Two hundred and forty-three chapters remove the old and cloth the new (six)
"What etiquette?" Gao Lingxiang waved his fan, "I am just a beggar's den here, I am not that particular.??"
Butler Mo hurriedly said: "Master Gao has killed a villain. How can he compare to you? Don't take it away." He hurriedly presented the gift list and letter.
Gao Lingxiang did not open the letter, but looked at the gift list first, and kept nodding. "Master Mo, this gift is too expensive."
The housekeeper hurriedly said: "Master Gao, what are you talking about? Our master told you when you came here. This is to congratulate you on inheriting the position of head of the Guangzhou Prefecture. This is a great happy event. Our master will take advantage of it. This little thing is just
Add some joy."
As he spoke, he picked up an exquisite box with a patterned paper label and presented it to him.
"This is Australia's famous product. It's called 'South Sea cigar'. It's a rare item. The tobacco leaves used in the bread here were originally produced in the purple bamboo forests of the South China Sea. Australians drove big iron ships and cut through the waves to get here. They only get it every year.
There are only about a hundred or so, and my husband occasionally got a few. I heard that my father-in-law likes rare Australian products the most, so if I didn’t save any, I packed them all and sent them to my house.”
"My father-in-law is so polite, so polite." After all, Gao Lingxiang is young and is accustomed to pursuing all kinds of Australian items. Smoking cigars is a habit he has acquired a long time ago. He always cuts a cigar every day. Naturally, he knows that these cigars are the highest quality.
These are the Nanhai cigars specially provided by this veteran. There are also several other Australian products among the gifts. Each item is of great value. Mo Rongxin also made enough purchases.
Gao Tianshi picked up a glass bottle. The glass bottle was etched with beautiful flowers of various colors, and the rim of the glass was outlined with gold wire - it looked like Zizhenzhai's craftsmanship. It was expensive.
He looked up at the sky through the cup and asked casually: "My father-in-law spends too much money. I heard that it is not easy to collect the farm rent outside recently, and it costs so much money!"
This gift is worth at least five hundred taels, which is a generous gift. It seems that my father-in-law has a big deal. Otherwise, he would not have given out such a large sum of money, especially at this time.
The "clearing land property" campaign launched by the Guangzhou Municipal Government has been launched in several prefectures and counties around Guangzhou. Most of the land owned by the gentry in Guangzhou city is concentrated in this area. This cleanup has uncovered a large number of hidden property rights.
Due to problems such as land, land tax inconsistency, contributions, etc., the originally charged rent has already been greatly reduced.
In some remote areas, although the Australians have not yet begun to "clean up", the place is not peaceful, and the village leaders either cannot receive the rent, or if they do, they lie and claim that the roads are rough and withhold the rent and refuse to pay it. The problem of land rent
It has become the most worrying thing for the gentry and landlords.
There are 3,000 acres of land under the name of Wenlan Academy. These 3,000 acres are equivalent to the private property of the directors and stewards, and two-thirds of the income is embezzled by them. As the head of the academy, Mo Rongxin embezzled the most.
The Mo family's wealth and prosperity are largely due to Wenlan Academy's property.
The housekeeper quickly said: "We can only operate with caution. The master said that the Mo family and the Gao family are connected and share the same branch. Now that the world is turbulent and the situation is unstable, they must share the same sentiment and support each other."
Gao Lingxiang nodded slightly. No matter how many old grudges he had against Mo Rongxin, what he said was on point. The Mo family needs the Gao family, and the Gao family doesn't need the Mo family. No matter how poor the Mo family's reputation is, it can still be considered a good one.
He is a gentleman. He can speak well in front of many gentry in the city. He has much more room for maneuver than his own family, who is rich but humble.
He opened Mo Rongxin's letter, skipped the polite words at the beginning, and went directly to the back part.
It turns out that Xinrong's request to him was an old matter.
More than ten years ago, a scholar studying in Wenlan College was dissatisfied with the Mo family and others for long-term monopolization of the college's property and misappropriation of funds. He contacted a group of classmates and started a quarrel. This scholar had an elder who was an official in Beijing, and he was a scholar.
He also took over Li Zi. He refused to give up and asked Mo Rongxin and others to "resign", fire the Mo family and Zhong family members who were originally used in the hospital, and return the embezzled hospital property. Otherwise, they would jointly file a lawsuit with their classmates.
Take the lawsuit to Guangzhou Prefecture.
Students who had been bullied for a long time were also encouraged to make a fuss. This matter was discussed a lot among the people, and even the prefect of Guangzhou asked people to investigate the matter and asked Mo Rongxin to "handle it well".
This scholar studied to death and consciously asked for orders for the people. No matter how much Mo Rongxin tried to persuade him, or how much benefits he promised, this sour man refused to accept the hard way and accepted death. In addition, there were many gentry members who could not understand the Mo family after him.
They fanned the flames and fought to the end to uphold justice and fight against the evil gentry.
Mo Rongxin was in trouble for a while. The scholar who came to write could not be bought with money, but the scholar who came to martial arts had a good reputation, and there were also elders of the same clan who were officials. If something happened to him, he would also have to make a fuss.
You can't break your home.
In a dilemma, he went to discuss with Gao Tianshi - he had colluded with the Guandi Temple people for a long time, and Mo Rongxin's long-term control of the position of the academy director was related to the support of the Guandi Temple people: every time the academy re-elected
Whenever there was an event, Gao Tianshi would send a large number of beggars to the scene to cheer him up.
