The person shouting on the dock is Fu Wenlong's housekeeper, this housekeeper has been waiting here at the dock for three days, but he has been on the civilian dock, but he didn't expect the official ship that Ma Shaoguang was sitting on to go north, if it weren't for the noise at the official dock, the housekeeper and Ma Shaoguang were likely to miss each other.

When the housekeeper saw a bunch of infantry yamen on the ship, he thought that these guys had come to fight the autumn wind and wanted to bully his uncle, so the housekeeper shouted below.

"You guys are really blind, do you know who this person is? It's our coquettish guest! Do you know who my lord is? It's the Cabinet University Shi Fu Pavilion Old! ”

The butler shouted as he pushed away the crowd and rushed onto the boat, and when he arrived in front of Ma Shaoguang, he was about to speak, when he saw Ma Rufeng wearing the uniform of a second-class military attaché. The housekeepers of the prime minister's family are all characters with hands and eyes, and when they saw that Ma Rufeng was a second-grade military attaché, they quickly changed their words and said: "This lord, this is Fu Ge Lao's petite, if you want to catch up with the old days, please come to Fu Ge Lao's mansion tomorrow?" Now my aunt is going home, please get out of the way. ”

The housekeeper didn't recognize Ma Rufeng, but when he saw that Ma Rufeng was a second-class military attaché, he didn't say anything extraordinary, or he would definitely come up and scold according to the butler's temper. But the housekeeper said respectfully, and his tone was not very respectful of Ma Rufeng.

Ma Rufeng smiled and didn't say anything when he heard the housekeeper say this, but Zhu Jiang beside Ma Rufeng was angry. As the prince of the prince, Zhu Jiang has never been afraid of anyone in Beijing except for his own Laozi, and now this dog slave actually looks down on himself, Zhu Jiang can still endure it.

Zhu Jiang was about to get angry when he glared, but Ma Rufeng beside him stepped forward and grabbed Zhu Jiang, and then said to Ma Shaoguang: "Big brother, since you are going to go to your father-in-law's house, the younger brother will not force it, and when the big brother is free tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, you and my brother are talking in detail!" ”

Ma Shaoguang listened to Ma Rufeng and nodded: "Okay, I'll talk about it later!" After speaking, Ma Shaoguang asked his family to invite his wife Fu, and then got off the boat and entered the city.

Ma Rufeng and Zhu Jiang watched Ma Shaoguang's family get off the boat, and Zhu Jiang asked in a low voice, "Uncle, why did you let your uncle go?" Didn't you say that it was better to go and live with this king? ”

Ma Rufeng said in a low voice: "What are you worried about, there will be time in the future, I am afraid that your uncle will not be able to run away?" ”

"Uncle, it's not that this king is afraid that he will run away, it's just that this king is afraid that if my uncle doesn't agree to help us, what will happen?"

"Don't worry about this, your uncle's promotion this time entrusted Fang Fengnian's relationship, he must go to see Fang Fengnian."

"But Fang Fengnian can't convince his uncle? Uncle, you saw the cold appearance of your uncle just now, and this king really has no confidence. ”

Zhu Jiang now has no strategists in his hands to give him advice, only Ma Rufeng is still half a bottle of vinegar, and the others are all martial artists who shout and kill and let them kill and set fire, but playing conspiracy with black hands is not a strong point. That's why Zhu Jiang is so interested in Ma Shaoguang, because it is directly related to whether he can become the crown prince. Now that Zhu Jiang saw that Ma Shaoguang's enthusiasm was not high, he was naturally very anxious.

