Chapter 215: A harmless person is a tiger and a heart is a tiger that hurts others' intentions

The Tang Dynasty Tongli Money Bank has a good operating status in Guanzhong and has developed very rapidly. Now Tongli Money Bank has more than 300 points, covering Guanzhong, Shaanxi, Henan, Jiannan Road and some Longyou Road.

However, it was in a difficult situation in the Western Regions. The business in the Western Regions was mainly dealing with it. The Tang Dynasty could accept the money tickets, but the Hu merchants in the Western Regions only earnestly and were not interested in the money tickets issued by the money shop.

The establishment of a monetary system is not a matter of overnight success, but also requires the credit of the country or region as endorsement. The key is that the Western Regions are too special. For thousands of years, it has been rare for peace and stability in the Western Regions. The city has changed its king flag. The city's surname is Li today, but tomorrow's surname may be Zhang, or Tufa or Mugu.

Even if Chen Ying did not promote it, in the past few years, on the basis of collecting rent, printing money, and flying tickets for goods, the circulation of goods will further prosper, and institutions similar to those of money houses will also spontaneously appear. However, this kind of emergence is organized by regional merchants, such as Hui merchants that began to rise in the Tang Dynasty, Shu merchants that flourished with the ancient tea and horse roads, and Huai merchants that flourished with salt and iron for profit.

Chen Ying decided to promote the vigorous development of money houses in the Western Regions. In addition to making profits, the most important thing was to reach an interest alliance, use the money house to attract the nobles of the Western Regions and leaders of various tribes, as well as the Shuozhou tyrants who followed him from Shuozhou to form a community of interests.

Chen Ying was baptized under the market economy conditions in later generations and was very clear about the role of the economy in a regime. As long as the Tang Dynasty Tongli Money Bank grew into a behemoth that influenced the lifeline of the Tang Dynasty's economy in a short period of time, Li Yuan or the Li Tang emperors would not fight for the result of both sides' losses and make things difficult for Chen Ying.

Just when Chen Ying was setting up in the Western Regions, Wei Zheng, who was responsible for inspecting the source of the fake imperial edict, finally got to the source by following the clues. In a house in Tanxiang Temple in Xiangzhou, a middle-aged scholar was having a secret conversation with Ling Jing.

Ling Jing looked at the middle-aged man and said, "What the King of Qin means, you'd better shut up..."

The middle-aged scholar looked at Ling Jing coldly and said, "Are you from the Eastern Palace or from the Qin Palace?"

"Is this important?" Ling Jing gently blew the tea leaves in the teacup and smiled faintly: "I am the same as you, no one is there. From the moment King Xia died tragically, I and Li Tang were irreconcilable!"

Ling Jing's expression was very excited and his eyes turned slightly red.

In fact, if Dou Jiande had not died after he was guilty of his guilt, he would have been the one who died, not Dou Jiande. It was only Dou Jiande who saw that Li Yuan was dancing with his sword, intending to deal with Dou Jiande. After Dou Jiande was arrested and imprisoned, he set himself on fire. In order to block the world's long and leisurely mouth, Li Yuan still forged Dou Jiande's crime and found a person with a figure similar to Dou Jiande and led him to Caishikou to behead him.

The middle-aged scribe smiled bitterly and said, "So, you are here to kill me to silence me!"

"Hmph... kill someone to silence you!" Ling Jing said with a wry smile: "This is what the King of Qin wants to see the most, but why should I let the King of Qin get what he wants?"

The middle-aged scribe was speechless.

Ling Jing said: "I deliberately left some flaws. Wei Zheng is a smart person. He will find this place soon!"

The middle-aged literati said, "I know how to do it!"

"You don't know!" Ling Jing said: "You don't need to hide it. You can answer whatever Wei Zheng asks."

The middle-aged scribe looked at Ling Jing in confusion and said, "What do you mean?"

"Nothing interesting!" Ling Jing stood up, walked to the middle-aged scholar, and smiled leisurely: "Wei Zheng knows the truth, I believe Li Jiancheng will know it too. Wouldn't it be good to let him recognize what kind of person Li Shimin is?"

