Yang Zewan didn't expect that the dignified Dali Siqing would live here, and it was just a matter of living here, and he was dressed like this, which was really unexpected to him.

Hou Zizhen opened the door, let Yang Ze and them in, and said with a smile: "It's exempt, it's not in the yamen, why bother so many courtesies!" His eyes looked at Fu Bingrong behind him, Fu Bingrong was holding a gift in his hand, several large boxes, wrapped in colorful satin on the outside, and at a glance, he knew that the things inside were valuable.

Yang Ze entered the courtyard and saw a very ordinary small courtyard, there was a jujube tree in the courtyard, a small table was placed under the tree, there was a rattan chair next to it, and a few small stools.

After hesitating for a moment, Yang Ze thought to himself: "An official who lives such a simple life should be a clean official, I'm afraid he won't accept gifts, I have prepared a lot of valuable gifts, will it cause him to be disgusted?" ”

But the gift was brought, and it was carried into the yard, and if you don't give it, it seems to be even more disgusting, whether it works or not, you have to have a meaning!

Yang Ze arched his hand again and said: "Lord Hou, the first time Xia Guan came to visit, he brought some local products from his hometown, a small gift, not a tribute, and I hope Lord Hou will accept it with a smile!" ”

Fu Bingrong stepped forward and put the several big boxes on the small table. Hou Zizhen glanced at the gifts, blinked his old eyes, and suddenly said: "The old man has lived in Beijing for a long time, and he has never accepted gifts, so don't bring them next time." After a pause, he said, "If you really want to express your heart, don't you directly convert them into gold next time, you can take these gifts away!" ”

Yang Zedun was stunned immediately, he never expected that Hou Zizhen would say such a thing, this really made him unable to accept it immediately, and he accepted gold instead of gifts, what kind of situation is this?

After all, it is a human being in two lives, and Yang Ze understands it after a little thought. This Lord Hou loves money quite a lot, but he has to pretend to be poor, and presumably the entire Chang'an officials know his virtues, he has to collect property, presumably he has to pretend to be poor to show the officials, so he came up with a rule of only accepting gold.

This little old man is really thick-skinned! Yang Ze came to this conclusion, and immediately his face was full of admiration, and said: "Lord Hou is an upright official, but the lower official is reckless, and he must remember it next time." Be sure to remember! ”

Hou Zizhen motioned for him to sit down, and said, "The old man just made tea, just ask you to taste it." In fact, the old man really doesn't like to receive gifts, but now the atmosphere in Beijing is that everyone accepts it, if the old man doesn't accept it, it will make people feel that he is an outlier and will be excluded. If you are excluded, how can you stand it, are you right! ”

"Yes, yes, that's right. If you can't be alone, you will naturally have to be with the light, Lord Hou This is a wise self-preservation, only to keep a useful body. In order to better serve the emperor and do more practical things for the people! "Yang Ze's ass is patted, anyway, this Lord Hou belongs to the kind of person who does not accept gifts during the holidays this year. The kind of people who only receive gold as gifts, everyone has "instructed" them in person, and they have to follow the light and dust anyway.

Hou Zizhen was overjoyed, raised his thumb, and said: "Well said, no wonder Lord Yang is a young man, but he can climb to a high position in the fifth grade, it really makes sense, it seems that you are still very competent in this Shaoqing of Dali Temple!" ”

Yang Ze chuckled in his heart, could it be that he could be an official in Dali Temple, as long as he could make a fool's ass? But if that's all it takes, then what's the matter with the former Shaoqing, he doesn't know how to make a sycophant, so he was clicked?

Hou Zizhen said: "The old man has always liked to speak straight, our Dali Temple is different from other yamen, specializing in dealing with the cases of the royal clan, if you want to say the scenery, it is really beautiful, but if you want to say that it is dangerous, it is also really dangerous." In the past few years, to be honest, several Shaoqing have been replaced, and before each Shaoqing took office, the old man had to say the same thing to him, but none of them listened, and as a result, hehe, I guess you have heard of the result. You came just in time today, the old man told you what he said, as for how to comprehend, it's your own business! ”

Yang Ze hurriedly stood up, bowed and saluted, "Thank you Lord Hou for your advice, Lord Hou, please speak." ”

Hou Zizhen said: "Our Dali Temple is handling cases, all of them are big cases, or they are fine all year round, but once there is something, it must be a big deal, so first of all, you have to understand a little bit, don't run to the yamen if you have nothing to do, you think, you always go to sit in the yamen, it will make the clan think, is it going to repair anyone?" As soon as they are afraid, they may be irrational, and they may deal with you, and whoever thinks that there is danger, they have to think about self-protection, for fear of being repaired by you, then they will be relieved if they change to an official who honestly does not want to repair others. But if you don't go, they will be polite, who doesn't want to leave a good fate, you go to the house to sit, the benefits will naturally come to the door, when there is nothing to do, everyone comes and goes, when there is something you can talk well, is this reason! ”

Yang Ze thought for a moment, nodded and said: "This is to make the other party have a taboo, and this taboo must grasp the scale, not overkill, otherwise it will be burned!" ”

