Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 183 Liuli
Su Xian nodded.

The news of Wei Guogong's return to Beijing was not widely known to the whole world.

Instead, he returned quietly. If he didn't pay attention to this matter deliberately, he wouldn't even know about it at all.

When Xu Da came back, as the King of Yan who wanted to take over Peiping, he naturally had to leave the capital to join the feudal vassal.

All this was decided long ago.

However, Peking was still there, and whether the generals who were direct descendants of Wei Duke Xu Da could be controlled by the King of Yan was a matter of two opinions.

Although Xu Da is not a great leader, he can be regarded as a banner in the Ming army.

How to transfer power from the general to the feudal king.

According to His Majesty's current suspicion, this is undoubtedly something that the entire imperial court is secretly paying attention to.

After all, from ancient times to the present, how the founding monarch should deal with the generals who accompany him to conquer the world has been a taboo that cannot be pondered!

after all……

As for the twenty-four heroes of Huaixi alone, there are indeed many who walked with Hu Weiyong, and there are quite a few.

The tranquility and beauty just now have disappeared, and now there is a hint of anxiety.

When Xu Miaojin said this, she did not hide her thoughts at all.

No one knows what he is thinking.

But among them, those who were granted the title of Duke rarely looked up to Hu Weiyong.

original.

"Don't worry, Miaojin." At this moment, Zhu Yujing comforted him: "My father's trust in Duke Wei is almost the highest among all the nobles in the dynasty."

"In the early years, Prime Minister Hu Weiyong had not yet come to Zhongshu Province. I heard from my eldest brother that at that time my father was still prime minister. Li Shanchang wanted to let Hu Weiyong enter Zhongshu Province, but his father stopped him."

The most critical change that led to Zhu Yuanzhang——

Ordinary people can figure these things out.

Xu Miaojin said immediately.

Not only is his father Xu Da a leader in the military, this is official business.

"But during these days, Your Majesty has shown that you trust Hu Weiyong more and more. What if Your Majesty happens to want to take advantage of this step?"

Zhu Yujing was quite calm and did not think that Wei Guogong could be involved in this matter.

When Jia Xian and Huang Ke on the side saw this, they couldn't say much, but found a reason to leave immediately.

"Since then, my father has made it clear in front of His Majesty many times that Hu Weiyong cannot be appointed prime minister."

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang never played his cards according to common sense. The initial plan started according to his own plan, but the changes in the middle were controlled by him.

Su Xian spoke, and the two of them immediately looked over.

It can be seen that the two have a good relationship.

And Zhu Yujing also knew very well that this possibility was very high.

Xu Miaojin looked at Su Xian. The moment he learned the news, he thought of a lot.

Because when he reached the position of prime minister, he had conquered too many civil servants. Only the founding military generals with higher status than him ignored him.

There were some secret plans between him and His Majesty.

however.

Xu Miaojin's next words made her think about it uncontrollably.

"Should I go back and remind my father now, but the initiative in this matter lies with Hu Weiyong. If there are too many rumors... His Majesty will inevitably make speculations."

"The counterfeit banknotes came from Beiping. Does that mean those people deliberately spread the counterfeit banknotes in Beiping? And then framed my father?"

One thing is a coincidence, and when many things become coincidences, then what happens next cannot be speculated using common sense.

"The entanglement between Hu Xiang and my father has been settled for a long time, and now...he is taking advantage of the printing plate case to frame him!"

His own appearance has changed the original historical direction. According to what Su Xian knows, Hu Weiyong's attack on Xu Da did not involve the printing plate case, but an extremely crude bribery of Xu Da's men and random biting. Accusation...

There was no evidence, but he thought he had guessed Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.

Su Xian ignored them and continued to ponder in his heart.

She even remembered that her father seemed to have become reclusive during this period, and many things that should have happened long ago were suppressed by him.

According to historical progress, Hu Weiyong did take action against Xu Da.

More importantly, there is even a personal relationship.

But this time, plus the printing plate case, if it is really confirmed.

"How can you be suspicious just because of rumors? Besides, the majestic Duke holds an iron certificate for the alchemy book and has been in Peiping before. How can he have anything to do with Chao Jingyuan in the capital?"

"It's not that time yet, it's just a rumor."

When Su Xian was not sure what His Majesty was thinking, although Su Xian was confident, it was certainly impossible to be sure...

So the result failed.

"Did Jiang Yu catch anyone that night?"

Su Xian was still thinking.

At this moment, Xu Miaojin and Zhu Yujing no longer thought about how to enter the Gewuyuan.

The two looked at each other.

Xu Miaojin first proposed to go home first, apparently she wanted to send someone to inquire about the news.

