Who would have thought that in just half a month, the Li family, a dignified family of relatives, would take a turn for the worse. Not only would they lose a lot of money, but they would also be blamed for losing the battle of Huizhou.
Zhao Zhen issued an order to strip Li Zunxu of his title as General Zuo Longwu, and ordered him to be scolded for smuggling items banned by the imperial court and fined him 10,000 catties of copper. However, these were not important to the Li family. What was important was that Zhao Zhen took his aunt back.
In the palace.
The departure of the eldest princess has made the Prince Consort's Mansion the target of public criticism. Before, some people were too embarrassed to come to collect debts, but now they can let go. No matter how tough Li Zunxu is, now that he is being punished by the officials and the eldest princess has been taken away, who is still afraid of him?
Traders from all walks of life came to collect debts, and the Li family's door was bustling with creditors who came to collect debts.
In desperation, Li Zunxu had no choice but to sell his main house in Tokyo to pay off his debts. This ancestral house could be regarded as extending the life of the Li family. The garden where Li Zunxu lived topped the capital, and the strange stones were collected for transportation.
With Jiamu, Ye An sent people to secretly raise the price, and the Li family's mansion on Gaotou Street was sold for a high price of 100,000 yuan, which made Li Zunxu extremely grateful.
Ye An was very sympathetic to Li Zunxu's experience, but it was just sympathy. Everything was due to his stupidity and greed. It doesn't matter if a person is stupid or greedy, but if he is stupid and greedy, no one can save him.
Ye An was not sincerely helping Li Zunxu. He was just paying off the debt. But if he repaid all the debts of kindness, then he would be debt-free and light-hearted.
But what is unexpected is that Sima Chi, a member of the Ministry of War, was informed of the Fengxiang Mansion by Zhao Zhen. He immediately impeached Wang Shu, the privy envoy, after taking office.
The reason is also very simple. He saw the writing of Ye An's letter to Zhao Zhen and the Privy Council, which clearly stated that the location of the party's attack was likely to be Huizhou.
But in the end no one adopted it, and even the memorial was placed in a corner of Chongwen Academy, and was only dug out later.
Sima Chi's impeachment was also very simple. Zhongshu was mostly responsible for state affairs, focusing on administration, supplemented by admonishment. It is understandable that the officials had biased opinions when listening to officials. However, as the Privy Council was the seat of the military and political affairs of the Song Dynasty, the Privy Council envoys had
Wang Shu, as the privy envoy, was responsible for assisting the emperor in conducting military affairs.
Well, now, not only did people impeach Li Zunxu, but they also impeached Wang Shu. Poor old man who was temporarily taking over the position had remonstrated with him in the court, but now he was pulled out to top the vat.
Who was Sima Chi? Sima Guang's father was an upright man and a down-to-earth gentleman. It can be seen from the charges he impeached Wang Shu that he was right about the situation and not the person.
Wang Shu initially acted as a peacemaker but did not stick to his position. In the end, the reconciliation was not complete.
But just when a group of censors were firing at Li Zunxu and Wang Shu, Wang Shu died... Zhao Zhen saw that he was still working conscientiously at such an old age, so he planned to promote him to the position of political advisor, and then give him
Tong Zhongshu's subordinate Ping Zhangshi had an empty title, but before the decree was issued, Wang Shu took the first step.
This old minister can be said to be highly respected and has a troubled official career. The current incident not only caught Zhao Zhen off guard, but also pushed Sima Chi to the forefront.
The imperial doctor came to report that Wang Shu had died from "the first episode of gangrene," that is, he died suddenly of a sore on his head. This greatly exceeded the expectations of everyone in the court.
Wang Shu's death certainly had a decisive impact on the Han culture where the dead were the most important thing. All the imperial censors immediately stopped and no one tried to impeach him for his mistakes.
They could not impeach Zhao Zhen, they could only transfer the conflict. Once the Privy Councilor Wang Shu died, who would dare to impeach the Deputy Privy Councilor Wang Zeng?
Not to mention that he was a formal official, if something happened to Wang Zeng, the Yushitai's remonstrance would make the matter worse. Sima Chi was a gentleman and could not bear to continue to impeach Wang Shu at this time. At Fan Xi's suggestion,
He led the officials of the Admonition Yuan to "focus" on Li Zunxu again.
