After discussing the matters of Jiehe Commercial City with Ji Yi and others, Wu Haogu had a firm grasp of the specific matters of building Jiehe Commercial City. In the next few days, Wu Haogu devoted himself to the drafting of the "Jiehe Commercial City Charter".

The so-called "Jiehe Commercial Market Charter" is not the "constitution" of the commercial market, but a way to make the commercial market open. There are mainly ten articles: first, the location of the commercial market; the second is the method of expropriation of land in the commercial market; the third is the preliminary planning of the construction of the commercial market; fourth, the relationship between the commercial market and the Jiehe city; fifth, the method of raising the principal of the commercial market; Sixth, the organization of the chamber of commerce in the shopping market; Seventh, the rights and responsibilities of the Chamber of Commerce; Eighth, the rights and responsibilities of shareholders of the Chamber of Commerce; Nine is the formulation of commercial law in the commercial market; The tenth is the method of secretly stationing the Kaifeng forbidden army in the commercial market.

After the "charter" was drafted, on August 23, Wu Haogu came to Zhang Shangying's mansion with a draft of the "True Face of the Arhats" and the "charter".

Zhang Shangying's mansion is on the bank of the Jinshui River in the inner city of Kaifeng Prefecture, which is almost the most expensive place for housing prices, and it is very close to the palace, so the surrounding environment is very good, with green willows, gurgling water, and clean and wide roads. The Zhang family's house is not very large, that is, the courtyard with three entrances and three exits, but it is very exquisite, and it can be seen that the owner has taken care of it with great care.

Unlike most of the officials from other places who were officials in Kaifeng Prefecture could not afford to buy a house in the city and could only rent a house, Zhang Shangying's mansion was his family's private property. It's not that he, a scholar in the middle school, is a corrupt official, but because Zhang Shangying married a rich wife.

Wu Haogu's copy of Du Wenyu's "True Appearance of Quit Arhats" was given to Mrs. Zhang, as for Zhang Shangying himself, he was a clean official and did not take much bribes. However, Wu Haogu, who had been in the officialdom of the Northern Song Dynasty for some time, actually had a headache for Qing officials, and he would rather meet a dirty official.

Because dirty officials are generally "good people", they collect money to do things, they will not make things difficult for no reason, and they will not look down on fortunate businessmen like Wu Haogu.

Qing officials, especially famous Qing officials, eight out of ten are the masters that everyone fears - because they are upright, they are not afraid of shadows! If you are not clean, how can you be fierce? Unless it's really in power.

And Wu Haogu's new boss, Zhang Shangying, is a famous Qing official and murderer under Zhang Dun's account. In his early years, when he was supervising the imperial history, because he bit too fiercely, he provoked Wen Yanbo and other cardinals to ask for it, and as a result, he was fined and imprisoned Jingnan tax. In the early days of the Zhezong Dynasty, he became the official of Kaifeng Prefecture, and dared to write against the abolition of the new policy, and was later kicked out to be the Tidian Hedong Prison. After Zhezong took office, he scolded Minister Yuanyou all over again, and fired the first shot of Yuanyou's party dispute!

Later, Zhang Dian and An Tao fought, and Zhang Shangying became Zhang Tao's cannon again, attacking An Tao under the pretext of a lawsuit between An Tao's in-laws and his daughter's adopted son and daughter. As a result, he once again became a victim of the party struggle, sent to Jiangning to supervise the wine, and made a circle of deputy envoys between Jiang and Huai before returning to Beijing. In the thank you table for the promotion, he scolded the ministers of Yuanyou again, which was really fierce to the point that everyone was afraid.

Wu Haogu has such a No. 1 boss this time, which is really not a pleasant thing.

Moreover, Wu Haogu also knew that Emperor Zhezong would die soon, and when the time came, he would bow the curtain to the Empress Dowager and listen to the government, and Zhang Shangying, the vicious dog of the New Party, would be unlucky. If he gets too close to Zhang Shangying, he may be implicated, and he will be unlucky at that time.

But Wu Haogu is not qualified to pick a boss! Since he became Zhang Shangying's subordinate, he had to find a way to cater to Zhang Daqingtian's intentions and fool Lord Qingtian first.

Fortunately, Wu Haogu is a very methodical villain.

Wu Haogu came to the door of Zhang Shangying's mansion, and after sending his name, he waited for a long time and saw Zhang Shangying's nephew Zhang Tingshan walking out of the mansion quickly.

Wu Haogu hurriedly stepped forward and sang a fat song, "How can you welcome the three yas, and the lower officials can't stand it." ”

He and this Sanyanei of Zhang's Mansion had known each other for a long time, and the other party was also a frequent visitor to Panlou Street, and he was about the same age as Wu Haogu, and he followed his uncle to study in Kaifeng Mansion, and by the way, he did some work as a scribe. Sometimes I would "steal" my uncle's calligraphy and take it to Panlou Street for two money to spend - Zhang Shangying's handwriting is very sloppy and very difficult to recognize, so it is not very easy to sell. However, Zhang Tingshan is familiar with the young owners on Panlou Street who are similar to him because of this.

Listening to Wu Haogu's words, Zhang Tingshan shook his head again and again and said, "Dalang, aren't you ashamed of me?" You're now the deputy envoy of the East Gate of the Seven Ranks...... Brother, I'm still a cloth cloth. ”

Wu Haogu presented the picture scroll and said with a smile: "In a blink of an eye, it will be the Spring Festival, the third brother will be a quasi-high school at that time, and he will be a good man outside the Donghua Gate at that time, how can he be compared with a subordinate official and a merchant and martial artist?" ”

"Da Lang said with a smile, I'm not the second in your family, a good article, this subject really doesn't have much hope, if you don't win, you have to go to Hebei East Road to make a good text." Zhang Tingshan took the scroll as he spoke, frowning a little. "It's ......"

