"Your Majesty, I have my own memorial. I want to participate in the memorial of Shen Congxing. He forms cliques for personal gain, invades people's fields, indulges his family members, seeks wealth and murders..."

"Investigation, we must investigate strictly, we must get to the bottom of everything and make Uncle Shen innocent. How can our great uncle allow others to slander us like this." This time it was the Queen Mother who spoke first.

Someone was impeaching someone over there, and the Queen Mother here directly expressed her position to investigate strictly.

The vested interests in the salt tax obviously reached a certain tacit understanding with the Queen Mother.

The purpose there is to obstruct the salt patrol and not to destroy her own financial path. The Queen Mother's purpose is to undermine Zhao Zongquan's prestige and prove the need for her to drop the curtain.

"Let's investigate. We must get to the bottom of the matter."

The Queen Mother has already expressed her attitude, so Zhao Zongquan naturally has a hard time saying that he will not let his brother-in-law be investigated.

After all, the Queen Mother is also a master of palace fighting, and she wants to clear Shen Congxing's name.

The Queen Mother was willing to "support" her brother-in-law, so it was certainly not easy for the Emperor to show his unwillingness.

"The evidence is conclusive and irrefutable."

After the investigation, it was found that Shen Congxing was certainly not clean.

Everyone knows that a group of people in Yuzhou formed a clique for personal gain.

However, since this crime was neither admitted by me nor recognized by the emperor, it was irrelevant.

Of course there are also people's land occupations, and dignified uncles and upstarts in the court, of course, want to race and enclose land near Bianliang.

Bullying some people can actually be said to mean losing some money.

The last two are talking about the same thing. Shen Congxing’s ex-wife’s family, the Zou family, and Shen Congxing’s son are lending money outside.

Usury of money was not illegal in the Zhou Dynasty, but everyone knew that loan sharking was a sinister thing, and it was something that everyone openly despised.

If the family members of an honorable official put money outside, if someone finds out about it, they will inevitably be said to be ugly, degrading and embarrassing.

Originally this was not a big deal, but the Shen and Zou families were lending money at usurious rates.

Debt collectors drove people to death, and people's lives were at stake. Shen Congxing was in a situation where the Empress Dowager strongly advocated, and Shen Congxing certainly couldn't get away with it.

Although it was not a direct murder, Uncle Shen Guo was a relative, so he could atone for his sin by killing someone.

But having just made a mistake, Shen Congxing is not suitable for patrolling salt.

"Then let General Duan accompany you."

Then the emperor arranged for General Duan to accompany Zhao Jiying on a salt inspection.

"Rape women and force them to death in broad daylight, which is appalling."

In the case of Duan Chengyong, the process was that a fisherman sued Duan Chengyong for raping her, and then she chose to commit suicide, and she died without any evidence.

Xiao Duan was indeed a little unjust and was arranged to perform a fairy dance.

But it was also the four generals under Zhao Zongquan, Gu Tingye, Shen Congxing, Duan Chengyong, and Geng Jiechuan, who liked to go to prostitutes so much that they could easily be tricked if their weaknesses were caught.

This directly eliminated another Duan Chengyong. He died without any symptoms and was in trouble. It was impossible to protect King Huan on his salt patrol.

"Zecheng, I'm going on a salt patrol. I probably won't be able to return to Bianliang this year. I'll come over and have a drink with you in advance."

Both of them were involved in lawsuits, and the only military attachés the emperor could trust were Gu Tingye and Duan Chengyong.

"Okay, you are also familiar with salt affairs, so this can be your practice wine."

"If I can't come back during the Chinese New Year, you can take Sister Rong to your home during the Chinese New Year."

Even though Gu Tingye was leaving tomorrow, he came to see Sheng Changbai today. Of course, it wasn't really just for a drink. The most important thing was to take care of his children.

"No problem, I will bring you back after the school is suspended."

Thinking about it, Gu Tingye must have said good things to Zhao Zongquan during this period.

Sheng Changbai was able to accept the matter calmly without being targeted or hesitating.

This time Zhao Zongquan sent Gu Tingye, and there was no problem. He successfully led his troops and followed King Huan to leave the capital to inspect salt.

According to the importance of the four generals to the emperor, Gu Tingye should be regarded as the most important.

Of course the emperor trusted Shen Congxing the most, but in terms of ability, Gu Tingye was the strongest.

According to the principle of keeping the strongest by your side to protect yourself, Geng Jiechuan should be sent out next.

After all, this was just a salt patrol, and some soldiers were needed to protect the safety. It was not to quell the rioters. The requirements for military officers were not so high. It was enough that they could be trusted. No one would have thought that the emperor would directly send Gu Tingye out.

This also disrupted the plans of those with vested interests in the salt tax.

It was originally planned to attack Geng Jiechuan in the next wave, after Geng Jiechuan also failed to go.

Gu Tingye was dealt with last, and Gu Tingye directly passed Geng Jiechuan, catching his opponent off guard.
Chapter completed!