The imperial court has always done things without precedents, there are cases that are difficult to change, officials are very lazy to do things, do not like to make trouble out of nothing, the Ministry of Industry has become a rule to use Fujian iron to build all kinds of artillery and bird guns, armor, waist knives, iron gun heads, all kinds of iron are almost all purchased Fujian iron, of course, the price of Fujian iron is high, and there are some not very important ordnance also use iron from the north, but the amount is not high.

No precedent, this is also the unspoken rule of the imperial court, not only involves the conflict of interests, the power of Fujian iron is very scattered, more than a dozen counties in Fujian have iron ore, marketing in the north is only a small part of Fujian iron, mainly refined iron, the Ministry of Industry will also buy some square wool iron, the military towns will also buy some Fujian iron, in addition to the military, the sales of Fujian iron in the civil sector is not high, so the interest chain of Fujian iron in the imperial court is not strong, Lingqiu Iron wants to enter the Ministry of Industry, the most difficult thing is the bureaucratic inertia...... This made Li Shenming feel crying and laughing.

Replacing Fujian Iron with Jin Iron is a matter of nothing in the eyes of many people, even if Jin Iron is a little cheaper, it will make many people feel troublesome and troublesome, and these officials don't want to do serious official business, not to mention this kind of extra thing.

Under the lazy government of Wanli for decades, the atmosphere of officialdom has also become very bad, everyone can push when encountering problems, and they are less in charge of everything, less trouble, and even some yamen have not had official seals for a long time...... Later generations said that the political system of the Ming Dynasty was sophisticated, and it could operate freely without a chief official, but in fact, it was true that many yamen did not do things at all...... No matter how bad things are, anyway, I will do my own thing, and Lingqiu Iron will be squeezed out until Fujian Iron enters the list of the Ministry of Industry for procurement, and the biggest object of the struggle is such a bureaucratic system.

Li Shenming, who knew the truth, felt almost helpless and helpless.

"It's the same down there."

Li Guobin, a local snake and a big broker, has a lot of connections in officialdom, but the result of inquiring is similar to Li Shenming.

Stuffing silver is a good way, and it can buy some unscrupulous lower-level officials of the Ministry of Labor, but if you want to open up the joints of the upper level, you can't do it with the relationship between Er Li.

When the two were at a loss, Li Shenming's elder knocked on the door and came in, and said, "Master, there is a person surnamed Wang outside, who said that it was the second counter of the branch, and he had something to ask to see the master." ”

"Two cabinets?"

Li Shenming knows that the shopkeeper of the Jingshi branch has a high authority, and he is the deputy that Zhou Fengji often brought with him, and after Zhang Han's training for a long time, he was placed here as the shopkeeper, not only Jingshi, but also several branches are presided over by this big shopkeeper, after all, the market changes very quickly, and there is no way for Zhang Han to remotely control the subtle operation in Li Zhuang, and there are several regional shopkeepers like this, all of whom are very shrewd and capable talents, but Li Shenming, the deputy shopkeeper in the semicolon, does not know much, he is a little hesitant, and he doesn't know what the two cabinets are looking for him.

After a moment of silence, Li Shenming said, "Please come in." ”

After a while, someone pushed open the door, and a tall young man walked in.

The snow outside has not melted, the weather is very cold, this young man is wearing a black fox fur coat, wearing a big blue hat on his head, decorated with a finger-sized Dongzhu, the lining is snow-white, there are a lot of jade ornaments hanging from the leather belt around his waist, and the long leather boots on his feet are also shiny, and a vulgar atmosphere is blowing in his face, Li Shenming shook his head unconsciously.

In terms of appearance, this person is born well, with handsome eyebrows, tall and well-proportioned body, and his gestures make people feel very comfortable.

