"Master, it has been tried, and it was an apprentice of Kong Yingda named Qi Zhongwen who instigated them."

The dog came back to report.

The confessions of all three of them are there, and the final point is through one person.

That is, Kong Yingda's apprentice, Qi Zhongwen!

"Fang Shilang, this person has to be interrogated by the Criminal Department!"

Liu Yichen emphasized.

The three people in front of her were being interrogated, and she could act as if nothing happened.

But the next Qi Zhongwen must be interrogated by their criminal department.

"Then hand it over to the Criminal Department, I hope the Criminal Department can give me the result as soon as possible!"

Fang Yuan said.

He has no right to interrogate criminals.

It just so happened that the emperor's eyeliner Li Junxian was here again.

That's okay, the Criminal Department will investigate, and Liu Yichen can be trusted.

"Then I'll take these three people back."

Liu Yichen looked at the three people who were tied up.

"Please."

Fang Yuan also followed her wishes.

"Thank you."

Liu Yichen left.

Li Junxian also left.

Fang Yuan did not interfere in the rest of the matter.

There is an investigation by the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Chang'an County, so naturally there is no need to take action again.

Time passed day by day, and the public opinion about Fang Yuan's murder and extermination never stopped, and most of the rumors pointed to Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan guessed that someone was making an obstacle and deliberately inciting public opinion.

Although there was some speculation, Fang Yuan had no intention of stopping it.

No need!

The truth will soon emerge.

The bigger the matter now, the greater the accountability.

Sure enough, as Fang Yuan thought, on the third day after Qi Zhongwen was taken away, the Criminal Department came to a conclusion.

[In order to frame Fang Shilang, Qi Zhongwen secretly sent someone to assassinate Gu Maozhong and Kong Fudao, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, and he has confessed! ] 】

This is the result of the investigation of the Criminal Department.

It was affirmed by Dali Temple and Chang'an County Ya.

As soon as the news came out, the public opinion about Fang Yuan's murder suddenly went out and became boiling.

"This Qi Zhongwen is the apprentice of Master Confucius, right?"

"First he was the apprentice grandson of Confucius, and then he was his apprentice, it seems that Confucius is just like that."

"What Confucius? That's Kong Yingda, his virtue is not worthy, how high his literary attainments are, such a villain is not worthy of being called a teacher. ”

There was a lot of talk and indignation.

Naturally, there is Fang Yuan's credit in this, and he also arranged for the artificial momentum.

There is no in-depth investigation into whether Kong Yingda is doing ghosts behind Fang Yuan, anyway, it has something to do with him.

is an apprentice first, then an apprentice, and it is a hell if he has nothing to do with Kong Yingda.

So when he attacked Kong Yingda, Fang Yuan showed no mercy.

The Imperial Study.

Li Shimin summoned Liu Yichen.

"Your Majesty, Qi Zhongwen has confessed all his crimes and has no help."

Liu Yichen respectfully reported to Li Shimin.

Someone from the Criminal Department has already presented a recital to Li Shimin to explain the reason.

However, Li Shimin summoned her, which surprised her, and she didn't know what the emperor wanted to ask her.

Because she is a daughter, although she helps to work in the Criminal Department, she is a temporary post and rarely enters the palace to see the emperor.

"Do you think this matter has anything to do with Kong Yingda?"

Li Shimin asked expressionlessly.

"Minister, Minister"

Liu Yichen, who has always been cheerful, is also in trouble, and he doesn't know whether to say it or not.

Because Kong Yingda is now the prince's teacher, he was personally elected by the emperor.

If it is related to Kong Yingda, isn't it a slap in the face of the emperor and makes the prince hate himself?

But although Qi Zhongwen has already covered this matter, with Liu Yichen's intuition, it is related to Kong Yingda.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!"

Li Shimin emphasized.

"The minister suspects that it has something to do with Kong Yingda."

"But Qi Zhongwen has already admitted everything, so even if the minister has doubts, he can only hide them in his heart."

"If it weren't for His Majesty's question, the minister would never have presented his speculation without evidence to His Majesty."

Liu Yichen said in a deep voice.

"I see."

"Liu Yichen, do you like working in the Criminal Department?"

Li Shimin bowed.

"Yes."

Liu Yichen was a little surprised that the emperor's change was so fast.

But in the face of the emperor's inquiry, Liu Yichen answered very sincerely.

She really likes to work in the Criminal Department, and the exploration of unknown cases makes her extremely happy.

However, such a thing is expected to end soon.

Because his grandfather will retire soon, it is estimated that the new Shangshu of the Criminal Department will not allow him to take a temporary position in the Criminal Department.

Without the support of his grandfather, he estimated that he would soon leave the criminal department.

