Chapter 531 Ginseng (Part 2)
After learning about the "ginseng case", Cao Yongyuan was still worried that the Li family was too involved and implicated the Cao family. When he went back, he talked with his father and Mr. Zhuang.
The reaction between the two was a big surprise from Cao Yong.
Let’s not talk about who is secretly picking ginseng. The Northeast has heavy troops stationed and closed mountains and forests. It is not like Guanli’s roads and cheap traffic, but the levels of checkpoints.
If you can traffic in the Northeast, if you don’t have the protection of General Ningguta, General Jilin, General Fengtian and others, how did you transport these thousands of kilograms of ginseng?
The picking and selling of Northeast ginseng is originally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the money you get is required to enter the treasury.
This is why the imperial writer personally criticized it and had to investigate it. This is equivalent to taking money from the emperor's pocket, which is really a bold act.
Is it an ordinary family who has the courage and ability to go to the Northeast to "stolen ginseng"?
If you dare to do this, you will definitely not be one or two companies, otherwise someone would have been jealous. After all, there are many involvements from "stolen collection" to "trafficking". Who has the ability to cover up the sky with just one hand?
Going to the Northeast to "steal ginseng" is one of the ways to supplement household use by many royal palaces, Beile Mansions, and it is not uncommon to say.
Cao Yong was speechless when he heard this.
Since it is a well-known thing, why did Kangxi do this?
Or six officials from the Ministry of Justice tried together. Did he want to use his son to become a prince? Or did he want to use this method to cut off the financial roots of the "Eighth Master Party"?
Also puzzled is the Ninth Prince.
In just two days, he was really angry and felt a little nervous. The thirty stone ginseng that was confiscated in Shengjing this time was exactly what he instructed his confidant eunuch He Yuzhu to do.
Unexpectedly, he was conspired to conspiracy. After the ginseng was transported to Shengjing, something went wrong.
Fortunately, the Elf He Yuzhu was not caught and escaped and returned to the capital. Otherwise, would he be better than him?
"Stealing ginseng" is a severe sentence on others, and it falls to the prince. Although it cannot be said to be a death sentence, the title of Beizi is probably not guaranteed.
Ge Jue is not afraid. It will be difficult to get things done in two years, and it will not be difficult to get them again.
His biological mother, Concubine Yi, was a person who spoke on the ground in the harem. There was also a brother-in-law, Prince Heshuo, who was raised by the Empress Dowager. He had both domestic and foreign aids and would not become a idle royal family like the Thirteenth Prince.
I'm afraid it will affect the Eighth Prince.
Although the eighth prince was scolded and stopped Yinmi again, the door was neglected, and few people dared to come directly, there were many people watching the wind in private.
It is all a disposal that is damaged and does not move. When the deposed prince is still "reincarnated", what is the eighth prince's silver rice stop?
If the Ninth Prince was punished and cut off the source of wealth, the meaning would be different.
I am afraid that those officials who are still waiting and watching will suffer setbacks when they meet the princes of the "Eighth Master Party" and they will also have to think carefully.
The Ninth Prince was impatient with this relationship between the government and the opposition, and was full of his heart to make money.
However, after all, I grew up in the palace and was as savage as a human. If I think I like to speculate on people's hearts, I naturally know that I really can't bear this crime at the moment.
Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still and got up and called people to prepare a sedan chair.
He walked to the courtyard and before he left the palace, he saw the fourteenth prince walking in with great strides.
When I saw the Ninth Prince, the Fourteenth Prince had seen him two steps forward and asked with a smile: "Is Brother Ninth Prince going out? That brother was unfortunately here."
Seeing his face full of spring, the Ninth Prince smiled twice and said, "It's nothing, it's just that I want to go out to exercise my muscles. The Fourteenth Brother is a busy man. Why do you think of it when you look at your brother? Could it be that the sun rises to the west?" As he said that, he turned his head and looked west.
In recent days, the Ministry of War has been busy changing the defense of the garrison in Guihua City. The 14th Prince has been busy for a long time. So the Ninth Prince said so.
