my wife is queen

Chapter 10 Eunuch Procurement
Li Mian suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Still not looking back, he waved his arms and gradually disappeared by the Qianhai Lake in Shichahai.

Shichahai is divided into Qianhai, Houhai and Xihai. Qianhai and Houhai are divided into two by Yinding Bridge, and Jinshui River also flows into Shichahai from Yinding Bridge.

Chen Yuanyuan's two-story building is located in Qianhai, and Li Mian's mansion is built in Houhai. Compared with the bustling Qianhai, the scenery is much quieter.

Most of the Houhai houses are mansions and mansions with fine flower bamboo mats. There are six wall doors nailed with gilt nails on the outside. There is a second ritual gate in the mansion. The brick door decorations and four-character banners look quite grand. .

Most of the courtyards facing the street in Qianhai are upper and lower bunks, the second floor is the daily residence, and the first floor is the shop.

The front and rear of Yinding Bridge are like two worlds.

When Li Mian returned to the mansion, he didn't go into the east wing, but turned around and went to the study in the east tip room, casually hung his round collar robe on the lacquered screen, and sat in front of the Huali desk.

The pheasant slave was busy, his calves were twitching non-stop, and he pushed open the wicker pane, and the fresh air of the warm sunny day blew in.

He also brought a pine flower glaze teapot, soaked the tribute tea Xiaoxianchun, and put it on the mahogany table next to it, so that Li Mian could drink hot tea at any time.

The round-neck gowns on the lacquered screen were folded and put into the round-corner cabinet.

When everything was done, the pheasant slave wiped the sweat from his brow, sat on an embroidered pier, put his slender arms on the red incense table, supported his face, and looked at Li Mian who was sitting quietly and reading a book.

From time to time, she took out a candied fruit from her embroidery bag, put it in her mouth, and rolled her eyes with a smile.

Only half a stick of incense time passed, the pheasant slave couldn't bear his temper, and started chattering again: "Liu Jin, this dog slave, usually uses excuses to prevaricate the government's purchases, but he has suffered a lot these days. Several chief ministers in the south of the Yangtze River Passed the memorial to the cabinet and scolded Liu Jin for being a bastard."

"The pheasant slave said these troublesome things again, disturbing my uncle." Hongqiao walked over with a thin bamboo basket, and according to the princess's order, sent Li Mian the chicken fruit that Guangdong and Guangxi paid tribute to. Fresh fruit to eat.

Princess Changping only left one to try it out, and sent the rest to Li Mian.

"Liu Jin is the eunuch of the Cao Supervisor. He frequently went to the south of the Yangtze River for procurement and supervision. It is not uncommon for him to be impeached by the chief envoy of the south of the Yangtze River."

Li Mian closed the "Preface to Prostitutes in Yandu" in his hand, and said something casually, responding to the pheasant slave's words.

Hongqiao stood in the corridor, stopped in his tracks, listened to Li Mian's next words, and was curious about my uncle's opinion on this matter.

"Going to the south of the Yangtze River to buy is an official business of the imperial court. Liu Jin must have done something bad and angered the chief envoy."

The pheasant slave bit the candied fruit hard, and he was sure that Liu Jin had done no good. From the fact that he made things difficult for him, it could be seen that he was not a good person.

Li Mian nodded, then shook his head again: "Going to the south of the Yangtze River is an official business, such as buying lamps and candles, porcelain, satin horses and other daily necessities used in the palace. Use power for personal gain to entrain private property, and order the local government office to buy additional Liu Jin's personal property."

The pheasant slave became angry and bit the candied fruit even harder, as if he mistook the candied fruit for Liu Jin and bit him to death.

Li Mian casually sketched a map on the official green paper, and told the situation of the caojian eunuch's procurement in various places, and he talked in detail and in depth.

"Porcelain was fired in Jiangxi Chief Secretary, Yuhu spring vase, algae plate, porcelain screen, and sacrificial vessels used in Guanglu Temple.

Silk is produced in Jiangning and Suzhou in South Zhili, and Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province. It is exclusively for domestic demand and comes in a variety of colors.

It’s just the purchase of porcelain and silk, sometimes requiring the local chief secretary to burn 25 pieces. "

"so many."

The pheasant slave exclaimed, thinking that he could buy a lot of candied fruit and fill the yard with candied fruit.

Hongqiao was overwhelmed with surprise. It seems that my uncle is really well-educated and has a clear understanding of the water transportation situation. His vision is not comparable to that of ordinary scholars. The princess will be very satisfied when he knows it. My uncle is a happy husband.

After the township examination, the juren who were in front of my uncle were still not convinced that my uncle appointed me to understand Yuangong. Hmph, just because of his keen eye for officialdom, no one can match my uncle.

Take Qian Dongjian, who was supposed to be No.1 Jieyuan, but became No.2 because of His Majesty's hand-picking, because he is Gu Xiancheng's disciple, he often gathers a group of scholars outside to hold an elegant gathering to criticize the injustice of the court. .

He took away the Jieyuan that should have belonged to him, hmph, since he only knows how to drink with prostitutes all day long, he is also worthy of competing with the young master for Jieyuan in the township examination.

Li Mian picked up the pine flower glaze teapot, poured it into a pine flower glaze tureen, and took a sip of tea: "All eunuchs for weaving and firing purchase, and silk reeling, hard labor, female workers, etc. need to be provided by the local chief secretary, occupying the household and industry departments. At the same time, it also affected the local chief secretary's management of government affairs in prefectures and counties, which inevitably caused a tense relationship between civil servants and eunuchs in the court."

The pheasant slave was confused when he heard it, and he didn't want to disturb the aunt's conversation, so he acted like a storyteller, and took out one after another candied fruit from the embroidery bag with his white and tender hands, and began to eat it sweetly.

She couldn't understand, but watching my uncle talk with eloquence, he was quite a gifted scholar talking about the wind and the moon, which was more pleasing to the eye than the Qing courtier on the cruise ship holding a pipa in his arms and playing "The Peony Pavilion".

Bah, bah, how can you compare my uncle with the noble people by the Jinshui River.

But, my uncle is really generous.

The pheasant slave's face suddenly turned red, and he secretly glanced at Li Mian, seeing him mentioning the pine flower glaze teapot and pouring tea, he patted his small chest, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Who knows, the act of her patting her small chest fell into Li Mian's eyes, and he already knew that she was thinking wildly again.

Since Li Mian knew long ago that she made this move, she was often thinking wildly in her mind, and didn't say it clearly, lest she would not do it in the future, and she would lose a bit of elegance.

Hongqiao stood at the corner of the corridor, completely stunned. The thin bamboo basket in his hand fell to the ground, and he didn't notice it. Fortunately, it wasn't the big lacquer and gold food box that made a sound easily when it fell on the ground.

Otherwise, the master and servant in Dongshao Room would be disturbed, and they would lose the intention to continue talking.

When Hongqiao heard the previous sentence about the procurement of eunuchs, he could understand that Li Mian was well-read and knowledgeable. During this period of time, he had read many newspapers in the mansion, and analyzed the procurement of eunuchs by Cao Jian from the lines.

It seems that a great Confucian is commenting on the study of mind and found a suitable sentence.

The following remarks about the situation in the court are my uncle's own unique insights, with extremely sharp eyesight, and he has never been in the court, but the analysis is almost inseparable.

Hongqiao has the ability to never forget. He was once praised by the empress who has not yet been deposed, and has left a nickname of Luantai Longke ever since.

She became serious, carefully wrote down every word Li Mian said, and returned to the embroidery room to repeat it to Princess Changping.

(End of this chapter)