The Dali Temple was founded in the Northern Qi Dynasty and followed by the Sui and Tang dynasties, as the highest judicial organ of the central government, in charge of trials.

In the Tang Dynasty, Dali Temple was set up under the Dali Temple Prison, which mainly detained the temple for trial, and was arrested by the criminal who was responsible for guarding the Jingshi.

Of course, this is all nonsense.

For those bureaucrats in Chang'an, Dali Temple Prison is not a good place at all.

The only advantage is probably that the accommodation is better! Living in it doesn't usually die!

You must know that Dali Temple is known as the "last fig leaf of the Tang Dynasty Law", if the prisoner dies in Dali Temple Prison, it is not a slap in the face of Brother Ji.

On this day, it happened to be Bailu, and Dali Temple Prison ushered in a distinguished guest: Li Linfu, the right minister of the Tang Dynasty!

Through the wooden fence, Zheng Shuqing, who has been living in Dali Temple Prison for several months, has a rotten body, and his eyes are round. He hurriedly came over, like an abandoned stray dog, and looked at each other with blank eyes.

Waving his hand at the jailer behind him, this little minion who was used to seeing big people stepped forward and carefully opened the door of Zheng Shuqing's prison, and then quietly retreated to the side, as if he had never appeared.

"Right Prime Minister, now the imperial court ...... How is it? ”

Zheng Shuqing asked in a low voice in a hoarse voice.

Li Linfu sat down without disgust, looked at Zheng Shuqing and said with a smile: "You are lucky, the Hexi side has won a big victory over Tubo, and the sage will no longer hold you accountable." ”

I see.

Zheng Shuqing was unable to lean against the wall of the prison, feeling that his whole body was about to collapse.

It's not easy to step on a horse!

Once the Tang army is defeated, he Zheng will become the scapegoat, and it will be spared to be beheaded.

"Finally, it's all right."

Zheng Shuqing choked up, and he didn't know what to say.

Brother Ji treated him like a dog, and he endured it, because he couldn't bear it, such a big family, a large local industry in Xingyang, it was not something he could give up if he said it. It's just that this feeling of controlling fate in the hands of others is really bad.

Zheng Shuqing understands that all officials are Ji Ge's dogs, but they are of different types. Brother Ji can do whoever he wants, this is the power of imperial power.

If there is a choice, who would be willing to be a dog?

After a few months in prison, Zheng Shuqing figured out a lot of things inside.

"Thank you for your mediation, a certain gratitude!"

Zheng Shuqing gave Li Linfu a five-body gift.

"Eh, it's all a little thing, so why bother. You and I are both working for the saints, and you should help you. ”

Li Linfu hinted quietly.

Zheng Shuqing nodded, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "That's true." ”

"In the past, the saint always thought that you were the best choice for Jing Zhaoyin, but it's a pity that you rejected the saint at that time.

Now that Wei Jian is the transfer envoy, Jing Zhaoyin is vacant, do you have any ideas to go to the post immediately?

The Hexi armies defeated Tibet, and you don't have the problem of deducting military salaries. Tell me now, do you have any ideas? ”

Li Linfu asked with a smile, his attitude was very kind, and he didn't have any arrogance at all.

"Yes and so! It's just great! Thank you for your recommendation! ”

Zheng Shuqing knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed to Li Linfu, leaving red blood marks on his forehead, and still didn't stop.

"It's easy to say, the original picture will go back to life, and your family will come to pick you up later."

Li Linfu said with relief.

Zheng Shuqing nodded gratefully, and the whole person relaxed. The sky has eyes, and he finally got through this difficulty.

"By the way, Fang Chongyong, the son of Fang Youde, I heard that I had an old relationship with you. I don't know, can you help Ben Xiang pass on a word? ”

Li Linfu suddenly asked quietly.

Well?

Zheng Shuqing was stunned, but he didn't expect the other party to mention this stubble.

"A certain person used to be familiar. However, the right side has a life-saving grace, so why worry about this matter! ”

Zheng Shuqing said in a big way.

