Chapter 939 Chapter 939: Making the Game (Part 2) [Two in One]
"The person who set up the trap could have predicted that I would come, and blatantly arranged for the broker to reveal the clues. It was obvious that he had already prepared countermeasures. Whether it was food or illegally raised money, it was estimated that all of it had been successfully used before we arrived in Jinli County. Transferred, the hope of recovery is very slim." The chances of recovery for typical modern frauds are low, let alone in this era.
Xun Zhen covered her chest with trembling fingers.
He said in a trembling voice: "The anger is killing me, the anger is killing me!"
Shen Tang made up for it: "Don't get angry now. When you count the money you were defrauded, you will probably be surprised. The Ponzi scheme takes advantage of human greed. The huge amount will probably make you show off your power before the attack. Five times, or more?”
Xun Zhen immediately turned red-eyed and angry when she heard this.
The amount is enough to make him show off his power three to five times or even more. That is really an astronomical figure that is unimaginable! How dare these people lend so much money? Kang Shi counted with his fingers on one side and was shocked: "Isn't this amount impossible?"
Shen Tang: “Why is it impossible?”
At this moment, she rolled her eyes helplessly inwardly.
Jinli County’s pig teammates really can’t be brought along!
She gave a simple and crude example: "Suppose Hanzhang has 900 taels of silver in his hand, lends it out, and gets back 1,300 taels with capital and interest. If he stops at this time, he can earn a full 400 taels. Hanzhang is timid. The second time I lent out only 400 taels of interest earned, and got 577 taels back with interest, and this time I earned another 177 taels easily. Hanzhang, will you stop?"
Xun Zhen, who was named, replied: "If I didn't know it in advance, I would have been more cautious and lent twice with interest."
“The third time I lent out two loans with interest of five hundred and seventy-seven taels, there was no suspense, and once again I got back the principal with interest for eight hundred and thirty-three taels. Hanzhang, will you be more courageous the fourth time?”
Xun Zhen stepped in and nodded affirmatively: "Yes, even if I know that such a great benefit will inevitably be accompanied by risks, but -"
"But there is always a bit of luck in my heart, and I may even regret wasting the first three opportunities. If I were more courageous, I would have lent ten thousand taels or even one hundred thousand taels at the beginning. After three times, it would be 30,000 taels or 300,000 taels." ! People who receive dividends will not take it as soon as it is good, they will only invest it again with interest, or even borrow government debt. With only three dividends, ten thousand can become thirty thousand, one hundred thousand can become three hundred thousand, and one million can become Three million... Let me ask you, with such huge profits, who wouldn't want to take a gamble?"
Everyone can’t help but ask themselves—
Can they really hold it?
Even if they can suppress their greed, what about their relatives?
Even if their reason tells them that there is a big problem here, can't they just take the money and leave before something happens?
Shen Tang can see through everyone's thoughts.
Asked: "Suppose you hold three million and refuse to repay the government debt, but when you see others paying dividends for the fourth time, will you regret it? Will you be determined to bet for the fifth time? As long as you win the bet Well, that’s a total of 4.35 million!”
There was silence for a moment, except for the rapid breathing.
One million to 4.35 million, only four dividends.
Shen Tang finally poured a basin of cold water on her: "The key to the problem is that you don't know when the sound of drumming will stop. Only the drummers know this, and human greed cannot be stopped once it is opened, so - this The game is destined to be lost.”
Everyone thinks he is the smart one.
She pointed out another pit that no one had noticed.
"...Moreover, don't forget to whom the official debt is lent, it is to the merchants. The merchants are white, their status is not high, they have no power and no support. People with power and status cannot guarantee that they will not have the official debt in their hearts if they lend it to them. With this idea in mind - even if these merchants can't get the dividends, they can still get their own principal back by extraordinary means, and even coerce the merchants to use other people's principal as dividends. Anyway, it is the merchants who have to clean up the final mess. , I can still sit firmly on the Diaoyutai."
