Chapter 733: Chaos

Although it is now September, the temperature in Guangzhou has only dropped slightly. In the early afternoon, it is the hottest time of the day, and the scorching sunlight is sloping down unscrupulously, and passers-by may even feel hot feet when walking on the stone road, so they all speed up their pace. Someone from each shop had already brought buckets of well water to pour water on the ground, and after a few scoops of it, you could see the steaming water on the stone road. Under the shade of the trees next to the Caiyun Building, a long variety of black oil carriages and carriages were parked neatly, and there were many subordinates of various families chatting while shaking fans, all discussing what was happening in the building.

At the moment, most of them are resting in the shade next to the car or the car, spending a copper plate to buy a bowl of herbal tea to quench their thirst, and there are few people in the teahouse facing Caiyunlou. Because the weather was too hot to sit in the car, Amber also found a corner seat here with Peng Shisan, who came with him, and waited. Dressed as a man, she looks slightly yellow and thin, inconspicuous, and with Peng Shisan, a big man, sitting on the stool next to her, she is naturally less noticed, and she can watch the movement outside with peace of mind.

A pot of tea has been brewed to a very light taste, and the Caiyun Building opposite finally has moved. I saw the merchants at the gate come out in twos and threes, some smiling, some dejected, some shaking their heads and sighing, and some palpitating, but none of them dared to speak loudly. Amber carefully stared at the people who came out one by one, but Peng Shisan, who was next to him, said in a low voice: "Don't worry, the people haven't come out yet." If you are caught in such a large number of people, how can you see clearly at a glance? Don't worry, when people come out, I remind you that you will never miss it. ”

"Thank you, Brother Peng."

Amber nodded, her hands clenched into fists under the table. At that time, the whole family was not united, and she and those uncles and uncles did not really have any deep family relationship. It's just that I've been single for many years, but the feeling of missing is entwined in my heart. After waiting for a while, she was already in a trance, and suddenly heard Peng Shisan's reminder in her ears, and immediately raised her head and looked out.

She recognized Zhang Yue in a unicorn costume at a glance, and next to him, there was an old man in his early fifties. Because it was facing away, she could only see that the other party was wearing a royal blue robe, looking emaciated, and his gray hair looked particularly dazzling in the sun. After only a few moments, the man turned around, raised his hand to cover it for the sake of the sun, and called out again to the distance. It was only then that she could see the man's eyebrows that resembled those of her grandfather. It's just that compared to the majestic old man who was not angry and arrogant at the beginning, the person opposite looked miserable.

Just as Amber couldn't take her eyes off it, the old man on the opposite side suddenly glanced in her direction. Even though they looked at each other for a short time, she was startled, and it was not until the other party boarded the passing carriage as if she didn't know it that she let out a long sigh of relief. Peng Shisan, who was on the side, saw Zhang Yuechong nodding to himself, and reflexively entered the restaurant, and then said to Amber: "Since you have seen it, let's go back first." Now that we've all arrived here, it's time to meet......"

"No, I won't see them again. The young master has already helped me so much, I can't trouble him anymore. It's just a thought, and when I have the opportunity to return to my hometown and sweep my mother's grave, I can let go of my past and live my own life in peace. Now I finally understand that people can't always think about the past, even my mother who has already reached heaven, and when she sees me now, she should be able to let go of her thoughts. ”

Seeing Amber turn her head and smile slightly, that smile was both relieved, relieved, and satisfied, and even more indescribably joyful, Peng Shisan couldn't help but be stunned. Although he said that he didn't enter the inner house, Amber's temperament always knew something, and even Lingxi sighed Amber's silence and unsmiling, and now she can laugh so easily, which shows that she has really let go of this matter.

At a Hongmen banquet on Caiyun Tower, Zhang Yue suddenly made it difficult to take down Xu Zhengping, which immediately caused an uproar in Guangzhou. For a while, there was a lot of heated discussion on the streets and alleys. The Xu family has been the richest man in central Guangdong for more than ten years, not to mention the luxury of this life, and the sedan chair carried into the door of the Xu family every year was once a topic of conversation among the people. Although the imperial court has clear orders on marrying concubines and so on, even princes and nobles often take more than a few concubines, and the people are naturally more popular. According to the figures calculated by the good deeds in the market, the Xu family has carried the sedan chair in almost once or twice a year in recent years, and the old man has taken a concubine and the young master to marry the young, which is almost like running water.

