Chapter 849: Will you help me this time?
Chapter 849 Will you help me this time?
"In the seventh year of Jinglong, I received a total of 73,134 taels of gold and 540 taels of silver for the 240 states, mountains, lakes, rents, taxes, fu and other roads of Dazhou 15th year. One hundred and fifty-four thousand nine hundred and thirty-three taels. Hengzhi goes in and out of the Qingwen Hall every day, so how many silver taels would it cost to mobilize 60,000 forbidden troops to fight for a year?"
In the study room of Xie's house, there was a candle light, a chessboard, two cups of tea, two old men, Xie Qingquan asked Du Hai'an opposite with a smile.
Du Hai'an has the word Hengzhi. Since he entered the Qingwen Palace, others have called him "Elder Ge" or "Master Du". He has not heard this sound for many years. When the late emperor was on the throne, one of them was the minister of the household and the other was the minister of punishment. Because of the busy office work, when they had time to sit in one place, they would only talk about Fengyue; Unseen and sat down again, talking about state affairs.
Du Hai'an dropped a sunspot, raised his eyes and said with a smile, "Brother Yawang deserves to be the Minister of the Household, and the tax details will come as soon as he opens his mouth. Others don't know, did Brother Yawang forget? The two wat boards are densely written."
Xie Qingquan, who was named Yawang, dropped a white stone next to Du Hai'an's sunspot, stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Why don't you remember? Once you brought the wrong wat board, and the late emperor asked him to sweat profusely, thanks to Jiang Mian for you. I was able to escape only after the siege was cleared. I still remember the figure of you hurriedly walking towards the thatched hut outside the Xuande Hall after dispersing with a full face."
Du Hai'an took over the words, "Long live and diligently, moved the dormitory to the Xuande Hall. For fear of being smoked, the thatched hut outside the Xuande Hall has been knocked down and built into a garden, so that trick can't be used now."
The two of them laughed, and the black shadow on the window was just like it used to be.
Xie Qingquan lifted his sleeves and poured a cup of tea for Du Hai'an, "In today's court, others say that you are sophisticated and respect me for being free and easy. But I never thought deeply that when the emperor's throne was replaced by the court, I was a coward, and you were the ruler of the society. good minister."
Du Hai'an took the thick porcelain teacup with both hands, "Brother Yawang put on a tall hat for me. Before you go to work, I can't go out. Jiang Mian died for me in the fire in the Ministry of Punishment."
Xie Qingquan shook his head, "Hengzhi doesn't have to be like this. The court is dangerous, and if one move is not very good, you will be smashed to pieces, and Jiang Mian's death will not be on your head."
Du Hai'an raised his eyebrows, "I thought Brother Yawang invited me here today to put this hat on me and let me help Zhang Wenjiang join the cabinet."
Xie Qingquan smiled and said, "What is Jiang Mian doing with Zhang Wenjiang? What is my relationship with Zhang Wenjiang? Besides, what's the use of putting this hat on you?"
Du Hai'an lost another son before he said, "Brother Yawang also wants me to go to Suzhou?"
Having said this, Xie Qingquan said bluntly, "Among the elders of the pavilion, the prime minister Zuo is already old, Huang Tong is already in vain, protect the country princess Wu, if you leave the capital, who will be in charge of the overall situation, Qin Tianye? Back then, I was afraid that the Xie family would be implicated, resigned from office and left the court, avoiding the countryside and being ashamed to meet people. Now I return to the imperial capital alone, I want to go to Suzhou with this pair of bones and find back when I lost it in Kang'an. face."
Seeing Du Hai'an's surprised expression, Xie Qingquan smiled again, "Hengzhi thought that when I returned to the emperor, I wanted to drink tea with you in the Qingwen Temple? After I retired from the dynasty for eight years, I was used to being idle, and I couldn't bear that. Cup of tea."
Du Hai'an said with a serious face, "It's me who treats the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Brother Yawang, do you know how Kong Qingfeng and Nie Linjiang both died? Know how many children of their family have been injured in accidents this year. ?"
