readx; In the afternoon, on Chengtianmen Street in the imperial city, a horse-drawn carriage came quickly, and saw the magnificent buildings and towering walls of Shangshu Province from a distance, and the carriage turned a corner, 'Ga! The ground stopped in front of the gate of the ministry, the car door opened, and a very tall man jumped out of the car, about thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a broad forehead, black and white eyes, and a very heroic appearance. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Today he just got Yang Guozhong's order, hurried to the ministry, he and Yang Guozhong have old friends, and can be regarded as a member of the Yang Party, although his official position is not high, but because of his special position, he has become a highly valued figure by Yang Guozhong.

Cui Guangyuan tidied up his official hat and robe, and quickly walked to the steps, and after a notification, he was led into the gate of the official department by a practitioner.

The Ministry of Officials is the first of the six departments of Shangshu Province, the status is respected, so its building is also extraordinarily tall and majestic, by a straight central axis straight to the end, each court room is distributed on both sides, each court room is full of various documents, here is the promotion and demotion of tens of thousands of officials in the Tang Dynasty, and the evaluation of them, seeing that the annual evaluation is about to begin, and at the same time, the provincial examination after the official examination will also kick off immediately, so the various officials in the Ministry of Officials are busy with their feet, eager to use their bodies.

Yang Guozhong's study room is located at the end of the central axis, is the middle of each room of the Ministry of Officials, has the meaning of the general department, in addition, Yang Guozhong in the Daming Palace of the Zhongshu Province and Xingqing Palace of the diligent government building also has a courtroom, that is his office as Xiangguo.

But Yang Guozhong stayed in the ministry all the year round, he regarded the power of the ministry as more important than anything else, and only temporarily went to participate in the meeting of the political hall, it stands to reason that the secretary of the ministry did not ask about the specific affairs of the ministry, and the deputy minister was presided over by the deputy minister, but this was not the case here in Yang Guozhong, because he was in charge of the ministry, so that the affairs of the ministry were all handled by him, and virtually took away the power of the ministry's servant Wei Jiansu.

At this moment, in the Shang study, Yang Guozhong's head was as big as a fight, and his sister Yang Huahua sat aside to complain to him.

"Third brother, he smashed my brand, that's your handwriting, it's equivalent to slapping you in the face, how can you sit idly by, when did our Yang family suffer this kind of grievance in Chang'an, this matter has spread all over Dongshi, and it will soon spread throughout Chang'an City, he is so arrogant and domineering, if we endure this breath, the Yang family will still not be in Chang'an in the future."

Since Yang Huahua was smashed by Yang Yuhuan in the imperial study the year before last, Li Longji took away a lot of her power in order to appease the concubine, such as the marriage right of the royal family, etc., and she asked Li Longji to do things is not so smooth, like this morning her Yang Ji cabinet was smashed by Li Qing'an, she ran to Li Longji to cry, but Li Longji did not respond, obviously did not want to care about this matter.

Yang Huahua touched Li Longji's nose, but with her surname, she couldn't bear this breath, but she didn't want to collide with Li Qing'an head-on, after all, she was at a loss, so she came to Yang Guozhong, wanting Yang Guozhong to come forward and get this breath back for her.

It's just that she doesn't know that Yang Guozhong is working on a big event, and it is a critical moment, how can she be disturbed by her extraneous affairs.

Yang Guozhong was dizzy by her noise, but in his hand he was opening a book that Zhang Yun had just sent, the content of the fold was against the public circulation of gold and silver money, for two reasons, one was that such a thing did not pass the review of the household department, and was directly issued by Hanlin, and the process was inconsistent; Secondly, the gold and silver production in the mainland of the Tang Dynasty is quite small, and there is not enough gold and silver coinage in circulation, so there is no point in doing so.

Yang Guozhong knew that Zhang Yun's purpose of sending the fold to himself was nothing more than to ask him to sign and play it jointly, but he was the secretary of Taifu Temple, and the gold and silver inventory of the Tang Dynasty was under his jurisdiction, so it seemed that it was necessary for him to participate in this matter, but if he signed the fold, it would become him to lead the opposition to the gold and silver money order issued by Li Longji just now, and Zhang Yun hid behind, in this way, he became Zhang Yun's knife, offending the saint, Zhang Yun killed two birds with one stone, and his intentions can be described as vicious.

But he, Yang Guozhong, is no longer the ignorant little official he used to be, he saw Zhang Yun's poisonous plan, the will of the saint has been issued, and then to oppose the withdrawal of the will, this kind of thing is that Li Linfu has never done it, and he actually asked Yang Guozhong to do it!

He can't sign this fold, he can't do this wicked man, thinking of this, he snorted heavily, closed the fold, and threw it aside.

