Qingyu Case: Female Minister of Dali Temple

The first category: the finest green jade with a dagger-shaped Buddha carved on it. In Hongyuan County, only the Zhu, Gu, Fan, Qi, and Wen families are known to have this kind of green jade. Ding Lisheng only has one, which is the green jade chess piece.

The second category: high-quality green jade with a dagger-shaped Buddha carved on it. In addition to the Zhu, Gu, Fan, Qi and Wen families, Ding Lisheng also owns several pieces of this type of green jade.

The third category: high-quality green jade with lotus patterns. This kind of green jade is a common item in the hands of the Zhu, Gu, Fan, Qi and Wen families. Although it is still a rare item in Ding Lisheng's hands, Zhao Lin and the more than 20 wealthy families and scholars he confessed also have the honor of owning three or four pieces.

Chen Shao did not search Lei Dehou and Hu Qinglu. Judging from Wen Zhongtian's confession, Lei Dehou and Hu Qinglu also had a lot of this kind of green jade in their hands, and many of them were resold by the two of them.

The fourth category: ordinary green jade with lotus patterns. The Zhu, Gu, Fan, Qi and Wen families no longer care about this kind of green jade. Among them, the Zhu, Gu, Fan and Qi families sold most of them to Ding Lisheng, so Ding Lisheng collected a lot of them. Zhao Lin and the more than 20 wealthy families and scholars he confessed also had a lot of them.

Similarly, the Wen family also sold most of the properties to Lei Dehou and Hu Qinglu, who also resold a lot of them after they got them.

There are restrictions on the resale of the above four types of jade.

The first and second categories can only be possessed after being jointly recognized by the Zhu family, the Gu family, the Fan family, and the Qi family.

For the third and fourth categories, only approval from one company is required.

The fifth category: jadeite with lotus patterns but poor quality. This type of jadeite was basically sold to Ding Lisheng by the Zhu and Gu families, and Ding Lisheng also basically sold it to Zhao Lin and others.

The same is true for Lei Dehou and Hu Qinglu.

Since there were no restrictions on this type of jade, no one could tell exactly who it ended up in the hands of.

In addition, why restrictions were set and what the purpose of the restrictions was, neither the Zhu family, the Gu family, the Fan family, the Qi family, nor the Wen family could explain clearly.

Chen Shao speculated that the so-called restrictions were probably similar to the modern membership system, which is nothing more than a symbol of status.

Whether this status symbol is simply determined by the amount of consumption or there are other restrictions, we will have to wait for more relevant clues to find out.

While Chen Shao was searching for Qingyu, he also searched the calligraphy and paintings about the General who assisted the country in various collections.

Perhaps it was because the calligraphy and paintings of the General Auxiliary to the State were just a tool to fool Ding Lisheng and others, and each family collected very few. The Zhu, Gu, Fan and Qi families only found a total of 17 paintings, while the Wen family only found three.

Together with Ding Lisheng's five paintings, Li Tianliu picked out one from each family, a total of six paintings, packed them in a box, attached a letter, and had someone deliver it to the General Fuguo as soon as possible.

The matter here was over, and the people who came to sue each family over there were also over.

A total of more than 730 cases were collected, of which only 315 were related to the Zhu family, the Gu family and the like. The remaining 400 were various disputes ranging from trivial quarrels to major disputes involving murder.

The 315 cases related to the Zhu family, the Gu family and the like were all handled by Ding Lisheng earlier. Now that Ding Lisheng and Zhao Lin were both locked up in jail, Chen Shao really couldn't find anyone else to take over for the time being.

After thinking it over again and again, she handed the task of investigating the truth and details of the case to Mr. Luo, and also transferred two yamen runners to follow him, on the one hand to supervise him, and on the other hand to assist him.

Chen Shao spent a whole day sorting the remaining 400-odd disputes according to size, and then spent another half a month to resolve them all.

After resolving the dispute, before they had time to rest, Seventh Master came again with Master Xu.

"We know that you have been very busy recently," Master Qi sat down, took the tea handed to him by Quan Shuyu and put it aside, and said with a smile, "That's why we waited until you were not busy before we came here."

Master Xu had only been with Chen Shao for a short time, so he couldn't be as casual as Master Qi. When he heard what he said, he subconsciously explained, "The villagers in each village who learned to care for medicinal herbs have already returned. As for the follow-up arrangements, since Brother Liang Zhu is not here, you still have to make a decision."

Qi Ye continued, "Although Liang Zhu has told people in every village about the importance of growing medicinal herbs, there are still many villages that think it is unnecessary to waste land to grow medicinal herbs that can be found everywhere."

Master Xu nodded: "It can be said that most of the villagers think it is unnecessary."

This issue had been discussed many times before, and basically everyone had their own reasons. Chen Shao did not completely agree with either side. But because Zhao Liangzhu was in charge of this matter, she was willing to implement it according to his method first, and then make adjustments based on the results of the implementation. A great man once said that practice makes perfect, but now there is no practice, and the problem is coming back. Chen Shao did not get impatient, but asked Master Xu: "What about you? Do you think they are not necessary?"

Master Xu had obviously thought about it before, and without much hesitation, he answered: "From their point of view, it is right. In recent years, the weather has been good, not only the grain harvest is good, but these medicinal herbs are also growing all over the mountains and plains. It is really unnecessary to waste manpower and land to plant them when they can get them without any effort."

After a pause, he continued, "As long as we make arrangements in advance, the current growth in the fields will be enough for Huimin Medicine Shop to use for many years."

Chen Shao told Zhao Liangzhu about his concerns.

Master Xu shook his head and explained, "Brother Liangzhu's worries are both right and wrong. The right side is that it is easier to go from frugality to luxury than from luxury to frugality. After the villagers have grown medicinal herbs that can be sold at a high price, it is difficult for them to be satisfied with growing these weed-like medicinal herbs. The wrong side is that since good medicinal herbs can be grown, these simple medicinal herbs are naturally no problem."

Master Qi said, "That's the problem. According to the current growth of the crops in the fields, Huimin Herbal Medicine Shop can indeed use them for many years, but what will happen after many years? If the villagers are unwilling to plant them, where will these herbs come from?"

Master Xu smiled, "There is more than one Hongyuan County in Datong, and you will not stay in Hongyuan County forever. Even if Hongyuan County is gone, there are still other counties. Besides, these medicinal herbs are not harvested this year and will not grow next year. Since they grow every year, we can harvest three to five hundred kilograms every year and store them for emergency use."

Master Qi nodded and said, "That makes sense."

Then he said to Chen Shao, "I think what you said is feasible."

Chen Shao also felt that his words made sense, but he did not jump to conclusions immediately. Instead, he asked, "What kind of medicinal herbs did you teach the villagers to cultivate before?"

Master Xu said, "What we are teaching you is the medicinal herbs that they are unwilling to plant."

"Well, let's do this," Chen Shao arranged, "First, you can help estimate how much of these medicinal herbs that can be found everywhere in the fields we should store this year. Then help arrange the people who have studied before to see how many kilograms they should be responsible for. After they have collected the herbs and processed them, Uncle Liangzhu will be back soon, and then we can discuss the follow-up plan."

Master Xu quickly agreed.

Afterwards, Chen Shao asked a few more questions about the pharmacy, and then the Seventh Master and Master Xu left.