Chapter 380: Prison Lawsuit
"Smart!" Lin Zhiqing clapped his hands.
As soon as she said this, the other three people looked at her with a look that asked, "Are you okay?"
Lin Shian rubbed his head and said, "As far as I know, Ling Shuo doesn't have a strong sexual urge, so he probably wouldn't be interested in this."
Lin Yangyang swallowed:
"Sister Qing, you would rather leave a beauty like me alone and use a man?"
"You asked him to seduce Ling Shuo, can he do it?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Yu's expression changed instantly: "Who are you saying is incompetent?"
"You only have a pretty face, but you behave like a man on a daily basis. Sending you there will only lead to bad things."
"Yes, I think so too." Lin Zhiqing rarely agreed with Yan Yu.
Yan Yu raised his chin towards Lin Yangyang, as if to say: See, even Lin Zhiqing agrees with me.
Lin Yangyang covered her mouth and smiled, winking at Lin Zhiqing: "Okay, since you said so, then go ahead."
Yan Wu: ???
Looking at the way Lin Zhiqing and Lin Yangyang were making faces at each other, Yan Wu narrowed his eyes:
"Okay, you guys actually plotted against me?"
"Hey, this is not a calculation." Lin Yangyang waved his hand:
"You volunteered for this, so don't dilly-dally."
Lin Zhiqing smiled secretly: "Okay, okay, Yan Wu, you are the only one who can go for this."
"Last time, you clearly appeared in front of Jiang Liuyun, but there was no movement from the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion. I think you need to go and show your face again."
"If the Zhenyuan Marquisate has any evil plans, we can try to find out. This is one of the ways."
"Secondly, through the incident with Li Jin, the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion must also know our plan. He will most likely guess that we want to start with Zhou Chongzheng."
"Then, this matter definitely cannot be done by the Lin family. It is too obvious."
Lin Zhiqing stated the two reasons clearly.
Yan Yu really couldn't find any fault with it.
Seeing that Yan Yu didn't say anything, Lin Zhiqing clapped his hands, and Chao Yan outside immediately walked in with a tray.
On the tray was a rather exquisite women's dress, which had obviously been prepared long ago.
Lin Zhiqing picked up the white dress:
"Yan Wu, I've researched Ling Shuo's condition and discovered that he particularly likes beautiful, yet gentle and considerate women."
"I had this dress specially made for me. It's much more valuable than the red dress I wore last time. I guarantee you'll look like a fairy when you wear it."
Yan Yu didn't want to be a fairy, but under Lin Zhiqing's offensive, he had no room for rebuttal.
The matter was settled in such a muddled way.
Yan Wu asked with a dark face: "Then what should we do after getting close to Ling Shuo?"
After a moment of hesitation, Lin Zhiqing said, "I've thought about it. I can't treat Zhou Chongzheng the same way I treated the Minister of Justice."
"If the Minister of Justice continues to sit in that position, it will be beneficial for us to fight against the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, but Zhou Chongzheng is different."
"His relationship with the Zhenyuan Marquisate is very strong. We'd better bring him down directly."
Lin Shian frowned: "This is not an easy task. Ling Shuo is only Zhou Chongzheng's brother-in-law and cannot have a great influence on Zhou Chongzheng."
"Of course not." Lin Zhiqing thought about this:
"On the surface, we are trying to get close to Ling Shuo, but in reality, we are using Ling Shuo to find Zhou Chongzheng's loopholes."
"Zhou Chongzheng has a very good reputation outside. Even my father often said that he is selfless." Lin Yangyang said.
Yan Wu sneered:
"Altruism? Clear waters have no fish. No one can remain unscathed in the arena of power."
“The more someone cannot see or hear about their shortcomings, the harder they work behind the scenes.”
"The dirty things Zhou Chongzheng did in private were no better than those done by Li Jinzhi."
When Lin Shian heard this, he immediately reacted:
"Brother Yan, did you find out anything?"
Yan Wu looked at Lin Zhiqing. It was indeed he who found out about the matter, but he used Lin Zhiqing's subordinates.
The people that Lin Congrong left to the Lin family were naturally elite and very useful.
However, Lin Zhiqing didn't seem to have any intention of showing up.
Seeing this, Yan Wu spoke up himself:
"Zhou Chongzheng is not clean. After a thorough investigation, I found that he was deliberately using the prison money to make money."
Hearing this, Lin Shian's expression suddenly changed:
"How could such a situation occur in such an important position as the Dali Temple Minister, under the feet of the emperor?"
Lin Yangyang didn't quite understand: "Wait, what does this prison lawsuit junjin mean? Why haven't I heard of it?"
"The prison litigation fee is the bail paid before the case begins. The last time my fourth uncle was imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice, the Lin family also paid some money." Lin Zhiqing explained.
Jun is an ancient unit of weight, and thirty jin equals one jun.
Jin does not mean gold, it mostly refers to copper, and also refers to property.
Junjin literally means thirty pounds of copper.
But copper is now mostly just a superficial deposit, and there are also other financial transactions in private.
"Yeah." Lin Shian nodded and began to add:
"Take Fourth Uncle's case as an example. The Lin family paid thirty kilograms of copper as a deposit, but Zhiqing also secretly slipped in a considerable amount of silver."
"If Fourth Uncle is not guilty, the deposit will be returned to the Lin family. If Fourth Uncle is guilty, the deposit will belong to the government."
"Are you giving the money so that the people inside will take care of Fourth Uncle?" Lin Yangyang asked.
Lin Zhiqing nodded: "That's what we mean. Most of the money from officials will not be passive, but ordinary merchants and ordinary people may not be so passive."
To put it bluntly, this is a channel for secretly giving money to officials.
As the saying goes, when the water is too clear, there will be no fish.
As long as there is a difference in status, the lower-ranking ones must always allow the higher-ranking ones to gain some benefits in order to develop better.
However, when investigating cases involving officials, this kind of money secretly stuffed into the pockets of the Dali Temple Minister would not be possible.
After all, he is an official, and if he is not careful, he will get into trouble.
But it is different for ordinary people and wealthy businessmen. They have no one to rely on, so they can make money by privately taking the money from lawsuits.
Some officials with evil intentions would even deliberately fabricate false cases and extort money from wealthy families.
These are the unspoken rules of officialdom as understood by Lin Zhiqing.
"They are right." Yan Yu affirmed Lin Shi'an and Lin Zhiqing's explanation, and then spoke again:
"I've detected signs that Zhou Chongzheng is manipulating the prison funds, but he's doing it covertly, and I haven't found any solid evidence yet."
"If we approach Ling Shuo, the first thing to do is to find evidence of this incident."
Lin Shian gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't expect that Zhou Chongzheng appears to be a gentleman, but he hides so deeply."
"Using the money from the court proceedings to amass wealth is a serious crime of abusing power for personal gain and deceiving the emperor!"
Honest people who are colorless and tasteless usually contain highly toxic substances.
Lin Zhiqing shook his head and continued:
"Because it is a serious crime, if this matter is exposed, our goal of removing Zhou Chongzheng from the position of Dali Temple Minister will be achieved."
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