After rebirth, White Lotus forced her husband to be a good man

When he heard that someone was visiting, Qin Yu was surprised.After all, Jiang Fan is now so powerful that almost all the famous civil and military officials in the court, even if they never looked down upon this person in the past, are now cleverly taking advantage of this opportunity to curry favor with him.

The people who came to visit him at this time were probably not trying to comfort him about his loss of power, but were faced with a difficult matter, and it was very likely that it was something Jiang Fan was unwilling to handle.

When Liu Shuang, dressed in low-key clothes, came in from the study, Tan Yu's eyes were slightly warm. He raised his finger to the golden tea box beside him and ordered the servants, "Brew this Lushan tribute tea. Prepare a table of light wine."

The maid who served in Tan Yu's study was extremely discerning and treated guests in a very polite manner. She picked up the tea box from Tan Yu's hand with both hands astutely, knowing that the person who could let Tan Yu personally order the preparations would definitely be a good person. It was different. Yu responded gracefully, stepped out of the threshold with his waist down, and immediately turned around and closed the door. He whispered to the guards on both sides, "The Marquis has important matters to discuss. If the two young masters come, please wait." Come on, don’t be rash."

The people on both sides responded.

In the study, Qin Yu and Liu Shuang were sitting at the sandalwood flower table, one on the left and the other on the right. The lights in the room were flickering. Because it was about to be midsummer, it didn't get dark that early. Therefore, looking out of the gauze paper window at this moment, The sky is filled with mist, and there is a hint of the poignant charm of a tiger falling into the sun.

Liu Shuang clasped his fists slightly and saw that Qin Yu seemed to have aged a lot overnight, and the complex meaning in his eyes could not be concealed.It is easy to dodge cold arrows, and even less afraid of open guns, but it is troublesome for thieves to defend themselves from the south.

He said cautiously, "I have been in Beijing for a long time. I have been busy with official duties and have not been able to visit the Marquis. You are surprised."

Qin Yu smiled calmly and looked at him leisurely with his scorching eyes, "Xianzhi, please don't stay away from me. The Jiangnan Six Division incident was able to calm down the chaos in a very short time, thanks to your help."

He paused and glanced at Liu Shuang's troubled expression. The man sitting opposite seemed to have something to say and was in a dilemma.

Liu Shuang's whereabouts could not be hidden from Qin Yu's eyes. Ever since Jiang Fan's move almost caught him off guard, Qin Yu's eyes quickly spread to Jiang's house.

What did Liu Shuang want to do when he came to see him today? Tan Yu felt like a mirror.He saw a figure flashing outside the door, but no sound came from him, so he coughed twice. The maid in the study realized what was going on and quietly called out, "Master Marquis, the tea is ready."

As soon as he finished speaking, the maid walked over in a dignified manner, holding her waist, and took two cups of tea from the mahogany gold foil board. She placed them in front of Qin Yu and Liu Shuang one after another. She stood aside and said softly, "Master Hou, this is from Although the tribute tea collected from Mingtai County in the south of the Yangtze River is also a type of Lushan tribute tea, due to its scarcity, it takes more than 100 trees to refine this exquisite product."

"The Lords in the Privy Council came to say hello this morning. They said that the bookkeepers who were specially cultivated by the Marquis are doing very well in Mingtai County. However, they rarely have opportunities for promotion. They can only pick tea every day, and their lives are not good. It’s tight.”

Qin Yu's turbid eyes deepened, and he leaned weakly on the chair behind him. He sighed, his tone a little lonely, but still without losing his majesty. He looked at the steaming tea and said slowly, "In the past, I had some ability and could find some jobs for these people. But now I can't protect myself and can't provide them with stability. On the contrary, I am drinking this tea to my heart's content."

Upon hearing this, the maid hurriedly knelt down and lowered her head, "Master Marquis, this is what Mr. Li, the envoy of the Privy Council, said. I don't know the importance of this."

Qin Yu waved his hands helplessly, and the maid kowtowed, got up and left.

Liu Shuang, who was sitting on one side, was stunned for a moment, and his eyes quickly turned left and right.

He even suspected that he had heard wrongly.

He just seemed to hear Tan Yu say that Li Chong from the Privy Council also wanted to pay his respects to Tan Yu?

The Privy Council was his immediate superior, and they conducted a series of investigations every two days, which made his scalp numb. He was on sick leave every day, and he was always worried about seeing this person in the court.Li Chong was comparable to Bao Gong, except for the blue sky and white moon on his forehead. His whole person, from his hair to his heels, gave off a feeling of being very difficult to mess with and very difficult to talk to.

Not to mention him, this Privy Council envoy once publicly quarreled with Xiao Zhen in the court. After all, he was from a scholarly family. Although Liu Shuang couldn't remember what it was because of, it was enough to show that this person directly obeyed the emperor's orders. Mr. Li, no one in the palace can break a piece of iron that cannot be bent. No one can expect him to be accommodating.The request for the six major treasuries in Jiangnan to resume normal work this month was made by Li Chong. He made it very clear that if he did not do it well, he would take off his hat and leave.

