Today, I will talk about a story of ancient chivalrous righteous deception, and the reason why they are called righteous deceptions is because the object of their deception is not ordinary people, but those who are unkind to the rich, bully others, bully the good, and corrupt the law! The emergence of this group of righteous deceptions is precisely because of all kinds of injustices in that era, the people are hungry, they have been forcibly displaced, and they have spawned a group of chivalrous and righteous people who are unfair and punish the evil, and they use their superior wisdom and courage to punish one after another the old rich, the bullies and corrupt officials, and the perfect whole body retreats, disappearing into the white clouds, and their stories are passed on by word of mouth by the common people.
It is said that there was a Jiajiazhuang under the jurisdiction of Sun County, the capital of CaoZhou in the Great Song Dynasty, and there was a landlord named Jia Tianren in the village, Lao Cai, who was a big household on the zhuang, because someone in the ancestral family had been an official here, and the descendants had been in business for many years, slowly occupying a lot of land and accumulating a lot of property, which was passed down to Jia Tianren's generation, and the Jia family had become a well-known rich man. He also has a brother Jia Tianba, who is overbearing, cheating on money, shouting at every turn who does not know how to lift, scolding when he opens his mouth, beating when he raises his hand, and no one dares to provoke! This Jia Tianren is very scheming, miserly and sinister, and what he despises most is that the villagers who live in hardship, especially the tenants who rent their family's fields, cannot be regarded as people in his eyes, but are only tools for him to plant crops, and their lives are like grass. The Jia family has many fields and hundreds of sharecroppers. Every year, no matter what the harvest in the field is, his interests in Jia Tianren must not be damaged. If the sharecropper could not pay the rent, smashing the pot and selling iron would also cover the rent. If the family is surrounded by walls and has nothing to reach, then even if you borrow the Jia family's usury, roll the profits, and slowly repay them, you will not be able to repay them in your lifetime. There are also some peasants who have two acres of thin land in their own homes to make a living, and do not have to rent the Jia family's fields, but once a family is seriously ill, or the family suffers a disaster, when the money is saved, they have to reach out to Jia Tianren to borrow money. Slowly rolling profits, more and more can not be, you can only mortgage your own two acres of thin land to the Jia family, or the family has a daughter to mortgage the daughter to the Jia family as a slave. This led to Jia Tianren's family getting richer and richer, but the people on the estate getting poorer and poorer. However, this Jia Tianren's wealth is not only dependent on field property, he actually has a secret way to get rich: selling illegal salt.
In fact, the price of salt in ancient times was expensive, mainly for two reasons, one is because the ancient salt was evaporated through seawater, ancient science and technology was not developed, evaporating salt spent a lot of financial and material resources, so the price is expensive. Second, because the salt tax in ancient times was too high, the imperial court also sent a special salt official to collect the salt tax, and the state had to pay the salt tax at the expense of the people after the production of salt, and because of the high cost of salt production, the salt tax was also unaffordable for ordinary people. In this way, the industry of smuggling salt came into being. Moreover, the price of private salt is dozens of times lower than that of official salt, and the people can afford it. Therefore, although the government does not allow the sale of illegal salt. However, because there were too many people who sold private salt, especially some corrupt people in the government, who accepted bribes and did not manage the local private salt operators at all, the imperial court could not ban the operation of private salt at all.
This Jia Tianren has been engaged in private salt trading, and almost monopolized the private salt trading in several nearby townships, secretly paying tribute to CaoZhou's capital Yin every year, therefore, in the past few years, his private salt trading has been smooth sailing, even if some small competitors have been suppressed and bullied by his brother Jia Tianba, and even secretly beaten half to death, no longer dare to compete with him for salt business, so the two brothers of the Jia family have collected huge family wealth with private salt. In the backyard of the Jia family, there is a warehouse hidden in the rockery, there are many money and jewelry, the location of the warehouse is hidden, the door is made of fine iron, it is incomparably strong, and the location of the key is only known to Jia Tianren. Moreover, every time the gold and silver transported home was first placed in Jia Tianren's study, and after nightfall, Jia Tianren would retreat and quietly transport the gold and silver into the warehouse. So no one knew that there was such a treasure in the backyard. The key to the warehouse is also hidden when it is used up, and no one knows the location. Usually, he also arranged for several housekeepers to guard the study, creating the illusion that the study was a storeroom.
