Li Siye put his hands on his hips and said with a smile: "Yes, the world belongs to the saint, but as an emperor, he has only been to Mount Tai, or only traveled between Chang'an and Luoyang, or stayed between the three major palaces and Huaqing Palace. There are countless rare and exotic treasures in the world waiting for us to discover them and bring them to him, and he actually likes to see new things more than anyone else."
Cao Anding nodded as if he had been taught something: "I understand."
"You have to remember that the difference between Jiedushi and other vassal towns is that I am not short of money. So after you enter Chang'an this time, first contact Micha Gan, the richest man in Chang'an who made his fortune in the pepper business. He is my man .You two must work together. First, keep an eye on Yang Guozhong to prevent him from being used by An Lushan to target us. Secondly, Yang Guozhong is not very reliable. I need to bribe a few reliable people in the court to join my side, such as Wei Jiansu. , Cui Yuan, Cui Huan, Ji Wen and others, I will ask someone to prepare some greeting cards for you later. After entering Chang'an, you can visit them one by one in my name. Third, the expansion of the Anxi Army in Beiting requires good armor, you I used money to open up a connection between the Ministry of War and the Shaofu Temple Beidu Military Supervisor, purchased all the armor from various channels and transported it to Hexi. Finally, I kept an eye on Fan Yangping and Lu Jinzouyuan of Anlu Mountain to find out their movements. Then make your own judgment, can you do it?"
Cao Anding immediately knelt down on one knee and clasped his hands, with his thumbs raised high in his arms. With a sense of honor and excitement about the mission on his face, he said loudly: "Doctor Li, don't worry, Cao Anding will handle everything in Chang'an." An errand that will live up to your trust."
"Okay!" Li Siye held Cao Anding's arm with both hands to help him up, and said happily: "Go down and get ready and leave as soon as possible."
"Here!"
He walked backwards to the door, turned around and was about to cross the threshold when Li Siye suddenly stopped him: "By the way, there is one more thing. When you went to Chang'an and passed by the Huaqing Palace in Lishan Mountain, you selected a site at the foot of the mountain to build a warehouse. After entering Chang'an, Let Michagan send people to provide money and efforts to ensure privacy and security, because there will be a large amount of sandalwood stored in the warehouse in the future."
Cao Anding didn't understand what Li Siye was doing building a sandalwood warehouse in Lishan Mountain. Since the leader gave the order, he just had to do it unconditionally.
The meeting hall was finally empty, and Li Siye was about to move behind the screen, taking a moment out of his busy schedule to go to the inner courtyard to accompany Twelve Mother and the children.
Another guard from outside ran to the door, crossing his arms across the distance to report: "Report! Dai Wang, a member of the Hucao army, has sent an official document, reporting that the Yangguan Western Region Trading Company has been out of stock for ten days."
"Out of stock?" He quickly turned around from behind the screen and asked in surprise: "Why is it out of stock? Give me the official document."
The guard presented the official document, and Li Siye tore open the envelope and read it carefully, roughly understanding the situation.
The spice pepper delivered by the Western Region Chamber of Commerce from the post station is out of stock. There must be a problem with the thousands of miles long transportation line of the post station. However, four-fifths of the entire pepper transportation line is under his control. Including the Hidden Division on Congling, the Protector of Secrets, and the Quy Nhon Army of Xiaobolu, these forces also gained great benefits from the transportation of pepper trade routes. The Western Regions Chamber of Commerce earned five-fifths of the profit generated by transporting one stone of pepper. One of them will be used for trade route maintenance and payment of rewards. Logically speaking, they should not lose the chain.
Could it be that there is a problem at the source of the station's transmission? If any emergency occurs in North India, it will be beyond his control.
Dai Wang has already taken his swordsman and entourage to trace the source west along the inn, hoping it is nothing serious. This logistics line is his cash cow, and there is absolutely no room for any mistakes.
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February is still cold in spring, and the water in the dragon pond in Xingqing Palace is sluggish. Li Longji is sitting on the couch in the pavilion wearing a fox fur, with an angry look on his face. His bright white hair comes out of his bun and hangs down at his temples.
