Sword of Coming

Chen Pingan and Tan Yuanyi arrived at Hengbo Mansion almost at the same time.

Just one light and one dark.

Liu Zhimao personally went out and led the accountant, who was holding a charcoal cage, into a secret room. The walls and floor were actually covered with snow and money, and only four futons were placed there.

Tan Yuanyi, the owner of Lisu Island, was already sitting on one of the futons, closing his eyes to rest. After Liu Zhimao and Chen Pingan walked in side by side, he opened his eyes, stood up, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen's name is like thunder."

Chen Ping'an asked a confused question, "Does Island Master Tan, your colleague from Green Wave Pavilion, Li Baozhen, who is currently in Qingluan Kingdom, know about the current situation of Shujian Lake?"

Tan Yuanyi said: "Every once in a while, there will be some exchange of key intelligence. If Mr. Chen does not want to be mentioned too much in the intelligence, I can personally polish it."

Chen Pingan naturally needs to express his thanks.

Tan Yuanyi said some kind words. After all, Mr. Chen is the mountain king of Longquan County and a close friend of Wei Bo, the righteous god of Beiyue. Inside the Green Wave Pavilion, everyone has admired Chen Ping'an's name for a long time.

In fact, instead of being surprised and grateful, Chen Ping'an began to worry about tonight's secret meeting.

In the Dali officialdom, especially the spies placed outside the Dali Dynasty, the most important thing is rules and regulations. Tan Yuanyi's so-called "polishing the pen" is an exception. If it were replaced by Shanze Yexiu from Shujian Lake, it can certainly be understood as paving the way and sincerity for the two parties to do business. However, Chen Ping'an happens to be very familiar with some of the operating rules of Dali. Method, the former mortal enemy happened to be the original owner of Green Wave Pavilion. The empress in the palace was the most powerful woman in the Great Li Dynasty. Since Tan Yuanyi dares to break the rules, even just a little bit, it means that he needs to quietly make up for it with Chen Ping'an. This is also part of doing business, just business. Many friends turn against each other over a piece of money. This may not necessarily be because the so-called friends are unkind, but because they themselves are also at fault for being "unclear". As for the order of discussion, right and wrong, we should also talk about it here. Often, due to blind emotion, we will mislead others and ourselves, and we will lose.

The three of them sat down together.

A leader of the Great Li spies, Crossing the River Dragon.

A Shu Jianhu Yuanying monk, a local snake.

A passer-by who was born in Longquan County of Dali and was an accountant on Qingxia Island.

Chen Pingan sat cross-legged, spread his hands on the charcoal cage, and asked directly: "Due to the accident in Old Dragon City, the Song family of Dali owes me gold and copper coins. Does Island Master Tan know?"

Tan Yuanyi nodded, "This is the top secret of Lubo Pavilion. Of all the spies and dead soldiers hidden in the middle of Aquarius Continent in Lubo Pavilion, I am the only one who can have access to some general information. It belongs to the part of Da Li's official document that is deliberately unclear, so the specifics are I’m still not qualified to know the inside story.”

Chen Pingan asked again: "Are the Da Li military forces, such as the two cavalry that arrived at the border of the Zhu Ying Dynasty, all very dissatisfied with Island Master Tan?"

Tan Yuanyi's face changed slightly.

Da Li was a warrior, from the temple to the rivers and lakes to the market, and the people's toughness was no lie, so they were always ridiculed by Aquarius Island as the "barbarians of the north".

Most of Dali's Shangzhuguo surnames have their roots in the military. They even control a group of frontier army cavalry who are used to fighting "old wars". No one can fully control a frontier army, and it is usually two or three powerful men. Surnames check and balance each other and form alliances. Of course, there are also surnames like Yuan and Cao that are hostile to each other.

If it weren't for Cui Xun, the great master of Da Li, the civil servants of Da Li would never have had a chance to succeed. Even though Xiu Hu had been running the court for a hundred years, a big joke was made last year. One of the Southern Expedition Cavalry of Da Li was in the capital. The messenger aggressively went to the Ministry of Finance to ask for money. The Minister of the Ministry of Finance, who was a bit higher in rank than this person, personally came to receive him. Of course, the Ministry of Finance had to follow the procedure, first vomiting bitterness, then crying about poverty, and finally shaking hands. If you don't have money to spread, if you are involved in the officialdom, the most you can do is to say some heartfelt words in private to try your best to turn around. If you don't have friendship, then you just love it. If you have the ability, you can come to the household department to cause trouble.

The guy who visited the Ministry of Finance to ask for money had a moderate relationship with the Ministry of Finance. He listened to it for a long time, held back his temper, and endured it until the end. Finally, he started to blow up, slapped the table, glared, pointed at the nose of a minister of the Ministry of Finance, and cursed. He was so bloody that he told the facts one by one about the achievements of his cavalry in destroying the country all the way south, and then reported the tragic casualties of the soldiers in which country and on which battlefield one by one. According to the national counselor Cui In Han's words, this is "a military man also has to speak polite words that civil servants can understand." Finally, he asked the Minister of Household Affairs if his conscience was caught by a dog, and he dared to hesitate and act like a boss on the matter of military pay, and then put it to the test. They talked about how much money was left in the Ministry of Finance, which made the Minister of the Ministry of Finance lament that you just came to work as an errand in our Ministry of Finance.

