Chapter 715: Seeking fame and fortune is the way of an official

Accustomed to living in eight seats, accustomed to exquisite food and thoughtful service, Qin Huaijin, who had been hiding outside for four or five days, returned to his magnificent Shibo Mansion and saw the young and beautiful concubines, using those carefully found gorgeous utensils, and the indecent cloth shirt also turned into silk and satin, but his heart was full of fear and anger.

The Dusi Domain Division and the Zhan Si declared to the outside world that he needed to recuperate after falling into the water, and there were assassins in front of him, so the Guangdong Dusi dispatched two hundred soldiers for the first time to surround his Shibo Mansion like an iron bucket, and even the servants were forbidden to enter and go to buy, and all the food was sent in by a special person, and he, the admiral and eunuch of the City Bo Division, was like a prisoner. That's not all, the servants who served beside him also changed a few unfamiliar faces, and it is said that they were all sent by Yu Liang and Li Long on both sides of the command. Because of "bedridden", not only were his wives and concubines not allowed to trespass, but he couldn't even walk out of the room by himself.

At this moment, lying stiffly on the bamboo couch, he stared at the dozing little guy on the small pestle in front of the door, and only made up his mind for a long time. After many days of observation, he understood the origin of the four people who often came and went in his house, so he slammed the bed and shouted, "Someone! ”

The young guy who was sleeping sweetly like a chicken pecking rice suddenly jumped up, opened his eyes and rubbed it vigorously, he trotted to the bamboo couch, and asked with a smile: "What do you have to tell Gonggong Qin?" ”

"You spread the news for our family."

As soon as he heard this, the little guy was suddenly a little embarrassed, and hurriedly laughed and said: "Father-in-law, it's not that the little ones don't obey orders, it's really that Li Dushuai, Zhang Fantai and Yu Zhentai all have constitutional orders, saying that your father-in-law needs to recuperate, and this outside matter must not be alarmed, and don't let you worry about other things." Now that the Sansi Yamen is working hard to investigate the matter of your overboard and assassins before, you can rest assured that you ......"

The little guy said it smoothly, Qin Huaijin didn't know what was wrong with it. His people have fallen into the hands of others, and the treasures shipped out at that time are all in vain, since he is empty of people and money, and he is a person who has already stepped into the ghost gate with most of his feet, and he is not willing to drag a few more backs, even if he goes to Jiuyou Huangquan. Therefore, seeing that the little guy lowered his eyebrows and persuaded him again and again, he said with a smile: "If our family is not mistaken, are you a person from Lord Yu?" ”

"Yes......"

"If you send a letter to Master Yu, you will say that our family has something to say to him. He was a servant of Shaoqing, if he still wants to go back to the dynasty and take a step forward, please come here to meet our family, and our family has a great merit to send it away. He is not very old, if this appointment is done well, after returning to the court, there is still hope for the Shangshu of the Criminal Department or the deputy capital of the Imperial Palace. ”

When the little guy left in a hurry, Qin Huai smiled cautiously. Sitting quietly on the couch for a quarter of an hour, he suddenly swept the plum blossom high table on the side with one hand, and swept the tea trays, tea cups, teapots, and so on to the ground. The sound of ping-pong suddenly alarmed the outside. Soon, a man with five big and three thick men ran in. He didn't have the dexterity of the little guy in front of him, and when he saw this place, he frowned: "Father-in-law Qin, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Are you Li Dushuai's family?"

Facing such a rough man, Qin Huaijin naturally got straight to the point. After drawing a gourd and telling the matter again, and making another appointment, he saw the big man go out with a suspicious face. It was only then that he put his two hands together, and the thumb of his right hand pinched the palm of his left hand with his nails.

Li Long and Yu Liang both sent people to spy on him, why didn't they see Zhang Yue's people? That kid doesn't want to take advantage of him?

Although Zhang Yue, the political envoy of Zuobu, was appointed as a new official, the two chief officials of the capital division and the division were only a year earlier than him. It is inevitable to be controlled by others when they first arrive, and they have only gradually gained a foothold until now, and this time they were mixed with Zhang Yue's clever words, and it is precisely because of the words fame and fortune. At this moment, the chief officials of the three divisions of the yamen gathered in the signing room of the Guangzhou government office, and listened to the scribes crackling and counting the calculations, and the expressions of the three people with similar official ranks were different. And Li Wenchang was indifferent, as if he didn't care about anything. Li Zhifu, who was originally the serious host here, was also like an escort, and he didn't even dare to make a sound.

