Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 98 The sky is falling

"Your Highness, do you want to transport this wine to the Song-Liao Trade Fair to sell?" Sheng Wei was stunned when he heard this and said, "Your Highness, this is not feasible. Merchants of the Song Dynasty must abide by the management of officials arranged by the court in the Song-Liao Trade Fair. Merchants are prohibited from selling wine."

"Don't worry about this, I will arrange it. I will also arrange someone to accompany you to protect you." Zhao Xing said.

"Yes!" Sheng Wei felt relieved when he heard Zhao Xing say that.

Zhao Xing explained to Sheng Wei in detail how to operate.

This time we are not selling wine directly, but giving it away.

On the Song side, those who could do business in the Song-Liao trade market were all merchants with a certain background, and the same was true on the Liao side.

All we need to do is give some wine to each of the influential merchants of the Liao State who have been active in the Song-Liao trade for a long time, and this wine will definitely reach the hands of the Liao State nobles.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Xing asked about the progress of the soap. Upon learning that there had not been much progress so far, he became a little anxious.

He only had 200,000 taels of silver given by Old Master Bai. Even if he sold the gifts he had extorted before, he would still have less than 300,000 taels.

It sounds like a lot, but how many horses can be exchanged for buying wine for distillation and exchanging them with the Liao Kingdom?
Wine itself is not cheap, and distillation is the process of distilling the alcohol out of the wine, so the cost of distilled wine is even higher.

Even if he set the value of the wine higher, the price of the Liao warhorse would still be the same.

He couldn't sell the warhorse he got in exchange, so he still had to make some income.

As for asking his father for money, Zhao Xing had never thought about it because his father was very poor.

In his previous life, Zhao Xing always believed that the emperor owned the world and the money in the court belonged to the emperor.

But after really understanding it, I found that it was not the case at all.

The imperial court is the imperial court, and the money in the national treasury can only be used for the imperial court, and the emperor cannot embezzle it.

All the emperor's expenses were provided by the Inner Treasury, and the source of money for the Inner Treasury came from the imperial farms.

However, if you want to build a palace or something, you will need money from the national treasury.

Although the war horses obtained were for use by the army and could be used to pay for the national treasury, those ministers would certainly demand that the formula for the distilled liquor be handed over to the court.

Moreover, the imperial treasury did not have much money. Otherwise, even if horses were more expensive, they could be bought as long as one was willing to spend the money, and the Song Dynasty would not have been so short of horses.

Anyway, the world will belong to him in the future, so Zhao Xing doesn't care about these things.

But the prerequisite is to have income as soon as possible, otherwise you have to find other ways.

After receiving Zhao Xing's instructions, Sheng Wei started to prepare after returning.

Half a month later, Sheng Wei took more than a dozen carts of wine and headed north under the protection of Fang Zhongrong.

In addition to protecting Sheng Wei, Fang Zhongrong is also responsible for contacting his father to provide convenience for Sheng Wei.

In addition, Gan Dalang is also among them.

There were two generals of the northern border army. One was General Gan, Duke of Gan, and the other was Marquis Qingyuan.

Zhao Xing asked his son and grandson to go, and with their father's secret summons, the two of them would definitely do their best.

……

Imperial Palace, Longtu Pavilion

Yu Xianggong bowed and said, "I pay my respects to your majesty!"

"No gift."

The official waved his hand and asked, "Mr. Yu, has there been any result on Li Daoquan's case?"

"Return to Your Majesty, that's right!"

Yu Xianggong held up the papers in his hand and said, "This is the confession of the yamen runner and the clues found by the people sent to Shezhou. Your Majesty, please take a look!"

After some searching, the people he sent to Shezhou finally found the whereabouts of the yamen runner.

With the confession from the yamen runner, we have evidence.

The eunuch next to him stepped forward to take it and presented it to the official.

