Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Yang Zhengshan stared at Zhang Maosheng, stroking his beard, and then said to Song Dashan: "Let the brothers close the team, seal off the Zhang family, and prohibit the Zhang family from going out. As for the inside of the Zhang family, there is no need to seal it for the time being!"

As soon as these words came out, Song Dashan had not yet responded, but Zhang Maosheng suddenly raised his head and looked at Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said: "I am not responsible for investigating the case. I am only responsible for sealing off all matters related to the Salt Transportation Department!"

The Zhang family's performance exceeded his expectations, but it also let him know that the Zhang family was not just a simple wealthy businessman.

A family with a long heritage must have its own way of survival.

Such as the Changping Hou Mansion, such as the Zhang family in front of you.

More than three hundred years are not a few generations, but a dozen generations. It has not declined after more than a dozen generations, so it naturally has its rationality.

Yang Zhengshan didn't know very well how deep the Zhang family's background was, but he knew that the Zhang family would not run away or resist.

Because once you resist, it is equivalent to forcing yourself to a dead end, and in the end you can only go to the dark side.

Since the Zhang family would not resist or run away, Yang Zhengshan did not have to imprison the Zhang family, he only needed to imprison them.

It's better to be imprisoned than to be imprisoned!

"Thank you, general, thank you, general!" Zhang Maosheng thanked him repeatedly.

Yang Zhengshan looked at him, "No need to thank you. I hope that your Zhang family will not do anything to embarrass this general, otherwise you should understand the consequences!"

"Yes, general, don't worry, my Zhang family will stay at home and wait for the court's investigation!" Zhang Maosheng assured wisely.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, then glanced at the shining silver ingots in front of the hall, turned around and walked out of Zhang's house.

At the same time, Song Dashan also withdrew from the Zhang family with his soldiers.

"Arrange someone to guard here!"

Yang Zhengshan gave an order and returned to Zheng's house with Zheng Xiao.

On the way back, Zheng Xiao couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you afraid of what little tricks the Zhang family will do?"

"They won't!"

"Why?"

"Because they are not the same as Luo Fu!" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

"Not in the same group?" Zheng Xiao was surprised.

Yang Zhengshan explained: "The Zhang family has recorded Luo Fu's money transactions over the years. Obviously they have already made plans. Once something happens to Luo Fu, they will abandon Luo Fu!"

"Maybe they had a lot of cooperation before, but the Zhang family never regarded Luo Fu as one of their own, otherwise they wouldn't have made such account books."

There is collusion between officials and businessmen. Most of the time, businessmen are tools for officials to make money, but the Zhang family has the opposite. They regard officials as tools to ensure their own stability.

Since it is a tool, it can naturally be discarded at any time.

Maybe the Zhang family invested a lot in Luo Fu and others in the past and spent a lot of money, but tools are just tools, and they will throw them away without hesitation when it's time to throw them away.

This is the brilliance of the Zhang family, and also the Zhang family's helpless move.

Of course, the Zhang family dared to do this because they had other confidence. They must have supported more than just Luo Fu. If Luo Fu fell, they could also ask other officials to help.

And as long as they are willing to pay, I believe many officials will help them do things and help them deal with it.

When the time comes to judge the crime, all they need to do is to lose money and avoid disaster.

Zheng Xiao quickly figured out the key and couldn't help but cursed: "It's true that there is no evil and no business!"

"hehe……"

Yang Zhengshan chuckled lightly and said no more.

That night, the city was very quiet, quieter than usual. There was no commotion, and everything seemed extraordinarily peaceful.

But many people understand that there are undercurrents beneath this peace.

Luofu was captured, and the Salt Transportation Department's Yamen was sealed. Many officials involved stayed up all night. A figure would pop up in the dark streets from time to time, and then quickly disappear.

One after another, the carrier pigeons and figures crossed the city wall and left the city.

On the south city gate, Song Dashan and a group of soldiers lit a bonfire and roasted fragrant pigeons.

"Sir, another one was shot!"

A dark-faced soldier ran over carrying a dove and grinned.

"Grill it, grill it!" Song Dashan's mouth was full of oil after eating, but he was still very happy after seeing the pigeon.

"But many pigeons flew away!" the soldier whispered.

Song Dashan waved his hand indifferently and said, "The general said, don't worry about it."

Flying pigeon messaging should be the simplest and fastest way to send messages here, and it is not easy to stop flying pigeon messaging.

Don't think that flying pigeon messaging means releasing a pigeon and letting the pigeon deliver the message. In fact, the real flying pigeon messaging is to release multiple flying pigeons at one time to prevent the flying pigeon from having an accident and not delivering the message.

Moreover, the cost of flying pigeons to transmit messages is not low. Raising and training pigeons is not an easy task.

But tonight, all the pigeons in Liao'an Prefecture were probably released. Song Dashan and the others shot down a dozen of them, and many pigeons actually flew away.

Not only pigeons, but also people. The city wall of Liao'an City is not low, almost three feet high, but such a wall still cannot stop the warriors.

Yang Zhengshan didn't intend to stop him, it was too difficult to stop him.

If they want to deliver the message, let them deliver it.

