A Clash of Gods - Chapter 1347

[Chapter 1337 Yuanmen]

A very empty mansion in the capital is very quiet, and there is a small vegetable field in the corner of the backyard.

It’s already May, and the weather is starting to warm up. An old man with white hair holds a water scoop and wears a pair of worn cloth shoes to water the vegetable field with interest. This is his half-life hobby. , From picking seeds to cultivating cabbage and radishes, he did it himself, and he has a very strange temper. Although the entire mansion is his, only this vegetable garden is the real forbidden area. Without his permission, No one is allowed to come near.

More than a few years old, since the founding of the country, he has experienced several generations of emperors, from a small secretary to eventually become the Minister of Rites of the Great Chu Empire. This journey has been very difficult, but no one in the court and the public doubted. He has come to this day on his own character and strength.

As I get older, many things are out of my control.

Although he has the title of Minister of Rites, in recent years, many things have only been ordered by his officials.

Since ancient times, heroes are like beautiful women, and they are not allowed to see white heads in the world.

Originally, he had already prepared to resign to serve as an official, but when he was the first emperor, after going through the Qinhuai War, it was not easy for Lao Shangshu to resign and go into hiding between the wars. , Who knew that the first emperor died suddenly, and the new emperor ascended the throne.

The little emperor first became a king, and the old Shangshu was even more reluctant to leave, so he could only continue to hold on.

The wedding of the little emperor and Princess Dongqi was handled by the old Shangshu himself, and it was very comprehensive, which also comforted the old Shangshu. After the big wedding, the old Shangshu has fewer things to manage, thinking about waiting for a while, Really take the burden off your hands.

There are not many old ministers who have gone through three dynasties in the court. One dynasty, the emperor and the other courtiers, both public and private, the old minister felt that it was time for him to leave.

No matter how busy he is, he has to take a little time every day to work in the vegetable garden. There are few things recently, so he spends more time in the garden. It is already dusk, looking at the greenery of the garden. Feeling very comfortable, I put the water ladle in my hand into the bucket, and sat down on a bamboo chair beside the vegetable garden.

He raised his hand on his forehead and looked westward. The sun was setting and everything seemed peaceful and quiet.

At this moment, he saw two figures in the distance walking towards him quickly, the old Shangshu frowned, only when the two approached, the old Shangshu’s face was a little ugly.

Of course, he had already seen who was coming, his son and grandson, but without his permission, even the closest people came over without authorization,

which made the old Shangshu very unhappy.

Although the Yuan family is not a big family in Beijing, no one dares to underestimate the existence of this family. Someone once said that the Yuan family represents the heart of the scholars in the world. That’s what the world’s readers want to say.

Qingliu scribes have always been in awe of the Yuan family, and because of this, the Yuan family also has an unusual position in the court.

The eldest son, Yuan Moxian, is also in the Ministry of Rites. In fact, when the former emperor was there, the former emperor had planned to decree to promote Yuan Moxian as the servant of the Ministry of Rites, but he was firmly opposed by the old Shangshu. As a servant, because of this, the character of Lao Shangshu was praised by scholars.

Although the eldest grandson Yuan Rong did not have an official status, he made a lot of friends and was considered the number one person in the capital’s Shilin.

In fact, with Yuan Rong’s talent, coupled with the background of Yuan family, it is not difficult to get an official and a half-job, but this Yuan Da Gongzi has a very strange temperament and does not want to embark on a career path, which is strange to say. , Lao Shangshu didn’t care about it. Sometimes Yuan Moxian was angry with Yuan Rong for this, but Lao Shangshu came forward to defend it. Yuan Moxian was in awe of Lao Shangshu. Since Yuan Rong was supported by Lao Shangshu, Yuan Moxian would no longer care about it. , as long as Yuan Rong doesn’t make too much outrageous things, he will go with him.

However, Yuan Rong suddenly restrained himself a few years ago, and the court wanted to set up the Haibo Division. Yuan Rong was very active in pulling in several major families in the south of the Yangtze River and raised 500,000 taels of silver, and the emperor soon issued a decree to formally establish the Haibo Division. In the yamen, Yuan Rong was appointed as the Admiral of the Haibo Division, and Yuan Rong was responsible for all the affairs of the Haibo Division.

The court did not have much objection to this at that time.

Since the founding of the country, I have never heard of Haibosi. The ministers were all muttering about this new thing. No one knew what it could be. It was Yuan Rong who raised the silver taels on his own. In addition, the Yuan family had an excellent reputation. Now that the great son of Yuan is also serving the court, the officials will naturally not be in trouble with the Yuan family.

More importantly, at the beginning, the trade with overseas was almost all controlled by the Donghai family. Although taxes were paid to the Ministry of Household every year, the taxes paid were only one-tenth. It is of course desirable to have the control of overseas trade directly in the hands of the imperial court, and to bring a large amount of income to the imperial court every year.

Therefore, after the establishment of Haibo Division, the relevant yamen also actively cooperated.

Yuan Rong personally went to the East China Sea to build merchant ships, and even build a trade transfer station. This is easy to say, but it is a lot to do. Several major merchants in Jiangnan and the Tian family are responsible for supplying goods. , but for other things, Yuan Rong still needs to lead people to handle it step by step.

