Drunken Exquisiteness

The snow was lightly shattered, hitting the bicolor and golden glazed tiles, covering a thin layer. The cold wind blew and poured straight into people's necks, bitingly cold, and in a blink of an eye it was the severe winter.

Wei Zongping opened the curtain and entered the Shangshu Provincial Value Room. The charcoal heating came on his face. A stack of files was stacked in front of Yin Jian. He looked up from the front of the case and saw Wei Zongping. He stood up and said, "Wei Xiang."

The fine snow in the yard poured in with the rise and fall of the curtain, and the sound was not hot or cold. Wei Zongping did not notice, shaking off the snow on the cloak, and handed over a few edicts: "Look at it. , This month is silk again, and silk is discounted. In which period have you heard of it since ancient times? It’s the New Year’s Day, and the officials criticize it. Public opinion doesn’t look at it. What a thing!”

Yin Jianzheng received the edict and looked through it. It is said that public opinion is difficult to balance, but it is just to create a momentum, but how many of the central officials rely on salary alone? The discount is just wrong to those officials of small ranks. But if you are wronged, it doesn’t seem to be true now. Silk, which is more expensive than gold, was robbed by merchants as soon as it was released from the inner court, always holding high prices. The officials received no more than the original salary. less. Then the Western Regions abolished the ban. As long as the severe winter passes, the Central Plains and Western Regions will surely have endless traffic and smooth business routes, and there will be nothing to say about the Western Regions. This is really a matter of soldiers coming to cover the water and earth, and the response is seamless. But this is not the most irritating thing. Zheng Kao was ordered to supervise the household department. Not only did this year's money and grain accounts have been repeatedly reviewed, but the accounts over the years were also liquidated. It is inevitable that shortfalls are found. Fortunately, almost all of the supervisors sent by Yushitai a month ago had not made any contribution. The prefectures and counties had been prepared for it, and no one could find out.

"The snow is so big, and only a few edicts will bother the minister to come here in person, and let someone send it."

These are polite words. Of course, Wei Zongping did not come to Shang Shusheng for the sake of these edicts: "The prince's illness is no longer a serious problem, can you say?"

King Zhan has been quietly recuperating these days, and he should be almost better, but he has never seen them. Yin Jian was lowering his eyes, and seemed to continue to look at those edicts. He had already seen King Zhan. There were only people who wanted to see King Zhan, but some were missing. "It's not the root cause of the disease a day or two. I think it's not very good, and we are not good to bother. When there are troubles, I am very busy here. I haven't gone to greet the prince. It is not as easy as the guard."

Wei Zongping said: "After entering the New Year's Pass, all departments are busy, and I must not be free!"

Yin Jian was raising his eyes to see: "It's better than us, at least the Emperor's grace is mighty, and the members of the Wei family are honest and honest."

Wei Zongping finally heard something unusual in his words: "What does this mean?"

Yin Jianzheng didn't say much, just smiled: "Your Majesty's reliance on Wei Xiang is seen by everyone, congratulations Wei Xiang."

Wei Zong straightened up: "You mean my Wei family treats him as the master!"

Yin Jianzheng said: "The new master is coming to the court and moving forward to serve. This is also the best policy for wise protection. Your Majesty now denies the six relatives, and even the Feng family has moved, but only the Guardian Mansion is safe and sound. It shows that the holy family is generous!

"This..." Wei Zong was speechless. This time, there was a lot of trouble for the purpose of checking the deficit. Nasi Weiyun acted on orders, and he couldn't even pour drips in the iron plate. Once the lost accounts passed into his hands, he knew right or wrong immediately. According to the custom of the Ministry of Households in the past, as long as the department pays privately, almost the account will pass with one eye and one eye closed. But Siyun didn't eat hard and soft, and the real money was delivered to him. He set up a high platform in front of the official office. Whenever there was a bribe, he ordered someone to put it on the stage. The following is a list of who sent it, and then that person. Details of the number of shortfalls, for which I do not know how many people have been offended. Less than ten days after the deficit was cleared, he heard that the Mansion was on fire, and a mansion had destroyed the small side. The next day, Si Weiyun did his business as usual, without changing his face. In addition to the heavy gifts on Zhengkaosi’s high platform, there were many other things. There were hidden weapons and swords. Below it was written when and where he was killed. On average, it must be on the high platform every three days. There was something new, but Si Weiyun was always unscathed and went in and out calmly. Only the shortfalls in various parts of the center were investigated one after another, and a series of officials were involved.

