Chapter 306 An eunuch who likes to visit rouge shops!
Li Chongrun touched his nose and wondered who was cheating him behind the scenes.
Speaking of suspects, the Wuling people must be the first, but recently they have the same purpose as him in the court. There is really no reason to torment him like this, and he will not gain any advantage.
Any political means serves economic interests. This was what was in the political textbooks at the time, and Li Chongrun firmly believed in this.
"Ruiniang, who have come to Linyi to do business recently?"
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Since it was for economic gain, then his actions in Yingzhou and Linyi must have threatened the interests of some people, or some people also wanted to try to get a piece of the pie.
"The maritime merchants mainly come from Guangzhou and Yangzhou, Tianzhu and Daqin, and there are also many merchants from Dashi. However, the county knows more about this area, so our focus is not here."
Businessmen of Da Qin...
The mutual trade in Yingzhou was opened, and the Shipping Department also asked His Majesty to send people from the Wu family. My cousin is in charge of the dock in Linyi, and there are also the interests of Your Majesty and Her Royal Highness behind it. I think the Wu family should be excluded.
The Lu family who went to the north for smuggling has been taken over by him. Although the Lu family broke the rules first and the few aristocratic families were the most active in sharing the Lu family's inheritance, Li Chongrun has always been a little puzzled by the reactions of several aristocratic families.
It was really too quiet, as if he just accepted a powerful force that was comparable to him in such a very ordinary way and then was destroyed.
"Have those people who claimed to be the orphans of the King of Shu been under control later?"
Looking at it now, the most likely suspect is the aristocratic family. I had previously suspected that some aristocratic family had defected to Erzhang. Could it be the Cui family who defected to Erzhang or some other family that I didn’t know about yet? But these are all
In my own speculation, the only clues were the two people who claimed to be the orphans of the King of Shu.
"Our people searched for it but there was no news. Then the palace was surrounded by the Zhenla people, and there was no news. Yesterday, I wanted to contact the spies lurking in Champa, but because of the military disaster, I lost it for a while.
connect."
Li Chongrun flipped through the information that Ruiniang had retrieved from the Champa Pier, trying to deduce some clues from the vast data and rumors on the streets.
"In just a few years, merchants from Dashi have already accounted for 30% of the ships coming from the west?"
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Ruiniang has never been involved in business, and she only knows a little bit about it. Regarding Li Chongrun's questions, Ruiniang can only give a rough answer: "At the beginning, there were only some big cannibals in white clothes. Recently, some people in black clothes came.
There are more and more cannibals."
However, Champa arrived soon, and the voice coming to report quickly interrupted Li Chongrun's thoughts.
Although they were plundered by the rebels, neither side expected that Li Chongrun's rescue operation could turn into a beheading operation. The rebels retreated in a hurry. Therefore, although the originally bustling Champa City was a bit messy, fortunately it was not
It has not turned into a lush green grass.
But because there were many Han merchants who immigrated here and they were relatively wealthy, it became the focus of the rebels' plundering.
The factory guards escorted Li Chongrun and Fan Yubi all the way to the Champa Palace. When passing by several once-prosperous guild halls, a few wisps of light smoke came from time to time, accompanied by some rather resentful cries.
It is set against the backdrop of green flowers and trees, but it also has a sense of desolation.
"The country is broken by mountains and rivers, but the city is springy and lush with vegetation."
Muttering something out of habit, and ignoring Bao'er's eyes that suddenly brightened behind him, Li Chongrun simply let go of the raised curtains and simply refused to watch these heart-wrenching scenes.
Xu had already received the news. Although the palace where Yubi usually lived had been cleaned, many things that had been lost had not yet been replaced.
"Fortunately, I just lost two fans and the other things are still there."
Yubi did not rush to call the officials who had already gathered to straighten out the government affairs. Instead, she went to her bedroom first and took out a bunch of things from the secret room.
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They are all pencils, small mirrors and other things that have been sent to me several times, and even an iron pot.
"How about you follow me back to Yangzhou?"
Li Chongrun's heart softened. Although he had complained a few times about Yubi's governance before, looking at it today, after all, Yubi was still a little girl who should be struggling over whether to put sugar in a cup of milk tea.
It's really sad that such a big country was left on her head like this.
"What should Lin Yi do? My father and mother are still looking at Yubi in the palace. If they just clapped their hands and went to Yangzhou, how could Yubi sleep at night?"
