After Lu Fang left, he opened the secret letter on Jiajing's desk that had been submitted by the Jinyi Guards previously sent to Zhejiang and began to browse the contents.
The secret letter introduced in detail the cause of the case and the people involved. The more Jiajing read, the more he frowned.
After Jiajing read all the contents in the secret letter, he clenched the secret letter in his hand and said with a cold expression: "Humph, a small private salt dealer can actually have such energy! It seems that what Hu Zongxian said before is right. , these salt merchants should be dealt with, let’s start with your Wen family.”
After Jiajing said that, he transferred the magic power in his body, and then a ball of lavender flame appeared in his hand, burning the secret message in his hand to ashes.
Immediately afterwards, Jiajing returned to the dragon chair and sat down, silently muttering to himself: "Hai Rui, should I use you now..."
…
Capital, Prince Yu's Mansion.
The atmosphere in the study was quite dull, and no one spoke for a long time.
"Tell me, what is going on?" Xu Jie stopped and asked everyone.
"Mr. Xu Ge, as far as I know, the Wen family started their business by selling private salt! And our people are closely related to the Wen family, so..." Gao Gong on the side saw this and quickly responded. .
"Yes, Mr. Xu Ge! Most of those people in Zhejiang have received money from the Wen family, so they dare not act rashly." Zhang Juzheng on the side also added.
"Humph, now this matter has been brought to His Majesty's side. Our memorial to impeach Zheng Michang has also fallen into disarray without any reply! Don't you still understand the meaning of this?" Xu Jie snorted coldly, Explained to everyone.
"What Mr. Xu Ge means is that His Majesty is behind this matter?" Upon seeing this, Gao Gong frowned and put forward his own idea.
"That's natural. Wasn't there news that someone had submitted a memorial to His Majesty about salt merchants and selling illegal salt? From that time on, His Majesty must have made up his mind to deal with these salt merchants!"
"The current situation could not be more obvious. His Majesty wants to use this case of the Wen family to scare the monkeys and scare others! This also explains why there is no news about all the memorials submitted by our people. "
Perhaps Xu Jie was tired from talking, so he immediately sat back on the chair and poured himself a cup of tea.
"Then what should we do? If we continue and make our father angry, it will be difficult to deal with it." After listening to Xu Jie's analysis, Zhu Zaijing suddenly realized.
"Your Highness, the most important thing right now is to distance ourselves from those people in Zhejiang and don't let this fire burn on ourselves." Gao Gong on the side also added.
"Well, what Mr. Gao Ge said makes sense!" Zhang Juzheng on the side also agreed with Gao Gong's suggestion.
"I will instruct them later to stop submitting impeachment memoranda to them! In addition, I will also urge them to cut off all contact."
"But Mr. Xu Ge, that Li Zhiquan is the person who has made great contributions to us!" Gao Gong on the side heard Xu Jie's arrangement and couldn't bear it, so he consoled him.
"How long has it been, and there are still these benevolent women! No matter how great his achievements are, are we all going to be buried with him just because of him?" After listening to Gao Gong's words, Xu Jie said, He was so angry that he immediately refuted it.
Zhang Juzheng, who was on the side, felt disgust in his eyes after hearing Xu Jie's remarks.
This Li Zhiquan has made great contributions to the entire Qingliu, but now Xu Jie is not even willing to try it in order to protect himself, but directly chooses to abandon it, which makes Zhang Juzheng feel like a rabbit has died and a fox has died.
This couldn't help but remind Zhang Juzheng of His Majesty's evaluation of Xu Jie in the early years: "Xu Jie is a villain and will never be used!"
…
Zhejiang, Zhejiang Governor's Mansion.
Since the last public trial of Wen Rong, the youngest son of the Wen family, the case has been concluded perfectly! Hai Rui, who was responsible for supervising the case, naturally won the support of the people, and he, the chief envoy of Zhejiang, also received praise from many people.
"Has Wen Rong signed or stamped it?" Zheng Michang said, calling the relevant personnel and asking.
"Reporting to the Chief Envoy, Wen Rong has admitted the fact of his crime and has signed and deposited it!"
After listening to the report from the relevant personnel, Zheng Michang frowned, obviously dissatisfied.
"Who allowed you to make your own decisions and sign for him? It's clear that all the cases against him have not been investigated yet! Tell me, did you accept money from the Wen family and want to protect him?"
Zheng Michang drank all the tea in the cup and said calmly.
"Mr. Chief Minister, I have been wronged! Who dares to take the risk to collect money from the Wen family? If others find out, they will be stabbed in the spine!"
Seeing that Zheng Michang labeled everyone as a bribe-taker in such an understatement, the jailer who was responsible for guarding Wen Rong quickly knelt down on the ground and cried.
"Get up, all get up! Have you collected money from the Wen family? I know very well. The purpose of my actions is not to wrongly accuse a good person, and at the same time, not to let a bad person go!"
"You go down and check carefully to see if there is anything else about Wen Rong that has not been found, such as the things that the Wen family is involved in, etc."
After Zheng Michang finished speaking, he looked at the people kneeling on the ground and spoke slowly.
"The Chief Envoy wants to use Wen Rong's confession to attack the Wen family. He must be interested in the wealth accumulated by the Wen family from selling private salt for so many years. This appetite is really big. !”
This is the true thought of everyone present at this moment.
At this moment, there is only one choice before them, and that is to cooperate with Zheng Michang! Otherwise, they would not be able to get out of the Governor's Mansion safely, and they would soon be arrested on various frivolous charges.
"Your Excellency, Chief Envoy, it was our negligence this time! We rashly gave Wen Rong a signature without fully investigating the crime she committed. This is my fault, and I deserve to die!" Damn it!"
The jailer responsible for guarding Wen Rong quickly reacted, knelt on the ground, and slapped himself repeatedly.
"Well, not bad, you guys, you should learn more from him!" After Zheng Michang finished speaking, he stood up from the chair and was helped up by others.
"You guys, don't have too much psychological burden. Anyway, Wen Rong is already a dead man. There is nothing wrong with adding a few more charges to him."
…
Chun'an County, county government office.
Since Hai Rui finished handling this case, he has returned to Chun'an County without stopping.
"Here, take these files." Hai Rui said to the chief clerk who had been waiting for a long time.
"Yes, Lord Magistrate!" After the chief clerk said that, he came to Hai Rui and wanted to take the file away.
"If there's anything you want to say, just say it!"
Hai Rui saw the hesitant look on the head clerk's face and opened his mouth.
"Huh, Lord Magistrate, you have shown your face this time!" After hearing Hai Rui's words, the chief clerk was obviously relieved and then praised him.
"No, I just did what I should do." Hai Rui didn't comment on the chief clerk's compliment, but continued busy with the official duties at hand.
"We have a magistrate like you in Chun'an County who hates evil and cares about the people. It is really a blessing to the tens of thousands of people in Chun'an County!"
After the chief clerk finished speaking, he hugged the file and left.
Hai Rui just shook his head, picked up the tea cup on the table, drank all the tea in the cup, and said with emotion: "The tea in this county government has a unique flavor!"
(End of chapter)
