Li Maocai, Zhang Jinjin, Wang Gao and others were surprised and thought, isn't this the money borrowed by the Queen Mother? How come it was borrowed by Jia Chong?
Suddenly, a bad premonition came into their minds. Could it be that the court wanted to recover the money?
Zhang Chu did not hide anything and said directly: "Jia Chong secretly stole the imperial army's salary in order to repay the loan. This is a heinous crime. In the end, the army's salary is in your hands. Just hand it over and pay it back. If you dare not to pay it, you will be punished one by one."
None of them ended well."
Li Maocai, Zhang Jinjin, Wang Gao and others were horrified. They had also heard about the disappearance of Sichuan-Sichuan army salaries, but they did not expect that the money returned by Jia Chong came from military salaries, which would involve them.
If the money is small, it doesn't matter if they hand it over, but the difficulty is that this money is not small money. None of them has borrowed more than ten or two hundred thousand yuan. It is better for them to come up with such a large amount of money than to kill them.
Even more cruel.
Li Maocai gritted his teeth and said: "Jia Chong owes money and we collect the debt. What's wrong with this? Is it possible that we are breaking the law when we collect our own money?"
Zhang Jinjin also echoed: "That's the truth. It's natural to pay back debts. What's wrong with us?"
"Yes, yes, yes, the worst case scenario is to take the case to the Yamen. We have reason to argue. If we really violate the national law, then we plead guilty. The lawsuit has not been filed yet, how can you arrest people at will?" Wang Gao said.
"snort."
Zhang Chu snorted coldly, raised the corner of his mouth with a smile, and said: "A lawsuit? What kind of lawsuit will the Imperial City Division have with you? We can only beat people."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Chu shouted: "Beat us, beat us to death."
The soldiers from the Imperial City Division picked up their whips and rushed forward in a hurry. They whipped these people without paying any attention to their begging for mercy and wailing. The cell was filled with the sound of whipping and wailing, which made people panic.
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The next day, Funing Hall.
Zhao Yun was correcting the memorial, and the first thing he saw was the memorial of Cui Cheng, the Minister of Rites, impeaching Ma Zhi and Zhang Chu.
In the memorial, Cui Cheng severely accused Ma Zhi and Zhang Chu of abusing their power and arresting good businessmen, causing panic among the people and unstable commerce. He asked Zhao Yun to kill Ma Zhi and Zhang Chu to uphold the law of the country.
Zhao Yun smiled slightly and thought that Zhang Chu's actions were fast enough and he did a good job.
Zhao Yun gave the instructions, wrote "read" and put them aside.
Picking up another memorial, it was about impeaching Ma Zhi and Zhang Chu. Zhao Yun smiled and shook his head, easily annotated "read", and put it aside again.
Zhang Chu's arrest of businessmen caused a stir here, but Xia Gui's pursuit of debts over there did not go unnoticed either.
In Yang Shi's mansion, Xia Gui was sitting on a chair drinking tea. Yang Shi looked at the dozens of IOUs in front of him with a look of disbelief, and was so anxious that he was speechless.
"This, this, this,,, these are all forgeries. When did I ask the Queen Mother to borrow money?"
Faced with the forged IOU, Yang Shi directly denied it, picked up a pen, wrote down his name, and brought it to Xia Gui.
Yang Shi said: "Commander, look, although my signature and the signature above seem to be similar, they are still different upon closer inspection. If you don't believe it, you can also find my previous signatures and compare them."
Xia Gui didn't take it seriously and said, "Then the Queen Mother rewarded you with a lot of money. Is this true?"
The rewards given by the royal family to outsiders are grace. Grace cannot be used indiscriminately or abused, so records must be kept for inspection at any time. Regardless of whether the reward is a house or gold, silver, and copper coins, there are relevant written records, and you can know it at a glance.
These IOUs from Xia Gui were made based on the number of rewards, so Yang Shi would feel familiar with them when he saw the numbers.
Yang Shi was stunned for a moment, with a rather embarrassed look on his face. He hesitated for a long time and said, "The Queen Mother is my aunt. She takes great care of me and rewards me generously. This is true."
"Then just return all the money. It's not easy for the Queen Mother."
Xia Gui stood up and mysteriously warned: "I guess the Queen Mother is also encountering difficulties. The matter is not small, otherwise, I would not come to the door in person. As for you not paying back the money, you can figure it out yourself."
After saying that, Xia Gui strode away, leaving Yang Shisha there not knowing what to do.
Afterwards, Xia Gui went to the mansions of Yang Gu and Yang Cishan successively and told them that they had better return the money, otherwise, he didn't know what would happen in the future.
At the same time, Yang Shi, Yang Gu and Yang Cishan also heard that Li Maocai and others were arrested by the Imperial City Division, saying that it was because of the disappearance of Sichuan-Sichuan army pay. San Yang felt that something was fishy.
Zhang Chu has the final say in the Imperial City Department. Zhang Chu is from the official family. Today, Xia Gui just happened to come to ask for money with fake documents.
connect?
So Sanyang used his connections to inquire, and finally learned that Jia Chong was involved in the case of the disappearance of Sichuan and Sichuan army salaries. Now Sanyang couldn't sit still, for fear that he would also be implicated. They were all so frightened that they hurriedly entered the palace together and asked to see Yang.
Queen Mother.
When Empress Dowager Yang learned about San Yang's intention, she was extremely angry and ashamed. She shouted: "Don't pay attention to it. It's none of your business. You don't want to take a penny. The Ai family wants to see what he can do with Ai."
How about our family? If it weren't for the Ai family, he would still be running around in the countryside, and now he dares to blackmail the Ai family. How can it be unreasonable?"
Sanyang was surprised and hurriedly tried to comfort her, but Empress Dowager Yang was so angry that she could not listen. In the end, Sanyang left the palace uneasily.
But San Yang was okay, after all, Empress Dowager Yang was blocking them in front of them anyway, but as the person in charge of this matter, Jia Chong, he was scared to death.
Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that Zhao Yun will not give up until he recovers his military pay, but will Empress Dowager Yang fully defend him?
"Your Majesty, the officials are going to chase me to the end. What should I do?"
Jia Chong knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, with tears and runny nose running down his face, and cried to Empress Dowager Yang for help.
Empress Dowager Yang said angrily: "What are you afraid of? The Ai family is not dead yet, who dares to do anything to you?"
Jia Chong was a little relieved, and finally Empress Dowager Yang had not given up on her, and she still had hope of survival.
Funing Hall.
Zheng Qingzhi, Cheng Mi, and Zhu Zhu came to report to Zhao Yun. Zheng Qingzhi said: "Your Majesty, Shi Miyuan and his party have been convicted. The ministers are discussing and planning to rectify the law the day after tomorrow, but I don't know whether your Majesty wants to behead all of them or not."
Give him three feet of white silk, or poisonous wine?"
Zhao Yun thought for a while and said: "Behead."
Zhao Yun's words surprised Zheng Qingzhi, Cheng Bi and Zhu Zhu.
Zheng Qingzhi said: "Your Majesty, although Shi Miyuan and his party have committed serious crimes and their crimes are unpardonable, after all, they were once ministers of the court and scholar-bureaucrats. They must be left with some dignity."