The latter looked at Su Xian, wanting to say something but said nothing. In the end, he just shouted, "Anyway, we are entering the Dinggewuyuan" and left quickly.

It was not easy to get rid of the two of them.

Su Xian came to the inner courtyard.

Bai Jue and Lin Andong have been at Yingtianfu Yamen some time ago, serving as witnesses to identify those enemies!

However, as Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately suppressed the matter.

When things reached the point of "crossing the river", it seemed to be interrupted in an instant and came to an abrupt end.

The brothers and sisters were naturally discouraged for a long time.

In the end, it was Su Xian who suggested that no matter what, find the people in your respective families first and resettle them temporarily, and they got some energy.

Indeed, many people were recovered.

During this period of time, Gewuyuan collected a lot of land and property in Jiangpu County, and it was not a problem to resettle some people.

What's more, they all come from wealthy merchant families. With a little training, they are rare talents. Su Xian can use them, so naturally he has people try their best to rescue them.

In the past three months, Bai Jue and the others have also recovered some clan uncles, as well as their sisters and brothers, as have Lin Andong and the others.

Full of calculations, there seemed to be more than a hundred people.

After settling down, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others already knew how to look for "counterfeit banknotes" and found many palace maids aged thirteen or fourteen to check specifically.

But after all, Bai Jue and the others are already familiar with each other, so they have been involved from time to time during this period.

When Su Xian arrived.

The two people from the pro-military Captain's Mansion at the door were still guarding Su Xian. When they saw Su Xian, the familiarity between them was completely gone, and they looked like they were doing business.

Su Xian wanted to ask something, but when he saw the appearance of the two of them, he asked himself, "Has Jiang Qianhu not replied yet?"

"Jiang Qianhu has been promoted to the position of commander." One of the two men replied seriously: "As for what the young master asked, Commander Jiang did not answer. He just asked the young master to do his own thing."

Although he had already guessed the answer, he was still a little speechless.

However, he is also self-aware, and it may be a good thing for him not to get involved too deeply at the moment.

Thinking of this, he changed his mind.

"Then most of the treasure banknotes sent recently are still from Peking?"

"This matter is not confidential, I can tell you."

The two looked at each other and saw that Bai Jue and Lin Andong in the room were already qualified to enter the pro-army captain's mansion according to their age. After all, they were involved in so many secret affairs of the pro-military captain's mansion, so naturally they couldn't be kept outside all the time.

But these people always answered all questions about Su Xian.

There are actually only two ways for them to end up. After the printing plate case is over, they can either become their own people or be silenced.

However, the Holy One has always acquiesced in this and has no special instructions. Commander Chiang seems to have done so deliberately, so it cannot be concealed.

"Yes!"

One of them nodded, but after saying this, the two of them continued to return to their "door god" positions and said no more.

Seeing this, Su Xian felt a chill in his heart. He could think of a lot with just one piece of news.

Su Xian did not walk in, but thought for a while.

Got the answer again.

This matter is not something that I can get involved in now.

The situation is now very obvious. The vortex of the printing plate case was not revealed before by taking advantage of the opportunity of the Democratic People's Liberation Army and the Democratic People's Liberation Army.

Even that very obvious clue, Jiang Yu has obviously taken action, but still "disappeared"...

The more this matter accumulates, the greater the shock wave will be when it finally breaks out.

The gentleman does not stand under the wall.

Su Xian reacted quickly and pretended not to know anything.

Then he found Huang Ke, Jia Xian and the others.

The situation in Gewuyuan has become increasingly difficult recently. When he saw the two of them again, they were frowning and making calculations.

"If this continues, we will have to sell a few bookstores and even close some spice shops. Otherwise, we won't know how to pay this month's salary."

"Sell? If you sell it this month, what will happen next month? In the end, it will close down."

"But we can't continue to operate, or we have to let some of the craftsmen leave first..."

"How did this happen?"

"Alas! Gewuyuan is still progressing too fast. It could rely on spices before, but now that the income is cut off, it will collapse immediately."

Officially, it seems that the Kokumon Academy is really a place for students like Dai Hondo to have fun. However, in reality, everyone in the capital knows that the lives of nearly two thousand "rich families" are now at stake.

And Huang Ke and Jia Xian, two students who were originally supposed to be students of Guozixue, are now like the two top managers of the Institute of Geosciences.

"Can we find out who opened those spice shops?"

After Su Xian spoke, the two quickly turned around.

"Who else could it be? I've already inquired about it clearly. Don't worry about those businessmen with the surname Zhang and Wang. If you go up the list, it's either a marquis with tacit approval or a noble son."