"In Xia Wang Faxiang," the tall young man crossed his hand with beautiful movements, and said with a smile: "I have seen two gentlemen." ”

Li Guobin turned sideways when Wang Faxiang saluted, indicating that he did not dare to accept the salute, and then he also smiled and said: "The shopkeeper Wang is polite, he is just helping Zhang Dongzhu run errands and help the idle, which person on the name of the card also dares to call Mr. and dare to accept the courtesy of the shopkeeper." ”

Wang Faxiang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Mr. Li is a big man in the capital, and your family has been doing this business for many years...... This thing is really amazing, such a family background, why be too humble. ”

Li Guobin's family is indeed the head snake of the Beijing Division, and it has always been a helper, but there are also three, six, nine, etc., his family is a big broker who can move around in the homes of noble and high-ranking officials, and it is also a channel for communication between businessmen and magnates in the capital, but his family has always been low-key in this kind of thing, including the matter of Liubiju, few people know about it, but this Wang Faxiang in front of him said it in one mouth, and Li Guobin's face became very ugly in an instant.

"Mr. Li doesn't have to worry." Wang Faxiang still had a smile on his face, and he was still dressed in that vulgar manner, but at this time, no one in Erli despised him, he smiled and said: "We are doing secret things for the proprietor, secrecy is the first lesson of the introduction, and today this matter is also allowed by the proprietor in advance to say this to his face, otherwise we will not have this mouth at all." ”

Li Guobin sighed: "Proprietor Zhang is really a good means, in fact, he has done his best to work for He Yusheng, I don't know what the proprietor is not satisfied with?" ”

"I've already contributed, not I've done my best." Wang Faxiang said: "I don't know what Mr. Li thinks of the Donglin Party? ”

Li Guobin hesitated for a while and said: "After the 'seizure of the door', it is inevitable that the Donglin Party has become big in recent years, not only in the court, but also in the locality. They originally had great influence in Jiangnan, and now they are still seeking the position of governor of Jiubian, Shandong, and Henan, and within a few years, they will inevitably be the world of the Donglin Party. ”

"In the court, I'm afraid they are the strongest, right?"

"Well, the Donglin Party is the best at ......party contention," Li Guobin said: "Within two years, the Chu Party and the Qi Party will be beaten into the water, and if the Zhejiang Party does not serve Donglin, I am afraid it will not exist alone." To be honest, according to the private discussions of the inferior, Donglin will be the largest and strongest party in the past few decades, not to mention the old Fangge, even if Gangneung Xiangguo is now the first assistant, he must also be timid, and there is no way to compete with the Donglin Party head-on. ”

"Wait." Li Shenming had been listening to it just now, and he didn't say anything, but now he finally woke up, stopped Li Guobin's words and said: "Let's talk about what is the change of seizing the door first, I remember that there was one time in the Jingtai period, how could there be again, why haven't I heard of such a big thing?" ”

"It is said that it is to seize the door, but in fact, it is to seize the palace." Li Guobin knew that he was a little wrong, and said with a smile: "Soon after the collapse of Emperor Daxing, Li Xuanzhi took the eldest brother to his residence, and the courtiers outside did not know the news, and the Donglin Party took the lead in rushing into the palace, snatching the eldest brother from Li Xuanzhi's hands, and carrying it all the way to the Qianqing Palace in a sedan chair, and then announced that he would be enthroned in the Qianqing Palace today, and the year name was Apocalypse. Later, Li Xuanzhi did not come out of the Qianqing Palace, and it was these people who led the trouble, forcing Li Xuanzhi to move out of the Qianqing Palace before the enthronement ceremony. ”

Li Shenming was dumbfounded when he heard this, he really didn't expect that there would be such a big drama in the seemingly calm Beijing Division.

