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On the second day, Lin Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, visited Qian Tong, the envoy of the Jianzhou Jurchen, with a strange expression.

After seeing Qian Tong, Lin Wei put on a smile and bowed his hand and said, "Congratulations to Envoy Qian!" Your Majesty's reward to Houjin has been decided, because Houjin's deferential performance this time, Your Majesty is also extraordinarily generous, I roughly estimated, Your Majesty's reward is worth as much as twice Houjin's tribute! ”

After speaking, Lin Wei took out a gift slip and handed it to Qian Tong.

Qian Tong was immediately overjoyed, only to feel that Houjin had really taken advantage of it this time, and hurriedly took the gift list and looked through it.

But looking at the contents of the gift list, Qian Tong's expression quickly became confused.

The gift list is long and long, there are 10,000 taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver, 10 million pieces of Daming treasure banknotes, 1,000 horses of silk and silk, and countless rare luxuries...... It's really worth a lot.

But if you put aside those Daming treasure banknotes, which are already similar to waste paper, all the things in this gift list together are only similar to the value of the tribute gifts of the Jianzhou Jurchen, where is it as much as twice as much as Lin Wei said?

Seeing Qian Tong's puzzled expression, Lin Wei's expression flashed a trace of embarrassment, but he still forcibly maintained a smiling face, pointed to the end of the gift list, and said: "Qian envoy, you see the last item of this gift list, which is the focus of His Majesty's reward this time, and it is the royal tribute in the palace, which can be described as the most proud creation of my Ming Dynasty in recent years, and it can best reflect the prosperity and style of my Ming Dynasty, and it is also the most valuable." ”

Qian Tong looked down, and sure enough, he found a line at the end of the gift list.

- 5,000 boxes of milk pancreas, aromatic pancreas, and crystal pancreas, and 1,000 boxes of medicinal pancreas.

Qian Tong immediately wanted to curse.

Pancreas? Isn't it the soap used to wash your hands and face? This kind of thing can also be regarded as a tribute in the palace to reward the nations?

When Qian Tong was still in Houjin, he had heard that pancreas was an invention of Zhao Junchen, which was used to cleanse the body, and the effect was much stronger than that of ordinary soaphorns, and there were many miraculous effects that soaphorns did not have, such as crystal pancreas had the effect of lubricating the skin, milk pancreas had the effect of whitening the complexion, fragrant pancreas had the effect of adding fragrance to the body, and medicinal pancreas had the effect of strengthening the body and dispelling diseases.

It is said that after Zhao Junchen invented the pancreas, it soon became popular all over the Ming Dynasty, and if the people did not have a pancreatic at home, they would not dare to claim that they were rich; Even wealthy families often show off and compare themselves with the pancreas they usually use - the pancreas you use daily is a crystal pancreas that costs one or two silver? What a poor man! That's what my maidservants use! I usually only use the high-grade medicine pancreas worth seven or eight taels of silver!

After this mission to the Ming Dynasty, Qian Tong also found that both officials and ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty had a much more white and healthy image than he had in his impression, and most of them had a natural herbaceous aroma, which was obviously the effect of pancreas.

After Qian Tong himself lived in the capital station, he also used pancreas, and the effect was indeed amazing, and it also made him admire it, and he always wanted to buy more as a specialty and bring it back to Houjin.

Looking at it this way, Lin Wei insisted on saying that these pancreas represent the prosperity and prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, but it makes sense.

Thinking of this, Qian Tong's heart moved, and his anger decreased a lot, and he asked, "Lin Shangshu, but I don't know how much these pancreas are worth?" But how easy to sell? ”

Lin Wei immediately nodded and said, "Of course, the value of these pancreas is extremely high!" Even in the folk, an ordinary pancreas and milk pancreas can easily be sold for three to half a tael of silver at a high price, as for the value of crystal pancreas is even higher, the sky-high price of one or two silver is also in short supply, it is the special product of those wealthy families, and there are more precious medicinal pancreas, the price is often as high as seven or eight taels of silver, high-ranking officials and giants between the government and the opposition, they are proud of their own use of medicinal pancreas on weekdays, in the eyes of the people, if a person has the unique fragrance of medicinal pancreas, it means that this person's family background is not rich or expensive, It will inevitably attract the envy of everyone! It can be said that in my Ming Dynasty, what kind of pancreas you usually use represents your status!

