Chapter 1593 What, Now It's Our Turn

At the Great Court Meeting the next day, the matters that should be dealt with were completed according to the usual practice, and it was time to leave the court if there was nothing to do. The civil and military officials were ready to go home, but at this time someone detonated A big bomb, and an inconspicuous little censor was transferred from the crowd of officials, "Your Majesty, a humble minister has his roots."

"Weichen reported Shanxi merchants Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, Huang Yunfa and others colluding with Jiannu, reselling food, salt, iron, gunpowder and other items prohibited by the imperial court to Jiannu, and at the same time It is an unforgivable crime for Jiannu to inquire about the military situation, and please make an order to arrest him immediately!" the censor said righteously.

Cao Huachun, who was serving beside Shen Long, nodded slightly. Needless to say, he must have found this person. Although the Shanxi Merchants are very powerful in the court, they also have many enemies. After all, if they take advantage of it, others will be less Take, I don't know how many people inside and outside the court are jealous of their property.

Wu Dai, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, is one of them. His family is also in business, and has a lot of competition with the Shanxi merchants. Before the competition for purchasing grain, he was defeated by the Shanxi merchants. He lost a lot of gold and silver, so he hated the Shanxi Merchants to the bottom of his heart. He could only bear it because he was afraid of the power of the Shanxi Merchants.

But yesterday Cao Huachun sent someone to come to the door and sent so many conclusive evidence, Wu Dai was immediately excited, good God, finally let you scumbags be put on iron plates! The reputation of Dongchang and Jinyiwei has even overshadowed Wei Zhongxian's time, and they were targeted by Cao Huachun, so why run away? So he immediately agreed and was willing to stand up and point out the matter at the Great Court Meeting.

Whose person is this? The officials in the court who were involved with the Shanxi merchants immediately became nervous. Many bigwigs immediately turned their attention to the left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. How do you two manage the yamen? Can this kind of thing be brought up casually? Are you going to fight us?

The left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate hurriedly shook their heads slightly, indicating that they had nothing to do with this matter. The Procuratorate is in charge of supervision, impeachment and suggestions. Know nothing? It's just that because the other party is powerful and sensible, he will respect him all the time, so he just pretended not to see it.

So who could be behind this incident? The bigwigs from various factions in the court began to use their brains to ponder, and their reactions were also different; the officials of the Shanxi merchants were naturally extremely nervous, and they looked at Wu Dai with the desire to eat people; The officials cheered happily. Most of their interests were in the south of the Yangtze River, and they were not involved in these matters. If they could take the opportunity to defeat the Shanxi merchants, they would definitely gain huge benefits.

Those officials from Guangdong, Guangxi, Anhui, Shaanxi and other places were also excited. The business gangs in Ming Dynasty were not limited to Shanxi and Zhejiang merchants. Huizhou merchants, Guangdong merchants and even Qin merchants also had huge influence. They also saw opportunities.

"Your Majesty, such rebellious and unscrupulous people should be severely punished. Your Majesty, I request that the Sanfa Division and Jin Yiwei strictly investigate this matter!" A pawn of the Donglin Party immediately jumped out to express his support.

Now that people have been sent to fight here, the Shanxi merchants can't let it go, and someone there immediately came out to refute, "Your Majesty, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others are giant merchants in Jin, and they have supplied military supplies to Xuanda and other towns for many years. If you make a mistake, they have the reputation of "Jiayu border town, with faith", they will definitely not do this kind of thing."

"Oh? Why is Li Shilang so determined?" As soon as the voice on this side fell, someone on the other side immediately stood up to refute, who can gain a foothold in the Ming Dynasty Hall, who hasn't got a handle on the other party? "Your Majesty, I heard that Li Shilang's family is a well-known large grain merchant in Hebei, and has many business contacts with Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others. Perhaps in the grain sold by Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others to Jiannu, there is also Li Shilang's family. a share!"

"Bloody mouth!" Li Shilang wanted to burst into tears,

You are killing me! Okay, okay, since you are unkind first, don't blame me for being unrighteous, he immediately produced evidence that the other party was corrupt and broke the law, and started to hurt each other.

"Your Majesty, I impeached Wu Dai and framed good people. Fan Yongdou and others have made great contributions to the stability of the Nine Frontiers. If these people are sent to prison just because of some gossip, I am afraid it will hurt the hearts of the people of the world! And if they are gone, The supply of grain and grass in border towns such as Xuanda may be unstable!" Another person said half-explainingly and half-threateningly.

The food supply of the border town of Daming relies on Kaizhong France. The imperial court uses salt and tea as an intermediary to recruit merchants to transport supplies such as military rations and horses. However, most of the channels for Xuanda and other towns now fall on the eight Shanxi merchants. In his hands, if they were taken down, it would indeed endanger the stability of Xuanda and other towns.

"Isn't Jiang Shaoqing threatening the imperial court? Could it be that without these eight profiteers, my Ming Dynasty would not be able to supply food and grass for the soldiers at the border?" An official from Ludi immediately refuted that his family had considerable influence on the canal. , holds a large amount of grain in his hand, and has long wanted to get involved in the business of supplying grain to border towns, "Your Majesty, I can assure you that even if these eight profiteers are captured, there will definitely be righteous merchants who will help Xuanda!" Waiting for the town to deliver food and grass."

"Your Majesty, I heard that Jiang Shaoqing was poor when he was young, and he was able to go to school only after receiving financial support from Shanxi merchants. After Jiang Shaoqing became a Jinshi, those Shanxi merchants immediately sent him money and land, and helped him to run and promote him. This person and Shanxi merchants belong to the same party, so you must not trust them!" Then someone exposed this person's old background.

For a while, there was a constant quarrel in the court, and the Shanxi Merchants Party was besieged by other parties. Shen Long sat silently on the dragon chair, just watching them quarreling, and then completely wiped out the old background of these Shanxi Merchants Party officials. Debunked, there are some news that even Jin Yiwei and Dongchang didn't find out, which really opened Shen Long's eyes.

Gradually, the voices against Shanxi merchants gained the upper hand and completely suppressed the Shanxi merchants' party. Sensing that the time had come, Shen Long made the final verdict, "The crimes of these eight profiteers are unforgivable. Cao Huachun, Lu Wenzhao, Immediately send people to Zhangjiakou to take them down..."

After the death penalty was sentenced to the eight major families of Shanxi Merchants, Shen Long looked at Li Shilang, Jiang Shaoqing and others coldly, "As officials of the court, you don't want to repay the court, but instead collude with profiteers and destroy my Ming Dynasty. It's really true! Come here , and put them all in prison for strict interrogation.”

The eyes of these people suddenly went dark, and the tragic fate of the clan and nobles flashed through their minds quickly, what, is it finally our turn now?