Chapter 675: Mountains and Waters (1)
Shanxi Taiyuan Mansion is marked by the wind
"King Anhua is reversed?!"
In the secret room of the account room in the standard bank, the chief dart head Xing Dazhu was so shocked that he almost jumped up. Fire? Correct? Wen?? w?w?w?.?
Because of the presence of Chengzu, the ancestor of the successful rebellion of the vassal king, the people of the time could not help but be nervous when they heard the rebellion of the vassal king.
Opposite Xing Dazhuan were two dusty men, who were obviously galloping for a long time, looking tired, almost slumping on the chair, and pouring tea into their mouths.
Because of Liu Jin's policy of punishing rice and losing borders, many punished officials could not send rice and grain to Jiubian by relying on their own servants alone, so the business of the dart bureau was very good for a while.
The Shunfeng Marker took advantage of this east wind (crooked wind) to develop rapidly, and set up stations all over Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.
With the operation of the past few years, the transportation network is becoming more and more perfect, and the message transmission is also very fast, because of the supply of horses in Liaodong, Tian Feng has taken this pasture again, and the horses are abundant.
Hearing Xing Dazhu's words, one of the men wiped the water stains on the side of his mouth with his sleeve, and then nodded, "Why don't you hurry up and send the news to Feng Ye." Let's hurry up and come back first, I'm afraid that in a day or two, the news will also reach all parts of Shanxi. ”
When Yansuima City was opened, Zhao Hongpei took Lu Erqilang over to plan a trade route, and it was Li Xi and Tian Feng who stayed in Shanxi.
Tian Feng is now in charge of the entire northwest downwind marker, and the news is handled by him. It's just that he happened to go to Datong these days, and now there is only one Li Xi left in Taiyuan Mansion.
Xing Dazhu read the secret letter repeatedly, nodded and said that it would be arranged properly, and then asked someone to carry the two men down to rest.
He rode on his horse and rushed over to inform Li Xi.
Li Xi's house is not far away, and Xing Dazhuan can hear the sound of pipa inside before he enters the gate, and he can't help but ask the porter but Li Shizi is feasting?
Although Li Xi has not yet been crowned the prince, the Marquis of Fengcheng is the heir, and sooner or later it will be his, and everyone outside will call it that.
Because they are all acquaintances, there is no need to wait for the return, the porter smiled and led Xing Dazhu to the study, and said: "There are no guests, it is the prince who wants to be loose and lackluster." ”
They walked along the way, and they could only hear the sound of warblers outside the flower wall, but it was Li Xi over there who was holding his powder, drinking wine, listening to small songs, and looking like a rich idler, so comfortable.
Xing Dazhuan's face was not very good-looking.
He is also one of the number one figures in the green forest, and then followed Tian Feng into the standard line, although he is now serious about the standard business, but he only obeys Tian Feng's orders, and has nothing to do with the surname Li and Zhao, and he doesn't give face if he is unhappy, let alone say anything in awe.
At this time, he was angry because of the grievances of his own head
Their leader Tian Feng is so busy that he can't wait to split it into eight and a half, this Uncle Li is good, he only cares about his own Gaole!
There should be someone over there to report, and the music stopped for a while, there was a sister's thanks, and a sister's tone was obsessed, which was really a little chaotic.
Xing Dazhu was forced to suppress the anger and did not scold.
And Li Xi came out of the side, did not change his clothes, still smelled of wine, turned out of the garden and entered the study, saw Xing Dazhu, did not have any shelves, smiled and said that the total dart head is hard.
Xing Dazhuan's face slowed slightly, and he pointed in the direction of the secret room.
Li Xi knew that it was an important matter, and immediately put away the smile on his face, and couldn't help but be solemn.
Entering the secret room and receiving the secret letter in Xing Dazhuan's hand, Li Xi was also shocked at a glance.
"King Anhua is reversed?!"
He also subconsciously shouted.
But no one answered, Li Xi quickly read the letter at a glance and ten lines, and repeatedly muttered, "King Anhua is reversed!" There was irrepressible excitement in his voice.
Speaking of which, Li Xi has not had a good time in the past few years.
