Xu Ping rode his horse and walked slowly, his face gloomy and he didn't say a word. ⊙

On the ox cart next to him, Lin Su Niang looked at Xu Ping's appearance and sighed, "I sent Xiuxiu home and gave her a generous gift to her house. It's a dowry for Xiuxiu. Over the years, Xiuxiu has been with you and served you sooner or later, and has also followed her to Lingnan. She has suffered a lot and can't be mean to her. She is also at the age of getting married, and it is not suitable to be with you anymore. She is sent home early for her own good."

Xu Ping said "um" and after a while, he said to Lin Su Niang in a deep voice: "You should tell me."

Lin Su Niang smiled and said, "You have been master and servant for many years, and of course your affection is deep. I tell you that you are afraid you will be reluctant to let go again. Sometimes things come, and you have to be broken. Let's go back to Beijing, and will you forget it slowly in a few days?"

Xu Ping's face was gloomy and he didn't say anything anymore.

Lin Suniang sighed secretly in her heart. Xiuxiu had been in Yongzhou for six years with Xu Ping. She didn't know if there was anything happening, and she didn't want to know. But now she came back to the capital and had herself by her side, how could she allow such a big little lady to wander around Xu Ping every day?

Lin Suniang knew that Xu Ping was a person, and he could not do anything to make people slaves and concubines for the people he liked. But now Xu Ping is wearing a red robe, which not only does the different colors of the clothes, but also means that Xu Ping can enjoy the treatment of some fifth-rank officials. During the Tang Dynasty, Teng and above had concubines, and different grades and quantities, they could accept imperial edicts. Although the Song Dynasty inherited the system of the former Tang Dynasty reduced the number and abolished Teng's title, the noble concubine was still there.

A fifth rank or above can have a noble concubine and receive an imperial title. Although the rank is lower than that of a regular wife, it is not comparable to that of a normal maid. For example, she is called a young lady. Xiuxiu's age is older than when Lin Suniang married Xu Ping. If she is asked to stay at home, she may become the young lady of the Xu family at any time. Lin Suniang naturally has to prepare for the future.

It doesn't matter whether this kind of thing is right or wrong. From Lin Su Niang's standpoint, she did not treat Xiuxiu harshly. She is already a virtuous wife.

But it doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. At least for Xu Ping, I can't let go of Xiuxiu when I didn't tell her.

I met Lin Su Niang since childhood, and she never left her the hardest days. Xu Ping remembered it and remembered it deeply in his heart. In the six years of Lingnan, he never did anything to regret Lin Su Niang because he knew the preciousness of this oath.

Xiuxiu has been with her for nine years and said she had no feelings was a lie, but he never had any other thoughts about Xiuxiu. Because Xu Ping remembered that his wife was Lin Su Niang, he would rather treat Xiuxiu as his sister than have any other thoughts.

But unexpectedly, Lin Su Niang had other thoughts in her heart, and it was nothing to be careful about it. She could tell her it clearly. After six years of being able to survive, what else can’t be negotiated?

But Lin Suniang took the initiative to send Xiuxiu away. She had to wait until she left Zhuangzi and found out that Xu Ping was halfway through. Is this a big mistake? For Xu Ping, it was a big mistake.

Xu Ping believed that he could withstand the test of anything in the world, but there was no way that a crack was first cracked inside.

Lin Su Niang felt the solemn expression of Xu Ping. She knew that it was not easy to calm down, but she didn't take it to heart. There is no easy thing in the world, so why bother to think about it so easily?

That day, Xu Ping slept alone in the study room at night. He was in the same place with Lin Su Niang. This was the first time they slept separately. Lin Su Niang didn't think much, but felt glad that she had sent Xiuxiu away early. Xu Ping looked like this, and if it were a long time, she really didn't know what would happen.

The two of them are together. I only wish to be one mind. When even the other party doesn't know the other person's mind, there will be more things that shouldn't be there.

On August 22nd, there was no morning court on both days, Xu Ping arrived at the Sansi Yamen early to meet his superiors.

The chief not only had three envoys, but also had the deputy envoys of each envoy, and was also Xu Ping's superior. In other words, the deputy envoy, such as the deputy envoy of the salt and iron, should be the deputy envoy of the Sand and Iron Department, who was the deputy envoy of the Sand and Iron Department, and was originally the deputy envoy of the Sand and Iron Department.

The clear deputy envoy of the three departments only existed in a very short time, and most of the time they were named deputy envoys of each department.

I have met the superiors, and then went to see my colleagues.

The Sansi Yamen is extremely large. In fact, if you talk about the separate official office, the Sansi may be second only to the imperial palace in the capital, which is much larger than the Zhongshumen and the Privy Council. There are more than a thousand houses of large and small, and you will get lost if you accidentally.

The two judges of salt and iron were in charge of the affairs of the Salt and Iron Department.

Before Xu Ping came, the ministry had been assigned. Xu Shen was in charge of the establishment of the Duyan, tea, iron and other cases, while Xu Ping was in charge of the remaining military, Zhou and commercial tax cases. Newcomers always suffer a little grievance. The people who are in charge of ordinary people are under Xu Shen. Except for one commercial tax case, Xu Ping was a little fancy, and the rest were mostly daily chores and thankless tasks.

Leaded by his subordinates, Xu Ping came to the courtyard where Xu Shen was judged.

There were soldiers guards in front of the gate. When they saw Xu Ping coming, they hurriedly entered to report. These soldiers were all affiliated with the Third Division, not belonging to the Privy Council and the Third Division, which was the personnel under Xu Ping's name for the military case.

Xu Shen is almost sixty years old and has been struggling in the officialdom for many years. How can anyone who has experienced it not know that Xu Ping’s background is extraordinary? The so-called judge of the Three Divisions will make a transition and may become his immediate boss at any time. After hearing the soldiers’ reports, he hurriedly came out.

After the two of them met, Xu Shen enthusiastically took Xu Ping to visit various places under the Salt and Iron Department, and introduced him to the locations of various offices and some colleagues who had to deal with on a daily basis.

The public officials under the Salt and Iron Department naturally flattered them carefully. This is their future chief, especially since everyone knows that Xu Ping will not be in this position for a long time, he will not have the energy to take care of things too carefully. It is intimacy from the bottom of his heart.

The people of the Song Dynasty often said that the various yamen were in the world of public people, and the actual affairs were controlled by inconspicuous public officials, which was indeed the truth. There were nearly a thousand public officials under the three departments, and there were also some officials who were not considered public officials. How many officials were ordered? But they had to rely on officials to do their business.

Just as Xu Shen was taking Xu Ping around, several gate guards hurriedly came to Xu Ping, and whispered: "Is there an order, Xu Ping quickly enters the palace and discusses affairs in front of the emperor!"

Xu Ping took it, read it briefly, and hurriedly said goodbye to Xu Shen.

This kind of imperial edict cannot be considered a formal imperial edict. According to Xu Ping's previous life, it should be more appropriate to call it a notice. However, it comes from the imperial edict, of course, it is an imperial edict, but it will not need to be offered like a formal imperial edict, and it will not have such effect.

It turned out that it was about the border affairs of Yongzhou. The Secretariat and the Privy Council discussed several times, but they could not make any decisions. They had no choice but to bring their own decisions to the emperor to ask for the sage. Zhao Zhen asked him to enter the palace and listen to his opinions because Xu Ping was the chief minister at that time.
Chapter completed!