Gao Tianshi thought for a moment and agreed with all his heart. He asked Mo Rongxin to give in temporarily and fired a few of the masters and stewards in the courtyard who were the most outraged among the students. The food that was originally not good enough was pretended to be
A little improvement... First, I came up with a delaying strategy to delay the matter first.
It didn't take long for the scholar to be lured into a gambling addiction. Within ten days, he lost everything. His originally well-to-do family couldn't help but ruin it. He even lost his ancestral home and owed a large amount of gambling debt. The house leaked.
When there was a leak, within a few days, news came out that the scholar's wife had been caught having sex with a monk. She was ruined and impoverished. In the end, she was resentful and hanged with a rope in the academy. When the leader fell down, "Don't be a sect."
Mo Rongxin's vigor was gone, and Mo Rongxin beat the snake with a stick, slashing and beating him, suppressing the massive "Bao Mo Movement".
Naturally, this tempting gambling game and seduction of good-natured women were all done by professional liars among the people of Guandi Temple. Not only did Mo Rongxin get rid of the siege in an instant, but he also completely ruined the reputation of the other party's family and forced him to
He had no choice but to commit suicide. This move was cruel and poisonous. Not only would outsiders not be able to catch the Mo family, but for those in the academy who were determined to go against the Mo family, it would also serve as a "killing of chickens to scare the monkeys."
They were impressed by Gao Tianshi's energy, so they got married.
Unexpectedly, this old case from the past many years has been brought to light again with the changes in Guangzhou city! Several of the scholar’s former classmates are said to have jointly reported the matter to the Australian Guangzhou Municipal Government, although it has not been reported yet.
Below, however, since arriving in Guangzhou, the Australians have been doing things to "renovate the old and innovate". If this matter is exposed again, the Australians may take advantage of this to cause trouble and take away the college's property...
In his letter, Mo Rongxin humbly asked him for advice and asked him to find a way to suppress the matter. In his letter, he also reminded Gao Lingxiang that the Gao family could also earn 500 taels of silver from the academy every year.
Gao Lingxiang snorted, this matter is too difficult to handle!
In the past, this would have been nothing, but what time is it now? The Australians had just solved the witchcraft case. If my father hadn't died in time, I might have been tied up and sent to the execution ground by now.
"Beheaded". Now it's too late for Gao Ling Xiang to pretend to be his grandson, so why would he be willing to dip into this troubled water?
Gao Lingxiang slowly straightened up and said: "My in-laws are right! The world is not peaceful, and a family should help each other in times of trouble. However, your family has a great cause, and it doesn't matter if some of them are missed in the academy;
I am a tree without roots here. On weekdays, I have to rely on the men's fingers to get by. Now the soldiers have entered the city and arrested the refugees everywhere. Go to the street and see how many people there are at this time of year.
Those who dare to go to the streets to ask for a living, let alone those who are friends, want to eat my food and drink my food. There are thousands of mouths - the soldiers of the imperial court dare to kidnap imperial envoys and kill chief officials without pay - these thousands of people,
If you can't take care of anyone, you dare to come and eat me too."
These words were originally his true words, but Butler Mo regarded them as a way to take advantage of Mo's family. He quickly apologized and said with a smile: "My father-in-law said nothing! My father-in-law said that no one except you can do this."
, no one can make peace with you! He can't forget your benefits. Besides, your third brother is also in the academy now, and I heard that he is very close to those sour people..."
This struck a chord with Gao Lingxiang. The "fifth brother" mentioned by Butler Mo was named Gao Lingda. He was only nineteen years old this year. He was the youngest son of Gao Tianshi. He was smart, studious, and read well.
, became a literary boy. After he started writing, he followed Mo Rongxin's path and studied at Wenlan Academy.
Gao Lingda was more talented, intelligent, well-mannered and well-educated than his elder brothers. Although he was the youngest son of a concubine, he was quite popular among the upper echelons of the Guandi Temple. The key was that his mother Qiniang was the most favored aunt of Gao Tianshi during his lifetime.
Therefore, a group of powerful people from the Guandi Temple gathered around him, becoming the most powerful opponent to challenge Gao Lingxiang.
Although the brothers were suppressed now, they were not necessarily convinced. Especially Gao Lingda, it could be said that his success fell short. It was hard to guarantee that he still had any hope. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but become slightly nervous.
He pondered for a moment and said: "Go and reply to your master. I know about this matter. However, this matter is very serious, so let me think about it for a few days."
When Butler Mo heard this, he quickly stood up and left.
Gao Lingxiang thought about it, and it was not difficult. The people in Guandi Temple had many tricks up their sleeves. Most of the scholars in the academy were nerds and "young children". It was not difficult to trick them into falling for the trick.
The only thing you have to worry about is how the Australians will view your involvement in Wenlan Academy. Australians are not easy to get along with!
Liu Shifu'er, a big-boned man from Henan Province, is known as a man with iron bones and meat with a hob. He is famous for being "not afraid of being beaten" and has a great reputation among beggars. He took the money from the tooth shop to find bad luck with the Chaoshan Gang and was killed by that gang.
Helped the Australians behind the Chaoshan boy to catch him. The whole family was a step too late, and none of them escaped, so they were confiscated by the Australians. Since then, there has been no news. It is said that the Australians arrested him and took him to Hainan, and the man was demoted to
Working as a coolie, the woman was taken over by the Australian general. Yin Jian is not far away, so he should not offend these demons. 8