Zhang Tang took the five hundred gold given by Liu De, returned home, handed the money to the old mother Wang, and said, "Mother, help me find a place to hide this money!" ”

Mother Tom is in her 40s, but her face is full of wrinkles and her hair is gray.

Although the Zhang family is not a poor family, it used to be the home of an official eunuch.

But when Zhang Tang's father was alive, he was known for his honesty and never accepted bribes.

Therefore, although the official residence in Chang'an Cheng was once a place, with a rank ratio of 800 stones, the Zhang family could only barely survive by relying on that little money.

Especially when Tang's father died of illness the year before last, he exhausted the last savings of the family.

The Han tradition emphasizes serving death as if it were a life.

It means that after the death of the ancestors, they must enjoy the same treatment as they did when they were alive. The food and clothing before death must be complete in the tomb.

If you don't, you will be accused of unfilial piety.

Therefore, when the first emperor Xiaowen ordered not to be buried in the edict, the whole world was moved, and they all felt that this was a Ming monarch, and the princes and ministers even played together, asking for a temple for the first emperor and respecting Emperor Taizong.

It's just that although the first emperor took the lead in wanting to change customs, this is not easy.

The deep-rooted folk idea of thick burial affects everyone.

When the princes and kings were buried, they were dressed in golden jade clothes, and the yellow intestine was inscribed as a coffin, and the tomb was magnificent, and the palace before his death was no different, and the tombs were full of utensils and jewels and gold products used in his life.

The death of the Marquis of Che was no exception, digging the tomb in the mountain, piling up a large amount of wealth in the tomb, if it was a military general, it would be with the burial chariot and horse, sword, armor, bow and arrow, and the civil official would accompany the burial of the books written during his lifetime, the official documents he had drafted, the ancient books he loved and a large number of silks, copper coins and all kinds of exquisite lacquerware and bronze ware.

A well-off family like the Zhang family, although it is not as good as those rich princes and marquis of Che, but they cannot be wronged by their ancestors.

Ordinary lacquerware always has to get dozens of pieces, the books that you loved before your death, you must have them, and then in order not to look chilling, but also for the sound of the family, there must be gold products in the tomb.

When Zhang Tang's father was buried, he brought down gold utensils worth more than 100 gold.

In order to obtain this gold, Zhang Tang's mother even had to sell some of her farmhouses......

This is also the reason why gold can still be circulated in private trade, although it is mainly coins.

In today's world, anyone with some family background will try to collect as much gold as possible to be buried when he dies.

Therefore, Zhang's mother has aged rapidly in the past two years, firstly because of the pain of losing her husband, and secondly, because the gold raised for her husband's burial exhausted her hard work.

Even the eyesight of the eyes began to deteriorate.

When Zhang Tang opened the box, the yellow-orange-orange gold suddenly dazzled Zhang's mother's eyes, although Zhang's mother's eyesight was not good, she could barely recognize the gold.

After touching it to confirm, she was surprised: "My son, where did all this gold come from?" ”

At the beginning, in order to bury her husband, she borrowed money everywhere and even sold land to get less than 100 gold in gold, but now there are four or five hundred gold cakes in this box, which made her panic immediately: "My son, you must not ruin my Zhang's family reputation!" I think that when your father was alive, he had a clean breeze on his sleeves, and he worked hard for more than 20 years to have the façade of my Zhang family today......"

Zhang Tang knelt down and kowtowed: "Mother, let the child report that these gold are not the stolen goods of the child's greed and perversion of the law, this is the fee given to the child by the son of heaven......"

Saying that, Zhang Tang told his mother about being summoned by Liu De today, but he just skipped Liu De's instructions to him to monitor the matter of Biyang Hou.

After hearing this, Zhang's mother immediately turned her anger into joy, and helped Zhang Tang to say: "My son is valued by the heavenly family, so he must work hard, and he must not be careless and live up to His Royal Highness's great kindness......" and said: "This must be your father's spirit in the sky, bless my son to be supported by nobles, and tomorrow, my son will go with me to incense your father and pray that he will take care of you in heaven!" ”

"No!" Zhang Tang said: "Mother's teachings, children keep in mind!" He kowtowed again: "Mother, the child will go out first to find some people, His Royal Highness ordered me to be in charge of Chang'an Huai City, the child is lonely, I have to find some helpers to get things done!" ”

Mother Zhang nodded and said, "My son can contact your father's colleagues when he was alive, if he can get their help, this matter will not be difficult!" ”

Zhang Tang nodded: "The child knows......"

It's just that I don't have any other ideas in my heart.

His father's colleagues are now sick or old, and asking them to come out will not help much, at most he will ask them for advice on officialdom.

Moreover, the world today is completely different from the world of my father's generation.

