Chapter 74: The Treacherous Eunuch (1) (4th Update)

As for how to deal with Li Changyan's mutiny, the people in the DPRK and China quarreled endlessly, and Li Yi could not make a decision, so the matter dragged on, and Li Yi also wanted to wait for Zheng Yi to arrive in Chengdu and ask about the specific situation.

However, at this time, a caravan from Guanzhong arrived in Chengdu Prefecture.

"Drive!"

This caravan from Guanzhong was naturally Li Changyan's staff and marching Sima Zhao Rui and his party, but when they arrived in Chengdu Mansion, a team of cavalry came out of the city. The young general at the head, wearing silver armor, looks very handsome and handsome, and with that skillful movement, it gives people a feeling of heroic and extraordinary. Of course, this is not the main reason for attracting Zhao Rui, but because the horses of this cavalry are all Uighur horses.

The Fengxiang army also had several thousand cavalry, but there was no guarantee that they were all Uighur horses, and most of them were local horses from Longyou and Guanzhong. Of course, it was not surprising that the Uighur horses were placed in the Guanzhong area, but the cavalry he only met by chance in Xichuan was all Uighur horses, which made him a little puzzled.

"Which army is this? Could it be the Divine Army? Zhao Rui naturally muttered to himself.

However, he did not forget his business, and ordered the caravan to escort the boxes into the city slowly. These boxes are naturally full of money, and of course there are some goods, since they are pretending to be caravans, they must also be loaded like a little no.

"It's not the Shence Army, it's His Royal Highness King Shou's personal soldiers." A guide who came from the side explained.

"Shouwang?"

This title makes Zhao Rui feel very unfamiliar, which is also normal, the spread of information in this era is slow. When Li Ye was still in Chang'an, he was just a prince with an unknown reputation, and except for special attention, no one had anything to inquire about this everywhere. As for after arriving in Chengdu Mansion, although what happened in Chengdu Mansion also spread to Guanzhong, it did not attract much attention.

"Yes, it's King Shou, he is the emperor's most valued prince, and I heard that he is very talented." The guide is a native of Chengdu Prefecture and still knows a little about these things.

"Oh." Zhao Rui nodded, and did not continue to ask, King Shou was not the target of his trip, Tian Lingzi was.

And for this caravan passing by, it did not arouse Li Ye's suspicion, there were more caravans like this, and it was impossible for him to find out where each caravan came from. And he also hopes that more caravans will come to Chengdu, which will be a great boost to his tea sales.

Up to now, the new tea has been selling well in Xichuan, and it has also become popular in Dongchuan, Tubo, Nanzhao and Shannan Xidao. The hot sales of new tea naturally made Li Ye make a lot of money, this is only November, the profit has exceeded one million, excluding the distribution to He Fu, Li Yi and Yang Fugong, Shouwangfu got 700,000 yuan, which is a huge profit. Originally, this year, Li Ye only needed to ask Li Yi to hand over 100,000 yuan, but Li Ye handed over 150,000 yuan, and Li Yi was happy, and even Yang Fugong was divided into 50,000 yuan.

Such a profit is naturally a big blow to other tea merchants, and the market for old-fashioned tea has been compressed to less than 3%, and it continues to languish. Those tea merchants who produce fresh tea are naturally not affected, and the main ones who are affected are those middlemen, because the finished tea they process, the new tea of Bu's Tea House and Li's Tea House, in the case of new tea that is popular in the middle and upper classes, the market for the finished tea produced by the previous practice is naturally not good.

Compared with the huge profits of the tea business, the benefits brought by movable type printing to Li Ye are not large, and even the cost has not been recovered at present, but fortunately, Li Ye does not plan to make money from this in a short time. In just a few months, Li's Bookstore sold more than 100,000 books of all kinds in Chengdu, with literary works and Buddhist scriptures being the most numerous.

Of course, now Li Ye basically doesn't ask about these things, and basically leaves them to the people below to take care of, mainly Xiaoying is in charge. However, Xiaoying alone will definitely not be able to do it, and Li Ye also assigned him a few capable subordinates to help.

Today, Li Ye went out of the city, not to the barracks, nor to the manor outside the city, but to greet a person--- Zheng Jin.

When Li Ye and his entourage came to a post station outside the city, they learned that Zheng Zheng and his party of hundreds of people were about to arrive. The group waited for about half an hour before they saw a group of cavalry guarding several carriages driving on the official road.

