“How is the case going?”

Li Shimin once again asked about the progress of the case.

Changsun Wuji has already obtained news. Yang Yan's family is poor, with only his father and two of them in the family. All the other relatives died in the chaotic times of the end of the Sui Dynasty, and one of them supported the small family. Although he controlled the smelting technology, only his father knew some general principles, and the details were unclear.

Yang Yan died and almost cut off the smelting technology that could promote the progress of the times.

Li Shimin was furious and repeatedly emphasized that he would never forgive such people who dared to kill talented people in the Dianke Office. He repeatedly asked the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple to find the final culprit.

Luo Shixin said confidently: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the bureau has been set up, and it's only one last step away. As long as you close the net, everything will be under control."

Li Shimin said: "The news came from Dali Temple, saying that the mastermind behind it is probably the foreign envoys who are in the Dianke Office. They may have obtained Yang Yan's wise smelting technology inadvertently. For their own interests, they specially removed Yang Yan. This matter involves a lot. We cannot be wrongly accused of kindness to our Tang Dynasty. Foreigners who are willing to benefit from our Tang Dynasty and cannot let go of foreigners who are ill-hearted. I want them to know that our Tang Dynasty is never afraid of any enemies and wants to be enemies with our Tang Dynasty. There will be no good results in both open and secret."

Since becoming the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin's ambition has been comprehensively improved, and his words and deeds are full of domineeringness.

To put it in detail, this is closely related to Luo Shixin's arrival. In history, facing the powerful Turks, even Li Shimin had to be a grandson for more than three years. He held his breath and trained elites day and night in the palace. It was not until the fourth year of Zhenguan that he was proud. Luo Shixin's arrival resolved the battle for the throne with the flow. It eliminated the unnecessary consumption of the Tang Dynasty, and thus solved the Turks four years ahead of schedule.

Li Shimin ascended the throne today. Although there are still powerful Western Turks around him and Tuyuhun with ulterior motives, the Tang Dynasty's confidence is not inferior to them. Moreover, there is no conflict between them at present, and there is no possibility of hostility in a short period of time. Li Shimin is above the top and becomes narcissistic, so he will not see these future opponents in his eyes.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I am very energetic about the thief this time. I will never give up until I plucked them up." Luo Shixin's eyes were full of evil spirits and filled with inexplicable emotions.

Di Mansion!

Han Zhongliang, Sun Fujia, a minister of Dali Temple and a junior minister of Dali Temple, visited Di Zhixun, who was only in his early twenties, and told Di Zhixun the latest case at all.

Dali Temple is bound to win this case.

This has suppressed the Ministry of Justice for too long, and it is rare to encounter an opportunity to teach the Ministry of Justice. The whole world has put in full breath. The Ministry of Justice must let the people of the world know that in the investigation and trial of cases, Dali Temple is the well-deserved leader of the judicial system.

For this reason, Han Zhongliang, the Dali Temple Minister, was promoted to the Dali Temple Shaoqing at a young age, Sun Fujia, the first Jinshi who could be verified in Chinese history, unanimously abandoned his identity and asked for advice from a small official who was as big as sesame and mung beans.

These three people must have my teacher, Han Zhongliang and Sun Fujia are all disciples of Confucianism and have no psychological burden.

Di Zhixun was a little flattered. If it were not for his admiration for Luo Shixin, who was both civil and military, he really wanted to join Dali Temple and show his strengths.

Facing Han Zhongliang, Sun Fujia's confession was revealed. Di Zhixun realized that his initial one-sided judgment was wrong and he was also uneasy. When he encountered such a thing for the first time, he couldn't help but show himself, but he made wrong reasoning, learned from his mistakes, and was not frivolous. He thought about the current situation in Dali Temple.

When Di Zhixun talks about strategy, he is definitely not as talented as his son Di Ge Lao, and may not be more talented than Han Zhongliang and Sun Fujia, but he is better off thinking about meticulousness and delicate thoughts as much as his daughter, and can discover the tiny details that the man ignored.

"gold?"

Faced with Di Zhixun's meditation, Han Zhongliang and Sun Fujia were not idle either. While waiting patiently, they were also thinking about the case.

Han Zhongliang was born in a famous family and his ancestors were the Minister of Dali Temple during the Sui Dynasty. Influenced by his father, Han Zhongliang knew everything about Dali Temple since he was a child. He was also upright and heroic. He was active in Dali Temple and was favored by Li Shimin. Sun Fujia was promoted to Dali Temple. He was young and became a minor official with a humble official position. After several promotions, he became a law chief in Wannian County, the capital of the capital, responsible for trialing criminal prisons, supervising robbers, and investigating stolen bribes. He was a very important official in Wannian County. In the fifth year of Wude, he ranked first in the first place in the high school imperial examination. He entered Dali Temple and leaped into the sky, becoming the youngest but extremely high-ranking official in Dali Temple.

Both of them are not ordinary people. In order to make Dali Temple proud this time, they took action personally, and also brought Di Zhixun, a young rising star.

"What gold?" Han Zhongliang asked hurriedly when he saw Di Zhixun gain something.