The fourteenth prince laughed twice, and a hint of pride appeared on his face.
The Ninth Prince only felt that it was dazzling. The eighth Prince, who was stopped by Yinmi, was "restoring" in the mansion. The more he was wary of the Fourteenth Prince.
No matter what he felt, the Ninth Prince didn't show his face. He laughed twice and invited him to the living room to speak.
The host and guests sat down and made people have tea.
The Ninth Prince couldn't help but feel excited when he remembered the "eagle killing incident". He hurriedly picked up the teacup to hide his incompetence, but he was suspicious.
It has been a year or two for transporting ginseng from Northeast China.
There has been no mistake in recent years, but now the Eighth Prince is memorizing, which makes a mistake.
If no one reveals it, those old guys from the Ministry of Justice would dare to interfere in this matter?
Those who can reach the position of Minister of the Secretariat are all old men and a few confused people.
The more I thought about it, the more suspicious he became, the Ninth Prince's eyes turned a little cold. Could it be that the Fourteenth Prince was bad?
Then he felt that he couldn't. Although the 14th Prince was old and had his own idea, he was ranked here. Except for those who liked the rough people of the Ministry of War, his other talents were not obvious.
Even if you are thinking about that position in your heart, relying solely on the power of the 14th Prince is tantamount to dreams. Even if the Eighth Prince is famous, you still have to rely on the financial resources of the Ninth Prince and the power of the Tenth Prince.
Even if the 14th Prince can be indifferent to the eighth Prince, he just wants to replace him, and there is no need to cut off the ninth Prince's wealth.
The 14th Prince seemed to want to say something, but hesitated for a moment and stopped again.
The two of them didn't say anything, and the atmosphere in the room was a bit strange.
The Ninth Prince had already gone to the suspicious person and said with a smile: "I won't go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing. Fourteenth brother, today I'm looking for my brother, but I want to help you?"
The 14th Prince waved his hand and said, "Brother Ninth is just joking. This is not killing my younger brother. That's right. The third brother is too lazy to socialize, but he always has to leave. What kind of gift should be prepared? Brothers have no rules on their own, so they have to ask Brother Ninth about their arrangements."
When the ninth prince heard this, he spat hard on the ground and said, "This third brother, I don't know which advice I got, started playing this set of brothers and brothers. He doesn't want to give up the gifts of each mansion, but he doesn't feel sorry for money." When he said this, his heart couldn't help but move.
Speaking of this ginseng picking, the third prince is also a big family.
Not only that, even if I trade here, there are two members of the Iron Hat Prince's Mansion. I am a little scared. Even if I don't worry about this, some people will worry about it.
After all, no one is clean after making a fuss. Even if Emperor Ama feels sorry for the money, he can still punish the prince Beile, the capital in Beijing for a few ginseng plants?
In the end, it was just a big deal that turned small and small things. It was just a bad guy who put it on the jar and made the court look better.
Thinking of this, Prince Ninth felt at ease.
The same old saying is still the same. Even if someone attacks the Eighth Prince, no one will dare to make him think.
Thinking of this, the Ninth Prince wondered whether he would come to the palace to pay his respects to his mother tomorrow. With his mother as a backer in the palace, he would be able to live such a leisurely life.
When the Ninth Prince mentioned the third prince's "friendly brothers and respectful brothers", the Fourteenth Prince raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "The boss is in the circle, the second brother is useless, and the third brother is afraid he will regard himself as the eldest son. This is the situation... The starryer is in this situation now, so the third brother is going to be proud."
The Ninth Prince shook his head and said, "Just relying on his virtue, I am not afraid of peeing and taking good care of myself. If I fail to succeed in literature and martial arts, I just hang a famous book that has been edited for several years. I really think that I am a talented person in the world. If the Emperor Prince can establish him, it would be strange..."
The fourteenth prince heard it with a smile, and felt like the ninth prince. He looked down on the sour and rotten third prince, and couldn't help but show a little contempt on his face.
The two brothers chatted for a few more times, and the fourteenth prince stood up and said goodbye.
