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Chapter 2446 Guizi Juan Li Daitao is stiff, the Zhou family is superior

It can be said that the New Four were the first to be finalized, and the Zhou family might end up being the worst.

Involving a bloody case, and colluding with water bandits on the Yangtze River, no one can bear this kind of evil, which is far better than trafficking in smuggled salt or engulfing land.

Therefore, under Feng Ziying's instruction, when the newspapers and periodicals in the south of the Yangtze River began to hype the Zhou family's "spotty evil deeds", they quickly overwhelmed the "limelight" of the Zhen family, and Zhen Zhou Hu Tao's ranking was gradually replaced by Zhou Zhen Hu Tao's ranking .

Zhen Yingyu reacted very quickly. He originally brought 30 taels of silver to Songjiang for activities, but after being declined by the Lu family, he noticed a change in style. After returning to Nanjing, his daughter and niece had already entered Feng's residence.

He also worried about his elder brother's hope that Feng Ziying would show mercy, but soon news came from Feng's house, making the Zhen family calm down.

After this wait, the Zhou family was taken down like boiling soup and Wo Xue, replacing the Zhen family as the "top sheep", and finally made the Zhen family realize the benefits of having someone in the court.

It has to be said that due to the usefulness brought by Feng Ziying's central operation, the evil deeds of the Zhou family have been infinitely magnified. Of course, this is also a fact.

As the leading shipping tycoon in the south of the Yangtze River, he actually relies on this method to squeeze out and suppress competitors, and several of them also have quite a background and background.

For example, the Long family was originally one of the largest ship merchants in the Yangtze River Shipping Ten years ago, and the Long family was also the in-laws of Liu Yixiu, the Minister of Criminal Affairs. Of course, Liu Yixiu was not the Minister of Criminal Affairs at that time.

It turned out that during the two shipments, one was ransacked by water bandits on the Hezhou River and suffered heavy losses, and the other was burned to nothing by an inexplicable large cargo while staying overnight at Wuchang Wharf.

The two disasters not only seriously injured the vitality of the Long family, but also killed more than a dozen capable people. This alone made the Long family completely withdraw from the Yangtze River shipping competition, and never turned around again.

Now it has been found out that Hezhou Jiangmian is one of the three major water bandits on the Yangtze River, Zhang Jing Langli, who committed the crime, but he was instigated by the Zhou family, and the Zhou family also colluded with the internal staff of the Jiang Waterproof Division to master the travel rules of the Long family fleet. , so it can accurately attack the Long family fleet on the Hezhou River.

In another fire at Wuchang Wharf, the Zhou family directly bribed the gangsters, and used fierce kerosene and sulfur to ignite the fire at night, directly burning the seven merchant ships of the Long family to nothing.

The merchant ship originally transported medicinal materials from Sichuan, which were worth tens of thousands of taels, but the result was that the Long family had to sell more than ten ships to get away.

These two incidents alone are enough to send the Zhou family into the [-]th floor of hell and never recover.

There are many similar situations, involving many lives. It can be said that among the new four, the Zhou family is the most ruthless and ruthless.

However, the background of the Zhou family is not simple. The main sister of the Zhou family married Xiao Daheng, who was also the minister of the Ministry of punishment ten years ago. At that time, Xiao Daheng was extremely popular. for many years.

However, Xiao Daheng retired from office due to illness many years ago, and passed away at the beginning of this year, his influence has long since dissipated.

Under such circumstances, it would be great for the Zhou family to be used as a model, especially after Feng Ziying disclosed to the Long family the situation of the Zhou family's black hands against the Long family, the Long family almost wanted to let the Zhou family do whatever it took. destruction.

As an in-law, Liu Yixiu couldn't come forward in person, but Han Yu must have specially greeted him, and even Yang Lian had a special order to crucify the Zhou family.

After these operations, the popularity of the Zhen family naturally slowly dropped. Coupled with the Zhen family's obedient attitude, they sent the list without greeting, which greatly satisfied Gu Bingqian's face, so originally he wanted to treat the Zhen family The attitude of killing everything has also changed slightly.

After leaving a promise letter from Gu Bingqian, Feng Ziying only knew it when she returned to the mansion.

Since Gu Bingqian has left a message, it means that there is some room for maneuver in the attitude of killing the Zhen family completely.

Of course, this only stops at the disposal of the members of the Zhen clan, and this can only be discussed after fulfilling all the conditions promised.

But even so, it was enough to satisfy the entire Zhen family.

Before that, what they were most worried about was to put all the members of the Zhen family into prison. They should be sentenced to exile in Liaodong or Guizhou, and then dismantle the entire Zhen family. up.

Even if he could hide some property, he would have to wait until decades later when the attention of the government on the Zhen family shifted before he could change his name and surname to make a comeback, but that would be too difficult.

When Feng Ziying returned to the house, the four daughters came out to welcome her.

During this time, Feng Ziying was so busy that she didn't even go back to the backyard. She spent most of her time resting in the study in the front yard, usually until late at night.

The fourth daughter didn't dare to bother her, so she could only hope for good news.

