It took three days for a group of core officials from the Tongzhou Prefecture Government to finally sort out the account books that they had seized from the house of the Caobang Tongzhou Branch Chief.
Seeing the statistics in the booklet, except for the eldest boss, all the state government officials who participated in compiling the account books couldn't help but feel a deep chill.
Eight hundred thousand taels!
The huge chain of interests involving 800,000 taels of silver unfolded its ferocious side in their eyes.
This is just data on paper, and the industrial value associated with it is probably no less than millions of taels, which is simply shocking.
How could a mere helmsman of the Caobang Tongzhou branch be able to directly affect the circulation of such a huge amount of money, and most of the money was items whose origins were unclear.
As long as your brain is still sane, you will know that these money exchanges with unclear origins are either smuggling or other illegal activities done secretly.
Not only that, among the merchants with whom the account books record business dealings, or to put it bluntly, with money dealings, which one is not a famous local tycoon in Tongzhou?
Things are going big!
Obviously, the big boss unintentionally dug a big hole and found out a huge smuggling and illegal network with a huge chain of interests. Caobang Tongzhou Branch should be responsible for the specific execution, and also played the role of freight transit.
At the thought of possibly facing a crazy counterattack by most of Tongzhou's powerful factions, the state government officials, including the new Tongzhi, turned pale with fright, and felt no more despair in their hearts.
"What are you afraid of? Just push the matter to the capital before it gets too big!"
The elder didn't care, and said with a smile: "Is it possible that, with such a wide range of implications, the imperial court will let us, the fifth-ranked little characters, come forward? Don't think too highly of yourself!"
A word that wakes up the dreamer!
After boarding the big boss's pirate ship, it is impossible to get off. Although this time is dangerous, it is also a rare opportunity.
I would like to ask which official, during his term of office, has the opportunity to encounter such a major case that will definitely alarm the palace?
Therefore, an urgent secret letter jointly signed by Tongzhou Prefectural Government was sent to the capital as quickly as possible through secret channels.
At this time, the elder had the time and energy to deal with the troubles outside.
That's right, during the three days when a bunch of state government officials were busy working on the account books almost without sleep, there was already chaos outside.
The helmsman was arrested and sent to prison. Naturally, the Caobang gang members were not willing to let go of such a 'shame and humiliation'.
Furthermore, when the elder quickly led people to ransack Captain Zhou's home and took away dozens of boxes, many passers-by saw it at the time, and the news had long since spread.
Some people with ulterior motives also wanted to test it out, secretly instigating the Cao Gang to cause trouble. Hundreds of powerful men were first tossing it at the canal wharf, which seriously affected the normal operation of the canal.
Seeing that the state government did not respond, they became emboldened and organized themselves to block the street in front of the state government's gate, demanding that the state government release Captain Zhou immediately.
At the same time, some powerful and capable people who had interests entangled with Captain Zhou, or for other reasons, showed their magical powers across the sea and put pressure on the great master and the state government officials who were staying behind closed doors through various channels.
Seeing that the Caobang gang did not do anything more egregious, the elder did not deal with it in time, but now naturally he cannot let it go, otherwise how would the elder's face be saved?
"Call all the government officials and arrest all these noisy guys!"
The elder took the lead, picked up the Daguandao that had been with him recently, and was the first to rush out of the state office. He rushed towards the dishonest Caobang gang and swatted away the most noisy ones like flies.
On the ground, there are also two masters whose strength is equivalent to that of An Jin.
The strongest men were beaten to the ground, and the remaining men from the Cao Gang immediately lost their morale and were captured by the cadres who swarmed in.
"All of them are put in jail, waiting to be dealt with!"
The old man held a sword in his hand with a domineering look, and no one dared to look at him.
…
A secret letter was sent to heaven to listen to, and there was a thunderstorm in the capital!
Tongzhou is very close to the capital, and it only took half a day for the secret recipe brewed by the elder to be delivered to the current desk through the channels of the General Affairs Department.
When I saw the four words "urgent" on the secret fold, I felt a shiver in my heart. I put aside other matters at hand and picked up the secret fold on the big master and read it directly.
After reading the secret content, my face is already ashen!
Check! Check! Check!
This is today's attitude. There is no room for sand in the eyes, let alone such an interest network in the gateway to Gyeonggi. Who knows if there is a larger interest network related to it in the capital.
Besides, the secret smuggling of salt has seriously affected the government's normal fiscal revenue, which makes the national treasury already not very full and living in a tight life extremely angry.
Immediately called the cabinet ministers, discussed with them for a long time, laid out a targeted action plan, and then waved the cabinet to take action.
"Jia Enhou, well done!"
After all the cabinet ministers left, he walked around the empty Qianqing Palace. His mood calmed down for a long time, and he was quite satisfied with Jia Enhou who had urgently reported the secret.
