V2.Chapter 637

It turned out that this was the case. Qi Heng used 800 soldiers to help the fan family expand their house. Of course, it can be big or small. If you don't investigate, it can be regarded as nothing happened. But Zhang Zhe pierced this layer of window paper and made a storm all over the city. This is no longer a small matter.

Tang Yin pondered for a long time and asked, "then, how much money did Qi Heng receive from the fan family?"

Zhang Zhe raised his head, took a deep look at Tang Yin, and youyou said, "flattering the fan family is the greatest benefit Qi Heng has received."

Flattering the fan family is tantamount to flattering fan min and the king. Even if the fan family is willing to give Qi Heng silver, he will not accept it!

"Qi Heng abused his power and used public tools for private use. Then why did you order the Lieutenant's house to catch fan Ju? What's wrong with him?"

"Qi Heng built a house for the fan family. The minister should investigate the fan family. During the investigation, the minister found that the fan family was secretly selling iron and salt behind the imperial court. As the head of the fan family, the minister naturally wanted to bring him to justice." Zhang Zhe said positively.

At that time, salt and iron were huge profits among huge profits and one of the important sources of a country's financial revenue. Salt and iron business was only available to the imperial court, and any vendor was strictly prohibited from touching. Once it was violated, there was no room for negotiation, which was a capital crime.

Tang Yin couldn't help taking a breath after listening to it. Did the fan family secretly do salt and iron business? Why didn't he hear it at all! He stared at Zhang Zhe and asked, "Zhang Zhe, this is not a small matter. Do you have evidence?"

Zhang Zhe said: "fan Ju is the king's father-in-law. The minister naturally knows in his heart. If there is no real evidence, how dare he catch people easily?"

After a pause, he added: "the fan family's sale of salt and iron was found out by Lord Gu of the Lieutenant's house. If the king wants to know the details, he needs to summon Lord Gu."

Tang Yin turned her eyes and said to ah San and ah Si at the door, "immediately call Gu to rush into the palace to see me."

Before ah San and ah Si agreed, Zhang Zhe waved his hand and said, "Gu Chong is as timid as a mouse. How dare he investigate this matter? This case was investigated by Lord Gu Chen."

Yes, Zhang Zhe's words are ugly, but they are also the truth. With Gu Chong's forward-looking and backward character, he dare not touch even if he finds that there is a problem with the fan family. He changed his tongue and said, "call Gu Chen!"

After ah San left, Tang Yin stood up and walked back and forth in the room. Zhang Zhe was right. If there was no real evidence, he didn't dare to arrest fan Ju. It seems that nine times out of ten this matter is true

What should I do? Kill fan? Seal up the fan family? Don't say he can't pass fan min's level, even his own level!

As if nothing had happened, who would dare to manage the affairs of the fan family in the future? In the future, everyone would dare to compete with the imperial court for salt and iron business? Where does the fiscal revenue of the wind country come from?

The more Tang Yin thought about it, the more upset he was, and the more he saw Zhang Zhe, the more reluctant he was to postpone it. Some things should not be touched. If you don't touch them, everyone will be better. If you touch them, everyone will be sad.

Zhang Zhe doesn't care about the consequences or the difficulties of others. He will only deal with them impartially and make a big mess. Then he has nothing to do. All the subsequent troubles have to be carried by himself.

But how should I carry it?!

Tang Yin felt that it was hundreds of times more difficult to deal with these internal and external affairs and relationships at all levels than to fight with unified troops. No wonder fan min doesn't come to see her. Her father will be condemned to death. What can he say when he sees her, and what can he say to her? When they met, they were embarrassed.

It was a mistake to keep Zhang Zhe in power in the court. He shouldn't have transferred Qiu Zhen and Yuanji to Daxing at the beginning, but it's too late to regret now.

"I said, my lord Zhang Zhe, how do you want me to deal with this? Kill my father-in-law?" Tang Yin smiled angrily, looked at Zhang Zhe happily and asked.

"The king is the king of the country, and his every move has attracted the attention of everyone. If the king perverts the law for personal gain, shields and connives, he will be ridiculed by the people of the country."

So you know this, too. This is exactly what makes him feel most embarrassed. "You don't really want me to kill my wife's father, do you?" Tang Yin narrowed her eyes slightly.

Zhang Zhe hung his head and said nothing.

"What's the matter? Are you mute?"

"Report back to the king. I'm the censor doctor. Just investigate the illegal actions. As for the final decision, I don't dare to talk more if I don't belong to the minister!"

Boom! Tang Yin fiercely kicked the table table over, lowered his head and angrily pointed at Zhang Zhe, almost roaring: "this is your most hateful place!"

The table rolled out for a long time, and the memorials on it were scattered all over the ground. Zhang Zhe's body on his knees was also shocked. He bowed his head and whispered, "if the king thinks the minister is guilty, please order the king to investigate the minister!"

"Do you think I dare not? I can't do without you?" Tang Yin was so angry that he wanted to grab the table and smash Zhang Zhe's head.

"I dare not!"

