Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 170 The situation changes drastically!
Liu Lian is dead!

When Su Xian learned the news, he had already returned home with his father Su Guiyuan.

But the direction of the wind in the imperial court seemed to create a big whirlpool in an instant, forcing everyone in the capital to look inside.

Liu Lian is an important clue to stealing the printing plate this time!
It was not easy for the personnel sent by Hu Xiang and the Third Division to seize the clue, but the other party jumped into the well out of fear of crime.

Zhongshu Province immediately broke the news:
The printing plate of Chaojingyuan was lost. I'm afraid the mastermind had a bigger plan. Liu Lian participated in politics in a province, but he was only one part of it. He had to jump into a well to interrupt the clues and protect the "mastermind" behind him!
It is conceivable that the mastermind behind it must be shocking!
The Holy One asked the Third Division to investigate and entrusted the Prime Minister with a great responsibility. The Prime Minister will definitely live up to the trust!
For a time, Hu Xiang's faction, which had lost some of its limelight due to Yan Yin, experienced an upsurge, and the number of people visiting Zhongshu Province was even greater than before.

Seeing this, someone wanted to remind another right minister, Wang Guangyang, and to ask the Holy One not to use this matter to expand the matter. However, Wang Guangyang became even more addicted to wine and sex, shouting that the New Year was approaching and he had worked hard for a year, so why couldn't he take a rest...

The right prime minister ignores government affairs and even serves as the right censor, which is not as important as Chen Ning's words.

Naturally, more and more ministers surrounded the left prime minister.

No one has time to remember Liu Lian.

His throwing himself into the well only further proved that the remnants of Liu Bowen's party members in the past have now completely returned to dust.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Holy Emperor values ​​Su Xian very much, otherwise he would not have gone out of his way to remove him from this case!
Perhaps in the future, Su Xian may still become one of the high officials in the DPRK.

In just two years, so many great things happened because of just one person.

……

The present is now and the future is the future.

"drive!"

Of course, just based on the "printing plate" and the suspicion of "killing Ambassador Jin Jinglun", in any case, it will be based on His Majesty's previous behavior.

On the contrary, the most discussed ones were the Su family and his son.

As one of the "core figures" in this banknote printing case, in the eyes of everyone at the time, it was absolutely impossible for Su Guiyuan to escape like before.

In the twelfth year of Hongwu's reign, the first lunar month had just passed.

"Alas! There was turmoil in the officialdom before. I originally thought that Su Guiyuan of Chaojingyuan might be able to enter the Zhongshu Province in the future by relying on the money and power of the country. But now it seems, tsk tsk, no chance."

However, with the passing of the cold winter, the spring of the twelfth year of Hongwu arrived as promised...

He couldn't dodge and was knocked down, so he quickly got up, but he didn't dare to say anything. He could only wait until the crazy laughter was far away, and then some resentment came out.

just.

Many things happened in the ten and eleventh years of Hongwu——

"Hiss! It seems that Hu Xiang has completely grown up."

But it also released another signal.

Changes in the layout of the court...

The crowds around him dispersed to make way for him.

Still in full swing!

"Who says it's not the case? That's how it is in the capital. Today he was so arrogant that he rose to the height of five stories. He might be suppressed tomorrow."

No one dares to complain!
……

Since everything involves Liu Lian, a deeper "mastermind" is involved!
So the envoy of Chao Jingyuan, who is only fifth-grade and has not much interaction with Liu Lian, is naturally not the "mastermind".

"What the hell? Who is this?"

As long as the treasure printing case continues, the Su family will always have a handle, even if in the future, Su Xian really grows up and is valued by His Majesty to enter the officialdom as his consort.

A piece of money to avoid death, and the "baby kiss" between Su Xian and the Eighth Princess proposed by the Holy One.

The dream is still awake.

Just because of Liu Lian's death.

There has been a complete and earth-shaking transformation.

The empty seal case, the reorganization of the treasure bank transfer department, the discussion of feudal kings at the banquet, the discussion of imperial examinations, the Gewuyuan that was introduced by the experiments of Guozixue, the princess's serious illness and miraculous recovery, and the ability to prevent various types of New medicines for the invasion of diseases, as well as MSG, "Salt Introduction", new banknotes...

This handle is enough to make him lose his right to speak at a critical moment, or even involve him again!
So everyone can see it clearly.

If you think about it carefully, it feels like a dream!

"Hush! You can provoke the young masters of several princes? The leader is still from Mr. Hu's family..."

The capital city is bustling, and in the bustling streets, several fast horses and carriages are racing through the streets...

However, the will given by the Holy Spirit is very clear.

Even Su Guiyuan is bound to die!
The new upstarts in the officialdom, father and son of the Su family, will naturally be implicated, imprisoned, implicated or exiled...

In this Ming Dynasty, Hu Weiyong, the left prime minister, became more and more trusted by the emperor.

"This Su family... I'm afraid it's completely over."

"Who says otherwise? In Ming Dynasty, we appear to have two prime ministers, but in fact we are one prime minister."

however.

