Chapter 323
Zhang Hao sat there and said, seeing how brave the salt merchants were. When the salt merchants heard this, they felt a sudden slap in their hearts. I wonder what Zhang Hao meant.
But Zhang Hao did not give them time to consider it, but took the paper they wrote and started asking. When the salt merchants heard it, they could only nod. They originally wrote it themselves, but now they asked, so they could only nod and admit it.
Zhang Hao recited it one by one, and those who were called the name stood up and bowed. After all, the people looked at Zhang Hao.
"I heard before that the Shanxi merchants are very strong. Because they are helped by the King of Jin behind them, they dare to do anything, even if they offend the court, and they really saw it today!" Zhang Hao sat there, smiling and said as he looked at them.
"Sir, we don't dare to offend the court!" Zhang Sijiao felt very bad at this moment, so he immediately stood up and bowed and said.
"Is that true? You wrote this, saying that you were deceiving me, but in fact you were deceiving the court and the emperor. Now you all know that many places lack salt, and the salt in those places is controlled by you. Now I ask you to write about when there will be salt? You have pushed it for half a month. Isn't this nonsense? Ah!
There is no salt for half a month, and the people are not in chaos? You want to put pressure on the court in this way. I hope the emperor will not rectify the salt affairs. The salt will continue to be sold, and the food on the border will continue to be controlled by you. Of course, the fertile land will be controlled by you, right?" Zhang Hao sat there, smiling and asked as they asked. They were all feeling sweat on their foreheads at this moment.
"Sir. Are they all writing fake?" Yu Dafang looked at Zhang Hao in surprise and asked.
"What do you think?" Zhang Hao asked with a smile.
"This is impossible, right?" Yu Dafang was still shocked. They dared to do this?
"Sir, we dare not lie to you. We really have no salt anymore. Please be careful!"
"Yes, please be aware of it, we are really gone!"
The salt merchants stood up and said, Zhang Hao looked at them with a sneer, and no one of them dared to look at Zhang Hao.
"Come here!" Zhang Hao shouted, and soon Shen Lian came in.
"Go, take the imperial guards to check the salt. As long as you find out who has it, no, if there are more than 10 dans, you will seal their house!" Zhang Hao said to Shen Lian.
"Yes, sir!" Shen Lian heard this and bowed out.
"What?" When the merchants heard this, they were so frightened that they could not be sealed.
"Sir, it's unfair. I remember that some of them were saved in my house, but not many!" A salt merchant immediately knelt down and shouted.
"Sir, my family still has some more. I just forgot the number. I'll go back and take it out now! Sir, that, I remember wrongly, my family still has some more!"
When some small salt merchants heard this, they knelt down and kowtowed to Zhang Hao and shouted, while Zhang Hao sat there without moving. At this moment, Zhang Si taught them all their faces were blue.
Zhang Sijiao’s family still has more than 300,000 dan of salt, and in other stores, there are more than 500,000 dan of salt, but they will not sell it. If it is sealed, the loss will be great. The same is true for the Wang family and the Fan family. The salt they have on their hands can be enough for the people to eat for several months, not to mention that those small merchants still have a lot of salt on their hands!
"Shut up, I have given you a chance. You have to take the idea of luck. What can I do? Your governor is here. He has witnessed what happened just now. Did I wrong you?" Zhang Hao sat there and said sneeringly at them.
"What the hell is going on? I sent someone to ask you to take out salt to calm the market. Why do you all say no? And you also said that there might not be any in this month. Who can explain me?" Yu Da's face was dark at this moment.
If Zhang Hao really found salt, it would be his dereliction of duty and incompetence. If the emperor wanted to investigate, he would be in trouble. After all, many places have begun to have a shortage of salt. If it weren't for the time being, the people would definitely be in chaos.
"Sir, we, we!" The salt merchants were about to cry at this moment. Some salt merchants were already slumped on the ground. They all knew that once Zhang Hao sent someone to investigate, they would definitely be able to find it.
However, no one expected that Zhang Hao would do this, and it would be illegal to do this. However, because they wrote that note, Zhang Hao would not violate the law when searching now. On the contrary, it was still natural. So now they understood why Zhang Hao asked them to write. If they had not written these things, Zhang Hao would not have sent someone to investigate.
If they go to investigate, the civil officials in the capital will definitely submit an impeachment memorial, and even the King of Jin will not agree, but now they have written it, there is nothing they can do about it.
