Chapter 915 Hook up in broad daylight
Two days after Zhu Zhuo arrived in the capital, Huang Long also arrived. He also received the "instruction" from Wang Zhuan, the Minister of Personnel, and came directly to Wang Fulin.
As the former Censor of the Censorate, although he had not been a colleague of Wang Fulin in the Censorate, Huang Long still heard Wang Fulin laugh at him as soon as he met. Unlike Zhu Zhuo, even if he was a Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Censorate of the Cens
"In the past two years, many measures taken by local officials have been complaining about the Chief Auxiliary, especially the fact that taxes are regarded as a hard standard for measuring the political achievements of officials and are included in the examination and booklet."
"After all, it is because the land of the rich cannot collect taxes, but the poor often have to pay taxes? And most county magistrates who serve every three years cannot compete with the rich and wealthy people in the village."
Wang Fulin answered thoughtfully, and saw Huang Long nodding in agreement, but he smiled and said, "I can almost see this from my father-in-law's experience back then. However, have you ever thought about it? The local officials are obviously not very deterrent in front of powerful rural officials and wealthy men, and in front of the deep-rooted minor officials of the three classes and six rooms. Why do all the folk novels say that the words "Destroy the family and the county magistrate and the family magistrate are circulated in those novels? Why are there relatively few local snakes like the local officials bullying local officials and driving them away?"
Huang Long was stunned. Today's scholars are like later generations. The required textbooks such as classics, history, and collections of classics, history, and various collections of tutoring materials are necessary to read during the study period, but in addition, various miscellaneous novels and dramas are also widely involved. Otherwise, when you go out to participate in the literary and poetry club, if someone asks you three questions, the nerd's hat will not be taken off. What's more, Huang Long has been in the imperial examination for ten years, and he has basically lost the eight-legged essay making, but he has read a lot of these messy miscellaneous books.
He desperately recalled the things he had seen before, and finally found that it was indeed the officials who bullied local snakes, but very few who bullied their parents. He immediately looked at Wang Fulin with some confusion.
"People who write such novels and legendary stories must have leisure and willfulness. Except for the censors like me who write novels for fun, most officials do not have that leisure time. Of course, there are some people who write some notes while being officials, and there are fanatical enthusiasts who love opera. Therefore, even if these authors may have been officials in the past, when writing these things, most of them are just unemployed rural officials, wealthy gentry, and local celebrities. Since they are in such a class, do you think they are willing to reflect that local parents are bullying the eunuch gentry, or are they willing to reflect that bullies are bullying the parents? This is a matter of position and cannot be changed."
Speaking of this, Wang Fulin shrugged and said, "So, the Prime Minister has just taken control of the two capitals and controlled the mouthpieces of the imperial court. Even if the Dongchang and the Jinyiwei are all dispatched, it is impossible to completely control the public opinion in this world. I also know the complaints in the officialdom you have heard, and I have also said that they have been to the Prime Minister, but he is too stubborn and cannot listen to them. What's more, his reaction at that time was that these local officials did not know how to strictly inspect the land acres according to the number of taxes and exemptions, so that the wealthy families would not evade taxes!"
"How many people have the courage to do such things?" Huang Long said, frowned and suddenly looked at Wang Fulin with his eyes. He saw Wang Fulin shook his head into a rattle. He sighed, "You are so wise and well-versed in the Jingming Qiangu that no one can be sure. How can you still expect those who study hard and become Jinshi and then go directly to be a local official?"
"Brother Huang, don't put a high hat on me. If you really want to do this, you must use a selfless gentleman, such as Hai Ruihai Gangfeng, for example..." For example, Wang Yongji, who had just been dismissed from office by Zhang Juzheng, can Wang Fulin say it? Moreover, this kind of Qingliu is not afraid of offending people, but criticizes people, and he is not afraid of offending people. How much he has to be willing to recommend such people!
The gossip that the two of them could not help but talked about was over. Wang Fulin just talked to Huang Long about the affairs of the Guangdong Department of the Ministry of Revenue.