Although I knew that the officials below were colluding with local wealthy families and Jianghu forces, and secretly did some illegal things, I didn't expect that the matter had become so serious.
A mere Caobang Tongzhou branch handles no less than a million taels of turnover every year, and the industry value involved is at least several million. The direct and indirect impacts are probably even more astonishing.
What is annoying is that most of these commercial exchanges are invisible, which means that the court cannot collect a penny of tax at all, which makes me feel distressed just thinking about it.
This is just a Caobang Tongzhou branch. The entire Caobang controls canal traffic that is thousands of miles long, and the places it passes through are the most important hinterland of Daqi.
Needless to say, the amount of money involved is even more shocking and huge.
Although we are aware of this, we are not unable to understand it. The key is that these business exchanges involving millions of taels must be taxed normally. Otherwise, such a chain of interests cannot be allowed to continue to exist today.
Today's temperament is very stubborn, and anything that is not the right way will basically not be approved by him.
The elder's approach of taking huge risks and taking a beating was quite satisfactory to him now. As for the minor details such as the elder's overbearing behavior, he didn't care at all.
If the elder hadn't been so domineering and unreasonable, he wouldn't have suddenly been involved in such a big thing.
But I don’t know if this guy has ever thought about the consequences of controlling the hornet’s nest?
Now and the cabinet secretly began to take action, but on the surface the court was still the same as usual, but suddenly there were more twists and turns in impeaching the great master.
Things like those that run rampant across the state and county, those that are overbearing, those that are insulting to politeness, and those that have disgraced officials have all been brought out. Anyway, looking at the attitude of the courtiers who are impeaching the great master, this time they will definitely make a big deal out of the great master.
deficit.
Fortunately, their brains are not broken yet, and they have not used charges such as dereliction of duty, corruption and perversion of the law to accuse the newly appointed boss who has not yet figured out the situation, otherwise they will have to go crazy today.
I don't know who it was, but seeing that directly impeaching the eldest brother was not effective, he suddenly targeted the second master Zheng who was still in prison in the Ministry of Justice, and used the second master Zheng as a breakthrough point to target the first master.
It’s simply a disaster!
This was the reaction of everyone in the Rongguo Mansion after hearing the news.
"These villains are extremely hateful. The second child has not yet been released from the prison of the Ministry of Justice, and now they are targeting the boss. Do they really think that Rongguo Mansion is easy to bully?"
Jia's mother was angry. The series of accidents had already tortured her enough. The second son had not yet been fished out from the prison of the Ministry of Punishments. Now the eldest son was in trouble again. It was impossible to explain.
If both sons are dead, then the Rongguo Mansion will also be completely dead. Lian Er, the heir apparent and the head of the family, will not be able to do anything at all right now.
"What kind of outrageous thing did Boss do to cause the officials in the court to call for impeachment?"
Jia's mother was flustered and felt inexplicable. It seemed as if the boss was suddenly attacked by a group of court officials. There was no sign and she was confused. She didn't know what happened.
"Old lady, my grandson really doesn't know what happened!"
Lian Er looked depressed and apologized repeatedly: "My grandson has asked many colleagues in private, but they don't understand what happened!"
Damn it, does the old man have a physique that naturally attracts hatred?
Jia's mother had no choice. She would never tolerate her two sons being unlucky together, so the old prince of Rongguo Mansion also started to move around. He met many old princesses and concubines from the duke's mansion, and asked Mrs. Wang to wait for the juniors of Rongguo Mansion.
, I saw the old lady’s strong personal network.
These old ladies were almost all the top women in the capital. The information they were able to find out was naturally extraordinary, and they quickly found out the reason why the great master was impeached.
"This treacherous son knows how to get into trouble. He caused such a big trouble and didn't even know to tell the government in advance. This caused the old lady to lose a lot of face!"
Knowing the specific reason, Jia Mu was immediately furious.
"Old lady, you can't say that!"
Lian Er was unhappy and retorted in a gentle tone: "The eldest master was also helping his second uncle with the matter of dredging the canal. When he encountered trouble, it caused a huge disturbance. If it hadn't been for the second uncle's matter, the eldest master would not have done it."
There will be conflicts with others!"
startled!
Lian Er's words are naturally very reasonable, but it's a pity that Rongguo Mansion is not a place where one can reason. Anyway, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang have determined that the eldest man is a troublemaker. I wonder if they can escape this time?
Not to mention that the Rongguo Mansion was in chaos again, but this time it was very resolute in supporting the great master. Not only did it not publish all the impeachment memorials, but when things in Tongzhou completely fermented, the impeachment also entered an almost crazy stage.
At that time, Jia Zheng was released from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and he was not even deprived of his official status.
Such strong support made all the officials in the court dumbfounded. They just wanted to shout: The emperor can't be so partial!