Xiangsheng prosperous

"Tian Jinlin! You are guilty!!"

In Dali Temple, Huang Hui, the prime minister of Dali Temple who presides over the arbitrage case of arresting money order Shi Tian, ​​glared angrily at his kneeling predecessor, Shi Tian, ​​who was kneeling on the ground.

"Your official is wronged! You are wronged!"

Tian Jinlin's cry of grievances was shrill and loud, as if he wanted to burst his throat.However, this outcry is of no use.

"Wronged?" Huang Hui was furious, and smashed the file on the table at him, "You are trying to catch money Lingshi, how dare you join forces with your colleagues, instigate local ruffians, and force the people to pay six thousand cash a month?" If someone can't afford it, they abuse lynching, forcing them to sell their children and daughters, and force them into prostitution!! It's simply lawless! All these things are recorded in the file in front of you. You can show me your dog eyes Clear!"

"Shangguan, spare your life! Shangguan, spare your life! The villain didn't know it would develop into this..." Tian Jinlin begged with a sad face, "The villain was also deceived by his subordinates, so he lost his awareness for a while..."

"How dare you talk nonsense!! Your subordinates have all been punished, and they all confess that you are the mastermind. Besides, there are other confessions in black and white, which cannot be denied by you!"

Tian Jinlin kowtowed to plead guilty, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty is willing to hand over all the excess money you have received, and I hope you will forgive me!"

"You think it's beautiful?!" Huang Hui snorted coldly, and shouted, "Go and ask those weak women and children who have been sold by you, and ask them if they agree to let you go?"

Tian Jinlin was shocked when he heard this, with a look of despair on his face.

"According to my Great Tang's "Tang Law Discussion": Those who sell people as slaves by violence will be hanged. The current case is clear and the evidence is convincing, and you cannot deny it! Come here, put the prisoner in prison, and all the files and confessions in the hall , Submit to the Ministry of Punishments for reexamination!"

After Dali Cheng finished speaking, two yamen servants stepped forward and grabbed Tian Jinlin's shoulders, and dragged him out of the interrogation room regardless of his begging.

There is only one dead end waiting for Tian Jinlin.

※※※※※※※

Early this morning, as soon as the gate of the workshop opened, the mistress of the Tian family in Chang'an, Mrs. Shen, the sister-in-law of Mrs. Tian, ​​rushed to the third bedroom courtyard of the Qiu family with a group of servants and maidservants.

"Sister-in-law! You must help your brother this time..."

Madam Tian looked at her sister-in-law who was crying and collapsed in front of her, and felt a twinge of pain in her heart.

Although she and her natal family had a lot of trouble because of the marriage proposal between Tian Alang and Qiu Mo.But after all, it has been two years since the incident, besides, it was his own brother who suffered this evil thing.She and the Tian family are both prosperous and hurt. How can she not be worried when the Jintian family encounters such a difficult situation?
"Sister-in-law, don't be in a hurry. I have only heard a little about the elder brother's matter, and you can tell me the reason in detail."

Mrs. Shen wiped away her tears, and said with a choked voice: "Sister-in-law... the husband's case is a death penalty! So far... the Dali Temple has been tried. If the Ministry of Criminal Justice re-examines the case again, the case will be presented to the Holy One... Then... Then it’s definitely hopeless!”

"Death crime..." Tian Niangzi murmured.The appearance of her brother appeared in her mind, and she felt even more sad.She said with trembling lips: "How could brother be so foolish to commit such a heinous crime?"

"Sister-in-law...don't blame your elder brother, he is also for this family!" Mrs. Shen said hastily, "For this job of catching money and ordering history, each person can control only a mere [-] yuan per year. The monthly payment of interest is also stipulated, and can only be set at [-] Wen. Most of it will be handed over to the state treasury as the salary of Beijing officials. You said that with only your brother's capital, how can it be possible to support the Huo Tian family? family?"

Tian's old line of business was originally private lending.In the past in Luoyang, the political situation was turbulent, the emperor couldn't take care of himself, and the Tian family had the support of a distant relative, Genji of Henan, so lynching and extortion was simply a common method, and there would never be any troubles from officials and yamen coming to the Tian family.But after arriving in Chang'an City, the Tian family restrained themselves.

Tian Jinlin, the head of the Tian family, also had concerns when he first became the Lingshi who caught money.After all, once the emperor and the courtiers, the Li family now controls the world in the Tang Dynasty, and his behavior is very different from that of the Yang family in the Sui Dynasty before.

But after a long time, Tian Jinlin discovered the trick.In the early years of Zhenguan, a thousand wastes were waiting to be done, and the emperor himself was short of money.The imperial court's appointment of Qian Lingshi has become more and more widespread, and the supervision has become more and more lax.He saw a business opportunity from it, and came up with a bad idea, to collect all the capital and credit of other money-catching Lingshi into his own hands, and he would lend the money in a unified way, and the interest would be [-] more per month, pretending to be his "management fee".

Hearing Tian Jinlin's proposal, many other people who caught money like him readily agreed.

The reason is also very simple. Most of the money-catching orders themselves are merchants, and they have their own industries that have been operated for generations.I went to the imperial court to receive this errand, but it was just to curry favor with the government.Many people don't even go to private lenders, but directly draw money from their own commercial banks to pay the monthly interest.

Now that someone does it for you, not only do you no longer have to pay for it yourself, but you also don’t have to pay for the extra management fees yourself, so why not do it?
As for those ordinary people at the bottom, who cares about their lives?
In the end, Tian Jinlin got the support of many colleagues and bribed the higher-level officials, so he returned to his old business under the eyes of the emperor, and started his old business of selling at high interest rates until the The bribery case of Simen Lingshi was caught by the emperor's fishing law enforcement, and he was also involved.

Mrs. Tian is really a black-hearted Tian family member. After listening to her sister-in-law's description, she even felt that what her sister-in-law said was not unreasonable.She only blamed that the laws of the Tang Dynasty were too strict, and her elder brother was too careless in handling affairs, so the government got the evidence so easily.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...speaking of... this matter blames on the husband's family of the second bedroom of your Qiu Family..." Mrs. There is resentment, she actually asked her husband's family to investigate your brother's official affairs, and even persuaded those shabby people who have not paid to settle down to jointly report your brother, this is why the current situation..."

Lady Tian raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked at her sister-in-law in surprise.

"Is there such a thing?! How did my sister-in-law know?" She asked through gritted teeth.

"Your sister-in-law and I are a married woman, but your brother still has some contacts in the Tao, you can tell if you ask." Mrs. Shen replied wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Hmph, I didn't expect, I didn't expect...it was her?"

Lady Tian clenched her teeth and cursed bitterly.

Mrs. Shen quickly echoed: "Our Tian family, we can't be bullied by her like this! Sister, she can summon those shabby households to arrest your brother, can't we find someone?"

"Who are you looking for?" Lady Tian frowned, not knowing what her sister-in-law was referring to.

"Look for King Yan!" Lady Shen said, "Don't forget, our Li'er is now King Yan's favorite. If he is willing to mediate one or two of them and reverse the case when the Ministry of Criminal Justice reviews it, then Your brother will have a chance!"

Lady Tian pondered for a moment. "You're right, I know what to do!" After she finished speaking bitterly, she turned and walked out, her steps hurried.

"Little sister, what are you doing?" Mrs. Shen didn't react for a while.

"Go and find Li'er!"