Chapter 194: Playing with Monkeys in a Golden Belt
"Bring it here, I will ask you in person, so everyone can rest assured."
The sneer at the corner of Jia Lian's mouth made all the people with evil intentions feel uneasy, like a thorn in their backs.
In the greenhouse set up in the front yard of the huge hall, there was a sudden silence.
I could only hear the sound of wind in the distance and the sound of pines nearby, which was scary.
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There was a sound of footsteps, and Li'er moved cleanly and dragged in a half-paralyzed woman.
The woman was clean all over, even the fine pleated white silk skirt tied around her waist was spotless, but the lower half of her body was as limp as mud, with a huge hemp walnut stuck in her mouth, and her red and swollen eyes were scattered.
God is none other than Mo Xiang, the maid of Lin Ruhai’s family.
Li'er knelt down and said to Jia Lian:
"Second Master Lian, bring Mo Xiang.
She just confessed that the person who instigated her was the salt merchant Jiang Chunsheng. Since it was related to the purchase of salt by Lianghuai salt merchants, she was asked to mix porcelain powder into Mr. Lin's food every day, with the intention of killing Mr. Lin and silencing him." Jia Lian asked with a stern face:
"Why are you still gagged? How can you ask questions like this?"
"Back to the Second Master, she won't tell the truth without resorting to any means. If we let go now, I'm afraid she will bite her tongue and commit suicide to avoid pain."
"Bite your tongue and kill yourself? It's not that cheap.
Use whatever means you need, without any scruples."
Everyone was frightened when they heard that this gentle and handsome young man who was chatting and laughing just now was so cold-hearted.
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"You want to harm me? Jiang...Jiang Chunsheng! How do you explain this matter?"
Lin Ruhai's face turned pale and she stared at Jiang Chunsheng.
Jiang Chunsheng also turned pale and knelt on the ground:
"Lord Lin, it is clear to you that this woman has no basis and evidence, and she is biting and falsely accusing the villain. But even if the villain jumps into the Yellow River, she will not be able to clean herself up!
Everyone understands the principle of killing someone to pay for life, not to mention that the Lord is an official of the imperial court. The villain would not dare to do such things to harm the Lord even if he is killed."
When Zhen Huan saw that Jia Lian was serious, he was afraid that Jiang Chunsheng couldn't stand it, so he said in an official tone:
"Oh, as the saying goes: 'One bite from a thief will penetrate three to one's bones.'
Just relying on this woman's red mouth and white teeth to bite her at will will inevitably lead to an unjust case.
Mr. Jia is now the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture. When deciding a case, you can't just listen to one side of the story, right?"
When Jiang Chunsheng heard this, he immediately understood that Lord Zhen was trying to help him fight to the death and refused to admit it, so he immediately climbed up and spoke with certainty:
"As a warning from the sky, this villain does not recognize this woman, and he has no enmity or enmity with Mr. Lin. He will definitely not do such a thing that is harmful to nature."
When Jia Lian saw the two of them joining forces and fighting with him in the ring, Jia Lian gritted his teeth and smiled coldly:
"No grievances or grudges against Mr. Lin? Maybe it's true.
But in order to cover up the big hole in the "advance payment of salt" and conceal the more than 10.9 million taels of silver, there is no hatred but also hatred.
I don’t hide it, I tell you clearly that this is money owed to the treasury, and you have to make up for it no matter what you say. This is the purpose of my coming here.”
When Jiang Chunsheng heard that Jia Lian even explained the specific amount of money, she knew that he had come prepared, so she didn't dare to take action for a while and froze there.
Zhen Huan saw that Jia Lian had already tried to expose him and opened the lid in public, so he had no choice but to risk it. He simply gritted his teeth and decided to carry out the Supreme Emperor to suppress Jia Lian.
After all, most of the money was given to the Supreme Emperor, and Zhen Huan was not the only one who was greedy.
So Zhen Huan smiled darkly and said:
"The Supreme Emperor and his elders know very well about the 'advance payment of salt'. This is an official matter for the country and the people, and there is no personal relationship.
The destination of all this money is in the mind of the Supreme Emperor.
Mr. Lin and Mr. Jia, if you don’t believe it, you might as well go to the Supreme Emperor himself and ask for advice, isn’t it?
