Chapter 141 Emperor Qing builds a shield! Lin Wan'er takes charge of the inner treasury! (23)

A few days later, in the imperial study in Kyoto.

The news that Ye Liuyun appeared in Jiangnan reached Kyoto. Emperor Qing looked at the two pieces of intelligence from the Shadow Secret Guard and the Inspection Institute with an expressionless face.

According to intelligence, the Junshan Society's rebellious case and the Neiku smuggling case also involved the Ming family's accountant.

Grandmaster Ye Liuyun was entrusted by Junshan Society to rescue the accountant.

The great master had just shown his skills when he was struck by lightning and fell into the sea.

"Si Xiang, what do you think?"

Hong Sixiang said with certainty, "The so-called heavenly thunder should be the magic weapon from more than 20 years ago."

"Otherwise, I really can't think of any other weapon that can hurt a grandmaster."

As Emperor Qing's absolute confidant, Hong Sixiang knew that the magic weapon was a source of worry for Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing looked at the intelligence and said, "The sound was like thunder, Ye Liuyun's abdomen was bleeding, and he jumped into the sea to escape."

"But more than 20 years ago, my two uncles were almost beaten to death!"

Hong Sixiang analyzed it based on common sense, "It should be that the divine weapon was too fast and went straight through the flesh and blood body, and the explosion you mentioned before did not happen."

Over the years, Emperor Qing has done a lot of research on the assassination of the two princes.

However, due to the huge gap in knowledge, he could only make random guesses based on some of the words Ye Qingmei had left behind.

Emperor Qing has now confirmed that Fan Xian opened Ye Qingmei's box.

Moreover, the magic weapon in the box was the one that killed the two princes back then.

Because the two princes were killed by heavenly thunder at that time, the direct beneficiaries were Emperor Qing and his father Prince Cheng.

Ever since Prince Cheng and Emperor Qing came to the throne, Ye Qingmei has done many things smoothly in Nanqing.

Ye Qingmei knows so many strange things, and now he knows that she comes from the temple, so Emperor Qing has concluded that it was Ye Qingmei who used the temple's magic weapons to help them and their son ascend to the throne.

It seems that Fan Xian has already mastered the magic weapon, so Emperor Qing is very uneasy.

If Fan Xian could find out the truth about Ye Qingmei's death, the magic weapon might be able to target Emperor Qing!
"Si Xiang, do you think that if we melt the body of the temple messenger into armor, can we stop the divine soldiers?"

Hong Sixiang said, "The messenger comes from the temple, and his body strength is much stronger than ordinary steel. You can give it a try."

Emperor Qing immediately said, "You should immediately select craftsmen and take the secret order to the three major workshops to find Princess Yichen, and have the craftsmen learn smelting from the craftsmen in the three major workshops."

"After I finish my studies, I will build a small smelting workshop in the inner court to forge a divine shield!"

Hangzhou City.

Fan Xian only waited for three days before Teng Zijing came to visit him.

"Master Fan, it will take at least ten days or half a month to investigate the smuggling case completely."

"Here is the progress of the case. His Royal Highness Prince Yong was afraid that you would be anxious, so he sent me to deliver it."

Fan Xian took the file from Teng Zijing's hand and was very confused.

Why not find out everything before handing it over? Is Li Changan really so enthusiastic that he would worry about Fan Xian getting anxious?

After Fan Xian finished reading the file, he understood that Li Changan wanted him to run errands.

It turned out that the files brought by Teng Zijing contained the smuggling routes and key figures disclosed by the Ming family.

Li Changan didn't have the job of investigating smuggling, so he certainly wouldn't spend his own manpower to do these things.

Chang Kun, the admiral of Jiaozhou Navy, was very domineering, and his 10,000 navy soldiers were fierce and powerful, so it was not easy to capture him.

Just kick it over to Fan Xian and let him deal with it on his own.

"Commander Jing, please tell His Royal Highness Prince Yong that you thank him for the clues he provided."

"I will do my best to arrest these key accomplices involved in smuggling."

Teng Zijing said, "Your Highness also said that he hopes you can act quickly."

"It is possible that a ruthless character like Chang Kun, knowing that the Ming family has fallen and the accountant has been arrested, will turn around and defect to Dongyi City."

As expected, whoever captures the Ming family will take the initiative.

Fan Xian is the imperial commissioner of Jiangnan Province, but now he is being ordered around by Li Changan.

"Thank you, Commander Jing."

Outside Hangzhou, foggy mountains.

With the help of Li Changan, Lin Wan'er quickly cleared out the backbone forces of the Ming family in the three major districts.

All those people who were originally trained by the Ming family were arrested by the Shadow Secret Guards on the charge of relocating the three major districts without authorization.

The accountant of the Ming family handed over the real accounts of Junshan Club over the years, and Li Yunrui took a large amount of money from the Ming family.

These fortunes supported a large number of martial arts masters, the most prominent of whom was the grandmaster Ye Liuyun.

The grand master's luxurious food, clothing, housing and transportation were all provided by the Junshan Society's organizations in various places.

