Good job, hard work. ”

Li Qing put down the pen in his hand lightly, smiled and looked at Wu Xingsu, who had just rushed back from Pingkangfang, "Do you really see that it is Yang Guozhongzhi and Zhao Yue?" ”

Li Qing's compliment made Wu Xingsu's waist stiffen, and he replied affirmatively: "I have always looked at people very accurately, I have seen both of them, and I can't be wrong." ”

Li Qing got up and walked to the window, staring at the dark blue night sky with calm eyes like the sea, bright stars clearly covering the sky, he sighed slightly, a helpless smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and said secretly: "When did Zhao Yue get together with Yang Guozhong, but I don't know, it seems that my ability to obtain information is still too weak." ”

The matter is obvious, at that time, it was suggested that Li Jingyan and his relatives were King Qing, and then Yang Guozhong wrote to support, and then there was a blind date incident with Li, Li Qing never understood why they would target Li Jingyan, and now he finally knows the answer, Zhao Yue, is the ghost of Zhao Yue, who had pursued Li Jingyan, only he knows how important Li Jingyan is to himself.

"My subordinates heard that Yang Xuan himself was going to participate in the imperial examination this year, and my subordinates thought that behind this examination incident, there must be an ulterior deal."

Wu Xingsu's analysis made Li Qing suddenly laugh, "Your news is quite fast!" He looked at this loyal subordinate who had been following him since the east, as if today was the first time they had met.

"The subordinates are from Chang'an, and they used to have a lot of friends in the Yulin Army, so the news on the market can basically be known."

"Xingsu, you have been with me for several years, and you are someone I absolutely trust." Li Qing patted him on the shoulder and smiled gently: "Now that I have Brother Lifei by my side, sometimes I snub you, I have always wanted to set up an ear and eye organization, and now I feel its urgency, the time is ripe, this eye and ear organization will be handed over to you to set up, are you willing?" ”

Wu Xingsu hesitated for a moment and said, "The skeleton of Naxi City.

"Skeletons, they're just a little trouble, and they're not regular, and it's okay to spread rumors and the like, but they can't do big things." Li Qing smiled slightly, "What I want is military-style governance, not only to have a cold-blooded master who kills people in ten steps, but also to have a clone of the ever-changing beauty, and to be absolutely loyal to me, which requires a soldier like you to do it, you can choose fifty elites from my three hundred attendants, although the required capital goes to the account to pay, money is not a problem, the key is talent and loyalty, I believe in you, don't let me down." ”

"Obey!"

Wu Xingsu half-knelt and gave a military salute, and said with a solemn face, "My subordinates will never let the lord down!" ”

"Go ahead! Think about it tonight and start tomorrow. ”

After Wu Xingsu left, Li Qing sat back in the chair, perhaps under the influence of Li Linfu, he also used a rattan chair, but he was very comfortable in it, and his thinking was clearer.

The news brought by Wu Xingsu today does not have much effect on him at present, but this is a handle, a handle to deal with Yang Guozhong, since Zuo Zang was stripped out of Taifu Temple and assigned to him, Li Qing clearly realized that the machine took revenge on himself, and now he dared to sell the test questions privately, Li Qing sneered, with this handle in his hand, he was not afraid of him Yang Guozhong going to the sky.

The door of the study was gently pushed open, and Li Jingyan, who was a first-time wife, walked in with a cup of tea, she walked in a graceful step, wearing a white long skirt like flowing clouds, which made her figure more pretty and slender, she came to Li Qing's side, gently put down the teacup, and the slender jade finger pointed at a stack of manuscripts on the desk, pursed her lips and smiled: "Li Lang, these drafts have been re-polished for you, have you read them?" ”

Li Jingyan is different from the curtain who was born at the bottom of the society, she has a very high academic accomplishment, and she can also write poems, after she entered the house, she unknowingly became his case secretary, sorting out books and other miscellaneous things for him, of course, she is not a staff member, just a member.

Li Qing smiled and didn't answer, but reached out to wrap his hand around her waist, sat her on his lap, and gently kissed her jade bead-like earlobe, Li Jingyan glanced at him coquettishly and shyly, and wanted to push him away, but his hand was caught by him, her heart beat for a while, and she looked at the door that had not yet been closed worriedly, and said hurriedly: "Li Lang, this is going to be seen by others." ”

As soon as the words were spoken, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, which frightened Li Jingyan! He jumped up from Li Qing's lap, only to hear one of Li Qing's relatives at the door and say, "Dudu, there is someone waiting for you outside the gate, saying that it is someone from Li Xiangguo's mansion." ”

"Li Linfu?" Li Qing was slightly stunned, what did Li Linfu send someone to find him doing so late.