Yang Huahua saw that he was absent-minded, and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and said angrily: "Third brother, have you listened to me!" ”

What happened in Dongshi early this morning, Yang Guozhong has already gotten the news from the Liangjing Municipal Bureau, it is related to the Yang family's cabinet, and the Dongshi Municipal Bureau reported the matter as quickly as possible, Yang Guozhong already knows the ins and outs of this, although he is also dissatisfied with Li Qing'an being so arrogant, but Pei Xiao's lesson is there! He can't afford to make any more extraneous things and spoil his own big things.

"Third sister, what do you want me to do? If Li Qingan is indiscriminate and smashes your store sign directly, it doesn't hurt for me to stand up for you, but the fact is that you do it first, people are opening up, you go to make trouble, if you want to smash other people's signs first, how can I speak for you? I'm so embarrassed! ”

In fact, Yang Huahua is not entirely because the brand was smashed, but as soon as Li Qing'an's Juhai Bank opened, just an hour later, more than 100 businessmen came to her cabinet to withdraw money, took out nearly 30,000 yuan, and all transferred to Juhai Bank, the reason is that saving money in Juhai Bank not only does not charge storage fees, but also profits, which completely breaks the rules of the industry, and if this continues, all the cabinets in Chang'an will close down, of course, her Yang Ji cabinet is the first to go out of business, Yang Huahua simply suspects that Li Qingan is deliberately retaliating against her.

Now Yang Guozhong is also perfunctory to her, not wanting to care about this matter, Yang Huahua can't help but be anxious, "Third brother, I never begged you, I helped you so much before, and I didn't let you return the favor, and now I begged you for the first time, do you refuse like this?" ”

"Third sister, I can help you with other things, but I can't interfere in this matter."

"Why?"

Yang Guozhong sighed, picked up Zhang Yun's recital from the table, and said: "Have you seen it, Zhang Yun wants to oppose the circulation of gold and silver money, but he didn't dare to go directly to the saint, so he asked me to sign it jointly, which is obviously using me as a knife and asking me to offend the saint." ”

"Wait!"

Yang Huahua interrupted him, "What does this matter you said have to do with mine?" ”

"It matters! This gold and silver money circulation is issued under the invitation of Li Qing'an, and now he has opened a cabinet, obviously to do gold and silver money exchange business, I heard that he gave the saint another 200,000 catties of silver, and promised to give the saint 100,000 catties of silver every year, the saint for this Longyan Dayue, Li Qing'an has a lot of trust, and his Anxi victory has not yet been crowned an official and knighted, it should be the most prosperous time of the saint's family, at this time I ran to impeach Li Qing'an, saying that he bullied the Yang family, do you know what the saint will say? He will definitely say, you are Xiangguo, you should consider military affairs, not trivial land protection, third sister, don't think about it, it must be this ending, haven't you touched a nose of ash? ”

Yang Huahua saw that Yang Guozhong really refused to help with this, she was extremely depressed, but she heard a shortcut to make a fortune from Yang Guozhong's words just now, so she temporarily put aside the matter of revenge against Li Qing'an, and hurriedly asked: "Third brother, do you mean that the saint also wants to mint private money?" ”

"Shh

Yang Guozhong waved his hand, he quickly went up and closed the door, came back and whispered to Yang Huahua: "If I guess correctly, the purpose of the Holy Lord's issuance of the gold and silver money circulation order is because he wants to mint silver money, doesn't Li Qing'an give him a large sum of silver every year?" If the silver does not become money, how can he enjoy it? ”

"But he is holy, and the whole world is his, is he still short of money?"

"Third sister, you're thinking too simply."

Yang Guozhong sneered and said: "If the world is his, he can spend it as he wants, then what about the money to maintain the army?" What should I do with the money of the hundred officials? Where did the money come from to build water conservancy and repair the city walls? He was extravagant, last year to Niangniang a birthday used up nearly half of the money and goods in Zuozang, so that Gao Xianzhi defeated Nanzhao, there was no money to reward the three armies, and finally had to cut the hundred officials Nian Lu rice, this matter, caused strong dissatisfaction among the hundred officials, every day someone ran to Taifu Temple to make trouble, saying that we are greedy and greedy, these serious consequences he does not know, but let him be thrifty, it is even more difficult than ascending to the sky, you see him go to Huaqing Palace for the winter, that extravagant pomp, has a little bit of frugality? ”

"So Li Qing'an sent him silver, and he fell into his arms, third brother, is that so?"