And His Majesty gave Houjin all kinds of pancreas this time, it is even more remarkable, all of them are used by the palace in the palace, and they are all used daily by His Majesty and his concubines, the materials are more exquisite, the process is more complex, and the effect is more wonderful, and after the careful carving of the craftsmen, all kinds of patterns emerge, and some pancreas are even carved into the appearance of Rui beasts and palaces, just like exquisite jade, which is very good-looking, and the price is ten times higher than the common pancreas of the people, and it is more than ten times more than a hundred times!

There are many people with rich families, they will try their best to buy a piece of pancreas used in the palace at a high price, and they are reluctant to use it to clean their bodies on weekdays, so they are placed in the main room as decoration, which is not only beautiful and auspicious, but also adds fragrance to the room, and is the most decent scenery! ”

After a pause, Lin Wei said again: "This time, Your Majesty generously gave Houjin tens of thousands of boxes of pancreas, each box contains four pieces of pancreas of various colors, all of which are treasures in the palace, and the value is needless to say. ”

Hearing Lin Wei's explanation, Qian Tong's anger in his heart suddenly disappeared, and he also breathed a long sigh of relief.

This time, the gift of Houjin tribute to Emperor Deqing was so heavy, that is, it was thought that the Ming Dynasty could not pull down the face, and in order to maintain the dignity of the Heavenly Empire, it would inevitably repay Houjin's tribute several times, and Houjin would be able to make a lot of money when the time came.

Even if it is the Ming Dynasty's feedback most of the things are just flashy treasures and luxuries, it doesn't matter, after all, the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin have opened a mutual market, and after selling these treasures and luxuries, they can still be exchanged for silver to buy a large number of practical materials and bring them back to the Houjin territory.

Therefore, after hearing Lin Wei's explanation, Qian Tong was immediately relieved - since the value of pancreas is very high and it is an extremely sought-after commodity, he only needs to sell it to exchange a large number of grain and grass materials for Houjin, that is, it takes a little more effort.

In short, Houjin still made a lot of money this time!

On the other hand, Lin Wei, as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, often dealt with envoys from various countries, so he naturally knew that every time envoys from various countries paid tribute, they would take the opportunity to do business in the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, just seeing the change in Qian Tong's expression, Lin Wei had already guessed Qian Tong's thoughts.

Lin Wei's expression became more and more strange, and he arched his hand and said: "In this case, please also ask the Qian envoy to send someone to hand over as soon as possible, Your Majesty's reward is now stored in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and after you go to the palace and thank Your Majesty, you can go to the Ministry of Rites to receive the reward...... The official's visit this time is to inform the Qian envoy, but the time is not early, and the official has to return to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to deal with official business, and by the way, he is waiting for the visit of the Qian envoy, so he will not stay here longer! ”

After saying that, Lin Wei couldn't wait to leave.

After Qian Tong thought that he had obtained the benefits, he also smiled and said goodbye to Lin Wei, saying, "It's easy to say!" This time, I would like to thank Lin Shangshu for his contribution! When the contemptible person goes to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to receive the reward, there will be a heartfelt gift! ”

Lin Wei nodded, and was about to turn around and leave, but when he reached the door, he stopped again.

Then, Lin Wei turned to look at Qian Tong, his eyes were faintly filled with pity, and he couldn't help but remind: "There is one thing that this official must inform envoy Yu Qian...... All the pancreatic business in the Ming Dynasty, similar to salt and iron, are exclusively sold by the inner carrier warehouse, if the private merchants want to have the qualification to sell pancreas, they must bid in the household department, only from the household bidding to the voucher, in order to receive pancreas from the internal carrier warehouse, for sale...... That is to say, if you don't have the formalities of the household department, you can't sell pancreas privately, and these pancreas can only be transported back to Houjin in full, and cannot be used for other purposes. ”

Hearing Lin Wei's explanation, Qian Tong was stunned.

