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"What does the town of Guogong say?" Seeing that Li Yuntian had stopped the few servants who were about to be executed, Zhao Muyu was a little unclear about Li Yuntian's intentions, and asked quietly.

"Liu Ren's case is a Qin case ordered by the emperor, and Liu Zhang's lawsuit for her husband should also be regarded as a Qin case, so you can be exempted from 30 canes." Li Yuntian glanced at Liu Zhang and replied solemnly.

Zhao Muyu was taken aback when he heard this, he never imagined that Li Yuntian would intercede for Liu Zhang's family, and the people who were standing outside the hall looked at each other even more, no one expected such a bizarre thing to happen, you must know that Liu Zhang's family is the one who sued Li Yuntian.

Liu Zhang was also stunned, and he didn't react for a while, and he didn't know why Li Yuntian interceded for her.

Li Yuntian sat there expressionlessly, a subtle smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, the people all have a sympathetic psychology for the weak, if Liu Zhang's family is allowed to suffer thirty boards in public, then even if he turns over this case today, he will leave some regrets.

For Li Yuntian, he doesn't care whether Liu Zhang's will suffer these thirty boards or not, but wants to solve today's case perfectly, so that Liu Zhang's family can accept the punishment justifiably, and then it will not be as simple as beating thirty boards, Liu Zhang's will be beheaded all over the house.

"Zhenguo is reasonable." Although Zhao Muyu didn't know Li Yuntian's intention to do this, since Li Yuntian had spoken, he also pushed the boat along the water, nodded and stretched out his hand to signal the few servants who were about to be executed to retreat.

"Liu Zhang, who are you suing?" Then, Zhao Muyu looked up at Liu Zhang, who was kneeling there holding the figure, and asked in a deep voice.

Although everyone present knew that Liu Zhang was going to sue Li Yuntian, according to the process of the trial, Zhao Muyu had to question her, so that the document could record the trial process.

"Lord Yu Qingtian, the woman sued Li Yuntian, the governor of Guangxi, the scholar of Zuochunfang, and the prince of Zhenguo, who not only covered the sky with one hand in Jiaozhi and did whatever he wanted, but also murdered the life of the husband of the woman, causing the woman's family to be ruined!"

Liu Zhang's tears flowed down his cheeks when he heard this, and he said loudly with a sad face, "Please ask Lord Qingtian to make the decision for the people's women!" ”

Under the influence of Liu Zhang's family, the two children kneeling beside her immediately cried along with Wow, causing a layer of miserable clouds and gloom to suddenly shroud the lobby.

The people gathered outside the hall to hear the trial shook their heads when they saw this, and couldn't help whispering in private, secretly feeling sorry for the two children, who had suffered such an unfortunate thing at a young age.

Facing the scene in front of him, Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, and then a sneer flashed at the corner of his mouth, it was obvious that Liu Zhang's was playing the sad card, wanting to use people's sympathy for the weak to win the sympathy of the people, and at the same time, it was also a reflection of his hatefulness.

"Be quiet, no noise in the court!" Zhao Muyu saw that there was some commotion outside the hall, so he picked up the startling wood and slapped it vigorously, and shouted in a deep voice.

"Mighty~~" When the officers in the public hall heard this, they immediately put up the water and fire sticks in their hands together, and shouted in a lengthened tone.

The people outside the hall then quieted down, but the two children cried louder after this fright, Zhao Muyu frowned and waved his hand, and a middle-aged old mother took the two children out of the court, this old mother is a nanny hired by Liu Zhang's family in the capital, specially used to take care of the two children.

Although the Liu family's cloth business was crushed in Jiaozhi, there was still some private money, otherwise Liu Ren would not have worn a mink fur to beat the Dengwen drum.

"This official asks you, it says that the Liu family's cloth business was deliberately collapsed by the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce controlled by Zhen Guogong, and it also said that Zhen Guogong was expropriating and extorting money in Jiaozhi, and the people are prey, do you have any evidence?"

Subsequently, Zhao Muyu asked people to take the form in Liu Zhang's hand, and after taking a look at it, he asked with a stern expression, this accusation can be very strict, and it will ruin Li Yuntian's reputation.

"Lord Qingtian, what the folk woman said is true, and there is no half-truth." Liu Zhangshi nodded affirmatively when he heard this, and said with a sad and indignant face, "Lord Qingtian, you may not know that the cloth business of Jiaozhi is owned by four families, all of which are consultations of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, two of which are related to the Zhenguo Gong, and are opened by the in-laws of the two wives of the Zhenguo Gong, and the president of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce is from the two of them. ”

"Not only the cloth business, but also the grain and the needlework, all the businesses in Jiaozhi are all controlled by the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, and anyone who offends them will be excluded and retaliated, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Jiaozhi." As he spoke, Liu Zhang's face showed a look of pain, and he looked angry.

Hearing this, the people outside the hall who were hearing the trial burst into a commotion, and people naturally did not suspect that the excited Liu Zhang would lie, and they were surprised that the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce actually controlled the Jiaozhi business community, and there was a deep relationship with Li Yuntian.

Zhao Muyu's brows couldn't help twitching, the relationship between Li Yuntian and the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce is not a secret in the official and business circles of the capital, he also has some understanding of this, knowing that the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce was founded by Li Yuntian when he was the magistrate of Hukou County, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi, and has become the first chamber of commerce in Daming since the Lianghuai Salt case.

Therefore, in Zhao Muyu's opinion, the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce may really be like Liu Zhang's said, relying on Li Yuntian's power to do evil and be domineering.

