The carnival of Shangyuan Night dispersed until midnight, and many restaurants in Kaifeng City were even open all night, and the spirited drinkers lingered everywhere, discussing the brilliant fireworks that appeared for the first time this year.

After handing over the pleadings to Lu Yijian, Xu Ping no longer cared about the matter. In his mind, Lu Yijian was nothing more than proposing to impose a light punishment on Zhang Shixun and Yang Chongxun, and then observe the direction of the wind, if the imperial historian of the court caught this matter, then the additional punishment would be. This matter cannot be investigated deeply, and if the situation of the city officials involved in business is thoroughly investigated, there will be too many officials involved, and the trouble will not end in the end.

The only thing that will happen is the imperial history and the speech officials, most of these people have low official positions, and they are in important positions, so they have no chance of making a fortune. If you don't have contact, you don't understand, I didn't know it before, but when this incident came out, everyone saw that other officials had made a fortune in this way, and they might not be able to endure this breath.

There are indeed some people in the imperial history who are honest and self-controlled, but there are also some who want to get rich and have no chance, no matter which one they are, they will spare no effort to chase and fight. How it ends in the end depends on how much anger they have in their hearts.

Xu Ping didn't care about this, what he really cared about was the problem of the three officials who were reflected this time. As soon as he grabbed it, almost all the officials of the entire cargo affairs were implicated, and according to the words of his previous life, this was the nest case.

If this is the case for the goods, what about the other warehouses under the three divisions? According to Xu Ping's experience in his previous life, I'm afraid that none of them are clean.

To deal with it or not to deal with it? How to deal with it? Xu Ping was a little confused.

Five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the Central Plains region of each generation, the political upper class changed frequently, but created an intricate and complex relationship between the lower class of public officials. From the chamberlains in the palace, to the inconspicuous officials of the yamen, and even the middle and lower-level officers in the army, they are often passed down from generation to generation during the Five Dynasties period. The regime is changing, but this class is as stable as a rock.

With the reuse of civil officials from the imperial examination during the Taizong period, the separation of officials became more and more serious, and some yamen were even controlled by public officials, who were only nominally in charge, and all specific affairs were decided by public officials.

In the face of such a stratum, it is not enough to have the determination to rectify it. It is almost an impossible task to move the whole body, and after replacing the person, there must be a suitable person to replace it.

Even if Xu Ping has the heart, he is powerless for a while, so he can only wait for the opportunity slowly.

March 17, the Third Division Engraving Bookstore.

Xu Ping, Han Qi, Wang Yaochen and others all gathered here, waiting for the first book on money law to be printed.

Yesterday, they got together to discuss their articles, and finalized the draft, and asked Shi Quanbin to arrange for someone to typeset it overnight and print it in time. When the Shangyuan Festival holiday ends tomorrow, the book will come out and then be given to the relevant yamen and officials.

New things, now the three divisions are losing their money, and when they have an impact in the future, they can let those who want to see it spend money to read it. Even in Xu Ping's mind, publications with this kind of content should be ordered by the relevant yamen with minister's money and public funds.

Shi Quanbin personally watched from the side, waited until the first page was printed, and without waiting for it to dry, he returned to the official hall with his hand and handed it to Xu Ping, who was waiting here.

Xu Ping took it, and Shi Quanbin said: "Junhou, look at the printing of this book, do you still like it?" Are there any mistakes? ”

Most of the craftsmen in the book engraving bureau are invited to engrave books in the original bookstore, they have been in the industry for many years, and there is naturally no problem with proofreading these things, but they are not proficient in the typesetting of movable type, and there are many problems such as blurred black edge handwriting, which are still far from the current engraving printing.

Xu Ping saw it and was not very satisfied in his heart, but the effect could only rely on the craftsmen to slowly use time to grind their experience, and they didn't say anything when they spoke, and handed it to Han Qi who was standing aside.

Han Qi looked at it carefully, nodded and exclaimed, "We just finished proofreading the manuscript yesterday afternoon, and we didn't expect it to be printed overnight." Although it is still slightly worse than the engraved book, this time is not comparable to the engraving in any way. ”

A few people just watched it, and they all felt satisfied.

Xu Ping said to Shi Quanbin: "Let's do this first, tell the craftsman not to print too fast, and make sure that every page is printed clearly." You first ask the craftsman to print two sample books, and when we have seen them, we will print another 500 copies. ”

Shi Quanbin went, Xu Ping said: "Let's sit down and wait, why do you have to print the sample book at noon, after we read it, we will go to the nearby Qingfeng Building to eat and drink." ”

After sitting and drinking tea for a while, Wang Yaochen said to Xu Ping: "Yesterday, it was rumored in the city that the Shangyuan Festival goods affairs found out that the public officials colluded with the shop to secretly change the tea, is there really such a thing." ”

"Yes, I originally wanted to send the Xiang army to the fire candle, and who knew about it, so I found out about it. The prisoners were all handed over to Kaifeng Mansion early, and I don't know if they found anything in the trial. ”

At that time, Han Zong was asked to send troops to inspect the field affairs, Xu Ping originally heard Xu Chang say that someone wanted to change the tea to attract him, but now he really checked the matter, but he said his original intention anyway. Xu Ping is not greedy for this credit, if he is jealous of others because of this little thing, it is really not worth it.