Yang Guozhong nodded, "That's true, this is Li Qing'an's cunning, he knows how to please the saint, with this silver, he can mint money by himself and reduce the expenditure of the treasury, 200,000 catties of silver!" The minted money is worth 3.2 million copper coins, which is enough to support his extravagance. ”

Yang Huahua doesn't care about the affairs of the court, she only cares about whether she can be like Li Longji, she can privately mint money, she has collected a lot of gold over the years, and she is worried that there is no place to use it. At this time, Li Qing'an's smashing of the plaque had been left behind by her, and her mind was full of golden money, which made her smile, and she hurriedly asked: "Since he can mint private money, can I also mint money?" ”

Yang Guozhong laughed and said, "Then what do you say?" Will the Holy One sin against you? ”

At this moment, a report sounded outside the door, "Yang Shangshu, Cui County's order has arrived." ”

Yang Guozhong reacted suddenly, this is his big deal, he was delayed by Yang Huahua for so long, he said to Yang Huahua: "Okay, I still have something to do, you can do it to mint private money, but don't make a show, try to mint it quietly in the manor, I also have some gold and silver there, you help me mint money together, and then exchange it through your cabinet." ”

Although Li Qing'an smashed the store card was not resolved, Yang Huahua got a bigger harvest, her heart had already flown to the money furnace, so she stood up and said with a smile: "Thank you third brother, then I will leave first and not disturb your official business." ”

Yang Huahua walked quickly through the side door, Yang Guozhong sat up straight and said, "Let him come in!" ”

The door opened, Cui Guangyuan walked in, he was extremely tall, and he suddenly blocked the light of the room, he stepped forward and bowed, "See Yang Shangshu for your humble position!" ”

Yang Guozhong smiled, got up and patted him on the shoulder, "Come on!" Come! You may be seated. ”

Shangshu actually called himself a virtuous brother, Cui Guangyuan was a little flattered, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Yang Shangshu, you called me here ......"

"No hurry! No hurry! Sit down and speak slowly. ”

Yang Guozhong invited him to sit down and ordered someone to pour him a cup of tea, Yang Guozhong is the predecessor Jing Zhaoyin, who also served as the commander of Chang'an County at the earliest, and knows all kinds of situations in Chang'an and Wannian counties, and asked him about the recent situation of some old people, and then slowly entered the topic.

"How is the investigation into King Di's assassination progressing?"

The assassination case of King Di was fully responsible for Jingzhao Yin Wang Heng, because the assassination occurred in the suburbs of Chang'an, so Wang Heng pressed the case to dozens of Jing counties under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture, and ordered them to investigate the case with all their might, Chang'an County is no exception, Cui Guangyuan has been busy in the past two days, and he didn't sleep all night yesterday.

He sighed and said, "Back to Yang Shangshu, all the officials in Chang'an County have been dispatched, but there is no clue yet. ”

"Really? But I don't think it's that difficult. Yang Guozhong said quietly.

Cui Guangyuan was overjoyed, he stood up quickly, "Yang Shangshu has a clue?" ”

He suddenly felt that he had lost his temper, and hurriedly sat down again, and said embarrassedly: "My subordinates were made haggard by this case, which made Yang Shangshu smile." ”

Yang Guozhong waved his hand and smiled: "This matter is in charge of King Jingzhao Yin's envoy, I can't interfere, but I know that the assassin has already told you clues before he died, why don't you care?" ”

Cui Guangyuan thought about it and said, "Is Yang Shangshu referring to the word 'Xing'?" ”

"Not bad! That's the most important clue, have you thought of it? ”

"Back to Shangshu, the assassin has found out that it is the thief Liu Yun, the focus of our search is on this, and this word was said by Liu Yun before he died, we can't determine which 'Xing' he said, whether it is a surname, a criminal department, or a shape, so we haven't taken this Xing character into account yet."

Yang Guozhong's face sank, and he said unhappily: "Hmph! That's your stupidity, didn't you find out that the thief Liu Yun had a secret relationship with the murderer Xing Wei the year before last? At that time, I was Jing Zhaoyin, and I specially checked the details of this Xing Xuan. ”

Cui Guangyuan has not been the commander of Chang'an County for a long time, he doesn't know anything about this matter, he was stunned, and said for a long time: "What does Yang Shangshu mean is that the character Xing that the murderer said before he died refers to the famous heroic Xing Xuan?" ”

"What a hero, it's clearly a tyrant in Chang'an."

Yang Guozhong was already a little impatient, he took out a book from the table, threw it to Cui Guangyuan, and said angrily: "You guys are not doing things well, I have already found out where the assassin's accomplices are hiding, if it weren't for the taboo and overstepping my authority, I would have arrested him a long time ago, and this matter will be handed over to you." ”

Cui Guangyuan picked up the book and saw that there were only three words on it, 'Chongsheng Temple'.

(To be continued)