When he saw that Li Jingyan was leaving, he grabbed her wrist and whispered in her ear: "As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win countless in the world, let's see you at night!" ”

"Li Lang! You. Ai Lang sent a Ying Ying Qiu Bo and said in a low voice: "Then I'll wait for you!" As soon as she turned around, she fled in a panic.

Li Qing woke up from her eyes like a telegram for a long time, and he let out a long breath, he got this delicate baby, I really don't know if it is a blessing from several lifetimes, it's just that! That's it! After two years, he will retire and buy a big farm to enjoy life, he is thinking nonsense, but his pace is faster, and soon he came to the front of the house, and saw a man in a white robe standing with his hands in his hands, looking at himself and smiling silently, but it was Li Linfu's Li Yin.

"Why don't you make it clear and let the guests wait outside!" Li Qing frowned, as if he was reproaching the humanity.

"Don't blame them, squire, it's me who said vaguely, and they don't know."

Li Yin took out a beautiful bronzing sticker from his arms and respectfully handed it to Li Qingdao: "My father will set up a banquet tomorrow to invite the waiter to have a drink, and he specially ordered me to deliver the sticker." ”

"Xiangguo sent someone to say it, but it was for this

also has to dispatch Brother Li Yin's driver, isn't this to break Li Qing's life? ”

Li Qing took the sticker, laughing on his lips, but his heart was secretly surprised, Li Linfu invited himself to eat and sent a child to deliver the sticker, what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd?

He quickly glanced at the content posted on it, the time was set for tomorrow, and he hurriedly arched his hand and smiled: "Since Xiangguo thinks so highly of Li Qing, tomorrow will be on time!" ”

"In that case, then I'll take my leave." him.

"Brother Li Yin, I heard that you were released?"

Li Yin's eyes suddenly darkened, and he shook his head with a lonely expression, he wanted to take the opportunity to take a concubine, but his mother's iron curtain rule shattered his dream. "Yes, I will go to serve in the Shuofang Army, and I will take office in a few days, and I don't know how to return this time?"

He turned over and got on his horse, and sighed again: "Then I wish Li Shilang a great future and a full house of wives and concubines." With that, he whipped his hand, and the horse drifted away.

The next day, the sky is bright, Chang'an City is boiling, tens of thousands of people in the same state as a unit, good families ride horses, sit in cars, there are scholars to serve; The conditions are a little worse, then shrunk their heads, caged sleeves, hurried steps, with the mother's entrustment and the expectations of the father, under the leadership of officials similar to the director of the office in Beijing today, the mighty and mighty to the imperial city, the examination room set up two places of the state supervisor and the Xuanzheng Hall of the Daming Palace, divided into the Shi Branch and the Ming Jing Department, originally there were Xiucai, Kaiyuan Ceremony, Three Transmissions, History, Children's Science and Arithmetic, Calligraphy, etc., but after Tianbao, there were gradually only two subjects left of the Jinshi and the Ming Classics.

There are three exams, the scriptures, poems and fu, and finally the five policy theories, the content of the two subjects is similar, but the focus is different, the Jinshi section emphasizes the poetry and the Ming scripture focuses on the policy theory, and the scripture (that is, the silent scripture) is the basic subject, and the first and second are determined by the completeness of the silent scripture.

"When! While! The sound of the open and distant sound sounded in the sky of Chang'an, and the noisy imperial city finally quieted down, and the ambitious taxis concentrated and began the first sprint of their lives.

West City, the first official cabinet of the Tang Dynasty is located at the entrance, covering an area of about 100 acres, the appearance is magnificent, the internal structure is complex, there are hundreds of large huts inside, and there is an underground treasury made of heavy bluestone, in fact, this is not a new building, but the headquarters of the original Wang Bao Ji cabinet workshop, since it moved to Yangzhou, it was requisitioned by the government, and it was directly changed to a card.

The commercial tax and rent of the West City were originally collected by the Municipal Bureau, but after the establishment of the official workshop, the account money was divided into two points, and the Municipal Bureau checked the account and the official square collected the money.

Of course, the government-run cabinet also has the function of a private cabinet shop, storing and transporting copper coins for merchants and Chang'an citizens, and withdrawing money with the counter tickets issued by the official shop, but it is still in the pilot area, and the business cannot cover the whole country.

