"It may not be that he cannot be used by me." Lin Zunxiu said, "Now that the court is in trouble, if he steps forward, the court will naturally give him a future in the future."
Liang Cunhou nodded without saying anything, as if he was thinking about something. Lin Zunxiu waited respectfully for him to speak. On the surface, the Lin family and the Liang family were just businessmen and "big threshold" customers, but they had a deep connection behind the scenes. The big money behind the restaurant opened by the Lin family
The master is the Liang family. As the saying goes, "There is no name of master and slave, but there is the reality of master and slave."
After a long time, Liang Cunhou said: "Let's discuss this matter later. You can win over him first. Hasn't he been in contact with the Kun thief? You can find out more about the Kun thief through him."
"My little brother understands."
"From now on, you can do business and live as usual. If anything happens, I will send someone to find you. If you want to see me, go to Chunyuan to talk to Yue Wan, and I will make arrangements for you." Mr. Liang said, "I want to live a simple life.
stage."
"Is Miss Yue Wan reliable?" Lin Zunxiu was a little worried.
Liang Cunhou said: "Her whole family is in the palm of my hand." As he was talking, suddenly a figure flashed across the wall. Lin Zunxiu, who had ulterior motives, couldn't help shouting: "Who is it?"
"Slave, follow the rain..."
Following the words, a tall maid came in, holding a green jade plate filled with various fruits.
Liang Cunhou said: "Don't worry. The people who have taken refuge here can only serve in the outer courtyard. The inner courtyard is staffed by Chen people who have been favored by generations. Those who can enter here are loyal servants who can be trusted in life and death."
.External words cannot enter, internal words cannot come out.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Sui Yu knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, Master."
Liang Cunhou gave a slight signal, and the maid withdrew. Lin Zunxiu praised: "Brother Liang is really good at running the family..." After saying this, he felt that this was not appropriate. After all, running the family is a woman's business, so it is used to praise a householder.
It's a bit of a mockery to say "Master Ju Ren".
Liang Cunhou didn't take it seriously and said calmly: "Family and country are actually one. If you don't clean one house, how can you sweep the world? If you can't manage your own family well, how can you serve the court and serve the country? I can do well here.
There are only two words for governing a family under military law: one is strict, no matter whether you are a newcomer or an old man, whether you have a good face or not, a famous person or a black person. If you have done something wrong, you will be dealt with according to the family law; the second word is kindness, if you work as an errand in my house, you will be paid monthly.
The rations are more than two or three times higher than those of slaves outside. Everyone's family is rich, the elderly are provided for, and the children are educated. The slaves are given medical treatment when they are sick, and they are rewarded with coffins and graves when they die. In this way, you can manage your family without worries.
If everyone is not convinced, I will work hard for you."
Lin Zunxiu half flattered and half praised: "Young Master is a great talent."
Liang Cunhou smiled slightly: "You go ahead."
After sending Lin Zunxiu away, his personal book boy came over and whispered a few words in his ear. Liang Cunhou nodded and said: "It is not appropriate for me to come forward in this matter. You ask Master Mai to talk to him."
Guangzhou Magistrate's Office - Now the lights in the Guangzhou Special City Government are brightly lit, and the staff of the municipal government are working intensively. In Liu Xiang's office, a gas lamp brought from the old time and space is hung, illuminating the whole room brightly.
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The large rosewood table used as a desk is filled with documents. Liu Xiang has been extremely busy these days, arranging the reception matters, arranging various tasks, cleaning up the documents for asset reception, and meeting endless people with endless documents to approve. Every day
I woke up at midnight and went to bed in the middle of the night, and my face looked smaller.
I could hear that the second watch was being struck on the Qiao Tower outside. At present, Guangzhou has not established a new time-telling system. It still adopts the system of morning bells and evening drums, firing cannons at noon, and the night watch. At the same time, a strict curfew has been promulgated to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the darkness.
Destruction. Street lamps and clocks, two necessities of modern cities, do not exist in Guangzhou. Liu Xiang put down the red and blue pencils in his hands and got up to stretch his body. He had just finished reading Lin Baiguang's "The Implementation of Guangzhou's Public Security Purge"
plan".
As the former host of the Guangzhou Urban Industry Department, Lin Baiguang knew a lot about the basic situation of Guangzhou. Therefore, after entering the city this time, he was appointed as the director of the Guangzhou Comprehensive Management Office. The department is in charge of almost everything from city appearance, sanitation to public security.
In this report and the thick appendix that came with it, Liu Xiang saw many issues that were listed as "urgent to be resolved" - it was almost all-encompassing, and these were matters to which citizens had very strong reactions and were related to their vital interests.
Among them are transportation, health, and public security. There are big city diseases in the 21st century, and similar problems can be seen in Guangzhou in the 17th century. The original government agencies of one prefecture and two counties in Guangzhou had great control over the city.
The management is very careless. It can even be said to be laissez-faire. Many problems have persisted for decades or even hundreds of years.
"It's not easy to be a mayor." Liu Xiang patted his dizzy head. He decided to meet with Lin Baiguang tomorrow and discuss choosing a few that would be easier to deal with but could also create a big sensation.
