Chapter Seventy-Five: A Commercially Rich Country
After the Sun family handed over all their collections for many years, Gude did not deliberately endanger them, but left a part of the soldiers of the Ruishi Battalion to guard the Sunjia Fort Dock. He himself led other horses to escort a large number of supplies, and of course, some children of the Sun family who Zeng Yu named and asked to escort over, and the mighty team left Sunjiabaowu and returned to the county seat.
Not long after Gude came back, Wang Qing, like him, escorted a group of people and materials back to Zeng Yu.
Zeng Yu asked them to count the seized materials and hand them over to him, and as for the children of the two families who were arrested, like Sun Dian, they were temporarily detained in a cell in the county office, waiting for their next public trial.
These statistical matters were naturally handed over to Liu Neng and them, and Wang Qing and Gude handed over all kinds of rosters and account books of the two families to them, and as for the seized materials, they were also sent to the county government's treasury.
Zeng Yu saw that everyone was busy for a day, but he himself had relatively few things now, and he also had a lot of capable people, so he just had to explain the matter. When the sun set, Zeng Yu asked everyone to rest first, and he also arranged for someone to go to Lingyunzhuang to call He Yan over, and he won today, of course, he had to celebrate.
The dinner party was naturally very rich, and the venue was in the backyard of the county office. This is also thanks to Cui Yu's management, the entire county government occupies a huge area, the front is the place where the office is naturally very spacious, and the backyard is used as a place to rest, built like a park, and the area is no less than the front.
Except for Guo Jia, everyone else who participated in the celebration this time was from Qianlong Village, and Guo Jia was not a shy person, and he had already mingled with everyone. Although because of Zeng Yu's status as the lord, everyone paid relative attention to their attitude, the whole celebration banquet was very harmonious, especially Guo Jia and others stirred up the topic in the middle, which made everyone open their hearts.
The celebration banquet lasted for nearly two hours, and everyone was still unsatisfied, but they still had a lot of things to deal with next, so everyone restrained the urge to continue, and at Zeng Yu's suggestion, they left one by one and returned to the temporary guest room in the temporary county office.
Because everyone lived in Lingyunzhuang before, and there was no place to live in the county office, Zeng Yu felt that it was time-consuming and time-consuming for everyone to go back and forth between Lingyunzhuang and the county government, so let them live in the county government first, anyway, in the county government built by Cui Yu, there are not many guest rooms, and it is still okay to squeeze it. After writing it down and officially accepting the assets of the Wang family and the Sun family in the county seat, with the background of the two of them, it is natural that enough mansions will be allocated to everyone.
As soon as the morning dawned, Zeng Yu was woken up by the sound of the training of the soldiers of the Rui Shi Battalion, he had gotten up very early, but the soldiers of the Rui Shi Battalion were even earlier, they all got up at the hour at Wang Qing's request, that is, they started training at seven o'clock in the morning, and then had breakfast after an hour of morning training, which has formed a training order. Wu Ming's shooter battalion is relatively less demanding, and there is no morning exercise, and it starts after breakfast.
Seeing Zeng Yu get up, the soldiers prepared water and towels, and after washing. Zeng Yu asked Zhu Wen about the situation of the others, and Zhu Wen told him that everyone had gotten up and was currently dealing with various things in the county government, such as statistics on the population and land of Anping County, as well as checking various evidence of the Wang family and the Sun family, which were all urgent matters at present and needed to be dealt with as soon as possible, so as to facilitate Zeng Yu's governance in the future.
Zeng Yu nodded, at this time, the soldiers brought breakfast, Zeng Yu asked Zhu Wen: "Chengyong, have you had breakfast, if not, let's go to Yin Zhuo together after eating, I hope to subdue this person." ”
"Lord, I've already eaten." Zhu Wen replied.
"Then you wait for me for a while, and we'll leave later."
Not far from the county office, out of the county government gate, go straight to the head, after turning the corner there is a rather elegant looking house. Zeng Yu and Zhu Wen came to the door of the house with several personal soldiers.
Zhu Wen went up and knocked on the door, and soon there was a family member coming over, and after opening the door, he saw that it was the officer who came to deliver the message yesterday, and then saw Zeng Yu standing behind Zhu Wen in regular clothes, and the family guessed that this was the newly arrived county order, and hurriedly opened the door, first saluted everyone, and then welcomed everyone in.
Zeng Yu asked Jiading as he walked, "Is Mr. Yin Zhuo still at home now?" ”
"Lord Qiyu, the master is at home, and after breakfast, he is now reading a book in the study. The host said that if an adult is visiting, let me take you directly there," the family replied respectfully.
"Well, you lead the way." Zeng Yu nodded, it seems that Yin Zhuo is not disgusted with his solicitation of him, as long as he can have enough chips, he must have gained something from this trip.
After passing through the corridor, Jia Ding led everyone to a two-story attic in the courtyard, and Jia Ding introduced to Zeng Yu that this was the study, Yin Zhuo usually likes to read and think in the attic at home.
Zeng Yu asked Zhu Wen and his soldiers to wait, he followed the family into the attic alone, and after going upstairs, he saw a young scribe with one eyebrow and fine eyes, who looked white and clear, was sitting on a chair in the attic, holding a bamboo slip that looked relatively old and studying carefully.
