When Han Yunong left Kyoto, Qin Xiao specially sent him outside the city.
Watching Han Yunong's figure disappear into the distance, Qin Xiao knew that he was truly alone now.
Riding back to the city, Qin Xiao knew that if the capital was a jungle, then these people would be lambs to be slaughtered in the forest, and the dignitaries in the court would be tigers in the forest.
Leopard.
Of course he doesn't want to be a sheep in Kyoto where the jungle is strong.
Even if you can't become a tiger or leopard, you will definitely become a wolf.
The Ministry of War has four departments, namely the War Department, the Staff Department, the Driving Department and the Treasury Department, which are in charge of military attache assessment and military status, maps, boundaries, border defense, military support, stable animal husbandry, evangelism, equipment, ordnance, support, etc.
Military administration.
Qin Xiao was naturally familiar with Han Zhou.
After Fan Wenzheng's death, Dou Wei had already begun to clean up the Ministry of War, replacing old ones with new ones. However, after all, it was one of the six departments that maintained the operation of the empire. Naturally, Dou Wei could not drive out all Fan Wenzheng's people at once. Things still needed to be done.
People have to do it, and when everyone has left, there will be no one to do the work, so we can only do it slowly.
The Ministry of War was naturally panicked, and the entire Yamen was filled with a tense atmosphere.
The responsibilities of the Treasury Department, as the name suggests, are naturally in charge of the mobilization of ordnance and equipment.
Qin Xiao arrived at the Ministry of War and directly found the Treasury Department.
The Ministry of War Yamen is very grand. The Department of War is located in a large courtyard to the west of the Yamen of the Ministry of War. There are hundreds of people up and down. Knowing that Qin Xiao is a trusted commander of the Treasury Department, someone took him to the largest building in the courtyard.
Outside a house, after the report, Qin Xiao was directly asked to go in and meet Han Zhou, the head of the Treasury Department.
"It's not about taking care of you. As long as you work hard, you can get praise without taking care of you. If you are half-hearted and neglectful, I will not take it easy." Han Zhou pointed to a small box on the table: "Inside is
Put your seal away, and you will be considered a member of our Treasury Department."
Qin Xiao walked over, picked up the box, opened it and looked at it. He saw a small black seal. Just as he was about to take it out and take a closer look, Han Zhou coughed on purpose. Qin Xiao immediately put away the seal. Han Zhou glanced at Qin Xiao.
After looking at it, he said coldly: "I don't care what you did before. Now that you are here, everything must be done according to the rules. These rules are actually simple. Whatever the superior officer says, you just do it honestly. Don't do it."
What nonsense, let alone do things on your own initiative that you shouldn't do."
"Yes!" Qin Xiao looked respectful.
Qin Xiao didn't know if Han Zhou was among those to be cleaned up, but when he entered the room and saw Han Zhou looking calm and composed, he thought that Han Zhou was not worried about being expelled from the Ministry of War. If he guessed correctly, this person from the Treasury Department
The person in charge of the company should be Dou Fan.
"The minister has already signed the document." Although Han Zhou was only a sixth-grade official, his official tone was more serious than that of Dou Fu. He held the tea cup and did not look at Qin Xiao: "From today on, you will be in my treasury."
You are on duty at the Ministry of War. You have just joined the Ministry of War, so naturally you are not familiar with what to do."
Qin Xiao smiled and said: "It's my first time here, so I have to take care of you from now on."
Shi Lumi, it is no problem to support the family, but it may be difficult to buy such a horse. This horse costs at least a hundred taels of silver in the horse market."
Qin Xiao thought that the Black Overlord was a priceless treasure, and one hundred taels of silver could buy one of its manes.
"What do you mean, sir?"
Seeing Qin Xiao's good attitude, Han Zhou looked calmer and asked: "By the way, where did you get that horse? I saw that the horse was very handsome. There were many officials in the yamen riding horses, but it seemed that none of them were
A horse as good as yours."