At the beginning, he was smart, and he first succeeded to Li's knees, and took advantage of the contradiction between Zhang Yong and Qiu Ju, and the contradiction between Zhang Hui and Sun Ming, the Marquis of Huichang, ran up and down, worshiped Zhang Yong, Zhang Hui and Shen Rui's mountain gate, and planned for Li to inherit the Marquis of Fengcheng.
Li also knew his kindness, regarded him as his heir, and after sitting on the throne, he repeatedly went up to ask Li Xi to be crowned the prince.
It's just that the emperor's side has always been uncertain.
How shrewd Li Xi didn't understand that the emperor was holding him until he made meritorious service.
At the beginning, he took the initiative to ask Ying to ask for a practical errand, and followed Zhao Hongpei to Shanxi with a fiery heart, and he also came to make meritorious contributions.
But I don't want the situation here to be complicated, officials, clans, border troops, giants, all kinds of relationships are intertwined, and they are actually controlled everywhere, and they have not been able to open up the situation for a long time.
Looking at Shen Rui's side, he really made Dengzhou like Su Song, and was promoted to an official, how could he not know that he had begged to follow Shen Rui at the beginning, it was really a miscalculation.
Now, there is finally another opportunity in front of him!
"An, Hua, Wang ......" Li Xi chewed these words over and over in his mouth, and a slightly hideous smile appeared on his face.
Xing Dazhuan looked at Li Xi like this, with the thinking of Jianghu guests, he consciously understood that there were rebellions, so naturally someone needed to quell the rebellion, Li Shizi was happy to be like this, I'm afraid he was worried about military exploits, right?
I heard that this step-father is in charge of the avant-garde of the government army in Beijing, they are all officers and soldiers, and they are all familiar, right? It just so happened that Gonggong Zhang is now also the eunuch guarding Ningxia Town, and it is not difficult to stuff this Li Shizi into the barracks.
That's it, this person's kung fu, tsk, that's not as good as a three-legged cat.
The so-called riding and archery is just a gentleman walking a horse, whether the bow can be pulled away or not has to be said, and going to the barracks is not a drag!
Xing Dazhu didn't look down on Li Xi, who was a weak son, and secretly thought in his heart, but Feng Ye was only afraid of having to move a few good hands to protect Li Shizi, and he really had to think about who to follow, maybe the brothers would have a good life and a small credit.
Sure enough, Li Xi said solemnly: "Big pile, you also know that this matter is important, now you can put people together, it is of great use." ”
Asking for someone is different, and calling Tete is also affectionate.
Xing Da pile should also be refreshed.
But he didn't want Li Xi to be assigned, but it wasn't what he thought at all.
"Leave a few good hands to stare at the Jin Wangfu ......"
"Transfer all the people who can be transferred, and immediately rush to Fenzhou, staring at all parts of Qingcheng Palace."
Xing Dazhuan was startled, and subconsciously said: "What are you doing staring at the palace, is it possible...... It's all the opposite? ”
Li Xi waved his hand and only said, "At this time, you must always be on guard." ”
Xing Dazhu didn't allow him to be ambiguous, and said bluntly: "Li Shizi, we are darts, not Jinyiwei, let's go and talk to each other, okay." But if you do it, you will be embarrassed by the government, and it will be difficult to turn over if you are beaten into a bandit. ”
He doesn't understand politics, but he was born in the green forest, and he understands the way of the government to suppress bandits.
Li Xi thought for a while, and then said, "It's me who didn't think about it." Big pile, I remember that you have some friendship with Xu Yi and Xu Qianhu, you back up the ceremony and go to Xu Qianhu to eat wine. ”
Xing Dazhu was stunned for a moment, co-authored, we can't do it, we have to move it around? But, you are our dart master when you are a brocade guard?! Is this a character who can be moved in by eating and drinking?!
"Li Shizi, I don't have such a face here." Xing Dazhu said politely.
Li Xi leisurely straightened his clothes and said, "Don't worry, I'll go to Senator Shen's Mansion and look for you when I turn around." ”
This Shen Senator is talking about the previous son of the Su Song Shen family, the eldest son of the Changfang Shen.