On this day, Jia Tianren Jia Grand Master was half lying on the recliner to check the accounts, the newly married beautiful concubine Lizhu was giving him a gentle massage, the private salt business has been good, Jia Tianren is very satisfied. Moreover, Li Zhu was both beautiful and intelligent, and she could always quickly understand his meaning, and she did not know how many times smarter than other concubines. In his eyes, the other concubines were just superficial, but they had no brains, and Li Zhu could not only understand his thoughts, but also knock on the side when he encountered difficult things, so that he could open up and solve the problem smoothly. Therefore, after Li Zhu married, she was very pleased with him. Just when he was triumphant, his right-hand man Jia Gui came running out of breath and said: Lord, it's not good! I was about to report when I saw Jia Tianren hiss and signal Jia Gui not to make a sound first. Although he liked Lizhu very much, after all, Lizhu had only been married for two or three months, and the status of ancient women was low, and he did not want women to mix with his business. So wave your hand and let Li Zhu go out first, and then let Jia Gui report. Only to hear Jia Gui hurriedly say: Lord, recently I don't know where a few foreigners came from, began to sell salt privately in several nearby townships, I wanted to inquire clearly and then report to the old man, but these people are uncertain, shoot a shot to change a place, I sent people to follow several times, and I could not find their old nest. On the contrary, I listened to those villagers privately preach that the salt sold by those people was very low, the business was very good, and if we did not stop it in time, I am afraid that it would be difficult to do business in the future! When Jia Tianren heard this, he was furious: Who ate the bear's heart and leopard guts and dared to move the soil on the head of The Taiyi? Dare to compete with him for private salt? So he immediately arranged for Jia Gui to send a few clever family members out to inquire about the details. A number of family members inquired around for ten days and a half months, and finally found out the general situation: it turned out to be three businessmen who had some relations with the government, led by a man named Song Liang, and his two good brothers Ouyang Chun and Zheng Mutian, who had many domestic slaves and thugs under these three men. According to gossip, it is possible that these three people still have some relationship with a certain official in the capital, and whether it is true or not has yet to be verified. It is said that these three people have good relations with the government in secret, and quickly took root in Linxian County, the capital of Caozhou, and planned to find a spacious mansion in Linxian county. I also heard that in addition to making money, song liang, the boss of the leader, also has a hobby of liking beauty. Someone once saw Song Liang go to the Cuihong Courtyard several times to look for flowers and ask for willows. He was also seen peeking at beautiful women in the street.
However, these are all hearsay and inquiries from the family, the specific information must be verified clearly, can not rush to suppress, after all, there is a Beijing official surnamed Song in the capital, and I don't know if there is anything to do with Song Liang, in case he deals with Song Liang like he did before, offending the big members of the capital, he will not have good fruit to eat in the future! However, if no action is taken, it is not certain that the private salt will be monopolized by Song Liang in the future, and the private salt will not be able to eat after the big fat meat he eats every day, how can he Swallow this breath?! So he immediately took action, gave a salute to the government, inquired about Song Liang's laodi, and also wanted to expel Song Liang's men by the hand of Lord Yin of the government, so that he could not offend anyone and keep his business. Unfortunately, he was scheming, Fu Yin was an old fox, and Lord Fu Yin Cao had long been bribed by Song Liang and others, otherwise how could Song Liang sell smuggled salt so smoothly? Moreover, Lord Cao had long wanted to find another capable person to fight against Jia Tianren, and he sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and both sides had to give him benefits. This Song Liang came, and Lord Cao was secretly very supportive. Therefore, when Jia Tianren came, Lord Cao said with difficulty: Jia Gong, this matter still has to be considered in the long run, because Song Liang also has relations in the capital, and I can't drive him away at will!
Jia Tianren couldn't succeed in his plan, and he had an idea, and sent someone to invite Song Liang to come to the palace for a banquet, planning to meet with Song Liang, set up a relationship, and by the way, probe the bottom to see if there is any possibility of cooperation. After inviting Song Liang twice, he was not at home until the third time, when his subordinates replied that Old Master Song had finally returned home and promised to come to the banquet in the evening. Jia Tianren quickly arranged for the kitchen to prepare wine and good meat, his eyes rolled, and he also arranged for the concubine Lizhu to come to accompany the banquet at night. This is another hateful thing about Jia Tianren, treating women as playthings, even if it is the woman he likes, such as Lizhu, who is not only beautiful, but also once advised him, made a lot of money, and he can also dedicate Lizhu to other men for profit.
In the evening, Song Liang arrived as promised, and his two good brothers did not come. Jia Tianren hurriedly pretended to be warm and greeted, peeking at it, this Song Liang was only in his early thirties, his eyebrows were clear, he was wearing beautiful clothes, striding into Jia Mansion, and he also smiled and jia Tianren made an arch, looking like a person with eight faces. After the two entered the table, Song Liang found that there was still a beautiful young woman sitting on the seat, and her eyes unconsciously looked at the woman a few times, which were all looked at by Jia Tianren, and hurriedly introduced that it was a distant cousin Lizhu who had come to visit her relatives. Although Li Zhu was angry when she heard her husband introduce herself, she was as smart as she was, and of course she immediately understood that her husband wanted her to hook up with this Song Liang and make eyeliner. The three people on the table talked and laughed, Song Liang was not honest, and gently touched Li Zhu's small feet from under the table with his feet, and Li Zhu was not annoyed, then Song Liang naturally thought that Li Zhu was also interested in him, and his heart was full of flowers. Jia Tianren took the opportunity to see everything and took the opportunity to say that his cousin was not yet married, and if Prince Song was interested, he could give his cousin to Song Liang as a concubine. Song Liang was grateful and said that he would marry him with a lot of money.
