At the beginning of the 19th year of Zhenguan, an official document from the Inner Servant Province reached the Qianzhou Mansion: because the Tang Dynasty won a complete victory in the east and west directions - the East subdued Goryeo, so that Gai Suwen swallowed his anger. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info expand the territory of the West and consolidate the security environment along the Silk Road, His Majesty decided to have a good New Year.

All sides must make some preparations, reduce the tax by 10% throughout the world, exempt them from mediocre labor for one month, and pardon a number of prisoners. And Chang'an City will also have a new atmosphere to welcome the New Year.

As for the Ministry of Internal Servants, the six subordinate bureaus: the Imperial Court, the Palace Bureau, the Xiguan Bureau, the Inner Servants Bureau, the Inner Fang Bureau, and the Inner Government Bureau, in all aspects of preparation, of course, the lighting problem in the palace at night must be considered.

How do you celebrate the New Year in the dark?

Therefore, in the past, according to the regulations, the number of candles contributed by Qianzhou was much more. Qianzhou had already handed over the amount stipulated in the annual regulations a month in advance, and this time it was necessary to levy more.

White wax, red candles, gold candles, giant candles placed in the wall of the main hall, ordinary lighting in the halls of the inner hall and concubines, lanterns, sacrifices, tributes, long-bright, short-burning, all of them, so that the high trial line has a headache.

There wasn't much time left for him, and he only had about ten days to cut out the distance.

He called the treasurer, who was in charge of the matter, and asked him for his number. The treasurer of Qianzhou, an official in his fifties, took the account book and reported them to Lord Shi one by one according to the number of varieties listed in the official documents.

There are still a lot of accumulations in the treasury in Qianzhou in previous years, but there is still a lot of shortage of the amount requested by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He made a rough estimate and emptied the warehouse in Qianzhou, and there were still 4,200 candles of various types.

Assassin Shi Dadao, "Then arrange people quickly and make it immediately!" ”

"My lord, it's too late to collect and cook the tree species temporarily! And...... There is nothing left to be done in the counties below us......"

The senior judge asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Treasurer Road, my lord, open up the wasteland...... All the trees that grow everywhere and are easy to collect have been cut down. It's not that we have nowhere to pick, as long as we arrange people to go to the cliffs and mountains that can't be cleared, we can also pick enough eucalyptus species, but time waits for no one!

Gao Xianxing understood that what he said was not a lie, and even if he had collected enough tree seeds, it would be too late to make them. He waved his hand and told the treasurer to go down first, arrange for the existing ones to be carefully packed and bundled, and wait for his orders. Then he went back to the inner house to see his wife.

Cui Shi was also very anxious when he heard his words, "Master, how is this good, this is not your negligence, we must find a way to make up for it as soon as possible!" ”

Gao Xianxing spread his hands and said with some annoyance, "It's just that time waits for no one!" After I took office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs finally came to Qianzhou for the first time, but I couldn't do it. ”

The actual impact of this matter is not as great as the lack of candles to hit Lord Thorn Shi. If the existing candles are transported to Chang'an, it will not have too bad an impact.

Because the habit of those officials and chamberlains is always to use one for three, the number will not be left unsurplus. And they should always know how to apply it as appropriate, and if it is really not enough, and then send it down, it will leave time for Qianzhou to rush to the system.

It's just that for the high-level judges, who have always demanded that they be very strict, this incident is undoubtedly too sad for him - he is an official who demands perfection in everything.

Cui Shi looked at her husband, who knew him well, and knew the torment in his heart, she thought about it and said to him, "Master, you call Li Yin to discuss, maybe he has some way!" ”

When Li was invited, Lord Thorn Shi and his wife were received by him in the inner house, and such a hasty matter should be strictly controlled by those in the know, and it was not good to put it in the main hall to shout loudly.

Thorn Shi enthusiastically gave up his seat to Li Shiling, and Yahuan was there, but Mrs. Cui personally made him a cup of tea and served it to Li Yin in person.

