Chapter 191 Fang Jue: Playing a big knife in front of me?
"have no choice?"
Cheng Jie moved the chair over, Fang Jue sat down and said:
"Okay, I'll tell you what you have to do, young master."
"Speak in public to see if you have any grievances."
While sneering, Fang Jue stared at this person.
The officers and soldiers who were holding Chu Huairen also released his arms. Chu Huairen rubbed his sore shoulders before raising his hands and preparing to speak.
"Young Master, don't listen to this profiteer's argument!" Someone was worried about what Chu Huairen would say, so they persuaded the Young Master and shouted immediately.
"Yes, yes, the facts are there and cannot be disputed!"
Fang Jue reached out and pressed it, and the crowd fell silent.
He looked at Allen Chu again. At this moment, the old man was already sweating a lot.
I have never had such an experience before.
"Say it." Fang Jue crossed his arms and said calmly.
"Qi, Qi, young master, we, the Northern Chamber of Commerce, transport the grain from Ganzhou and outside the customs. The consumption along the way is extremely high. We sell it more expensively just to recover the cost."
"We have behaved this way in past disaster years, and the court didn't say it was against the rules, right?"
Hearing this, Fang Jue nodded and smiled:
"I understand, so he is a habitual criminal?"
"Sir?" Chu Huairen stared, thinking, why didn't you understand my hint?
I have done this in the past and nothing happened. You still can’t tell that I have a deep background?
"Even if you transport the grain from Beiliang Capital here, it's not worth two taels of silver per dou. At most, you'll still have more than double the price."
"But it was raised twenty times for no reason?"
Fang Jue sneered: "Do you think I can't count?"
"Are you transporting grain or gold?"
Chu Huairen said quickly: "No, not only is the transportation loss, my food cost is also extremely high!"
Fang Jue looked indifferent and said coldly:
"How much money do you have?"
"Young master, you don't know. Every year when there is a big disaster, the price of food in the surrounding areas will skyrocket. This is determined by the buying and selling market. It is not my fault alone!"
Chu Huairen argued: "The common people buy grain from various chambers of commerce. They know that there is a disaster in Suzhou and the price of grain in the surrounding areas has risen to more than one tael of silver per dou..."
"My losses in the process are also high, and since we are in business, I still want to make some money, so the price is not deliberately high!"
Allen Chu had already knelt down and his tone was very sincere.
With runny noses and tears, he made his heartache and pain clear and clear.
The people nearby were a little surprised when they heard this.
"What, the food prices around Suzhou are already so outrageous?" Cheng Jie never knew about this kind of thing because he had never paid attention to it.
"If that's the case, the capital is so high, and he comes all the way...it's true that he doesn't earn much, so it's not a big crime." Lin Bei felt that this guy really didn't seem so hateful anymore.
Bai Qing smiled coldly and shook his head silently.
He looked at the young man sitting on the chair and did not take the initiative to speak, but wanted to see if the young master could see what was going on.
If you don't even have this bit of brainpower, it's really hard to get involved in officialdom.
"This..." The people in the city who came to watch were also a little silent after hearing Chu Huairen's words.
It seemed that I suddenly felt that this profiteer was not so evil, but was forced to do so, and it was very difficult for others.
But once you have such an idea, you will be fooled.
"hehe……"
Fang Jue sneered and looked at Chu Huairen who was kneeling in front of him. When he saw that he was crying so loudly, he had no words to say and said with disdain:
"Chu Huairen?"
Fang Jue almost forgot this person's name and asked, "Do you think I'm a fool?"
"Ang?" Chu Huairen cried, suddenly stunned, and said quickly, "Everything the grassroots said is true!"
As he said this, he kowtowed in front of his face until his forehead bled.
"Sir, if you don't believe me, the grassroots people still have contract receipts for purchasing grain from various chambers of commerce!"
Suddenly, Chu Huairen seemed to remember something, and quickly took out a stack of paper from his sleeve and handed it over tremblingly.
Fang Jue, who was a little embarrassed about how to catch all these profiteers, suddenly beamed.
"Bai Qing." Fang Jue shouted.
"Understood!" Bai Qing laughed, walked over and collected all the contract receipts. After taking a look at them, he nodded, "Young Master, it's true. It has the seals of the heads of each chamber of commerce."
Fang Jue smiled heartily: "Then put them all away and keep them well. Your Xuanjian Division will have work."