"Silence! If anyone comes, if there is any more noise, immediately drive the official out. However, now is obviously not the time for Zhao Muyu to think about this kind of thing, seeing the people outside the hall buzzing and talking, so his face sank, and he slapped the startled wood again, shouting at the soldiers and servants who maintained order in the courtyard.

The people who were talking about it obediently closed their mouths when they heard this, and they finally came to the scene of the court trial, and they all wanted to see the result of the court trial, so they naturally didn't want to be driven away like this.

"Liu Zhang, even if what you said is true, then it has nothing to do with Zhenguo Gong, where did you come from the tyranny and tyranny, the people of fish and meat?"

After the hall was quiet, Zhao Muyu glanced at Li Yuntian, and saw that Li Yuntian was sitting there calmly and did not feel any unhappiness at all because of Liu Zhang's previous words, and couldn't help but secretly praise Li Yuntian for acting calmly and not being surprised, and said to Liu Zhang's after a deep groan.

"Lord Qingtian, don't you know, Emperor Taizu understands the suffering of the people, and once set a tax policy of thirty taxes and one tax, but Jiaozhi is different, the lowest commercial tax is one percent, and the highest can reach seventy percent, the high tax rate is really incredible!"

Liu Zhangshi smiled bitterly when he heard this, looked at Zhao Muyu helplessly and said, "Master Qingtian, the business tax on Jiaozhi is so high that most of the income of the merchants for a year has been taken away by the government, and they dare not speak out in order to support their families. ”

"Seventy percent tax rate!" Hearing this, the people outside the hall suddenly stirred, and even the officials of the three law divisions who heard the trial also showed stunned expressions, no one could have imagined that the tax rate of Jiaozhi would be so high.

In view of Zhao Muyu's previous deterrence, the people outside the hall quickly calmed down so as not to be driven away by asking for hardship, and their shocked expressions were beyond words.

Zhao Muyu heard about Jiaozhi's commercial tax for the first time, and couldn't help but look at Li Yuntian who was sitting there indifferently again, no matter what, he couldn't have imagined that Li Yuntian would charge such a high tax rate in a wild place like Jiaozhi, wouldn't this be with the people's profits, and then increase the burden of the people, contrary to Emperor Xuande's holy will to recuperate.

At this moment, Li Yuntian sneered in his heart, it seemed that Liu Zhang's business operation model was not clear, otherwise he would not have made such a low-level mistake to attack him.

However, in this way, this also made Li Yuntian confirm one thing, that is, Liu Zhang and Liu Ren have not been to Jiaozhi nine times out of ten, so they don't know about Jiaozhi, their road guide must be forged, but the forgery technology is very high and even the people in the government have not distinguished, after all, there is no effective anti-counterfeiting technology to identify that kind of high-quality fake.

"Liu Zhang's family, the Jiaozhi commercial tax is under the jurisdiction of the Jiaozhi Bu Political Envoy, and the government has no right to intervene, do you have conclusive evidence that the failure of the Liu family's cloth business is related to the Zhenguo Gong?" Zhao Muyu didn't know what Li Yuntian was thinking now, since Li Yuntian didn't say anything about it, then he could only try it step by step, and asked Liu Zhang quietly.

Although Liu Zhang's broke a shocking news just now, it does not mean that Li Yuntian was involved in what she said, plus Li Yuntian is a famous Zhenguo Duke of the Ming Dynasty, so if you want to prove that Li Yuntian has the behavior of expropriating and tyrannical and preying on the people, there must be evidence.

"Yes!" Liu Zhang did not hesitate at all when he heard this, and replied loudly, "Lord Qingtian, the folk woman keeps the account book of the folk woman's husband when he was doing business in Jiaozhi, which records in detail how the cloth shop of the folk woman's family was squeezed down, and the eldest lord can see it at a glance. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Muyu was quite surprised when he heard this, Liu Zhang had not said that she had an account book in her hand before.

"Lord Qingtian, the husband of the folk woman is worried that something will happen in the capital, so he instructed the folk woman to carefully collect those account books, and only take them out when waiting for the court trial." Liu Zhang knew that this matter was a bit abrupt, so he hurriedly explained.

"Where's the books?" Zhao Muyu's brows furrowed slightly, and then asked in a deep voice quietly.

Although Liu Zhang's did not say it explicitly, Zhao Muyu knew that the implication of his words was to guard against Li Yuntian, the capital can be described as Li Yuntian's world, not to mention that it is easy to get Liu Ren's account book, even if he kills Liu Ren.

"In the hands of the housekeeper, he is waiting for news at the inn, and the eldest master can send someone to pass him on." Liu Zhang's family no longer concealed it when he heard this, and opened his mouth to tell the whereabouts of the account book.

"Come on, go to the inn and pass Liu Ren's housekeeper." Zhao Muyu immediately issued an order and immediately sent someone to the inn that Liu Zhang said, wanting to see what was recorded in the account book.

Li Yuntian watched the scene in front of him coldly, it seemed that the other party came prepared this time, and he was quite well prepared, even the housekeeper and account books were prepared, and it was clear that he wanted to make it impossible for him to get out of Liu Ren's matter.

I have to say that Li Yuntian somewhat admired the opponent who was hiding behind the scenes, the other party was very smart and keenly seized the opportunity of Emperor Xuande's serious illness to sow discord, and as a result, he successfully made Emperor Xuande, whose mind had changed drastically, suspicious of him, and then put him in a predicament.