The official took it and read it. When he saw that tens of thousands of acres of land in Shezhou and several counties under it were annexed by landlords during the drought, he was furious. "These people all deserve to die. They raised the price of grain by dozens of times, but kept the price of farmland extremely low. They annexed a large amount of land with only a small amount of grain. In order to annex the land, they bribed officials to set fire to the grain for disaster relief, causing the people to rebel, and finally let the court clean up the mess!" The official gritted his teeth and said.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. These people's deaths are not a pity. It is not worth it for Your Majesty to damage his health because of this." Old Master Yu advised.

"Whoo~"

The emperor took a deep breath and said, "I order Yu Xianggong to take the lead, and the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to assist, to thoroughly investigate this matter! In addition, send someone to arrest the Chief Censor Feng Deguang and put him in the Ministry of Justice's prison!"

Although it has not been confirmed that it is related to Feng Deguang, after the government suspended Feng Deguang from his post, many people have submitted memorials to impeach Feng Deguang.

It's just that there is a lack of evidence and the investigation is still ongoing.

When Shezhou suffered from drought, Feng Deguang was the imperial envoy. Even if there is no solid evidence now, the two things combined are enough to arrest someone.

"Yes!" The Hanlin Academy scholar in charge of drafting the imperial edict responded and immediately wrote quickly.

……

"Dad, I beg you, let me go out and play. I've been stuck at home for half a month, and I'm going crazy." Feng Mingsong pleaded.

"Going crazy is better than losing your life. If you hadn't been talking nonsense, would I have been in so much trouble? Now many people have already launched bullets to impeach me. Maybe our family will be in big trouble." Feng Deguang shouted angrily.

Although he hasn't been out during this period, with so many people impeaching him, how could he not have received the news?

"Dad, didn't you say that they have no evidence? What's there to be afraid of?" Feng Mingsong said nonchalantly.

"Snapped!"

Feng Deguang slapped him hard and shouted angrily, "Rebellious son! Go back to your room. If you dare to step out of the courtyard again without my permission, I will break your legs and save you from getting into trouble for me."

"Master, what are you doing?"

A woman in her forties walked in anxiously, holding Feng Mingsong's face and looking at it. Looking at the slightly swollen face and the five finger marks on it, she asked distressedly, "Song'er, does it hurt?"

"Mother...hiss..."

Feng Mingsong was stunned by the beating. Even though Feng Deguang had been suspended from duty before, he only scolded him and did not beat him.

I came back to my senses after hearing my mother's words. As soon as I opened my mouth, I felt a burning pain on my face. I took a breath and tears streamed down my face.

"Why are you crying!" Feng Deguang shouted.

"Master!" The woman glared at Feng Deguang and said, "He's just a child. Why are you so angry at him?"

"You're seventeen years old and still a child? A loving mother often spoils her son. If you hadn't spoiled him all the time, how could he become like this?" Feng Deguang shouted.

When he heard that someone was impeaching him before, he really didn't care.

Although he took the money, he still got the job done. For things like this, those who gave him the money didn't dare to leave any evidence.

If something really happens, no one will be happy.

However, as time passed, the government showed no intention of reinstating him.

And for some reason today, he was always frightened and had a bad premonition, which made him very irritable.

"The master didn't favor me? Now it's strange..."

"My Lord, something bad has happened!"

Just then, the housekeeper ran over with a panicked look on his face.

"Why are you so flustered? Is the sky going to fall?" Feng Deguang shouted.

"Master, there is an official from the Ministry of Justice outside, bringing a team of bailiffs with him. They say they are here to arrest you," the housekeeper said anxiously.

Feng Deguang's face changed drastically when he heard this. Just as he was about to say something, he saw a group of people walking in from outside the yard.

"Master Feng."

The leader was a middle-aged man in red official uniform. He walked into the hall and bowed slightly. Before he bent his waist, he stood up straight and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has ordered that Lord Feng be imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice. Please go with me."

(End of this chapter)