Chapter 113: Sweet Words

The chief of this division was called Shilang at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, and he was an adjutant with Wailang as his adjutant. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty changed to Lang and Cheng Lang. The Tang system took Lang Zhong and Yuanwai Lang as the chief and deputy governors. One person in the water department, from the fifth grade; One person is in charge of ferries, boats, bridges, embankments, ditches, fishing, transportation and other matters. There are two directors, four Lingshi, nine Shulingshi, and four Zhanggu. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the Ministry of Water Affairs placed a judge as a secretary, and served as a non-ministered court official, and the decrees of the Chuandu, Pichi, Gouwei, and River Canals were first in charge of the Sansi River Canal case, and later led to the Water Supervision of the Metropolitan Government, and the Department had no office. Yuanfeng was restructured, and the affairs of the company were managed by Lang Zhong and Wai Lang. The division is divided into six cases, and thirteen officials are placed. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the water supervision was merged into the Ministry of Water.

Although he had never dealt with the Ministry of Water, Shi Bin couldn't help but drool when he thought of the benefits given up by the Xiangtan merchants, so he decided that he would solve this problem no matter what, and get these two concessions in a dignified manner.

Jia Ling has a month to give birth, so she has only been walking in the backyard recently, and she has hardly been out of the house, and she doesn't care about a few occasional guests.

However, such a large group of businessmen came in the afternoon, which could not be hidden, not to mention that it was very boring to stay in the house, and now there was such an abnormal phenomenon, which immediately aroused her curiosity, and asked Xiaoqin to invite Shi Bin to her room.

"With so many big merchants in the family, my husband must be happy." Before Shi Bin entered the door, Jia Ling said with a smile.

All these businessmen have is money, and a businessman who visits an official doesn't have to think about it to know what will happen, the difference is only whether it is legal or not.

"It's still that little thing, you know it even if you don't say it. I usually ignore it, but why am I interested today:? Of course, Shi Bin was a little surprised by Jia Ling's reaction, but he couldn't figure out her attitude, so he asked knowingly.

Today's Jia Ling is more easily tired, lacks energy, wants to satisfy her curiosity but has no patience, and said directly: "Hurry up and tell me why those local tyrants are here?" You're not a person who takes bribes, but it's not normal for them to do this, and if things are abnormal, there must be demons, don't you understand this? Jia Ling said angrily.

Shi Bin was also a little angry that Jia Ling's attitude of speaking was completely reprimanding him, but there was no reason to quarrel with his pregnant wife, because it was wrong no matter what he said. So Shi Bin could only smile and said: "Of course I know, pies will not fall from the sky, rest assured that I will not be confused by those yellow and white things, regardless of the overall situation." Okay, Xiaoling, you can take care of the baby, and you still have some official business to do for your husband, so I can't accompany you. ”

found this good excuse and was about to slip away, but was stopped by Jia Ling again, and heard her say a little willfully: "My left eyelid has been jumping since the last time those coal merchants came, but today when these businessmen came, my right eyelid has been jumping." 'Fortune in the left eye, disaster in the right', say, what are they doing with you? ”

Shi Bin, who didn't want to tell Jia Ling the truth, casually made up an excuse of "asking for exemption and exemption of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes" to fool her.

Shi Bin, who returned to the study, already regretted saying this when he left Jia Ling's bedroom, after all, if she was asked to write a letter to Jia Yidao, it was estimated that it would be much more practical than saying it would be useless if she said it dryly. But that's the typical "nepotism" greeting.

He doesn't object, but he doesn't want it to be all the time. He is very good at fighting and no one dares to gossip, but he can't always rely on Jia Nidao to deal with government affairs, and doing so can only reduce his prestige, so he decided to deal with the Ministry of Water first, and explore the way.

This time, when he went out to Jinghu South Road, he planned to take only Wang San and ten guards, and the fewer people who knew about this kind of negotiation about interests, the better, and he could not make a big show and give his political enemies a chance to trip over him. So when he entered Ezhou City, Shi Bin didn't go to see his father-in-law Jia Yidao, but went directly to the Ministry of Water.

At present, Shi Bin is only a county order from the seventh grade, and the grade is not high, and the sixth grade Langzhong will not put a county order from the seventh grade in his eyes, so it is not easy to enter the door of the division.

gave the doorman two coins of broken silver, and he took Shi Bin and Wang San to the living room to wait, thinking that it would not be long before Mizube Shilang Zhong would come out, even if he didn't come out, he would come out to say hello.

