"If something is missing, replace it with something good."
Face!
The dignity of a scholar!
Is this what your prime minister has achieved?
Your salt is more expensive than pork, so that's okay. Seeing that you are a very powerful minister, you still resort to such despicable methods.
I also think about the few pitiful coins in the hands of poor people.
The situation of being the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty!
There is really no comparison between people and people. Compared with Zhang Juzheng, who is dedicated to serving the public, this Zhang Siwei is really not worthy of the spotlight.
If this guy becomes the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty...
Is that okay?
Shen Lie shook his head.
With endless ridicule.
Shen Lie patted Li Huai's swollen face again, pretending to be confused: "I have a bad memory, which yamen is in charge of this matter?"
aside.
Tian Hong said hurriedly: "It naturally falls under the control of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division. Our Ming Dynasty moved the capital from the Yongle Dynasty to Yanjing, so we divided the Five Cities Military and Horse Division."
"At that time, Lord Yongle ordered the military and horse command department in Beijing to also be in charge of the city department. Once every three days, he would inspect the streets, weigh buckets, weigh rulers, and check the names of the charlatans and their prices."
Tian Hong grinned and said sarcastically: "How dare the Wucheng Army and Horses Division take care of these things now? The Wucheng Army and Horses Division is under the control of the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War..."
He didn't say the rest of the sentence.
Shen Lie understands.
How dare the Ministry of War take charge of the shop owned by the acting chief minister of the cabinet?
Upon hearing this.
Shen Lie nodded and asked, "Can our factory guards take care of it?"
Tian Hong immediately said: "Yes!"
Said.
Tian Hong had a look of pride on his face. In this three-thirds of an acre of land in the capital, what is there that our factory guard cannot do?
So capable.
Shen Lie felt relieved and said with a smile, "That's good."
"Since it is within the scope of my authority to arrest the person, I will feel confident when I go back to fight the imperial court case with Mr. Zhang Ge, right?"
A group of subordinates hurriedly echoed: "Your Excellency is wise."
While walking towards the outside of Puzhou Salt Shop.
Shen Lie then asked again: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, what is the crime of substituting a good thing for something that is short of a good thing?"
Tian Hong seemed to have been prepared. He immediately took out a book of Ming Dynasty Rules from his pocket, dipped his fingers in his saliva and started reading while shaking his head and chanting.
"Here it is!"
"According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, anyone who privately manufactures dendrobium and uses it in the market, and who uses it in the market, and who cheats on the dendrobium by fighting, weighing, or ruler, will be punished with a sixty stick, and the craftsman will be guilty of the same crime."
"Anyone who sells pork, mutton, water, rice, wheat, etc. mixed with sand and soil will be punished with an eighty stick and his property confiscated compared to those who sell official salt mixed with sand and soil by merchants."
Shen Lie was slightly stunned and asked: "Such a serious crime?"
He still couldn't believe it.
He took the Ming Law from Tian Hong's hand and looked at it carefully. It was written in black and white. It was such a severe criminal law.
It turns out that in this day and age, if you sell counterfeit goods, you will not only have your property confiscated, but you will also have to have your goods broken. This reminded Shen Lie of Singapore in later generations.
Anyone who spits in the street will be caned.
There are different approaches but the same effect.
"Okay!"
Holding this Great Law of the Ming Dynasty in his arms, Shen Lie felt even more confident.
Let’s do the math.
Shen Lie looked at Li Huai, who had a bruised nose and face, and muttered: "If you are done with it, you will be punished for both crimes...it adds up to one hundred and forty boards."
Is there anyone in this world who can endure one hundred and forty boards?
Of course not.
Isn’t this just beating to death with a stick?
aside.
Li Huai, who had been beaten and put on the wooden shackles, was so angry that he tilted his neck and fainted, and then the murderous Fanzi dragged him away like a dog to death.
"have a look!"
Shen Lie looked to his left and right and smiled: "This Great Ming Law is too scary."
It scared people to the point of fainting!
"Who made up the Ming Dynasty Law?"
Shen Lie frowned and admired in his heart.
So good!
There was laughter from left and right.
"Of course it was made up by our Great Ming Dynasty Grandfather."
Shen Lie nodded, feeling even more disdainful of Confucianism in his heart. Is it useful to elevate Confucianism so high? Can Confucianism govern a country? If Confucianism can govern a country, what else does the Ming Dynasty need?
This is clearly legalist governance.
Turn around.
Shen Lie looked at the black and gilded plaque of the Puzhou Salt Store and squeezed out one word from between his teeth: "Seal!"
And all the followers under his command suddenly agreed.
At this time, people, pedestrians, and merchants gathered on the long street, pointing and discussing from a distance, watching as a seal from Dongchang was slapped on the door of Puzhou Salt Store.
Everyone knows that something big is going to happen in this capital!
Shen Lie, with his hands behind his back, walked through the old and mottled streets, pondering about ways to deal with these profiteers and the newly added functions of factory guards.
Fire protection, industry and commerce, price bureau...
As long as these tricks are used, any profiteer will be sure to obey. Shen Lie even thought about taking over the functions of the tax bureau.
This matter is really not his random imagination. In order to enrich the treasury and the emperor's internal funds, many of the tax inspectors of the Ming Dynasty were eunuchs sent out by the inner court.
In these years, except for the factory guards and the eunuchs of the inner court.
The powerful people in the Ming Dynasty are really rotten!
As the factory guards continued to move forward, the Puzhou Salt Stores were seized, and various rumors spread in the streets.
The next day.
morning.
Great court meeting.
As the etiquette officer sang loudly: "Sometimes you play early, and if you have nothing to do, you will leave the court."
But all the officials looked at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses.
Waiting for something.
As Shen Lie, who was attending court for the second time, came out of the office, he loudly said: "I have the original performance!"
Look straight ahead.
Zhang Siwei has a tall and thin figure like a clay Bodhisattva.
Shen Lie said quietly: "I impeach Zhang Siwei for indulging in domestic slaves, taking bribes and perverting the law, and substituting inferior products for good ones..."
The words fell.
As the officials all showed signs of astonishment, some were really astonished, while others were pretending to be surprised.
Immediately afterwards.
The first one.
The emperor on the dragon throne pretended to be angry and said: "Don't talk nonsense. You, a small person with a thousand households and a commander, dare to impeach the chief minister of the dynasty."
"absurd!"
The emperor first spoke fiercely and scolded his closest confidants.
surrounding.
All Jin Party officials agreed and scolded Shen Lie.
then.
When the scolding stopped, the emperor spoke again and said quietly: "Shen Lie, since you are making arrogant remarks, it is certainly not unreasonable. Do you have any real evidence?"
This was what Shen Lie was waiting for.
Immediately, he waved to Tian Hong, who was waiting to be summoned not far away. Tian Hong and others, together with the imperial guards, carried up the weighing beams and salt bags that had been seized from the Puzhou Salt Store.
Evidence was presented.
However, Shen Lie read out the impeachment memorial: "Your Majesty, in the first year of Hongxi, the first year of Zhengtai, the second year of Jingtai, the fifth year of Chenghua, the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing, etc., the imperial court issued decrees on the verification of weights and measures. Preparation and calibration of standards.”
"According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, all weights and measures should be carefully calibrated and promulgated, and they should be suspended in the market. Anyone who does not measure them will be punished."
"The hammer must not move, the pole must be upright, and the measurements must be even. Everyone in the world wants to be cheap, and it is up to you to make things easy. To make a living in the shop, just one entry and exit, and a good reputation will start from now on. The importance is in the eye, and the balance is in the hand. There must be no deviation by even an inch.”
