The capital city welcomed another heavy snow.

The roof of the Ministry of Rites' yamen was covered with thick snow, and there was only a cleared aisle left in the yard. Officials and clerks handled various affairs step by step.

As the end of the year approaches, except for some urgent work, everyone has pushed some less important things to the beginning of next spring, and many officials and clerks have already focused on purchasing New Year’s goods.

For many ordinary people, the Spring Festival is more important than anything else, especially the clerks and yamen runners who can go home to get together with their families, which makes them look forward to the arrival of this day.

As soon as the time to go to the yamen arrived, a large group of officials took advantage of the wind and snow to hurry towards their homes, or went to the street to buy some New Year's goods.

Li Chunfang's sedan was the first to leave the Ministry of Rites. It was his turn to enter Xiyuan tonight. He hurriedly ate a donkey meat and then got into the sedan chair and rushed towards Xiyuan.

Gao Gong's sedan chair was the second to leave. His beard was still as black and thick as it was the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites for half a year, which made him realize that neither of the two people on his head were simple characters.

Li Chunfang was a famous good-looking man in the court. After being ordered to enter the Xiyuan, he was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites less and less, but he followed Lin Shiran tacitly suppressed and excluded himself.

Although Lin Junran seems young, he is more experienced in his work than any official in the court. He has not been able to get any advantage from Lin Junran until now. On the other hand, the other party has won the support of the Ministry of Rites. Especially when the year approaches, Lin Junran

A sum of money was obtained from private channels to distribute the New Year's fees, which completely won the hearts of the people from all over the Ministry of Rites.

It’s not that Gao Gong didn’t want to infer the entire Ministry of Rites, but he was just trying his best to please the current emperor, and the affairs of the Ministry of Rites were handled without any leakage, and he did not give him the opportunity to intervene in the High-tech Policy. Even the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites had become a good one.

An optional character.

However, such days seem to change soon. Rumor has it that the cabinet intends to expand the cabinet ministers, Wu Shan, the Minister of Personnel, and Yan Ne, the Minister of Revenue, entered the cabinet, and Dong Fen took over as Minister of Personnel, and Lin Qingran has great hope of becoming the Ministry of Revenue.

Shangshu.

In heavy snowy days, the air looks very fresh.

As the two sedan chairs left one after another, the officials from the main hall of the Ministry of Rites and the Right Assistant Office left one after another. As the New Year's fee was settled, there were also many smiles on their faces.

Not long after, Lin Weiran also walked out of the Left Minister's Office.

Although he was wearing thick clothes inside, compared with the sign-in room where charcoal fires were always burning, the temperature outside was so cold that it was unbearable.

However, he has a tough side in his personality. In order to take into account his decency, even if he is trembling with coldness, he cannot show a embarrassed look.

He quickly walked towards the sedan chair waiting here, but he had an idea in his mind to return to his warm house earlier in the sedan chair.

"Uncle Nineteenth, just now, a news came from Suzhou that the Yan family who rescued Yan Shifan failed to rescue him!" Lin Fu stepped forward and reported a report of the situation softly.

Lin Weiran's brows frowned slightly, this was not good news.

The sedan chairwoman pulled open the curtain of the sedan chair, and Lin Fu handed Lin Weiran a hand-warming stove.

Lin Weiran took the exquisite hand-warming furnace and got into the sedan chair and sat down. The sedan chair was slowly lifted up.

Although the capital was still very cold, he found a snuggle while baking it on the stove, so that it would not be too uncomfortable. His eyes closed slightly, and his mind began to think about something.

It took Yan Song a full two and a half years to step down, which could not pose a threat to Xu Jie, and even the Yan Party was dead in name only. However, with Lin Run's two consecutive memorials, matters related to Yan Song and his son became increasingly popular again.

But he couldn't tell whether this was Lin Run's attempt to step on the body of Yan Song and his son, or whether Xu Jie wanted to retaliate against Yan Song and his son.

If it were the former, Lin Run, a Nanjing Censor who was ordered to inspect Jiangnan and Jiang defense, ran to Yuanzhou Prefecture to complete so many actions, which seemed not something he could do easily.

If it were the latter, Yan Song would be an old man of eighty-five immediately. Moreover, Yan Xu's family was both in-laws and good ally of the past. Why did Xu Jie still refuse to let Yan Song and his son go?

In particular, the Yan family's failure to rescue Yan Shifan proves that it is impossible for Lin Run, a poor seventh-rank Nanjing Censor, to do it, and it already has a third force.

In a vague way, Lin Qingran always felt that there was something else he could use in this matter.

