Chapter 288: The Imperial Family is Involved
Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen didn't have the idea of standing in line at all!
He knew that Song Huizong was good at playing balance, but he was not good at it, or he was too lazy to govern the country.
If he firmly supports He Zhizhong, once He Zhizhong, Zheng Juzhong and his forces reach a point where they are enough to balance Cai Jing, it will greatly affect his subsequent development and plans.
Therefore, what he wants is a three-legged balance of court power, not a balance between the two!
Based on this ambition, he said with a matter-of-fact attitude: "As far as the officials know, the surrounding neighboring countries except Dali do not produce tea.
Therefore, even if we spread the word about the method of roasting tea, we will not suffer any loss! ”
"What do you mean by that?"
He Zhizhong glared at Jiang Chen with a dissatisfied expression.
Song Huizong, Wang Huang, Wei Bozou and others were full of surprises.
Cai Jing smiled unexpectedly: "What Jiang Shaoqing said is very true!
In this way, as long as we issue new tea quotes, teach and allow those who buy them to make fried tea, we can fundamentally solve the problem of insufficient supply of fried tea.
In addition, you can also add another input to the treasury, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone! Haha......"
While laughing, Cai Jing nodded at Chong Jiangchen with a complicated expression and said, "Of course, the members of the Royal Chamber of Commerce originally had the right to know the technology of roasting tea, so they don't have to buy new tea!" ”
Cai Jing said this, first, to repay the peach in return to show his selfless return to Jiang Chen; In addition, in order to reduce the resistance when squeezing the money of merchants, it will not affect the wealthy and nobles.
After all, he has done more than once or twice to abolish the old money-grabbing business of salt and tea, and even the Gu family where Gu Feihong was located under the command of the Imperial City Division was bankrupt by him, and he almost sold his pants, which shows how ruthless the means are.
"Well, since Yuan Chang and Liangchen both think that this method is feasible, then it will be decided."
When Song Huizong heard that there was money to be made, and he also took out the wealthy nobles, he immediately readily agreed.
As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at Jiang Chen a few times, and was extremely pleased with his practice of not standing in line and forming gangs.
But He Zhizhong's old face darkened with anger, and he looked at Jiang Chen angrily, feeling that he had been betrayed.
Zheng Juzhong had a thoughtful expression.
He, like He Zhizhong, thought that he had seen Jiang Chen's purpose and needs clearly, and thought that after Zhang Shangying resigned, he could easily take advantage of the contradiction between Jiang Chen and Cai Jing to easily manipulate and use Jiang Chen.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen turned out to be an upright minister who 'does not abolish the public with selfishness', which made him a little unable to understand Jiang Chen for a while.
Also unable to understand Jiang Chen is Cai You.
However, Jiang Chen's performance of such a measure was something that he, Cai Jing's eldest son, liked to see, so he skipped the topic and said: "Guanjia Shengming, if a new tea introduction is issued, it will definitely make up for the losses caused by the Jiangnan Rebellion this year."
However, until then, the imperial court should still get rid of the old poles underground as soon as possible, otherwise it will always be a disaster!
Kaifeng Mansion Yin has made new progress yesterday all night, and is currently waiting outside the palace to announce it, imploring the official family to judge! ”
Since Nie Shan was recommended by Cai You, on the premise of not offending a large number of people, Cai You was very willing to push Nie Shan above.
If Nie Shan jumped directly into the cabinet because of this merit, it would also be a big help for him to compete for the position in the future.
"Xuan!"
Song Huizong nodded.
Although the matter of salt introduction has not yet come to a conclusion, the Jiangnan Lap has not been extinguished, and now the argument is too disturbing, and Song Huizong instinctively skips it.
After Nie Shan came in to pay a visit, he couldn't wait to ask: "Nie Aiqing, has the murderer been found in the murder of Lan Daban?" ”
"Back at the official's house, according to Meng Kui and others, Lan Tiju did not participate in the abduction and trafficking of women by the old pole! But he seemed to know the owner of the black brothel.
Maybe that's why he lost his life! ”
Nie Shan replied truthfully.
"Who's that boss? Can you be arrested and brought to justice? ”
Song Huizong asked in a deep voice, his eyes filled with murderous intent, and he had already made the decision to avenge Lan Congxi.
But to his disappointment, Nie Shan shook his head and said, "Except for Lan Tiju, none of the other people who were arrested have seen that boss, but they are just ...... I just heard that his surname is Zhao. ”
"Surname Zhao?"
People from the royal family?
When Cai Jing and He Zhi heard this, they couldn't help but change their colors together.
Jiang Chen was also surprised, because Nie Shan didn't ventilate with him in advance, so he couldn't help but speculate about Nie Shan's true intentions.
Cai You had known this result for a long time, so he was very calm, and just secretly observed the changes in Song Huizong's expression, so as to judge his attitude towards those royal relatives, so as to make a corresponding plan.
Song Huizong was so angry that his face turned pale, and he was very angry!
secretly said in his heart: No wonder the old pole dares to call himself the underground emperor, it turns out that the person behind it is from the royal family, what a big dog! It's just damning!
After a sudden murderous intent, he gritted his teeth and said coldly: "Nie Shan, give me an investigation, investigate it ruthlessly!" I want to know who that person's name is! ”
"Obey the order!"
Nie Shan bowed very calmly.
Combined with everyone's confessions and portraits, he had already determined who the boss behind the black brothel was, and informed Cai You, so there was no pressure.
But there is no trivial matter in the heavenly family, for the sake of prudence, he decided to listen to Cai You's words, and raised the matter in public without pursuing it, but informed Song Huizong privately through Cai You, and let the official family deal with it privately.
In this way, it can not only make Song Huizong angry, but also preserve the royal reputation.
But to achieve this goal of currying favor with Song Huizong, he still needs to find a substitute for the dead ghost, so he continued:
"The official family doesn't need to be angry, although Meng Kui and others all said that the person's surname was Zhao, but some people said that the person's surname was Qu, and the pseudonym Zhao was for the fox and the tiger!
In any case, the minister promised that the identity of the murderer would be determined within three days! The official family is waiting for good news! ”
"Good! If Nie Aiqing can arrest the murderer of Lan Daban within three days, I will definitely reward him! ”
Song Huizong nodded to Nie Shan with great satisfaction, he liked this kind of capable and responsible courtier, but he didn't expect that Nie Shan's family already knew the answer, but they just didn't tell him for the time being.
But Liang Shicheng and Tan Zhen knew the way of being a courtier, and seeing that Nie Shan was so sure, they couldn't help but ask Song Huizong to play:
"Official, the slaves and maids and Lan Tiju accompany you day and night, and they have long been brothers and sisters with each other.
Now that Lan Tiju was killed by thieves, the slaves and maids also came up with a lot of effort to lead the subordinate army to participate in the encirclement and suppression, and asked the official family to agree! ”
They did this, first, the rabbit died and the fox was sad and hurtful, and they really wanted to arrest the murderer;
On the other hand, he wanted to show the role of the forbidden army under his command, and after making meritorious service, he begged Song Huizong to let him not be absorbed by Jiang Chen's Jimin Army.
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