"If you like it, make a difference."

"If your grades are sufficient, after Grandpa Ling retires, I can consider letting you take over as the secretary of the Criminal Department."

Li Shimin smiled meaningfully.

"What?"

"Your Majesty, are you telling the truth?"

Liu Yichen exclaimed in surprise, and looked at Li Shimin with glowing eyes.

In Datang, it is not uncommon for women to be officials, but there are very few of them.

And there are no other women in high positions except for royal women.

It is generally the prejudice of the world, and there is also a delay in the fact that a woman wants to marry, become a biological child, and so on.

"You have no jokes!"

Li Shimin's face turned pale and he said in a deep voice.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister will not disappoint Your Majesty!"

Liu Yichen was overjoyed and saluted heavily.

"Go ahead."

Li Shimin waved his hand and chuckled.

Liu Yichen left, leaving with a cheerful pace.

The smile on Li Shimin's face slowly faded, and then became cold.

"Spread my will, Kong Yingda's disciples have no way, and they are not worthy of being the prince's teacher, so their qualifications will be removed from now on."

"In addition, Fang Shilang abused his power to physically punish others and punished him for one year!"

Soon, Li Shimin's holy decree spread out of the palace.

Kong Yingda, who learned of the punishment, turned pale and almost fainted.

The prince's teacher is no less important to him than his own life.

However, such an important thing was deprived back by the emperor, which hit him hard.

Fang Yuan, the old man won't let you have a good time!

Kong Yingda cursed Fang Yuan in his heart, eager to crush Fang Yuan's bones and scatter ashes.

At the same time, Fang Yuan also received Li Shimin's punishment question, but he didn't think so.

A year's worth is nothing to Fang Yuan, even if it is deducted for ten years or eight years.

The matter seemed to end like this, but from then on, Fang Yuan was targeted by Kong Yingda.

Kong Yingda's status in the court is not high, but there are many apprentices.

For a while, Fang Yuan invisibly made a lot of enemies.

Gao Shilian, who saw all this in his eyes, threw an olive branch to Kong Yingda for the first time.

Next, nothing major happened in the imperial court, but Fang Yuan was too busy every day.

With the opening of the Maritime Silk Road by Wang Shiyu, various industries have slowly recovered.

To say that it is a retelling, in fact, it is a difficult struggle, waiting for hope.

But even so, Fang Yuan needs to keep an eye on Qian Zhuang and the three major factories.

The problems of the three major factories are not big, and the main ones are still money.

Still can't make paper, for fear of problems.

Time passed day by day, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Fang Yuan suddenly received an urgent report from Wu Ruyi that the fleet of the Maritime Silk Road was back!

"Back?!"

Fang Yuan got up excitedly.

Leave the work in hand and immediately head to the port of Weishui.

As for the emperor and the others, Fang Yuan didn't notify any of them and forgot about them.

Weishui Port.

Five huge steel steamers are parked in the harbor.

There were many people around, including shipyards, fishermen and people watching the show.

There were people coming and going in the upper and lower passages of the steamer, carrying boxes of cargo down from the ship, and the number was very large.

"Fang Yuan!"

Suddenly, Fang Yuan heard a familiar shout.

Following the sound and looking over, I saw that Wang Shiyu didn't know when he was already standing not far away.

After not seeing her for more than a month, Wang Shiyu has changed a lot, her fair skin has lost some luster, but she looks healthier.

"Okay, okay, just come back!"

Fang Yuan said excitedly.

Looking at Wang Shiyu's appearance, it should be a difficult journey.

Also, the sea is windy and rough, and the only place to block the sun is the boat.

This back-and-forth of questions adds up to a lot and can be difficult.

"Me"

Wang Shiyu suddenly felt a sour nose, and her eyes moistened.

But before the words of longing could be spoken, a group of people rushed in the distance, and many ministers came, including the emperor.

"The grass people meet Your Majesty!"

Wang Shiyu sorted out her emotions and respectfully saluted Li Shimin.

It was a great honor to have the Emperor come to greet him in person.

"It's good to be back!"

"What are those boxes?"

Li Shimin bowed.

He was excited and expectant, but still a little worried.

Because a lot of boxes were moved down, I don't know if the things didn't sell.

Similarly, Wang Jue and others who followed were also worried, afraid that the trip would not go well.

The only thing to look forward to may be the eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Shilian, neither of whom believes that the Maritime Silk Road will succeed so easily.

"Those. I exchanged or bought them from the Western Regions. ”

"All the goods we brought with us were sold, and a lot of banknotes were used."

Wang Shiyu glanced at Fang Yuan next to him and said excitedly.

The happiest thing about this trip is not that all the goods are sold, but that someone wants paper money.

"Good, good, good!"

