Chapter 200: Arraignment

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Since the current evidence tentatively indicates that there is a problem with the Pei family, then check the flow direction.

Jinling didn't go back, and Jia Lian was hanging on the right attendant of Zheng Sanpin, who directly used the official seal and name post to borrow people from the Yamen who was blaspheming.

Fifty catchers, two masters, and the people of the Zhen family were asked to go to Jinling Yingtianfu quickly.

The Pei family's business is carried out throughout the south of the Yangtze River, and the scope of radiation is not only Huai Province.

And this agent just refers to the source of goods from Huai Province, but it can be sold elsewhere, so the article in the middle can be big.

The catcher is responsible for sealing the island, the master is responsible for checking the accounts, and the Huai Provincial Salt Patrol Yushi has a record of the Pei family taking goods from the salt farm, and each store has its own sales record.

The comparison between the two is clear at a glance, of course, this does not rule out that there are private accounts in the middle.

In less than five days, from Hu Desecration to Ying Tianfu, under the arrangement of well-intentioned people, the flow of private salt, account books, and human certificates were all in place. Here Jia Lian went ashore with ten ships to control the salt workers and the person in charge of the Pei family on the entire island, and Ying Tianfu over there had already taken action and imprisoned the upper echelons of the Pei family before the Pei family had time to react.

Ying Tianfu's reaction speed and efficiency were so fast that Jia Lian was amazed.

But that's just the beginning.

The Pei family was an imperial merchant, mainly responsible for contacting Jiangnan Weaving and purchasing overseas imports and other miscellaneous goods for the inner court.

The salt industry is a project that the Pei family is newly contacted, so it can actually be said that it is another salt and grain shop to serve the people.

In addition to its own grocery stores, silk shops, antique shops and overseas imported goods shops, the Pei family followed. And because the people take food as the sky and salt as an opportunity, they have developed salt grain shops, restaurants, and tea shops.

Then the imperial court decreed the advertising effect brought by the four words, and as a result, the Pei family became the most prominent merchant in the south of the Yangtze River.

And, in a sense, it is a merchant who is above all Jiangnan merchants, including the Xue family.

Because Yanyidao has set up a special department, all its agents are already considered official families in the strict sense. Because he is directly under the control and supervision of the Ministry of Salt.

However, after Ying Tianfu ordered a total of five main persons in charge of the Pei family to be arrested. The Pei family's industry has gradually been encroached upon by major merchants in the south of the Yangtze River at a jaw-dropping speed, among which the four major families in Jinling are the most.

The encroachment here refers to the acquisition of its low price, the oppression by unconventional means, and the inducement of certain interests.

And before the trial, in addition to the two crimes of selling illegal salt and building salt fields privately, a number of other crimes emerged to rob people's daughters, force good people to become prostitutes, and disregard people's lives.

In addition, there are Pei's salt and grain shops that are shoddy, and so on.

In less than ten days, according to preliminary estimates, half of the Pei family's property had been lost.

Jia Lian looked at the foot-tall paper on the table, and the news from Yin Shanzhi and Yin Hao in his ears was intrigued, and his face was full of joy and anger.

The Pei family has gone from a second-rate imperial merchant to a first-class merchant, and even surpasses all the merchants in Jiangnan, and it only takes a short year to add up. has been smooth sailing and even has an excellent reputation before, why did so many things suddenly break out?

The wall is down and everyone pushes it?

With a solemn face, Jia Lian felt an inexplicable anger in his heart.

The auction in Beijing was presided over by him behind his back. Every merchant who submitted an application had personally read the questionnaire one by one, and the reputation of the Pei family was strictly speaking, and it was considered the best among the people.

Now because of the matter of private salt, there are so many gods and ghosts in a blowout before even the trial has been opened, and I am afraid that the matter here is not so simple.

The task given to him by the emperor, he doesn't need to deal with it more, what he needs is to investigate the details clearly, implement the charges of the initiator, and then escort the main person in charge of the Pei family back to Beijing, and this drama will come to an end.

The rest of the final trial and verdict are naturally handled by Lin Ruhai and Dali Temple, and he does not have that qualification.

But now that he thinks about it, he always feels that something is wrong, Jia Lian looked at the case report in front of him again, and finally brought Yin Shanzhi's master and servant to the prison.

When things go wrong, there must be demons, and this sentence is also applied to if things go too smoothly, there must be demons.

He must meet the head of the Pei family in person.

In fact, he originally wanted to see the head of the Pei family a long time ago, but because there were suddenly so many things about the Pei family temporarily, he was understanding the situation, so he delayed. Now that I have seen the same, I have a rough idea in my heart, and it is time to meet.

It's just that after combing through all the contexts, Jia Lian knows that it is very dangerous for the Pei family to turn the tables around.

Because the whole thing is even to the extent that the Pei family can be concluded without interrogation.

This is roughly the case that Qianfu is referring to.

And there is a well-founded point.

couldn't wait for the dawn, on the third day of the fourth lunar month, Jia Lian wore a regular uniform to the prison.

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"This is Lord Jia Lianjia, the right attendant of the Ministry of Salt, the suspect Pei Yanqing will be arraigned tonight, you can prepare."

Official documents, famous posts.

The warden seemed to have expected this day a long time ago, and without too much surprise on his face, he arranged it.

Pei Yanqing, the head of the Pei family, is a legendary figure.

The Pei family was just a small local merchant before Pei Yanqing, although it was not bad, but compared to the status of the Pei family, it was really unattainable.

Later, Pei Yanqing's father entrusted the family business to him, but in just ten years, the Pei family got in touch with the inner court, began to be responsible for some things in weaving, and became an imperial businessman. Later, he overrode public opinion, and after spending great efforts to build three large ships and start maritime trade with the fleet, Pei Yanqing directly asked the Pei family to complete a qualitative leap, thus identifying the status of the Pei family's Jiangnan family.

The reason why Jia Lian directly interrogated him was also to solve the doubts in his heart.

According to this statement, Pei Yanqing is a person with unique vision and great wisdom. There was no reason for him to do such a thing for the benefit of the one-third of the acre of land in front of him.

With this energy, he built a few more ships to go to sea, and he had everything.

Although the stakes are great, the benefits are eye-catching.

The place of arraignment was in prison, and Jia Lian did not use any torture tools to intimidate. A pot of tea, a pile of paper, and a stack of books.

There was no one else in the room except Jia Lian and Yin Shanzhi.

Yin Hao was sent by him to guard the door, and he didn't want to be disturbed by someone in the middle of the interrogation.

Pei Yanqing is now in the year of knowing his fate, and there is a gap of five days between the imprisonment and Jia Lian's arraignment.

For five days no one came in to see them, and no one interrogated them.

The five members of the Pei family are in separate prisons, and they cannot contact each other.

Pei Yanqing entered the door, Jia Lian was drinking tea calmly, and there was a little smile on his face when he saw him come in.