What bad things the Zheng family did was quickly found out by the clean government officials.

It's not that the honest officials are too powerful, but the Zheng family has no obstacles, and they can ask passers-by clearly!

Of course, it's a cover-up, but it doesn't come forward yourself. The bad things in engineering are done by the shopkeeper of the trading company; The bad things that bully and dominate the market are all done by gangsters.

Even if you track it down, throw out a few ghosts for the dead and get it.

Quzhou surname, Xu is the first, Zheng is the second.

The anonymous letter was sent by Xu Huai. He reported anonymously to the yamen in Quzhou, but there was no response, so he reported it to Xiaohong.

If Xiaohong doesn't care, write a letter to Zhejiang Sansi.

If the three divisions don't care, it is to donate money to the school and get a "Confucian businessman" waist card.

Take the waist card and meet the emperor!

"Master, someone asked to see him, saying that he was talking about a big deal." The butler came in to report and handed over a prayer note sealed with fire paint.

Xu Huai opened the fire paint on the prayer post, and there was a sign inside.

On the front reads: Inspector of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, No. 057.

The back reads: Dedicated to clean government, reinstated and recovered. Those who dare to forge or use it for personal use will be punished as a rebel.

Governors?

Or is it white impermanence?

Xu Huai hurriedly covered his waist card and said happily: "Hurry up, please, there is a big business coming to the door!" ”

The integrity officials, of course, didn't know that it was Xu Huai who reported it. But they have already found out that the Xu family and the Zheng family have had a lot of trouble in the past two years, and it seems to be caused by a business.

Dai Wenmeng and Mei Zhuyou joined forces, the former dressed as a businessman, and the latter dressed as an entourage.

Xu Huai had already asked the maid to bring tea, and there were no idle people in the house at the moment. When he saw the two of them coming in, he immediately knelt down on his knees, held his waist card and said, "Grass people Xu Huai, welcome the two angels!" ”

While Dai Wenmeng withdrew his waist card, he took advantage of the situation to help him up: "Mr. Xu is polite, Your Majesty's rules, the people don't need to kneel." ”

Xu Huaiyu smiled and said, "Two angels, please take a seat." ”

Dai Wenmeng sat down to drink tea, as if chatting: "Mr. Meng, don't be afraid, we came here to learn about something." ”

Mei Zhuyou took out a small notebook and began to grind the ink.

Xu Huai smiled even more happily: "Lord Angel, please speak." ”

Dai Wenmeng skimmed the tea with the lid of the bowl and said, "Your Excellency has a trading company that does construction? ”

"Yes." Xu Huai replied.

Dai Wenmeng also said: "Contracting Quzhou's official residence and river embankment, Your Excellency's trading company has competed with the Zheng family? ”

Xu Huai knelt down again, lowered his voice and cried: "Ask the angel lord to call the shots, contract those projects, the Zheng family and the government collude with the government, where can the grass people fight the government?" There is also a ticket number business, the Zheng family colluded with the government to contaminate my Xu family for tax evasion. The grass people admit that they did evade taxes for the first time. But the grass people have already accepted the punishment and changed their minds, but the Zheng family still has to be wiped out. The second time they were investigated, the grass people had no tax evasion, and they were forced to close the ticket number in the city for more than three months. After the reopening in March, most of the business was stolen! ”

Private ticket numbers, private banks, this kind of business has not been completely banned.

However, both the ticket number and the money bank have to pay a deposit to Datong Bank, and there is a cap on the loan interest.

Private money banks are mainly engaged in money and grain exchange, deposit and loan business, and due to the existence of Datong Bank, the number of private money banks in the country is gradually decreasing.

Private ticket numbers, but more and more popular!

In particular, most of the Longyou merchant gangs are engaged in long-distance trafficking, and the flow of goods and capital turnover is very slow, and they often need a large amount of capital advances. In the case of insufficient funds, it is necessary to borrow from outside.

The review process for Datong Bank's loans is very strict, and the review time is at least half a month.