Li Shimin was shocked and couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart anymore.

The use of banknotes means that Datang's inflation will be able to be resolved.

A few more times on the Maritime Silk Road like this, inflation is no longer a problem.

"What did you buy back?"

Wang Qi interjected.

In addition to Fang Yuan and Li Shimin, he was the most qualified to interject.

Who told him to be from the same clan as Wang Shiyu?

"It's a bit too much, and it's hard to explain it all at once."

"I've taken notes and I'll present them to Your Majesty later."

Wang Shiyu chuckled.

"Okay, okay."

Li Shimin nodded, looking at the goods moved down from the ship, his eyes were a little reluctant.

Because those goods were all moved into the shipyard, that is, they would first go to Fang Yuan's hands, and then they would come to himself.

This made Li Shimin dissatisfied, but the Maritime Silk Road was opened by Fang Yuan, and ships and goods were all invested by Fang Yuan, and he could only endure his dissatisfaction.

Many ministers also showed eagerness and wanted to share a share of the soup, but seeing that the emperor didn't speak, they didn't dare to speak, so they could only watch with their eyes.

Among them, the saddest ones were the eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Shilian, who felt a huge stone pressing down on their chests and couldn't breathe.

They had previously sworn that Fang Yuan would definitely not succeed.

But I didn't expect it to succeed, and it did so quickly.

So, paying three months' salary in advance, once again became everyone's laughing stock?

"Your Majesty, Wang Shiyu They just came back, and they are probably tired, why don't you let them rest first?"

Fang Yuan said at this time.

Li Shimin: They came too fast, and Wang Shiyu didn't know what they had shipped back.

The Maritime Silk Road was invested and built by itself, and those things naturally belong to them.

Although you are unhappy, Emperor, I will not share with you what belongs to me because of your unhappiness.

At most, it is the next time on the Maritime Silk Road, you will pay money or goods, and then you will have a share.

"Yes!"

"The Maritime Silk Road is a major policy of the imperial court, and I thought we would have to hold a banquet to celebrate in the palace tonight."

"Wang Shiyu, I must come when the time comes, I want to hear what you have seen and heard, and your thoughts on the next Maritime Silk Road."

Li Shimin is a visionary.

Knowing that the first Maritime Silk Road can be successful, then there will be a second and a third.

So no matter how much he coveted Fang Yuan's goods, he wouldn't be unhappy with Fang Yuan, and he could wait for another time.

In fact, the same is true of the other ministers, they are very interested in what Wang Shiyu got back, but they didn't think of standing on the highest point of morality and asking Fang Yuan to give some.

After all, there is a next chance.

"Okay, the grass people must go."

Wang Shiyu was excited and nodded heavily.

As a lady of the Wang family, she was not qualified to participate in the palace banquet before.

Now she is attending the palace banquet in her own capacity, and the excitement makes her face crimson.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, looked at the long line that was moving boxes from the ship, and turned to leave.

"Fang Shilang, congratulations."

"Wang Xiang, congratulations."

"Miss Wang, what a good job!"

The officials congratulated one by one and followed Li Shimin.

In the end, there were only Xia Yuan, Wang Shiyu and Wang Qi left on the scene.

"Poetry, what have you changed for?"

Wang Jue asked excitedly.

This time, Wang Shiyu brought back so many good things, and the Wang family is going to go further.

"This"

Wang Shiyu looked at Fang Yuan with a difficult face and asked for Fang Yuan's opinion.

Although he is a member of the Wang family and is also taken care of by Wang Jue, everything is Fangyuan.

Before going to sea, he asked the Wang family to help him, but they thought that they would not succeed and did not give help.

Since no help is given, there will naturally be no share of the labor when you get it.

Or if you are willing to give, you have to ask Fang Yuan's consent before you can do it.

"Fang Shilang, you won't be so stingy, right?"

Wang Qi's face was a little unbearable, and he smiled awkwardly.

At this time, he also thought that he had not given Wang Shiyu any help before.

Looking at the boxes of goods moved from above, Wang Jue's heart regretted.

"Naturally not, let's take a look."

Fang Yuan chuckled.

After all, he is Wang Shiyu's uncle, and he still has to give face.

But how to give it depends on what good things are shipped back to decide.

Soon, Fang Yuan and the three of them entered the shipyard and went to the new warehouse under the leadership of Wu Ruyi.

The new warehouses are all goods exchanged by Wang Shiyu from the Western Regions, and the quantity is very large.

"Here's the list."

Wang Shiyu took out the list from his arms and handed it to Fang Yuan.

Wang Jue looked at it, his eyes were full of envy.

"Open it and take a look."

Fang Yuan glanced at the list, and his breath became different.

(End of chapter)