In the cool hall, there are arm-thick butter candles lit to illuminate the main hall.

Now that the limelight is in the limelight, the prison envoy Li Shen and Li Gong are looking at the guy sitting opposite him with a blue face.

Jing Zhaoyin finally fell back into the pocket of the imperial party, which is the consensus of the government and the opposition for a long time. This position is too important, so it will not fall into the pocket of Wenxiang, and the father-in-law will not be able to eat it, only His Majesty's personal management of this one-third of an acre of land densely covered with dragons and snakes is the most suitable.

In this position, Li Deyu and Linghu Chu have the highest voices, because one of them is behind Li Jifu, the envoy of Jiannanchuan Xijiedu, and the other is Pei Du's cronies.

Who would have thought that in the end, it would be to let the King of Shu take it temporarily, and Niu Shengyu would actually take charge of the power in Beijing with the official position of the head of the Shu King's Mansion and Jingzhao Shaoyin.

So Li Shen listened to the emperor's plan with a straight face, he didn't have an opinion on Niu Monks and Children, he was unhappy with Li Deyu.

"Gong Chui, apart from this Dali Temple Cheng Zhao Zhen and Prison Cheng Zuofeng, is there anyone else you want to recommend?"

Li Xu told him when he sent Li Shen to serve as a prison envoy, "The court has Zijin, and the field has relics" Although it is the ideal situation mentioned in the "Book of Shang", but now is an eventful time, and it is the time to employ people, if Li Shen meets a talent, he should immediately recommend it to the emperor.

"Weichen mentioned to His Majesty before that there is a man named Yan San, who is now serving under our company, this person is not bad, but he is not literate and ink, and his kung fu is also sparse, but his temperament and skills are excellent. ”

Li Shen replied.

During this time, the Prison Envoy made a name for himself in Beijing with the head of the Manichaeans, and Li Shen's fierce and domineering style also forced Jingzhao Mansion to jump up and down, and he was very busy.

However, this is also Li Xu's purpose, and some positions should not be given to those peacemakers who smile and smile all day long.

"The politics of the public are too cool. Niu Monk and his children reacted to the emperor: "All the officials of Bai Yujing have been arrested by Gong Chui, and many warehouses of Hu merchants have been sealed, saying that they are involved in Manichaeism. Your Majesty, the Demon Sect is indeed going to be destroyed, but it can't be too widespread. ”

Li Xu glanced at Li Shen and saw that he was still with a straight face, and knew that what Niu Monk and Yu said was probably right.

They were indeed involved with the Manichaeans, and the gatekeepers took advantage of the Hu merchants and turned a blind eye to the Manichaeans, and they were derelict in their duties, and later failed to strictly guard the gates, and watched the Manichaeans flee at night. As for those Hu merchants, hum, what did they do, Brother Si Di really doesn't know......?

Li Xu saw that Li Shen's words turned around and stabbed Niu Monk and children, obviously the two of them wanted to argue right and wrong in front of him, and his heart was suddenly a little unhappy.

The prison envoy took down all the doormen, and by the way, knocked on these Hu merchants and sealed their warehouses. These were originally the emperor's own calculations, and he ordered Li Shen to carry them out.

Niu Seng and the children seized this point to attack Li Shen, in fact, they were saying that their strategy was wrong, and Li Shen obviously wanted to pit the Niu monks and children here by taking advantage of the topic.

In the future, we still expect them to work together, but now it seems that it is better not to fight.

"Si Di, remove the doorman and seal up the Hu Shang warehouse, which I ordered the public to do. Li Xu felt that he needed to remind Niu Monk and Yu that he had asked Li Shen to do it, and don't continue to dwell on these things. ”

Who would have thought that it was okay if Li Xu didn't admit it, but after admitting it, Niu Monk and his words were even happier.

"Your Majesty, knock and beat, mention that the prison envoy is in the limelight now, and Jingzhao Mansion naturally does not dare to offend. After the public arrest the original officials of each gate, they were replaced by scribes who raised the prison envoys to take charge of each gate. He also ordered the seizure of many warehouses where Hu merchants stored silk. ”

The Niu monks and children, who were about to take charge of the Jingzhao Mansion, must take back the appointment and dismissal of the gatekeepers from Li Shen, so he pointed out to the emperor that because Li Shen and the others artificially created panic, there had been a serious deflationary phenomenon.

