Li Yunze, who was busy reviewing official documents, put down the brush in his hand and looked at Zhang Tang doubtfully, "Say it again."
"Your Majesty."
Zhang Tang, who was saluting with his left hand in front, said again, "The convoy transporting money and goods sank when it was crossing the river."
"The ship sank?"
Li Yunze frowned slightly and said, "Tell me in detail."
"Here."
"...The convoy arrived at the other side of Mengjin Ferry. It was getting late and the wind was strong on the river. Du Shuicheng, one of the three chief ministers of the Shaofu who led the team, ignored everyone's dissuasion and forced him to cross the river and rest on the other side..."
"Mengjin Ferry?"
Li Yunze interrupted Zhang Tang, "Didn't you say we were going to Fenglingdu? Why did we transfer to Mengjindu?"
The other side of Fenglingdu is Tongguan. Of course, there is no Tongguan yet, but there is also a large town on the other side, right next to the official road into Hangu Pass, so it is very convenient to enter Guanzhong directly.
As for the Mengjin Ferry, it is naturally the Mengjin Ferry next to Luoyang City.
"Your Majesty," Zhang Tang explained, "I heard from Du Shuicheng that on the way, I heard that there was a strong wind at Fenglingdu and it was difficult to cross the river..."
"You heard on the way?"
Li Yunze smiled and said, "Send someone to Fenglingdu to check and ask if there were strong winds during that time."
"Here."
Zhang Tang responded, and then continued, "Your Majesty, when the convoy got on the ferry to cross the river, it was completely dark. The wind on the river was very strong, and the fleet gradually dispersed without a trace and could not see each other. Then I heard a loud shout on the ship carrying gold coins.
Shouting that the ship is going to sink...wait until we get up
When we reached the shore, only the ship carrying gold coins failed to come. After dawn, I searched everywhere, but there was no trace of it."
"Haha~~~"
Li Yunze shook his head disdainfully, "A simple blind trick."
There were so many ships in the fleet, but it was a coincidence that only the ship carrying gold coins sank.
Obviously we were supposed to go to Fenglingdu, but by chance there was a rumor that there was a strong wind at Fenglingdu, so we had to take a detour to Mengjindu.
Everyone knew that it was getting dark soon, and there was still strong wind on the river, so we had to cross the river in a hurry.
When too many coincidences come together, it is no longer a coincidence, but inevitable.
No matter what others think, Li Yunze will definitely not treat it as an accident.
After thinking for a moment, Li Yunze immediately ordered Zhang Tang to "quickly send people to control Nadu Shuicheng. He is a key figure. Don't let him commit suicide with eighteen stabs in the back."
"Here."
Zhang Tang accepted the order and quickly exited the hall.
Li Yunze shook his head and did not take this matter to heart.
It's just a little gold, nothing else.
In any era, there will be no shortage of bold and ruthless people who dare to tie their heads to their belts and rob the imperial court of gold. It is really not a big deal.
But it was obvious that Li Yunze took this matter lightly.
The most intuitive display is that when this news was passed to Chang'an City, a minister soon expressed his position in the court that it was very inappropriate to set up the coin minting bureau in Zhongshan State, which would cause difficulties and troubles in coin transportation, and requested the emperor.
With this gold shipwreck case
As a warning, the money-making bureau was moved back to Chang'an City.
Emperor Liu Qi's first thought was that what happened this time was directed at the money-making bureau in the hands of Li Yunze, and there was a pusher behind it!
When the news reached Lunucheng, Li Yunze's first reaction was, 'I thought it was a case of a desperado stealing gold, but I didn't expect it to be a target for attacking me.'
His thoughts changed and he couldn't control his body. He raised his head and sighed softly, "Hi~~~"
Sighing out his breath, Li Yunze lowered his head and reached out his hand to caress the beauty's hair, saying warmly, "Go and get ten pieces of Sichuan brocade."
The beauty, with a look of disappointment in her beautiful eyes, bowed with a whisper in her throat, "Thank you... thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
The wise king Li Yunze looked at the beauty's leaving figure, but what he was thinking about was, wouldn't it be very dangerous if one day he met a ruthless character like the Xixia Princess?
But then I thought about it, considering my current physical fitness, it should be comparable to steel, and it would break all the teeth of the imperial concubine.
After putting down his thoughts, a chamberlain came to report, "Ting Wei Zhang Gong has something urgent to report."
"Could it be that Nadu Shuicheng was silenced?"
Li Yunze came to the palace with a smile, and when he saw Zhang Tang, his first sentence went straight to the core of the problem.
Zhang Tang paused and bowed deeply, "There is no greater sage than your Majesty. I have news to report that Prime Minister Shui is guilty of dereliction of duty. He went out at night and jumped into the water."
"Heh~~~"
Waving his wide sleeves, Li Yunze sat down behind the desk. "Do you think he really threw himself into the water?"
"I also feel that this matter is fishy, and I am afraid that someone is manipulating this matter behind the scenes."
"First lose the gold, and then use this matter to attack me. Move the coin minting bureau to Chang'an City, so that I lose the right to mint money. This is just the beginning. I will make a fuss about this matter later and continue to attack.
This king will reduce my impression in the eyes of the emperor and the queen mother.
"
Li Yunze said thoughtfully, "It seems that someone has paid attention to me and started to take action."
"King!"
Zhang Tang blushed and saluted, "I would like to go to Luoyang to thoroughly investigate this matter for your Majesty!"
