If there is an opportunity to restart the trade route, the people in Sichuan and Sichuan are of course happy and don't want to take it. They immediately transfer the goods and are willing to sell them at a lower price.
So the Guanzhong smuggling gang purchased the Shu brocade, which had fallen sharply in price in Sichuan and Sichuan, through the original relationship, and then resold it to the grassland nobles, which was a profit of several hundred percent.
However, maybe they were too excited. After a round of back and forth, they missed the mark and were caught by the Skynet Army. Then the judicial branch of the local state capital took action. Finally, the judicial bureau of Guanzhong Province personally came to the rescue and uprooted it.
This matter was of a bad nature, involving 70 to 80 officials and more than 400 civilians. When Su Yonglin learned about it, he was furious and directly ordered a thorough investigation to find out all those involved and hold them to serious charges.
After the review of the case, the Third Judicial Division held a joint hearing on the matter, and then conducted a strict trial, and all the principals who violated the ban were executed. The remaining ones were sentenced to public punishment according to the degree of participation, and the lightest one was sentenced to six years in prison.
In the end, Shen Ge, the Minister of Justice, reported this matter to Su Yonglin, which made Su Yonglin learn that the positions of the people involved in this case were not very high, but the amount involved was very huge.
Not to mention their family's real estate, but their working capital was piled up, mainly copper coins and iron coins, as well as banknotes that were commonly used in Sichuan and Shu in the Southern Song Dynasty.
The nature of this case was egregious and the punishment was severe. Subsequently, Su Yonglin ordered the Guanzhong Border Guard Army to strengthen patrols in various Sichuan-Sichuan passages, strictly investigate smuggling, and cut off trade.
The spies of the Skynet Army operating in various places need to be fully active, report relevant information, and strive for a comprehensive crackdown on the smuggling gangs.
After this order was promulgated, Skynet agents from all over the country took action and indeed achieved a lot.
Seven gangs smuggling Shu brocade were discovered one after another in Guanzhong, Hubei, Hunan and other places. They were taken advantage of by the judicial departments and the military in various places. They also designed to attract the Sichuan-Sichuan caravans who cooperated with them, and these caravans were also taken advantage of.
Not only was the harvest huge, but it was also estimated to be a very fierce and effective crackdown on the entire Sichuan brocade smuggling situation.
Some private business travelers and unjust officials who were still active in the Ming Dynasty were punished and uprooted, and their social network was also cleaned up.
This is true within the Ming Kingdom, not to mention the Jiangnan Kingdom. Where the Tianwang Army is active, more than a dozen smuggling gangs have been discovered in the past few months smuggling Shu Brocade from Sichuan and Sichuan to the southeast region, making high profits.
The Ming Dynasty officials notified the Jiangnan court several times, and the Jiangnan court also sent people to deal with it several times. However, the efficiency was low and the punishment was low, which made Su Yonglin feel that these guys were not working hard and were deliberately squandering their work.
It seems that in addition to Shen Gai and others, there are still a group of people in the Jiangnan Kingdom who are enjoying the high profits brought by Shu brocade.
So Su Yonglin personally issued an edict to reprimand important officials such as Jiangnan leader Zhao Dun and Prime Minister Shen, and ordered them to deal with the smuggling caravan that had been discovered within a time limit. If they could not do it, the Ming Kingdom would personally intervene and help them deal with it. !
If you are not decent yourself, then I will help you be decent!
Zhao Dun is a useless person, so this edict is not for Zhao Dun, but for Shen Gai. When Shen Gai received the edict from Su Yonglin, he suddenly felt bad.
"He thinks I don't want to? I want it more than anyone else! But the problem is that there are some people I can't touch at all, unless they come in person. If that can be done, what can I do if they force me to do everything?"
Shen Gai found Zhang Shi, complained to him, and vented his dissatisfaction with Su Yonglin and Ming Guo.
Zhang Shi allowed him to grumble and then made suggestions to him.
"Obviously, there are some things that Emperor Ming doesn't want to do. He wants you to do it, but it's difficult for you to do it. In this case, it's better to just leave this matter to Ming Guo. He doesn't mean that we can't handle it well. Will he come by himself? Then let him come."
Shen Gai was stunned for a moment, then his face was full of worry and hesitation.