The situation is fierce, but that's it. Wei's family went from clansman to disciple. However, Wei Zongping was also very surprised by the fact that Wei Zongping managed to deal with a few insignificant people. As the supervisor said, the holy servants are generous?

"What exactly is your majesty's mind, the old man is still not able to figure it out."

Yin Jianzheng sneered slightly: "Your Majesty's mind, presumably Wei knows better than anyone else, but don't forget that Wei Xiang, Ling Lang still has hundreds of thousands of deficits here."

Thinking of Wei Qian, his only son, Wei Zongping's heart tensed. The white head lost his son, and the words of Yin Jianzheng were really irritating. Even when he lowered his face, he said, "The people are all gone, what are you doing?"

Yin Jianzheng pointed out the edict on the case: "Didn't the Minister see? Your Majesty didn't even give his way to death. When a person died, his parents, children, grandchildren, children, relatives, and friends would pursue the same. The murder was nothing more than a point, but the debt collection Go chasing to Lord Yan, can Lang An survive? Wei Chengxin wants to pay the debts for the dead!"

Wei Zongping was unhappy: "Why do you worry about the old man's affairs!"

Not to mention that the Yin family and the Wei family are not harmonious at first. It is a recent matter. The Yin Supervisor is thinking that the Wei family eats inside and out, has long been dissatisfied, and immediately handed over: "In that case, please let the Minister please. !"

Wei Zongping also had a fierce temper, rushing into his sleeves, and said angrily: "Go your own way and say goodbye!"

The door curtain was lifted and threw it down. The wind and snow rushed into the room. Yin Jian was slamming the edict in his hand and stood up and shouted, "Come on, get ready for the car!"

Xiaoxue didn't stop, fluttering and spinning down. The carriage has been walking for a long time, and the anger in Yin Jianzheng's heart has not subsided. When he was almost at the Palace of Zhan, he lifted the curtain of the car and suddenly shouted: "Stop!"

The carriage was parked on the spot, and someone was standing high on a bluestone arch bridge in front. He got out of the car and walked quickly to the bridge, and shouted at the front: "Master!"

The man turned around and turned out to be King Zhan. He was wearing a pure white crane cloak while the snow was flying. The jade band between his hair was light, and Junyi's face was thin and thin.

A lot of snow fell on his shoulders, and he seemed to have been standing here for a while. "Master, it's cold and snowy, why are you standing here?"

Seeing that it was him, Ye Tianzhan raised his head slightly to indicate that Jianzheng Yin looked across the bridge. Over there is the most prosperous commercial city in Shangjiufang, with more than 3,000 square meters, looking like one from the distance, such a snowy sky is still crowded with horses and horses, and the flow is endless. Among the pedestrians, there are many merchants from out of the state, and there are no shortage of merchants who are busy.

Jian Yin was sighing: "It's still snowy, and it's near the New Year. A few days ago, there were more people. In order to snap up the inner court silk, business travelers from all over the world came to Yige."

A branch of winter plum blossoms by the bridge stretched out, the snow was scented and fragrant, falling down his shoulders, Ye Tianzhan did not look at Shang Jiufang like he did. His eyes followed the light snow, but he looked at the silver-covered river and distant mountains.

"The prosperity of business travel and the circulation of goods and goods will bring great wealth to our people in the celestial dynasty, so that our country will prosper, and the sky will flourish. The small countries in the Western Regions still need soldiers to coerce and tempt them. Within ten years, they will be willing to treat me The celestial dynasty bowed its head and proclaimed its ministers, and it was no longer qualified to negotiate the conditions."

Yin Jianzheng was unexpectedly thinking about this, and said, "Master, but now..."

The expression in Ye Tianzhan's eyes gradually cooled as the snow fell: "You just said that it's almost the New Year."

Yin Jianzheng said: "It's been a few days, but depending on what they mean, at least Zheng Kao Si does not seal, and there is no annual leave. Then, how can this year pass?"

Ye Tianzhan said: "I said long ago, no one will think about it this year. They are afraid that they have forgotten, Yigecheng, and even the world's wealthy businessmen are in the hands of whom. Pass on my words, From today on, if any merchant buys another inner court silk, all business under the name of the Yin family in Kyushu will be cut off from him; if any official sells another silk at a discount, he will not be used to see it in the future. I am."

Yin Jianzheng was overjoyed: "Lord, the minister has been waiting for your words."

Ye Tianzhan didn't have the slightest joy on his face, shook hands and coughed gently on his lips, and turned around indifferently: "Go home."