After the banquet was dispersed, Song Liang was sent away, and Jia Tianren instructed LiZhu to try to please Song Liang after marrying and gain Song Liang's trust as soon as possible, so as to inquire into the details of the business there and the details of Song Liang's several people, and then come back from time to time to visit relatives and take the opportunity to report the situation. If things are done well, he promises to pay Lizhu a thousand gold, if Lizhu does not do well, then Lizhu's fate will not be good, and the widowed father in Lizhu's family will not be better. Li Zhu agreed with hatred.
In a flash, Li Zhu has been a concubine for Song Liang for a month or two, she is beautiful as a flower, very pleasing to Song Liang, almost night and night, sometimes Song Liang goes out to visit the garden to see the flowers, but also loves to take Li Zhu, feel very face. Song Liang's business momentum is very good, and he doesn't know where Song Liang's salt comes from, only that his salt is lower than the market price of private salt, so the business is booming, but Jia Tianren's business here is a lot cold. He was anxious and anxiously waiting for LiZhu to return. Finally, Li Zhu returned to Jia Fu at noon one day, saying that Song Liang was going to go out for a few days, as if the next batch of goods was coming, and he went to pick up the goods. According to her observations, she felt that Song Liang's salt should be a first-hand commodity, so the price was low. Moreover, Song Liang and his men had secretly discussed a few days ago, and they were also preparing to expand the salt road and continue to expand the sales route to the northern state capitals. However, it is necessary to act cautiously and secretly open the doors of the state capitals to facilitate the transportation of salt.
Jia Tianren listened, felt bad, if Song Liang is a first-hand source of low prices, it must be that the government has an iron relationship, but also shows that Song Liang's hands and eyes are through the sky, then in the future, he Jia Tianren's salt can not be sold. Moreover, they intend to expand their sales routes to the north, so the premise will definitely first monopolize the salt roads in the townships of Caozhou capital as a base camp. Since Song Liang had the ability to dredge up relations, in case one day Song Liang made a bad one and hacked him Jia Tianren, he could not eat it, and no matter what, he would climb up to this noble relative. Therefore, he instructed Li Zhu that when Song Liang returned, he must persuade Song Liang to pull him into partnership and give him a piece of the pie. Li zhu nodded in agreement.
After another half a month, Li Zhu returned to jia's house, first said a blessing, and then asked for merit and said: Old Master can give me a reward, Old Master Song agreed, tomorrow invite you to the Song Mansion for dinner, and then talk in detail.
The next day, Jia Tianren arrived as promised, and the three brothers Song Liang, Ouyang Chun, and Zheng Mutian were all there, and they warmly welcomed Jia Tianren. The cooperation plan was agreed upon at the table, and Jia Tianren did not dare to make a fuss and planned to enter twenty or thirty shares, and did not dare to ask for more. Song Liang said with a smile that since he had a joint stock, he would be his own person in the future, Ouyang Chun and Zheng Mutian were his good brothers, and did not occupy shares, but only helped him Song Liang manage the business and receive monthly remuneration, and the business itself was all Song Liang's. Since Jia Tianren sincerely entered the shares, he could let him enter thirty shares. Although the stake is seven or three points, the profit dividend must be eight or two points. Dividends are paid once a month. Because his Song Liang's hand is not easy to come by, it also costs a lot to do some relationships. Although Jia Tianren felt that he had lost a lot in his heart, he had no choice but to ask for help, so he had to grit his teeth and agree. After going back, he took 20,000 silver votes as a share.
Since entering the shares, Jia Tianren received dividends steadily every month, from time to time to feast on Song Liang, several people's relations are getting better and better, Song Liang also gave Jia Tianren a few antiques, saying that he was grateful to Jia Tianren for introducing such a good cousin to him, he hugged such a smart and lovely beauty every day, and he did not have the heart to visit the brothel. Jia Tianren loved money as if he were destined, and his heart blossomed with antiques in his hands.
Three months passed in a flash, and one day, Lizhu returned to Jia Mansion and told Jia Tianren that she had overheard Song Liang and others discussing expanding sales last night, saying that the market here had stabilized and could begin to expand the northern market. Jia Tianren listened, this is still necessary, how can they leave themselves behind? So I prepared a generous gift to go to the Song Mansion, and I also wanted to participate in the expansion of the market. Song Liang was a little embarrassed, he didn't know how Jia Tianren learned of this plan. He didn't know that the Lizhu next to him was Jia Tianren's eyeliner.
