It is obviously a huge mistake to use extreme personal morality to define whether an official is competent or not.
Compared with such an empty moral gentleman, Xiao Han still prefers Prime Minister Cao from five hundred years ago. After all, the theory of selecting people for their talents but not their virtues suits him very well.
However, none of this has much to do with Xiao Han now.
Since you are idle at home, you must look like an idler. Yesterday, I just couldn't bear my temper. I went out for a walk, and someone grabbed my pigtails and impeached me all over the place.
Obviously, at this time, by not going out to cause trouble for the emperor, I would be helping Xiao Lizi.
He comforted Xue Pan with kind words and told her that no matter what, the tall emperor would be there to support her.
This was about to make him feel relieved. As a result, before Xiao Han could breathe a sigh of relief and rest for a while, his precious daughter left and returned. With an excited look on her face, she told him that the pot had been set up and she was waiting for him to make candied haws.
There was no way to shirk this. After all, Xiao Han had promised it himself. In front of his daughter, he couldn't break his promise to gain advantage, so he had no choice but to sigh and be dragged towards the kitchen by the little man.
For example, candied haws on a stick is easy to say and difficult to say. The key lies in the sugar and the heat of boiling the sugar.
If little An'an wants to eat crunchy candied haws, she needs to use rock sugar, not the maltose used by ordinary vendors that can stick to her teeth.
As for rock candy, this thing is not Xiao Han’s first creation, it was also available on the market in Datang before.
But its price, not to mention that the price is as exaggerated as gold, is enough to make ordinary people and even well-off families sigh. On weekdays, it can only be used by some wealthy families as a medicinal material for clearing away heat and detoxifying.
Fortunately, when Xiao Han went to Lingnan, he taught Gupu how to make sugar. Thanks to the efforts of dozens of Miao villages, the price of rock sugar was reduced.
Nowadays, even ordinary people can weigh a little during the Chinese New Year. Whether it is to tease the dolls at home, or to put two when cooking porridge, it is an excellent choice.
After enduring the smoke that went straight into his eyes after the rock sugar melted, Xiao Han took it upon himself to make a few bunches of candied haws, one for himself and one for his daughter, and then asked Xiaodong to send two bunches to Xue Pan and Ziyi, leaving the rest
Yes, Xiao Han was too lazy to take action.
What? You idiot wants to eat too?
His grandma can do it herself! Still thinking that I will serve you, Lord Marquis?
Leisure time always seems to pass very fast, and before I know it, the afternoon has passed.
Just when the sun was setting and Butler Lu was about to lock the door, there was a sudden sound of hoofs trampling on the road on the cement road in front of the door.
"Who's here at this late hour?"
Steward Lu frowned when he heard the sound, and waved his hand to stop the servant from moving the padlock, because he knew that those who came to Xiao's village at this time were probably looking for his own marquis.
In fact, Butler Lu's guess was not wrong. The sound of horse hoofbeats stopped immediately before and after the Xiao Mansion's door. Immediately afterwards, a man dressed as a messenger hurried to the door and raised his hand to knock on the closed door.
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In the study
Xiao Han looked at the letter in his hand carefully by candlelight, and then suddenly smiled, but this smile seemed to be a little desolate.
He ignited the secret letter on the candle, and when it almost burned his fingers, Xiao Han let go of his hand and watched it turn into ashes and fall into the inkstone on the desk.
"Gran ink!"
After giving a faint instruction, Xiaodong, who had been waiting behind him for a long time, immediately stepped forward to polish the ink.
However, after the ink mixed with ashes and ink sticks was ground, Xiao Han did not touch the row of large and small brushes on the pen holder. Instead, he took out a quill pen from the drawer, dipped it in ink and started writing.
The quill was too thin and not as easy to use as a fountain pen. The words he wrote were crooked, as if insects were crawling. No wonder Xue Shou once said after seeing his brother-in-law's handwriting, "A dog can crawl better than you can write."
” comments.
Of course, Xiao Han never bothered to pay attention to such comments. The time we spend holding a brush in two lifetimes is not as much as one month as you! If you have the ability, I will try typing. I will give you 500 words first, so that you don’t have to say that I am bullying you.
you!
A letter was written quickly. After checking it, no mistakes were found. Xiao Han gently dried the ink on the paper, sealed it with a piece of kraft paper, and sealed it with fire paint before calling the courier outside.
Walk.
Listening to the messenger's retreating figure in the dark night, Xiao Han smiled bitterly and returned to the study to sit down again.
Only this time, what he picked up was a mediocre writing brush.
"Holy Gong'an, Wei Chen heard that there was a censor who impeached Wei Chen for tarnishing the reputation of the royal family, making good business names, and collecting loans privately. No...
This is my crime. Especially when I heard that the ministers in the DPRK were also very dissatisfied with my actions, I was even more frightened! In order to restore the clear sky in Chang'an and to prevent the reputation of the royal family from being damaged, I voluntarily requested to withdraw all shares in the bank.
, I will no longer interfere with all its affairs. Please give me your majesty’s permission. Thank you very much!”
In the court hall on the second day, the eunuch of the palm seal screamed and wrote Xiao Han's letter of faith, which immediately caused an uproar.
Xiao Han is a member of the bank, because it is said that the idea of the bank came from him!
In the past, banks developed quietly and quietly without alerting anyone.
But since yesterday, someone also guessed the emperor's thoughts, and started to attack the bank in Xiao Han's name, hoping to achieve the purpose of making the emperor compromise.
Then Xiao Han's position in the bank seems very embarrassing!
After all, those ministers whose interests have been harmed can tolerate you partnering with the emperor and making money together, but they will never allow you to help the emperor harm their interests!
So after discovering the emperor's intentions, in their eyes, Xiao Han was the emperor's lackey and accomplice. If they wanted to overturn the emperor's decision, they must first beat this annoying dog away!
Therefore, the subsequent development of the situation was completely beyond the expectations of many people. For various reasons, those people's firepower was not aimed at the emperor on the dragon throne, but fired at Xiao Han.
As a result, after the court came down that day, one wave after another of memorials to impeach Xiao Han were delivered into the palace like snow flakes. Looking at this posture, it seemed that Xiao Han would not give up until he was defeated.
(Note: The history of candied haws on a stick is said to have originated from Emperor Guangzong of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Ting. He originally issued an imperial list to treat his imperial concubine. As a result, a charlatan revealed the list and used rock sugar and red fruits to make this.
(from candied haws)
This chapter has been completed!