Liu Shuang took a breath, leaned slightly towards the flower table on one side, and asked tentatively, "Why does the Marquis maintain so many account bookkeepers in Mingtai County? They must all be young and have no connections with the household department. That’s why you stayed there?”

Mingtai County is not a wealthy place, it is nine hundred miles away from the capital.Liu Shuang thought that with Tan Yu's style, it was unusual to raise some of his own soldiers secretly and spend money to raise a group of literati who only knew how to settle accounts.

A flash of worry flashed in Qin Yu's eyes. He put his big palm on his knees and twirled his index finger and thumb slightly. He was calculating in his heart and said, "My dear brother, I don't know something. Over the years, the eight-part examination has won the top prize, the second prize, and the top prize." It seems that the top three are not happy in the court for a long time, and they are ostracized for various reasons. It often takes no more than three years for them to retire and return to their fields."

"I miss you, I will eventually grow old and need fresh blood, so I selected some talented people who are proficient in arithmetic and put them in Mingtai County as sinecures. , I used to think that I could help the government, but now their livelihood has become a problem. The Privy Council has been entrusted by me to manage them for five years, and it will be purged in the middle of this year. I am afraid that they will not be able to retain it. "

When Liu Shuang heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. Not only did these people have qualified personnel, and they did not require him to bother to find a casual position, but each of them was a former virtuous person and was also proficient in arithmetic.Simply his best backup team.

His eyes lit up and he said hurriedly, "Don't worry, Marquis Wu. Brother, I have a way to let these people go to the Six Ministries of Jiangnan to take charge of the treasury accounts at all levels. In this way, they can directly enter the state affairs department, and they don't have to worry about their livelihoods." Yes, what do you think?"

Qin Yu frowned, pretended to look at him casually, and said hesitantly, "I'm afraid this is not good. Although I am grateful that Xian Zhi's virtuous brother can benefit these young officials in this way, it's just that the matter is so big. If more than a hundred people suddenly fail to enter your Jiangnan Imperial Palace, wouldn't it be your responsibility to investigate them?"

He paused, lowered his voice and continued, "What's more, you only reported three missing members, so how can you assume the responsibility of a hundred people?"

Qin Yu stared directly at Liu Shuang's face.

Liu Shuang's silly and oily face couldn't hold back at all at this moment. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat, and his mind was racing with his plans.Tan Yu is not like Jiang Fan, a fool who can coax someone away with just a few words but gets angry if he can't grasp the point.Tan Yu is a shrewd person.

At this point, Xiao Zhen didn't care about his life or death. He could use the tip of his life to lick his blood and let the dead men rob the treasury without telling him a word in advance. He almost lost his soul in fear.

In this case, Liu Shuang had no intention of hiding the stupid things that Xiao Zhen and Guan Li did back then. Without mentioning that incident, he couldn't explain why the six major treasuries suddenly laid off hundreds of people. The remaining people.

Liu Shuang held up the cup of hot tea with one hand and took a few sips on his lips. The quiet entrance relieved the depression in his heart. He looked away from the outside and said, "Master Hou, I don't know that although the loss of the treasury has been recovered, the original Nearly half of the Accounting Department has been dismissed. The reasons are very complicated. The most important thing is that when General Lan Xian led his troops to Beiguan ten years ago, the relief money at that time was not sent to Qiancao County. These hundreds of The accounting department cooperated with each other and made a seamless false account. Therefore, the imperial court allocated silver taels, and Qiancao County in the rear area of ​​​​Beiguan also received "silver taels". However, between the silver and the silver, between the grain and the grain, But it’s different.”

"Some silver can be used for buying and selling, but some 'silver' can be broken into pieces when pinched. Some 'grain' can be used to satisfy one's hunger, and some 'grain' is thicker than chaff. General Lan is using his life to delay time, but the real grain He and Yinzi have long been divided up at every level, and they are destined not to reach Beiguan, so before the battle was fought, I knew that I would definitely lose."

"This incident was very involved at that time. The Lan family's army was victorious. This defeat aroused the resentment of many people. However, General Lan did not use this as an opportunity to rebel as the people behind it expected, and returned to Beijing defeated. After that, he remained silent and did not mention the matter again. But not long after, the Lan family case finally happened."

Tan Yu glanced at the screen behind the study room, where a towering figure stood silently behind the screen.

He sighed slightly, "Brother Xian has said it to this point, it seems that it is indeed difficult. The person behind this is very thoughtful."

Liu Shuang spoke more clearly, "After all, the Xiao family is unwilling to wait and see, and its methods are not vicious. How can a bastard from a collateral line of the Xiao family sit in such a powerful position today?" On the seat."

After saying that, he stood up, clasped his fists and bowed, "I'll leave this matter to the Marquis. When a hundred people report to our Imperial Council, Xian Zhi will be like a cow and a horse, and he will follow the Marquis to the death."