It is still Jinling City, not far from the Xuefu Street on the bank of the Qinhuai River, which is actually the residence of Li Shanchang, the left minister.

It's the beginning of the evening.

Taichangqing Hu Weiyong was brought into a reception hall, and Li Shanzheng was playing with a treasure inlaid fountain pen produced by Zhiyongzhai on the ground.

casually motioned for Hu Weiyong to sit down, and Li Shanchang continued to be there.

Hu Weiyong waited patiently for a moment, and finally took the initiative to speak: "What do you say about sending five hundred years of national ancestry, in the end, it is just a greedy person for sex and profit, and since he is already an official of the imperial court, he can still do such business things, which is really unorthodox." ”

Li Shanchang was interrupted by Hu Weiyong's thoughts, frowned slightly, and said, "Pilgrimage, be cautious." ”

Hu Weiyong, the word pilgrimage.

Hu Weiyong, who was sitting at the bottom, immediately gave up his hand: "Xie Zuoxiang is vigilant." ”

In fact, of course, I know that Jinshang personally wrote a plaque for the inscription of Zhiyongzhai, and he complained here, if it came out, wouldn't he be dissatisfied with His Majesty the Emperor? However, of course, Hu Weiyong was sure that this word would not be transmitted from Li Shanchang to Jinshang's ears, so he would say this.

Sitting on Tai Changqing's cold bench these days, Hu Weiyong can feel that His Majesty the Emperor has less trust in Zuo Xiang than before. Comparing hearts to hearts, more than ten years of loyalty in exchange for such a encounter, the left is relative to the present, will there be no complaints?

Seeing that Zuo Xiang fell out of favor, if there was a choice, Hu Weiyong would definitely choose.

However, Hu Weiyong's problem is that apart from Zuo Xiang's thigh, he can't hold anyone else!

Hu Weiyong can see that the most favored person at the moment is Zhu Yuan, who is far away in Mingzhou. If you can hold this leg, even if the two sides are at the same level, they are both positive three products, and Hu Weiyong doesn't mind lowering his posture.

After all, a young man of more than ten years, with the highest official position of the third grade, personally promoted the Navy Governor's Mansion, which was a separate army, and raised Hua Gao, who was originally abandoned by His Majesty the Emperor, to the position of the first Navy Governor.

Hu Weiyong also inquired that the reason why Hua Gao was recommended was probably just that when the little boy was in Yangzhou, Hua Gao took the initiative to make friends.

This little favor is effortless, and it has been reported greatly, which is simply ...... Outrageous!

What's more, there is also the extremely powerful Ying Hai Division.

The problem is that there is no way to hug this leg!

Today, I also sent my family to quietly buy a black lacquer fountain pen of 99 taels of silver, but, thinking about the popularity of Zhiyongzhai, people will definitely not be uncommon. As for going further, I directly sent a red congratulatory gift at that time...... Hu Weiyong was reluctant to cut off the business on Zuo Xiang's side.

Thinking of this, Hu Weiyong spoke again: "Can the left minister hear that the Zhiyong Zhai opened today, and the right minister also sent his family to hang up red?" ”

Li Shanchang played with the Baibao embedded in the action again, simply threw the pen on the table, and looked at Hu Weiyong: "Pilgrimage, I know your mind." But...... You may not have forgotten Chen Ning's incident at the beginning. Now it is different from the past, I may be able to talk about other things, this personnel appointment and dismissal, the lord is becoming more and more arbitrary. If you speak rashly, if you go against the will of the superiors, if you are not careful, you will be Chen Ning's end. ”

Hu Weiyong hurriedly gave up his hand again: "The lower officials can have the support of the left minister today, how dare they be anxious." Today is just a leisure visit and talk to the left minister. ”

Hu Weiyong was still a five-grade Huguang inspector last year, and in less than a year, he was first promoted to Taichang Shaoqing, who was the fourth grade, and then to Taichangqing, who was the third grade, and this speed was ...... is also a little worse than a certain worldly master who 'sent a five-hundred-year national ancestor', and thanks to Li Shanchang's support, he is not dissatisfied.

Of course, it is the same positive three products, except for a brief period of scenery before and after His Majesty the Emperor's accession to the throne, Hu Weiyong is currently in a cold bench state. Tai Changqing...... In the past, the dynasties used to provide for some courtiers. And someone else, not to mention a series of official positions such as the Hanlin Bachelor, the Southeast Transfer Envoy, and the Southeast Inspector Envoy, is just a three-grade battalion envoy, and his power is so great that people are enviable.

In the past few days, there has been a lot of uproar inside and outside the government and the opposition, and a certain little master of the Camp Haisi has circled two million taels of silver from the hands of the southeast maritime merchants just by virtue of the license of the maritime trading company.

