Days without business trips are better than heaven.
Every day I chatted with Cui Jie, teased Qiaoer, taught and educated people, and most of the time I sat lazily in the yard with my mind empty, thinking about human beings and the universe like a philosopher.
There is no pressure to go to work, no need to participate in court intrigues, and no pressure to even make money to support the family.
After returning from Bingzhou, Xu Yanbo, the eldest grandson of the Xu family, sent people to spread the news that the caravans going to the countries in the Western Regions to sell ice had opened up the market and established relationships with the dignitaries of the countries.
Soon, there will be a supply of cold ice in the Western Regions in summer, and the powerful will not be able to go to heaven.
Of course, the price of ice cubes is also God’s price. Xu Yanbo said, just wait and collect the money.
To be precise, this transaction belonged to the imperial merchants. Li Zhi had the largest shareholding, followed by Li Qinzai. The Xu family had the least profit, but it was also the Xu family that was the busiest.
Li Qinzai and Li Zhi were simply hands-off shopkeepers. Li Zhi at any rate gave a secret order to the Anxi Protectorate, providing strong force support for the deal. Li Qinzai did not ask any questions at all except for providing the secret recipe.
Although they earned the least, the Xu family was happy with it.
It can also be seen from the recent actions in the court that Xu Jingzong, the right prime minister, and Li Zhi are increasingly cooperating with each other.
In the Bingzhou grain case, after Li Qinzai resigned from the post of governor, the court did not give up.
At the beginning, Li Qinzai not only questioned the family members and officials in Bingzhou, but also sent troops to question officials from more than 20 cities in the north. Since he was involved in the case, there was no jurisdictional issue. Everyone involved in the case was captured by the soldiers. He was taken to the Chang'an Criminal Department.
Not only that, according to Mrs. Korea's revelation, two ministers, four censors and a temple minister were also arrested from the court. As for officials below the sixth rank, a large number were arrested.
The case is getting bigger and bigger. This is no longer a simple case of merging states and places. Taking advantage of the severe drought in the north to make profits, they have formed an airtight net. When Li Qinzai tore the net open with his own hands, those dirty and stinking People and things are exposed to the sun.
The court finally exploded.
Li Zhi listened to Li Qinzai's advice to eliminate evil and made up his mind to catch them all.
The drought in the north is severe. This year, the court does not know how much food it will allocate from the south to provide relief to the people. There can no longer be any officials in the court who covet the food relief, otherwise it will cause a catastrophe.
In addition to the monarch and his ministers, Xu Jingzong, who has a partnership relationship, seems to have been given a shot. This time he no longer responds vaguely and perfunctorily like an old fritter. After the incident, Xu Jingzong stood decisively with Li Zhi, resolutely and frequently Intervene in the process and results of the criminal case trial.
With the joint efforts of the emperor and the right minister, the courtiers involved in the case finally despaired. In just a few days after Li Qinzai returned to Ganjingzhuang, most of the courtiers involved in the case had confessed.
This is definitely another major case since Li Zhi came to the throne to punish Changsun Wuji.
The case is not complicated. Li Qinzai has clearly identified the evidence and the criminals. The remaining issues that Li Zhi should consider are whether to arrest the small ones and magnify them, or not to spare them, how to balance the court situation, how to beat the aristocratic family, etc.
Anyway, it has nothing to do with Li Qinzai, he has done what he should do.
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It was already autumn, and it was a bit chilly by the Weihe River, but Qiaoer played happily and was sweating profusely while running on the river beach.
Li Qinzai and Cui Jie sat side by side. Cui Jie held her chin in her hands and watched Li Qinzai fishing quietly with a smile on her pretty face.
Li Qinzai held the fishing rod in his hand, but looked defeated.
After sitting for an entire hour, he didn't catch a single fry. His mother-in-law and son were still watching him, making him very embarrassed.
"Dad, do you know how to fish? Let's use a fishing net." Qiao'er looked at him eagerly.
Li Qinzai's old face darkened: "Don't you even believe me?"
Qiao'er said innocently: "Of course Qiao'er believes in dad, but dad just didn't catch a fish. We promised to grill fish by the river, and the stove was set up, but no fish was caught..."
"Dad, why don't you ask Uncle Fourth to shoot rabbits for us? Roasted rabbits are also delicious."
"Rabbits are so cute, why do you want to eat rabbits..." Li Qinzai gritted his teeth and said: "Wait, we must catch fish today, otherwise I will build a detonator and blow up the river, and no one will get through!"
Qiao'er's eyes lit up: "Dad, what is a detonator? Is it more powerful than a firecracker?"
Li Qinzai glanced at him. His son seemed to be very violent in what he was playing with recently. He was very good at playing with firecrackers. He carried a handful of firecrackers in his arms all day long, strutting around like a little terrorist in the village. This sign is not good and must be strangled. .
When she was thinking of how to reform this little terrorist, Cui Jie smiled and hugged Qiao'er and said softly: "Qiao'er, do you know what 'a gentleman does not stand behind dangerous walls' means?"
Qiao'er was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I know, a gentleman should not do dangerous things, nor should he get close to dangerous things."
Cui Jie smiled again and said: "So Qiao'er carries so many firecrackers every day and lights them when nothing happens. Is it dangerous?"
Qiao'er hesitated for a moment and said, "Forget it."
Cui Jie held her hands in front of Qiao'er and winked at him: "So?"
Qiao'er's little mouth dropped, but she still took out all the firecrackers from her arms and put them in Cui Jie's palm: "So, Qiao'er can't play with firecrackers anymore."
Cui Jie put away the firecrackers and said with a smile: "It's not that you can't play, it's that you can't play often. In the future, if you make progress in your studies or do something great, your aunt will reward you for playing firecrackers. As a gentleman, I will never Don’t regret it, okay?”
Qiao'er looked at Li Qinzai, and Li Qinzai smiled: "Auntie is right, firecrackers are too dangerous, so we can't play with them often. Let's just treat them as prizes from now on. Qiao'er should work hard in his studies."
Qiao'er nodded vigorously: "I will be more powerful than my junior brothers."
Li Qinzai glanced at Cui Jie and said, "You are quite good at teaching children."
Cui Jie rubbed Qiao'er's head and said softly: "He is my biological son, of course I must teach him well."
His eyes returned to the river, which was sparkling, but the fishing rod hanging on the river remained motionless.
Li Qinzai felt that the warm scene of a family of three grilling fish by the river today was probably a sign of despair.
It’s not bad to eat rabbits. Rabbits are so cute. Of course, you have to eat them into your stomach. Only then will the cute little animals be your own.
Just as he was about to ask Liu Asi to go up the mountain to shoot some hares, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the village.
The sound of horse hooves was chaotic, accompanied by arrogant laughter and shouts. Li Qinzai turned his head and looked in shock, only to see dozens of horsemen rushing into Zhuangzi on horseback.
There are country roads in Zhuangzi, which are not spacious. However, these dozens of horses were unscrupulous. They did not slow down after entering Zhuangzi. They even turned their horses' heads and rushed into the farmland next to the houses.
Li Qinzai frowned: "Who is so brave? Do you dare to trample on the farmland in my village and seek death?"
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