Time is like flowing water, and like a white horse passing through a gap, in the blink of an eye, the time has arrived in December of the first year of Song Jianzhong's Yasukuni.

December is already approaching the day, approaching the New Year, Song Tokyo Kaifeng Mansion is of course a festive atmosphere, every household to the dust, clean the house, change the door god, wall clock Kui, nail peach charm, paste spring card, lanterns, is a festive atmosphere.

The same is true of the Song Palace, but at this time it is still the mourning period of the Empress Dowager Xiang, so everything is simple, but it is much colder than in previous years.

"Hahahaha, this Li Hanren... This Li Hanren is simply... It's simply ... He... He, he, he... That's too bad, right? Hahahaha! ”

In the palace of Qinzheng in the Song Dynasty, Ye Mengde, who returned from Quanzhou, told Emperor Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty that Li Sanjian lured traders from all over the world to come to Quanzhou, and then suddenly suppressed the price of rice, making the vendors everywhere lose their faces, which immediately caused Zhao Ji to laugh out loud, laughing out of breath.

It's really fun, it's really interesting, Zhao Ji at this time is very envious of Li Sanjian, envious of Li Sanjian doing whatever he wants outside, not like himself, trapped in the palace all day long, can't go anywhere, don't talk about working for state affairs, and listen to those old ministers and rotten Confucians chattering endlessly all day long.

These people used their ancestors, the laws of their ancestors, ancestral teachings, rituals, the words of saints, moral articles, etc., to restrain Zhao Ji all day long, which made Zhao Ji feel extremely bored.

Even Zhao Ji sent Tong Guan to Jiangnan a few days ago to purchase things in the palace, and they were advised left and right, and they talked endlessly, as if Zhao Ji was a big faint monarch who brought disaster to the country and the people.

Zhao Ji was already annoyed.

At this time, Zhao Ji has been on the throne for nearly two years, and he has already sat firmly on the throne, coupled with the death of the Queen Mother Xiang, Zhao Ji has firmly sat on the throne, and has firmly controlled the court.

When the political situation in the Song Dynasty was stable, Zhao Ji began to get tired of this kind of day, tired of this kind of life, which is not set in stone, the same, and is like an ascetic.

Zhao Ji is more and more nostalgic for the kind of carefree and freewheeling life he lived when he was the king of Duan.

Zhao Ji was only in his early twenties at this time.

The ministers in the Qinzheng Hall saw that Zhao Ji suddenly laughed, and they laughed a little undignified, so they all looked at Zhao Ji in surprise.

In any case, the king of a kingdom cannot be so out of shape under any circumstances, and cannot be so unseemly...

"Ye Qingjia, you go on." Zhao Ji saw the strange appearance of everyone, so he tried his best to hold back a laugh and said to Ye Mengde.

"Then Weichen continued?" Ye Meng saw Zhao Ji nodding, so he continued: "The most surprising thing is that Li Sanjian, the governor of Quanzhou, finally summoned all the vendors and asked them to buy back the backlog of commercial goods in Quanzhou due to the flood and transport them to various places for sale. ”

"Hah... Zhao Ji almost laughed out loud when he heard this, and hurriedly picked up the fragrant tea on the imperial case, drank a sip of tea, and then squirted it out, drenching Liang Shicheng who was waiting beside him.

Liang Shicheng is as steady as Mount Tai, and he didn't even move his eyelids.

The ministers in the palace were also speechless when they heard this, it is not enough to pit people once, but they have to pit a second time? Where does this look like a feudal official, it's like a scoundrel...

The crux of the matter is, how can those traders be willing to be cheated?

So, Fan Zhixu, the living housekeeper, came out of the class and asked Ye Mengde: "I don't ask whether this matter is correct or not, I only ask Ye Bianxiu, those traders in Quanzhou have already lost their capital to sell rice, why are they still willing to buy the backlog of commercial goods in Quanzhou?" ”

Fan Zhixu, about 30 years old, for Song Yuanyou three years to ascend to the Jinshi, the first to confer a doctor of official Taixue, after the Song Emperor Zhao Ji ascended the throne, in addition to the official Zuo Zhengyan, out of the sentence Yingzhou, not long ago was called into the capital, in addition to the official residence and other positions.

The reason is that the duty of the living room is to record the words and deeds of the Son of Heaven, revise the living notes, and bear the responsibility of "the king's must write", that is to say, whenever the court meeting is held or the emperor listens to the government, the living room or the living man must be present to record, which is actually the close minister of the Son of Heaven, and is the only way to govern in the future.

At this time, Zhao Ji also intended to promote him to the middle school, and it should be said that Fan Zhixu's future is limitless.

"Fansheren!" Ye Mengde replied: "Li Zhizhou is tempting to take advantage, not only reducing the price of Quanzhou commercial goods, but also promising that the Quanzhou Prefecture will pay the capital, and after making a profit, the principal and interest will be returned. ”

"How much is the interest?" Zhao Ji asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the interest is only one cent." Ye Mengde replied.

"Just a penny?" Zhao Ji asked in surprise when he heard this: "Could it be that Li Hanren still has other plans?" 89 Literary Network

A cent of interest is almost borrowed for nothing, so Li Sanjian does not want to interest money, then it is another plan, Zhao Ji said secretly in his heart.

