Not long after, Wang Yue hurriedly walked into the hall, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "I'm sorry to see you, Your Highness!"
"Tell me! What urgent information?" Guo Song asked calmly.
"Your Highness, do you still remember the last time you asked your humble position to investigate the hidden enemy forces?"
Guo Song suddenly became interested and said with a smile: "Did you find out something?"
Wang Yue sighed, "Only one eyebrow was found, which is far from the eyebrow."
After speaking, he presented a confession, "Your Highness, please take a look at it!"
Guo Song took the confession and read it carefully, frowned and said: "What is the background of this Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce? What is its relationship with Tangzhou, Hebei?"
"I don't know about my humble position. This person knows very little information. He only knows that a steward will contact him every month, but he doesn't know anything about this steward's name or what he does. His mission is
Earn money and turn it over, and then develop ten members every year. The name of this Tangzhou Association was accidentally leaked by the manager."
"Then what does this man do and how did you catch him?"
"This man's name is Yang Pingshan. He is from Xinfeng County. He is about forty years old. He is a businessman who specializes in buying goods for others and responsible for transportation. He has no background. He was originally a small businessman. Three years ago, someone gave him five thousand guan.
Capital, his business started to grow..."
"Wait a minute!"
Guo Song interrupted Wang Yue, "Who gave him the capital of five thousand guan?"
"It's the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce. I specially investigated it. The government has not registered this chamber of commerce, and no businessmen have heard of it. It must have another name, but I can't find it at the moment."
Guo Song nodded, "Keep talking!"
Wang Yue continued: "Since the year before last, the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce has given this person a task to develop ten members every year. The conditions for these members are that they must hate the court or be orphans, such as party members. This Yang Pingshan last year
We have developed six party members, and there are four people who lost their land because of us."
"Losing land because of us?"
Guo Song asked in confusion: "Is there such a person?"
Wang Yue nodded, "There are indeed such people, and there are quite a few of them. Back then, Zhu Si shared all the rewards for the manor in Guanzhong? Ordinary farmers didn't actually get much? Mainly Zhu Si's generals, officials and their relatives.
Friends, 70% of the land fell into their hands? Later, we re-examined the land? All of these people's land was deprived of them. These people have always hated the imperial court."
"I understand!"
Guo Song suddenly realized? "The purpose of developing membership is to gather all those who hate the imperial court? Is that what you mean?"
"Your Highness is absolutely right? That's what you mean. The reason why Yang Shanping was arrested was because one of his members disappeared last year, but he told his wife Yang Shanping's name before he disappeared? His wife went to the government to file a complaint.
? The Xinfeng County Magistrate notified us of this situation, and we caught Yang Shanping."
"Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce?"
Guo Song walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said to himself: "It's very interesting. Who is this great master? What do they want to do? Have a coup or kill me, Guo?"
"The humble position plans to use this Yang Shanping to lure out his boss first, and then follow suit!"
Guo Song shook his head. "You are going in the wrong direction. They are already vigilant. They will not give you another chance. You should use Yang Shanping to fish out the person who wants to kill him? Catch the killer, and then start from the killer up."
"I understand the humble position!"
.........
Wang Yue left in a hurry. Guo Song returned to his study. As soon as he sat down, his wife Xue Tao brought him a cup of ginseng tea, pointed at the window glass and said with a smile: "Have you noticed, husband? At night, the window glass becomes
Mirror."
Guo Song smiled slightly and said: "Isn't it easy to make glass into a mirror? Apply a layer of silver liquid on the back, and it becomes a mirror. It is much easier to use than copper."
"Then... can you give it a try?" Xue Tao asked expectantly.
"We'll have to wait a little longer. When glass is mass-produced and even an average person can afford to install it, we can consider other uses."
"Husband, what else is it used for?" Xue Tao asked curiously.
"There are many other uses, such as making utensils, making lampshades, etc. I can't think of it for a while. Let skilled craftsmen consider it in the future. This is not something I should consider."
Xue Tao smiled and said: "Actually, what I care more about is not the glass, but the city. Tomorrow he will start the imperial examination. If he passes the imperial examination, will your husband give him an official title?"
Guo Song shook his head, "He can be admitted to the imperial examination based on his ability and bring honor to his parents, but he can no longer be awarded an official position. Moreover, after the imperial examination is over, I am also going to stop him from working in the newspaper office and let him attend the political affairs hall and let the prime ministers teach him."
he."
"I have long wanted to say that it is not safe to go to the newspaper office. My husband always has enemies. If his enemies find out, just like brother Minqiu, I can't imagine it."
Guo Song thought about it, but his wife reminded him. He quickly said to his wife: "Go and find Min Qiu. I want to ask her about her brother."
Xue Tao nodded and told the maid to find Min Qiu. Not long after, Min Qiu came to the study room quickly. She found that her eldest sister was also there, and the joy in her heart suddenly dissipated.
