Lin Tailai and Commander Hei chatted until midnight, involving all aspects of Xuanfu Town.

As long as he does not "maliciously" lead the topic to attack Governor Xu, the black commander still knows everything and says everything.

Seeing that the night was dark, Lin Tailai was about to rest, and the black commander asked cautiously, "How is my righteous son Black Wind Tiger in the capital?" ”

The meaning of this sentence is actually to ask about the results of the martial arts test.

Lin Tailai replied: "When I left Beijing, the martial arts exam was not completely over, but in the Wenchang exam, I set him the first place. ”

Commander Black said gratefully, "Thank you! The lower officials are grateful, and they are really unrequited! ”

Those who know how to know know that the martial arts test is divided into a literary field and a martial arts field, and the literary field is determined to stay, and the martial arts field is ranked.

If you get the first place in the literary field, then you will definitely be able to win the martial arts, which is nothing more than the ranking.

After being a martial artist, those who have an official position are promoted to a higher level, and those who do not have an official position are given an official position.

The main reason is that Hei Xiao's heirs are not luxuriant, and when he had no heirs, he accepted an orphan from his comrade as a righteous son, named Heifeng Tiger.

Who knew that five or six years ago, he gave birth to a son of his own, named Heiyun Long, and the world official who commanded the affairs would definitely be handed over to his own son to inherit in the future.

Then the way out of Yizi Hei Fenghu has become a problem, if he can be admitted to the martial arts this time, it is equivalent to solving Hei Xiao's heart disease.

"Don't worry, it's a little thing." Lin Tailai waved his hand indifferently, "I think that kid is quite sensible." ”

Black Wind Tiger was the candidate who shouted "Old Teacher" to Lin Tailai in public when he searched and entered.

This made Examiner Lin feel good, and he didn't want to repay him for giving him the first place in the literary field, which was equivalent to escorting Wu Jinshi.

This is how things are in the world, in the eyes of a military attache from the grassroots like Hei Xiao, it is extremely difficult to do, and Examiner Lin is happy to lift the tip of the pen and solve it.

Before going to bed at night, Lin Tailai thought carefully about what he was going to do at the moment.

The first thing is to "mediate" the internal strife of the right wing of the Northern Captives, Hei Xiao has already explained the idea clearly, and he only needs to exert maximum pressure to pick up the credit for nothing.

The biggest difficulty is on the side of his own people, after all, there are governors and governors on Xuanda's side, and they probably want to control the power of mediation.

If you want to fight for the merit of mediation, you must first suppress your own governors.

Thinking of this, Lin Tailai suddenly understood what it meant to "be safe first when you go outside".

The second thing is to rectify Xu Shouqian, the governor of Xuanfu.

Originally, it was just to help Li Rusong vent his anger, but now that Xu Shouqian and Governor Xu have become contenders for mediation, it is even more imperative.

Oh, by the way, maybe there is a third thing, that is, whether to patrol Xuanfu Town by order, let's do the first two things first.

Lin Qin sent Tailai to ignore the third thing for the time being, and began to ponder the governor Xu Shouqian again.

When he was in the capital, the old man Zhao of the Ministry of Officials once told Lin Tailai that last year, Kedao impeached Xu Shouqian, the governor of Xuanfu, for being greedy.

However, some people in the ministry defended Xu Shouqian, saying that Xu Shouqian was talented, so in the end, Xu Shouqian continued to be retained.

In the historical data, it may be recorded in this way, it seems to be unremarkable, just an ordinary personnel official business.

But think about it deeply, Xu Shouqian and Zhao Nanxing are fellow villagers, and the core business positions of the Ministry are in the hands of Chen Younian, Zhao Nanxing, and Gu Xiancheng.

So sometimes it's really hard for Lin Tailai to understand, how can these people in the Qingliu forces or the future Donglin Party justifiably criticize others for cronyism and nepotism?

The next day, Lin Tailai said to Hei Xiao: "I was disturbed a lot yesterday, and today I want to leave your mansion and find another place." ”

Commander Hei hurriedly said: "Could it be that the subordinate officials did not treat the guests well?" ”

Lin Tailai said with something in his words: "I'm afraid it will cause you trouble." ”

Commander Black responded, "How can there be trouble? Xia Guan is not a person who is afraid of trouble. ”

Lin Tailai thought about it for a while, and then said: "If you have this intention, it's okay to help me do something, it's a very simple little thing." ”

After coming out of Heifu, Lin Tailai went to the Department of Household Affairs near the God of Wealth Temple to be stationed in Xuanfu.

There are many institutions and officials in Xuanfu City, in addition to the well-known governors, chief military officers, eunuchs of the prison army, Wanquan Division, Xuanfu Sanwei and other yamen, there are also household departments, criminal departments and so on.

As the name suggests, the Household Department is the branch office directly dispatched by the Household Department to the Xuanfu. In fact, it is not only the Xuanfu, but also the household department in the nine sides.

