Qian Yiai has been very busy in the past half a month, not for work, but for his old father Qian Qianyi to return to his hometown, and Qian Yiai wants to accompany his old father back to his hometown.

When he returned to Changshu and handed over his father to his eldest brother at home, Qian Yiai had to rush back to Nanjing, because the work in Shangyuan County was inseparable from him. As a county order full of evil, Shangyuan County ushered in many reception tasks every day. Any local governor is more than a seventeen or eighteen level older from Liupinzhi County, and it was nothing to be taken care of by his father Qian Qianyi before, but now that his big tree is gone, Qian Yiai must be even more careful.

Today, Qian Yiai had just finished handling government affairs, and a small official outside the door came in and said: "Master, a cabinet secretary at the door is coming to see the master!" ”

Cabinet secretary? What are you here for? The cabinet and the magistrate are the two poles of officialdom, one is the highest and the other is the most basic, and there is no possibility of intersection at all.

"Come in, please!"

Qian Yiai now knows that his father is gone, and it is better not to provoke this cabinet secretary. Although the cabinet secretary office has no grade, they are all some officials, but the dog urine moss grows on the Jinluan Palace, and no matter how bad the family is, the background is different.

The clerk was in his thirties, walked in and saw Qian Yiai greeting him at the door, and said with a smile: "Qian Zhixian greeted him at the door, it's really lifting!" ”

Although the secretary said politely, but the action was not polite at all, after entering the house, he didn't need to give up his seat with money, and sat directly on the main seat.

Qian Yiai couldn't help it when he saw this guy so rude, of course these guys didn't dare to be rude when his father was there, and now there is no way for people to go to tea and cool.

"This Shangguan, I don't know what happened to Shangyuan County?"

Qian Yiai's respectful attitude made the bookstore very satisfied, what's wrong with you being the son of the elder of the pavilion? Your father is retired now, and your Qian family has no power in the court, where do you want to jump into a small county?

"Congratulations to Qian Zhixian, Lord Shoufu has a letter for me to hand over! It seems that Qian Zhixian's ascension is just around the corner! ”

Qian Yiai laughed dryly with him, and then opened Ma Mingyuan's letter, and saw that he wanted to invite himself to his house for a gathering at night, saying that he had something to do with himself.

The bookstore didn't dare to peek at Ma Mingyuan's letter, and after seeing Qian Yiai's thoughts, he hurriedly asked, "Qian Zhixian, what's the matter?" ”

Qian Yiai knew that these secretaries were the eyeliner of various elders, and he could talk to him about this kind of thing, so he folded the letter and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that Xiaguan's father has just returned to his hometown, and Lord Shoufu is very worried, so ask how the old father is!" ”

The scrivener knew that what Qian Yiai said was false, but he couldn't investigate in detail, so he laughed dryly twice and then left and went back to his life.

After the bookstore left, Qian Yiai sat in the room in a daze, what was Ma Mingyuan looking for himself? Does he want to implement a new policy and make his family look good?

Qian Yiai remembered what the old man said to him at home, Ma Mingyuan's appointment represented the emperor's determination to implement the new policy, and it was only a matter of time before it was implemented. The Qian family is a big landlord in Changshu, and there are 30,000 mu of fertile land, and if the new policy is implemented, it will definitely become the first target of attack. Therefore, Qian Qianyi explained to his son, if it doesn't work, he will give up part of the land, don't be unhappy with the emperor, and don't see a concubine in his own family.

Qian Qianyi has served Zhu Hongsan, the emperor for six or seven years, and knows too well who this emperor is, as long as he is happy, he can do anything, if he is unhappy, the king of heaven will not give face.

Qian Yiai thought of his father's words and was helpless, now that his father had retired, he was the only official of the Qian family, and the livelihood of dozens of members of the family fell on him, this task was too heavy.

Back then, Qian Yiai also thought the same way when he took refuge in the prince, his father couldn't be an official for a lifetime, what would the Qian family do if he didn't choose a backer?

After receiving Ma Mingyuan's letter, Qian Yiai had already made up his mind that if Ma Mingyuan wanted his family to set an example, then donate 5,000 acres of land, which was already the bottom line of the Qian family.

After dark, Qian Yiai returned to the back house to change into a cloth coat, and said to his wife Chen, without a single family member, out of the back door of the county office, hired a small sedan chair on the side of the street and rushed to Ma Mingyuan's house.

Ma Mingyuan's original mansion was burned down, but only a corner was burned, and now it has been renovated and is even better than before. Qian Yiai came to the Ma Mansion, looked at the Ma Mansion plaque with the golden characters given by the emperor, and sneered in his heart: Hmph, you Ma Mingyuan let my Qian family be an example, I want to see how much your Ma family donates, your family has much more land than my Qian family.

Ma Fu is now extraordinary, Ma Mingyuan is a Zhengyi Taishi, Shoufu, and Liehou, which can be compared with Zhang Juzheng in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the lights at the entrance of Mafu were bright, and there were twelve housekeepers standing at the door, looking majestic.

On the left side of the gate, there is a row of tooth rooms, which is where the various officials who came to visit Shousuke-sama rested, and although it is already dark, there are still more than a dozen officials waiting here, waiting for Shousuke-sama's summons. Naturally, the servants who came with these officials were carrying large and small boxes, which seemed to be different gifts.

