Chapter 115: Abominable Officials
Several subordinates took tools and began to clean the room under Jia Yi's angry eyes, these people didn't seem to be aware of Jia Yi's anger at all, and after cleaning it up, they exited the room, if it weren't for the fact that the ground had become much cleaner, Jia Yi couldn't even believe that someone had just come.
The subordinate who came in suddenly made Lin Ruyu, who had just loosened a little, stick to his principles again, Jia Yi knew that this kind of stimulating idea was planned to be implemented today, so he had to gently hug Lin Ruyu, and soon fell asleep.
This sleep until the sun set in the west, when the family woke up, the light sound from outside penetrated Jia Yi's ears, tomorrow will start the New Year's greetings, Jia Yi is also time to prepare things, and began to send them door to door.
After dinner, due to the bad behavior of the people this morning, Jia Yi did not hesitate to refuse their request to continue telling the story, took a little rest, returned to the room in a hurry, and started a new round of battle with Lin Ruyu......
On the morning of the second day of junior high school, Jia was blasted up from bed by Lin Ruyu early in the morning, and today is going to pay New Year's greetings, what is the matter with getting up early and lying in bed.
The night shift reluctantly got up from the bed, washed up under Lin Ruyu's service, stared at Lin Ruyu energetically for a while, only made Lin Ruyu's little face red, and then he was satisfied and touched Lin Ruyu's chest, and without waiting for Lin Ruyu to get mad, he laughed and walked out of the door quickly.
Jia Er had already prepared several carts of things under the orders of Old Man Lin, and today he was going to enter Chang'an City with Jia Yi to greet those bigwigs, so he stood by the carriage early, just waiting for Jia Yi's arrival.
ate something indiscriminately, got into the carriage with Jia Er, and drove the carriage out of the house, but before they could get on the road, several officials in official uniforms blocked their way.
"Are you Jia Yi?" One of the slightly blessed officials looked at Jia Yi arrogantly and asked proudly.
"It's down there, I don't know ......"
Jia Yi's face was full of doubts, and he didn't know why there would be officials looking for him during the New Year.
"Today, the official came to inform you that your lease on the river beach has expired, you should drive away all the chickens and ducks on the river beach as soon as possible, and the other houses will be demolished quickly, all of them are good and good land, how did you build a house, I really don't know what to do."
As soon as he heard it, Jia Yi understood what they meant, it was nothing more than wanting to come over and ask for benefits, and then continue to rent those river beaches, he had money, but he just didn't want to give it to these bastards, he wanted money, and went to Qin Huaiyu to go, and the matter of renting land was no longer in Jia Yi's hands.
"This lord please, that river beach is no longer under the jurisdiction of the kid, so you can't tell me about this matter, but I'm just going to find the person in charge of these things now, why don't you go with me?"
If such a big industry is not done, the officials will naturally not believe it, but they are also very curious about who is under the jurisdiction of this profitable business now, if it is still a big household, they are not ready to waste time on Jia Yi, it is better to seize the time to find the main benefits.
"One goes and one goes, but I don't know who is now managing those houses and chickens and ducks?"
"Hehe, if I say it, maybe you really know this person, his surname is Qin, and his name is Huaiyu."
Qin Huaiyu? The officials thought for a long time and didn't think who this person was, if Jia Yi said Qin Qiong, they would definitely understand that he was talking about Yiguo Gong at the first time, but Qin Huaiyu, they are not the gentlemen of Chang'an City, and they have not been tricked by these gentlemen, so they don't know much about these gentlemen.
"I wonder where this man lives?"
"Chang'an City."
Chang'an City, a wealthy family surnamed Qin? There shouldn't be any backstage. The same doubts arose in the hearts of every official for the first time, so they had to ask Jia Yi again: "I don't know where he lives in Chang'an City?" ”
"Yongxingfang."
As soon as Jia Yi's words came out, all the officials widened their eyes, the surname Qin who lived in Yongxingfang, they weren't sure who else was besides the Yiguo Mansion, but they heard that Jia Yi also had a little relationship with several bigwigs in Chang'an City, who was this surnamed Qin, and they still had to ask clearly.
"What is the location of Yongxingfang?"
"The Winged Prince's Mansion."
At this time, all the officials knew that Jia Yi was teasing them, and the one surnamed Qin in the Yiguo Mansion could only be the family of the Yiguo Gong, even if it was a little young master in the side lineage, it was definitely not an existence that they could provoke, and at the same time, they also clearly knew why Jia Yi was so fearless, and there was really a big man who dared to support him again.
