Even I didn't expect that the imperial envoy who went south and struggled all the way was Li Muge, a former friend. When he was in the capital, Li Muge almost suffered a murder because he lost the compiled history draft of Lingzong. He was protected by Xie Shiting. Unexpectedly, the new emperor ascended the throne and Xie Shiting was forced to death, but Li Muge transformed into the imperial envoy who was the emperor who went to the south to salt tea and silk for the emperor.

Li Muge arrived in Jinling, but lived in a house outside Jinling City. The Song Dynasty invited him three times but refused to enter, which made the officials of the Jinling Palace agitated. When he arrived at the Jinling Palace, he saw the Song Dynasty, Zhuge Shaobing and the magistrates of the five Jinling counties gathered together to discuss how to "inviting the imperial envoy" in, but Min Qiuye sat alone in the corner without saying a word.

The scholar-official master of Jiangnan Academy said that no one expected that Li Muge was such a revenge person. That's right, he suffered some injustice in the Academy, but after all, he walked out of our Jinling and put on this posture as soon as he came. It would be a bit too much for people to deceive others.

Zhuge Shaobing and Xuezheng have always been in disagreement, and sneered on the side, saying, since the problem lies with the school, why not be accused of the school? Maybe there is a turning point?

The great scholar of the academician said, who can’t speak sarcastically? What is Li Muge’s origin? He became the emperor’s imperial envoy after only one year of becoming a Jinshi?

It is known that after the emperor ascended the throne, twenty-five jade seals were present, but the whereabouts of the imperial seal were unknown. The mission of Li Qin had no idea what luck he had, and he actually obtained the imperial seal. He stopped yoga at the head of the Jinshui Bridge, and offered jade seals. This was a great contribution. If he had not had a shallow foundation, it would not be an exaggeration to give it to the Minister.

I was shocked. Didn’t the jade seal be stolen by Xie Donglai that day? How could it fall into Li Muge’s hands?

Everyone was at a loss. The prefect of Song asked Min Qiuye, Lord Min, what did you say? Min Qiuye pointed at me and said, "Captain Su is here, so I don't have to come up with any ideas."

The prefect Song saw me, Lian said, Captain Su, you came just right. The imperial envoy who is coming is not someone else, but your personal friend Li Muge and Li Qin. Now he is outside the city and refuses to enter the city. Only you can do this.

I hesitated that Li Qin's envoy would not enter the city, so he must have his plans. Even if I go to invite him, I am not sure. If I can't go over and have a try.

Master Song said, it’s so good, we’ll wait for your news here.

It was about noon, Zhang Youqian and I prepared a jar of good wine and rode out of Jinling City. When we arrived at the town outside the city, we saw an officer with dozens of officers and soldiers stop us. Seeing that these officers and soldiers were dressed up, they turned out to be the Royal Guards. Li Muge represented the majesty of the emperor, and it was not surprising that the imperial guards accompanied us.

We went up and said, Su You, the chief of the General Office of the Jianghu Department of the South, was a former friend of Lord Li. Today, I came to ask for a meeting and asked the general to report it. Not long after, the man took us to a farmer's house. Li Muge was sitting in the courtyard reading. When he saw us coming, he stood up and said, Brother Su, Brother Zhang, you are fine.

When he saw Li Muge, wearing a sixth-rank official robe, with a beard on the corner of his mouth, he seemed much calmer. When he was in the south of the Yangtze River, Li Muge was full of energy, and when he was in the capital, he was a little decadent. At this time, his face was only calm and calm, and his behavior also revealed a trace of official power.

The three of them sat down and I said, "Mr. Li was in a hurry to come to Jinling, which made the officials in Jinling so anxious!

Li Muge's face darkened. Are you here to be a lobbyist for them?

Zhang Youqian said, no, I am here to find you to have a drink!

Li Muge laughed and said that this is Li's good brother. Come on, we will never return without getting drunk today.

After drinking for three rounds, they talked about their own experiences after parting.

After the history draft of Lingzong was lost, Li Muge was almost imprisoned. With Xie Shiting's mediation, he was spared a disaster. However, he lost his official position and was idle at home. Some of the former Hanlin Academy friends drew a clear line with him. He thought that his official career was over, but he expected that the old emperor would restore the imperial seal at this time, and by chance he obtained the imperial seal. This was why the imperial seal was blocked and the imperial seal was lost and regained it. Zhu Wuneng was very happy and regarded it as a god-given person to restore his official position and transferred it to the two Censorate Courts to become the Censorate.

Zhang Youqian said, this is a blessing in disguise.

Because I was told by the prefect Song Dynasty, I asked him a few times during the meal that he tentatively asked him about the city, but he politely avoided him. However, Zhang Youqian talked to him nonsense, which was quite popular with Li Muge.

After drinking a jar of wine, Li Muge said, "I know the purpose of your trip. I came to inspect the silk with orders. I was still in Yangzhou. Jinling City performed a good show for me. This was clearly a warning. Just tell Song Haiquan, saying that Jinling City is too powerful, and Li Muge was afraid of having a life worry when he went in."

I smiled bitterly and said, "Now you are the imperial envoy, who can move you except the emperor in the world?"

