Mingshi

Chapter 733

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"Don't worry about me." Luo Xin rubbed his eyebrows and said, "I'm worried about you."

"Worried about me?" At this point, his face suddenly changed: "You mean... Your Majesty will dismiss me because of Zhang Daoyuan's assassination of you in Hangzhou?"

Luo Xin sighed and said: "Brother Song, the fact that we two joined forces in Hangzhou was hidden from Xu Jie for a while, but not from Xu Jie for the rest of his life. I think Xu Jie should understand, otherwise he wouldn't have left. Go to the position of chief minister in the cabinet."

Song Danian's face turned pale and he said, "Then I..."

"It's not enough to dismiss you, it should be demoted."

"Demotion?" Song Danian said with a wry smile on his face: "Where is demotion as simple as that? I'm afraid my only destination is Nanjing. When I get there, I'm... really... not as good as a chicken."

Luo Xin gave him a sympathetic look, and comforted him: "Brother Song, why don't you just go to Nanjing and hide yourself for a few years, so you won't be buried forever."

"That's true." Song Danian nodded and said: "In the past ten years as an official, I have always been worried about gains and losses. I haven't read a few books, and my studies have been wasted. Just take advantage of these days when I went to Nanjing to read it carefully. your essay."

Hearing this, Luo Xin shook his head and said, "Brother Song, just run on me."

Song Danian showed a pitiful look on his face again and said: "No, I'm determined to follow you, you are going to make a fortune, and only when you make a fortune, can I come out of that cold palace in Nanjing."

Luo Xin said seriously: "Brother Song, in fact, in the current situation, it may not be a blessing to be able to go to Nanjing to get out of trouble."

Song Danian was taken aback, thought for a while, and gradually showed a smile on his face.Today's court is full of turmoil, and Gao Gong and Xu Jie are having a great time fighting. Now it seems that Luo Xin will also participate, and the two-hero meeting between Gao Gong and Xu Jie has become a war of the Three Kingdoms. I am afraid that at this level In the competition, there will be countless cannon fodder.And being able to live in a corner, it may be a blessing in disguise.

If Xu Jie gains power in the future, I will hang around in Nanjing at worst. The prefect of Hangzhou has made a lot of money after doing it these years. Although after Luo Xin came, he had no income from smuggling, but Luo Xin did not treat him badly. He gave him a little share, and he asked his nephew to organize the supply, and he also made a lot of money.It is also a beautiful thing to take this money to Nanjing for the elderly and live an extravagant life.

If Gao Gong had won, then he might be able to make a comeback, even if he couldn't, it would be better than when Xu Jie won.

If it was Luo Xin who gained the upper hand in the end, then his own life would be ruined, not to mention that he would be reused by Luo Xin, but he would never go wrong with being promoted.

In short, it is a blessing that I hid myself and avoided being cannon fodder when the political situation was changing.There was a smile on his face, and he laughed.Just wanted to thank Luo Xin, but found that Luo Xin was sitting there frowning, thinking for a while, his expression changed:

"No, after I was demoted, if a new magistrate is sent, it must be someone from Xu Jie. You should be more careful in the future."

"Yes!" Luo Xin sighed, "Why is it so difficult to do something?"

"Yes!" Song Danian couldn't help but sighed.

Luo Xin picked up the teacup and took a sip, then put the teacup down heavily, with a murderous look in his eyes, he said coldly:
"Shibosi finally made some achievements. If Xu Jie dares to send someone to make trouble, I will ruin his reputation."

Song Danian's heart trembled, remembering the way Luo Xin treated him when he and Luo Xin were against each other before, if he hadn't taken the initiative to succumb to Luo Xin, he would have been ruined long ago, how could there be such a nourishing life now?
So, he was relieved, and every day he was leisurely waiting for the imperial envoy from the imperial court to come and demote him.And now there is really nothing going on in Hangzhou. Wang Zhi has not heard from him. The merchants from the vassal state have come twice, and there will be no more in a short time.Zhang Daoyuan seemed to disappear between heaven and earth, and Hangzhou calmed down.Luo Xin also took some time off, just wandering around every day, or attending some literary meetings with Song Danian.

