The weather did not improve, and the situation in the capital became severe, and there were many chaos in which the people gathered to make trouble. Quan knew that Zhang Guan of Kaifeng Mansion had nothing to do, and even asked the Imperial City Division to participate in the strong bombing.

The Imperial City Division is the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven, and the bureaucrats and doctors are extremely strict in guarding against the personnel of the Imperial City Division from participating in the security of the capital. Zhang Guan's idea caused public outrage at once, and the internal and external chapters were not endless.

On the 28th, Zhang Guan, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, was dismissed and went out of Mengzhou.

Kaifeng could not do without the prefect, and the Zhongshu drew up a candidate, with Fan Wei, who was still staying in the capital under the pretext of the aftermath of the ceremony, as the first candidate. As a result, the emperor Zhao Zhen did not choose the third envoy Cheng Lin.

The three envoys were vacant, and Zhongshu once again took Fan Wei as the first choice.

At the same time, Xu Shen, the judge of salt and iron, cast miscellaneous iron and copper coins to no avail, and wasted a huge amount of precious fuel, and also became the target of fire. In particular, Kou Xuan, the former envoy of the Third Division, who returned to Beijing to report on his work, said that he should be severely punished for bringing disaster to the country and the people.

On the 29th, Xu Shen dismissed the salt and iron judges. However, Yousi still had illusions about miscellaneous iron money, so he asked Xu Shen to be reappointed as the transfer envoy of Jiangnan East Road, and continued to study the minting of new money, and minted one million yuan of new money for a year.

On the same day, Zhao Zhen once again unexpectedly did not choose Fan Yan, but chose Kou Ying as the new third envoy.

At this point, both inside and outside the DPRK knew that the emperor had no intention of changing the candidate for Yong Langlu's pacification envoy, and Lu Yijian was completely dead set on letting Fan Yi officially prepare to go to Lingnan to take office.

On the 30th, according to the suggestion of the new third envoy Kou Xuan, Ren Bu, the deputy envoy of salt and iron, was promoted to the right counselor and went out of the Zhending Mansion. Xu Ping, the former judge of salt and iron and Langzhong of the military department, was promoted to deputy envoy of salt and iron. According to the nomination of Kou Ying and Xu Ping, the former Yongzhou Tong sentenced Han Zong and the Dianzhong Chengzhiguan Taoxian Guo Zheng as the new salt and iron judges.

Within a few days, the three divisions completed a major blood change.

At this time, the charcoal sent out in the palace was about to be sold out, and the weather was still not improving, and the sober-minded officials understood that at this point, they might really have to distribute charcoal by household according to Xu Ping's proposal. For Xu Ping's ascension to the high position of deputy envoy of salt and iron for a few months, no one came out to make irresponsible remarks.

If there is any official in the court who has a resume similar to Xu Ping, it is only the new third envoy Kou Ying.

Kou Yang came from a humble background, and after entering the Shidengdi, he served as the military magistrate of Pengzhou, captured Li Shunyu, Xie Caisheng and others and sent them to Beijing. Since then, bandits have been brought out in the Sichuan Gorge, or barbarians have made trouble, and they have recruited Kou Yang many times to recruit or beg, but they have never missed. In addition to not having the same huge military exploits as Xu Ping, and missing such an eye-catching political achievement as the sugar cane business, Kou Yang's resume is better than Xu Ping's.

But Kou Ying is very unlucky, or it is the character that determines the fate, several times because of the improper dismissal of the son or the recommendation of the talent and was demoted, ups and downs, the biggest time the official is to the matter, the third envoy. Of course, Kou Ying's most unfortunate thing is that he has a very good relationship with Ding Wei, although after Ding Wei's downfall, one is because he is capable, and the other is mostly a personal relationship with Ding Wei, and he is not considered a political party, so he is not too implicated, but the label of Ding Wei's party attached to his body cannot be removed. was even called "Jiangxi Sanrui" by Emperor Zhenzong, and Cheng Pengqi, the well-known secretary of the article, made a special article "Lost Dog Fu" to satirize Kou Ying after the fall of Ding Wei. Now that Peng Qi has passed away, the lost dog has become Kou Ying's nickname.