Shen was sent to Shanxi as the right senator of the political envoy, and because of his meritorious service in disaster relief, he took advantage of Jingcha to make a point and transferred to the left senator, but he was still one breath away from participating in politics.
Since the Shen family split and the He family collapsed, Shen and the other brothers have become more and more distant, such as Shen Jin and Shen Rui getting married, and the ordinary rituals are only mediocre.
However, when Zhao Hongpei went to Shanxi, he also took Li Xi to visit Shen, and Shen did not refuse to leave, on the contrary, he helped a little favor, which made Shen Rui and Shen Li very surprised at that time.
People like Xing Dazhu won't know about these inside information.
If Tian Feng is here, Xu will carefully consider whether to let Li Xi go to Shen at this time.
But in the eyes of Xing Dazhuan, Shen is the Shen family.
There is a large share of the Shen family in Shunfeng Mark, and he Xing Dazhu is now holding the Shen family's rice bowl, Li Xi went to find his owner's clansmen, so what does he have to consider, and he is ready for gifts.
Shen Zhi's house is a little far away from the political envoy, the appearance is not inconspicuous, and the garden furnishings inside are also ordinary.
And Shen himself was dressed in a homely robe, and he looked so simple that he didn't look much like a child of the Jiangnan Wang clan.
Li Xi knew that he had made no less money in Shanxi.
People are all about the border of Shanxi and Shanxi, which is a bitter place, but in fact, the wealthy businessmen in Shanxi are not inferior to Jiangnan in any way!
The land of Pingyang and Fenzhou in Shanxi has always been relatively rich, and there is also a tradition of doing business, and Jiezhou in Pingyang also has the largest salt field in Shanxi.
Lu'an and Zezhou have been the main routes for north-south transshipment since ancient times, and there are silk industries and coal and iron smelting industries.
In particular, the smelting of Dayang Town in Zezhou is developed, and the handmade needles are well-known all over the world.
At the beginning, Shanxi Province proposed the "Open China Law", which was the first to respond and the first to make profits from the businessmen in these four places.
In particular, the salt in Jiezhou made it unnecessary to take "Huai salt" for salt introduction, which provided convenience for these Jin merchants.
Merchants from these four places rose from this, and the people of the time noted that "the rich are the heroes, the south of the Yangtze River pushes Xin'an, and the north of the river pushes the mountain right (the old name of Shanxi)." The right side of the mountain is salt, or silk, or resale, or kiln millet, and its wealth is greater than that of Xin'an. ”
"Pingyang, Ze, and Luhao are big businessmen in the world, and they are not rich if they are not hundreds of thousands."
Even if the opening of China and France was stopped later, the trade route had already been tripped, and the trade route to Mongolia was still firmly in the hands of a few wealthy merchants.
Of course, these big businessmen will also find their own backers, and Shanxi officialdom will naturally be hit up and down, and there are people everywhere to support them.
Although Zhao Hongpei and Li Xi can be called the sons of Houmen, there are also big forces behind them, but they are also strong dragons who can hardly suppress the head snake, and they can't move these businessmen at all.
If you want to take the most profitable Tongmeng trade route from these people to "share the emperor's worries", don't count on it.
Shen helped Zhao Hongpei to match them and introduce them to some businessmen, and there was no hope for border trade, but it was a passable business to transport some special products from Shanxi to Shandong and sell them overseas.
Because of the dealing, Li Xi came to the door, and Shen was very kind.
But when he saw the contents of the letter, the smile was fixed on his face, and he immediately sent away the servants who were supposed to be served, and ordered them to stay far away in the courtyard.
Shen's tone was extremely bad, almost reprimanding: "The political envoy Si Yamen has not received the letter yet, where did this news come from?" This kind of news can also be mixed?! Also sent to the official door! ”
Li Xi smiled indifferently and said, "Isn't Lord Shen still unaware of the news of our Shunfeng Marking and the Eight Immortals' Carriage and Horse Travel?" Left, but in the next two days, there will probably be a letter from the yamen. ”
He leaned over and said, "Why don't I come to the adults in a hurry, so that the adults can make plans early." ”
Shen actually believed this news in his heart, but his face was still dark, and he said coldly: "Li Gongzi, don't be joking, what is the plan of Shanxi Mansion, it is necessary to make the political envoy the master, how can this official be overstep......ping."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Xi had already rushed to say: "I have already watched the Jin Palace, the Qingcheng Palace." ”
Shen Dengshi's face changed greatly, and he shouted angrily: "You are so bold! ”
Li Xi snorted and said: "The princes of the imperial court have always been cautious about the clan, I know this, but the adults should know better, in the past few years, how many troubles has the Qingcheng Mansion caused, and how many times has the emperor applied for it?" ”
There are too many ceremonial guests in Qingcheng Palace, and the emperor is tired of Qingcheng Palace.