Di Zhixun suppressed his excitement and said lightly: "According to Zhao Fu's confession, someone bought him, and he gave him gold. Gold has been a luxury since ancient times. Although it is not a currency, it is more effective than currency."

In ancient times, there was always the habit of exchanging things for goods, even in a peaceful and prosperous era. If the credit of the national government is reduced, coins are even more useless, and exchanging things for goods will be the norm in the market. Therefore, luxury goods such as gold and pearls, even if they are not coins, have purchasing power far better than coins. Zhao Fu had gold in his hands and immediately became a luxury and squandering.

Di Zhixun continued: "Now we know nothing about the people who bought Zhao Fu, so we can only start from the details. Gold is the only breakthrough point at present. My Tang Dynasty did not produce gold. Although there were gold mines in the territory, the output was very low, and they were all in the hands of the government. Almost all the gold produced was used for the imperial court. Outsiders could not buy my Central Plains gold. If they were really alien races, the gold they used would be owned by their own country. As far as I know, the texture of gold produced in different mines is very different. Can we start from here, on the one hand, let experts detect the texture of gold, and on the other hand, investigate the transactions of envoys from other countries in my Tang Dynasty to see if they used gold as coins, and whether the texture of gold was the same as Zhao Fu's. This gold is expensive, with very few outputs, and is not circulated on the market. It is easier to investigate."

Han Zhongliang and Sun Fujia looked at each other.

The former exclaimed: "My Nephew Di is really thinking. This gold is indeed a breakthrough. I will arrange someone to investigate. My nephew really doesn't reconsider his future? I will definitely not treat talents like my nephew."

Di Zhixun bowed and said, "Uncle Xie loves you, but my nephew has always admired the general. He is able to do things under the general. It is hard to find opportunities, so I really don't want to miss it."

"Okay!" Han Zhongliang sighed regretfully, and did not force it.

After leaving Di Mansion, Han Zhongliang immediately arranged to find the suspicious object by starting from gold.

There is no doubt that they have caught a key clue.

Although the Tang Dynasty suffered heavy losses after the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the emperors were frugal and honest, and the world was in ruins and restoration was extremely fast. Especially the Chang'an Kingdom relied on its thousand-year confidence and the lifeline of the dynasty. The economy and culture can be regarded as the center of the Tang Dynasty and the center of all surrounding countries. Faced with the prosperous royal city far superior to our own side, no envoy did not buy it and bought back the rare goods that the country did not have.

The surrounding ethnic minorities were influenced by the Sui Dynasty, and some also used the Sui Wuzhu as trading currency. However, the Sui Wuzhu was slightly confused. In the fourth year of Wude of Emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty, in order to rectify the chaotic currency system, the Tang Dynasty had already abolished the Sui coins, followed the strict regulations of the Western Han Dynasty Wuzhu and cast the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" to replace the remaining Wuzhu in society.

The current coins of the Tang Dynasty only recognize Kaiyuan Tongbao, and the other ones cannot be traded. Naturally, they cannot popularize Kaiyuan Tongbao in just a few years, and can only exchange goods for goods.

Northerners who were rich in cattle and horse leather exchanged cattle and horses for Kaiyuan Tongbao, and purchased the general trend; Silla, which produced ginseng mink skin, exchanged ginseng mink skin for Kaiyuan Tongbao: countries that produced gold and silver naturally exchanged gold and silver as materials for Kaiyuan Tongbao.

The mining technology and equipment in this era were not developed, and gold was originally a rare resource, so there was even less gold in this era.

Most of the gold in the Tang Dynasty came from the Silk Road and foreign trade, and it was extremely convenient to investigate.

Soon, Han Zhongliang and Sun Fujia from Dali Temple had already locked in the suspicious candidates. There were not many envoys who exchanged gold for Kaiyuan Tongbao. After careful debate, we could also determine who the gold was handed down.

"It's Baekje's envoy!" The craftsman who specializes in gold control identified the difference almost without any effort: "The gold of Baekje's envoy is very pure and of good quality, much better than other golds. The texture of the adults before is 80% the same as this one, and the old man is 70% sure that it will go to the same mine."

"It's true that he has ulterior motives!" Han Zhongliang stood up in anger: The daughter of Silla entered the court and once saw him, he was guilty of several Baiji crimes, which shocked the court and the public.

Those who believe are there, and those who do not believe are there.

Han Zhongliang was a judicial background and paid attention to evidence, but did not easily believe it. Now the two things overlap, and they just happened to respond to the words of the Silla Princess.

Sun Fujia was overjoyed and said, "You should tell Your Majesty quickly... It would be a big fuss to alert the snake. My subordinates do not recommend capturing the Baekje envoy immediately to verify. We should pretend to be helpless and verify carefully. After they decide to return to Baekje, they will intercept it on the way. We must recover Baekje's smelting technology that steals our Tang Dynasty."

Han Zhongliang exhaled a long sigh and said, "It's reasonable, haha, I'll go to the palace to meet Your Majesty. This time it seems that our Dali Temple is the first to take the lead."

Sun Fujia also sighed and smiled and replied: "There is no news from Lord Shangshu, so I must be at a loss." (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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