"In the spring and summer of this year, a horse of silk in Beijing could be exchanged for 800 Wen, and now a horse of silk has risen to 3,800 Wen!"

Silk is the currency used in trading, and the sudden rise in the price of silk has seriously affected normal market transactions, and many commercial activities that were previously agreed to trade in silk have been affected.

"I know. ”

Li Xu has already set up several different channels for the inflow of intelligence, Chen Chaoen's side is one way, and Li Shen's side is the other way. There are several other channels under construction, no matter which channel, the fluctuation of prices has always been the main concern of their own concern, which can be related to the national economy and people's livelihood.

"Your Majesty knows?" the emperor's answer surprised Niu Seng and the child a little, he didn't understand whether the emperor understood the meaning of this. Niu Seng and the child subconsciously looked at Li Shen, and at this time, the prison envoy looked at him like a dead man, and licked his lips cruelly.

"Yes, it was arranged by me, is there anything wrong with the rise in silk prices?" Li Xu took a sip of tea flatly.

The removal of the doorman and the seizure of the silk treasury of Hu Shang were originally the same thing, that is, the emperor himself wanted to make some money.

Although copper coins and silk silk can be used as currency, as far as the common people are concerned, they have more copper coins on hand. A baked cake can be bought for a penny, and you can take out a silk handkerchief to exchange it for steamed buns?

Silk is cut short and used is worthless cloth, which is a thing in the cross talk paragraph.

In fact, in daily economic life, silk is mostly the equivalent used by merchants in trade, and the common people keep this thing in their hands not for the New Year to cut new clothes, or to save it to play the same effect as the later passbook.

The real thirst for silk was the Hu merchants who monopolized the trade in the Western Regions, and they sold the silk of Dayu to the Western Regions or Persia, which was a huge profit.

For Hu Shang, whether the silk in the Central Plains is 800 or 3,800 wen, it is a huge profit when it reaches the Western Regions or Persia, and it can be exchanged for real money and silver, which is much stronger than the Kong Fang brothers cast by the imperial court.

So this is the reason why the price of silk in Beijing remains high.

"Silk is not better than food, and if you wear less silk clothes, you won't die?" Li Shen sneered and said: "It's good to reward them with a bowl of rice for those deep-eyed and high-nosed fishy things, and they also collude with the Manichaeans to cause chaos, I really don't know how thick the sky is." ”

The Hu merchants cooperated with Manichaeism, which was also a matter of interest, and now the Western Regions were controlled by Tibet, and the trade routes were blocked. The only way to transport silk to Persia was to take the steppe road controlled by the Lords. Without the nod of the Uighurs, nothing could have been shipped to Persia.

Therefore, Li Xu wanted to teach them a lesson, offending the Dayu Emperor was no different from offending the Uighur Khan, and they could be doomed.

"I said to Han Xiang that next month, according to the grade, some silk silk will be distributed to the officials of the three provinces and various temple offices, which is regarded as winter clothing fee. Li Xu eats meat himself, and he is also ready to let the officials below drink soup, and these silk silks are even hush money for bureaucrats.

"As for the price of silk, Si Di doesn't have to worry, in a few days, some silk silk will be transported from Sichuan and Shu, and the price of this silk will probably drop back to about 2,000 wen per horse. ”

Hearing this, Niu Shengyu understood that the emperor was borrowing Li Shen's hand to annex the property of those Hu merchants.

"Your Majesty, the court has seized their silk and silk and they have to be returned. ”

"The fire dragon burns the warehouse, and the Yin soldiers borrow food. Without the emperor's answer, Li Shen said directly: "Which person who is not long-eyed to manage the imperial court wants silk silk, first go to the prison envoy Si Yamen to discuss their secret assistance to Manichaeism." ”

This is a good official with responsibility, Li Xu is satisfied