Poor family rebirth girl

Chapter 18

"Naturally, it's a collusion relationship."

"Tell me in detail, one by one." Shen Huai assumed a listening posture.

Su Ya stomped her feet. She walked outside every day, and often went in and out of the back houses that were heated by the stove, so she didn't wear very thick clothes. At this time, the sun was setting and she stood motionless by the water. The intention is to climb up from the thin sole.

This pair of shoes has been worn for a long time, and the soles are worn out, so Yan would have thrown them away a long time ago, but Su Ya felt sorry for her mother who always worked so hard to sew them carefully, and was always reluctant to throw them away.

I can deal with it normally, how would I know that I have to stand outside for so long today?Now she and Shen Huai are in a business relationship, so naturally they want to seek more benefits for themselves.

So she asked frankly, "Can we go inside and talk? It's too cold outside."

When she spoke, her lips opened and closed, breathing white, her nose and cheeks were reddened by the wind, and the rouge birthmark that covered half of her face brushed past the corner of her left eye, and it was unclear whether the eyes were blown by the wind Yes, with a little watery glow.

Shen Huai's indifferent eyes flicked across her face, his eyelids fainted slightly, and he walked towards the house first.

Su Ya followed immediately.

Sure enough, no matter how beautiful the scenery in Huaiyuexuan Courtyard was, it couldn't be more beautiful than the charcoal heating in the house.

Su Ya silently stood by the stove burning silver charcoal, and began to sort out the information Shen Huai wanted in his mind.

"That Li Cao participated in politics, Hu Xing, although he is Cao Du's deputy, he seems to have been very cooperative, but he actually wanted to change to Cao Du's position a long time ago."

"Oh? Why should he?"

Shen Huai's reaction was very sharp.

Only those who have worked hard in the officialdom can so keenly capture the first piece of information provided by Su Ya. There is a key foreshadowing in it——

Caodu is not something anyone can do if he wants to.

As an important member of one party, Caodu can exercise the powers equivalent to that of a feudal official at the second-rank level, because he has one biggest difference compared with other officials: the scope of Caodu’s powers has not been clearly divided by the court. .

Caodu, the full name is "Governor of Water Transport, Admiral of Military Affairs, Coastal Defense, Governor of Fengyang and other places, and River Channel". Concurrently serving as Fengyang Mansion, Huai'an Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion, Luzhou Mansion and Xuzhou, Hezhou, and Chuzhou "Four Mansions and Three States", responsible for the civil affairs, finance, water conservancy, criminal, military and salt affairs of the jurisdiction, and for the protection of The smooth water transportation and the right to supervise the river course are really an alternative to the officialdom.

The [-]-mile canal spans several provinces and is a land of fish and rice in four prefectures and three prefectures. There are so many departments and links involved that each department has to set up a branch in Huai'an to cooperate with the Governor of Water Transport.

If the governor is not strong-willed, indecisive, and short-sleeved...

Without what if, such a person would not be able to climb to the position of Caodu!

Take the grain transportation link in water transportation as an example. The Cao army is responsible for the transportation. The Cao army comes from the guard troops from all over the country. The local superior of the army is the commander, and the immediate superior of the commander is the capital of the five armies. , but the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies only has the power to manage military registration and training, while the right to mobilize the army and select officers is in the Ministry of War, and the Minister or Minister of the Ministry of War often appears in the post of Caodu...

Su Ya couldn't help but stare at Shen Huai. She had listened to the corner of the wall for a long time at the beginning, then broke it up and asked many officials and family members in the back house, and finally figured it out. But observing Shen Huai's demeanor, these were not difficult for him at all.

So, who is he?

Keng!Keng!
Shen Huai knocked on the table, "Why are you in a daze? Tell me about Hu Xing, is there any support behind him? Or is there something wrong with Caodu?"

"The Caodu didn't hear that there was anything wrong. He set off for Yangzhou and other places on the third day of the new year to inspect the preparations for the boats to pass through the lock."

Su Ya was thoughtful, and then her expression changed, "Thinking about it this way, Caodu just happened to have a fight with Xie Youlin!"

As soon as one left Huai'an, the other arrived in a hurry.

Shen Huai frowned slightly, but did not speak.

Su Ya then followed the previous words and continued: "Everything seems to be as usual at Cao Du's place, but Li Cao's participation in politics, Hu Xing, seems to have just embraced the thigh of a certain important person in the capital in the past two years."

"The year before last, Hu Xing and the General Soldier of Water Transport together escorted the grain to Beijing. After returning, he and Xie's family started to walk around, and the contacts with the capital also increased."

"The big man in the capital is Xie Youlin?" Shen Huai raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Xie Youlin has not yet supported his ability to climb to the position of governor."

"I don't understand this," Su Ya spread his hands, "I just saw him meet Wang Jixian in private a few times, and asked Wang Jixian to put something on the tank boat and consign it to Beijing."

"what?"

"All kinds of good things," Su Ya counted with his fingers, "there are everything on the tank boat, except food, there are also tributes from all over the world, rare treasures, utensils and cloth, delicacies, ancient calligraphy and painting books, and soldiers Bring the things traded along the way, he asked Wang Ji to deal with the goods list first, I didn't remember the specific situation carefully."

This doesn't sound unusual, and the responsibilities of contacting Hu Xing and Wang Jixian actually make sense.

Shen Huai subconsciously tapped his fingers on his knees, and then asked her: "When did Wang Jixian come to the Department of Water Transport Department? Where do you usually work?"

"I didn't pay attention to the time. The daily work should be at the customs. The ships going to and fro pay customs duties, but all they see is cash."

Cash, easy to operate.

Shen Huai heard the unfinished meaning in her words, pondered for a moment, and then asked: "What news did you hear in Xie's mansion that day?"

Speaking of this, Su Ya remembered her embarrassment last night. She had heard a lot. Does Xiao Quer count?

Xie Youlin is an old pervert, fortunately he is still a court official in charge of evaluating officials, he is like a beast in clothes.

Blushing when thinking about it, Su Ya tried to keep a straight face, and replied dryly: "Xie Youlin seems to be Hu Xing's cousin."

Seeing Su Ya's face flushed suddenly, Shen Huai stared again in surprise, is there something wrong?
But Xie Youlin and Hu Xing are cousins ​​and nephews. He heard it in the teahouse that day, and Su Ya didn't lie.He couldn't see why she was blushing, but seeing that Su Ya's eyes wandered away and never looked at him, he asked, "Why are you blushing all of a sudden?"

"Who's blushing?" Su Ya glared at him angrily, causing Gao Jun next to him to cough heavily twice as a warning.

Shen Huai looked at Gao Jun, and seeing him winking, he gave Gao Jun a cold look, but didn't ask any further questions.

Women's minds are changeable, as long as they don't affect him, they are out of his concern.

Cao Du's deputy and the person in charge of the Ministry of Officials' Examination Department are cousins ​​and nephews, so there is a lot of room for maneuvering here.

Liu Yun, the chief criminal officer that day, clearly disapproved of colluding with Zhao Qing, but when he later heard that it was related to his promotion, he obediently joined forces.I don't know if there is Hu Xing's relationship behind it?

Speaking of which, although Caodu has the management power over the officials stationed by various ministries and divisions, he does not have the right to appoint and remove the staff.So Shen Huai ruled out the suspicion of Governor Qiu Naicheng almost immediately.

Shen Huai repeated the news in his heart, but for a moment he couldn't see what they could trip him up.

(End of this chapter)