I'm playing tricks in Daqin

Take all precautions, but I still missed this move. The treacherous Prime Minister Li Gang is so shameless that he actually stirs up the ignorant people and forms a public opinion that is extremely unfavorable to them. This trick is a trick they often use. Being robbed first, I was careless.

Public opinion has been instigated by the people of the Li family, and it is completely biased towards them. This scapegoat of slander has to be carried out by someone. It makes them, celebrities who claim to be clean, terrified. They are not afraid of death, but what they fear most is the loss of their good reputation. It is more painful than killing them.

It seems that at the same time, the officers and soldiers of the brigade suddenly mobilized and surrounded the Weapons Supervision Office. Such a movement naturally attracted the attention of the people. Countless people who were disturbed crowded to watch from a distance and asked each other what happened.

Soon there was news that some important things sealed in the Weapons Supervision Office had been stolen. These things were treasures that were desperately wanted by the spies and dead men of various empires. They belonged to the highest military secrets of the empire. Who stole them? If these stuffs are found, the family will be ransacked and the family will be wiped out.

Before people could react from the stupefaction, a group of black-clothed guards suddenly surrounded Shangshu Youpushe's mansion, and everyone in the mansion was brought under control.

At this time, all civil servants and generals were waiting for the news of Wu You's trial in the Jinluan Hall, and suddenly there was such a big commotion that the civil and military officials were in an uproar.

"Li Gang, you..."

The right servant of the Shangshu shot Zheng Jing's finger at Li Gang, who was standing aside, his gray beard trembled with anger.

A group of civil servants and military generals of the royalist party also went crazy, ignoring the servants and sweeping the floor, cursing at the court, very viciously.

Naturally not to be outdone, the civil servants and military generals of the Li family rolled up their sleeves and responded fiercely. For a moment, the solemn and solemn Golden Palace was full of saliva and curses.

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, the old minister doesn't know what happened."

Li Gang looked ignorant, he had plausible words, yes, the old man is indeed in charge of the country's soldiers and horses, but each department performs its own duties, am I in the Jinluan Palace, the commander of the black guards, Ding Xi, has not come to report why One thing.

Before the Empress Dowager Concubine Wu Hui could make a sound, a small eunuch ran into the hall to report, and Ding Xiyou, the commander of the black guards, invited him to have an audience.

Chapter 339 Evidence

Empress Dowager Concubine Wu Hui was watching Ding Xi's memorial, her curvy brows were slightly frowned, as if there was something embarrassing.

The hearts of the royalist party headed by Shang Shu You Pu She Zheng Jing jumped. Looking at the Queen Mother's expression, it seemed that something bad was about to happen.

Everyone knows what kind of institution the notorious Black Clothes Guard is. Thinking of the Black Clothes Guards suddenly besieging Shangshu Youpu Shefu, everyone knows that something bad must have happened.

Empress Dowager Concubine Wu Hui was silent for a long time, and asked the eunuch to transfer Ding Xi's memorial to all the ministers to watch.

Zheng Jing and others looked at it, and their faces were so gloomy that they were frighteningly gloomy. Only now did they understand what happened.

Designed and invented by Li Wei himself, the original manuscripts of the thunderbolt chariot thunderbolt chariot and the new iron armored warship sealed in the Weapons Supervision Office were stolen, and the guard on duty killed Lu Dingshan by poisoning himself.

The reason why Ding Xi led the crowd to surround Shangshupushe's mansion was because he got a secret report that the stolen stuff was hidden in Shangshupushe's mansion, and he didn't dare to disturb it, but just controlled all the people in the mansion, please play the Queen Mother ruling.

"This is putting blame on you, you are too despicable and shameless!"

The servant of the Ministry of Rites, Shen Shangde, was the first to jump out, ignoring the servants' words and sweeping the floor, pointing at the civil servants and generals of the Li family and yelling at them, cursing all kinds of ugly words that made people want to kill people.

This guy acted so realistically, if he didn't know his details, he would really scold him so badly that he would have to roll up his sleeves and beat him hard to relieve his anger.

The spat that had just subsided broke out again. For a while, the saliva was flying and the curses were loud, which was worse than the chaotic vegetable market.

Zheng Jing was inhaling desperately, trying to calm himself down, his thin face was so pale that there was no trace of blood.

He knew that this was a trick played by Li Gang, but he couldn't fight back, or he couldn't prove his innocence.

Lu Dingshan is not only a member of the royalist party, but also one of his most valued disciples. Lu Dingshan was able to serve as the general of Zhonglang because the royalist party led by him fought against Li Gang for a certain matter, and finally Li Gang compromised. .

However, although Lu Dingshan was granted the title of Zhonglang General, he was appointed to guard the Weapons Supervision Office, and he had no real power in his hands. A school captain guarding the city gate was more popular than him.