The scribe felt that the light in front of him was dark, and when he raised his head, he saw that his family had brought a stranger. He and Zeng Yu looked at each other, and while Zeng Yu looked at him, he was also observing Zeng Yu.
He seemed to be eight feet long, with a face like a crown of jade, his eyebrows flying like two sharp swords, and there was a sharp aura in his eyes, and he had already guessed who the person was at this time. Yin Zhuo stood up and bowed to Zeng Yu: "Xiaosheng Yin Zhuo greets the county commander!" ”
"Mr. Yin Zhuo is excused!" Zeng Yu said cordially.
Yin Zhuo instructed the family to prepare tea, and after Zeng Yu sat down, he asked him: "The adult has just entered the county seat of Anping, there must be a lot of things to deal with, I don't know if the adult has put down the matter of the county government at this time, how can you come to me for advice?" ”
"The purpose of my visit, I guess the gentleman should have guessed."
"I understand what the adults mean, but I don't know what the adults can give me, and if I can't provide what Zhuo wants, then Zhuo can only say sorry." Of course, Yin Zhuo knew Zeng Yu's purpose, someone had come to visit him before, and it seemed that he wanted him to serve Zeng Yu, but he had never heard of Zeng Yu at all, and of course he didn't agree.
Later, when Cui Yu had a conversation with Sun Dian and others, he learned that Cui Yu was the newly appointed county magistrate of the county. At that time, he also had a little curiosity, thinking that this person had not officially taken office, and began to dig into Cui Yu's corner, although Cui Yu was not the lord who he completely surrendered to, but he still knew a lot about the power of Cui Yu and others in Anping County, so he wanted to see what Zeng Yu, the newly appointed county commander, would do after coming to this county.
As a result, Zeng Yu acted resolutely, directly and violently subdued many scholars in Anping County, and entered Anping County strongly, and he felt Zeng Yu's strength. He was worried that if he joined Zeng Yu, he would still be able to implement his ideas in Anping County. But at the same time, he also knew that the Han family would fall, and there would definitely be a situation of division in the future, and it was his only choice to follow a strong prince. So he didn't leave, but stayed in Anping County, wanting to see with his own eyes what kind of person Zeng Yu was and whether he could give himself what he wanted.
"I know a certain amount about Mr. and I know that Mr. is a talented person through his actions in this county. It's a pity that Cui Yu looks at people by his background, if Mr. can go out of this county, I am willing to treat him as the main book. Zeng Yu threw out the position he had prepared for Yin Zhuo.
"Haha, my lord loves me, but the position of the chief secretary is only the adjutant of the county order after all, and the final decision on all governance is still with the county commander." Yin Zhuo laughed, but didn't answer, what he said was not much different from an outright refusal.
"Sir should be a descendant of Guan Zhong, the prime minister of Qi State, and I have had the pleasure of reading the book "Guanzi" and benefited a lot from it. In particular, although it is not in line with today's mainstream thinking, I know its own significance. If I have the opportunity, I will make relevant decrees to make commerce a pillar of the imperial court. The essence of business is to discover needs, make up for the shortcomings of others with the surplus of one person, and then get a return from it, with the aim of making life better. The Han Dynasty has always attached importance to agriculture and commerce, and when people's livelihood was difficult, he could let more people engage in farming, but at the same time he hindered the exchange and circulation of goods, which was not conducive to the progress and development of society. As long as there are appropriate commercial laws that regulate business practices, I believe that business is absolutely no less useful to the state than agriculture. ”
After listening to Yin Zhuo's reply, Zeng Yu was not angry, he knew that talented people must be arrogant, so he didn't continue to promise Yin Zhuo anything, but just said his views on business. He saw from some of Yin Zhuo's proposals in Anping County, Yin Zhuo this person is the implementer of the light and heavy chapter of "Guanzi", Guan Zhong served as the Minister of Qi during the period, he encouraged the development of commerce, so as to assist the princes of Qi Huan and Jiuhe, and became an overlord of the Central Plains in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Linzi, the capital of Qi at that time, was the premier city in the Central Plains.
Sure enough, after Yin Zhuo heard Zeng Yu say this, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and his mood rose and fell. Because of the background of the times at this time, although the business behavior is involved in major families, and some powerful families even make a living from it, everyone is very despised for business personnel. Yin Zhuo has studied the book "Pipe" handed down by his ancestors since he was a child, and he recognizes the ideas in it, and wants to turn the ideas into government decrees and implement them. That's why he was recruited by Cui Yu as a staff member, and Cui Yu did not refuse some of his proposals because of the accumulation of money, but he could see that Cui Yu did not value himself, a person who admired business and wealth.
But today, he met one, and this person still thinks highly of himself. As soon as Zeng Yu's words fell, Yin Zhuo stood up directly and said, "Xiaguan Yin Zhuo see your lord!" ”
He didn't directly call Zeng Yu the lord, but also wanted to continue to see if Zeng Yu was consistent in his heart and whether what he did was as he said. Zeng Yu also knew what he meant, but he didn't worry, because Yin Zhuo's concept, he himself agreed, and he would definitely be able to make Yin Zhuo change his words in the future.