"Actually, our progress has been very fast, Lord Gu has been soaking below for a few months, the three county orders have been exempted, and the officials have changed a bunch, I don't believe that Lord Gu is playing in the mountains and rivers below, my lord, this Lord Gu will be back soon." ”

Liu Han put down the teacup with a smile, and immediately understood that Gu Wei heard the news of the victory outside the Saiwai below, and hurried back.

Look at Liu Han, sentence Yu secretly scolded the little fox in his heart, this victory will change a lot of things, the emperor's dragon chair is completely secure, and those who were still waiting and watching will soon express their attitude, and the resistance of the new tax system will be greatly reduced.

They are all smart people, and they sighed in their hearts, but they still pretended to be smiling and asked, "What does the court mean by this?"

"How can my lord be smart and confused for a while," Liu Han smiled: "This is not simple, on the one hand, this new tax system has been delayed for a long time, and the court is a little dissatisfied, second, I feel that the court is warning us, this spring tax cannot be sloppy; ”

"Difficulty?" the sentence lit up, and he probably felt the direction.

Liu Han nodded, and said in an accentuated tone: "It's a difficulty, as for what the difficulty, the court didn't say it, and it's hard for me to guess." ”

Ju Yu thought silently for a while, thinking about the words in the court edict, suddenly his eyes lit up, he remembered, raised his eyes to look at Liu Han, Liu Han was drinking tea as if nothing happened.

"Who the hell is this Liu Han! Find him out from which corner in the palace, human spirit! That old man in the palace is amazing!"

Ju Yi concluded that Liu Han had already thought of it, but he didn't say it, thinking that he actually thought of it before himself, thinking of such a large amount, Ju Yu sighed in his heart, and secretly gloated.

"You're not worried at all?" Seeing that Liu Han was still drinking tea casually, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"What is there to worry about," Liu Han replied calmly: "I have already copied seven, and I have roughly found out, to be honest, if I am not worried about disrupting the overall situation of the new tax system, I can copy at least ten more, this Jiangnan is rich, one can get a little, how is it enough." ”

The sentence is very unexpected, although he can't get sick, he knows almost all the big and small things that happen in the feasible yuan, but he doesn't know much about the grain depot case presided over by Liu Han, Liu Han blocked it too much, and there was a bookstore responsible for recording, and he opened it just after revealing the content to him once.

At this moment, I heard Liu Han say that he controls nearly ten families in his hands, even if he brags, there are five of them, Jiangnan is rich, how can these five families have millions of silver.

"The problem is, I can't figure out how much silver the court needs to get through this hurdle. Liu Han sighed, the palace didn't give him news, but he reported to the palace every week.

"Don't worry, the palace will give you news. The emperor's personal army, directly commanded by the palace, can't even control the military orders of the Taiwei Mansion, how won't the father-in-law in the palace take care of you?

Ju Yi was very envious and jealous of Liu Han in his heart, and he actually had a relationship with the palace, and the two of them had their own ghosts, and they were relaxed on the surface.

The sentence is always beating around the bush, wanting to ask how Gu Wei is going down below, and if there are those that need to be modified, Liu Han naturally will not leave him with a truth, and very tactfully introduces Gu Wei's whereabouts and explains the progress of the implementation of the new tax system.

Ju Yi scolded in his heart, this guy actually didn't leak, and he talked for a long time, all of which Gu Wei said in the official document.

"Master Gu has traveled all over the five counties this time, and he must personally bow to everything, and even operate the land measurement himself. Liu Han praised Gu Wei with a smile, and he knew in his heart that this was reminding him that if he didn't do something, he would be rewarded for his merits in the future, which was not so easy to say.

"Actually, we are all too worried, Master Gu and Master Pan have a good relationship, and Master Pan is afraid that he has already been informed. ”

The sentence couldn't help but be shocked, and then smiled bitterly, this Gu Wei has a strong background, Pan Lian is his benefactor, and it is impossible for him to take credit for his contributions.

It looks like it can't hide anymore!

After Liu Han said goodbye and left, Ju Yu sat in the room for a long time, and then called him down and asked him to give the Lu family, the Yu family, the Zhang family, hesitated, and did not mention Sheng Huai again, and invited the three families to the Qin mission to the banquet tonight.

Taking advantage of this victory, if the imperial court operates skillfully, it can take advantage of the situation to take Sheng Huai and completely remove the obstacles of the new tax system in Yangzhou officialdom.

Liu Han returned to the room, and Ma Ye asked a few clerks to go back to the room to transcribe, then closed the door and walked to Liu Han's side.