Zhang Tang said goodbye to his mother, went out, and went straight to a small village east of Hongguyuan, and when he entered the village, he came directly to the door of a house that looked quite dilapidated, knocked on the door and said, "Brother Yan is at home?" ”

Not long after, a man in coarse cloth clothes opened the door and saw Zhang Tang, who was quite surprised: "It's the Zhang family, please come in!" ”

Entering the door, the man arched his hand and asked, "Is there something wrong with Da Lang?" ”

"Exactly!" Zhang Tang nodded and said: "The kid has been valued by the prince Liu De and appointed as the city commander of Huai City, Chang'an, but the kid is lonely and inexperienced, and I also ask Brother Yan to help me on top of my many years of friendship!" ”

The big man laughed and said: "A vulgar person only knows how to commit murder and break the law, so he knows how to manage government affairs?" Although the words were shirking, Zhang Tang saw it clearly, in fact, the other party had already moved.

So Zhang Tang said: "Why does the husband ask about his background? Besides, the kid really needs a talent like his brother! ”

Many people think that Zhang Tang is strict in law enforcement and ruthless, but few people know that Zhang Tang is actually very tactful.

He was a smart man who knew who could and couldn't.

is like this big man, who doesn't know that he is a famous ranger in Chang'an City, and he has at least three lives on his body, but because he knows Zhang Tang and often provides clues to Zhang Tang, Zhang Tang also turns a blind eye to this murderer, and even wants to receive it under his door at this moment.

The reason is that this person has been in Chang'an for many years, and he is most familiar with the environment in Chang'an City, the exits and locations of the streets and alleys, and even knows many unknown secrets, which are related to the three religions and nine streams in Chang'an City.

Zhang Tang looked around and saw that there was no one, so he said again: "Brother come over with his ear, and listen to the foolish brother!" ”

Zhang Tang leaned into the other party's ear and whispered for a while, and then said: "This matter is out of my mouth and into my brother's ear, if the third person knows, my brother will know what the consequences will be!" ”

The man nodded, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, although Yan is not talented, he also knows the priorities, and besides, this matter is ......" He smiled and said: "Since it is to serve the heavenly family, it is naturally the responsibility of a certain person!" He said with a righteous face.

Who of the rangers in this world doesn't want to be whitewashed?

Being a ranger is always just licking blood on the head of a knife, and if it annoys the nobles, it is a dead word.

If you can change careers to be a heavenly eagle dog, that is, the scenery and power, who doesn't want to?

Therefore, with this opportunity, this man naturally knew that he should grasp it firmly.

So the man knelt down and bowed: "The lord is above, and he is worshiped by Yan Jiuyi!" ”

Zhang Tang nodded, helped him up and said, "With the help of the Ming Gong, the big thing can be done!" ”

This is not a lie, Zhang Tang knows the ability of this man named Yan Jiu, it is not an exaggeration to say that if he wants to touch the evidence of the crime of the Marquis of Biyang, this Yan Jiu is an indispensable figure, and only a person like him who is well-informed and has a relationship with the three religions and nine streams can quietly get the evidence of the other party's crime.

Zhang Tang said again: "That's it, I will send the letter of appointment tomorrow, and His Royal Highness has instructed that there will be no disadvantage in doing things for the heavenly family, and I will give you ten gold tomorrow to settle the family!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Yan Jiu was even more overjoyed, and his face was about to bloom with a smile.

With a letter of appointment, it is equivalent to whitewashing his identity, he doesn't have to hide from now on, and he can get ten gold, which makes Yan Jiu even more convinced that it is really good to do things for the heavenly family, and there is no risk in the money!

No wonder so many brothers from the past want to wash their hands!

"By the way, brother, it's better to shave his beard and change his name......" Zhang Tang said again: "Brother also knows, you have a criminal record, and you won't be able to wash it off for a while......"

"This is nature, this is nature......" Yan Jiu smiled.

This ranger in Chang'an, if he hasn't changed his name three or five times, he will be embarrassed to see people when he goes out!

Out of Yan Jiu's house, Zhang Tang thought for a while, then turned to the south, and went to another village, where he found Jia Tianjia, a merchant who had played with him since he was a child.

This Tian Jia has been his playmate since childhood, and he is also the owner of the money he has been supporting since he became a public official.

Tian Jia has always been very optimistic about Zhang Tang, thinking that he will be able to make a marquis sooner or later, so he bet early, invested without asking for returns, and even promised his own sister to Zhang Tang - since Lü Buwei did such a beautiful deal back then, all businessmen with a little brain have begun to fund some potential scholars and officials, and often do not ask for returns, just waiting for the other party to soar into the sky in the future and bring their chickens and dogs to heaven.

Seeing Tian Jia, he told the matter again, and then Zhang Tang said: "The kid can have today, thanks to my brother all the way, and now the kid is fortunate to have the prince Jian Ba, serving as the city commander of Huai City, and asking my brother to help, and then help me, for me to advise, manage the affairs of Huai City!" ”

Of course Zhang Tang is not stupid, he is a student of Han Fei, not a businessman, so he doesn't understand business, if he is self-righteous, then I am afraid he will have a big heel.

Since the collapse of the Qin State, the people of the Legalists have been reflecting.

Reflect on why the Qin State, which was so powerful, so prosperous, and so united, suddenly collapsed overnight.

