Retreat Garden, study outside the Sleeping Wind Pavilion.

The family member who sent the letter to Xu Jie, and presented Hai Rui's reply.

Xu Ge Lao took the letter, picked up the jade-handled silver letter opener on the table, and wanted to open the letter.

But I didn't succeed in driving a few times, and I almost got my hand.

"Usually, this is Xu Fan's errand." He smiled self-deprecatingly and handed the envelope and letter opener to the family.

The man dressed as a family member had gray hair, was not tall, and had a calm face, not like an ordinary subordinate.

In fact, he is a guest of the Xu family, surnamed Lu Mingguang, and he was also a famous hero back then.

It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty is not suitable for the survival of Jianghu characters, otherwise his colleague Shao Daxia would not actively transform into a broker.

Lu Daxia was not as lucky as Shao Daxia, he walked the rivers and lakes when he was young, killed someone and was wanted by the government, so he had to abscond to the Hetao, which was occupied by the Tatars at that time, and lived for many years.

In those years, he traveled between the Han and Mongolian ethnic groups, and was very familiar with the terrain of mountains and rivers outside the suit, as well as the cultural customs. Later, by chance, he became a guest of Zeng Milling, the governor of the three sides.

Lu Guang summed up his experience over the years and proposed a set of plans to Zeng Mo to recover the Hetao. When Governor Zeng saw it, he felt very good, so he reported the plan to the imperial court and asked him to go to Beijing to lobby.

The first assistant of the cabinet at that time was Xu Jie's teacher Xia Yan. After Xia Yan talked to Lu Guang, he felt that it was very appropriate, so he took it as a top priority. Under Xia Yan's recommendation, Emperor Jiajing also felt that it was very top, so he ordered the court to discuss the 'reset'.

Under the impetus of Xia Yan, the complex plan was quickly passed by the court, and the court was gearing up and was about to be implemented.

That was also the brightest moment of Lu Daxia's life.

It's a pity that when the matter came to an end, Jiajing, the coward, repented again and began to find various reasons to delay. Everyone knows what happened next, the second assistant Yan Song grasped the change in Jiajing's mentality, launched the henchmen to attack Xia Yan and Zeng Miao, and finally let the emperor behead Xia Yan and Zeng Miao's waist in the city on the grounds of 'close ministers colluding with border generals', and the world was wronged. Naturally, the matter of the complex will not be over, and no one dares to mention it again.

Although Lu Guang was not affected, he felt deeply guilty, secretly rescued the Zeng Milling family who was confiscated, and spared no effort to lobby for the rehabilitation. Finally, nearly 20 years later, that is, in the first year of Longqing, Xu Ge Lao took the opportunity to set things right to rehabilitate his teacher, and by the way, he also milled Zhaoxue for Zeng.

Lu Guang was grateful for the grace of Xu Jie, so he worshiped under Xu Jie's door, regarded himself as a servant, and guarded him day and night.

Last year, the defeat of Xu's Mansion was revealed, and the Qingkemen people who surrounded Xu Ge Lao walked cleanly, only Lu Guang did not leave, and still kept vigil for Xu Ge Lao every night.

Since then, Xu Jie has become more and more important to Lu Guang, relying on him as a confidant, and discussing all major matters with him.

~~

Lu Guang cut open the envelope, gave it to Xu Ge Lao with both hands, and helped him pick up the stinger on the table.

Xu Jie put on reading glasses, took a distance of the letter and squinted at it, only to see that the content was not long, only a few words:

'Rui to Songjiang Day, full of lessons, but the love of the public is no different from the past, and it is very special. Reading the book of retreat closely, it is clear that Shengde is unexpected. But the number of refunds is not much, and it is okay to clean up. In the past, people changed their father's government, and the gold of the seven houses was scattered in a moment. The public can change the son from the father to the son, and there is no need to return the land, but the land can be retained 6,000 acres, and the rest of the property will not be moved, which is enough for the public family to be rich and noble......

The letter was like Hai Jui's person, sharp and direct. After deducting the polite words at the beginning, he unceremoniously pointed out that the Xu family had retreated, but the number was far from enough.