"The iron-clad battalion and flowing soldiers, this Xu family's mansion is going to change its owner! Decades ago, this house belonged to the Ye family, and later belonged to the Xia family, and after the Xia family, the Xu family occupied it for more than ten years, and I don't know which family it will belong to in the future. ”

The officer who posted the notice of the public trial of the government on the wall heard the discussion of the people behind him, and shouted this sentence in his mouth. Turning around, it was easy to get out of the crowd, and someone surrounded him to inquire about the news, so he pouted angrily.

"How about the Xu family, how can the people on my brand name know? It's just that just for the four words of wealth and benevolence, their family should die! Not to mention this year, in the past, when did they not raise the price of grain in the year of disaster and famine, and even swallowed the land of the villagers with low grain prices, let alone pick up the young and beautiful people of our Ming Dynasty and sell them to Fanguo! Now God has eyes, and Master Zhang, who has sent down a thunderbolt method, can finally clean them up! ”

The people discussed it in this way, and the people in the official face were naturally deeply shocked by this. In particular, those who participated in politics and councilors in the political department felt even more palpitations in addition to surprise. Originally, I thought that even if Zhang Yue had the means, he wouldn't be able to do anything when he first arrived, and he would be able to set up a light and clever way, but who knew that after this rainstorm and flood, the power was gradually completely caught. Now that all the directors are listening to this one, how can these subordinate officials jump?

In the Boshui Hall, I saw a small official helping Xiang Shaoyuan, the political envoy of the right cloth, to come in, and several people surrounded him. Xu Tao waved his hand to signal the little official to retreat, and actually personally grabbed Xiang Shaoyuan's right hand, and waited for the person to sit down, then sighed: "If it weren't for Master Xiang's illness that has dragged on for so long, we wouldn't have had to watch this matter from beginning to end, and we couldn't intervene if we wanted to." For such a big matter, countless people outside sent me words to inquire, but I couldn't answer a word. ”

"It's good that you can't answer, do you really want to protect the Xu family as a rich and unkind family?"

"Where did Master Xiang start with this, you know, it was their own relatives, I never recognized it."

"But you haven't denied it!" Xiang Shaoyuan snorted angrily, and when he saw Xu Tao bowing his head in disdain, and the rest of the people also looked at each other, he reminded him with a straight face, "I told you at the time that those businessmen were just pointing at you to open a convenient door, and they didn't have any good intentions, you just couldn't listen!" I, a sick man, have been working in Guangdong for many years, and I have been a political envoy for three years, and whenever you want to suppress those profiteers who are unkind to the rich, you will turn your elbows outward. Now it seems that Master Zhang is more clever than me, and he should be beaten and lifted more than me. Stop and don't get yourself into trouble. ”

Although several political senators were not convinced, but now they are unwilling to contradict Xiang Shaoyuan, a big umbrella that can still shelter one or two, so they have to resign to it, and Xu Tao quickly diverted the topic. Speaking of the fact that the political secretary can now manage the city department, everyone is smiling, and even Xiang Shaoyuan nodded his head.

"With Grandpa Zhang's words, in the future, our political secretary will be much more comfortable, and we don't have to build a tribute courtyard and beg grandpa to sue grandma, look at the faces of those profiteers!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, the official documents of the cabinet and the emperor Zhu Zhu were transferred from Beijing, as well as the official documents sent by the Marquis Zhenyuan, the chief military officer of Guangxi."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the water hall stood up. Xiang Shaoyuan groaned slightly and ordered outsiders to come in, and after receiving the two letters, he casually handed the official document of Gu Xingzu, Marquis of Zhenyuan, on the table, and was about to open the official letter from Beijing when he suddenly stopped and asked, "Lord Zhang has not come back yet?" ”

"Yes, Lord Zhang went to the Shibo Mansion at the invitation of Father-in-law Zhang before noon, and he hasn't come back yet."

Hearing this, Xiang Shaoyuan opened the official letter. Solemnly taking out the stack of notes with both hands, he spread them one by one on the table as before. The political senators next to them all came up to take a look, and when they saw the content clearly, someone couldn't help but whisper. After everyone finished reading it, Xiang Shaoyuan, the leader, sneered at them: "Have you seen it, the city secretary mentioned Li Wenchang, which is a famous hard bone for us here, and the book was also supported by the cabinet Huang University, but the emperor's Zhu criticism is not scolding people to the blood!" ”

"The emperor is too partial to Lord Zhang."

I don't know who muttered, but everyone in the room secretly agreed. can think of Zhang Yue's countless contributions before, not to mention for the time being, just escorting Zhu Zhanji back to Beijing, and setting the rebellion of the Han Domain, even if they are not convinced, they can't refute other words. After collecting the letter from Li Wenchang transferred by the cabinet and the corresponding annotations and imperial approvals, Xiang Shaoyuan opened the official letter of Gu Xingzu, the Marquis of Zhenyuan. This one was only a thin piece of paper, and after only glancing at the first one, he immediately changed color.

