During the Spring Festival, Su Tiancheng's most important task was to visit Fan Jingwen, Qin Sande, Zhang Taining, Wang Daozhi and others, these people were his top bosses, Qin Sande and Zhang Taining, according to the regulations of the imperial court, they could only inquire about the affairs of the army, but in fact it was unlikely.

On the first and second days of the first lunar month, he visited Fan Jingwen, Zhang Taining and Wang Daozhi respectively.

Su Tiancheng's parents and Zhu Xianxin's relatives are not in Jiangning County, not to mention Chunping, Wang Furong and Liu Ruyi, so he only needs to visit his boss.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Su Tiancheng made a special trip to visit Qin Sande.

After Qin Sande arrived in Nanjing, the overall was okay, of course, the eunuch's personality always had strange places, he was particularly sensitive to details, and he didn't pay attention to it a little, you offended the eunuch, and he didn't know what to do, they especially cared about the attitude of others, even if it was a sentence or a look, if you revealed it a little bit and despised it, the eunuch would remember it.

Most of the eunuchs have a grudge, the desire for revenge is very strong, they can endure for many years, as long as there is a chance, vicious, you have no chance to fight back, if you want to have a gentleman agreement with them, most of them are a little difficult, eunuchs will not think of their own gentleman, they have been in the palace for a long time, groveling, their identity has always been a slave, they worship power, value respect and humility, as long as they have the power in their hands, they try their best to show off, and the arbitrariness of doing things is great.

The eunuch is in power, and most of the things he does are chaotic, which may also be because in the eyes of the eunuchs, they only have themselves, and they rarely care about their family and country.

Between Su Tiancheng and Qin Sande, there are not too many opportunities to meet, after all, Qin Sande is usually in the imperial city of Nanjing City. It is rare to come out and walk around, although the imperial city of Nanjing, although it cannot be compared with the Forbidden City, but it is not so simple to enter and exit freely, and there are still a lot of rules. Su Tiancheng didn't have that patience, and often went to the imperial city.

can give everyone New Year's greetings, but Su Tiancheng attaches the most importance to Qin Sande.

Without him, Qin Sande can be regarded as the person who communicates the news the fastest between him and the emperor Zhu Youzhen.

Nanjing's eunuchs have three main duties, one is to be responsible for everything in the imperial city of Nanjing, which used to be the place where the prince lived. However, after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the prince generally stayed in the capital and would not come to Nanjing, so the imperial city of Nanjing basically did not have any period, and the second was the supervision of the Nanjing Beijing camp, which was somewhat similar to Cao Huachun's Beijing camp. Mainly responsible for supervising all matters of the two battalions in Nanjing, however. The two battalions are under the command of the town guards, and there are not many things to do on weekdays, that is, the soldiers of the two battalions are dispatched to exterminate the Liukou, and it is also the edict directly issued by the military department of the capital, and the third duty is to supervise the officials of the southern Zhili, and report the situation to the emperor at any time. Speaking of which, this is the most important task of the eunuchs, and according to popular understanding, there is a taste of secret agents and spies.

It was precisely because of the duties of the supervising officials that the Nanjing town guarded the eunuchs. The connection with the capital is very close.

After Qin Sande arrived in Nanjing, he rarely cared about the affairs of the two battalions, but he paid great attention to the situation of the officials in Nanzhili.

This point is estimated to be clear to Fan Jingwen and others.

Su Tiancheng needs to seize such an opportunity and let Qin Sande become his backer. He is far away from the capital, far away from the center of power, many things, it is impossible to know the way, plus he is just the magistrate of Jiangning County, it is impossible to lay so many eyeliners and master every move in the capital, the party struggle within the court is very powerful, I need to be careful all the time, don't get involved, even if I want to get involved, I have to wait until my strength is strong and I can control everything.

But everything he did in Jiangning County touched the nerves of the imperial court, and in such a situation, without strong support, there would definitely be no future and no way out.

After all, Su Tiancheng is a traverser, and he doesn't have so much pedantic understanding in his heart.

Ordinary scholars are reluctant to get close to eunuchs, especially after Zhu Youzhen killed Wei Zhongxian, most of the civil and military ministers of the imperial court are not used to eunuchs, thinking that eunuchs are trouble, and once they grasp the authority, they will do bad things.

Su Tiancheng doesn't see it that way, even Wei Zhongxian has a good side, at least during his time in power, he did not increase the burden on the peasants, and the main thing he dealt with was the scholar class.

With such an understanding, the interaction between Su Tiancheng and Qin Sande seemed to be very harmonious.

Qin Sande also completely felt that although Su Tiancheng was very famous and had an unlimited future, in the process of contacting him, his attitude was indeed respectful, and this respect came from the heart.

When Su Tiancheng and Zhu Xianxin arrived at the imperial city, Qin Sande personally stood at the gate of the city and waited.

Su Tiancheng was taken aback, and hurriedly bowed to Qin Sande.

"My father-in-law is here, and the lower officials don't dare to be the officials."

