February 24, Beijing.

Today, the Hanlin Academy was closed in turns, and Xu Wei was not on duty, so he slept in the dark and didn't wake up until after lunch.

After all, the family is separated, and the nephew is not in Beijing, Qian Zheng and his wife rarely come to Suiyuan, and now Xu Wei is in charge of the house, and this guy has never known how to write the word polite.

In history, Xu Wei lost his wife and then married Wang, separated a few months later, and then remarried Zhang under the mediation of Hu Zongxian...... This is the one who was later killed by Xu Wei.

In this life, Xu Weizhong raised people to become a scholar, entered Hanlin and entered Xiyuan, and the spring breeze was proud, but he did not marry again...... In fact, there are many people who take a fancy to him, but he doesn't even have a concubine, and there are only two maids around him.

After cleaning his face under the maid's service, Xu Wei yawned and walked out, wondering what to eat today...... Yesterday, we finally got the exact news that the iron material allocated to the southeast has been officially shipped, and the first batch will arrive in Hangzhou within 10 days.

"Bun Chang." Qian Zheng walked over from the corridor, "If you can't sleep, you have to go to the hospital if you can't sleep." ”

Since yesterday, Qian Zheng has taken sick leave, for three consecutive days until tomorrow, when Jingcha is completely over, although there is a "disease" in the eight laws of Jingcha, but no one will provoke Qian Zheng.

"Just sound, it won't stop here." Xu Wei saluted and said with a smile: "Some small things, not as exhausting as Zhancai." ”

"Zhancai can be described as knowing people, and this matter is entrusted to the chief." Qian Zheng nodded slightly, "Suiyuan can only be done by Wen Chang." ”

Xu Wei was not arrogant, and said with a wry smile: "This matter ...... I don't know if I will be annoyed. ”

Seeing that Qian Zheng was puzzled, Xu Wei made a gesture of please, and instructed the maid to prepare some wine and food, and the two sat down in the side room.

"They all say that eunuchs are cunning...... Zhancai reminded me before he left Beijing for the first time last year. Xu Wei shook his head, "That Feng Shuanglin is indeed treacherous, and this bureaucrat is in power, I'm afraid it's not a good thing." ”

"Feng Bao" Qian Zheng heard his nephew talk about this person, "It is said that this person is good at books and has a good pronunciation law." ”

Xu Wei nodded, his fingers curled and knocked on the table, although the matter was done, but it was used by Feng Bao intentionally or unintentionally, Xu Wei was very unhappy.

As early as more than a month ago, Qian Yuan sent the messenger into Beijing and mentioned the matter of iron materials, which was part of the secret deal between Qian Yuan and Hu Zongxian.

There are few iron factories in Zhejiang, and most of the iron materials need to be transferred, but since last year, the iron materials allocated are still small, and many of them are of poor quality.

The iron output of the Ming Dynasty was the peak of the feudal era, and the national iron output exceeded 18 million catties during the Hongwu period, and it was also a government output.

Generally speaking, the feudal era paid attention to the monopoly of salt and iron, but in the Ming Dynasty, salt was monopolized, but iron was not, in addition to the government-run iron office, there were also a large number of private iron factories.

The government-run iron offices are roughly distributed in Shanxi, Beizhili, and Huguang, and use coal as fuel, and the iron smelted is relatively brittle, but the output is relatively large; The private iron factories are distributed in Fujian and Guangdong, using charcoal as fuel, and the quality of the iron is slightly higher, but the output is relatively low.

Since the 31st year of Jiajing, the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court has gradually increased the amount of iron materials transported to the southeast, after all, the Ministry of Industry has always been the reserved land of the strict party, but in the 34th year of Jiajing, the subway factories such as Beizhili have ceased to work...... These iron governance institutes are all state-owned enterprises, and they pay attention to completing their tasks, and they have made excess iron for three consecutive years.

If you want to deal with this kind of thing, it should be Yan Shifan, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, who came forward, but although this person is extremely smart, he is a stingy person like Grande...... It wasn't until the end that Qian Yuan calculated, and the winning and losing were roughly equal.