"Recently, quite a few capable people have come to me to ask for help. If that doesn't work, you can just control it in Yangzhou."
Yubi wiped some faint tears from the corner of her eyes, shook her head stubbornly, and said to Li Chongrun with a forced smile: "Besides, with me here, Brother Run can be more useful when he can't survive."
A place to stay.”
Li Chongrun originally wanted to get closer to her and comfort this woman who forced a smile on her face, but there were already voices outside asking for permission, so the two had no choice but to give up.
"You go ahead and do your work. I'll go around the city and look for clues about the person behind Lao Bai."
Li Chongrun was not good at government affairs. He could manage the country with his own talk, but he had never been involved in the actual governance. Li Chongrun felt that he had better not show his timidity in front of Yu Bi.
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However, Bao'er went to court with Yubi. Li Chongrun originally wanted to take Bao'er to help analyze the situation, but when he saw Bao'er happily following Yubi to discuss matters, Yubi had no objection, so he just let her go.
Went.
"This is Lao Bai's old house?"
Not far from the Yubi Palace is a mansion that occupies a large area. Covered by green trees, it looks very majestic.
"This was originally the mansion of a wealthy family in Linyi before. Lao Bai tricked this family to death, so he took over this mansion himself."
It seems that this is not the first time Ruiniang has come here, and she is very familiar with the terrain inside.
"When Lao Bai first became rich, he had a good relationship with us, so he often held banquets here and invited the county magistrate to drink and have fun with us."
Seeing that Li Chongrun was a little suspicious, Ruiniang guessed what her leader was thinking: "Actually, Lao Bai was a good person before, but since more and more people in the Linyi court were tricked by him, Lao Bai has changed."
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"A villain praises his success, but a gentleman longs for his home. It's human nature and understandable."
Although Li Chongrun said it was understandable, there was still a hint of ridicule in his expression: "It's just that I have the confidence to get back what I can give him."
"What the prince said is true." These words really made it hard for Ruiniang to respond, so she could only lower her head and show her respect behind Li Chongrun's back.
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"This is Lao Bai's study?"
Lao Bai's former residence was in a mess. Although the courtiers who learned that the queen had been rescued had time to tidy up the palace, they did not have the time to take care of the house of the rebel leader.
The inside of the study was a bit messier than the outside. It should have been caused by the previous looting by the rebels. Some scattered pens, inks, papers and inkstones were thrown all over the floor. Even many paintings and calligraphy hanging on the walls were torn into pieces and scattered.
It's everywhere.
"There must be a secret room."
Li Chongrun just walked around Lao Bai's study and then told Ruiniang firmly.
After making a gesture, a few factory guards in gray clothes started busy in the study with their things on their shoulders.
Several factory guards were old men who had been part of the sneak attack team and were very familiar with these tasks. Li Chongrun just strolled around Lao Bai's back house when news came from the study that the secret room had been found.
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"Why is the prince so sure that there is a secret room?"
"It's very simple. Don't talk about letters. I haven't even seen a letter. Lao Bai is like an emperor in Linyi. There is no way he can manage a country by just talking."
Lao Bai spent a lot of time building the secret room. Although the secret room is located directly below the study, the entrance is among the flowers and trees outside the house, and is well hidden by the overgrown branches.
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There were a lot of letters exchanged in the secret room. There was no writing in Lin Yi, so the written words were written in Chinese characters, which made Li Chongrun seem to have no difficulty.
It's just that they were all letters of government affairs and allegiance. Li Chongrun sorted them out and had someone send them to Yubi.
Apart from these internal news from Linyi's small court, Li Chongrun did not find any written evidence of contact with the aristocratic family or Wuling people.
However, in addition to those things that were useful for stabilizing Yubi's government, Li Chongrun also found a lot of luxury items such as money and jewelry in the secret room.
"It's all Yubi's money, so let's not be greedy. It's boring to do things with the left hand and the right hand."
Although Ruiniang looked a little greedy, she really didn't show her face in what she did. Although Li Chongrun was generous, he also knew that rewarding and punishing was the right thing to do. Although Ruiniang was not to blame for Lin Yi's incident, he did this job in a low-profile manner.
"Lao Bai, this damn eunuch, actually likes visiting rouge shops so much."
In addition to letters and belongings, there were also many women's things such as rouge and gouache in the secret room, which made Li Chongrun complain fiercely.