In fact, the Qingcheng Mansion is not only a few honor guests!
At the beginning, after the Nanhai Junjun went to the capital and was sent back to the Qingcheng Palace, and issued an order to ask for the guilt, the Qingcheng King once wrote a letter to bitterly express the unfilial piety of his son and daughter, saying that many county monarchs, township monarchs, and Zhenguo generals Zhu Qitao and Zhu Qizhe, including Nanhai Junjun, and many other lawlessness.
Although it was said that at that time, it was a retreat to advance, but it was true that there were so many lawlessness.
How many descendants does King Qingcheng have? The current Qingcheng King Zhu Qizhen has more than 90 adult children on the record!
It is said that the first king of Qingcheng had 100 sons.
King Qingcheng is a lineage of King Jin, and there are twenty-four county kings in the Jin Dynasty, and this heir is not an ordinary luxuriant.
Those county kings, generals, county lords, and county monarchs have gone out to build mansions, such as half of the current Fenzhou City is Qingcheng Wangfu, and the other half belongs to another Jin king, Yonghe Wang, a county king.
Except for the government offices still in the city, the people were all squeezed to the corners.
There are so many dragons and phoenixes, which one is not above the top, and treats the people as domestic slaves, where will there be fewer things for the trouble.
What came out and was applied, it was just a Qingcheng Palace, but in fact, the Shanxi Sect was really a big problem.
"What does the emperor mean, don't you know?" Li Xi looked directly at Shen and said aggressively.
Shen was speechless for a while, and then a little annoyed and angry, patted the case and shouted: "Gongzi Li is going to teach this official?!" ”
"Don't dare." Li Xi said that he didn't dare, but he never looked away, and he didn't give in at all, and said, "What is the situation of the Shanxi Sect now, adults don't know?" ”
"Shandong Qingzhang acres of fields, more than a thousand acres of land cleared out of the sect domain, this is still not good to be strict. Can Shanxi dare to clear its feet? ”
"I have carefully checked and calculated, there are three princes' mansions, seventy-four county princes' mansions, and more than three thousand feudal mansions in Shanxi! (Refers to the residences of auxiliary generals, county lords, county lords, etc.)"
"And Zhuangtian, there are more than 4,000 hectares in the Jin Wangfu alone, and the princes, county kings, generals, and county lords are only afraid of no less than 20,000 hectares in total!"
"Adults have been in Shanxi for many years, and they are familiar with the people of Shanxi, how many acres of fertile land are there in Shanxi?"
"If you take the land, you still have to fight for water, and the people either have no land, or they have land and can't draw water to water the fields, how much harvest can they get in a year?"
"With the harvest, how many people are as peddled to pay taxes and extort small people like Jun Yibin of Nanhai County did at the beginning?"
"'The people take food as the sky', 'the earth is the life of the people', my lord!"
Every sentence is like a sharp arrow.
Shen couldn't answer a word.
This is how many years of accumulation of shortcomings, since the Xuande years have been a big problem that has plagued Shanxi.
Who doesn't know about Shanxi's officials?
Don't the emperors of the past dynasties know?! The emperor knows too well!
So, what does the emperor want to do?
Nowadays, I have long been disgusted with Qingcheng Palace.
In the first year of Zhengde, there were Shanxi refugees who went to the capital and almost shocked the holy car.
How could the emperor not be suspicious of the Jin Palace? I'm afraid that I will be dissatisfied with the Jin Mansion!
But how?
After the Jingjing, when it came to the vassal king, the court was always cautious and cautious, for fear of forcing the vassal king and forcing out a figure like Chengzu.