Ma Rufeng saw Zhu Jiang's anxious appearance and scolded: "King Qin, you are too deep, what are you afraid of?" If Fang Fengnian says that he is not convinced, doesn't your uncle still have an imperial concubine? Your mother had the best relationship with your uncle back then, don't worry! ”

Ma Jiyuan has several children

Among them, Ma Ruyan is the oldest, the second is Ma Shaoguang, then Ma Shaoji, Ma Ruyun, and the youngest is Ma Rufeng. Ma Ruyan was very good to Ma Shaoguang as the eldest sister back then, and their sister and brother were not much different in age, so they were able to play together when they were young. But Ma Rufeng is not good, Ma Rufeng is seven or eight years younger than Ma Shaoguang, and when Ma Rufeng grows up, Ma Shaoguang has already been lifted, so Ma Rufeng and Ma Shaoguang are really brothers, in fact, they are not as close as good friends.

Zhu Jiang was overjoyed when he heard his uncle say this, and his wife would definitely succeed!

Ma Shaoguang and the housekeeper stepped off the boat, the sedan chair of the Fu Mansion was on the dock, the Fu family got on the sedan chair first, Ma Shaoguang arched his hand to the housekeeper and said: "Thank you for the housekeeper for relieving the siege!" ”

The housekeeper didn't know what was going on, and thought that it was the officers and soldiers of the infantry yamen who were looking for trouble just now, but now when he heard Ma Shaoguang say this, he couldn't help but boast: "Uncle, don't worry, although Qiu Ba of this group of infantry yamen is domineering, but he doesn't ask who our family is?" The master is now in charge of the ministry, and he can make that military attache unlucky with his little fingers, and he doesn't pee on himself, and he wants to take advantage of our family! ”

The military attache of the Ming Dynasty is really worthless, and Ma Rufeng's second-grade military attache is the governor of a province in the locality, in charge of the life and death of tens of thousands of people in a province, but don't forget that this is Beijing, the heart of the motherland. The second-rank military attache is naturally a big party member in the local area, but it is really not enough in Beijing. The kings of Jinshuihe here in Beijing all have grades, not to mention the large number of feudal officials who made wishes when the emperor founded the country, and there are thousands of people in Jinyi Guard, Governor, Tongzhi, etc. The governor of Jinyi Wei is the second grade, but in Beijing it is a goods that eats and waits for death in the airspace, so the housekeeper naturally looks down on the second-grade military attaché.

Ma Rufeng is a second-class military attaché, but Zhu Jiang is a prince, but today Zhu Jiang came to pick up his uncle and went out in civilian clothes, Zhu Jiang did not have the decisive momentum of his father Zhu Hongsan, so he was naturally ignored by the housekeeper.

Ma Shaoguang was amused when he heard the housekeeper say this, if this housekeeper knew that one of the two people just now was his younger brother and the other was the prince of the country, he didn't know if he would dare to blow it like this.

Ma Shaoguang didn't break it, and sat in a sedan chair and went directly into the city. The sedan chair of the Fu family naturally did not need to be inspected by the city gate officials, so there was no delay here at Chaoyang Gate, and he entered the city directly and came to Fu Wenlong's house.

Fu Wenlong has two sons and two daughters, but they are all married, the eldest son Fu Cheng and Ma Shaoguang are about the same age, but they are not good at learning, they are just a showman in their forties, and they have no choice but to go to Guozijian to get a prisoner, waiting for the opportunity to go out to be an official. The second son, Fu Zhi, is not bad, he is already a lifter in his thirties, and now he is studying hard in his hometown, waiting for the imperial examination to enter the jinshi. The eldest daughter has already married, her husband's family is also Fu Wenlong's classmate, her son-in-law is an official in Shandong, and the second daughter is Ma Shaoguang's wife.

When Ma Shaoguang arrived at the door, Fu Cheng had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Ma Shaoguang, he smiled and said: "My brother-in-law is finally here, my mother is waiting for my little sister, and I have asked many times!" ”

Although Ma Shaoguang is about the same age as his eldest brother, he is a brother-in-law after all, so he stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "Shaoguang has seen the eldest brother!" Ma Shaoguang's sons also came to greet their uncle.

