Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

"Oh, is it so?"

Ying Zheng didn't seem surprised by Mr. Mo's answer, he just pretended to be surprised.

Then he turned his attention to Chang Wenjun on the side and said, "Xiong Qing, what do you think?"

Chang Wenjun took a step forward, first bowed to Ying Zheng, then looked at Lord Mo with his head held high, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, what I said before is absolutely true, because I have the clothes on my body that are enough to prove it. Evidence that Lord Shengping used his power to buy and sell goods by force in Hanzhong County and oppressed the people."

Ying Zheng said: "What evidence?"

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

As he spoke, Chang Wenjun reached out from his pocket, grabbed a large handful of cloth covered with calligraphy, and handed it over.

Ying Zheng took the cloth from the guard and after looking at it for a few times, his eyes suddenly narrowed.

The next second.

Ying Zheng waved his hand and asked the guards to send these cloths to Lord Mo. Lord Mo took a look and found that these cloths were the contracts for purchasing grain fields from Hanzhong landlords and nobles.

"Mo Qing, what's your explanation?"

Ying Zheng said in a deep voice.

There seemed to be a little more anger in his tone.

Mo Jun glanced at Ying Zheng with innocent eyes and said, "Reporting to your Majesty, I really don't know what crime I have committed. It has been clearly written on it, with black characters on white cloth, money and goods are clear, it is completely a normal market transaction. !”

Seeing Lord Mo's attitude, Chang Wenjun's eyes suddenly flashed with joy.

Immediately afterwards, he jumped out in a hurry and scolded him sternly: "Bold Mr. Mo, do you still dare to quibble in front of the king?"

Mr. Mo asked in confusion: "What do you mean by Mr. Changwen's words?"

Chang Wenjun snorted coldly in his sleeves and said: "Hmph~ You still don't know the crime. Even the most inferior land on the market today costs at least a hundred yuan per acre."

"And if it's better farmland, it will cost at least one gold coin to buy one acre of land."

"And now you have bought millions of acres of fertile land from the people of Hanzhong for the price of one big coin per acre. If you hadn't used your power to bully the local people, how could others have sold these fields to you? , do you think that all the people in Hanzhong are fools?"

Hearing this, Mr. Mo touched his chin and suddenly realized, "So, Mr. Changwen felt that the price for the grain fields purchased by me was unreasonable, so he thought that I was using my power to bully the local people and concluded the deal, right?" "

Chang Wenjun said seriously: "Apart from this, is there any other explanation?"

Mr. Mo nodded: "Indeed, apart from this reason, even I can't find any other way to buy an acre of fertile land with a big coin."

"It's good to know. In this case, why don't you just surrender and plead guilty to the king?"

Seeing Mr. Mo admit it, Mr. Chang Wen suddenly became energetic, and his whole body seemed to be a little more 'radiant'.

In recent times, the situation of the ‘Chu foreign relatives’ lineage has been quite bad.

Under normal circumstances.

Lord Changping and Lord Changwen will not deliberately deal with someone, especially when there is no conflict of interest. It is definitely not a wise choice to offend others rashly.

But now Chang Wenjun has no choice.

Because of the 'Nanjun rebellion' case, all the 'Chu foreign relatives' in the Qin State were suppressed by Ying Zheng and suffered heavy losses.

Lord Changping and Lord Changwen, as the representatives of the "Chu foreign relatives" within the Qin State, also had their prestige greatly reduced after this incident.

Nowadays, the power of the "Chu Foreign Qi Lineage" in the entire Qin State is close to disintegration. If it continues to develop like this, I am afraid that in the near future, the "Chu Foreign Qi Lineage" will exist in name only.

Therefore, at this critical juncture, Lord Changping and Lord Changwen urgently need to take action to re-encourage the morale of the "Chu foreign relatives".

It is obviously impossible to confront Ying Zheng head-on.

And beyond that.

The only target that Lord Changping and Lord Changwen can choose to attack is Lord Mo, the 'chief culprit' who caused everything.

during this time.

Lord Changping and Lord Changwen had actually been paying close attention to Lord Mo.

After Lord Mo massacred the He family in Hanzhong County, they got the news immediately and saw hope in dealing with Lord Mo.

That's why the two of them took the initiative to contact Lu Boli, reached a cooperation with the other party, and got Mo Jun's "dirty information" in Hanzhong County.

Hear Changwenjun’s words.

Ying Zheng's face on the throne also darkened slightly. Originally, he believed in Lord Mo, but if Lord Mo really did this to oppress the people in Hanzhong...

"Mr. Changwen, don't be anxious."

Facing Chang Wenjun's question, Mo Jun himself was quite indifferent and said slowly: "Although under normal circumstances, a big money cannot buy one acre of fertile land. But do you think there is another possibility, that is, the cost of these fertile fields The price is indeed very cheap?"

"nonsense."

"Haha~~ It seems that Lord Changwen is still unclear about this matter!"

Seeing Chang Wenjun's reaction, Mo Jun was not angry at all, but laughed softly.

Hearing Mr. Mo's laughter, Chang Wenjun's heart skipped a beat for some unknown reason, and a bad premonition gradually emerged.