Yin Jian was remembering what happened to King Zhan’s Mansion, and in parallel with him, he talked about the situation with Wei Zongping, and then said: “The Wei family is unreliable after all. This time, he made a silk discount. Uncertainty is Wei Zongping's leak of the key."

Ye Tianzhan stagnated, and his two sword eyebrows frowned, and his voice was cold: "Wei Zongping hasn't been so capable yet to see the key, you overestimate him." After saying this, he moved into the car.

Surrounded by wind and snow, it was suddenly quiet. Ye Tianzhan leaned in the car, closed his eyes and rested, but everything was tumbling in his heart.

Finally we had a fight with Wei's family. Although it was a bit early, it was just right. Wei Zongping dared to say "Go our own way" today, presumably because he thought that Emperor Hao really had the thought of getting over him, and if he didn't know him too well, he almost thought it was a counterintuitive strategy.

But he knew very well that Emperor Hao didn't move Wei's family, and this was reserved for him, keeping these mischievous disciples' children, and keeping the princess who stirred up trouble. He was waiting for his own choice, whether he would choose to continue to put the burden that was squeezed in, or he could not bear to clean it up by himself, making the Manchu civil and military teeth chill.

Knowing yourself and the enemy, this is indeed a good opponent. But he is not terrible. The terrible thing is that someone around him understands himself better, which is a fatal weakness. Thinking of this, Ye Tianzhan felt irritable, and when he returned to the palace, he was still in his study, so he walked in the snow and went to Jin Hui's.

Entering the corridor, I heard cheerful laughter. As soon as the curtain was lifted, a small figure staggered and rushed to his eyes. Ye Tianzhan's hands were quick and his eyes were quick, and he held it with one hand. The villain avoided falling, raised his face to look at him, and giggled.

It turned out that Yuan Xiu had just learned to walk and was running around. The maids behind were afraid that he would fall and rushed to help. They didn't expect Ye Tianzhan to come in and almost collided with each other and hurriedly knelt down: "Lord!"

The black moustaches drooped down, and the embroidered silk gowns were ordered to the ground. Ye Tianzhan waved his hand to let them exempt them, and picked up Yuanxiu. Yuan Xiu recognized his birth a few days ago and was a little afraid of him. Now he has learned how to call the father king, climbing his neck and yelling twice.

Jin Hui stepped forward to meet him: "The lord, don't let this little magic star get tangled in. Warm up your body first, and you still have a cough. It's not good to catch the cold again."

She took Yuan Xiu over, and Fei wiped the snow off Ye Tianzhan and offered fragrant tea.

The snow fell in the courtyard, the room was warm like spring, the silver charcoal in the Kirin copper furnace was burning warm, the air was scented with the scent of wood twigs, and it loosened when I felt tired. Ye Tianzhan took a deep breath of comfort, and Jin Hui's face was reddened by the charcoal fire in front of her. The light halo made her look coquettish. The heavy brocade Luo Chang, Xue Ning in the color of begonia Like skin. She was taking a winter pear and shaved it by herself. The thin slices of pear fell into the jade jade from her fingertips, like a piece of white rock sinking into the deep green of the bitan pool, she was like a poppy on the water, graceful And demure.

Looking at the beautiful wife Jiaoer in front of him, listening to the rustling snow outside, Ye Tianzhan suddenly became interested, and turned around and said: "Come here, go get the Tibetan wine from the mansion. It's a rare snow scene. You should cook it around the stove. Wine and a cup to enjoy the snow."

Fei Er hurriedly agreed to do it, but came back in a hurry after a short while. Without bringing the wine, he quietly invited Jin Hui to the side and said a few words. After hearing this, Jin Hui seemed a little surprised, frowning in silence.

Ye Tianzhan is putting his hands on the charcoal fire to keep warm: "What's the matter?"

Jin Hui reluctantly smiled, "It's nothing trivial, it's nothing, I'll be back after I go and see."

Ye Tianzhan didn't ask her, "Feier?"

Seeing him asking, Fei dared not conceal any more, so she knelt down and begged: "Prince, please save Tao'er with your wife, she is about to let the princess be killed."

Ye Tianzhan raised his eyes: "What's the matter?"

Fei'er hesitated, and Jin Hui said, "It's because I'm not good, and I didn't restrain the people. Tao'er forgot the rules, and called me "Princess" by mistake that day. I just need to pay a gift."

Ye Tianzhan coldly picked the corner of his eyes, raised his hand, and threw the gold-inlaid dial tongs into the charcoal fire. Sparks splashed and landed on the ground.