At this moment, a servant knocked on the door of the incense room and whispered: "Wei Zheng has come with the people from the East Palace!"

Ling Jing put down the teacup, splashed the tea on the ground, and then picked up the cushion to cover the wet floor. While dealing with the traces he had been here, Ling Jing said, "It's time for me to leave. You might as well take the opportunity to ask Wei Zheng for some benefits, he will definitely give it to you!"

Not long after Ling Jing left the incense room, Wei Zheng indeed brought people here.

Wei Zheng looked at the calm middle-aged scholar and smiled leisurely: "If Wei expected it was not bad, you should be the first to see this imperial edict!"

The middle-aged scholar nodded and said, "Mr. Wei is so patient that he can find this place. How do you know if he is dead?"

Wei Zheng raised his eyebrows and said, "There are always some problems in this world that can be solved by wealth or official positions. Coincidentally, Wei does not lack this for the time being.

A trace of splendor flashed in the middle-aged scholar's eyes, and the greed that showed all fell into Wei Zheng's eyes. The middle-aged scholar said happily: "I don't know what price Mr. Wei can pay? What price is willing to pay for in exchange for this truth?"

Wei Zheng said with a bold look: "You have been hiding from all over the past six months, and you must have lived a hard life, and you can choose from wealth and official positions.

The middle-aged scribe stood up and picked up a bright yellow scroll, smiled and said, "What if I were both?"

Wei Zheng looked like a profiteer and said, "It depends on whether the things you took out are enough."

The middle-aged literati said: "Since you dare to offer a price, the things in my hands will definitely not disappoint you."

Wei Zheng stretched out his top hand and swayed in front of the middle-aged scholar's face: "Five hundred golds, one seventh-grade scattered rank."

The scribe pondered for a while, gritted his teeth and nodded, "Trade is completed!"

The middle-aged scholar put down the bright yellow scroll, then took out a piece of folded paper from his arms and handed it to Wei Zheng.

Wei Zheng opened the paper and saw the words on it clearly, and his expression was shaking.

The middle-aged scribe smiled: "It's real!"

Wei Zheng took out a blank red note and threw it in front of the middle-aged scholar and said, "Fill in your name!"

As he said that, Wei Zheng picked up the scroll and paper, turned his head and left.

After a while, two servants carried a box and placed it in front of the middle-aged scholar.

The moment the box opened, the golden light was soaring. The middle-aged scholar's breathing became rapid.

Wei Zheng rode a horse and rushed to the distance with his guards.

Wei Zhengfeng slept in the open, and the group kept running and finally caught up with Li Jiancheng.

Just as soon as he approached Li Jiancheng's headquarters, a guard shouted: "Who, stop!"

"I am the East Palace to wash the Ma Weizheng!" Wei Zheng raised his token and said, "Where is the prince? Please take me to see the prince!"

...

The Yellow River, Mengjin Ferry, on a tall rock. Li Jiancheng sat alone on the rock, staring at the surging Yellow River in a daze.

Wei Zheng took the package and walked to Li Jiancheng and said, "Your Highness, this is the imperial edict!"

Li Jiancheng picked up the imperial edict and looked carefully.

Wei Zheng stepped forward and explained: "The silk cloth, scrolls and even seals of this inner imperial edict are undoubtedly authentic works, but the imperial edict on it is forged.

Li Jiancheng said in confusion: "Who can use Your Majesty's internal silk book to forge it? Could it be..."

Wei Zheng said: "There are so many of this. His Majesty's internal silk books are used by His Majesty's Crown Prince and the Qin Palace. Even His Majesty's Royal Highness and His Majesty's Princess Pingyang have such silk books in their hands, and there are a lot of them!"

Li Jiancheng sighed helplessly and said, "Xuancheng, this is not the time to joke."

Wei Zheng scratched his forehead and smiled and said, "Actually, your highness doesn't have to speculate. The person behind the scenes has been found out."

