Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 645
In the early morning of that day, King Xian presented all the data and testimony collected in the past three months to the court, and told the emperor that the price of goods in the capital had risen, and the price had risen to sky-high prices now, because no merchants were willing to deliver goods to Beijing.

And why not?

King Xian presented the road tax needed for a caravan from the place of origin to the capital on ten items such as silk, jewelry, ingredients, and furniture.

Different items come from different places, and the road tax they pay is also different. For luxury goods such as silk jewelry and high-end furniture, the road tax has already reached more than half of the value of the goods, but the price is low. For items such as cloth and food materials that are not too far away, the road tax is more than three-fifths of the value of the goods.

Moreover, these road taxes are that if you have no cash, you will directly deduct the goods to offset the tax, so that when some caravans arrive in the capital, less than one-third of the goods they bring are left.

So those merchants either simply did not go to the business, or they added road tax to the cost to increase the price, so that prices in the capital skyrocketed.

For such a high road tax, not a penny was handed over to the household department.

That is to say, if it was not handed over to the court, it was all swallowed up by others!

There was an uproar in the court, and Gao Xiang and Hong Shangshu and Qin Yushi (the two of them suffered a lot) came out immediately, demanding a thorough investigation with fierce words, such a bad situation must not be tolerated!
The road tax was proposed by the Ministry of Households when Cai Bing was still there, and it was decided by the cabinet. However, after Cai Bing was punished, Fang and others seemed to have forgotten about it. Said that the expression on his face was a little uneasy, the emperor sharply reprimanded Fang and others, and then ordered Xie Jue to investigate the matter thoroughly.

And ordered the imperial guards to cooperate fully.

When the news reached Kang Wang's mansion, Jun Jiuyi was copying Buddhist scriptures in the study.

Hearing his subordinate finished speaking, he put down his pen in a daze, and said, "Have you copied down the business routes he submitted?"

The subordinate hurriedly said: "This subordinate will go and copy it."

Although the virtuous king submitted it to the emperor, if it was submitted in the court, it would inevitably be filed with the Zhongshusheren, and the Zhongshusheren would be able to copy it out.

And now the emperor's Zhongshu Sheren was recommended by Kang Wang this time to let Yun Shangshu arrange it.

Jun Jiuyi nodded, and after the subordinate went out, he said to the guard behind him, "Go, find Shangshu Yun."

The guard behind him responded and walked away quickly.

Jun Jiuyi stood up and walked out of the room slowly.

Now is the best time in the capital, the weather is clear and neither too hot nor too cold, and the flowers in the yard are even more colorful and dazzling.

Looking at the blooming white orchids under a few pruning bamboos, Jun Jiuyi slightly raised the corners of his lips.

It really is Xie Jue, really amazing!
Xie Jue is a businessman. Although he is only a sea merchant, judging from the more than 3 mu of tea hills under Su Yue's name, he naturally has a lot of business routes.

Xie Jue should have known about this road tax disaster.

But Xie Jue has been refraining from doing anything, other than wanting to make these officials in the capital suffer a big loss, he is afraid that he just wants to play a long line to catch big fish, and wait for those local officials to fall into the trap.

Although the Great Song Dynasty did not despise merchants, it could even be said that they encouraged them a little bit, but ordinary people planted a few acres of land, raised chickens and vegetables at home, and spun cloth at home. They were self-sufficient, and there were not many additional items that needed to be purchased. , that is, a few items of salt tea oil, and these items are sold by the court, and those officials will not be stupid enough to touch these items.

Therefore, this road tax has little impact on ordinary people in nearby places.

But the capital city is different. The capital city has a population of several million. In addition to officials and wealthy households, there are also many people who live in the city. Their daily needs are much larger than those of two or three state capitals.

Moreover, people in the capital are rich, and when they are rich, they need to seek more enjoyment. Therefore, caravans from all over the country will gather in the capital to send products from all over the country.

In this capital, there are fruits from the south, delicacies from the mountains in the north, fish, shrimp, turtle and crab, quail and rabbit preserved meat, gold and jade treasures, and silk and satin.

And the people in Beijing are also used to this way of life.

Once the caravan stopped coming, not only would the prices increase, but for the people in the capital, their living habits would also be destroyed.

But most of the things in it belong to the rich people's consumer goods, and even if they don't have them, they won't affect ordinary people like food.

That's why Xie Jue didn't worry, if he just took it easy and made everyone in the capital feel that their lives were threatened, then he would definitely hate the culprit who caused this.

And when they know that those road taxes are suffering and they are indeed fattening those local officials, there will inevitably be like-minded demands for severe punishment.

And although the instigator of this decree was Cai Bing, Fang Xiang also knew about it. Once this incident broke out, Fang Xiang would have to bear some responsibility, and this position would not be stable.

Some time ago, Xie Jue sent Su Yue to Chashan and disappeared for more than half a month. After returning, there was no big movement. Chen Hanming and Fang Xiang thought that Xie Jue was a businessman after all. Seeing the huge profits of Yuecha, they left the court. To make money in advance, this person's ability is nothing more than that, and Zhao Hao is gone, Xie Jue has no backer, so naturally he dare not act like the leader.

In his heart, he despised Xie Jue, and used this matter to cause Xie Jue a lot of trouble.

Two idiots!

Xie Jue's trip to Chashan was not about making money and sending Su Yue off. There were ten business routes, and one of them was the one from Lianghu to the capital.

However, this is just right.

"My lord." A little eunuch hurried over, stood a few meters away and said, "Miss Liu is here."

Liu Sisi?
Jun Jiuyi frowned slightly and said, "What's the matter with her?"

"She said that she wanted to go to the mansion of the virtuous prince to inquire about the news for the prince." The little eunuch lowered his head and replied.

