"Dong Wong" "Ah Lou Master" Chang Yinglin, the prefect of Huzhou, was holding a beautiful girl who took advantage of the famine and bought it back almost without spending a penny, and he was busy in the living room, and Master Lou walked in.
Chang Yinglin hurriedly pushed the woman away and greeted her politely.
Lou Fuzi's name is Lou Guanyu, and he is the master of the curtain hired by the Chang Governor's Mansion.
The origin of the master began at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, because Zhu Yuanzhang's quota for the officials of the yamen was too small, and the government affairs were busy, and the officials were not busy at all, plus most of these officials were born in the imperial examination, and the four books, five classics and eight articles were at their fingertips, but they did not know much about the practice of government affairs, criminal lawsuits, and Qiangu Caifu, which were very professional industries, so they began to pay for their own money.
This kind of atmosphere was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty, when Zhang Zhidong wrote to the imperial court and asked for closure, and the industry of master completely disappeared.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the master was still very respected by the owner, and sometimes, for some of the more famous and capable guests, the owner even politely regarded himself as humble.
The master has the criminal name master, the Qiangu master, the folding master, the Shuqi master, the Zhengbi master and the registered master, etc., respectively, in charge of different aspects, and Lou Guanyu is the chief master of all these masters, so he is very valued by Chang Yinglin.
Chang Yinglin blasted out the new roommate, invited Master Lou to sit down, and said with a smile: "Master, is there anything important?"
Master Lou is nearly fifty years old, with a ruddy and square face, a sparkling face, and a pair of bright eyes full of worry: "Dong Weng, the news from the imperial court has been sent back, does Dong Weng know?"
Chang Zhifu smiled and said: "Haha, Master Lou turned out to be for this, it's okay, it's okay" He said triumphantly: "My sister-in-law has already brought me a letter, saying that this time he is the governor of the disaster area, but he is the auxiliary prince of the court, hahaha" Master Lou looked at him like an idiot, and when he finished laughing, he asked, "Why is Dong Weng so calm?"
Chang Zhifu said: "My master, it's the Duke of Fuguo, don't you understand?"
Lou Guanyu said calmly: "Dong Weng, I really don't understand."
Chang Zhifu put down the teacup, slapped his forehead helplessly, and explained: "When my sister-in-law and Fuguo Gong were not successful, they were intersecting."
"Oh" "Now, my sister-in-law is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, with a high and powerful position, and he is a great contributor to the prince's position and an auxiliary prince, and he is also a minister of the pillar country of the prince's faction, master, do you understand this time?"
Lou Guanyu said: "Dong Weng means that because of this relationship, the governor of the auxiliary state will take good care of you, so that you will not be embarrassed by you, so that you will lose peace with your sister-in-law."
Chang Zhifu clasped his palms together and said with a smile: "Let you speak, haha, Master, you have finally opened your mind" Lou Guanyu said: "Su Song Zhufu, although the disaster is serious, why not ask a prince to come to the disaster relief old decay specially inquired, this auxiliary prince is still the emperor specially invited back from Cimu Mountain, because the auxiliary prince has a meritorious service in Liaodong, just returned to Beijing not long ago, on a big vacation, the whole family went to relax."
Dong Weng has ever thought that the emperor must have a prince to sit in the town, who is the plotter?"
Chang Zhifu was stunned for a moment, and his expression was a little hesitant: "Master Lou, you mean?"
Lou Guanyu said sincerely: "Dong Weng, about the section between Ling Sister-in-law and the Auxiliary State Prince, or the Auxiliary Kingdom Guild selling this face, there is no guarantee that he will not be iron-faced and selfless Dong Weng in office, and he must be exquisite in all directions and not leaking."
Even if the Auxiliary State Guild sells the face of the sister-in-law, we have to make the grandfather of the country get by In this Huzhou city, many officials and gentry are dissatisfied with you, if there are three or two small people, we can suppress it, but these officials and gentry have the opportunity to contact the Auxiliary Guogong, in case someone sues you for the black situation, in case the Auxiliary Guogong just wants to catch a bird and report to the emperor, I don't care about your relationship at all, in case" Chang Zhifu said unhappily: "Where did you come from so many in case, the official said it clearly enough, my sister-in-law is now a sideways figure in the court, and who doesn't look sideways in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty Although he said that he Yang Xu is the auxiliary prince, but after all, he has no permanent position, and if he wants to do something, he doesn't need the so-called official protection when my sister-in-law is used, isn't it just for his own convenience, that the auxiliary prince is born in the soil and jumped in the cracks of the stones, so don't you talk about some human feelings?"
Lou Guanyu smiled bitterly: "Dong Weng, old decay doesn't mean that.
The old man is saying, if the Auxiliary State Gong has the heart to let you go, we have to have no handle to call people to arrest it, and the Auxiliary State Gong is easy to maintain, not if the Auxiliary State Gong does not want to sell this face at all, we also call him impeccable because of the lack of leakage, Dong Weng, be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years."
Chang Governor's eyes purred, and he asked, "Then according to the will of the master, what should the official do?"
Lou Guanyu smiled, leaned forward, and said in a low voice: "Open the warehouse and release grain" The prefect was stunned: "Well, put grain" Master Lou bowed his head and said: "Yes, put grain, so, there are several benefits."
