"According to the law of the ancestors, in the reign of Renzong, in order to make the full amount of the commercial tax of the city and the city department into the treasury every year, the official family issued an order to strictly investigate the bad habit of local officials in the port to seize the property and goods of the merchants, and in order to encourage overseas merchants to enter the Song Dynasty to trade, the imperial court allowed the merchants to go beyond the level to file complaints."

Lou Yun said as he took the bronze mirror in his hand and smiled,

"When the official heard that Lord Zhao had also been summoned to the capital, he was concerned in his heart, but because of the heavy matter of this envoy, he couldn't inquire more, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to ask Lord Qin for advice——"

Qin Congyun reluctantly smiled back, but regretted in his heart that he didn't listen to Wang Shiqiang's warning before getting off the boat.

He should have stayed on the Wang family's boat and pretended to be seasick, and he should not have moved to the Louyun boat for these antiques and picture scrolls, and he seized the opportunity to inquire about the inside story of the bronze mirror case, and secretly hated him for deliberately embarking Wang Shijiao.

The sea boat is not his general judge, and when the boatmen inside and outside the ship are bored, in addition to gambling, they are more broken than women, and they can't hide anything, and the Jun Mo next to Lou Yun is simply a plague god possessing him.

If Wang Shiqiang is here, it will naturally be easy for him to find an excuse with his means, strictly control the eyes up and down the ship, and even the orchestral state banquet for the Fusang envoy in the evening can be shirked.

Wang Shiqiang is jealous of Lou Yun, why doesn't Lou Yun know that Wang Shiqiang is shrewd?

"Lord Qin, I heard that when the Lord entered the capital to face the saint this time and served as the deputy envoy, the box of bronze mirrors was also transported into Dali Temple, and the chief official of Dali Temple happened to be a Jinshi from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the master of the provincial examination of the Lord must have seen the box ......of evidence, and he may tell the official whether it is true or false?"

Qin Congyun glanced at the ancient mirror awkwardly, thinking that the thickness of the dough was not enough, and in the face of Shangguan's questioning, he could only say:

"Even if it's not for this case, don't you know the dispute between the authenticity and falsehood of this Bazhenzhai bronze mirror?"

He made up his mind in a blink of an eye, instead of evading and tempting, it is better to exchange the intention of the official family from Lou Yun's mouth to the official family on this case, so that Master Liu can handle this case beautifully, he Qin Congyun has been in Mingzhou for four years, and the evaluation is on the top, even if this time he is missing his job, as long as there is the appreciation and recommendation of the master, it is natural to return to the capital and enter Dali Temple,

"Xia Guan heard that Lord Zhao cried in front of the official family, saying that the ancient mirror in his house was just a knockoff bought from overseas by Jiangsu, Zhejiang and maritime merchants, not the real thing bought in Quanzhou Bazhen Zhai, he would never dare to raise pirates in private, kill people and rob money on the sea, and it was impossible to take the concubine of that merchant."

The footsteps outside the curtain were broken, but he retreated back before he reached the door, Qin Congyun of course heard that the footsteps were Lin Thiefniang, presumably there was something to tell, seeing that they were still secretly discussing, he retreated again, he glanced at the bead curtain that was put down, and said in a low voice:

"Your Excellency, do you know that the official family has sent the nobles in the palace to secretly come to Mingzhou to inquire about the difference between real and fake bronze mirrors?

Lou Yun's eyes flashed, and he finally heard the news he needed, of course, the nobles were the cronies and eunuchs around the official family, which happened to confirm each other with the doubts in his heart.

It is impossible for the official family to summon him to the tide tower before he went out for no reason, and suddenly mentioned the Donghai Tangfang.

All of them developed according to his plan.

This time, with the help of the bronze mirror case, he not only had to eliminate the pirates in the Quanzhou area, but also to deter the Zhao clan who were ordered by the official family to gather in Quanzhou City, so that they would no longer collude with pirates to do wrongdoing, so as to comprehensively rectify the Quanzhou Navy, and more importantly, completely cut off one of Wang Shiqiang's right-hand men, Tang Fang.

That's why he used all his means to get the post of envoy to visit Goryeo.

