There are quite a lot of people who come to give gifts to Zhang Yuan.

Except for the Governor's Office, the rest of the Xuanfu yamen were basically not left behind. Even Chen Xi could not control the local people at the beginning, let alone Wang Shouren, whose reputation and qualifications were not as good as Chen Xi.

Wang Shouren can only set an example. After all, he was born into an official family. He understood the unspoken rules of the officialdom and turned a blind eye to these things. As for the governor of the Xuanfu Yang Wu, he is completely a master of relationship science. This time he came to Zhang Yuan to give gifts.

"...Eunuch Zhang has arrived. We have not gone out to greet him in person. It is really rude. I hope that Eunuch Zhang will forgive me." Hearing that Zhang Yuan was blocked outside, Yang Wu quickly took people out of the yard to greet him. The considerate etiquette made Zhang Yuan feel awkward.

Zhang Yuan frowned and thought to himself, "From what he said, why does it seem like I entered his yard?"

Zhang Yuan was not very familiar with the local officials. Yang Wu introduced him one by one. At the beginning, Zhang Yuan could still remember the few officials and ranks behind him. Zhang Yuan was too lazy to listen. He would not say hello like Chen Xi. If he didn't like it, he really didn't like it, so he watched coldly.

Yang Wu found that the eunuch, the chief eunuch in charge of the Sili, had a bad temper and did not dare to neglect it. He made a gesture of invitation: "Eunuch Zhang, is it better to go in and speak?"

Zhang Yuan raised his face and asked, "Whose mansion is this?"

Yang Wu was stunned at first, then his face turned red, and he said, "Of course it's Eunuch Zhang's house. I wonder if we are qualified to enter..."

Even if the officials Zhang Yuan made friends with were sincerely joining each other, they would never be as humble as Yang Wu. Zhang Yuan himself was a stingy person. The more humble the other party was, the bigger his temper would be. He waved his hand with a cold face: "Then let's go to the side first, let our family go in first, and you can follow us."

Even the officials present felt that Zhang Yuan was not easy to serve, but no one lost their temper. What they thought at this time was: "Eternal Master Liu, who was powerful in the past, was just as good as Eunuch Zhang in front of him... I remember that when Eunuch Liu came to Xuanfu, he was not as weak as this, and he lost his power at that time..."

The Xuanfu is not without "big figures" who have received the Silijian. When Liu Jin was sent to the Xuanfu as a military officer, many people present had seen Liu Jin and were accustomed to the arrogant and domineering attitude of eunuchs. In their opinion, the big figures from the palace all had this style.

A group of people followed Zhang Yuan into the yard. Yang Wu leaned forward and said, "Eunuch Zhang, the carriage outside is full of the feelings expressed to you by local officials of Xuanfu. Please accept it no matter what."

Zhang Yuan frowned: "You think of our family as greedy people?"

Yang Wu was stunned and wondered: "Eunuch Zhang has already taken all the gifts he sent before, why did he suddenly make a statement today? Could it be that he thinks the situation that has been caused today is too big?"

Just when Yang Wu didn't know how to answer, Zhang Yuan waved his hand: "Well, just treat it as your filial piety to Your Majesty, our family will take it... Nothing is the case!"

Yang Wu breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's that's it, come here, bring the gift in..."

"Stop!"

Zhang Yuan raised his hand and interrupted Yang Wu. Everyone looked at him, but Zhang Yuan said slowly: "This place is not big, how much does it mean to pile it here? Let's do this, we have a designated place, you just transport the things over so that our family won't worry too much!"

Yang Wu, Bai Yu and others looked at each other with extremely awkward expressions. No one was so frustrated to give gifts. However, it was not easy to think that Zhang Yuan could "give him a special gift", so how could he dare to ask for more?

Zhang Yuan looked at the people present and said, "Mr. Yang, our family is in the capital for many years and is not very clear about the rules in this place. Some of the words we have in my heart want to explain to you, but now... there seem to be too many people coming. Is it a bit inconvenient?"

Yang Wu followed Zhang Yuan's gaze and looked around. He immediately realized that there were too many people who brought gifts and the gifts were too generous, which made Zhang Yuan feel that the noise was too big and might cause unnecessary trouble.

Yang Wu is a smart man, so he quickly said, "My father-in-law is right, you can retreat to the door first... General Bai, Deputy General Xu and Deputy General Lu can stay and talk."

