Chapter 114 Eunuch Su Wen

The brothers said a few words, and Huo Qubing said that he was going to prepare for Huo Guang's marriage, looking at Huo Quzhi's towering and upright back, Huo Guang remembered his plan when he first arrived in Chang'an, that is, to find out whether Huo Quzhi's body was problematic?

However, although this idea was born in Huo Guang's heart very early, it has not been implemented until now, not that he forgot about it, nor that he didn't care about Huo Qu's illness, but because Huo Guang had never found a suitable opportunity. You must know that there is no such thing as routine physical examination in this period, and even medicine is still at the most primitive level, and even the first medical case in the history of Chinese medicine only appeared twenty years ago.

And Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, who had a profound impact on Chinese medicine in later generations, still had more than 200 years to appear, not to mention Sun Simiao and Li Shizhen. Now the so-called doctors are just some officials and literati who have studied the medical prescriptions of their predecessors and know some treatment methods, and full-time doctors in the real sense are not rare.

What's more important is that Huo Quzhi's body doesn't seem to have any problems at all now, do you want Huo Guang to find someone who knows how to heal to come to Huo Quzhi and say that you don't have many days to live, let the doctor check it, this is obviously unrealistic, even if Huo Guang's intentions are good, what will Huo Quzhi think? And there is one of the biggest problems, that is, there is no such thing in this era, and the legend is that the master who can see the hidden disease by touching the pulse and bones.

For many problems, Huo Guang, a traverser, is actually very helpless, limited by the scientific level of this era, many things cannot be changed by Huo Guang knowing the ending, in this era when colds are very likely to kill people, even if he knows that Huo Quzhi may die in half a year, Huo Guang still has no effective way to stop it.

After the New Year, Chang'an City entered a short period of calm, the princes from all over the country left, and even the three sons of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty went to the country, and for a while it felt that nothing major happened in the entire Chang'an City. However, as a country, there are many things happening every day, and the calm on the surface of Chang'an City does not mean that the Han Dynasty is calm.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty knelt in front of the imperial case, and dozens of paper scrolls were placed on his imperial case, which were all written in various places, and since a few days ago, Shaofu has also produced paper that can be written, but there is still a gap in quality compared to Lu Shu's paper. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Shaofu to transcribe the various pieces of music before submitting them, so that it was convenient for him to read, and he could also directly approve them on the paper.

Today, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has reviewed several notes, and just now he also saw the performance of the hussar general, saying that Huo Guang, the king of Anyang, has reached the age of marriage, and he has been in love with Huo Xian, the maid of the house, and he is a brother, so he implored Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to allow the two to get married. After reading this recital, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought for a moment, and then approved the word 'quasi-play'.

If it is placed in later generations, in Chinese society after the emergence of the gate valve, it is definitely impossible for Huo Guang to marry a servant girl as the main room, but it is no problem at all in the Western Han Dynasty, and besides, isn't the current queen also a servant?

Of course, the recital that Emperor Wu of Han wanted to approve would definitely not be such a trivial matter, and the content of the next recital made Emperor Wu of Han's face sink. Because this was not the first time he had seen such content, several previous notes all talked about the same thing, that is, many county guards complained to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the iron tools made by the salt and iron bureaus in each county were of inferior quality, and the price was about three times higher than the iron tools made by merchants before.

This is the most important economic national policy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty last year, and its main content is to set up salt and iron official institutions in various counties, and all the mining, manufacturing and sales of salt and iron are operated by the government, and the main person in charge of this policy is Kong Zhisang Hongyang and others.

This policy was originally pinned on by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who also counted on the increase in treasury revenue by relying on salt and iron official camps. In Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's plan, he put Taishan in the air, expeditions to the Western Regions, northern tours of the Xiongnu, Dingxinan, and Pingnanyue, all of which were put on his agenda, and each of these required a large amount of financial support.

"Bastard...... Who is he using this hole alone? The more Emperor Wu of Han looked at it, the deeper his brows wrinkled, and finally he couldn't help but burst out, and threw the brush in his hand on the desk with a snap.

The main person in charge of the salt and iron franchise was Kong Wei, and when establishing a county salt and iron franchise organization, Kong Wei and Sang Hongyang personally inspected each place, and personally came forward to find the most famous local businessmen to serve as the chief officials of each place. But now the problem lies with these merchants-turned-salt and iron chiefs. ( Pingnan Romance)

In the recital of these complaints, all of them reflected a problem to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, that is, these salt and iron officials who were born as merchants soon exposed the nature of the merchants' heavy profits, although these people were familiar with salt and iron affairs, but most of them used their power to engage in favoritism, and the most direct problem was the poor quality of the iron tools produced, and even the iron sickles in some places even cut the grass.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was an emperor who couldn't rub sand in his eyes, especially when it came to the lifeblood of a country like salt and iron. If it was just one or two county guards, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty might still think that someone wanted to suppress Kong Wei, but for several days, more than a dozen Taishou had reported the same problem, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty felt that he had been slapped a few times.

There is a problem in the salt and iron official camp, that is, the direct sarcasm of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is angry and naturally wants to find a scapegoat, there is no doubt that the big farmer Ling Kong is only to blame, even if those salt and iron officials have nothing to do with him and Sang Hongyang, but the crime of not being strict and employing people and not being a lady under the rule cannot be escaped.

