No matter when, as a superior, there must always be some privileges, and one of these privileges, that is, the subordinate must be absolutely obedient to the superior, absolutely agreeable, even if the superior tells a bad joke, the subordinate must pretend to be funny and laugh for a long time.

As Wang Quanzao's number one subordinate, Ma Changqing was extremely in favor of this suggestion that was originally put forward by himself, and took the lead in applauding, but looking at the people next to him, there were few echoes, and this echoer, with the pavilion as the center, the closer to the center, the less, the closer to the edge, the more echoes.

This scene is a little embarrassing, especially Wang Quanzao, standing in the middle of not knowing whether to sit down or stand, Ma Changqing saw this, and hurriedly came out to relieve the siege and said: "Lord Zhixian This is a temporary idea, it is the best way to remember Master Fan, of course, this is a fuss, it also depends on the mood and artistic conception, I can't be anxious, let's think about it for the time being, and then start." ”

Ma Changqing can be regarded as giving Wang Quanzao a step down, Wang Quanzao sat on his seat, his face was pale, he picked up the tea bowl, smacked slightly, he was calm on the surface, but he was already angry in his heart, even more angry than when he saw Xu Deshan before.

Wang Quanzao's mood is very easy to understand, who is Wang Quanzao, that is the order of Gaoyang County, the respect of a county, what is the concept, the people of Gaoyang County and the whole county must focus on themselves, and there can be no disobedience, but now it's okay, don't say that their proposal is reasonable and reasonable, and it should be appropriate to the situation, even if it is biased and harms the public and private interests, these people must at least agree to it on the surface, and then find a way to disobey it behind their backs.

Wang Quanzao felt very aggrieved, you look at these people, they are all big local families, or huge families, or amazing wealth, they seem to be respectful and obedient to themselves, but when there is really something, they can see that in their eyes, they are just a tool for them, and when they can use it, they stammer a few times, and when they can't use it, they throw it aside, and they don't need to pay attention.

Wang Quanzao's state of mind changed a lot at this moment, and then looked at the people gathered around him, and suddenly became disgusted, and at this time, he looked at the real talented literati in the distance, but he felt a little cordial, although these people can't help themselves do anything at ordinary times, but after all, they are all scholars, knowledgeable, reasonable, and moral, and they will not be as snobbish as these people in front of them.

Wang Quanzao was secretly angry here, where could these people next to him not see that they had refuted the face of the county, and they couldn't help but feel a little panicked when they learned that the county lord was unhappy, but these people also had their own difficulties, and they didn't dare to step forward to provoke Wang Quanzao, so they dragged Ma Changqing, who had retreated, aside.

Wang Quanchen has not been in office for a long time, he is not familiar with it, and he can't let go of it between words, but Ma Changqing has been the master of ten years, and there are these people left and right in the small county, and they can't be familiar anymore, Liu Mengchen, a wealthy family who flattered Wang Quanzao before, pulled Ma Changqing with a smile on his face, and arched his hand and said: "Master of the bookkeeper stays." ”

Ma Changqing didn't expect his idea to make Wang Quanzao so embarrassed, and he was angry that these people didn't give Wang Quanzao face, so he snorted coldly and agreed.

Although the hot face is attached to the cold buttocks, but for a businessman, the most important excellent character is shameless, where does Liu Mengchen care about Ma Changqing's ridicule, and continued to say: "We have been friends for many years, I don't know if the master can ask the magistrate for a favor for us?" ”

Ma Changqing asked rhetorically: "Why plead?" ”

Liu Mengchen said with a smile: "Lord Gui is joking, just now that the county lord proposed, we are all speechless, wouldn't it make the county lord unhappy." ”

Ma Changqing said unhappily: "Since you know that the magistrate is unhappy, why don't you respond, now that the magistrate is embarrassed, how will it end later." ”

Liu Mengchen laughed a few times dryly, and said: "It's really not that we want to embarrass the county magistrate, it's really difficult for us to know the county's idea, yes, we have also read a few sage books, but that's just to be able to read and write, and calculate accounts, but when it comes to what poems are right, we are really powerless, and I agreed at this time, and I can't say a whole sentence when the time comes, wouldn't it make people see a joke." ”

After Liu Mengchen finished speaking, several big families next to him all nodded, Ma Changqing thought about it, what Liu Mengchen said also made sense, if these people agreed now, it would make Wang Quanzao happy, but when they wrote poems later, these people didn't match the words, and it didn't make Wang Quanzao unhappy, not to mention that they came here today, in addition to these big families, there are a few poor Xiucai with good writing outside, there is usually no comparison, these people can look down on each other, and now if the big ones are compared to Xiucai, there will be no place for the faces of these big families.