At noon, dozens of carriages drove to the door of the cabinet room, the carriages were full of heavy Nanmu boxes, most of the boxes were made of copper coins, it was naturally the handwriting of King Qing, the money was pulled from the manor outside Chang'an, and it was King Qing's old book to bring down Li Qing.

The person in charge of handling this matter today is Jia Hai, the chief steward of King Qing, that is, the only Hai Heng who escaped from the Hai family back then, he is wearing a bearded suit with tight cuffs today, his face is arrogant, and his spirit is doubly vibrant

"Stop right here and unload the boxes!"

Jia Hai's horse galloped to the front, he turned over and dismounted, and ran up the steps with a dozen entourage, although the cabinet workshop is an official office, but there are only a few officials in the cabinet workshop in the West and East markets who are responsible for issuing goods quotations, and most of the other guys and deacons who handle business are dug from the original Wang Baoji, and the ordinary folk cabinet is no different, the arrival of dozens of carriages has already alarmed several deacons in the cabinet workshop, and they quickly came out to check the situation.

"Here is a businessman from Chengdu, surnamed Jia, who has a sum of money to be deposited in your fang." Jia Hai bowed to one of the oldest deacons, he spoke with a Shu accent, that is, his native accent, and there was no need to pretend, it was naturally revealed.

Jia Hai pointed to the box behind him, "That's the money!" ”

Several deacons looked at the hundreds of large boxes stacked neatly on the carriage, and couldn't help but look at each other, their eyes showed shock, if these boxes were all loaded, not to mention five or ten thousand, the cabinet has opened so far, most of them are hundreds, thousands of are rare, the largest is the 10,000 in the Bashu Commercial Bank.

But the rule of the cabinet is not to inquire about the origin of the guest, only recognize the money and recognize the list to the table, at this time, a big shopkeeper surnamed Feng came out, bowed to Jia Hai, and asked very politely: "How much does the guest want to save?" How long do I have to save it? Do you want to withdraw money in another place? ”

"Most of the treasures here are Kaiyuan Tongbao, and there are some official gold and silver, which are converted according to the official family, a total of 100,000 yuan, I plan to save it for three months, and I will take it in Chang'an."

"Know, it's our honor that Lord Jia can trust us." The shopkeeper Feng waved his hand and made a gesture of please, "Come!" Let's go inside and talk about the details. ”.

Since today is the first day of the imperial examination, in order not to affect the performance of the candidates, except for the officials of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, the other hundred officials are on holiday for three days.

Generally speaking, the household department is only responsible for formulating policies, approving and forwarding documents, auditing account sheets, and issuing instructions, while the executive organs for specific affairs are the following Taifu Temple, Sinong Temple, Salt and Iron Supervision and other government supervision departments.

Li Qing is a household servant, and the corresponding work is more leisurely, only for the examination and approval of major matters reported by various departments, and then reported to Shangshu Province left and right, and then reported to the left and right

, and finally to the emperor, so a major event has to be approved at all levels, this is the Tang Dynasty's strict approval and judgment system, in this system, most of them will not use the ass to make decisions and other dereliction of duty decision-making mistakes, of course, the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, the decision-making of one thing takes too long and the administrative efficiency is low.

Li Qing's office is a three-entry suite, and in the innermost room, there is a miscellaneous clerk serving left and right, and the room is divided into two, each with a staff member in charge of the book, and the outer room is a reception room, where meetings are sometimes held.

Since Gao Shi became Zuo Zangcheng, there is only one person left in Li Qing's staff, this person is surnamed Chen, about fifty years old, born in Kaiyuan Jinshi, it is funny to say, this person is the secretary who was sent to Shazhou to monitor Li Qing, he has long been out of Tai, because of his conscientiousness and meticulousness, he has won Li Qing's trust, and has always taken him with him.

In the Tang Dynasty, after the Jinshi, only obtained the qualification to be an official, not everyone can be an official, many people can't wait for the official, so they go to some powerful magnates, do their staff, and wait for the opportunity to be recommended into the office, not only Jinshi, but also many knowledgeable, capable people, also take this road, such as Du Fu defected to Jiannan Jiedu envoy Yan Wu, Li Bai later defected to Yongwang, and Gao Shi defected to Hexi Jiedu envoy Ge Shuhan and so on.