"I'm not worried that they can't handle this matter. Once they get involved, they can definitely uproot this matter. But the problem is that although we are a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, none of the treaties say that the Ming Dynasty can intervene directly in the court. Handle our affairs?"
"I haven't said it before, but if the Ming Dynasty really wants to do this, we can't stop them at all. Although a treaty is written in black and white now, but the Republic of China really wants to do something, even the black and white words can't stop them, can it? "
Zhang Shi seemed helpless and said: "And now it is obvious that those people just put you on the fire. They secretly smuggled Shu Brocade and made a lot of money, but they put the charge of not respecting the instructions of the superior country on your head." , how unfair is it for you to bear Emperor Ming's rebuke? Why should you take the risk for them? "
Shen Gai thought about it and felt that what Zhang Shi said made sense.
"Then, should Ming Guo really take matters into his own hands?"
"Who among us doesn't know what's going on in the belly of local officials?"
Zhang Shi said with a look of displeasure: "Those people in the imperial court and the local government are definitely colluding. They are definitely making money here and sharing it with others. During this period, they are definitely making a lot of money. They are all talking nonsense, but we suffer." Trying to support the situation in Lin'an City.
This is so unfair. How can we say that we are working so hard here that they not only refuse to help, but also stab us in the back? We are the ones who do the hard, tiring and unprofitable things, and let them enjoy the food and drink. Is there such a truth in the world? "
Zhang Shi's words kept touching Shen Gai's heart, making Shen Gai even more dissatisfied with those guys in the court who were throwing the blame on him.
You guys set up a big pot to eat meat and drink soup. After everything was done, you didn’t wash the pot. You just slapped it on my head, making me smell like a fish. If Su Yonglin doesn’t trouble you, he would trouble me. Yes. Everything is my fault...
Is there any truth in this world?
The more Shen Gai thought about it, the angrier and aggrieved he became. As he thought about it, the balance in his heart gradually tilted.
"What you said makes sense. This matter cannot be settled like this. Evil people should be left to bigger evil people to deal with. If those guys want me to take responsibility, don't even think about it!"
Shen Gai then made a decision and asked Zhang Shi to contact the Ming Dynasty and convey the relevant matters to Zhongdu.
This trade ban was promulgated by the Ming Dynasty, and Jiangnan Kingdom, as a vassal state, followed up. Now that there are rats in the country, the king and the prime minister mishandled it. This is a sin. The king and the prime minister must apologize to the Ming Emperor and express their sincere apology.
However, Jiangnan's national fortunes are currently difficult, and there are not enough manpower to do many things. Blockade of trade requires a particularly large number of manpower, and Jiangnan really cannot afford the manpower, so it hopes to second Ming professionals to assist in handling the case. There will be a big thank you after everything is done.
Shen should feel that this matter cannot be left to the Ming Dynasty in name. That would be equivalent to giving up part of the judicial power, which would have a bad impact. Therefore, Shen should feel that even if this is the case in practice, he still needs to do something in name. homework.
Using Jiangnan State's lack of manpower to handle the case as an excuse, they invited colleagues from Ming State to assist in handling the case, and then Jiangnan State took the lead, while Ming State only played a coordinating role.
In fact, of course, everything was handed over to the Ming Kingdom, but at least in name, a big leader from the Jiangnan Kingdom was set up to handle the case.
Who will do it?
Zhang Shi volunteered and was willing to take the blame for Shen Gai.
Shen didn't want to be blamed for offending his own people and getting a bad reputation as "Flattery to the Ming Kingdom", so Zhang Shi expressed his willingness to do so in a very embarrassed manner, and said in a very dignified manner that this was what he should do, Shen There is no need to give him any compensation.
It’s not necessary at all.
Shen Gai thought about it and felt that he couldn't leave everything to Zhang Shi without saying anything.
On the one hand, I feel guilty and feel that it is somewhat unjustifiable for Zhang Shi to take over the pot, which makes him look unkind.
On the one hand, he was also worried that the group of combat-effective subordinates behind Zhang Shi would feel that he had forced Zhang Shi to do this, which would have a bad impact on his reputation.
So after Shen Gai thought for a while, he decided to appoint Zhang Piao, Zhang Shi's younger brother, to serve as the censor Zhongcheng. He handed the matter over to Zhang Piao and asked Zhang Piao not to handle the matter personally.
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