No matter what the bad habits of officialdom are, whether others will come forward to report and testify, and whether the imperial court will punish the act of accepting gifts, Shen Xi only needs to be clean and self-conscious. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Led by the Ming Dynasty, the emperor naturally accepted the reward, but the gifts from others could not be easily accepted, because in the future, if someone really targeted, they would take these trivial things to talk about, and they could be used as "evidence" to slander people's character.

Now the officials on the ground in Guangdong Province want to tie up with Shen Xi, and Shen Xi happens to be trying to win over local officials, so it was a good way to accept gifts, but unfortunately he categorically refused.

If you can't accept gifts, then you can only "give gifts", and it is best to find an opportunity to invite officials to the governor's yamen, eat and drink, and then send them in handifolds to achieve the purpose of wooing.

On the same day, Shen Xi sent people to the yamen and official residences in the city to distribute invitations, saying that he was going to hold a New Year banquet in the governor's yamen.

Shen Xi's abacus is very fine:

As a messenger, I will hold a banquet for the emperor to entertain local officials, don't come if you have the ability, don't blame me for impeaching you to the court when the time comes, and don't blame me for targeting you everywhere, so that you can't protect your black hat!

Shen Xi's invitation was very powerful, even if he knew that it was a "Hongmen banquet", the officials in Guangzhou City, except for Zhang Yuanying, the political envoy of Youbu, who had a deep relationship with him, and Lin Tingxuan, the envoy of the inspection, all the other officials were present.

Even the military generals who do not usually participate in local banquets, such as the Dusi Yamen and the surrounding guards, also sent people to the banquet, and they all commanded Li Che to even personally attend the banquet.

There were six tables for the feast, and there were seven or eight people at each table.

The officials gathered in the official post where the governor's yamen was located included almost all the leading figures in the city of Guangzhou, and Shen Xi, as the governor of the three provinces and the initiator of the banquet, sat on the main seat, and sat with him was the commander of the two products of the capital of the yamen, the commander of the two products and the three products of the command of the three products, and the officials of the three products of the Yamen.

Those with lower official rank sat back in turn, and everyone gathered in the wide front yard of the Governor's Yamen, and it was "worthwhile" to be able to listen to the teachings of the Governor.

After the guests arrived, they all saluted Shen Xi as soon as possible, and then respectfully greeted the New Year.

The etiquette of the Chinese people has always been thorough, even if they have a little disdain for Shen Xi in their hearts, they can't be disrespectful in face and etiquette, Shen Xi's face is rarely full of smiles, everyone arrives He went up to greet him enthusiastically, and asked for warmth, which made those officials feel cold down their spines.

Obviously just a seventeen-year-old hairy boy, before I came, I told people that "the erection is not enough and the plan", why did I feel uncomfortable when I saw him so enthusiastic?

The seventeen-year-old Zhengsanpin is neither hereditary, nor nepotism and shade, taking the road of the imperial examination, the youngest champion in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and the only one in the Ming Dynasty.

If it's just a kid who reads dead books and dies and reads, it's just smooth sailing to be an official, and he became an official of the East Palace and a Japanese lecturer at a young age in the capital, especially when he was in Zhan Shifu, the promotion was like riding a rocket, others took a three-year small exam and a nine-year big exam, but he was promoted twice a year because of his merits; When he arrived at the place, he fought with the local snakes, gained the upper hand everywhere, and led the troops to level the bandits......

Such a minister who is capable of all kinds of civil governance and martial arts, when his term of office expires, it is easy to be promoted.

The Ming Dynasty has been "promoted" since then, and will only be promoted to governor after the left and right political envoys, and no governor has ever returned to be the left and right political envoys. Even if the governor is transferred at the level of peace, it is also a higher-level governor, such as the transfer from Guangdong Province to Huguang, Sanbian, and North and South Zhili.

Shen Xi is now only the right deputy capital imperial history, and I believe that it will not be long before he will hang the right capital imperial history and become a veritable second-class master.

Shen Xi invited everyone to sit at the table, talking and laughing, allowing people to see his sleek and sophisticated side.

In the struggle for local rights and resources, it is a-for-tat enemy, I can be arrogant and majestic, and I can fight you to the fullest, but when it is my turn to talk about friendship at the banquet, I can let go of past grievances and make you feel at home.

Seeing Shen Xi's performance at the banquet, these officials simply felt that they had recognized the wrong person, where is this an unreasonable offspring who is just blindly unscrupulous for fame?

It's just a fifty or sixty-year-old man who has become a sophisticated man!

After taking his seat, Shen Xi picked up the wine glass and stood up, and all the civil and military officials present also stood up one after another.

Shen Xi raised his glass: "The official has only been in office for half a year, many places have to rely on your help, today coincides with the Spring Festival, the official specially set up a banquet, one is to thank the emperor for his grace, the second is to entertain your majesty to govern the local meritorious ministers, and the third is to celebrate with the whole world and enjoy with the people." ”

"Come on, come on, this official will do it first as respect!"

After speaking, Shen Xi drank the wine, and the officials and generals present drank one after another.

