Huguang Province is the important place of tea production in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the tea tax has increased year by year in recent years, but the tax silver received by the imperial court has decreased year by year, and this year it is only a few hundred taels of silver. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 When the people sent by Shen Ce went to the local tea plantations to secretly visit the tea farmers, they learned that the tea leaves in Huguang had been harvested every year for several years.

Wang Bing, the secretary of the household department in charge of taxation in the cabinet, came from Du Xing's disciples, Li Chengyuan, the political envoy of Huguang, was Du Xing's eldest son-in-law, and Du Xing's protégés among the local officials in Huguang abounded.

What is even more suspicious is that the tea tax in Huguang Province is obviously full of loopholes, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate has not moved, and it is traced back, I am afraid that it will not be able to escape with Song Ke.

Shen Ce immediately sent additional manpower to investigate Duchenne deeply.

After a few months, the people sent to it finally found out some eyebrows.

It turned out that in the past few years, Song Ke and Du Xing colluded with Wang Bing to collude with the magistrates of Huguang Province, not only embezzling huge tea taxes from the imperial court, but also forcibly buying new tea from tea farmers at low prices, and transporting tea to the sea along the waterway to seek huge profits.

It is said that with such a handle as Song Kedang, it is natural that the emperor should know. But Shen Ce is only repairing by the Hanlin Academy now, and Song Heng is only in the position of the emperor, and neither of them is qualified to ask about this matter. Although Empress Li has no one in her maiden family, she was first the concubine of the king of Qishan, and later the lord of the middle palace. has been in business for many years, and there are quite a few henchmen and ministers in their hands, and after the death of the queen, these people all voted under Song Heng. After Shen Ce and Song Heng discussed, they instructed Yushi to impeach Wang Bing.

Although Shen Ce also had evidence of Song Ke and Du Xing's collusion with the Huguang magistrate, he didn't plan to take it out at the moment.

He knew that Song Yuan was very close to Du Xing when he was still the king of Qishan, in other words, when Song Yuan Palace changed and seized the throne, Du Xing had a lot of credit in it, and it can be regarded as a dragon, Song Yuan is still quite jealous of him in some aspects. Therefore, if you don't make a move at Duchenne, you must knock it down in one fell swoop to avoid future troubles.

Not to mention Song Ke, after the eldest prince Song Chen was deposed, the emperor trusted him the most. Therefore, even if there is evidence to prove that Song Ke is related to the Huguang tea tax case, in the end, the emperor is very likely to exalt himself lightly and punish him slightly.

If you are too eager to catch them all, the result may be startled, exposing him and Song Heng. For the sake of safety, they could only give up the impeachment of Song Ke and Du Xing, and go all out to deal with Wang Bing, each of them was broken, and slowly peeled off. As long as it is found out that Wang Bing is the mastermind of the Huguang tea tax case, Du Xing, who is Wang Bing's peak and mentor, cannot be separated from the relationship.

Once the emperor planted the seeds of suspicion about Duchenne in his heart, sooner or later it will take root and sprout, and one day it will grow into a towering tree, and it should be much easier to move Duchenne at that time.

Although things were developing according to his expectations, Shen Ce also didn't understand why the emperor handed over the case to him for investigation since he had broken Du Xing's face in the imperial study?

Is the emperor testing Duchenne? Or is Duchenne already dependent to the point where there is no suspicion at all, and trust is indestructible?

This made Shen Ce slightly uneasy.

But since he has already attacked, he must make some gains, if he does not pull Wang Bing down in one fell swoop this time, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be bitten by Du Xing and fall into passivity.

Shen Ce thought of this and said to Aze: "Call Jingyun to come to see me." ”

After Aze went out, Shen Ce wrote a letter with his left hand, but he didn't seal it.

Among Shen Ce's close-quarters secret guards, Liufeng and Jingyun are the two most valued by him, Liufeng is good at interacting with people, Jingyun Kung Fu is superb, and there are generally no important things, he does not use the two of them.

After a while, the shocking clouds came, and Shen Ce handed him the written letter: "Send it to Xie An's mansion, the second assistant of the Ministry of Industry, and let Lord Xie receive it personally, but he can't let him find out." ”

Shocking clouds were ordered to leave.

Shen Ce spread out the paper and wrote a few more lines, and asked Aze to send it to Song Heng of the Chu Palace.

Mofu.

With Lin Cong passing the news in the middle, the communication between Mo Shaoli and Cheng Nuo was much more convenient and faster, and she even asked Lin Cong to carry some account books from Cheng Nuo to Fengyi Garden, and slowly read them when she had time.