The final result was naturally that the man returned home with a full load and an unexpected surprise. The Minister of Household Affairs allocated a sum of money that was not urgent and gave it to the cavalry whose forces were entwined in the capital.

But before the man could leave the capital with the good news, he was dragged back. Not only that, but also the minister of household affairs and his immediate boss, the minister known as the God of Wealth in Dali, gathered together.

Sitting on the main seat was an embroidered tiger, Cui Chan, the national master.

At that time, Cui Chan was drinking tea and said with a smile: "How dare you, the Ministry of Revenue, to delay the money given to our poor scholar, the teacher of Da Li? That’s right, I was educated in a village school at first. Are you really willing to use pen and knife these few times? We, Dali, are already so stubborn that we can’t reveal the truth?”

Ignoring the trembling Minister of the Ministry of Finance, Cui Chan turned to look at the white-haired but energetic Minister of the Ministry of Finance, "Master Han Dacai, who is to blame for Da Li being so poor? Blame me? Or you?"

Unexpectedly, the old minister was not afraid and pointed at Song Yan, "How dare you blame the Imperial Master? I am older, but my addiction to officialdom is even greater. Besides, our household department is not poor, and we have a lot of money, but we just don't want to part with it. It's just a waste of money, so you can't blame me. If you want to blame it, blame Song Yan. From beginning to end, our household department followed the requirements of the National Master and handled the payment neatly. Not a single copper coin was enough. Young Master. It’s just that Song Yan has done something bad. A good man is responsible for his work. Song Yan, hurry up and show some of the backbone of our Ministry of Household Officials."

The money-seeker with a background in the border army stared wide-eyed. Is this the behavior of a high-ranking official in the Sixth Fucking Yamen? No better than the rough guys from our frontier army.

It seems that all the shameless people and words in the world actually have the same virtue?

Cui Chan took a sip of tea and smiled at the old minister: "Okay, don't beat around the bush here to find a way out for your subordinates. Song Yan's mistakes were not small, but they didn't cause him to lose his official position. Several Beijing reviews were pretty good. . Just take out three years’ salary and put it into that sum of money.”

Song Yan, whose knees are weak, said if he was granted amnesty, "My subordinates are willing to pay ten years' salary..."

The old minister slapped his head and said, "You are a coward and an idiot, seeking your own death."

Cui Chan was still not angry. He held the tea in one hand and the lid of the cup in the other, waving to Song Yan and saying: "This is not the rule of being an official. After I go back, I will come back to life. I can calm down and ask the old minister for advice on being an official." The way. Don't always think that your immediate boss only relies on his ability to make money to establish himself in the center of the temple."

The old minister left the hall with the surviving minister.

The two of them wiped their sweat together, and the old minister was so angry that he kicked the servant's leg and cursed in a low voice: "If I were thirty or forty years younger, I could kick the shit out of you."

The latter couldn't help but smile bitterly. Is this the same old minister who likes people all day long?

The guy who was making a big fuss in the Hubu Yamen swallowed his saliva. After all, he was a smart man who could get money from the Hubu. He imitated the old minister and acted like a rogue. "Master, you can't kill me. It's my duty." Where.”

Cui Han nodded, "What you did is not only right, but also very good. I will remember your name and keep up the good work in the future. Maybe you will be very promising. At least you don't have to go to the Yamen to grit your teeth and buy a new suit." After you leave here, you go to the Hubu Yamen to ask for the new clothes that are embarrassing to the frontier army. This money is not what you should spend. It is the money owed to you by the civil servants of the Dali court. You are at Song Yan's place Except for the small amount of money that should be allocated to teachers, the rest of the military expenses obtained through begging can be taken out of the capital."

The guy's face was full of bewilderment, "Master Imperial Master, is this really all?"

As for why the majestic Grand Master Li knew about such a trivial matter as buying clothes for him, he couldn't think too much about it at the moment.

Cui Han smiled and said, "Of course it's more than just that. This incident distracted me, especially because it made me feel a little unhappy. Since you, an errand boy, can't be blamed for it, Han Shangshu is so slippery. He didn't give me a chance to make the Hubu Yamen suffer, so I had to talk about your general. On the way south, he made some eye-opening or closed-eye accounts. I plan to settle with him, Su Gaoshan. Forget it, you tell him that the imperial court will deduct his contribution to destroying the Yeyou Kingdom, so the hunting envoy who should have been in the bag is a little hung up. Next, he and Cao Ping will advance together to attack Zhu. Ying Dynasty, remember to work harder. If you can lead the army to attack the capital of Zhu Ying Dynasty, it will be a great achievement. As a woodcutter, doesn't he like to chop up dragon chairs and use them as firewood? That chair, I can promise him today, as long as Su Gaoshan takes the lead and sees the high wall of the capital, the most valuable chair in the middle of Aquarius Continent will be his firewood. The flames that swallowed up the chair will be the one he raised. If you are a fire python, you can hope to become a golden elixir."

The man from the frontier army looked extremely ugly.

This is obviously to force General Su to break into the hinterland with all his strength.

Cui Han put down the teacup, "I still have things to do, and so do you. I won't invite you to drink tea. One or two cups of tea won't make you less anxious."

The man hesitated to speak, and finally gave up his plan to discuss it with the Imperial Master. If he dared to make trouble at the Ministry of Household Affairs, he was forced by the situation and had to jump over the wall in a hurry. It was meaningless here.