Zheng Jing knew that it was impossible for Lu Dingshan to commit suicide. "

Of charges.

Mount Luding's "Suicide in Fear of Crime"

It's just an introduction, the real target of the treacherous Prime Minister Li Gang is him, and this time he is really planning to kill him.

The two sides quarreled fiercely, and finally the Empress Dowager Concubine Wu Hui made the decision, and the important ministers of both sides gathered in the Zheng Mansion to see what happened first.

This decision was very fair, the queen mother did not favor any side, but Ding Xi, the commander of the black guards, was reprimanded by her. If the Zheng family finds that something is missing, he will have to double the compensation.

In the eyes of the royalists, although the queen mother had to remain neutral and fair in this matter due to the power of Prime Minister Li Gang, she still favored them in some small matters, which made them happy and saw glimmer of hope.

Afterwards, a group of high-ranking civil servants and military generals left the palace surrounded by soldiers in the palace, and headed for the mansion of Shangshu Youpushezheng Jing in a mighty way. The people who received the news didn't know whether they were spontaneous or were they bewitched by others. The shouts of overthrowing the traitors came one after another, filling the hearts of the pale-faced royalists with despair, and public opinion has completely turned to the Li family. This time, They are doomed.

If there is such a big commotion, the loser means death. Their hearts are full of fear, anger, pessimism and despair. Shangshu Youpu shoots Zheng Jing, but they are the backbone. If he falls, what will happen in the future?

Everyone poured into the heavily guarded Zheng Mansion surrounded by black guards on the third floor, and waited for the result.

Although the Black Clothes Guard controlled the entire Zheng Mansion, he did not rummage through the boxes and everything was intact.

Ding Xi, who was known as the Living Yama, snorted, and all the black-clothed guards immediately began to search through boxes and boxes.

"Bastard thing, can you afford to accompany me if it breaks?"

"The old man won't give way, what are you doing? Hit me?"

"I'm just sitting here, you won't search other places first?"

"Hey, if you dare to touch this old man, I'll tell you to beat up the court officials and let the queen mother confiscate your whole family, hehe."

No matter what the outcome of the matter is, the royalists who are full of grief and indignation don't care about their words, and use all kinds of tricks to defraud people, which can make you sick to death.

Li Gang sat in the hall with Erlang legs crossed, sipping fragrant tea with a leisurely expression. He had endured it for so long, and this time he launched the attack, no matter what, he had to get rid of Zheng Jing and get rid of the arrogance of this group of royalists.

This gang of royalists lost Zheng Jing as the backbone, and Shen Shangde, the minister of rites, has long since turned around. I believe they can't make a name for themselves. They should be able to calm down for a while in the future, right?

Zheng Jing was sitting on the other side, his eyes were closed, his pale face was full of grief and despair.

He knew in his heart that this catastrophe could not be avoided no matter what. The Zheng family, which had a century-old foundation, was destroyed in his hands. How would he face the ancestors under the nine springs?

Not long after, a black-clothed guard reported that when searching Zheng Jing's study, he found a dark cabinet on the wall behind a bookcase, and a small locked iron box was hidden inside.

The small iron box was placed on the round table in the hall, and the two parties sat across the table, facing each other clearly, and a dozen tall and big special Yebushuo stood in the corner in the middle, staring at the group of royal guards party.

From the Li clan, more than a dozen military generals pressed their swords and surrounded Li Gang to prevent the royalists from jumping over the wall and fighting for their lives.

In fact, although literature is more important than martial arts these days, not all scholars and civil servants are powerless, and bowing and riding are still compulsory homework.

Although Li Gang is old, his skills are not weak, and he can definitely squeeze into the ranks of masters. Don't forget, when he was young, he was also a well-known ranger. , he is absolutely cruel.

Now, everyone's eyes are fixed on the small iron box on the round table, to be precise, on the copper lock of the small iron box.

In the hall, apart from the rapid breathing, the silence was almost suffocating.

Slowly, people's eyes began to shift to Shangshu's right servant shooting Zheng Jing.

This is Zheng Jing's mansion. The small iron box was found from a secret compartment in his study, so he should have the key to unlock it. The reason is as simple as 1+12.

"Does Zheng Pushe dare to open the lock to prove his innocence?"

Li Gang asked with a smile.

Zheng Jing's face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, and his eyes were fixed on the small iron box.

The small iron box belonged to him, so he naturally had the key to unlock it. He also remembered clearly what was in the iron box, and there was nothing Li Gang wanted.

However, if this small iron box is Li Gang's last trump card, another possibility cannot be ruled out.

Once again, the hall fell into suffocating silence.

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Some things are simply out of control.

Zheng Jing sighed helplessly, and was about to get up and go to the study, when he suddenly saw two guards in black bringing one person in, his eyes fell on that person, his pupils shrank suddenly, and his pale, bloodless old face instantly turned ashen .