"Dean, do you know who is behind those so-called Yingtian Express, anecdotes and the like, which imitate our Gewu Express and even begin to criticize our Gewu Express for deceiving people's minds?"

Su Xian was stunned. He really didn't know this.

"Who?"

"Hu Xiaocheng!"

Before Su Xian could react, he continued: "Hu Xiang's eldest son! Of course, in name, these express newspapers were established by various study rooms, but most of them were ordered by one person, as if they were some kind of An family. ”

"But the eldest son of the An family is the book boy next to Hu Xiaocheng."

now.

Su Xian's mind quickly appeared, that young man who was galloping on the street, leading people to laugh, and cursed those who blocked the road in front of him for having no eyes.

"is it him?"

Su Xian was a little surprised, but more of it was strange.

While he was thinking about it, Jia Xian seemed to have thought of something and took out a piece of paper that looked similar to the Gewu Express.

"Look...it's the same as ours, except that they first recorded some strange stories, and said that there was good luck coming from a certain place!"

"This second page also says that there are a lot more colored glazes in Fangshi in the east of the city. Each one must be crystal clear. Only the rich and powerful cannot collect it..."

"The rest are criticizing our Gewuyuan, saying they are deceiving the people and talking about state affairs in the name of the emperor's eldest grandson, with ulterior motives!"

"The rest are businessmen from other places who go to Lao Zhang's shop to talk about spices... and they are all from other places!"

Speaking of this, the two of them were obviously very unhappy.

Because during this period, if normal practices were followed, Gewuyuan would not be in such a state.

However, since these shops have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, it seems that they are each one of them, and they are all doing their own business.

But secretly, everyone came to greet Gewüyuan.

Heroes are no match for four songs with both fists.

Not to mention them!

And this is also the reason why Gewuyuan is increasingly unable to operate. They have thought about selling MSG in other places.

However, no matter how much we can negotiate, after finally contacting the merchant, it will be snatched away by others at a lower price the next day.

In addition, the expansion of Gewuyuan has not stopped. Not long ago, it even bought a blacksmith shop, which cost a lot of money...

While they were thinking about it.

Su Xian's eyes stayed on the second page.

Clear glass?

These four words flashed before his eyes, and he felt a little strange.

But subconsciously, he still asked: "I remember the last time we were in Tianjiang Tower, didn't we use iron craftsmanship for the outside?"

"No one will ask about this?"

Hearing this, Huang Ke looked depressed, and even said with a bit of laughter and laughter: "I said, little dean, most people don't dare to ask about this thing, but people from the Ordnance Supervisor have come, and some people from noble families have also come to ask. Yes, I’ve come to see you here.”

"But not long after I took action in person, they all retreated before the conversation could continue. I made some inquiries, and it was said that it was the palace's intention."

"The craftsmanship of this thing can only be left to the weapons supervisor for the time being."

"Ok?"

Su Xian was stunned, he didn't expect this.

But his eyes were directed towards the second page.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it before. Is this glass thing real or fake?"

Seeing that Su Xian's words were changing very quickly.

Huang Ke also reacted, "Of course it's true."

He quickly said: "Since the founding of Hongwu, His Majesty has intended to establish contact with foreign countries, so he has sent many missions to foreign countries over the years..."

"Among them, although there are those who are stubborn like Goryeo and continue to rely on Beiyuan, there are also those who are like Japanese pirates who are far away from the ocean and cannot find their lair."

“But most still connected.”

"In the past two years, those people in Xifan, the bank you proposed, did really well. But after going back and forth, the business town was established, but the exchanges became more frequent..."

Speaking of this, Jia Xian seemed to have thought of something and said with envy:

"I heard that a lot of good things from Xifan came out of Shang Town, such as the crystal cup as clear as glass, and the glass coral...each one looks gorgeous and precious."

"And it's not just the pure transparent color, I heard there are also naturally occurring purple and burgundy colors... all of them are beautiful."

"During these days, transporting it all the way back to the capital from Xifan Shang Town has been favored by many wealthy households."

"I heard that a transparent colored glass wine cup can be sold for more than 50 gold coins, and the purple one is even more expensive. There is also the purple coral that is said to be dug out from the seabed by hundreds of people. When it comes back I even met a sea monster..."

"After suffering heavy losses, it was transported back, wandering around, and living in our Ming Dynasty... It even sold for a sky-high price last night!"

"By the way, in addition to this, people from Champa, Chenla, and Annan are also here..."

"I also heard that some foreign missions will also take this opportunity to gradually come to Beijing to meet with the Holy One. They have also brought a lot of good things, and they also claim to have some overseas specialties."

(End of this chapter)