The first to rush to Baifu was Yu Qian, because he happened to come to find Bai Minghe.

On the way, he met someone who was in a hurry to send him an invitation, and asked the rest of the people invited by Bai Minghe, Yu Qian didn't understand why, Bai Minghe's invitation this time was a little strange.

However, there is a reason to invite Wang Wei, this was originally a person who was not on the right path with the three Yang of the year and the later Empress Dowager Sun. It stands to reason that such a Ming minister should take the initiative to visit, but it is a bit rude to invite him to a banquet in the mansion.

But the white crane has just been assassinated, and it is understandable that some do not want to leave the house.

Entering the White Mansion, Yu Qian's identity was either greeted by Bai Minghe in person, or he entered the mansion directly. It is simply impossible to wait for the response of the white crane in the gatehouse.

In the white crane study, the white crane saw Yu Qian's arrival and sighed: "The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop!" ”

"Even if you resign now, this word has nothing to do with you!" Yu Qian responded with a smile.

"Lord Yu, it just so happens that you came first. I intend to promote the incoming Governor of Liangguang, Lord Wang Ao, and add a post of envoy to patrol Fujian on behalf of the world, of course, it is better to change the Governor of Liangguang to the Governor of Fuguang. Bai Minghe directly made it clear to Qian, but it was impossible to tell the truth completely.

Regarding the affairs of Fujian, Dongchang knows, but Jinyiwei may not know now, because Jinyiwei committed suicide because of Hang Guifei, and Hang's commander resigned, and the upper echelons are still a little chaotic.

The officials didn't know it anymore.

"Why?" Yu Qian asked directly.

"There are two reasons, one is that there may be some problems with the accounts in Fujian, and I suspect that someone has concealed some of the income. But this matter is not suitable for Dongchang to intervene, some of the silver itself belongs to the imperial court, so it is naturally better for the officials of the imperial court to verify it. You know, there is a difference of one point in Fujian. It's not a small number. ”

Yu Qian nodded, he didn't doubt this reason, but Bai Minghe didn't let Dongchang go to check the accounts, it must be the Political Division, according to the Inspectorate Division, there was a problem with these two yamen. It's too sensitive to let the East Factory go. There is a suspicion of arbitrariness.

Every qiē is all silver, and this is the only time that the officialdom has been investigated, and there are people who are restless.

Just because the amount of silver is too huge, it is a few thousand taels of silver when you touch it lightly.

"Another reason, the Wang family came to me to propose marriage. My wife seems to have agreed, and I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but no matter what, I have to give something back to the Wang family. ”

What a good thing, a bad thing. Yu Qian has been in officialdom for so many years. He knows better than Shiraima what officialdom is.

When you reach a certain level of power alone, others will be afraid that you will marry and join forces again. But when you are so high that no one can reach you, there is not much difference between you joining forces and not joining forces, it is nothing more than that some people want to get on your boat. And the white crane belongs to the latter, and at present, the Ming Emperor's trust in the white crane has reached an incredible Cheng dù.

It can even be said that the white crane is like the spokesperson of the Ming Emperor.

"Well, I support you in this matter. You also need to have a proper concubine. "Yu Qian is a real Ming official. He also had wives and concubines. Even recently, some people are looking for Yu Qian, hoping to let Yu Qian take another concubine in the capital. Nominally, someone can take care of Yu Qian's life, but in fact, there are also people who want to take care of Yu Qian.

Yu Qian already has three boys, two girls, and five children.

But in the official records of the official family, only the son-in-law Yu Mian and the eldest grandson Yu Yunzhong, who was born not long ago, and the rest of the concubines are not concerned by the imperial court. And the only one who gave some privileges was Yu Mian, the son of Yu Qian's wife, whether it was given a virtual rank, or a national eunuch, it was only given to the son-in-law.

In the past two years, Yu Qian has actually changed.

When Shirana Crane had just entered Beijing. Yu Qian was an old servant many times outside the court, a thin horse, and then dressed in civilian clothes. He is very frugal, but there are also many people who impeach him for breaking the rules of officialdom, and not many people say that he is modest and thin. It was Mao Shengdu who persuaded him to be too humble and to have official etiquette.

Not to mention the front and back hugs, at least the corresponding official etiquette should be maintained.

Since last year, Yu Qian has also traveled with guards according to official etiquette, and has the standard etiquette of a first-class official.

This pomp was put out, and the people thought that this was the treatment that Lord Yu should enjoy, and the officials were more close to him, not like they were avoiding him before.

So, it's not just the white crane that has been changed.

When Yu Qian, who was white-named, was chatting, several adults also arrived.

Yu Qian greeted him with a smile and bowed his hand: "Elder Wang, congratulations, congratulations." ”

Wang Wei didn't understand, at this time, congratulations on this occasion was naturally his proposed Bai Minghe who agreed. He knew very well that if Bai Minghe didn't nod, he wouldn't be able to move the patriarch of the Bai clan in Guanzhong.

"Wang and Bai, the two families are world friends, and since the old man can remember, there have been thirty-one river repairs alone. The king and Bai were close to seventy people, which is also a kiss and a kiss. ”

The Bai family is a big family, but it is not a famous family, at least not before Bai Minghe became an official.