Wang Shiqiang is a rare talent, but after all, he is not from the orthodox background of the imperial examination, and his mind is biased, and he dedicated the Northern Expedition plan for those main battle factions in the court, forty percent of which is for the national fortune, and sixty percent is for the queen mother's relatives to invite merit and seize power. They clearly knew that acting hastily would only lead to failure, but they did not hesitate to take risks, and would rather let the vitality of the Great Song Dynasty be greatly damaged, but also prepare for the Northern Expedition.

As for the heroine of Tangfang, even if she and Wang Shiqiang did have a relationship, he was not for state affairs, but for the plea of the clan sister who separated their marriage, but now that the wood is complete, instead of falling in love with the old love to be Wang Shiqiang's flat wife, it is better to marry the second son of the Chen family's second room as a wife.

In this way, he can be regarded as giving her back a husband.

Sweeping away the cheap knockoffs of Tangfang in the East China Sea and returning the authentic Bazhenzhai products of Fujian maritime merchants to the market is exactly where he needs Qin Congyun.

His heart was racing, but his face was still silent:

"I heard that the Queen Mother is not feeling well, and even her seventieth birthday has been delayed, and the official family not only has to serve in the palace, but also has to work hard for the clan, and it is really hard."

The capital is near Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and of course he knows the things in the palace as well as the local snakes.

Qin Congyun was forced to ask by him, so he could only grit his teeth and smile bitterly:

"My lord, it's not that the lower officials refuse to tell them, the lower officials just heard that on the birthday of the Queen Mother, they found out that the antiques in the birthday ceremony also had unstamped copycats, which made the official family angry, and even the two cronies of the Queen Mother who were named county ladies were implicated......"

Tangfang's cottage business is too big, just making Bazhenzhai's cottage can no longer satisfy the appetite of the female owner, she has now directly faked antiques and sold them into the palace......

Chen Hong may not be her opponent.

- He should have landed on the shore.

Lou Yun pondered, and said with a casual smile:

"It's no wonder that this time, several elders from Mingzhou did not enter the birthday ceremony, and they really realized the holy will......"

"Not really."

Qin Congyun heard him talk about Mingzhou, of course, he knew everything about it, but he shook his head,

"They were reprimanded by the official family, let them think about it behind closed doors, I heard that the female official was reprimanded by the female official in the Tai** or the wife of the old lady of the family of the Siming Wang, the old lady was originally friendly with the cronies of the queen mother, and it was also a friendship of more than 30 years, the original gift list was written is to open the light mutton fat jade Guanyin and eight antiques, and then I don't know why it was so coincidental, the antique merchants in the palace summoned by the official family also went to the Tai** to taste the real and fake bronze mirrors that day......"

Lou Yunben still listened with a smile, but when he heard the Kaiguang Mutton Fat Jade Guanyin, he couldn't help but be stunned.

When Wang Shiqiang got off the boat, he took this jade Buddha with him to meet the female owner, others didn't know, but he knew.

As for these things in the palace, of course he has also heard of it, it is precisely because the bloody case done by the clan is related to the cottage bronze mirror, but Tang Fang is related to the maritime merchants of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the official family will naturally be suspicious, although it will not make Lord Wang lose his official position, but he wants to recommend Qin Congyun to be the envoy of the state this time, but it is impossible.

That's why he was able to come to the East China Sea.

That's his strategy.

Suddenly, he heard Qin Congyun continue:

"The queen mother specially invited them to Renshou Palace for the sake of the reputation of the clan, and first pointed out the antiques in the birthday gift for them to identify, but I didn't expect to find out the fakes, and the fakes were offered by the Wang family, if it weren't for the two old palace people who accepted the birthday gifts at that time, they admitted that they were derelict in their duties, and Lord Wang was not only reprimanded this time......

He was stunned again, and couldn't help but sigh lightly, and asked, "Is there a fake in the birthday gift offered by the Wang family?" ”

It's not his hands and feet.

Qin Congyun nodded, observing his expression, and asked tentatively: "That's true, but judging from the following officials, a family like the Wang family will not be so contemptuous, I'm afraid that someone will frame ......."