As a result, the merchants of the Longyou Merchant Gang were more inclined to borrow money from private banks.

They have their own set of rules, and they deal with each other in the same industry, each relying on their own letters, not making written documents, and the confluence is tightened with the market.

In particular, the lack of written evidence has caused the government a lot of headaches, and it has become very difficult to determine the amount of tax. But for merchants, there is basically no problem, because the ticket number business purely depends on word of mouth, and once the word of mouth is broken, it will be all over.

Dai Wenmeng and Mei Zhuyou glanced at each other, and they both felt that there must be something to gain today.

The Zheng family used the government's illegal operation, which led to the Xu family's ticket number being ordered to be rectified for three months. For Shang Jia, this is already an undying grudge.

Dai Wenmeng asked, "Why did the Zheng family collude with the government to harm you?" Even if it's a business robbery, it won't be so desperate, it's easy to be caught. ”

Xu Huai sighed: "Alas, it's old. The head of the Zheng family is called Zheng Hongyi, and when a business goes wrong in Yunnan, his father is sent by his grandfather to solve it. At that time, even the people and goods were gone. The Zheng family's business in Shandong happened to encounter the White Lotus Sect uprising, and several warehouses were robbed. My dad ...... The father under him, seeing that the Zheng family was in a slump, ...... He repented of his marriage. The third sister under me should have married Zheng Hongyi. ”

"You go on." Dai Wenmeng nodded.

Xu Huai had a constipated expression on his face: "Zheng Hongyi is a narrow-minded person, and he will repay him." At that time, he was already a talent, and the repentance of his marriage spread throughout Quzhou, which he regarded as a great shame. Alas, he actually gave up the imperial examination and went to Shandong, where the White Lotus Sect had not yet subsided, and he made a lot of money in a few years. ”

When he returned to Quzhou, his father also died of illness. It is better to settle the grievances than to settle them, and I want to repair the relationship between the two families. The third sister is already married, so she plans to marry the fifth sister to him. Who knows, he personally held a stick and beat the matchmaker out of the door. After that, he didn't die, no matter what business he did, he would sing against my Xu family. ”

"When the Datong Army went to Zhejiang, Zheng Hongyi took refuge very early and donated 1,000 stone of grain as military funds. His second son, Zheng Langzhong, who was in the Ministry of Industry, also joined forces with the scholars of western Zhejiang to revolt and helped His Majesty seize a county seat. The Zheng family has this credit, and it is becoming more and more prosperous, and the business has completely overpowered my Xu family. ”

Dai Wenmeng subconsciously looked at Mei Zhuyou, and both of them understood what was going on.

It turned out that the Zheng family was the first batch of people in Zhejiang to take refuge in the Datong court, and his son also led the scholars to occupy the county seat. That's a lot of credit!

With this kind of merit and qualifications, many officials in Quzhou Mansion are of course related to the Zheng family. Even the peasant soldiers and the peasant associations have many members of the Zheng family. Some officials turned a blind eye to the Zheng family's crimes, perhaps not all because they were greedy for money, but also because they couldn't wipe their faces.

After all, they and the Zheng family are comrades-in-arms who have started together!

Dai Wenmeng asked again: "What is the matter with the Zheng family's occupation of the Fucheng vegetable market and forcing farmers to sell vegetables at low prices?" With the Zheng family's financial resources, there is no need for this. ”

Mei Zhuyou scolded: "Don't lie, once you are found to be lying, you will definitely be severely punished!" ”

Xu Huai shuddered, squeezed out a smile and said, "That's a side branch of the Zheng family." The main family can't afford to pay a few dollars in the vegetable market, but the side branch can't be sure. The Zheng family, like my Xu family, is a big family in Quzhou, and the number of people with the surname Zheng is innumerable. ”

"In other words, occupying the vegetable market and oppressing the peasants has nothing to do with Zheng Hongyi?" Dai Wenmeng asked.