It seems that this Lord Ju is also starting to get anxious, and it is estimated that he will not get sick in the future. Ma Ye teased.

Liu Han smiled and said casually: "Agreed, you said that adults have started to work hard, should we also speed up the progress." ”

Ma Ye laughed, and Liu Han asked, "These seven families, how much property have been counted." ”

"If it is silver, it is quite a lot, there are 1.6 million taels, and there are also property, which is preliminarily estimated to be more than 3 million taels, and real estate, which is not easy to estimate. ”

Checking the property is Ma Ye's business, and the data will come as soon as he opens his mouth, so he doesn't have to think about it at all.

"Do you say we should report it?" Liu Han asked, Ma Ye thought for a while: "It depends on the meaning of the court and the meaning of the palace, this time is different from the past." ”

The original meaning of the palace was not to expand, but to focus on stability, and this great victory changed a lot.

As a result of the raid, Liu Han kept the excuse that he hadn't counted it clearly, so he didn't report it.

Liu Han asked again, "Has Han Cheng come back?"

"Nope. ”

Han Cheng's mother was sick, and he asked for leave to go home to take care of him, but the holiday had not yet arrived.

"This Han family is also sick and plagued, alas. Liu Han sighed, Han Cheng was released from prison, Lu Kang was imprisoned, the Lu family was very single, not only gave up Lu Kang, but also gave the Han family a large amount of compensation, the old lady of the Han family didn't want it, but Han Cheng accepted it, and then bought the original house back.

"Is there any news from the prince?" Liu Han asked again.

Ma Ye shook his head, what kind of heart did King Qin have, even he was very puzzled, after sending him here, he ignored it, and every time he sent a message, he didn't reply, so it was easy to send a letter, just a few lines, let him do things with his heart.

"I don't understand, with your talent, you can participate in the tasting, why do you want to be under the curtain of King Qin?" Liu Han asked, this question lingered in his heart for a long time, Luan Xuan Ma Ye are all very talented talents, but these people are loyal to King Qin, why is this?

Ma Ye was stunned, Liu Han's sword was so abrupt that he was caught off guard and looked at Liu Han blankly.

Liu Han didn't ask again, picked up the case file and looked at it, Ma Ye came back to his senses in a half-ring, went over to pour tea for Liu Han, and said: "Corporal Lixian of the prince, I volunteered to serve the prince." ”

Liu Han raised his eyes and smiled, without saying anything more, Ma Ye didn't want to talk about this topic, looked at the case file and asked, "My lord, I also have something unclear." ”

"Well, let's talk about it. Liu Han replied without raising his head.

"This case has been clarified, why hasn't the adult reported it?" Ma Ye asked in confusion.

"This case is so simple," Liu Han shook his head: "The matter of the seven Wei Zhen people has been clarified, but there are still some people who have not been investigated, but whether it is investigated or not depends on the meaning of the above." ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, sighed softly, and said in a low voice: "Actually, I have reported the detailed case to the palace, but there is no clear order in the palace, so I have to wait." ”

Sighing again, he said again: "This Wei Zhen is really bold, he dares to do anything, grain, silk, cotton, tea, anything, just worry about exposure?"

"Yes, these guys don't want to die for money, they were unscrupulous at the beginning, and when they want to make up for it, the hole is already too big to make up for it, this Wei Zhen is in his sixties, and he doesn't dare to do it, don't he dare to go." ”

"Call Wei Zhen and I'll talk to him again. Liu Han said.

Ma Ye nodded, he had already understood what he said just now, there were still cases that had not been investigated, and there were still people in Liu Han's pocket, just to see if he was willing to investigate.

Wei Zhen is already sixty-two years old, his hair is gray and disheveled, his beautiful robe has become very dirty, and he looks very sluggish.

"It smells so big. Liu Han frowned slightly, and ordered: "I will give them all a bath later, and give everyone a change of clothes, but when taking a bath, someone must be watching from the side, by the way, all the criminals I said, including the prisoners who are locked up at home." ”

Wei Zhen couldn't help but look up at him, took a deep breath, and arched his hand: "Thank you, sir." ”

"You're welcome, I can't let you die, this long time without bathing may lead to the occurrence of plague, so many people, as long as one of them gets sick, it can be infected. Liu Han said and ordered: "Serve tea." ”

The little official brought tea again, and then withdrew, Ma Ye stayed on the side, picked up the pen and began to prepare for the record, and the three of them were left in the room.

"Wei Zhen, now we start. ”

Every time the trial began, Liu Han had to say this, Ma Ye picked up the pen and began to prepare for the record, and Wei Zhen still drooped his head.

