Lu Yu has not been in the capital recently, and for more than half a month, Lu Yu, who has just been promoted to the head of the household department, has been in Jizhou Mansion.

After turning around from Nanjing, the Huguang warehouse grain that was finally escorted to Jizhou Mansion has been put into storage, and the difference between the account books and the grain storage is not large, except for the loss on the road, there is almost a little overflow. This year's spring grain harvest is a bumper harvest compared to the past, and Lu Yu thought to himself that if the grain in Shanxi and Henan is the same as that in Huguang, then the grain depot of the imperial court this year will be less stressful.

Today is the time to return to Beijing, and Lu Yu has been taking the official road post all the way.

On the one hand, the official road is convenient, whether it is a carriage or a horse, you will definitely be able to return to the capital within three days.

On the other hand, there have been voices in the DPRK and China recently about the abolition of some official road post stations, and Lu Yu was instructed by Xu Guangqi and Sun Chengzong to inspect the actual use of official road post stations in the Gyeonggi area when he was in foreign affairs.

After all, with the exception of the Gyeonggi region and the thoroughfares of various prefectures, the cabinet believed that most of the official posts were purely a waste of the imperial court's money and grain, and had no real results. In these years, the wars were concentrated in the two southeastern provinces or Liaodong, and there were no wars in other places. Of course, the peasant army and the conscription mutiny were not within the scope of consideration of the court elders.

When he knew that the Hubu squire was about to stay at the Yingzhou Mansion Station, the stationmaster Shi Xun began to prepare, ordered the kitchen to prepare sumptuous delicacies, and asked the subordinates to clean up a separate courtyard room for Lu Yu to rest, and at the same time ordered the little officials to fill the manger with fine wheat stalks and ears of grain, and buckets of clear spring water, so that Lord Lu's mount could be full of food and drink.

"Lord Lu, you have worked hard all the way," Shi Xun stepped forward and bowed down to welcome Lu Yu into the post station.

Counted, the household yamen is regarded as the direct yamen of each official post station, and its thirteen Qing officials are in charge of tribute, the grain and salary of the guards, as well as the money and grain of the clan and the warehouses, salt taxes, and banknotes. This includes the distribution of silver at the post station.

"This official has come all the way, it belongs to you here, the house is like a house, the back trough of the carriage and horses is neatly arranged, the front and back canteens, and there is a house behind," Lu Yu put his hands behind his back, nodded, glanced around, and nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, really good, after the official returns to Beijing, he will say a few good words for you in the Hubu Cangchang Division." ”

"Thank you, sir, please come here," Shi Xun looked flattering, hunched over and led Lu Yu to the backyard.

At this moment, a fierce quarrel was suddenly heard outside the post station.

"Isn't this the best grain and grass and wheat stalks? Why don't you fill my mount with it! If you are so low-eyed, if you were in Liaodong, you would have been sent by the chief military officer to wash the toilet in the horse market! ”

A shopkeeper with a Liaodong accent was arguing with the little official outside the post station about something.

"Lord Lu, forgive me, the little one will send someone to send the soldiers away." Shi Xun originally served Lu Yu carefully, thinking that if he could climb Lu Yu's thigh, he would one day be transferred back to the capital, and be the head of the capital post station was also the ancestral tomb of the green smoke, but now that he was disturbed, his face sank, and he immediately had to reflexively go out to clean up the soldiers.

"Slow," Lu Yu heard the voice outside the door, first raised his eyebrows, and when he heard the word 'Liaodong', he stretched out his arm to block Shi Xun, and walked outside the post station.

Shi Xun was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what the situation was, so he could only follow Lu Yu and go out of the post station together.

"Are you a soldier in Liaodong?" Lu Yu walked outside and asked his entourage to bring the soldier over.

"My lord, the small one is from Ningyuan City, Liaodong, galloping all the way, with eight hundred miles of urgency, to send a report to the cabinet of the capital!" The shopkeeper didn't know Lu Yu, but when he looked at his clothes in Zhu Zi, he knew that he was a big official, and he knew that it was not easy to mess with, so his attitude also lowered: "It's all the little officials of the post station who look down on people and don't provide food and grass for the small mounts and war horses, disturbing the adults, please forgive me." ”

"What's the matter with Liaodong?" Lu Yu sighed lightly, wouldn't it be so coincidental to let himself run into Liaodong's report again?

The shopkeeper looked up at Lu Yu, as if he was considering whether to show the letter to the adult.

After all, the eight-hundred-mile rush was nonsense by himself, and what he sent was just a letter of advice from the Liaodong General Army to the court, and it was nothing to see it or not.

"In front of you is Lord Lu, the head of the household department," Lu Yu's personal entourage saw this and introduced Lu Yu's identity to him.

"This official has a very personal relationship with the general army of Liaodong and the Marquis of Dingyuan, you can rest assured," Lu Yu said as he angrily scolded Shi Xun behind him: "Chief Shi, how do you do things?" Liaodong's 800-mile expedited army, dare to slack off? In the long run, the major affairs of the family and the country will be worse than your hands! ”

"The small ones will be changed, and the small ones will be replaced, and good meals will be served," Shi Xun was glared at by Lu Yu, and immediately bowed down to admit his mistake, and at the same time said to the soldiers: "The military master will take care of it, and the small ones will change the grain and grass for your love horses."

"You come with me!" Lu Yu beckoned and brought the shop into the post station.

Not long after, in the backyard of the house.

"What's the matter with Liaodong?" Lu Yu only knew that the Ming army retreated to the front line of Ningyuan City, and he didn't know what happened specifically.

"Marquis Dingyuan asked the little one to send a letter to the cabinet princes and the imperial court," the shop soldier stood in front of Lu Yu, and his expression was respectful, but he didn't know what was written in the letter.

Lu Yu saw that the soldiers didn't understand what he meant, so he repeated: "In other words, after Wang Qi arrived in Liao, what was Xiong Tingbi still doing in Ningyuan City?" ”

"Well, if you go back to your lordship," Pu Bing nodded, and then returned: "Xiong Xianggong is in charge of civil affairs, and Dingyuan Hou is in charge of military affairs, and the two cooperate, Ningyuan City is temporarily stable, and Houjin has no sign of continuing to go south for the time being." ”

Xiong Tingbi and Wang Qi have cooperated!

Lu Yu's eyes flashed, as if the Lord had grasped some key information.

Wrong!

Lu Yu immediately denied his idea, and then said: It should be Wang Qi who forced Xiong Tingbi to cooperate with him!

This letter is a letter of nomination!

At this time, if Lu Yu can take the first step, hand over the recital to the court, and suggest that Wang Qi and Xiong Tingbi govern Liaodong together, then while showing favor to Wang Qi, he can also let Donglin and Chu Dangsheng their own benefits!

"Climbing on the thigh of Dingyuan Hou, this official seems to have been lucky from then on, and Qingyun has gone straight up!"

Thinking of this, Lu Yu patted his thigh and raised his eyes to look at the shop: "This place is not far from the capital, it is not a short time, wait until you are full of food and drink, you will go again, it is hard work." ”

Lu Yu didn't pay attention to the reaction of the soldiers, and got up straight and walked towards the outside of the post station.

He had to rush back to the capital as soon as possible to play the book to the court.

At this time, everyone in the court, from the emperor to the hundred officials, was waiting for Wang Qi's recital from Liaodong.

Keeping up with Wang Qi's next step, he may hope to covet the threshold of the cabinet.

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