The group rushed to the bookstore on horseback.
Jiahe's men directly surrounded the men of the seventh and eighth princes, but they didn't know how to deal with them for a while.
It is said that this book cannot be passed on to others, but this is a soft rule and cannot be enforced forcefully. If a big fuss is made and it is made into a banned book, that would be even worse. It would only make people more curious and more likely to think in the wrong direction. I am really in a dilemma for the moment.
Yan Shiyue rode over quickly and jumped off his horse. The men of the seven or eight princes immediately became quiet, hunching their shoulders and not daring to make a sound.
But even if Yan Shiyue was there, it would be hard to deal with it right away. Ask someone to get the book back? That would cause trouble. But not getting the book back would not work.
If not, you can only start with the scholars and take it slowly.
She arranged for someone to call Tang Junchen, and asked someone to notify Zhou Jianwei.
Before they could finish making the arrangements, Zhou Jianwei and a few others came hurriedly over and asked, "Prime Minister, did you sell the wrong book?"
Yan Shiyue understood and immediately stopped being angry. He returned the greeting and said, "Yes, several of my brothers were sold as knowledgeable people in the Ministry of Commerce."
"No wonder." Zhou Jianwei handed over the book in his hand.
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...
He put his name on it, and someone he knew took it to him and asked him about it. Zhou Jianwei knew something was wrong and quickly called everyone over.
After he said this, the people behind him came forward to greet him and handed him the books. Yan Shiyue smiled and bowed, saying, "Thank you very much."
As he spoke, he arranged for someone to refund the money for the books.
Seven or eight is also quite shady. The Ministry of Commerce's specialist knowledge of the selling price is forty-six taels, but Yan Shiyue asked someone to directly give fifty taels. He collected them one by one, and counted them, and there were only seven books missing.
Yan Shiyue said, "I'm really sorry to have troubled you all to make an extra trip. I'll host a banquet at Deshan Garden tonight and invite you all to have tea."
This is called being soft-spoken. It also distracts attention from the matter. Gossip like this about someone is always more interesting than reading a book.
She turned around and told Jiahe, "Please ask Mr. Xu and Si Nian to go over and have a chat with the talented scholars."
Then he said to Zhou Jianwei, "Jianwei, please help me. There are seven people who are not here. Please help to make an appointment with them."
In this case, let alone the fact that this book cannot be kept, even if it can be kept, the opportunity to get along with Xu Liuyuan, Qu Sinian and others is much greater than the value of this book.
Zhou Jianwei hurriedly nodded in agreement, went out for a walk, and quickly found all seven books.
In the evening, we can just ask Xu Wenqu and a few others to show up and entertain them.
Fortunately, Zhou Jianwei was smart and arrived in time, and managed to make things go smoothly, but it was still... ugly!
A good thing had to be made into such an ugly thing, which caused endless troubles afterwards, and gave others more excuses when criticizing it.
Yan Shiyue was really furious.
After sending the man away, she turned around and her expression changed. She shouted directly, "Follow me! I'm going to the palace to file a complaint!"
As soon as they entered the palace, Jia and his men tied up all of them and took them directly to the imperial study.
Several officials were waiting to see her, but when they saw her like this, they were so scared that they moved aside. Who would dare to delay her?
Gu Jiuxing was also startled and hurried in to report. Emperor Ming Yan called him in, Yan Shiyue brought people in, and Jiahe quickly knelt down and reported the matter.
Emperor Mingyan frowned and asked those people, "What's going on?"
Those people were so scared that they dared not tell a lie. They said tremblingly, "Seventh Master said... the new book will definitely sell well. Steal a box and try to sell it. You don't even have to pay for the printing. If, if His Highness asks, just say that you read it wrong. She, she has no evidence..."
Yan Shiyue became angrier and angrier as he listened, and kicked him.
She never beat her servants, after all, they didn't have the final say. But this time, she really had no place to vent her anger.
She worked so hard and worried so much to build the Ministry of Commerce. Is it easy?
It's okay if you can't help, but don't mess with us! If things get this bad, people who don't know would think the Ministry of Commerce is a cult! How much effort do adults have to put in to clean up the mess when naughty kids mess up? And they can't even clean it up!
When the prince saw her like this, he knew that she was very angry, so he hurried over and patted her on the back.
Emperor Ming Yan said: "Call Qi Lang and Ba Lang."
Qiba was called over quickly, and his face turned pale when he saw the situation.
Emperor Ming Yan asked, "Why did you secretly sell the "Special Knowledge of the Ministry of Commerce"?"
The Seventh Prince had no idea that the servant had already confessed everything, and he said anxiously: "Father, I didn't see clearly."
“Didn’t you see clearly?” Yan Shiyue sneered, “Are eyes used for breathing?! The color is different, the font is different, the paper is different… The cover clearly says ‘For Ministry of Commerce Only’, and the title page says: ‘Internal study, no external transmission’! You’re pretending to have your eyes open, but you didn’t see clearly… Who do you think you’re a fool!”
The Seventh Prince said anxiously: "I just didn't see it clearly!"
"If you dare to say you didn't see it clearly again!" Yan Shiyue threw the book at his head: "I'm going to control the water in your brain!"
The Seventh Prince was so frightened that he covered his head and cried, "Why are you hitting people?"
Yan Shiyue sneered angrily.
A child of this age, a descendant of a noble family, the eldest and I the second child, he is more justified than anyone else when he gets into trouble. But when it comes time to take responsibility, he starts to take advantage of his youth and then he remembers that he is a child... and starts to cry and show weakness.
The prince shouted angrily, "How dare you lie! Why don't you admit your mistake now?"
The Seventh Prince was terrified and cried, "Is it okay if I'm wrong? The two books are almost the same... Why can't I sell them? I didn't take more, I just took one box, why are you so angry..."
Yan Shiyue took a long breath in anger.
The prince said, "That's enough! Just admit your mistake, why are you talking so much!"
The seventh prince fell to the ground and cried.
Emperor Ming Yan's brows were twisted into a knot.
They are all his children, what can he do?
Emperor Ming Yan said after a long while: "Alright, from now on, you are not allowed to touch any of my sister's things! You are so old, but you don't know the importance of doing things. My sister told you not to touch them, but you still stole them! You really bring shame to the royal family..."
Yan Shiyue slowly raised her head.
This is a state affair, not a family affair. You cannot treat this matter as a family affair!
If she said she was angry at Qiba, she was actually more angry at Emperor Ming Yan.
It is impossible that there were no people of Emperor Ming Yan around those seven or eight people, but Emperor Ming Yan knew this and did not stop it... and let things develop to the next level.
Apparently even he thought that this was not a big mistake and that he could use this as a lesson for his son. He did not realize the subtle influence here. Now the whole city is full of scholars, all of whom have passed the provincial examination! Every one of them is a famous scholar and a talented person.
How fast and how wide will the spread be? How bad will the impact be?
He simply didn't understand how important business is to a country, and how valuable the words "Ministry of Commerce" are. He had no awareness of the need to work hard to protect this golden signboard!
He was an emperor who valued agriculture over commerce from the beginning to the end. Even he himself instinctively looked down on merchants! That was why he had let Qiba come to her without a care, because he thought this was the place where nothing could go wrong! Because business was not a big deal to him!
This is really disheartening!
Emperor Mingyan was teaching the Seventh Prince a lesson. The Crown Prince saw it and was so anxious that he had to interrupt him: "Father!"
Emperor Ming Yan paused.
He looked at Yan Shiyue and immediately noticed something was wrong. Even Emperor Mingyan was a little startled and asked, "Yue'er?"
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