"Think about it, don't hide it anymore, at this time, think about it and think about it, there is no need, by the way, I forgot to tell you something, the Tian family has been copied, the Tian family I am talking about is the Jizhou Tian family, not just Tian Ning's home. Liu Han spoke eloquently, like chatting, not like he was trying a case.

Ma Ye and Han Cheng didn't understand it at first, and they didn't adapt to this way of trying the case, but as the trial progressed, the two couldn't help but admire it, and almost all the criminals had to confess in the end, and they were completely broken by Liu Han.

The Tian family was copied, it was a few days ago, the emperor decreed that the Tian family was responsible for compensating Tian Ning for the corrupt money, and then he sent someone to copy the Tian family, and the thousand-year-old savings were swept away, but although the Tian family was copied, the person was fine, this is already the open side of the net.

Wei Zhen looked up at Liu Han, with some surprise and suspicion in his expression.

The Tian family is a thousand-year-old family, and there have been several queens and concubines in the family, and the current emperor's concubine is the Tian family, which is in line with the eight discussions, besides, it is Tian Ning who committed the crime in the Tian family, what does it have to do with the rest of the Tian family.

The Tian family is his backer, if the backer falls, is there any hope for him?

Liu Han sighed softly: "Tian Ning has hollowed out the imperial court, the Tian family does not compensate anyone, the emperor is gracious, no one else in the Tian family is involved, Wei Zhen, you and I both know, you still have something to explain, pour it out, you have all confessed, I am responsible for pleading with the court, at least one grandson, after leaving a note for your Wei family, what do you think?"

Ma Ye was slightly stunned, glanced at Liu Han in some surprise, and then continued to record quietly.

With Wei Zhen's crime, I don't know if he can survive himself, and it is best to be sent to the army, and his family members will either be sent to the army or sent officials to sell, or they will be sent to the army to serve hard labor.

But what Liu Han meant was that Wei Zhen's whole family was beheaded.

Although Wei Zhen lowered his head, he was obviously touched, he took a deep breath, hesitated for a while before asking: "My lord, I admire it very much, if I could meet an adult a few years ago, I'm afraid that the hole will be filled, alas, a peck and a drink, karma." ”

Liu Han also sighed: "Who in the world doesn't love money, cute money can't be insatiable, more than ten or twenty years, my rough investigation is tens of millions of taels of silver, I believe that this more than 10 million taels is definitely not you alone, and it is not only the seven of you who share the silver, but if you can't find out, you have also been in the officialdom for decades, so you naturally know what the result will be." ”

Wei Zhen didn't speak again, everyone understands people, these tens of millions of taels of silver belong to Jiangnan alone, if you can't find out the others, then it can only fall on the seven of them.

The Tian family is a signal, if the property of the seven of them cannot make up for the shortfall, then the entire Wei family will have to pay the price, this is the purpose that Liu Han told him.

This put a lot of pressure on Wei Zhen, if he Wei Zhen was sentenced to death, then his son can still be under the protection of the family, and there is a possibility of a comeback in the future, but if the Wei family also falls, then his descendants will have no chance to rise again.

The Wei family is also a scholar family, but the small scholar family is under the Tian family, and almost all of the Wei family members are the Tian family's disciples.

Ma Ye looked at Wei Zhen, and felt a little emotional in his heart, this Wei Zhen is very honest now, except for keeping the secret in his heart, everything else has poured out, but at the beginning, this Wei Zhenzhi was arrogant, not like a criminal at all, several case-handling officials were so angry that they almost beat him, but Liu Han beat his arrogance little by little, and now this guy is completely honest.

He could see that this Wei Zhen was very afraid of Liu Han, and he didn't dare to meet Liu Han, and Liu Han's attitude was always calm, but his move was to the bone.

"I'm over sixty, life and death have been downplayed," Wei Zhen said slowly, Ma Ye's heart sank, to this extent, this Wei Zhen still kept it secret for them, who are these people?

"I have said what I should say, tens of millions of silver, so much silver, we can eat, not so big belly. Wei Zhen laughed bitterly to himself.

"It seems that you still have expectations for them, Wei Zhen, you really think badly, you look at the past few decades, the fallen have fallen, their descendants are struggling in poverty, who cares, in this world, there are few people who send charcoal in the snow, and many people who fall into the well. ”

Wei Zhen was silent, and Liu Han sighed softly: "If you don't take the Wei family to heart, why should I worry about it, okay, you go back, so be it." ”

Wei Zhen slowly stood up and walked out with heavy steps, Ma Ye also sighed and shook his head slightly, Liu Han picked up the teacup and tossed the bowl, and there was a soft sound in the room.

(End of chapter)