The source of everything is the Yuhu Spring Festival last year.
The creation of Yu Huchun was an accident, and using Yu Huchun to do business was just Li Shan's desire to make a fortune, but what happened next made everything escape his control.
The stupid Wang Renyou was just an introduction. Later, Du Yan secretly asked Wei Qingsi, the prince's family minister in the East Palace, to seal the Yuhuchun Restaurant. Li Shan finally managed to resolve the matter directly in front of Du Ruhui.
The incident happened just before and after Li Shan went to take the exam. If Chen Shuda had not come forward for the piece "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", he would have been rejected by Feng Lun, who was the Minister of Civil Affairs at the time.
The two incidents seemed to have nothing to do with each other, and Li Shan was not connected until another incident happened not long after.
When the sage Li Yuan issued a ban on alcohol, Li Shan unexpectedly discovered that the Yuhuchun wine shop that Du Yan took over not only did not close down, but was still in operation...it was just a matter of paying more taxes.
Li Shan was very surprised by this. The reason why he issued the prohibition on alcohol was because of the lack of food in Guanzhong. Even if the Jingzhao Du family was a local wealthy family, they could not always provide so much food.
What's more, the shortage of food has caused the price of rice to rise. If it is used to make wine, the profit has actually been greatly reduced. Why should Du Yan do this?
Du Yan was one of the officials in the Tiance Mansion who clearly showed hostility to Ling Jing, and at the same time he had a grudge with himself... He was born in the Du family in Jingzhao. Although he was Du Ruhui's uncle, the uncle-nephew bond formed a knot that would never be resolved in his life.
Li Shan was not polite and sent people to keep an eye on this guy. The person in charge of this matter was Fan Shiyi.
Fan Shiyi lived up to Li Shan's expectations. After staying there for a long time, he unexpectedly discovered that Du Yan and Feng Lun lived together in Yankangfang and often visited each other after the night curfew.
Logically speaking, Du Yan served as the secretary of Tiance Mansion and joined the army, and Feng Lun was the Sima of Tiance Mansion. The two were colleagues and close neighbors, so it was normal for them to interact in private... But Li Shan sensitively sensed something strange.
Because Ling Jing told Li Shan that Du Yan and Feng Lun had little contact with each other, and it was not known that the two had any friendship.
After a short weighing, Li Shan decided to start with the source of food. This was not the most likely clue to discover the inside story, but it was a visible clue that was most likely to cause problems.
However, Li Shan later went to Dai County. Fan Shiyi was a scout in the army and could not stay in Chang'an. Before leaving, he recommended Fan Feng and kept an eye on Du Yan and tracked the food line.
After returning to Chang'an this time, Li Shan went to Chang'an City the next day and drank Yuhuchun at Dongshan Restaurant and Pingkangfang. After asking tactfully, he learned that Du Yan's business has been booming in the past six months.
In terms of wineries alone, there are seven or eight wine shops opened.
Li Shan became even more suspicious. Guan Nei cannot be compared with Hedong. The latter is directly connected to Luoyang and Hebei. However, Guan Nei, especially around Jingzhao, is still short of food.
After listening to Fan Feng's brief explanation, Li Shan hesitated and said: "In the former Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty moved his wealthy family to Maoling, and later Du Yannian moved to Duling again. Then the Du family in Jingzhao and Zhuangzi were probably in the southeast of Chang'an, but all the food came from Beijing.
It was sent from Fangzhou, north of Zhaofu."
"It must be official grain." Fan Feng whispered: "The Sui Dynasty built granaries in Guanzhong. There were only two granaries near Jingzhao. One was Huazhou and the other was Fangzhou."
This answer was not beyond Li Shan's expectation. Now that the spring plowing has passed and the winter wheat harvest has not yet begun, it is the time when the harvest is dry, and the price of food has gradually begun to rise... Without low-priced food, the business of Yuhuchun
Not to mention making a lot of money, considering the cost of manpower and material resources, you might even lose money.
If you want to buy low-priced grains in large quantities on the market, even the name of Jingzhao Du Family is not easy to use...the only possibility is official grains.