Su Guiyuan completely lost power!
He no longer had the glory he had before, and no one would call him an upstart in officialdom anymore. Instead, he could only stay at home. Although it was not a prison, it was better than a prison.

The Holy One wants to protect Su Xian!

"Who said that? Didn't they say there was still an engagement?"

"What a fucking marriage contract. It's simply because His Majesty loves talents. He couldn't bear to have that Qilin son affected, and maybe it was because of the reason for rescuing the Crown Princess before, so he added a layer of conditions. After all, the death-free treasure is not an iron certificate. , that alone is too childish.”

"makes sense……"

Everyone was talking about it.

And among them, a still childish child was watching this scene silently, with two teenagers following behind him.

"Young Master, let's go..."

Liu Er and Liu San watched the carriages go away without saying much.

It has been almost a year since I came to the Su family. Many people expected that this small family would definitely become an emerging force in the future, because the printing plate case has completely fallen into disrepair.

I remember last year, when I had just moved to my new house in Wangyuefang, there was still an endless stream of people visiting me.

But now.

After Su Guiyuan was imprisoned, the maids and concierges that the family had invited had long ago disappeared, and now only Liu Da and the housekeeper Liu Lu were left.

Later, when Su Guiyuan came back, he didn't invite him again.

Just a few months passed, and the entire capital seemed to be completely forgotten without the former envoy of Chao Jingyuan.

The new envoy of Chaojingyuan was already the eldest son of Shanqinhou and the quasi-consort Niucheng.

"Walk."

Su Xian also nodded. He was going to Gewuyuan today.

Nowadays, the limelight of Gewuyuan is still the same, but his name seems to have been forgotten.

But Su Xian didn't have much emotion about these.

On the contrary, this is exactly the effect you want.

Hu Xiaocheng!
He recited this name silently in his heart. The other person was a well-known playboy in the capital, and he belonged to the same type as Chang Mao.

It's just that Chang Mao has grown up and has rarely caused trouble this year. Su Xian once learned from a chat with Chang Sen and others that Chang Mao would join the military this year.

On the other hand, although this son of Hu Xiang is fifteen years old, his reputation has already spread throughout the capital.

The reason for such concern is that Su Xian is actually very concerned about Hongwu's second major case, the Hu Weiyong case!

Thanks to the previous empty seal case, Su Xian has discovered that many deviations have occurred in the original history.

Su Xian only knew that the Hu Weiyong case occurred in the thirteenth year of Hongwu.

But the reason for the crime?

The records in the history books are also ambiguous. Some say it was a rebellion, colluding with nobles, and making preparations early.

There is another theory that Tongbo was involved with Beiyuan, and the nobles who took refuge with them not only hid armors secretly, but also recruited dead soldiers because of Zhu Yuanzhang's punishment...

But before the good opportunity came, Zhu Yuanzhang took over everything.

Of course, even if these statements are true, in the capital, unless a prime minister has an affair with a relative of the emperor, it would be extremely difficult for a prime minister to rebel.

Then another reason becomes clear.

It was his son Hu Xiaocheng!
His horse galloped wildly in the busy city, which aroused the resentment of the people in the capital. However, due to Hu Xiang's reputation, he did not dare to say anything and could only tolerate it.

However, it has been like this for a long time, and finally one day, while riding a carriage, the other party fell off the carriage and was directly crushed to death by the wheels...

Hu Weiyong was so angry that he directly executed the groom...

But he didn't expect Emperor Hongwu to be waiting here. It can be considered that filial piety leads to strength.

Of course, this information is actually a bit false. Su Xian still remembers a reason that seems to be because of foreign envoys.

But after thinking about it, now is not the time to be sure.

What really concerned Su Xian were some of his previous "imaginations".

My family does not want to be involved in the Hu Weiyong case. Now everyone in the officialdom and even among the people knows that the Su family, the upstart officialdom, has been completely ruined.

This is in line with Su Xian's thoughts. In this way, the Hu Weiyong case is escaped.

After that, the country will usher in an unprecedented restructuring!
Abolish the Ministry of Education.

All this time, Su Xian didn't know when Emperor Hongwu came up with the idea of ​​abolishing Zhongshu Province, and when he decided to implement it firmly.

Now, he figured it out.

The eighth achievement was that Hu Weiyong became more and more powerful, first with the death of Liu Bowen, and then with the death of Liu Lian. During this period, his repeated attempts to contain Wang Guangyang failed.

That’s why I prepared to go there in person.

Once upon a time, Su Xian thought about asking Zhu Yuanzhang to withdraw the idea of ​​abolishing the prime minister system, and wondered whether his family could have a prime minister, but now... this hope seems to be getting slimmer - maybe.

Because now Gewuyuan seems to be heading in the direction he wants.

Thinking like this.

Finally, the Gewuyuan was right in front of us.

For now, things at home are pretty much settled.

Next, in addition to watching the situation unfold, Su Xian also has to wait for two things.

