such as Yue Linyuan

"The last time Shi Shangshu knelt here, he said that although he was greedy, he never delayed his official duties, and the military supplies and rations of the frontier wars were never wrong. This king is quite curious. In this world, there are really corrupt officials. At the same time, he has such a sense of responsibility, knowing what to be greedy and what not to be greedy." Chu Yuezhi raised his hand, and Zhou Ji behind him handed several old letters to him, "I don't want to wrong a good person, so naturally I have to investigate The last time I checked, I found something unexpected. Does Shi Shangshu have any impression of these letters?"

Shi Huai raised his head, and when he saw the letter in Chu Yuezhi's hand, his face turned paler, and he said, "If the old minister says he has no impression, would Prince An let him go?"

"Let it go? This king can't understand Shi Shangshu's words." Chu Yuezhi opened one of the letters, unfolded the letter paper, and said: "This king remembers that Shi Shangshu has been against it all these years. The neighboring small countries have too many trade exchanges, and they have repeatedly proposed to strengthen the maritime ban, and when the smugglers continue to be prohibited, they have also proposed to abolish the shipping department in Quanzhou, Mingzhou and other places."

The sea ban policy of Daheng Kingdom has been changing over the years. When the ban was the most stringent, sea people were prohibited from going out to sea privately, and the size of civilian ships was also restricted. With his efforts, the sea ban was gradually relaxed. Although merchants from the Daheng Kingdom were still prohibited from going to sea to do business, the tribute trade was opened again.

Seven years ago, when Chu Yuelei ascended the throne and Si Yuanting became the eunuch, he adjusted the trade policy again, lifting the sea ban. Merchants can also go to sea to do business. If a businessman wants to go to sea to do business, he needs to register and record the identity of the peddler. Southeast Merchants along the coast were able to sell far and wide.Soon after the implementation of the New Maritime Trade Policy, Si Yuanting ordered to further standardize the policy and set up a supervisory office.The Governor's Office mainly manages private overseas trade. Although many merchants registered as public dealers after the sea ban was lifted, there are still many private dealers among the people. Therefore, after discussing with the ministers, Si Yuanting decided not to punish the private dealers with strong measures. Instead, smugglers are allowed to carry out sea trade, but private smugglers' sea trade will be taxed through the Governor's Office.

The Governor's Office issued a series of related prohibitions against smugglers. Among them, ships that go out to sea for trade according to the list are not allowed to carry prohibited items;In view of the troubles of Japanese pirates in the past dynasties, smugglers are not allowed to trade with the Eastern Kingdom without authorization. If they go there without permission, they will be punished as "trafficking with Japanese pirates".

The coastal trade after the lifting of the sea ban has obviously stimulated the economy of the Daheng country. Although the economic development of the Daheng country has received strong support before, it still appears weak, and the self-sufficiency model cannot allow the economy to truly develop.After the opening of the sea trade, only one place in Quanzhou has used hundreds of thousands of silver for both public and private use. A huge market has been opened up in Eryang for various silk products, porcelain, and tea lamp products. got replenished.

It's just that Shi Huai has always been extremely opposed to these lifting policies implemented by Si Yuanting.

Although Shi Huai is the Minister of the Household Department, his views on maritime trade are very conservative.He insisted that the sea ban was the best blow to smuggling and Japanese pirates at sea, and believed that a strict sea ban was more effective for the stability of the coastal areas, and could also effectively protect the Daheng Kingdom.

"I didn't expect that Shi Shangshu, who is so opposed to maritime trade, would collude with foreigners in private, stealing gold from the treasury and reselling it." Chu Yuezhi opened the letters one by one, and all the handwritten letters inside were written by Shi. Holding Huai's hand, looking at Shi Huai with a sluggish face, Chu Yue insisted, "No wonder Shi Shangshu, who opposed the lifting of the ban on maritime trade, suddenly changed his position against the war on the frontier, became the main combatant, and was so careful to protect his country. It turns out that Shi Shangshu’s mother was a Tatar for the army’s supplies and rations during Wang Zheng’s battle. It seems that Shi Shangshu has been coerced a lot in order to hide this matter all these years.”

Shi Huai understood that it was useless for him to justify himself, so he smiled wryly and said dejectedly: "Yes, the old minister never thought that the old minister's father would tell his mother that her mother died of dystocia since she was a child, but she didn't want to enter the court and become an official, but went abroad When the envoy came to the court to trigger the matter of Mr. Si, he was approached by one of the envoy's party and learned that his biological mother was a Tatar. Only then did the old official know that his biological mother had secretly sneaked into Daheng's country to spy information, but I didn’t want to fall in love with my father and have me. I wanted to leave the Tatars and stay with my father, but in the end I was found and taken away in front of my father.”

He has studied the sage books for many years. Although he was an official in the court, his intentions were not right, but he was taught by his upright and honest father since he was a child. He is still a patriot and has a deep sense of belonging and dignity to the Daheng Kingdom.However, all of this was suddenly overturned, and he learned that half of his blood came from a foreign race, which made him very sad and angry, and also resented his father.