On the other side, Lin Wei saw Qian Tong's expression change, and hurriedly added: "Also, Qian Envoy just said that he wanted to give this official a heart, so this matter is not necessary...... Just a normal handover! Just a normal handover! ”

After speaking, Lin Wei hurriedly turned around and left, leaving only Qian Tong alone, his face gradually turned red!

If you don't have a certificate from the household department, you can't sell pancreas at will? What does that mean? In other words, the batch of pancreas that Emperor Deqing rewarded to Houjin can only be smashed in his hands?

Could it be that I was fortunate to be able to risk my life to go to the Ming Dynasty, and in the end I could only get a batch of pancreas used to clean my body and return to Houjin?

Houjin was in the midst of a food shortage, and he couldn't eat enough, so he was counting on this time to get a benefit from the Ming Dynasty and exchange it for food relief. Is the whole population hygienic? Pancreas may be useful, but it is by no means necessary for Houjin! Houjin's top priority is to keep the military and civilians fed, not personal hygiene!

Thinking of this, Qian Tong's mind had already appeared Xuan Ye's gloomy face after seeing this batch of pancreas.

"Ming Dynasty...... Here's how to do it! Where is there still the decency of the Celestial Empire! ”

After holding it for a long time, Qian Tong, who didn't take any advantage, finally scolded like this!

But beyond that, the money pass can't change anything.

After all, although Houjin did not take advantage, the Ming Dynasty was indeed extremely generous on the surface, so that people could not find any fault, and the value of the things rewarded to Houjin was valuable enough, but the pancreas that accounted for the majority of these rewards could not be sold!

At the same time, Lin Wei hurriedly fled Qian Tong's room because he was afraid of embarrassment, but he still vaguely heard Qian Tong's anger venting, and couldn't help but walk faster.

"Luckily! Fortunately, the money envoy didn't know that the reason why this batch of pancreas was so expensive was only because of the scarcity of quantity, but the actual cost was only three or five thousand taels of silver...... If I let him know these things, I really won't be able to step down this time, and the dignity of the court will be gone...... Alas! I don't know why Zhao Gechen is so stingy, the means are too desperate! Houjin's tribute this year is so much, which shows their sincerity, but Zhao Gechen turned out to be whimsical and planned to use only a batch of pancreas as a gift in return!

Yesterday, if it weren't for my reasoning, Your Majesty also wanted to maintain the dignity of the imperial court, and finally asked the household department and the inner treasury to replenish a batch of gold, silver and treasures of similar value to the tribute of Houjin...... Otherwise, Houjin's tribute will be all wasted, and you won't even be able to get the capital back! ”

While thinking about it, Lin Wei recalled Zhao Junchen's suggestion yesterday!

"Your Majesty, if you don't want the Jianzhou Jurchens and other ministries to take too much advantage, but you want to maintain the dignity of the imperial court, then just give them some more fictitious things! What is fiction but not reality? It's priceless! That is, what I have only in the Ming Dynasty and what Jin does not have! In this way, these things are priceless for Houjin, and its specific value is naturally up to us!

The minister thinks that the royal pancreas that His Majesty and the concubines in the palace usually use is very suitable! Since the invention of the pancreas, it has always been exclusively made by the internal transport library, which is not only unique to my Ming Dynasty, but also something that the Jianzhou Jurchen has never seen, and it also has some practical effects, which is very popular with all parties...... And the royal pancreas that His Majesty and the concubines in the palace usually use are naturally more valuable, just say that it is worth dozens of taels of silver and no one can refute it, but in fact its cost is not high, only a few dozen dollars, and it is also easy to manufacture, we might as well use the pancreas used in the palace as a reward and hand it over to the Jianzhou Jurchen and other ministries, just say that this batch of pancreas is worth millions of taels of silver, and no one can find fault with it! ”

At that time, after listening to Zhao Junchen's words, everyone in the imperial study was dumbfounded, only feeling that Zhao Junchen's face was too thick.

