Chapter 26: Clever People

"Master Lin, it's been a long time!"

As soon as Ye Xiaotian saw Lin Siyan, he smiled and bowed to him, the etiquette was very thoughtful, and the attitude was very kind, but the demeanor was a little casual, unlike ordinary subordinates who saw their bosses, which meant "I am very close to you." ”

The relationship between the two people is indeed relatively close, aside from the encounter in Nanjing, the two can be regarded as holding each other when they were in Huxian. In addition, the last time Ye Xiaotian went to the capital, he also gave Lin Shilang a generous gift when he left, and the relationship between the two was even more delicate.

Lin Siyan nodded at Ye Xiaotian and said, "You, you can really cause trouble, in Jinling, you made trouble all over the three departments of the Punishment Ceremony, and you were angry with Uncle Li Guo; In Huxian County, changing customs and customs has caused a big mess! The last time you came to Beijing, you were imprisoned because of the case of the puppet, and this time it was better, and you came to Beijing directly as a criminal. ”

Ye Xiaotian salivated and said with a smile: "Xiaguan doesn't like to cause trouble, isn't there always someone looking for Xiaguan's fault." This time, the official went to Beijing to be punished, but it wasn't a disaster in Beijing, so there should be no big problem, right? ”

Lin Shilang snorted coldly and said, "Didn't you cause trouble in the capital?" Killing four toasts in a row, isn't this a trivial matter? ”

Ye Xiaotian sat down on the chair next to him and corrected: "It's three, not four, and the other one is the earth house." ”

Lin Shilang glared at him and said, "What about the Yang family?" Didn't Yang Xianmin die at your hands? ”

Ye Xiaotian was a little surprised: "It's really ...... that the adult is in the Ministry of Rites and knows so much about the affairs of the lower officials."

Lin Shilang snorted and said, "How is it?" Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, do you think only this official knows what you have done in Guizhou? ”

Lin Shilang glanced at Ye Xiaotian, and said in an accentuated tone: "After such a big disaster, it is impossible for you to be safe and sound, the court must teach you some lessons, and this is also for your good." Save you from knowing the height of the sky, and sooner or later you will cause a bigger mess! ”

When Ye Xiaotian heard this, his heart was at ease, in fact, as soon as he came in, he listened to Lin Shilang scolding him, and his heart was half at ease. If Lin Shilang didn't want to get close to him, he wouldn't bother to scold him, since he scolded him, at least he would treat him as half of his own.

Now Lin Shilang said again, "The court will definitely teach him some lessons, and this is also for his good", how does this kind of talk sound like a father training his son. What other serious consequences could there be? Scold a few words, endure it! Spanked twice, I still endured it, anyway, there will be no severe sanctions.

Between the two giggling, this communication about business has ended. Ye Xiaotian was already about to get the result he wanted, and Lin Shilang also successfully gave him a reassurance.

The little servant served Ye Xiaotian tea, and Lin Shilang glanced at him and said, "The old man is in the capital, and he heard some things about you, but the details are not very clear. What's going on, why did you go back to Guizhou and make several murders one after another? ”

When Ye Xiaotian heard this, he immediately became angry, and snorted coldly: "My lord." You also know Xiaotian's temper, it has always been that people don't offend me, I don't offend people! Why is there such a big deal this time? And not because someone deliberately provoked! ”

The more Ye Xiaotian spoke, the angrier he became, and said, "The whole world." It's not the king's land! On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister! But those grass-headed kings have no court. Where to put our emperor in his eyes! The lower official is the chief of Woniuling given by the emperor, but those toast masters don't recognize the emperor's account! They provoked the subordinate in every possible way, and even sent a large team of killers to kill the subordinate official, but the subordinate was forced to ......"

Whom to see, what to say. Now there is a court member in front of him, and it is still those things, and if the cause is slightly modified, it will have a different effect, which can cause the court member to have the same hatred and resentment.

Ye Xiaotian, who was born as a jailer in the heavenly prison, is quite clever at this point, and the contradiction between him and the Tusi of all parties has become a dispute between the central and local governments, a dispute between unification and autonomy, and a dispute between the court and local officials, even if Lin Shilang knows far more than Ye Xiaotian thought, listening to it, the balance of feelings still involuntarily tilted towards Ye Xiaotian.

"Some toasts have no court and don't know Jun'en, and they are indeed domineering ......"

Lin Shilang stroked his beard and said, he wanted to test Ye Xiaotian's opinion on the Tusi group, but he swallowed back the words when he came to his mouth. In any case, this Ye Xiaotian is also a hereditary local official, and if he wants to pull him into his camp and let him fight for the complete elimination of the hereditary local official system, Ye Xiaotian may not agree.

If Ye Xiaotian was born as a scholar, or there was some possibility, but he was originally just a jailer, in his heart, I am afraid that only the hereditary lineage of the emperor's family and the hereditary descendants of meritorious heroes are justified.

Anyway, it is difficult for Ye Xiaotian to integrate into the Tusi group, and objectively he can help their plans, but he doesn't have to tell him the hawk's plan and completely win him over.

Otherwise, it would be one thing for those toasters in Guizhou to know that the imperial court had been unhappy with them, and to know that there was a group of ministers in the imperial court who were deliberately trying to find a way to clean them up, that would be another matter, and it would cause too much obstacle to their plans.