Fu Cheng saw his little sister come out of the sedan chair, and said happily: "Little sister, after more than ten years, the eldest brother has seen you again!" ”

Fu has stayed in Yong'an Prefecture since he married Ma Shaoguang, so naturally he can't see himself

My mother's family, now seeing that my eldest brother has turned white, I can't help but say with tears in my eyes: "Big brother, it's been sixteen years, but I didn't expect my eldest brother to be old!" ”

Fu Cheng smiled: "The eldest brother is also in his forties, so can he not be old?" The little sister went to the back house to see her mother, your father-in-law took it away, and his father wanted to see him! ”

Fu Wenlong is not the emperor's old Huguang department, but only a revolutionary team that participated in the middle of Guangdong, so there is nothing when evaluating the title, and his mansion is naturally not as majestic as the mansions of the four dukes such as Ma Mingyuan and Feng Ziyong, but after all, Fu Wenlong has been the governor of Nanyang and Liangguang, and now he is still the elder of the cabinet in charge of officials all over the world, and the mansion cannot be too shabby.

There are also more than 20 courtyards before and after the Fu family, 50 or 60 houses, and 70 or 80 people in Yahuan.

Today, the emperor welcomes the Dalai Lama, which is a matter for the Ministry of Rites and the first assistant, so Fu Wenlong is very undisciplined today.

Fu Cheng took Ma Shaoguang into Fu Wenlong's study, Fu Wenlong was sitting on the Taishi chair waiting for Ma Shaoguang, Ma Shaoguang hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to salute his father-in-law.

Fu Wenlong nodded and said, "Ziheng, get up, it's a hard journey along the way!" ”

Ma Shaoguang bowed down and replied: "Thank you father-in-law for your concern, fortunately, there is no time limit for entering Beijing this time, so I can go quite casually!" ”

In the past, the organization department had a limited time to report on the appointment, but there was no appointment to Ma Shaoguang, so Ma Shaoguang only received the appointment in March, walked for half a year, and arrived in Beijing at the end of October.

Fu Wenlong smiled when he heard Ma Shaoguang say this, and said, "Ziheng, it seems that you don't know who transferred you to the Beijing Division!" ”

Ma Shaoguang really didn't know, and when he heard Fu Wenlong say this, he asked, "Isn't it your father-in-law?" ”

"Haha, naturally it's not an old man. If it is now, the old man is in charge of the ministry, so he can naturally use some means, but in March, the old man was in charge of the punishment department, and the whip was out of reach! ”

"It's not my father-in-law, is it Uncle Fang?" Ma Jiyuan analyzed at that time that these two people could help.

"Shutian is now in charge of the Ministry of Taxation, and he has the right to recommend, but the final decision is still the emperor, and the place you are going to is the Salt Department of the Ministry of Taxation, which is a fat shortage! Without the emperor's direct order, the Organization Department would not dare to change people casually! ”

Salt affairs Sima Shaoguang knows that being in charge of the salt administration of the whole world is a first-class fat shortage.

Salt and steel were the monopoly of the state in ancient China, and as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, each vassal state had administrative officials in charge of salt and steel. In the Ming Dynasty, due to economic development, the state's control over steel was not so strict, but the salt administration has always been controlled by the central government.

In the Ming Dynasty, six salt transportation departments were set up in the Lianghuai Salt Farm, which were responsible for the transportation and marketing of salt, levy taxes, payment and allocation of money and grain, as well as illegal salt cases in various places, and anti-smuggling assessments. In the central government, the Imperial History of Salt Inspection was also set up, which was responsible for supervising the six salt transportation envoys, and this set of institutions, like the Salt Industry Monopoly Bureau in later generations, strictly controlled the distribution of salt industry up and down the country.

But salt is too profitable, as long as the state monopoly will definitely have powerful people to dig the corners of the country, Chongzhen years even more than ten taels of silver history. Therefore, after Zhu Hongsan occupied the whole country, he released all the salt, just like industrial products, and only collected taxes at the source of the salt works once, and the agency in charge of tax collection was the Salt Affairs Department. (https:)

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