Li Long was transferred from Xining, a bitter cold place, to Guangdong, and he was not used to the heat of Guangdong—more importantly, Guangdong was not a border area, and there were not many garrisons, so it was much more difficult to get oil and water from it than Xining, so he always wanted to get a piece of the pie in those places with the most benefits; Yu Liang has always thought that he was driven to Guangdong to be decentralized, and he was full of hope to return to the dynasty and ascend, although his family was rich, but it was several houses in charge of the joint management, and he refused to pay for his activities in Beijing; As for Zhang Yue...... He was already an extremely rich man himself, but looking at the four large boxes of gold and two large boxes of jewelry, he was also a little dazzled.

This statistical valuation took two days, and in order to accurately estimate the value of that batch of jewelry, the government also asked people to invite three old courtiers from the Guangzhou Open Source Pawnshop. Finally, the old scribe who was struggling to write rubbed his wrists, stood up, walked around the table with the list of ink that had not dried, walked forward quickly, bowed deeply, and said, "The three adults have been summed up. This is a concise list of things that have been registered......"

Li Longnai was a genuine martial artist, so he interrupted angrily at this time: "Don't be so long-winded, just report the number!" ”

The old scribe stole a glance at Zhang Yue and Yu Liang, and saw that none of them interjected, so he calmed down and said aloud: "A total of eight thousand taels of gold, and all kinds of jewelry ornaments are equivalent to about this amount of gold. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yue couldn't help frowning. These scribes did not use copper coins and treasure money to calculate the value of these things, naturally because the number was too large, and it was difficult for those who listened to it to convert it for a while. Today's gold and silver are still folk hard currency, the official price is one tael of gold for four taels of silver, one tael of silver for money or eighty yuan of treasure banknotes, but in private gold and silver shops and the black market, this official price has never been counted. The current price is one tael of silver to copper coins of 1,500 wen or two hundred taels of treasure banknotes, and one tael of gold can be exchanged for at least ten taels of silver, and due to frequent wars during the Yongle period, the highest even reached fifteen taels.

"Tut, it's really rich!"

Li Long said this on his lips, but he was envious and annoyed in his heart. It must be known that he has eaten a lot of empty quotas in Xining for eight years, plus he rubbed some oil on his weapons and uniforms, and in the end he only accumulated 10,000 or 20,000 yuan of silver. But a dead eunuch has gained more than scraping the ground for so many years in the city, so what is his exploit on the field?

Yu Liang was born in a scholarly family, although this number also shocked him, but he cared more about another thing, and immediately asked: "Since these have been verified, then the three of us should also be on the book." We were able to play before, I don't know what to do this time? Reasoning, according to the judges, it is the correction of impeachment......"

He stopped talking at this point, and Zhang Yue said: "Because of the case of the Suzhou prefect before, the emperor ordered the world to patrol the imperial history and not interfere in government affairs without authorization, but since this matter is not trivial, please also ask Lord Yu to meet the current patrol of the imperial history, and talk to people, we will play or we will always have to pull the patrol of the imperial history." Li Dushuai is not only in charge of the capital, but also personally led the soldiers to break such a conspiracy before, followed by Li Dushuai, Lord Yu is in the middle, I am new to the city, and I am at the bottom. ”

Hearing Zhang Yue's arrangement, Li Long and Yu Liang remembered that there was still a patrol in Guangdong. Although the Metropolitan Procuratorate is not as strong as before, it is rumored that Gu Zuo is not easy to deal with. After pondering Zhang Yue's words carefully, both of them felt seamless, so Li Long agreed without giving in, but Yu Liang habitually humbled a few sentences, and when he left. Both of them couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the gold jewelry that was sealed with the seal, and then they went out one after the other.

Du Si Zhensi and Guangzhou Mansion are not under the same unit, but Zhang Yue is the direct boss of Li Zhifu, so the two left, but Zhang Yue stayed behind. When he arrived at the three halls where the prefect lived on weekdays, he saw that Li Zhifu's face was a little frightened, so he casually picked a chair and sat down, and signaled that he didn't have to be restrained.

"These things are kept in the government office for the time being. Judging by Li Dushuai's meaning, someone will definitely be sent to guard it, so you don't have to worry about responsibility. It's just that all the scribes who participated in the preparation of the book and the courtiers who invited them had to be settled. ”

"Yes, Xia Guan understands."

"Did a few people from Lu Tuiguan's place confess anything new?"

