The new Qiantang County Commander Lu Hui has just turned 30 years old, with a long white face and beard, a short stature, and a protruding fat in his right ear, which is very unsightly. Yangzhou Dazhongzheng didn't like his appearance, and he was the son of the Lu family, and the quality given to him was not high, so he was able to become a member at the age of twenty-five, five years later than other gate valve children, and he rotated in various states and counties, until Gu Yun was promoted, and then he was transferred to Qiantang, the upper county, to serve as a pro-people official.

When Lu Xianling took office, the first fire burned on Zhan's head. After the White Snake case, all the family properties belonging to Zhan Ting were seized by the government, and later Gu Yun was in charge, and the Zhibin Building was re-given to Zhan Hong, and the other fields were given to Zhan Tian and Zhan Xi respectively. After this period of careful operation, Zhan Hong has initially restored the old view of Zhibin Building, and the customers who stay and dine every day go in and out like flowing water, and the profits are huge.

Early in the morning, a large group of officials suddenly came, rudely drove the guests to the guest house, sealed the treasury where the silver money was kept, arrested all the shopkeepers and attendants, and put them in the prison of the yamen and did not allow them to visit. After Zhan Ting got the news, he hurriedly went to the county government to dredge, who knew that Du Sansheng avoided it, Li Dingzhi could only play haha, refused to tell the truth, and finally reluctantly gave 100,000 yuan before he agreed to intercede with the county order.

After three days like this, Zhan Ting was restless, Li Dingzhi gave a reply, Lu Hui felt that these family properties originally belonged to Zhan Ting, Zhan Ting was guilty and was exiled to the border to serve in the army, and his family property naturally returned to the public. It is not difficult for Zhan Hong to want it, he can redeem it with money, as for how much it will cost, this can be discussed.

Zhan Hong was dumbfounded when he heard it, the official words were two mouths, it was really black and white, what could he do in vain? The Zhan clan is not as good as before, after many twists and turns, even ordinary scholars can't compare, and they are powerless to fight against the Ming Mansion of a county, so they have to bow their heads and give in, bargaining through Li Dingzhi and Lu Hui.

I don't know if it cost Lu Hui too much of his savings to operate this Qiantang County Order, the lion opened his mouth and asked Zhan Hong to redeem Zhibin Building with three million dollars. Zhan Hong was physically disabled and disheartened, and faded out of the core of Zhan's power for many years, usually only receiving some money plus land rent to support his family, and he had never run any business, and his net worth was hundreds of thousands of dollars. Later, the Zhan family split up, and most of the dead things that were distributed to him were Tian Zhai and other dead things, although the momentum of the two months after receiving Zhibin Lou was good, but in any case, it was not enough to make up three million cash. Besides, it is not worth so much money to go to the Bin Building, and he is only willing to give Lu Hui 500,000 yuan.

One asks for 3 million, the other gives 500,000, the asking price is ruthless, and the counteroffer is even more ruthless, how can this deal be negotiated? Lu Hui felt that his face had been greatly insulted, and sent Cao Rafter and Zhao Yu to inspect the tenants of the Yin Hu who were hanging in Zhan Hong's name, door by door, and nothing was missing.

Chu Law inherited the Wei system, stipulating that the first and second tenants of official products should not exceed 50 households, the third product 10 households, the fourth product 7 households, the fifth product 5 households, the sixth product 3 households, the seventh product 2 households, the eighth product and the ninth product 1 household, but the actual number exceeds this number more than 100 times and 1000 times? These people did not need to pay rent to serve in the imperial court, so many peasant families preferred to give up their status as freedmen and voluntarily become tenants of the noble clan. In response to this situation, the imperial court will regularly check the register, re-register the excess number of shade households, and increase the punishment of the scholars who conceal it.

However, under the control of gate politics, the inspection has become a kind of routine, as long as it is not deliberately to find faults, it is generally passable, and no one takes it seriously. This time, Lu Hui sent someone to investigate Zhan Hong, and it was clear that he would retaliate, but he had nothing to say, he didn't learn much about being an official, but he understood the whole person's method.