"It's useless." Li Yunze smiled and waved his hand, "You are a court official of Zhongshan Kingdom. If you go to Luoyang, who will pay attention to you? I don't know, it will also make you feel ashamed and throw yourself into the water because you can't get things done."
Zhang Tang saluted respectfully, "I am willing to go through fire and water for your Majesty, no matter what!"
"Loyalty is commendable."
Li Yunze approved, then returned to the topic, "Tell me, why don't you go to Fenglingdu instead of Mengjindu?"
After being prompted, Zhang Tang's eyes suddenly lit up, "Because it's easier to do things in Luoyang?"
"That's right."
Li Yunze smiled, "Such things cannot be done by the government and the military, because they can't wipe away the traces. Tell me who the most famous ranger in Luoyang is."
"Ju Meng!"
Looking at Zhang Tang's hurried away figure, Li Yunze was thoughtful.
"This is too obvious. It's like deliberately pointing clues to Ju Meng. Something is wrong. Something is wrong."
The game in Chang'an City finally reached a turning point.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At the suggestion of Princess Guantao, the Queen Mother came forward to advise the emperor about the missing gold coins, saying, "The gold coins were made by Prince Sheng and have not yet been delivered to the hands of the young master.
It's still his responsibility. In that case, it's up to him to investigate the matter.'
Liu Qi, who was not in good health, sensed that something was wrong, but he also thought that this was an opportunity to sharpen Li Yunze, so he accepted it.
As the imperial edict was sent to Lunu City, the pot was finally thrown onto Li Yunze's broad and strong back.
Everyone originally thought that Li Yunze would arrange for his close ministers to go to Luoyang City to thoroughly investigate the matter.
After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that if something happened specifically here in Luoyang City, it must have something to do with the powerful people in Luoyang.
But what no one expected was that Li Yunze came to Luoyang City in person!
Luoyang was originally a Zhou city and was the capital of the world for hundreds of years.
In the early Han Dynasty, the rogue Liu defeated Xiang Yu, and because he was afraid of his powerful fighting power, he scattered his body and threw him to the ends of the earth, and then settled his capital here in Luoyang.
Although the capital was later moved to Chang'an City built by Xiao He, no one would deny that Luoyang was the first capital of the Han Dynasty.
Compared with Chang'an City, where almost the entire city is filled with palaces, Luoyang is much more prosperous.
There are countless houses in the city, and the streets are criss-crossed and extremely beautiful.
Over in Chang'an City, if you throw a brick and hit ten people, eight of them are relatives of the emperor and distinguished nobles.
But here in Luoyang City, all three religions and nine streams are present, hundreds of schools of thought are everywhere, merchants and tourists come in an endless stream, and the streets are bustling with life and prosperity.
Guanzhong is to the west, Hebei is to the north, Qilu is to the east, and Jingxiang Jiangdong is to the south. Luoyang, located in the middle of the world, has extremely developed transportation.
The saying that the center of the world belongs to China, and the center of China is Luoyi is really true.
Walking on the crowded streets of Luoyang, Li Yunze was thinking, 'Compared to being a national capital, Luoyang is obviously more suitable to be an economic center.'
In this era, 80% of the population and economy were concentrated in the north, and Luoyang's location was very suitable for being an economic transit center.
Unlike later generations, Luoyang also declined as the economy moved southward.
There are many people on the streets of Luoyang. There are various shops lined up on both sides of the street, and there are also endless street stalls against the wall outside the shops.
Li Yunze looked around and saw no one from the yamen coming to drive away the stalls, let alone just taking the vendors' goods and leaving.
"Trading men and pawns, driving carts and selling pulp. Since ancient times, these have been humble and normal occupations."
When he was sighing, a guard hurriedly came forward and said, "Your Majesty, Ting Wei Zhang Gong said that he has something important to report."
Li Yunze came to Luoyang City privately, but the person who came to investigate the matter openly was Zhang Tang, the Tingwei of Zhongshan Kingdom.
Zhang Tang has a calm personality. Since he sent someone to tell him, there must have been concrete and important progress.
Li Yunze nodded and said, "Go back to the inn."
Because of the emperor's imperial edict, the local Yamen in Luoyang would cooperate with Zhang Tang in handling matters.
But they would never give up their yamen to Zhang Tang.
The reason is very simple. Zhang Tang was a Tingwei of the Zhongshan Kingdom, not a Tingwei of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Zhang Tang could only work in the inn.
Li Yunze returned to the inn and came to Zhang Tang's room. He saw Zhang Tang, who had always had a sullen face. He stepped forward with a smile and saluted, "Your Majesty, I found gold."
"oh?"
Li Yunze was greatly surprised when he said this, "So smooth?"
"yes."
Zhang Tang smiled and nodded, then took out a gold coin from the wooden box on the desk and handed it to Li Yunze, and explained, "There was a knight-errant who surrendered voluntarily and brought this gold coin."
Looking carefully at the gold coin in his hand, Li Yunze was able to confirm immediately that it was indeed produced by the Mint Bureau of the Zhongshan State. Only the Zhongshan State in the entire Han Dynasty had this technology for hydraulically stamped gold coins.
Playing with the gold coins in his hand, Li Yunze was thoughtful.
"Where did you get it? Who does the ranger belong to? Who did he report?"
Facing the inquiry, Zhang Tang, with a look of satisfaction on his face, bowed and responded, "Returning to the king's words, the rangers have all confessed. The one who colluded with Du Shuicheng, the Shaofu, to steal gold coins in the name of shipwreck is the Luoyang giant bandit."