Department of Revenue.

No matter how busy Lang Wuxu is, he has to turn around Chu Huan's yard every day. This has become something that Lang Wuxu is accustomed to. At this time, Lang Wuxu has no scruples.

Ma Hong, Lin Yuanfang and others are considered rising stars in the officialdom. They do not belong to the princelings, nor to the party of Anguogong. However, their family background is not weak. The members of the princelings are mainly a group of military people whom the prince made during the marching and fighting. For example, Lei Guheng, who is now fighting in the southeast, cannot be said to belong to the princelings, but their friendship with the prince is not shallow.

The main members of the Anguogong Party, in addition to the officials promoted by Anguogong, were mainly from fellow villagers from Anyi Road.

Ma Hong, Lin Yuanfang and others did not belong to the military system, and they were not promoted by Duke An Guo, nor were they villagers from Anyi Road. They were all selected talents after the founding of the country and stood out from them.

Whether it is the Prince's Party or the Han King Party, although there are many followers, they do not recruit any followers indiscriminately. They do not trust officials such as Ma Hong who later selected the court. Although it is not without such officials, it is very difficult for them to enter the system.

Ma Hong and others naturally thought of approaching the prince or Duke An Guo. But I turned my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shining on the ditches. It is difficult for this type of official to truly integrate into the dynasty party. Therefore, this type of official often helps each other and forms another faction of force. However, this force had only tried to protect itself in the early days and never dared to offend any party of the princelings or the Han Wang Party. It can only be said that it is the weakest link in the dynasty.

It is precisely because they were too weak that they had not received attention before. Instead, the emperor gradually favored Ma Hong and Lin Yuanfang and focused on promoting it. This gradually made the party's power gradually stronger and favored by the emperor. Ma Hong, Lin Yuanfang and others no longer approached the other two factions. With the support of the emperor, they did not offend the other two factions, but survived safely in the court.

Lang Wuxu was originally a member of the Han King Party. At this point, the Han King Party in the court can be regarded as collapsed. Lang Wuxu naturally could not join the princeling party. As for Ma Hong's new party, it would not be possible to have Lang Wuxu's position. His only path was to follow Chu Huan honestly and become a member of the Qi King Party. Compared with the new party, the Qi King Party is even weaker and has not even formed a party with strength. However, the Qi King is a prince after all. Even if there are not many followers, Lang Wuxu understood that as long as he hugged the big tree of the King of Qi, even if he could not achieve success, he would be careful and save his life.

Therefore, he had a high-profile contact with Chu Huan, but his meaning was very obvious. Chu Huan was the core of the Qi King Party and maintained a good relationship with Chu Huan. If he explained to others, he Lang Wuxu was a member of the Qi King Party. If he had the Qi King protected him, anyone who moved him would have to consider it.

When Lang Wuxu came on weekdays, Chu Huan and him were just bored chatting, but today Chu Huan said that there was something to look for him, so when Lang Wuxu came over, Chu Huan showed some enthusiasm, but Lang Wuxu was used to Chu Huan's usual closeness and separation. Today, he suddenly became enthusiastic and poured him a cup of tea. He immediately made Lang Wuxu flatter and even said he was polite, but he was not an ordinary person. Chu Huan's attitude changed today, so Lang Wuxu felt something was wrong. After sitting down, he asked: "Does sir have any instructions?"

He is now worried that he will not have the chance to do things for Chu Huan. If there is really something, as long as it is not too difficult, he will be just right.

Chu Huan blew the tea powder and smiled and said, "Mr. Lang, I haven't asked about it these days, how did the imperial court deal with Huang Ju and those remnants?"

"Oh, they are all imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice prison." Lang Wuxu thought it was a big deal. When Chu Huan asked, he immediately said: "The Huang Party in the capital has been imprisoned in the prison. I heard that most of them have been sentenced to death by the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple, but the sentence has not been determined yet. Huang Ju also has many followers in the local area. The Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple yamen have sent people to the local area. Many have been escorted to Beijing these days, and it may not take long to be executed." After pausing, he leaned forward and lowered his voice: "Those guys from the Ministry of Justice are all cruel and ruthless. They have found this opportunity and are eager to be sentenced later. I heard that Qiu Jungao has come up with several criminal laws recently and is ready to use them well. You can hear the sound of ghosts and howls day and night within a few miles."

