After crossing, I was dragged by the bamboo horse and became a queen

Chapter 672 Buying Paintings
On the other side, all major calligraphy and painting antique shops in central Beijing have received news that Lin Taiwei would like to receive a work by Shen Siyu, a famous artist in the former dynasty, preferably Shen Siyu's famous painting Misty Rain and Mountains.

Shen Siyu was a famous artist from a poor family. His painting style was not very popular in the previous dynasty, so there are not many well-preserved works handed down from generation to generation.

Works are hard to find, so the price will naturally rise, especially the masterpiece Misty Rain River and Mountain Map, which is priceless and hard to find.

Taiwei Lin declared that he wanted a high price, and the owners and shopkeepers of the major antique calligraphy and painting shops in Beijing were naturally very active. Not only could he please Mr. Taiwei, but the profit must also be indispensable to make this order.

So it didn't take long, and the news had already spread throughout the capital.

Don't underestimate the stewards of these big shops. Cats have cats, mice have rats. Businessmen have their own sources of news, and soon someone will find clues.

After Lin Taiwei got the clue, he found a well-known antique shop as an agent, and went to test it out.

The ignorant shopkeeper of the antique shop found Mr. Zhou in this way.

This Master Zhou is none other than Anxi Hou's younger brother.

Master Zhou was born in a family, but he did not take the imperial examination, but took care of the general affairs for the Anxi Houfu.At present, most of the aristocratic families have such a model. Promising children who can study well take the imperial examination and prepare to become officials, while those who study or come from a slightly worse background, but are very smart, are trained from an early age to take care of business and general affairs for the family. Let the front be an official without any worries.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, this was a very common family development strategy.

According to the news from the antique shop, it is said that this map of misty rain and rivers and mountains appeared in the world a few years ago, and was bought by Master Zhou of Anxi Hou Mansion for a large price.

Big price?Wang Shangshu, who was waiting for news at the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment, couldn't help showing a sarcastic smile.

Then he started lamenting that he was blind again.Taiwei Lin is also from the East Palace! !It is better hidden than Lu Shangshu, who is not visible!
The person Lu Shangshu is still keeping a low profile anyway, and like him, he has a faction on the surface.

Lieutenant Lin is not the same. In the middle of the court, the elders who fought for three parts of the world with Chen Chengxiang and Su Dashi, even dragged their families and voted for the East Palace. What can people say...

Lao Wang squatted in the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and secretly counted with his fingers. The aggrieved feeling of being tricked by the prince to go to the East Palace suddenly dissipated by more than half.

Lu Shangshu of the household department is from the East Palace, and the old Wang of the punishment department was fooled by the unscrupulous young couple in the East Palace and boarded the thief ship.As for the Ministry of War, Lin Sixing, the servant, is from the Eastern Palace. The crown prince was ordered by the emperor to study in the Ministry of War. The Minister of the Ministry of War is currently a member of Taiwei Lin. Although there are rumors that he will be replaced a few days ago, no matter how he thinks about it, Wang Xu feels that no matter how he changes, the crown prince It will not throw away the fat that reaches the mouth.

Of the remaining three departments of work, rites, and officials, of course the official department is the most important.Although the Minister of the Ministry of Officials belongs to the Soviet Party, the king of Huaiyuan County has been working in the Ministry of Officials since he entered the dynasty. Is he also from the East Palace?
In this way, four of the six works are under the firm control of the East Palace, and it just so happened that this year the Ministry of Industry was assigned two difficult tasks by the emperor, and repairing the Pearl Mirror Hall was one of them.

What's more coincident is that the emperor attached great importance to the Pearl Mirror Hall, and made additional requests all day long. The budget reported by the Ministry of Industry soon became insufficient, so he asked for additional requests right after the start of construction.

The Ministry of Households refused to spend money easily, and argued with the Ministry of Industry. After arguing for two days, the prince came up with an idea to ask the Ministry of Households to pay some money to supplement the budget, but he also suggested that the Ministry of Households send someone to supervise the Pearl Mirror Palace project. accounts.

Coincidentally, the person sent there was Deng Wenshao, a household doctor.Lao Wang counted his fingers, and felt that the Minister of the Ministry of Industry had bad luck recently, and he was probably going to cool off.

It won't take long for the East Palace to control five of the six ministries, leaving only the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who has been emptied, and the Ministry of Rites controlled by the prime minister.

But that's not the end...Wang Xu also secretly researched those officials who were promoted in strange names such as selling officials, being recommended by demons, etc. these days, and concluded that all of them are ruthless people with good abilities, and They are all from the East Palace.

The positions of these people are very important, the highest rank is third rank, and the lowest rank is fifth rank, adding up to a lot of people.Scattered in Dali Temple, Yushitai, Privy Council, Guozijian and some military positions, it has penetrated into almost all important departments in the court.

In fact, the East Palace is almost dominating the imperial court. At present, the Su University scholars still control several important academic positions in the Imperial Academy and the inner court, while Prime Minister Chen’s power is mainly concentrated in the Ministry of Rites, Taichang Temple and Zongzheng Temple. The scholars in Su and Prime Minister Chen don't have much power at hand!No wonder these two have been so angry recently, fighting to the death.

The power in the hands of Master Su and Prime Minister Chen was already secretly flowing to the East Palace, and the two of them even tried their best to pinch each other and increase the wear and tear. It would be a matter of time before the prince picked the peaches.

And the court was even more chaotic because of the increasingly sharp conflict between the Su faction and the Chen faction.

Of course, this is only on the surface, in fact nothing was delayed, just look at their orderly criminal department.

So now Wang Xu can feel relieved, much more relieved than he was in the first ten years when he was an official.

Lao Wang counted and counted with his fingers, and he felt that this wave was not a loss.Wasn't it just being cheated by the prince and his wife!no big deal!He held his nose and endured such a bottomless thing as the princess's involvement in politics, and it was not unbearable to be cheated.

Now... Lao Wang squinted his eyes and sipped his tea comfortably, planning the next step.

Most of the news from the merchants is not groundless, and it is likely that the Misty Rain Jiangshan Map is actually in the Anxi Hou Mansion.This picture was sold by the Wu family. It is a priceless work by a famous artist in the previous dynasty, but they only received 1000 taels of silver.
Mrs. Anxi Hou is Queen Chen's own sister, and it is not easy for Prime Minister Chen and Queen Chen to pick them off completely this time.The prince wanted to use this to gather some of the power in the harem, and by the way, bite off a large piece of Prime Minister Chen's power in the previous court. This goal is not difficult to achieve.

So... In order to maintain balance, can another case be prepared?
Wang Shangshu immediately happily decided not to waste time waiting for news.He planned to go to the East Palace first, chat with Mr. Feng, at least listen to Mr. Feng's detailed account of the fraud case back then.

He planned to leave it to Shangguan Muyun when the sky-high rouge case unfolded, and let him pick up the big case alone for exercise.

His main focus is still on that old fraud case.

But before that...you have to find a way to clean up Wu Shilang first.

　---Here is the dividing line of the cast ---
　　Shen Siyu, a famous calligrapher and painter from a poor family in the former dynasty: played by MachoQueen.If you want to play an official from a poor family, I'm not lying to you, it's just a poor family from the previous dynasty.Ah ha ha ha ha ha! ! !
　　Thanks to Yun Qingqing, Pili Mu, and the whole city who love oo's daily dried fish! !
　　
　
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