Since Jia Tianren already knew about this plan, Song Liang did not deliberately embarrass Jia Tianren, but said that if you want to share the cup, you can also have a strong capital, because according to the current plan, the total investment and up and down points will need about 300,000 silver, and it is expected that the profit in the next few years can reach one million silver. This three hundred thousand silver he Song Liang himself can bear, there is no plan to cooperate, if Old Master Jia really wants to cooperate, see how much he has the ability to contribute? At that time, it will still be dividends according to the proportion of capital contribution! Jia Tianren secretly calculated in his heart, although his account was only one or two million silver in circulation, but his warehouse had an inventory of more than 100,000 silver, and there were many gold, antiques, and jewelry. So he gritted his teeth and said that he was willing to put in another fifty thousand silver shares! Agreed to send silver over after three days.
Jia Tianren wanted to invest fifty thousand silver, and the money on his books was far from enough, so he could only go to the warehouse to withdraw money, and his warehouse was in a very hidden place in the back yard, surrounded by rockeries, and no one knew that there was such a treasure hidden here. Moreover, even if you are lucky enough to enter the backyard, you will not be able to open the iron door, and you must have the special key to open it. After Jia Tianren returned, he immediately entered the study, touched an inconspicuous position in the corner of the bookshelf, and there was a secret door open on the wall, and he walked into the secret door and groped for half a day before taking out the special key. At night, he quietly entered the backyard rockery, intending to quietly move out a few boxes of silver and put them in the study. Who knew that he had just touched the door of the warehouse, and suddenly he was hit by a blow to the back of his head, and his eyes were black and he fainted. It turned out that Ouyang Chun had quietly followed Jia Tianren, took the opportunity to sneak up on him, and then tied Jia Tianren's strong and tattered cloth into his mouth to prevent him from waking up and shouting. Subsequently, Ouyang Chun searched out the key to open the door of the warehouse, and then crossed the wall, with a wave of his hand, more than a dozen black shadows quietly climbed the wall into the backyard, and successively moved out of the warehouse a number of boxes of gold and silver antiques, quietly transported from the wall to the outside of the wall, there were also more than a dozen black shadows outside the wall, and several rickshaws, without a moment of incense, the warehouse had been emptied, this group of people quietly lost track, and Jia Tianren was still unconscious.
The next day, the sky was just dark, many poor people who were accustomed to getting up early to work picked up a package in their yard, opened it to see that there were dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver inside, they all thought that it was Guanyin Bodhisattva who gave alms, and they were very excited, and they burned incense to worship the Buddha, thanking the bodhisattva for blessing! Who knows, after dawn, the news of Jia Tianren's family being stolen by thieves suddenly came out, and the people understood that it was not the bodhisattva who gave alms, but the life-saving money taken from Jia Tianren's family by a chivalrous guest who saw the uneven road.
It is said that after Jia Tianren woke up, he saw that the door of the library was opened, the inside was looted clean, and a mouthful of old blood spewed out, barely moved to the door of the courtyard, shouted that Jia Gui obeyed the order, ordered Jia Gui to report to the officials quickly, and went to the Song Mansion to report the letter quickly! Who knew that Jia Gui had come back with a letter saying that the Song Mansion had gone to the empty building, and even Li Zhu was gone.
Na Jia Tianren thought about it carefully before he understood the liar's way. In order to gain his trust, this group of scammers tricked him into opening a treasury to withdraw silver, which really cost a lot of money! The swindler is not just going to cheat him out of tens of thousands of silver, but all his family property! At this time, he felt that there was another place that was wrong, that is, Lizhu was gone. He immediately ordered Jia Gui to go to Li Zhu's house to catch Li Zhu's father. However, Jia Gui didn't go for a long time, so he ran back in ashes, saying that Li Zhu and his father were gone! Really put Jia Tianren's half dead!
What's going on? Don't worry about the officials, in fact, this Lizhu is also an undercover arranged by Song Liang, but it was arranged here three or four months in advance, deliberately meeting Jia Tianren by chance, and using beauty to seduce Jia Tianren to marry Lizhu, that Lizhu's father is of course also fake. After Li Zhu gained Jia Tianren's trust, she quietly entered the study, but did not find gold and silver, so there was a later Song Liang who sold smuggled salt and other official reasons, and also spent a lot of money to bribe Cao Zhou's capital Yin to induce Jia Tianren to take the initiative to take the bait, and only in one fell swoop did he succeed. Of course, the so-called expansion of the northern salt transport is purely to deceive Jia Tianren into taking the bait of the big cake, but Jia Tianren is insatiable and thinks that he controls Lizhu, so he is deceived. After this group of righteous deceivers, most of the gold and silver were scattered to the poor people, and the rest filled their own deficits and retired.