The Tatar who found him was the younger brother of his biological mother, who committed suicide shortly after being brought back to Tatar, and the reason for finding him was to persuade him to be their Tatar spy.But how could he agree?So his blood uncle threatened him that if he didn't agree, he would reveal the fact that he was half of the alien blood, and see how he would continue to be an official in the court.As a last resort, he had no choice but to give in.

But he is not a person who easily accepts his fate and is at the mercy of others, so after he overthrew the Huangfu family and successfully clinged to the princelings, he discovered that Chu Yuelei intended to promote the frontier war. After thinking twice, he took the initiative to surrender to Chu Yuelei , expressing his willingness to change his position and follow Chu Yuelei as the main combat faction.The change in his position played an important role at that time. He was originally a man with long sleeves and a good dancer. Since he became a princeling, many officials were willing to follow him, and he was able to speak eloquently. Persuaded several ministers who remained neutral to join the main battle faction, so when Chu Yuezhi asked for an order to go out, many ministers and officials in the main battle faction headed by Chu Yuelei were recruited by him, so that he could win the battle there. Gain an advantage in the one-month court battle.

He is a native of the Daheng country. He studied hard for many years and became an official in the court. He finally climbed to the position he wanted. How could he lose everything he already had because of a mere Tatar?Whether to advocate war or oppose war is a matter of principle, but when it comes to vital interests, he just abandons the principle so what.

During those years when he was coerced into collaborating with the enemy, the news he sent out was always half-truth and half-false, and before Chu Yuezhi led the troops to go out, he even sent several letters to stabilize his uncle, expressing convincingly that The Daheng Kingdom will never take the initiative to initiate a war.He understands that only when Chu Yuezhi wins the frontier battle can he get rid of the suffering of his life experience, so for so many years, he will be greedy for anything else, but he will never be greedy for military supplies, food and salaries, not only will he not be greedy, but he will never be greedy. The people under him are not allowed to be corrupt, and once he finds that any officials try to sell military supplies without telling him, he will immediately punish them severely.

When Chu Yuezhi finally won the long frontier battle and built a border defense line to return to the court, he thought he was finally free from this threat, but he didn't expect that although his uncle died in the battle, the uncle's son Still alive, not only alive, but also found him again, and this time, not for his collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country, but only for money.The Tatars were killed by Chu Yuezhi, no matter how difficult it is, seeking money at this time is extremely important for the Tatars.And the evidence of half of his Tatar blood was still held by his uncle's son. He wanted to exchange the evidence through trading, but the uncle's son was not stupid. Only by holding the evidence can he exchange for a steady stream of wealth. How could he easily return the evidence to him? In addition, his uncle let him deceive him before the war, and now his uncle's son is extremely guarded against him. He reached into the treasury to steal gold for smelting, intending to use this as a bait to get the uncle's son to bring the evidence to trade with him in person, and then he would carefully arrange to get back the evidence and kill him.

It was a detailed plan, but I never expected that my uncle's son would be arrested and taken to Dongchang just after his uncle's son sent a letter informing him that he had arrived in the capital.

After listening to Shi Huai's confession, Chu Yuezhi's face remained unchanged, and he only said in a low voice, "Since we're all in the capital, I won't entertain you any longer, and I'm sorry for Shi Shangshu's painstaking efforts."

Chu Yuezhi's dislike for the Tatars was almost rooted in his heart. Among the tribal alliances on the frontier, the tribes he killed the most and destroyed most were the Tatar tribes.In the past few years since he returned to Beijing, his knowledge of the border situation came from the secret reports of the troops stationed on the border. Although he surrendered his military power, he brought out the imperial army. The soldiers still only recognize him as the commander-in-chief, and only obey his orders instead of recognizing the soldier talisman.

At the beginning, the Tatars were not exterminated, firstly because he did not want to kill the old and weak women and children, and secondly because he wanted to let other foreign tribes understand that as long as they bowed their heads and surrendered to the Daheng Kingdom, they would no longer have undue dissatisfaction , Daheng Kingdom will give them a chance of life, this is the demeanor of lenient and fierce assistance to the country.

However, Chu Yuezhi will never show mercy to the Tatars who dare to sneak into the border of the Daheng Kingdom. After the son of Shihuai's uncle is caught and people spit out all the confessions, he will naturally not stay. live.

"Prince An and Mr. Si, I don't know if the previous agreement to save the life of the veteran still counts?" When Shi Huai's background was revealed, he lost his previous composure. The Tatars, and now Prince An still has a lot to do with the company who was killed by the Tatar envoys. He is afraid that no matter how many people he confesses, it will be difficult to save his life.

Chu Yue stayed silent, and didn't even look at Shi Huai again. Just when Shi Huai thought he was doomed this time, Si Yuanting said, "Naturally, Shi Shangshu can rest assured. Now It's not yet time for King Yan to come and take Shi Shangshu away."

Shi Huai looked at Si Yuanting, and the dim candlelight in the interrogation room illuminated Si Yuanting's stern and seductive face. the chill.

He wants to live, but how to live and how long he can live is obviously out of his control.