Li Linfu was overjoyed when he heard this, he just likes this kind of official who can be a man but can't do big things!

He patted Zheng Shuqing's shoulder cordially and said, "You can rest assured, as long as you are doing things for the saint, your true appearance will not treat you badly." ”

"Thank you to the right minister, thank you to the right minister......"

The unkempt Zheng Shuqing kept bowing to Li Linfu.

"Well, the prime minister is on official business, so he can't wait here for a long time, so I'll go back to the yamen on an errand."

After Li Linfu saluted indifferently, he immediately left the prison.

After he walked out of the prison of Dali Temple, his face instantly became extremely gloomy!

Just a few days ago, the battle report from the Hexi side came: the Tang army defeated the main force of the Tubo army, beheaded tens of thousands, and recovered all the areas of the Hexi Corridor in one fell swoop.

At the same time, Du Hope, the envoy of Longyou Jiedu, continued to attack the city, and the Tubo sent people to Chang'an to send a surrender table, begging Ji Ge not to fight anymore.

This greatly satisfied Brother Kei's vanity!

Because it was Zhang Shouqi who was deploying Hexi military resources, and Niu Xianke was in charge of logistics in Liangzhou, both of them were praised by Brother Ji!

Zhang Shouqi's righteous son, An Lushan, also loved Wu and Wu, and succeeded Li Shizhi as the envoy of the Pinglu Festival, while Niu Xianke was appointed as the envoy of the Youzhou Festival.

Li Linfu, who was originally very powerful, did not get any resources in this important war, not to mention that his cronie Xiao Jiong also lost the official position of the envoy of the Hexi Festival!

This gave him a deep sense of crisis!

Li Linfu's weakness in the power of the border town made him restrain his hands and feet, and he always felt that his limbs were tied up, and he couldn't do what he wanted to do.

So Li Linfu set his eyes on Fang Youde, who was denounced by Li Longji as the Lingnan Economic Strategy Envoy (the same section envoy)!

The enemy of my enemy is my friend! Li Linfu heard from some channels that Fang Youde had collected a lot of incriminating evidence about An Lushan, but he didn't have time to deal with this person. Thinking about it, there is some great personal grudge in it.

Li Linfu felt that he could unite with Fang Youde, kill An Lushan first, and cut off Zhang Shouqi's arm.

Of course, this kind of thing can't be done too obviously, and it has to be dealt with with by clever means, which is actually not a big problem for him.

Fang Youde is arrogant and difficult to get along with. However, I heard that his son Fang Chongyong is an eight-sided and exquisite character. Through Zheng Shuqing's line, don't you get in touch with Fang Youde if you win over Fang Chongyong?

"Saint, it's changed!"

Li Linfu sighed to himself, he heard that Li Shizhi was going to return to the dynasty to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, responsible for repairing the river embankment on the other side of Luoyang.

According to the habit of employing people in Jige, once the river embankment in Luoyang is repaired, Li Shizhi is very likely to enter the phase. Now there are two prime ministers, and Zhang Shouqi is good at military affairs, so it is impossible to be replaced.

So who will be replaced next?

Li Linfu felt that this answer was almost imminent! Not to mention that Li Shizhi is also from the clan!

Moreover, the saint who went to the year of the sixtieth year still does not plan to establish a crown prince, and the battle for the crown prince is also ready to move now!

So how do you stand in line?

Li Linfu only felt a sudden burst in his temples, and he was a little dizzy.

……

Under the same sky, different people have different ideas.

When Li Linfu felt uncomfortable, Fang Chongyong was doing his own big things, and he was extremely happy!

In front of Zhang's mansion in Shazhou, the lanterns are colorful, which is more lively than the festival. Many visitors greeted Zhang Yi at the door, including many Sogdian Hu merchants with authentic Chang'an accents.

When it came to the meal, the aroma in Zhang's lobby was overflowing, and all kinds of Central Plains and Western Regions delicacies were served in turn, and everyone was full of them in front of them.