So how much is the right amount to refund? This time, he gave a quasi-6,000 acres to remain, and the rest was all returned.

And also specifically pointed out that your family's industrial and commercial industry, mansion and garden can be preserved, so that the Xu family is still the first rich man in Songjiang, what more can you ask for?

In fact, to tell the truth, if Hai Jui hadn't been armed by Zhao Hao with the theory of the old man, he decided to 'establish a united front', 'develop progressive forces, win over the middle forces, and isolate the stubborn forces'...... Specifically, it is to separate the big landlords from the industrial and commercial landlords, the big businessmen, and the small landlords, and win over the latter three to fight against the big landlords together......

Otherwise, with his stinky temper, he would have to let the Xu family spit out the industrial and commercial assets.

Maybe I think it's too cheap for the Xu family. Actually let them get away with it after doing so many bad things! Hai Rui's tone also became mean, using 'In the past, people changed the government of their fathers, and the gold of the seven houses was scattered in a moment, and it was possible for the public to change the father to the son. Such bitter words point out that Xu Ge is always 'changing from father to son', and let him weigh it, whether it is the things outside his body that are important, or his son is important.

After reading it, Xu Ge Lao smiled dumbly, and handed Hai Rui's letter to Lu Guangdao: "It's a white-eyed wolf again, and it's the kind that eats people and doesn't spit out bones." ”

Lu Guang quickly glanced at the letter, looked up at Xu Ge Lao, and saw that although he was smiling, his smile was full of murderous intent, and his left eyebrow jumped suddenly, obviously angered by Hai Rui.

In fact, to be honest, Lu Guang felt that Hai Rui was quite reasonable. The ancients changed their father's mistakes, and the gold of the seven houses was scattered in a moment. Xu Ge's son did all the bad things, and directly caused a governor to be seriously injured and in a coma until now. If you want to atone for your sins, I'm afraid the money in the seven houses is not enough, right? Ten houses, fourteen houses?

He had seen Shoufu and the governor abandoned the city by the waist, and his family was ruined, so he naturally felt that the things outside his body could not be compared with 'the peace of the people and the peace of the house'.

But for some people, no amount of education in integrity can change their greedy nature of sacrificing their lives and money.

~~

I saw that Xu Ge Lao's smile became more and more cold, and he gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "It's too much!" It's so damning! I knew that today, I shouldn't have saved this wolf-hearted thing in the first place, and let him die in the edict prison so cleanly! ”

"Master is angry," Lu Guang hurriedly persuaded Xu Jie to keep calm, "If you don't agree to Hai Rui, I'm afraid he will attack us." ”

"Yes, he is the governor of Yingtian, holding the banner of the king's order, and the name of Qingtian, holding the handle of countless powerful families, and no one in Jiangnan is his opponent."

Xu Jie smiled coldly and said: "But Jiangnan is only a Ming Dynasty, he has Nanjing and the imperial court in Beijing above him, and there are people there who can trouble him and let him get out!" ”

Saying that, Xu Ge Lao twisted his orchid finger, smiled contemptuously and said, "To keep my Xu family, one million taels is more than enough." 460,000 acres of fertile land can be sold for 10 million taels of silver. Who wants to do this kind of bloody business?! ”

"Master, the risk of confronting Hai Rui is still not small......" Lu Guang persuaded again.

"I know, I know." Xu Jie suddenly lowered his voice, and sighed faintly: "But the old man can't retreat anymore." In those years, Yan Ge's hometown was copied, and only more than 10,000 taels of gold, more than 2 million taels of silver, 57 houses and homesteads, more than 20,000 acres of fields and ponds, and thousands of gold and silver utensils, jade, jewelry, furniture, precious calligraphy, paintings, and books. In this way, they were all engraved by the imperial court as "Tianshui Iceberg Record" and published as an example. ”

"I didn't expect that the old man's family was even more exaggerated than Yan Ge'......"

ps. The third is more to ask for a monthly pass, and write another chapter the day before yesterday.