Because the imperial court had to send a large amount of silver to the nine borders every year, that is, military salaries, it would set up a household department to manage the expenditure of these cash silvers.

For example, in Xuanfu Town, this year, the imperial court plans to issue a total of 290,000 taels of silver for the annual reward of officials and soldiers, and 180,000 taels of silver for the horse price in the tribute market.

These hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were first transported to the Household Department in Xuanfu City, and then the Household Department Department was responsible for distributing and allocating them, and of course they were not delivered all at once.

Thanks to Zhang Juzheng's blessing, now the annual silver of the border army can still be distributed relatively normally, and when the Wanli Emperor puts it up for another twenty years, the annual silver will begin to be in arrears year by year.

The chief official of the household department is called the governor Langzhong, who is also a subordinate official sent and managed by the household department, and the superior is the household department rather than the superintendent.

Not to mention that the local institutions of Xuanfu are very complicated, and the water is not deep but very muddy.

Lin Tailai first went to the opposite God of Wealth Temple to take a turn, and then stood outside the door of the household department in a hurry.

The door face here is not big, and it can't even be called a "gate", and the decoration is also very simple, and the low-key one can't be seen at all like the Yamen of the God of Wealth.

Lin Tailai said that it was understandable, after all, the largest silver vault in Xuanfu Town was inside, and of course it was not suitable for publicity.

Where silver is stored all the year round, there must be heavy guards, and Lin Tailai does not dare to make a mistake.

So he showed the three-piece set of edicts, certificates, and customs defense, and asked the doorman to pass the word and beckon the superintendent to come out to pick up the guests.

The current governor Lang Zhong's surname is Wen, and he soon appeared at the door of the line.

He looked at Lin Tailai with a puzzled face, this Qincha who was ordered to patrol didn't look very formal.

Officialdom pays attention to procedures and rules, how can there be such a thing? It's like an uninvited guest.

Lin Tailai didn't care what Wen Langzhong thought, and after entering the judgment hall, he asked directly: "After Jingyin is released to the warehouse, who is responsible for issuing expenses?" ”

If you put it in the jargon of a few hundred years later, this means: who is the local financial pen?

Wen Langzhong replied: "Naturally, I am at the disposal of the governor. ”

Lin Tailai nodded, and said naturally: "Then from today onwards, without the signature of the official, the treasury is not allowed to move." ”

Wen Langzhong: "."

Champion Gong, are you kidding? Hundreds of thousands of taels of turnover a year, you say you are responsible?

Lin Tailai took out the rectangular Qincha Guard, made a mark on Wen Langzhong's face, and asked: "The governor's customs defense is the customs defense, and this official's customs defense is not the customs defense?" ”

Wen Langzhong vigorously explained: "Your duty is mainly to make rounds, check the ledger or check the treasury bank.

However, with regard to day-to-day management matters and normal allocation procedures, there is no need for direct interference from the top of the list. ”

Lin Tailai took out a document again and handed it to Wen Langzhong: "Show you a good thing." ”

Wen Langzhong took it, unfolded it, and saw that this was an edict from the Ministry of Households, which was personally signed by the King of the Ministry of Households, and stamped with the Great Seal of the Ministry of Households, which was very authentic.

The content of the edict is that the Xuanfu Household Department is instructed to fully cooperate with the order to inspect the Xuanfu Qincha Lin Tailai.

This edict does not give any specific instructions, and it seems to be a very spectacle call for "full cooperation", but everyone who understands it understands.

If you don't cooperate fully, you don't cooperate with all your strength.

Wen Langzhong glanced at Lin Qincha very resentfully, "There is this edict in the upper mission, why didn't you show it earlier?" ”

Lin Tailai said lightly: "I originally wanted to get along with you as an ordinary messenger, but I didn't expect to get in exchange for estrangement." ”

Wen Langzhong hurriedly defended: "This is not alienation, but a question of responsibility. Responsibility is heavier than Mount Tai, can it be called alienation? ”

If Lin Tailai fully cooperates as soon as he speaks, then all the responsibility is his own, and he will bear all the responsibility if something goes wrong.

Now that he has the order of the household department, he fully cooperates with Lin Tailai, and the responsibility is all that of the household department, and he is just carrying out the order.

Lin Tailai didn't bother to care about it anymore, and directly gave orders, "Listen to me now, April is the customary month of the opening of the horse market, is it time to transfer the horse price to the border market?" ”

Wen Langzhong replied: "Yes, the first batch of 60,000 taels has been sent from Jingshi to Benku, and the next step is to allocate it to Zhangjiakou Fort according to the situation of Gong City." ”

"Let's pause!" Lin Tailai said simply and rudely.

Wen Langzhong was stunned for a moment, and reminded: "Before going to Zhangjiakou Fort, the manager of the North Road and the manager of Ma Shi, Wang Dashen, instructed not to delay the price of the horse.

