Seeing Feng Dong bow his head, the others looked gloomy.

Feng Dong lowered his head and ignored the gazes around him.

He knows it well.

They can't struggle.

Without salt ponds and iron mines, these salt merchants and iron merchants have no qualifications to bargain at all, and can only be manipulated by the government.

At present, the government does lack salt and iron, but this 'Mr. Zhong' has never mentioned that salt and iron are privately hidden, and has always treated them with the attitude of salt and iron sinking into water, but with this person's wisdom, how could he not guess that salt and iron might be privately hidden?

The reason why they don't mention it is either because they don't bother to mention it, or because they have other calculations.

In his opinion, it is more likely to be the latter.

Feng Dong can see that they are the meat on Mr. Zhong's chopping board, they can only be slaughtered, don't think about resisting, the more fierce the resistance, the heavier the final suppression, if Mr. Zhong is directly responded to, there will be no follow-up 'safety inspection'.

He was tired.

I don't want to pinch my nose and let others humiliate me anymore.

And he had a hunch that not all the people present would leave alive.

Someone has to be left behind.

Side.

Feng Zhen's expression was slightly anxious.

Feng Dong glanced at Feng Zhen and shook his head indifferently.

Feng Zhen was stunned.

With a sigh, there was no follow-up.

After a commotion, the other merchants also bowed their heads.

Ji Heng chuckled lightly and said lightly: "You parents have no objection to what I said? ”

Feng Dong arched his hand and said, "I am willing to follow what Mr. said." ”

Ji Heng bowed slightly, his face was straight, and he said solemnly: "Since you are willing to carry it out, then some things should be made clear." ”

"Say it."

"Who is in charge of the ship dispatch this time?"

A word fell.

The face of the merchant below changed sharply.

Everyone looked at each other, their eyes full of fear, but no one dared to speak.

Ji Heng sneered: "What? Don't want to say? ”

"Or are you all involved?"

"But according to the information I have heard during this time, not many people have handled the transportation of salt and iron this time, and only a few of you people in your clan know about it."

"Is there anything unspeakable in it?"

Ji Heng's eyes glanced down coldly, and as far as his eyes went, all the businessmen hung their heads, and no one dared to raise their heads and look at them.

The atmosphere in the stadium was extremely depressing.

Long.

No one in the hall spoke.

Ji Heng said: "Is this matter so disgraceful? ”

Cheng Zheng stiffened his head and arched his hand: "Mr. Zhong said with a smile, we stand upright, there is nothing disgraceful, all the parents present are all parents, but the things that business deals with every day are complicated, and the matter of salt and iron has been decided very early, so I really didn't think about it for a while." ”

"Please forgive Mr. Zhong."

"So who is it?" Ji Heng was unmoved, and continued to ask: "You can tell all the people who have an impression, the government has time now, and you can invite them over one by one." ”

"This" Cheng Zheng was speechless for a while.

He turned his head and looked anxiously at the others, wanting them to help him speak, but how dare the others touch this brow? They all hung their heads, and they didn't have any intention of speaking.

Cheng Zheng's eyes showed a hint of annoyance.

Ultimately.

He could only grit his teeth and say: "The old man is old, and his memory is not very good, so I really can't remember it for a while, so I ask Mr. Zhong to give me more time." ”

Ji Heng smiled, waved his hand and said: "It's okay, when you get older, your memory will indeed decline, and you may not remember the people in the clan clearly, but during this time, the government has investigated the Cheng family, and there are very few people who have handled the matter of salt and iron, so the government still drew up a list." ”

"Cheng's parents can take their time."

said.

Ji Heng raised his hand.

Immediately, a small official sent a bamboo slip over.

Cheng Zheng subconsciously stretched out his hand, and when his fingertips touched the bamboo slip, he quickly retracted it again, with a look of surprise, he raised his head to look at Ji Heng, and his expression gradually became restless.

Ji Heng moved the mask upwards to make it more close to his face, and continued: "Other parents don't need to be anxious and worried, the government also understands the situation in your clan, if you can't remember, the government can also provide the corresponding roster." ”

"It's just that who of you can't remember?"

The merchants were silent.

Feng Dong hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know why Mr. Zhong asked these things?" ”

Ji Heng said: "Naturally, it is to arrest people. ”

"There is such a big situation in the world, and they, as those who are in the know, have no precautions against it, so that hundreds of people have died, and this kind of responsibility cannot be shirked without knowing it."

"I can't tolerate it."

"The law is even more intolerable!"

Feng Dong took a deep breath and gritted his teeth: "But the matter of the operation of salt and iron was confirmed early, or the person in charge of this matter really didn't know much about it, is it a bit too arbitrary to directly convict him?" ”

Ji Heng said indifferently: "Since you are responsible for this matter, you should be responsible." ”

"If something happens, they say they don't know, and then they shirk the blame, then won't the shipwreck never end? So who is responsible for the dead? ”

"There is no resurrection from death."

"But accidents will inevitably happen in the world, and being too persistent to make people responsible is inevitably a little too harsh." Feng Dong said.

Ji Heng said: "So this time it's just to arrest people." ”

"Not a conviction."

"But if it is found to be man-made, perhaps negligent, or man-made, then don't blame Qin Fa for being ruthless."

Hear the words.

