Yuan Jianshuo said that it was extremely accidental when he caught Shi Kaizhi.
They went to the place where the Hu people gathered in the west of the city. The Hu people were bold and bold, and they often drank and made trouble, so ordinary Han people in Luoyang would not go there easily. But because Yang Xianrong said that Shi Kaizhi was probably with this Hu woman, Yuan Jianshuo took people to search a house in the west of the city.
According to the memories of the Forbidden Army, Yuan Jianshuo took the portrait and walked around the city's west market. Someone actually recognized the woman and said that she had come here to buy some wine and meat the day before yesterday. It looked like she was going on a long trip.
Following this clue, we found the horse market. People there said that the woman bought two good horses and a carriage and went out through the west gate. At that time, Yuan Jianshuo was afraid that the clues might be lost and this person would never be found again.
But the horse dealer added: "I heard the woman say to a man, 'Would you like to buy some more gold and silver jewelry to bring her over?' The man said: It has been customized, and you can pick it up at Hongfa Building in three days. ”
Just three days later, Yuan Jianshuo and Wu Wei quickly ran to Hongfa Tower and really caught Shi Kaizhi and the Hu woman.
When Shi Kaizhi was interrogating, Sima Lun and Sima Ying sat in the front. Sun Xiu specially set up a screen for Yang Xianrong so that she could sit in the back and listen.
Shi Kaiyi refused to admit it at first and just said that he was going out to relax. But when Yang Xianrong asked Yuan Jianshuo to bring Huang and Xiao Ruobai over, he was stunned. Later he burst into laughter and asked, "The people of the Sima family are as stupid as pigs. They only know how to be extravagant. You can actually find out the secret of 'silk toilet paper', I really underestimated you."
Sima Lun and Sima Ying both looked bad after hearing this.
Sima Lun was even more angry and shouted: "What on earth did you do?"
"Now that you've found Xiao Ruobai and his mother, who else have you found?" Shi Kaizhi actually asked.
"Xu Daming's cemetery." Sima Ying looked at Shi Kaizhi and said seriously, "However, it exceeds the specifications and has been leveled."
There was obvious shock in Shi Kaizhi's eyes, and then dimmed again, and he murmured: "This is good, it will save him the discomfort of living in a new place."
Xiao Ruobai and Huang just looked at him without saying a word.
Shi Kaizhi asked Sima Ying, "What is my weakness?"
Sima Ying was a little suffocated when she asked this question, and knocked on the table, "Why do you need to ask this king? You should explain it honestly."
"I just want to know where the flaw is." Shi Kaizhi was quite stubborn. Sima Lun had already shouted to Yuan Jianshuo that they were going to give him a severe punishment.
Yang Xianrong pulled Sun Xiu's sleeve and asked softly: "Grandpa, can I go and say a few words in front of you?"
Sun Xiu laughed, "Rong'er, you are the queen, so of course it's okay."
"Okay, then you stay with me." Yang Xianrong was still holding Sun Xiu's sleeve tightly, "I'm afraid if that Shi Kaizhi goes crazy."
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, grandpa will protect you." Sun Xiu had a loving look, which was extremely heart-warming to see.
Cuixi followed behind, following suit. When Sun Xiu said this, he couldn't help lowering his head and frowning.
"You have many flaws, which one do you want to hear first?" Yang Xianrong turned from behind the screen and looked at Shi Kaizhi with a very calm face, "No matter how perfect the plan is, there will be oversights."
"Borgon?" Shi Kaizhi asked.
"He's just one of them." Yang Xianrong did not come closer, but stood next to Sima Ying.
Sima Ying immediately gave up her position to Yang Xianrong.
Yang Xianrong shook his head slightly and just stood in the hall looking at Shi Kaizhi, Xiao Ruobai and Huang. Huang lowered his head, but Xiao Ruobai's eyes followed Shi Kaizhi, and they were even a little enthusiastic.
"What is that?" Shi Kaizhi just stared at Yang Xianrong.
"It's the red silk that Wang Chongjian spread on the ground." Yang Xianrong glanced at Huang and said, "It's Shu embroidery."
"...What is the connection between this?" Before Shi Kaizhi could say anything, Sima Lun asked, "The red silk was given to the ministers by the palace before, because it was the Chinese New Year, and it was used as decorative red silk..."
"I have seen the records of Zhang Liang's palace income. This red silk Shu embroidery came as tribute from Qingyang County." Yang Xianrong signaled, and Zhang Liang hurriedly presented the account book, "Two thousand red silk One horse, ten thousand taels of gold."
"This is a palace purchase and has nothing to do with me." Shi Kaizhi was dissatisfied.
"Don't worry." Yang Xianrong smiled, "Master Zhang, continue reading."
"Oh, the ten thousand taels of gold have not been paid. We will allocate money again in the next spring."
"You don't understand, right?" Facing the still confused people in front of him, Yang Xianrong could only smile again, "It's quite complicated, and it's all fragments of information. I also thought about it for a long time before putting this together. Things just connected.”
A year ago, Shi Kai wrote to the court, saying that the palace was now too extravagant and the fight for wealth among ministers was getting more and more intense. He hoped that the royal family would start with itself and stop some tributes. Sima Lun and Jia Nanfeng were naturally unhappy. They tore up the memorial and found a reason to demote Shi Kaizhi.
Just like what Wang Chongjian said, Shi Kaizhi was just a poor scholar who embarked on an official career, and slowly climbed to his current position. He had no backer along the way and suffered all the hardships of having no money.
Angrily after losing his official position, Shi Kai went to Qingyang County and found that it was still busy every day and working hard for royal tribute. At this time, several big merchants came to purchase, but there were only so many female embroiderers and silk in Qingyang County, and most of them were returned to the royal family every year. Seeing that this big deal was lost, Shi Kaizhi felt even more angry.
Later, he thought that only by stopping the moneyless tributes could Qingyang County's silk fabrics truly become a huge wealth. Therefore, I discussed with the newly appointed magistrate Xiao Ruobai whether there was any way to get the royal family to stop these offerings.
Xiao Ruobai and his mother Huang discussed using croton powder to dye and weave "silk toilet paper". After several tests, they reduced the degree to a minimum, which would not harm lives, but would cause extremely bad effects. When the palace finds out about this, it will definitely stop.
Of course, just as they planned before, they mixed mulberry trees and croton trees together. If they were found out, they could just say that the "silk toilet paper" was contaminated and they could escape blame.
After that, Shi Kaizhi exchanged a jade soup bowl for his official position and continued to serve as an official in Luoyang City. He then planned to find an opportunity to pick things up again, expand the officials' extravagance and waste, and wrote to the royal family to stop Qingyang. County tribute. Everything will fall into place, and Qingyang County will become truly wealthy.
It's just that he missed two things, the barbarian Borgon who suddenly went crazy, and the discovery of Xu Daming's super-standard cemetery. Of course, the most important thing is that he is Xiao Ruobai's father.