He looked like he was bursting out of anger.
Yang Yuhuan nestled on the cashmere Persian rug at his feet, holding the wine bottle in one hand and the wine cup in the other hand, filling it with wine. She raised her goose egg chin, raised her little mouth, raised the wine cup and handed it to the emperor.
"Sanlang, don't be angry. Even Tianshi Luo Gongyuan said that people who practice Taoism should be neither happy nor sad, so that they can prolong life, get rid of worries and achieve peace."
The emperor lowered his head and glanced at the beauty, stretched out his hand to grab her beautiful wrist, lowered his head and bit the wine cup, raised his head suddenly, and the whole wine fell into his mouth with a crisp sound. Then he spat out his lips, and the wine cup fell directly onto the carpet.
One look at the skill of drinking wine, and you can tell that this skill cannot be practiced in a day or two. Yang Yuhuan looked at the emperor with blurred eyes and admiration, maybe thinking that he is my Saburo, even drinking is so cool.
Yang Guozhong stood under the pavilion with his hands folded, with a calm expression but a bit of timidity. He could have such an expression, and he definitely had something to rely on.
"Whatever wrongdoings Li Linfu had before has been settled now. Why do he still hold on to his past mistakes? Can he still threaten your life now? Why do he still attack a dead man?"
Yang Guozhong secretly raised his eyelids and glanced at the emperor, then lowered his eyes and said: "Of course I know that I should be tolerant towards Lieutenant Li who has passed away, but there are some things that must be known to Your Majesty, otherwise I will not be happy."
Li Longji asked in surprise: "Is there anything else I don't know?"
"Absi betrayed the imperial court last year because An Lushan saw through his conspiracy. Why did he want to keep his troops in Shuofang instead of going to Hedong? Because he had already colluded with Li Linfu and his son, trying to secretly capture Shuofang from nearby
Chang'an, intending to rebel."
When the emperor heard the words "intent to rebel", his scalp went numb. Why have so many people rebelled recently? First, there was the rebellion of Wang Wen and Xingyi. How come even Li Linfu could rebel against Abu Si? Has rebellion become an infectious disease? He
In addition to being frightened, his tone even trembled: "Li Lin is buried in the grave and cannot defend himself. Don't talk based on groundless rumors."
Yang Guozhong said calmly: "How dare I slander a meritorious official of the imperial court at will? What Guozhong said has real evidence, and An Lushan can also testify for me. Last winter, he pursued Abu Si's tribe and captured some of Abu Si's cronies. These are
People revealed the news of Li Linfu's collusion with Absi. Now these prisoners have been escorted to Chang'an, and their confessions have been recorded. They all confessed. If your Majesty is still suspicious, I will take these criminals and let them
I will confess to you personally.”
"No need." The emperor's heart was a little shaken, but he obviously still didn't want to believe it. He held his forehead and said: "You can't just listen to these people's words and call all Li Linfu's relatives over for questioning. You will take the lead and Chen Xilie and Wei Jian
Su, cooperate with the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai to jointly interrogate. If Li Linfu is guilty, there is no need to show favoritism. If Li Linfu is guilty, he can report to me. If this matter is false, he must be cleared."
"Here." Yang Guozhong agreed with his hands crossed, having already made a calculation in his mind. Li Linfu is now dead, the Li family has long been dispersed, and his relatives and friends are even more frightened. He only needs to arrest Li Linfu's son and son-in-law and interrogate them like this, and he will ensure that no one can stand up to him.
Live in Liang and confess.
He now happens to have Ji Wen, a master of creating unjust cases, who has a reputation as a cruel official. It is estimated that when Li Linfu's sons and sons-in-law saw him, they were so scared that their legs were as weak as bamboo tubes and poured beans into them. Li Genu is still alive.
At that time, he would never have imagined that Ji Wen, a cruel official he personally promoted, would become a nightmare for his family.
When he thought of this, Yang Guozhong felt secretly relieved. What could be more satisfying than bullying a dead man?