(Author's note: This book was first published on 17k. Other websites will be illegally reproduced and pirated without the permission of 17k and the author. It is shameful! Friends who read pirated copies do not know what they think? Dear readers, if you are my loyal reader,
Please think deeply that I don’t care about the few cents, I just hope that you respect the value of my labor!) The clerk is a master under the prefect, named Hua Shixiong. He was a failed candidate and failed many times.
After running out of money and living in the capital, Zou Xigui, the prefect, went to Beijing on a business trip and met Hua Shixiong on the street. The two had met several times in the examination hall and were considered acquaintances. Seeing his appearance, Zou Xigui was particularly kind to him.
took him in
It stands to reason that Zou Xigui is far inferior to Hua Shixiong in terms of talent and learning of literature and calligraphy. However, the Zou family has a strong family background, has people inside and outside the court, and has spent a lot of money. Naturally, the poor scholar Hua Shixiong cannot be compared with him. Zou Xigui's father wanted to
I bought fame for my son and collected thirty thousand taels of silver to get a seventh-grade county magistrate. After Xiao Zou took office, he lived up to his parents' high expectations. He recovered his capital in only three years and still had a slight surplus. The old father was overjoyed and took out the money again.
20,000 to clear his joints and get him a good job as a prefect
Zou's father was an official in the court and Wang Shugui's best friend, so his son dared to be unscrupulous in the prefectures and counties, doing whatever he wanted, and plundering people's fat and anointing. Zou Xigui served as an official in Huayang for three years and gained countless gold and silver treasures. The source was nothing more than bribery.
Occupation, plundering and plundering, the people of Huayang all gnashed their teeth when mentioning Zou Xigui, wishing they could eat his flesh alive and suck his blood alive.
At this time, Zou Xigui heard the harassment and noise outside the gate, and hurriedly sent someone out to check what was going on. The person sent came back in a panic and said:
"Sorry, Mr. Prefect, a group of people came outside the door, claiming to be the imperial envoys sent by the emperor. Master went to stop them from entering the house, but his pants were taken off. Sir, go and have a look!"
When Zou Zhifu heard that the imperial envoy had arrived, he immediately concluded that it must be a fake. The emperor sent the imperial envoy to inspect various places. Every time, he did not send a letter to the place first, and ordered all the reception work to be done in advance. Of course, the main ones were tax items, treasury, income and expenditure, etc.
As soon as the imperial envoy arrived, he checked the accounts, listened to the people's sentiments, gave a few words of admonition and comfort, brought some local specialties, filled his pockets with gold and silver coins, stayed in the brothel for a few days, and then turned around and left.
If he wasn't a thief, his move would be earth-shattering. How could it happen so suddenly? Is there any reason to be sneaky and elusive?
Zou Xigui sneered, changed his clothes casually, and summoned a dozen personal guards. He wanted to see with his own eyes how this group of bold thieves dared to pretend to be imperial envoys and go to the government office to extort money and defraud them in broad daylight.
Generally speaking, when magistrates go out, they are very particular. They do not go through the side door, but through the main door, which means the open and upright door. Seeing that the master is about to go out, a servant hurriedly opened the door. Zou Zhifu had just come out of the main door in a swaggering manner. He raised his head sharply. Unfortunately, the master
Hua Shixiong's pants fell down and fell on the master's head. Zou Xigui was just about to pull off the pants and when he was about to open his mouth to curse, he saw the little eunuch riding on the horse!
As mentioned in the previous letter, the young eunuch entered the court as an official at the age of fifteen, serving as the Minister of the Ministry of War. The official title of the second-grade prefect was generally between the fourth and fifth grades. Although there was some difference in official rank, it did not mean that they would not have the opportunity to meet.
There are more than a dozen or twenty county offices and governors, including local troops who protect the city. The leader of the troops is called the general soldier. Although the prefect is a civilian official and is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, the general soldier and his troops are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.
They do not have a direct relationship but have an indirect relationship. Therefore, every time the magistrate comes to Beijing to report on his duties, he has to go to Liubu for official duties. The rank of Shangshu of the Liubu is two or three levels higher than that of the magistrate. Moreover, they are all people close to the emperor. Don't say they have anything to do.
He also had to find something to meet with the dignitaries of these important departments. He went to the capital once to meet him. He had met the young eunuch at least six times in total, and had also given him many things. Zou Zhifu raised his head and saw the young eunuch, whether he was an imperial envoy or not.
Needless to say, when it comes to official positions, he has to kowtow to the ground. While Zou Xigui bent down to kowtow, what he was thinking about was that his official career was over.
"Pan Shangshu, Mr. Pan, sir, the imperial envoy, I am a small official who didn't know that the imperial envoy was coming, so I missed my welcome from afar. Please forgive me," Zou Xigui said while lying on the ground.
