This Kong Yiyuan's position is the Salt Censor of the Lianghuai River, although he is only a minor official of the seventh rank.
But in the Wei Dynasty, the salt inspection censor was one of the thirteen supervisory censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and was responsible for inspecting salt affairs.
One is from Lianghuai, one is from Liangzhe, one is from Changlu, and one is from Hedong.
Its main responsibilities are to supervise the payment of salt taxes and supervise the monopoly of salt merchants.
It can be said that his status and authority are even higher than those of the Salt Transportation Department. Lin Daiyu's father in "A Dream of Red Mansions", Lin Ruhai, once served as the Salt Patrol Censor. With the status of the four major families, this position can be imagined. How important.
Xu He learned from his teacher Li Zhijie that Kong Yiyuan was actually the son of the crown prince and his second assistant Xia Yangqiu.
But the other party didn't seem to want to hide this, and brought out these two giant Buddhas as soon as the show started.
From this point, Xu He could see two things. First, the other party did not shy away from others knowing his camp, and he was proud of it.
Secondly, he did not hide his intentions from Xie Daozhi, the son of the Minister of Dali Temple and another of his teachers, and he showed his political trump card to others in a big way.
Regarding these two points, in terms of high emotional intelligence, Kong Yiyuan treats people sincerely and straightforwardly, without beating around the bush.
But another comment is that even if you can do it as an official, you can't say it. Even if everyone knows who is standing behind you, you can't tell it to your mouth.
What politics fear most is that the team is too deep and the ties are too deep. This person who flaunted himself as a princeling and the second assistant to Xia Yangqiu from the very beginning was, to put it bluntly, too shallow.
Moreover, when he said what he just said, Xu He had already guessed the purpose of the other party's trip.
No matter whether we can find out something or not, the reason why I invited you Xie Liangcai today is to serve as a mouthpiece and ask the Minister of Dali Temple to help me with this matter. When I talk about this matter in court in the future, , it would be best for Xie Daozhi to help play the side drum.
Although Xie Liangcai can sometimes be a hot-blooded young man, and sometimes he can transform into a young man who sings about the wind and the moon, his background determines his sensitivity to such things.
Xie Liangcai did not reply to Kong Yiyuan's words. Instead, he continued to drink water from his tea bowl without saying a word.
Kong Yiyuan didn't seem to notice that Xie Liangcai kept silent and continued to explain: "Brother, although I haven't caught the other party's loopholes yet, this matter is too strange."
"A while ago, the King of Qi wanted to build a Taoist temple in the palace for His Majesty. It is said that he spent more than tens of millions of taels. Where did the money come from? Where did he, a prince without a vassal, find so much money?"
"Also, our tea patrol censor in Zhejiang Province discovered that the family members of the Hangzhou prefect secretly suppressed tea bricks and then resold them to Shanxi merchants who then smuggled them to the grasslands."
"Most of the money flows directly from the Shanxi business bank account to the chief minister Qin Yan!"
"So the teacher suspects that the other party is using the huge profits such as salt and tea to raise money for King Qi and please His Majesty!"
"But I, the Crown Prince of the Wei Dynasty, have already decided. King Qi and Qin Yan are jumping up and down. They are worried about what they are doing!"
"Brother Defu, I am a small censor. Although I have the power to impeach, there are many obstacles in investigating cases at the local level. Two days ago, I wanted to make an appointment with Mr. Beiming, but he refused. You He is the master of the temple, and he is in this hometown. Can you invite him here in your name? Maybe he won’t refuse?"
Seeing Tuqiongdagger, Xie Liangcai was told that he was unable to advance or retreat.
This kind of stupid officialdom doesn't play by the rules, reveals his identity directly, and then asks you for help. If you don't help, it will obviously offend him and the people behind him. Xie Liangcai fell into deep thought for a while and couldn't answer well. , and I was afraid of making enemies in the court for my father if I ignored him.
Xu He saw his embarrassment, so he smiled and said: "Master Kong, you are really making things difficult for my brother in this matter."
Kong Yiyuan frowned and looked at Xu He.
Xu He smiled and said: "Although Mr. Beiming is my teacher's best friend, he was invited here and is only responsible for handling the imperial bandits. He has repeatedly stated that he will never interfere in other matters. Therefore, the teacher also Without someone to discuss it, I am slandering Mr. Beiming!"
"Teacher?" Kong Yiyuan looked at Xu He in surprise.
Xie Liangcai didn't know that Xu He was helping him out, so he quickly smiled and said: "Yes, Hailing County Magistrate Li Zhijie admires my younger brother very much. After the county examination, he accepted him as a student and taught him Confucian classics every day!"
Only then did Kong Yiyuan realize that Xu He was actually Li Zhijie's student. He looked at Xie Liangcai reproachfully, as if to say, Li Zhijie's tutor was Qin Yan, the first assistant, and your younger brother was Li Zhijie's student. Why didn't you come in advance? Tell me, if what I just said was revealed to Li Zhijie, wouldn't it mean that everything was over?
Xie Liang then knew what he was worried about, so he laughed loudly and said: "Brother Mingchun, don't worry, my brother is very tight-lipped. He will never tell anyone outside this courtyard."
Xu He smiled slightly and nodded, which was regarded as a guarantee.
But it was obvious that the other party knew Xu He's identity, and no matter how stupid he was, he would not continue the topic just now.
Seeing the opportunity, Xie Liangcai quickly asked Su Yaoguang to prepare a banquet for Kong Yiyuan.
Kong Yiyuan was originally a censor, and generally should not appear in places like Goulan, but his previous behavior clearly told Xu He that this person was an old prostitute who frequented these places.
The banquet was set and Su Yaoguang poured wine for everyone.
Kong Yiyuan originally thought that since he was a Jinshi at a young age and held such an important position as the Salt Patrol Censor in his 30s, he would definitely be favored by a beauty like Su Yaoguang.
But after three rounds of drinking, he discovered that he was a serving official and Xie Liangcai was a minister of the temple. The two of them received more attention than even a county trial case leader.
"Mr. Xu, I took a boat to Jinling a while ago. I heard that you once had a relationship with Gu Hengbo and everyone Gu. You even wrote a poem for everyone Gu? Is this true?"
"Mr. Xu, the Nu family has heard that the last time Lu Butang came to Hailing, you wrote several farewell poems for him at the reception banquet. Three hundred and sixty days a year, most of them are on horseback! The Nu family I really like it!”
"Thousands of hammers have carved out the deep mountains, and the fire is burning as if it were nothing. I am not afraid of being shattered to pieces, but I want to leave my innocence in the world! This poem of the young master has now been spread throughout the Wei Dynasty!"
Kong Yiyuan was dumbfounded. He didn't expect that the most widely read "Lime Song" in recent days was actually written by this humble young man in front of him.
Xie Liangcai laughed and said: "Miss Yaoguang, you are just talking so much because you want Xiaohe to write a poem for you!"
Su Yaoguang covered his mouth and chuckled: "Then Master Xu, can you let the slave family get what they want?"
Everyone looked at her with a charming look on her face, and her meaning couldn't be more obvious: "Young Master, you give me a poem, and I will give you an unforgettable night!"
Just kidding, Xu He is certainly not a womanizer.
There is one thing to say, and the atmosphere has already been heightened to this point. If I don't write something, I really feel sorry for the flattery.
He, Xu He, does not write poems simply to show his saintliness in front of others, nor does he write poems simply to be benevolent to beauties.