Solving people's livelihood problems in one go not only shows the efficiency of the new city government, but also gives Guangzhou citizens the impression of a "new dynasty and a new atmosphere".
Guo Xier walked in: "Chief, the midnight snack is ready, do you want to use it now?"
"Serve it." Liu Xiang also felt empty in his stomach, "After eating, I will read the documents for a while, just in time to take a rest."
As he was eating the white porridge brought by Guo Xi'er, he suddenly thought of something: "Is that Dong Mingxuan asleep? If not, let her come to see me."
He had been so busy these past few days that he had no time to see her. He thought of this incident when he finished work early today.
To be honest, he didn't care too much about the "hidden officials" Dong Mingxuan wanted to report. Although after counting, there were indeed a few provincial-level officials who were not seen alive or dead, but Liu Xiang was not too concerned about whether they could be caught.
——First of all, they are no longer of much use, and secondly, he believes that with the level of violence in the Senate, as long as they are still in the city, they will be found out sooner or later. The next household check will be enough to reveal them. But this
The little girl tried every means to see him, which aroused his curiosity.
At this moment, he looked at Dong Mingxuan who was brought in front of him. Seeing her coming in generously, she kowtowed to him first, stood up and stood in front of him. Although her eyes were slightly drooped, there was no such thing as the little girl in this time and space lowered her head when she saw the strange man.
She felt almost ninety degrees shy. She did not obey her filial piety. Although her clothes were plain, they were very exquisite and beautiful. Her hair was neatly combed. She did not look like her father was dead.
Liu Xiang was surprised and asked: "Are you Dong Mingxuan?"
"This is my slave." The voice was clear and sweet, and the answer was crisp and clear. This made Liu Xiang feel a little good in his heart. He looked carefully and saw that Dong Mingxuan was not tall, but had a well-proportioned figure.
There are six or seven points of beauty.
"I heard that you want to report the whereabouts of the officials in the city," Liu Xiang asked slowly, "Now that you have seen me, tell me everything."
Dong Mingxuan said: "Actually, I don't know the whereabouts of any hidden officials."
Liu Xiang was stunned, and Guo Xi'er showed an expression of disbelief - no one had dared to deceive the chief so blatantly. Many people who had deceived the chief ended up either dead or slowly tortured to death in the mines, which was even more terrible than death.
This girl is so brave! She suddenly felt a soreness in her lower abdomen, and she felt like she couldn't hold back her urine: She deeply regretted that she went to report for this girl!
Although Guo Xier had been a student at Fangcaodi for several years and trained in a maid training class for several months, she still couldn't help but knelt down with a plop: "This slave deserves to die!"
"Get up! It's none of your business!" Liu Xiang scolded, and then said to Dong Mingxuan, "If you don't know, why do you say that? This is a major military matter, no joke!"
"If my maid didn't tell you that there was a major military incident, how could your lord see a little girl like me?" Dong Mingxuan lowered his head and said respectfully.
Liu Xiang nodded: "You have already met me. If there is anything important, just say it. If it is about your father's death, you don't have to worry, we will make appropriate arrangements. As for you mother and daughter, don't worry."
"Thank you for your kindness, sir. This is not why my servant asked to see you, but because I wish to serve the Song Dynasty." Dong Mingxuan said respectfully.
Liu Xiang hesitated for a moment and wanted to ask her to "say it again", but thought it was unnecessary. He had seen a lot of men and women who had taken the initiative to seek refuge with the Senate over the years. But this was the first time that Dong Mingxuan was in such a situation.
"Miss Dong, you and I, the Song Senate, are enemies of the country and our family. How can we believe that you are offering to serve us now?"
Dong Mingxuan nodded: "Your Majesty is right. It is inconsistent with both emotion and reason. Even if it is true, I would not dare to use such a ruthless person. But Mr. Dong is not my father."
It turned out that Dong Mingjuan was a "slut". Her family was originally a small landowner in a county in Shandong. When Mr. Dong was a county magistrate in Henan, he coveted her mother's beauty and colluded with bandits to kill her father's family and rob her mother.
Zou Zao was taken as a concubine. She was young and a girl at the time. After Aunt Jiang begged, she was allowed to take her with her, and she was regarded as Mr. Dong's adopted daughter.
Liu Xiang was a little unbelievable. His life experience was too bizarre. He pondered unconsciously. Dong Mingxuan said: "My servant knows that you don't believe it, and my mother's words probably can't be counted. But most of the Dong family's servants are still there, and his
Dong De, the eldest servant who assisted Zhou in his crimes, is still alive. Send someone to interrogate him and ask him whether what the servant said is true."
Liu Xiang said: "Whether what you say is false or true, you have to go through the procedures to serve the Senate. It's not up to me to decide." He thought for a while, "It's not up to me to perfunctory you. Our Senate's behavior is different from that of the Ming Dynasty.
, everything has rules and regulations. Not one person can swallow the Constitution. If you really want to join the Song Dynasty, in a few days our Senate will recruit talented people in Guangzhou, regardless of gender. As long as you pass the review, you will be naturalized.