Obviously, the theory of feng shui is illusory, and the great master asked Bao Ba on the way and talked to Xu Song about the examination institute, and the other party definitely came to the examination center.

As for the intention of Lord Fan, the right attendant of the Nanjing Military Department, it is unknown.

In the room, after Xu Dai personally reported outside the door, Fan Shouji Shi Ran walked in.

When he saw the Great Grandmaster, Fan Shouji didn't seem surprised, but smiled and said, "Xiao Shigong, I didn't come here at the right time, I didn't expect Uncle Yi to be there!" ”

Because the title of the great grandmaster is the fourth grade, although Fan Shouji is younger than him, but the squire is the third grade, seeing Fan Shouji, he got up with a black face and saluted: "It turned out to be Lord Fan!" What brought Master Fan here? ”

Fan Shouji didn't care about the ridicule in his mouth, but smiled and said: "Uncle Yi is not strange, not long after he took office, he didn't go anywhere else, but he came to this Hailing County first!" ”

The two of them didn't talk speculatively, and each turned their heads with a cold snort.

At this time, Fan Shouji took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Xu Song: "Xiao Shigong, this is the letter that Lord Shoufu asked me to bring to you!" ”

Xu Song took the letter with his sick body, but he didn't open it, but put it next to his pillow and asked, "Why did Master Fan come to my Hailing?" Don't tell me in advance, I'll have someone pick you up! ”

Before Fan Shouji could speak, the Grand Grandmaster sneered, "What else can I do for it?" Someone must have made a cat and smelled fishy! ”

Fan Shouji smiled, did not answer, turned to Xu Song and said: "Jiangyanpu little thieves have made such a big move, and it has been delayed for a long time at this time, and the court is very concerned. ”

The three people present all knew that the so-called superintendent Chen Yingzhao's suppression of the bandits was a reason, but Xu Song and the Grand Master did not expose it.

The Grand Master sat on the stool and sneered all the time, but Xu Songdao nodded and said hard.

After a while, he asked Xu Dai to send off the guests on the grounds of poor health.

After the two left, today's matter was about to come to an end, but Xu Song ordered someone to call Xu He in.

After seeing Xu He, Xu Song sighed and said, "I'm afraid that your life will change." ”

Xu He was shocked when he heard this, he didn't know what was going on, he was the head of the county test and the government test, and he was a sure student, and his performance in front of the great master just now was almost perfect, but ......

Xu Song frowned, leaning on the head of the bed, the thick melancholy between his eyebrows lingering.

After a long time, he spoke: "This scholar is named Yang Yinqiu, Uncle Yi, there are three brothers in the family, although the elder brother Yang Yinchun and the younger brother Yang Yindong did not come out to be officials, they are very talented, and they are all celebrities around the East Palace!" ”

Xu Hexin said Okay, Uncle Yi, Uncle Yi, sure enough, it's two.

Xu Song continued: "This time he came, firstly, at the behest of His Royal Highness the Prince, and secondly, he was entrusted by the second assistant Xia Yangqiu, so that he could come to Hailing to try to collect the surplus salt in the hands of the two Huai salt field stove households through us, the head snake, and sell it, and the silver money earned was sent to the prince. ”

"Moreover, he also wants the old man to unite with his friends in the DPRK and China, and publicly recommend Xia Yangqiu's people to serve as the two Huai salt transporters, especially the transport judge in Yangzhou."

Xu He was shocked when he heard this.

In fact, the salt works are similar to villages, there are many wealthy stove households, and there are also many destitute stove households who do not even have production tools.

Wealthy stove households, like landlords, exploited the poor and destitute with seeds and fields by lending salt pans or production tools.

This situation has led to a phenomenon in which the destitute households have fled or taken refuge in the wealthy.

The state collects salt in a quantitative way for each household, and the extremely poor stove households have fled, but the rich stove households have mastered the human resources and means of production, so that their salt production often exceeds the limit of the imperial court's ration purchase by 1,000 times or 100 times.

Some people can't help but ask, the court doesn't accept your salt, are you stupid? And so much more?

How could these wealthy stove households be fools, the surplus salt in their hands is the largest source of private salt.

The imperial salt industry adopted the method of opening the middle, so that a large number of salt farmers fled to create a dilemma that the merchants had salt but could not mention the salt, and in addition, the illegal salt became more and more rampant, resulting in the state not being able to collect taxes.

In the past few years, the opening of China and France has been in vain, and the state finances have lost nearly 6 million taels of salt tax every year because of these two loopholes.

Xu He frowned and said: "Uncle, this Royal Highness the Crown Prince not only takes a fancy to the root and wants to earn this year's Lianghuai salt tax by indiscriminately issuing the root, but also wants to control the private salt by purchasing the surplus salt in the hands of the stove household." What the hell is he trying to do? These two things are major events that destroy the foundation of my Great Wei salt tax, isn't it clear to him as the prince of a country? ”

"So I don't want to get involved in this kind of thing, and I don't want the Xu family to get involved!" Xu Song sighed, "But this is tantamount to offending the prince and Xia Yangqiu, I don't care if I am an old man who is about to die, but your reputation ...... a student."

In his opinion, Xu He is the most likely talent of the Xu family in high school over the years, he thought that with the arrival of Yang Yinqiu, he would push Xu He, who would have thought that Yang Yinqiu would have another purpose.

Xu He said angrily: "Zi said: [On the relationship between the gentleman and the gentleman, and the color of the village? 】”

Seeing him suddenly say this, Xu Song was a little confused: "What? ”

Xu He sneered: "This great grandmaster, on the surface, is full of official authority, and he looks fair in what he says and does, but in fact, he privately helps the prince to do this kind of bad thing of destroying the foundation of the country and sucking the people's fat and ointment!" The nephew remembered the passage of the scriptures he had just taken the examination for others in the clan school. Sure enough, listen to his words, but also watch his deeds, know people and faces, but don't know their hearts! ”

Xu Song continued: "So, it seems that Master Fan just now is also the mouthpiece of a certain high-ranking person?" ”

Xu Song nodded and said: "He is the first assistant Qin Yan's person, Qin Yan and I are the same year, he wants to use the friendship of the same year to help him do the same thing!" ”

Xu He was so disappointed when he heard this, what happened to this country?

The emperor's two sons, the crown prince and the king of Qi, both had their own little Jiujiu.

Behind them stood the first and second assistants of the cabinet.

These people are not thinking about the future and destiny of the country, the life and death of the people, and the situation of internal and external troubles that cannot be worse, but they are thinking about how to continue to knock on the bones and marrow of this country and the people of this country.

It's rotten, it's rotten!

"Uncle, I understand, it's okay if this student doesn't do it!" Xu He can accept low-level officials like Hu Xiancheng to accept money to do things, but the princes, princes and auxiliary ministers of a country are also rotten, and he feels that this country is hopeless!

Xu Song glanced at Xu He deeply and said: "Don't be discouraged, this country, not only Qin Yan and Xia Yangqiu, the crown prince and the king of Qi sometimes talk not so useful, I hope you keep a useful body and hide your sword in the sheath!" Got it? ”

Xu He nodded dejectedly, what else can he do now?