Zhen Baochen and Li Wei were relatively more active, and occasionally went to the front yard to show their faces by delivering soup and fruit, but it was difficult to get in the way. Basically, Wang Wenyan, Wu Yaoqing, and Gu Dengfeng exist.

Hot tea was served, and the shoulders, arms and necks of both sides were massaged by beauties. Feng Ziying enjoyed this comfort very much.

For a moment, he felt as if he was in Beijing, but the beauty had changed.

"I've been tired all day, and finally I have some clues." Feng Ziying didn't intend to tease the second daughter of the Zhen family, and went straight to the point, "Mr. Gu Ge is a little relieved today. Compared with the originally determined ending, the Zhen family may be different. Slightly better,…”

There was a gleam of joy in the eyes of the Zhen sisters, and it was Zhen Baochen who asked, "Sir, what do you mean by saying that this is slightly better?"

"Originally, the men from your Zhen family were basically sent to serve their sentences in exile, and they were not even allowed to return to their original places. That is to say, they could only die of old age in the border areas. The women were most likely to be Jiaofang Secretary. When Baochen came to me, I thought The Zhen family's attitude is considered sincere, and they are willing to cooperate with the imperial court, so they are thinking that maybe women can be exempted from the Jiaofang Secretary and distributed with men, and there is a deadline to fight for distribution, and see if there is a chance to return to their original place in the future,..."

Feng Ziying did think so at the beginning.

However, as the information provided by the Zhen family has played a considerable role, and the Tang family has gained a lot, and the situation of the Zhou family is even worse, Feng Ziying considered whether it is possible to build up the momentum of the Zhou family. Then replace the Zhen family's limelight and let the Zhen family retreat to the second place, so as to gain the initiative in dealing with it in the future.

Now it seems that this strategy is still successful, the Zhou family stepped forward and became the target of public criticism, and the Long family insisted on relentlessly, so the Zhen family was successfully deposed and became a subordinate family like the Hu family and the Tao family.

"Now I'm considering whether I can persuade Mr. Gu Ge that after you hand over all the assets of the Zhen family, if you can cooperate with the imperial court to continue to deal with all matters in these aspects and achieve a satisfactory result, then can you consider whether you can do it to me? You have preferential treatment, such as whether exile from the army can be exempted, and you can be sentenced to local imprisonment instead,..."

Dazhou followed the law of Ming Dynasty. The five punishments of the cane are death, of which the second punishment of the cane is corporal punishment, and the operation is very flexible. The cane is back to the hips and legs. If the yamen servants use it well, the thirty-fifty cane can only get up after lying at home for three to five days, and it can recover roughly within ten days.

As long as the two punishments of cane and cane are for minor crimes, they can often be replaced by paying a fine, but this depends on the attitude of the chief official of the government. They can either agree to use the fine to offset it or refuse.

Imprisonment is the most widely used type, but Dazhou’s maximum sentence is five years, that is, free labor under the supervision of the local government, such as smelting iron and boiling salt, such as building bridges and roads, such as repairing embankments and digging rivers, all of which are in the government. Under unified control, freedom is also restricted, but once the sentence is completed, the normal status can be restored, which is also the most commonly used type of punishment.

Exile is the punishment that is second only to imprisonment among the five punishments, because some changes have been made in exile in the Great Zhou Dynasty. There are cases where exile and exile are not allowed to return to their original places, and there are also cases where they are allowed to return to their original places after the expiration of the final period of exile, but it depends on Whether you have the life to live to that time, it can be said that the punishment of exile is now second only to the death penalty.

If it is a local prison sentence, as long as it is well managed, the prison sentence of three to five years can be served quickly, but Feng Ziying has to consider whether the Zhen family has committed public outrage and they stay in Nanjing. Will safety issues become a risk? factor.

"Is it really possible? My husband, if that's the case, that would be great." The Zhen sisters were overjoyed.

"Bao Chen, Bao Yu, I don't think so." Feng Ziying shook her head, "If Master Li Jiashouzhong handled it like this, I think it's very appropriate, after all, he is just playing with his pen and talking too smoothly to offend a few big bosses It’s too much, that’s why it’s like this, just saying yes, who has any life-and-death feud with him, but it can’t be said, and the big bosses don’t want to haggle over him, so as long as the Li family ends Li Shouzhong’s problem, Li Coco Li Qi is no longer a problem."

"The Li family is fine, but the Zhen family, the four major families, the Ding and Tang families, and so many other families that were confiscated because of private salt, will any of them slip through the net? On the top of the family, is it going to take revenge on the Zhen family in the end? Jiangnan is their territory, and if they really want to put all their eggs in one basket, wouldn't the Zhen family be in danger?"

When Feng Ziying said this, the Zhen sisters immediately came to their senses. If they really want to be imprisoned locally, the government cannot watch them every day. As long as they are negligent, the danger from the outside world will be very high. Only a thousand days of being a thief, There is no one who can guard against thieves for a thousand days, so it is not suitable for the Zhen family.

(End of this chapter)