It is Li Yuan's business to rectify the officialdom, and it is Li Shimin's business from now on. Li Shan is not that leisurely and elegant. He listened to Fan Feng's short words to explain his inquiries in Fangzhou, and thought that if it weren't for Fan Feng, he would still be here.
It's really hard to find out.
"Fangzhou Sicang joined the army and was in charge of warehouse affairs." Li Shan tapped his knees rhythmically with his fingertips, "The son-in-law of the Bohai Feng clan..."
"That's right." Fan Feng nodded and said, "There are many people who know about this matter. The villain pretended to be a grain merchant and offered bribes...but this person refused."
Li Shan raised his eyebrows and refused the bribe... That meant that a large amount of official grain was shipped out of the warehouse and sent to Du's winery in Jingzhao. It was not for money, but for other purposes.
"This man's son comes to Chang'an every once in a while to visit Feng Lun."
"This is normal, after all, we are in-laws."
"The next day, Rong Jiusi, who joined the army in the press office of Prince Qi, visited Feng Lun." Fan Shiyi explained.
"This is normal." Li Shan shook his head and said, "Rong Jiusi is from the Wujing Rong family in Beiping. His cousin Rong Jianxu is an old friend of the former Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. He is quite famous for his political management. He is related by marriage to the Bohai Feng family."
The year before last, Li Shan was taken out of Beijing by Li Qianyou, and he had a lot of interactions with Rong Jiusi on the way... Although the imperial court is now seizing the rightful son, the exchanges between powerful families will not be affected too much. This does not mean that Feng Lun or even Du Yan will be
The reason for hooking up with King Qi.
"It's not just one day." Fan Feng continued: "Every time this person visits Feng Lun, Rong Jiusi comes to pay homage the next day. He enters the palace that day... It should be to Wude Hall."
"From August last year to the first month of this year, there were a total of eight times, and it was the same every time."
Wude Hall is the palace of Qi King Li Yuanji.
Li Shan didn't ask any more questions. This reason was reasonable and couldn't be such a coincidence... Eight times in a row, once a month on average, it was obviously arranged.
Li Shan knew nothing about the specific details, but one thing was certain now: Li Yuanji would never be reconciled to a princely title.
Historically, Li Yuanji could obviously avoid the fate of his son being executed and his wife being taken over. He had little military exploits and no ability to manage politics. He would not be feared by the prince or the King of Qin. As long as he did not
If we help each other, we will be able to live a stable life.
Li Shan didn't believe the nonsense about the crown prince's brother promised by Li Jiancheng in the history books, but if Li Yuanji had no interest in the position of prince, how could he be killed in the Xuanwumen Incident?
In this life, Li Jiancheng lost his military exploits in capturing Liu Heita and pacifying Shandong. Although Li Shimin's situation was much better than in the original time and space, he was eventually suppressed by Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng.
The key is that now the East Palace has lost its prestige, so Li Yuanji is starting to make moves.
"Feng Lun..." Li Shan murmured: "Now he is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry..."
"Ahem." Fan Shishi said in a low voice: "I came to the city today to hear that... His Majesty summoned Feng Lun, and he was very happy. He was promoted to Duke of Tao and was promoted to Secretary."
"Zhongshu Ling?" Li Shan's eyes dropped.
From Minister of the Ministry of Industry to Zhongshu Ling, to the rank of Prime Minister, this is no ordinary favor!
Moreover, in the former Sui Dynasty, there were two senior officials, Zhongshu Ling and Zhongshu Ling. However, after the founding of the Li and Tang Dynasties, there was always only one Zhongshu Ling. Now Feng Lun has filled the vacancy.
Calculated in this way, Li Yuanji's strength is not too weak, both openly and secretly. Li Sixing, one of the heroes of Taiyuan Yuanmou, secretly has Zhongshu Ling Feng Lun.
Li Shan sighed, thinking that the deceased Empress Dou was really no ordinary person. Look at her four biological sons and one daughter, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Princess Pingyang, and Li Yuanji.
The young Li Xuanba was also a great man holding an eight hundred kilogram drum, gold hammer and scolding the heavens.