Fortunately, Zhao Rui and the others are fast, otherwise with the speed of Zheng Zheng and his party, it is very likely that they will catch up tomorrow, and the scene will definitely be exciting at that time. However, Zhao Rui and his party didn't know that Zheng Rui was also on the way to Chengdu, and it was behind him, and similarly, Zheng Zheng didn't know that Zhao Rui and his party were in front of his team.

"Zheng Xiang, it's been a long journey and a hard time. The imperial brother was discussing important matters with several prime ministers, and he couldn't come to greet him in person, so he specially sent Xiao Wang to greet Zheng Xiang. ”

Seeing the old man who got off the carriage, Li Ye didn't recognize this as Zheng Zhen for a while, and it has changed a lot from when he saw him a year ago. The current Zheng Jin, with gray hair and an aging look, thinks that Li Changyan's mutiny has brought him a lot of stimulation.

Similarly, seeing his father so vicissitudes, Zheng Ningji's eyes beside Li Ye were moist, if it weren't for the wrong occasion, he might really not be able to cry.

"His Royal Highness King Shou is serious, Zheng is a sinner in the court, and he can't afford such a big gift from His Royal Highness." Seeing Li Ye saluting him, Zheng Ji hurriedly trotted over, his tone slightly reproachful.

"Zheng Xiangcai is serious, the responsibility for that incident is not Zheng Xiang, who would have thought that Li Changyan, who was a wolf with ambition, would actually commit a crime. And if Zheng Xiang hadn't led the army to block the Huangchao thief army, the imperial brother and Xiao Wang might have become prisoners of the thief army.

Compared with other ministers who only know big words, Zheng Xiang is using practical actions to prove that Zheng Xiang is the minister of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Although Li Ye was not the emperor, hearing Li Ye say this, Zheng Zhen was also a little excited, his pale face was flushed with a hint of ruddy, and his eyes were filled with tears.

Soon under Li Ye's personal escort, Zheng Yi arrived at the palace and then met Li Yi. Although Zheng Yi has always asked Li Yi to punish the crime, Li Yi also remembers who dragged the Huangchao army in the first place so that he could escape to this Chengdu Mansion. Therefore, Li Yi did not pursue the responsibility for the loss of Fengxiang Mansion, but ordered to grant Zheng Ji the position of Sikong, and at the same time served as a subordinate squire, Tongping Zhangshi, and was in charge of military affairs.

This naturally made Zheng Ji grateful, and thanked the Holy Grace on the spot, saying that he would definitely not live up to the Holy Grace.

Let Zheng Ji take charge of the military, also because Li Yi felt that the Tian brothers were a little powerful. If Wang Duo hadn't left, with the relationship between Wang Duo and Yang Fugong, he would still be able to contain the Tian brothers, but after Wang Duo left, Yang Fugong lost his allies in the court. In addition to Xiao Yu, who dared to compete with the Tian brothers, the other two prime ministers did not want to easily fight with the Tian brothers.

In this case, Li Ye suggested that Zheng Zheng should be used to balance Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan. Li Ye knew that he had a special identity and couldn't stand in the front desk to confront the Tian brothers, in that case, he would be put in danger.

However, just when Li Yi ordered Zheng Yi to continue to serve as prime minister and be in charge of military affairs, Tian Lingzi was so angry that he threw something on the ground in the mansion.

"Father, there are people outside the house who want to see you." A young little eunuch cautiously came to Tian Lingzi's side and whispered.

"Nope!" Tian Lingzi sat on the chair and said coldly.

"Father, it is the person who made Li Changyan from the Fengxiang Festival, saying that he came to ask for help from his father, and he also brought a lot of property." The little eunuch said in a low voice.

"Li Changyan's people?" Tian Lingzi raised his eyebrows, but he was a little surprised, thinking of the emperor's appointment of Zheng Jin, he had some thoughts in his heart, saw the debris all over the ground, and ordered, "Take that person to the side hall, and then clean up here." ”

Soon, Tian Lingzi came to the side hall and saw a middle-aged man with a beard, and immediately shouted, "Come on, arrest these people who are making trouble for our family and send them to Your Majesty." ”

"Yes!"

A large number of armor soldiers suddenly poured out of the door, surrounded the middle-aged man, and then drove out to escort them out. Zhao Rui was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what was going on, so he could only hurriedly shout.

"Lord Guogong, Lord Guogong, please listen to my explanation."

"Wait, hear what they have to say!"