Bai Hong and Yang Yicheng drank tea for an afternoon, and no one knew what they talked about, but when Bai Hong left, he asked Yang Yicheng to give him a pair of calligraphy. Things" and gave Yang Yicheng two hundred taels of silver, which shows that he is very satisfied with what he has learned this afternoon.
In the next few days, Bai Hong made some preparations, met some people, and when the writing and the complaint were approved, he happily set off and went straight to Hu County.
After going on and on, Master Bai finally arrived in Hu County on this day, and Hua Qingfeng hosted a banquet to welcome Master Bai. When Ye Xiaotian saw Mr. Bai, he felt a little familiar. He didn't remember who he was for a moment, but Bai Hong took a chance and told him about himself, and Ye Xiaotian suddenly realized.
Ye Xiaotian never thought that he would play tricks on a cruel official in the official department, and this person was sent to Hu County as an official. There was a relationship between the two, how could the relationship between the new chief secretary and him be different? Getting close, it might be another enemy of him.
Thinking of this, Ye Xiaotian was very depressed, and he didn't want to, but it was God's will to trick people, and he met Meng Xiancheng when he first arrived in Hu County, and Xu Boyi and Wang Zhubo later had no good relationship with him. Zhao Wenyuan is better, but it's a pity that it's Yicheng, and Luo Xiaoye's relationship is also good, but the inspection department doesn't get involved in local government affairs, and now that the master Bai has come, he is still a loner in the county government.
Seeing his unkind expression, Bai Hong became uneasy. He only said that Ye Xiaotian still had prejudices against him, but it was difficult to talk heart-to-heart at the welcome banquet, but he secretly had some plans in his heart.
Bai Hong came with his family, assuming he wanted to take root in Hu County and benefit one side. It will take time to resettle the residence and resettle the family, so Huazhi County kindly allowed him three days, and he will officially take office after three days.
As a result, the next day, Bai Hong ignored his family's arrangements, but ordered his servants to bring two gifts up the mountain, and openly visited Ye Xiancheng. What's even more outrageous is that he has just arrived in Hu County, and he has never gone to Shizi Street to buy it. This gift was prepared when he was in Nanjing.
The greeting card was sent to Ye Mansion the night before, so Ye Xiaotian sent someone to greet the signing room early in the morning, and waited at home. When you go to the Yamen, you don't have to ask the county magistrate for leave.
No one can see Bai Hong going up the mountain so openly. Don't say that someone has been paying attention to the new director, just the location of Ye Mansion... as long as someone goes up the mountain, everyone will see it, and someone will come to Huazhi County immediately and tell him the news.
Hua Qingfeng didn't respond on the surface, but she was extremely displeased in her heart. He led a group of colleagues to welcome Bai Hong yesterday. He originally wanted to express his goodwill to Bai Hong, hoping that the new director could stand by his side, but he couldn't wait to visit Ye Xiaotian. What does this mean? Is Prime Minister Ye Xian loyal
Hua Qingfeng was not only unhappy, but also felt a serious sense of crisis. By doing this, Bai Hong obviously chose Ye Xiaotian as his political ally. Ye Xiaotian was already more powerful than his county magistrate. If he had the support of Master Bai, he would be even more difficult to support. The story of Xu Xiancheng.
As for the fact that Ye Xiaotian didn't show an attitude of ostracizing him as a Zhengyin official, Hua Qingfeng didn't take it seriously. Moreover, even if Ye Xiaotian doesn't have ambitions now, it doesn't mean he won't have them in the future. No matter how old Ye Xiaotian is, how could he not pursue them.
What's more, regardless of this kind of interest relationship, they still have personal enmity. Even if Ye Xiaotian is really harmless to him, he will never let Ye Xiaotian go. After hearing this news, Hua Qingfeng became more determined to deal with Ye Xiaotian.
"Xu Boyi and Wang Ning are both ruined. The new Master Bai is obviously a man of his own accord. Ye Xiaotian is no longer useful. I have to find a way to get rid of him as soon as possible, otherwise I will suffer if he gets too big. It's me!"
Hua Mingfeng tapped lightly on the table, secretly making up his mind. Only then did he take a sip of tea, and casually picked up a copy of the mansion newspaper to read, wanting to see what news there was in Beijing recently. It is said that it is recent, but in fact this mansion newspaper is old news two or three months ago.
This "Di Bao" can be said to be an ancient newspaper, which first appeared in the Han Dynasty. At that time, the Western Han Dynasty implemented the system of prefectures and counties, and each prefecture set up an official residence in Chang'an, the capital city, and sent people to stay there to regularly write down the emperor's edicts, edicts, ministers' memorials and other official documents and court events, and send them back to the prefectures.
Dynasties continued to change, but this system has been preserved, and its nature and content have also changed to some extent. In the Ming Dynasty, due to the use of movable type printing and the presence of businessmen who specialized in copying mansion newspapers, local officials wanted to see the mansion. It is easier to report.
However, after all, Guizhou is located in a remote area, and the roads are difficult, so officials in other places may be able to see the mansion newspaper from a month ago. When they arrive at Huazhi County, the latest mansion newspaper they see is also two or three months ago. that's it.