First, the common people can be angry, so as not to cause disaster, second, it can appease the Huzhou gentry, lest someone sue the adults for your black state, third, we have a shortage of 600,000 quintals of grain in the warehouse, let's open a porridge shed, how many places are opened, how much rice is given, then we don't have the final say As long as we open the warehouse and release the grain, not only will we have a good official reputation, but also appease the officials and gentry and the people, and this account will be wiped clean, there is no grain in the warehouse, there is no food, and the grain is given to the people to eat, hehe, the homeless people come and go, even if he is standing here, who can calculate how much rice they have eaten, and how many victims who have eaten rice here, and go to other places This confused account will never be able to find out, we will do it once and for all, and there will be no future troubles."
Chang Zhifu blinked and asked: "Where is the grain, where is the grain, our treasury is empty, that little treasury base, didn't it be donated by the gentry two days ago, and it was all given out?"
Master Lou paused and said: "Oh, my lord, you are confused, there is no grain in the official warehouse, there is something in your private warehouse, we have lost 600,000 stone new rice in the imperial court, so we gritted our teeth and took out 200,000 stone to give alms, so that the gentry in the city all saw that we not only gave porridge, but also gave it thick, who can stand there all day and count who will count the 200,000 stone rice from one porridge shed to the other, hehe, let's just say that we have given all the 600,000 stone new rice in stock, Dong Weng, now you understand." "200,000 stone meters" Chang Zhifu jumped up suddenly, as if he wanted to eat people, and said hysterically: "200,000 stone rice 200,000 stone rice Lou Master, do you know how much money is sold for one stone of rice on the market now This heavy rain and heavy water are blowing, and one stone of rice is worth ten times and ten times a whole ten banknotes to buy one stone of rice, and the price of grain is still rising 200,000 stone rice, how much is this This is a silver mountain, a silver mountain" Lou Guanyu was taken aback by his crazy appearance, he knew that Chang Zhifu was greedy for money, but he didn't expect Chang Zhifu to be greedy for money to this extent, and he simply became a money obsession, and he didn't want to die if he wanted money Lou Guanyu said: "Dong Weng" Chang Zhifu put up his palm and pushed, and said awe-inspiringly: "Master Lou, don't say it again, you ask the official to pick out a load of rice for nothing, you can make the official feel distressed to death 200,000 stones, hey, you might as well kill me, be happy with my good sister-in-law, even if the grandfather of the country comes, it's fine."
He rolled his eyes, and said: "Grandpa Guo is coming, wow, I have to prepare well, this gift has to be prepared more exquisitely, and then pick a few handsome girls to wait, it must please Grandpa Guo, as long as you hug this thigh again, the official will be even more stable, and the thunder will not move." ” He glanced at Master Lou triumphantly, and said: "Master Lou, don't think that the official is stingy, the money that should be spent, the official is willing to spend, and he is still very angry, because the money is spent, I can earn it back ten times and a hundred times, that is called value, your bad idea is in and out, that is not a Lou master, do business, you are a layman" Master Lou looked at Chang Zhifu in a daze for a long time, and then smiled bitterly: "Dong Weng, maybe what the old man said is not considered, because the old man was about to go back to his hometown to have a look, he didn't think about it in a hurry, so he came to Dong Weng to admonish, since Dong Weng is so sure, then don't mention this discussion."
Chang Zhifu nodded with a smile: "That's natural, I, Chang Yinglin, am a parent in Huzhou Mansion, but in the eyes of Grandpa Guo, it's a fart, for a fart, he is willing to turn his face against my sister-in-law Hehe, Master, you understand the matter of money, food, wealth and grain, but in this officialdom, you still have to practice for a few years to become a well, you have to go back to your hometown to see" Lou Fuzi said with a smile: "It's been a heavy rain recently, and the ocean is everywhere, and the old man is naturally safe in this Huzhou city, but I don't know if my relatives in my hometown have been affected by the disaster. ” Chang Zhifu knew that Lou Fuzi's hometown was in the countryside of Suzhou, which was also a disaster-stricken area, and he wanted to go back to save his relatives, which was also human nature, anyway, it had been pouring heavily recently, and he had suffered disasters everywhere, so the yamen was very idle, and there was no official business to handle, so he pretended to be generous and said: "Okay, then the master will go back and take a look, if the relatives in his hometown are also affected, he will bring them here first, and then settle down when the water recedes."
"Tse Dong Wong" Master Lou got up, bowed, and withdrew.
The master of the building returned to his residence in a leisurely manner, closed the door, and immediately instructed his wife and children: "Hurry up, the house should be soft, all the things are cleaned up, let's leave immediately."
His wife said in surprise: "Xianggong, you are in such a hurry, where are you going?"
Lou Fuzi cautiously looked out, pulled the mother-in-law, flashed to the side, and whispered: "Our master has plunged into the eyes of money, and he can't pull it out, let's go back to the countryside first to see the style, if it's too peaceful, let's come back, if so, understand and clean it up quickly" In the afternoon of the same day, Lou Fuzi's family only tied fine soft gold and silver, drove a mule cart, and left Huzhou City in a hurry To be continued: