Chang Sihao smiled and said a few words, and did not mention the matter of Qi Zhonghua, Ni Honglei, Guo Qiang, and Wu Zhiming, and Guo Shu Ronghua did not inquire, the two got into the treasure carving car, Guo Shu Ronghua said: "Hou Ye returned safely this time." Chang Sihao smiled: "That's not busy." Nodding his hand, he called Qin Juexiang and asked for a document to be handed over: "The Governor, please take a look at this first." ”

When Guo Shuronghua took it and looked at it, he saw that the content was a complaint filed by Guangzhou officials against Wu Shilai for wantonly installing his entourage and cronies after he took office, and degrading officials and dismissing as many as 59 people for no reason, his expression was slightly stunned.

Chang Sihao looked at him: "Alas, this matter has a very bad impact in the south, Dugong, what should you do about this matter." ”

Guo Shu Ronghua said: "Wu Shilai is so bold that he doesn't take the royal law of the court in his eyes, this matter is within the power and responsibility of Dongchang, and Ronghua must handle it impartially, but ...... Master Hou, since returning from Wanshou Mountain, Xu Ge Lao has been infected with wind and cold, and has not recovered, Wu Shilai is his personal recommendation, should we press the matter first, and wait for him to get better, and it is better to deal with it personally. [Xianmo: Push it down, and then push it back, then push it soft and no fireworks, those who don't understand the magic here, can't mix the streets, can't open small shops, and can't be people's daughters-in-law,]

"Oh. Chang Sihao was surprised and said: "It turns out that the old man is sick, then I have to go and take a look, Dugong, you can accompany me on a trip." [Xianmo: Those who don't know how to do things and pull others up, let alone mix, Xiao Changzhen is on the way, why not hold the hand of the son, and get closer to him,]

There were no guests in Xu's house, it was quiet, and the two maids quietly lit the lamps and candles in the study, and the light fell on the desk paper, which made Xu Jie's eyes slightly empty.

"Dad, you call me. The third son, Xu Ying, stopped outside the door and bowed his head,

Xu Jie closed the scroll: "Come in." ”

Xu Ying raised her foot, tripped lightly when she crossed the threshold, and then stabilized her figure,

Xu Jie looked at him: "What are you panicking about." Xu Ying lowered her head and didn't dare to answer, the maid Shi Li withdrew, and Xu Jie said, "Is there any news about your eldest brother and second brother?" Xu Ying shook her head: "No." Xu Jie froze for a moment, leaned back in the chair and sighed: "Qiu Cheng's father and son, debts to husband and wife, the three of you are all my life-saving ghosts." ”

"Daddy. Xu Ying fell to her knees with a thud,

Xu Jiedao: "I heard that your eldest brother and second brother enclosed land in Huating, forcing people to surrender, causing the people to die, the men in the family stayed to work, and the women all gathered in the small liao on the edge of the city to sell themselves to make a living, yes and no." ”

Xu Ying bowed her head and was speechless,

Xu Jie sighed: "Your eldest brother is arrogant and restrained, and the second brother has changed a lot, leaving the two of them in his hometown, I didn't worry about it, but in the past few years, my father has sat in the position of the first assistant, and they have also changed below." ”

Xu Ying tried to say: "Dad, this can't be blamed on the eldest brother and the second brother alone, since Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang wiped out the widows, our private goods have not entered, there are many people in the Xu Mansion, the family is big, and there is no more encirclement, how to make up for this shortfall, besides, Daddy, you will need money to support the elderly in the future." ”

"Fart, fart, fart. Xu Jie was so angry that he slapped the table and danced his beard: "Money is important or life is important, what do you need money to do if you don't have your life." [Xianmo: The true character of the old pavilion in front of his son,]

Xu Ying lowered her head and muttered, "How can it be so serious." ”

Xu Jie said angrily: "It's not serious, how serious do you want to be, Yan Shifan's corruption back then was taken from the hands of the officials below, what about you, take it directly from the hands of the people, from their flesh and blood, from the hands of the officials, if something happens, you can still use him to block it, take it from the people, can you still take thousands of people to blame [ Xian Mo: The mantra of corruption is here, asking for money from the officials under them, this money is not their own, it is also exploited, and it is nothing more than to exploit it again, so the peace of mind that you want to have, the sender can take care of it, it is not painful, but the money in the hands of the people is dug out with both hands, sewn out, and saved between the teeth, if you want to hand it over, you have to grit your big teeth, clench your fists, and stare at your eyes to hand it over, and you can only hand it over if you are too ruthless, then you can only work hard, so how can you be stable,] , didn't grow people's heads, just cared about learning people to collect money, this time it's good, it falls into the hands of others, no one is alive, no corpse is dead, what do you say, you tell me what to do. ”