Zhan Hong set seven grades at first, but later he was disabled and was demoted to nine grades by Dazhongzheng, that is to say, according to the law, he can only shade one household. In fact, before the separation, he had five tenants, and after the separation, there were more than 100 tenants, and the number of tenants also increased by 30. Among these tenants, there are Qi people and homeless people, with different identities, but they are all illegal existences, and they are all accurate.

Gu Yun was honest and honest when he was in charge of Qiantang, and Hu Cao Rafter and Zhao Yu were afraid, so he didn't dare to loot at ordinary times, and he caught a lot of oil and water. After receiving Lu Hui's instructions this time, like a hungry jackal, he kept swallowing saliva as he looked at Zhan Hong's mansion. When he came to the door, he rummaged through the cabinets and made a chicken, flying and dog jumping, not only arresting all the shade households, regardless of men, women, old and children, but also arresting several of Zhan Hong's servants and maids, and as for the money and utensils that were stolen easily, there were not a few.

Zhan Hong was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and then asked Li Dingzhi to talk about it, but he couldn't even enter the gate of the county. At this time, Du Sanxing, who had been avoiding him, found him and persuaded him to apologize to the county order. Of course, the price is not the previous three million, including the crime of illegally taking in shady households and hiding displaced people, and if you want to settle it all, at least seven million!

Zhan Hong was helpless, but he also knew that if the people did not fight with the officials, if they continued to fight against the Lu Hui, it would only be more difficult. So he turned around and went to the two brothers for help, Zhan Tian and Zhan Xi were addicted to alcohol and gambling, and their belongings were not enough to squander themselves, how could they give Zhan Hong, and spread their hands to show that they couldn't help. This is also the reason why the family is reluctant to divide the family easily, the family encounters difficulties, the same spirit, one is prosperous, one is lost, and then there is internal strife and civil strife, but also to collectively find a way to come up with ideas. Now that the family is separated, they are still the same surname in name, but in fact they are already two families, and it has nothing to do with themselves, who would be willing to help them?

There is no way to ask for help, saying that there is no hope, Lu Hui gave Zhan Hong a seven-day deadline, if he doesn't pay the money in seven days, he will immediately report to Zhongzheng, take away his nine-grade evaluation certificate, and then be flogged according to the law.

Zhan Hong suddenly fell into a desperate situation!

It was also at this time that he suddenly remembered what Zhan Wenjun said when he left Qiantang: If you encounter an unsolvable problem in the future, go to Xu You for help, he is a gentle gentleman, but he is full of wisdom and will be able to protect you!

Zhan Hong has heard of Xu You, Yixing Xu Qilang, as long as he is not deaf and blind, he knows his reputation. But today, the family is ruined, and I don't understand why my sister looks at him differently, so she was invited to live in Mingyu Mountain for a few days. He was a scholar, thinking that Xu You was just a martial artist, and he didn't agree with his sister's opinion, so he never had contact with Xu You. In addition, it was smooth sailing before, and there was no need to go to him, but now that he encountered the unsolvable problem that Zhan Wenjun said, he was a dead horse as a live horse doctor, prepared a gift, and knocked on the door of Jingyuan.

After receiving the post, Xu You was stunned, and then remembered that this Zhan Hong was Zhan Wenjun's eighth brother, who was framed by Zhan Ting and squinted, broke three fingers, and was most loved by Zhan Wenjun. Although I don't know the intention of his visit, for Zhan Wenjun's sake, he has to welcome him.

"I've seen Lang Jun!"

Entering the lobby, he swept over the furnishings at a glance, combined with what he saw in the courtyard just now, Zhan Hong's perception of Xu You has changed greatly, and if he can build the house so elegantly, he will definitely not be a layman.

