"Whether the fire can be controlled depends on whether the rain is strong enough."
Emperor Yao stood up and walked quickly from behind the desk to the door. A group of servants trotted to follow. Wei Heyan prepared an umbrella and followed Emperor Yao outside.
The wind made the clothes rustle, the strong wind rolled the branches and leaves of the trees, black clouds rushed in from the sky, the color of the blue-grey floor gradually deepened, and the raindrops quickly became one.
"The rain came just in time!"
The fire in the capital city needs it, and the crops in the fields need it even more.
"Your Majesty, the imperial court has expressly stipulated that after summer, the fireworks workshops in the city are prohibited from storing gunpowder. The cause of this fire was the explosion of gunpowder in the fireworks workshop. There have been more than ten casualties. If Mr. Si had arrived a little later, the casualties would have been even worse.
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Wei Heyan interrupted at the right time to draw Emperor Yao's attention to Si Yiluo.
"Si Qing, please tell me what is the real situation!"
Si Yiluo didn't go to the palace to complain, Wei Heyan sent her to the palace again.
"The troops dispatched by the Ministry of War to put out the fire arrived at the scene half an hour late. Moreover, I heard someone at the scene saying that the workshop where the fire broke out stored a lot of specially developed blue products in order to celebrate Mr. Bo Ge's birthday.
Fireworks. I don’t dare to tarnish Mr. Boge’s reputation, I have already sent someone to verify it.”
Blue fireworks are rare. Although Emperor Yao had long wanted to have the Ministry of Rites develop them, he was afraid of being known as extravagant and lewd, which would ruin his sage, so he never took action.
Now it's just an old man celebrating his birthday, and someone is developing blue fireworks just to please him?
Wei Heyan figured out Emperor Yao's idea accurately, as expected.
"Si Qing, it concerns the people in the city. You must investigate this matter carefully!"
Anyway, ever since she took over as the commander of Jin Yiwei, she has been responsible for all the tasks that offend people!
Wei Heyan hibernated and began to cherish his feathers.
Si Yiluo responded respectfully.
"For your meritorious service in extinguishing the fire this time, Si Qing will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver and ten pieces of silk yarn. Crown Prince Xiang is willing to help others and will share the reward. All Jin Yiwei who participated in extinguishing the fire will be rewarded with ten taels of silver each, which will come from my inner treasury!"
"On behalf of my subordinates, I would like to thank the Emperor for this gift!"
The rain was very fierce. An hour later, the fire was extinguished by the rain. When the Shangguan of the Ministry of War came into the palace to report the news, Si Yiluo had already returned to the Jinyiwei Yamen with the reward.
The official from the Ministry of War who came to report the news received a lot of scolding and was demoted two levels. When he returned to the yamen of the Ministry of War, he was soaked by the heavy rain and felt very embarrassed.
"This is too much. Not only did Si Yiluo take our credit, he also sued us in front of the emperor!"
To please Mr. Boge, they were not the ones who developed the fireworks, so why should they take the blame?
Also, the fire was extinguished by the rain. What did the Jin Yiwei do?
"That's too much!"
Someone followed suit.
The Ministry of War has just lost a right-hand minister, and they are working hard to plan for this position!
Who would have thought that because of his hard work, not only was he not promoted, but he was demoted two levels?
"The Emperor is angry, what can we do?" Someone tried to persuade him, "Si Yiluo is a popular figure in front of the Emperor. Against the Jin Yiwei, we are just bonesless eggs. Can we beat the stone?"
The grumbling official sighed. He was senior and junior, so he only dared to complain a few words. He still had to do his work.
Political party struggles are the business of those at the top. It would be great if they, like little fish in the pond, are not affected!
Someone secretly sent gifts to Si Yiluo's house.
"Jiang Si, the doctor in the Chariot and Driving Department of the Ministry of War, gave me a pair of luminous pearls. Do you want to accept them?"
Shen Moran looked at the gift list sent by the butler and opened the brocade box containing the beads. Two luminous pearls the size of a baby's fist exuded a bright green luster.
The rain kept falling, suppressing the heat. Shen Moran was separated from Si Yiluo's house by the heavy rain, and could only stay overnight tonight.
Si Yiluo glanced at it.
