Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 702

Ma Zhou hung the crown in the Golden Palace, and went straight to Pingkangfang after leaving the imperial city.

"Is this going to cost a lot of money to buy drunk, and get drunk to relieve a thousand worries? Which one are you planning to go to, have you arranged a match, and do you want my help?"

As soon as he entered the workshop, he was stopped by Qin Lang in the carriage on the street.

The weather was fine today. Qin Lang rode in an open four-wheeled carriage, which was very luxurious. His baby loves to ride a leopard. He didn't even have a saddle on his head. Instead, he had a flagon around his neck, and there was a groom beside him. Specially waiting for it to drink while walking.

Ma Zhou went up to Liang Guan, casually tied a scarf, and replaced the purple robe with a jade belt with a white leather belt. When he saw Qin Lang, he smiled and said, "Where are you going?"

"Go fishing in the Bahe River."

Ma Zhou got into the open carriage directly, and leaned against Qin Lang, "I just resigned from office, and I happen to have nothing to do. I wanted to meet you for a drink. Since you are going fishing, then take me with you."

"Resigned?"

"Excuse me, do you have any wine?"

Qin Lang lightly kicked the carriage in front of him. There was a small hidden mechanism inside. There was a small refrigerator inside. The copper case contained ice cubes and malt wine was frozen inside.

"icy?"

"It's very windy in summer, the sun is basking outside and the wind is blowing. Isn't it just right to have a bottle of iced ale?"

"Have a drink." Ma Zhou was not polite.

"It's still on the way, take it easy, it won't be too late to drink when you get there."

"I don't have any idea now, I just want to have a drink or two."

Qin Lang laughed, "Okay, just have a drink, and refill it when you arrive at the ground."

The crystal clear glass is filled with golden ale, and the iced wine is in your hand, which makes people feel refreshed.

"This cup is pretty. It doesn't look like crystal or glass. Could it be another money-making thing made by your Qin family?"

Qin Lang chuckled, "Good thing, it's called glass. It's even more rare than glazed glass. It's more crystal clear than crystal. It's just that it's more difficult to get. If you burn a kiln now, you may not be able to get a perfect cup like this."

"It's really a good thing. It is estimated that such a cup can surpass your carriage?"

"This carriage can't overtake it, but it can overtake the two horses pulling it."

Ma Zhou looked at the two horses pulling the cart, both of them were shoulder-high horses, one had to be a hundred horses, and one cup was more than two horses, Ma Zhou was amazed.

It only costs one cup to burn a kiln, but it is worth two horses, which is worth it.

"Hahaha, so you are a scholar and don't understand economics. You have been a transfer envoy before. Although you only have one cup in a kiln, this cup is just the most perfect cup. Apart from this cup, you can also get There are many top grades, high grades, good grades, top grades, middle grades and a lot of low grades."

Low-quality cups have many flaws, such as air bubbles, not transparent enough, or even deformed, but they will not be wasted. Qin Lang takes these cups for foreign trade, and sells them to foreign caravans, or the foreign trade of Datang. Merchant group, this kind of novelty is also very expensive, anyway, it is more expensive than colored glaze, not cheaper than crystal.

And the top grade and high grade products are even more expensive.

As for the top products, they are all luxury goods.

It has not been a year or two since the Qin family's glass workshop has been in operation. The technology has been getting better and better. From simple glass pieces to various glass containers, and now, they have begun to produce glass art. The mirror has also become bigger and bigger.

Compared with Datang's best-selling porcelain, Qin's glass products can be said to be exclusive, and there is no competition.

This thing is even cheaper than porcelain. After all, porcelain has to choose a place with high-quality porcelain clay to build a porcelain kiln, and the raw material of glass is actually more common.

In the past few years, Qin's Glass Workshop has been quietly researching technology and training workers, but the scale has not spread rapidly, but because of its scarcity, even if the technology is not mature before, it still makes a lot of money.

"This cup is for you." Qin Lang looked at Ma Zhou and liked it.

But Ma Zhou put the cup back, "I only like what's in the cup, I don't care much about this cup, besides the cup worth two hundred guan, it's neither gold nor silver, and it's fragile, if it breaks It would be a big loss.”

The two sat in the carriage, chatted and went out of the city.

"What's your plan next?"

"Let's rest for a while now." Ma Zhou said, this resignation, of course, is due to the emperor's distrust of him, which made him a little disappointed, and there is indeed a physical reason. He was a little exhausted and couldn't take it anymore.

"I have some good news for you. Quan Wanji has been convicted of deceiving the emperor by His Majesty. He was supposed to be executed. Later, His Highness the Crown Prince pleaded for mercy, so His Majesty expelled him as a citizen and exiled him into the army in West Yizhou. He will not return for life."

Expropriation is not a formal penalty in the laws of the Tang Dynasty. It is a special case of the special leniency for death row prisoners. It is between the death penalty and exile. Or serve as a soldier, which can not only increase the population of the frontier, but also supplement the strength of the frontier army.

It is not considered a frontier army, but a special type of border residents under the supervision of the frontier army.

It is also divided into lifelong and forever. Forever means that the descendants must be exiled in the frontier and cannot leave, and the whole life is only until death.

Of course, if you perform well in the frontier exile, you can also reduce your meritorious service, and you can reduce it so that it doesn't take forever, or even slowly move to the Central Plains.