As a large number of middle and lower-level officials left the yard, eunuchs immediately stepped forward and closed the door.

Then, Yang Wu and others followed Zhang Yuan into the main hall. At this time, a person walked out of the main hall and closed the main hall door. In this way, there were two doors inside and outside, and there was no need to worry about the news leaking. The person who closed the main hall door was Zang Xian, who was in charge of contacting local officials before.

When Zhang Yuan saw the door closed, he waved his hand: "Sit down!"

Yang Wu and others were about to sit down, but they found something embarrassing... There were not enough chairs in the room.

There are two chairs beside Zhang Yuan, one on the left and right, which means that there are only four people present who can sit down, and no one dares to sit side by side with Zhang Yuan. In this way, there are only two seats left, and it is very particular that whoever sits among the few people will not sit.

Yang Wu's mind was very fast and he said with a smile: "It's more convenient to speak while standing."

Zhang Yuan nodded slightly and said, "If you like to stand, then stand and talk! Our family has been serving His Majesty by His Majesty. This is the first time we have been to Xuanfu. We don't know much about local affairs. Your Majesty is now in the palace and is very concerned about military affairs..."

Let’s talk about the military matter first, which made Yang Wu and others keenly realize that this Eunuch Zhang obviously wanted to give them a warning. Yang Wu said: “Don’t worry, Eunuch Zhang. I will definitely get things done and I will never make things difficult for you… My father-in-law just give instructions if you have something to do.”

They were all polite words, and there was nothing at all, but Zhang Yuan was waiting for this sentence. He asked these people to come for another purpose.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Mr. Yang, and you all, our family never likes to talk around the bush. When His Majesty arrived at the place, he saw that the palace was in ruins and the local reception was so negligent. He was very angry and lost his temper with our family several times! You guys, who will take responsibility for this?"

This scared Yang Wu and hurriedly shirked responsibility: "The suspension of the construction of the palace was an order issued by the General Secretary Wang. As for the mistakes in the welcome ceremony, it was also because the General Secretary Wang was not in the city and no one presided over the overall situation. In the final analysis, it was the General Secretary Wang's negligence... Eunuch Zhang was worried. I will send someone to repair the palace now, so that His Majesty would live comfortably."

Zhang Yuan said with a dark face: "Is there time to go to repair now? You don't know the priorities of doing things. Since you know that Your Majesty is coming to Xuanfu, you are still so slow in your actions. You don't care about the huge palace halfway through construction. Now you are knocked out by Your Majesty, you are unlucky!"

Yang Wu looked sad: "Eunuch Zhang, you must understand our difficulties. Since Eunuch Liu fell, the court has not allocated construction funds. We still paid for the palace out of our own pocket. Otherwise, this palace would not even have a wall... It was not that we were deliberately neglecting Your Majesty, but it was forced to do so."

Zhang Yuan waved his hand and said, "You don't have to explain too much. You have made a mistake. It's too late to make up for it. Your Majesty has moved in. Since the house is just like that, you can only make a fuss about the decoration and decoration inside, and other aspects."

Yang Wu was stunned, then understood and hurriedly said, "This is natural. Eunuch Zhang, you have instructions and just say it. I will definitely do it."

Zhang Yuan nodded: "Your Majesty arrived at Xuan Mansion, is there no indication in the local area?"

Yang Wu asked hesitantly: "Didn't you send daily necessities to Your Majesty before?"

"Just those ordinary things? Is there nothing else?" Zhang Yuan said.

Yang Wu suddenly became confused. He thought Zhang Yuan was greedy for money and wanted to take this opportunity to make money. But now, from what Zhang Yuan said, it seems that the emperor really has a need and needs local governments to pay tribute.

Seeing Yang Wu not answering, Zhang Yuan was furious and said, "Women! Haven't you heard of it? Qian Ning, the commander of the Jinyiwei, ignored the laws and regulations of the court, actually went to the people to force the women and sent them to the palace. Even if everything was to cater to His Majesty, is this behavior worthy of praise?"

Only then did Yang Wu know what Zhang Yuan wanted, he disagreed and thought to himself: "What did you say about the money commander? Didn't you instruct your men to steal people?"

After the words were made clear, Yang Wu naturally knew how to express his opinion and immediately said, "Eunuch Zhang wants Bei Zhi and others to find some talented and beautiful girls to send them to the palace?"