Xu Yingqi said: "In the hands of others, which family." ”

Xu Jie scolded: "You stupid thing, what do you think about the water girl and the drought girl all day long, is there anything else in your mind [Xianmo: Laughing to death, the magic is in the son, the father knows,], Qin Juexiang took a team of people to Jiangnan to investigate the cause of Chang Sihao's death, but he suddenly turned back, judging from the time distance, he should have walked to the vicinity of Huating and turned back, can't you still guess what is going on, [Xianmo: Lao Xu's brain is really good, no wonder he can deal with Yan Song for ten years,]"

Xu Ying was stunned for a long time and couldn't answer, Xu Jiedao: "Chang Sihao is Qin Juexiang's brother-in-law, the two of them are like brothers, due to the relationship between authority and jurisdiction, Nanzhen Fusi was very dissatisfied with Qin Juexiang's request for this order, he went to Dongchang to ask for a favor, and asked Cheng Lian'an to ask for a driving post before leaving the city [Xianmo: Friendship and friendship, the relationship between Juexiang and Xiao Cheng is already extraordinary], it took so much effort, how could he have the reason to retreat without getting to the place. ”

Xu Ying said: "So...... He found out the truth...... No, Chang Sihao was burned to death in the sea of Guangdong, and Qin Juexiang's team only arrived in Songjiang Mansion, how could they find out, unless they ......"

Xu Jie forced him to think: "Unless anything." ”

Xu Ying kept her eyes on her eyes: "Except for the fact that Sihao did not die, on the way back to Beijing, they met." Xu Jie: "After I met it." Xu Ying's eyes were straighter: "Liu Shiyan and Wu Shilai leaked out about their murder, but it is impossible for Chang Sihao to know about the eldest brother and second brother as the mastermind, let alone tell Qin Juexiang, how can they retaliate......" Halfway through the words, looking at his father's shining old eyes, he was a little flustered for a while,

Xu Jie said: "The matter of killing Chang Sihao is really the idea of the two of them, and you know it, but you are hiding it from me alone, isn't it." ”

Xu Ying hurriedly knelt forward and climbed two steps forward and said: "Dad, we can't be angry, what kind of way is that surnamed Chang, who dares to hit you on the top of Wanshou Mountain in front of hundreds of officials." ”

"Don't say it. Xu Jie's big sleeves flicked: "The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, he is called happily, but he is just a barking dog, a little trick for his father will be able to cure it obediently [Xianmo: Old Xu is really not a big man, Xiao Chang faces this little man Xu, there is only a false fire in his eyes, there is no way at all,], but what about you, you actually bite with the dog, and you don't want to think about it, people are killed from the pile of dead, it is a tiger, it is a wolf, with a few of you yellow teeth and tender mouths, can you bite him. ”

Xu Ying was speechless and sat crookedly on the ground,

Xu Jie stared over: "Do you have anything else to hide from me?" ”

"No, no, no. Xu Ying hurriedly knelt down and said, "It's really nothing." ”

Xu Jie said: "Hmph, it's best no, no, no." Xu Ying raised her head slightly, her lips moved, she lowered her head and was silent, and a family member came outside the study to report: "Yunzhong Hou and Guo Dugong went to visit the hospital." ”

"Oh. Xu Jie was stunned: "The two of them are together." After a moment of silence, he said to his son, "Go out and greet them, and invite them to the inner room." Xu Ying responded,

Xu Jie returned to the inner room, grabbed his hair [Xianmo: Lao Xu is fine], undressed and lay on the couch, ordered someone to put down the curtains, and moved the medicine stove closer [Xian Mo: It is not a medicine furnace that is ready, but "moving closer", obviously prepared to deal with the visitors, not for Xiao Chang to come alone, the old thing is out of the circle, and the water does not leak,], not much effort, Xu Ying led Chang Sihao and Guo Shu Ronghua to walk in, Guo Shu Ronghua is more sensitive to the smell, smelling the smell of medicine in the house, he was slightly silent [ Xianmo: It means that I must not have visited the patient before,", Xu Ying slowly walked to the bed, bowed down and called softly: "Daddy, daddy, Yunzhong Hou and Guo Dugong have come to the mansion to see you coming." ”

"Hmm......" Xu Jie's nostrils snorted: "Who." ”

Xu Ying came closer: "It's Yunzhong Hou and Guo Dugong." ”

"Ouch. Xu Jie lifted his eyelids, pushed the quilt and struggled: "Why don't you say it earlier, hurry, help me up......"