Li Jiancheng looked at Wei Zheng uneasyly.

Wei Zheng put down his hand and said coldly: "The person who wrote the letter forged the imperial edict was Chu Liang from the Qin Palace, and Du Yan was responsible for this matter."

Li Jiancheng's mouth twitched.

Wei Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "Three points were blamed on Liu Shishan in the Hebei Rebellion, and seven points were derived from the King of Qin."

Li Jiancheng said with a look of pain: "Why did Erlang do this?

Wei Zheng said in a colder tone: "The imperial bed in Tai Chi Hall is the biggest reason."

"Erlang, I really disappointed me!" Li Jiancheng said angrily: "If this world was really handed over to him, I really don't know what it would be like!"

At this time, Wei Zheng took out another secret letter.

Li Jiancheng asked in confusion: "What is this?"

Wei Zheng laughed strangely and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, you will know after seeing it."

Li Jiancheng took out the letter to read it. When he saw it, he looked shocked and said, "How is this possible!"

Wei Zheng said: "This is a secret letter that Wei Zheng accidentally intercepted in the case of pursuing the false edict. It was actually a secret letter written by General Chen from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The content of the secret letter was simply horrifying. It was actually written by Chen Ying to Li Jiancheng, asking Li Jiancheng to ascend to the big treasure as soon as possible. If Li Jiancheng agrees, he will send troops to capture Chang'an and ask Li Jiancheng to return to Chang'an to preside over the overall situation!

Li Jiancheng frowned and said with an extraordinary attitude: "This letter is fake!"

Wei Zheng nodded without comment and said, "Yes, it must be fake, but since this letter has come to Hebei, it is difficult to guarantee that Chang'an will not appear. I am afraid that at this time, the secret letter has already reached His Majesty's hands!"

...

In Chang'an City, Li Yuan in the Wude Hall of Tai Chi Palace was sleepy and said with anger: "What can't be said tomorrow?"

"I dare not!" Pei Ji said anxiously: "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance and you must let Your Majesty know as soon as possible."

As he said that, Yu Yanzhang handed the secret letter to Li Yuan. Li Yuan rubbed his sleepy eyes and forced himself to look under the candlelight.

However, just after taking a look, Li Yuan suddenly realized that he was completely sleepy and screamed: "Is this written by Chen Ying to Li Jiancheng?"

"It's true that the Jingzhao Mansion Office arrested a thief. According to the slander, he stole the package of the sender in the Youfufeng Station and accidentally discovered the secret letter!"

Li Yuan frowned and said, "It is hard to conclude that Chen Ying really wants to rebel based on this letter alone."

Pei Ji smiled and said, "Your Majesty, do you hope to weaken the Eastern Palace?"

Li Yuan said unhappily: "Pei San, what do you mean?"

Pei Ji said calmly: "If Your Majesty wants to disintegrate the Eastern Palace, I have a plan to offer it to Your Majesty. If Your Majesty does not care about the Anxi Army being in a great separatist position, I will retreat."

Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "Tell me about your plan first."

"It is possible to use the strategy of disagreement. It will cause a rift between Chen Ying and the prince, and make the two of them feel a rift!" Pei Ji said: "Now the Eastern Palace is in great power, and Chen Ying is the mainstay of the Eastern Palace. If the Prince and Chen Prince Consort have a rift, the power of the Eastern Palace will definitely be divided and disintegrated. Your Majesty will abolish Xingtai, and it will no longer be a difficult situation. If the Anxi Army loses the care of the Eastern Palace, it will inevitably lose the support of the court. Once Chen Ying is dissatisfied and even rebels, he will no longer be a hero of the Tang Dynasty, but a criminal."

Li Yuan frowned and said, "Chen Ying, why should we fight each other hard?"

Pei Ji stared at Li Yuan's eyes and said, "If your Majesty wants to sit on the imperial bed in the Tai Chi Hall, if you want the country of Tang to last forever, you will not have the slightest kindness of a woman. The times create heroes, and the general trend is the same. No matter what means, your Majesty can use it..."
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