The Ninth Prince seemed closer than before, and personally sent the Fourteenth Prince outside the mansion. Seeing the Fourteenth Prince riding a horse and walking away with his entourage, the Ninth Prince couldn't help but frown. He touched his chin and said, "Why did this old fourteenth Prince come?"
The fourteenth prince is so happy that he likes to put it on his face, not like someone who can hide things. The nineth prince couldn't help but be confused. Is this fourteenth prince acting well or is he suspected that he was wrong?
The Ninth Prince thought about it, but called a confidant manager, pointed to the direction of the Fourteenth Prince, and whispered: "You ride a fast horse and go over and see if you want to go back to the palace or go to another mansion."
The manager responded. The Ninth Prince thought about it and changed his mind. He did not go to the Eighth Prince's Mansion...
The fourteenth prince rode on the horse, but his smile disappeared completely and his face was as frost on his face.
It was entirely a habit to come to the Ninth Prince's Mansion. After so many years of getting along with each other, whenever they encounter something, they basically have to ask the Ninth Prince's opinion.
However, he also knew that some words could not be said to the Ninth Prince now.
Although the Eighth Prince lost power, the Ninth Prince's meaning did not look like he had given up. So, after he hesitated, he swallowed the words in his heart.
Thinking that he didn't even have someone to discuss, the 14th Prince couldn't help but feel impetuous and murmured: "Cao Yang, Cao family!"
When he arrived at the intersection, he held back the horse and did not return to the palace, but went to Xicheng.
After a while, the 14th Prince and his party arrived at Shifuma Street and dismounted in front of the Prince Pingjun's Mansion.
He was also a regular visitor here a few years ago. The managers recognized him. While sending people to report to him, he welcomed the 14th Prince to the front hall...
Cao Yan went to Lanyuan to see his mother and talked with her. Only then did she feel relieved when she was sure that she was fine.
After returning to Wutong Garden, Cao Yan thought that Emperor Kangxi was very pitiful.
Even if you know that the royal things were "stealed", you will be afraid that you will choose "the law does not blame the masses". After all, you have been a "benevolent monarch" all your life. If you attack your clan, you will not know how to judge in the future.
This is true for treating the treasury and the inner treasury. Even if you know it is done by the powerful, you can only endure it.
Cao Yan sighed, but he was really looking forward to the passing of the day earlier and seeing Yongzheng's "home search" method.
Kangxi's "benevolence" was a response to the powerful people of the Eight Banners and officials of the government and the government. It made the treasury empty and corrupt officials rampant. In some famine years, there was no way to provide relief for food or money.
Instead of such a person, he is better than a "explosion" like Yongzheng.
Although the two policies of "fire consumption belongs to the public" and "supporting integrity and silver" cannot eliminate corruption, they also play a certain restrictive role.
Thinking of this, Cao Yong's fear of the Fourth Prince was reduced a little.
When Chu Yu saw Cao Yong, he sighed and thought he was worried about Li's body. He comforted him: "Don't worry, the imperial doctor said that it's okay, but it's just because of the season change."
Cao Yong nodded, remembered Zhaojia's side, and asked a few questions.
Chu Yu talked about the situation during the day, and Cao Yong couldn't help but wonder. Look at Zhao Jia's symptoms, why is it so familiar?
At this time, Chu Yu said again: "The foreign goods from Guangdong have arrived and have already been sent to the warehouse. It is said that this is delivered to our mansion. The goods in the shop are transported by water, so they will arrive later."
When Cao Yong heard this, his heart moved, as if the Fourth Prince was also interested in foreign goods.
Thinking of this, he said to Chu Yu: "Pick some good ones from them first and prepare to send them to Prince Yong's mansion."
Chu Yu was a little puzzled and said, "What kind of gift is this? Which area should I prepare?"
It is half a year before the Fourth Prince's birthday and several months before the Dragon Boat Festival, but he is a little anxious. Cao Yong smiled and patted his forehead, and said to Chu Yu: "Don't rush to send it, prepare, and send it again in a few days."
Chapter completed!