Although Junshan Society still has many members, they only exchange resources with each other, and the accounts cannot reflect the behavior of all Junshan Society members.

This is related to the loose structure of Junshan Society itself, but these accounts alone are enough to destroy the core of Junshan Society.

In the past few years, Xia Qifei's power has expanded rapidly with the help of the local Luowang.

Therefore, he took complete control of the Ming family at a very fast speed.

The Ming family will now be completely loyal to Li Changan and Lin Wan'er.

Less than a month later, the Ming family's case was completely investigated.

Li Changan detained all the main people involved in the case from the Ming family in Xue Qing's custody, and then took Lin Wan'er and Fan Ruoruo back to Kyoto.

The Imperial Palace in Shangjing City of Northern Qi.

Early in the morning, Zhan Doudou slowly opened her eyes, only to find that Si Lili in her arms had already woken up.

Si Lili's current identity is Zhan Doudou's concubine. In order to hide her identity, Zhan Doudou often comes to Si Lili's place to spend the night.

When in Nanqing, Si Lili told Li Changan that she and Zhan Doudou had some subtle feelings for each other.

Therefore, the little emperor was very happy that Zhan Doudou and Si Lili slept together.

"My Lady, you're not thinking about your man again, are you?"

When Si Lili found out that Zhan Doudou had woken up, she immediately felt embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, you are awake. I will help you change your clothes."

While receiving Si Lili's service, Zhan Doudou began to complain.

"What's so good about Li Changan that you can't forget him so much?"

"He has already returned you to me, and you will never see him again."

Although Zhan Doudou was completely defeated by Li Changan, she knew nothing about Li Changan's power.

Si Lili was different. Li Changan told her clearly that he would take her back in the future.

"Your Majesty, you seem to be in a much better mood today and are in the mood to tease me."

Zhan Doudou sighed and said, "It's not much better."

"Western Qin occupied all the vassal states of Great Qi, but the Imperial Master has been unwilling to help suppress them."

"The Imperial Master said that Xi Qin only wanted to establish itself and had no intention of destroying the Great Qi ancestral temple."

The independence of Western Qin seriously affected the status of Northern Qi. Ku He did not suppress it because he knew that the "King of Western Qin" was a great master.

In other words, Western Qin was destined to stand side by side with Northern Qi and Southern Qing. "The most abominable thing is that Western Qin actually supported Tan Wu and kidnapped Shang Shanhu from the prison."

"Uesugi Tora, who had always been rebellious against Great Qi, has joined Western Qin. Sooner or later, he will threaten the security of Northern Qi."

Uesugi Tora was in the Northern Qi Heavenly Prison, but was rescued by Zhao Gao using the power of Luowang and the cooperation of Tan Wu.

Afterwards, Uesugi Tora became a disciple of Han Xin, was noticed by Han Xin, and became the disciple of the military genius.

Shangshanhu was good at military strategy but not at political tactics, which Han Xin admired very much.

The reason why Uesugi Tora was disloyal to Northern Qi was that he felt that the Queen Mother and the young emperor of Northern Qi were fighting for power all day long, and there was no one stronger than him in the court.

However, when Shangshan Hu arrived in Western Qin, he was completely impressed by Han Xin's military strategy and became a powerful general of Western Qin.

Si Lili said with some reluctance, "So, it is true that everything is worrying."

Zhan Doudou smiled slightly, "Not entirely. I am very happy that Western Qin and Southern Qing have been fighting recently."

"Nanqing's northern expeditionary army occupied an entire state of Daqi, and it also borders the Western Qin State."

"When they saw that Western Qin occupied a large area of ​​land, they threatened Western Qin to submit to Southern Qing, otherwise they would let the Grand Master destroy the Western Qin royal family."

This is just like tens of thousands of years ago when nuclear-powered countries threatened small countries.

With a grandmaster, you can be very proactive in diplomacy.

Si Lili asked, "It is said that the Grand Masters are able to defeat ten thousand enemies and escape even if surrounded by tens of thousands of people."

"If Nanqing really sends out a grandmaster, the royal family of Western Qin will definitely not be able to resist."

"Since Xi Qin has broken away from Da Qi, will it ally itself with Nan Qing?"

Zhan Doudou said, "I don't know where the Western Qin State got the confidence from. They are not afraid of the threat from the Grand Master of Nanqing at all."

"Seeing how tough Xi Qin was, Nan Qing has already started a small-scale war with Xi Qin on the border."

"If they really start a fight, we can still withdraw troops and go straight to the rear of Western Qin State, and maybe we can destroy Western Qin State in one fell swoop."

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On his way back to Kyoto from Jiangnan Road, Li Changan also received news about Han Xin's conquest of Uesugi Tiger and the border friction between West Qin and South Qing.

It is a good thing to conquer Uesugi Tiger, as Western Qin has gained another powerful general.

Although Nanqing threatened Xiqin and wanted to send out its grandmaster, Li Changan knew that it was impossible for Nanqing's grandmaster to go north.

Ye Liuyun must have been seriously injured, as Emperor Qing even walked out of the palace in secret.

