Chapter 333: Trampling on the Farmland
A day when you don't have a business trip is like heaven.
Every day with Cui Jieqing, I tease buckwheat, teach and educate people by the way, and more often sit lazily in the courtyard with an empty mind, like a philosopher thinking about human beings and the universe.
There is no pressure to go to work, there is no need to participate in the intrigue of the court, and there is no pressure to even make money to support the family.
After returning from Bingzhou, Xu Yanbo, the eldest grandson of the Xu family, sent someone to bring news that the caravans that went to the Western Regions to sell ice had opened up the market and established relations with the magnates of the countries.
It won't be long before there will be a supply of cold ice in the summer of the Western Regions, and the magnates will not be able to go to the sky.
Of course, the price of ice cubes is also the price of heaven, Xu Yanbo said, wait for the money.
To be precise, this transaction belongs to the imperial merchants, Li Zhi has the largest shareholding, Li Qinzai is second, and the Xu family has the least profits, but the busiest is also the Xu family.
Li Qinzai and Li Zhi are basically hands-off, Li Zhi also gave a secret decree to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, providing strong military support for this transaction, Li Qinzai did not ask at all except for providing the secret recipe.
obviously earned the least, but the Xu family was willing to eat it.
It can also be seen from the recent actions in the court that the cooperation between Xu Jingzong, the right minister, and Li Zhi is becoming more and more tacit.
In the grain case of the state, after Li Qinzai resigned from the post of assassin, the court did not give up.
At the beginning, in addition to questioning the family members and officials in the state, Li Qinzai also sent troops to question the officials of more than 20 cities in the north, since it was involved in the case, there was no jurisdiction problem, and all those involved in the case were taken down by the soldiers and escorted to the Chang'an Criminal Department.
Not only that, according to Mrs. Han's revelation, the court was also taken down by two squires, four imperial historians and one temple secretary, and a large number of officials below the sixth grade were arrested.
Taking advantage of the drought in the north to make profits, they have formed an impermeable net, and when Li Qinzai tore the net with his own hands, those filthy and foul-smelling people and things were exposed to the sun.
The court finally fryed.
Li Zhi listened to Li Qinzai's advice to eliminate all evils and made up his mind to wipe them out.
The drought in the north is serious, and this year the imperial court does not know how much grain to allocate from the south to help the people, and there can no longer be any officials in the court who covet the relief of grain, which will cause a great disaster.
In addition to the monarch and ministers, Xu Jingzong, who has a more partnership relationship, seems to have been beaten with chicken blood, this time he is no longer as vague and perfunctory as the old fritters, after the incident, Xu Jingzong decisively stood with Li Zhi, and frequently asked the process and results of the trial of the criminal department.
With the joint efforts of the Son of Heaven and the Right Minister, the courtiers involved in the case finally despaired, and in just a few days after Li Qinzai returned to Ganjingzhuang, most of the courtiers involved in the case have confessed.
This is definitely another major case since Li Zhi ascended the throne and rectified the eldest grandson Wuji.
The facts of the case are not complicated, Li Qinzai has made the evidence and the criminals clear, and the rest is the issues that Li Zhi should consider, whether to grasp the small and magnify, or not to forgive, how to balance the court situation, how to knock the family and so on.
Anyway, it has nothing to do with Li Qinjae, he has already done what he has to do.
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It was autumn, and there was a little chill on the Wei River, but buckwheat had a good time, running profusely on the river beach.
Li Qinzai and Cui Jie sat side by side, Cui Jie put her hands on her cheeks, and watched Li Qinzai fishing quietly with a smile on her face.
Li Qinzai held the fishing rod in his hand, but his face was frustrated.
After sitting for an hour, not a single fry was caught, and his mother-in-law and son were still watching him, making him very shameless.
"Dad, do you know how to fish? Let's use a fishing net. Buckwheat looked at him with a blank slurp.
Li Qinzai's old face darkened: "Even you don't believe me?" ”
Buckwheat said innocently: "Of course Buckwheat believes in Dad, but Dad just didn't catch a fish." The stove was set up to grill the fish by the river, but the fish was not caught for a long time......"
"Dad, why don't you ask Uncle Ah to shoot rabbits for us, roasted rabbits are also delicious."
"Tutu is so cute, why do you want to eat Tutu......" Li Qinzai gritted his teeth and said: "Wait, I must catch a fish today, otherwise I will make a detonator to blow up the river, and no one will cross it!" ”
Buck's eyes lit up: "Dad, what is a detonator?" Is it more powerful than an artillery battle? ”
Li Qinzai glanced at him, his son seemed to be very irritable lately, and he played the artillery battle very handily, carrying a cannon in his arms all day long, like a little terrorist swaggering through the market in Zhuangzi, this sign is not good, and he must be strangled.
When she was thinking about how to transform this little terrorist, Cui Jie hugged Buck'er with a smile and said softly: "Buck'er, what does 'a gentleman not stand under a dangerous wall' mean, do you know?" ”
Buck'er was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "I know, even if a gentleman doesn't do dangerous things, don't get close to dangerous things." ”
Cui Jie smiled again: "So buckwheat has so many artillery battles every day, and if you have nothing to do, is it considered a dangerous thing?" ”
Buckwheat hesitated for a moment and said, "Count." ”
Cui Jie held her hands in front of Buck'er and winked at him: "So? ”
Buck's mouth was deflated, but she honestly took out all the cannonballs from her arms and put them in Cui Jie's palm: "So, Buckwheat can't play can't play cannonballs." ”
Cui Jie put away the artillery battle and said with a smile: "It's not that you can't play, it's that you can't play often, if you make progress in your studies in the future, or if you do something very powerful, your aunt will reward you for playing the artillery battle, a gentleman's word, never regret it, okay?" ”
Buck'er looked at Li Qinzai, and Li Qinzai smiled: "Auntie is right, the artillery battle is too dangerous to play often, so it will be used as a prize in the future, and Buck'er must work hard in her studies." ”
Buckwheat nodded vigorously: "I will be more powerful than my junior brothers." ”
Li Qinzai glanced at Cui Jie and said, "You are quite expert in teaching children." ”
Cui Jie rubbed Qiao'er's head and said softly: "He is my own child, of course he must be taught well." ”
Looking back at the river, the river was sparkling, but the fishing rod hanging on the surface of the river still did not move.
Li Qinzai felt that the warm scene of a family of three grilling fish by the river today was probably hopeless.
It's not bad to eat a bunny, how cute is a bunny, of course, you have to eat it in your stomach, and the cute little animals are completely your own.
He was about to ask Liu Ah Si to go up the mountain to shoot a few hares, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves from Zhuangzi.
The sound of horses' hooves was very chaotic, accompanied by arrogant laughter and shouting, Li Qinzai turned his head in astonishment, only to see dozens of horsemen rushing into Zhuangzi.
Zhuangzi is full of country roads, not spacious, but these dozens of horses are unscrupulous, do not slow down when they enter Zhuangzi, and even turn the horse's head and rush into the farmland next to the house.
Li Qinzai frowned: "Who is so bold?" Dare to trample on farmland in my village and look for death? ”
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