But they sat there for a whole hour, and drank three pots of tea, but no one came out to inquire about their intentions. It was almost dark, and Shi Bin finally couldn't sit still anymore, so he called the servant who was waiting for them to drink tea over and asked, "May I ask, is Wang Langzhong in the division today?" ”

"Lord Yu, Lord Langzhong is in the division." The servant humbly replied.

Why don't you let them in in the division? Shi Bin and Wang San, who have been freely entering and leaving the Meng Mansion and Jia Mansion, have always thought that as long as they give the doorman a little benefit, they can meet the person they want to see, but today there was an accident.

"Then may I ask if our request to meet Wang Langzhong was handed over?" Wang San said to the servant with a smile.

The servant said very seriously that it had been delivered, but it had not been handed to Lang Zhong.

What does that mean? Shi Bin and Wang San didn't understand, handing it over was handing it over, why hadn't it been handed to Lang Zhong? No matter how bad it is, it should be seen by the outsider, but looking at the color of this servant, it seems that even the outsider has not seen this prayer post.

Misfortune comes from the mouth, and the truth of thousands of years is especially true in this officialdom. The servant, apparently aware of the reason, had the two of them sit here for an hour, apparently not to give any favor.

So Wang San took out about five coins of broken silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into the servant's hand, and at first the servant didn't dare to ask for it, and pushed it back into Wang San's hand, but when Wang San signaled that he only needed to tell the reason, the servant finally accepted the silver and opened his mouth.

"Two adults, there are not only Lang Zhong and Wai Lang in this water department, but also some officials." After saying this, the servant immediately shut up, and only continued to add tea to Shi Bin and the others without speaking.

These Shi Bin all know, Shi Bin recalled that he had spent almost one or two taels of silver in total from entering the door to the present, one was to enter the door, and the other was to ask questions, even if they asked for silver, could it be that those officials could be honest and honest, watching his subordinates receive benefits, but he was not moved?

He glanced at Wang San, and immediately stuffed the servant with a dozen copper plates, and asked him to take him to the office of the official on duty today.

Seeing that the two of them could be reached at one point, the servant immediately led them there with a smile on his face.

Finally entered the little official's office, so that Shi Bin and Wang San The most embarrassing thing appeared, they took the initiative to send five taels of silver, but the little official just nodded and motioned for them to sit there and wait, and he himself lowered his head and dealt with his official documents, and since then he has never taken care of the two of them since he got off work.

What's going on? Shi Bin and the others were puzzled, this kind of experience had never been experienced by the two since they were born, this benefit had been given, just forget if they didn't do anything, they didn't even say a word, just hung the two of them there, and they also hung them for an afternoon, and when they got off work, they only nodded coldly to the two of them and signaled them to go out.

That's a big score! Thinking of these two people being furious, I really wanted to beat the little official. Of course, this is definitely not good, it is absolutely not good on the bright side, do not look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, this kind of saber rattling is not suitable, not to mention that there is also a request for their master, this dog has to depend on the owner.

The next day, Shi Bin and they entered the Ministry of Water again, but this time Shi Bin directly sent a silver ingot of ten taels, and the little official who was going to continue to ignore them saw the ingots on the table, and immediately stood up with a smile, saying that he was busy with official business yesterday, and he took care of him, please forgive me.

Everyone knows that this is a lie, but no one will debunk it, and Shi Bin and the others are very 'sincerely' and say that they are very sorry to disturb his office continuously.

"May I ask the adult's surname, the small one's surname is Li, the commander of the water department." The little official said with a smile.

"Don't give your surname Shi, Mingbin, Wenwu Bin. This is my brother Wang San. Shi Bin smiled.

These little officials have long been trained in the officialdom with a pair of fiery eyes, and they know that the grade of the two is definitely not high, but they should also have some background. offended Shi Bin and them once, and received the benefit of fifteen taels of silver, so he naturally acted normally.

"Are you looking for Lord Langzhong?" The officer asked.

Seeing that he was kind and pleasant, he said that most of them could send the worship post to Wang Langzhong, Shi Bin and Wang San were very happy that it was possible to do it, and the two percent concessions could also be obtained.

Wang San immediately asked, "Yes, may I ask if Wang Lang has time to meet me and others?" Because he knew that these adults were very busy and had tight schedules, and sending a greeting post did not mean that he would be able to see Na Langzhong immediately.

If he hid and didn't want to see Shi Bin and the others, they would only have to block him outside his mansion except for Jia Nidao for help. They are all people with status, and of course this kind of blocking can't be done, so you can only take your time.

"This, hehe... I can't be the master, everything depends on the arrangement of Lord Wang, all I can do is hand over the prayer post. Li Lingzhi smiled slyly.