Xu You returned the salute, and after inviting him to sit down, he said with a smile: "I heard Mrs. Guo talk about you for a long time, and I have always been in love, but I didn't expect to finally get what I wanted today!" ”

Xu You's enthusiasm calmed Zhan Hong's somewhat apprehensive heart a little, and he laughed at himself: "I have an ugly appearance, I usually stay at home to study, and I rarely go out." If he hadn't been cornered today, he wouldn't have taken the liberty to disturb Lang Jun! ”

"What's wrong, what's going on?"

Xu You saw that he looked sad, ordered the autumn equinox to serve tea, and said with relief: "Don't worry, speak slowly." If you really get into trouble, I can do my best to help! ”

Hearing Zhan Hong say the cause of the incident, Xu You was surprised inexplicably, he had already learned from Gu Yun in advance that it was Lu Hui who took over the Qiantang County Order, but he heard Gu Yun say that this person has been trained for many years and has a decent official reputation, but he didn't expect to take Zhan Hong a few days after he came.

The Zhan family didn't know what kind of bad luck they had taken this year, they were bullied by the Heavenly Master, and they were also bullied by a new county order. Xu You really wanted Zhan Hong to see the feng shui of the ancestral tomb, whether it was buried in the wrong place.

"If it only involves Zhibin Building, this matter is easy to do, Zhibin Building is allowed by Gu Fujun, and there is no reason for Lu County's order to take it back. It's just that what is difficult to do now is that the shade in your door exceeds the quota stipulated by the imperial court, and if you really follow the law, I am afraid that the trouble will be out of control. ”

The original intention of the shakuto system was to avoid the annexation of land by wealthy and powerful households, but there were policies and countermeasures, and after a hundred years of evolution of the manor economy, the shakudo system actually existed in name only. But the imperial court did not explicitly cancel the shade household system, Lu Hui took this as a handle, and Zhan Hong even sued Jinling to no avail.

"Hey, I knew that Lu would be so difficult, I should have given him three million money earlier, how much trouble would have been saved!"

Breaking the county order, destroying the door order Yin, although the rank of the pro-people official is low, he directly faces thousands of people, and the power in his hands is very small, but it is also very big. Zhan Hong was born in the Zhan family, and was once a middle-class scholar clan in Qiantang, although it has declined now, his foundation is still much stronger than that of ordinary poor families, and he is almost powerless in the face of Lu Hui's coercion, not to mention those ordinary people, who are really fish and meat on the sword of the government.

Zhan Hong felt remorseful in his heart, but there is no regret medicine in the world, and it is useless to be depressed. Xu You thought for a while and said, "County Lieutenant Du is willing to mention you, which means that he is not used to the style of Lu County's order." Later, I will go to visit him and find out the wind, if Lu Xianling is just seeking money, maybe he can find the best of both worlds. ”

Zhan Hong left with a thousand thanks, He Wei turned out of the inner hall and said: "Except for one Zhan Wenjun, the rest of the Zhan family are all mediocre people, no wonder they have been targeted by others one after another, and it is also fate. ”

Xu You sighed: "I can't say that I have to deal with Lu Hui...... Autumn equinox, go call the wind tiger, I want to go out! ”

If he wants to settle down in Qiantang, the county magistrate is the first person who can't be offended, he discussed with He Wei, Lu Hui has just arrived, and his foothold is not stable, so if he wants to visit him, he has to find a suitable opportunity. It's just that because of Zhan Hong, this opportunity appeared in advance, but it may not be appropriate.

"Lu Hui's eating appearance is ugly, but it is precisely because it is ugly that it shows that he is determined to win. Qilang stood up for Zhan Hong, isn't he afraid of completely offending Lu Hui? ”

"He is Zhan Wenjun's younger brother, can I see death and not save him?"

Xu You put on a thick coat under the service of Frost, ignored He Wei's smile, and said lightly: "What's more, if Lu Hui's character is really so despicable, sooner or later he will offend him, it is better to try Zhan Hong first!" ”