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In Zhao Junchen's previous life, he also watched several Internet histories, in which the protagonist or a science man with a wide range of knowledge can create and invent many things; or a well-read liberal arts student, all kinds of poetry and songs are always at your fingertips.

Zhao Junchen also crossed over, but it was far from the same in comparison, only "invented" two things, one is soap, the other is printed apples, and only provided a general idea, and the specific process was all completed by soapmakers and fruit farmers.

Fortunately, these two things played a role to a greater or lesser extent, affecting the fate of Zhao Junchen and even changing the direction of the situation in the Ming Dynasty.

Today, Zhao Junchen no longer intends to "invent" anything in a short period of time, but turns his attention to poetry.

It's a pity that Zhao Junchen doesn't know much about the poems after the Ming Dynasty, except for the few naturally domineering poems, there are only two or three left.

Just as Lin Wei and Qian Tong met, Zhao Junchen was standing in front of his desk and wrote down a famous poem of the Qing Dynasty in his memory.

"If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan. Waiting for idle changes but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable...... Lishan language is half a night, tears and rain rain and rings do not complain, what is Bo Xing Jinyilang, than the wings and branches as a wish. ”

Well, it's actually only half a poem, because Zhao Junchen can't remember the second half of the poem clearly, and there are a few deviations when he writes silently, although it is only a few words of change, but the artistic conception in the poem is worse after all.

After holding it for a long time, but he couldn't finish the poem anyway, Zhao Junchen sighed, and then threw the rabbit in his hand aside.

At this time, Zhang Yuer pushed the door and entered the study, and was about to say something to Zhao Junchen, but suddenly saw the poem in front of Zhao Junchen, and after reading it softly, Zhang Yuer couldn't help but integrate into the poem.

What a sad and desolate mood is this?

For a while, Zhang Yuer actually forgot her original purpose, and looked at the poems in front of her for a long time, and she was a little stupid.

Zhang Yuer's personality has always been different from ordinary women, compared with the love of children and the love of men and women, she is more indulged in the feeling of turning her hands into clouds and turning her hands into rain, shaking the situation in the world, and controlling the fate of the world - this is also the reason why Zhang Yuer likes Zhao Junchen, because Zhao Junchen has too many conspiracies and tricks that are enough to reverse the dynasty.

But at this moment, seeing this poem, the point is that this poem was still written by Zhao Junchen, but Zhang Yuer suddenly found that she actually still had some girlish thoughts.

After reading it silently several times in her heart, Zhang Yuer looked up at Zhao Junchen, her eyes were shining, her cheeks were flushed, and she asked softly: "If life is only as it was when I first saw it, what is the autumn wind and sad fan...... This poem was written by the master? ”

Zhao Junchen was a little ashamed, but after thinking about it, he still said, "It's what I wrote...... But this is only half a poem, and the artistic conception of the second half of the poem is still a little worse, and I am not particularly satisfied. ”

Zhang Yu'er stared straight at Zhao Junchen with a pair of bright eyes, and said softly: "It's already good...... Being able to write this poem also shows your talent and feelings...... Sir, why did you write this poem? ”

When asking, Zhang Yuer's heart was full of expectations, and she thought that she would hear Zhao Junchen tell a touching and poignant love story, or a beautiful love story that makes people's hearts bloom.

However, Zhao Junchen just said calmly: "Of course, it is to raise hope for yourself and create some false fame!" By the way, I used poetry to try to see if this method could dissolve Emperor Deqing's vigilance. ”

Zhang Yuer was stunned for a moment and asked, "Yangwang?" False name? Dispel Your Majesty's vigilance? ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and further explained: "Exactly! Taking the Three Kingdoms as an example, Cao Cao slaughtered countless people in the city, why can he still get the talk of many descendants? Many readers can't wait to overturn the case for Cao Cao and sing praises for him? Liu Bei has maintained benevolence and righteousness all his life, and when he is difficult to protect, he has to cross the river with the people and never give up, but why do some mavericks always think that Liu Bei is hypocritical? In the final analysis, Cao Cao is good at composing poetry! And these poems are the best means of publicity!

