Daming King of Punishment

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But at this time, Brother Niu's eyes were full of despair, and the look he looked at Song Wuya had lost the slightest expression.

The governor of the provincial government at the side didn't know why, and he was still thinking about how to drag Song Wuya into trouble.

If he knew that Brother Niu and the others secretly stole private salt from it when they loaded the ship, I'm afraid he wouldn't have time to think about other things now.

Brother Niu today knows what it means to lift a rock and shoot yourself in the foot.

If he didn't tell this matter originally, then he would have nothing to do, but now, Song Wuya is safe and sound, and he has no life left.

An hour later, the guards who went to search returned.

"My lord, a large amount of illegal salt was found in the homes of these laborers."

The guard's report made Brother Niu completely paralyzed on the ground, and the provincial governor was also taken aback.

He was very surprised by this matter, and questioned loudly: "How is this possible? They are just ordinary workers at the dock. How could they hide a lot of private salt at home?"

"My lord, now it seems that the whole witness you brought is very problematic! I am afraid that everything he said before is all lies. The king also hopes that he will explain that all these private Where did the salt come from? Even if, as he said, the bags of private salt in front of him were gifts from Mr. Song, what about the others?"

King Jin questioned coldly, but how did they answer this question.The governor of the province was completely ignorant of all this, and he didn't know what to say at all.And Brother Niu couldn't explain it even more. Could it be that he said that all these private salts were stolen by him during the shipment?

In this way, wouldn't it just involve the matter of Guanshan Restaurant's delivery of illegal salt?

Being questioned by the King of Jin, the Governor and Brother Niu fell silent, they had no way to explain.

Chapter 645 No way to justify

?Chapter 645 No way to justify

The governor of the province looked at Brother Niu in surprise, and kept gesturing to him, obviously wanting to know what was going on.

The lord of the provincial government who originally came here to inquire about the crimes, turned into the person being interrogated in an instant.

King Jin's words made him unable to answer.He didn't know what was going on at all, he kept gesturing to Brother Niu at the side, but how could Brother Niu answer his question at this moment.

He couldn't answer this question at all, and he couldn't explain it.

Now that there is such a situation, even if he stole all these private salts, then he can only plead guilty to these crimes.

Is it possible to ask him to confess that there are often illegal salt traffickers on this pier?If this is the case, isn't that just telling Guanshan Restaurant?

But he knew that even if he offended the government, he couldn't offend Guanshan Restaurant.After all, the government only charged him with a crime, even if it was a capital crime, he would die alone.But if it is changed to Guanshan Restaurant, then it will not be so simple.

"My lord, did you hear what this king said just now? You have to explain this matter to this king, otherwise, this king will use you as a question."

Jin Wang directly skipped that brother Niu, he was too lazy to talk to this brother Niu.After all, King Jin also knew very well that Brother Niu was nothing more than a young man after all, even if he really did something about him, it would be meaningless.

At this moment, the governor of the provincial government knelt on the ground tremblingly. He looked at King Jin's face, but he didn't know what to say.

"Where did you get so much private salt!" The governor was very depressed, and he couldn't figure out where this brother Niu's family got so much private salt.

If it's just him who has private salt, that's fine, but the brothers who follow him all hide a lot at home.

If it was just a little bit, then he could still reason that it was deducted from the batch of private salt that Song Wuya gave them, but now there is no way to quibble.

Brother Niu, who is the victim, doesn't say a word now, but just kneels there with a bitter face.

Presumably the Guanshan Restaurant behind them didn't know what was going on. After all, how could he have imagined that Brother Niu, who had been loading them with goods, secretly hid so much private salt.

Originally, this was a dangerous move, they wanted to use this method to alienate the relationship between Song Wuya and King Jin.But luckily now, not only did he not succeed, but he was beaten up and turned into such a situation.

Seeing that Brother Niu didn't speak, the governor was very anxious.

"You are talking!"

But Brother Niu still didn't open his mouth, let him say anything, just didn't open his mouth to explain.

There was a stalemate for a while, and King Jin didn't have time to watch them here. He snorted coldly and said: "Hmph! This is a matter for your provincial government, and we will talk about this matter later. Let the troublesome people go first. Put them under custody for this king, and those who were with him were also arrested."

"My lord! This must be..." The governor didn't want it to end like this, after all, this ending was not what he had expected.Now that it has become like this, he may not be able to explain it to the other side.

King Jin raised his hand for a while: "You don't need to talk to this king here, you can come to this king to explain this matter after you show the evidence."

As soon as King Jin said these words, the guards on the side immediately stepped forward, blocked the Lord of the provincial government, and made a gesture of invitation, motioning him to leave the place.