As soon as he thought of this, he called Lin Fu to the side of the sedan chair and asked people from Nanjing to investigate the situation of Lin Fu and his family in Nanjing.

Judging from Lin Run's resume alone, Lin Run and Xu Jie have no intersection, but they always feel that there is some connection between the two, and Lin Run is actually a member of the Xu Party.

Lin Weiran is now investigating these things, so he naturally will not think about how to rescue Yan’s father and son. But many things need to be prevented before they happen.

Yan Shifan was escorted to Beijing, and the remnants of the Yan Party would definitely find ways to rescue Yan Shifan. At that time, the situation in the court would become chaotic, and there might be some good opportunities to let the father-in-law enter the cabinet or take the lead.

Due to the cold weather, the journey seemed very quiet.

The sedan chair stopped in the front yard of Lin Mansion, and the two ladies also came out of the inner house in a regular manner.

Lin Weiran came out of the sedan chair and saw two wives with beautiful national beauty. He couldn't help but smile knowingly. With a wife like this, what should the husband ask for?

As usual, Lin Qingran greeted the two wives, first returned to the room to change into the third-grade official uniforms, and then came to the dining room to have a meal together.

Wu Qiuyu and Hua Yingrong have been strictly tutored since childhood, but they sit upright and chew slowly when eating, which is pleasing to the eye.

It is already cold winter now, and it is hard to find traces of vegetables, but they will not be completely missing.

In addition to the vegetables stored in kilns in Beijing, greenhouses were planted in the Han Dynasty, but mostly crops such as leeks and onions were found, and vegetables were found on the table.

Hua Yingrong is quite picky about food, and the ingredients on the dining table are usually fresh. For example, this braised fish is a fresh fish bought from a fisherman who was fishing in the river.

It is too difficult to live in Beijing, but it is not just a matter of housing prices. It is also a considerable expense for food and consumption.

It's just that this is a headache for other officials, but Lin Weiran doesn't have to worry about such things at all.

The United Merchants' business has made extensive financial resources, and the Luzon gold mine has been mined for one and a half years, which has already reached an amazing level of wealth in the hands of the United Merchants.

The biggest problem of the Joint Mission today is no longer how to make money, but how to spend a lot of money. In the face of the poor and backward Korean market, the Joint Mission also spent a large amount of Leizhou cloth without any returns.

Thanks to Chen's strong help, the joint business group has already gained a foothold in North Korea. Leizhou cloth has become a hard currency for North Korea, and Leizhou cloth tickets are also about to be launched.

Wu Qiuyu's pretty face raised a hint of pity, and he solemnly said something to Lin Qingran: "I went to the north of the city with Sister Hua today. From the curtain of the car, I happened to see the people from the government carrying out several refugees in the same alley.

The corpses were piled on the ox cart like stacks of arhats, and I felt so uncomfortable in my heart!”

When Hua Yingrong heard this, she stopped her chopsticks and looked at Lin Weiran.

Hua Yingrong saw a lot of things like this, but Wu Qiuyu lived in the capital and suddenly accidentally encountered this situation, so she felt very nervous.

Lin Qingran sighed in his heart, comforted Wu Qiuyu, turned his head and shouted "Ahua" to the side. But as soon as he spoke, he realized his mistake and remembered that Ahua had officially married Xin not long ago.

Wang Shiju, a disciple of the imperial examination, was at home.

When Ah Hua left, someone naturally filled it up.

Shortly after A Duo was sent to the capital, he was also a smart girl. He looked obedient and said, "Master, I wonder what instructions do you have?"

"When there is no outsider, just call me Uncle Nineteen!" Lin Junran emphasized to A Duo, and then ordered seriously: "Let Lin Fu go to Shuntian Prefecture and ask the prefect to come over and talk.

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A Duo responded and hurried out to tell Lin Fu.

Wu Qiuyu looked at Lin Weiran's actions and felt a little warm.

After dinner, Lin Weiran went to the study as usual. The charcoal fire had already been ripe for the study, which made the whole room unable to feel the coldness of this winter.

Although "Carbon Jing" is an important means of bribery, many senior officials in the capital will not buy charcoal in order to avoid making fun of someone behind the scenes and collecting so much charcoal silver, so they will create charcoal fires without hesitation.

Lin Qingran is not listed here, mainly because he, a southerner, is indeed afraid of the cold, and his current wealth does not need to treat him too badly.

Not long after, an old official followed Lin Jinyuan in and looked respectfully bowed: "Xu Gang, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, paid homage to Zuo Zongbo!"

Shuntian Prefecture was a very mobile position. Although Yang Bo pushed his Shanxi fellow villager Zhang Yi to the position of Shuntian Prefecture, Zhang Yi was really old and stupid, and was soon transferred to Nanjing for retirement.