The person who came was Zheng Zheng, his seventh younger brother, who has been in charge of managing Zheng's farm property, and has never been an official, so he is unknown.

Zheng Zheng's talent may not be as good as that of his older brothers, but he is definitely not incompetent. With Zheng Jing's official position and reputation, it is easy to get him an official position.

A family with a century-old name like the Zheng family has a big business and a lot of expenses. It must have a certain amount of financial resources to support it. Therefore, there must be a reliable person to take care of the business and the property of the farm. Under the arrangement of the elders, Zheng Zheng had to sacrifice his own future and silently take care of the family's property.

It would be strange if the elders made such an arrangement, Zheng Zheng had no complaints in his heart, it was just helpless.

As the eldest brother Zheng Jing's official position was promoted higher and higher, several older brothers and younger children followed suit and were promoted one after another. Zheng Zheng is still an unknown family property, but the resentment in his heart is getting heavier and heavier.

The Li family entered Chang'an strongly, and because of this, there were divisions within the Zheng family. They solemnly believed that attaching to the Li family could at least preserve their current glory, while most of the people headed by the patriarch Zheng Jing believed that this was a way to increase the reputation of the Zheng family. It is an excellent opportunity to reach the peak of power, and almost no one agrees with the solemn suggestion.

In desperation, Zheng Zheng continued to take care of the family property. While he was busy taking care of the family property, he secretly paid attention to the situation in North Korea and China. The development of the situation made him more convinced that his choice was not wrong. The opposition of the Li family, who is in power, is very likely to bring disaster to the Zheng family. Zheng Zheng is worried and helpless.

Zheng Jing is the head of the family and the third person in the Qin court. No one can shake his influence in the family. In addition, Li Gang's continuous concessions and compromises have confused everyone's eyes recently, and also made the royalists, including The members of the Zheng clan were extremely excited, completely unaware that the danger was approaching quietly.

The so-called authorities are obsessed, but the bystanders are clear. Zheng Zheng, as a bystander, is very clear-headed, and the Zheng family is facing annihilation at any time, but there is nothing he can do.

More than ten days ago, he was in a remote small hotel drinking to relieve his worries. An old friend from the past came to him uninvited and had a long talk with him.

This old friend had only joined the official position in the past two years. He belonged to the Li family and came to act as a lobbyist on behalf of Li Gang.

After weighing it carefully, in order to preserve the Zheng family, he had to make a painful choice, which is why today's play came about.

This good show was planned by Wu You, and the Black Clothes Guard was in charge of executing it. As the helm of the Li family, Li Gang naturally knew it clearly.

He squinted his eyes and looked at the man who was standing beside the round table with his head bowed to open the lock. The expression on his face was as indifferent and solemn as a stone carving, and he couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional.

From this matter alone, it can be seen that Zheng Zheng's extraordinary wisdom and insight, as well as the determination of a strong man to cut off his wrist, can be seen to be of good ability. Clan people are much stronger.

The elders of the Zheng family may have been blindfolded by lard. This kind of talent is not focused on cultivation, but they are arranged to take care of the family's property. The property is important, but the officialdom is more important to the aristocratic family. strength of power.

Originally, although there were conditions for Zheng Zheng's contribution, Li Gang did not have the idea of ​​killing Zheng Jing and destroying the Zheng family. He just wanted to remove Zheng Jing from the position of Shangshu Youpushe, and put him under house arrest in prison to achieve his goal. Naturally, he agreed to the conditions solemnly proposed.

He originally didn't want to push Zheng Zheng to the front, but Wu You and other confidant advisers thought that pushing Zheng Zheng would have many benefits, and if he had to be reused, it would not only alienate the royalist party, but also show the Li Gangrong's measurement can be said to be multiple in one fell swoop.

Zheng Jing looked at his seventh brother Zheng Zheng with a complicated expression, and his mind was full of thoughts. The previous anger gradually faded, turned into sadness and helplessness, and even gave birth to a feeling that even he thought was strange. He actually felt it at this moment. There is a kind of relief like a heavy burden has been lifted.

It seems that the seventh brother is right. Looking back on what I have done before, in fact, the reason why I have come to this point may be that I was blinded by the interests and ended up like this. If I had lowered my attitude a little bit, things would The result is not the case at all.

Well, the survival rules of the family, the big family, the second family and the third family are considered to be annihilated, but at least the Zheng family's seventh family has survived, but under the nine springs, he doesn't know how to face the ancestors, alas ...The small iron box that was opened contained several important blueprints stolen by the Bureau of Mechanical Supervision. can be said.

The default is equal to Fufa.

The expressions on the faces of all royalists were extremely rich, with mixed feelings in their hearts. Most of them stared fiercely at Zheng Zheng, treating him as a shameless villain who betrayed his relatives.

