"Master Leng, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Guo Song smiled and said hello.

Leng Qian hugged his fists and said: "It is rude to come here rashly, and I hope that you will bear with me!" ”

"It's okay, the head of the Leng family, please take a seat!"

Guo Song invited Leng Qian to sit down, Xiao Yuniang served them tea, Guo Song took a sip of tea and asked with a smile: "Leng Fengyun is okay in the army at present?" ”

Leng Fengyun is Leng Qian's grandson, he was the main force of the Leng family during the Lingzhou Martial Arts Conference, he joined the army last year, and like the children of other wealthy families in Lingzhou, he is responsible for training the Fengzhou militia group, and once he becomes a regular, he will be designated as a brigade commander.

"My grandson is very good in the army, he has only been in the army for a year, and he has already changed a lot of habits, become positive, very enterprising, which is deeply gratifying, we all say that it is his luck and blessing to follow Guo Yuanjun."

Guo Song smiled and waved his hand, "It still depends on the individual, Ling Sun is a talent of Puyu, no matter who he follows, he will show the light of Baoyu, this is also the Leng family's strict education, so there will be such good children, not every family in Fengzhou is as strict as the Leng family." ”

Although Guo Song was flattering, he meant something else, Leng Qian also understood in his heart, he sighed slightly and said: "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and the Zhang family did this kind of thing, in fact, it was not the original intention of the head of the family, everyone is a person who wants to be faced, and no one wants to be scolded by the backbone." ”

Guo Song said lightly: "In fact, Fengzhou has a vast land, fifteen hectares of land is really nothing, if the Zhang family wants to buy it, will the government not sell it?" It's just a matter of thousands of dollars, and the reputation of these more than a thousand dollars has been ruined, I think the Zhang family is too unwise, or some things are used to it, and they are uncomfortable if they don't take advantage of it. ”

Leng Qing smiled bitterly and said: "The old master of the Zhang family is old, and his sons and nephews are fighting very hard in secret for the position of the head of the family, and the tenants who were arrested this time are all tenants of the boss Zhang Wenjin's manor, but Zhang Wenjin resolutely denied that he cheated and defrauded the government land, and did not send people to forcibly occupy the good land, and several other sons and nephews also denied it, and now I don't know who ran to threaten the He family, and the Zhang family is in a mess." ”

Guo Song sneered and said, "The head of the Leng family is treating me like a fool!" If you don't know who did it, will the head of the Leng family come forward to intercede for the Zhang family? Or is the Zhang family going to throw a random child out as a scapegoat? ”

Leng Qian secretly exclaimed, Guo Song saw through the Zhang family's intentions at a glance, and the Zhang family really wanted to throw out an unimportant nephew Zhang Wenlong.

It seems that the other party already knows very well that Zhang Wenlong did it, in this case, why should he bear this black pot that offends people.

Thinking of this, Leng Qian said: "I don't dare to bully you, I know very well that only Zhang Wenlong has the ability to add a name to the refugee book, although Zhang Wenlong is my brother's son-in-law, but I am not acting as a middleman for the Zhang family for this reason, I don't hide it from you, although the Zhang family is only ranked third among the four wealthy families in Fengzhou, that is just the ranking of the number of land owned by each family, in fact, the background of the Zhang family is very large, and the other three families dare not offend it, Zhang Wutuo and I am the middleman, I dare not come." ”

"What is the background of the Zhang family?" Guo Song asked lightly.

"The head of the Zhang family has a little aunt who married into the Chang'an Chang family, she gave birth to a son, that is, the right minister Chang Gon, that is to say, the head of the Zhang family and Xiang Guo Chang Gon are cousins, when Chang Gon did not do Xiang Guo, the Zhang family was still relatively restrained, and now Chang Gon has been promoted to the right minister, the Zhang family is no longer so low-key, and from time to time he shows some arrogance, in fact, I am also kind, persuade Guo Yuanjun not to grudge with the Zhang family, everyone takes a step back, the Zhang family gives up the land, Guo Zhijun releases people, this matter is as big as possible, and the small thing is small, so that Jun thinks?"

Guo Song sneered: "Does the head of the Leng family think that moving Chang Xiangguo out can threaten me?" ”

"Hey! I'm sorry, and I don't want you to offend people for this little thing. ”

Guo Songyi waved his hand and said: "Since the Zhang family is not afraid of offending me, what am I afraid of, so be it!" I can take a step back and release people, but the Zhang family must do two things, one is to return the land occupied, and the other is that Zhang Wenlong is gone, whether he resigns, or find a way to transfer away, I don't want to have such subordinates anymore, I give him two months, and if there is no movement after two months, I will directly impeach the officials. ”

Leng Qian's face changed slightly, and he said for a while: "The envoy just refuses to let go of Zhang Wenlong?" ”

Guo Song said with a tough attitude: "I have given him a chance before, but he is unrepentant and blindly violates my bottom line, I have done my best if I don't arrest him directly, and I want to spare him again, dream!" Starting tomorrow, I will stop his post as county lieutenant. ”

Although the assassin does not have the right to directly remove the county lieutenant, the assassin can suspend the county lieutenant and then report to the imperial court for recall.