"That's all!" The little eunuch waved his hand impatiently
In the mind of the little eunuch, he came well prepared. Zou Xigui had done many evil things, and he was by no means a good person. So many people complained before he set out. Before he entered, he encountered so many evil people blocking him. The prefect's Yamen was like a gate to hell. Moreover, he was ordered by the emperor.
It is conceivable that ordinary people want to enter this door.
The young official who caused trouble just now knelt down and bowed down when he saw the magistrate. Only then did he realize that today he had violated the law of heaven and offended the true Buddha. He was suddenly like five thunders hitting his head, and his orifices were filled with smoke. He trembled, raised his buttocks, and hurriedly knelt beside the doorman.
, when the guards heard that it was a real imperial envoy, who would dare not to kneel down?
The young eunuch said to the two brothers in the sedan: "Please, please bring someone in to search for me. If you find any good things, just move them out. The prefect and I are old acquaintances. We meet old friends in a foreign land. We are chatting here."
"It will be a while"
Hu San, Wang Xiaowu and others went there
The little eunuch jumped off his horse, took two steps forward, took off the torn trousers above the magistrate's head and threw them to Hua Shixiong and said:
"Don't be embarrassed, scholar, get up and put on your clothes! Your problem is that you look down on others, and you are a villain. You think you are right. You have read more books than me. I won't teach you any more. How to be a human being. Sage Kong taught you long ago.
Go, help the people inside settle the accounts, provide information, maybe I can even give you a bigger job."
Hua Shixiong climbed up from the ground in one fell swoop, then climbed down again and kowtowed three times, repeating over and over again:
"Sir, I listen to you. From now on, I will be a loyal dog under you. I will bite whoever you ask me to bite!"
"Go, it's not time to bite yet!" the little eunuch waved his hand.
Hua Shixiong put on his trousers and ran away. Judging from the way he walked now, he was definitely not a scholar.
The little eunuch turned around and ordered the servants and the others: "You all get up and go do whatever you have to do. It's none of your business. Even if you kill someone, someone is instigating it. It's not your fault. Help."
Live!"
The group of people shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is wise, we listen to you!"
This group also left
Someone moved a chair for the little eunuch to sit down and talk. The little eunuch kicked Zou Xigui, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said:
"Looking at the way you look today, I know that you have a guilty conscience. Am I right? Okay, stop kneeling all the time. Change your position and let's talk."
Zou Xigui lay on the ground and begged: "I have nothing to ask for, I just want you to spare my life!"
"In this case, it's not me who has the final say." The little eunuch crossed his legs and took the cup of tea that was handed to him. He took a sip and said, "A clear magistrate is worth a hundred thousand snowflakes! I know.
You have been the prefect for exactly three years. What you take away and give away does not count. Even if you have something within one hundred thousand, it is yours, and anything over one hundred thousand is mine. Is this reasonable?"
"It's reasonable and reasonable. You take all the money. I don't want any of it." Zou Xigui said, leaning on the ground.
"It seems there is something more important than money in this world!" the little eunuch sighed, "If I had known your life was valuable, why would I have collected so much money?"
"Don't I have a sense of luck? If I had known that I would risk my life, no fool would do it."
"What you do is worse than a fool"
"Yes, my lord is teaching you that I am obsessed with my mind, I am obsessed with my mind!"
"In this case, we are already old acquaintances, so we have to show some kindness, right?" The little eunuch handed the tea bowl to Zhang Facun, stood up and stretched his legs, and then said, "Start from one hundred thousand, if you don't have one hundred thousand, you can continue searching.
"If it's more than 100,000, I won't say anything. If you treat me to a seafood meal, I'll leave immediately."
"Seafood must be invited, let alone one meal. I am the master of all ten meals. The imperial envoy is an old friend, so why should I not invite him?" Zou Xigui finally seized the opportunity to flatter him.
He leaned down on the ground and said repeatedly
"Why are you so anxious? I haven't finished speaking yet!" The little eunuch leaned on the back of the chair, lowered his body and said sternly at Zou Zhifu, "If you exceed 200,000 yuan, I will kill you!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me this time. I will be a good official from now on and never do anything harmful to nature again!"
"Three hundred thousand taels is a lot of money. It's the cost of an army of 100,000 people for a year." The little eunuch pinched his fingers and said.
"My lord, let me give you another four hundred thousand!" Zou Xigui bargained.
"Three hundred and fifty thousand, it can't be lower than this number," the young eunuch said without any doubt.
"Are furniture, antiques, etc. broken?" Zou Xigui raised his face and asked.
“If it’s not discounted, it’s still cash”
Zou Zhifu gritted his teeth and said, "I admit it!"