After Jinyiwei went down, only Li Shuo and Jiang Huan were left in the lobby. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Jiang Huan said in a low voice: "Lord Futai, if the grass people confess a big secret to you, can you spare my life?" ”

Li Shuo chuckled and said, "Outside of Jiang Yuan, why does this official think that you are doing business with this official?" ”

"The grass people don't dare, but what the grass people say next will definitely surprise the adults of Futai."

Li Shuo nodded, stood up, walked to Jiang Huan's side and whispered, "Then I want to see how Jiang Yuanwai surprised this official." ”

"Lord Futai, do you know that there are four rich merchants on this Shaanxi border with ten thousand gold, and they are rich enough to rival the country?"

Li Shuo shook his head and said, "This official just came to Shaanxi, and I don't know which four rich businessmen they are. ”

"Li Bingyi of Yan'an Mansion, Chen Hao of Qianzhou, Cao Yide of Chang'an Mansion, and the remaining one is Jiang Huan of Chang'an Mansion."

"What do you mean by saying this to this officer?"

"Lord Futai doesn't know that Li Bingyi, Chen Hao, and Cao Yide have a connection, and they do business together?"

Li Shuo laughed when he heard it and said, "Even if they are doing business together, what do they have to do with this official, what is your intention in saying this to this official?" ”

"Li Bingyi, Chen Hao, Cao Yide, these three people, they all have 10,000 acres of fertile land in their homes, thousands of gold and silver, they do business together, how big should this business be, and who is doing this business, don't Lord Futai want to know?" Jiang Huan said urgently.

After listening to Jiang Huan's words, Li Shuo became serious, looked at Jiang Huan and said, "It is difficult for those who do business with these three people to be people from outside the Guan. ”

"Lord Futai is wise, and the one who does business with the three of them is Houjin outside the Guan."

Li Shuo's eyes widened, and he said word by word: "How do you know, and what evidence do you have?" ”

"Originally, the grass people didn't know, but in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Houjin suffered a disaster, and the food in the hands of these three people was not enough, so they sent people to find the grass people, and wanted the grass people to prepare some grain for him, and the purchase price was four times higher than the market price, and the amount of grain they wanted was very large, and the grass people took it to heart, and bought the people who transported the grain, only to learn that the grain was going to be out of the customs, through Mongolia, and sent to Liaodong, not only that, but even the pig iron was sent out by thousands of carriages."

After Li Shuo heard this, the first thing he was not angry, the first thing to consider was the authenticity of this matter, from Shaanxi to Houjin, thousands of miles, there were many checkpoints encountered on the way, even if he went out of the nine sides, he arrived at the Mongolian border, although Houjin was strong, but Mongolia was huge, and they did not occupy much, which had to pass through many Mongolian tribes, this grain pig iron was outside the customs but gold could not buy back things, how could no one grab it? Just when Li Shuo thought that Jiang Huan was perfunctory, he suddenly thought of a possibility, that is, the grain did not go to Liaodong, but out of the nine sides, and was caught by Houjin's soldiers and horses to complete the transaction, if so, he was not worried that it would be snatched away by the Mongols.

At this time, the Mongols no longer had the bloody nature of Genghis Khan, and when they saw the Houjin cavalry, they were like mice seeing cats, how could they dare to think crookedly.

If it is as Li Shuo thought, this matter is feasible, as long as the relationship between the Ming side is opened and the nine sides are out, the transaction can be concluded.

"The moth of the country." Li Shuo muttered to himself.

"Lord Futai, you said that I told you about this big thing, can you let the grass people live?"

Li Shuo glanced at Jiang Huan and said lonely: "Your life can be saved." ”

After Jiang Huan listened, he was happy and knelt down: "Thank you, Lord Futai." ”

Li Shuo, who had just come to Shaanxi, heard this major event that shocked the world, and he was faced with two choices, the first was to report to the emperor, and the imperial court would send a special person to investigate thoroughly, shocking the country, and the second was not to report it for the time being, and he would secretly investigate by himself, and after finding ironclad evidence, he would take it in one fell swoop, so that it could not conflict with the new policy after Shaanxi.

After pondering for a while, Li Shuo finally chose the second option, and secretly investigated by himself, because this matter was very important, he was a little relieved that the emperor Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Youzhen was young and vigorous, and when he heard such a big case of smuggling and collaborating with the enemy, he would definitely lose his sense of proportion and do something unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty.

