After asking several times in detail, Li Shan emphatically asked about Rong Jiusi's whereabouts in the past six months. Fan Feng answered them one by one, very clearly. Fan Shiyi occasionally gave some reminders. Relatively speaking, he understood the whole story better.
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The original target was Feng Lun, because he was the most critical figure, but since he was the Prime Minister at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, Li Shansheng was afraid of an accident, so he changed his target to Rong Jiusi.
"What do you do for a living on weekdays?" Li Shan suddenly changed the topic.
Fan Shiyi smiled and said: "He is a salesman on weekdays. He travels around the streets and is often in the villages around Chang'an. He also comes to Zhuangzi once a month."
Fan Feng's mother lives in Sun Moon Lake and comes once a month as a salesman, apparently to visit her.
"Yeah." Li Shan smiled, "Let's live in Chang'an for the time being... Change your career, and someone will take care of you later."
"yes."
"Stop for now." Li Shan added: "If there is something important and Fan Shiyi is not here, you can go straight to Qu Silang."
"yes."
Watching Fan Shiyi lead Fan Feng out, Li Shan got up and paced back and forth in the study, gradually falling into deep thought. In his mind, a faint line gradually emerged, but there was one thing he couldn't figure out.
Although many people mentioned Zhao Yuankai in a disdainful tone, Li Shan did not have any special feelings... There will be such people in all eras. Who doesn't want to climb up?
Are there fewer people who are shameless in order to climb up?
Not to mention the example of Li Dewu is still before us. Even Li Shan himself, didn’t he try his best to climb up again and again in his previous life?
Li Shan felt the same way about Zhao Yuankai. When he knew that this person was not accepted by both the prince and the King of Qin because of his bad reputation, he even had the intention to use this person... It does not involve seizing the legitimate son, and his reputation will be ruined, but he can do things.
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But just before taking up his new post, after hearing Cui Xin mention that Zhao Yuankai was in charge of grain storage and warehouse management, Li Shan was keenly aware of something and made some vague guesses.
This is just intuition, without any evidence, but Li Shan had some temptations when he took office on the first day, and mentioned his intention to inspect the granary in the pass... Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuankai actually took action, at least he expressed it under conditioned reflexes
Resistance towards Li Shan.
Li Shan immediately noticed something strange.
The reason why Zhao Yuankai's reputation was ruined was largely because this person did not hesitate to flatter others in order to climb up. Why he wanted to cling to the East Palace or the King of Qin was just to gain a leg.
Now the East Palace and the Prince of Qin's Mansion are not accepting him. For Zhao Yuankai, being included in the clan, canonized as a prince, famous all over the world, and trusted by saints, Li Shan, Prince of Handan, with the support of Princess Pingyang, is not a big leg in front of him.
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You don’t even want thighs like this?
Not only does he not want it, he is also so repulsive... This is not Zhao Yuankai's temperament, unless he has something to hide.
What is the unspeakable secret?
Either Zhao Yuankai has a better choice... But this is impossible. Neither the East Palace nor the Prince of Qin's Palace wants him. How can he still fall in Li Yuan's eyes?
Or, Zhao Yuankai has already made other choices.
Li Shan's eyes were dim, staring at the dancing candlelight. In the past ten days, he had rejected three attempts to explain things to Zhao Yuankai. Fortunately, Cui Xin and Li Qianyou were not persuaded, otherwise he would have been a little passive.
Just two days ago, Zhao Yuankai, through some unknown relationship, actually invited Liu Jun from the Liu family in Hedong who fought alongside Li Shan in Shandong.
Li Shan had enough reasons to refuse Liu Jun's explanation. After all, it was he who saved Liu Jun, not Liu Jun who saved him. But Li Shan was also secretly angry, so he let the news out in Sinong Temple the next day. Set off the next day to inspect the granaries in the pass.
In this case, Zhao Yuankai invited Rong Jiusi.
Moreover, he was not aboveboard, but secretly went to find Rong Jiusi in the middle of the night.
Rong Jiusi has some reputation in Chang'an, but he is not outstanding in any aspect, and there is nothing special about him. Except for one thing, he is a confidant of Qi King Li Yuanji.
Li Shan picked up the cup and drank some water, thinking that his intuition at the time was right. Zhao Yuankai failed to gain the acceptance of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, so driven by desperation or other factors, he finally chose Li Yuanji.
This time, he forced Zhao Yuankai into a corner, and the other party finally contacted Rong Jiusi...or maybe Qi King Li Yuanji arranged for Rong Jiusi to come forward.
The fact that Zhao Yuankai was Li Yuanji's son was nothing. Li Yuanji was Li Yuan's legitimate son and founded the imperial family. Although his leadership ability and conduct were criticized, he had to admit that he had the possibility of inheriting the throne.
If Li Shimin could defeat Li Jiancheng and get Li Yuan's permission to take over the East Palace, he should not rely on his military exploits, so in terms of qualifications, Li Yuanji was not inferior to Li Shimin.
But in the eyes of a time traveler, this is no small matter... Historical records record that when fighting against the King of Qin, Prince Li Jiancheng once promised King Li Yuanji of Qi to make him the crown prince.
Sometimes history books are not more reliable than unofficial histories, but one thing is for sure, Li Yuanji must have wanted to seize the throne.
Li Shan thought of so many, so many... Of course there was a reason.
That day when Cui Xin mentioned that Zhao Yuankai was responsible for grain storage and warehouse management, the name Li Yuanji suddenly jumped into Li Shan's mind.
Everything started from the Yuhuchun incident that year. When Wang Renyou made a move, Du Yan hurried up and asked Wei Qingsi, the prince's family minister, to take action. Finally, Li Shan brought the matter directly to Du Ruhui to solve the problem. .
Although the matter was resolved, he and Du Yan eventually became enemies because Du Ruhui gave a large shop in the West Market to Li Shan... and that shop was the property left by Du Yan's mother Guo , Du Ruhui’s father and Du Yan are half-brothers.
Not to mention that Ling Jing had taken Du Yan's position before, and then Fang Xuanling asked Xiancai to solve the problem. There was also a grudge between Du Yan and Ling Jing.
In this case, Li Shan targeted Du Yan, and the person in charge of this matter at that time was Fan Shiyi.
Li Shan soon discovered the anomaly. After Du Yan took over Yuhuchun, the saint issued a ban on alcohol. Although it did not have much binding force on the Jingzhao Du family, it still had to impose heavy taxes, but Yuhuchun The sales volume is increasing day by day.
Where did Du Yan get so much grain to make wine?
The price of rice in Guanzhong is getting higher and higher day by day. If there is no cheap grain, wine making may be a loss-making business.
Fan Shiyi followed this line and found Fangzhou, and also found out that Du Yan and Feng Lun had no contact on the surface, but they often had contact after curfew.
But then Fan Shiyi followed Li Shan north to Daizhou. Before leaving, he recommended his clan brother Fan Feng. This ordinary middle-aged man had been staying in Chang'an for more than a year, keeping an eye on a few people for Li Shan.