Yin Lu Qisen, the governor of Pengzhou, is already sixty years old, and at the age of thirty-six, he was promoted to the county magistrate in Gaoyou, and later promoted to the governor through various relationships, but after coming to Hanzhong, he felt that his transfer was really a loss.

There is not much oil and water here, and a Pengzhou capital can't catch up with Huainan and a county to make a lot of money, and there are endless troubles, the most unbearable thing for him is that the Hanzhong area is under the military management, and under the deterrence of Lin Chongyang, the general of Hanzhong, he is so worried that he is about to vomit blood.

"What is this? Debt collection letter? Lu Qisen said to the master with annoyance: "This Lin Chongyang wants money for a while, food for a while, and he wants to ask for it again after the fifteenth day of the first day of the new year. ”

Lu Qisen was so worried that his eyebrows were not raised, he dropped the "debt collection book" in his hand, turned his head sideways, and gasped.

The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked master smiled and said: "Master Lu, don't worry, we can't hand it over, and neither can others, everyone has a virtue, he won't have to take us under the knife, right?" Over the years, we haven't left behind the open and dark accounts, and we are already very worthy of him. ”

Lu Qisen turned his head and said dejectedly: "That's it, our Pengzhou is already small, after he Lin Chongyang came, our taxes were handed over to him, and the imperial court owed us a lot of money, and even the officials in the palace couldn't eat." Even so, we didn't send him a secret account every year, and his concubines gave birth to seven or eight children, when did we not congratulate him? ”

The master sneered: "I'm afraid that something will go wrong here, and we still have money to send him secret account money, so he Lin Chongyang thought that we still had oil and water to fish." But then again, before the first Hanzhong War started, we could indeed get a little money, but as soon as the war started, the merchants left, the local landlords also left, and finally even the poor left, so we really couldn't get any oil and water. ”

Lu Qisen thought for a while: "You say, will Lin Chongyang want to use us this time, kill the chickens and make an example, and when we fall, the other governors will see that Lin Chongyang is serious, and then take out all the money at the bottom of the box and hand it over, if that is the case, we will be in a catastrophe this time." ”

The master didn't speak.

Lu Qisen sighed and said, "If that's the case, Lin Chongyang wants to squeeze all the governors in the Hanzhong region dry." ”

Seeing that Lu Qisen was distressed, the master thought for a while and said, "Why don't we go to the wrong door?" ”

"What's the wrong door?"

Master's voice was low: "Although the Hanzhong region is under military control, but he Lin Chongyang still has no right to directly deprive you of the position of Fu Yin, he can only report to the imperial court to request the deposition, exchange letters, and then need the approval of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and as the first level of the Fu Yin, your deposition still needs the approval of Emperor Zhu, so a toss, at least half a year will be small." During this time, I can go to the capital and find a few old people who are big officials in the capital, and I can give him Lin Chongyang's petition to be abolished. ”

"Do you know anyone in the capital?"

"I don't know." The master smiled slyly.

"I don't know what you're pretending to be with me...... Lu Qisen wanted to scold the master, but found that he was laughing evilly, so he asked: "Tell me, what are you going to do?" ”

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At the end of October of the eighth year of Zhide, Tang Yuan was roasting the fire in the house, Youlan was holding the cat in her arms, and she also said to Tang Yuan, why don't you also raise a cat, it is warm to hold it like this.

Tang Yuan was not very interested in cats, and there were a few whims to tease the cat, most of the time the cat hid far away, and finally tricked him into touching it twice, and was scratched by the cat, and since then he has never touched the ruthless guy.

Just when Tang Yuan and Youlan were roasting the fire, the soldiers came to report that Yin of Pengzhou Mansion had brought his master to ask to see the general.

Usually there is no intersection between them, it can be said that the well water does not interfere with the river water, what does it mean that Lu Qisen brought his master to visit this time?

Guess casually, you must know that there is no good thing, but Tang Yuan didn't want to turn them away, so he agreed to meet them.

"I'll avoid it." Miss You said.

"No, you don't." Tang Yuan waved his hand.

"Will I stay ......" Miss You stopped talking, looking a little shy.

Tang Yuan smiled and said: "Stay, there are women in the house to look like a home, and I guarantee that these people who can do things will come back in a few days, and they will definitely have things in their hands at that time." If I was alone, they would simply come empty-handed. ”

Yulan smiled wryly.

After Lu Qisen came in, he sat down after a period of politeness, and saw that Youlan was also in the house, at first he was a little obstructive, Tang Yuan said that there was no need to shy away, so he said: "I heard that Lin Dashuai's concubine is pregnant again, I don't know what gifts General Tang wants to give?" ”

This sentence should not be the purpose of Lu Qisen's coming, as a magistrate, this kind of thing is not a problem for them at all, on the contrary, it should be Tang Yuan, who is not good at gift-giving, to ask him.

And these people are really well-informed, they all know about Lin Chongyang's concubine's pregnancy, but Tang Yuan doesn't know.

Lin Chongyang is in his fifties, he is really old and strong.

I can't answer their questions well, otherwise I don't know how big a detour to take, so Tang Yuan said with an indifferent expression:

"I'm not going to send it."

"Oh......" Lu Qisen was stunned for a moment, then glanced at his master, nodded to each other, and said: "No wonder others say that General Tang has a deep foundation in the DPRK, and even Lin Chongyang, the general stationed in the border, doesn't have to stammer, which really impresses me." ”

This old boy is sixty years old, and he has been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, doesn't he know that Tang Yuan is the emperor's person?

Pretending to be confused.

Tang Yuan smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't understand human feelings, it's that I really don't have any money in my hands." If I have the money, I'll also consider giving a decent gift. ”

"Oh, yes, yes, now the army spends a lot of money, and General Tang is known for being incorruptible, we have all heard of it." Lu Qisen said with a smile.

Tang Yuan stopped talking, his eyes lowered, and his expression became more and more cold, as if to say: If you have something to say, don't beat around the corner, otherwise you will get out of here.

Seeing that Tang Yuan was not on the road, Lu Qisen sighed and said: "We have one thing to ask General Tang for help, if General Tang is willing, the old man has some gold and silver at home, and he will send General Tang's troops as military salary, I don't know what General Tang wants?" ”

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Tang Yuan suddenly came to the spirit.

Tang Yuan's expression changed too much, making Lu Qisen feel that what he heard was wrong, it was obvious that the young general in front of him was still very interested in money, and at this time he still had a worry, how big was Tang Yuan's appetite?

He smiled a little embarrassedly, "General, you also know that our Pengzhou is poor......