Chapter 1117: Great Purge
Bingbei's anti-corruption operation came without any warning in advance, and it left just as quickly as it came.
It only took Heibingtai one day to arrest thirty-one Shanxi merchant families and four ordinary families, led by the Qiao family of Yanmen and the Chang family of Taiyuan.
After subsequent investigations, ten more families were arrested, for a total of forty-five large and small families.
Forty-five families, this is not a small number, it has already accounted for nearly one-fifth of the total number of Shanxi merchant families. This has given all Shanxi merchants a shock.
Shanxi merchants are greedy and have no bottom line. While they enjoy the huge benefits brought to them by the Jin army, they also want to obtain greater benefits, and they even betray the entire nation for this purpose.
Greed blinded the eyes of these Shanxi merchants, making them blindly believe in Yuan Meng's power, but ignored that the Jin army was actually very powerful.
How powerful is the Jin army?
As strong as Yuan and Meng, they must also use the hands of merchants to plot against the Jin army in order to defeat the Jin army with confidence;
The Jin army was so powerful that when they really attacked the Shanxi merchants, they, the Shanxi merchants, had no power to fight back and could only surrender and wait for the kill.
The Shanxi merchants far overestimated their position and thought that the Jin army could not do without them, so Qin Wen would never dare to attack them, but they did not know that they had already touched Qin Wen's back.
The Qin family comes from a family of merchants, and few people understand merchants better than Qin Wen. He gave Shanxi merchants huge wealth, but did not give them the force to protect their wealth, just to prevent these greedy merchants from backlash.
The Jin army can protect the wealth of Shanxi merchants, and can also recover their wealth and lives.
As Qin Yijue said, these Shanxi merchants are just pigs raised by the Jin army. After being fattened, if they are good, they can still survive. If they are not, they will be taken out and slaughtered for meat.
Heibingtai arrested one-fifth of the Shanxi merchants at once this time, which also made those Shanxi merchants who had not committed any crime panic all day long, because not all of these people were absolutely clean, and the arrest operation was not over yet, and no one could I wonder if the Jin army will kick open their own door.
Although this arrest was started by Shanxi merchants, it was not only targeted at Shanxi merchants, but also against all traitors who had colluded with Yuan and Meng. Therefore, the arrest of forty-five Shanxi merchant families was only the beginning, and the purge was still It continues in an orderly manner.
Soon, the purge spread from the business world to other walks of life. Countless people were arrested, and eventually it involved the political world, and even the Qin family itself.
In the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion, Qin Wen looked at the report in his hand with trembling eyes and said angrily: "How dare they, how dare they?"
The report said: Two county magistrates, five county magistrates, six county magistrates, and one county captain have been arrested...
"Catch as many as you want, arrest them all and investigate them strictly, investigate them strictly, investigate them strictly," Qin Wen shouted angrily.
In recent years, due to physical reasons, Qin Wen had relaxed his control over the political circles, but he did not expect that because of his negligence, the political circles of the Jin army were so corrupt.
Accepting bribes, shielding Shanxi merchants, engaging in favoritism and dereliction of duty... a series of other incidents made Qin Wen feel numb.
Where is the Yanmen Army that once governed the Qingming Festival, never closed its doors at night, and never picked up lost things on the road? Just because he changed his name and became the Jin Army, have all the good traditions been thrown out to feed the dogs?
Qin Wen felt that his heart was bleeding, and he felt sad for the fate of the Jin army he had formed with his own hands.
Obviously, there were many Jin army officials who colluded with Shanxi merchants. After all, if the officials and merchants did not collude, how could the merchants be so bold? But it was useless even if Shanxi merchants bribed all the officials.
The Jin army implemented a policy of separation of military and political affairs. The army did not interfere in government affairs and did not corrupt the army. Officials did not have the power to mobilize the army. Therefore, once evidence was found, any official had only one way to be arrested.
The only thing that pleased Qin Wen about this purge was that none of the officials involved were at the county level or above. As for the army, only one county captain was involved.
This is enough to show that Qin Wen's management of the army is still excellent. No matter how corrupt and dirty the political and business circles are, the army still maintains the purity of soldiers and has not been contaminated by the dark and dirty politics and business circles.
"Father, among the people involved in this case, there are many people from my Qin family, as well as some close friends around my adoptive mother..."
After saying that, Qin Yijue looked at Qin Wen's face and asked cautiously: "Are these people also?"
Qin Yijue hadn't finished her words, but Qin Wen had already understood what she meant, and his expression suddenly turned extremely ugly.
Qin Wen had long guessed that there were many people in his family with unclean hands and feet, even the people around his wife. He originally thought he could be ruthless, but it has actually come to this point. At the time, he still couldn't help but feel a bit in a dilemma.
"Grasp."
Qin Wen took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "No matter who colludes with Yuan Meng, they will be arrested."
Qin Yijue sighed slightly when he heard this, now his family couldn't run away either.
"Report, Lord, Hao Tong and Sima Fang, two adults, are wearing thorns and coming to see you."
When Qin Wen heard this, he was shocked and hurriedly went out to meet them. As expected, he saw his confidants Hao Tong and Sima Fang with their upper bodies exposed and wearing thorns.
"Why are you doing this? Get up quickly."
Qin Wen pulled the two of them and said: "I have already heard about the Hao family and the Sima family, and my Qin family is the same. There are many people in the big family, and it is normal for there to be a few scum. This is different from You are not related."
Although Hao Tong and Sima Fang were upright officials, they could not control everyone in the family. This time, many people from the Hao family and Sima family were also arrested, including many of the core brothers of the family, so the two of them came together. This scene of coming to plead guilty.
Hao Tong and Sima Fang refused to get up no matter what. Sima Fang said: "I took care of myself but failed to take care of my family. I really betrayed the trust of the lord. Please punish me for lax supervision." "
"In order to restore the Qingming Dynasty to our Jin army officials, Hao Tong was willing to go to jail to scare a bunch of young people."
Hao Tong said with a serious face. After hearing this, Sima Fang on the side couldn't help but twitch his cheeks and thought to himself: Hey, hey, this is different from what he said when he came here. Is he playing a little too much?
Qin Wen knew that in order to support his purge, these two people were willing to go to jail in person to deter all other officials. He immediately said with a moved face: "Wen Ding will live up to your hard work."
"Come here, Hao Tong and Sima defended themselves without saying a word. They are specially punished to be imprisoned for one month of reflection and punished for one year."
"Thank you, Lord."