Li Muge said, there are so many people who want to kill me, Wang, Xie, and Zhao's family, who wouldn't want me to die in a sudden disaster? They joined forces to 78 taels per kilogram of raw silk, which is obviously a waste of my life. Brother Su, you have been in Jinling for a long time, come and give me some advice!

I said you asked me to help you kill people. Dangdang thugs are almost the same. Zhang Youqian is good at this thing.

Zhang Youqian analyzed that the three major families in Jinling were not harmonious, and there were open and secret struggles, but this was just a struggle for interests. But when you came, you directly threatened their life and death in Jinling, which forced them to abandon their past grudges and join forces to form this raw silk domineering market. In my opinion, it is not difficult to break this situation!

Li Muge heard this and said, I am just worried about this matter. What can you do? Come quickly!

Zhang Youqian said, first, in addition to making the three major families full of money, the small and medium-sized silk merchants in Jinling City are suffering. If they want to break the deadlock, this is a force that can be united. Second, among the three major families, the Wang family has the largest power, the Zhao family is second, and the Xie family is the weakest. Xie Donglai is not the leader who is willing to be the last one. Brother Li can tempt him and destroy this alliance. Third, since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials, and the three major families have a wide business in Jinling. You are the imperial envoy. It is not a trivial matter to find illegal things to hit them with this?

Li Muge laughed loudly, and when you said this, I suddenly realized.

I also praised that since you ate six walnuts, your mind has become more and more exciting.

Li Muge was not a fool either, so he quickly formulated countermeasures. During the dragon boat race, Zhang Youqian had a wide contact with the small and medium silk merchants in Jinling City. He decided to meet the small and medium silk merchants outside the city first, and then interview people from the three major families respectively. Our Nanjianghu Department also decided to start a war to investigate the industries under major sects in Jiangnan, focusing on cracking down on the chaos that harms the people, such as pornography, gambling, drugs, etc.

As for those in the Jinling Prefecture Office, they were not seen.

In the evening, Li Muge personally sent us out and said, I would like to ask you both for this matter.

I suddenly asked, Brother Li, you were in Jinling City that day and said that you should establish your mind for the world, establish your destiny for the people, inherit your unique knowledge for the past saints, and create peace for all ages. Is this a matter of what you say?

Li Muge said righteously, but he dared not forget it!

If I say you, my brother will help you.

When I returned to the yamen, the prefect Song and others were still discussing the matter and asked us what happened. I shook my head and said, "The imperial envoy is used to living in the farmyard, and it seems that he will enter the city in a short time." Although the prefect Song and others had opinions, they were helpless."

The next morning, Zhang Youqian went to arrange for Li Muge to meet with those small and medium-sized merchants. I convened a meeting of Jianghu Department for only one purpose, to carry out a comprehensive investigation and rectification work in response to the current chaos in the Jianghu market. This matter was arranged for Song Chengcai, who had just joined the Nanjianghu Department not long ago.

This guy threatened me with his senior brother at that time. Since he had joined the Jianghu Department, he was not allowed to knead me. This rectification was obviously aimed at people from the three major families, so he had to let him do such offending things.

After Li Muge met with more than ten small and medium-sized silk merchants in Jinling City, he met with Zhao Qiansun and Xie Donglai respectively, but he did not meet Wang Chong. This practice was extremely clever. Putting aside the fact that the Wang family, the most powerful among the three major families, no matter what the meeting was like, Xuanyuan Sword King Chong was very suspicious and afraid of any changes. Regardless of whether Li Muge and Zhao, or whether Xie had reached the conditions, there had been conflicts within the alliance of these three major families.

Song Chengcai worked hard. After three days, he found out that some illegal or edge-by-side behaviors of the three major families were found. After all, he had been in Jinling for too long and was very clear about the three religions and nine liumen in Jinling. After this order, he took the Jianghu Department's constables to make a mess in Jinling City brothels, teahouses and casinos. According to Jiangnan, Song Chengcai took the opportunity to make a fortune.

Now it is the time to use people. There is no oil or water or benefits, who will work for you? Now it is the time to use people. I also turn a blind eye to this. I discussed with Zhang Youqian that among the illegal industries involved in the three families, we only investigated the Wang family and let Xie and Zhao families go. This approach made Wang Chong even more uneasy. He left Jinling City overnight to ask for Li Muge. He knelt in front of Li Muge's door all night, but was turned away.

After a series of combinations of Li Muge, he thought that the price of raw silk would return to normal levels, but from the fourth day, the price of raw silk would not fall but rise, reaching ten taels of silver per kilogram.

Because the supply of goods was in the hands of the three masters and they were reluctant to release them for a long time, all 50,000 looms of Jiangnan Weaving Bureau were suspended. This was the situation that the court was most reluctant to see. The Weaving Bureau earned millions of taels of silver for the inner court every year. In this way, many orders could not be completed, which would inevitably affect the court's profits.

Ten days later, Li Muge wrote a letter to the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, requesting that 50,000 kilograms of raw silk be mixed from Zhejiang at a price of 5 taels per kilogram to Jinling and distributed it in two batches. After the goods were shipped, the first batch of raw silk was robbed by robbers from Shuanglong Mountain, and the second batch was taken away when they were staying overnight in Huangmen Store and burned it.

On this day, when Zhang Youqian and I were discussing how to deal with various illegal acts of the Wang family, someone came to report that Li Muge was assassinated!
Chapter completed!