Xu Gang, the current prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, was a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Jiajing. Although his qualifications were relatively shallow, his official reputation was very good. He was an official who truly dared to do things for the people.

"Premier Xu, please sit down!" Lin Qingran did not hold back and raised his hand and said gently.

Xu Gang gave another gift and then sat down in the seat.

Lin Jinyuan brought teacups to the two of them and quietly retreated.

Lin Xu Ran had a conversation with Xu Gang, but he didn't beat around the bush. He just spread the matter and said his plans, "Minister Xu, can the government office accommodate these refugees?"

Even in previous years, people would freeze to death in the cold winter, and the weather this year was obviously colder than in previous years. If Shuntian Prefecture did this, then these refugees would probably have no way to survive.

Xu Gang picked up the teacup and put it down again, responding helplessly: "Zuo Zongbo, the lower official also wants to help settle them, but now the treasury is out of silver, so he is really powerless!"

"Why can't there be no silver?" Lin Qingran frowned slightly and asked in confusion. He had served as the prefect of Shuntian, and was very clear about the situation of the treasury. Kuyin has always been sufficient.

Xu Gang sighed heavily and said honestly: "This matter has to start with the matter of bringing up the silver medal!"

"I wish to hear it carefully!" Lin Qingran picked up the teacup and nodded quietly.

Xu Gang nodded slightly and told the matter out in detail.

Lin Weiran submitted a memorial to ask for a reduction in the silver from Shuntian Prefecture, but the superior agreed. However, in order to meet the various expenses of the Taoist priests today, the Ministry of Revenue still stretched its hand to Shun.

The Kuyin of the Heavenly Prefecture.

It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality!

Once the silver for the Shuntian Prefecture was opened, it was already difficult to close it. Especially in front of the Ministry of Revenue, in front of Yan Ne, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who was a half-step master, how could the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture have the ability to refuse?

Xu Gang was undoubtedly a qualified prefect of Shuntian Prefecture. Although he could not stop the greedy hand of the Ministry of Revenue, he first used the treasury silver from the Shuntian Prefecture Office to supplement it, and then he added silver to the people with the lightest force.

That's right, Shuntian Prefecture is indeed unable to settle refugees now, but it has entered a small vicious cycle.

On the surface, Shuntian Prefecture's excessive emptying of the silver treasury has made it impossible to settle the refugees. However, if Shuntian Prefecture's Office does not empty the silver treasury for filling it, it will definitely collect more silver from the people, and then the refugees who will run to the capital will be sent to the capital.

It will only increase and decrease.

Sometimes the court thought it would cost tens of thousands of taels more, and each citizen only paid more than ten cents, but it was probably because of this more than ten cents that made them have to wander in the capital.

The crux of the current problem still originates from the introduction of the editorial rights.

Lin Xuran sighed in his heart and found that it was a long way to go by just relying on his desire to change this decadent dynasty.

Lin Qingran is not a person who only knows how to complain. After taking a sip of tea, he said to Xu Gang: "I will say hello to Li Yunhu of Shuyazhai and ask him to advance the advertising fee of 5,000 taels next year to Shuntian Daily! You will arrive at Shu tomorrow

Yazhai transported the silver taels directly, of which 3,000 taels were used to settle refugees, and the other 2,000 were to celebrate the festival for the government office!"

"Sir, obey the order!" Xu Gang's eyes flashed with joy, and he immediately saluted solemnly.

Lin Qingran sent Xu Gang, the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, and someone came to visit him again. It was Yu Dayou, the general of Liaodong.

Faced with this famous general in later generations, Lin Weiran did not act like a left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, but also invited people in and learned about the situation in Liaodong through Yu Dayou.

Time quietly came to the end of the twelfth lunar month, and the forty-three years of Jiajing were about to pass.

Just two days left before New Year's Eve, a military situation suddenly came from Guangxi: Wei Yinbao led his team to attack Guilin, the capital of Guangxi, and climbed the wall into the city in the late night, went straight to the vassal treasury, and seized more than 40,000 taels of silver in the treasury.

He also killed the people involved in politics in Guangxi. Then, he attacked the Jingjiang Prince's Mansion City, causing many people from the Jingjiang Prince's Mansion to die in destruction.

Wei Yinbao was undoubtedly a thorn in the Ming Dynasty. From the beginning of his father Wei Chaowei, their father and son led the strong people to raise the anti-flag flag. However, the Wei family father and son had a lot of military talents, which made the Ming Dynasty court unable to do anything to them.
Chapter completed!