Quan Wanji, the fifth-rank governor and servant of the censor, will not be redeemed if he commits a crime this time, but the prince interceded for him, and the emperor also gave the prince face. Waiting to be submerged in Yeting, the emperor gave Chengqian face and specially allowed his wife, daughter and son to follow Quan Wanji to Yiwu as an army.

As for his brother and other relatives, they are not guilty and will not be held jointly and severally liable.

This treatment is already very light.

As for Li Renfa and other censors, because of their involvement in the case, they were all dismissed and punished by Changliu Lingnan.

"Liu Dewei, the Duke of Pengcheng County, took over as Minister of Dali Temple, Han Zhongliang, Duke of Yingchuan County, served as the doctor of censors, and the scribes in the palace and the Shangshujia of the Ministry of Criminal Justice participated in the government affairs!"

The leaders of the three law departments were all changed immediately, and the old prime minister Yuwen Shiji was lucky this time, but Li Shimin slipped him out again and paid homage to the prime minister again.

The old prime ministers in the last years of Wude and the beginning of Zhenguan, Pei Ji, Feng Lun, Yang Gongren, Yuwen Shiji, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Pei Ji and Feng Lun were all found guilty of failing to protect themselves at the end of the festival and died. Chen Shuda kept Ding You in mourning, and Yang Gongren and Yuwen Shiji also dismissed their chancellors successively.

During Wude's time, he used to be a school inspector, Yuwen Shiji, the Sima of Tiance Mansion, Zhenguan worshiped Zhongshuling at the beginning, and was later demoted to the palace supervisor. In recent years, he has basically stayed away from the center, and even the palace supervisor is only a name , has been saying sick at home.

Now the emperor suddenly asked him to pay homage to the prime minister again, which is also strange.

"Yang Gongren has retired!"

Yang Gongren was also a prime minister before. He once held important positions such as the order of Wude Zhongshu, the secretary of the Ministry of officials, the governor of Yongzhou, and the governor of Liangzhou. He was previously the governor of Henan.

"The news is so fast?" Ma Zhou wondered.

Although Quan Wanji revealed the news that the emperor wanted Yang Gongren to become an official, Yang Gongren was in Luoyang after all.

"Yang Gongren happened to return to Beijing from Luoyang today. It is said that he was going to face the saint for the reconstruction of Luoyang Palace. As a result, he happened to meet this matter, so Yang Gongren immediately submitted his official post."

Before, Quan Wanji revealed that the emperor's intention was that the emperor allowed Yang Gongren to become an official, but the problem is that Yang Gongren had done a good job as the governor of Henan Province before, and had never written a letter requesting to be an official.

Those who can be courtiers must always know the current affairs.

Yang Gongren, who was rushing back to Chang'an, happened to encounter this incident, and was shocked. He was somehow involved in a treason case. Fortunately, the matter was clarified, but he was also very frightened, so he took advantage of the situation and claimed that he was seriously ill. , begging for bones.

Li Shimin persuaded him a few words, but he didn't hold back. He formally issued an order to pay Yang Gongren the first-rank official rank of Kaifu Yitong Third Division, and added the title of Tongzhong Shumenxia Pingzhangshi to him, saying that he would be at home. Take a good rest, just like Li Jing, when he is in good health, he will go to Zhongshumen to settle political affairs in three to five days.

But Yang Gongren was also the prime minister of the two dynasties after all, so he didn't understand these scenes, he insisted on resigning several times without resigning the title of Pingzhang Shi, Xie En took over, but he didn't really think he was the prime minister.

Li Shimin also comforted his brother-in-law Yang Shidao. It turned out that Yang Shidao married Li Shimin's widowed fifth sister, Princess Guiyang, and took over the Zhao family's offer, and had to raise a son for the Zhao family, which was a bit wronged.

This time, I just got dismissed, and this shit happened again.

The servant was changed to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and then the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and now it has been changed to Taichangqing. Li Shimin decreed that Yang Shidao would be added, and the title of Duke of Hongnong County would be changed from the Duke of Ande County to the title of Duke of Hongnong County.

The title of Duke of Hongnong County is still very good. After all, the Yang family is the Hongnong Yang family, and the title of Duke of Yang Shidao County remains the same, but the title is changed to Hongnong, and the Yang family immediately feels at ease.What's more, Li Shimin also conferred the title of baron of Hongnong County to his son Yang Yuzhi, and granted him a military post in the Wu Palace.

Although he suffered a blow, the compensation the emperor gave Yang Shidao and his father was really good. Even the young Yang Gongren gave Kaifuyi and Sansi a first-rank honor, and even gave him the title of prime minister. The ups and downs at home are really the same as the New Year, and there is nothing unhappy.

"You are well informed." Ma Zhou smiled.

"The steward of the Yang family went to the Fireworks and Firecrackers Shop and bought thousands of coins in one go, and emptied the shop. I wish everyone in Chang'an City knew the honor and favor that their Yang family received, but how many of them didn't?"

But Ma Zhou just chuckled a little. Yang Gongren, Duke of Guan, is the head of Hongnong Yang's family. He was originally the Governor of Henan Province. Now he is forced to resign from office. What's the use of taking a false title?Yang Shidao was originally a servant, but now he has been demoted again and again to Taichangqing, who is in charge of the Imperial Medical Office and Neijiaofang, even if he is changed to Hongnong County Duke, the reality of being left behind will not change. "

Qin Lang said, "How could the Yang family not know, but the more so, the more they want to set off fireworks so that the world will think that they are still honored and favored."

"Too."

(End of this chapter)