"Someone came, immediately spread the word that Kong only met with Sang Hongyang." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was now eager to slash Kong Wei and Sang Hongyang with a sword, and immediately shouted loudly, asking the inner servant to summon the two.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, the big farmer order is not in Chang'an now, he went to Henan County two days ago to inspect the salt and iron affairs, the big farmer Cheng Sang Hongyang is in Chang'an, is he going to pass him?" Seeing that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was angry, the chamberlain hurriedly knelt down and said, but he also knew it clearly, and even the movements of the ministers of the court and the central government were clear. ( Pingnan Romance)

"He's embarrassed to go on patrol, and that's what he came out of his patrol? You go and call Sang Hong Yang first. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard that Kong was not in Chang'an, and went to Henan County to inspect salt and iron affairs, he was even more angry. However, this is because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty mistakenly blamed Kong Wei, Kong Wei is actually an idealist, and his ability to act in concrete terms is somewhat lacking, but he is quite diligent in his work.

"No!" The chamberlain did not dare to stay when he received the order, so he immediately got up and retreated outside the hall. However, just as the chamberlain was about to exit the main hall, Emperor Wu of Han suddenly called out to him, "Wait a minute." ”

"What else does Your Majesty command?" The chamberlain turned around and stood respectfully waiting for Emperor Wu of Han's new order.

"What's your name, why haven't I seen you before?" Emperor Wu of Han suddenly asked, not to give any orders, but to ask about the arrival of this little chamberlain.

This chamberlain is about thirty years old, and his posture looks a little fat, and the whole person is not outstanding, and he belongs to the type that can't be found in the pile of shame, and the only feature is that pair of eyes that are only the size of beans.

"Back to Your Majesty, the little one is the eunuch Su Wen. Zhang Ying, who originally served His Majesty, contracted a cold yesterday, and the villain replaced him in the past few days. "The chamberlain reports his name, and the so-called eunuch is actually an ordinary eunuch. However, in the Western Han Dynasty, eunuchs were not a special reference to eunuchs, because before the Eastern Han Dynasty, only some eunuchs were filled by eunuchs, and most of them were normal men, and these people were also high-ranking officials. This is also why there is such a saying that there is an official eunuch family, if the eunuch refers to the eunuchs, then how can the family say?

"How do you know that the Great Nong Order went to Henan County?" Emperor Wu of Han asked with some curiosity, he didn't call Su Wen to give any order, it was for this question.

"Back to Your Majesty, because I have to serve Your Majesty these days, I will go to the Shaofu every morning to check the movements of those ministers in the court, in case Your Majesty inquires." Su Wen replied respectfully, he was really dutiful as a substitute, and he actually had to go to Shaofu once a day. As the emperor's secretarial body, officials with more than 2,000 stone in Chang'an need to go to Shaofu in advance to file if they leave Chang'an.

"You've put in some work, go ahead!" Emperor Wu of Han waved his hand and said, but he was already excited to get such a sentence from Emperor Wu of Han.

Out of Weiyang Palace, Su Wen went to the Great Agricultural Decree Office non-stop, if there was no special thing at this time, Sang Hongyang must be here. This is also the backwardness of communication in ancient times, and it is very troublesome to find someone.

However, Su Wen was lucky, and he found Sang Hongyang very smoothly. As soon as he heard Su Wen's intention, Sang Hongyang felt bad in his heart. In fact, he has long understood the favoritism and fraud of the official salt and iron in various counties, but he is only Kong Wei's assistant, even if he has the intention to change for a while, it is difficult to start, and what is even more difficult is that there are too many problematic salt and iron officials in this big man, if all these people are replaced, it will be a huge impact on the entire government-run salt and iron organization, and no matter what he does, he is also one of the people in charge of salt and iron affairs, which can be said to be to blame.

"Sang Nongchen, Your Majesty was furious just now, and you have to deal with it carefully when you meet Your Majesty. Originally, His Majesty mainly wanted to find Da Nong Ling, but Da Nong Ling went to Henan County, and you are really unlucky this time. Su Wen and Sang Hongyang walked towards Weiyang Palace, and Su Wen said as if unintentionally on the way.

Sang Hongyang was still thinking about what to do in his heart, and he didn't care about Su Wen's words. But then after thinking about it, he suddenly understood that Su Wen was reminding himself. When Sang Hongyang looked at Su Wen curiously, he found that this Su Wen was hunched over, his eyes were slightly squinted, and there was only a slit, and he couldn't see what kind of eyes he was looking at the moment. However, at that moment, Sang Hongyang still said to Su Wenshili: "Thank you Lord Nei for reminding me, there will be heavy thanks in the future!" ”

The inner servant is a general term for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, not a specific official position, and Su Wen is an ordinary eunuch whose grade is still not in the stream, their boss commands the 'eunuch order' is only 600 stone level, Su Wen is now about the same as the lieutenant of the small county, it is good to have 200 stones, Sang Hongyang called him a very polite person.

Su Wen's words seemed to be nothing, but in fact, he told Sang Hongyang that there was a simplest solution in front of him, which was to put all the responsibility on Kong Wei, anyway, Emperor Wu of Han originally wanted to vent his anger on Kong Wei. Originally, Sang Hongyang and Kong only had a good relationship, and it can even be said that they are good friends. It's just that in the face of keeping his rights, Sang Hongyang quickly chose to sell Kong Wei.