At this moment, Li Qingzheng was lying on his back on the chair, his brows furrowed, and on the table in front of him was a summer expenditure budget table of the Ministry of Internal Service approved by Gao Lishi, the Ministry of Internal Service is the organ that manages the affairs of the palace, and this expenditure budget table, to put it bluntly, is here to ask for money, and the palace wants to buy summer supplies, but there is no money to spend.

Li Qing pressed his temples in distress, he only transferred 300,000 yuan to Zongzheng Temple, Diansheng Province, and Inner Service Province last month to support the expenses of these royal clans and Li Longji, and now he reached out to him again, but where was the money in the treasury for them.

He shook his head helplessly, if those royal relatives and nobles can still be delayed, but the expenses of the palace cannot be stopped, the only way to do this is to advance some money from the treasury first, and then return it to the treasury after the salt tax is escorted into Beijing next month.

At this time, Secretary Chen hurriedly walked in with a piece of money, "My lord, this is an urgent item just sent by the cabinet in the West Market, and someone has deposited 100,000 yuan at one time." ”

Since the establishment of the cabinet, Li Qing has issued a secret order, anyone who saves more than 5,000 yuan at a time must report to him, and more than 10,000 yuan must be reported immediately in the form of an urgent letter, he knows that he has made a lot of enemies, Yang Guozhong, King Qing and even Li Linfu, and many people who are angry with him are hiding in the dark, so they must take strict precautions and dare not have the slightest carelessness.

"100,000!"

This is an astonishing number, Li Qing immediately sat up straight, took the urgent mail and looked at it, a businessman from Chengdu, surnamed Jia, saved money for three months, his heart immediately drew a big question mark, he is also a businessman from Chengdu, but he has never heard of a giant household surnamed Jia, moreover, the most important thing to do business is capital flow, this deposit is three months, is he really a businessman? Could it be that his surname is 'fake'?

"No, we have to take a look!"

He casually signed the expenditure budget just now, handed it to Secretary Chen, and said: "I'm going to Xishi now, I'm afraid I won't come back today, you transfer this book to Wei Jiansu, let him deal with it as a special matter, try to hurry up!" ”

Li Qing said as he strode out, he turned over and got on his horse, and galloped away in the direction of Xishi under the support of all his relatives.

It's a pity that Li Qing is still a step late, when he arrived at the West Market Cabinet, Jia Hai has already completed the procedures for saving money, left, the money has been counted one by one, and there is no mistake, and hundreds of soldiers are carefully carrying the money to the underground warehouse.

Li Qinglai was a step late, his face was not good, and he complained a little that the cabinet man failed to keep the big businessman in Chengdu surnamed Jia, "You can paint a portrait of the person surnamed Jia?" "Secretly painting a portrait of a large amount of money savers, this is also a means of Li Qing, in order to leave direct clues.

The shopkeeper Feng bowed to Li Qing, "Lord Qiqi, we have already painted a portrait, but he was in a hurry to leave at the time, and we couldn't keep him." ”

A simple portrait of a character sketched with ink lines was placed in front of Li Qing, painted delicately and slightly, Li Qing was immediately stunned, he rubbed his eyes, and couldn't believe the portrait he saw in front of him, isn't this Hai Lanzhi, the Hai Heng who escaped? He finally showed up today.

"My lord, do you know this person?"

"Old friend, of course I know him!" Li Qing smiled coldly, he was already sure that the money was not good.

He immediately turned back to Shopkeeper Feng and said, "Do you have a way to find out where this money came from?" ”

"It's really hard! Let me think about it. ”

Shopkeeper Feng lowered his head and walked a few steps, and suddenly he patted his head and said loudly: "There is a way." ”

Li Qing was overjoyed, "Let's talk about it, what's the solution?" ”

"My lord, please come with me!"

Shopkeeper Feng took Li Qing to the money vault, the money vault is built underground, the ventilation is excellent, the air is very dry, which can ensure that the money is stored for a long time without mildew and rust, there is a lamp on the wall every three steps, the light is very sufficient, they walked directly to the Nanmu boxes that they just moved into, and the shopkeeper Feng ordered someone to open the two boxes on the very edge, which were full of white flowers and official silver, twenty taels and one.

Shopkeeper Feng took out two in order, flipped them over and said: "My lord, please see, the numbers on this official silver are all connected, that is to say, these silvers are specially exchanged, as long as you go to the Shaofu Supervisor to check the files, who redeemed this batch of official silver, then where does this money come from, don't you know?" ”