As a princeling, Qian Yiai naturally didn't have to wait with these officials, and the Ma Fu family had already come up to greet him.

"Mr. Qian, you're here! But do you want to see my master? ”

Qian Yiai nodded, took out Ma Mingyuan's envelope and showed it to the family, and the family quickly walked into the Ma Mansion with Qian Yiai.

Some officials who had been waiting for a long time on the side saw that this low-level junior official in a green robe didn't have to queue up, and they were all angry to death.

An official from the fifth grade scolded in a low voice: "Who is this guy? Why not stand in line? ”

An official on the side glanced at Qian Yiai and said, "This old man, the young official you don't recognize?" He is the second son of Qian Qianyi, the old man of the Retirement Pavilion, and now he is the commander of Shangyuan County, the capital division! People have big roots and deep trees, and they are naturally different from us! ”

After hearing this, the five-grade official scolded: "Qian Qianyi? Isn't it retired? Could it be that guy is so arrogant just because he has a concubine sister? ”

The Ming Dynasty was different from the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty did not have much respect for the emperor's harem, and Zhu Yuanzhang also left the Emperor Ming Zuxun who was not allowed to interfere in politics by the harem concubines, so the relatives of the Ming Dynasty did not have much power.

An official heard what the five-grade official said, smiled and said, "Brother, at first glance, is from another province!" If it was a local official, it wouldn't be unaware that Qian Yiai was the master of the East Palace back then! ”

The Wupin provincial official stopped talking when he heard this, and the head of the East Palace was the prince's side. Now the Manchu Dynasty knows that Lord Shoufu is the prince's father-in-law, so it is understandable that people have different money and love to line up.

Qian Yiai was taken into the Qian Mansion by the family, and after passing through several floors of the courtyard, he entered a study, and the family man bowed down and said: "Master Qian, please wait here, my master will come in a while!" ”

Qian Yiai nodded, found a chair and sat down, waiting for Ma Mingyuan. How do you know that this is two hours, and Ma Mingyuan doesn't even have a shadow.

Qian Yiai didn't eat at home in order to see Ma Mingyuan, and now he was hungry and gurgling, and a cup of tea was refilled with water several times, which was already the same as boiled water.

Seeing that it was dark, Qian Yiai stood up and asked, "Why hasn't your master come over yet?" ”

The housekeeper at the door has been replaced by a maid, the little maid is only fourteen years old, and when she heard Qian Yiai's unkind tone, she immediately became at a loss, and hurriedly entered the house and knelt down and said: "This son, I'm really sorry, the slave family doesn't know when the master will come, just now the eldest brother of the family just let the slave family serve the son here, and the other slave families don't know!" ”

Qian Yiai is now twenty-four years old, and he has been in the officialdom for a few years, and his temperament is much calmer, seeing that the maid is trembling with fright, he knows that it is useless to be angry at her, so he has to say: "You go and find some snacks for the official, but the official hasn't eaten yet?" ”

The maid nodded and got up, and was just about to go out, when the second door opened, Ma Mingyuan, who was wearing a dark blue silk robe, walked in.

Ma Mingyuan saw Qian Yiai standing in the middle of the room at the door, frowned and asked, "Zigao, what's wrong?" What's the matter? ”

Qian Yiai didn't dare to pretend to be forced in front of Ma Mingyuan, so he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Xiaguan has seen Lord Shoufu!" In this way, Xia Guan has been waiting for a long time just now, and he is a little hungry in his stomach, and he wants to ask this sister to get some snacks! ”

Qian Yiai is also a noble son, and he is also a close friend of the prince, and he is still a little arrogant inside, and this passage reveals some dissatisfaction!

Ma Mingyuan frowned, and said to the maid: "Go ahead, you don't need to serve here!" ”

Ma Mingyuan walked into the house and sat on the top, Qian Yiai saw that the maid was driven away by Ma Mingyuan, and knew that she was only hungry today, so she had no choice but to sit down and wait for Ma Mingyuan to ask.

"Zigao, there is something for you to do today! Tomorrow, you take the time to go to the Imperial Prison, meet Qu Shiqian and Zhang Tongchang, and persuade them to come out and become officials! ”

When Qian Yiai heard that this was a difficult task, these two masters and apprentices had been imprisoned in Nanjing for three years, and they had no intention of loosening at all, and they might not be able to do it by themselves!

"Lord Shoufu, the lower officials are soft-spoken, I'm afraid..."

Before Qian Yiai finished speaking, Ma Mingyuan continued: "This matter must be done, the old man decided to start measuring the land in Jiangsu Province first, this job is just right for Zhang Tongchang to go, you tell him that the old man has already promoted him as the political envoy of Jiangsu in front of the emperor, and his teacher Emperor Qu Shiyun also guarantees to be reused!" ”

Qian Yiai heard Ma Mingyuan say that he wanted to start measuring the land, which is to prepare for the new deal! Qian Yiai has 30,000 acres of grain fields in his home, and at this time, he is concerned and chaotic, and hurriedly asks: "Lord Shoufu, measure the land?" But it's time for a new deal? ”

"The new deal is not suitable for implementation now, but the preparation must be done in advance! The emperor has agreed to start with Jiangsu first! ”

After Ma Mingyuan finished speaking, he glanced at Qian Yiai, and then said: "Zigao, you are an official of the imperial court, and Qian Ge Lao is deeply favored by the emperor. ”