The fourth volume of the sharp blade out of the sheath Shenzhou moves

Starting from the morning of the third day of the new year, the age of each family is basically the same, according to Chinese customs, it is to visit each other to pay New Year's greetings and exchange favors.

Don't talk about small doors, but the movement between officials and eunuchs can't be so simple, and such a big festival is the best opportunity.

The gifts that you dare not give on weekdays, and the favors that you dare not say, can be accommodating here.

Not to mention the governor's palace, the rest of the heads of the families in Fuzhou City are also lively like bazaars, especially the family of Li Yiping, the political envoy of Zuobu.

Governor Zhang Kentang is not a local, and he has already returned home to save his relatives, so in addition to the Governor's Mansion in Fuzhou City, Li Yiping is the most noble.

In particular, he is in charge of the financial resources and personnel of a province, and he is a fat and oily business, and he is in a high position.

It's okay to talk about businessmen, but this personnel issue is very critical.

It is said that the Ministry of Rites is the nominal head of the six ministries, and the Ministry of Officials is the actual first. And Zuo Bu's political envoy is equivalent to the ministry in Fuzhou, and Li Yiping is the secretary of Fuzhou.

He is responsible for the promotion and assessment of officials in Fujian Province, which is related to everyone's future, and the first-class person in the world is an official, and this official department is in charge of this official.

Although it is only possible to decide below six or seven grades, and those above it need to listen to the opinions of the governor's palace and the governor's yamen, the power in his hands is enough to decide the officials who can be the prefect of the small prefecture and many important errands, and in fact, it determines the glory and wealth of many people for a lifetime.

Moreover, now the Governor's Office is biased towards the military, and there is no need to ask much about political affairs, and many promotion assessments are just a formality, so many officials in Fujian Province, how can they manage it?

The county officials are not as good as the current management, so Li Yiping is still in charge.

As a result, Zuo Bu's political envoy Li Yiping's mansion was really full of people.

Gift-givers, gift-givers, queue up outside the door before dawn.

Li Yiping and his father-in-law Jiang Mingfa have been deeply involved in Fujian for many years, and their wrists are active, and they can bend and stretch, but as a result, Fujian's political situation has changed, and his old man is impressive.

Everyone can see it clearly, so the number of people who give gifts is increasing year by year, and the gifts are getting heavier and heavier year by year.

A middle-aged man wearing a red-patterned robe on a black background slowly approached the area on horseback, and it was still early, and the butler of the Buzheng Embassy's Mansion had just left the main gate.

No one from behind was willing to give up their position, but this middle-aged man didn't bring any gifts, just rode a horse alone, and walked a short distance before turning into the alley on the side.

This should be the side door of the political envoy's mansion, and the people who gave the gifts have already lined up a street away.

The middle-aged man parked the horse at the side door, but the subordinate who looked at the side door recognized him, smiled and said a few words, and let the middle-aged man walk in.

Li Yiping's mansion is quite vast, and the middle-aged man entered the side door, and he didn't walk towards the middle, but into a separate courtyard at the back.

Outside this small courtyard, you can hear the laughter of young women, and in Li Yiping's mansion, who has always been regarded as Mr. Taoism, there is such a voice, which is really an anomaly.

The middle-aged man was not surprised, raised his hand and patted the door, a beautiful maid opened the door, and when she saw that it was the middle-aged man, she immediately bent down with a respectful face and led him into the house.

The houses in this courtyard are no longer available to ordinary eunuchs, they are magnificent, beautiful, and the heat rises from the ground, obviously burning the earth dragon.

The air was filled with the aroma of fat powder, and ambiguous moans came from the side from time to time, and the maid walked into the bedroom with a normal face, obviously accustomed to it.

Not long after, a young man who was only wearing a silk robe walked out with a maid in his arms, this young man also had a bit of a literary tone at first glance, but when he looked closely, he found that his face was pale, and his demeanor was extremely casual.

