the capital
In a huge and luxurious house in the south of the city.
More than a dozen grain merchants of all sizes were drinking tea and chatting.
"I heard that Chongzhen wants to investigate the shipwreck case and the high grain price case? Have you heard the news?"
"This kid dares to attack us? Are you tired of living?"
"It can't be helped. Who asked him to control two new armies recently? It's inevitable that he'll be complacent!”
"Haha! If he dares to investigate, do you believe that I will immediately get someone to burn the food?!”
"Burning grain? That's a good idea."
The grain merchants laughed and discussed.
Recently, there were rumors everywhere outside. They were well-informed and naturally heard about it.
However, the grain merchants did not care about Chongzhen's actions!
Because in their eyes, Emperor Chongzhen was not worthy of respect. No matter how powerful he was, he had to abide by the rules, right?
They could easily fool him within the rules!
Didn't you want to investigate the grain merchant case? Alright, then we'll burn the grain. We'll burn all the exposed granaries!
At that time, the one million people of the capital and the hundreds of thousands of disaster victims would go crazy from hunger!
What else could Chongzhen find out then?
They only needed to throw out a portion of the grain, and they could still raise the price of the grain by dozens of times, easily earning huge profits in the end.
Wasn't that how the shipwreck case came about?
He bribed the Water Transport Division and created a few shipwreck cases to scare the people, and the grain price would skyrocket.
Chongzhen wants to investigate, right? The more they investigated, the more they burned!
In terms of deceiving the emperor, the collusion between officials and merchants was top-notch.
"Hehe, let's not rush to burn the grain. If Chongzhen really makes a fuss, it won't be too late to burn it!”
"Humph! How many of the local commanders are not our people? I want to see if he's afraid of us secretly aiding bandits!”
"Jian Nu Huang Taiji has always been in contact with my Fan family. If Chongzhen forces us too much, we might have to contact them!”
The grain merchants discussed proudly!
However, at this moment, a few servants rushed into the room with fear on their faces and said anxiously,"Aiyo, everyone, bad news!”
"The Embroidered Uniform Guards have moved out and sealed all of our granaries.”
"Our shop has also been seized. Quickly think of a way. Something has happened!”
The grain merchants were immediately dumbfounded when they heard that!
F * ck, didn't you say that you were going to investigate a case?
Why did they start to close down the shops and ransack the houses before they even investigated?
This was against the rules!
"Damn Chongzhen, how dare he do this?”
"Bastard!"
The grain merchants cursed anxiously and turned around to leave!
However, the door was kicked open, and Li Yuanyin led a large group of Embroidered Uniform Guards to charge in, scaring the grain merchants so much that their bodies trembled.
"Aiyo, everyone is here? It saves me the trouble of running around!" Li Yuanyin sneered.
"Lord Li, what do you mean?”
"Did we break any laws by gathering here?”
"Lord Li trespassing is a serious crime!”
The grain merchants weren't afraid. Everyone had a powerful background.
Li Yuanyin was the Imperial Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, and everyone still did not put him in their eyes.
One big hat after another was pinned on him, trying to force him to retreat.
But Li Yuanyin couldn't help but sneer,""You guys are still so arrogant even when you're about to die. How ridiculous. Men, take them all down! Those who dare to resist will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes, sir!"
The Jinyiwei entered in a single file!
A few servants wanted to resist, but they were cut down on the spot.
The grain merchants were kicked to the ground in a short while. They were so angry that they could not help but roar and curse.
"Li Yuanyin, you dare to touch us, are you courting death?”
"My Fan family will never let you off!”
"What evidence do you have to arrest people?"
"Lord Li, you have a family too. You can't be so reckless!”
Facing the grain merchants 'threats, Li Yuanyin completely ignored them!
He immediately ordered his men to search the entire residence. In a short while, they found a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, and account books in a secret room.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you guys are saying that I don't have evidence, right? Isn't the evidence here?" Li Yuanyin sneered again and again!
The expressions of all the grain merchants present changed drastically!
These account books were not simple. Not only did they record the income and expenditure records of the grain merchants, but there were also many accounts of bribing officials and many private letters!
If these things were exposed, even if they had ten heads, it would not be enough to chop them off!
"Stupid pig, I've been watching you for a long time, and you still dare to be so arrogant!”Li Yuanyin said impatiently,"Take them away and let them have a taste of the Imperial Guards 'Zhao Prison."”
"No, no, no, Lord Li, you can't do this!”
"We're innocent! We're innocent!"
"I don't want to go to Zhao Prison!”
The grain merchants were so scared that they wailed desperately. The Jinyiwei Zhao Prison was a dragon's pool and a tiger's den. It would be difficult to come out alive after entering.
However, no matter how much they resisted, they were all forcefully dragged away in the end!
Li Yuanyin took these account books and quickly attacked Chongzhen.
When Chong Zhen saw these accounts and letters, he was furious again because these things really involved the Eight Great Jin Merchants, which were the Eight Great Imperial Merchants that Ji Han had mentioned.
They had secretly planned all of this. For the sake of benefits, they had really resorted to anything!
Moreover, their hands had long reached into the royal court. Half of the officials in the royal court had an unclear relationship with them!
"Profiteers should be killed, all of them should be killed!”Chongzhen gritted his teeth and ordered," Wang Banban, immediately send a secret order to Cao Bianjiao. He is to lead 5,000 new cavalrymen to Wucheng and exterminate my family!"”
"Yes, sir!"
Wang Chengen agreed with trepidation!
He knew that Chong Zhen had already decided to kill him.
This time, many, many people would probably die!
At noon that day, Cao Bianjiao, who was in the camp of the new army outside the city, had already received the secret order!
He led five thousand cavalrymen and quietly left the camp, heading west.
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