Han Zhou suddenly mentioned the Black Overlord, and Qin Xiao felt something was wrong. He smiled and said, "I got my humble post by chance when I was in Xiling. I can't say it's that good."
"You, an official, are a bit too arrogant to ride such a horse." Han Zhou blew tea foam and said, "The annual salary of an official is thirty taels of silver, and there are another eighty taels of silver."
"Sir, are you saying that you can't ride a horse in a humble position?"
"That's not what I mean." Han Zhou said: "It doesn't matter if you ride a horse to save time when doing errands every day, but it's just an ordinary horse. If you want, I can say hello to the driving department.
Bring an ordinary mount over there, and it will be yours to use from now on."
Qin Xiao asked: "Sir, what should we do with the humble horse?"
"The imperial court has repeatedly issued orders asking officials to be honest and self-disciplined." Han Zhou put down his tea cup and looked at Qin Xiaodao: "You ride a horse like this in and out of the Yamen every day. Others see you and think that all of us in the Treasury Department are rich and powerful.
Going out will naturally have an impact on us."
The etiquette system of the Tang Empire had strict regulations on officials riding in sedan chairs. Only officials of at least the fifth rank were qualified to ride in a four-person sedan. Therefore, even a sixth-rank official like Han Zhou was not qualified to ride in a sedan chair.
However, even seventh-grade officials can ride horses or even ordinary carriages.
There is no doubt that this guy has fallen in love with his Black Overlord, so he suddenly mentioned the BMW today. He said he wanted to pay for it, but the meaning behind his words was clearly that he wanted Qin Xiao to make it.
Black Overlord gave it to him.
Qin Xiao really didn't expect that Han Zhou would be so shameless.
The first day I entered the Yamen, this guy actually wanted to steal her love with a sword.
Han Zhou coughed and picked up the teacup again, but with a slightly uncomfortable expression on his face, he pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Sit down and talk first."
Qin Xiao was not polite and walked over and sat down. Han Zhou then said slowly and calmly: "I recently wanted to buy a horse, but I haven't found a good one. If you are willing, can you sell your horse to me?"
Without waiting for Qin Xiao to speak, he immediately said: "I can buy it with the money."
It's okay if he didn't say this. As soon as he said this, Qin Xiao immediately understood Han Zhou's thoughts.
Han Zhou's originally cold face froze, but then he smiled brightly and waved his hands: "No, no, Qin Xiao, you are a gentleman. Although I like your horse, I don't want you to give it away. Just tell me the price.
If I think it's appropriate, we can discuss it."
"Your Excellency is honest, and I admire you even though I am humbled by my position." Qin Xiao said, "Let's do this. If you really like me, but don't want to be rewarded by your humble position, you can just give me a few taels of silver."
Han Zhou was very satisfied with Qin Xiao's understanding of current affairs and said softly: "A while ago, I saw a piece of calligraphy and painting in an antique shop. According to the market price, it cost at least a hundred taels of silver. However, the owner of the antique shop made a
As a favor, I finally offered a price of one tael of silver, hahaha...!"
Seeing that Qin Xiao didn't say anything, Han Zhou looked a little ugly and asked, "What? Are you reluctant to let go?"
"Sir, what are you talking about? It's an honor for a humble person to be interested in a humble mount." Qin Xiao smiled and said, "My lord, I won't sell a humble mount."
Han Zhou snorted coldly, but before he could say anything, Qin Xiao already said, "If you like it, I can just give it to you."
"That's enough, that's enough." Qin Xiao also said with a smile: "But there is one thing that I need to inform you first. That horse is a fierce wild horse. It took a lot of effort to tame it. If you want to
I have a new owner, but I don’t know if I can adapt to it.”