Guo Shu Ronghua hurriedly said: "The elder is sick, don't move lightly, it's better to lie down and rest." ”

Xu Jie leaned on his elbow and turned his face sideways: "The governor and the marquis came to visit in person, how can the old man be rude, alas, it won't be successful...... Chang Sihao looked at him through the veil with fluffy white hair, but his complexion was ruddy, and he understood in his heart: he must be dissatisfied with the emperor's forcible climb to Wanshou Mountain, and after he came back, he came to excuse himself and couldn't come out, and it seemed that he was bullying him old, but he really relied on the old man to sell the old, and made a comforting gesture and said: "We are here to visit the patient, if this disturbs the elder of the pavilion, how can he be at peace in his heart, it is better for the elder to be casual." Xu Jie heard him separate the "patient" and the "elder pavilion", and he already knew the flavor [Xianmo: It was to be approved, but it was written plainly, and he was depressed], but he still pretended not to know, and he was slack, and sighed: "Alas, people are old and loose, and they can't stand the wind or see the rain, and they didn't expect to accompany Wansui to climb Wanshou Mountain, and when they came back, they had a high fever that didn't go away, and they turned into coughs, and until now it is still delayed and difficult to heal, alas, it's really useless." Xu Ying tucked up the pillow behind his waist and raised the curtain slightly. ”

Chang Sihao said: "On Wanshou Mountain that day, Chang Sihao had a lot of collisions with the elder of the pavilion, and then went south by order, but he couldn't find a chance to come to the house to confess, and he was always uneasy. ”

Xu Jie waved his hand: "Where did Master Hou come from, although everyone has different opinions, but you are also dedicated to the country, the so-called gentlemen are different and different, some small arguments, what is it." Waiting for Guo and Chang to sit down, he said: "Zeng Yiyi has a large army, and it is not easy to calm in the south, I don't know how this battle is going now." ”

Chang Sihao said: "Ge Lao is on the sickbed and does not forget to worry about national affairs, it is really admirable and emotional, Ge Lao rest assured, although Zeng Yi is cunning, but he is not Lord Yu's opponent, but there are many questions in the back, compared to it, it is even more worrying." "[Xianmo: Xiaochang didn't fight at all, he was able to hide and be vague, and he really grew up,]

Xu Jiedao: "Oh, when Wu Shilai repeatedly asked for orders to go to the rear of the governor of Guangdong, he vowed to serve the imperial court and contribute to the country, and he must be a strong backing for General Yu. ”

Chang Sihao said: "It's not good to comment on how Lord Wu is doing, but according to Lord Yu, the supply of grain, grass and military supplies is not bad. ”

Xu Jieqi said: "Then where is the question?" ”

Chang Sihao said: "The food in Guangdong Province is not enough for military needs, so most of the military food has to be transferred from other provinces. ”

Xu Jie slowly [Xianmo: The two words are guilty of thinking, but the old treacherous is slippery, and he doesn't show it at all] nodded: "Oh, Songjiang Mansion is rich and the people are abundant, and the grain production capacity has always been among the best in Jiangnan Prefecture, so it is natural for them to have more." ”

"Yes. Chang Sihao continued: "However, in terms of the official warehouse of Songjiang Mansion, the supply has not been much, and the main source is taken from the rich households, according to which these rich families cannot supply this lot of grain even if they have a big business, but they are not only sufficient, but also endless, which makes people have to wonder." ”

Xu Jie glanced at Guo Shu Ronghua, and then glanced at his son Xu Ying, and muttered sickly without saying a word, Chang Sihao said idly: "After investigation, it turns out that the reason why these rich families have food is that they are either powerful and powerful, or have relatives with the royal giants, and with these tax-exempt conditions, they wantonly launched a wind of 'donation', instigating and urging the peasants to hand over the land to them, so that they not only got the land, but also ate the taxes in disguise, so they became extremely rich and full of brains. ”