Zheng Jing glanced at Zheng Zheng with a complicated expression, then turned to Li Gang's face, and said indifferently: "Old man... I have nothing to say."

He knew in his heart that if Li Gang made such a big move, he was determined to punish him to death.

He couldn't prove his innocence, not to mention they wouldn't give him a chance to make a comeback, so he could only keep silent.

Ding Xi said: "Come here, invite Mr. Zheng to drink tea in Weili."

All the tea that Fu Tian Ce had just swallowed spouted out. This is the young master's "invention"

Yes, everyone who hangs out with the young master understands what it means. He just didn't expect that Ding Xi, who is known as the Living Yama, would suddenly feel so happy on such an occasion.

The incident quickly spread throughout Chang'an City. In the eyes of the common people, Zheng Jing became a traitor and was scolded to the point where he was utterly scolded.

The reaction of the upper class is different. In the eyes of most people, Zheng Zheng is a shameless traitor who betrayed his relatives and family.

Some people also praised him for making a decisive decision at the critical moment, at least keeping the Zheng family line from being cut off.

In short, there are different opinions, the benevolent see benevolence, and the wise see wisdom.

In this incident, Li Gang fully demonstrated the nature and means of monopolizing the power of the court. The right servant of Shangshu shot Zheng Jing and was thrown into death row. The entire Zheng family was implicated except Zheng Zheng's Qifang, and they were all demoted to common people. Land property was confiscated.

It is rumored that the Empress Dowager Concubine Wu Hui had to make compromises in order to preserve the Zheng Jing. In addition to the case of Wu You being framed for offering sacrifices to wine by the right military officer of the Hussar General's Mansion, several veteran officials of the royalist party who held important positions were all dismissed. People from the Li family took his place.

In this incident, the royalist party can be said to have suffered a great loss of vitality, and lost the backbone of Zheng Jing, and the rest of the people were confused and panicked.

Li Gang dealt with the royalist party severely, and then sent Wu You to negotiate with Tang envoy Sun Zhongyuan. Wu You messed around and made all kinds of tricks, and the two sides couldn't reach a conclusion at all, so Sun Zhongyuan had no choice but to set off to return home.

It seems that at the same time, a 500-strong Qin mission was sent to the Jin Empire.

Chapter 341 Is Pirated

The so-called general trend of the world is to divide and unite, to unite for a long time, to unite for a long time, once the war of the century is over, the empires can't wait to open their borders to facilitate business exchanges between merchants and border residents. Life beats death.

In fact, it is not difficult to explain this weird phenomenon. To put it bluntly, it is just a word of money.

Although border trade taxation does not account for a large proportion of the national fiscal revenue, it is still a large amount. This is not counting the bulk swallowed up by various forces secretly. If it is really calculated, it is definitely an astronomical figure.

No one will be troubled by money, the richest emperor in the world is the same, it costs money to spend a lot of money, the ministers need to be paid for work, the army that maintains the ruling position costs a lot of money to support, and it takes a lot of money to fight wars In short, all kinds of expenses must rely on various taxes to increase fiscal revenue, and border trade tariffs are an indispensable part of fiscal revenue.

The mainland is also dominated by aristocratic families. These aristocratic families have their own land, shops, and caravans. The powerful aristocratic families even monopolize the industry in a certain area, earning more money to maintain huge expenses, and the things produced by the farm workshops. In addition to keeping a small part of the stuff for personal use, you have to sell it to make money. You can’t make much money if you sell it locally. If you sell it in other places or abroad, you can earn at least several times. Yes, if you buy low and sell high, you can earn a lot of money. Therefore, as long as there is no war, the border has to be opened. Even if the king doesn't want to open it, he can't bear the huge pressure of the aristocratic family.

We have just finished the war, and if we want to open the border, we have to submit official credentials. This is a procedure, and it is tantamount to telling the people and businessmen on the border that we are together again, and everyone can rest assured to do business and make money.

After the borders are opened, the monarchs of the empires will send special envoys to visit each other to consolidate the "friendship" between the two countries, etc. This is diplomacy in the national policy, and it is also a very common practice. Although hypocritical, it is indispensable.

The missions of the Qin Empire went to the Jin Empire based on this principle. Among the servants, Wei Song was the official envoy, escorted by three hundred feather guards, and the size of the mission reached more than 500 people.

Surrounded by ten guards including Qinger Xiao Xiaoxiaoye Chongyang and his wife, Li Wei also embarked on the journey to the Jin Empire. They did not mix with the mission, but used their status as one of the shareholders of the Universal Chamber of Commerce as a cover to go to the Jin Empire. Jin Empire.

It has been a long time since he received a reply from the beauty of Ming Dynasty, and even the guard Sun Xiaoer sent to deliver the letter did not come back. Li Wei naturally felt uneasy, and decided to go to find out the reason himself. Xijing to investigate.