It's just that the Wang family doesn't look down on the Bai family, although there is no communication at the upper level, but as a neighbor-level big family, they also get along well with each other, at least in the past few decades, the clansmen of the two families have gone out to do business together, and they also have a little friendship.

Bai Minghe picked up a long robe and knelt down for Wang Wei.

Speaking of which, Bai Minghe is his great-grandson-in-law, if the eldest lady is just an ordinary family and her mother's family has no background, it is estimated that who is really in charge of the backyard of the family may not be. It's not something that a man can just protect.

"Bai Minghe greets grandpa, please take a seat!"

There is nothing wrong with this ceremony, but Hu Hu didn't sound like it, and pointed to Bai Minghe: "Bai Minghe, I am in the same dynasty as Wang Lao and I are officials in the fifth dynasty, although we are not the same year, but we are about the same age and the time of entering the office." You still dare to point at the old man and scold, you have to kowtow to the old man today, otherwise you can't find a matchmaker for you in this Manchu Dynasty. ”

Gao Gu also said in his heart, this is not the main house, what kind of matchmaking ceremony.

Chen Xun pulled Gao Gu by the hand, the meaning is obvious, although the white crane is young, he can also fight wits and courage with Hu Hu several times, and he always wants Hu Hu to rectify the white crane once.

Who would have thought that the white crane was not stupid.

"There is no problem with kowtowing, but there are two sentences to the end." Bai Minghe, who had just stood up, was about to say a few words, Chen Xun and Gao Gu made a look, and the two of them shot at the same time, and tapped Bai Minghe's knee with a cane, Bai Minghe was defenseless, and his legs were so weak that Hu Hu really knelt down.

Hu Hu laughed happily, and several old men also laughed.

What else can this be, if you can't even afford this kind of joke, Bai Minghe doesn't have to mix in the officialdom, so he has no choice but to kowtow his head: "The younger generation has asked Hu Lao to be a notarization!" ”

"Okay, the old man should go."

After all, any of these four old courtiers is four times the age of the white crane. The white crane may also be really angry, even in the modern era of later generations, it is normal to kowtow to the elders.

Yu Qiandai Bai Minghe said the meaning of inviting everyone over this time, which was very straightforward.

"This matter is a trivial matter, but there is really a greedy thing, and it should be held responsible!" Chen Xun believes that the officialdom has only been investigated for corruption just now. Bai Minghe said at the moment: "What I'm afraid of is not personal greed, there is a new way at the moment, which is to intercept the small treasury, which means that the silver is not the silver of the normal account, and it belongs to the small account."

The matter of small accounts was not cleared up last time, and this has always been the case.

It's just that Fujian is different from other places, and the wharf here is a little bit of silver in tens of thousands. The investigation should be investigated, but it doesn't matter if the evidence is heavy enough.

What Bai Minghe didn't say was that checking the small treasury was just an introduction.

It's all old rivers and lakes here, they understand the rules of officialdom, and Bai Minghe must have other purposes, but the matter of Fujian Maritime Trade is Bai Minghe's territory, and someone dares to move the military department casually Yu Qian will not be soft, so no matter whether he guesses anything or not, there is no need to say it clearly.

It can also be regarded as giving the white crane a face. But......

Hu Hu said: "Bai Minghe, this year is the year of the imperial examination, the imperial court is in great trouble, this is the first imperial examination after the establishment of the dynasty, you must have some expressions." ”

"I will prepare all the paper and ink. The food and drink in the examination room are also provided by the county government, so that the students do not have to work hard to prepare. Each candidate in the township examination will add ten taels of silver to make up for the test, and will try to add one hundred taels, and the reward of the top three palace scholars is a gift of long live, and it is not good to be a courtier! ”

Hu Hu is no problem, the white crane is full of sincerity.

This bit of silver is just a drop in the bucket for Bai Minghe, even if he uses his private wealth, it is nothing.

He Wenyuan also has a request, he is the secretary of the ministry, he saw that Hu Hu made a request, so he can naturally put forward the conditions, but the ministry seems to have no place to make Bai Minghe bleed.

Bai Minghe thought of the name: "Our Ming Dynasty's official clothes are divided into court clothes, official clothes, regular clothes, and sacrificial clothes." The court clothes are systematic, and the official clothes are only issued with complements and official hats, and the regular clothes and sacrificial clothes are brought by themselves. From this year onwards, the year will be divided into spring, summer and winter, with two sets of initial appointments and one set of permanent appointments. Kaiji invested. ”

"Very good!" He Wenyuan, the official department, was very satisfied with the conditions offered by Bai Minghe, which was sincere.

"The military attache has one set of court uniforms a year, and the battle armor is issued by Hai Si." Bai Minghe also gave Yu Qian a copy, and Yu Qian just nodded!

It can only be said that the white crane has a heart. Because military attaches don't care about official uniforms, military attaches rarely walk around in official uniforms in normal times, and they are mainly in uniforms. But the battle armor is a real heart.

It doesn't matter who has more or less, the important thing is that this face has to be given, and the white crane on this side of the cabinet presented a full set of Nanyang mahogany furniture to renovate the Wenhua Palace. In short, everyone must have a share, this is the face of the Ming officialdom. It's better to pay it back now than to owe a favor and settle the account in the future. (To be continued......)