One is the "little tail" left behind by Xin Chao. Compared with his father's departure from Chao Jingyuan, this is the real secret.

The basic changes in the taxation of the country will either remain calm or will undergo earth-shaking changes!
As a person sent by Zhu Yuanzhang this time, Jiang Wei is said to have mastered the whereabouts of that group of people. What he is waiting for now is where those "new banknotes" will appear from.

Unexpectedly.

As expected, those "new banknotes" didn't appear in the capital. Anyway, Su Xian didn't find much after all this time.

Just like this moment.

When Su Xian came to Gewuyuan, he did not go directly to Chang Sen and Chang Sheng.

Because since the last year-end summary of Gewuyuan.

As the eldest grandson of the emperor, Zhu Xiongying rarely came to Gewuyuan. I heard that the palace had also decided to reform the structure of Gewuyuan.

It's just that it's been so long that he seems to have forgotten about it, and he hasn't made any big moves.

On the other hand, the two brothers Chang Sen and Chang Sheng were completely stripped of their positions as shopkeeper and corps commander, and the eighth prince Zhu Zi was even more trembling as a left-banner.

With these in mind.

Su Xian entered the Gewuyuan and after greeting Huang Ke, Lu Shan and others, he quickly came to the inner house.

The brothers and sisters of the Bai family and the Lin family have also been in Gewuyuan during these days, doing odd jobs when they have nothing to do.

After all, Gewu Express has been stabilized, and various bookstores under the Gewu Academy can basically rely on Gewu Express to maintain profits.

"Dean!"

At this moment, Bai Jue came over in a hurry.

More than half a year has passed, and the other person's size has grown rapidly, almost half a head taller.

Although his face still looks childish, a darkening beard has begun to appear around the corners of his mouth.

Qi and Lin Andong are almost the oldest of the seven children, one is twelve and the other is eleven.

During this time, Su Xian was also keeping them busy with another thing.

"Have you finished the investigation some time ago?" Su Xian asked.

"Yeah!" Bai Jue nodded.

"Did you find anything?"

"not yet."

Su Xian nodded and said immediately: "Follow me in."

As he spoke, Su Xian walked towards one of the rooms first.

Entering it, the eyes of the six children immediately looked toward him.

The youngest one is actually a year or two younger than me.

In front of them, there were pieces of treasure banknotes. The value of these treasure banknotes alone was probably enough to buy the entire Gewuyuan.

however.

These things are all counted. Basically, every time a batch is delivered, the number will be checked, and after the verification is completed, it will be sent back.

"Dean..."

Seeing Su Xian arriving, they all stood up.

Perhaps because they suffered too much, these children lost their so-called childishness early on and started to communicate with themselves. They were not like Chang Sen and others who occasionally had some naughty ideas and were naughty.

Su Xian waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down.

Then he said: "The next batch should be arriving soon, right?"

According to past circumstances, treasure banknotes were delivered every seven days. These treasure banknotes were initially exchanged from random counties in the capital.

However, after a long time, nothing strange was found on the treasure banknotes.

Later, Su Xian expanded the area and allowed other provinces where some banks were located to also look for treasures.

It's just that such a long time has passed, but there is still no discovery.

"It's weird!"

Thinking of this, Su Xian became confused.

At the moment, his focus is on these few things. While quietly observing the situation of the DPRK, he must also close the net!

This matter is not only about whether the Su family will continue to fall like this.

Moreover, it also planted the seeds for future tax reform.

however……

While thinking about it, Bai Jue suddenly pulled himself.

Su Xian followed the other person's line of sight and found that at some point, there were several figures at the entrance of the courtyard, carrying some cloth bags.

They were silent, just put down their cloth bags and prepared to leave.

"correct!"

At this moment, one of the figures suddenly spoke.

"Your Majesty sent a message: The new banknotes that this guy said before are different. We can't see anything now. Did this guy lie to us?"

"If we still can't find out, we will think that your father passed the real printing plate around. Now we don't know how much we have lost!"

When Su Xian heard the voice, he was stunned at first and then woke up.

During this period, there were too many things in the court, and after Zhu Yuanzhang said: Everything depends on the prime minister, he seemed to be lazy.

The emperor who used to be diligent in his duties seemed to be no longer in court.

In addition, there were many things going on before, and Su Xian once asked Zhu Yuanzhang to "find the differences", but now he has not yet told the answer.

Su Xian knew what was most important at the moment, and nothing could go wrong with the new clues.

Yu Gong, who was involved in the troubles of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Liberation Army, was linked to the tax reform he proposed in the main hall for the last time.

It's private, but it has a lot to do with this printing plate case.

While Su Xian was thinking, Bai Jue and the others had long been accustomed to it. They first took all the new banknotes out of the house and handed them over to those familiar and unfamiliar figures.

Then he brought all the cloth bags into the room and began to check them carefully.

Su Xian was about to answer.

Unexpectedly, Bai Jue inside suddenly said in surprise as soon as he entered:
"Dean, I found it!"

Swish!
Su Xian turned his head sharply...

(End of this chapter)