Because of the busy business, the old Shangshu often did not see his grandson for ten days and a half. At this moment, seeing Yuan Moxian and his son coming, although he was not happy, but after all, the grandson came over and his face softened.

Yuan Moxian and his son came forward, and the old Shangshu observed his words and expressions. Seeing that the faces of the two of them were a little ugly, he knew that there was trouble, but he was calm.

“Father!”

Yuan Moxian cupped his hands and said, Yuan Rong also saluted the old Shangshu from behind. The scholar’s family, etiquette is the most important, even if there are no others, the Yuan family will not lose their etiquette.

The old Shang Shu nodded slightly, glanced at Yuan Rong, and said, “Is something wrong with Haibo?”

Yuan Rong hurriedly stepped forward and said, “Grandpa, not only did something happen, but… it’s also a major event!”

“A major event?” The old Shangshu raised his hand and stroked his beard, “When Haibo Division was first established, I worked with you. You said, either don’t do it, and since you do it, you will always encounter a lot of trouble, so you have to face the difficulties and solve them one by one.”

Yuan Rong smiled bitterly: “Grandpa, it’s all about the sea. The matter of Bosi is actually not a big deal, it’s just a little bit involved with Haibosi.” Glancing at Yuan Moxian, Yuan Moxian looked grim, and said, “Just tell your grandfather what you know, and don’t hide it.”

“Yes! Yuan Rong pondered for a while, and then said: “Grandpa, the Haibosi court did not allocate money, you know this.

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It’s not that the money is not enough.” Yuan Rong approached the old Shangshu and said, “The money raised is naturally more than enough. The merchant ship was built last year. The Jiang family used to conduct overseas trade, and they already had a fleet. Poor, those merchant ships were originally included in the East China Sea Division, but Governor Xin still transferred two ships from them and handed them over to our Haibo Division. The new ships built are also in the style of the previous merchant ships. In addition, routes, sailors and many other ships Everything has been done, and the first batch of trade preparations will start in August and September.” The

old Shangshu said: “Since everything is ready, what’s the problem?”

“Tianjia Medicine Shop.” Yuan Rong whispered: “God Huguo explained that this Tianjia Pharmacy has a share in Haibo Company, and all kinds of medicinal materials have to travel from Tianjia Pharmacy. Tianjia Pharmacy has already prepared, and many medicinal materials should be shipped to the East China Sea in the past two days. Before leaving, I will I’m going to check the accounts with the Tian family medicine store, she is the protector of the country after all, and I will do everything in my own hands when it comes to the Tian family…!” Wei Wei paused and said in a lower voice, “But now I am Only then did I know that the owner of the Tian Family Medicine Store was actually put in a big prison!”

“In a big prison?” The old Shang Shu was also startled: “Then what happened?”

“I heard that something happened at the Tai Hospital.” Yuan Rong said, “The medicinal materials of the Tai Hospital have been supplied by the Tianjia Pharmacy, but two days ago, the Tai Hospital said that the Tianjia Pharmacy was shoddy and took the fakes seriously. This matter was handed over to the Kyoto Prefecture, and Tie Zheng from the Kyoto Prefecture sent someone to put Tian Dong’s family in prison early this morning.” The

old Shangshu stroked his beard and said, “The Imperial Hospital is all for the people in the palace, those who The medicinal materials are also used by the nobles in the palace, and the Tian family medicine store actually takes the fakes seriously, isn’t that seeking death?”

Yuan Rong said: “Grandpa, even the peddler of the dealer knows that the hospital is for the noble people, so doesn’t the Tian family medicine store know that ?

This is the truth? Although the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital are not all experts in Xinglin, UU read www.sonicmtl.com but there is no problem in identifying the medicinal materials. No matter

how stupid Tian Dong’s family is, they won’t make such a mistake, right?”

“Father, Rong’er’s words are not unreasonable.” Yuan Moxian finally said: “This case is always a little weird.

” Haibos is related, if something like this happened, I wanted to go to the capital to find Tie Zheng and ask about it.” Yuan Rong said, “But I’m worried that if I act rashly, I may be involved in some things that I shouldn’t be involved in. That Tian family Yaoxing and the Jinyi Qi family have a very deep relationship, so the boy thought about it, it seems better to tell the Jinyi Qi family about this first, and let the Jinyi Qi family come forward.”

Yuan Moxian nodded slightly and said, “You don’t think about this matter. Stupid, I know that I can’t stand out easily.”

“But before I got to Duke Huguo’s mansion, the child was stopped at the street.” Yuan Rong’s expression became serious, and he said in a low voice, “The people from the Ministry of Punishment are ambushed around Duke Huguo’s mansion. Every street leading to Duke Huguo Mansion is haunted by people from the Ministry of Punishment, they asked the boy where he was going, and as soon as the boy said about Duke Huguo Mansion, they told him to leave quickly.” The

old Shangshu tightened his face and frowned: “You mean… the Protector’s Mansion is being watched by people from the Criminal Department?”