Ye An watched the turmoil in the political situation in the DPRK in silence these days. Wang Bangyi and the Cao family's stewards took back the Li family's shares. The original two million shares were only used for 800,000.
After buying it back, the family made a huge profit for less than 400,000 yuan.
However, Ye An was uneasy about earning this money. It is said that Li Zunxu's eyes were so sharp when he signed the document that he frightened the Wang gang and ran away after taking the documents. However, the Cao family's steward was not only not afraid, but also drank tea before leaving.
The Li family was completely ruined this time. Cao Yi privately said that it was Li Zunxu's fault. He insisted on thinking of an independent family. This time it was really like "losing his wife and losing his army."
Ye An didn't have the mind to think about this at this time. News came from the Machine Speed Department that Li Yuanhao had received more supplies than he imagined. One hundred thousand kilograms of copper and iron, plus various goods needed by party members, including thousands of sweaters and tens of thousands of cotton coats.
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When Ye An heard this amount, he was trembling with fear. Li Zunxu would give the party members whatever they needed. He was really not afraid of others getting rich!
With these supplies, Li Yuanhao could easily win over the tribes and show his prestige. Facts have proved that his trip south not only slapped the Song Dynasty, the nominal suzerain of Dangxiang, but also brought great consequences to the Dangxiang people.
Income, this is what Ye An is most worried about.
There are many tribes of Dangxiang people. Although they all come from the same species, the autonomy of each party is very high. Li Yuanhao deliberately wants to establish Yuan and become emperor. His biggest long-cherished wish is to integrate the Dangxiang and turn this loose sand into a clenched fist.
Once Dangxiang became Xixia, it would be even more difficult for the Song Dynasty to take action against Dangxiang.
Ye An wants to continue to bleed Dangxiang and make this growing nation worse. Now it seems that it is difficult to do it. The Song Dynasty banned trade, so people just use loot. Even if they can't go south to plunder, they can still rely on border smuggling.
Get what you need, Li Zunxu's business is the best example.
If there is one missing Li family, there will be other families to fill in the gap. Ye An believes that not many people will worry about their "heads" in the face of interests. They will bet that they cannot be as unlucky as the Li family.
For example, this is the case with the Cao family at the moment. Cao Yi has suggested more than once that Ye An sell ordinary goods under the name of Puhui Trading Company and mix embargoed goods into them.
Like Li Zunxu, he believed that Dangxiang was just a tribe in the northwest of the Song Dynasty. How could uncivilized barbarians feel the power of the Song Dynasty?
Ye An ignored Cao Yi's suggestion. If he really did this, not to mention that he would be "settled later" in the future, and he said that it would be a stupid thing to put out the fire at the moment.
The party members have begun to study gunpowder bombs, and have even made gunpowder that can be used in battles. Although it is not powerful, it cannot withstand the large quantity. Ye An was shocked when the battle report from Shichuan City came.
Although the ratio of gunpowder is not easy, it cannot stop people from constantly experimenting. He believes that the "golden ratio" of black gunpowder can be figured out by party members in time, so don't treat everyone in the world as fools.
But not everyone cares about Dangxiang. Ye An repeatedly reminded Zhao Zhen to be careful of Dangxiang people, but in the end, Zhao Zhen and the courtiers did not pay attention. They were all busy with other things. On the eighth day of May, Lu Yijian led the courtiers to go to court.
, please make a queen!
So the huge empire of the Song Dynasty began the most grand preparations. Everyone forgot about Jiangzhou's defeat. Even Qin Mumu was called into the palace to prepare for Cao Wan.
Ever since Cao Wan and Qin Mumu got along for a while, the two of them have become close as best friends. Cao Wan comes from a general family and has a cheerful and considerate personality. The Cao family and the Ye family are well-connected, so naturally they don't care about each other.
Preparing for the wedding, a major matter that was completely handled by the internal chamberlain, was also left to Qin Mumu.
As for Zhao Zhen, after learning that Cao Wan asked Qin Mumu to take care of the palace cloth making and makeup, he readily agreed.
No one cared about Ye An. At this time, he was hiding in the Marquis Mansion and did not even want to go to the Imperial City Department. However, Liu Yong sent people to deliver information from the Speed Department every day.
At this time, he no longer mentioned anything about party items. If he didn't let go, he would really become a clown...