Zhao Ming frowned: "If you have any grievances, tell me quickly."
Sun Hai quickly said: "This little man is not beating the Dengwen drum for himself, but for the Jinghai Marquis Mansion to express his grievances."
Zhao Ming asked impatiently: "What grievances does Jinghaihou Mansion have, and what does it have to do with you?"
At this moment, Zhao Ming's disgust for this farce has reached its extreme level, but he has to sit here due to the power of Jinghaihou Mansion.
Everyone knew that Sun Hai was in charge of the Marquis Jinghai's house, but Zhao Ming could only pretend not to know, not to mention how aggrieved he felt.
So now he just wants to end this farce quickly.
"The common people just can't bear to see a hero who has made great contributions to the country being criticized by villains and throwing dirty water on him, so they stand up to seek justice for the Hou Mansion. I, the Ming Dynasty, must not let some villains cause trouble. The hero is heartbroken."
The righteous words spoken by Ling Ran from Sun Hai's mouth immediately made the people watching become angry.
It's just that most of the people are cursing the Jinghaihou Mansion for being rich and unkind.
Hearing the curses of the people, Sun Hai remained unmoved.
He looked directly at Zhao Ming: "Master Fu, there is no provision in the laws of Ming Dynasty that prohibits redressing the grievances of others."
Zhao Ming took a deep breath, suppressed his impatience and asked, "What grievances does the Marquis of Jinghai have?"
When the people outside the door heard that Zhao Ming actually accepted Sun Hai's case, their eyes widened.
Many people's eyes showed eagerness to try, and they seemed to have an urge to beat the news drum immediately.
Seeing this, Zhao Ming's face turned a little darker.
Sun Hai presented a document and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, this is the document sent by the government to the Marquis of Jinghai. It records in detail the injustice suffered by the Marquis. Please be aware that these rumors have ulterior motives." The villain fabricated facts to slander my Lord Marquis."
The document issued by Ying Tianfu Yamen returned to Zhao Ming's hands intact, and Zhao Ming suddenly felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a dead fly.
Sun Hai continued: "Your Excellency, please restore the innocence of the Hou Mansion and severely punish those who spread rumors."
"Whether it is a rumor or not, I will find out if it is true. If Marquis Jinghai is really unjust, the laws of the Ming Dynasty will naturally not let anyone spread rumors and cause trouble."
As soon as Zhao Ming finished speaking, the people sent by Guangping Houfu and Fuyang Houfu to watch the joke showed mocking looks on their faces.
The Marquis of Jinghai and the Marquis of Fuyang suffered the same fate at the beginning, but in the end the two princes did nothing. On the contrary, the Marquis of Jinghai, who revealed the crimes, was pushed to the forefront.
These words from the government can only fool those people who have little power.
If they guessed correctly, the next step would be for Yingtianfu Yamen to send out officials to find out the true status of these rumors, and finally put them to rest.
Just as the two were waiting to watch the show, Sun Hai suddenly said: "Sir, the Hou Mansion has found out the truth about this matter with the help of the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division. The person who spread the rumors and caused trouble has been arrested. He is in Mingtang at this moment." Waiting for your lord’s review and decision.”
"What?"
Zhao Ming exclaimed, and the expressions of the two government officials also changed drastically.
"You mean that the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division has caught the person who spread rumors and caused trouble?"
Zhao Ming's face was gloomy and he was cursing in his heart. This was not in the script Chen Kan gave him. Did Chen Kan really want to put the other two consorts to death?
Didn't we agree that we should just clear the Hou Mansion's name?
At this moment, a scribe who looked like a master hurriedly walked into the house and whispered softly in Zhao Ming's ear: "Sir, the matter of building materials for the military academy has been settled. The HSBC account under the second wife's natal brother's name has full authority to provide the entire Supply of Materials to the College.”
After hearing the message from his master, Zhao Ming suddenly felt blessed. He looked at Sun Hai and said, "Since the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division has arrested the person, let's announce to the palace whether these things about the Jinghai Marquis Mansion are rumors or true. As for the matter, I can’t just listen to your words.”
Sun Hai cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please be clear about this. Please restore my House's innocence."
While the two were talking, several captains from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division also brought a series of gray-faced suspects to the court.
"Kneel down!"
A captain of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division kicked the leading suspect in the leg, and a group of suspects knelt down in front of Zhao Ming in an instant.
These suspects have been concocted by the Wucheng Military and Horse Division, and each of them has already revealed the names of their eighteenth generation ancestors. At this moment, each of them is as sick as an eggplant beaten by frost.
