Li Qing asked Liu Qiang to sit down and poured him a glass of water, "Say slowly." ”

"Hey." Liu Qiang took it and drank it all, wiped his mouth, "My lord, relying on his status as an imperial prince, the commander of the horse sent his subordinates and domestic slaves to buy tea at a low price of less than half of the market price, which caused the tea farmers to suffer unspeakably and indirectly killed them.

After the tea purchased at a low price, it was sold outside the customs without permission to obtain huge profits! ”

Li Qing's eyes froze, "With such a big matter, the government can't detect it at all?" ”

"How could it not be perceived." Liu Qiang smiled bitterly, "The official mansion is clear, but no one cares about it at all, or no one dares to take care of it, Ouyang Lun is not an ordinary concubine, Princess Anqing is the emperor's concubine!" ”

Li Qing frowned: "The tea farmer sues the official, and the government doesn't care?" ”

"The tea farmers who sue the official are either beaten or imprisoned, and after a long time, no one dares to sue the official."

Li Qing suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart, and then forcibly suppressed it again, he knew that this was not the rule of law society in the future.

"You go on."

Liu Qiang sighed and continued: "Ouyang Lun's stall is very large, every time he goes out of the customs, there are dozens of carriages, he doesn't pay taxes, and he still breaks through the checkpoints.

When encountering a tax collector who 'doesn't open his eyes', he will be beaten directly, and more than a dozen people will be killed alone, and the officials of the political department will dare not speak out. ”

"Harming people, killing officials, and smuggling can kill him." Li Qing was puzzled, "Why doesn't anyone dare to go to the imperial court?" ”

Liu Qiang glanced at Li Qing in surprise, and said, "My lord, you don't really think that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, right?" ”

Li Qing was dumbfounded and speechless.

Liu Qiang sighed, "The reason why he has made such achievements in such a short period of time is mainly that Ouyang Lun's crime is so big that he can't cover it up at all.

But with the relationship between the emperor and the emperor, no one dares to do anything with him, after all, ......

The emperor doesn't want his daughter to be a widow, right? ”

Daming admired Cheng Zhu Lixue, was very harsh on women, and remarriage would be despised by the world, and the royal face represented by the princess could not be remarried.

Even if they get married today, Ming'er's horse will die, and the princess will not be able to marry anyone else.

Ouyang Lun is married to the current emperor's concubine, the sister of the prince Zhu Biao, and he does have arrogant capital.

Li Qing groaned: "If ordinary people sell tea privately, how can they be punished? ”

Liu Qiang said: "Once discovered, no matter how many there are, the Nine Clans will be punished!" ”

"So heavy?"

Li Qing was surprised, later generations thought that in ancient times, the nine clans would be punished at every turn, but in fact this was not the case, in fact, in most cases, only one criminal was killed, and the three clans were already amazing.

After all, the population in ancient times was not large, how could they punish the nine tribes if they disagreed.

Liu Qiang explained: "My lord, tea is an extremely important thing, much higher than salt and iron, it is the only way to restrain the Yi people outside the Guanwai......

After listening to Liu Qiang's explanation, Li Qing finally knew the importance of tea.

Tea is rich in nutritional value and contains a large number of vitamins, amino acids, minerals and other elements.

Due to climate and altitude problems, it is difficult for fruits and vegetables to survive outside the border, and only tea can be used to supplement the essential nutrients of the human body.

Daming's tea is not settled with Daming treasure banknotes, and even gold and silver will not work, but it is mainly traded with horses and supplemented by cattle and sheep.

Therefore, it is also known as the tea horse trade!

The Guanwaiyi people do not like to drink tea, but they need tea, and they must rely on tea to survive better.

Oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea.

Tea is still a condiment, put some when stewing beef and mutton, in addition to supplementing nutrients, it can also remove the fishy smell and make the meat more delicious.

For those outside the Kansai, tea is comparable to gold.

It can be said that tea is the best means to restrain the Yi people outside the Guanwai, and it is even more effective than the sword soldiers.

Knowing this, Li Qing felt that Ouyang Lun's crime was so great that it was unforgivable, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he collaborated with the enemy and committed treason.

Li Qing sneered: "Dozens of carriages are transported out at every turn, and this one alone is enough for him to die ten times." ”

Such a large-scale smuggling of strategic materials would not be tolerated by any emperor, let alone Zhu Yuanzhang, who was decisive.

Liu Qiang still had concerns, "Do you want to tell the commander about this?" ”

"The evidence is conclusive, right?"

"Hmm." Liu Qiang took out his testimony, "These are the confessions of tea farmers and tax collectors, in terms of evidence, you can rest assured, as long as the emperor allows you to go to the local area for a thorough investigation, a large amount of certified physical evidence will immediately emerge, and the horse can't cover it at all." ”

"Okay." Li Qing nodded, "Ming'er, I will report this matter to Commander Mao." ”

Liu Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, such a big event can't be carried by a thousand households in brocade clothes at all, he is closely related to Li Qing, and he really doesn't want to see Li Qing have an accident.