"Ridiculous, how is this possible!"

The rest of the senators were also taken aback after reading it, and Xu Tao said even more angrily: "How can the Marquis of Zhenyuan make such a conclusion based on a rebellious statement? It has been many years since the Yao people in Guangxi rebelled, but since the Qiongzhou Mansion began to control Li, our Guangdong has always been peaceful. The Yao and Li people colluded, where does this start! The Marquis of Zhenyuan also said that he would ask for orders to bring troops over, this army crossed the border, and countless money and food were consumed, how could he listen to this one-sided statement so recklessly? ”

"Master Xiang......"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Xiang Shaoyuan only felt a tightness in his chest for a while, closed his eyes and rested for a while, and then he said word by word: "Send someone to report to Lord Zhang and tell him the matter first, it would be best if Father-in-law Zhang could know." The stakes are very high, after all, the Li people of Qiongzhou Mansion are not monolithic, and there are not a few miscellaneous disputes such as the competition for the head of the mountain. If the real army enters Qiongzhou Mansion, nothing will cause trouble! ”

Since the Shibo Mansion is in Yaozhou, it is naturally a place with a dense water network. The backyard leads to the Yaozhou Living Water Creek, so it has the meaning of a waterfront garden. At this time, in the water pavilion in the backyard, Zhang Yue and Zhang Qian were sitting opposite each other and listening to the music, and on the water platform in front of them, several men and women were singing the whole book of the West Chamber. The melodies of the words are correct and round from the mouths of the two protagonists, a man and a woman, Zhang Qian beats with the tune from time to time, but Zhang Yue doesn't have much love for this kind of thing, although he listens to the music with him, he thinks about other things, and the singing tone is just passing in a blink of an eye.

"I said that this jade immortal left Bixiao, and it turned out that he came to invite Jiao by chance. The kid is sad and sick, how can he be the appearance of the country and the city. ”

After listening to the fourth fold, Zhang Qian waved his hand and retreated from the troupe, and couldn't help but sing again, and then smiled at Zhang Yue: "You are a person who has a lot of opportunities, but you came here and accompanied me to listen to such an old play, but you think it's boring?" These things are all good, not to mention that Emperor Taizongwen loved them deeply back then, even the emperor today loves them very much. The late King Chitose of Zhou was an expert, and even the King Chitose of Zhou, who had just been enthroned, also loved this way. Poetry, songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, plus this one drama, you have to at least account for it, and when you return to Beijing in the future, whether you enter the ministry or the cabinet, you will be able to get by. ”

Knowing that this was right, Zhang Yue thanked him after responding. Although Zhu Zhanji is not as famous as the Daojun Emperor in history, he still understands the many unique skills of this son of heaven after getting along for a long time. Putting aside the piano and chess for the time being, calligraphy, painting, poetry, etc. are often excellent works, and he has also made great progress in answering and answering. It's just that he used to accompany his grandmother, Mrs. Wang, and so on for more than ten years to listen to loose operas, but he didn't develop any hobbies, and it's probably hard to really appreciate these.

"Gonggong Zhang, now the tribute courtyard and the wharf are being repaired, because the deposit of the official tooth bank has been paid, and I have also allocated the silver for the rural water conservancy, and this year the people who have no livelihood due to the flooding of the land have been resettled. Fortunately, the affected state capitals are all winterless all year round, and even in the wax moon, there is no need to worry about the cold. ”

He is a parent official in Guangdong Province, saying that these are just the beginning, and the next moment he really got to the point: "Counting the days, Zheng Gonggong's treasure ship is about to come down, although many of those merchants plan to go to sea, but it is not so easy to get a boat for a while, so the first payment at the end of this year, I am afraid it will be the goods prepared by our city company." I have already handed the emperor a fold, the things of the Jiangnan Weaving and Dyeing Bureau must be offered to the palace this year, so Liujiagang must be set sail empty, and it may be difficult to even ballast the porcelain. So I have ordered to transfer silk, pottery, Chinese medicine pills and powders from Foshan, etc., and be ready to go to sea at any time. Now the political secretary is almost hollowed out, so I want to ask Grandpa Zhang to guarantee for me. ”

"Hahahaha, good for your metaverse, you actually hit me with this idea!" Although Zhang Qian laughed, he quickly thought about it in his heart, and finally nodded, "Okay, I'll help you with this matter." After this is done, within the next three years, even if the city company goes to sea without a board, the income will definitely be enough! ”