Following Zhu Zhiren into the back hall, Zhu Zhiren signaled all the servants to go out, leaving only him and Feng Ziying.
"Don't worry, sir. If you are not completely sure, how can you dare to use border troops?"
It was also the first time for Feng Ziying to deal with such a thing. To be honest, he was still a little nervous inside. He didn't have anyone he could trust in Yongping Mansion, and there was no one he could use.
It doesn't matter whether it's a third-class yamen officer, but it's hard to entrust him with important tasks.
Therefore, except for Wu Yaoqing who assisted him, Feng Ziying did not reveal anything to anyone else. When blocking and arresting Liao Fude, they also used border soldiers, and directly named You Shilu's confidant to lead the team. Afterwards, he would rather give it to You Shilu.
Thanking you for the bonus is better than letting things leak or having problems during operation.
If the king is not secretive, his ministers will lose; if the ministers are not secretive, they will lose their virginity; if a few things are not secretive, it will cause harm. Feng Ziying still understands this truth. Now he can't make any mistakes. The entire Yongping Mansion's gentry is staring at him, wishing he could
Find some mistakes in yourself.
This is a life-and-death battle where either the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind overpowers the east wind. There is no second outcome.
Whoever wins can take the absolute initiative in the future game process and even win the final victory.
"But, Ziying, you have just pushed the entire gentry in Yongping Mansion to oppose us." Zhu Zhiren sighed, but his previously angry and nervous expression had softened.
Hearing Zhu Zhiren use the word "we", Feng Ziying knew that this guy was still on the boat, which also showed that this guy was smart enough.
If you dare to do this, how can you not have someone behind you, how can you not have a perfect plan? He can think of it, and he, Zhu Zhiren, can also think of it.
"Sir, please forgive me for being offended. Liao Fufu cannot represent the Lulong gentry, nor can the few black sheep in Lulong represent the Lulong gentry, let alone the entire Yongping Prefecture. I always believe that if a group of people who are not even willing to defend the government are
Gentlemen, then there must be something wrong, either there is a problem with the imperial law, or they have not cultivated their moral character and are too greedy, thus violating the royal law."
Feng Ziying was very calm, "Perhaps my lord, you will think that hiding military households is not a big deal. Even if they hide their farmland and turn public affairs into private, it is just a fine of silver, a cane, and deprivation of their title. But you have to think so, lord."
They have been so unscrupulous over the years, are there no other violations of law and discipline? I don't think so."
"Oh? It seems that Ziying has really gained something?" This is what Zhu Zhiren is most interested in.
Such a large-scale war is already too difficult to stop, so it is necessary to work on a bigger case. At this time, even if Feng Ziying wants to stop, Zhu Zhiren cannot agree.
He is the one who really has no way out, and outsiders will never believe that Zhu Zhiren was not involved.
"I did get something." Feng Ziying knew that the man in front of her was impatient. If she didn't give him a reassurance, she was afraid that he would have trouble sleeping and eating today. "Last night, a raid was conducted and a batch of batches were found in the cellar of his manor.
Among the goods, there are more than 300 top-quality furs, more than 200 century-old ginseng roots, and a batch of gold ingots. If this batch of goods is shipped to the capital, its value will be more than 200,000 taels. If it is shipped to Jiangnan,
It may even exceed 300,000 taels. If nothing unexpected happens, all of them are stolen goods..."
"Stealed goods?" Feng Ziying was confused and disappointed by Feng Ziying's rhetoric. Although it was a serious crime just to collect stolen goods, it was not qualified to use border troops.
"Sir, do you still remember a robbery in March last year?" Feng Ziying reminded: "It is less than forty miles east of Shahe and close to Luanhe. The robbed caravan was from Jingshi City and was purchased from Liaodong.
Leather medicinal materials,..."
"The year before last?" Zhu Zhiren recalled, "It seems that something like this happened. People from the Ministry of Punishment also came, but in the end there was no result. Well, it seemed a bit suspected that it was a group of horse thieves who came from Lengkou in the north. Later, they also
People from the Jianchang Camp were mobilized to search the mountains, but nothing was found."
"Haha, sir, do you know who the big boss behind this caravan is?" Feng Ziying said with a sly smile.
Zhu Zhiren bit the bullet and asked, "Who is it?"
"Prince Yi Zhong and Prince Beijing." Feng Ziying said calmly.
Zhu Zhiren was shocked. No wonder Jianchang Camp could be used to search. At that time, Li Chengliang was the governor of Jiliao, and Prince Yizhong had always had a close relationship with Li Chengliang, but he did not pursue the matter later. Even the person from the Ministry of Punishment was just a helper.
, and did not show up.
"Then what Ziying means is..."
"Even if Liao Fude is not one of the robbers, he is definitely an insider. His location in Beizhuang is only more than sixty miles away from the crime scene. I asked the people in the execution room. Although it is not too far from the mountainous area, there are indeed frequent Mongolians there.
