Chapter 143: The Aftermath of the Salt Administration
It can only be said that the tears that Young Master Zhang will shed in the future are the water that is now in his brain!
Poor Young Master Zhang's revenge methods, before he could use it on Lin Yuzhi and the others, he had been beaten by the will of the Holy Lord, and the people were also frightened!
The Zhang family is also like the rumbling mansion of several feet, saying that it will overturn!
There has been a holy ruling, and the three divisions have been dispatched at the same time, and it is not difficult to clear the matter, and there is not much resistance, but in more than ten days, the case has been concluded. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
On July 3, the criminal department Shangshu Charqi, the left capital of the Imperial Court Cai Ruzhong, the Dali Temple Secretary Feng Zhengqi, and the newly promoted Metropolitan Procuratorate Right Governor of the Imperial History of Lei Xing, who also served as the governor of Tianjin, jointly reported the results of the investigation of the case of Zhang Lin and Zhang Xun: Zhang Lin cooperated with several officials of the Changludu Salt Envoy Division, and in the three years since Emperor Rongjing succeeded to the throne, the accumulated arrears of salt tax amounted to 980,000 taels, a huge amount! Zhang Lin and his son used their positions to sell illicit salt, obtained 687,800 taels of silver, and indulged in their sons Zhang Xun and Zhang Tan, who were arrogant and lawless, and acted unscrupulously.
Emperor Rongjing was not polite, and directly issued an edict: "Zhang Lin will be beheaded and executed after the autumn." According to the severity of the things committed, the Zhang clan will be sentenced by the three divisions in accordance with the law. Changludu transferred salt to the officials Mu Tian Qi, Yu Boguang and others to be dismissed and investigated. Salt merchant Yang Weiren confiscated his family property and punished him according to the law. ”
Zhang Xun never dreamed that he would cause the current situation because of this trivial matter of sesame mung beans, and it would be too late to regret it!
Zhang Lin was miserable by his son, but he had nowhere to redress his grievances and couldn't tell him.
As soon as the three divisions investigated the will, they knew that this time the emperor thundered and acted decisively, and there was no room for maneuvering, so he could only cooperate with the investigation.
Emperor Rongjing decreed, and Zhang Lin, Zhang Xun and others were all thrown into prison.
Zhang Lin had expected at the time of the incident, and in prison, he wrote to the saint, and handed over all the gold and silver, land property, mansions, shop properties, etc., which he had profited from, equivalent to more than 200 million silver, and only asked the saint to be lenient with the children and grandchildren who were less responsible.
Soon, Emperor Rongjing decreed that Zhang Lin would be dismissed from his post and exiled to Ili, and his children and grandchildren would be sentenced according to their crimes, and those who were not guilty would be released.
For this alone, the imperial court pursued more than 200 taels of silver in arrears of salt tax in Changlu Salt District, and investigated and punished salt merchants for illegally selling illegal salt and making a profit of more than 100 taels of silver. All the corrupt and dereliction of duty personnel related to the transfer of envoys, acquaintances, and promotions have been purged and replaced.
After that, Emperor Rongjing made a series of arrangements, the most eye-catching of which was the appointment of Lei Xing as the imperial history of Changlu, Lianghuai, Liangzhejiang, Hedong and Shandong, responsible for clearing the salt taxes owed by various places, purging the salt administration in various places, and sending several guards from the imperial city to accompany him.
An unprecedented amount of money has been made in purging the government and clearing the deficit! This is also the first iron-blooded wrist after Emperor Rongjing succeeded to the throne!
The ministers of the court were shocked by this, and there were also speculative ministers who were ready to move.
And the related thing is that Emperor Rongjing finally has money, and the matter of the court to conquer the rebellion in Qinghai and Tibet has finally taken shape.