Leng Qian can be regarded as knowing Guo Song, he is good at talking and talking, but he can't rub sand in his eyes, and he will never give in principle, Leng Qian saw Guo Song's tough attitude and knew that it was irretrievable, so he had to sigh secretly and leave.

........

Leng Qian came out of Guo Song's mansion, he got into the carriage and pondered for a while, and then ordered: "Go to Zhang's mansion!" ”

The carriage turned around and headed for Zhangfu in the north of the city.

Leng Qian came to Zhang's mansion, Zhang's family advocated Wu to personally welcome out, Zhang Wu was about sixty years old, and his health was not very good in recent years, and he has been living in a simple place.

"How's it going?" Zhang Wu asked with concern.

Leng Qian smiled bitterly, "Go to the study and talk about it!" ”

Zhang Wu's heart was cold, and from his cold and humble expression, he was a little aware that something was wrong.

The two sat down in the outer study, and Leng Qian muttered: "I have said everything that should be said, Guo Song promised to release the people, and also promised not to entangle this matter again, but he made two conditions, one is that the Zhang family give up the land. ”

"Yes, I totally agree!"

"Brother Zhang, you listen to me, the key is the second condition, Guo Song said that Zhang Wenlong will be suspended from tomorrow, he will give the Zhang family two months, either Zhang Wenlong will resign himself, or the Zhang family will find a way to transfer him out of Fengzhou, if after two months, the Zhang family has no movement, he will directly ask the officials to remove Zhang Wenlong."

Zhang Wu was furious, "It's too much, how can he make such an excessive request?" ”

"He said that Zhang Wenlong had violated his bottom line, and he would not tolerate such subordinates anymore."

Zhang Wu was so angry that he slapped the table, stood up and paced back and forth in the house, his heart was indignant, and he asked coldly for a while: "Does he know the relationship between Chang Xiangguo and the Zhang family?" ”

"I told him, but he didn't buy it."

Zhang Wu sneered repeatedly, "If you don't buy it, he doesn't even buy Chang Xiangguo's account, whose account can he buy?" ”

Leng Qian was really a little disgusted in his heart, this Zhang Wu hung Chang Xiangguo in his mouth at every turn, as if he was Xiangguo in the Zhang family.

"Master Zhang, as far as I know, this Guo Song is a ruthless person, murderous like hemp, and deeply respected by the Son of Heaven, I suggest that in this matter, the Zhang family had better not have a hard top with him, he has great military and political power, it is easy to clean up a few of us, and the Zhang family had better compromise."

"You mean to say that let my son resign as a county lieutenant?"

"It doesn't have to be a resignation, you can ask Chang Xiangguo to help you transfer! Even if it is difficult to get promoted, I don't think it should be a big problem to be flat. ”

Of course, Zhang Wu knew that it was not difficult to level the tune, but as an official in another country, how could he be comfortable in the local area, and he couldn't take care of his own family.

He pondered for a while and asked, "If I take out 5,000 yuan, can I make Guo Song give in?" ”

Leng Qian smiled bitterly and said: "He took out more than 100,000 yuan to support the family of the fallen soldiers, do you think he will care about the 5,000 yuan?" ”

"So, there's no other way?"

Leng Qian nodded, "It can be said that his attitude is very tough, if Brother Zhang doesn't believe me, you can find someone else to give it a try." ”

Zhang Wu's face was longer than that of a donkey, and he said viciously: "Okay! This time, I Zhang family admit it. ”

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Early the next morning, Guo Song announced that Zhang Wenlong would be suspended indefinitely, and at the same time the four scribes who had changed the refugee registration book without authorization would be dismissed, and they would never be hired, and that they would be stopped from being recommended by the township tribute for ten years, that is, even if these four scribes were admitted to the state examination, Fengzhou would not recommend them to enter Beijing to participate in the provincial examination.

This is a provision in the imperial examination, after passing the state examination, the local officials will conduct a moral examination, and after passing the examination, they will be listed as a township tribute, and they will be recommended to enter Beijing to participate in the provincial examination.

If they are not recommended for ten years, it means that their morality is dirty, and they will not have the opportunity to enter Beijing to take the exam in the future, and the future of the four scribes will be ruined.

At noon that day, Zhang Wenlong, who had lost face, left Fengzhou and went to Chang'an to join his second uncle Zhang Jing, trying to find a way to get Chang Gon to transfer him elsewhere.