There were small groups of horse thieves scurrying into the pass, but this caravan had a total of thirty bodyguards and royal guards. As a result, they were surrounded by cavalry. Several of those who resisted were shot in the legs, arms and shoulders.
, saved his life,..." Feng Ziying said: "But later, people from Jianchang Camp were mobilized to carry out encirclement and suppression, and a dragnet-like combing and inventory was conducted in the mountainous area, but no trace was found, except that they had a safe and large enough
There is no other explanation for the hiding place..."
"This Liao Fude's manor is the hiding place?" Zhu Zhiren understood, but it was not convincing enough to use the border troops.
"In addition to this batch of treasures, what is more important is that it contains more than ten feet of fire guns, and there are also a large amount of salt tea and iron materials in its manor. Judging from their styles, they are all of the specifications imported from the grasslands in the pass. According to me,
As far as I know, Liao Fudou has never applied for market trading qualifications and quotas from the Jiliao Governor's Mansion!"
Zhu Zhiren was overjoyed. Fire guns and embargoed materials? Just hiding the fire guns could definitely be charged with committing treason, and the Waitong grassland tribe was also the main target of the government's ban.
Each military town has a fixed amount for exporting iron, salt, tea and other items outside the border wall each year, and permission must be obtained from the military town.
Of course, this is superficial. In fact, many generals and officers in the border army are liaising with the grasslands. All kinds of smuggling are banned repeatedly and are getting worse. However, this is absolutely prohibited in public and needs to be severely cracked down on.
, and there are many people who are arrested every year for committing crimes, but they are all small fish and shrimps, and the real big fish are hidden behind them.
However, now that such materials have been found in Liao Defu's Zhuangzi, and he has never applied for an export license or quota from Jizhen, this crime can basically be punished with death.
The only thing that makes Zhu Zhiren a little worried is whether Feng Ziying and others framed the firecrackers at night. After all, the crime of hiding the firecrackers is too serious. If not, the clan will be exterminated. Liao Defu may be beaten to death.
They won't recognize it.
Seeing Zhu Zhiren's happy face, he hesitated to speak. How could Feng Ziying not understand the worries of these old foxes, and quickly added: "Don't worry, sir, these fire blunderbuss are just some of the lowest-grade objects, so they can be ignored, but they privately
There is no doubt that there are Mongolians in the grassland, and last night, slaves among them came forward to accuse Liao Defu of torturing slaves, raping children, etc...."
Zhu Zhiren didn't care at all about the torture and murder of slaves and the rape of children.
Which of these wealthy families does not have such a situation? As long as you are willing to investigate, you will never escape. The problem is that under normal circumstances, you will not get any results at all. Only in this situation, it is obvious that the owner is finished.
Only then did these attached tenants and slaves dare to come forward to testify, and this kind of thing was just the icing on the cake.
"Ziying, I won't ask any more questions. Just do it. But besides Liao Defu, do you have any other considerations?" Zhu Zhiren pondered for a moment before saying.
Feng Ziying was stunned for a moment and then understood. It seemed that Song San still felt unsafe and gave Zhu Zhiren a copy of the list. The old fox had pretended to be stable before and seemed to have no clue about it.
"There are two more families, the Jian family and the Mao family..."
"Well, in my opinion, it's better to give the Liao family a chance. Since the Liao family is in trouble, then I won't give the children of the Liao family a chance to make atonement. As far as I know, the Jian family and the Mao family have contacts with the Liao family.
It is very secret. Whether it is a hidden house or no land, the Liao family must know something. As long as they are willing to come forward, it is not impossible to give them a way out. But as long as the Jian family and Mao family fall, Ziying, compared to
The matter of clearing out the hidden houses of military households will be a matter of course. Even if the garrison has no land, it can make a good start, so that these guys can go dog-eat-dog as much as they want. If the Mao family and the Jian family want to get away with it, it is simple, and the Liao family
Just make the same debut,..."
Feng Ziying's heart was shocked, and she looked at Zhu Zhiren with a little more admiration. This is the real master. He can kill with one blow. He can completely destroy the entire Lulong gentry group. "But if the Mao family, Jane
The family refused..."
"It's not up to them whether they are willing or not. Since the Liao family is the leader, there will naturally be problems. That is the criminal prisoner. Since he is the criminal prisoner, he can naturally be punished. Under three trees, what can he ask for? Besides, even if they are not the leader,
, so what? Just say they were the ones who led the way, but don’t tell me that you have no clue about other big gentry families..." Zhu Zhiren smiled slightly, "Don't worry, as long as there is a breakthrough, these guys will
It will quickly turn into a dog-eat-dog situation, and everything can be shaken out, of course it will be shaken off by other people, and then it will be up to us to control the scale..."
Tall, really tall, this is really an old sow wearing a bra - one after another, Feng Ziying can only bow her hands in admiration.
It's just that he doesn't understand. Since this guy has so much bad water in his belly, he also knows how to operate it, and it's not difficult to find some opportunity evidence, but why is he still unwilling to take action, but has to wait until he comes?