Now that Barrett has reappeared, he is even more afraid to go out.

Although Western Qin is in the north, it is still located in the west compared to Northern Qi, and is not a place that Nanqing must fight for at this stage.

If Nanqing really wants to launch an attack, let Han Xin hurt Nanqing with one wave, and Nanqing will probably be obedient.

After returning to Kyoto, Emperor Qing summoned Li Changan into the palace immediately.

After reading all the files of the Junshan Society, Emperor Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The sword that Li Yunrui had hung over his head with his own hands was finally taken down.

"Your Majesty, all the clues and files on the smuggling case have been handed over to the Inspection Bureau."

Emperor Qing sneered and said, "Fan Xian was ordered around by you, and now you have finally caught all the accomplices."

Li Changan asked, "Chang Kun, the admiral of the Jiaozhou Navy, is a member of the Junshan Society and a smuggler. He is a more troublesome one."

Emperor Qing said, "This is the information that just came in yesterday, take a look for yourself."

Li Changan opened the intelligence from the Inspection Institute and found that Fan Xian used the same method as in the original novel to directly assassinate Chang Kun.

Because Chang Kun had won over many people in the army and the Inspection Bureau had a bad reputation, it would be troublesome to arrest him directly.

More importantly, if the admiral of a country's navy was smuggling with the enemy country, it would be a disaster for everyone if it was discovered.

On Chang Kun's birthday, Fan Xian sneaked into Chang Kun's house and assassinated Chang Kun in the toilet.

Then he broke in through the main gate with his men, claiming that Chang Kun had committed a serious crime and asked him to come out immediately for investigation.

Then, everyone found Chang Kun dead in the toilet, and Fan Xian declared that Chang Kun committed suicide out of fear of punishment.

"This kid is shameless enough."

Emperor Qing glanced at Li Changan and said, "You are still far inferior to me. You actually used Xue Qing to help Xia Qifei seize the Ming family's property."

"Fan Xian went to Jiangnan with great fanfare, but in the end he only punished some corrupt officials and couldn't even get through the gates of the three major districts."

"By the way, speaking of the inner treasury, Wan'er's term of custody is about to expire."

"Tell me, who should be the most suitable person to take charge?"

Li Changan said bluntly, "Either Wan'er continues to be in charge, or your majesty decides to hand it over to Fan Xian."

"But no matter who it is, people have to be convinced and reassured."

Emperor Qing did not shy away from expressing his desire to hand over the inner treasury to Fan Xian. "So, who do you think is more trustworthy between the two of them?"

Emperor Qing knew that Fan Xian was close to the prince, and Li Changan would definitely support Lin Wan'er.

However, what Li Changan said was beyond his expectations.

"Your Majesty, the deficit in the inner treasury has been found to be as much as 30 million taels."

“How to better manage the inner treasury is actually not simple.

Why not let Fan Xian and Wan'er each submit a memorial and see what they think first? "

The exit audit that Lin Wan'er performed for Li Yunrui amounted to 10 million taels more than the one that Li Yunrui performed himself in the original drama.

The main reason for the loss of the inner treasury is nothing more than large-scale smuggling, and the Ming family, Cui family and Li Yunrui have all made a lot of money from it.

What Li Changan said was also what Emperor Qing was concerned about.

If he wanted to hand over the inner treasury to his illegitimate son, he had to have a convincing reason.

The original plan was to have Fan Xian clean up the Ming family, and then take over the inner treasury smoothly.

However, Fan Xian failed to defeat Li Changan, and the Ming family was taken in by Lin Wan'er, so Emperor Qing had to find another excuse.

Li Changan’s idea is also very simple. In the original drama, Fan Xian had many ideas about the inner treasury, such as intellectual property rights, and completely decrypting the technology.

If he dared to really put forward those naive and ridiculous ideas, it would be strange if Emperor Qing was not angry to death.

Even if Fan Xian didn't mention those ideas, the concepts in his mind that were not in line with the times would definitely make Emperor Qing very unhappy.

A few days later, Fan Xian returned to Kyoto and wrote a letter to the Emperor in accordance with Emperor Qing's request, explaining his ideas on managing the inner treasury.

Under the guidance of Li Changan, Lin Wan'er proposed the idea of ​​taking turns in charge and decentralizing marketing.

After Emperor Qing received the memorials from the two, he summoned Li Changan, the Crown Prince, Lin Ruofu and Fan Jian into the palace.

"Prince, please take a look at the memorials submitted by Fan Xian and Wan'er first and decide who should be in charge of the inner treasury."

The prince first read Lin Wan'er's memorial, and then opened Fan Xian's memorial.

After reading a few lines, the prince felt dizzy. The advice Fan Xian gave to him, the prince, was of no use at all.

"Your Majesty, I think Wan'er's method is more appropriate."

The prince was very helpless, but he had to admit that Lin Wan'er's method was more mature.

When the memorial was passed to Fan Jian, his eyebrows gradually twisted into knots, and then he sighed.

"Indeed, the county lord's strategy is more suitable."

(End of this chapter)