This is simply a good business that can guarantee harvests during droughts and floods!
They make money, and the merchants keep it all.
But who would have thought that merchants were also part of this game?
The faces of all the ministers turned green upon hearing this.
Because they find themselves in a situation where they have a high probability of falling victim to a trap. As the Lord said, the borrowers are merchants, and merchants still want to owe them money for being officials? Out of this confidence, lending official debt is a low-risk way to get rich with guaranteed returns during droughts and floods!
I can’t imagine how crazy they would be if they were controlled by greed.
Chu Yao comforted his country's leader: "Now that the matter has come to this, it can only be regarded as a lesson learned. Similar loopholes cannot be exploited a second time. This kind of scam, whether it is the person who organized the game or the officials involved, , the legislation punishes severely and cannot be tolerated!”
Shen Tang said: "Officials, the crime will be increased!"
Lieutenant Zhe Chong, who was kneeling on the ground, was stiff all over.
Shen Tang was in no mood to pay attention to her situation.
Even if Captain Zhe Chong was tricked, her bribery is true and her dereliction of duty is true. If the food and grass really got into the hands of Bei Mo, Shen Tang's order to behead her would not be unjust: "Ji Shou, official debt is also a bribe." The methods used by officials are not stipulated in the law, but they should be regarded as bribery. I will go back and collect files on bribery and corruption in various places to make this aspect more detailed."
Kangshi accepted the order with his hands raised.
Suffering the feeling of swelling and discomfort in his head, Shen Tang braced himself to deal with the aftermath of the incident. She lowered her head and looked at the pale-faced Captain Zichong, sighing softly. Although Zhechong Mansion in Jinli County is not the Shangfu, it is also the Zhongfu. The female camp is inherently weak, but this person was able to catch up in just ten years and climb to the position of Zhechong Captain. It is a pity that it is a lie to say that she is not prohibited by law: "Everyone can do anything without prohibition by law. That is for ordinary people, all the gentlemen here." They are all important ministers of Kang State, and for you all, it is prohibited without permission by law!"
Everyone bowed their hands and saluted: "We will keep this in mind."
Ning Yan said the guess that everyone was worried about but dared not say: "My lord, Jinli County is like this, but other places..."
Could it be that he also suffered a disaster?
Shen Tang remained silent and did not speak, but everyone could feel the strong murderous aura lingering around her. Dr. Kurabe said bravely: "My lord, in my opinion, even if other counties are affected, the actual situation should be better than Jinli County is better."
Shen Tang’s eyes fell on him and he motioned to continue.
Doctor Kurabe: "Supervisory censor Zheng Yu."
The last news about Zheng Yu came from Lingzhou.
In order to protect the safety of the supervisory censors, Shen Tang stipulated that they should report the situation at regular intervals and maintain contact with the censorship station. If the time is exceeded, the safety of the supervisory censor will be threatened. In special circumstances, the supervisory censor may even call on the troops of Zhe Chong Mansion to kill first and then report. The Zhechong Mansion did not receive any news from Zheng Yu. Was it because he knew that the Zhechong Mansion was unsafe, or was it because he was too unexpectedly exposed and was hunted down by the enemy without a chance to bring in reinforcements?
From a timeline perspective, Zheng Yu should have discovered something in Jinli County, but was accidentally exposed and lost his trace in Lingzhou on his way to escape. Knowing that he was about to be exposed, the gangster chose to cut off his tail in a hurry to survive, and planned a "ghost food theft case" to attract the attention of the royal court and buy time to transfer illegal funds and food. Time was running out, and there was no time to close the network in other parts of Kunzhou.
Even if there were losses, they were not as big as those in Jinli County.
Perhaps most of the losses can be recovered.
With some luck, you may even be able to get it all back.