After reading Cao Cao's poems, it is easy for people to have a good impression of Cao Cao, thinking that poems can carry the will, and Cao Cao can make such majestic poems and poems that worry about the country and the people, how can he be a bad person? Naturally, he had to find ways to excuse Cao Cao...... On the contrary, Liu Bei is certainly benevolent and righteous all his life, but he did not leave any works, and his personal character is too perfect to make people ashamed, which naturally attracts some dark speculation...... So, Cao Cao is good at writing poetry, even if he slaughters the city and kills people, he is also a frank and lovely real villain in the hearts of some people, Liu Bei is not good at these superficial articles, even if he does more good deeds, it will inevitably attract criticism, this is the importance of propaganda!

Therefore, I wondered if I could also write a few poems that were enough to be passed down to the world, further reversing my Shilin image and increasing the goodwill of readers...... By the way, writing more poems about children's love will also make Emperor Deqing think that I have no ambitions, and maybe I can lower his vigilance......"

Zhang Yuer: "......"

Hearing Zhao Junchen's tirade, Zhang Yuer didn't know how to react for a while, and only felt that her girlish feelings that had only appeared once at a time were shattered by Zhao Junchen.

After being silent for a long time, Zhang Yu'er sighed softly and said, "Sometimes, Yu'er also hopes that your mind can be a little less calculating, master. ”

Zhao Junchen looked at Zhang Yu'er with a puzzled expression, a little strange in his heart, didn't she always like these calculations the most?

Zhang Yuer saw Zhao Junchen's unknown appearance, but she shook her head with a wry smile, only feeling that Zhao Junchen was incomprehensible.

But Zhang Yu'er glanced at Zhao Junchen's "poems" again, and really liked it in her heart, so she couldn't help asking: "Master, is this poem good for Yu'er?" ”

Zhao Junchen nodded and said, "I don't think it's good enough, but if you like it, take it." ”

Zhang Yuer immediately happily put away Zhao Junchen's "poems" and said: "I think it's good enough, especially the master's handwriting, which is even more rare." ”

The handwriting is almost the same.

But without waiting for Zhao Junchen to say anything, Zhang Yu'er's expression suddenly became serious, and said: "Master, news has just come from Luoyang, something big has happened!" ”

Zhao Junchen couldn't help frowning and asked, "Luoyang?" Is it something related to the crown prince? ”

Zhang Yu'er nodded and further explained: "It is rumored that the crown prince arrived in Luoyang to investigate King Fu, and there was no progress at first, but suddenly he collected a lot of conclusive evidence, and these criminal evidence is not only about King Fu, but also involves King Lu, King Su, King Dai and many other vassal kings!"

By now, the entire Luoyang has become a mess, and the crown prince forced the Luoyang government to put everyone under house arrest in the Fuwang Mansion, and he also planned to complete his work in one battle, and at the same time deal with the king of Lu, the king of Su, the king of Dai and other vassal kings! If nothing else, the crown prince will impeach all the vassal kings at the same time, and he will be sent to the capital tonight! ”

Hearing Zhang Yuer's report, Zhao Junchen was suddenly shocked, and he only felt incredible!

Prince Zhu and Yu, when did they become so capable?

In just over half a month, he was able to grasp the conclusive evidence of multiple vassal kings at the same time?

During this period of time, Zhu Heyu has indeed matured a lot, and he also has some means and city government, but it is not so powerful, right? Even if Bao Zheng and Di Renjie are alive, their ability to investigate cases is nothing more than that!

At the same time, Zhao Junchen also vaguely sensed a hint of conspiracy.

It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once again jumped into the trap prepared for him by others without hesitation!

All in all, whenever it is a time to do more and make more mistakes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince always behaves very positively!

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PS: The long title of this chapter is to spit on yourself.

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