Since the beginning of this year, Hu Zongxian has sent a significantly smaller amount of silver to Beijing or Jiangxi Fenyi...... Yan Shifan was unhappy, he just left this kind of thing alone, from this point of view, Yan Song Yan Shifan's support for Hu Zongxian was nothing more than for his own status in the court, not out of public intentions, which was the same as Xu Jie and others.

It was under these circumstances that Qian Yuan sent a messenger into Beijing...... No problem, who asked him to knock Hu Zongxian 20,000 taels of silver.

But Qian Yuan clearly pointed it out in the letter and asked Xu Wei not to go to Yan Shifan...... Don't get involved in this kind of mushy thing, and then Hu Zongxian made a careful noise, anyway, the 20,000 taels of silver were over the road in front of Emperor Jiajing.

Qian Yuan also pointed out and asked Xu Wei to find Huang Jin...... Those who can reach out and get good iron from the iron office are not only the Ministry of Industry, but also the War Bureau in the 24th Prison.

Although the War Bureau is not suitable for making bird guns, in addition to making bird guns, they are also responsible for the iron tools in the palace and the ordnance of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, so they have a large number of good iron materials in their hands, and they also control a lot of iron offices.

But the bad is the messenger in Shangjing, this is a Qian family guard, complained to Xu Wei a few words, last year the Governor's Office allocated twenty bird guns to the Qian family guards, half of which could not be used, and a few were blown up, and the bird guns were only qualified to fight in the war bureau.

As a result, Xu Wei stabbed in front of Emperor Jiajing, Huang Jin was silent, but Feng Bao added oil and vinegar...... Emperor Jiajing ordered the investigation and prosecution of the eunuchs of the Arms Bureau and the eunuchs of the armory, and ordered the Northern Zhili and Shandong Tiezhi Offices to transport iron to the south...... Anyway, it didn't cost the silver of the inner carrier.

After the matter ended, Xu Wei came back to his senses, Feng Baodeli was not small, this guy did something.

Because at the beginning of this year, Chen Hongsheng was promoted to the eunuch of Bingbi and pressed Feng Bao, and the War Bureau was Chen Hong's own place, so he was a little bit of a leader, and Feng Bao took this opportunity to promote the eunuch of Bingbi and sit on an equal footing with Chen Hong.

After listening carefully to Xu Wei's words, Qian Zheng pondered in his heart, "Zhancai doesn't like Feng Bao"

"I can't say it......" Xu Wei looked up at the ceiling and hesitated for a while before saying, "I feel ...... I feel that Zhancai is ...... to him It seems to be close, but in fact it is vigilant. ”

"Forget it, anyway, the iron material will go south, and it will be advantageous to fight against the Japanese." Qian Zheng no longer thought about it, so many things that happened in the previous year told him that what he wanted to get, his nephew must have thought of it, and what he didn't expect, his nephew had also thought of.

If Qian Yuan knew the news now, he would definitely jump to his feet and scold Xu Wei...... After the death of Emperor Jiajing, Huang Jin naturally wanted to retire, and it was none other than Chen Hong, who was severely offended by Xu Wei this time.

Originally, Qian Yuan was still wondering if it would be Feng Bao, so he still probed in front of Gao Gong...... It's a pity that Gao Gong has long been unhappy with Feng Bao, this is not determined by personal preference, but instinct as a political creature.

Putting this matter aside, the two began to talk about the Jingcha that will end tomorrow, this more than a month, Wu Peng can be called the most non-existent heavenly official in this dynasty, the existence of the original official department, holding the power of Jingcha, originally had the taste of confronting and restricting the cabinet, which is also the reason why the heavenly official and the cabinet elder are on an equal footing.

But now Wu Peng is completely involved in the strict party, Jingcha Eight Laws are greedy, cool, inactive, imprudent, old, sick, impetuous, and weak, Wu Peng held eight big knives and slashed viciously at Xu Jie.

Xu Jie used the housekeeping skills that he relied on to become famous, his head shrank, and his back attacked, which made Wang Ba pretend to be dead, but Xu Jie's henchmen were a little miserable...... Most of the rumored dismissals, demotions, and repulsions were all from the Xu Jie's party.

Speaking in private, Xu Wei exposed his unscrupulous side, "It's called, dog eats dog, a mouthful of hair!" ”

What else can Qian Zheng say, he can only sigh in his heart, it is really like things to gather people and groups.