Although Gao Qiu was a lucky minister before, he had at least mixed with Su Zizhan when he was young, and he was still knowledgeable. Later he went to the northwest and gained military exploits with Liu Zhongwu.

Liu Zhongwu was the father of Liu Qi, a famous general who fought against the Jin Dynasty at the turn of the Song Dynasty.

Gao Qiu's military career still has some short stories. Now it seems that his ability is more than enough for such a task.

At least Zhao Ning was very satisfied after seeing this confession.

how?

Many officials were involved in this confession?

This is still secondary.

No matter how many officials are involved, it will be a one-shot deal, and it is certainly a good thing to get money.

But Wang Xun also reported two more serious problems:

First, Wang Xun's son, in order to avoid the physical pain, revealed the fact that Wang Xun sold Zongze's grain at a high price.

Second, Wang Xun’s family property actually includes 3,000 acres of fertile land!

Why are these two points so serious?

A reflection of the faces of certain businessmen in Hebei at this time. Apart from Wang Xun, are there any other businessmen who are trying to make money while the country is struggling?

Second, it reflects that people like Wang Xun are using the money in their hands to quickly devour social resources, which is what is known as land annexation.

A businessman actually owns 3,000 acres of land!

Is this normal?

This was normal in the Song Dynasty, but not normal in the Tang Dynasty!

The Tang Dynasty had a land equalization system, and the courts before the Song Dynasty were changing laws to curb land annexation.

By the time of the Song Dynasty, the matter of land annexation was settled.

Da Song: Hey, I’m just lying down. You can drip as much as you like.

The matter of Wang Xun's property is only a glimpse of the past.

If he has money and associates with powerful people, he can naturally acquire fertile land.

The consequence of this is that countless people lose their land and become tenants. Landlords increase rents at will, and tenants cannot farm their fields and become refugees.

Refugees in the Song Dynasty were notoriously a major social problem.

National resources are quickly eaten up by the upper class, leaving not even a little bit for those below.

As a result, at this time, Hebei and Hedong were not only swept by the Jin army, but also bandits were everywhere, and the people were in dire straits.

Seeing this, Zhao Ning was angry and damn happy at the same time.

Anger is about the inaction of successive officials in the Zhao and Song dynasties, which has left the country riddled with holes. It has only been more than a hundred years since the founding of the country, and interest groups have already eaten away at the country.

Now there are not only national conflicts, but also internal class conflicts!

I am happy because there are not too many officials on this list.

This Wang Xun not only has his own iron smelting workshop and fertile farmland, but also sells tea.

The Northern Song Dynasty was the period when tea really began to flourish. During this period, most tea was still planted in the south and transported to the capital via water transport canals.

If the tea is shipped to the north, the price will double.

If shipped to the northwest, the price can increase seven to eight times.

This is also the reason why the method of entering China in the Song Dynasty was so profitable.

Chayin itself is a very precious resource, just like in the 21st century, if you want to get land, you need a qualification certificate to buy land.

Wang Xun not only obtained the qualification to smelt iron, but also had a large amount of tea, which he transported to Hebei and sold at a high price.

To get these, he naturally gave a lot of money to certain officials.

After reading it, Zhao Ning felt ecstatic, but frowned and said angrily: "All officials involved should be brought to the Imperial City Department first, interrogated one by one, and dealt with immediately!"

Gao Qiu said: "Officials, this matter involves Taifu Temple officials, should the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple get involved."

"I want you to go get the person first! Take the person to the Imperial City Department first! The Imperial City Department will interrogate him first, and the guilty ones will follow whatever process they have to go through!"

"Yes! I will do it now!"

As soon as Gao Qiu went out, the emperor's voice came from behind: "Come back!"

Gao Qiu quickly turned back: "Guan, do you have any other instructions?"

"I asked you to send people to the north bank of the Yellow River to investigate the situation. How did the investigation go?"

"Back at the official house, what can be confirmed is that Zongze supports His Highness Prince Kang of Daming Mansion. This was found in Cizhou when we went to arrest Wang Xun. Wang Xun wanted to sell grain to Zongze at a high price for this reason."

"As for the others, they are still being collected."

Gao Qiu thought in his mind that the Jin army had only retreated for less than half a month. Even if my people could fly, it would be impossible to get all the detailed information back immediately.

"Have you sent someone to find Ma Kuo who you asked him to find?"

"went."

"How is the river transportation in Bianjing City lately?"

"Everything has recovered. I went to inquire and found that many ships were running to the southeast, probably to transport grain. I also inquired that a large number of merchants went south, probably to buy grain. Now as long as they can be eaten, they can be transported there.

Sell ​​it for a high price.”

"I understand, you go quickly to get someone."

"yes!"

Who are the officials involved this time?

There are two chief registrars at Du Tea House and three chief registrars at the Salt and Iron Department.

There is also the chief registrar of Taifu Temple and the chief minister of Taifu Temple.

Of course, the steward of Prince Yun's palace was also mentioned.

What kind of yamen is Duchachang?

This was a tea-selling department set up by Cai Jing in order to make money for Song Huizong Zhao Ji.

Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the Salt and Iron Department. There are yamen such as the Salt and Iron Office, the Tea Office and the Iron Office, all of which are related to the Salt and Iron Office.

What?

Isn't this repeated?

This is nothing, because this is the yamen of my Song Dynasty. Isn’t it normal to repeat the two?

Then why are the people from Taifu Temple involved again?

Because there is a tea warehouse under Taifu Temple, and the Bianhe River is locked up and down, the city's Yi Department, the fragrant medicine warehouse and other departments are promoted.

Of course, there are many departments under Taifu Temple.

Is tea also involved under Taifu Temple?

Yes, it is also involved!

This is one of the characteristics of the Song Dynasty: redundant officials!

There is no most redundant, only more redundant.

Taifu Temple was a separate yamen created by Wang Anshi during his political reform. It was in charge of national finance and government orders. It was parallel to Sinong Temple. It was almost responsible for completing most of the government departments. How many departments did it have under it?

Official?

After Wang Anshi left, the reformers and conservatives fought to the death. Later, when Cai Jing, the reformer, came to power, how could he abolish Taifu Temple?

But Cai Jing opened another tea shop in Dudu and began to use tea to make money.

In this way, the number of yamen in the Song Dynasty increased day by day, and the number of officials increased steadily.

Officials have positions, salaries, and can make extra money, but they don't have to work, their functions are repeated, and they shirk each other, so why not do it!

Therefore, Wang Xun's case is a very typical case.

Pulling radish and bringing mud to it, doing business in the Song Dynasty, or dealing in tea and iron, naturally had bad relations with these yamen.

No, all my money is waving at me!

At the same time, a group of officials who had been serving as corpses were eliminated to save manpower expenses for the court.

One word: cool!

At this time, the city of Tokyo still doesn't know that the biggest case since Jingkang is about to come.
Chapter completed!