"Everyone, sit down!"
Guo Song smiled and asked the two of them to sit down. He said to Min Qiu: "I want to ask you about the murder of your brother. I don't know much about some details. Please tell me."
It has been a year since Min Qiu's brother was killed, and her sister-in-law has remarried for more than half a year. Min Qiu's heart has long been as calm as water. Since her husband wants to know, she will tell the truth.
"I first heard what my sister-in-law said. Later, my niece told me that there was a discrepancy between what my sister-in-law said. After my eldest brother went to Taiyuan, he became very low-key, not at all like the high-profile one in Chang'an. He lived in a mansion and was very secluded.
However, the relationship between my sister-in-law and a doctor was a bit ambiguous. I guessed this from Xiaoqin's words. Later, when the eldest brother found out, he became furious and drove the doctor away. Then a month later, when the eldest brother went to the store, he was killed."
"How was he killed? Do you know the details?" Guo Song asked.
"I didn't ask at the time, but later Xiaoqin said that it was an arrow that shot into her back. When her father brought her back, her whole body turned black and she died soon. Now that I think about it, it must have been a poisonous arrow."
"Then what? Your sister-in-law remarried, is she remarried to that doctor?"
Min Qiu shook her head, "I don't know. I feel sick when I hear about her. I don't want to know about her at all."
Min Qiu suddenly realized, "What do you mean, husband, was that doctor who killed my elder brother?"
"I didn't say that, but I always feel that there is something suspicious. Maybe it was really done by my enemy, so I want to find this enemy."
Xue Tao next to him suddenly became nervous, "Husband, will he keep an eye on Cheng'er?"
Guo Song smiled and comforted her and said: "Don't worry! Cheng'er will be fine, he has guards to protect him!"
"But...Brother Minqiu also has guards around him!"
Guo Song didn't know how to explain that Brother Minqiu hired his own bodyguard from the martial arts school with his own money. Given his stinginess, he probably wouldn't be willing to spend more money to hire a good bodyguard.
"What's different is that the guards around Cheng'er are all top experts from the Jinwei Mansion. There are a total of five people protecting him closely. There are also inner guards monitoring the outside. There are at least thirty people protecting him. He will be fine."
Xue Tao breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, Min Qiu said: "How about I ask Xiaoqin, she should know who her mother has remarried."
Guo Song nodded, "Go and ask her!"
Min Qiu got up and left. Xue Tao knew her husband very well. If it was not a big matter, her husband would not ask for the details like this.
She asked in a low voice: "Husband, what happened?"
Guo Song thought about it and decided that he should tell his wives so that they could be vigilant.
He tried to use a calm tone and said: "Wang Yue recently discovered a secret organization, which may want to rebel or assassinate me. This organization is now well hidden. I have some doubts that Brother Minqiu's death is related to them.
So I want to find clues about the murder of Brother Minqiu."
A trace of panic flashed in Xue Tao's eyes, "Husband, what about my parents and brothers?"
"Probably not. If they had such intentions, they would have done it a long time ago. If Brother Minqiu really did it, I guess it was also related to making money. This organization needs a lot of money to expand its power. Of course, it was also done to me."
Guo Song took two steps with his hands behind his back, and then said: "I will strengthen the protection of your parents and brothers. In addition, you should try not to go out during this period, especially restrain Xiaowei and not allow her to run around."
"I'll go tell her now."
Xue Tao thought that her daughter was going to buy makeup tomorrow, and she suddenly became anxious. She quickly left her husband's study and went to find her daughter.
"Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce!"
Guo Song clasped his hands and looked out the window and said to himself, "I'm afraid the key lies in the Chinese character Tang."
Guo Song returned to his desk and took out the Li family genealogy from the drawer. This is the royal family genealogy that starts from Li Yuan and branches downwards. The most spectacular is Li Shimin's lineage, but after experiencing the Anshi Rebellion, the Jingyuan Rebellion and the eunuch disaster, Li Shimin's
There are only a few people left in one group, almost all of them children, all under their control, but..."
Guo Song looked at the branches of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji. There were more than a dozen people under these two branches, basically not in Chang'an. If his prediction was correct, some of these dozen people must be controlled by the Tangzhou Chamber of Commerce.
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At this time, the door creaked open and Minqiu walked in quickly. Knowing that her eldest sister was no longer in the study, she immediately got into her husband's arms and started acting coquettishly.
"How long has it been since my husband favored my family? Don't you think about the benefits of my family?"
Guo Song was so aroused by her that he put his arms around her waist and whispered in her ear: "Tonight! I'll come to your place."
Min Qiu suddenly smiled brightly and said coquettishly: "I will serve my husband now!"
Just as she was about to squat down, Guo Song quickly grabbed her and said, "Let's talk about business first. How's it going?"
Minqiu nodded and gritted his teeth: "My husband guessed it right, the bitch's new husband is that doctor!"