"I don't think there's anything you dare not do for a long time." Tang Yin stared at him, wheezing and gasping for breath. However, he was reluctant to let him take Zhang Zhe. After all, there were too many smooth people around him, and there were too few things in his eyes like Zhang Zhe.

A Si walked carefully into the study, brought back the table table that Tang Yin had just kicked, rearranged it, and picked up the memorials scattered on the ground one by one.

Tang Yin raised his hand and knocked his forehead. He paced back and forth in the room. After thinking for a long time, he said to ah Si, "don't clean up. Call Zongyuan and let Zongyuan enter the palace immediately. Go quickly!"

He has no choice now. There are no Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji around him. He can only find Zongyuan to discuss the matter. In Tang Yin's mind, Zongyuan's ability and handling skills are not as good as Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji, but they are almost gone.

Zongyuan was in the palace at this time, in fan min's bedroom. He is the Shaofu, in charge of the finance and all income and expenditure of the Wang family, and has frequent contacts with fan min. This time something so big happened to the fan family. Zongyuan was the first person fan min thought of.

Zong Yuan was not surprised to learn that the king summoned him, or it was expected by him. Before leaving fan min's bedroom, he did not forget to comfort: "madam, although you can rest assured, the king is a man of friendship and will not embarrass the father-in-law."

Fan min sighed softly and youyou said, "what I'm worried about is not the king, but that some people will seize the matter and won't let go easily!"

Zong Yuan certainly knew who she meant by some people. His eyes turned, smiled and said, "no matter how big some people are, they are no bigger than the king. Let's be at ease!"

"The king must be looking for Lord Zong at this time for this matter. The palace thought that Lord Zong should know how to speak in front of the king." Fan min walked to Zongyuan with a smile. A pair of beautiful eyes twinkled, looked at him directly and asked with a smile.

Zongyuan was shocked and hurriedly arched his hands and said, "Weichen understands."

"Well! Go! I'm waiting for your good news." Fan min waved her hand gently.

"I'm leaving!" Zong Yuan bowed out of fan min's bedroom and walked out for a while. Then he raised his sleeve and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

Among Tang Yin's wives, fan min is the one who has the most profound mind. She comes from a noble family, has a keen mind and a deep city government. Even Zongyuan is afraid of her.

Soon Zongyuan came to the study and kowtowed to Tang Yin. Seeing Zong Yuan, the gloom on Tang Yin's face finally eased. When he sat down, he smiled and asked, "I heard you just came from Mrs. Wan'an? What are you talking about?"

"Ah, tell the king back that Wei Chen just took this month's account book and handed it over to his wife." Zong Yuan was ready for it. He didn't think about it. He blurted out and answered.

"Just the accounts?"

"Yes, your majesty."

"You should have heard about the changes in Mrs. Wan'an's family?" Tang Yin drank tea without expression and said slowly, "the fan family has no king's law and even resells salt and iron without permission. Lord Zhang suggested that the king should be severely punished. Zongyuan, what do you mean?"

Sitting on one side, Zhang Zhe lowered his head and said nothing. Zong Yuan is secretly grinning. How should he answer this question? The implication of severe punishment is to kill fan Ju. If not severely punished, it is to bend the law for personal gain.

His mind turned sharply and his eyes kept turning, thinking about what the king wanted to hear and how he could explain the answer reasonably.

After pondering for a while, Zong Yuan said with a smile: "I think what Lord Zhang said is very true. This matter must not be tolerated and must be severely punished."

Seeing that Tang Yin's face was getting dark, Zong Yuan continued: "of course, strict law and discipline should be followed, but we can't kill innocent people by mistake. As the saying goes, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and the fan family has a big career. It's normal to have one or two scum. Whoever does something wrong, the king will kill anyone, but we can't implicate innocent people!"

Zong Yuan was right in his words, but those with a heart could understand it as soon as they heard it. He meant to find several people from the fan family to take the blame.

Tang Yin narrowed her eyes, stared at Zong Yuan, and asked suspiciously, "do you think this can stop the long public? Can you convince the public?"

"Of course not!" Zongyuan zhengse said: "Even if we severely punished those law breakers who were blinded by profit, the fan family also committed the responsibility of unfavorable supervision and should be punished at the same time. Wei minister calculated that the fan family's annual income was close to 12 million taels of silver, and the king could punish them for three years, that is, 30 million taels of silver. In this way, we can not only punish them as an example, but also fill the national treasury of our country, which can kill two birds with one stone The best policy. "

Listen, what is good minister? That's good minister! In Tang Yin's opinion, a good minister is not finished by finding out the problem. The key is to solve the problem.

Zongyuan's method is the best policy. Killing several people of the fan family and issuing a huge ticket can not only warn the fan family and make them restrain their behavior in the future, but also make it not too difficult for them to do in fan min's side. The best of both worlds and the best of both worlds.

Tang Yin's face, which was going to be gloomy for a day, finally showed a smile. He leaned back and hissed for a long time. He asked again, "Zong Yuan, how do you deal with the Qi Heng case?"