Chapter 675 The royal family is involved, a little carelessness can ruin the family
Chapter 675: The matter involves the royal family. If you are not careful, you may be in danger of destroying your family (please subscribe)
In the residence of Zheng Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the young third son who had previously appeared in the courtyard of Zheng Xingshou was sitting in front of the table at this moment.
Sitting facing the case in a low voice, Zheng Shilang with a solemn face reported what he knew about the books from Zheng Xingshou.
"...Father, I really can't understand what kind of methods they used.
We were able to print so many books within half a year."
Zheng Shilang pondered for a moment, but then said something that made Third Young Master Zheng a little confused.
"You just said that Zheng Wenda mentioned the printing shop that used to print some unorthodox things.
The person named Xu turned it around and gave it to the person named Cheng, and now it has become the printing shop of Princess Jinyang’s property.”
"Yes, father. Could it be..."
"Since he said that the printing shop fell into the hands of an official named Cheng, it then changed hands and became the property of Princess Jinyang.
During this period, we have been recruiting craftsmen and expanding aggressively."
"But I haven't seen any output from it. Don't you think there is something fishy here?"
"Father, maybe these books come from Jinyang Bookstore?"
"At least there is such a possibility... However, it is simply impossible for a single bookstore to print so many books in just half a year."
"Father, if that's the case, should we continue to investigate?"
After Master Zheng stroked his long beard and pondered for a long time, he first shook his head slowly, and finally nodded again.
"But if anything involves the royal family, if you are not careful, you may be in danger of destroying your family and annihilating your clan. So... we need to investigate, but you don't need to do it anymore."
"I will write and return to the clan, and ask the clan members to secretly investigate."
Similar scenes and scenes appeared in the houses of high-ranking officials and dignitaries from aristocratic families who became official officials in the court.
Everyone was just making small moves in secret, but they didn't dare to investigate openly. After all, the matter involved His Highness the Crown Prince. Once the Emperor was angered, things would be more troublesome.
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However, with the 1.4 million books, they were counted and summarized by the Ministry of Rites, the Imperial College and other relevant departments, and handed over to the Secretary for distribution.
First of all, your name, address, place of origin, etc. must be recorded in the register to prevent anyone from claiming more than you deserve.
With the many private schools inside and outside Chang'an city as examples, and the topic caused by the prince's return to Chang'an yesterday.
Departments such as the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College also came forward. On the first day, more than 10,000 copies were distributed.
Li Shimin took into account the situation of the various states in the Tang Dynasty and did not distribute all the books presented by the prince here.
Instead, Fang Xuanling, the famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, was appointed to be responsible for the distribution, so that each Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty could obtain as few as ten thousand copies of the "Thousand Character Classic" and as many as two to thirty thousand copies, and then distribute them to various states and counties through the government.
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As for "The Analects of Confucius", even in a wild place like Lingnan Road, almost three thousand sets were obtained.
In the words of the emperor, it is to let the people of all the states and states in the Tang Dynasty feel the benevolence and love of His Highness the Crown Prince.
Cheng Chubi received the reward and also got a few days of rest. On the third day, he heard that the procedures for granting the title had been completed.
Cheng Chubi immediately led a group of Cheng Chubi's servants to a mansion diagonally across from the old Cheng's house and stood a few steps away. The official who was waiting for Cheng Chubi to hand over greeted Cheng Chubi with a smile.
Send the keys and deed.
"Respectfully, Mr. Cheng, this residence of the former county magistrate is large and spacious. Although it is a bit old, the court has always sent servants to clean and maintain it regularly."
"Thank you, thank you, um, why is this key so green?" Cheng Chubi smacked his lips and looked at the key in his hand.
Looking at the patina and rust stains on it, I always feel like it's fart to say that the handyman regularly cleans and maintains it.
The fat-headed official blinked twice quickly, lowered his eyebrows and said calmly.
"Ah, this...haha, Uncle Cheng County is worried, this is an old house after all, it's normal for things to be a little old."
Cheng Chubi had nothing else to say. After all, the other party came to give him a house, and it was not his house.
After waiting for the official to instruct the guards to tear off the seal stuck on the door, Cheng Chubi personally unlocked the door.
With a lot of force, the creaking sound made his scalp numb. Cheng Chubi felt that what he was pushing was not the door of the house, but the dusty history.
Cheng Chubi's face turned dark when he looked at it. He looked at the fallen leaves and branches in the front yard. There was even one that fell dead not far ahead, whether due to hunger and cold or some other reason.
A wild bird with its bones exposed.
"It was just cleaned regularly last summer, Uncle Cheng. I can swear to God on this."
The official wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and felt that the desolate scene in front of him was really a bit of a slap in the face.
Cheng Chubi reluctantly twitched his lips, giving the official who came to take over the matter some face.
Pointing at the weeds stretching out from the cracks in the stone slabs, he said something slightly complimentary.
"Well, after a winter, it's understandable that it's a bit chaotic. After all, the greenery here is pretty good."
As soon as these words came out of his mouth, the servant behind him burst out laughing and quickly held it back.
Not only are weeds protruding from the flagstones on the ground, but there are also bushes growing inside this house, and there are many towering ancient trees inside.
Well, the greening is really good. This kind of place with too many towering trees is very suitable for martial arts movies. After all, it is easy to hide assassins.
The official led the way and led Cheng Chubi, the new owner of the mansion, to visit the house.
This is a house that is not as big as Lu Guogong's mansion, but it is not too small. It probably occupies about ten acres of land.
It's big enough, and there's even a ruins of a pond in the atrium... It's called a ruins because it's mostly filled with mud, dead branches and rotten leaves.
The sight of unknown insects and ants crawling everywhere made Cheng Chubi, the ant killer, feel his scalp numb. He wished he could go back to his hometown to get some boiled water and pour several large pots of water here to vent his hatred.
Cheng Chubi strode forward loudly, while the housekeeper Fu Shu beside him looked around excitedly, seeming to be very satisfied with the house.
"Not bad, not bad. After all, this house has been abandoned for more than 20 years, but except for a few houses that need to be demolished and rebuilt, most of them are fine.
There are quite capable people in the house, so let’s clean it up and send a few brothers to guard it first and take good care of it…”
As soon as the steward Fu Shu finished speaking, Cheng Chubi saw the official who was leading the way suddenly screamed strangely and took two steps back.
Then I saw a huge rat scurrying past.
As soon as Cheng Chubi took a breath, he saw a cat chasing the huge mouse in the direction it disappeared.
"Mouse!" A trembling scream rang out with excitement.
"I'm coming!" The last sentence was called by brothers Lao Wu and Lao Liu in unison.