Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 513 The King of Qi

The source of everything was last year's Yuhu Spring.

It was an accident to make Yuhuchun, and using Yuhuchun to do business was just Li Shan wanting to make a fortune, but what happened next made everything out of his control.

The stupid Wang Renyou was just an introduction, and then Du Yan secretly invited Wei Qingsi, the prince's family order of the East Palace, to seal up the Yuhuchun Winery. This matter was finally resolved by Li Shan directly in front of Du Ruhui.

The time of the incident happened to be around Li Shan's exam. If Chen Shuda hadn't come forward for the "Moonlight Night on the Spring River", Feng Lun, then Minister of the Ministry of Officials, would have failed the list.

The two events seemed to have nothing to do with each other, and Li Shan was not connected until another event happened not long after.

The sage Li Yuan issued a ban on alcohol, and Li Shan unexpectedly discovered that the Yuhuchun Winery that Du Yan took over not only did not close down, but also continued to operate...just paying more taxes.

Li Shan was very surprised by this. The reason for the ban on alcohol was the lack of food in Guanzhong. Even if the Jingzhao Du family was a local powerful family, it was impossible to provide so much food all the time.

What's more, the shortage of food caused the price of rice to rise, and it was used to make wine. In fact, the profit has been greatly reduced. Why is Du Yan doing this?

Du Yan is one of the officials of the Tiance Mansion who clearly expressed hostility towards Ling Jing, and at the same time had a grudge with himself... Born in the Du family of Jingzhao, although he is Du Ruhui's uncle, but the uncle and nephew have made a knot that will never be solved for the rest of their lives. Li Shan was not polite, and sent people to keep an eye on this guy, and Fan Shiyi was in charge of this matter.

Fan Shiyi lived up to Li Shan's expectations. After squatting for a long time, he unexpectedly discovered that Du Yan and Feng Lun lived together in Yankang Fang, and they often communicated after the curfew at night.

Logically speaking, Du Yan joined the army as the secretary office of the Tiance Mansion, Feng Lun was the Sima of the Tiance Mansion, the two were colleagues and close neighbors, and it was normal to communicate in private... But Li Shan sensitively sensed a bit of weirdness from it.

Because Ling Jing told Li Shan that Du Yan and Feng Lunming had little contact on the surface, and it was never heard that the two had any friendship.

After a brief balance, Li Shan decided to start with the source of food. This is not the most likely clue to discover the inside story, but it is the most visible clue that may cause problems.

However, Li Shan then went to Daixian County. Fan Shiyi was a scout in the army and could not stay in Chang'an.

After returning to Chang'an this time, Li Shan entered Chang'an City the next day and drank Yuhuchun in Dongshan Restaurant and Pingkangfang. There are seven or eight wine shops and restaurants alone.

Li Shan became even more skeptical. Guannei could not be compared with Hedong. The latter could be directly connected to Luoyang and Hebei. However, Guannei, especially around Jingzhao, was still short of food.

After listening to Fan Feng's general explanation, Li Shan hesitated and said: "Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty moved to Maoling as a wealthy family, and later Du Yannian moved to Duling. Then there was Jingzhao Du's family. Zhuangzi was probably in the southeast of Chang'an, but the food was all from Beijing. It was sent from Fangzhou, north of Zhaofu."

"It must be official grain." Fan Feng said in a low voice: "In the former Sui Dynasty, there were only two granaries near Jingzhao. One is Huazhou, and the other is Fangzhou."

This answer was not beyond Li Shan's expectations. Now that the spring plowing has passed and the winter wheat has not yet begun to be harvested, it is the time when the harvest is not harvested, and the price of grain begins to rise gradually... If there is no low-priced grain, the business of Yuhuchun Not to mention making a lot of money, including the cost of manpower and material resources, you may have to lose money.

If you want to buy large quantities of low-priced grain on the market, even the name of the Jingzhao Du family is not good... The only possibility is official grain.

It is Li Yuan's business to rectify the administration of officials, and it will be Li Shimin's business in the future. Li Shan is not as leisurely and elegant. It's really hard to find out.

"Fangzhou Sicang joined the army and was in charge of warehouse affairs." Li Shan tapped his knees rhythmically with his fingertips, "Bohai Feng's son-in-law..."

"That's right." Fan Feng nodded and said, "There are quite a few people who know about this matter. The villain pretended to be a grain merchant and offered bribes...but this person firmly refused."

Li Shan raised his brows and refused to bribe... That means that a large amount of official grain was sent out of the warehouse and sent to Jingzhao Du's winery. It was not for money, but for other purposes.

"This man's son will come to Chang'an every once in a while to visit Feng Lun."

"It's normal, after all, in-laws."

"The next day, Rong Jiusi, who joined the army in the Qi Wangfu's office, visited Feng Lun." Fan Shiyi explained.

"This is still normal." Li Shan shook his head and said, "Rong Jiusi belongs to the Wuzhong Rong family in Beiping, and his cousin Rong Jianxu is an old friend of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

The year before last, Li Shan was taken out of Beijing by Li Qianyou, and he had a lot of contacts with Rong Jiusi on the way... Although the imperial court has seized the throne, the exchanges between powerful families will not be affected too much. The reason for being associated with King Qi.

"It's not a day." Fan Feng continued: "Every time this person visits Feng Lun, Rong Jiusi will come to pay his respects the next day, and he entered the palace on the same day... probably went to the Wude Hall."

"From August last year to the first month of this year, there are a total of eight times, and this is the case every time."

Wude Hall is the residence of Qi Wang Li Yuanji.

Li Shan didn't ask any more questions. This reason is justifiable. It can't be such a coincidence... Eight times in a row, once a month on average, it was obviously arranged.

Li Shan didn't know the specific details, but one thing is certain now, Li Yuanji would never be reconciled to the title of prince.

In history, Li Yuanji could obviously avoid the fate of his son being beheaded and his wife being taken over. If you help each other, you will be able to live in peace.

Li Shan didn't believe the shit that Li Jiancheng promised in the history books about the emperor's younger brother, but if Li Yuanji had no interest in being the crown prince, how could he be killed in the Xuanwumen Incident?
In this life, Li Jiancheng lost his exploits in capturing and beheading Liu Heikai and pacifying Shandong. Although Li Shimin's situation was much better than in the original time and space, he was eventually suppressed by Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng.

The point is that the prestige of the East Palace is not high now, so Li Yuanji began to make moves.

"Feng Lun..." Li Shan murmured, "Now he is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry..."

"Ahem." Fan Shixi said in a low voice, "When I entered the city today, I heard... His Majesty summoned Feng Lun, and was overjoyed.

"Zhongshu Ling?" Li Shan's eyeballs fell off.

From the Minister of the Ministry of Industry to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he was promoted to the order of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. This is not an ordinary favor!

Moreover, in the former Sui Dynasty, there were two high-ranking Zhongshu officials, Zhongshuling, but after Li and Tang founded the country, there was always only one Zhongshuling, and now Feng Lun filled the vacant seat.

In this way, Li Yuanji's strength behind the scenes is not too weak. On the bright side, there is Li Sixing, one of Taiyuan Yuanmou's heroes, and Zhongshuling Feng Lun secretly.

Li Shan sighed, thinking that the empress Dou who passed away was really not an ordinary person. Just look at her four sons and one daughter, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Princess Pingyang, and Li Yuanji, all of them were not easy-going lamps. The young Li Xuanba is also a bully holding an [-]-jin golden hammer for beating drums and scolding the sky.

(End of this chapter)