Speaking of this, Governor Li suddenly felt a little unnatural. At that time, because of the overnight interrogation, there was no torture instrument to take advantage of, so although he asked for a confession, he was still a little uneasy, so as soon as he returned to the palace, he instructed Lu Tuiguan to use the torture to interrogate again, who knows again and again, this bamboo board broke two pieces, and the finger clamp stick was used for everything, but what was asked was still the original one. In order to prevent the important prisoner from dying, he could only ask people to quietly invite a doctor.

"My lord, although Lu Tuiguan tried his best to interrogate, those people were very stubborn, and they still bit the previous confession."

"Maybe they really don't know anything."

Zhang Yue shook his head thoughtfully, thinking that Zhang Qian was a lot older, and it was not an urgent matter to take office, so he would not rush all the way down, and it would take a month or two to arrive, and before that, Qin Huaijin would let Li Long and Yu Liang worry about it. Those two people, one is greedy for profit and the other is greedy for fame, and they must definitely treat people to death.

An outdated eunuch who has no backer and has been rejected by the emperor is not the best person for them to gain fame? When he first came to be isolated, he had to borrow from those two people, and since they both had weaknesses, things were much easier.

If a new jinshi releases the prefect, it will be difficult to deal with the affairs of a county, and the same is true for officials such as the prefect and political envoys. During the Yongle Dynasty, there was also a system of recommendation, and it was not uncommon to be promoted from cloth clothes to participate in political councils and even political envoys. But since the end of Yongle, such examples have become less and less, and finally disappeared completely, and the reason is that a person with no background can not fit in the intricacies of the political secretary. Therefore, Zhang Yue, as the youngest political envoy of the country, was stunned for a month in office because he did not make mistakes in official affairs, which surprised some subordinate officials.

In the evening of this day, it was easy to finish the affairs at hand, and when Fang Jing returned to the official office in the backyard, he happened to meet Zhang Yue who came back from outside, so he couldn't help muttering: "Third brother, dare you let me follow me to Guangdong, you are using me as a transcription!" There are also Li Guoxiu Rui Yixiang and a few of them, although they have not yet taken the fame test, but they are qualified to be county officials or the main bookkeeper. ”

Who makes these years not fashionable and what staff masters? But this is also a good thing, like those officials in later generations, they will not be able to be officials if they leave the criminal master and the money and grain master, and they only know how to make money!

Zhang Yue thought so in his heart, but said earnestly: "But all the literati with some ambitions want to take the imperial examination, or simply cultivate and study at home, or open a academy to teach and educate people, and there are only those swords and pens in this yamen." Don't look at these officials, if you ignore them, they will dare to do great things. Now that you are familiar with the format of official documents and the essence of the case files of the six rooms, you will not let your subordinates be fooled when you become officials in the future. ”

"It's for the third brother to teach them this, so they all work hard!" Fang Jing remembered that the guys who came out of the clan sect all worshiped Zhang Yue as a god, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at Zhang Yue again, and then muttered, "Originally, I thought the same way, but when I left, Brother Wan reminded me, saying that the third brother is loyal on the face, but in fact, he is shrewd, and you can only believe half of what you say......"

"How can Lao Wan dismantle my platform...... Forget it, don't talk about him, look back and see your brother, thank him for me, thanks to him for letting Xi'er report the news that day, and stabilizing Qin Yi, otherwise things wouldn't have gone so smoothly. ”

"Hey, of course, my eldest brother is the most capable!"

The official party of the Zhang Mansion was peaceful, and the official party of the Xiang Mansion next to it also gathered many people. According to reason, if an official is seriously ill and cannot be a director, he will also have to lack recuperation, but Xiang Shaoyuan has always been popular in the past few years in office, and it does not hinder anyone's way, no one wants to descend from the sky to a new domain at this moment, so a group of subordinate officials hid the matter and did not report it, but often came to see him, and the same was true on this day.

On the basis of the visit, a few people talked about Zhang Yue's arrival in the past few days, and Xu Tao sighed: "Zhang Fantai is naturally capable, but he is really arbitrary, and some things would rather be called to outsiders than let us interfere." It's like Qin Huaijin fell into the water and a group of people from the Guangzhou government were assassinated, and we were actually left outside......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xiang Shaoyuan, who was sitting on the big bed, coughing again and again, and could only stop his mouth. I thought that Xiang Shaoyuan was still the same as before, but who knew that after coughing for a while, he spit out an unexpected sentence.

"Not letting you get involved isn't necessarily a bad thing. If Li Long and Yu Liang thought that this thing was profitable and famous, they would stretch out their hands casually, and in the end, most of them would be asking for their own hardships. Let's not mention this now, just after the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be a lot of rain, and you need to be more careful. Granaries from all over the country sent people to count and count, just in case. ”