In Ma Changqing's heart, he was naturally willing to stand on the side of the big family, so his face softened a little, and he asked in a low voice: "In this way, how do you ask me to intercede for you, you see that the county lord is not lightly angry with you." ”

Liu Mengchen smiled, as long as Ma Changqing agreed, this matter would be easy to do, as a businessman, what else could he do to take the money and smash it, in fact, when Liu Mengchen received Wang Quanzao's invitation, he got together to discuss it, guessing Wang Quanzao's intention to convene them to hold this worship event.

Most of these people are generations of wealthy families, decades of inheritance, and the county order is just a change every three years, they have seen too many county orders with different personalities, for these different county orders, it is natural to vote for their favor, some love the name, just make some plaques to praise it, and some love the right, then be respectful to him, highlight the high status of the county order, the simplest is those who love money, just give money.

Specific to Wang Quanzao, although everyone has not yet figured out Wang Quanzao's temper, I don't know what Wang Quanzao likes, but everyone has made two preparations, on the one hand, everyone came early, showing great respect for Wang Quanzao, and then praised Wang Quanzao to the sky between words, what is famous all over the world, Confucian celebrities.

Of course, these are all free of money, and in the end, everyone also prepared some affordable ones, silver, who knows if this county order is taking the opportunity to collect money, according to past experience, more than half of the county orders still feel that silver is more kind.

For this reason, the big households are not less prepared, but Liu Mengchen alone, he took out a hundred taels of silver, although others do not have Liu Mengchen's handwriting, but you are dozens of taels, I am dozens of taels, and finally made up a thousand taels of silver.

At this time, the Song Dynasty implemented the strategy of high Yulu, compared with the previous dynasty, the official's Yulu more than tripled, and more than half of the country's annual tax revenue had to be spent on the official's Yulu, and even so, Wang Quanzao was the head of a county, and the monthly Yulu, money, food, and clothing were all added together, but it was only about 20 yuan, which was 240 yuan a year, according to the consistent money to one or two silver dollars. A thousand taels of silver are worth Wang Quan's four years of money.

Such a quantity may not be a big deal in Kaifeng Bianliang City, but in a small border county like Gaoyang, it can definitely be called a huge amount of money.

According to past experience, if it is a few dozen taels of money to send money to the county order, the money is small, and the county order does not take it to heart, it has no effect, and it seems that he is stingy, and he sends a large sum of money at once, in addition to being able to suppress the county order at once, it is also equivalent to holding the handle of the county order to accept bribes in his own hands.

There are a thousand taels of silver, Liu Mengchen's confidence comes from this, he smiled, and continued to bow his hand to Ma Changqing: "Lord Bookkeeper, I and the people of Gaoyang County, I know that the county order is working hard for us, and we have to convene us to worship Master Fan, I have been hearing the name of Master Fan for a long time, heartbroken, crying bitterly, but I am vulgar, I don't know what items I need to buy to worship Master Fan, so I made up some thin things, please know that the county Lord is tired, buy some sacrifices for us, so as to comfort Master Fan's spirit in the sky." ”

Ma Changqing is too familiar with this kind of routine, but he is too familiar with this kind of routine, and he can see it as long as he is not blind, but if he sends money to the door, if he pushes it like this, he will not be able to come to the stage more, and there will be contacts, this is the true meaning of friendship.

Ma Changqing asked: "You also have a heart, Fan Fuzi is a master of the literary world, where does he care about those mundane things, as long as he has a heart, Fan Fuzi will naturally not be surprised, but this heart is also divided into upper, middle and lower classes, I don't know if you ......"

Seeing this, Liu Mengchen hurriedly stepped forward and took out a gift slip from his arms, on which were written the names of the people who paid the money, and on the first page, there was a big word of 1,000 taels.

Well, one thousand taels, even Ma Changqing, who has been the chief bookkeeper for ten years, couldn't help but be taken aback by this number, and subconsciously looked up to see if Liu Mengchen had made a mistake, Liu Mengchen wanted this effect, just smiled and nodded, and stopped talking.

Ma Changqing looked at Liu Mengchen's feeling of sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, and secretly spoke, saying that Liu Mengchen was so generous, and now that the county order took office not long ago, he took out a thousand taels of silver, which has never been done before, or not, this money is not given to himself, what is he anxious about, he will take the gift list to the county order to see, how to deal with it, it still depends on the meaning of the county order, although this county order has not been around for a long time, but it is a little interesting, although Liu Mengchen's money is more, but the county order likes it, if people don't want it, In the end, I have to clean up this mess by myself.