"Sir, please give me a way out!" Zhang Sijiao bowed to Zhang Hao and said.
"Sir, we have no choice, and we don't want to do this, but" Fan Tianming bowed and said, but was interrupted by Zhang Hao: "But what? But someone threatens you? Who threatens you? I am the minister who rectified the salt and iron tea. I just came over and asked you for salt. If you don't give it to me, what can I do? Since someone threatens you, okay, don't worry, I won't catch you, I will let you go."
"You go and find the relationship behind you, but I will catch your family. Remember, if you die, your family will be buried with you. I want to know who has the ability to make a fuss about the salt that the people need urgently?
The court has given you salt for more than a hundred years. Who is your family making a fortune? Why? Now the court wants to rectify it, but you think it is not okay and think it has robbed your interests? Is that your interests? That is the court’s concession to you. You are not satisfied and dare to fight against the court. Who gives you the courage? Ah?" Zhang Hao sat there and questioned those people.
They heard it and dared not make a sound, and they all knew it was in trouble.
"I said, I will let you be free, but you can't leave Taiyuan City. If you leave, then prepare for the whole family to die? As for whether your whole family will die in the end, I don't know yet, it depends on you, and you dare to fight against the court!" Zhang Hao said sneered at this moment. Those people looked at Zhang Hao dumbly, and now they don't know what to say.
"Sir, do you have any supplements here?" Zhang Hao said and looked at Yu Dafang.
Yu Dafang was very angry at this moment. He didn't expect that these businessmen did this, and he wanted to save them before.
"I have nothing to say, sir, you have the final say!" Yu Dafang immediately bowed to Zhang Hao and said.
"Okay, I will let you go before dark. Come and take them down. Before dark, come here to ask me for instructions. Then I will see if I will let them go!" Zhang Hao shouted to the outside, and immediately a large number of Jinyiwei came over and took those people out. No one dared to resist, and soon the place was purged.
"Did you see it? They are just fighting against the court like this, wanting to make the Ming Dynasty fall into a salt shortage. This is the salt merchant in Shanxi!" Zhang Hao said to Yu Dafang.
"The officials are guilty, and the officials have mistakenly believed them!" Yu Dafang stood up and bowed to Zhang Hao and said.
"It's okay. Today, we'll wait here. Then you will know how much salt they have stored. What do they want to do? To put it bluntly, they are all charged with the crime of treason!" Zhang Hao said to Yu Dafang.
"This is a rebellion?" Yu Dafang was anxious when he heard this. The rebellion was to kill the nine clans. Then the wealthy businessmen in Shanxi would probably be caught in one go, because the wealthy businessmen were married, and then Shanxi would really not be able to find wealthy businessmen.
"Now, look at their own self!" Zhang Hao smiled at Yu Dafang and said, then stood up and said, "Arranging a room, I will sit in it and drink tea and sleep. Anyway, there is still time now, so I guess it will be counted in the afternoon!"
"Yes, the official will make arrangements soon!" Yu Dafang stood up and took Zhang Hao out, and arrived in a wing room not far away.
Zhang Hao just sat inside and started making tea by himself.
Yu Dafang was preparing to meet those merchants at first, so he was busy with his own affairs, but now he obviously couldn't catch so many merchants, and he knew that the background of those merchants was all from the King of Jin, so he also needed to remind Zhang Hao.
"Sir, you can catch them all in one go. I'm afraid someone will have any objections at that time!" Yu Dafang stood there and said carefully.
"Who has any objection? What are your opinions?" Zhang Hao looked at Yu Dafang as he pretended to be confused and asked.
"Sir, these people can gain a foothold in Shanxi and can do so big, so it is impossible for them to know nothing. And I also reminded you yesterday!" Yu Dafang said with a smile.
"Ha, I know, aren't you just worried about the people of King Jin? It's okay, they have broken the law. Can the King of Jin dare to come and save them?" Zhang Hao continued to pretend to be confused.
"Sir, you can't say that. People from the King of Jin have a very strong relationship network here, and there are many ministers supporting them in the capital. It's better to be careful about this matter!" Yu Dafang said worriedly.
"Well, okay, I understand. If you are not busy, just sit down and chat!" Zhang Hao said with a smile as he looked at Yu Dafang.
Chapter completed!