Chapter 973 973 major case involving collaboration with the enemy and treason
The second- and third-rate families in Yanbei who were suppressed by the Qiu family reacted very quickly. After confirming that Ji Yunkai was not happy with the Qiu family, they quickly launched a full-scale sniper attack on the Qiu family...
First of all, many of them regretted the business deals they had negotiated with the Qiu family, and because the Qiu family has always acted carelessly, they considered themselves the boss in Yan Beitian, and they were the second oldest. No one dared to plot against them, and there was no such thing as a contract.
Even if the contract is broken, the Qiu family has no way to go to the government to sue.
Secondly, Qiu's shop's business has been experiencing problems one after another. Either the supply of goods is insufficient, or the supplier wants to increase the price, and will not supply the goods if the price does not increase.
After that, scandals about the Qiu family's married women and side branches continued to emerge. Although these incidents could not shake the foundation of the Qiu family, the continuous exposure of scandals about the Qiu family would greatly destroy the Qiu family's reputation in Yanbei.
Although the Qiu family has not had a good reputation in Yanbei in recent years, only the upper-class dignitaries know about these things, while the lower class have no idea at all. In their eyes, the Qiu family is still the first-class family that has stood in Yanbei for a hundred years.
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There were frequent problems with the Qiu family, and upon seeing this, the officials and businessmen below them all cut off their filial piety to the Qiu family.
Although they were not well-informed, they were not fools. Just seeing the incidents happening one after another in the Qiu family, they knew that the Qiu family was guilty of public outrage and was jointly suppressed.
In this case, even if the Qiu family is lucky and has the ability to escape this disaster, it will be difficult to recover in a short time. They and the Qiu family are mutually beneficial. They give the Qiu family benefits, and the Qiu family provides convenience for them. Now something happens to the Qiu family.
If we can't give them any convenience, they would be stupid if they still cling to the Qiu family tree.
The officials and businessmen below stopped paying tribute one after another, and the shops lost their income. The Qiu family's monthly income dropped by two-thirds.
When Aunt Qiu took the account book and reported the matter to Mrs. Qiu, Mrs. Qiu was furious on the spot, pounded the table and shouted: "Are the people below going to rebel? How can one person do anything? Tens of thousands of taels of income are missing.
, you don’t even want to do it, right?”
"Mother, when it comes to this matter, it has nothing to do with the people below." Mrs. Qiu is a shrew who can only cry and doesn't know how to manage a house, but she knows one thing, and that is...making money!
I don't care what method you use, anyway, as long as you can make money, I will use you. On the contrary, if you can't make money, it's useless to say that you are capable and loyal.
Under Mrs. Qiu's attitude of not paying attention to details and only focusing on "capable people", the Qiu family's income has been very considerable in the past ten years, but the same...
The people below are making more and more mistakes, and the mistakes they are making are getting bigger and bigger.
In this world, if you make money in a regular manner, you will never go out of your way to exploit and make money quickly.
Mrs. Qiu only considers talents based on money. In order to keep her job, to gain the favor of her master, to gain greater rights, and to earn more money, Mrs. Qiu, the shopkeeper and manager of the Qiu family, must commit crimes...
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At first, maybe these people didn't make big mistakes and didn't dare to take lives. But as time goes by, the government and the local government don't care. If the Qiu family's name is mentioned in the newspaper, everything can be solved.
Naturally, people are getting bolder and bolder.
The stewards of the Qiu family had no lives on their hands, and almost none of them could survive. These stewards of the Qiu family occupied land, forced tenants to death, bought and sold people, opened gambling houses, prostitutes, loan sharks, and made private deals with Nanjiang and Beichen...
They do any business that can make money.
But the Qiu family is very smart, or Mrs. Qiu is stupid and doesn't understand the affairs of the officialdom. They have always been involved in buying and selling officials. They are not involved in other people's official and private affairs. At most, they just let the government make it easier for the Qiu family.
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In this way, no one will care about the things they are tossing about underneath because they do not affect the interests of all parties, and the prince will not care about such trivial matters.
It is true that Yanbei is the fiefdom of King Yanbei, but the imperial court does not have no jurisdiction over it. Yanbei has a government official sent by the imperial court, who is responsible for handling the government affairs of Yanbei.
It's just that this futai has no real power, and he comes from the capital. He has no foundation in the local area. There are not many facts that he can usually control. At least he doesn't dare to fight with people like Yanbei who are soldiers and generals.
For a family like the Qiu family that never commits serious crimes, the government is powerless to take care of it even if it means it. Moreover, although Mrs. Qiu is stingy, the people under her are pretty smart. In order to let the government cover things for them, every year the Qiu family
They will give some benefits to the government.
The people who take advantage of it are short-handed. The government has taken advantage of it, so it is natural to turn a blind eye to the Qiu family's affairs, and let the Qiu family become more and more arrogant.
There are a lot of crimes committed by the Qiu family. It's just that no one dared to touch the Qiu family because of the high status of the Qiu family and the prince's important position. Now the princess has made it clear that she wants to take action against the Qiu family. They won't take advantage of this moment to carve up the Qiu family's property.
, when will we wait?
People like Yanbei acted quickly and ruthlessly, but in just a few days, they forced the Qiu family's business to the point where they could no longer continue, and then incited a group of victims to complain to the government.
As for the government office not receiving the form?
Don't be afraid. There is a person with righteousness who will take care of this matter and present the evidence one by one. Even if the government can favor the Qiu family in private, now that the evidence is conclusive, can he still favor the Qiu family?
Most of the people who commit crimes in the Qiu family are in charge, or people working on the sidelines... I guess so, for a big family, there are many servants who handle things, so there is no need to do it yourself.
In one day, three stewards of the Qiu family were taken away by officials. There is evidence for these, and there are more than a dozen people who are collecting evidence. If the Qiu family does not use their strength, those people may not be able to be saved.
As soon as Aunt Qiu took the account book to report this month's income to Mrs. Qiu, the Qiu family's housekeeper started running: "Old madam, old madam, it's not good... Master Jin has been taken away."
Mr. Jin is the elder brother of the old lady, a local ruffian, but with Mrs. Qiu, a sister who married into a high family, she also became a wealthy family.
The family has thousands of fertile fields and numerous houses. He is a well-known wealthy businessman in Yanbei. It can be seen how much money Mr. Jin has "earned" in such a short period of more than ten years.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Mrs. Qiu's face sank, and she could tell she was very unhappy.
"The people in the government said... that Mr. Jin was colluding with the enemy and betraying the country, so he took him away. I went to the government to inquire about it. The people in the government were tight-lipped and couldn't say anything for sure."
Being able to be the housekeeper of the Qiu family naturally means you have the ability, and of course you will have a lot of dirty things on your hands. You will see people in the Qiu family getting into trouble one by one. Now that Mrs. Qiu’s brother has gotten into trouble, the housekeeper of the Qiu family
Going crazy...
This is obviously because someone is targeting the Qiu family, and it involves collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. It is definitely not enough to deal with just one Jin family. If the Qiu family cannot survive this disaster, it will be over. (To be continued)