Although Zheng Bo has been sent to death row, the matter is not over yet.
At this time, Marquis Anwen was trying his best to persuade the nobles and some officials who had friendship with him to help save his son.
To put it bluntly, Zhao Feng and Zhou Rui were only responsible for hearing the case and making a preliminary judgment. They may overturn the case in the future.
But what happens next is beyond their control. It all depends on how Zhou Zhen weighs up with those nobles.
Zhao Feng returned home with a heavy heart. When he was in the county and capital, Zhao Feng didn't have so many things to do, but when he came to the capital, one after another things kept popping up, and even he felt a little anxious. .
Fortunately, things can be solved one by one. Now Zhao Feng knows Zhou Rui's thoughts. It seems that the reason why Zhou Rui has kept a low profile for so many years is that he actually has his own ambitions in his heart.
For people like Zhou Rui, although Zhao Feng has a certain friendship with Zhou Rui, he does not dare to have a close friendship because he knows that a very tolerant person like Zhou Rui will definitely be able to achieve a great career.
But on the road of growth of such people, it is very likely that they will give up something. Now Zhao Feng only hopes that he will not have a disagreement with Zhou Rui in the future, otherwise he may really have to leave the court early and find a A place with beautiful scenery to retire.
When he and Zhou Rui were handling this case, Li Wanyi had already returned to Huaigu Fucheng, and now she had just delivered the first batch of salt made from seawater here.
When Zhao Feng returned home, he saw Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu checking the salt.
"Husband, you are back, what is the result?"
Zhao Feng showed a smile. No matter how tired he was outside, he would not bring these things home.
"Don't worry, the matter has been resolved perfectly. That Zheng Bo deserves to be punished and has been sent to death row!"
Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu breathed a sigh of relief. They also had a certain understanding of this case, mainly because Zhao Feng used the public opinion in newspapers to involve many people in the capital to participate in the discussion of this case. It was precisely because of this group of people. He was so angry that he had the confidence to take down Zheng Bo.
Seeing Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu inspecting the salt packed in sacks, Zhao Feng walked over and smelled it, and sure enough, he smelled the fishy smell of sea water among the salt.
The salt that Zhao Feng asked the Li family to make only preliminarily purified the seawater and filtered out the sediment and impurities in it. It did not filter out the toxic substances.
The most poisonous of these is nitrite. This is a highly toxic substance that only requires a few grams of ingestion to reach a lethal dose. In nature, nitrite can be found everywhere, including sea salt. There are such ingredients.
It just so happens that the nitrite component in these sea salts cannot easily kill people. Instead, it will slowly accumulate these toxins in people's internal organs until they accumulate to a certain level and then suddenly explode.
Zhao Feng narrowed his eyes. Since the Huns dared to rob his goods, they must suffer a lot this time!
So Zhao Feng directly arranged to send all the salt away. The border officials pretended that it was sold to countries in the Western Regions, but in fact it was to attract the Xiongnu people to come and snatch it.
At the same time, at the border pass, the Zhou Dynasty also opened the border market with the Xiongnu on Zhao Feng's suggestion, and both sides exchanged what they had.
The Great Zhou Dynasty needed horses, cattle and sheep from the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu needed cloth, ironware, salt, etc. from the Great Zhou Dynasty.
It's just that both sides are playing tricks on this matter.
The horses, cattle and sheep sold by the Xiongnu were all castrated bulls and rams, and even the horses were of impure blood.
The Zhou Dynasty did not sell ironware or salt to the Xiongnu at all, but only sold them some cloth and grain.
So what the Huns were in short supply at this time was salt. Not only did they send cavalry to rob the caravan sent by Zhao Feng on the road, but they also snapped up the salt that Zhao Feng had placed in the border market.
Zhao Feng relied on the salt in exchange for a large number of horses, cattle and sheep. Not only did he earn a certain amount of money, but he also accomplished his goal.
During this period, Anwen Marquis Zheng Xiong was still contacting those nobles. Although they did not agree to Zheng Xiong's words and were unwilling to help him rescue Zheng Bo, they put pressure on the court in other ways.
Zhao Feng came to the imperial study room with a large pile of memorials in his arms. As soon as he put the memorials on the table, Zhou Zhen raised his head and looked at Zhao Feng.
"You have caused me a lot of trouble!"
Zhao Feng was slightly startled, then asked with a smile.
"Is what your Majesty said about Marquis Anwen?"
Zhou Zhen nodded and said with a frown.
"When I asked you and the eldest prince to do this together, I thought you two would be smarter."
"In the end, the matter became so big that many nobles have already sent memorials to me!"
"Although they don't express any opposition on the surface, they are always threatening."
Zhou Zhen said this and pointed at the pile of memorials with obviously different colors.
After seeing these memorials, Zhao Feng smiled, cupped his hands and said.
"Your Majesty, in fact, they have wanted to oppose these new policies for a long time. Now they just found an excuse."
"Even if we release Zheng Bo, they will still oppose the New Deal."
Zhou Zhen shook his head helplessly. How could he not know about this?
"The key is that the nobles resisted very resolutely and did not want to hand over the land in their hands. So what do you think?"
Zhao Feng stood there quietly. He had actually thought of the possibility of such a result since he proposed these new policies.
And these problems are not without solutions.
"Your Majesty, I remember that Princess Jinyang also has a lot of land, right?"
Zhou Zhen was stunned for a moment and asked with a frown.
"Did you mean..."
Zhao Feng nodded.
"The reason why those nobles disagree now is because they have not seen such benefits. We might as well use Princess Jinyang as a pilot to comprehensively promote the New Deal and reforms."
"When they see the situation at Princess Jinyang, they will definitely be willing to implement the new policy!"
Zhou Zhen looked at Zhao Feng in surprise: "Are you so confident in the new policies you proposed?"
Zhao Feng smiled and nodded. These policies are the general trend. If you want to improve the lives of the people of the Zhou Dynasty and make the Zhou Dynasty rich and powerful, you must follow these policies.
So Zhao Feng is not worried at all!