It's just that these officials find it hard to believe that Jia Yi, a new wealthy businessman, could deal with the people of the Qin Mansion, and after a little thought, they are sure that the person Jia Yi knows must not be the master of the Qin Mansion, as long as it is not Qin Qiong's lineage, the sons and nephews of the side line also have to do things according to the rules, and besides, such a small matter will definitely not alarm Qin Qiong's old man, so they still said to Jia Yi arrogantly: "No matter who it is, let them go to the household department to discuss the resettlement of those houses and poultry." ”
After the officials finished speaking, they didn't say goodbye to Jia Yi, turned around and left directly, they also had a lot of people who needed to visit them for the New Year.
Jia Yi looked at the backs of these officials leaving, smiled, and thought to himself what kind of scene it would be if Qin Huaiyu personally came to them to ask for a land lease contract.
A few clowns who jumped off the beam could not affect the nature of Jia Yi's visit to the Chang'an boss, and the set carriage went on the road again, this time there was no obstacle on the road, and it appeared in Chang'an City in a leisurely manner.
Jia Yi's first visit was not Qin Qiong, but Fang Xuanling, in terms of intimacy alone, the relationship between Jia Yi and Qin Qiong is better than Fang Xuanling, so even if Jia Yi goes late, Qin Qiong will not find fault with him, but Fang Xuanling, an old pedant who pays attention to rules everywhere, if Jia Yi goes late, he may not get a good face.
A cart of things, all of which are very common objects, after Jia Yi went straight to see Fang Xuanling, he began to walk out accompanied by Fang Yiai.
"It's been a few days, what's the matter, today you are Dong, let's have a drink?"
Jia Yi looked at Fang Yiai with contempt on his face, and felt that this little kid couldn't say anything after the New Year, he came to visit Fang Xuanling, and it was a matter of course to have a light meal, how could he still be his own boss.
"Don't you feel blushing?"
"I'm blushing, your Sifang restaurant has opened several restaurants in Chang'an City, even if you go to eat and drink, you can only go to your Sifang restaurant, as a big boss, go to your own restaurant to eat, where is there any reason to pay money." Fang Yiai had an expression that you really slammed the door, and squinted at Jia Yi.
"I naturally don't have to pay for dinner at my restaurant, but if you invite me, the money still has to be given."
"Kid nonsense, I have never given money to eat in your restaurant."
Fang Yiai's inadvertent revelation made Jia Yi finally know why there are always deficit accounts in the Sifang Restaurant in Chang'an City, and these friends eat and drink for nothing.
"Next time, if you come to my Sifang restaurant to eat and don't give money, I'll go to the room to tell you to eat the overlord meal."
"I ......"
After a while, the speechless Fang Yiai was finally defeated, and the most feared thing about Fang Yiai, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, was his father's family law, seeing that Jia Yidu had moved his father out, he really couldn't talk about eating for nothing, so he could only hurriedly change the topic.
"I think there are still a few people you need to meet today, my brother won't leave you to eat today, you are busy with your business first, and when you are done, we will not be too late to rest when we are drunk."
Regarding Fang Yiai's crackling abacus, Jia Yi only smiled slightly, as if he had thought of something at random, hooked his finger at Fang Yiai, signaled him to come closer, and had something to say to him.
"What?"
"That's it......"
Jia Yi simply told Fang Yiai what happened this morning, and Fang Yiai's eyes, which were bored, suddenly bloomed with an excited smile, there is really nothing more comfortable than finding trouble for the New Year, especially this kind of trouble without paying any responsibility.
"Let's go, I'll go to the Qin Mansion with you, and it just so happens that I'm also going to visit Old Master Qin."
The two people who were embarrassed looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time understood the other meaning contained in each other's eyes, laughed tacitly, and walked quickly in the direction of Qin Mansion together.
Jia Er followed behind Jia Yi, looking at the two people walking in front of him, I don't know what bad ideas they were thinking, he shook his head helplessly, and at the same time began to look forward to the wonderful things that were about to happen today.
Qin Huaiyu had been waiting for Jia Yi at the door of his house for a long time, watching Jia Yi and Fang Yiai appear in sight from afar, and then ran to the side of the two people with a smile on his face, and one of them lightly punched, pretending to be angry and said: "Why did you come, don't you look down on my Qin family?" ”
"Just kidding, I just look down on Fang Yiai, and I can't look down on you."
Fang Yiai is not happy, why should he look down on himself: "How do you speak, why do you look down on me." ”
"Because you call Fang Yiai, haha......"
