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As soon as Zheng Xin led Zheng Sen and Zheng Miao into the study, he saw Qiu Yizhi kneeling in front of King Youyan, only when he was pleading guilty to his father, he urgently pleaded and said: "The fourth brother's private visit to Tianzun Sect this time, although it is abrupt, but after all, it is a heart of worry for his father, and I hope that my father can see this point and spare the fourth brother this time!" ”

Zheng Rong smiled and said to the other two, "Do you mean the same thing?" ”

Zheng Sen and Zheng Miao said together: "What my brother said is exactly what we want to say." ”

When Zheng Rong heard this, he also took a step to Qiu Yi, who was kneeling on the ground: "Since this is the case, then the king will spare you this time, you get up!" ”

King Youyan's words and deeds were inconsistent, so that Qiu Yizhi really couldn't understand it, and it was not easy to ask in person, so he had to stand up and stand aside.

Youyan King bowed his head and said: "Although Yizhi is abrupt this time, after all, he has discovered the nest of Youyan Dao Tianzun Sect, and the merits and demerits can be slightly offset, this is the reason why this king does not punish deeply, you have to understand." After a pause, he continued, "Zheng Miao is cautious and thoughtful this time, and I am very satisfied, what do you want this king to reward you?" ”

Zheng Miao said: "Investigation and punishment of cults is the key, and it is normal to rescue brothers, so why should my father be praised within the gang? ”

Zheng Rong said: "Although this statement is true, but the reward and punishment are clear is the king's consistent advocacy, this king will give your father a carved bow used when he was young to show praise." After seeing Zheng Miao's thanks, King Youyan continued, "Zheng Xin is in charge of public security affairs in Guangyang City, but he can't find the signs of the Tianzun Sect in advance, what should he be guilty of?" ”

Zheng Xin was stunned, and hurriedly knelt down, muttering in his mouth: "The child is not good, and he is willing to be punished...... "I only heard my father's words" and punished you to go home and read through "Political Leaders", and I will write a piece of experience in two days", Zheng Xin secretly breathed a sigh of relief and thanked his father for his kindness.

Zheng Rong changed his expression and said: "This Tianzun Sect cannot be ignored, fortunately, except for the first evil culprit, other big and small people have been captured, when Shun Teng touches the melon, the forces of the Tianzun Sect in Youyan Dao will be cut and rooted......"

"The child's negligence on weekdays has made the cult sit big, and the child is willing to take this errand and uproot the cult!" It was Zheng Xin who spoke.

Zheng Rong waved his hand and said: "On the same day that our army went south to quell the rebellion, I am afraid that Zheng Sen will not be able to complete this matter of rectifying the army and horses, and you have to handle it together, which is the current priority." As for this matter of exterminating the Tianzun Sect, let Zheng Miao and Yizhi handle it. ”

When Yizhi heard this, he was also stunned, and hurriedly responded: "Yizhi will definitely make meritorious contributions with crimes, and live up to his father's painstaking efforts!" ”

King Youyan said with a smile: "This king speculates that this cult demon girl and the altar master are still in Youyan, and the only way to leave is to cross the Yellow River in the south and enter Henan Road, so we must send additional troops at each ferry, and don't let the demon mud cow enter the sea." ”

Zheng Xin listened and nodded vigorously: "The child must do his best!" ”

Zheng Rong smiled happily and said: "What you children do is an urgent matter, and you must handle it carefully, and you can't be negligent." ”

Ziyi Zhi led the errand of investigating the Tianzun Sect, and did not dare to be slacking off, and led the judicial yamen of Youyan Dao and Guangyang City to investigate the captured Tianzun Sect believers one by one. Although the Tianzun Sect has been in business for a long time, most of the believers are just ordinary people, and they don't need to be punished, so they tell everything they know; Then the confessions of the people were carefully compared, and the status of each person in the cult was quickly identified. Qiu Yizhi took an extremely lenient approach to the disposition of the believers, and all ordinary believers were immediately released to their homes and then guarded by the elders of the neighborhood, so that they could no longer believe in cults. As for those in the cult who have a slight status or firm beliefs, they will vacate special houses, invite famous Confucian scholars to teach them the way of saints, and let their family members visit them frequently to reconcile them with affection. Those who commit extortion and other illegal things in the Heavenly Venerable Sect will be punished according to the law, neither too heavy nor lighter, and strictly follow the golden mean, with the authority of the law.

However, when raiding the lair of the Tianzun Sect, it was found that many wealthy families in Guangyang were forced to give up their property because they had the handle in the hands of the Tianzun Sect. For these people, whether they should not be corrected in the past, or should they be dealt with separately, it made Qiu Yizhi very annoyed, and after discussing with Zheng Miao several times, he decided to consult King Youyan first.

