Beimen Yuyong suddenly hoped that Han You would never be able to finish investigating the household affairs.
Because he knew that when Han You killed the household minister Wailang and the right minister, he would plunge into the whirlpool of the court and set off huge waves.
The little fat man also saw that Young Master Han was a restless master. He liked to challenge high difficulties and started to kill monsters beyond the level. If the right servant took it, could the left servant be far behind?
Although it is not yet known what Han You wants to do specifically, what he does will definitely cause a storm. I don't know if it will be him or the court minister who falls in a pool of blood after the storm.
Night, Haishi, nine o'clock in the evening.
Han You came to Tailongfang in a low-key manner and entered the residence of Sun Shouting, Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, through the side door.
Zhao Yi, the head of Tianguan of the Ministry of Personnel, Qian Yu, the leader of the Ministry of Rites, Sun Shouting, the boss of the Ministry of Households, Li Dingqian, the eldest brother of the Ministry of War, Wu Zhi, the top leader of the Ministry of Punishment, Zhou Zhenghuai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zhao and Qian, the ministers of the Ministry of Industry... Among the six, Sun, Li, Zhou and Wu, only Zhou Zhenghuai was the one Han You had real contact with.
Apart from Zhou Zhenghuai, Sun Shouting was "acquainted" with them, but they had never had any personal contact with them.
The greeting card sent out at noon on the first day was quite troublesome. Sun Shouting asked the housekeeper to ask Wang Hai when Han You wanted to visit Sun Shouting.
Wang Hai rode back to the villa, and Han You said that it would be fine at Xu hour, which was around seven in the afternoon. At that time, the officials of the Six Ministries and Nine Temples were also off duty, and this was also the time period for general official visits.
As a result, after Brother Hai came to Beijing and ran back to the capital to tell Sun Mansion, the housekeeper of Sun Mansion said that his master didn't have time, which meant that he was missing.
Wang Hai came back. Han You still sneered at first. If he didn't have time to meet, forget it. When the time comes, don't blame him for not giving you the favor of the Minister.
Unexpectedly, Beimen Yuyong asked Wang Hai to go again and tell the Sun Mansion that Han You wanted to visit at Haishi, which was from nine to eleven in the evening.
This is hard to understand. The ancients went to bed early, so how could they visit other people's homes from 9 to 11 pm?
At this time, I hugged my wife and went to bed. It's not like the Japanese in later generations who specially choose to visit other people's homes after ten o'clock in the evening and drink too much.
Unexpectedly, after Wang Hai left, the housekeeper of the Sun Mansion actually agreed, saying that it would be okay after Hai Shi, and at the same time emphasized not to bring visiting gifts. If you want to bring them, just bring pheasants.
Han You was confused, what am I doing with that thing?
Beimen Yuyong explained that it was a pheasant, not a pheasant.
You should know that the ancients usually brought gifts when they came to visit, and they paid attention to the meaning.
Usually, I bring a chicken. This chicken is not the common chicken on the market. It is a pheasant, that is, a pheasant. It is not the common pheasant on the market, or that bird, which is a chicken, a small animal chicken. .
The pheasant is an animal that is almost impossible to domesticate. It does not eat food that comes from outside. It is almost impossible to raise it after being caught. It will not eat anything, and it will easily starve to death in the end.
There is a book called "White Tiger Tong". This book has nothing to do with modeling. It mainly uses yin and yang and the five elements to explain common phenomena in nature, ethics, life and daily life.
There is a description of pheasants in the book. Scholars regard pheasants as their favorites. They should not lure them to eat. They should frighten them and they will die.
This sentence also gives a moral meaning to the pheasant, saying that this characteristic of the pheasant is like the virtue of a noble person, just like a "scholar".
In addition to pheasants, there are also wild geese, which were also one of the gifts given to each other by ancient scholars.
Because wild geese fly together, at least two wild geese fly together, and sometimes dozens of wild geese fly together. Whether flying in a group or in a pair, the flying characteristics of wild geese are to "fly in a row and stop in a row", which means to abide by the rules and be self-disciplined. , symbolizing the scholar-bureaucrats’ good conduct, respect, prudence and independence.
In addition to pheasants and geese, the last one is lamb.
The characteristic of a lamb is that of a flock rather than a party. The leader is always looking forward to the next step. The ministers and ministers have a distinguished status. However, monarchs and dynasties are most taboo about powerful people forming cliques for personal gain. Therefore, giving a lamb also means that the ministers and ministers are loyal to the king wholeheartedly.