The four brothers entered the Qin Mansion from the back door with two truckloads of goods, and after meeting Qin Qiong, Jia Yi pulled Qin Huaiyu and told him what happened in the morning.
You don't have to think about it, Jia Yi also knows that as long as Qin Huaiyu shows his identity in front of those officials, they will definitely give the contract with both hands, but wouldn't it be too boring in this way, so Jia Yi thought of a bad move, that is, not to tell those officials Qin Huaiyu's identity, what they want, and when they receive the benefits, Qin Huaiyu is revealing his identity, and see what kind of face they will have at that time.
Such an interesting thing, how could it be missing Fang Yiai, as he likes to have fun the most, he chose to join as soon as he heard the plan, and he will not reveal his identity in the same way, but as a cheerer, he denounces the shamelessness of the officials on the side.
The plan has been decided, and the four of them are ready to start implementing it.
Jia Er's first contact with someone of this level was somewhat excited, and when he came to meet Guogong this time, both Guogong praised him, which made him like to deal with Guogong's son in his heart, but he was still young and he didn't know how much Jia Yi paid in order to pull these two layers of relationship.
I don't know when the system of New Year's holiday has begun to be quietly implemented, and the Tang Dynasty is no exception, the Chinese New Year's Eve rests, until the end of the Shangyuan Festival, that is, after the Lantern Festival, will start working again, compared to the system of only three days of rest for the New Year in later generations, the officials of the Tang Dynasty simply enjoyed great blessings.
A few officials who found Jia Yi early this morning were actually in the midst of a retreat, but the fat year was not over, and they wanted to have a comfortable Shangyuan Festival, so they found Jia Yi, a fat businessman, early in the morning, but what I didn't expect was that Jia Yi had already given the river beach land to others, and let these officials pounce.
The officials of the depressed two sessions, after giving Shangguan New Year's gifts, got together and drank stuffy wine, ironically, they drank Jia Yi's brewery that they sealed with a lame excuse.
"With our little money, that is, we can drink it during the Chinese New Year, it would be great if they could supply it to us for a long time." An official held a wine glass and gently tasted a sip of three-star wine, not in a hurry to swallow, but let the wine slowly spread in his mouth, the mellow aroma of wine instantly filled his mouth, the unique fragrance made him close his eyes comfortably, and swallowed it carefully for a long time.
When they opened their eyes again, the look of enjoyment on their faces was replaced by bitterness again, and the three stars drank a sip of less than a sip of wine, and the four big men guarded a small jar of wine and tasted it carefully, which made them feel a little aggrieved, but they were also dignified and upright officials of the household department, but they couldn't catch up with a small businessman, at least people could drink Samsung wine all day long and eat food from all over the world.
"Damn, they all say that businessmen are most unkind to the rich, and a bunch of bad words even say that they are not as good as pigs and dogs, but people eat Quartet cuisine, drink three-star wine, and then look at us, eat dog shit, drink pig urine, compared to them, we are simply not as good as animals." One of the officials complained loudly.
In the early years of Zhenguan, internal and external troubles were frequent, the treasury was already empty and could starve to death of rats, coupled with the fact that agriculture had just recovered, which made the taxes he collected all year round also very small, and he was able to ensure that those officials under his command were not starved to death, and how could he let them live a good life of delicacies and delicacies.
It is precisely because of this huge gap between the rich and the poor between officials and businessmen that this led to the occurrence of official corruption incidents, and this tradition has been passed down to future generations.
Once the power is in hand, they will carry out the order, and finally get the right, and if they don't apply the power to the extreme, how can they be willing to give up, this is the most real idea of a large number of officials.
In fact, in Jia Yi's opinion, as long as each official is given enough money, they can live a good life that is not much worse than the life of a businessman, and then what they will pursue can only be the beautiful feeling that the right controls everything, and if you add a tight spell to them that they will be dismissed if they are corrupt, then you just want them to be corrupt, and they will not be corrupt.
It's a pity that Jia Yi's idea can only be an idea, if all the annual taxes are used to enrich the material life of officials, then the infrastructure construction is still needed, and the country's development is still progressing, unless Jia Yi can bring Datang money that can't be spent no matter how it is spent, otherwise don't think about it.
Jia Yi and the four of them finally found the location of the four officials after many searches, and since they found the place, they would kill the generals directly, and the game began immediately, and the faces of the four people were full of smiles.
Just when the four people were looking for the four household officials, Wuji, the eldest grandson of the household secretary, also knew about this matter in a very short time, and his subordinates were found by the four small businessmen all over the world, which in itself was a very interesting problem.
"Where are the four of them?"
"At Zeng Kuang's house."
