"This is not difficult to guess." Lai Junchen smiled and said, "Especially when I brought someone to seize your Zheng family's warehouse, the gold, silver and jewelry should be prepared for me, right?"

"That's right." said the head of the Zheng family: "It seems that the adults are not lucky enough to enjoy it now. After all, they have been moved away by the Ministry of Revenue."

Lai Junchen smiled.

"Since I have guessed it, I naturally know what to do. Before I went to the Zheng family to arrest people, I already thought about what your Zheng family wanted to do. Although I am poor, I am not responsible for everything, but I do everything. The money of your Zheng family is even more of a hot potato for me. Why should I take it?"

"How can I explain this?" asked the head of the Zheng family.

"Mr. Zheng is confused. Let's take a look at the situation of your Zheng family. Everyone in Chang'an City knows that whoever gets involved with the Zheng family now will be in trouble. People who are close to the Zheng family on weekdays still think about the Zheng family? Did they show up when Mr. Zheng goes to ask for help?"

In this world, human relationships are like drinking water, and you will know the cold and warmth.

"They know what Lord Zheng wants to do, and I naturally know it. I am the same as them, and I don't want to get involved with your Zheng family. I am a minor official in Chang'an City. After so many years of hard work, I finally made a comeback. How could I ruin my great future because of your Zheng family?" Lai Junchen said.

"As long as the master is willing to show mercy, this matter is not without room for return." said the head of the Zheng family.

"There is room for returning to the world?" Lai Junchen showed a sarcastic smile on his face: "How to return to the world? Lord Zheng wouldn't not know what the Wang family ended, right? Isn't your Zheng family doing the same thing as the Wang family? Why does Lord Zheng think that the Zheng family's fate will be better than the Wang family?"

"The Wang family was caught off guard by the court." The head of the Zheng family said: "But the Zheng family is different. The Zheng family has enough time to prepare. The Zheng family also has the conditions for negotiation with the court. Is it true that the reason why the aristocratic family is aristocratic family is just because there are many people in the aristocratic family and there are many officials?"

Before Lai Junchen became a rich man, he was just a rogue in the market. He came from a gambler family and had seen some worlds, but he had never seen a big world. He only knew about aristocratic families when he was an official.

What Lai Junchen knew was just the skin of the aristocratic family.

If a noble family is just because there are many officials in the family, it will not be able to support a family. The aristocratic family is so big that it is complicated.

When Lai Junchen heard these words from the head of the Zheng family, he felt a little panicked, but then he thought that the Zheng family had already reached such a point, what other negotiation conditions could he have? Isn’t the current situation just what His Majesty acquiesced?

Thinking of this, Lai Junchen's heart was a little calmer and a smile appeared on his face.

"It seems that Lord Zheng still doesn't give up until now."

"If you give up, your life will be gone." The head of the Zheng family said, "I want to see Your Majesty."

When Lai Junchen heard this, he frowned and had not relieved for a long time.

"Mr. Zheng had so much time earlier, why didn't he see him? He had to wait until today?" Lai Junchen asked, "And no matter what Lord Zheng said, I will tell me that I will definitely pass the words of Lord Zheng to His Majesty word without any effort, so Master Zheng doesn't have to spend this effort, right?"

"Tell you?" The head of the Zheng family chuckled and said, "I'm afraid that you, a little censor, will not be qualified."

This was a bare mockery, and the smile on Lai Junchen's face froze and gradually disappeared.

"Then, let's take a look. I will tell Your Majesty what you say today. I will not be this villain. Then, we will see what the result is. I will wait and see." Lai Junchen said coldly.

He also felt that the affairs of the aristocratic families would not be so simple, and what the head of the Zheng family said was probably a bit true or false. As for the fact that it was true or false, it would be clear in the future. Anyway, the people of the Zheng family had already fallen into his hands, and are they still afraid that they would not be able to pry out anything from them? Now there is no hurry to torture them, Lai Junchen is just worried about the affairs of the Baiqisi. At least in the front and when doing things, he has to worry about his own feathers. It doesn't matter in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of His Majesty, he must be an image of a capable minister with means and ability.

Lai Junchen left the cell and walked on the road. After thinking about it, he decided to go to the palace.

Lai Junchen is still very serious in his work at this moment.

He has never run into the palace as hard as he is now.

On the Zhuangzi, Xuan Shijing was in the Academy of Literature, and he was called by His Majesty Li Er.

"You know what the Zheng family is doing?" His Majesty Li Er asked.

Although others are in the academy now, His Majesty Li Er still knows the news outside.

"My son knows it." Xuan Shijing said.

"As for the current status of the Xuan family, we should know that the reason why the aristocratic family has stood for thousands of years is not just because there are many officials. Therefore, what do you think about the affairs of the Zheng family?" His Majesty Li Er asked.

The aristocratic families have been passed down from a hundred years ago or even a thousand years ago to the present. If they rely solely on being officials, they would not be so afraid of the court. What is important? What is important is that the resources they have in their hands are not just talents, books, or even minerals, and in the war-torn times, when the court did not do anything, they mastered salt and iron.

Salt, something that people cannot lack if they want to survive.

Iron, something indispensable to the army if it wants to develop.

Having these two things is equivalent to grasping the lifeblood.

Most of the aristocratic families had these things in their hands. From the end of the Sui Dynasty to the Zhenguan period, the court did not have special salt taxes, but only collected municipal taxes. In other words, merchants could sell salt and the court collected taxes. The advantage of this is that it would be very convenient for the people to use salt. If the court collected the whole of salt and issued a salt order, although it was beneficial to the national treasury and could increase the income of the court, it was not conducive to promotion and the people. This was considered during the Wude and Zhenguan periods of the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty. It wanted to benefit the people, so it has continued to this point.

And how could a noble family turn a blind eye to such a fat piece?

Therefore, many aristocratic families will interfere in these businesses because they do not have to worry about sales.

Today, His Majesty Li Er called Xuan Shijing over because the Zheng family had such an industry.
Chapter completed!