Lu Gao felt that Ning Chen was different from what he thought.
Ning Chen's thinking was so fast that Lu Gao felt like he couldn't keep up.
"Master Ning is overrated. Master Ning is the real pillar of the country." Lu Gao responded hurriedly.
"You're welcome, Mr. Lu, you are the pillars of the country.
He has been impeached dozens of times and has not failed, which is enough to prove that Mr. Lu Gao has gone through many hardships and is a good official who is trustworthy.
I've only been tested a few times now, and I'm far behind Master Lu."
Although Lu Gao felt something was wrong, now he was asking for help from Ning Chen, so Lu Gao could only laugh along with him.
After a while of pushing cups and changing cups, Ning Chen began to talk to Lu Gao shoulder to shoulder and call each other brothers.
After three drinks and five dishes, Ning Chen stood up and prepared to leave.
At this moment, Lu Gao clapped his hands, and suddenly ten people walked in, carrying wine jars five feet high and holding thick wine jars in their arms.
"Sir Ning, I don't have anything to thank you for. I only have some home-brewed wine for you to try." Lu Gaodui said to Ning Chen with a smile.
"How much does this wine weigh per jar?" Ning Chen walked to the edge of the wine jar and knocked on the jar and asked.
Lu Gao replied: "One hundred and fifty pounds per jar."
In the Wu Dynasty, one catty was sixteen taels, one hundred and fifty catties was two thousand four hundred taels, and five jars of wine was twelve thousand taels.
Of course, this wine is definitely not a serious wine.
"I don't want any more wine. You've already lived such a miserable life. Go back and sell it to support your family. We have a long time ahead.
And if you really want to thank me, recommend a few officials like you who can do things well and speak nicely."
Of course, more than ten thousand taels is a lot, and of course Ning Chen can sell poems now.
But Ning Chen doesn't want to sell poems. The key is that Ning Chen can't remember much now.
Sold them all, how can I show them to others in the future?
Of course, the most important thing is, once you become invincible, will money still be meaningful to you?
Ning Chen needs Lu Gao to recommend him more now.
Seeing that Ning Chen was about to leave, Lu Gao called to Ning Chen and waved to the ten people to leave with the wine jar.
"Sir, do you really want to select some talents?" Lu Gao asked Ning Chen after everyone left.
Ning Chen nodded: "But the premise is that it must be someone like you."
Lu Gao thought for a while and said to Ning Chen: "Master Ning, I do have someone I can recommend to you. But this person's reputation is even worse than Lu's."
Ning Chen became interested as soon as he heard this: "My reputation is even worse than yours. He seems to be a talented person."
Lu Gao really didn't know what Ning Chen's criteria for judging talents were.
"It's very simple. If you are not envied by others, you are a mediocre person. Look at those censors, when have they ever impeached a mediocre person?" Ning Chen explained to Lu Gao.
Lu Gao felt that this principle made sense.
If these words were heard by those censors, I'm afraid Ning Chen would be in trouble again.
But Lu Gao would definitely not go to those censors and report Ning Chen's black case.
"Lord Ning, this good friend of mine is the sixth-ranking prime minister of Dali Temple. His surname is Cao, and his last name is Xing.
This person is good at everything, but he often goes too far when it comes to sentencing and punishment.
So I have always been at level 6, but my ability to do things is still acceptable.
Since Mr. Ning asked today, Lu will intercede on his behalf."
What does sentencing and excessive punishment mean?
This is a typical cool official.
Corrupt officials and ruthless officials are a perfect match.
"Xiao Wu Zhao, I'm sorry for you. You started off as a corrupt official and a cruel official.
But don’t worry, I’ll wait until I accumulate enough [Nie] points.
Brother, I’ll just jump in and take you flying.”
Silently apologizing to Wu Zhao in his heart, Ning Chen said angrily: "Dali Temple is the place responsible for punishment, and there is no such thing as excessive punishment for bad people.
If we have to be gentle when dealing with bad people, how will we deal with good people?
Dali Temple has too few talents. Don't worry, as long as he is indeed a talent, I will definitely give him extra points as appropriate."
"Your Excellency is truly a famous official of the generation, and he sees things so clearly. On behalf of my friend, I would like to thank you," Lu Gao said with excitement.
Ning Chen quickly supported Lu Gao: "Master Lu, I should thank you for helping me recommend talents. Is this also supporting my work?"
Lu Gao was supported by Ning Chen and said to Ning Chen in a low voice: "Sir, there are five jars of that kind of turbid wine in my wine cellar.
I'll have someone deliver the five altars just now to Master Ning's house later.
Cao Xing and I must thank you together."
Ning Chen stopped him and said, "I can't drink that much wine by myself. Mr. Lu, it's better to sell it to supplement the family income."
