Chapter 280: eunuch in charge
Chapter 280 Eunuch in charge
Prefect Min pinched his nose and said to Master Xu: "This Eunuch Shu is not in the palace to serve Concubine Yan Gui, what is he doing here with us? Did you find out?"
Master Xu, as the right-hand man of Min Zhifu, naturally has no ability to do things. He really found out that this kind of thing can be asked for a little money, and it is not difficult. Well, I didn’t ask for the grace of the imperial concubine, so I went back to my hometown to worship my ancestors. It’s a coincidence that his hometown is not far from us. He came to say that he came to stop by and bring some soil for the emperor and the imperial concubine. Specialties go back”
After Master Xu finished speaking, he looked at Zhifu Min, and both of them had a tacit understanding.
Prefect Min's gaze sank, he nodded and stopped talking.
Lingnan, like other places in Daqin, has special products to pay tribute every year, and there is no need for him, Mr. Shu, to come here specially to find any special products.
Besides, how hot is the concubine's side, he is so famous, he asks for grace and asks for leave to go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors. And the time to return to the palace was delayed—he wasn't afraid that if he left the palace for too long, other eunuchs would sneak in to please the imperial concubine and take his position?
You must know that eunuchs like them, no matter how much they are liked by the master, they are just lowly slaves, not irreplaceable.
If someone pleases the imperial concubine more, the imperial concubine may not necessarily have him serve her.
Unless, looking for souvenirs is just an excuse, he may have brought other secret orders
In this area of Lingnan, if the people in the palace really came with some secret order, seven or eight out of ten would have something to do with Mr. Zhao Xiangzhao
It's just that this is a taboo, and neither Zhifu Min nor Master Xu dared to say it easily.
Prefect Min has already planned in his heart, first see this Mr. Shu first, and then send someone to Yancun, Gaolian County, tomorrow.
Prefect Min led the government officials, large and small, to greet Eunuch Shu politely and with smiles all over their faces.
Eunuch Shu sat lazily in the gorgeous and comfortable carriage and didn't even bother to get out of it, so he ordered the little servant to lift up a corner of the curtain, and said a few polite words with a shrill voice and a smile.
How dare prefect Min dare to argue with him? Still smiling, he personally led him and his party into the inn.
He quickly ordered someone to arrange a banquet, and treat Eunuch Shu well in the evening.
Eunuch Shu was treated like this everywhere he went, and he was very happy and proud.
Under the light of bright lamps and candles, and amidst the brocade curtains, Eunuch Shu sat on the main seat, imposing and imposing, his round and fat face was full of smiles. Even more complacent.
He sighed from the bottom of his heart: What is the use of studying? What's the use of becoming an official even if you work hard to take the imperial examination? For this person, luck is the most important thing. For example, he is better than anything else if he is with the right master. They are big and small officials, one counts as the other, but in his own eyes, that is nothing! It's not that you are trying your best to please him! As long as he is not happy, he can decide their careers casually, heh!
There were a lot of people at the banquet, and the prefect Min originally wanted to test Shu Gonggong a few words, but he couldn't find a suitable opportunity, so he had to give up.
I still explained it that night, and told my confidant to set off at dawn tomorrow, go to Yan Village, Gaolian County, and find the Zhao family.
Zhao Liya and the others saved the life of his youngest son, and they have become more friendly in the past two years. Besides, because of the road construction and seaport routes, he also sincerely admires the Zhao family. There is also Mr. Zhao, who did not feel sorry for himself or give up on himself when he came here. Instead, he set up a school and taught the children of the local people to read and write for free. I heard that he discovered several good seedlings. Mr. Xuetang is completely fine.
Education is not just going on step by step, generation after generation, and when the accumulation and development reach a certain level, there will naturally be results.
Just for this one thing after another, the prefect of Min can't do nothing after guessing something.
Of course, he would rather guess wrong.
Prefect Min did not guess wrong. The next morning, someone from Eunuch Shu called him over, saying that Eunuch Shu had something to ask him.
Prefect Min said yes with a smile all over his face, and immediately got up and left, cursing endlessly in his heart. Where does this stray dog care about the court and the officials appointed by the emperor? He is just a dog next to the concubines in the harem, but he has the confidence to dictate to them, the court officials.
Eunuch Shu didn’t care whether others were happy or not, he woke up enough to sleep, so he explained casually, and when Prefect Min came over, he hadn’t had breakfast yet.
Prefect Min could only wait outside the yard aggrieved. After a long time, Eunuch Shu had enough to eat and drink.
"Zhao Xiang is exiled here, where is he from? You should know, right?"
Prefect Min was startled, and lowered his head to laugh with him: "Of course I know, their family is exiled in Gaolian County."
Shu Min nodded, and casually said: "What has Zhao Xiang done these past few years?" After speaking, he secretly stared at the reaction of the prefect.
Min Zhifu hesitated: "This official is quite far away from Gaolian County, and he is busy with official duties on weekdays, with countless major and minor issues. As for the scene, the lower officials dare not be negligent in the slightest, Gao Lian County has not heard of any accidents, and the lower officials did not pay much attention."
"I don't know what the father-in-law is asking about? I only know that Zhao and Zhao Xiang seem to have opened a school, taking in a few peasant children to teach every day, but I don't know about the others."
Shu Min laughed disdainfully upon hearing this, "Is that so?"
Then Zhao Xiang is really a coward. The dignified former prince and master, Yipin Shangshu, has actually been reduced to the point of teaching peasant children.
It seems that the empress and His Highness were over-concerned, and said that they suspected that Zhao Xiang had secretly contacted the prince, and even assisted the prince to lobby other people. Oh, how could he have such ability!
Shu Min asked Prefect Min some other things. Prefect Min said what he knew, and didn't say what he didn't know. If Shu Min didn't ask, he would never say anything.
For example, how did Shu Min expect Zhao Xiang's daughter and adopted son to have such great abilities, earn so much money, and do so many things? So he wouldn't ask how Zhao Xiang's family was doing, and of course the prefect of Min didn't have much to do.
Shu Min asked for a while, and then said: "Tomorrow our family will go to Gaolian County, and you can send someone to the county government."
Let the county government prepare for the reception.
(end of this chapter)