The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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Feng Jingyao's fingers were in severe pain, but he remained stubborn, and the medical officer who came up to bandage his wound was almost knocked to the ground by his head, Pan Jiang shouted: "If you don't want to bandage, let him go, it's not that we don't treat him. "

Feng Jingyao took a breath, gritted his steel teeth and cursed: "You gang of goddamn thieves are so vicious, even if this old man turns into a ghost after death, I will never spare you."

Su Jin sneered and said, "Can't you bear it if you cut off one of your fingers? It seems that Master Feng is used to being pampered, and you don't even think about it. How can you turn the pain of hundreds of innocent souls whose heads have been beheaded by you?" The reason why the ghosts didn’t spare us, if people could turn into ghosts, how could you live to this day, hundreds of ghosts have already claimed your life; don’t talk too much, we’re here to settle the second bill.”

Feng Jingyao was in great pain, but after seeing Su Jin's resolute and merciless methods, he didn't dare to make too many mistakes. If he died, he would die. some torment.

"The second crime is stealing and usurping, buying and selling by force in the fish and meat town; according to the investigation, Feng Zuo has used various despicable means for more than ten years to occupy the best shops in the four major cities of Yangzhou, monopolizing the cloth, meat markets, Several industries such as oil have the right to operate, driving up prices, and intimidating their peers; as a result, more than [-]% of the merchants in Yangzhou have moved out in the past few years. Among them, it is useless to make huge profits, and more than a dozen cases of injury and death have been involved; Feng Jingyao, can you plead guilty?"

Feng Jingyao sneered and said, "You are an official, so naturally you can say whatever you want."

Su Jin said: "Of course there will be evidence, what do you think it is?" Su Jin picked up a stack of yellowed paper on the desk and raised it up: "This is a house deed copied from your secret room in the Sanli Hutong at Beikou, worth hundreds of dollars. Zhang, this envoy will not show them one by one, but just choose one to open the eyes of the folks and everyone here."

Su Jin took out a house deed, unfolded it, and said: "Sun Wende, the deed of selling the house, will now be located in the third ten-foot shop on the Fourth Street, Fudong City, Yangzhou. With the middleman Yang San, the price is negotiated at the Longhumen Martial Art Museum in Yangzhou. Feng Jingyao, the owner of the house, discussed three times that it was worth [-] copper coins at the time of the Ming Dynasty, and all of them were collected on the same day, and there was no shortage. There was no overlapping transaction of his house, and there was no dispute with others. Nothing to do. Empty words have no evidence, and this document is the proof."

After Su Jin finished reading, he waved the house deed in his hand and said, "Do you see anything strange about this house deed?"

Everyone couldn't understand what they heard, Feng Jingyao said: "This is the storefront that the old man formally asked a middleman to buy as a guarantee. It can also be used as a criminal evidence. It's really ridiculous."

Su Jin smiled and said, "Of course, it seems flawless at first glance, but do you think this envoy is a dandy of whole grains? The date on this contract is the first year of Baoyuan, that is to say, it was purchased seven years ago. House, this middleman Yang San is probably unknown to most people, but I happen to know the identity of this person, he is the famous blind third master in the south city of Yangzhou."

There was a commotion in the crowd, it turned out that the person in the middle was the Blind Third Master. Those who are a little older would remember that Feng Jingyao and the Blind Third Master were inseparable brothers a few years ago, they walked sideways in Yangzhou City, saying To put it bluntly, it is a nest of snakes and rats who are working together. If there is any advantage, the two will definitely extend a hand.

It's just that, relatively speaking, the Blind Third Master is a low-key person, not as arrogant and domineering as Feng Huhu, who frequently fights with each other; therefore, although the Blind Third Master's name is big, he is gradually overshadowed by Feng Jingyao. It is still the home of Juwan in Yangzhou, but it has disappeared; and the real name of the blind third master is Yang Tianbao, but even the gray-bearded old people who have lived in Yangzhou for a long time do not know it.

"Even if the Blind Third Master is in the works, there is nothing wrong with it. The Blind Third Master is a famous person in Yangzhou. It is reasonable to sell the house and ask him to do it." Some people commented.

Others also felt that what they said made sense, and they couldn't conclude that Feng Jingyao forced the purchase of the store just because the blind third master was the middleman.

Su Jin saw it, and said with a smile: "Of course there is no problem with the blind third master. The reason why I singled out the blind third master is because he is in Yangzhou, and he is willing to come out and talk about this deal."