Lin Shilang said to Ye Xiaotian: "Regarding your recital, it will be handed to the emperor in the next three or two days, if the emperor summons you, you will say it as you are, I believe the emperor will also understand your distress, and the punishment will be dealt with as appropriate." ”

This was another time to tell him that there would be no serious consequences, Ye Xiaotian hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you for mentioning it." ”

Lin Shilang nodded and said, "You are still in a guilty body now, it is not appropriate to move around, go back to the pavilion and wait, and don't see too many people until the court has a result." ”

As he spoke, Lin Shilang moved over the file and picked up his pen. Lin Shilang read two lines of words, and before he heard Ye Xiaotian say the words "the lower official retires", he couldn't help but raise his head in surprise, and saw Ye Xiaotian standing in front of the bookcase, looking like he wanted to say something and stopped.

Lin Shilang frowned slightly and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Uh...... This ......"

Ye Xiaotian laughed twice, and said a little shyly: "There is one more thing that Xia Guan wants to trouble Lord Shilang, uh...... A little thing, just a little thing......"

Lin Shilang put down his pen and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Ye Xiaotian said: "This ...... Xia Guan wanted to inquire about the residence of the third lady of Mongolia Kedun, but I don't know where she was placed by the imperial court? ”

Lin Shilang suddenly became nervous when he heard this, this Ye Xiaotian is a troublemaker, what is he doing when he asks where the third lady is? If he had a conflict with the third lady, he didn't have to kill anyone, he just had to cause a big mess, and the court would have to "slash the horse with tears".

Lin Shilang said vigilantly: "What do you ask the third lady to do?" What conflict do you have with the third lady? ”

Ye Xiaotian hurriedly said: "The adults have misunderstood!" In this way, the wife of the Tusi Xia clan of Guiyang Hongfeng Lake was ordered to enter Beijing to thank her. Yingying, the daughter of the Xia family, and the lower officials...... is in agreement with the lower officials, and there is a marriage contract.

When Xia Guan entered Beijing this time, he thought that he could visit Mrs. Xia and Miss Yingying, but he just found out that their mother and daughter were invited by the third lady to be guests, but Xia Guan didn't know where the third lady lived, so he ......"

Lin Shilang breathed a sigh of relief, since this is the case, there shouldn't be any trouble. Lin Shilang said: "The third lady lives in the pavilion, don't you also live there?" ”

Ye Xiaotian knew that he had been looking around, and Yingying actually went to the place where he lived, and said with great joy: "Thank you, my lord!" ”

Ye Xiaotian said, took out a brocade box from his arms, and without waiting for Lin Shilang to refuse, he put it on the table, and arched his hand: "This is a plaything given by a friend, how can you calm down and play with these things, and give them to adults, it's not worth a few dollars, a little care." ”

Ye Xiaotian said, he had already taken two steps back, and said, "The next official retires!" Then he turned and walked out. The pair of red jade walnuts that Ye Xiaotian gave to Lin Shilang last time were priceless. What is it this time around?

Lin Shilang was deeply disturbed, he also liked good things, but the last time was before Ye Xiaotian's charges had been removed and he was about to return to Guizhou, this time he was treated with a crime that had not yet been dealt with, and it was suspicious to accept his generous gifts.

But Ye Xiaotian gave gifts, things were put away quickly, and he said goodbye quickly, Lin Shilang didn't have time to stop it, and he couldn't shout loudly, pull and pull, and when he wanted to stop it, Ye Xiaotian had already withdrawn from the signing room.

Lin Shilang hesitated, he had to open the box, he wanted to see what it was first, if it was too valuable, it would never be wanted. As an official, Lin Shilang is very controllable over material desires, and he also understands what can and cannot be taken, and under what circumstances can and cannot be taken.

Open the sandalwood box, the red velvet cushion bottom, inside is an eel yellow worm ear copper stove, round and small, exuding a luster lustre. Lin Shilang's eyes lit up when he landed, and he blurted out: "Xuande furnace!" ”

Among the cultural objects that the gentry of the Ming Dynasty liked, what was the number one? It's a copper furnace! Playing with copper stoves is a bit unimaginable today, but it was fashionable at the time. Among the copper furnaces, the batch of Xuande furnaces produced during the Xuande period is the most excellent.

In the third year of Xuande, the envoy of Siam brought tens of thousands of catties of wind-milled copper to the copper-poor Ming Dynasty, when the copper mines in Yunnan had not yet been mined, and the golden brass made Zhu Zhanji extremely happy. He ordered people to turn these tens of thousands of catties of wind-ground copper into copper water and cast them into more than 18,000 ritual vessels, including 3,000 pieces of incense burners, which are the Xuande furnaces that later generations of collectors remember.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the bronze ware was all bronze and easy to rust, while the Xuande furnace was brass, and it was also mixed with precious metals such as gold and silver when smelting, so the weight, color, and texture were very different from the previous copper furnace.

This thing is indeed a favorite object for the people of the Wanli Dynasty, but it is not priceless. In Ye Xiaotian's current situation, this is the best gift he can give without being sensitively rejected by officials.

Lin Shilang smiled, stroked his beard and said, "It's a clever person!" ”

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(To be continued......)