Two million taels!

Hu Weiyong felt that he might not be able to see any more white money in his life.

Thinking like this, Hu Weiyong felt that Zuo Xiang obviously had no idea of meeting guests, and he was not bored with himself, so after saying a few words, he took the initiative to get up and say goodbye.

Li Shanchang didn't even get up, but just politely sent a few words.

Waiting for Hu Weiyong to leave, it was another moment, and the steward came to report, and Li Shanchang cheered up.

At this time, Li Shanchang has not returned to the back house, he is waiting for someone.

Soon, a man of about thirty years old who looked like an ordinary country man with a blanket on his back walked in and bowed loudly: "Little Gan Sui has seen the head of the house. ”

Although Li Shanchang still didn't get up to help, he still raised his hand with a smile: "Get up, get up quickly, Ren Duoli." ”

Gan Sui is a domestic servant received by Li Shanchang in his early years, and he is also a fellow villager in Dingyuan, a strong martial arts passed down from the family, joined the red scarf at the age of thirteen, worked as a scout, worked as a striker, and played Liyang that year, Gan Sui was seriously injured, and was rescued by Li Shanchang who passed by by chance. Later, he left the army and quietly came to the Li family to be a familyman, and he was desperate.

A few days ago, Li Shanchang specially sent Gan Suiqin, who would only be by his side in the past, to Mingzhou to inquire about the news.

Others can't.

Just like before, he asked the family to stare at Houhu, at first there was nothing, and then he disappeared several times, and he couldn't see anyone alive or dead, so Li Shanchang didn't dare to fill in people again. It doesn't matter if you have a few fewer servants, and it annoys your own lord, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Gan Sui stood up, took off the blanket on his shoulder, and respectfully stepped forward to give it to Li Shanchang: "Family master, this is some of the little ones that I have obtained in Mingzhou recently...... Knowledge, the small one is only slightly literate and can't understand, so he specially brought it back to the lord for appreciation. ”

Li Shanchang took the blanket, took out a thick stack of bound manuscripts, and said, "You have a heart." ”

Gan Sui hugged his fists: "This is a small matter." ”

Li Shanchang opened the manuscript, and the first page was full of drawings and text, the title was 'Mechanics', and the text was still punctuated horizontally, with someone's style at first glance.

Resisting and even disgusting in his heart, Li Shanchang still read patiently and understood that this was a university question.

Don't forget to ask: "The person who has been there recently...... What's going on? ”

Gan Sui didn't sit down, bowed down and stood beside him, and said: "According to the instructions of the head of the family, the little one didn't dare to get too close to the Yinghai Envoy's mansion, but that person is dealing with various official affairs every day, and it is not difficult to inquire." The little one wrote a submission, and it was also in the blanket. ”

Li Shanchang didn't go to find the submission, he didn't care about this, after thinking about it, he still asked bluntly: "Is there a ...... Lingering in the back house? ”

In the middle of last month, the lord suddenly asked people to select some Mei Ji from a group of criminal files that had just been brought from the south to give them to the person in Mingzhou, and Li Shanchang, who had been watching coldly, finally took the initiative to take the initiative and ordered people to find out all the best, and carefully selected a full thirty-six people, all of whom were sent to Mingzhou.

The color is a steel knife with a bone scraper.

What's more, it's still such a sick seedling!

Even if the lord sent four little eunuchs over in disregard of etiquette, it was said that it was to restrain the man's daily life, but the sky was high and the emperor was far away, so he didn't believe that the little boy could hold back.

I can't help it, an indulgence, a serious illness, and it's over.

Li Shanchang has never been an atmospheric person.

Since the appearance of the little boy, the lord's original trust in him has quickly eroded, and even now, whoever he wants to recommend, he often hits a wall. And that little boy not only robbed him of the favor that should have belonged to him, but even continued to steal the power that belonged to him, the left minister, just like that camp sea division, two million taels of silver.

How can it be said that there is no resentment in the heart?

However, Li Shanchang has always been cautious.

What is the nature of his own father-in-law, how can he not know about getting along for more than ten years?

Since the little boy is still being favored, he can't do anything clearly, he can only wait for the person to make a mistake. As long as he grabbed the handle, with the stingy temperament of the lord, he let people start again, and how high the little boy climbed at the moment, how hard he would fall then.

Before, finally waited for one time.

It's not a handle, but if it does, it's cleaner. This is also the reason why he specially sent his henchmen to Mingzhou.

It's just that this mind is not suitable for explicitly.

