Let's say that Li Xianzhi heard He Tai'an say that it was not a bad thing for Haiyan to make trouble, but he thought he was comforting himself, and he didn't think much about it for a while.

He Tai'an continued: "And today is not very peaceful, the external tribulation is not peaceful, the people are in turmoil, and the court is very troubled. In order to raise the 'ancestral salary', Haiyan forced the good to be a thief and caused a big disaster. The initiator was Hao Zhifu. It's better to make a fuss about this, maybe you can fish in troubled waters, and avoid the county's silver. ”

Li Xianzhi said: "And today when the Wei family is in power, Hao Futai made such a thing for his cultivator ancestral hall, he naturally wants to protect it in every possible way, how to make a fuss?" ”

He Tai'an smiled: "Envy only knows one, but he doesn't know the other. Although the Wei family is notorious, it is very good-looking, so it is natural to change the word. ”

Zhao Wenhui already understood, and said: "Let's just say that he pretended to be the name of the Wei Clan Seminary to violently seize the place and provoke the people's uprising." ”

He Tai'an smiled again: "Not bad." Why did the Seminary need so many taels of silver, most of them must have fallen into his private pocket. The Wei family has a bad reputation, but it is not profitable, and if such a bullet is carried out, Guan Bao will be angry with him. ”

Li Xianzhi listened to the words of the two of you, and he already knew in his heart, and said: "I am a member of the pastor, and I have no right to participate, I don't know who will release such a rumor?" ”

Zhao Wenhui said: "Isn't your lord very familiar with Zhang Yushi in Beijing?" Why don't you send a quick letter and ask him for help. ”

Before the words fell, He Tai'an hurriedly said: "No, the Beijing division is thousands of miles away, if the bullet is from the Beijing division, it will definitely arouse suspicion, under careful inspection, the friendship between the envy and Zhang Yushi in the same year is naturally impossible to hide, so as not to be seen through and implicated." ”

Zhao Wenhui asked, "In Mr. Yihe's opinion, what should I do?" ”

He Tai'an said: "The incident happened in Zhejiang, and it is more reasonable for the bullet seal to go up from Zhejiang." ”

Li Xianzhi said: "In the local officialdom of Zhejiang, there are no people who have deep friendships, how can they trust each other with their henchmen? ”

He Tai'an said: "Now the arrest of the party is very strict, but those who have deep friendships cannot be trusted. I know one person, and I can do it. ”

Li Xianzhi and Zhao Wenhui asked in unison, "Who is it?" ”

He Tai'an said: "It is now the envoy of Lord Hu." Not long ago, the original Deputy Envoy Hu had been appointed by the acting secretary and officially wore the official uniform of the third grade.

Li Xianzhi said: "Mr. He is joking, I am a seven-grade county, how can I drive a three-grade envoy?" ”

He Tai'an said: "The previous thief was exterminated by Lord Hu, and now it has not been long since the thief is recalled, and the thief's traces are cute. It's better to reveal this matter to Lord Hu, he always has to go to the table to defend himself. Moreover, Hu Zhaocha was responsible for supervising the officials of the two Zhejiang, and no one could gossip from him. ”

After listening to He Tai'an, Li Xianzhi and Zhao Wenhui were stunned together. Li Xianzhi said: "This is easy, in a few days it will be the date to enter the province, I just leave early, and it may not be eye-catching." ”

It turned out that the rules of officialdom at that time had a fixed day every year, and the officials of various prefectures, prefectures, and counties had to go to the governor's yamen and cloth and worship according to the two divisions. At the moment, he ordered Han Chuan and Jin Shun to pack up.

Early the next morning, Li Xianzhi explained his official affairs clearly and went to the capital Hangzhou. When he arrived in Hangzhou, he posted to the big yamen everywhere, and saw that there were many officials everywhere who arrived early, but he was a little late. Inevitably, it took a few pennies to dot it, and then the post was thrown in. Cards were released inside, and the political envoy was in line the day after tomorrow, and the governor's yamen was actually ranked four days later. But according to the judges, there were few people, and they were ranked the next day.

It was still early, Li Xianzhi calmed down, wanted to go to the official post station to find an apartment, and thought that he was afraid that it would already be overcrowded at this time, so he didn't take these many unjust roads, and found an inn apartment on the side of the street, waiting to see him the next day.

Early the next morning, Li Xianzhi finished grooming, put on his official uniform, put on a gauze hat, and kicked off his official boots, and came to the judge's hall early to wait. The first few arrived, and five or six came one after another, sitting together to eat tea, and there were acquaintances gossiping. When the commotion reached the end of the card, a servant came out of it and shouted proudly, "My lord is out!" For a moment, the hall was shocked, and all the officials got up one after another, bowed their heads and waited.

After a while, I heard the sound of footsteps, and Hu pressed to find out and sit down. All the officials knelt down and saluted together. Li Xianzhi didn't have time to react, he didn't kneel down, he stood in the group, it was really like standing out from the crowd, he couldn't help but be embarrassed, and hurriedly saluted.

Because of this slow kneeling, Hu Zhaocha happened to recognize him at a glance. After everyone saluted, they sat down for a while, and after a few perfunctory words, he politely ordered the guests to be sent off, but an old family member secretly kept Li Xianzhi and brought him to sit in the flower hall.

Li Xianzhi didn't know why, so Hu Zhaocha sent the guests back and also came to the flower hall to see him. After the ceremony, Hu Zhicha returned to his seat, and Li Xianzhi's attendant stood aside.

Hu Zhaocha hurriedly asked him to sit, and then said: "In the past, the thief was suppressed, and His Excellency Domeng was able to succeed with his great help, but when he recounted the merits, he was missing Your Excellency, and I often read it, and my heart was really uneasy. ”

Li Xianzhi said: "Where did the adults say, the adults led the troops to suppress the thieves, and exempted the lower officials from the responsibility of ineffective governance of the place, they should have helped each other wholeheartedly, how dare they ask for credit?" ”

Hu Zhicha said: "Reward and punishment, the rules have always been there. It's just that the situation has changed dramatically now, and there are many examples of merit and unmeritorious killing, but they are not beyond our control. ”

Li Xianzhi responded: "Who said no." Then he changed his head and said, "For example, if you have heard of the Wei Clan's Seminary Temple today?" ”

Hu Zhicha said: "It's boiling, how can you not know?" ”

Li Xianzhi said: "What about Haiyan County, do adults know?" ”

Hu Zhicha asked, "What's the matter with Haiyan?" ”

Li Xianzhi said: "The top boss of the lower official, Governor Hao, also caught up with this gust of wind, and wanted to give the Wei family cultivator ancestral hall a showdown to the subordinate counties below, and the number was not a few." Haiyan County's methods of levying wages were a little more severe, forcing some fishermen to go to the sea and become thieves. At this time, he shouldn't have talked too much, but he was really afraid that he would make trouble again, and it was the people near the sea who suffered. ”

After listening to it, Hu immediately knew that the situation was serious, and secretly thought: "If the court hears about it and doesn't know the hidden reason, it will definitely blame me for my ineffective suppression of the thief last time, which led to his resurrection, and blame it. As he thought, his face turned pale.

Li Xianzhi saw it, and said tactfully: "In fact, the Xiusheng Temple doesn't need a lot of silver, all because of the Hao Governor's wanton levy, so there is today's matter. ”

Hu Zhaocha is an old bureaucrat who has been trained for a long time, how can he not know the deep meaning? After a while, he had already thought of countermeasures, and talked with Li Xianzhi about some gossip, and asked if it was true that Hao Futai had apportioned the amount of silver taels and that the fishermen of Haiyan were thieves.

Li Xianyi told the truth one by one, and it was noon when the conversation stopped. Hu pressed to stay for dinner, Li Xianzhi left politely, returned to the apartment to eat, and then waited to see the governor and the political envoy. Needless to say.

However, he said that Hu Zhaocha sent Li Xianzhi away, and he held his heart high, thought for a moment, and called a confidant named Hu Fu to secretly visit Jiaxing and Haiyan. After going for a few days, Hu Fu came back to report, and what he said was no different from Li Xianzhi, so he was faithful.

So I didn't stop for a moment, wrote a book, and prepared to send it to Beijing. I also thought that at this time, the rumors had not yet spread, and I was rashly impeached, for fear of arousing suspicion. So he summoned Hu Fu again and ordered to spread the news of forcing anti-fishermen to steal in Haiyan County, Jiaxing Prefecture, in Hangzhou City. In this market, it is the place where gossip is the most popular, and besides, this Hufu knows many servants and housekeepers of the official yamen, so within two days, the rumors of various yamen of all sizes are bustling.

When the governor found out, he summoned Hu to inquire about the details. Hu Zhicha added fuel and vinegar to the matter of the Hao Governor's forced requisition of silver to force the fishermen, and the cowardly military man who said it bluntly was frightened and his face was colorless. Then, Hu Zhaocha took the opportunity to take out the written piece and asked Futai to take a look. The military gate hurriedly looked over, and when he saw that all the blame was placed on Hao Futai, his mind calmed down a little.