Everyone suddenly realized that the blind third master was a witness invited by the special envoy, and the middleman must have been present when the sales contract was signed, so his narration was naturally extremely powerful in supporting the whole story. "However, before inviting the blind third master to come out, I would like to remind you all, haven't you noticed the price of this contract? Where is the fourth street in Dongshi? I, an outsider, know that Dongshi is the most expensive place in Yangzhou. The bustling place is named from the outside to the inside, that is to say, the first street near the city gate is naturally not crowded, but the fourth street is probably the most prosperous place; Is the price of Zhang only [-] guan? Yangzhou’s shops are so cheap, I couldn’t help but spend money to buy a few thousand, and I’ve been doing business for three years, I’m afraid I’m the richest man in the world.”

After Su Jin mentioned it, everyone remembered that the price in the contract was clearly marked as one hundred guan. This price is not enough to buy a three-foot biscuit shop in a corner. Zhangpu Mian, there is definitely something tricky here.

Su Jin smiled and cupped his hands under the stage: "Is there any business owner who came out to help me out. Seven years ago, the shop in Yangzhou was as big as the lot here, and how much was it worth?"

Immediately, a chubby person from the owner raised his hand and said: "Su Qingtian, old man Meng Degang, a native of Yangzhou, his family runs a tea and rice shop business, and has been in Yangzhou for nearly three generations. The time just said by the lord is Kangding In the first year, the old grandson was born that year, but..."

The people next to him interrupted him with dissatisfaction: "Master Meng, my lord is asking you about the price. You are talking about your family's property. What is your grandson doing?"

Meng Degang hurriedly waved his hands and said, "No, no, I mean that I remember that year, because that year my grandson was born, so I used my savings to buy two shops on East [-]rd Street. Adding a new shop in the industry is a good implication, this is also the rule of the ancestors, every time a man is added to the family, a new shop must be built, which means to expand the ancestral property and pass it on to the descendants."

Su Jin laughed and said: "This is a good way. Your family's ancestors are fine. If you add a man to your family, you will expand your property. If you add a woman, you will keep it, so as not to fall into the hands of foreigners, haha."

Meng Degang blushed and said, "My lord, that's indeed what my ancestor meant."

Su Jin cupped his hands and said, "I wish your descendants of the Meng family prosperous and prosperous, but what are the prices of those two shops?"

Meng Degang clasped his hands and said, "Thank you for your kind words, my lord. Those two shops cost me 110 taels of silver at that time, equivalent to about [-] coppers. This is still on the third street of Dongshi. If it's on the fourth street, tsk tsk tsk, I'm a conservative estimate." , A shop is worth at least eight or nine hundred guan, and three shops must be worth two thousand seven or eight hundred guan.”

Everyone stared at each other in astonishment, the storefront of nearly [-] guan was bought for a hundred guan, is this a shop or a favor?

Meng Degang said again: "The three rooms that your lord said are ten-foot shops, that is to say, one room is three feet three. The price of such shops will be doubled, because its area is more than double that of ordinary shops. All the shops in the old man's house have never been more than one foot five."

Su Jin said: "That is to say, at least five thousand guan?"

Meng Degang said: "It is absolutely impossible to buy less than [-] guan. Even if it is [-] guan, the owner of the shop must be in trouble or is in a hurry to use up the money. Otherwise, it will never be so cheap."

Su Jin arched his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Meng, for your advice." Turning around, he looked back at Feng Jingyao and said, "Did you hear that? You paid a hundred for a shop that couldn't be bought for five thousand guan, in order to prevent others from buying it." After being investigated by senior officials, you managed to get a house deed in a decent manner, and you even invited Yang San to do it, it seems that the procedures are complete and seamless, and you have a good plan."

Feng Jingyao sneered and said, "The buyer voluntarily sold me at a low price, so how can the officials interfere? Why don't you ask the seller, Sun Wende, to confront me."

Su Jin said coldly: "I'm afraid that Sun Wende's bones will not be found, so naturally you don't have to worry about him confronting him, but the blind third master is still alive and well, with him here, there is also a witness, but you can't even deny it." There are no doors."

Feng Jingyao laughed and said: "Blind third master? He will come to testify for you? Just kidding, the shit on his ass is still yellow, and he can't hide, so he will come to testify?"

Su Jin laughed and said: "You can't think of it, but it doesn't mean I can't do it. Although the blind third master has done a lot of bad things and became your accomplice, but he doesn't have a direct murder case at hand. The official will rely on him. It shows that the crime will be reduced or exempted according to the circumstances, and at most it will be fined with some money; guess if this condition is made, will he come?"

Feng Jingyao was tongue-tied, and really couldn't answer Su Jin's question, not because he didn't want to quibble, but because the facts didn't require him to answer, because the curtain on the side of the stage was lifted, and the thin and dry blind third master followed two tolerance officers with a cane Came to the high platform.