"Let's go, let's also go and see, what kind of businessman will find the officials of the household department during the New Year." The eldest grandson Wuji was also in the midst of a retreat, but his subordinates reported that four people were looking for officials from the household department, which immediately made him feel that this matter was very interesting, and he wanted to see what would happen there as soon as possible.
Zeng Kuang was also drinking alcohol, and suddenly the family came to report that the businessman who leased the river beach land came to visit, and the depression on the faces of the four people disappeared in an instant, and they were replaced with a look of surprise, good things are coming, how can they not be excited.
"It seems that in the future, we don't have to be sad that we can't afford to drink three-star wine." Zeng Kuang held high the wine glass full of three-star wine, collided heavily with the three colleagues, and drank the wine in the cup very boldly, and no longer had the appearance of a childish family just now.
"Let them in."
The meeting is naturally in the living room, as a six-grade official, due to the limited number of Yulu, there are only four chairs in the living room, and the four people naturally sit on the chairs, as for the four people such as Jia Yi, what kind of chair do they want, just stand and talk, the Tang Dynasty did not give Shang Jia a good face of the official.
Soon Jia Yi and the four of them appeared in the living room, and when they saw the officials sitting on the chairs, the corners of Jia Yi's mouth involuntarily pulled up a smile, and he was the first to speak: "My lord, it was this little brother Qin who took over the property in the Xiahe beach, and now if you have anything to say, you might as well tell him directly." ”
"Oh? You are the businessman surnamed Qin, I don't know what your relationship is with Yiguo Gong. ”
"The boy Qin Shuang, who is a distant relative of the Duke of Yiguo, is now temporarily living in the Mansion of the Duke of Yiguo, just waiting for the success of business, so that he can buy a house and move out to live quickly, after all, it is really not a happy thing to make trouble for the Duke of Guogong all day long."
Qin Huaiyu's words were on the way back to come, and the four of them had already discussed it, and it was naturally straightforward, as if he really thought so.
After Zeng Kuang heard Qin Huaiyu's words, he did not doubt him, and at the same time looked at the other three officials, and sighed softly, as long as it was not someone who could invite the Duke of the Wing Kingdom to come out, then things would be much easier.
"The lease of that riverbank will only end at the end of the year, and it's already the beginning of the year, so you need to move all the buildings and poultry out of that land as soon as possible, or we'll blame us for not being kind."
"My lord, since the contract of the river beach has expired, we can rent it again, so why not move out so troublesomely."
When Zeng Kuang heard this, a subtle smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, but he frowned and looked at Qin Huaiyu, and said: "Oh, this matter is very difficult to do, Shangguan showed that that the river beach land will be of great use this year, and it can't be rented to anyone anymore, I'm afraid you won't be able to move away if you don't want to." ”
"My lord informed my brother early in the morning, and I think I have already had a plan in my heart, since this is the case, my lord may wish to show it, and I can wait for peace of mind."
"You see you've said so, can I still say that there is no way, hehe, there is a way, but this ......" didn't say it directly, but stretched out his hand flat, palm up, and made a bumpy motion, everyone knew that this was asking for money.
"It's a small meaning, it's not a tribute, and I hope that adults will guide me." Qin Huaiyu took out a money bag from his arms, respectfully placed it in front of Zeng Kuang, and very cooperatively said that the bolt of the money bag opened, revealing the silver taels of white flowers inside.
You must know that the value of silver in the Tang Dynasty was still very high, and under normal circumstances, transactions were only carried out with copper coins, and silver taels would only be used when they were traded in large quantities.
Seeing a bag full of silver coins, the four officials' eyes were a little straight, and after a rough estimate, this bag of silver was no less than 100 taels, which was a hundred, and it was worth four officials for several years.
"It's easy to say, you can use that river beach for the time being, and I'll take care of it for you later."
Zeng Kuang's words fell, and the other official opened his mouth in a hurry and said.
"Hehe, I heard that the sweetness of Samsung wine is abnormal, but it's a pity that I waited too little, but I didn't have the opportunity to taste it."
Jia Yi heard it one by one, this is to take care of himself and ask for wine, he is in the middle, he is not afraid that you will want more, he is afraid that you will not open his mouth, and he said very boldly: "What is the point of worrying about the wine, if a few adults like to drink, just go to the winery to get it, it is enough." ”
"That being the case, then today we will send someone to tear off the seal on the door of your brewery, you say that our boss is too, isn't it just to use some grain to make wine, why not seal your brewery, it's just a fuss, you wait and rest assured, we are in charge of this matter, if the boss asks about it, I will definitely tell you about it."