Lu Gao continued to lower his voice and said, "Sir, this wine is extraordinary."
At this time, Ning Chen could only pretend not to know, and continued to decline: "Then Mr. Lu has to sell it at a good price to supplement his family's income. Mr. Lu's sows have a litter of eight, so they work hard, so they have to make up for themselves.
This wine is just like giving it to a sow."
Even though he knew what was in the wine jar, Ning Chen's big words at this time seemed too false.
It would be better to just make up nonsense and let Lu Gao guess what he meant.
Anyway, Ning Chen’s purpose was [sycophantic]. As for Lu Gao’s guess, that was his problem.
Leaving Lu Gao at a loss as to which sow in his family had given birth to eight piglets, Ning Chen walked away directly.
Back on his carriage, Ning Chen was already looking forward to what he would look like when he was invincible.
"Corrupt officials are matched with ruthless officials, how can I stand up? This wave of sycophancy is solid."
Thinking of this, Ning Chen started humming "Today is a Good Day".
When he returned to his mansion, Fatty Wan was pacing back and forth with a sad face, waiting for him anxiously.
Ning Chen invited Wan Hong to his residence. After Wan Hong and the other four girls who served Ning Chen left, he knelt on the ground with a 'pop'.
"Boss Wan, what's going on?" Ning Chen looked at Wan Hong who was kneeling on the ground and asked in confusion.
"Master Ning, I am really not a human being. Master Ning helped me, but I actually pushed you into the fire pit." Wan Hong said with a sad face and extremely self-blame.
Ning Chen asked: "Is it still the matter with Lu Gao?"
Wan Hong nodded.
Ning Chen patted Wan Hong on the shoulder: "If that's the case, forget it. I've solved the matter. Don't blame yourself too much. Just get up and talk."
Wan Hong shook his head: "Sir, I can't get up. Because the villain also asked some things, which may be very detrimental to the adults.
It may even trap the adults in a place of eternal doom for committing great crimes. The villain really never thought that this matter could be so complicated. The villain harmed the adults!"
The kind of person who commits great crimes and is extremely evil, but will never recover.
This is exactly what Ning Chen is pursuing now.
"Come here, my good brother, get up and sit down and talk. Get up and sit down and talk. What's going on?" Ning Chen pulled Fatty Wan up and asked amiably.
Although Fatty Wan weighs almost 300 pounds, it is not difficult for an advanced martial artist.
Fatty Wan was pulled up by Ning Chen and refused to sit down. Instead, he said with annoyance and sorrow in his eyes: "Sir, I bribed the housekeeper of Lu Gao's house and a chief clerk of the Ministry of Personnel.
From their mouths, the villain learned.
This time Lu Gao comes to see you, it may be related to party disputes, as well as disputes between ministers and His Highness.
Master Ning, you will most likely become a victim."
Sacrifice?
Ning Chen is really not too worried about this now.
First of all, his life is not long to begin with, so Ning Chen’s main task now is to do [needy] things.
Secondly, even if he really failed to get enough [Yi] points and Kong Jijiu owed him a favor, Ning Chen would still not be able to die.
Ning Chen doesn't even consider whether to sacrifice or not.
What Ning Chen has to consider now is whether Lu Gao's situation is stable.
Based on Wan Hong's narration, Ning Chen roughly figured out the context.
Wan Hong actually didn't know the details about what happened in the court, especially high-end operations like party struggle.
It was already very difficult for Wan Hong to get something from Lu Gao and the Chief of Staff.
Besides, it was indeed not easy to pull this off in such a short period of time.
When Wan Hong finished speaking intermittently and stammering what he knew.
Ning Chen also roughly understood what was going on.
According to what Wan Hong said, Lu Gao may have been deliberately pushed to Ning Chen by his Lin Party this time.
Its purpose is very obvious.
Using his own hands, he selected such a corrupt official to take office.
When the time comes, they will turn around and impeach Ning Chen. In this way, they will get rid of Ning Chen, a rising power minister.
At the same time, he slapped Wu Zhao in the face, making Wu Zhao understand what a wrong decision it was for her to implement the New Deal so casually and quickly.
Of course, this is not a lesson to Wu Zhao, it is just a reminder to Wu Zhao.
It can be regarded as a kind of soft confrontation. As for Ning Chen, he will definitely be implicated.
After listening to Wan Hong's words, Ning Chen's lips almost split open to his ears.
"Corrupt officials, ruthless officials and party strife, I don't believe this wave, I can still be unstable."
Ning Chen thought in his heart and burst out into a hearty laugh.
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Don't miss it if you pass by. Take a look at Master Ning. Will he have stable happiness?