Of course, this was the meaning, but it was later ruined by the so-called officials.
For example, in the past, the person who played the most clearly was Ma Rulong, the second son of the Ma family.
Pheasants are really wild. The girl had no clothes on and was covered in pheasant feathers. She just said it was a pheasant. When she sent it to someone else's house, I asked her if it was wild.
The wild goose was more aggressive, holding a banknote in its mouth. It must be that the wild goose was tired from flying and stood on the ground to rest for a while, and then picked up a large banknote from nowhere.
As for the lamb, it’s more straightforward. There is gold in the belly of the lamb. It is said that in order to rely on lamb on the grassland, the skin must be roasted until the meat is golden and crispy. However, a truly good cook can roast the inside of the lamb’s belly until it is golden brown. In a practical sense. The golden color has dropped gold.
Sun Shouting asked Han You to pay a visit and bring heavy gifts. A whole pheasant would do. A real pheasant is not the kind that speaks human language.
It can also be seen from this that Lao Sun plays the role of gentlemen as light as water, and does not want outsiders to think that the two have any friendship.
When Wang Hai came back and told the steward of the Sun Mansion what he said, Han You was also confused. Sun Shouting was playing wildly. Forgetting chickens, he still had to ask for pheasants?
Fortunately, Beimen Yuyong was by his side and roughly explained what was going on.
Han You suddenly realized that it was a pheasant. He thought it was a pheasant.
The pheasant must be dried in advance. Who has nothing to prepare for this?
Han You didn't take it seriously. He went to Beijing to buy chickens and brought them to the Sun Mansion. There were no pheasants, but there were two roast chickens. They were fat, oily and fragrant.
After entering the Sun Mansion, Han You did not look around. After throwing the roast chicken to the servant with a question mark on his head, he followed the butler into the main hall.
Although he walked through the side door, he still came to visit at night. At least he sat in the main hall, and the person who received him was also the son and grandson of the principal, Shouting.
They are all ministers, but their value is different. Zhou Zhenghuai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, is getting younger and younger as he lives. He is sprayed every day like a grandson.
Sun Shouting was getting older as he lived. He guarded the national treasury and everyone had to beg him for money. He acted like an uncle.
If you ask who among the six departments can compete with the official department, it is only the Hu department.
The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of officials, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of money.
If you want to be an official, the officials will take charge.
But if you want to achieve political achievements, you need money and the support of the court. In the end, it is inevitable to ask the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Han You didn't have a good impression of court officials, but he still admired Sun Shouting in his heart.
This little old man has an unattractive appearance and has an old face all day long. He does not look like a minister, but looks like he is about to hang himself. He makes everyone roll their eyes.
But there is no doubt about Sun Shouting's ability. After Lao Ba ascended the throne, the national treasury was stretched thin, not to mention the national treasury, and he owed a lot of debt. The salaries of many state officials were delayed for many years.
Even under such circumstances, Sun Shouting was able to pull the country's finances from an extremely dangerous level to a normal and dangerous level.
To put it in layman's terms, although Lao Sun didn't get things done, he didn't let things get worse. This is his skill, a big skill, because he, the Minister of Household Affairs, started on a hellish difficulty level.
Han You saluted after crossing the threshold. He was neither flattering nor conceited because of his status as a soldier of the emperor.
Sun Shouting nodded slightly and said softly: "No need to be polite, sit down."
Han You didn't talk around in circles after sitting down: "I know that Mr. Sun is busy with many things and the students won't bother him too much. I came here today just for one thing and I hope Mr. Sun will agree. The students will go to the Household Department to handle cases and arrest people."
Sun Shouting smiled, very satisfied and relieved.
Looking at Han You, Sun Shouting said calmly: "You are the emperor's personal soldier."
"You are the Minister of the Ministry of Finance."
"The emperor's own army can be investigated by everyone in the world."
"The household department is your territory."
"Your Majesty has already explained this matter."
"Your Majesty's explanation is your Majesty's explanation. Due to emotions and reasons, I must ask you first."
Sun Shouting's smile became even stronger, and his slight smile turned into a big laugh.
The smile faded and Sun Shouting said sternly: "The Yi Dao Guards are shameless in the world. There are many colleagues in the court who want to advise Your Majesty. I think so too, but after today, I will definitely not pay attention to this matter. You are so It’s not a bad thing for me to serve as the commander of the Yi Dao Guard, at least you know the rules.”
Han You stood up and saluted Sun Shouting again.
"Thank you, sir."
