Chang Yinglin, the prefect of Huzhou, was holding a beautiful eldest daughter who took advantage of the famine and bought it for almost no money. He was stroking his hands in the living room and was busy in an ugly manner. Master Lou walked in. Chang Yinglin hurriedly pushed her away.
He opened the door to the woman and greeted her politely.
Mr. Lou's name is Lou Guanyu, and he is the secret servant hired by the Chang Prefecture.
The origin of the title of Master began in the early Ming Dynasty, because Zhu Yuanzhang's quota for government officials was too small, and the government affairs were busy, and the officials were simply too busy. In addition, most of these officials came from the imperial examination, and they could easily pick up the Four Books, Five Classics and Eight-Part Articles.
However, the highly professional industries such as government affairs practice, criminal litigation and Qiangu Finance were not well understood, so they began to hire masters at their own expense. This trend continued until the end of the Qing Dynasty, when Zhang Zhidong wrote to the court requesting that it be banned.
This industry has completely disappeared.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the masters were still very respected by their masters. Sometimes, the masters would even politely treat themselves as inferior to some of the hired servants who were more famous and capable.
The masters, master Zhengbi and master registration are in charge of different aspects respectively, and Lou Guanyu is the chief master of all these masters, so he is highly valued by Chang Yinglin.
Chang Yinglin kicked out the new escort girl, asked Mr. Lou to sit down, and said with a smile: "Master, is there something important?"
Mr. Lou was in his fifties, with a ruddy and square face, a bright face, and a pair of bright eyes. He said with worry: "Dong Weng, the news from the court has been sent back. Does Dong Weng know?"
Magistrate Chang laughed and said: "Haha, Mr. Lou turned out to be just for this. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!"
He said proudly: "My sister-in-law has already sent me a letter, saying that the person who is patrolling the disaster area this time is the auxiliary prince of the current dynasty, hahaha..."
Master Lou looked at him as if he were an idiot. After he finished laughing, he asked, "Why is Dong Weng so calm?"
Magistrate Chang said: "My master! This is Duke Fu Guo, don't you understand?"
Lou Guanyu said calmly: "Dong Weng, I really don't understand!"
Magistrate Chang put down the tea cup, slapped his forehead helplessly, and explained: "My sister-in-law and the Duke of Fu were inseparable before they became rich!"
"oh?"
"Now, my sister-in-law is the commander of the Royal Guards. He has a high and powerful position, and he is a great hero in helping to protect the crown prince! As for the Duke of Fu, he is also a minister of the prince's faction. Master, what are you doing this time?
Do you understand?"
Lou Guanyu said: "What Dong Weng means is that because of this relationship, when the auxiliary governor is here, he will take good care of you, sir, so as not to embarrass you and lead to falling out with your sister-in-law?"
Chang Zhifu clasped his palms together and said with a smile: "I told you to say it, haha, Master, you have finally enlightened!"
Lou Guanyu said: "Although Su and Song prefectures have been severely affected by the disaster, why do they need a duke to come to relieve the disaster? I specifically inquired and found out that the emperor specially invited the fuguogong back from Ci Lao Mountain, because the fuguogong
I have made great achievements in the strategy of Liaodong. I have just returned to Beijing and have taken a long vacation to relax with my family. Has Dong Weng ever thought that the emperor must have a duke to take charge of the matter? What is his plan?"
Magistrate Chang was startled for a moment, and looked a little hesitant: "Master Lou, you mean..."
Lou Guanyu said sincerely: "Dong Weng, regarding the aspect of your sister-in-law and Fu Guogong, or whether Fu Guo Gong will sell this face, there is no guarantee that he will not be selfless! Dong Weng must be all-round in his office.
It's all about being watertight. Even if the auxiliary country's guild sells the face of your sister-in-law, we still have to make the country's father-in-law live well in terms of face, right?
In this city of Huzhou, many officials and gentry are dissatisfied with you. If there are only three or two commoners, we can suppress them. But these officials and gentry all have the opportunity to come into contact with the Duke of Fu. If someone files a black case against you,
, What if the auxiliary Duke just wants to catch someone who can stand out and report to the emperor, and he doesn't care about your relationship at all, what if..."
Magistrate Chang said displeasedly: "Where did so many things come from? I have made it clear enough. My sister-in-law is now a walking figure in the court. Who in the civil and military circles in the court does not look at him with suspicion? Although Yang Xu is said to be the auxiliary of the country.
Duke, but after all, he doesn’t have a permanent position. If he wants to do something, he doesn’t need my sister-in-law. Isn’t the so-called official protection of each other just for their own convenience? The auxiliary Duke was born in the soil.
If you are jumping between rocks, why don’t you talk about human nature?”
Lou Guanyu smiled bitterly and said: "Dong Weng, that's not what I mean. What I mean is that if Duke Fu is willing to let you go, we have to have no reason for others to catch him, so Duke Fu can be easily protected, right? If Duke Fu is
I don’t want to sell this face at all, we also call him impeccable because he is watertight, Dong Weng, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years!"
Governor Chang's eyes rolled, and he twisted his beard and asked: "Then what should I do according to Master's wishes?"
Lou Guanyu chuckled, leaned forward, and lowered his voice and said: "Open the warehouse and put food in!"
Magistrate Chang was startled: "Huh? Putting out grain?"