"Hehe..." Bai Qing smiled and put all the things in his arms, "Young Master, don't worry, even if Lord Mo Yuan comes, he can't take it away!"
Um?
Chu Huairen, Cheng Jie and Lin Bei were all stunned.
"Young Master, what is this?" Lin Bei pointed in surprise and looked at his lieutenant.
Cheng Jie shook his head, don't ask me, I don't understand either.
"Young Master, this..." Chu Huairen pointed at Bai Qing. He kept those receipts and took them out to explain to the court at this moment.
Just look at it, what's the use of taking it away?
Fang Jue shook his head: "Chu Huairen, you can indeed get through with this trick, but that was before... In front of me, these methods were too little."
"Sir?" Chu Huairen was surprised and confused.
"You think that by buying grain at a high price and selling it at a higher price, it seems that you don't make much money and it doesn't seem to be breaking the national law... If you show these evidences, whether it is the Ministry of Revenue or the state government, you can get away with it."
Fang Jue sneered: "But I want to ask you, did you really spend one tael of silver per dou to buy it?"
"Uh!" Chu Huairen trembled. He couldn't believe that such a young master could actually find something fishy with the methods he had been able to get past in the past.
"Young Master, what do you mean by this?"
Chu Huairen gritted his teeth and said: "Young master has also read the evidence. Can the contract written in black and white be faked?"
"The contract cannot be forged, but the amount of silver can still be negotiated, right?" Seeing that Fang Jue had already seen Ming Tang, Bai Qing sneered and sneered.
"Oh!" Lin Bei and Cheng Jie looked at each other, and they suddenly realized.
The people around him suddenly understood something and all stared.
"How dare they do this?" A scholar was immediately filled with indignation.
Chu Huairen, who was kneeling on the ground, was already shaking. He couldn't believe that this young master dared to break the window paper. This involved a large number of interest groups!
Fang Jue leaned over and stared into Chu Huairen's eyes, seeing that the latter did not dare to meet his eyes.
Cai Dao:
"You profiteers took the opportunity to collectively drive up the price of grain, so that you can sell it at a high price and make a lot of money... But how much silver did you give to buy grain and how many rebates did you give to each merchant? Don't you think I can't tell this?
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boom!
These words were like a thunderbolt, and the common people and Yulin officers and soldiers who had not understood it suddenly realized.
"What!?"
"Is this still possible?" Many people were shocked and felt that their outlook on things had been refreshed.
Hard-working and simple people, how could they imagine such an operation.
But Fang felt that he was already used to it.
False invoices, purchase rebates, yin and yang contracts, anti-monopoly laws...
Are you playing this trick in front of me?
There is nothing new under the sun. Many things have been the same since ancient times, but the methods have been modified.
"The adults are wronged, the common people are wronged, there is absolutely no such thing, there is absolutely no such thing!"
Allen Chu was completely panicked.
He realized that this young master was not afraid of poking a hornet's nest.
Even though he has a strong background, once this kind of thing is exposed, no matter who wins or loses between Fang Jue and the people behind him...but he himself is finished!
Because on the surface, at least an explanation must be given to the people and an explanation must be given to the judiciary. In other words, Chu Huairen, who has been exposed to the public eye, must be the scapegoat and resist everything.
So Chu Huairen panicked, he was afraid that this young man would be too serious, and what would happen would be too terrifying.
Therefore, he must grit his teeth. After all, this kind of thing is a behind-the-scenes operation. Even if the young master sees Mingtang, there is no evidence to support it.
As long as you refuse to admit it, the court will still abide by the law, and there may be a glimmer of hope!
"This profiteer!"
"You still dare to argue, it's really hateful!"
"You have a son without a penis, why didn't your father slap you against the wall?"
"There is such a person in the world, he should be Lingchi!"
The people present were already cursing.
Most of them also paid attention to their wording and did not say too many curse words, but naturally they were extremely unpleasant.
"I'm wronged, I'm wronged..." Chu Huairen cried, sometimes wailing, sometimes feeling aggrieved.
If he really didn't know the inside story, he would probably be deceived by him. Unfortunately, Fang Jue would never let this person off lightly.
"Whether you are unjust or not, it depends on whether you can withstand the investigation... Come here, take me away for interrogation." Fang Jue waved his hand, no longer interested in listening to what he said.
"Okay!" Bai Qing smiled happily and ordered people to tie up Chu Huairen.