Zhang Yuan sneered: "You know what you are, but let's explain first. You can't always use girls when serving Your Majesty. It's better to match them with... A woman who is a little older also needs some delicious and fun things to relieve your majesty. Your Majesty has worked hard all the way and you don't have any expression, it means that you don't have your Majesty in your heart and deserve to be unlucky!"

No one wanted to continue the shit basin that Zhang Yuan suddenly locked down.

Yang Wu lowered his head and said, "Please rest assured, Eunuch Zhang, let's make arrangements for you now. Your Majesty Guan Bao will live comfortably in the palace."

Zhang Yuan stood up, walked to Yang Wu, showed his usual arrogance and said, "If you don't understand the rules, you can come and ask our family, but if you don't understand, but you don't ask, and if something goes wrong, it's your own fault... Your Majesty usually likes to stay in the palace, but maybe you will go out to see it at any time. You'd better keep the security in the city. If your Majesty goes out one day, don't be surprised, just protect it in secret."

"Um!?"

Yang Wu didn't understand what Zhang Yuan meant very much.

Zhang Yuan did not continue to explain anything to Yang Wu, and said, "I have said everything I should say. Keep the gifts and you can leave."

Yang Wu asked hurriedly: "I wonder when I will have the chance to meet Your Majesty?"

"Let's talk about it when your Majesty mentions it. Your Majesty is not interested at the moment. He is still angry about your neglect of the welcome. You must know that the ceremony of welcoming Shen Zhihou of the Ministry of War in Datong Town is much more grand than you!" After Zhang Yuan said that, he waved his hand and issued a direct order to expel the guests.

When Yang Wu and his men left the door, Zang Xian stepped forward and said, "Eunuch Zhang, I found a capable person here, saying that I wanted to meet my father-in-law and do things for me."

Zhang Yuan said: "I want to see more people in our family every day, so where can I get so much time to meet one by one?"

Zang Xian's face was full of embarrassment: "But this person does have some skills. He said that he could find good things for his father-in-law to eat, drink and have fun, so that his father-in-law could serve in front of His Majesty."

Zhang Yuan said angrily: "Who is this? Such a big tone! If we have something to do in our family, we can give it to the governor of the Xuanfu. It's worth it? Tell me, what is the origin of this person?"

Zang Xian thought for a while and replied: "This person is a subordinate official of the Wanquandu Commander who was transferred to Xuanfu to follow His Majesty to fight. He seems to be the assistant commander of Weizhou Guard. His official rank is not low and he claims his surname is Jiang. The young man didn't have a deep conversation with him."

Because he was afraid that Zhang Yuan would suspect that he had accepted bribes secretly, Zang Xian deliberately blurred his words, making Zhang Yuan feel that he was not talking to others for money.

Zhang Yuan's face was gloomy and he didn't agree.

Zang Xian said: "Would you like to meet me?"

Zhang Yuan said coldly: "Our family doesn't have that time. If Yang Wu sends someone to come, you can tell our family again. As for those cats and dogs, go as far as they can. When our family is tired, we have to go and rest. You can place all the gifts and not have any omissions. Do you understand?"

"Yes, father-in-law."

Zang Xian could only respectfully accept the order and leave.

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...

When he left the house, Zang Xian did not personally arrange the delivery and resettlement of gifts, so naturally there would be servants doing these things... Zhang Yuan had occupied a merchant's warehouse in the city as a special place to store gifts. Now, any good things are transported there. Usually, soldiers guard it and claimed to be a military warehouse.

When Zang Xian collects money, he naturally has to convey Zhang Yuan’s meaning.

The person who wanted to meet Zhang Yuan by bribing Zang Xian was Jiang Bin, the commander of Weizhou Guard.

Jiang Bin is a hereditary military householder, and his ancestral home is Xuanfu. From the late Hongzhi period to the early Zhengde years, he was able to hold his current official position by raising merits. Jiang Bin has no choice but to buy money. Even if he is in Xuanfu, Yang Wu and Bai Yu take people to give gifts to Zhang Yuan, he didn't think about bringing Jiang Bin with him. It was because Jiang Bin was usually short of money and had no money to bribe, so he was neglected by his superiors.

Also, Jiang Bin's current official position is too low. The Weizhou Guard Commander is nominally a fourth-rank official, but he is incomparable to the same-rank civil servants. He is two levels higher than the Qianhu Office of the Qianhu Office, but he is not even as good as the Qianhu House. In terms of oil and water, he is even less than the Qianhu House. In a nine-sided important town like Xuanfu, there are so many fourth-rank military officers, and it is really difficult to look up to him.

