When Shandong's affairs came to an end, many people breathed a sigh of relief, and so did Wang Zongmu, the governor of Shandong. Everything went smoothly in the tax department, and the gentry in Shandong did not dare to make trouble, which made him worry a lot.

Although he didn't really take the Shandong gentry seriously, he still scared them enough.

Whether it was what happened to the Chai family in front of them or the matter of the White Lotus Sect in the back, they were all scared to escape from Jinan Mansion at the beginning. If it weren't for the White Lotus Sect, they might still be thinking about finding some trouble.

But with the White Lotus Sect Zhuyu in front, no one of them really dared to move, the people of the Jinyi Guard were still there, if they were to be labeled as a White Lotus Sect, the end would be known needless to say. In comparison, paying some tax is nothing.

As the governor, Wang Zongmu has been staring at Xu De and Xing Shangzhi for the past few days.

After this incident of the White Lotus Sect, Wang Zongmu had a very good impression of Xu De, and there was nothing picky about the hospitality, so he got along very well. There was no such thing as a traitor under his subordinates, which made Wang Zongmu breathe a sigh of relief.

Of course, even so, Wang Zongmu didn't dare to relax, who knows when he will have a convulsion.

"Governor Wang, you are so idle today, come to see our house?" Xu De was in the pavilion in the garden, basking in the sun and drinking tea, when he saw Wang Zongmu coming over, he said a little lazily: "It's rare to have such good weather, which makes Governor Wang smile." ”

Wang Zongmu naturally didn't care, sat down next to Xu De, and said with a smile: "I have stolen half a day of leisure, and my father-in-law is so Yaxing." ”

Waving his hand, Xu De said with a smile: "What is Yaxing or not, we eunuchs, there is no yang energy in our bodies, and when it comes to the turn of autumn and winter, our bodies are uncomfortable." Bask in the sun and feel better. ”

"This is still what Imperial Doctor Li said in the capital, before our family left Beijing, our royal hospital in Daming was about to open, and all of them were doctors trained by Imperial Doctor Li, with superb medical skills, and I don't know if it was opened."

Wang Zongmu also heard about this matter, but this is a good thing, but no one objected.

Wang Zongmu said with a smile: "After I have the opportunity to enter Beijing, I will also go to Imperial Doctor Li to have a look." ”

"It may be impossible for Imperial Doctor Li to take a look, but it is possible for the Royal Hospital." Xu De said with a smile: "Maybe one day the royal hospital will come to Jinan Mansion!" After saying this, Xu De waved his hand and said, "Lord Wang came here today, not to chat with our family, right?" ”

Wang Zongmu also smiled: "This official came over this time and wanted to ask about the White Lotus Sect." ”

"Case closed!" Xu De said with a smile: "Our family has already given the emperor an excerpt, and there should be a will in a few days." Either escort them into Beijing, or correct the law on the spot, it's not a big deal. ”

"So Gonggong Xu is going back to Beijing?" Wang Zongmu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "That official is going to prepare to practice wine!" ”

Xu De hurriedly smiled and said, "Don't, if you let the emperor know what kind of wine our family drinks, it is estimated that you will be punished." However, our family did not go back to Beijing, but followed Lord Wang south to Nanjing. ”

For Xu De's style of not making trouble or tossing, Wang Zongmu really likes it.

"In that case, the official prepares a table alone, and the dishes are no more than eight dishes, and he practices it with Gonggong Xu." Speaking of this, Wang Zongmu said with a smile: "If all the eunuchs in the world are like Gonggong Xu, no one in the world will scold the servants." ”

"This time in Shandong and Xugong business, this official has benefited a lot!"

Xu De looked at Wang Zongmu with a smile: "There are not many honest people like Lord Wang, many people are respectful to us servants on the surface, and they don't necessarily scold behind their backs!" Scholars starve to death and don't steal, what they pay attention to is a temperament, and it's normal to look down on us. ”

"But Lord Wang impressed our family, you are the true gentleman that the emperor said, not a fake Taoism."

Wang Zongmu said with a smile: "Your Majesty's holy candle shines!" ”

The two chatted happily, and as for the matter of Qufu, neither of them mentioned it, nor did they mention the matter of going south to Nanjing.

On a sunny afternoon, a eunuch and a governor talked to each other, and the laughter spread far and wide from time to time.

Outside the city of Qufu.

After staying in Qufu for seven days, Wang Yongji took care of the affairs here, and the Kong family failed to redeem all the fields after all. Each house scraped together more than one million taels of silver to buy back about 20,000 acres of upper fields and more than 10,000 acres of middle fields.

At this time, no one was in charge of the donated fields, and some people had already begun to make trouble.

"Li Zhixian, the matter of returning Qufu to the land will be handed over to you!" Wang Yongji looked at Li Yi, the new magistrate of Qufu County, who came to see him off, and said with a smile: "If you want to come to Li Zhixian and know how to do it, this official will not say much." ”

Li Yi is a young man in his twenties, with a somewhat thin figure, but his eyes are bright.

After listening to Wang Yongji's words, Li Yi bowed down and said: "What Lord Wang did in Shandong should be evaluated as 'having made great contributions to the country', and the officials are very admired in their hearts, and naturally they will not disappoint the adults. ”

"Xia Guan is also from a poor background, so he will naturally take more care of the poor people, and adults can rest assured."

Of course, Wang Yongji knew what Li Yi meant, compared to the people who surrendered, those who sold land and were robbed of land, they were undoubtedly poor families. This kind of thing of dividing the land, if it is a little biased, it is a great thing for the people.

"It's good to be able to love the people and sympathize with the people's suffering!" Wang Yongji nodded and said with a smile.

"Don't worry, the lower officials know how to do this, and when the lower officials take office, they will clean up the backlog of cases over the years, and give the people of Qufu a bright blue sky. In Daming, no one can cover this piece of sky, and the lower officials are willing to guard this piece of blue sky for His Majesty and for Daming. ”

Although Li Yi's tone was very light, the words he said were loud.

Of course, Wang Yongji knew what Li Yi meant, and it was clear that he wanted to clean up the Kong family. The Kong family is powerful, and for so many years, there are a lot of people who have relied on the power of the Kong family to do evil, and if they really want to investigate, then I am afraid that there will be more things.

However, Wang Yongji believed in the emperor's vision, and patted Li Yi's shoulder with a smile.

"You are young, you are the future of the Ming Dynasty, do it well, if there is anything you can write to this official, if you can help, this official will definitely help!" Saying that, Wang Yongji smiled: "We have a long way to go, for the sake of Daming, do it hard!" ”

"The next official will be!" Li Yi bowed to the ground at Wang Yongji.

Wang Yongji didn't say anything, although it was just a few words of conversation, but he liked this Li Yi. Young, vibrant, hopeful, full of fighting spirit, like himself when he was young. Be high-spirited and move forward bravely.

After getting into the carriage and looking at Li Yi who was bowing there, Wang Yongji smiled faintly, lowered the curtain of the carriage, and ordered: "Go!" ”

The sun shone on the road, half on Wang Yongji's carriage, and half on the young official who was bowing down. The thin figure, the cyan Daming official uniform, and the slightly bowed body constitute an alternating picture.

Jinan Mansion, Qin Cha Xingyuan.

Wang Zongmu looked at Wang Yongji and said with a smile: "Everything over there in Qufu is over?" ”

The two of them can be regarded as sympathetic to each other, although Wang Zongmu's perception of Xu De is also good, but it is always one layer worse, and Wang Yongji will not be like this, the two of them do not have the slightest estrangement, and when they talk, they don't have to be taboo about anything.

"It's over!" Wang Yongji smiled and said, "I won't need the rest of the things." ”

Wang Zongmu said with a smile: "Go to Nanjing? ”

"Go to Nanjing!" Wang Yongji nodded: "Don't look at me like that, I gave it to Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty will send people from the inner factory to me, I have had enough of the people of Jinyiwei, and the manpower of the inner factory is very good." ”

"I know about this!" Wang Zongmu said with a smile: "Your Majesty really takes a fancy to you, let Gonggong Xu go with you." ”

Wang Yongji laughed: "Your Majesty's grace is great, but I have to leave tomorrow, I have to eat you tonight, good wine and good food are prepared, let's have a drink!" “

"Okay!" Wang Zongmu also smiled and said, "Have a good drink!" ”

Beijing, Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yijun put down the soup in his hand, continued to flip through the information with an expressionless face, then turned his head to look at Zhang Whale, and asked, "These are all real, right?" ”

"Back to the emperor, it's all checked by the people of Dongchang, there will be no mistake!" Zhang Whale hurriedly replied.

Zhu Yijun nodded, lowered his head and continued to look, in fact, this is not an intelligence, but a piece of information, a piece of information about the origin of a Ming official. Although he has a clear understanding of the gentry of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijun has no real feeling of what it is.

Just know that the collusion between officials and businessmen is the most direct path is the integration of officials and businessmen. The book "Silver Empire" believes that during the Wanli period, it almost reached the point of "no officials and no business". So Zhu Yijun asked Dongchang to check it, mainly to check the last two imperial examinations.

The previous data was meaningless, but the recent data is accurate, and Zhu Yijun has always believed that the data will not deceive.

In the last imperial examination, the merchant-born jinshi accounted for seventy percent of all the jinshi, which is a terrible proportion. In the data of Dongchang, their backgrounds are basically businessmen, and they all have big deals in their families.

For example, opening a grain store or something like that, basically it doesn't count, according to the accounting of the East Factory, there are at least three or more shops in these people's homes. More than 30% of those who have a business name in their home are all in business.

Among the remaining thirty percent, two percent are landlords, that is, cultivators in the traditional sense.

Those from poor families account for less than 10%, and the proportion is very low. The previous session was the same, just a little better, but not much better, looking at this data, Zhu Yijun was in a bad mood.

This data represents that the upward channel of the upper and lower classes is being blocked, and the wealthy and powerful businessmen are becoming the masters of the country. By being officials and controlling the right to speak, they began to encroach on the power of the country.

Starting with power, usurping off the interests of all, sucking the blood of this country, they are becoming moths.