When Shen Tang brought people to Kunzhou, he ordered the Fourth Department of the Ministry of War, the Department of Hubu Duzhi, and the Department of Jinbu to take the Seventh Guard and Fourth Army to investigate the counties in Kunzhou. He also brought some people to Jinli County - he saw a Only one cockroach means there are hundreds of cockroaches hiding in the dark, eating and living with people! She was worried that the problem might be in more than one Jinli County, and other places would also need to be checked.
Now it seems that this decision is extremely correct.
Shen Tang could not trust the local Zhechong government and directly led people from Qiweisi to blockade and surround the entire Jinli County. Officials who had participated in official debt lending, local gentry and wealthy households, and even their relatives involved were all imprisoned. For a time, the prison was overcrowded.
When they learned that their property had been involved, dozens of people fainted and died on the spot.
The cell was full of curses directed at Shen Tang.
It is reasonable to suspect that this is Shen Tang’s ploy to make money!
Let me ask you, how could a few businessmen and a few petty officials have the courage to take away so much money without the instructions of someone behind the scenes? I'm afraid, from the beginning to the end, it was Shen who cheated on others and secretly squandered all the money! The official debts released were recovered by Zhechong Mansion. Zhechong Mansion obeyed the orders of the Seven Guards and Four Leaders, and the Seven Guards and Four Leaders were the king's minions. Dare she say that Wang Ting was innocent in this matter?
The situation of falling back into poverty overnight has made these people lose their minds, and they dare to say anything rebellious! Many of them mortgaged their ancestral properties and borrowed money to invest in government bonds. The official debt was so high that not only did they lose everything, they also owed huge debts!
Qian Yong put his legs on the table: "The scolding is really unpleasant." As he said this, he tore off a large chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth.
The deputy general at his side resisted the urge to cover his ears, bent down and persuaded: "My lord, these people's dirty words are too dirty for your ears. The prison smells so bad, should we stay somewhere else?"
These people are all cursing the ruler of the country.
Neither the Duke nor he is suitable to listen.
Qian Yong spit out the chicken bones and took out the handkerchief to wipe his greasy fingers: "The scolding is unpleasant, but I like to hear it."
Qian Yong loves to join in the fun. Over the years, only Shen Youli has been trolling people everywhere, and no one has ever dared to scold her at the top of their lungs.
How rare. I missed this shop in this village.
The lieutenant-general blushed: "If the Lord finds out..."
Qian Yong said: "She will come to listen together."
Video General: “…”
Qian Yong twisted a silver needle and picked his teeth: "Chu Jie is not here now. Tianshu Wei is your general and I am in charge. Why are you so timid? Huh, I have a sense of control as your general."
"In the past, Your Majesty wouldn't have minded this, but now..." The deputy general looked up at the criminal department personnel coming and going in the prison, and from time to time asked people to go out for interrogation. He lowered his voice and said, "My lord has suffered a big loss. This temper is similar to It’s different in the past.”
“I didn’t do it, there’s no reason to be angry with me...”
Video General: “…”
He has followed Qian Yong since he was a boy and knows his temper well.
Even though he had worked under Shen Tang for five years, the consciousness he had developed in the previous decades was not easy to change. For him, Shen Tang is the lord of the country, the subject that makes him dependent. Although he is an object, he is not completely surrendered to her.
Above equality, under the ruler and his ministers.
Before the big tree in the sky falls, he will not have two minds.
“Then you should also consider the Lord’s mood...”
Qian Yong waved his hand impatiently: "I know, I know!"
The members of the Criminal Department who followed the inspection were forced to stay up late at night. When they were done, the next step was the work of Tianshu Wei.
In just one night, the preliminary results were put before the Shen Tang case.
Liu Changshi of Jinli County took field leave the day before Shen Tang arrived in Jinli County. He went back to farm and took leave for fifteen days in a row. Tianshu Wei sent people to arrest Liu Changshi, but found that Liu Changshi had not come back at all. He learned from nearby farmers that Liu Changshi had been paying farmers to take care of their fields on the pretext that the government office was busy: "Are you sure these four Today, Liu Changshi hasn’t come back?”