Hu Zhicha said: "Without further ado, send it to the Beijing Division immediately, if someone takes the lead, it will be inevitable for the military master and the lowly position." "Say, please sign the Governor's name.

The governor said: "The signature will be waived, and when the time comes, I will speak for you." ”

Hu Zhicha knew that the governor was cowardly and could not succeed, and he was not reluctant, so he immediately resigned. I wanted to send the chapter to the post station, but I was afraid that something would go wrong, so I went back to my house and wrote another letter to Liu Yushi, a close friend in Beijing, and asked him to deliver it on his behalf. After writing the letter, Ling Hu Fu conceived the chapter and the letter, and brought a generous gift, and quickly went to Beijing to meet the old man of the imperial history.

When he arrived at Dejingshi, Hu Fu didn't dare to delay for a moment, and went straight to Liu Yushi's mansion. After spending a few dollars of silver, I asked the second master at the head of the door to send the letter in first.

After a while, the second master came out and said, "The master called you!" After speaking, he turned around and entered, Hu Fu hurriedly followed and walked inside together. After passing through, when he arrived at the upper room of the second entrance, Liu Yushi was waiting inside. The second master replied and retreated.

Hu Fu entered to see each other, and as soon as he crossed the threshold, he fell to the ground and kowtowed to say goodbye. Liu Yushi ordered him to get up and come forward to answer. Hu Fu didn't get up, knelt forward, kowtowed at Liu Yushi's feet, and then got up, took out the chapter with trembling, and offered it with both hands.

Liu Yushi's results were hurriedly read and put at hand.

Hu Fu took a burden from his back, took out fifty taels of garlic from it, and respectfully placed it on the side of the chapter, and said, "My lord has a little heart, please accept it with a smile." ”

Liu Yushi saw the golden light in front of him, and immediately smiled: "I am close friends with your family, and it is right to help, how to use such a generous gift." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and picked up two ingots of gold, checked them in his hand, and then put them in their place, saying, "When you reply to your lord, just say that he has asked him in his letter, and I will do my best to help." Hu Fu replied, and left with joy in his heart.

However, he said that Liu Yushi and Hu Zhaocha had a great friendship, and they got fifty taels of gold, so they naturally helped each other wholeheartedly. First of all, I planned repeatedly in my heart. Then, he spent more than ten taels of silver to prepare a table of banquets, and invited all the confidants and friends of the ministers in the ministries and courtyards.

Everyone didn't know what they meant, Liu Yushi smiled and said nothing. When the seats were dispersed that day, there was naturally nothing to say. The next day, Liu Yushi handed Hu Zhaocha's recital together with an inconsequential note he had written. This secretary is in charge of internal and external affairs. However, the envoy in charge of the affairs of the department was in the same year as the prefect of Hao, and when he saw Hu Zhaocha's chapter, he saw that there was a lot of involvement in it, and he wanted to hide it secretly. Unexpectedly, Liu Yushi had revealed the news in front of several officials a few days ago. The mouth of the speaker has always been extremely fast, and it has already spread by this time. When the general political envoy heard about this matter, he weighed it a little and made it clear what was important. After all, it is really not a wise move to provoke a spokesman for this year that is not far away. So, the envoy pretended not to see it, and handed the proclamation to the cabinet intact.

At this time, most of the cabinet ministers were eunuchs, so Wei Zhongxian was also relieved. Ordinary things were approved by the ministers, and when there were major events that could not be decided, Wei Jiuqian was born out of the mountain. The so-called no coincidence does not make a book, on this day Wei Jiuqian, who has always been a powerful and blessed, suddenly rose, and Zhuge Wuhou, who wanted to learn things and bow down to himself, personally ran to the cabinet to approve the folds.

Several ministers were all from eunuchs, and when they saw their relatives here, they were sycophants in every way, wiping stools, handing tea, serving them in the lobby, and kneeling in front of the desk with a thick stack of concertos.

Wei Zhongxian held a red pen in his hand, read a letter, and the cabinet handed a letter, and from time to time he twisted like a maid who handed tea and water to the master. After approving a few letters, it happened to be the one that Hu Zhaocha saw, and before he saw more than half, Wei Zhongxian suddenly became angry, threw the red pen on the case, splashed a little cinnabar rain, and the faces of the two nearby ministers immediately seemed to have a red pockmark. The two ministers were startled, and instead of wiping their faces, they smiled on their backs, like a cold plum in the moon, and persuaded their relatives to calm their anger.

But I don't know why Wei Zhongxian is angry, and how the two ministers persuade him, please see the next chapter.