Wang Yaochen started his head, and everyone discussed the case of Shangyuan Festival, especially the Zhang family and the Yang family involved, how the court would deal with it, and they were all full of interest.

Except for Xu Ping, all the officials here are middle and lower-level officials, and it is not easy to live in the capital, and they have no capital to do business and make a fortune. Fang Kai and Wang Bin, who have been officials for a long time, have a little spare money, and they are just investing in the outside pledge bank to sit on interest, and they have only heard of the business of thousands of people at every turn, and they don't know the details inside.

The officials of the three divisions are all affairs officers, unlike the Taiwan Counsel and the Pavilion Ministers, who are idle every day, and this kind of thing is just to have a good time, and they are not ready to write a chapter to be severely punished or anything.

Han Qi was steady, did not participate in the discussion of this matter, and seriously discussed the money method with Xu Ping on the side.

During a Shangyuan Festival celebration, a lot of money went out of the Zuozang storehouse. Han Qi, who was in charge of the Zuo Treasury, watched the vault gradually become empty, and his interest in the new money method became stronger and stronger.

Han Qi said: "After the festival, the Chinese book will inevitably discuss the matter of the new cast iron money, what does Yunxing think?" ”

"Let's hope it goes well, and there are no more troubles. According to Xichuan's experience, one copper coin should be reasonable for five iron coins, and there will not be too much chaos. If the new money is used, maybe a little more tax will be collected. ”

Zhang Shixun, who raised his nose and eyebrows, is in trouble now, and the resistance should not be too great.

Han Qi said: "The money method is not a trivial matter, according to my estimate, it may be tried in a few states." The first good district of Kaifeng Mansion is naturally impossible. If it is too far away from the capital and difficult to control, Yunxing, if this is the case, you should choose the place carefully. ”

Xu Ping nodded: "Indeed, if you choose to go to Jiangnan and Zhejiang, who knows what it will look like." It is best to choose Jingxi Road, which happens to be the marketing area of the new tea law, and it is also convenient to take care of. ”

At this time, the transfer envoy of Jingxi Road was Wang Dan's eldest son Wang Yong, and because of Wang Su's relationship, he also had contacts with Xu Ping's family. There is a familiar official in charge, and Xu Ping is also easy to operate.

When Xu Ping was looking at the printed book, in the restaurant by the Bianhe River, Taishi Liu looked at a few henchmen standing in front of him, and said with a calm face: "Is there a result in Kaifeng Mansion?" ”

Shi Qingnian replied respectfully: "Back to Taishi, the case has been tried, but the government official Cheng Lin has not taken matters seriously, and it will not be decided until tomorrow." But you can rest assured that someone in our patrol court has already done this case to death, and there is no major matter. ”

"Well, I must tell them to be thorough, and they can't be as sloppy as the day before yesterday."

Shi Qingnian respectfully agreed.

"Also, the families of the officials involved in the case must be arranged thoroughly, so that they have no worries. This time the general's family was implicated, and the court was afraid that it would not give up, and these people would inevitably be mismatched. When they suffer in this way, we must take care of their family and never do anything that will cause them to fall into trouble. ”

The official of the goods department has shouldered all the responsibilities, if they are not compensated, where will anyone follow Taishi Liu in the future? Besides, these little officials are also relatives and relatives, friends and friends, and there are all kinds of feelings.

After asking about the handling of the case, Mrs. Liu sighed: "We can't take advantage of the Shangyuan Festival to replace all the tea leads, it will be difficult for us to do it in the future." To change the account book little by little, not to mention more flaws, it will be delayed for a long time, and these silver coins will be pressed on the tea lead, and the turnover will not work, and how many opportunities to make a fortune will be delayed! ”

Even at this point, Taishi Liu did not consider following the normal procedure and paying real money for the tea he received in his hand. One is that the profit is low, and the other is not so much cash to toss.

The amount of funds that Taishi Liu can use is considerable, but most of them are not his own money, and the largest is the capital entrusted by the powerful people to the cadres. Once these funds are moved, the main family will cause a big disaster if they can't use the turnover. It is not a big deal for the court to be greedy for money and steal it at all, and officials sometimes turn a blind eye, but if it is less money from the officials' own families, it is not so easy to get by.

No matter how great the power of the public officials is, after all, they are not monolithic, if they are forced down by powerful officials, they must throw people out of the top cylinder, and it is difficult to say who is unlucky at that time.

He still has to exchange these teas for real tea at the old price, but he doesn't have a chance to finish it, so he can only move in the coming days, and let the officials in charge change their accounts for tea little by little.

Thinking of this headache, Mrs. Liu slapped the table: "This Han Zong is really hateful!" If he hadn't pursued him to the end, where would he have caused so much trouble? At that time, the expulsion of the tea bearer was over, but he had to be arrested and interrogated. Write down this matter with him first, and if you provoke us later, you will not stop with him! ”

The petty officials can't help the officials, but the officials always rely on them to do things. As long as the officials are willing to guide, they will always let the officials make loopholes, and when the time comes, they will bite back, and the result will be unpredictable. (To be continued.) )