For Huang Long who was directly airborne, it is certainly not so easy to get started suddenly. But in the same year, Wang Fulin's father-in-law Ye Junyao just released Jiangxi from the Fujian Department of the Ministry of Revenue a year ago. Those connections, especially the old officials who have been around for a long time, have left a book for Wang Fulin. Now Wang Fulin has transferred them to Huang Long without saying a word. In addition, there is Master Gui who helped Ye Junyao and was proficient in Qiangu. Wang Fulin rehired the person when he learned that Huang Long was promoted from Wang Zhuan. In addition, Wang Fulin also provided Huang Long with the most reliable backer.
That is Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
"I sent a post to Zhang Butang yesterday."
Huang Long stared at Wang Fulin like a fantasy, and after a while, hesitated: "I heard about it when I went to Beijing. The case of Liaodong's killing and surrendering was your first and last, and he even pushed back the opinions of the Chief Auxiliary. Zhang Butang has been promoted from the position of governor of Liaodong. You have swept his face so much. It would be nice if I went to the Ministry of Revenue and he didn't wear it. Do you actually want him to take care of me?"
"What's the face of Zhang Butang? Tao Chengji? Hey, that's the subordinate of General Li of Liaodong General Li, and he should have been dismissed from office and investigated. If such a thing happened, everyone in Liaodong civil and military officials hated him to death. As for Yuan Bi, and Sun Yuanrong, it was because they were too greedy and naturally should be punished. Why didn't you see that Zhang Chongzheng and Hong Jiyuan were both intended to be governors? The little one is not even a governor, but belongs to Liaodong, which is under the jurisdiction of Shandong. There were two governors among those Taoist supervisors. What does this mean?"
"You are just giving a sweet date." Huang Long was speechless, but he had not finished speaking. This was a high-ranking official like Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who actually hoped that others would give him a face because of this. Is Wang Fulin's face so big?
However, when the next day of the holiday, Huang Long, who was pulled over by Wang Fulin to visit Zhang Xueyan, actually entered the Zhang family gate, he realized that Wang Fulin was really in the Zhang family. Zhang Xueyan was kind to him, the new Guangdong Doctor, and was patient and meticulous, and kept him for two quarters of an hour. But when he was leaving and leaving, Wang Fulin, who came with him, was actually kept. He muttered all over and walked very slowly, but when he first arrived at the gate, he heard Wang Fulin's voice coming from behind.
"I knew you didn't leave that fast. At night, I ordered a table in the same pavilion in Fengsheng Hutong. I asked you, Brother Zhu and Cheng Naixuan to bring a friend together, which was my belated reception. But you can't eat this meal in vain. In a few days, my friend will be married. You all have to take time to help."
The servants of the Zhang family saw that Wang Fulin quickly caught up with Huang Long, and the two men, who were aged teenagers, walked out of the door with their arms around each other, couldn't help but look at each other. Of course, they thought of the problems Huang Long had thought of, but they never expected that their master Zhang Xueyan would really be so indulging in Wang Fulin. Aren't they afraid that this kid would become more arrogant when he turned around?
How could they know that Zhang Xueyan, the master in the study, sighed endlessly. Because he just wanted to test it, Wang Fulin suddenly took the lead in making such a ruthless move against Liaodong civil and military officials. But Wang Fulin actually gave him such a refreshing answer to the emperor's orders! Just four words made his mood experiencing a roller coaster jump. If it weren't for Wang Fulin's addition, Yuan Fu would have known it. I'm afraid he would either make a rash judgment or go directly to Zhang Juzheng to inform him!
When did you, Zhang Juzheng, become the emperor?
However, after Zhang Xueyan tasted it, he decided to continue to offer Wang Fulin high without knowing the truth in the future, so as not to make trouble for this guy who has never played according to common sense.
Fengsheng Hutong was originally the Fengcheng Hou Mansion, but as the descendants of the nobles of Hongwu and Yongle gradually became hereditary iron coupons and their salaries were often garrisoned in Nanjing, and the positions of the three major camps of the capital were rarely considered as true generals. Most people rely entirely on the protection of the holy family and past protection, rather than military merits and dedication. The so-called nobles were only one name left, and most of the time they were just decorations. The same pavilion, which Wang Fulin decided to hold a seat, actually opened a restaurant next to the Fengcheng Hou Mansion. This would be absolutely unimaginable if it were in the past.