It happened that the preparations of the Youyan Mansion to go south to quell the rebellion were being rolled out layer by layer, but the imperial court's will had not been issued for a long time. King Youyan is worried about this matter, lest today's reorganization of armaments is just the right excuse for people to plot chaos, and discuss countermeasures with Zhong Li Kuang all day long. At this time, Zheng Miao and Qiu Yizhi asked Zheng Rong for instructions on investigating and dealing with the wealthy, and Zheng Rong asked him to act cheaply and did not need to ask for advice on everything.

This gave the two of them a problem, and they discussed all night and decided on a strategy.

On this day, the two brothers invited the wealthy businessmen who were doing business in Guangyang to talk, and the first rich man to bear the brunt was Zhou Cijing. This week, Cijing and the Turks traded tea and leather goods to get rich, the business has always been based on integrity, and read more poetry and books, is a well-known Confucian businessman, in the Guangyang business community is very famous. Just because of the theft of the maid in the house, Zhou Cijing was angry and ordered someone to lock him up and beat him up and expel him from the Zhou Mansion. The maid couldn't think about it for a while, so she threw herself into the river to find a short view. This matter was known to the Tianzun Sect, so he used it to blackmail Zhou Cijing. Zhou Cijing was already uneasy about the maid's drowning, so the Tianzun Sect did not coerce, so he offered a large amount of gold and silver to atone for his sins.

The merchant is the end of the four people, and he has a handle in the hands of Youyan Wangfu, Zhou Cijing has not yet opened his mouth and is already a little shorter, his face is stiff, and the hand holding the teacup is involuntarily shaking, trembling and said: "Xiao Ke has also studied for a few years, and he never dares to careless of human life, but the thing stolen by the maid is the relic of his father and he doesn't know where to sell it, so he is angry and angry, so he did such a thing." ”

Zheng Miao saw Zhou Cijing's embarrassed expression, smiled and said slowly: "Zhou Daguan does not need to be responsible, my two brothers have already found out this matter, the maid was to blame, although the matter of the official beating was unscrupulous, but it has not violated the law of morality, so I will not be held accountable here." ”

Zhou Cijing sighed and said: "Xiao Ke has failed many times, and he has to devote himself to farming because of his livelihood. How can I be entangled with secular affairs for a long time, and I have forgotten the teachings of the sage, not only have I not done a small contribution to the imperial court, but I will also believe in the absurd Tianzun Sect, I am really ashamed! ”

Zheng Miao waved his hand and said, "Great officials don't have to be humble. But when it comes to serving the imperial court, there is a reluctant request below......"

Before Zheng Miao's words fell, Zhou Cijing hurriedly said: "If the two highnesses need Cijing, they can definitely serve it. ”

Qiu Yizhi, who had been sitting on the side for a long time and did not speak, stood up and said, "Although the incident of the Tianzun Sect happened this time, it was because of a mistake in the next place, and it is inevitable that it will recur in the future. Therefore, the three princes had an idea to take this opportunity to gather the merchants of Youyan Road to form a chamber of commerce, and protect themselves in the name of the chamber of commerce. In the public can help the people, support the court, in the private can advance and retreat together, standardize competition, if there are traitors and loyal people among the businessmen, they can also be found in time to report to the court to reward and punish. Yizhi looked at Zheng Miao with a smile, nodded and continued, "We, Youyan Palace, will also fully support the Chamber of Commerce and give you convenience in the trade with the Bohai Sea and the Turks." Yizhi spread his right hand, motioned for Zhou Cijing to taste tea, and continued, "Zhou Daguan is known as a famous official, and when the two of us brothers discussed this matter, we all wanted to nominate a big official to be the president. ”

Zhou Cijing didn't want to be sad and happy today, although he was happy in his heart, he always had to excuse himself: "Xiao Ke is not talented, and his virtue is lost, there are many businessmen with both ability and political integrity in Guangyang City, how can it be Xiao Ke's turn?" ”

Yizhi shook his head with a smile and said, "Zhou Daguan is going to be humble again." This matter is just some superficial thoughts of my two brothers, and they have not yet been told to King Youyan. King Youyan is kind-hearted and long-sighted, and he will not object. As he spoke, Qiu Yizhi's words turned sharply and said very seriously, "But regardless of whether the Chamber of Commerce is established or not, I still hope that the big officials will inform the merchants of Guangyang of two sentences, one is that the merchants are bewitched by Tianzun, and the Youyan Mansion is not to blame in the past; The second is that the property extorted by the Tianzun Sect will be returned to you in one piece, as for whether it will be presided over by the royal palace or the chamber of commerce, and it will be discussed in the future; The third is that there are indeed those who commit adultery, and they will not be punished this time, but they must operate legally in the future, and if they commit it again, they will be retroactive to the previous crime and severely punished! ”

Zhou Cijing was frightened by a few words, and hurriedly got up and promised to come down.