No matter how dissatisfied it is, it is just a knock and a beat, there is no big mistake, and it cannot be cut.
In recent years, the vassal kings have eliminated the country, and they have all "eliminated the country without children".
This group of clans in Shanxi, all of them can give birth, and they really want their children and grandchildren to be infinitely scarce! (This makes Xiaomiao and today's unfortunate love for the heirs unbearable, hey.) )
Now, the king of Anhua is reversed!
In the same northwest, could the king of Anhua not have the slightest contact with other vassal kings?
Possibly.
But, who cares?
Even if there is none, "he can have it".
Rebellion, that's a big mistake......
Cutting the feudal domain and degrading it to the common people is justifiable.
Shen's forehead was a little sweaty, he thought of these possibilities, but what could he do?
He swallowed with difficulty, and with a grunt, the sound was so loud that he startled himself.
Li Xi still looked like he was smiling, his voice was low, and he said: "My lord also knows, in this Shanxi side trade, how much is the Jin Palace?!" There are still a few honor guests in Qingcheng Palace, who are so capable that they can directly catch up with the businessmen over there? ! Tsk, on the grassland, they are all riding horses and carrying knives, who knows if it is a merchant or a horse thief, or a cavalry......"
Shen's pupils shrank, and he said after a while: "What's the use of you talking to this official?" Nor is he the one who can be the master. ”
Li Xi said: "Your Excellency has also been in the Senate for many years. ”
Shen's face darkened.
At the beginning, he was the son of the sect, not to mention that the power of the clan provided him with much more.
Zongfang runs the family property, and the lot of money he left behind makes him generous when he takes the road of relationship exploration in Beijing, and it is easy to achieve his wish.
At that time, his uncle Shen Cang and uncle He Dongsheng were in high positions, and they were very supportive of him, and he could be regarded as having a smooth career.
At that time, Shen Li, the side branch of the ninth room, won the champion and married the daughter of the elder of the pavilion, and he was still very unconvinced for a while, and he was more energetic openly and secretly.
But now look at it......
After dividing the clan, the patriarch returned to the five houses, and the clan property was handed over, and the clan house was complained by the clansmen.
Shen Li became the political envoy of Hu Guangbu, from the second rank of the feudal official!
It's Shen Rui's little baby, and now the grade is above him!
What about him, three years and three years, how many years have he been going around, and he is still going around in a senate position!
He doesn't want to be motivated?!
How would I not want to!!
What did Shen Rui rely on to get promoted? Share worries for the emperor.
Now, in front of you, you can share the emperor's worries!
The Jin Wangfu is a few palaces in Shanxi that are not very peaceful, and the ground in Shanxi will be clean.
How will the emperor reward his merits?
Shen stared at Li Xi.
He has another concern.
His eldest son, Shen Dong, has not been heard from since he "disappeared" in the "Songjiang Disaster" that year.
He knew that he had been kidnapped by Ning Fan, but for so many years, no one had come to contact him.
The second brother Shen went to Nanchang, but he has not been able to find Brother Xiaodong all these years.
He raised such a big son, and he was a reading seed, it was a piercing pain!
Don't you want your son to live?
Don't dare to look forward to it! He'd rather his son was dead now!
Ruo Ning Fan has been pinching his son, not to mention that one day he will use Brother Xiaodong to coerce him into something.
Even if he doesn't do anything, his Rining Domain will be exposed, and Brother Xiaodong will implicate him, his pro-Lao Tzu.
So, he had to do something.
Firmly support the orthodox status of the current emperor and resolutely oppose all the clans, so that he is not afraid of being called "Tong Domain"!
"I ...... The official ...... In my position, I have the heart, but I am afraid that I am powerless. Eventually, Shen slowly spoke.
Li Xi smiled sincerely, "Of course, you can't let you come to investigate the rebellion." It's just that the adults are loyal, and they come forward to talk to Jinyi Wei Xu Yi and Xu Qianhu. This investigation is still better than Jinyiwei. ”
Shen's eyes flashed, and he nodded slightly, "That's the truth." ”
Li Xi's smile was even brighter, and he approached Shen again and said, "My lord, Yansui can open a horse market, and Datong can open it as well." ”