When Zang Xian met Jiang Bin, Jiang Bin had been waiting in the teahouse on the side of the road for two hours.

It was already night now, and the teahouse should have closed long ago, but Jiang Bin relied on his military head to force the teahouse owner to continue opening business, and then waited for Zang Xian to come.

"You are still here... it's really not easy."

Zang Xian is equivalent to Zhang Yuan's phone. Even though he does not have any official position, he still speaks very loudly when he sees people. Not only does Jiang Bin not dare to get angry, but he also has to go forward and salute honestly.

Jiang Bin asked, "Master Zang, did you explain the villain's words to Eunuch Zhang? Can Eunuch Zhang be willing to see you?"

Zang Xian sighed and said, "Eunuch Zhang is busy with affairs. Today, he first serves the emperor, and then meets the governor and general. He is very tired and has rest now... Fortunately, I have conveyed your words to Eunuch Zhang. Although Eunuch Zhang has no expression, he will always have the opportunity to meet in the future..."

Zang Xian concealed the facts, the problem was that he accepted Jiang Bin's bribe. If the matter was not done, he should return the money according to the truth.

What he expressed now is that I have conveyed your words. Eunuch Zhang remembers that you are like this and may be given a visit in the future. You are worth the trip. Although you have some regrets, don’t want to go back.

Jiang Bin's face was full of disappointment and asked, "Didn't you hear that Eunuch Zhang is looking for a woman, and she is looking for opera troupes and some food, drinks and entertainment to send them to the palace? Is Eunuch Zhang not caring about this?"

Zang Xian said angrily: "This is indeed the case, but do you think Eunuch Zhang will send some people of unknown origin to the emperor? Who will be responsible for any incident? Lord Jiang, you have been in the officialdom for a long time. Some rules should be understood... We just need to obey Eunuch Zhang's instructions now. Eunuch Zhang will be in Xuanfu during the next few days, and are you still worried that you will not be able to meet?"

Jiang Bin said: "Mr. Zang, what you said is wrong. Eunuch Zhang refused to give him a meeting today. How could he have time to give him a meeting in the future? The villain has already given the money..."

Zang Xian immediately looked up and scolded, "It's not that I didn't help you with work. Since you think the matter is not done, I'll give you the money."

"That's not what the villain means."

Jiang Bin said hurriedly, "Those silver, bentoes are for you to drink tea with Mr. Zang, but the villain is eager to see Eunuch Zhang. If you can see me, you will be grateful for your kindness."

Zang Xian heard that there were generous gifts, so he changed his previous attitude, so he acted: "Don't you want to help you? Lord Jiang, Eunuch Zhang has been in the city since he entered the city, and those who want to see him can line up from here to the city gate, but today the people who can go in and talk to him are only the governor, general, deputy general, etc. Eunuch Zhang is indeed busy with affairs, so you make it difficult for me to handle it."

Jiang Bin's face was full of depressed expression and said, "It seems that the villain can only go back and wait."

When Zang Xian saw Jiang Bin leaving, he felt relieved. Although he had already received the benefit of twenty taels of silver, he wanted to make more. He hurriedly said, "Let's do this. After I go back, I will mention your name from time to time in front of Eunuch Zhang. If this lasts, he will not be able to remember your name."

"How do you want the villain to thank me?" Jiang Bin asked in surprise.

Zang Xian had a cunning smile on his face and said, "Of course I'm not doing these things in vain. Lord Jiang should... have something to say?"

When Jiang Bin saw this attitude, he knew that what he had said before, "I will thank you again after the matter is done." Now Zang Xian is clearly trying to quarrel. If he does not continue to give money, it means that the matter of seeing Zhang Yuan will be completely ruined, and if he is given a chance to meet Zhang Yuan, it will be slim.

This is very different from the hopeful situation in his heart before. He didn't want to pay this money out of his mind.

Jiang Bin said: "The villain really doesn't have anything to express his feelings at hand now. Why don't you go back and prepare first?"

When Zang Xian heard this, his face immediately turned cold and said, "Then you have to prepare as soon as possible. I don't have much time to come out. You must know that Eunuch Zhang has arranged a lot of things at ordinary times, and there are never people who do things in front of the emperor!"

Jiang Bin had a look of depression on his face, and finally he could only bow with his fists and even went downstairs without even paying the account of the teahouse.
Chapter completed!