Feng Dong's heart tightened.

He looked up at Feng Zhen, Feng Zhen's eyes were full of struggle.

He knew what his father meant.

This is to let him make a choice, but Feng Wen and Feng Wu are his own sons, and the tiger poison does not eat children, if he lets his son do the thing, he really can't bear it.

And Feng's talent has withered.

If something happens to Feng Wen and Feng Wu, Feng Shi will really not be able to take it.

Then.

Gradually, the other merchants came out with their names.

"Shu Zhuoheng."

"Cao Bingrui."

"Cheng Ling."

“.”

Every time Shang Jia said a name, Fusu would ask the officials to write it down.

After struggling for a long time, Feng Zhen finally did not listen to Feng Dong's suggestion, but said his name.

Ji Heng's face was as usual, he looked at Fusu, and said slowly: "Eldest son, now that the personnel in charge of ship dispatch from each family are aware, send someone to invite them to the Tingwei Mansion." ”

"There are some things that need to be asked after all."

"What is white cannot be black, and what is black cannot be white."

Fu Su bowed his head slightly, and said loudly outside: "Come on, take all the people on the bamboo slips to the Tingwei Mansion for interrogation by the government." ”

As the little officials walked briskly, the lobby gradually quieted down.

The atmosphere in the stadium was very stagnant.

Fusu and the others were relatively relaxed.

The merchant was very low.

Ji Heng didn't care about the atmosphere in the field, he turned his head to look at Du He, and arched his hand: "Du Shaofu, there is something I need to ask you to do now." ”

Du He arched his hand and said, "Mr. Zhong, please speak." ”

"Who is in charge of salt and iron matters under the rule of Shaofu?" Ji Heng asked.

Duch's eyelids jumped.

He glanced at Ji Heng deeply, saw that Ji Heng was very serious, pondered for a while, and said two names.

Immediately, he explained: "Mr. Zhong may not know that the salt and iron officials set up by the government are not responsible for the transportation of salt and iron, nor do they supervise the transportation of merchants. ”

Ji Heng sneered: "Salt official and iron official, overseeing the world's salt and iron." ”

"A sentence of irresponsibility cannot stand."

"They may not have the primary responsibility, but some of the secondary responsibilities do."

"I said it."

"The law can lag."

"But officials can't afford to lag behind."

"As an official in charge of salt and iron, there is no vigilance, no sense of crisis, and no knowledge of the follow-up of salt and iron, is this not a dereliction of duty?"

Du He's brows furrowed, and his expression was a little displeased.

He thinks Ji Heng has gone too far.

Ji Heng looked at Fusu and said, "Arrest the relevant salt officials and iron officials." ”

He looked at it calmly.

The salt official and the iron official are indeed a disaster this time.

But at this time, they can't be wronged, after all, their official positions are stained with salt and iron, and under this surging tide of public opinion, they are destined to be unable to stand alone.

In order to establish the integrity of the imperial court in the hearts of the people.

They can only be 'guilty'.

Their sin did not come from themselves, but from the indignation of the people.

The so-called hurricane started at the end of Qingping, and such a turbulent momentum must be dealt with very seriously, so as to block the mouths of the people in the world and not leave a tongue for the world.

There are two kinds of dismissals of officials in Great Qin.

One is called 'free'.

It is only an ordinary dismissal, and the appointment can be continued in the future.

The other is called 'waste'.

Officials who have been deposed can no longer take office.

In order to avoid extraneous branches, he personally advocated that the salt and iron officials in charge should avoid the limelight, avoid being coerced by the surging public opinion, and then leave a handle for people.

But it's not the right time to say it.

Zhang Cang frowned.

He also felt that Ji Heng's move was a bit excessive.

It's just out of judgment of Ji Heng's style of acting, he doesn't think that Ji Heng's move is deliberately targeted, so after pondering for a while, he still chooses to suppress his doubts.

Fusu hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.

Ji Heng retracted his gaze.

He looked at the depressed businessmen below, and said lightly: "This time, the government invited you to come over, mainly to ask you to provide the roster of ship dispatchers, and now that you have obtained it, you can go back." ”

"Hui" Cheng Zheng's pupils shrank, and his expression was full of astonishment.

He didn't think it would end so soon this time.

And that's the end of it?

Cheng Zheng asked in disbelief: "Is Mr. Zhong serious?" ”

"Nature is true." Ji Heng Road.

Hear the words.

Cheng Zheng was overjoyed.

He arched his hands in all directions, didn't pause, and walked briskly out of the hall.

Walk out of the lobby.

Cheng Zheng breathed greedily in the air.

The whole person was relieved, as if a big stone had been unloaded.

Looked at.

The other businessmen were also happy.

Hurriedly got up from the ground, bowed around, and left with his front and back feet.

Soon.

All the merchants in the lobby left.

Fusu said in a condensed voice: "Mr. Zhong, didn't you say before that this time it was to solve the shortage of salt and iron in Guanzhong?" Why are you still putting these merchants back? ”

The others were puzzled.

Ji Heng smiled and said, "Don't worry, let Shang Jia rest for a while." ”

"It's been so depressed, it's not a way after all, there is still a difference between talking about things and judging things, and when they are almost sober, invite them over."

"Be patient!"

(End of chapter)