"By the way, did you alarm Ouyang Lun when you investigated the case?"

"This ......," Liu Qiang said, "I don't dare to guarantee it." ”

Li Qing thought for a while, "You work harder, go to the princess's mansion to guard later, and report to me immediately if there is a situation." ”

"Yes."

……

The next day, the Pacification Division.

When Mao Xiang saw the incriminating evidence presented by Li Qing, he couldn't help but change color in shock.

He knew that whether it was a relative of the emperor or a prince or a nobleman, there were few clean ones if he really wanted to check, but he didn't expect Ouyang Lun to be so arrogant.

Li Qing arched his hand and said, "Commander, what should I do now?" ”

Mao Xiang was silent for a moment, then turned his head and said, "Go and call all the thousands of households, servants, fellow knowledge, and pacification envoys in Beijing." ”

"Yes." A few of the guards said yes and turned to leave.

In the lobby, only Li Qing and Mao Xiang were left.

After being silent for a long time, Mao Xiang sighed slowly, "This time it's a big deal!" ”

"The evidence is conclusive, don't you listen to it?"

"......" Mao Xiang said angrily, "Have I ever said that I can't make sense to the emperor?" ”

After a pause, "That Ouyang Lun is the emperor's son-in-law after all, and it is a matter of royal face, so he must be treated with caution."

You go back immediately and change into a flying fish suit, discuss a proper method in a while, and we will play together! ”

Li Qing nodded, "Okay, I'll go now." ”

He understood that Mao Xiang was planning to pull everyone to carry it.

An hour later, four thousand households, one servant, one Tongzhi, and two pacification envoys gathered in the lobby and looked at the evidence over and over again.

After reading the incriminating evidence, everyone's eyes all moved to Li Qing.

In their opinion, Li Qing is a stunned young man, and when he comes up, he scolds the emperor's relatives and relatives, and he simply doesn't know the height of the sky.

Ouyang Lun is not only a lieutenant of the horse, but also represents the group of imperial relatives and relatives.

Attacking Ouyang Lun this time is tantamount to showing that Jinyiwei is going to war against the emperor, and the stakes in this can be imagined.

Princess Lin'an, married to Li Qi, the eldest son of the Korean duke Li Shanchang;

Princess Ningguo, married to Mei Yin, nephew of Hou Mei Sizu of Runan;

Princess Runing, married to Lu Xian, the son of Lu Zhongheng, Marquis of Ji'an;

The daimyo princess, married Li Jian, the son of Li Ying, the commander of the Xiao Cavalry Guard, and after getting married, Li Jian was named the former military governor's office.

The arrogance of the lineup of the pony group is staggering, there is no clear holy will, and the Jinyi guards at this stage do not want to, nor dare to provoke them.

Zhang Heng, the pacification envoy, said: "What is Li Qianhu's opinion? ”

Li Qing hugged his fists and said: "I think that since it has been ascertained, it is natural to go up to heaven to listen, otherwise how can we bear the crime of bullying the king?" ”

Zhang Heng asked rhetorically: "Let?" ”

Li Qing smiled bitterly secretly, did not talk again, but looked at Mao Xiang.

Mao Xiao sighed, "He can't carry it alone, let's play it together later." ”

Liu Ming frowned and said, "My lord, no matter how much this will offend those royal relatives and relatives, Ouyang Lun has committed such a big crime, and the emperor's sainthood has also been defiled.

Once this matter is poked out, the emperor will be disgraced, although Jin Yiwei has made meritorious contributions to the case, but it still can't help but make the emperor unhappy, after all, the emperor didn't let us check the horse,

And the Chinese Wu of the dynasty has always had a grudge against Jinyiwei, and now he has a grudge against the royal family......

Jinyiwei's future is worrying! ”

"Liu Ming, what do you mean...... Concealment and non-reporting? Mao Xiang's face sank, "Jin Yiwei can't afford the crime of not reporting it." ”

"I don't dare."

Liu Ming hurriedly explained, "The meaning of lowly duty is ...... A group of officials in Labashu dragged them into the water, and everyone carried them together, so that they could share the firepower. ”

"I agree with Liu's strategy." Zhang Heng said, "You can't hide it from the emperor, but everything can be changed, Ouyang Lun committed such a big crime, they still want to stay out of it, how can there be such a good thing?"

Moreover, once the crime of the horse is made public, those officials will also be unlucky, and now let them carry it with the Jinyi Guard, and when they are liquidated afterwards, their crimes will also be reduced by a part, and those people will definitely not refuse. ”

Mao Xiang's expression softened, and he felt that this method was good.

"Then let's do it, Zhang Jing, you take Jinyiwei to Bashu......"

As soon as he was halfway through his words, Liu Qiang rushed in and panted, "My lord... Bridegroom... Captain Ouyang Lun entered the palace with Princess Anqing. ”