"The driver's officer is only a fifth-rank official, and the right minister of the Ministry of War is a third-rank official. There are six ranks in between, which cannot be bought with two luminous pearls... Moreover, he came to give me a gift. Didn't he come to the wrong place? He should go to the official department. , or at the houses of several pavilion elders."
"Go back."
Jiang Si was waiting outside, and the butler quickly returned the gift.
He didn't force it and gave the night pearl to the butler again.
"Can you please help me pass a message to Mr. Si? Tell me that I don't ask you to do anything. These two night pearls are to honor Mr. Si."
The butler passed the letter back to the main hall,
Si Yiluo tapped his fingers on the table and said with a smile: "It seems that the car frame department is quite good. I will give away two luminous pearls worth thousands of gold. Why don't you meet this person?"
Shen Moran could understand it with just one look from her, she smiled and retreated inside.
"Go and bring the people."
The housekeeper held an umbrella and turned back, and soon a man came in with him.
The visitor was in his mid-thirties, and Si Yiluo had memorized all the resume information of an official of the fifth rank or above in the imperial court.
Jiang Si came from a poor family and was a Jinshi in the second grade of Tianwu for three years. He is now thirty-six and a high school Jinshi at the age of 22. He was really famous for a while back then.
In fourteen years, he climbed from a ninth-grade ambassador of the Huitong Pavilion to a fifth-grade doctor who is now capable of driving a car. The speed of promotion can be said to be very fast among the children from a poor family.
"I have met Mr. Si."
Si Yiluo looked at him. He was of medium height and upright, and he was an appearance that was easy to trust. Back then, Qingliu tried to win over him, but he rejected the Qingliu group by saying, "I still have a family to support."
After receiving an envoy from a foreign country at the Huitong Hall, he was promoted.
The reason why I was deeply impressed by him was because in his previous life, he took a box of jewelry to seek refuge with Wei Heyan, and she received him at that time.
"Master Jiang is very generous." Si Yiluo motioned him to take a seat and said straight to the point, "I wonder what Master Jiang wants to get from me?"
Jiang Si didn't feel embarrassed at all when he called himself a lower official in front of one of her juniors, and he didn't look down on her just because she was a woman.
On the contrary, the etiquette is extremely thoughtful.
"I came across this pair of night-bright pearls by chance. If I leave them here with my superior, they will be covered in dust. Why don't I borrow flowers and offer them to the Buddha? Sir Si can play with them or appreciate them, but they won't be considered buried."
"I have nothing to ask for, Lord Si. Don't worry."
Si Yiluo smiled.
"Gifts given by people who ask for nothing are often more valuable than gifts. Master Jiang, it's better to make it clear."
These rhetorics were fine for deceiving those who were new to officialdom, but they were completely inadequate in front of Si Yiluo.
Jiang Si smiled and said: "Master Si is happy, I don't want much, I want to go to the Ministry of Finance."
"Ma Zhengyi Chuan, the head of the Chaoji Department, is a well-paid job and a confidential department. Why do you want to go to the Household Department? There seems to be no gap in the Household Department now."
The current Ma Zheng Dynasty in the Great Zhou Dynasty has a lot of oil and wealth, and there is no risk of losing one's head. For those who want to work as an insurance company, it is a highly sought-after position.
Jiang Si talked eloquently.
"Master Taipu Temple, from the third rank, the three young ministers are to the fourth rank. These adults have higher official positions than the lower officials, but they are under the jurisdiction and control of the fifth rank official, the lower official. This position is not as easy as everyone imagines. "
"Taipu Temple relies on horse administration every year to collect a lot of horse head tax, but less than half is actually paid. There is no one behind the official, so I can only turn a blind eye and muddle along."
"This position is more than secure, but the future is hopeless. I am a civil servant, and I will never be able to achieve the position of minister if I stay in the Ministry of War for the rest of my life. It is better to try in another place. If a person moves a living tree, he will move a tree to death. You may not know. From now on, the official career will be prosperous.
No more twists and turns.”
"It's not difficult to transfer at the same level. I believe it's just a trivial matter for Mr. Si. Once the job is done, the subordinate will give you a thank you gift."
The meaning of seeking refuge in his words was very obvious. Si Yiluo knew that he had been waiting and watching and had not found a supporter for himself, but he was surprised when he found her.