Guan Ning's cold voice spread, and the sound was deafening.

The treatment of Xu Fangnian, Qu Fu and others also set a precedent in the current dynasty.

Skinning and stripping is a kind of torture that has been recorded but has never been carried out. The execution process is that the executioner peels off the prisoner's skin completely, then makes it into a bag, and finally fills it with straw to make a straw man.

The rear is hung for public display.

Just listening to it gives me goosebumps!

Xu Fangnian and others were completely frightened, and they basically didn't listen to what Guan Ning said next.

Everyone was crying and shouting!

For this special trial, Guan Ning put in a lot of effort and summoned all the corresponding officials here.

To set a precedent and shock the officials.

Corruption occurs all the time and is difficult to eradicate.

Although the imperial court had a Metropolitan Procuratorate and local supervisory censors, it was still difficult to achieve complete supervision.

Especially in ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, roads were not smooth, information was not timely, and the court's local management itself was limited.

If the imperial power did not go to the countryside, the county magistrate would be called a local emperor, let alone a feudal official like Yizhou Zhou Mu.

In Yanzhou, Xu Fangnian had absolute rights.

He said that the Yiwu Canal was completed, which meant it was completed, not to mention that he also used money to tie all the officials who handled it onto a boat.

This led to this major corruption case.

How to solve the problem of such things happening, first, gradually improve the corresponding system.

Just like this time, Guan Ning gave local governments great autonomy.

And he went to the wilderness, making these people lucky and daring.

If infrastructure construction is to be carried out on a larger scale in the future, this trend must be suppressed, and regulations must be improved and institutionally restrained.

What's more, severe punishment and strong deterrence should be used to make them aware of the pros and cons and to have a sense of awe...

There were cries all around.

Many officials in Yanzhou knelt down and begged for mercy.

Xu Fangnian even said in shock: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister knows that he will not escape the death penalty. I beg your Majesty to behead the guilty minister and don't skin him and remove the grass!"

Up to now, their request is not about whether to die, but how to die.

"The guilty minister is willing to hand over all corruption and confess everyone."

"Do you need to turn it in?"

Guan Ning said coldly: "Because of your involvement, three generations of your clan will be killed, the family will not survive, and the family property will be confiscated!"

"ah!"

Hear this.

Xu Fangnian almost fainted.

"I have sent people to conduct a detailed investigation. Because of your corruption, your family has benefited from you, lived a luxurious life, and behaved arrogantly... Therefore, I have not wronged you!"

Guan Ning said coldly: "Think about the ordinary people who were tortured to death by you with unwarranted corvee labor. If this Yiwu Canal was built, it would benefit thousands of hectares and benefit thousands of households. But now they are reduced to refugees, suffering from hunger and cold."

, freeze to death on the streets, even if you die ten thousand times it won’t be enough!”

"Maybe when you are singing, dancing and enjoying yourself in luxury, you have never thought about how many people are still hungry and suffering from the cold outside your door!"

Guan Ning looked at Pan Yutang.

The head of the Pan family has lost a lot of weight.

He knelt on the ground without saying a word, looking stupid and frightened.

Guan Ning also didn't expect that the Pan family who was passing by that day would be involved in this matter, nor did he expect that it was Pan Yutang who did all the evil things.

He was no stranger to the Pan family, he had even met Pan Yutang when he started the army.

The eight major families in the north basically exist under the care of Zhenbei Palace.

When he first started the army, these eight major families helped him to varying degrees.

Guan Ning is naturally a grateful person.

With his acquiescence, the Pan family controlled several major salt lakes in Yanzhou and started a hugely profitable business, making their family rich and wealthy.

This is also considered feedback.

We cannot let outsiders accuse us of being heartless.

The stability of the North also requires these people, both for political considerations and practical reasons.

The reason why Xu Fangnian has a good relationship with the Pan family is because of this reason.

With this relationship, if he hadn't made any big mistake, Guan Ning would have given him a mercy.

But now I can't find the reason.

Because what you did was too much!

"Your Majesty, please give me a lenient sentence. I realize my mistake!"

Xu Fangnian was so energetic that he kept begging for mercy.

"Don't worry, even if I have to be skinned, you will be the last one."

Guan Ning asked: "Do you know how many salts have been issued by Chao?"

The second part of the interrogation began.

This is what he discovered during the corruption case, and this is what he said. It is almost comparable to the punishment in the Yiwuqu case!

What is Shiohiki?

Guan Ning knew everything clearly.

This is still the system inherited from the previous dynasty, and Guan Ning did not make much changes.

Existence is reasonable.

Don't mess around with the economic aspects, otherwise it will be more likely to cause problems if the changes are incorrect.

There are too many major national affairs, and Guan Ning has never intervened. This is how serious the problem is.

Salt citations are proof of transportation and sales by salt merchants. They first spend money to buy from the court, and the money spent is the salt tax.

Guan Ning thinks this system is good and may be applied to other commodities to ensure the collection of commercial taxes.

And this salt introduction system also brought huge profits to the country.

When the Prince of Zhenbei was guarding the north, the court allowed the distribution of salt.

Salt merchants can transport grain to the frontier in exchange for salt.

This method has greatly alleviated the pressure of grain and grass shortages on the border. It still exists today, but it is not on a large scale because the north is stable and the demand for grain is less.

Even so.

Guan Ning still has a good attitude towards the salt introduction system, because the salt introduction system is highly similar to modern futures.

If it develops at a normal pace, it may lead to the development of capitalism and then spread to other fields.

However, there were fewer and fewer wars in the north, and the exchange of grain for salt gradually changed to the exchange of silver for salt, and because of its unique properties, it became a tool for making money.

One of them is super hair!

There are quotas and time limits for salt injections.

The long lead is one year, the short lead is one season.

A secret rule can gradually be formed, and the government and businessmen have acquiesced in the extension of its period, which makes it have the properties of currency and can be used as circulating money.

This surprised Guan Ning.

What also made him angry was Yan Yin's super hair.

A cursory investigation revealed that only Yanzhou, where Xu Fangnian was located, had secretly issued more than 3 million taels of salt and withheld and withheld silver from it.

What a huge number!

In other words, Xu Fangnian used the authority given to him by the imperial court to secretly send salt money, and the money did not go into the national treasury, but into his personal pocket.

Xu Fangnian colluded with Pan Yutang, a big salt merchant, and both made a lot of money.

In the end, it was the court's credibility that was lost, and it was the common people who suffered.

Guan Ning believes that situations like this are by no means an exception and should be a common phenomenon.

We will crack down hard this time and investigate together!

When Guan Ning mentioned the matter of Yan Yin, many people's expressions changed slightly, obviously they all knew that there was something fishy involved.

Guan Ning said in a deep voice: "Zhao Nanxing, Xue Qing, Mao Xuezhen... the cabinet, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Dali Temple, etc. formed a temporary supervision team to conduct detailed investigations into the Yiwu Canal and Yanyin overheating cases."

"Everything must be investigated clearly, and no one can be let go!"

"yes!"

In the cold wind, several people responded.
Chapter completed!