Zhou Ji was furious:
"Don't mix up the facts here!"
"I really didn't do that. The pure will become clear by themselves, and the turbid will become turbid by themselves. Your Majesty will make your own decision!"
Xiao Chen was also happy:
"Why don't I feel that you are a pure person?"
"I feel like you are just a stinky puddle of mud! I can smell it from so far away!"
Zhou Ji was almost going crazy with anger and his body was trembling:
"Clean your mouth for me!"
Xiao Chen stopped talking nonsense to him:
"Okay, okay, you little brat, stop nagging here with me!"
"Don't you want evidence? Then ask Eunuch Chen if he has found any evidence."
"Eunuch Chen is His Majesty's confidant, and he is also a first-class eunuch in charge. He is not the kind of person who shoots without aim!"
Xiao Chen's words reminded everyone.
Yes!
The person who found out this matter was Chen Jin!
Who is Chen Jin? Will he take aim without aim?
Everyone turned their attention to Chen Jin.
Chen Jin's eyes looked very calm, and he saluted Chu Yanwu:
"Your Majesty! Please listen to this old slave!"
Chu Yanwu also smiled slightly and said:
"My eldest companion has been serving me for many years, and I also believe that he will not make things up."
"Daban, please write and tell me what kind of evidence you have collected!"
Everyone felt their hearts tighten.
People from Zhou Tianfu's faction couldn't help but feel anxious.
Chen Jin smiled and took out another booklet from his sleeve. He put the booklet in front of him with both hands and said:
"The properties recorded in this book are owned by Zhou Tianfu and Zhou Tianfu's son Zhou Ji!"
"If you don't believe it, you can follow this book to check. The direction of funds and personnel movements behind the scenes are all inseparable from the Zhou family!"
Chen Jin's words were like a thunder exploding.
Baiguan glanced hard at the booklet in Chen Jin's hand.
A thick book...
How many industries does Zhou Tianfu have this week?
And Chu Yanwu nodded.
A young eunuch next to him quickly took the booklet and handed it to him.
Chu Yanwu looked through it and said coldly:
"Is what is written on this true?"
"How do Zhou Tianfu and Zhou Tianfu's son own so much property? Their annual income is equivalent to one-tenth of the national treasury. Even the most powerful businessmen in the world cannot compare with him!"
His face was very ugly.
Although he had already known the contents of this booklet before, he now "didn't know" and had to pretend to be so.
The civil and military officials present also gasped.
Even if some people are in the same faction as Zhou Tianfu, it is the same.
One-tenth of the treasury!
It's just a superficial profit...Zhou Tianfu, you are awesome!
At this time, Zhou Tianfu also spoke:
"Your Majesty, you can tell from this sentence that this is an injustice!"
"How much money can merchants make? How can an old minister have that kind of ability if he is one-tenth of the national treasury?"
"If Eunuch Chen speaks less, the old minister will not use this point to refute!"
In fact, this is not wrong...
But in fact, the numbers Chen Jinliang showed were more than less.
The money Zhou Tianfu earns is not just clean money... but also some nefarious black money.
For example, buying and selling slaves, lending usury, inducing people to gamble, and cultivating "skinny horses" to bribe and blackmail other officials...
Chen Jin stopped talking nonsense:
"Then I'll take the witness stand!"
"Do you know who these people are?"
Only then did everyone realize that Chen Jin had actually brought a few people here, and their eyes became curious.
Chu Yanwu also frowned and asked, "Who are they?"
Chen Jin said with a smile:
"They are actually the confidants of the Zhou family who are responsible for the Zhou family's industry!"
"They handle these industries, and they know exactly what they are like. They can even produce detailed account books!"
Chu Yanwu narrowed his eyes slightly: "Let them talk about what the situation is!"
Chen Jin brought those people over.
Several common people were not wearing brocade, but the cotton clothes they wore were also fine and gorgeous. They were probably wealthy businessmen.
One of them knelt down and said:
"Your Majesty, this villain's name is Shen Qiu!"
"I am the servant of the Zhou family in charge of the cliff walk!"
"I am considered the son of the Zhou family. Over the years, I have earned more than nine hundred thousand taels of silver for the Zhou family. I have handled no less than tens of thousands of slaves of all kinds!"
After this sentence was thrown out, everyone was shocked.
Nine hundred thousand taels...which means that one person in his hands can be sold for dozens of taels of silver?
Zhou Ji immediately retorted: "What kind of slave is he selling? How can it be so expensive?"
The man said with a mournful face: "Actually, there are tens of thousands of people I deal with every year, but the selection and training are just like raising gu!"
"For example, when it comes to cultivating a dead soldier, it takes basically ten to produce one! And the skinny horse with a good appearance is only one in a hundred, one in a thousand, or even one in a thousand!"
"And the good female slaves we have trained can easily be sold for a thousand taels of gold!"
The officials frowned.
Some truly upright and kind-hearted officials even cursed in their hearts.
Is this a human being?
This is a beast!
Although this dynasty did not prohibit the slave trade.
But, if you are raising Gu, what do you want to do?
Don’t you treat people as human beings?
This is still the first one. As for the second commoner, he is a handsome man.
He looks quite elegant, but when he speaks, it makes people collapse:
"The grassman's name is Le Qingliang. He is Zhou Ji's best friend and the person in charge of Fengyue Industry under him!"
Xiao Chen's mouth twitched.
Wait, isn’t that person Le Qingniang?
Who investigated this? How come they don’t even know whether this guy is a boy or a girl...
And the most important thing is that that boy Zhou Ji looks thick and big-eyed, but he is actually a Duanxiu who likes to fuck Long Yang!
It’s true that people can’t be judged by their appearance!
All the civil and military officials present, including Chu Yanwu, also had strange eyes.
And Zhou Ji's face was even red with anger, and he couldn't put his hands down:
"You bastard! What did you say? Don't taint my innocence!"
The handsome man Le Qingliang smiled bitterly:
"Zhou Lang, don't blame me, I really don't want to identify you!"
"But if I don't do this, I will be miserable!"
"I can only repay your affection for me in the next life..."
Xiao Chen got goosebumps when he heard this, and other officials felt a chill.
As for Zhou Ji, he couldn't hold himself any longer. A mouthful of blood rushed to his throat and he almost vomited it out.
He used a lot of force to hold back his sharp voice and said:
"This is slander, slander!"
Xiao Chen smiled:
"I don't think this is slander... This young master named Le is so sincere that I feel pity for him!"
