In the study.
When Cao Bin arrived, Master Pang was reading a letter with a smile on his face, and Pang Yu was drinking tea with his legs crossed.
"Master, why are you looking for me?"
Master Pang put down the letter in his hand, nodded with a smile and said:
"Don't worry Juncai, come and take a look."
With that said, he handed the letter in his hand to Cao Bin.
Cao Bin was not polite. He found a place to sit down, picked up the letter and read it.
This letter was written by Zhao Ji. In addition to apologizing for his recklessness, it also included a lot of industry information.
After reading it, Cao Bin suddenly felt something bad and said doubtfully:
"Master, what does this mean?"
Taishi Pang smiled and said: "In order to keep Gao Qiu, King Duan spent a lot of his family wealth, and I will count it as your compensation."
"In addition, I also give you an opportunity to serve as an official. This opportunity is very rare, so you must seize it."
Cao Bin suddenly understood that they had reached a compromise, and said with some disappointment:
"Are we just going to let Gao Qi go like this? I have no shortage of business to make money."
Master Pang waved his hand and said:
"What you are saying is stupid. Even if Gao Qi is taken down, it will only make things easier for those people."
As he spoke, he said earnestly:
"Besides, the Holy Emperor has no children today, and King Duan will have a good chance of ascending to the throne in the future. We should not offend him to death."
Upon hearing this reason, Cao Bin was immediately dumbfounded.
He dared to offend King Duan because he was sure that history was chaotic and King Duan had almost no chance of ascending to the throne.
Now you tell me, he has a good chance?
Then I have to finish playing? You may not be deeply offended, but I am deeply offended.
Do you not understand the details, or do you not take me seriously? So he tried:
"Grand Master, the grievances between Prince Duan and I are extremely difficult to resolve...it's hard to tolerate."
Master Pang shook his head and said:
"I know your concerns, so I shouldn't get rid of Gao Qiu."
"Actually, people like Gao Qiu will not help King Duan ascend to the throne. On the contrary, they will ruin his reputation."
As he spoke, he laughed and said:
"Now that the official family is still in its prime, I am just doing this just in case."
"But it's a good opportunity for you."
"As long as you hold great power, even if King Duan really ascends to the throne, you will not care about the current grudges."
Cao Bin was full of bitterness at this time. To put it simply, he was the emperor.
Although the imperial power of the Song Dynasty was subject to many constraints, it was also surprisingly great.
Looking at me like this, do I have the chance to be the one who restricts him?
Besides, in the entire history, which powerful official had a good ending?
When the time comes when you go home to retire, I will be out of luck.
But I couldn't say this clearly, so I could only ask: "What is the opportunity that the grand master mentioned?"
Taishi Pang smiled and said:
"Since May, there have been signs of severe drought in Shandong."
"Now that several months have passed, there has been no rain in Shandong, and the food harvest is poor."
"The imperial court has already spared one relief effort, which could have alleviated the disaster."
"But a few days ago, a mob robbed the granary and caused a fire."
As he spoke, he glanced at Cao Bin and continued the introduction:
"The rebels have been wiped out, but the food cannot be saved, so the court has no choice but to provide relief again."
"However, the imperial court plans to send an envoy to oversee food supplies to go with him this time to supervise the relief arrangements in various states."
"My disciple, the governor of Yanzhou, also serves as the pacifier of Jingdong Road. It is an easy job for you."
Cao Bin said with a bitter face:
"The Grand Master thinks too highly of me. How can I have the ability to host a relief operation?"
"Why don't you give up this job and punish Gao Qiu?"
Master Pang pointed at Cao Bin helplessly, shook his head and said:
"It's late, the matter has been decided, you should be prepared."
Pang Yu said with a smile:
"Juncai, this is not just your business. Zheng Guogong has now taken up the post of Deputy Privy Envoy. Can't we ask him to resign?"
Mad, I knew it.
When Cao Bin heard this, he couldn't help but secretly curse.
They must be using this matter to exchange benefits for the Ponzi party, and they are just an added bonus.
But he didn't expect that the biggest beneficiary would be Pan Renmei.
It's a pity that they missed the chance to kill Gao Qiu. Looking at their aggressive appearance, I thought the matter was settled.
He still doesn't have the right to speak, otherwise he would definitely not use this matter as a bargaining chip in political exchange.
At this time, Master Pang took out a letter and said:
"When you arrive in Shandong, give the letter to the governor of Yanzhou, and he will cooperate with you."
In desperation, Cao Bin had no choice but to take the letter and said:
"I've asked the Grand Master to worry about it, so I'll take my leave..."
After leaving the Taishi Mansion, Cao Bin was a little depressed.
However, after this incident, Gao Qiu must not dare to provoke him anymore, which can be regarded as a small gain.
I just don’t know how they can explain it to the emperor.
When they got home and told the story, Fu Bo and Du Li were very happy.
Uncle Fu also prayed excitedly: "The young master is about to enter the officialdom, and there is hope for the revival of the family business."
Cao Bin understood his thoughts.
The official system of the Song Dynasty was very chaotic.
It can be roughly divided into official posts with salary, casual posts, titles, honors, and promotions. They only determine the grade and salary, but have no real power.
Even the three provinces and six ministries are just decorations, mostly used to send salary.
Only when the actual assignment is confirmed can one officially enter the officialdom.
Although Cao Bin, the "Imperial Envoy of Food Supervision", is only a temporary assignment, if he does a good job, he will have a lot of merit, even if he has qualifications.
Seeing that Cao Bin was unhappy, Du Shiniang advised:
"Why should Cao Yan care about a little grudge? His own future is more important!"
Master Li also said:
"Yes, Cao Lang, with the behavior of Gao Qiu and his son, they will be accused by the court sooner or later. There is no need to rush..."
Seeing that they were worried about him, Cao Bin didn't want to worry needlessly, so he waved his hand and said:
"You don't need to persuade me, I didn't take this matter to heart in the first place."
"I'm worried about supervising food. After all, it's my first time, so I'm afraid I won't do it well."
Uncle Fu said quickly:
"Old slave, please follow the young master, maybe you can help..."
Cao Bin's family was discussing the matter of grain supervision, but there was already a quarrel in the political hall.
When Kou Zhun and others heard that Cao Bin had been appointed as the food inspector, they immediately became anxious.
A person like Cao Bin is hard to say greedy for money, certainly lustful, and he is also known as a bad boy.
Putting him in a disaster area is like putting rats in an oil tank or a rice warehouse.
Not to mention that gold and silver attract people's greed, even the chaotic order in the disaster area can give Cao Bin many opportunities to take advantage of.
The imperial envoy was sent there because the imperial court suspected that the local officials had something fishy to do.
If Cao Bin is sent, if Mao Ni can't be caught, it will bring disaster instead.
However, the two factions of treacherous ministers Cai Jing and Pang Taishi had already reached an agreement, and Kou Zhun and others had no time to stop it.
After leaving the political hall, Kou Zhun sighed and said:
"Since it can't be changed, let's add someone to it. Does Mr. Bao have any candidates?"
Bao Zheng muttered:
"I have a new member named Yan Chasan who is upright and quite talented..."