Anyway, Yang Zhengshan's goal has been achieved. The purpose of coming to Liao'an Mansion was to save Zheng Xiao. Now that Zheng Xiao is safe, other things have nothing to do with him.

After a night of silence, Yang Zhengshan and Zheng Xiao went to the Salt Transportation Department Yamen the next day.

The Salt Transport Office had been completely sealed, all warehouses and rooms had been sealed, and all officials were imprisoned in the backyard of the office, which was Luo Fu's mansion.

Luo Fu and his family were even more important targets for custody.

After the two inspected and found no problems, they went back.

Zheng Xiao, like Yang Zhengshan, was no longer in charge of what happened next. Once such a big case was uncovered, the court would generally arrange three officials to investigate and try the case. Zheng Xiao was just a salt inspector, a whistleblower, but not a judge.

At noon on the second day after Yang Zhengshan arrived in Liao'an Prefecture, Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao arrived in Kyoto.

The prosperous Kyoto really broadened the horizons of these two country bumpkins. Neither Chongshan Town nor Liaodong was considered a prosperous place in Darong.

And Kyoto was the most prosperous and richest place in Darong except Jiangnan.

Compared with Liaodong, the prosperous Kyoto was like two different worlds.

However, the two were not in the mood to appreciate the prosperity. After entering the city on horseback, they headed straight to the External Memorial Office at Jingyun Gate of the Imperial City.

The External Memorial Office is an institution that specializes in delivering memorials. The memorials are sent to the External Memorial Office, then to the Internal Memorial Office, and then to the Imperial Study by the eunuchs of the Internal Memorial Office.

Things went smoothly, and soon Yang Mingzhi and Yang Minghao came out of Jingyun Gate.

"We have entered the Imperial City!" Yang Minghao looked back at Jingyun Gate and said in disbelief.

But Yang Mingzhi was full of worries. He was worried about Yang Zhengshan, and he didn't know if Yang Zhengshan would get into trouble if he led his troops to Liao'an Prefecture privately.

"Well, it's considered to be entered!" Yang Mingzhi said softly.

Yang Minghao looked at the Imperial City with some curiosity, but unfortunately he could only see a corner of the Imperial City here, and couldn't see the majesty of the Imperial City at all.

"Let's go, let's go find Wu Zheng!" Yang Mingzhi said softly.

"Okay!"

The two brothers left, and the memorials were quickly delivered to the Imperial Study.

It was afternoon, and Emperor Chengping had just woken up after a short nap and washed his face.

Eunuch Chen came in from outside the study with two memorials.

"Where did the memorials come from?" Emperor Chengping asked.

"Your Majesty, they are from Zheng, the Imperial Censor of Liaodong Salt Inspection, and General Yang, the Commander of Tenglong Guard!" Eunuch Chen put the two memorials on the table on the couch with a smile.

Emperor Chengping gathered his messy white hair, and then leaned on the couch with the help of two young eunuchs.

"Your Majesty, this is the lotus seed soup sent by Concubine Ning!"

Eunuch Chen took a bowl of lotus seed soup from a food box and put it in front of Emperor Chengping.

Emperor Chengping took two sips of the lotus seed soup and put it down, then opened the memorial that had just been sent.

He first saw Yang Zhengshan's memorial, and after reading Yang Zhengshan's memorial, his face looked a little bad.

No matter what the reason is, it is a taboo to mobilize troops privately, especially now that Emperor Chengping is particularly sensitive and is particularly taboo about such things.

However, Yang Zhengshan had left a good impression on him before, so he was just a little angry and did not get angry immediately.

Putting down Yang Zhengshan's memorial, he opened Zheng Xiao's memorial again.

The more he looked at it, the darker his face became, and the more he looked at it, the gloomier his eyes became.

"Asshole!"

After reading it, Emperor Chengping was immediately furious and swept the lotus seed soup on the table away with a wave of his sleeves.

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

In the study, Eunuch Chen and a group of young eunuchs knelt down and shouted.

Emperor Chengping ignored them at all, glanced at the memorial in his hand again, and said: "Send it to the Minister of Justice, the Minister of the Supreme Court, and the Left and Right Censors of the Censorate!"

"Yes!" Eunuch Chen responded, and hurriedly got up from the ground, bowed his head and bowed his body to exit the study.

As soon as Eunuch Chen left the palace, Emperor Chengping started to cough violently. Several eunuchs were so frightened that they hurriedly poured him water to relieve his breath. Eunuch Chen quickened his pace and almost trotted.

After a while, Emperor Chengping finally recovered his breath, but his face looked a little ugly.

His deep eyes were filled with anger that could not be concealed.

And the reason why he was so angry was not because of Yang Zhengshan, nor because of Luo Fu, nor because of Zheng Xiao.

He had seen all kinds of corrupt officials in the 30 years since he ascended the throne, so how could he be angry because of Luo Fu?

What really made him angry was the person behind Luo Fu.

Just by reading the memorial, he knew that there must be someone else behind Luo Fu, otherwise Luo Fu would never have such courage.

As for who was behind Luo Fu, Yang Zhengshan could guess one or two, and Emperor Chengping could at least guess seven or eight points.

That was why he was so angry.