Gan Sui somewhat understood what his master meant, remembered one thing, and said: "Linger in the inner house...... The little one had never heard of it, but there was one thing, and the man's family had asked a craftsman to make a head for a concubine who had just been accepted. Oh, that little concubine, the little one happened to know that it was the second room that a rich man with a high surname who lived in the west of the city sold earlier, if the little one remembered correctly, it was already thirty-one. ”

Li Shanchang, who was flipping through the manuscript, didn't react for a while: "What thirty-one? ”

Gan Sui said: "I am Chinese New Year's Eve one year old today, and I ...... The woman also had a daughter, sixteen years old. ”

Li Shanchang was stunned when he heard this, and his movements stiffened for a moment before he suddenly sneered: "Heh, this habit is good...... It's chic. ”

Then he reacted again.

If so, about ...... I think he quietly saw those carefully selected Meiji, all of whom are little girls around twenty-eight, and even he was a little moved, but as a result, he was mistaken, and his eyes were thrown to the blind and young.

Gan waited casually, and took the initiative to suggest: "Family master, that Gao family...... How about a small arrangement? ”

Li Shanchang immediately shook his head: "Don't draw snakes." ”

Similar actions can't hurt that person, and it's more likely to cause a commotion, so there's no need.

Gan Sui immediately bowed his head: "Yes." ”

Li Shanchang thought about it, but he was still unwilling: "Just accept this one?" ”

Gan Sui said: "The little one came into contact with one of the craftsmen, and he hit a pair?" Topknot. ”

The bun, which arose in the Song Dynasty, has gradually become a symbol headdress for married women.

The woman in the house, in addition to the main wife, can she get one? The bun can be described as an important symbol of the promotion of the maid to the concubine. If a concubine makes a mistake, one of the punishments is often to strip off the head, and the most important one of them is the head? bun, and then it is equivalent to being reduced to an ordinary maid again.

Of course, Li Shanchang knows this.

Think about this whole thing again, a group of pretty twenty-eight little girls, but that person picked a girl...... Li Shanchang could only sneer again.

Absurd!

It's so grumpy!

After a while, Li Shanchang finally asked again: "But is there anything else?" ”

Gan Sui said: "The little one also saw Lord Chen Ning Chen in Mingzhou, but the little one didn't show up. On the 26th of last month, Lord Chen followed a group of maritime merchants into the mansion of the naval envoy, but was driven out and reduced to a joke. ”

Li Shanchang instantly understood what Chen Ning's plan was to enter the Yinghai Envoy's Mansion, and frowned: "What Lord Chen, a white body, don't pay attention to him in the future." ”

Gan Sui skipped it, and continued: "There is another case, a maritime merchant surnamed Shen in Changzhou County, Suzhou Prefecture, a small inquiry, it seems that because that person arrived in Mingzhou on the day, he stopped the three sea ships of the Shen family, and wanted to make trouble, the Shen family asked General Wu Liangwu, the commander of the Suzhou Guard, to help say that he was not only spared, but also got together with the door of the naval governor's family, and jointly won a maritime trade company license. ”

Li Shanchang pondered for a moment, and suddenly slapped a few eucalyptus on the side.

What a flaw!

That's it.

If that person really troubles the Shen family, and even destroys the Shen family for money, how good it would be.

Ahh

Wu Liang......

Thinking of this person, Li Shanchang gritted his teeth a little.

The Wu brothers are all from Dingyuan, and since they are fellow villagers, they should be closer. However, although his younger brother Wu Zhen is still good friends with the Li family on weekdays, and occasionally moves around, Wu Liang ...... But it's a picture of arrogance that even the lord can't suppress.

Unexpectedly, this time it would ruin his big deal!

Li Shanchang suddenly remembered that in January, the prefect of Suzhou, He Zhen, wrote to Wu Liang because of the Tuntian matter, thinking that Wu Liang interfered too much in civil affairs.

He Zhen was also recommended by him at the beginning.

Suzhou, the land of anointing, how can you let it go!

At that time, he was still trusted by the lord.

Li Shanchang took the initiative to give He Zhen back the song, and reminded the other party not to stir up any more trouble.

The lord had only ascended the throne for a long time, how could he punish the meritorious general for some trivial things, not to mention, how to say that the Tuntian matter was just some differences of interest between the military and the people, and it was not necessarily reasonable, it was difficult to say that the lord would really favor which side when he saw it.

Present......

Okay, you Wu Liang, you have already been beaten by the lord, and you don't know how to restrain yourself, and you are arrogant, even so, then Mingzhou can't move for the time being, Suzhou...... Let's go one!

After paying attention and asking Gan Sui about some other things, Li Shanchang said: "You have worked hard, you will go to the account office to pay three hundred yuan later, rest for a day, and then go back to Mingzhou, remember, this time it is important to keep an eye on the whereabouts of the two million taels of silver." ”