After reflecting on it for so many years, the Legalists have basically sorted out some lessons from their failures, first of all, the first one, it is certainly not a problem of the strategy and law used - if this is the case, then it is impossible for Qin to unify the world, but after the unification of the world, the bureaucrats of the Legalists stretched out their hands too long, and there was a situation where laymen led insiders, coupled with Zhao Gaolisi's nonsense, which made the Qin State collapse!

As a result, today's Legalist disciples not only study the theories of Han Fei and Shang Jun, but also many people delve into Confucianism, Huang Laoxue and even Mohist classics to avoid the tragedy of laymen leading insiders.

seems to be the current internal history of Chao Wrong, itself has a profound Confucian attainments, what "Book of Songs" and "Hong Fan" are open mouths.

Although Zhang Tang is not as knowledgeable as Chao Cuo, he is also self-aware, knowing that his strength lies in control and management, rather than specific implementation, especially in business, he can be said to know nothing.

"Brother Virtuous can have today, Brother Fool is also happy......" Tian Jia did not directly agree or refuse, but poured a glass of wine and drank it to himself: "It's just that Brother Fool doesn't know, when will Brother Virtuous marry my family?" ”

When Zhang Tang heard this, he immediately laughed, of course he knew what his gold lord meant.

It's not that I'm afraid that he will be developed, so he ignores the agreement of the year -- it is not uncommon for him to regret marriage or divorce his wife in these years, and many scholars in Chang'an, once they are appointed by the imperial court, the first thing they do after returning home is to divorce their wives and hire a young lady from an official eunuch's family.

But Zhang Tang is not such a person, he is very committed and more emotional, so he said: "A gentleman promises a thousand gold, let alone a lifelong event?" Brother, please relax, at this time next year, after my father's funeral, I will marry my brother and sister! ”

"Good!" Tian Jia nodded and said with a smile: "In this case, the foolish brother will run for you!" ”

He added: "I don't force my family to be the main room of the virtuous brother, with the identity of the virtuous brother today and the future of the future, marrying the daughter of a businessman is also a bit out of place, it is enough to be a concubine!" ”

The Tianjia family has been in business for generations, so they naturally know the severity.

If you forcibly help your sister to the position of the main room, and wait for Zhang Tang to make a career in the future, I am afraid that she will have some thoughts.

It's better to make it clear early - anyway, the left and right are marriages, and there is not much difference between being a wife and a concubine.

Zhang Tang shook his head and said: "Although the little brother is not talented, he renews his promises, and this kind of treachery is something I don't do!" ”

Tian Jia smiled and did not speak.

But Tian Jia knew in his heart that when he reached a certain status, even if Zhang Tang wanted to keep his promise, he might not be able to get it.

The Marquis of Chang'an, no matter who takes a fancy to Zhang Tang, I am afraid that they will coerce and entic.

Anyway, Tian Jia himself has already said this, and he can also have this step down when the time comes.

After leaving Tian's house, Zhang Tang traveled several places again, recruiting several people who he thought could help him.

Not a single person refused.

It is really too dazzling to have the name of 'doing things for His Highness', Zhang Tang is sure that if the news spreads, there will even be people who are willing to do things for him for free without compensation......

Of course, Zhang Tang also understood that those people were just gangsters who wanted to borrow tiger skins or villains who sought advantage and power, and these people would only do bad things, so he repeatedly told everyone he personally recruited not to leak the news.

On the way home, Zhang Tang began to think about the number of people he had recruited now, there were a total of seven people, three of whom had been rangers and could contribute to the investigation of the case of the Marquis of Biyang, and the remaining four, Tian Jia was an auxiliary talent who assisted him in managing and coordinating the merchants of Huai City, and the other three were all Legalist disciples who were proficient in the law and capable of doing things.

In this way, a basic administrative frame will be erected, and then select some talented people from the original officials in Huai City, eliminate those who are messing around, and then recruit a group of capable officials, basically be able to manage Huai City well, and be able to complete the tasks assigned by His Royal Highness.

It's just that...... Zhang Tang's ambitions don't stop there.

Since it is not easy to get the attention of His Highness, why not do better?

"I heard that His Royal Highness was appointed by the Son of Heaven to listen to the government in the internal history, and nine times out of ten in the future he will be canonized as the prince, that is, the prince, and he will inevitably build a tooth in the future...... Zhang Tang thought: "Today's internal history is wrong, and it was the prince's family order that was the son of today...... There is a chance to ...... I can also compete for the position of this prince's family order! ”

The prince's family order, the rank is not high, only 800 stones, and he is just a petty official in Chang'an.

But I can't stand this prince's family order is the person in charge of the Tai**, I can get along with the prince every day, as long as I don't make mistakes, and when the prince becomes the son of heaven, then it is a Jiuqing at the level of two thousand stones!

If you go further, you can be a marquis and worship the prime minister, and you can be a very human minister!

Thinking of this, Zhang Tang only felt that his heart was pounding.

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