Li Yin carefully held the teacup with both hands, and slowly rubbed his hands on the teacup, and he didn't drink it, just held it so uprightly. He said to the assassin, "My lord, the number of candles that the Inner Servant Province wants, what is lacking is still conceivable. ”

The senior trial bank hurriedly bowed down and asked.

Li Yin said, "Of course, we can't rush now, we can go to the surrounding state capitals to buy it, as long as we grasp it tightly, we must have time in time." ”

"What Master Li said is not unreasonable, but this is a matter of asking for people, what if someone wants to watch the excitement?" It seems that the official needs to write a letter asking for candles in his own hand and send it to a neighboring state! ”

Li Yin said, "My lord, no need, in that case, it will really become a begging for someone, but something may really happen." ”

Mrs. Cui asked him, "So, according to your intentions, Lord Li, what should we do?" ”

Li Yindao, "I will do the business according to the lower officials, so I sent a letter to the neighboring state capitals in the name of the Qianzhou Municipal Ordinance Bureau, explaining the deadline, and the lower officials guessed that it would be successful." ”

Gao Shen said, "It's not good, it's so urgent, we always ask for help...... Isn't it a little inappropriate for this official not to come forward......"

Cui Shi had already understood what Li Yin meant, and said to the high judge, "Master...... There is some truth in what Master Li said, if you come forward to ask for it, it will show that Qianzhou is stretched in this matter, and maybe someone will really watch the excitement. It's enough for Master Li to do it! This has turned 'begging' into normal official business -- after all, Chang'an wants Daqing is not every year, we are doing things for Chang'an, who dares to slack off? ”

Li Yin said, "Madame is really ......" He wanted to say that he was smart, but in this way, he was not smart.

Gao Xianxing said with a smile, "Master Li might as well say it, Madame's intelligence is not as good as her eyebrows!" ”

Li Yin finally said, "What my lord said is that Mrs. Cui's mind is exquisite, like the blue of nine holes, which is not something we can guess. ”

Cui's heart was slightly upset, and he glanced at him, not wanting him to say anything more. And Li Yin had already swallowed the tea in the cup in one gulp, got up and said to Thorn Shi and Mrs. Thorn Shi, "Xiaguan will do it." ”

The history of the high thorn has been settled, and he got up and went out.

When Yahuan went to clean up the teacups on the table, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Madam, come and see, Master Li has such a hobby of eating tea." ”

Cui Shi was stunned when she looked at it, because she found that in the cup she brought him, there were only a few tea roots on the wall of the cup, and most of them were swallowed by him even with tea and water.

The lady said to Yahuan, "You, you can't be so careless in seeing things!" I guess he was reluctant to give up such a precious tea. This tea is as expensive as gold, and I only put it in a small ...... But if you have the opportunity to give it to him in the future, you don't necessarily need him to eat it all. ”

Yahuan said, "Madame is stingy, you and Lord Thorn Shi have a request for him, but you are reluctant to put a pinch of tea!" ”

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Eight days later, Qianzhou City ordered Li Yin to purchase all the 4,200 candles of various types that were missing, not only in surplus, so that they could carefully select them, but also store the remaining ones in the treasury.

The sudden task of the Ministry of Internal Service caused panic to Gao Thorn Shi was solved only because of Li Yin. He invited Li Yin to the inner house again and asked him what happened, "Master Li must have run a lot of places, right?" ”

Li Yindao, "My lord, this is not Li Yin's work, although I am a city order, but it is the city order of Qianzhou, and it is also an official letter from the city order office, but because it is from Qianzhou, it cannot be underestimated, but it is the prestige of the tall man who is at work." ”

Gao Xianxing understood what he said, Qianzhou is dominated by Gaofu people, and those governors of the surrounding state capitals don't know that the current momentum of Gaofu is in full swing!

Li Yin said, "Xiaguan only went to Langzhou to see his newly made friends, but the subordinates sent by Xiaguan to other places all felt the prestige of Lord Assassin Shi after they came back. ”

Gao Xianxing was very happy, and immediately said to him, "I don't worry about others escorting, then Master Lao Li will go to Chang'an, and don't delay this matter." ”