His uncle was a clean official and did not accept gifts.

"This is Du Wenyu's copy," Wu Haogu said with a smile, "Please ask Monk Lu of Daxiangguo Temple to open a light, it's not worth much, and give Mrs. Zhang a look." If you like, just give Wenyu a few polishing pens. ”

If it is Wu Haogu's "Quit Arhat True Appearance Map", how can it cost two or three thousand yuan (this painting Wu Haogu has painted a lot, so the price is not high), if you really want to give it to Zhang Shangying, it will be corrupt. However, Du Wenyu's "Quit from Arhats" is not valuable, just for the good Buddha's Mrs. Zhang to watch.

So Zhang Tingshan put away the picture scroll, and then walked into Zhang's mansion with Wu Haogu.

While talking and laughing, the two entered the back house of Zhang's Mansion along a long corridor, and stopped outside a secluded courtyard.

Zhang Tingshan pointed ahead with his hand, "My uncle is in the Buddhist hall in front, you can go by yourself." ”

Zhang Shangying was famous for his scribbling to the brush and Buddhist monks he didn't know, he didn't believe in the Buddha, but he married a rich girl who believed in Buddhism, and converted to my Buddha under the influence of his wife, and also wrote a famous Buddhist book "Dharma Protector", and became a famous Buddhist monk.

Wu Haogu walked through a moon door, while seeing a small Buddha hall, around the Buddha hall, quite clean, Wu Haogu walked to the door of the Buddha hall, knocked on the door, and heard a low and majestic Sichuan voice inside: "Come in." ”

Wu Haogu pushed the door and walked into the Buddhist hall with steps.

I saw the Buddha Hall ** dedicated to a Guanyin Bodhisattva, in front of the Buddha shrine, an old man with a delicate appearance and a long beard under his chin sat cross-legged on the pu mat, and the distant martial arts could feel a bit of majesty and solemnity.

Seeing Wu Haogu coming in, the old man smiled: "Wu Chongdao, sit down." ”

This is Zhang Shangying, right?

Wu Haogu stepped forward and saluted respectfully, "Xiaguan Wu Haogu has seen Zhang Zhongshu. ”

In the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, the Zhongshu Sheren was a great send, because the Zhongshu Shilang was the official position of the prime minister and did not actually manage the Zhongshu Province, so the Zhongshu Sheren became the de facto person in charge of the Zhongshu Province. And the Zhongshu Sheren can also use the edict's "prefix" (the prefix is the emperor's will, and the Zhongshusheren drafts the edict according to the prefix) on the grounds of illegality, and the title is returned!

Because of this power, the Zhongshu Sheren has almost become a "little prime minister". can be a scholar under Zhang Dian, who has a monopoly on power, this Zhang Shangying seems to be Zhang Dian's confidant, maybe he is still the successor, so he must be fooled.

Zhang Shangying squinted his eyes and looked at Wu Haogu, and after a while, he suddenly asked, "You have done a great job in Yanggu County!" ”

When Wu Haogu heard this, he felt a sigh in his heart.

Yanggu County? What does Zhang Shangying know?

"Yanggu County...... No, the official is not very clear. ”

Anyway, Old Man Murong hasn't fallen yet! The sky is falling, and he is on top of it, Wu Haogu simply asks and doesn't know.

"Hehe, the old man and Shizhi County in Yanggu County are fellow villagers.

In his letter to the old man, he told the ins and outs of the matter. You're a very simple concubine! ”

Wu Haogu took a breath, what did Zhang Shangying mean by this?

Knock yourself?

Or do you want to use the power of the Ximen family?

In Wu Haogu's heart, there were more doubts.

"Chongdao, when you visit today, should you be talking about the matter of Jiehe Commercial Market?"

As soon as Zhang Shangying changed his words, he asked about the matter.

Wu Haogu presented the "charter" he had drafted with both hands and said, "Zhongshu, the lower officials have drafted these articles, please take a look." ”

Zhang Shangying took the "charter" presented by Wu Haogu, and then looked at it carefully: "The forbidden army is going to go in?" I'm afraid the Liao people won't agree, right? And what kind of name do you want to use? ”

Wu Haogu had already prepared and said: "The lower official read the "Art of War" and said: Therefore, the Ming monarch is a virtuous general, so he moves and wins, and success comes from the many, and the prophet is also." The prophet shall not be taken from ghosts and gods, nor from things, nor from the degree, but from men, and from those who know the feelings of the enemy. ”

"It's ...... Usage? Of course, Zhang Shangying has read the Art of War, and the civil officials of the Song Dynasty are not interested in the "Murong Art of War" that the old man Murong used to command a team, but everyone is familiar with the "Art of War". Zhang Shangying is no exception, so I heard that Wu Haogu was talking about "The Art of War. In the words of the intermediary.

"It is the use room," Wu Hao Gudao, "the lower officials thought that there should be a secret government office set up in Jiehe Shang City, which was specifically responsible for the use of the Liao State. The officials of this government office can be filled by the generals of the Kaifeng Forbidden Army. ”

"What's the hell?" Zhang Shangying frowned, "Use a military general to fill the position?" Can they do it? ”

"Okay!" Wu Haogu said with a smile, "Jiehe Shang City is a city of industry and commerce, and the forbidden army generals of Kaifeng Mansion ...... Hehe, most of them have skills and can operate, so they may not be able to fight, and pretending to be a merchant can definitely deceive the Liao. ”