Mu Donghou naturally did not know that his eldest son Lin Yuan's twelfth concubine's brother-in-law was imprisoned by the Silver Guards, but even if he knew, he would not offend the Silver Guards for such an ant.
As a Lingnan native, Mudong Hou Linfeng was very shrewd. He was well aware of Zhang Xiaowu's status and role in front of Emperor Dade. He also knew that his business in Longdu would depend on the help of Silver Guards in the future, so he prepared to work in Longdu.
The best restaurant in Beijing hosted a banquet in honor of Zhang Xiaowu.
It's just that Zhang Xiaowu has been busy all the time, and the dragon has never seen its end. Not to mention Mu Donghou's invitation, even the commander of the Golden Guards, Wang Jingzhi, has been unable to catch him.
Marquis Mudong rolled his eyes and thought of an idea that Zhang Xiaowu could not refuse. He first found out that Yinyiwei had purchased a large amount of grain, then found out the price and total price, and then found out the money allocated by the imperial court to Yinyiwei.
After some calculations, it was found that the Silver Guard not only spent all the money given to him by the emperor, but also advanced a lot of money himself.
"The silver-clad guard lost his money." Mu Donghou talked about this matter with his adopted brother, "Zhang Xiaowu is not a greedy and lustful person. When he was in Mucheng, he only lived in an official office and had only one concubine. I have never
I haven't heard about him embezzling money. He has no use for himself. He is not greedy for money and not lustful.
He doesn't play with things to lose his ambition, and he seems to have no flaws, but he pities his men. All the money he took up when he was in Saibei was spent on subsidizing the marriages of his soldiers. Therefore, it is better to give gifts and money to Zhang Xiaowu than to donate gold to the Yinyiwei Yamen.
Not only was he honest, but he also solved his troubles."
Mudonghou sent someone to find Ruan Qingwen, the left deputy commander of the Silver Guards, and told him that he would donate 100,000 silver to the Silver Guards to solve the urgent needs of the Silver Guards Yamen, and invited Zhang Xiaowu to be a guest at the Mudonghou Mansion. Ruan Qingwen was shocked
I was very surprised. The one hundred thousand taels of silver really helped a lot. The Ministry of Revenue only allocated 30,000 taels of silver to Yin Yiwei. Mu Donghou got one hundred thousand taels of silver as soon as he made the move. Such a high-profile act is not something ordinary people can do.
Arrived.
Ruan Qingwen immediately found Zhang Xiaowu and conveyed Marquis Mudong's invitation and donation of gold. Zhang Xiaowu looked at the invitation and thought that Marquis Mudong was too generous. How could he offer such a large sum of gold and silver to the Silver Guards.
"Why does Marquis Mudong need my silver guard recently?" Zhang Xiaowu asked doubtfully.
Ruan Qingwen said with a smile: "No, Mu Donghou does not need our help. When the house was cleared, Mu Donghou's people also occupied a few houses, but they were rich and powerful, so they pretended to return them. Moreover, these houses were disposed of by them.
They were clean and comfortable, and the handover between our subordinates and them was extremely smooth. Some of the eunuchs even fought so hard that they were so angry that they were fighting for those houses."
Zhang Xiaowu touched his chin and felt strange. Ruan Qingwen immediately took out more than one hundred and fifty invitations and said: "General, please take a look. There are as many people inviting you to the banquet as carps crossing the river. If you want to nod, your bedside will be there tomorrow."
There are more than a hundred beauties sitting here, and if you are willing, there will be one hundred thousand taels of silver in your house tomorrow."
"I don't need money." Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile, "But the silver-clad guards do, and Marquis Mudong knows my intention."
Ruan Qingwen said: "It's too easy for the silver-clad guards to get money. I'm worried that if they use this trick against our guards in the future..."
"Don't worry, that's for sure. They will definitely deal with us Silver Guards like this." Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile, "After so many years of revolution, shouldn't we enjoy it?"
Ruan Qingwen had a question mark on his face, revolution? Enjoyment?
Zhang Xiaowu laughed: "I mean, since we have come to a prosperous place like Longdu, we should understand that we are already lying on a golden mountain. Do you think people lying on a golden mountain can not be interested in gold?
Can you always be honest and upright? This world is made up of people, and people are selfish, so this world is also selfish. What is selfishness, is self-enjoyment,
Enjoy money, enjoy beauties, enjoy power, and enjoy freedom. Our more than seven thousand brothers can enjoy it, but we have to set a standard for them. You ask Wen Ruyu to formulate an assessment standard. My request is: Big greed
If you don't do things, you can be killed; if you are corrupt, if you do things, you can be punished; if you are petty, if you don't do things, you can be expelled; if you are petty, if you do big things, you can be promoted; if you are not greedy, if you don't do things, you can be retained; if you don't do big things, you can be reused."
Ruan Qingwen wrote it down word for word, sentence by sentence, and gradually had a vague plan for the assessment standards in his mind.
Zhang Xiaowu readily accepted Mu Donghou's invitation and went there as requested.
The Mudong Hou Mansion was originally named Lin Mansion, but since the imperial conferment of the throne, Lin Feng has legitimately decorated the mansion with the courtesy of a marquis. There was originally only a dismounting stone at the door, but now it has become four stone lions. Originally, there were only two servants standing guard.
, now it has become six generals.
As soon as Zhang Xiaowu arrived at the door of Mudong Hou Mansion, he was shocked by the tall plaque at the door. He frowned and felt a little strange in his heart, because the plaque of the Marquis Mansion had some hidden rules. A marquis could not be more than an earl or a king, and obviously Mu Dong
The title of Marquis of Dong should not match that of Marquis of Mudong.
Today, Wu Song, the right deputy commander, accompanied Zhang Xiaowu to the Mudong Hou Mansion. Zhang Xiaowu hoped that through this banquet, Wu Song would be familiar to everyone and open up his reputation and connections. Wu Song looked at the huge plaque with a surprised look on his face.
, couldn't help but ask: "General, you also noticed something is wrong, right?"
Zhang Xiaowu curled his lips and said: "Too arrogant."
Wu Song said: "Marquis Mudong should keep a low profile."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Maybe it's because he has too much money. People outside say that he has half the world's wealth. Hatred of the rich has been a common trait among people since ancient times."
Wu Song said: "Will the general worry about himself?"
Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile: "I am different from him. His assets are fixed, but mine are not fixed."
Marquis Mudong went out to greet him personally and invited many important people in the capital to accompany him. These people were not officials, but wealthy merchants from Longdu City. Everyone came here to find out Zhang Xiaowu's background and understand his character through interactions.
, it will be easier to get along with him in the future.
But no one had ever seen Zhang Xiaowu in person. They had only heard of his name in stories. Now that they saw him in person for the first time, everyone was obviously more curious. Zhang Xiaowu suddenly stole the limelight from his master.
Marquis Mudong invited the singer from Cuiyan Pavilion, known as the best brothel in the capital, to perform songs and dances for everyone. Zhang Xiaowu took a closer look and suddenly found an acquaintance. He laughed. It turned out that the best singer in the capital was none other than two people.
Two wolves passed away the twelve golden hairpins from Cuiyan Pavilion under Murong Shisan two years ago.
"I wonder why this Cuiyan Pavilion is so familiar. It turns out to be a branch of the Murong family. No, even the Twelve Golden Hairpins have moved to Longdu. This shows that Murong Thirteen has given up fighting for Ying with his brothers at Lianglangguan.
The title of Marquis of Sichuan." Zhang Xiaowu thought to himself, smiling as he watched the singing and dancing performances of the twelve familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar Qingguer.