It's a pity that whether it is Fang Chongyong sitting on the main seat, or the senior general of the local Tang Army sitting on his left, or the local big family sitting on the right, Hu Shang of the Western Regions sitting opposite.

No one moved their chopsticks!

"Eat all the vegetables, this is not a Hongmen feast. If buying and selling is not benevolent, no matter who it is, this official will not embarrass them. ”

Fang Chongyong said with a smile and took a bite of steamed fish.

The fish in this place of Dunhuang is not easy to find, and ordinary people can't eat it!

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that Fang Chongyong had already started to eat vegetables, and the others also ate vegetables, but they didn't dare to drink at all.

If you say the wrong thing on such an occasion, you really want to die, and after you leave here, where can you not drink?

The atmosphere in the lobby gradually became warmer, and Fang Chongyong was about three minutes full, so he wiped his hands with a silk silk and waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

The huge hall was suddenly silent!

"This official is from Chang'an, I just feel that the goods in the Western Regions over there in Chang'an are too cheap.

The magnates of Chang'an have a lot of money, but they don't cherish these goods that have been transported from afar with great difficulty, which makes the official always feel sad! ”

Fang Chongyong said with a fake suffocation.

"That's right."

"Who's to say it isn't."

"A few silks buy my gems, and I'm distressed."

There was a lot of gossip in the lobby, and there was everything. What Fang Chongyong said was not a strange thing, but the normal state of trafficking goods in the Western Regions. Because Chang'an silk concentrates the essence of the whole Tang Dynasty, the purchasing power is extremely high.

These Hu merchants, who had worked so hard to transport things from the countries of the Western Regions, were relatively cheaply sold.

"You think so, right? So the official has a proposal, just think, in fact, in order to sell goods in the circle of elites in Chang'an, they often fight openly and secretly, viciously compete, and compare prices with each other. That's not good.

The official thought that as long as there was one company in Chang'an to provide the supply. What the price, we have the final say. Those who lower the price without authorization will be disqualified from purchasing.

The official has written a proposal, and if you have no problem, please sign it.

Of course, these have nothing to do with the government, just a little bit of my personal thoughts, haha, haha! ”

Fang Chongyong slapped his face, and Zhang Guangsheng behind him took a thick document and handed it to everyone present to circulate.

The big local households didn't even look at it, and signed it directly; Guo Ziyi, Wang Sili and others also signed without thinking about it. Only the representatives of Hu businessmen sitting opposite Fang Chongyong read this document word by word, and did not dare to slack off, let alone sign indiscriminately.

The content of this "proposal" is both simple and complex.

To put it simply, it is because the document says that a large-scale caravan should be formed here in Dunhuang, which will be responsible for transporting goods from the Western Regions to Chang'an, and can ensure the integrity of the goods, and it is impossible to be robbed or swallowed up.

In the future, if the Hu merchants sold goods in Chang'an, they could just send someone to them, and there was no need to transport the goods from Dunhuang to Chang'an.

The bad thing about this, though, is that they lose pricing power as a result.

The caravan stipulates what goods are sold at what price, and the Hu merchants must sell at what price, and they must not reduce the price without permission!

In order to avoid vicious competition, Fang Chongyong divided into several areas, such as Luoyang business district, Yangzhou business district, Shuzhong business district and so on.

Different Hu merchants can only sell goods at designated locations. Once discovered, disqualification.

If such a harsh condition is to be implemented and accepted, it must have great benefits.

What are the benefits?

Of course, there are advantages, that is, there are no customs duties and all miscellaneous taxes! Needless to say, this benefit is worth talking about!

You don't need to worry about transportation in the future, just go to Chang'an to pick up the goods. Of course, in this case, Hu Shang was naturally divided into two camps.