Ten years have passed, and Ding Wei's influence has finally faded away, and now it is Lu Yijian's era in the court, but Kou Yang is also old. This time he re-entered the third division, it was his last fight, whether he could be in the last position of his life and enter the political hall, it depends on this time.

On the first day of November, Xu Ping went to the court, thanked him, and returned to the Sansi Yamen after the next court.

Han Zong was originally on standby in Beijing, but immediately after being reappointed as the judge of salt and iron, Xu Ping came to see him as soon as he came back.

This is his old subordinate, who has formed a tacit understanding over the years, looking at Han Zong, Xu Ping's somewhat depressed mood since returning to the capital has finally improved.

After some gossip, Xu Ping said: "From now on, you will be in charge of the soldiers, the army, the commercial tax and the establishment of cases, Guo Jian will not arrive in the capital until a few days, and you will also take care of the other three cases these days." ”

Han Zong promised.

Xu Ping said: "These days, the most important thing is the heating of the capital. Today, the first day of the new year, the day of the tenth estimate, you will go with you in a while. The charcoal store has not lowered the price on the days when the government sells charcoal, and what they think is that they will sell as much as they want when the officialdom sells out. Then you tell them that before the snow in the capital melts and the ground dries, the price of charcoal is set at 100 wen per person, and if they think they can't afford it, they won't sell it. There is also a charcoal line, which is set at one hundred and twenty Wen, and the price is not allowed to increase until the snow dries. Let's see how long these lines can last, if they can't be suppressed this time, it will be more and more difficult to estimate the price in the future, and it will be up to them to do it well. ”

Han Zong said: "I understand, I will do what the chief wants." However, I don't know how much charcoal the government has stored now, if the charcoal store is closed, the people have nowhere to buy charcoal, maybe something big will happen. ”

"Cheng Lin is not Zhang Guan, with him as the prefect of Kaifeng, where will there be that kind of chaos? After a while, I went to the provincial lord, and after the discussion, the provincial lord came forward to find Kaifeng Mansion, and there must be a safe way to come out. ”

"The lowly man understands, and this is gone."

After sending Han Zong away, Xu Ping looked at the file in front of the case. He himself has been the judge of salt and iron for many days, and he understands everything, and Ren Bu has nothing to explain, nothing more than some daily chores.

The Third Division is a department with a deep bureaucracy, and all official affairs have rules to follow, and most of the public officials are also proficient. To put it mildly, most departments can still operate normally without the chief officer.

Now Xu Ping doesn't want to make a lot of trouble, except for a few important things, such as stopping the minting of new money, everything else is doing things according to the usual routine for the time being. In any case, we must first deal with the weather crises we are facing.

After dealing with some paperwork, he didn't wait for Xu Ping to find Kou Ying, he first went to the Salt and Iron Division to find Xu Ping.

After letting the seat pass, and letting the miscellaneous officials serve tea, Xu Ping said: "On the first day of taking office, the lower official was going to visit the provincial lord, how dare he labor the provincial lord to move to the company!" ”

Kou Ying said: "It's just a false courtesy, what do you care about!" In today's extraordinary times, we should make extraordinary contributions and cannot be postponed for a moment. This afternoon, the Holy Lord summoned me to have a prelude to Kaifeng Mansion, and I will listen to your opinion first. ”

Xu Ping said respectfully: "I am young and shallow, what knowledge can I have?" However, now that the weather is very cold, the charcoal sent out in the palace is about to be sold out, and it is no longer possible to expect how much charcoal is sent out in the palace. In extraordinary times, I suggest that I discuss with the Kaifeng Prefecture and order the charcoal store and the charcoal store to be sold at 100 wen and 120 wen per person before the snow melts dry, and those who raise the price without authorization will be considered illegal. The charcoal that is now concentrated will immediately let the Kaifeng Prefecture count the household registration and prepare to distribute it according to the household. Spend this cold time first, and then slowly theorize. (To be continued.) )