Seeing this person, the middle-aged man hurriedly stood up, bowed down and said hello: "Li Gongzi, this year is good, the two Yangzhou thin horses sent are still suitable?" ”

The boy took the handkerchief handed over by the maid, wiped a few handfuls on his face and chest, waved his hand and said, "Lao Lin, sit casually, why are you so polite here?" ”

After finishing speaking, he first leaned towards the Taishi chair, pouted and said with a smile:

"Although these two skinny horses are from the northwest, I really can't imagine that such a good kung fu is still a yellow flower girl, Lao Lin, it took a lot of effort to find this!"

The middle-aged man surnamed Lin smiled and said gently: "Li Gongzi is happy to use it, in a few months, there will be new goods delivered, and then I will invite Li Gongzi to taste one or two." ”

Hearing this, Li Gongzi laughed, and the middle-aged man surnamed Lin paused, and said in a deep voice: "Come here today, but there is something to trouble Gongzi, this big New Year, I really can't help it." ”

Li Gongzi was in a good mood, patted the maid's buttocks and sent him to bring the soup, waved his hand and said:

"You and my friend, if you have something to say, don't hesitate to say it. But if you want to arrange people in the future, it is best not to be in Ningde Mansion and Quanzhou Mansion.

These two prefectures, one is Zheng Zhilong's territory, and the other is the governor's mansion has intervened, it is difficult to enter eight or nine grades, if you go to other prefectures and counties, even if the county order Ben Gongzi dares to promise you! ”

"The kindness of the son, Lin remembers it! This time I came because of a friend who was arrested by the Governor's Mansion on the second day of the Lunar New Year......"

Speaking of this, that Li Gongzi's expression immediately changed, and he said in a cold voice:

"Lao Lin, even my old man doesn't dare to interfere in the affairs of the Governor's Palace, and it is even more in vain to ask for this son, so it's better not to say it!"

There was always a faint smile on Lao Lin's face, and he didn't move his emotions at all, and said with a polite smile: "The Governor's Mansion has been powerful recently, how dare Lin come to work when he encounters that kind of thing?"

But now he is locked up in a prison in Fuzhou Prefecture, and my friend is a brothel owner, and on Tuesday he was arrested by a scholar surnamed Wu from the Governor's Mansion and the officials of Fuzhou Prefecture! ”

Hearing that it was the yamen of the Fuzhou prefect, Li Gongzi breathed a sigh of relief, patted the coffee table on the side with his hand, and said with a smile:

"It's nothing more than to knock some silver, Lao Lin, don't you just give it to them, the brothel is a cornucopia!"

"The prince laughed, if you ask for money, my friend is not an ignorant person, but the New Year is so ruthless, I'm afraid I want to seize the industry!"

After Lao Lin finished speaking, the prince's face had become quite sure, and he smiled again:

"Small things, wait a minute, I'll ask someone to find the official of Fuzhou Mansion, he only came to my house yesterday to greet the New Year, and he wants to put it in other places, just to call."

The middle-aged man surnamed Lin hurriedly stood up, hugged his fists to thank him, and then took out an envelope from his arms, handed it over and said:

"There is everything in the house, so you don't see it in your eyes, it's just a blockage, it's not a respect!"

"I will bring a message to your friend, prepare five hundred taels of silver, keep your mouth shut, and fish it out."

After speaking, he opened the envelope, revealing large and small silver tickets inside, Wang Gongzi looked at this and laughed......

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, it began to snow in the morning, but Huang Sen, the Fuzhou magistrate, came to the Fuzhou Mansion Yamen in Dongcheng.

According to the rules, now is a vacation, if there is nothing to do, the eighteenth day of the first month is the day of the opening of the government, let alone such a snowy day?

A few errand officers who were napping with charcoal fire in the lobby saw Huang Sen coming, so frightened that they jumped up from their chairs and hurriedly knelt down to say hello.

Huang Sen, the pusher, didn't pay attention to these at all, but just urged irritably: "Go and call Chen Bantou over, the matter is urgent!" ”