Han Zhou only thought that Qin Xiao was an excuse. When he saw the Black Overlord acting docilely like a little daughter-in-law beside Qin Xiao, how could he believe that the Black Overlord was so wild and had a faint smile? Qin Xiao didn't wait for him to speak, he had already stood up and said
: "Sir, why don't we go and see the horse now? Your Excellency, give it a try. If you are really satisfied, your Excellency will give me a tael of silver, and the horse will belong to you."
Han Zhou was afraid that Qin Xiao would regret it, so he said, "When we speak, we must keep our word."
"Sir, how about you give me a tael of silver for the humble horse?" Qin Xiao understood.
Han Zhou's smile grew wider, he stood up, walked to Qin Xiao, patted his shoulder lightly, and said: "Although you are young, you are sensible, and you will definitely have a bright future in the future." He whispered: "Isn't one tael good?
Too little, need it
No more adding one or two?"
It was not until the empire took control of Xiling that the vast pastures under the Helan Mountains provided the empire with high-quality war horses.
Despite this, the empire has always attached great importance to war horses.
Taipu Temple is responsible for the world's racecourse, which is dedicated to raising war horses for the empire. The Driving Department of the Ministry of War manages the world's livestock and the transportation of post stations. It has the right to mobilize war horses during wartime. The horses used to convey messages in various post stations are also allocated by the Driving Department. However,
These horses used for messaging are not war horses that can be used for combat.
"That's natural." Qin Xiao raised his hand and said, "Sir, please, let's go see the horses first."
At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, iron cavalry once dominated the world. However, many war horses were consumed in each war, and the empire itself did not produce many war horses. It was very difficult to replenish war horses. For this reason, a tea horse market was opened in the north to compete with the northern map.
The Sun people traded horses.
However, the Tusun people were also very cunning, and those who traded with the Tang Dynasty were inferior horses. The Tusun tribes would never allow good horses capable of fighting to flow into the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, real high-ranking officials do not need horses from the driving department, but spend a lot of money to buy good horses themselves. After all, not all good horses and BMWs will be sent to the army. There are still many good horses circulating in the horse market.
Han Zhou rides a carriage every day, and the horse is also assigned from the Driving Department, but after all, he is only a sixth-grade chief, and a good horse cannot ride on him.
Seeing that Qin Xiao's Black Overlord Divine Horse was abnormal, I was just envious in my heart. Now that Qin Xiao was transferred to his subordinates as a servant, he had a wrong idea. He thought that Qin Xiao would not agree easily, but he didn't want to.
Contrary to his expectation, Qin Xiao quickly agreed to give it to him.
High-quality war horses selected from racecourses in various places are controlled by Taipu Temple. As early as Emperor Taizong, an explicit decree was issued that no official could privately use war horses as mounts. Violators would be severely punished.
Naturally, it is not possible for all officials of the Ministry of War to be qualified to ride in sedan chairs to the yamen. Many officials live far away from the yamen and can only come on horseback. However, the Ministry of War clearly stipulates that the Driving Department can equip officials with six grades or above, including
For officials below the sixth rank, the yamen is not responsible for handling mounts. They either come on foot or buy a horse themselves.
The mounts assigned to the officials by the Driving Department are naturally divided according to their grades. The higher the grade, the better the mounts they are equipped with. However, the truly good horses are all used as war horses. No matter how good the officials' mounts are, they are not up to the standard.
Not up to the standard of a war horse.
Naturally, he did not dare to accept it directly. If he accepted the horse without spending a penny, it would not be impossible to charge him with asking for a bribe in the future. But as long as he spent a few cents of silver, it would be regarded as buying it with his own money. How much money would it cost?
It's not important. What's important is that this is a private transaction. One person is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell. No one can tell whether it is wrong or wrong.
The Kubu Division has its own dedicated stables. Qin Xiao's Black Overlord was led to the stable before. Han Zhou saw from a distance that horse with an abnormally high horse. Both in size and spirit, it was far stronger than those who dared not approach the Black Overlord.
It's an ordinary horse. The more I look at it, the more I like it.