Li Guobin said again: "It's only been a few days since this incident, and there is not much known in the Jingshi, even the court officials don't know much, and it will take a few days for the discussion to ferment, and then it will slowly spread throughout the Beijing Division, and then spread all over the world." There is this matter, the Donglin Party has made great contributions to today, today is very young, the news from the palace is very benevolent and generous, such a person is very gracious, even if the time will fade away, at least within a few years, the situation of the Donglin Party's dominance will not change. ”

Li Guobin finally said: "That group of scholars who can only sell their mouths actually have the courage to do such a big thing!" ”

Although Li Shenming did not know the details further, he could imagine what the situation was at that time, he shook his head with a sneer, and said: "Do you think that the Donglin Party's seizure of the palace was done by those people themselves?" How did they enter the palace so easily? You are dead as a guard of the forbidden army and a eunuch? Not only is the Donglin Party working outside, but they must also have internal help in the palace! ”

Li Guobin was shocked: "I didn't think of this layer for a while. ”

Li Shenming said: "The group of Donglin Party, I have always known that they boast of the so-called clear stream, but in fact, they are still the same party and the same as the other, there are few who say beautiful and do things beautifully, this time Zhang Wenlan asked me to look for them, I don't think so, but these people can go up at this critical moment, and there are some goods in their stomachs." ”

Li Guobin said: "The main force of moving the palace to attack Li Xuanzhi is Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and others, and it is Liu Yihuojing, a scholar who snatched Jinshang from Li Xuanzhi's hands that day, Zhou Jiamo and others, as well as the British Duke Zhang Weixian, these people are either the Donglin Party, or they have no relationship with the Donglin Party. And there is a discussion that Ye Xianggao, the boss of Donglin, is the one who is really presiding over this matter behind his back. Now the government and the opposition are talking a lot, the first assistant cabinet elder in many things on both ends, neither the Chu party and the Qi party and the Zhejiang party are strongly supported, nor can they be tolerated by the Donglin party, the two sides are against each other in the near future, Fang Xiang is afraid that he has been uneasy in place, and the great changes in Beijing are in the near future, which is also one of the reasons why there is no result in the next few days...... At this time, everyone wants to be stable, and no one wants to leave everything in the hands of others. ”

Li Shenming sighed and said: "Fang Xiang can actually be called disgusting, these years, Emperor Shenzong has ignored the government for many years because of his anger or poor health, whether it is local or central government affairs, he relies on Fang Xiang to reconcile in the middle, so that the court will not be more chaotic, but unfortunately now it seems that he is bound to go to the throne." ”

Wang Faxiang didn't interject when the two of them spoke, he just listened quietly, and then his eyes rolled a few times, and he spoke: "Now it seems that if you want to conquer the Ministry of Industry, you have to find a well-known Qingliu who understands these things to make a momentum, and then there is a senior official who is not afraid of trouble to say hello, and this thing is done, isn't it?" ”

Li Shenming shook his head and said: "It's true, but it's easier said than done, where is there such an easy candidate." ”

Wang Faxiang said: "On the side of the Donglin Party, you can find Mao Yuanyi." Official, leave this matter to the next person. ”

"Mao Yuanyi?" Li Shenming thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "I have never heard of this person." ”

"This man has not been an official." Wang Faxiang said: "This is a famous scholar, good at military affairs, and also knows how to cast weapons and birds, often discuss, many officials in Beijing know him." The important thing is that this person is good friends with Sun Chengzong of the Donglin Party, and it seems that he is a disciple of Sun Chengzong, at this time, people who are good at creating momentum will take the opportunity to go up, if they can exchange Jin Tie for Fujian Tie, it is very beneficial to this person's momentum, and then lure him to benefit, I believe he will not refuse. ”

"Amazing, amazing." Li Shenming exclaimed: "Wang Erjiao, your speculation on people's hearts has really reached the peak, what did you do before?" ”

"Before the next ......" Wang Faxiang said frankly without hesitation: "Before the next one, he was a scoundrel who photographed flowers. ”

"Huh?"

For a while, Li Guobin and Li Shenming were speechless-

Talking is still counting, and there will be another chapter before twelve o'clock.