Guo Rong remained silent this time.

The family was dumbfounded now. They looked at the young man sitting there, and never thought that he would also beat Guo Daguan.

Guo Daguan is a powerful figure in Xiangyang City!

Zhao Ning said: "Are you from Guo Daguan?"

Guo Rong shook his head and nodded.

Zhao Ning's eyes fell back on Guo Chang and asked: "You said before that you knew Magistrate Zhou and Magistrate Zhou also knew you. Is that true?"

Guo Chang nodded quickly.

"You said that among the money you borrowed, there was money from Prefect Zhou. Is it true?"

Guo Chang continued to nod.

Zhou Jiande did not dare to say a word, and neither did other civilian officials.

"You said that Guo Daguan asked you to borrow money at three times the interest, and Prefect Zhou's money was also included. Was Prefect Zhou also involved in this loan?"

Guo Chang continued to nod.

"How dare you slander me!" Zhou Jiande was furious, "You..."

Zhao Ning interrupted him: "Prefect Zhou doesn't want to reason with me either?

"I don't believe you dare to hit even the imperial officials..."

Before he finished speaking, Jing Chao had already walked up to him and slapped him, causing him to stagger and fall to the ground.

The surrounding civil servants did not dare to approach, but stayed aside shivering.

Zhou Jiande got up, covered his face, sat back down, lowered his head and said nothing.

Zhao Ning continued to ask: "Prefect Zhou knew about triple interest and participated in the loan, so where did the food sold to the people come from?"

silence.

"Forgot again?"

Guo Chang hesitated and said: "I don't know, this little guy has arranged it all."

Zhao Ning's eyes shifted to Guo Rong.

Guo Rong said: "It was arranged by Prefect Zhou, I don't know."

"You don't know?" Zhao Ning sneered, "Is Guo Jun yours?"

"yes."

"He told me personally that the food sold to the common people belongs to you, Guo Daguan."

Guo Rong said: "It's the food for the promotion of Changping Division."

"Is it the grain you sold to Tiji Changping Division?"

Guo Rong hesitated for a moment and said: "In the lean season, the people have no food to eat, and the government's granaries don't have much food. Although I am not an official, I still have a sincere heart. When the government needs it, I can still sell some...

…”

Zhao Ning didn't have the patience to listen to his high-sounding lies. He asked directly: "Does the envoy of Chang Ping know about this?"

"Um?"

"I'm asking, did you know that you sold the grain to Chang Ping?"

"Know...know..."

"How much do you sell them for a stone?"

"Always five qian per stone..."

"How many?"

"There is a shortage of food, and this is the price..."

Zhao Ning's eyes were fixed on Guo Rong's. Guo Rong shuddered and quickly changed his words: "Sell it for five yuan per stone."

"Sell it to Tiji Changpingsi for five qian per stone, and then sell it to farmers for two guan per stone. This is a three-fold profit! This business is really well done!" Zhao Ning said with emotion, "Prefect Zhou, you

What do you say?"

"I...I don't know!"

"Do you have any money?"

"My officer...my officer..."

Zhao Ning said: "I'm asking you very politely, do you have any money? Don't you want to reason with me again?"

"I split a little."

Zhao Ning asked Guo Rongdao again: "You are responsible for managing the money of Prefect Zhou?"

"Yes Yes……"

"Who else is involved?"

Guo Rong hesitated: "This..."

Zhao Ning continued: "Did Li Zhaoyan pay for it?"

Zhou Jiande was shocked.

He looked at Zhao Ning with some surprise.

Li Zhaoyan is the transfer envoy of South Beijing Road.

The Jinglu Shuai Department of Jingnan Road is in Dengzhou, but the Transportation Department, Tiju Changping Department and Tidian Penal and Prison Department are all in Xiangyang Prefecture.

On Jingnan Road in the Northern Song Dynasty, Dengzhou was the military center and Xiangyang was the economic center.

It was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that the territory of the Song Dynasty shrank, and Xiangyang's strategic location became prominent and it became a powerful frontier city.

Zhao Ning called Li Zhaoyan by his first name, and the calm and condescending tone in his tone immediately made Zhou Jiande aware of Zhao Ning's unusual identity.

Moreover, most people don’t even know the name of the transporter.

This is also a normal thing. Not to mention this era, even in the 21st century, an era of advanced information, many people do not know the names of senior officials in the province without searching online.

He originally thought it was just a simple rebel.

After all, for more than a hundred years during the Song Dynasty, there would be waves of rebels among the people from time to time.

But now, Zhou Jiande suddenly realized.

These people were most likely sent by the imperial court.

Could it be from Su Provincial Academy?

I heard that the Suzhou Provincial Council is busy with the Seventh New Deal in the North, and is working with the Audit Institute to check past accounts everywhere in the north.

I didn’t hear anyone from above say that someone from the Su Provincial Academy came down!

"Did Li Zhaoyan split the money?" Zhao Ning repeated it again.

Guo Rong said: "I don't know, I only have money from some officials in the prefect's Yamen."

It seems that many officials in the prefect's Yamen are involved in this loan sharking.

That’s right!

With power in hand and such a good opportunity, it is natural to blatantly make money!

Zhao Ning's eyes fell on Zhou Jiande: "Does Li Zhaoyan have any money?"

"My lord...I don't know."

"Are you sure you don't know?"

"I……"

"last chance."

"I really do not know."

Zhao Ning said: "Go, go and call the envoys of Changping and the transfer envoys. Let's explain this matter clearly and clearly today to see who invested money and borrowed money here."

With triple interest, relying on heaven and earth, blackmailing the people!"

When Zhou Jiande heard this, he felt relieved.

If Li Zhaoyan had come, the situation might have eased a lot.

He thought carefully again, private triple loans were everywhere. Strictly speaking, this matter did violate the court rules, but if we really wanted to investigate it strictly, let alone Xiangyang Prefecture, there were very few innocent people on the entire Jingnan Road.

.

He didn't believe that these people dared to overturn Jingnan Road.

Zhou Jiande did not intend to say any more, and would wait until Li Zhaoyan, the transfer envoy, and Zhou Hong, the envoy to Changping, arrived.

At this time, the Yamen of the Transportation Department also received news that a group of people broke into Xiangyang City.
To be continued...