Xu Ying couldn't hold back a little, and said: "Hou Ye allowed me to interject a sentence, the land tax exemption of the royal family, Qi Wan [Xianmo: that is, in-law nepotism], meritorious heroes, and official gentry is the law of the ancestors, and there are many things in all parts of the country, all of which are fair and voluntary. ”

Chang Sihao smiled: "The ancestors made the law, and they don't dare to talk about it in the future, but the price of military food supplied by these rich families in Songjiang Mansion far exceeds that of other provinces, but Lord Wu insists on buying it in large quantities, which can't help but make people a little strange, suspecting that Lord Wu is selfish and has benefited himself, but he has used the country's money to fill the private pockets of those rich families." ”

Xu Ying's eyes were weak, she peeked at the bed, and found that her father's face was calm, remembering his words just now, "What else is there to hide from me", her neck couldn't help but tremble, and she lowered her head slightly.

Chang Sihao said quietly: "Some price issues are small and nothing, and the problem is that the military rations supplied by those rich households are not their own, but are 'borrowed' from the peasants in the name of national needs. Saying that, he took out a note from his arms and handed it over, Xu Ying took it with trembling pressure, and handed it to his father, Xu Jie saw that the note said "Gu Erjin", and the big red circle at the bottom tore off half of it, and the remaining part was half of the word "Xu" [Xianmo: Xu Zi pulled half, it was just unclear, and secretly let him know, this is not the wisdom of Xiaochang, and he really made a sixty percent plan,], and froze when he landed,

Chang Sihao continued as if he was saying something that had nothing to do with him: "These rich households exchanged IOUs for grain and sold them to the state at a high price, but they did not pay back the grain owed to the peasants, but let them use this note as silver to circulate in the market. Xian Mo: Playing white strips to farmers, it was broken out in ninety-three years, there is no ancient reality, but twenty years have passed, the news can still be seen in the news to give farmers white strips, poor Ming Dynasty white strips can still buy bowls of noodle tea, today's white strips, just waste paper, change G open F, but not as good as four hundred years ago, why, who can answer, "the countryside is really poor, farmers are really bitter, agriculture is really dangerous", three sentences can really be Amitabha Buddha recitation, sigh, ], the people really can't get by, those who have land have voted for the land, and those who have no land have also voted for people, and the labor is given to the rich to be a householder, As a tenant farmer, the women of the family had to surround themselves outside the city to make a living, which was miserable. He sighed deeply and squinted at Xu Jie: "The battle in the south has not yet been fought, but the rear has forced the people like this, if it really provokes a civil uprising and a fire breaks out in the backyard, then the matter will be big, Ge Lao, do you say it?" ”

"Hmm......" Xu Jie covered his cuffs, coughed several times, tilted his head back weakly, and sighed when he hit the bed: "It's annoying, it's hateful." ”

Chang Sihao hurriedly persuaded: "The elder of the pavilion is angry, people's hearts are profitable, and it is normal to be greedy for money, but it is too clever to rob too much, which will inevitably provoke the anger of the heavens and people's resentment, but these are all trivial things, nothing is nothing, Guo Dugong has just received a petition, and some local officials in Guangzhou have jointly sued Wu Shilai Wu, saying that after he arrives, he will eliminate dissidents and install cronies. [Xianmo: Turning a stroke is just adding a stroke, taking a step back is a step, sixty percent will teach, and Xiaochang will use]

Xu Jie turned his face: "Duke, if this is the case." ”

Guo Shuronghua said: "Oh...... It is true that there are as many as 59 co-signers, and the matter is not small. Xu Jiedao: "No wind and no waves, Guo Dugong, you should also play the emperor truthfully in this matter, strictly investigate and carefully examine, act impartially and directly, don't think of the old man's recommendation, if the case is true, the old man must go to the Golden Palace to the emperor to ask for guilt, [Xianmo: If there are steps, go down, so good]" Guo Shu Ronghua nodded: "This matter is Ronghua's responsibility, you should go all out, please rest assured, our officialdom is very difficult to say, and there are many things that exclude each other [ Xianmo: Laugh, Si Xiaoguo can not know that Ge Lao has abandoned this son, but there must be this word, Fang shows human affection], before the truth is found, Ge Lao does not have to work too hard for this, or rest with peace of mind. ”