“…… The Wang family is indeed not so contemptuous. ”

When Lou Yun heard this, his heart was already full of suspicions, Qin Congyun's expression was clearly suspicious that he had framed him, but he also felt that such suspicions were not unreasonable.

But he didn't frame the Wang family with fakes.

Although he had a plan to crack down on the power of Jiangsu-Zhejiang maritime merchants and Jiangsu-Zhejiang eunuchs in the court, he didn't want to erect too many enemies, so he should have a step-by-step strategy, first cut off the relationship between Tangfang and the Siming royal family, and then the Fujian maritime merchants competed for the East China Sea market, cutting down Wang Shiqiang's financial resources, which was also cutting off the financial resources of the main battle faction.

And now, when the ships of the three thousand Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang maritime merchants still control the East China Sea, and Wang Shiqiang married the daughter of the Knowles family, he did not think that there was a need to act in such a hurry.

In any case, he also has the surname Lou.

More than ten years ago, although Lou Luanpei lived in the inner house, she still used her daughter's means to give him a lot of care, and he didn't want her situation in the Wang family to be more difficult unless it was absolutely necessary.

It's just that now he can't help but wonder, it's not him Lou Yun, who else?

Who will frame the Siming royal family......

He groaned and paced left and right in the public hall, Qin Congyun saw his appearance, and he also had some doubts in his heart, Lou Yun's heart suddenly flashed, thinking about the birthday gift of the Queen Mother, and the mutton fat jade Guanyin that Wang Shiqiang carried with him when he got off the boat.

Did he deliberately take him off the boat and give it to the female owner?

There should be a reason.

"The mutton fat jade Guanyin who has opened the light?"

He muttered to himself, it was originally the Queen Mother's birthday gift, but it should have been returned because of the fake birthday gift.

That Ji woman already knew?

"Yes, the birthday gift offered by the Wang family, the first one is Jade Guanyin......"

Qin Congyun saw that his expression was different, and his heart moved, "I heard that all the birthday gifts were enshrined in the Putuo Guanyin Temple for nine hundred and eighty-one days before being offered to the palace, and the holy monk was invited to consecrate......"

Both of them are shrewd and talented people, and while they are talking, they are both speculating in their hearts, Lou Yun gradually has some clues, his eyes are slightly calm, he looks at the imitation bronze mirrors on the table at hand, and said in a deep voice:

"As far as this official knows, the Queen Mother also believes in this Guanyin who protects the sea, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang have always been places where foreign people naturalize and live, and in Putuo Temple, there should be Goryeo, Fusang, and even traveling monks from Nanyang to place orders......"

Therefore, it is not easy to suspect that he secretly sent a Fusang monk, but who else would take advantage of the fact that the temple is full of people to frame the Wang family?

"Huh?"

Qin Congyun's brain flashed, and a thought suddenly flew through him, but he felt unbelievable, and looked at Lou Yun,

"Have an overseas monk pending order? In this way, there must be naturalized people in the temple as temple slaves! ”

He himself is from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, although he is not from Mingzhou, but he has been a general judge of Mingzhou for several years, of course, he knows that the so-called naturalized people are the name of the Great Song Dynasty to foreign people such as Jin, Xixia, Fusang, Goryeo, etc., and even the northern Han people who crossed the Yellow River and returned to the Great Song Dynasty and were included in the household registration of the Great Song Dynasty.

"These naturalized people stayed in the Great Song Dynasty, and it was inevitable that they had a fear of emptiness and rootlessness in their hearts, and as far as the lower officials knew, a large number of Buddhist believers lived in the monastery to do fire work, to be temple slaves, to wash clothes, cook, clean, and add incense to the masters-"

Qin Congyun said the words "Temple slave, add incense", which was simply shocking in his heart.

The answer he suddenly thought of after being reminded by Lou Yun just now, the person who framed the Wang family behind the scenes, was clearly about to come out.

Of course, he had heard that the heroine of the Tang Fang that Wang Shiqiang was going to marry had been a slave of Tianxiang Temple in the ancient temple of the Tang Dynasty in Fusang for three years.

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