Mr. Lou nodded and said: "Yes, there are several benefits to releasing grain like this. First, it can make the common people angry and avoid disaster! Second, it can appease the Huzhou gentry and prevent anyone from suing you! Third,
Our warehouse is short of 600,000 tons of grain! We have the final say on how many porridge sheds we open and how much rice we use.
As long as we open the warehouse to store grain, we will not only gain a good reputation as an official, but also appease the officials, gentry and the common people. This account will also be wiped clean. There is no grain in the warehouse? Wow! There is no grain, and the grain will be given to the people.
Well, hey, the refugee is coming and going, even if he is standing here, who can count how much rice they have eaten, and how many victims who have eaten rice here have gone to other places? This amount
The confused account will never be investigated clearly, let us settle it once and for all, and there will be no future troubles!"
Magistrate Chang blinked and asked: "Where is the food? Where is the food? Our treasury is empty to begin with! Didn't all the treasury funds go out as donations from the officials and gentry in the past two days?"
Master Lou stamped his feet and said: "Oh my lord, you are so confused! There is no food in the official warehouse, but there is in your private warehouse. We have lost 600,000 shi of new rice to the court, so we gritted our teeth and took out 200,000 shi.
Come and give alms. The gentry all over the city will see that not only do we give out porridge, but the porridge is also very thick. Who can stand there and count all day long? Who can count from one porridge shack to another?
As soon as the two hundred thousand shi of rice are given out, hehe! Let’s just say that all the 600,000 shi of new rice in stock have been given out, Dong Weng, do you understand now?”
"Two hundred thousand stone meters?"
Chang Zhifu suddenly jumped up, as if he wanted to eat someone, and said hysterically: "Two hundred thousand shi meters! Two hundred thousand shi meters! Mr. Lou, do you know how much one shi rice costs in the market now?"
When it rains heavily and floods come, one stone of rice is worth ten guan! Ten guan! It takes ten guan to buy one stone of rice, and the price of food is still rising! Two hundred thousand shi of rice, how much does it cost? This is a building
Silver mountain, a silver mountain!"
Lou Guanyu was shocked by his crazy look. He knew that Magistrate Chang was greedy for money, but he didn't expect that Magistrate Chang was greedy for money to this extent.
Dead!
Lou Guanyu said: "Dong Weng..."
Chang Zhifu raised his palm and said solemnly: "Master Lou, please stop talking. If you ask me to pick out a load of rice for nothing, it will make me feel distressed to death! Two hundred thousand dan? Hey! You might as well kill me."
It's better to save me! With my good sister-in-law protecting me, even if the Duke of the Kingdom comes, it will be fine!"
He rolled his eyes and said: "The Duke is coming... Wow! I have to prepare well. This ceremony needs to be more elaborate, and I will choose a few pretty girls to wait on it. I will definitely ask for it."
The joy of the Duke of Guo, as long as I hold this thigh again, I will be even more stable and untouchable."
He glanced at Master Lou triumphantly and said: "Master Lou, don't think that I am stingy. I am willing to spend the money that should be spent, and I spend it very generously, because after spending this money, I can spend it ten times."
It's worth it if you make it back a hundred times. Your bad idea is only going to make no progress, so it won't work! Mr. Lou, you are an outsider in business!"
Master Lou stared at Magistrate Chang for a long time, before he smiled bitterly and said: "Dong Weng, maybe I didn't take what I said into consideration. Because I was about to go back to my hometown for a visit, I didn't think much about it in a hurry, so I ran over to Dong Weng.
Now that I’ve come to remonstrate, since Dong Weng is so confident, then it’s okay not to mention this proposal!”
Magistrate Chang nodded with a smile: "That's natural. I, Chang Yinglin, am one of the parents in Huzhou Prefecture, but in the eyes of the Duke, I am nothing! He is willing to fall out with my sister-in-law for a piece of shit? Haha.
, Master, you understand the matter of money, food and grain, but you still have to practice for a few years to be able to deal with favors in the officialdom! Huh? Do you want to go back to your hometown to have a look?"
Mr. Lou said with a smile: "Yes! It has been raining heavily for days recently, and there has been heavy rain everywhere. I am naturally fine in this city of Huzhou, but I don't know if my relatives in my hometown have been affected by the disaster. What is going on now? I want to go back and have a look, so as not to worry about it."
Magistrate Chang knew that Mr. Lou’s hometown was in the countryside of Suzhou, which was also a disaster-stricken area. He wanted to go back to visit his relatives, which was human nature. Anyway, there had been heavy rain recently and disasters everywhere, so the yamen was very quiet and there was no official business to handle, so he pretended to do so.
He said generously: "Okay, master, let's go back and have a look. If your relatives in your hometown are also affected by the disaster, bring them here first and wait for the water to recede before settling down!"
"Xie Dongweng!"
Mr. Lou stood up, bowed his head, and left.
Mr. Lou returned to his residence leisurely, closed the door, and immediately told his wife and children: "Hurry up, everything in the house is packed, and we will leave immediately!"
His wife was surprised and said: "Mr. Sir, where are you going in such a hurry?"
Mr. Lou looked out cautiously, pulled his mother-in-law, stepped aside, and whispered: "Our master has plunged into the money hole and can't pull it out. Let's go back to the countryside first to see the scenery. If everything is fine,
If we come back again..., understand? Hurry up and clean up!"
In the afternoon of that day, Master Lou and his family only wore thin gold and silver clothes tied around their bodies, drove a mule cart, and hurriedly left Huzhou City!
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