Hua Qingfeng habitually browsed through a few lace news first, and was about to read the boring but obviously more valuable official news when suddenly a postman came in under the guidance of a servant and sent a few A document comes in.
Hua Qingfeng signed for it one by one, sent the postman out, and immediately picked up the official letter about the appointment of the tax ambassador. Hua Qingfeng was also a little curious about who Ye Xiaotian nominated as the tax ambassador. At this time, he opened the official letter and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help being slightly taken aback.
"Li Yuncong? How could it be Li Yuncong? Isn't this Li Yuncong the master Wang's confidant?"
Hua Qingfeng was a little suspicious in his heart, but he understood immediately, and his expression changed suddenly. Who did Li Yuncong follow in the first place? It was Xu Boyi who was with him before, and he only followed Xu Boyi when he fell. Could it be that Li Yuncong is actually a mole that Ye Xiaotian arranged beside all the enemies
If Ye Xiaotian hadn't recommended Li Yuncong at this time, Hua Mingfeng would have planned to recruit Li Yuncong for his own use. Thinking of this, Hua Qingfeng couldn't help but secretly fear. After being afraid, he suddenly felt a little happy: "Ye Xiaotian recommended Li Yuncong at this time, which means that he thinks that Hu County has no opponents who can compete with him. In this way, I have no intention to calculate with my heart, so the chance of winning..."
Thinking of this, Hua Qingfeng was overjoyed. He summoned the official who signed the pledge, handed him the appointment transferred from the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, and told him with a smile: "Go and tell the houses, and at the same time Tell Li Yuncong to report to the tax office tomorrow!"
The news that Li Yuncong was appointed as the tax ambassador quickly spread throughout the Yamen, and everyone knew that the candidate nominated by Ye Xiancheng was Li Yuncong. Anyone who can hang out in the yamen is not a human being. Just thinking about the role Li Yuncong has played in the past two years, everyone understands his true identity. It is pregnant with awe.
The news soon spread to the back house, Su Ya, who was holding a newly made baby clothes to herself, let out a soft "ah", and the clothes fell down. She always thought that Li Yuncong was a traitor she bought and reused, but she never thought that Li Yuncong was actually a double agent.
Thinking back to the time when she used people as her capital to find Ye Xiaotian late at night to discuss cooperation terms, Su Ya felt so ashamed, a faint blush appeared on her fair and jade-like cheeks: it turned out that she had been teased by him all along. .
Su Ya scolded with shame and hatred: "This cunning little thief..."
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"Ah Choo!"
Ye Xiaotian, who was chatting happily with Master Bai, the host and guest, suddenly sneezed, and Bai Hong immediately greeted him with concern: "Oh, the weather is getting colder recently, Mr. Ye, you must pay attention to your health, everyone in Hu County , everything depends on the adults, don't get caught in the cold."
Ye Xiaotian felt a little uncomfortable being slapped by his nasty flattery, he rubbed his nose, and said to Master Bai: "Cough, it's okay, Master Bai will take care of you. Ah, please continue talking to Master Bai."
Bai Hong smiled and said: "Okay! Speaking of which, Bai and Yang Yicheng have been friends for many years. Bai got sued and was about to come to Hu County to take office. When they heard that Bai had been rehabilitated, they all came to congratulate him. , During the banquet, Bai casually mentioned where he was going to work, and Yang Yicheng laughed and said, Hu County has you, Master Ye, who was originally his best friend. Only then did Bai know, hahaha... "
Master Bai prepared generous gifts and went to Ye's house. After seeing Ye Xiaotian, he began to self-criticize heartbroken. He said that just one month after he was dismissed, the county magistrate of Jiangpu County was beaten to death by angry and rioting households because he didn't know how to show compassion for the people when collecting grain and transportation fees.
Due to the different conditions of each province, when implementing the "regulations" formulated by the Ministry of Households, each county can allocate the collection share to grain households according to local conditions, and some special cases can be reduced or exempted as appropriate. In other words, the figure given by the Ministry of Household Affairs is only an approximate average, and local officials have the right to adjust it up or down within a certain floating ratio.
However, regardless of the fact that the local government had just been hit by a disaster in summer, Jiangpu County’s magistrate strictly levied according to the figures found above. In fact, he followed the same path as Master Bai. The favor of the above lays the foundation for promotion.
Bai Hong said with emotion, if Ye Xiancheng hadn't stung him with a scorpion and saved him from this life-and-death calamity, he would have been beaten to death at the tax collection site, so not only did he not He hates Ye Xiancheng, and is grateful to Lord Ye.
Ye Xiaotian didn't know whether there was really such a thing that caused a civil uprising due to the tyrannical government in Jiangpu County, but he couldn't see Bai Hong's intentions of cheating, and Bai Hong was only inferior to him as the director. He is half a class, and his rank is higher than him. There is really no reason to be so humble to him, so he just listened to him.
As the host, Ye Xiaotian politely asked about Master Bai's situation. Unexpectedly, Master Bai and Yang Yicheng were friends after this conversation. When Ye Xiaotian was living in Jinling Station, in order to keep abreast of the situation in Beijing, he made friends with Yang Yicheng, and became friends, and they still keep in touch today. In this way, Ye Xiancheng and Master Bai became friends after all the troubles, and they were not acquaintances at all.