Looking at the situation, the governor of the provincial government knew that there was no way to justify, so he had no choice but to get up and leave.

Brother Niu and the others were captured by the imperial guards, and they were all put in custody.

"Brother Song, today's incident is really unexpected! I didn't expect these coolies who loaded the ship to hide so much private salt at home. Did you know about this matter before, so there was such a sudden incident just now?" said?"

After waiting for the guards to deal with the matter in front of them, King Jin smiled and looked at Song Wuya.

It is undeniable that Song Wuya knew about this matter.However, he was quite surprised that so much private salt was hidden in the other party's home.

"To be honest, my lord, I knew about this matter. Originally, we came here because we were looking for private salt. We didn't expect to meet the imperial examination. Because of the matter of the exam, the matter of private salt Delayed. Just a few days ago, after seeing that the imperial examination had been settled, we went to the wharf. Unexpectedly, we happened to see the process of loading illegal salt at the wharf. At that time, we were not sure that the goods were illegal salt, but we saw When the coolies were dishonest, they stole some of the goods secretly. At that time, I made a plan to ship the goods later. After confirming that what they shipped before was indeed illegal salt, This incident was discovered, and that's why today's scene happened. The reason why I said that just now is that I know that there should be private salt hidden in their home, but I didn't expect there to be so much."

Unexpected things often have unexpected results.Today's result made them feel very comfortable.Not only did he catch the lord of the provincial government, but he also gave a heavy blow to the head of the Guanshan Restaurant behind them.

"Hey!" Jin Wang suddenly sighed: "I didn't expect our dynasty to be so unbearable. We always thought that under our rule, the people should live and work in peace and contentment, and all walks of life should be safe and secure. , but now it seems that it is no different from the previous dynasty."

"My lord's words are wrong." Song Wuya hurriedly comforted him after hearing these words. "This has been the case in all dynasties. Why this kind of thing can continue to this day is because there is no way to control it. If the government releases this salt and lowers the price of official salt, then there will naturally be no market for private salt. Even if There is a surviving market, presumably the profit is low, and no one is willing to take this risk.”

"Brother Song said this, I don't blame you, maybe you don't know all of this." King Jin shook his head after hearing Song Wuya's words.

Song Wuya knew what King Jin was thinking at the moment. After all, this salt was one of the important taxes of the imperial court. If it was released, the national treasury would be empty.

"My lord, what you said is wrong." Song Wuya said bluntly: "You might as well think about it, who in this world has money and who has no money?"

"Of course the rich merchants are rich, and the common people have no money!" King Jin was slightly astonished when he heard Song Wuya's question, but he still answered quickly.

"Yes! My lord, you are right. But you should also know where most of the imperial court's annual income comes from." Song Wuya nodded and continued.

Hearing this, King Jin nodded: "It's also clear, most of them are agricultural taxes."

"The king of Jin was born in the royal family, so he has read a lot of poetry and books when he was free. He should also know why the past dynasties perished for so long!" Song Wuya didn't directly explain what he was thinking, but reminded the king of Jin step by step. .

King Jin's face was full of astonishment at this moment, and he looked at Song Wuya with curiosity.

"In the past dynasties, most of the country was destroyed, and the eighth floor was all because of the uprising of the people at the bottom. Although I am only a small official, I feel that the ruler deserves all these things." Song Wuya this time The words have reached the point, and the words have not left the slightest consideration. "There are tens of thousands of people in the world. What are they doing? Isn't it just for a bite of food? If the imperial court doesn't even give them a bite of food, isn't it just to kill them? It's a dead end anyway. , why not fight for it?"

"I didn't expect Brother Song to have such an idea!" King Jin was shocked after hearing this.

"My lord is too famous. If the imperial court gave them food, who would want to risk their lives with their own heads!" Song Wuya smiled slightly and continued: "In this world, who is the easiest to make money? Corrupt officials, they You only need to stretch out your hand, and the money will come naturally. Besides, who else can make money the easiest? Those who give money to these corrupt officials. Most of them are businessmen, and even if they are not businessmen, most of them are It has something to do with merchants. They make money the most easily, and they earn a lot of money. The prince is also very clear that the sum of the money of all the people in the world may not compare to the assets of some of those merchants."

After Song Wuya said these words, King Jin's face revealed a look of sudden realization.

"Brother Song said this, and I understand what you mean." King Jin took a deep breath and said, "You just want to say that when the imperial court collects taxes, it emphasizes industry and commerce and exempts agriculture and animal husbandry. But Brother Song doesn't agree. I know that none of the rich people in the world is powerless. Those who are powerful are all because of their relationship with the imperial court. It is precisely because of such a relationship that many people are protecting their interests, even the royal family Can't shake it!"