Knowing that he was doing Tai Chi, he didn't want to be fully responsible after receiving the money, but he didn't want to offend this villain, so he only said that he asked Li Lingyi to help remind Lord Wang, and then took Wang San out of the Yamen of the Ministry of Water.

After leaving the yamen, in order to prevent a disagreement with the commander, he turned back to the servant and asked the servant about the working hours of the Li commander. With these, Shi Bin and the others left the yamen and returned to the inn with confidence.

Three days later, it was the day when Li Lingzhi was on duty, and the doormen and servants who had already received the money no longer asked for benefits, and directly let them into the duty room.

Before the two of them could sit down, he smiled and said, "How are the two of you these days?" You're used to living here, aren't you? "It's really like a caring nanny, and there is a warmth in both of them, as if this is not a cold winter but a warm spring.

But this situation made Shi Bin worried, so he asked, "Is Lord Wang in the Yamen?" ”

As if he had made a big mistake, the Li official hurriedly said: "Shixian Order, I'm very sorry for forgetting to remind Lord Wang to read your prayer post." I'm really sorry, but you also know that it was late when you came three days ago, and the adults were tired, so I can't bother. I wasn't a villain on duty two days ago, so no one informed Lord Langzhong, I'm really sorry, please forgive me. ”

scolded this Li official for being a shameless bastard in his heart, but he could only smile and say: "Of course it's not your fault, it's because we didn't think about it and embarrassed everyone." After speaking, he stuffed five taels of silver into the hand of the Li official, and said, "May I ask when it is most appropriate for me to see Lord Wang?" We waited for the Xiangtan Chamber of Commerce to ask to see Lord Langzhong, hoping that he would reduce his taxes a little. ”

The benefits were also about the same, and the official Li asked: "There are priorities in this matter, the adult's schedule is too tight, I can only tell you that the adult will be in the yamen in three days, as for whether I will see you, I can't guarantee that I won't see you." ”

Knowing that they had finally passed the pass of Li Servant, the two of them were very happy to go out of the Yamen of the Ministry of Water.

Finally, after three more days, and then gave Li the clerk five taels of silver, he met with Wang Langzhong in the corridor, and agreed to exchange matters on tax reduction and exemption on the morning of the second day.

Along the way, Shi Bin vigorously chattered the famous saying "Hades is better, but the little ghost is difficult".

Finally entered Wang Langzhong's study, this is the ninth day that the two of them have been in Ezhou City, thinking about the white run again and again a few days ago, Shi Bin and Wang San didn't plan to say anything, just sat down and went directly to the "yellow bomb".

Although Wang Langzhong is a character who sees money at first glance, he will not be so easily smashed by money when he can mix with Langzhong's grade. While looking at the five "big yellow croakers" in Wang San's hand, which had a total of fifty taels, he sneered and said, "What does Shixian Ling mean by this?" ”

Seeing his patched official uniform and the tone in which he spoke, Shi Bin was almost deceived, showing a deep apology and preparing to take back the gold bar in his hand, and said embarrassedly: "Humble duty,,,, humble duty is just a little filial piety." ”

With a cold snort, Wang Langzhong turned around and sat down on the chair at the desk, and pressed the official document on the table with his hand, as if there was a thousand angry burning in his chest.

At this time, Wang San, the cunning guy, immediately came out to relieve the siege, and said with a flattering smile: "My lord, my eldest brother is a brainless person, he used to be the commander of Tanzhou and would only lead troops to fight, I don't know that this yellow and white thing is to tarnish your name, please forgive me." ”

Wang San, who was a monkey spirit in front of him who could generally speak, surprised Wang Langzhong very much, thinking that his battalion commander should be more ignorant, but he didn't expect that there were still a few grades of ink in his belly. smiled: "It seems that you are much more sensible than your eldest brother, okay, I don't care about these, let's say, what is the matter with my water department?" ”

"Actually, it's not a big deal, my eldest brother helped the merchants in Xiangtan to transport goods, and the bandits along the road didn't dare to provoke them, and there was nothing to do along the way, but since a few months ago, the subordinates of your water department began to ask for benefits, which made them a little unbearable... Wang San pretended to be embarrassed and said with a smile.

After hearing this, Wang Langzhong was "furious" and immediately shouted, asking Li Lingzhi to come to see him, and said that once it was verified, he would be severely punished.

knew that this was a lie, but Shi Bin still held on to his hope and waited for the Li Lingzhi to come and explain the matter clearly, that is, let them spend more money, as long as they talked openly and honestly.