Qiu Jungao was the Minister of Justice and the most famous cruel official in the empire. Although his criminal law may not be as good as the Shenyiwei in terms of both methods and functions, once he entered the Shenyiwei, he almost never had any survivors. Even high-ranking officials and important officials in the court could not know what the torture of the Shenyiwei was like. On the contrary, many people knew that the criminal law in the Ministry of Justice was as numerous as ox-haired, and tortured countless times, and most of it was thought out by Qiu Jungao's minister himself. Therefore, Qiu Jungao's reputation as a cruel official was very famous in the court and the country. Even when Qiu Jungao's name was mentioned, many people would get furious.

Chu Huan laughed and said, "This group of traitors who are ruthless will be executed, so their family property...!"

Lang Wuxu said: "Don't you know that your house has been searched since yesterday!"

"Ah?" Chu Huan was stunned. He really didn't know. He was not enthusiastic about dealing with the follow-up of the rebellion for a while, nor did he ask, "Has it started?"

"The Ministry of Justice sent someone to come the day before yesterday. The search of the house requires the joint efforts of the Ministry of Justice and our Ministry of Revenue." Lang Wuxu said: "The Ministry of Justice sent someone to search the house. Let's take a look. Yesterday, more than a dozen people were sent in the department and the Duke of Anguo Mansion... From yesterday morning to the middle of the night, the inventory has not been completed. So, someone from the department and the department went over again early in the morning...!"

Chu Huan shook his head and said, "I really don't know, why did Lord Lang not go?"

Lang Wuxu said: "The master of the Ministry sent someone to come over and sent the head of the Kurama tribe to take someone there. Since he arranged this way, we naturally had nothing to say...!"

There was a trace of dissatisfaction in his words.

Chu Huan understood that the head of the Cang Ministry was promoted by Ma Hong and belonged to the new party. Everyone knew that the search of the house was a huge amount of money, let alone the search of Duke An Guo, the richest mansion in the world. The amount of money was beyond words. Everyone wanted to be the turn of such a job. Ma Hong rejected Lang Wuxusu. Although he was polite to Chu Huan, he never regarded Chu Huan as his own person. For such a job, she would naturally send her confidants to go there.

If it were the past, Lang Wuxu would naturally be full of energy at this time, but now he is different from the past. Such a beautiful and misfortune is not the turn of him.

Chu Huan knew it well, smiled and asked, "Mr. Lang, I heard that the Huang family is rich in the capital. This capital has many industries, but I don't know if it is true or false?"

"Of course it's true." Lang Wuxu said: "It is said that the family of Duke An Guo is rich enough to rival a country. Some people think it's an exaggeration, but in fact it's not an exaggeration. There are many shops in the capital. As far as I know, Duke An Guo has a total of 70 or 80 industries in the capital, from silk cloth, tea and porcelain, to restaurant calligraphy and paintings...!" He shook his head, his eyes showed envy, and he couldn't help but say: "The wealth of his family can't be used up for several lifetimes. I really can't figure out why he has to embark on the road of rebellion..." Suddenly, he found himself a little aphasia and smiled awkwardly.

Chu Huan savored the tea without hearing it, put down the teacup and asked with a smile: "I heard that after the house was confiscated, all property was confiscated into the court, that is, included in the Ministry of Revenue. Even those stores must be subject to the Ministry of Revenue, and counted it out and exchanged for silver?"

Lang Wuxu nodded and said, "This is true, but it will not take ten days or half a month to copy the Huang family's wealth!"

Chu Huan was stunned. Lang Wuxu said: "What was confiscated this time is just the industry of the Huang family in Beijing. This is just part of the Huang family's industry. The Huang family's foundation is in Anyi, which is where their Huang family's industry is located. Since the previous dynasty, Anyi Road has been known as the hometown of fish and rice. There are many lakes and aquatic products. The Huang family's fertile land in Anyi Road is thousands of hectares. The most famous Yusuo Lake in Anyi Road is rich in aquatic products. It covers hundreds of miles. It has long become the private lake of the Huang family. Not to mention his fields and shops in Anyi, it is the parallel goods produced by the Yusuo Lake every year, which is a huge investment. The industry in Beijing has been found from the Duke's Mansion, and it can be completely counted in just two or three days. Even if there is a leak, it will not be too big. On the contrary, if the other end of Anyi is copied there, it will not be able to be cleared in ten or half a month."

Chu Huan was a little surprised. He knew that the Huang family was very powerful in Anyi, but after Lang Wuxu said this, Chu Huan realized that the Huang family had more wealth in Anyi than he thought.