Some of them took the route between the Western Regions and Dunhuang, and they could return to the Western Regions by selling the goods to the caravans. The goods are exempt from customs duties, which can naturally guarantee profits,

The other part is full-time in Chang'an, and there is no need to go to the business road. The Dunhuang caravan provided them with the corresponding goods, regardless of the origin and origin of the goods, and no one accused them of selling the stolen goods.

Those who have connections in the Western Regions will choose the first one, and those who have connections in the aristocratic circle of Chang'an will choose the second one.

As for tariffs or something, Fang Chongyong believes in Yan Zhuang's ability to make fake accounts, anyway, he can fool the imperial court, and give a little bit.

As for the local Doulu army, their military expenses come from this, including the high military salaries of the border generals.

No fool would say this to Brother Ji or the court, right? Even if you say it, everything is compliant and legal, and the local government is sympathetic to the people, so can't you just have low tariffs? As for the Dunhuang caravan, it was all a civil act, and it had nothing to do with the government, and the government could not interfere.

Of course, there are restrictions on the types of these goods, and they are not related to people's livelihood products. Everything that the people needed on a daily basis was freed and could be bought and sold freely, and the caravans were also responsible for the transportation of goods, but there was no restriction on the right to set prices.

Fang Chongyong is very particular about public opinion, and he will never force these Hu merchants to join the Dunhuang caravan, and he will never use a knife to play these things on other people's necks.

However, if you don't join, then the tariff will be dead, and the smuggling will be investigated to death. If you encounter bandits and looting on the road, the local government has no way to govern it, so if you encounter it, you will consider yourself unlucky.

After all, the Western Regions are so chaotic, it's not surprising that something happens, right?

It's complicated, that is, the detailed rules here are very complicated, and there is a sentence "All the right of interpretation belongs to the Shazhou government", in other words, if someone finds a loophole in the future, the Shazhou government can also plug the leak at any time.

In short, it is a game of both athletes and referees. The businessmen present traveled from south to north, and they could only say that they understood it.

"If you're embarrassed, forget it. After all, it's a business partnership. In two days, the businessmen from Liangzhou will also come to the meeting, you are only the first batch, the reason why I looked for you first is because the official still wants to benefit the local people first. ”

Fang Chongyong said with a smile.

The elites of Chang'an have such bulging pockets, let's bleed them! Luxury goods must have the price of luxury goods and forced prices! How can it be sold cheaply!

Is there a better business in the world than a monopoly business?

Fang Chongyong sneered in his heart, but his face was about to burst into laughter.

As soon as they heard this, the big merchants in the Western Regions, who were already a little moved, immediately signed their names on the documents and stamped their personal seals.

Zhang Guangsheng walked over to collect the paperwork, and Fang Chongyong shouted at everyone:

"At the moment of joy, how can there be no wine. Drunk as a song, the geometry of life, coming, drinking, all for the official! ”

Hearing this, the atmosphere in the lobby suddenly exploded, and the hearts of everyone present relaxed!

Let's get rich together in the future! Let's get dry!

……

After drinking some wine, walking three times at a time, he was sent to the backyard of the government by Zhang Guangsheng. Fang Chongyong pushed open the door of the study, and saw Anaye, who had a delicate face, reading a medical book by candlelight, and the picture was quiet and beautiful.

Fang Chongyong leaned against the door, and there seemed to be a song from his previous life in his ears:

Can you continue to dream of youth,

I don't know how time flies.

I can't understand the reason,

Repeatedly depressed in the middle of the street.

Ten sweet dreams overshadowed the sky;

Warm love permeates the breeze.

Love to compete every second and every minute;

Smile lightly, frustrated, and then work hard.

……

Fang Chongyong knocked on the door of the study and asked softly:

"Haven't slept yet?"

"No, wait until you get back."

"Give me a squeeze on the shoulder."

"Good!"

He sat on the Taishi's chair with his ass closed, his eyes closed, enjoying Anaye's massage, and soon fell asleep leaning on the other party. (End of volume)

The next volume: Megatron Hexi Qilinzi, a person who entered Chang'an

This volume is finished, and we will take a break

(End of chapter)