After half a month like this, Huang Jin came.Bringing the will of Emperor Jiajing, the punishment for Song Danian did not meet Luo Xin and Song Danian's expectations, as expected, he was demoted to the fifth rank, and went to the Nanjing Ministry of Rites as a chief.Originally, Huang Jin thought that Song Danian would be crying, but he didn't expect Song Danian to smile and kowtow to thank him, and then stretched his head to look around. Huang Jin saw it strangely, so he stopped and asked:

"Song Danian, what are you looking at?"

"No, I didn't see anything." Song Danian withdrew his gaze, and Luo Dao, who was kneeling beside him, said:
"Eunuch Huang, do we want to see who the new magistrate is?"

"Oh……"

Huang Jin made a long sound, then coughed again, and then began to read slowly. After Luo Xin finished listening, his heart beat violently. Excited, but from the fact that Emperor Jiajing was promoted to his official position this time, did Emperor Jiajing put away his murderous intentions towards him?
Song Danian on the side was also taken aback, Xu Jie tried his best to demote himself to Nanjing, wasn't it just to place his confidants in Hangzhou to fight against Luo Xin?
How did this lead to Luo Xin being promoted to the prefect of Hangzhou?
But at this time, he heard Luo Dao beside him: "Eunuch Huang, who will be in charge of the Shibo Department?"

"You will continue to serve concurrently."

Hearing this, Song Danian was elated, this is His Majesty wanting to use Luo Xin again!Being both the prefect of Hangzhou and the prefect of the same time, this is definitely in the heart of the emperor.

The accompanying people came to Luo Xin with their official uniforms, and Luo Xin was surrounded by Lu Daqing and others and returned to the bedroom. About two quarters of an hour later, Luo Xin came out wearing a crimson official fourth-rank official uniform.

Crimson official robes can only be worn by officials of the fourth rank or above. It symbolizes status. As long as one wears a crimson official robe, it is regarded as saying goodbye to the lower-level official positions and stepping into the middle class.

Although some people around him were jealous of Luo Xin, they were convinced.Luo Xin's crimson official gown was obtained by someone's ability, no one can fault it, it's just because Luo Xin is too young, a 17-year-old fourth-rank crimson robe official, this is considered to be convinced , It is inevitable that it will be sour.

People are clothes and horses are saddles. Wearing this clothes, even Luo Xin feels that he has a lot of authority. Lu Daqing, Wan Quanquan and others are so happy that their faces are smiling like chrysanthemums. It's like a ladle, if it's not blocked by the ears, it can reach the back of the head.

Naturally, Luo Xin hosted a banquet for Huang Jin and gave Huang Jin some gold and silver.After the banquet was over, Luo Xin invited Huang Jin to the study alone, closed the door, and asked in a low voice:
"Eunuch Huang, what's going on? Why did His Majesty make me the prefect of Hangzhou?"

"Hehe..." Huang Jin said with a happy smile on his face, "Your Majesty asked me to give you an oral order.

"What oral order?" He didn't kneel down like other officials, but asked directly.

Naturally, Huang Jin would not pick on this problem, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty said, as long as you live up to His Majesty, His Majesty will live up to you. He will train you to become the assistant minister of the future emperor."

After Luo Xin heard this, he didn't get as excited as Huang Jin imagined, but frowned tightly, and Huang Jin asked puzzledly:

"No, what's wrong with you?"

Luo Xin smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just too sudden."

"Hahaha..." Huang Jin laughed happily.Luo Xin also laughed out loud.

Huang Jin stayed in Hangzhou for three days before leaving for Beijing.After sending Huang Jin away, Song Danian followed Luo Xin directly back to the magistrate's yamen, but at this time he was no longer the owner here, and the owner here was replaced by Luo Xin.After entering the study, Song Danian cupped his hands towards Luo Xin and said:
"Congratulations, my lord, congratulations, my lord."

At this time, Luo Xin's official position had surpassed that of Song Danian, and Song Danian also realized that he could only look at Luo Xin's back for the rest of his life, so he quickly changed his role, and the change was very natural without any psychological barrier.

Luo Xin shook his head and said, "Brother Song, it may not be as beautiful as you imagined."

"What?" Song Danian said in amazement, "Didn't Your Majesty promote you?"

"Your Majesty can promote me or demote me." Luo Xin said lightly.

"What do you mean?"