Xie Qingquan smiled unabated, "It's your business to investigate the case, I'll just play the abacus. Today I have the cheek to invite you, I just want to know, will Hengzhi be willing to help Brother Yu this time?"
Du Hai'an lowered his face, "What did Yin Qian promise you?"
Xie Qingquan looked at Du Hai'an and asked, "Hengzhi Gang or not?"
After a long time, a shadow on the window raised the teacup and drank it.
The dark clouds rolled over the imperial capital with cold air, covering the stars and scattering snowflakes. In the darkness, Kang'an City was lit up by white snow.
The color of snow is reflected in the house through the window. Jiang Muyan lifted the double bed curtains and glanced out. Qi Xue, who was watching the night on the couch by the screen, stood up and said in a low voice, "Does the girl wake up at night or eat tea?"
Jiang Muyan shook her head and asked in a low voice, "What time is it now?"
"Just now, girl, please sleep a little longer."
After Jiang Muyan stepped down again, Qixue pulled the bed curtain. Jiang Liu rolled over and hugged his sister with his right arm, "Are you going to wake up?"
Afraid that the quilt would rub the wound on her sister's arm, Jiang Muyan hurriedly propped up the quilt, and when her chubby little arm stopped moving, she gently put it down, and whispered, "It's still early, just go to sleep. "
Sister lifted the quilt and got in a cold wind, Jiang Liu's little head became more awake, he closed his eyes and rubbed his sister's side again, and asked, "Sister, what did your grandmother say?"
After Jiang Muyan came back yesterday, they were with Zheng Caiwei all the time. After returning, they were so sleepy they couldn't keep their eyes open, and they didn't have time to talk about Jiang Muyan's visit to her grandmother in Shengpingfang.
Hearing the girls talking, Qixue got up and walked gently to the window, poked at the charcoal brazier with an iron rod, dumped the cool charcoal ash from the copper hand stove on the table, and added the red-hot charcoal with iron clips. Start with the stove and cover it, ready for the girls to warm their hands after getting up, and then put a few pieces of fine silver frost charcoal into the charcoal brazier to warm up the house.
Inside the bed curtain, Jiang Muyan whispered to her sister about her going to Wang's house, "grandmother didn't mention Wang Youhan, she had a bad cough and was in bad spirits, so she started taking medicine again. I met Wang Youxin when I came out, and she cried. Please ask me to intercede for Wang Youhan's second uncle, she probably didn't participate in it and thought her sister was wronged."
"She's not bad by nature, it's just that she went through so many things at a young age to become what she is now." When Jiang Liu first arrived at the Great Week, he went to Wang's house with his sisters to learn the piano.
At that time, the Wang family girl, the Meng family girl, the Confucius family girl and their five sisters got together, and they wanted to lift the roof of the Wangjialing Youqin Courtyard. Wang Youxin is lively and active and is very affectionate to Jiang Liu. Jiang Liu also likes her, but things happened one after another. The prison disaster and the death of her biological mother stimulated Wang Youxin. When they met later, they quarreled and became estranged. .
Jiang Muyan did not agree with her sister's words, "You are two years younger than her, and you have experienced more than her. When Wang Youhan had an accident, she came to stop me without knowing the reason. She also encountered great changes. I'm blaming others. My grandmother is old, Liu's family is unreliable, and she doesn't know how to make progress. If the second uncle doesn't discipline her strictly, she'll be like this for the rest of her life."
She has two lives, how can Wang Youxin compare with her? Before Jiang Liu opened her mouth, her sister hugged her tightly and whispered, "Actually, I am not qualified to speak of her. If you hadn't patiently persuaded her back then, I would be better than I am now. She can't be stronger. Sister, let's live well in this life and don't let anyone see our jokes."
"Okay." Jiang Liu hugged her sister's sturdy little waist and smiled softly.
(end of this chapter)