Chapter 80: Someone from the Liao Kingdom is coming
"Childe, I can't live today, at least I have to take a few days to take a simple rest and take care of it, fortunately, the hardware of the house is not damaged, and there is no need to repair, but most of the furniture in the house has been emptied and needs to be replaced." Looking at the back garden where the grass and trees grew wildly, no one took care of it for a long time, and it looked a little dilapidated, Zhu Niang took back the little gold that had escaped and said in the tone of a housekeeper.
Zhang Bin nodded, took the little gold, and threw it at the tree in front of him, the little gold stretched out in mid-air, jumped a foot away, and slammed on the tree pole, and then turned his head to look at Zhang Bin and Zhu Niang and others, quickly and happily climbed into the canopy, and soon disappeared.
The clerk handed over the deed to Zhang Bin, and after completing the formalities, he took the reward money and went back to pay the errand.
Zhang Bin instructed Hutou and Li Siwa to take six veterans to clear weeds and clean up, thinking of sending someone to buy furniture, but when he turned his head and looked, several people around him were not capable of doing this.
It is not a simple matter to buy furniture for such a large house, the size must be appropriate, and the specifications and materials must be in line with Zhang Bin's identity.
"There seems to be a lack of a competent butler, and there are others."
Li Siwa and they can only be guards, this house is not big, at least a few cleaners, one feeds the horses, and one cook.
Just as Zhang Bin was thinking about going to the Yahang Market, a visitor came, a eunuch and two internal guards.
"The Son of Heaven summoned and asked Ru Linlang to enter the palace immediately."
Zhang Bin was shocked, although he knew that the Son of Heaven would summon him again sooner or later, but he didn't expect to be summoned just in the morning and summoned him again in the afternoon.
"Probably something big happened."
Thinking like this, Zhang Bin immediately ordered the two veterans to follow him, and the other veterans were led by Li Siwa to continue cleaning the house, and then followed the eunuch to the outside of the courtyard.
Zhang Bin was a man and an official in his two lives, although the nature and structure of society in later generations and in this world are very different, but some routines in the officialdom are actually the same, and he stuffed a silver ingot of ten taels to this eunuch, and before he could ask, the chamberlain smiled and whispered: "There is an urgent report from Hebei, the Liao people have sent a messenger, and they have arrived at Zhending Mansion, and at the same time, there are tens of thousands of Liao thieves entrenched in the border pass, wanting to coerce the imperial court to increase the year." ”
"The Liao thieves already knew that Song Xia was dispatching troops to compete for the Meridian Dao, and he obviously wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob." Zhang Bin's heart sank, he sighed secretly, and went out of the door and went to the palace with the eunuch.
What Zhang Bin didn't know was that because of the Liao people's changes, the grain and grass that the Great Song Dynasty monarchs had planned to mobilize the Hedong Xiang soldiers could not move in vain, and the grain and grass from Sichuan, Huainan, Shandong, etc. were mobilized to Dashun City, which was far away, and the consumption was too great to come and go, and it was too late in time.
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As soon as Zhang Bin entered the Chongzheng Palace, he felt that the atmosphere was extremely tense and depressing.
When he saluted, he found that the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji was on top of the dragon collapse, and he looked worried.
And Han Qi, Wang Anshi, Wen Yanbo, and Lu Gongbi, the four Zaifu, are all there, and there are also Wu Chong, the three divisions, and Sima Guang, a scholar of Longtuge University.
These six people are the most powerful bosses in the Great Song Dynasty, and their expressions are solemn and solemn, and they look at him with different eyes at this time.
Zhang Bin naturally observed the expressions of these people with his spare eyes.
Zhao Ji was full of expectations, Wang Anshi's expression was complicated, and Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, Lu Gongbi, and Wu Chong had five points of scrutiny, two points of approval and two points of doubt in their eyes.
In particular, the suspicion in the eyes of Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang was very strong, and there was even a faint trace of disdain.
Scrutiny is the normal look in which Zaisuke sees the young official, and the approval and suspicion are naturally aimed at the bidding method he proposed.
After Zhang Bin saluted, Zhao Ji said urgently: "Zhang Bin, the imperial court is in urgent need of money and grain at the moment, is the bidding method you mentioned feasible?" ”
"Your Majesty, if Wechen can't use the bidding method to collect two million yuan for His Majesty within a month, Wechen is willing to be punished." Zhang Bin sighed secretly, this sentence has been asked by the Son of Heaven for the third time, he knows that now is a great opportunity for him to implement the bidding method, and he must not hesitate at all.
"Okay, just choose one line as you said before, and if it is feasible, then implement the bidding method of other lines." Before Zhang Bin came, Zhao Ji had obviously taken the Zai Fu to discuss it carefully, and the matter was urgent at the moment, so he made a decision directly.
Zhang Bin had already thought deeply in his heart, and immediately said: "Most of the largest grain merchants in the world are in the capital, and the imperial court needs not only money, but also grain and grass, so Weichen thinks that His Majesty can issue an order to suspend the duties of the grain transshipment department and bid for the right to buy and purchase grain." ”
Zhao Ji was a little uncertain, looking at Han Qi and Wang Anshi and the others, Han Qi nodded and said, "I think I might be able to give it a try." ”
Wang Anshi asked directly: "Zhang Bin, have you prepared a specific charter." ”
Zhang Bin was about to speak, but Sima Guang snorted coldly and said: "The minister thinks that the grain transfer department should be removed directly, as for this bidding method, the minister thinks that there is no precedent in this matter, and how important the right to buy grain is that the court can hand it over to those cheap merchants." ”
"Okay, you Sima Guang, it turns out that you are such an old stubborn." Zhang Bin listened to the story of Sima Guang smashing the cylinder since he was a child, and he saw Zizhi Tongjian in later generations, and he originally had a great impression of Sima Guang, but at this time he just wanted to point his nose and scold this old horseman.
Wen Yanbo hesitated for a moment, and also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Sima Longtu's words are reasonable, this matter is not only unprecedented, even in the Han and Tang dynasties, there is no similar thing, not to mention that the matter of buying and selling was originally a cheap matter of the lower nine ranks. ”
"It's another old immortal ......" Zhang Bin hated in his heart, but he knew that his official position was too humble to be present, and a group of leaders at or above the deputy national level held a meeting, and it was already rare for a small cadre at the department level to be able to observe, so how could he have the qualifications to speak.
Therefore, if there is no question from the Son of Heaven right now, he will be extremely arrogant if he says anything directly, so he has to look at the Son of Heaven with a blank eye and let him give him a chance to speak.
Zhao Ji seemed to understand Zhang Bin's expression, and said, "Zhang Bin, I will allow you to argue." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." As he spoke, Zhang Bin took out two folds from his arms, presented them to the Son of Heaven with both hands, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, this is the bidding and auction plan and the agenda of the regulations, please take a look at Your Majesty and your ministers." ”