Hou Zizhen clapped his hands and said with a smile: "The son can be taught!" ”

"It's when it's okay, but what do you do when there's something?" Yang Ze thought to himself: "The first few Shaoqing were all clicked off when something happened!" ”

Hou Zizhen said: "When there is something, you have to see the move, this is more difficult." But you just need to remember one thing, the bigger the case, the more important the case, the more you don't squeak, what is the trial, report it to the Feng Pavilion, and the emperor will decide, what about the smaller case, the emperor doesn't want to ignore the case, then you have to ask others, of course, this person is not referring to the old man, we don't lie in front of the real person, say the ugly words first, the old man will not carry the black pot for you, you love to ask who to ask, who to ask, you know in your own heart, you can enter Dali Temple, naturally there is a backer behind you, this does not need to be said by the old man! ”

Yang Ze swallowed his saliva and thought: "There is such an official, you just sit at home and collect money, you don't care about anything, and you are not afraid that Shaoqing will take away your power as Zhengqing?" ”

Suddenly, he understood, why those Shaoqing were clicked, and this Lord Hou was still sitting at home to receive gifts, it must be that those Shaoqing felt that there was such a bastard boss and ignored affairs, so they could have the final say in the yamen, but as a result, they were all clicked, and Lord Hou was fine, he was not a bastard, he was an old treacherous and slippery, and he used his subordinates to block mines, and he was never soft!

The two talked for a while, Yang Ze asked in detail about the various taboos of being an official in Dali Temple, Hou Zizhen is by no means a good boss, but when he explained all kinds of taboos, he knew that everything was endless, in terms of character, he was definitely a real villain, not a hypocrite at all!

When it was almost noon, Hou Zizhen had no intention of staying for dinner, and Yang Ze didn't want to eat here, so he got up and said goodbye, he said: "Xiaguan will prepare gold today and send it to Lord Hou, and please ask Lord Hou to smile!" ”

"Your heart, the old man must receive it, you can send it!" Hou Zizhen paused, and said: "When you go out, put these boxes in a conspicuous place, so that others know that the old man is an official and upright, and he will never accept gifts!" He laughed.

Of course, Yang Ze agreed, and when he went out, he said again: "Lord Hou, Lord Yuwen, who will be a prisoner today, is happy at home, do you want to go, the lower officials are willing to prepare a generous gift for you, so that Lord Yuwen owes you a favor!" ”

He also simply went straight, knowing that Hou Zizhen was greedy for money, this kind of person has always liked to only enter but not leave, let him give out a red envelope must be unwilling, but he is willing to let others return the gift, if his family has a happy event in the future, Yuwenwu will not be able to return a generous gift!

But Hou Zizhen shook his head and said: "If the Tao is different, then it is not a conspirator, Yuwen Wuluo and the old man do not deal with each other, so the old man will not go, and you should not give gifts for the old man, so as not to be misunderstood!" ”

Yang Ze was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then, the lower official will not go either, the lower official is willing to advance and retreat with Lord Hou!" ”

Hou Zizhen waved his hand and said: "Your own business, you can do it yourself, don't have anything to do with the old man, what do you say about advancing and retreating together, sharing wealth and prosperity, the old man still wants to live a peaceful life for a few years, and have the life to go home to support the elderly!" ”

Yang Ze really didn't know what to say, he had seen a lot of strange people, but if it was compared to this Lord Hou in front of him, it was all a small dish, this Lord Hou was a real wonder, or a wonderful person who lived a very good life!

After leaving the Hou family and going out on the street, Yang Ze said: "This can be regarded as self-defilement, and it can be regarded as one of the tricks of being an official." This surnamed Hou deliberately made this appearance, giving people the impression that he was greedy for money, but he was pretending to be a calf, and he had to pretend to be a clean official, but everyone knew that he could pretend and collect, so they would relax their vigilance against him and not take him seriously! ”

Tan Zhengwen said: "Master, as the saying goes, the dog that doesn't bark bites the most, and this surnamed Hou doesn't care about anything, but at the critical moment, he will bite people hard, and if something happens, he will not hesitate to put the responsibility on you, he has made it clear, let's not take precautions!" ”

Fu Bingrong also said: "It's really unlucky, how did you meet such a boss!" ”

Yan Chenghou said: "Then do you want to give him gold?" How much should I send? ”

Yang Ze thought for a while and said: "Send it or send it, he has spoken, if you don't send it, I'm afraid it will retaliate, since you want to send it, be generous, forty taels of gold is good, twenty taels of gold ingots, send him a pair!" He glanced at Fu Bingrong holding the gift, and said, "Let's go directly to Yuwen's house, go early, maybe we can talk something at his house." ”

He figured it out, since Dali Temple is the territory of the eldest princess, then Hou Zizhen is the eldest princess's person, and since Yuwen Wuluo and Hou Zizhen do not deal with it, he is naturally the eldest princess's political enemy.

Led by Yan Chenghou, he walked for another half an hour, and then arrived at Yuwen Wuluo's house. Seeing Yuwen Mansion, Yang Ze thought to himself: "This is still a bit of a look, officials should live in such a house, it is grand enough, and it can reflect its identity!" (To be continued......)