Sun Hai pointed at the man in the lead and said: "Sir, the rumor that the Marquis of Jinghai raped the girls came from this person. As we all know, the Marquis of Jinghai and His Royal Highness Princess Chang Ning have a very close relationship with each other, and there are even drummers in the mansion. If you don’t even raise women, how can you talk about robbing women of the people?”
Zhao Ming frowned slightly, looked at the man and asked, "What's your name? Were you the one who spread the news about Jinghai Marquis raping civilian girls?"
The leader's face turned pale, and he bowed his head and said, "My lord, this villain Xu San, I know that I have committed a serious sin by slandering an important minister of my country, and I just want to die quickly."
As soon as these words came out, there was an explosion outside the door.
The people started talking one after another.
"Xu San, isn't he in charge of the Fuyang Hou Mansion?"
"Could it be that Marquis Jinghai was really wronged?"
"It's already obvious that Marquis Fuyang ordered someone to frame Marquis Jinghai."
"I heard that when Marquis Jinghai was in a coma, Marquis Fuyang ordered Her Royal Highness the Princess to come and seize Marquis Jinghai's family property. I don't know if it's true or not?"
"It's true. I testify that my third uncle's nephew's brother-in-law is working in Jinghaihou's house..."
"So, Marquis Jinghai was wrongly accused?"
After Xu San finished speaking, he knelt in the court without saying a word, his eyes lifeless.
His words that he only wanted a quick death were definitely coming from the bottom of his heart. The torture of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division was really not something that anyone could withstand, it was too terrifying.
When the stewards of the two governments who came to see the joke heard this, their eyes darkened, and great fear instantly arose in their hearts.
what happened?
Haven't these people been sent out of the capital by the Marquis to hide from the limelight a long time ago? How could they fall into the hands of the Wucheng Army and Horses Division?
Immediately afterwards, Sun Hai pointed to the second person: "This person spread rumors that the Marquis of Jinghai's Mansion was occupying people's land. In order to force the people to sell their land to the Marquis' Mansion at a low price, he did not hesitate to use the power of the Marquis' Mansion to put pressure on the Jiangning County Government, resulting in The people were wronged.”
The people outside the door became quiet, thinking that this couldn't be false, right?
But the next moment, Sun Hai took out the land deed document and the certificate issued by the government from his arms: "Sir, this is the transaction document issued by Jiangning County Government. The land purchased by the Marquis Mansion is legal and compliant, and there is no attempt to usurp people's land." If you are suspicious, please tell me."
The people's eyes widened, trying hard to see clearly what was written in the document.
Seeing this, Sun Hai simply held the document in front of his chest so that the people could see it clearly.
"Really, it's true."
"Official documents cannot be faked, and the price of paddy fields outside the city is no problem."
"I testify that I sold part of the paddy fields outside the city to the Hou Mansion. The price given by the Hou Mansion was fair. Not only was it not bullying others, but the price was 30% higher than the market price."
Zhao Ming was startled: "What evidence do you have that the Marquis of Jinghai's Mansion occupied people's fields?"
The man suddenly fell down in front of Zhao Ming and said with a cry: "Sir, it was the steward of the Guangping Marquis Mansion who gave the villain thirty pieces of silver to slander the Jinghai Marquis Mansion. The villain is just a rogue. I don’t have the guts to refuse the threat from the Guangping Marquis Mansion, so why should I ask the master to make the decision for the villain?”
"Wow~"
The people exploded again, and another rumor was proven to be false.
The common people looked at the two government officials in the hall, and their eyes suddenly became fierce.
There is no need to re-examine what happened next. The suspects one after another admitted the fact that they poured dirty water on Jinghai Marquis Chen Kan.
Some of them are servants of the Guangping Marquis and Fuyang Marquis Mansion, and some are scoundrels who have received the benefits of the two Marquis Mansion.
After listening to the interrogation process, the people were stunned.
On the one hand, many of them also cursed the Jinghaihou Mansion after hearing the rumors. On the other hand, they never expected that the two brothers-in-law would be so vicious.
He actually used such despicable methods to persecute his sister-in-law and brother-in-law.
"Bah, beast, something worse than a pig or a dog."
"I didn't expect the high-ranking Marquis Guangping and Marquis Fuyang to be such people. Unfortunately, I thought they were being desired just a few days ago."
"It's so shameless, so shameless."
After hearing the people's one-sided remarks, the two stewards who had come to watch the joke suddenly weakened and fell to the ground.
Zhao Ming's eyebrows twitched for a while, and finally he was stunned and announced the trial of the rumor mongers.
The laws of the Ming Dynasty stipulate that those who spread rumors will migrate thousands of miles.
And it was this sentence about traveling thousands of miles that immediately made the suspects in the hall shed tears of excitement.