And why is the emperor obsessed with conquest and quelling chaos? This means that during the emperor's reign, it is also necessary to talk about political achievements. As long as he is an emperor, he hopes to be able to leave a name in history, soak in the twists and turns all day long, and work diligently, and his political achievements are there, but they will not be significant and outstanding. What is praised and remembered by the world is often some major historical events. The major historical events focus on quelling rebellions and expanding territory, which is a way to quickly obtain political achievements and praise from the people, and it is also a concrete manifestation of the emperor's political achievements.
In addition, quelling the rebellion was also a way to rapidly increase the prestige of the emperor, and if the rebellion was quelled, the new emperor of Rongjing would be able to ascend the throne.
And there is another thing, but it has not attracted much attention from everyone, is that the anti-Yong judgment party leader Fu Yuanfu, pretending to be the anti-Yong king, raising a group of judgment troops, intending to plot against Jindong, Tianjin General Su Pinghan received the emperor's holy decree to lead the troops to suppress, Fu Yuanfu was captured, and the sentenced army was all wiped out.
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Lin Yuzhi was studying in the academy during this time, but he also knew what was happening outside, first, the matter was too big, and it was difficult to know it. This incident can be described as a shock, not only the civil and military officials paid attention to it, but the reactions were different, and the prison students also talked a lot in private.
There are those who criticize Emperor Rongjing's harsh governance; Some commented that the salt merchants were treacherous and mercenary; There are those who ridicule the gentleman for being amorous and eventually misleading home.
But the tragedy of the house raid caused by the affair added a bit of drama to the viewers, and in short, it was very lively for a while.
The second thing is that this incident was caused by Lin Yuzhi and Cai Mao helping Zeng Dahai save his sister, but the various power and interest struggles behind him were unexpected. But this matter is really related to yourself, how can you not pay attention to it?
So much so that Lin Yuzhi wanted to find trouble with Zhang Xun again, but he had no chance. As for Zhang Xun's revenge on Lin Yuzhi's stillbirth, this Lin Yuzhi didn't know.
But in return to Zeng Dahai, after all, this matter was caused by him, Lei Xing, who achieved his goal, was not stingy, and directly mentioned a sum for him that was not obvious in the book, and said that he had accepted Zhao'an, and handed over all the tens of thousands of taels of silver to the treasury, bought a clear road for him, and saved Zeng Dahai.
Zeng Dahai experienced this incident, and he was in it, and the thrilling soul of the aftermath can be said to scare him, a little bandit, half to death. If it weren't for Lei Xing to take a clear path for him, Zeng Dahai would be the source of the incident, and there would be many people who hated and hated him, and it can be said that the damaged interest groups hated him, but it is conceivable that he can not be left with scum.
All the shadows of Lin Yuzhi and Cai Mao in the incident have also been concerned by some people, but because of their identities and the relatively light role of the two in the responsibility of this incident, and the conflict of interest is not large, it has saved some trouble.
Lin Yuzhi has gone through several twists and turns, and finally successfully harvested a little brother to pick up, and there was an extra little brother (fog) on the way to learn the scriptures.
Ma Qiang looked for a leased cargo ship and sorted out the goods, Zhao San took more than 30 of his selected subordinates, and Qian Liuzi, who secretly left books and ran to follow the voyage, and Zeng Dahai and his more than 50 subordinates, nearly 100 people started their first voyage to the East, which can be regarded as avoiding the limelight.
With the relationship between Lei Zhizhou and Tianjin Customs, the relevant procedures such as inspecting the cargo loaded by the ship, paying the customs fees of the banknotes, registering the personnel and quantity of the voyage, and inspecting the accompanying weapons and equipment were also handled smoothly, and the sailing ticket was quickly completed. It's also a kind of "there's someone above me!" "It's convenient, it's efficient.
Zeng Dahai's mother and sister entrusted Lin Yuzhi to arrange for his subordinates to take care of him, and the matter naturally fell on Ma Qiang. In addition, Hu Butcher's family was also asked to take care of Lin Yuzhi on his behalf, and Lin Yuzhi could only "hehe"!
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