Zheng Rong originally wanted to get a little more out of the businessmen, but he didn't expect that Zheng Miaoyi and the others would go further and come up with the idea of establishing a chamber of commerce, so they discussed with Zhong Likuang and thought that it might not be a disaster, so they agreed. It's just that the merchant is the last of the four people of "Shinong Industry and Commerce", although the wealth is rivaled by the country, but it has always been despised by the people of the imperial court, and it seems inappropriate to be autonomous by it, so Zheng Miao is allowed to be a sitting president, and the specific affairs are still handled by Zhou Cijing, which can not only improve the name of the chamber of commerce, but also facilitate moderation.

Since Zheng Miao became the president of the Chamber of Commerce, the entertainment has suddenly increased greatly, and the large and small businessmen in Guangyang City have either come alone or in groups, surrounding Zheng Miao's mansion. Zheng Miao was so annoyed that he called Yizhi and asked him to share a few points of work. Yizhi had a secret discussion with Zheng Rong before, and knew that his third brother was the candidate for the son of King Youyan, of course, he didn't want to steal Zheng Miao's limelight, so he divided the labor and all the merchants who had anything to do with the Tianzun Sect were to communicate by themselves, and the rest of the law-abiding ones were dealt with by Zheng Miao.

China is a country of etiquette, every word and deed has courtesy to follow, and the rules of communication and entertainment are extremely complicated. But Yizhi had no intention of being poor in red tape, but just reprimanded a few words and appeased a few words before getting up to see off the guests, and as for the gifts given by the rich businessmen, he accepted them all, and planned to distribute them to the poor families in Guangyang City after the matter was over. And those businessmen who came to the door were just to listen to the sentence "don't take an example", if they were nitpicking on etiquette, they really didn't know the severity, so they happily left the slightly shabby mansion of Yizhi.

There were also about a hundred merchants who were coerced by the Tianzun Sect because they were usually rich and unkind, and although the various etiquette was streamlined to the maximum, it took a full five days to receive all the merchants. And the last businessman was none other than Zhang Dahu, who was openly raised on the day Yizhi infiltrated the Tianzun Sect. Zhang Dahu made a fool of himself in front of Prince Youyan, and committed a heinous crime, and he was always worried in his heart, but he was unwilling to give up his business in Youyan Road and start anew.

Because of his childhood experience, Yi Zhi has always hated such bullying of women and children, but in order to treat all businessmen equally, he can only suppress his anger, and it is inconvenient to deal with it severely. Fortunately, Zhang Dahu was very self-aware, and the gifts he prepared were particularly rich, and Yizhi only looked at the old, weak, sick and disabled who would receive help, and let him leave after reprimanding him.

For the profiteers who are not benevolent to the rich, Yizhi naturally reprimanded them very harshly and lastingly, and when he sent Zhang Dahu away, it was already the time when he had not declared the border, and Yizhi was a little hungry in his belly, so he ordered the servant to prepare dinner. At this time, there was a report from Menzi, saying that it was Guangyang businessman Wen Lingjiao who asked to see him.

Since the time of Emperor Wenzong, the academic circles of this dynasty have set off a retro movement, reinterpreting the classics of the sages, and overthrowing the bad habits of men and women in the previous dynasty. Therefore, although Han women are still not allowed to serve as officials and join the army, they are not greatly restricted in reading and reading and communicating with visitors, but it is still very rare for a woman to show up as a businessman. Therefore, Qiu Yizhi suddenly became interested, and took the name of the businessman to check it carefully, but there was no one named Wen Lingjiao, let alone the bad deeds he committed. This made Yizhi even more curious, and asked Menzi to invite Wen Lingjiao to enter the door to see him.

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PS. This chapter deals with the status of women in ancient China. In fact, until the prevalence of science in the Song and Ming dynasties, women in ancient China had a considerable status. Taking the Northern Song Dynasty as an example, Fan Zhongyan's mother once remarried and was written into the "Biography of the Daughters", and Li Qingzhao was also able to learn from literary friends. Therefore, the appearance of the women in this chapter is a slight exaggeration, but it is also reasonable.