Migration is good.
It's better than the prison in Wucheng Bingma Division.
They thought they would die, so when they confessed, they just wanted to die quickly. If they died, they would not have to continue to suffer the torture of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division. Now not only would they not have to die, but they would also be able to stay away from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division.
Buddha bless.
The results of the trial quickly spread throughout the capital, and Yingtian's Yamen quickly posted a notice with the results outside the door.
In response to the investigation of the rumors in the Hou Mansion, there were only four big words on the notice in the government office: "No solid evidence found."
This result was naturally transmitted to the two princes' mansions. Yuan Rong and Li Rang, who were still waiting to see the joke, were immediately confused when they learned that things had turned around.
He quickly sent someone to clarify that the rumors spread against the Jinghai Marquis Mansion were done by servants in private and had nothing to do with them.
It's a pity that now the people in the capital have begun to grow brains.
Not only did he not believe what they had clarified, but he was extremely contemptuous of it.
In addition, the results of the trials for the two princes' mansions in the past few days were also posted by the government office.
Compared with the investigation of the Jinghai Marquis Mansion, there is no solid evidence. The rumors against the two Marquis Mansion can be said to have both human and material evidence, and there are also many victims.
No matter how much Yuan Rong and Li Rang deny it, they can't resist the curse of the people in the capital.
At the same time, the news about the severing of relations between the nobles of the capital and the two princes' mansions finally reached their ears.
This time, the two of them were completely panicked.
If their reputation was ruined, they could slowly make up for it, but the fact that they were isolated by all the nobles really made them panic.
at this time--
Jinghaihou Mansion, which had been closed to guests for many days, finally opened its doors and began to welcome guests from all over.
The nobles unanimously found Zhang Xin, hoping that he would come forward to discuss with Chen Kan about resuming the production of perfume and soap.
Therefore, Zhang Xin came to Jinghaihou Mansion with the high expectations of all the nobles.
Of course, he didn't come empty-handed, he also brought a large number of gifts from nobles, enough for a motorcade.
Although it is not as valuable as Zhu Di's reward, the scale is very bluffing.
Chen Kan met Zhang Xin in the main hall.
The moment he saw Chen Kan, Zhang Xin asked straight to the point: "Marquis Mansion, I wonder when the supply of perfume and soap will return to normal."
Chen Kan pulled out a stool and sat down opposite Zhang Xin, smiling and saying: "Don't worry, production will naturally resume after the flaws in the production process are resolved."
Zhang Xin smiled bitterly and said: "How can we not be in a hurry? Everyone is waiting for the rice to be cooked. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality."
"If you agree to two conditions, I will get the workshop started immediately."
Chen Kan stretched out two fingers and looked at Zhang Xin with a smile.
Zhang Xin twitched his lips: "I don't know the Marquis' conditions?"
"First, each family has a clear relationship with the Guangping Marquis Mansion and the Fuyang Marquis Mansion. They are not allowed to cooperate, marry, or support them in the court."
Chen Kan said his first condition with a smile.
Zhang Xin just thought for a moment and nodded.
They had already decided to abandon Yuan Rong and Li Rang, so it was not difficult to make this decision.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Kan put forward a second condition: "Second, no matter what new things I come up with, all channels must support me unconditionally."
"this......"
Zhang Xin was a little hesitant. The nobles had spent a lot of money to open the sales channels in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. If they were given to Chen Kan for nothing, wouldn't it be an act of embarrassment?
Moreover, after this incident, Xungui also deeply understood the disadvantages of cooperating with Chen Kan.
If they don't agree with each other, they will get stuck directly.
If what Chen Kan comes up with squeezes the market they occupy, they will have to rely on Chen Kan's breath to survive in the future.
Chen Kan didn't rush him and quietly waited for Zhang Xin's choice.
He wants each company's sales channels, but he is just plain lazy.
Otherwise, with his methods, as long as he is willing to put in effort, even if the channels of all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty are controlled by nobles, Chen Kan is still sure to find a way out.
After a long while, Zhang Xin nodded: "I can promise you on my behalf, but others... you also know that there are several nobles among the nobles who do not eat the fireworks of the world."
Chen Kan nodded to express his understanding, and then said calmly: "If your channels are not used in vain, you will still get 20% of the profit."
"In this case, I can accept it for them."
Hearing that Chen Kan had offered up a 20% profit, Zhang Xin agreed without much thought.
It is indeed easy to get stuck by Chen Kan when working with him.
But without cooperation with Chen Kan, they wouldn't even have a chance to drink soup.
"In this case, please go back and tell everyone that perfume and soap will continue to be supplied from tomorrow."
