Daming: My brother-in-law is Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 38: Collaborating with the enemy, the Nine Yi Clans!

Liu Yixiu smiled wryly, and said, "It turns out that I have been targeted by His Majesty a long time ago."

Seeing that he refused to answer his question directly, Tian Qi looked at Sheng Rui and said, "You answer for him."

"Yes!"

Sheng Rui then replied: "Of course it is to make more money. Those frontier soldiers who wear good clothes, dare to say anything? What's more, our master and Da Sima are best friends, and the money earned here will also be shared with others." Da Sima, even the commander-in-chief of Juyongguan would not dare to say anything, otherwise, Da Sima could directly ask the Ministry of War to dismiss him from his post."

"Bring Zhang Heming up!"

Apocalypse ordered because of this.

Soon, Zhang Heming was also taken down, shaking his body.

Tian Qi asked: "Can he tell the truth?"

Zhang Heming replied: "The minister is guilty!"

Tian Qi said: "It seems to be true."

Then, Tianqi asked Zhang Heming again: "Tell me, why did you and that official just try to persuade my brother-in-law to drive away these refugees? You also said that they are troublemakers, damn it! Said that my brother-in-law is now doing harm to the coal business civil."

"My lord is guilty!"

Zhang Heming still replied like this.

"Answer me!"

Tian Qi yelled, and said again: "I know you are guilty, there is no need for you to say it yourself."

Zhang Heming shivered for a moment, and couldn't help crying: "Uncle Guo is too much. He gave the refugees coal and food directly as wages! He also sold the coal at a low price! This will undoubtedly cause many merchants who hoard high-priced coal to die. , That's why the minister said so, Your Majesty clearly learned!"

"Why do merchants hoard high-priced coal?"

Apocalypse asked.

"Of course it's for profit."

Zhang Heming replied.

Tianqi asked again: "So, you, Minister of the Ministry of War, are only willing to speak for the merchants who hoard high-priced coal, ignoring their hoarding, and would rather watch Liu Yixiu instigate Shuntian governor Li Zilong to slaughter the left governor Zhang Guoshu who hired you refugees?"

Zhang Heming replied: "Chen...Chen."

"Tell me, are you also hoarding?"

Apocalypse asked proactively.

Zhang Heming still stammered: "Chen...Chen."

"Tell the truth, otherwise, I will kill you!"

Tian Qi shouted loudly.

Zhang Heming immediately bowed to the ground and choked his head: "I said, I'm telling the truth, my family has hoarded high-priced coal. Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Tian Qi asked again: "Why are you hoarding high-priced coal? The price of coal is so high that the common people can't afford it!"

"It is to make the people unable to afford it, so that the people can be forced to sell their sons and daughters more cheaply."

Zhang Heming replied tremblingly.

"Master Zhang!"

Liu Yixiu yelled, he didn't expect Zhang Heming to tell the real reason because he was afraid of being cut.

"what?!"

Tian Qi also stood up and looked at Zhang Heming in disbelief. He thought that these people were just greedy for money at most, but he didn't expect that these people had more despicable purposes.

Zhang Gui and Xu Guangqi were also shocked.

Some people also stood up in shock and looked angrily at the officials kneeling on the stage.

Tian Qi suppressed the fiery evil fire in his heart, and asked: "Why do you force the common people to sell their sons and daughters more cheaply, you really need so many house slaves?"

Zhang Heming didn't dare to answer.

"say!"

Tianqi said coldly.

Zhang Heming didn't dare to confront Huang Wei now, so he had to reply tremblingly: "It was for selling to Jiannu. Jiannu was to increase the population, and took in a large number of children to make coats!"

"It's really good!"

Tian Qi laughed back in anger, and then looked at Sheng Rui: "Your master also hoarded it?"

Sheng Rui replied: "Yes!"

Tian Qi asked again: "Do you also want to force the people to sell their sons and daughters?"

Before Sheng Rui could answer, Liu Yixiu couldn't wait to shout: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I beg you not to continue the investigation like this, unless your Majesty wants to destroy our Daming Sheji!"

"It's clear that you are destroying my country, but you say that what I do is destroying the Daming society."

Tian Qi said something coldly, and then said to Sheng Rui: "Tell me, are you also raising the price of charcoal to force the common people to sell their children at a lower price, and you are also planning to buy it cheaply from the common people? Han children sold to Jian slaves?!"

"Yes!"

Sheng Rui replied in agreement.

Liu Yixiu's expression stiffened immediately.

Tian Qi looked at him: "Greatly, there is also collaborating with the enemy."

Then, Tian Qi pointed to Liu Guojin, who was under guard under the stage: "Bring him up!"