After a cup of belly, Shen Xi toasted again, and only after three rounds of wine did Shen Xi say again: "If Chengping is today, it is the work of Your Majesty's hard work, and we were born in the dynasty of the Ming Monarch and Holy Lord, and it is really a blessing for three lives...... Well, it's a rare time for you to come, so relax and enjoy the food and drinks! ”

Li Che smiled and said, "Lord Shen is polite, you are the master, we should toast you." Lord Shen, I will give you a glass at the end. ”

Shen Xi smiled and nodded, and drank with Li Che, and then others came to the main table to toast. Shen Xi had no choice but to use the trick of covering his face with his sleeves when drinking, and kept pouring wine into his sleeves. has only been an official for four years, Shen Xi's wine-sprinkling skills have been perfected, and the officials present are in vain, so Shen Xi returned to his seat.

There was laughter and laughter during the banquet, but the officials present didn't have much to eat and drink, because they didn't know what Shen Xi'an's heart was. In their minds, how could the Governor Yamen take the initiative to tie up with the lower-level officials? Before Shen Xi was in the local administration, including the sale of salt, the local yamen at all levels set up a lot of stumbling blocks for Shen Xi under the instructions of the political envoy and the inspection envoy, Shen Xi can be such an adult and ignore the villain?

It must be a Hongmen feast! It's just that I don't know when Shen Xi will make a move.

If they were halfway through eating and drinking, the ambushed swords and axes rushed out, they had to touch their black hats first, and then weigh whether they could keep their good heads.

Just when the officials were uneasy, Shen Xi clapped his hands, and more than a dozen people came in at the side door, which immediately frightened the officials near the side door, and the wine glass accidentally fell on the table.

Shen Xi smiled and reassured: "You don't have to panic, this official just has some small gifts to give you!" A small gift, it's really not a respect! ”

As soon as the words fell, Ma Jiu distributed gifts on behalf of Shen Xi.

A small wooden box is placed in front of each person, which looks unpretentious on the surface, and weighs it, even if there is something inside, it is likely to be a small bag of tea or one or two Daming treasure banknotes. Ma Jiu distributed it according to the position where everyone was sitting, as if to prevent mistakes.

The officials present couldn't help but think: "This Shen Dufu is really enough to pick the door, although 'courtesy is light and affectionate', you will not engage in specialization, the official will give three pennies, and the official will give a penny, right?" It's not a problem to have more money or less money, the key is to disgust people. My family lacks your two jujubes or what's the matter? Do you want me to feel that I am inferior in my official position, do you want to motivate me to work hard? ”

The gifts were quickly distributed, and even Li Che, who was sitting next to Shen Xi, had one.

Although everyone felt that Shen Xi had only given a trivial gift, they still stood up to express their gratitude, acting jubilant, and seemed to be grateful for receiving the gift.

Li Che's eyes rolled and asked with a smile, "Lord Shen, I wonder if we can open the list?" ”

Shen Xi waved his hand: "Since it is said to be a thin courtesy, you should look at it after you go back, so as not to lose face in front of people." ”

Everyone present thought, Lord Shen, you will be embarrassed if you have self-knowledge, so you can't give some bright gifts? It has to be in a wooden box!

However, the more this was the case, the more the civil and military officials present wanted to know what was inside the wooden box.

But no matter what, you can't open it openly in front of people, such a move is tantamount to slapping Shen Xi in the face in person. It is a very unwise move to offend the nouveau riche of the imperial court, just think about the gray face of the feudal platform and the taitai now.

The banquet continued.

Shen Xi got up again and again to toast, first singing praises for the Son of Heaven, and then expressing his feelings for the suffering of the people, so that the officials present shouted in their hearts "It's too fake".

The banquet lasted for more than an hour before it ended, and the "knife and axe hand" that everyone was worried about never appeared, and the banquet ended smoothly.

Some people wanted to take the opportunity to go over and send Shen Xi some "thin gifts", such as gold, silver and jade, but Shen Xi had been talking to Li Che all the time, and he couldn't rely on it at all.

Shen Xi personally sent people to the gate of the official post.

There was not a single official sedan chair in front of the temporary governor's yamen, all the carriages, and even the number of carriages was not large, and many officials actually came on foot.

Up and down, since Shen Dufu takes a carriage on weekdays, and I come by official sedan chair, it is not to give Lord Dufu face, it was originally one or two people playing clever, but when I came to see, not only myself, but even others were aware of the problem with the car, and behaved very low-key and restrained.

As for the generals, it is simpler, and it is appropriate to come on horseback, which not only reflects the mighty bearing of the warriors, but also does not engage in specialization.

This meeting made Shen Xi a little unexpected...... You guys, you guys, don't you hide the official sedan chair in the alley, and wait for a long way to go directly to the official sedan chair, right?

What people take is not a matter of concern to Shen Xi, he stood in front of the gate of the official post and saluted one by one, looking very familiar with every official, and those officials were thinking in their hearts that this Shen Dufu would really come to trouble.

It wasn't until these people got into the carriage that they felt a lot warmer, and their chilling backs finally felt a hint of warmth.

When the officials who came by carriage, on horseback, and on foot left the street where the governor's yamen was located, Shen Xi said goodbye to Li Che, and then returned to the front yard of the official post with satisfaction.

At this time, the guards were cleaning up the dishes, chopsticks, tables and benches, Zhu Hong came out of the backyard, walked to Shen Xi's side and asked, "My lord, just sent people away?" ”

"Otherwise, what? Do you really want to prepare a big gift for them to send to the house? The official also needs to have that money. ”

Shen Xi was a little impatient, this Zhu Hongren was a little confused, he didn't understand the situation, he really thought that he was giving a large gift, so he explained, "Giving them gifts is just assigning them to do things, so you don't need to feel distressed." (To be continued.) )