, but he is afraid of himself
Who is not afraid of someone like Wu Zhi who is insidious to the extreme
Off topic
This plot is almost over, and the next two chapters are part of the Gao Yu Dynasty, so you have to write it slowly, and you really can't break out. I owe it first, accumulate two chapters, and I'll make it up later.
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