Soon, Liu Guojin was also detained.

Tian Qi asked: "Presumably you also hoarded high-priced coal, trying to force the people to sell their children and daughters in a cheaper way?"

Liu Guojin didn't admit it or deny it, just kowtowed like garlic: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty please forgive me!"

"I completely understand why you want Uncle Guo to give up selling cheap coal, and you also say that these refugees are conspiring to rebel and want to kill them. It turns out that it is because he blocked your way of making money by selling your own people at a low price."

Speaking of this, Tian Qi suddenly shouted: "Has your conscience been eaten by dogs?! Ah!"

As Tian Qi spoke, he asked with a sullen face: "Wei Zhongxian, how is the sale of high-priced coal at Fusi in Beizhen?"

Wei Zhongxian replied: "Go back to the emperor, Xu Xianchun and the others are arresting him."

Tian Qi nodded, and then looked at the other dignitaries who were still under custody: "Those of you who are still standing on the dry shore, I am afraid that there are still many of you who are doing this business of selling Chinese people cheaply. Be sensible and stand up by yourself ! Don't force people to arrest you later and find out you behind the scenes, and I will deal with you severely!"

In the matter, Guo Xing and the others regretted that they did not choose to seek refuge with the uncle Zhang Gui like Wang Yingjiao and the others. Now that they are being questioned by the emperor like this, and seeing that the Fusi of Beizhen is already arresting the people under them, they are also Not daring to bully the king, they all knelt down and begged for mercy.

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Here, Xu Xianchun is indeed leading the Tiqi of Fusi in Beizhen to seize profiteers who sell and stockpile high-priced coal.

"Master Xu, this company is buying a large amount of coal, and our people have already been eyeing it."

On Xuanwumen Inner Street, a plainclothes Jinyi guard who belonged to Beizhen Fusi's eyeliner pointed to a large shop with two floors and said to Xu Xianchun.

"Rush in! Arrest the boss, boss, shopkeeper, and cashier!"

Xu Xianchun ordered because of this.

"Yes!"

The Jinyiwei Banner School below agreed and rushed in.

At this time, the shopkeeper of this shop hurried over and shouted: "What are you doing, do you know who the big boss behind this shop is?!"

Immediately afterwards, the owner of this shop also came down. He was not afraid when he saw these Jinyiwei, because it was still the first year of the apocalypse, and Wei Zhongxian had just taken charge of the supervisor of ceremonies, and the prestige of the factory guard had not yet been established. The big merchants who open big stores and even speculate on the price of charcoal basically have background backers. Collusion between government and businessmen is the norm in every dynasty, so this boss angrily scolded these Jinyiwei: "You are so bold, you Jinyiwei even owns my shop. Dare to break in, I am from Chen Shilang's family!"

Without further ado, Xu Xianchun stabbed himself into the boss's stomach with a single knife: "I am hereby enjoining those who obstruct the handling of the case to be killed!"

As he spoke, Xu Xianchun ordered: "Take it away!"

The shopkeeper and accountant of this store were already frightened at this moment, and they dared not say anything, so they obediently were escorted away by Jin Yiwei.

All of a sudden, many profiteers hoarding coal were all captured by Beizhen Fusi and taken to Xishan.

After these profiteers were escorted to Xishan, Tianqi also interrogated them one by one. After confirming that these people did so according to the order of his backer, he looked at Liu Yixiu, Zhang Heming, Liu Guojin, Guo Xing and others again. people.

Tian Qi also laughed because of this: "It's very good! I dare to say that you really don't have any good things."

As he said that, Tian Qi ordered: "Take them all to the side of the common people and kneel in front of the common people, except the cabinet minister Liu Yixiu, who committed a heinous crime and Ling Chi on the spot, all of them were chopped off! Another ransacked their house , those involved in collaborating with the enemy are all from the nine tribes of barbarians!"

Liu Yixiu and others did not regard the Han people as human beings, and even sold the Han people to Jiannu, and the behavior of selling Han children to Jiannu as slaves completely stimulated Tianqi, making him go further and further on the road of becoming a tyrant , because he already gritted his teeth with hatred for the Jiannu who encroached on Daming's territory in Liaodong.

Therefore, Liu Yixiu and others were escorted by Jin Yiwei to the side of the refugees present and knelt down.

More than 100 people knelt down.

Some were wearing official robes embroidered with birds and animals, and many were merchants in silk and satin.

All these people had their heads held down, crying or begging for mercy.

Among them, Liu Yixiu was the most excited, struggling to look at Zhang Gui.

(End of this chapter)