Lin Cong is a smart person, although he has doubts about many things that Mo Shaoli gave him to do, he only does it silently, never talks much, and never asks more.

Mo Jun, who watched Lin Cong in and out all day, couldn't sit still, didn't understand where Mo Shaoli would have so many things for Lin Cong to do, endured it for a few days, and finally called Lin Cong and asked, "What are you busy running in and out of every day?" ”

Lin Cong replied without changing his face: "Miss likes to eat Chunhualou's pastries recently, so the slave will inevitably have to make a few more trips." Two new Western shops were opened in the capital, and the things sold were rare and novel, so the young lady asked the servants to go there often to see if there were any new goods, so as not to be preempted. ”

Chunhualou is the most luxurious restaurant in the capital, their dim sum is the most famous in the capital, the taste and taste are all top-notch, but they have to sell in limited quantities every day, and they can't grab it when they go late, so Beijing people are often proud to be the first to taste the new dim sum of Chunhualou.

Of course, the price is also expensive.

Mo Jun shook his head with a smile after hearing what he said, although he seems to have grown up a lot more calm in the past seven years, but in the end, it is still a little girl's heart, and what he remembers every day is just these things to eat and play, but he is too careful.

He was originally a celebrity, so he believed Lin Cong's words, and since then, he has not asked much about Lin Cong's frequent outings, and sometimes he helps cover up with Mrs. Mo: "...... It was I who asked him to go to Chunhua Building to buy snacks and come back. ”

Mo Shaoli heard Lin Cong lie about buying dim sum in front of Master Mo Si, so in order to make a full set of plays, he specially allocated silver to him, and asked him to buy some dim sum from Chunhualou from time to time to come back to fulfill the lie.

Every time, Mo Shaoli would send one to Master Mo Si.

Naturally, Mo Jun will also inevitably give some to Mrs. Mo.

Therefore, others have also taken advantage of it.

Chunhualou's dim sum, don't talk about Wu's, even Mrs. Mo rarely buys it, but now she can often eat it.

Therefore, in addition to secretly scolding Mo Shaoli in their hearts for being a loser and hating Fengyi Yuan for having a lot of money, everyone basically ate quite satisfied, and they all forgot to investigate Lin Cong's frequent departures.

As the days passed, Mo Shaoli gradually became familiar with the industries under his name, shops, granges, mulberry gardens, tea gardens, and various workshops...... She figured out the accounts and business processes one by one.

But she wasn't going to meddle right now. First, Cheng Nuo has run the industry very well, and she may not be better than him in her own operation; second, she is too young now, and she has no freedom, so she can't take care of it herself; Three...... Cheng Nuo hasn't mentioned the words of picking a child recently, with someone as capable as him, why should she bother with it?

It's better to sit back and enjoy it!

Therefore, whenever Cheng Nuo wrote to her to ask her if she had any comments or suggestions, requirements and changes to the business property, she always replied: "All affairs are still in charge of the husband." ”

Even after Cheng Nuo sent the drawings of the Taoist temple she wanted to build, Mo Shaoli only made one or two changes on it, and it was still left to him to decide.

In addition, Mo Shaoli spends most of her day listening to classes in the Lotus Academy.

Reading and writing in the morning, and playing the piano and chess in the afternoon.

Mo Shaoqi is the hardest working among the girls, every article that the master says, let every big word written, she has to do her best, so she is often praised by Lu Ying. Whenever this happens, she raises her chin slightly and glances at Mo Shaoli with her arrogant little eyes.

Mo Shaoli usually turns a blind eye, and with an adult soul, she no longer cares about such a little vanity. Lu Ying's class is still a little expected, so unless something really happens, she doesn't skip class for no reason.

Mo Shaoshan is the least skilled. Because the Huang family felt that it was useless for the girl to study, he didn't ask for her, and the second master Mo Xiao didn't ask, so Mo Shaoshan didn't come for eight out of ten days, and he rarely saw her in the listening lotch.

When Mo Shaowan is getting married, he has to embroider a wedding dress, he has to learn affairs, and he has a lot of things to do, so he can only come to class when he has time. If she comes, she will go with Mo Shaoli when she leaves school, break up at the fork in the road and go back separately.

Mo Shaozhen is Mo Shaoqi's shadow, you can see her when you can see Mo Shaoqi, she can do whatever Mo Shaoqi does, so reading can be regarded as hard work, but her grades have not been as good as Mo Shaoqi, and there is no Mo Shaoqi in the limelight with Mr. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that she deliberately hid it.

Mo Shaoqiong is timid and silent, she comes when she is in class and leaves when she gets out of class, but she also works hard in her studies.

In this way, the girls are at peace with each other for the time being.