"The Huang family has countless fertile land in Anyi. Huang Tianyi, the eldest son of Huang Ju, was named the title of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple in his early years. Although it is famous but not real, he is also an official." Lang Wuxu sighed: "He, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, is much more powerful than other officials of Anyi Road. The governor of Anyi Road, dare not offend Huang Tianyi. If he said that in Anyi, if it is an imperial edict...!" After a pause, he immediately changed his words: "The income of those fields is extremely great every year, and Huang Ju himself is the Minister of Revenue. The harvest is that

It is exempt from taxes. Tell me, how much wealth does the Huang family have over the years? The land is divided into more than 20 manors, each manor has a granary built, and hundreds of people guarding each manor. The dozens of manors together have thousands of servants. The Huang family is an official, so it is not easy to run a business on the surface, especially if there is so much grain every year, it cannot rot in the warehouse. Therefore, there are special people selling grain for their families. The money obtained from selling grain every year flows into their Huang family's silver warehouse like water...!"

Chu Huan became more and more frightened as he heard it. It seemed that the Huang family claimed to be rich and could not help but ask: "Any business in Anyi is monopolized by the Huang family?"

"Of course of ten, at least 50% of them." Lang Wuxu said: "Although they are the richest people, they cannot let others live without a way out. Otherwise, it would not be a good thing if they really get angry with the public. There are also many wealthy families in Anyi, but then again, no matter what they do in Anyi, they have to be related to the Huang family. If they want to establish a single family, they will seek death. The Lu family, the first grain merchant in Taiyuan, had already made a living by raising grain in the previous dynasty. In Anyi, it was a first-class wealthy family. The wealth of the Huang family was even far from the Lu family...!"

When Chu Huan heard the words "the Lu family, the first grain merchant in Taiyuan", he felt very familiar. He suddenly remembered that he had great interactions with the Lu family.

He was afraid that he had made a mistake, so before Lang Wuxu finished speaking, he immediately asked, "Lu family? Does Lord Lang know about Lu Shixun?"

"Lu Shixun?" Lang Wuxu was stunned and pondered slightly, saying, "The head of the Lu family is Lu Lengyue. However, it is said that the next generation is Shi generation. I have never returned to Anyi for many years. Lu Shixun has never heard of it. But I must be Lu Lengyue's sons and nephews. Why, Lord Chu knew about the Lu family in Taiyuan?" Then he slapped his head and smiled and said, "Look, I'm confused. My hometown is on Xishan Road, and Anyi Road is close to Xishan Road. The Lu family in Taiyuan Prefecture is very famous. I should have heard of it."

Chu Huan was only nine points confirmed. The Lu family, the first grain merchant in Taiyuan, was most likely the Lu Shixun's family.

Chu Huan did not forget Lu Shixun. Linlang's He Shengquan was once in danger, and the Lu family had business dealings with the Su family. In order to suppress He Shengquan, Liu Juguang controlled the Xishan Road Chamber of Commerce and refused to sell food to He Shengquan. Linlang had no choice but to go to Taiyuan City, Anyi Road City, to find the Lu family for help.

Lu Shixun was ulterior motives and drooled at Linlang. He took this opportunity to approach Linlang and even wanted to force the two families to get married with food. One was to occupy Linlang, and the other was to incorporate the property of Shengquan into the Lu family. After being rejected by Linlang, he even wanted to rape Linlang. In a furious manner, Chu Huan actually destroyed his descendants and turned them into eunuchs.

Since then, the Su family has won the reputation of imperial wine, so there is no need to do business with the Lu family. Chu Huan has not heard any news about the Lu family anymore. When Lang Wuxu mentioned it, he suddenly remembered it and couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, "Lu Shixun should be Lu Lengyue's son. Not only have they heard of their reputation, but also have friendship. I remember that Lu Shixun seems to ow me ten thousand taels of silver!"

He remembered clearly that after Lu Shixun was deposed, Chu Huan forced him to write an IOU of 10,000 taels of silver. Now the IOU should still be in Linlang's hands, but I don't know if there is a chance to get the 10,000 taels of silver back from the Lu family.

Lang Wuxu was a little surprised and said strangely: "The Lu family owes 10,000 taels of silver from the adults?" Fu Xu said: "The Lu family is a wealthy family in Taiyuan. This 10,000 taels of silver is a drop in the bucket for the Lu family. At that time, the Lu family was richer than the Huang family, but later Duke Anguo became the Minister of Revenue, and the Huang family developed rapidly in Anyi. The Lu family finally had to invest in the Lu family. They managed the grain, and the Huang family's stored grain was sold by them. They were one of the capable merchants under the Huang family. Although they were not as beautiful as the Huang family in Anyi, they were also a top-notch wealthy family!"
Chapter completed!