Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 37
Huang Jin sighed.He drank a glass of wine and said to He Liu: "Lao Liu, you know that the miscellaneous family is the supervisor of ceremonies, Bingbi, and recently took over as the admiral and eunuch of the East Factory, and is also in charge of the internal storage. We must serve the emperor's daily life, To take good care of those monkey cubs in the East Factory, and to take good care of the private treasury for the emperor...it's really rare."

He Liudao: "Eunuch Huang is wise and wise. It is said that those who can do more work. You have a lot of errands, which shows that the emperor and Eunuch Lu trust you!"

Huang Jin shook his head: "The group of monkeys in the East Factory are all martial arts practitioners. They are all big and three rough, so it's hard to manage! I recently suggested to Mr. Lu that a commander of the East Factory should be appointed under the admiral and eunuch of the East Factory. Find someone to be half of Dongchang's home for me!"

He Liudao: "That's fine, find someone to take care of Mr. Huang."

Huang Jin smiled and said: "Eunuch Lu said that it is not difficult to set up a commander under the governor of the East Factory. The difficult thing is who will be the commander of the East Factory! Since this person wants to be half of the East Factory We must choose a smart and capable person! If he does not strive for merit or profit, he must also be experienced in handling things... It is best to have experience in working in factories and guards."

The old Hu next to him had already heard the clues: Isn't He Liu the commander Huang Jin mentioned?

He Liu is not stupid either, he can hear the meaning in Huang Jin's words.He pretended to be confused: "Eunuch Huang said so, such a person is really hard to find."

Huang Jin said again: "Actually, it's hard to find, and it's not hard to find. Don't you think you are the right candidate? You have served in Jinyiwei for 20 years, and you are famous for not striving for merit or profit. These 20 years During the past year, your Commander Lu has entrusted you with countless errands. Which one of the errands did you not handle beautifully..."

He Liu said modestly: "Eunuch Huang is too flattering to his subordinates! His subordinates are dull in aptitude, and they don't know martial arts - the only skill they know is to steal houses. How can a person like me be worthy of being the commander of the East Factory? Also, The subordinate is just a hundred households of the sixth rank. How can he jump five ranks in a row and be the commander of the third rank?"

Huang Jin said with a smile: "You are humble, old six! The miscellaneous family knows who you are and how capable you are. This Dongchang commander must be someone like you! As for the grade, heh, Dongchang It should be managed by the palace, and supervised by Li Li. Whoever the supervisor wants to be directly promoted from the sixth rank to the third rank, just need to say hello to the Ministry of War, and prepare a file in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials."

Huang Jin changed the subject: "But, it's not enough just for miscellaneous people to know that you have real skills. You have to prove your skills in front of Eunuch Lu, Supervisor of Rituals and others! You're in for a big deal right now. A chance to prove yourself?"

He Liu pretended to be confused: "What opportunity? Please tell Eunuch Huang clearly."

Huang Jin said: "The book "Baiguan Xinglu" is of great importance. If you can find it and dedicate it to Eunuch Lu, it will naturally prove that you are a person with real skills! By then, it will not be a matter of course for the third-rank commander of Dongchang What? It’s better to come to Dongchang to be a commander than you to be a small hundred household in Jinyiwei, right?”

Huang Jin finally clarified the purpose of coming here today: the eunuch party, wanted to use a third-rank commander position as a bait to win over He Liu against Jin Yiwei——after finding the "Hundred Officials' Records", hand this book over to the eunuch. party.

Huang Jin said again: "If you find the "Hundred Officials' Records" and give it to Eunuch Lu, besides being the commander of the third rank, Eunuch Lu will reward you with 5 taels of silver! In a word, your sixth son is capable." People. People like you, Eunuch Lu will definitely use them again!"

He Liudao: "Thanks to Eunuch Lu and Eunuch Huang for their love. The subordinates must do their best to find the "Hundred Officials' Records."

He Liu's answer was equivalent to no answer.Do your best to find "Hundred Officials Records"?Anyway, haven't found it yet.After finding it, whether to hand it over to Eunuch Lu or Lu Bing is a matter for later.

Huang Jin laughed loudly: "Okay! That's what the miscellaneous family said. Your sixth son is a smart person. You know what to do when the time comes. After drinking, the miscellaneous family will go back to the palace to be on duty! Goodbye sixth!"

After Huang Jin left, Lao Hu smiled and said to He Liu: "Lao Liu, I haven't found this "Hundred Officials' Records" yet. Someone has come to offer you a price! A third-rank commander, plus 5 taels of silver The silver reward! Oh, you are indeed a man in the palace, what a big hand!"

It is already night.Lao Hu and He Liu finished their meal and went home.

He Liu led his daughter Xiangxiang to the gate of his courtyard, but saw a green woolen sedan chair standing at the gate of the courtyard.

A person came down from the sedan chair—it turned out to be the eldest son of Yan Ge, the chief assistant of the dynasty—Ministry Minister and Minister of Taichang Temple—Xiaoge Lao Yan Shifan!

"Liu Liu, you made me wait so long!" Yan Shifan said to He Liu.

He Liu bowed his head over and over again: "This subordinate has met Mr. Xiaoge!"

Yan Shifan said: "I passed by your house and came to ask for a cup of tea."

He Liu hurriedly said, "Please, Mr. Xiaoge."

Yan Shifan and He Liujin entered the courtyard.Yan Shifan looked down at Xiangxiang: "Little baby, it's getting late, you have to go to bed quickly. Or I'll come and eat you!"

He Liu said to Xiangxiang, "Go back to the house and go to sleep."

Xiangxiang bouncing back to her room.

Yan Shifan sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard, and looked up at the bright moon: "Lao Liu, the moon and stars are rare tonight, so let's sit in this courtyard and chat while watching the moon, how about it?"

He Liu cupped his hands: "It's all according to the old man's orders!"

Yan Shifan ordered the servant he brought: "Go to the kitchen, boil a pot of hot water, and soak in a pot of good Biluochun."

He Liu hurriedly pointed the way to the servant: "The kitchen is over there."

Yan Shifan asked He Liu: "Lao Liu, how old are you this year?"

He Liu replied, "Forty."

Yan Shifan smiled: "I am three years older than you. You should call me big brother."

He Liudao: "What kind of people are the subordinates, how dare they overestimate the elders of Xiaoge."

Yan Shifan waved his hand: "Lao Liu, you can see it by saying that! Alas, you are a six-rank inspector, did you inherit it from your father? After 20 years of being a six-rank official, Lu Bing didn't know what to do. Talents like you are good at promoting! It's really..."

He Liudao: "The subordinates don't have much ability. Hundreds of households often feel incompetent to do the inspection of the sixth rank..."

Yan Shifan shook his head: "Lao Liu, what is incompetence? As an official, the ass determines the head! When you are a sixth-rank, you will have the ability to be a sixth-rank. If you are a first-rank, you can still have the ability to be a first-rank! Recently, you can I heard that the Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy is out of stock?"

The Lianghuai salt transport envoy is in charge of the Lianghuai salt tax. Although there are only four grades, it is recognized by the court as the most fat in the world.

He Liudao: "Subordinates don't know."

Yan Shifan said: "It doesn't matter if you didn't know before, don't you know now? Lianghuai salt tax accounts for the majority of Jiangnan's taxation. Jiangnan's taxation accounts for half of the national treasury revenue. Lianghuai salt transportation makes such an important position vacant. Father naturally wants to send a loyal, clean and capable person to fill in quickly!"

(End of this chapter)