"Hehe..." Luo Xin laughed twice. After a day, Luo Xin had already come to his senses. Emperor Jiajing was just trying to stabilize his heart and let him continue to make money for him. Emperor Jiajing made millions of taels of silver, but most of the money was obtained by Luo Xin’s house raids and smuggling of smuggled goods. The real Shibo Division did business only twice, earning tens of 150 million taels of silver.Moreover, these two businesses were both unconventional profits. They thought that Shibosi and the merchants of the feudal kingdom jointly made two time differences, and they succeeded when Wang Zhi had no time and energy to pay attention to this side.Once Wang Zhi wiped out Xu Hai and Xin Wulang, we still don't know what the future will be. Only after Wang Zhi is solved can the Shibo Division be on the right track.

Emperor Jiajing's mind was to use his favor to cause Luo Xin to work for him. After Shibosi got on the right track, it was time for Emperor Jiajing to deal with him.

At that time, the best result would be to send Luo Xin to Nanjing, and serve as a chief executive without real power like Song Danian, and it is very possible that after serving as the chief executive for a while, he would find a reason to kill Luo Xin.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this time." Luo Xin shook his head, his expression straightened, and his face regained his confidence: "It's not easy to demote me."

The two were silent for a while, and Song Danian saw that the atmosphere was a bit dignified, so he smiled and said:

"By the way, my lord, did that Li Gongming win Liu Hanyan's heart?"

Luo Xin pondered for a while, but in the end he still didn't say that Li Gongming and Liu Hanyan were also Red Turbans, and smiled faintly:

"I don't know about that either."

"Let's go!" Song Danian stood up and said, "I'm leaving for Nanjing tomorrow, I'm treating guests today, let's go to Hongxiu Zhao, and ask Miss Hanyan to sing a few songs for us."

Luo Xin just pondered for a moment, then stood up.Although he already knew that Liu Hanyan was no longer in Hongxiu Zhao, he couldn't tell Song Danian that he had sent someone over.He thought, anyway, Song Danian is leaving tomorrow, Liu Hanyan is not here, isn't there another girl?Just go crazy with him once.

"Brother Song, you and I will not change our official uniforms, so let's go back and change into casual clothes."

"it is good!"

Song Danian didn't move out, anyway Luo Xin didn't have any family members, and Song Danian was going to Nanjing soon, so these days he still lived in the magistrate's yamen, the two of them walked out of the study and went to their own rooms to change clothes.After changing clothes and coming out, Luo Xin asked Wan Daquan to bring fifty people into casual clothes and follow them. Liu Hanyan appeared in the Red Sleeve Move. Luo Xin was not sure that the Red Sleeve Move was not created by the Red Scarf Army, but since it had not been exposed With Liu Hanyan's identity, Luo Xin couldn't arrest the people who were recruited by the Red Sleeves and sealed the Red Sleeves, so he could only bring some more people to ensure his own safety. Moreover, he also carried muskets and bullets, and he also took the After making a big folding fan, he and Song Danian walked out from the back door of the yamen unsteadily, and walked along the street towards Hongxiuzhao.

Wan Quanquan and Lu Daqing led fifty people pretending to be ordinary people, walking in twos and threes around Luo Xin and Song Danian, guarding against any suspicious person.

About half an hour later, the two came to Hongxiu Zhao, walked into the gate, and a bustard came up, his expression was stunned, not to mention Luo Xin, who is now famous in Hangzhou, he has been operating in the prefect of Hangzhou for many years Song Danian, it is impossible for the old bustard to know him, Song Danian made a look, the old bustard remained silent, led Song Danian and Luo Xin into a separate small courtyard, welcomed them into the room, then closed the door, and walked towards the two Personal salutation:

"Caomin pays homage to the two adults."

Song Danian smiled and said, "Let Miss Hanyan come and accompany us."

"Smoke her...she..."

"What's wrong with her?" Song Danian asked with a serious face.

"She's gone."

"He's gone?" Song Danian frowned, turned to look at Luo Xin, Luo Xin also pretended to be surprised and said:

"Why is it missing?"

The old bustard said in a panic: "After the oiran competition, Hanyan disappeared, but Xiaohuan and a man's body were found on her boat."

"Oiran Contest?" Song Danian frowned and said, "But the night when Lord Luo was assassinated?"

"Yes, yes, that night." The bustard nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

Song Danian couldn't help looking at Luo Dao: "My lord, Liu Hanyan won't be taken away by those people, right?"

Luo Xin looked at the old bustard firmly and said, "Did you see the man who died in the boat?"

"seen."

"You know him?"

"know……"

"Who is he?"

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