"Your Majesty is thousands of miles away, and he is still watching the fire!" Ye Mengde slapped Zhao Ji and replied: "Li Zhizhou personally said to Weichen that nothing in this world can only be a little bit of small profit in front of you, and you should take a long-term view, Quanzhou is a land of sea puppets, relatively remote, although there are maritime merchants, but there are not many traders who come to Quanzhou to do business, so Li Zhizhou's move is to attract traders from all over the world, including foreign maritime merchants, in order to prosper Quanzhou's commerce, and when Quanzhou's commerce is prosperous, will Quanzhou's commercial taxes and other taxes be less?" It will definitely be a source of money, so Li Zhizhou can't look down on this little bit of interest in front of him. ”

"Money?" Zhao Ji laughed again when he heard this: "I really didn't look away, I really didn't misunderstand Li Hanren, I am so young but have such insight, it is really rare." ”

Zhao Ji was very satisfied with Li Sanjian at this time, and the secret performance of the Fujian Road Transfer Division made Zhao Ji extremely annoyed, but at this time, the truth was revealed, Li Sanjian was all for Quanzhou, for the people of Quanzhou, and for the imperial court taxes, so Zhao Ji was very pleased.

In any case, Li Sanjian is Zhao Ji's minister and Zhao Ji's confidant, so why doesn't Zhao Ji want Li Sanjian to be good?

Back then, the two were brothers.

"There are only two things, after Wei Chen thinks about it again, he needs to make His Majesty clear." Ye Mengde then said to Zhao Ji.

"The Qing family has something to say, that is, the precepts of the ancestors, not to be punished by words, of course I also need to obey it, so the Qing family does not have to swallow and vomit." Zhao Ji said to Ye Mengde with a slight strange feeling.

"Your Majesty!" Despite this, Ye Mengde still hesitated for a while and then said to Zhao Ji: "There are two things in Quanzhou Li Zhizhou, and the envoy has to show His Majesty, one is that Li Zhizhou's teacher Su Shi died of illness in Changzhou, so Li Zhizhou abandoned everything in Quanzhou, ran thousands of miles to mourn, and came and went for more than a month; The second is Li Zhizhou... Li Zhizhou accepted a concubine... ”

"Huh? Conquest? When Zhao Ji heard this, he immediately asked with "interest".

The matter of taking concubines is a very common thing in this world, as far as Zhao Ji knows, Li Sanjian currently only has one wife and one concubine, so it is not an uncommon thing to accept a few more concubines, nor is it a surprising thing, so why did Ye Mengde still specifically raise this matter at this time? It made Zhao Ji feel a little curious.

You must know that the vast majority of officials in the court have more than one wife and one concubine in their families, and some officials have a group of wives and concubines, not including maids, singers, dancing girls, maids, etc.

"Your Majesty, it's a concubine!" Ye Mengde replied when he heard this: "It is said that Weichen should not mention Li Zhizhou's housework, but Li Zhizhou he... The concubines he took were the relatives of others... , Li Zhizhou's concubine is also surnamed Li. As the daughter of Li Ji Gold and Silver Shop in Kaifeng Mansion, after eloping to Quanzhou, she was accepted as a concubine by Li Zhizhou. ”

Ye Mengde is only in his twenties this year, and he was appointed by Zhao Ji as an envoy to inspect Quanzhou.

Therefore, Ye Mengde is grateful to Zhao Ji, since this is the case, Ye Mengde is of course conscientious for the matter of the inspection of the envoys.

Ye Mengde stayed in Quanzhou for more than two months, and he learned most of the things in Quanzhou, and even what the identity of Li Sanjian's concubine was, he actually learned about it.

At this time, Ye Mengde ignored the friendship with Li Sanjian's classmates, and played Li Sanjian's ugly story according to the facts, just to repay the court, Zhao Ji's acquaintance, and the kindness of the new appointment.

At the same time, Ye Mengde was the fourth year of Shaosheng Jinshi and the first, while Li Sanjian Shaosheng was the fourth year of the tribute, and Yuan Fu was only on the list in the third year.

Li Sanjian is considered to be a person of Hou Jin, and the official character of Hou Jin is still above Ye Mengde, and he is also the governor of Quanzhou and a state, and he is in charge of the military and political affairs of a state, so Ye Mengde is still a little jealous and hot-eyed.

At this time, Ye Mengde played according to the facts, and he did not have a guilty conscience.

As an ombudsman, it is essential to play the truth.

What? Li Sanjian's concubine is the one who eloped? Still surnamed Li? At this time, all the ministers in the palace were stunned when they heard the words, and some of the old ministers even swayed, they were shaky, and they almost fainted...

Isn't that appalling? This is something unprecedented in the Great Song Dynasty, a six-grade member of the imperial court actually robbed someone else's wife, or did he elope? Or the same surname? If it is the same sect again, wouldn't it be a violation of the Song law and a violation of the law of the country?

"What does this woman look like?" Zhao Ji's reaction was different, and he asked Ye Mengde with interest.

"Micro... Minister... When I was in Beijing, I saw the appearance of this woman, and she had the appearance of a shy flower and a closed moon. . . Your Majesty... Under... What do you mean by that? Ye Mengde stammered and replied.

People say that Zhao Xin favors Li Sanjian, and now it seems that this is the case, Zhao Ji was not angry when he heard about it, reprimanded Li Sanjian, and asked about the woman's appearance.

Can someone who looks like a flower and jade do this?

At this time, a black line appeared faintly above the heads of all the ministers in the hall.