Jun Jiuyi frowned unconsciously, and said coldly, "She wants me to provide you with a chance?"

"Miss Liu said, my lord, you can hold a banquet and give her to the virtuous king." The little eunuch lowered his head even lower.

Send it to the virtuous king...

Jun Jiuyi giggled, and said in a low voice, "She thinks well."

In her previous life, this Liu Sisi had joined his sect by herself, and then went to Hangzhou by herself, saying that she was helping him make friends with southern officials and win people's hearts.

Then, when she was almost killed in Hangzhou, it was Xie Jue who happened to pass by and rescued her. She used this ladder to climb up, claiming to be Xie Jue's person.

It's just that Xie Jue at that time was vicious and had an extremely cold temper. When he arrived in Hangzhou, Liu Sisi immediately found him and said that she no longer wanted to be Xie Jue's woman, as long as he gave her a title, she He handed over the privacy and handles of those southern officials collected over the years to him.

He agreed to the deal.

He originally thought that Xie Jue would be angry. After all, Liu Sisi had been hanging under the name of Xie Jue's woman for three years, but she fell into his arms again, making Xie Jue the laughing stock of the whole south.

But Xie Jue came with an army of 20, but when he mentioned Liu Sisi, it took him a long time to seem to think of such a person, and then he said with disdain, that kind of woman has nothing to do with him, but that Such a gloomy person, Emperor, you'd better be careful.

Later he found out that Liu Sisi never even got close to Xie Jue!

Xie Jue let her use him, but in fact he just used Liu Sisi as a cover instead.

It made people outside think that Xie Jue, the king of the East China Sea, is a person who indulges in wine and sex.

Xie Jue encountered a catastrophe in her previous life, a woman whose face was ruined and even wanted.

Will you want it in this life?
However, since she has the heart, let her try it.

Left and right, it will not have any impact on your plan.

After thinking for a moment, Jun Jiuyi said to the little eunuch: "Tell her, if this king comes forward to give it to you, then the virtuous king will definitely not want it. You can let her go to the two young masters of the Fu family, and those two will give it to her." Go into the mansion, the virtuous king will definitely not refuse."

The Fu family had been planning to attack Princess Xian for some time. What Xie Jue said in Fa'en Temple years ago really made the Fu family terrified for a while, and even the third bedroom of the Fu family moved out of the Fu family's mansion.

But as time passed, as the virtuous king was questioned in various ways during this period, the Fu University scholars did their best to protect the virtuous king, and even mobilized their own students who had won Jinshi to protect the virtuous king, the reputation of the Fu family rose again. .

As for Mr. Da and Mr. Fu Er, they were alright, and they didn't dare to claim credit to Xie Jue, but those two Mr. Fu, who only won the same Jinshi, became more active again.

Now that Liu Sisi is looking for her, they will definitely do this.

After all, Liu Sisi is just a dancing girl.

As long as this dancing girl ruins the relationship between King Xian and Princess Xian, it is tantamount to paving the way for Miss Fu.

heart...

For the sake of power and profit, no matter when, they will do the same thing.

However, he was the one who endured all this in his previous life.

"Yes."

The little eunuch stepped back in response, Jun Jiuyi pondered for a while, and said to the guard who had been following behind him: "Xiao Lu, how is that Chen Liuli doing now?"

"Doing the hardest work in the mining area, maybe, it's about to die." The road guard whispered.

"Oh?" Jun Jiuyi raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Chen Hanming has never cared about it?"

"At first, when Jingzhao Mansion sent Chen Liuli to go to the mining area, Chen Xiangyou sent someone to Jingzhao Mansion to talk about cooperation, but then Zhao Hao went to find Chen Xiang, and Chen Xiang didn't care anymore, but Mrs. Chen had come forward. I went to the mining area to see, only when Mrs. Chen was divorced from the Chen family, Chen Xiang seized both Mrs. Chen and Chen Liuli's private houses. Mrs. Chen had no money and no one around her. Someone gave..." The Lu guard paused, and said softly: "Together with Chen Liuli, someone gave him a turn."

"You sympathize with her?" Jun Jiuyi turned to look at him, and said coldly.

The road guard knelt down with a plop and said, "This subordinate dare not."

Jun Jiuyi took a deep look at him and said: "You don't need to sympathize with that kind of woman, her thoughts are too deep and dark, in her eyes, anyone who blocks her way can kill someone at any time, you want Think about how she treats Rong Shizi, and how she treats her two biological brothers and sisters? Because of her, her sister and aunt are now sold to a brothel by Rong Guogong, and her brother, Chen Hanming's only Son, being beaten into paralysis by someone sent by Rong Guogong, which one is not worse than her? Even Chen Hanming hates her, why do you sympathize?"

In his previous life, he didn't know that Chen Liuli was so ruthless, and in a moment of negligence, he let her kill Su Yue.

In this life, before he could do anything, Chen Liuli showed his flaws.

Want him to save her?

dream!

"My lord, Yun Shangshu is here." An eunuch walked to the gate of the courtyard, pretending that he didn't see the road guard kneeling on the ground, and said in a low voice.

"Oh?" Jun Jiuyi raised his eyebrows and said, "Please go to the study."

The people he sent were not so fast, presumably Yun Shangshu came to find him himself.

It seems that Yun Shangshu is not stupid, he should have already guessed that Xie Jue's next step is to control the bureaucracy.

That's it.

Ask Yun Shangshu to come forward and persuade the emperor to send Xie Jue out of Beijing.

If he wants to check, let him check enough.

As long as Xie Jue leaves the capital, then...

Sister Yue, I don't even care that you were married twice in your last life.

This time, I won't care.

This time, I will not be blinded by power and ambition again.

I only want you……

(End of this chapter)