The upper cha didn't know that this Wang Dashen was the eldest son of Da Situ. ”

Lin Tailai said impatiently: "This official is still the elder of this Wang Dashen!" He called me Daddy! ”

Wen Langzhong: "."

Sorry, it's too much to talk about.

Lin Tailai said again: "Go and tell the horse market that the situation is special this year, and Ben Qin has been ordered to patrol the border, and he wants to re-examine the qualifications of the northern captives to participate in the tribute market!" ”

Hearing this, Wen Langzhong began to really pay attention to the young Qincha in front of him.

This kind of means of raising the banner and creating an audit link without auditing is an old bureaucrat at first glance, and it is categorically impossible to continue to despise.

In fact, if you can't grasp the treasury of the household department, these orders are - you don't care about the money, and no one cares about the audit or not.

But Lin Tailai was sitting in the judgment hall of the Ministry of Household Affairs to give orders, and he was obviously powerful.

Immediately, Lin Tailai took out the recent document from the household department, and instructed Wen Langzhong: "Transfer the funds signed by the governor to Shenwen and return them all!" ”

Wen Langzhong persuaded him: "No, this is too unprofessional, we mainly pay attention to a procrastination trick."

When encountering that kind of unreasonable request from above, you can just put it and eat the ashes first, and there is no reason to return the original directly. 、

If that is the case, it will be a bit of a provocation from above, and the approach is really inappropriate. ”

Lin Tailai asked rhetorically: "Are you teaching me to do things?" ”

Wen Langzhong sighed secretly, the professional reputation of the Xuanfu Household Department was only afraid that it would plummet.

Then Lin Tailai looked around the hall again, "This official looks, your judgment hall is good, and you have borrowed the office for the time being." ”

Wen Langzhong felt that he was going to be depressed and didn't want to talk anymore.

Just today, Xu Shouqian, the governor of Xuanfu, received a mysterious guest from the north.

The guest who was sitting opposite Governor Xu, with big rings in his ears, a blue brocade jacket with half arms on his upper body, and a silk skirt on his lower body, was a beautiful young woman full of alien customs.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, except for the border market, the northern captives were not allowed to enter the border wall, let alone go deep into the interior.

Even ceremonies such as tribute and canonization had to be carried out outside the border walls with tents and ceremonial platforms.

There is only one exception, that is, the third lady of the largest pro-Han faction among the leaders of the Northern Captives. The Ming Dynasty officials acquiesced to the fact that the three ladies could quietly operate in the border towns and contact the border town officials.

For example, in previous years, the personal relationship between Sanniangzi and Zheng Luo, the former governor of Xuanda, was very good, and it is said that the two got along like father and daughter.

The third lady can casually enter Governor Zheng's living place, and if she sees good things, she can also take them away without seeing them.

But Zheng Luo has been transferred back to Jingshi as the governor of Beijing, and Sanniangzi has lost her most trusted border town boss, and she can only change people to seek support, so she has to visit Governor Xu.

Although the third lady does not know Chinese characters, she has taught herself to speak Chinese, and she is not very fluent, but she has no problem with basic communication.

At this time, she said to Governor Xu: "Can the reward issued by the Ming court to Zhangjiakou Fort be increased by half this year?" From 180,000 taels to 270,000? ”

The so-called silver reward here is actually the price of silver.

In the official concept of the Ming court, the nature of the horse market is a tribute market, the nature of the Beiyu selling horses is tribute, and the nature of the horse price given by the imperial court is reward.

Therefore, the official purchase of 30,000 horses by the imperial court in the horse market is that in the political context, the Great Ming Dynasty received a tribute of 30,000 horses from the northern captives, and then rewarded the northern captives with 180,000 taels of silver.

Of course, this price is indeed not expensive, and both parties have their own gains, and they are all happy.

Therefore, the meaning of the third lady's request for "an increase of 90,000 yuan in silver" is actually to implore the Ming court to take out 90,000 taels of silver more than the original quota, so that the northern tribes can sell 15,000 more horses.

These extra benefits will be used by the third lady to win over some tribes and support her son Butashri to ascend to the throne.

Governor Xu laughed a few times and replied: "Ninety thousand is too much, how about sixty thousand?" ”

Then he emphasized, "Can Madame understand what this court meant?" ”

In addition to her beauty, the third lady is also known for her intelligence, how can she not hear it.

Isn't it just to apply for 90,000 yuan from the imperial court, but in fact, it only means to allocate 60,000?

Then the third lady replied: "Sixty thousand taels cannot be exchanged for fifteen thousand horses, at least seventy-five thousand taels are needed." ”

90,000 minus 75,000, what can be left for Governor Xu to embezzle, can only be 15,000, no more.

Governor Xu said dissatisfiedly: "Can you still get the support of this court, which is only worth 15,000 taels?" ”

At this moment, a master walked in and whispered a few words to Governor Xu.

Governor Xu's face changed, and he blurted out a scolding: "What kind of king is this? Where did he think this Xuanfu was? ”

(End of chapter)