And in the next second, I heard Mo Jun continue: "Let me tell you why I said this transaction was reasonable before."

"Because these fields were bought from the common people of Hanzhong County by the landowning nobles from the beginning for the price of one big coin per acre of fertile land."

"And the price I spent was originally their cost price!"

When Mr. Mo finished his last word, Mr. Chang Wen's brain suddenly went blank, as if struck by lightning.

But not long after, Chang Wenjun seemed to have remembered something, and he came back to his senses and said: "Impossible, I still have the original land sale deed of the people of Hanzhong County here, and the price marked on it is completely normal..." ···”

Having said that.

Chang Wenjun's voice suddenly stopped, and his expression seemed like a duck stuck in the neck, funny and ridiculous.

"It seems that Lord Changwen has figured it out too!"

Mr. Mo looked at Mr. Chang Wen, shook his head with sympathy and said, "With the character of those guys, how could they buy land from common people at normal market prices?"

"Chang Wenjun, it seems that you have been taken advantage of this time!"

The landowning nobles in Hanzhong County did not tell Chang Wenjun the true price of the land they purchased from the common people.

the reason is simple.

Because they knew that once Chang Wenjun knew about this, the other party might not agree to cooperate with them.

Or even if they agree, they will definitely use this as an excuse to bite off a large piece of meat from them.

So they tacitly chose to hide it.

And they are also gambling. Mr. Du Mo doesn't know the true price of these properties. Even if they know that the gamble has little chance of winning, they will still gamble.

As for whether Lord Chang Wen would be harmed by this incident in the future, this was not a consideration for the old aristocratic landowners in Hanzhong.

Because the first thing they want to ensure is their own interests.

This is a very funny and absurd brain circuit.

But in the face of sufficient interests, these old aristocratic landowners in Hanzhong would rather gamble on the one percent chance than give up a large amount of money for it.

Chang Wenjun's face had turned from radiant before to ashen.

obviously.

He thought of this too.

Probably even he himself never thought that one day he would be tricked by such a group of idiots.

"Then I wonder what Mr. Shengping plans to do with these properties after he buys them? Do you want to take all these properties for your own use?" Chang Wenjun clearly didn't want to admit defeat and planned to make the last move.

Faced with Chang Wenjun's doubts, Mo Jun simply said: "I intend to implement a new land renting law in Hanzhong County. As the actual title of Hanzhong County, this is my right. So this matter I don’t have to worry about it, Mr. Chang Wen.”

After hearing this, Chang Wenjun completely gave up his last hope.

Hanzhong County is the actual fiefdom of Lord Mo. There are too many places where Lord Mo can operate, unless certain bottom lines are touched, such as: military power, political power, rebellion, rebellion, etc.

Otherwise, for some ordinary minor matters, even if Mr. Mo broke the law in Hanzhong County, he could modify the laws of Hanzhong County to a certain extent.

As for the case of massacre of the He family.

Neither Chang Wenjun nor Mo Jun continued to mention this matter, mainly because it was simply unnecessary.

Because the lives of these local nobles, let alone them, even Ying Zheng never cared about.

For Ying Zheng.

As long as Mr. Mo does not rebel in Hanzhong, he will not cause dissatisfaction among the people in Hanzhong. Even if Lord Mo kills all the landlords and nobles in Hanzhong, if he says another word, it will be a waste of words.

The confrontation between the two came to a conclusion.

Ying Zheng, who was on the throne, finally spoke: "Now that the truth about the Hanzhong incident has been revealed, let's end it here! Xiong Qing, your complaint was too impulsive this time and you falsely accused Mo Qing. , you should apologize to Mo Qing."

"I know my mistake!"

Chang Wenjun recognized this mistake decisively.

This can be regarded as one of the back-ups deployed by Lord Changwen and Lord Changping.

Chang Wenjun did not file a formal complaint this time, but quietly mentioned it to Ying Zheng in private.

In this way, if the complaint is successful, although it cannot directly kill Mr. Mo, it will be enough to leave a bad impression on Mr. Mo in Ying Zheng's mind.

After all, it would be impossible to bring down the current Lord Mo with just one or two small cases of bullying the people.

And if he loses the lawsuit, it will be like now. Because the case has not been spread and it has not caused much impact, Chang Wenjun does not need to accept a big punishment, he only needs to apologize.

This is a very safe approach.

But he forgot one thing, that is, Mr. Mo is a very, very, very 'narrow-minded' man.

In general.

Mo Jun's revenge would not even take place overnight, he would take revenge on the same day.

So after the matter in Hanzhong County was over, Mr. Mo stepped forward decisively and said, "Before I came here, I heard that the king seemed to be worried about the drying up of the salt mines in Daqin recently. I wonder if the external rumors are true?"

Compared with this matter between Mo Jun and Chang Wenjun, the 'drying up of salt mines' is the major event that really worries Ying Zheng. Now that he suddenly heard Mo Jun mention this matter, Ying Zheng couldn't help but ask. : "This is indeed the case. Could it be that Mo Qing has a good idea?"

"I do have a method."

Mo Jun folded his hands and bowed, affirming.

As soon as these words came out, Ying Zheng's deep eyes suddenly burst into light, while Chang Wenjun's face froze on the side.

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