Yongping Mansion, Yue's family.

In the past few days, the major families in Yongping Mansion have been busy looking for Mrs. Qiao to discuss the matter of mining with the prefect's yamen, so that the Yue family is now being boycotted by various families, and Yue Ting'an, as the head of the Yue family, held his breath in his heart and did not leave the mansion for a few days.

Yue Ting'an's wife, surnamed Song, was born in a local scholarly family, his father is a lifter, has been a teaching assistant in the capital for several years, is forty-two years old this year, and the charm still exists.

「…… The master still wants to open some, you also know that the daughter-in-law of the second room in the family has a deep background, why don't you let her write a letter to the capital and help talk about peace with one or two?"

Yue Song has some wisdom, in her opinion, now that the Yue family has a conflict with the government, whether it is to resolve the contradiction or find a way to suppress this new prefect, they need to move around and make some connections, instead of staying at home and feeling sorry for themselves, waiting for pie to fall from the sky.

Yue Ting'an said, "What do you know about a woman? Do you know where the prefect came from? He is the champion of the previous subject, a native of Luzhou, Huguang'an, a fellow villager with today's Shengshangnai, and a proud protégé of Yang Ge, and his father-in-law is Sun Zhitong, the secretary of the household department. With such an identity and background, what kind of relationship can be found?"

Yue Song said, "It's because of its strong background, so there are more places to look ahead and backward...... I have heard that there are many contradictions between the saint and the first assistant Yang Ge Lao today, a young man like him, who is not only a fellow villager with the emperor, but also an old protégé of Yang Ge, how can he take care of the relationship between the two sides? The uncle of the daughter-in-law of the second room is a boy waiter in the Ministry of Works, so why don't you ask him to come forward to say hello?"

The person Yue Song said was Tong Rui, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works.

Wealthy families all over the world will basically marry with the world's famous Confucianism, the relationship can be described as intertwined, more or less there are people who are officials in the court, but it is also *** to be able to achieve the level of a squire, this relationship is very "hard", after all, Tong Rui still has the possibility of being a scholar in the future.

Yue Ting'an said: "Then let people write and say, don't ask for anything else, as long as this Zhu Governor can take care of my Yue family in terms of mining, even if you can send some silver."

"Okay, then the concubine will go and talk about it."

Just do it, Yue Song immediately went to the inner courtyard, found his daughter-in-law, and asked her to send a letter to the capital to help the Yue family operate.

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A day passed, and the Yue family might not even send the letter, and the Yue Song family hurriedly came to find her husband.

At this time, Yue Ting'an was discussing the local warehouse business with his family, suppressing those families who did not listen to his orders, and cutting off the purchase channels of these people.

"Sir, come out for a moment."

Yue Song stood at the door of the main hall and greeted him.

Yue Ting'an glanced at it, his face full of displeasure.

The housekeepers are all men, and the women usually stay in the back house, while their wives come to the main hall, which seems to be very unruly.

"Go down first!"

Yue Ting'an held the person back, and then looked at his wife angrily: "What is this? Is there anything I can't wait until I'm done?"

Yue Song walked into the house, and when he came to Yue Ting'an, he said, "Master, that's the case, there is a person who calls himself Jinyiwei, please see the master...... My nephew is currently receiving me at home, will you see it or not?"

"Jin Yiwei?"

Yue Ting'an couldn't help frowning.

Yue Song looked left and right, and whispered, "The other party seems to be from a lot of background, there are more than ten followers around him, and one of them is called Baihu, and it seems that the leader is at least a deputy Qianhu. Doesn't it mean that the Jinyi Wei steward who is in charge of the local mine is a thousand households? Could it be him?"

Yue Ting'an's breathing became short, and he asked a little nervously, "The people of Jinyi Guard want to see me?" What is this?"

Yue Song said: "I think, Jin Yiwei must have learned that the master was at odds with the new prefect, so he came to the door and wanted us to make trouble for the government. Many times, it is inconvenient for Jin Yiwei to come forward...... Master, shall we see or not see?"

Yue Tingan looked at his wife with a strange gaze, he never knew that his wife had so many ideas before, and he had slept together for twenty years, but he didn't know that his wife actually understood politics?

"If you see it, it is equivalent to exonerating the government office

, in the future, the matter of mining will be completely lost to my Yue's family." Yue Tingan didn't want to wade into troubled waters.

Jin Yiwei wants to find someone to be a gunman in the local area, if the Yue family obeys, then not only will he oppose the prefect's yamen, but also the major families, and the Yue family will survive locally, and it is obvious that he can't do anything that causes public anger.

Yue Song said, "Master, even if you don't want to agree, shouldn't you go and meet this leader of the Jinyi Guard? What if the terms he offered were really good?"

"You ......"

Yue Tingan wanted to open his mouth to reprimand, but thinking that yesterday his wife persuaded him to find a relationship with the capital to ease the conflict with the government office, and then connected with the people of Jinyiwei today, at least everything he did was for his good.

Yue Ting'an couldn't find a way to deal with it, after all, the matter of local mining was all presided over by Mrs. Qiao, and the talks between the two sides collapsed, with Mrs. Qiao's previous resentment towards him, it was naturally impossible to tolerate him anymore, and even if the relationship between the two sides eased, he Yue Ting'an was willing to give a hand to a woman who he once looked down on?

"Boil, then let's see."

After thinking about it, Yue Ting finally made a decision.

The right to be a dead horse is a live horse doctor.