The farmer nodded affirmatively: “I didn’t come back.”
He also asked the farmers if they knew where Liu Changshi’s relatives lived.
Several farmers thought about it carefully and shook their heads.
Even though Liu Changshi was approachable and didn't have the airs of an official, he still didn't get close to them, let alone tell them about his family's situation. Not only did the farmers not know the details of Liu Changshi, but the roster records at the Jinli County Office were also false.
This person has no trace of his past and seems to appear out of thin air.
Shen Tang was so angry that she threw the paperweight on the head of Jinli County Sheriff, leaving a red mark on his forehead. She said angrily: "You bastard! How dare someone who doesn't know the details to entrust him with the position of chief historian!"
The governor of Jinli County was frightened and afraid of making excuses.
“This, this person was recommended by a close friend of Xiaguan for many years…”
Shen Tang grabbed a handful of letters and threw them on his shoulder: "Long-time friend? See for yourself what kind of work your long-time friend does! He is a rebel! You have a close acquaintance with him, and you treat him as a 'friend'? People think you are 'performance'! Idiot!"
Kunzhou was originally part of the Geng Kingdom.
There are many remnants of the Gengwang royal family and warlord forces, and the relationship between them is complicated. This is one of the important reasons why it took Shen Tang and Yuanhuang three years to win them all. She placed her own people in places where her control was strong, and in places where her control was relatively weak, she appointed former ministers of the Geng Kingdom or scholars from local families, preparing to gradually encroach and replace them. The Sheriff Jinli in front of him belongs to the latter group.
Just in case, Lieutenant Zhe Chong, who was born in the female camp, was promoted to act as a check. Unexpectedly, these pig teammates suddenly played a good card to pieces! All fell on "greed" one by one!
From officials and businessmen to common people, the official debt case involves nearly 5,000 people.
How many households are there in Jinli County?
Shen Tang looked at him with murderous intent in his eyes.
Before he could get angry, the personal guards sent several secret reports. Shen Tang roughly tore them open and read ten lines at a time. With the next breath, majestic momentum exploded from her body, the air waves rolled and made the curtains in the room rattle. Sheriff Jinli, who was nearest, felt like a mountain was pressing down on his shoulders. He had to hold his hands on the ground to keep himself from lying on the ground. What made him even more uncomfortable was that the pressure seemed to squeeze all the air out of his chest. His face turned black and blue at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Happily, the whole process only lasted two breaths.
“Where is the body placed?”
Jinli County Sheriff took a greedy gulp of fresh air to calm the burning pain in his chest. He raised his eyes and saw that there was only a mess in the house, and the figure of the country's leader Shen Youli was nowhere to be seen.
There was a flash of fear in his eyes.
At the same time, Shen Tang kicked the door open.
This is the wing room, where the members of the Ministry of Punishment temporarily stay.
Without even looking, Shen Tang hit the only living person in the room with a blast of palm. This person was wearing the official uniform of the Ministry of Justice. Kang Shi, who heard the noise, also hurried over.
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The new character will have a very special way of being a scribe.
Hen rooster Si Chen.
But it is not the protagonist group, and the name of this scribe’s way is not malicious (stack armor first).
PS: I’m looking for a guaranteed monthly ticket at the beginning of the month. It will be three-in-one tomorrow.
PPS: Officials under Tangmei actually had quite a lot of holidays (although there are always descriptions of overtime work, but overtime work is considered overtime, so there are still some holidays), normal holidays (such as Cold Food Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Winter Solstice and the King’s birthday), sick leave (As the name suggests), gift leave (a holiday for buying clothes all year round), provincial leave, wedding leave, bereavement leave, crown leave (a crowning ceremony for immediate family members, and also a holiday), and the field leave mentioned in this chapter ( We are given holidays to go home and work on the farm. In name, everyone has some land, and we can go back to help when the farming is busy)...
There are many things, and Tangmei can take one or two months off a year. In fact, Tangmei is very humane.
(End of this chapter)