Xu Huai laughed and said, "How can it be irrelevant? The clansmen used his signboard to bully and dominate the market in Quzhou, and Zheng Hongyi was not deaf or blind. ”

"This guy prides himself on being a hero of Datong, and when he meets people, he says that he has led a horse for His Majesty. He was leading a horse for His Majesty, it was His Majesty's army passing through Quzhou, and he led a horse to give to His Majesty, and His Majesty had no time to see him at that time. ”

But when he says that, he can frighten a lot of people. The newly arrived officials also thought that he was a celebrity in Jian Zaidi's heart, and he easily didn't dare to mess with this guy. In addition, the fourth son married the daughter of Li Gelao's nephew, and his second son was promoted to Langzhong by His Majesty, and Zheng Hongyi was even more unpopular. ”

Once, he even said to people that the surname of this world is Zhao, and the surname of Quzhou is Zheng. He said that he had made great contributions in the new dynasty, and even if His Majesty was there in person, he would not punish the Zheng family for some trivial things. The Zheng clan is evil, not only is he not restrained, but he is also extremely protective. The clansmen were caught, and he spent money to fish them out. ”

In other words, occupying the vegetable market and oppressing the peasants, Zheng Hongyi did not make a penny in it, and even posted money to catch the illegal clansmen.

This person seems to be just for the sake of coolness, for the sake of face, bold and lawless.

Most of them are due to their personalities, otherwise they would not have given up the imperial examination directly because they were dismissed from the marriage and went to Shandong to do business in the war-torn country. After making a comeback, he refused the woman's overtures, and he was unwilling to change his sister to marry him, and beat the matchmaker to tear his face directly with the Xu family.

In Zheng Hongyi's place, his face is bigger than the sky, and he also has face to defend his clan.

Dai Wenmeng asked again: "Contracting the project and cutting corners, is it not Zheng Hongyi himself?" ”

Xu Huai explained: "Zheng Hongyi personally only inquired about the ticket number and jewelry business. He didn't bother to take care of other small businesses, contracting government projects and deducting workers' salaries, all of which were done by his brother-in-law. His brother-in-law also did evil under the sign of the Zheng family, and after Zheng Hongyi knew about it, instead of punishing him, he kept protecting him. ”

"Besides, what other things have the Zheng clan committed?" Dai Wenmeng asked.

Xu Huai said: "There is a murder case, and I have also heard about it. His brother-in-law, after drinking, had a verbal quarrel and accidentally killed someone on the spot. This guy spent money to eliminate the disaster, and accompanied the family of the bitter lord with a lot of silver. He also spent money to hire someone to confess the crime, and then bought the judges at the two levels of Quzhou Prefecture and Xi'an County, and finally only sentenced the person who confessed to the crime to exile to Taiwan. ”

Mei Zhuyou sighed: "Murder." Do you know the name and address of the sufferer? We'll look into it later. ”

Xu Huai must have inquired secretly, and immediately said: "The bitter master is Shu Shouyi, who lives in Pingle Fang, nicknamed Shu Da. A drunken man who likes to drink, the two angels went to Pingle Fang, and when they asked, they knew where this person lived. After his death, his wife Fan had remarried and married to Zhupeng Town in Longyou County. The fifth in the east of the town, the iron. ”

Dai Wenmeng said with a smile: "You can inquire clearly." Is there still a homicide in the Zheng family? ”

Xu Huai said: "I also heard about it, but I don't know if it's true or not." The Zheng family has a guy surnamed Sun who went out to run goods and never returned. The Zheng family claimed to the public that this Sun man was killed by local soldiers in Guizhou. But when the fellows came back, there was a faint revelation of the truth. said that the Sun guy's hands and feet were not clean, swallowed more than a dozen taels of silver, and was beaten to death by Zheng Hongyi's nephew. ”

Mei Zhuyou asked, "What is the name of Zheng Hongyi's nephew?" Where do you live? What's guy Sun's name? Where do you live? ”

Xu Huai quickly said the details again.

Before and after, a total of six murders were told!