But the same pavilion was sold with a shop, and the Fengcheng Marquis Mansion was exchanged for 30,000 taels of silver. In addition, it is said that this place has a background in the palace. Therefore, even if the restaurant has been doing well in recent years and customers are everywhere every day, the Fengcheng Marquis Mansion did not dare to use any bad ideas to take back the industry. Instead, it had to endure the influence of the noise of the restaurant at all times. You said you would cry to the emperor? What a joke, the father-in-law can meet the saints at all times, but even royal relatives like Wu Qingbo could not enter the palace anytime and anywhere, let alone the Fengcheng Marquis who had already passed away?
At this moment, Wang Fulin set a box early on, which was on the second floor, and could see a part of the front yard of Fengcheng Hou Mansion and the panoramic view of Fengsheng Hutong. Although he only ordered the best ones when he was booking, and didn't care about anything else, when he sat down in the seat next to the window, he glanced out of the window and asked Huang Long to sit down, and then asked the tea-stolen guy with a smile: "Do your boss have a grudge against Fengcheng Hou Mansion? Even if you can't see the female family in the inner courtyard, the front yard of the dignified Hou Mansion is fully visible, wouldn't it be a joke?"
The guy only knew that the person who booked the private room was generous, but he didn't know that it was Wang Fulin, who was young in front of him. He heard his question, and he smiled and said, "You are asking, "You are asking, if the Fengcheng Hou Mansion is not willing to have a second floor private room in our same pavilion, which can see his front yard, and the wall can be raised. But he didn't do this, how can we keep in mind here? Just like you said, it's impossible to see the female family in the inner courtyard without looking at the other person's inner courtyard, right? Besides, the Fengcheng Hou Mansion has been disrepair for a long time this year, and there is nothing good to look at. The owner plans to take the land. I heard that he will open a theater here again."
While the two were talking, Huang Long couldn't help but look out the window thoughtfully. At this moment, the door of the private room opened, but someone came in again. Cheng Naixuan and Li Yaoqing entered the private room one by one. Cheng Naixuan shouted directly: "Shuangmu, everyone says that this restaurant can be cooked from all over the world. I originally wanted to try it. You have booked a good place this time."
Li Yaoqing has never been careless about eating, and now he said with a smile: "Shiqing, no wonder you asked me to book the banquet here as a wedding banquet, and the outside was full of customers. It seems that he is really famous in the capital."
The guy then realized that among the guests who came here today, the youngest one was Wang Fulin. When he heard that Wang Fulin actually recommended someone to book his own wedding banquet, he couldn't help but be amazed. You know, the price was quite not cheap for them to go out for wedding banquets. Not to mention that the poor officials in Beijing could not afford it, the empty airs of Fengcheng Hou Mansion next door could not afford it, and even many wealthy officials could not bear it. Seeing Wang Fulin greeting the visitor, he had finished the tea quickly and was about to leave quietly, but when he reached the door, he almost collided with the two of them.
"How come it was so coincidental that our family was just at the gate and encountered this stinky and poor person!"
Of course, the guy had met eunuchs in the same place as the same pavilion, and was very familiar with this sharp voice. Seeing the two newcomers, the older one, pulling the sleeves of the slightly younger one, calling themselves our family, calling others poor, he realized that this was actually the father-in-law in the palace, but the next moment, the words of the young man with obvious annoyance blurted out, which made him dumbfounded.
"Die eunuch, what does it look like when you pull and pull in public? Let it go!"
The guy thought the eunuch would be angry and cursed, but he didn't expect that the middle-aged eunuch who was not young actually took out his ears and then let go of his hands and laughed: "I really don't know how many years I haven't heard this title, and it's so pleasant to hear it. Why do you glar at our family? When you were in Beixinguan, Hangzhou, didn't you argue with me enough?"
"Hmph!" Zhu Zhuo slapped his sleeves that were pulled out of his wrinkles and said angrily, "If Brother Wang hadn't been the boss today and invited you, who would have provoked you?"
"It's all old friends, I won't favor one or the other. I'll leave you outside the circle. It's really not easy to know you. Come on, come on, sit down, I'll give you a cup of wine, the new lie supervisor."
At this moment, the dumbfounded guy finally came to his senses, quickly flashed out of the door, and carefully closed the door.
What other people in this room are there? How could they actually invite a Silijianguan Pavilion? Someone even called the eunuch dead, but the Silijianguan Pavilion was not angry. Isn't this intentional pretending to cheat food and drink? No, I have to talk to the boss. The backstage of his family is extraordinary, and the boss should recognize such a person! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!