Li Shuo asked, "Outside of Jiang Yuan, who else knows about this matter?" ”

"After the grass people knew the truth of this matter, they couldn't sleep at night, they were terrified, how dare they talk nonsense to people, they didn't hide it, the few rangers who investigated for the grass people were also wiped out by the grass people, and only the grass people knew about this matter in the entire Jiang Mansion." Jiang Huan hurriedly said.

Li Shuo looked at Jiang Huan still kneeling on the ground, and said: "You get up first, when you get to the front hall, you can say whatever I ask you, I can order you to be claustrophobic at home, you can't go out, as long as you can cooperate with the government, this official can be in Shaanxi for a day, you can be safe." ”

"Thank you, Lord Futai." After finishing speaking, Jiang Huan stood up, and his mood was a little excited, as for how much of the consequences he said about this matter would have on Shaanxi, and even the Ming Dynasty, it was not in his thinking.

After the two finished speaking, they went back to the lobby, and sure enough, what did Li Shuo ask, and what did Jiang Huan call?

Cao Dezhang sat on the side, his face was a little puzzled, Jiang Huan's face was pale just now, but now Jiang Huan is like a person who has nothing to do, what did he tell Li Shuo just now?

Jiang Huan confessed to the military households that sold him his military land, six people from 1,000 households, 12 people from 100 households, and 245 ordinary military households, and told Li Shuo that there was an account book at home, on which the names of the above people were written, and after returning home, he sent the account book to the governor's yamen.

After a while, Li Shuo said: "Kong Shengyi was locked up in the governor's yamen first, Jiang Huan was claustrophobic at home, waiting for the court to fall, and Huxian County Cheng was derelict in his duties, which led to such a thing in the jurisdiction, and ordered him to apologize for the people of Gejiazhuang, and was grounded for ten days, and Huxian caught the head of the Jiang Bolt, did many evils, beat the people, almost killed people, beheaded and executed, and the place of beheading was Gejiazhuang, as for the thousands of households that sold military land privately, Xu Mengchao was commanded by the guard and Dai Shihui, the commander of the command, to try together, and focus on dealing with it. ”

After Cao Dezhang heard Li Shuo's words, he hurriedly stood up and said: "Lord Futai, Jiang Huan connived at military households, privately occupied military land, and instructed Kong Shengyi to coerce the people, this is a big crime. ”

Li Shuo ignored Cao Dezhang, looked at Jiang Huan and said, "Outside Jiang Yuan, if one day, the government asks you to hand over the privately occupied land, you can hand it over." ”

"The grass people must pay it back."

"Then if the government asks you to return the grain you have obtained from the private occupation of the land, you can pay it." Li Shuo continued.

After hearing this, Jiang Huan hesitated for a while, and then thought that if he didn't take advantage of Li Shuo's intentions at this time and make Li Shuo unhappy, then his life would not be guaranteed, money was something outside the body, not to mention that his family did not live on the fields, even if he handed over all the harvests of the past few years, he would still be a rich family, after thinking it through, Jiang Huan nodded firmly and said: "The grass people must return it." ”

After listening to Jiang Huan's answer, Li Shuo smiled with satisfaction, looked at Cao Dezhang and said, "Is Lord Cao dissatisfied with the official's sentence?" If you are dissatisfied, you can say it, or you can play it, saying that the official is favoritism. ”

"The lower officials don't dare. The lower officials are just afraid that the lower-level officials will not be satisfied, and they will not be able to deter those powerful people who buy and sell military land. Cao Dezhang hurriedly said, it would not be good for him to have an awkward quarrel with Li Shuo now.

Li Shuo snorted coldly, stood up, looked at the officials standing left and right, and said, "If you have any grievances, you can also say them together." ”

None of these officials wanted to be the first bird, no one spoke, and the case was decided, and the final fate of Kong Shengyi was decided by the imperial court.

The Ming Dynasty is also planning a nationwide food raising action, the household department, the inner treasury fund-raising, led by the cabinet, the household department, the official department, the criminal department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Jinyi Wei and other yamen to form the quartermaster department, the cabinet issued an order, each yamen prepared people, in the evening, the quartermaster department was established in the original letter palace, which is also Zhu Youzhen's will, showing his importance to the quartermaster department.