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Yue Ting'an did not meet the envoy of Jinyi Wei in the mansion, but under the guidance of Song Ling, the nephew of Yue Song's family, he went to the Song family as soon as he left the house, and met Luo An who came to listen to Zhu Hao's order in the backyard.

Luo An was admiring the flowers by the flower bed, and Yue Ting'an walked over with a flattering expression: "Contemptible Yue Ting'an, I don't know that there are distinguished guests coming, and I am not welcome. A little courtesy, and I hope to smile. 「

Seeing the officials of Jinyiwei, no matter whether the matter is negotiated or not, at least the courtesy must be fulfilled.

It is rare for a factory guard to pass by the local area, and he still remembers visiting the Yue family, which can be regarded as giving him enough face, and he is not afraid of the other party's trouble when he returns to the Yue family.

Luo An said, "You are Yue Ting'an, the current head of the Yue family?"

"Exactly."

Yue Ting'an smiled and arched his hand, "I don't know who you are?"

Luo An didn't answer immediately, but looked at Song Ling on the side and the people of the Yue family who came with Yue Ting'an, Yue Ting'an immediately understood, and waved his hand: "You all wait outside the moon gate, don't approach."

"Yes."

The crowd left.

When Yue Ting'an turned around, he found that Luo An had not retreated from his subordinates.

The other party is a Jinyi guard, and Yue Ting'an, as the patriarch of a local family, was a little nervous when he met alone, for fear of being forcibly detained and coerced.

Luo An said: "I am the envoy of Jinyi Weibei Town, Luo An."

"Huh?"

This identity frightened Yue Ting'an.

Beizhen Fusi Suppression Envoy?

It is equivalent to the number three person of the secret service organization around the emperor, the number one person is naturally the governor of Dongchang, the second is the commander of Jinyiwei, and the third is the town envoy of Beizhen Fusi.

Such a big man would actually appear in Yongping Mansion, and he would condescend to "see" him?

It can't be a liar, right?

Yue Ting's peace of mind came to his mind, and he immediately decided that the other party was a charlatan, and knew that the Yue family had a quarrel with the prefect's yamen because of the mining incident, so he came to deceive.

As soon as Luo An raised his hand, he immediately came over and took out a waist card, which was the waist card of Jinyiwei.

But relying on the waist card alone, it is impossible to determine the identity, after all, this thing can be faked.

Luo An said: "I came to Yongping Mansion, I first met Song Chengye in Luanzhou, he once served in the Huguang Division, and I have several relationships with him, this time he introduced me to let the younger generations of the Song family bring me to see you. If you don't believe me, just call your nephew and ask...... Well, here's a letter of introduction."

When Yue Ting'an heard this, he instantly sniffed out some doorways.

That Song Chengye is Yue Ting'an's wife Yue Song's cousin, who was born and traveled to various places as officials, mainly to command the envoys and guards in various places as subordinate officials, and most of the official products are eight or nine grades, so I know some officials, especially when he was an official in Huguang, and he had contact with Xingwangfu.

Song Chengye is now returning to his hometown, but he does not live in Fucheng, but resides in Luan

In the grange of the state countryside.

Yue Ting'an read the letter and said in surprise, "It turns out that you are Lord Luo? How could you come to Yongping Mansion in person?"

Yue Ting'an's attitude changed instantly, and he no longer had doubts, after all, the other party held a waist card, and he could accurately say about Song Chengye, as well as take out a letter of recommendation.

The identity can be faked, but the relationship can't be faked, Yue Tingan immediately complimented, in his opinion, this Beizhen Fusi Zhenfu envoy has a much higher status than the local prefect.

After all, the person in front of him is in charge of the edict and prison affairs, and it seems that he can take down the current Yongping Mansion prefect Zhu Hao at any time.

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The two sides took their seats in the garden pavilion.

Yue Ting'an looked very reserved.

Luo An directly explained his intentions.

「…… I was ordered to hand over the local mine to the prefect of Yongping Prefecture to take care of it, and sent a director of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry to supervise it, which was detrimental to the majesty and interests of our Jinyiwei...... We have been asked to recruit local manpower in an unfair manner to prevent the handover of the mine."

Yue Ting'an asked puzzledly, "That means...... Won't the brocade guard hand over the mine?"

"So to speak."

Luo An said, "But the order has been issued, and the handover will be handed over in the end. I don't know if Yue is in charge, is he willing to help me with my Jinyiwei?"

When Yue Ting'an heard this, as his wife analyzed, Jinyiwei came to him just to let the Yue family be the first bird.

Naturally, he didn't want to agree.

If you Jinyiwei say that the mine will not be handed over in the end, and you will ask me to help take care of it in the future, then I may still think about it, and now you have directly explained that this mine will eventually be handed over, just to make trouble for the government, so what benefits can our Yue family get?

How can you do things with both danger and opportunity, now you only see the danger, but you can't see the slightest benefit, who will do it?

Luo An said: "I know that Yue is in a dilemma, after all, going against the government is not in line with the survival of the local family. But let me put it this way, before I arrived, the imperial court was already in operation, and the local prefect was replaced, and someone else was appointed as the prefect."

"Huh? Change the prefect? He...... Hasn't Governor Zhu only been in office for a month, so this has changed?" When Yue Ting'an heard this, could the imperial court still do this?

Luo An said: "It doesn't matter how long he has been in office, this person is currently asking for the Hubu Sun Butang to return to Beijing, and he will be appointed as the Hubu Langzhong after returning to the court, and he has been approved by the Holy Lord. Once the prefect is replaced, the local mine operators may choose to cooperate with the local gentry, and the local gentry will be handed over to the local gentry to share dividends to settle the discussion in Beijing."