Qin Sande knew the rules of the Dao, and he didn't care about answering Su Tiancheng's words, and hurriedly prepared to kneel down to salute Zhu Xianxin, knowing that Zhu Xianxin's identity was different, in front of Zhu Xianxin, he was a slave with good rules, at least on the surface.

This is not the capital, there is not so much exquisiteness, seeing Qin Sande preparing to salute, Zhu Xianxin immediately spoke.

"Father-in-law, don't be polite, the concubine is following her husband to pay New Year's greetings to her father-in-law, such a big gift, the concubine doesn't dare to be it."

"Yes, if the father-in-law makes a big salute, the lower officials don't know how to speak."

The smile on Qin Sande's face was very good-looking, and he almost became a flower.

"The county lord is sympathetic, the slave and maid have trespassed, the slave and maid have prepared a banquet today, Lord Su is not polite, I don't know if the county lord of Ludao is gracious, the slave and maid want to get drunk with Lord Su before resting."

Zhu Xianxin smiled and did not speak.

"It's better to be respectful than to obey your orders, father-in-law, please."

Su Tiancheng is also bold, not so polite.

There was already a palace maid accompanying Zhu Xianxin, walking in front, Su Tiancheng and Qin Sande side by side.

The time to eat is still early, and New Year's greetings are just a formality, and the real purpose is to enhance feelings through the form of New Year's greetings.

Zhu Xianxin understands this layer, since she followed Su Tiancheng to Jiangning County, she has seen many things, the huge changes in Jiangning County, and the increasing number of scholars around, all of which shows that her husband is outstanding. To say that capable men are mostly unruly, and they are also typical husbands at home, accepting the service of everyone, but she felt a completely different attitude from Su Tiancheng.

Su Tiancheng's concern for her is from the bottom of his heart, from the words and deeds on weekdays, it can be seen that although Su Tiancheng has a lot of things to do, and he is busy every day, no matter how late he comes back, he must care about her situation, how he eats, whether he is in a good mood, etc.

Zhu Xianxin is also a woman, she met a good man like Su Tiancheng, and her mind is fake, no matter which woman she is, she wants to enjoy her husband's care and consideration alone, but such an idea can only be pressed in the bottom of her heart, if Su Tiancheng is really the only woman, it is also a manifestation of a nest.

Chunping is by Su Tiancheng's side, she can accept it, Wang Furong and Liu Ru are the two, she mutters a little, but things are already like this, and they must also accept it.

The belly has never been big, Zhu Xianxin is very anxious, but fortunately, in the recent period, Su Tiancheng has been drinking together every day, and she must be able to conceive a child.

After entering the imperial city, Zhu Xianxin said with a smile, he has never been to the imperial city, do you invite the palace maids around her to accompany her, take a look around, Qin Sande hurriedly arranged four palace maids to accompany Zhu Xianxin and look around.

After Qin Sande and Su Tiancheng entered the house, a eunuch soon poured tea.

There was a brazier in the house, and the temperature was noticeably higher than outside.

After the eunuch poured the tea, Qin Sande ordered, but he didn't instruct, don't come in, if the county lord comes, hurry in and report it.

Su Tiancheng and Qin Sande were left in the house, and the door was closed.

"Master Su has only been in Jiangning County for more than a year, and he has done so many things, our family really admires it."

"Xia Guan made a special trip to pay New Year's greetings, just to thank his father-in-law for his support, if it weren't for his father-in-law's full support, Xia Guan would not have been able to do so many things."

Qin Sande had a smile on his face and did not deny Su Tiancheng's words.

"Master Su, today is a rare opportunity, our family has something to say, but we have to say it clearly."

"The lower officials listen to the teachings of the father-in-law."

Qin Sande stood up, walked to the door, and opened the door to see if there was anyone outside.

This action is not something that ordinary people would do, if the relationship between Su Tiancheng and Qin Sande is not so harmonious, Qin Sande will not have such an action.

But this action also shows another layer of meaning, that is, the words that Qin Sande wants to say today are extraordinary, and there must be some major internal information.

This is exactly what Su Tiancheng needs.

It's been almost two years since I arrived in Jiangning County, although it is said that things are going very smoothly, but the disadvantages of staying away from the capital are still obvious, let's just say that Zhang Pu's incident, if Su Tiancheng follows him to the capital, Zhang Pu will never be able to retain his fame, let alone return to his hometown safely, at least he will be exiled to the north.

There are a lot of things on weekdays, and it is impossible for him to come to Qin Sande all the time, Qu Qingze's status is still a little low, it is impossible to directly give the emperor a fold, and it is impossible to know the inside story of so many high-level people in Lu Dao, so many news on Zhi Lu Dao have always been major shortcomings.

Zhang Pu's matter, Su Tiancheng was a little worried, there were other meanings in this, it was impossible not to punish such a big rebellious thing.

It can only be said that in the capital, in the imperial court, there is a great force to support Zhang Pu. (To be continued.) )