As for what Lord Jia said about ‘making up for the money owed to the state treasury’, I don’t understand. Does the Emperor know what the Supreme Emperor knows?
All the taxes that should be levied have been collected. If additional taxes are raised for no reason now, these tens of thousands of salt merchants and salt households, totaling hundreds of thousands of people, cannot afford to start a civil uprising.
It’s such a big deal, Mr. Jia must not let down the Supreme Emperor and His love for the people as his own son.”
These words severely blocked Jia Lian and Lin Ruhai.
Zhen Huan gritted his teeth and smiled, his kind face looking ferocious.
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Jia Lian stood up with a gloomy face and walked step by step to Zhen Huan.
Zhen Huan stared hard at Jia Lian, who was approaching step by step, and felt an invisible pressure coming towards him step by step. He suppressed the trembling in his heart, held on for breath, and refused to give in. p>
Jia Lian stared at him coldly for a while, then said calmly:
"Today I specially entertained guests in front of these eighteen hells. I chose the word 'sincerity' from 'sincerity'.
If you don't feel guilty to the gods on the inside and the court on the outside, you can tell the sky above and the people below.
The salt tax is taken from the people and used for the people, and there should never be any selfish intentions in it.
Regardless of whether you are the Supreme Emperor or the Emperor, your family and country are one, sharing weal and woe, your father is kind and your son is filial, and you are a model for the world.
The emperor and the supreme emperor naturally know about the court's taxes, but the tax money must also go into the national treasury and cannot go into internal funds. There is no selfish intention in this.
But when we arrived at Mr. Zhen’s place, the person on the left said, “The Supreme Emperor knows everything”, and the one on the right said, “The destination of the money is all in the mind of the Supreme Emperor.” Is it possible that this means that the Supreme Emperor has embezzled the country’s tax money for personal gain?” <
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These words not only cost Zhen Huan his life, but were also aimed at killing the Nine Tribes.
Zhen Huan was so frightened that his legs went weak and he sat down slumped:
"Don't dare...don't dare...don't dare..."
"Don't you dare? Lord Zhen has already dared." The cold light in Jia Lian's eyes shone brightly, "And in front of these dozens of crazy rich saltworms! They are either witnesses or accomplices."
This heart-wrenching sentence immediately made all the salt merchants look pale.
The timid one was so scared that he collapsed to the ground.
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Lin Ruhai secretly thought:
This kid Jia Lian is really eloquent! So resourceful!
Set traps without haste or haste, find the right opportunity without haste, speak little, speak meaningfully, speak in an orderly manner, speak with reason, and speak with emotion.
He works step by step and shows no mercy, forcing his opponent to die in the cage he has set.
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"Gudong"
Jiang Chunsheng knocked his head heavily on the ground:
"Master Jia! Second Master Lian!
If you want to catch or take them, the little ones will plead guilty and face the law.
It's just that the more than ten million taels of silver have already been handed over by you guys!"
The seven major salt merchants Wang Fu, Huang Taijun, Cheng Yimou, Shen Chu, Bao Daozhi, Hu Bing, and Lutong sitting next to him immediately knelt down and shouted:
"Yes, yes, all the tax money has been paid! One or two is a lot, sir, you are aware of this!"
Jia Lian smiled "hehe" and said to Zhen Huan:
"What they mean is that you, Mr. Zhen, took all the more than 10 million taels of silver by yourself?"
Zhen Huan has become limp and unable to move.
To say that all the tax money was collected, but they were all paid to the Supreme Emperor in private - is to slander the Supreme Emperor for embezzling the tax money.
He said that all the taxes and money were collected, but he did not give it to the Supreme Emperor in private - it was because he was greedy and took advantage of this huge sum of money, which cost him his family and his family.
The only way is to confiscate the tax money and force these salt merchants to use money to buy their lives again...
Zhen Huan shivered and stood up, trying hard to control his voice from trembling:
"We have to pay the tax back."
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"What! Master Zhen! You guys can't afford to pay so much money anyway!"
"Sir! This person died unjustly! We have paid the tax!"
"It's terrible! It really doesn't happen! You can't make it even if you lose all your money!"
The eight major salt merchants took the lead, and the other thirty merchants followed, shouting that they had no money. Zhen Huan was so anxious that he almost shed tears.