Chapter 271: No Rules, No Circle

The flower hall is located in the north of the back of the government office, a total of three rooms, built spacious and bright. On the front wall hangs a large plaque of vermilion mud gold, on which the words "pure heart and few desires" are written. Under the big plaque is a big case, there are two Nanmu chairs on both sides of the big case, and there are foot pedals at the bottom, which are empty at this time, and only two young people stand with their hands down.

The four-axis calligraphy and painting on the east and west walls are all made by local famous artists, one side is the splashed ink landscape and the breeze of the white crane, and the other side is the three friends of the cold and the peony. There are eight chairs on each side, and more than half of them are seated. These gentlemen used to come and go, and many of them even had in-laws in the middle, so this time was neatly arranged. The Fang family naturally took the first place, and the rest of them slipped down one by one, eating tea and waiting, even if they were talking, they all lowered their voices.

Shandong is vast and sparsely populated, and these gentlemen are all big landowners who own countless fertile land, but living on the grange is not a way to make money after all, so they each occupy several money-making businesses. For example, the Fang family got involved in the salt industry, sold fruits to Beijing, and also ran a silk business in Luzhou, Shanxi. The Wu family has opened a number of restaurants and restaurants in the local area, and also operates several famous green buildings in various state capitals, and there are many shady livelihoods in private. All in all, there are only a few of the landlords and rich men who have settled the land, but even they are grateful for the thunderous actions of the vanguard government.

If the White Lotus Sect's mud legs really made a fuss, wouldn't their family business suffer greatly?

The head of the Wu family is a fat man like Maitreya Buddha, because he is the third oldest in the family, his name is Wu Sanrong. The elder brother died in a short life, but he was the only one in the main branch, and this great family business naturally belonged to him. His big fat man was originally afraid of the heat, and it was not good to sit here and shake the fan, and there was no one to fan and wait, and after a while, the pine-colored sweat towel could almost pull out the water.

In desperation, he had to whisper to Fang Qing above, "Brother Fang, are we reckless?" After all, this is the government office, and Lord Qincha is clearly the Qingzhou Post where they live, will they think that we are disrespectful and insincere? Also, I've never dealt with my father-in-law in the palace, so I'll say what I shouldn't say later......"

Wu Sanrong is now thirty-five or sixteen, although he is literate, but he is blind to knowledge such as scripture and history, and he has seen many officials on weekdays, but he is also famous in Shandong, where has he dealt with the people in the palace?

Fang Qing had a good relationship with this seemingly vulgar fat man, and immediately smiled: "Don't worry, if you can't see it, there will be news a long time ago, and you won't let a group of us sit and wait here." Master Xiao Zhang is not a person who puts on a show, although we don't know what he is doing here, but the left and right are just two things: killing people and pacifying. We can't help with killing, but if you want to talk about appeasement, it's not me who boasts, we gentlemen say a few words, then someone will still listen. No matter what Master Zhang says today, let's respond first. As for the father-in-law in the palace, just choose the one that sounds good. ”

"That's what Brother Fang said!"

Wu Sanrong nodded busily, finally relieved, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and his body didn't seem to be so hot. Just when he decided to wait patiently, an errand officer under the eaves outside suddenly shouted, "Lord Qincha has arrived!" ”

With this shout, the people in the room hurriedly dropped the tea that they had said and drunk half-drunk, and they all stood up and rushed out of the door. Anyway, they're here to ask for a meeting, so it's not good to sit and wait in the flower hall, right?

When they got outside, everyone saw Zhang Yue in a small azure gauze robe, however, compared to the young eunuch in front of him in a big red gauze robe, Zhang Yue's dress looked shabby. There was no time to study the priority issue, and all the gentlemen bowed to the ground. Since there are few characters like Qincha in Shandong, the voice is inevitably uneven, but the figure is lower than the other, and the face is more respectful than the other.

Lu Feng was in a very good mood at this time, and he picked up a lot of officials' black yarn hats in Jinan Mansion in front of him, although he was scolded in the middle, but on the whole, he was clean and beautiful, so it is needless to say that he is complacent. Qingzhou Mansion is clearly dominated by Zhang Yue, he is just a foil, but Zhang Yue has never left him behind in everything, so he will let him start with such good things as seeing the gentry, and his satisfaction will be mentioned. Smug, he finally hadn't forgotten, so he stopped and glanced at Zhang Yue with a smile, and let go with his empty hand.

At this time, Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Everyone, please get up." ”

Sitting on the main seat of the flower hall, Zhang Yue Shao couldn't help but look at these people again, and recognized that many of them were characters who had come to give gifts during the Chinese New Year, and he had a plan in his heart. Although the summer grain harvest this time is quite reluctant, it has not rained since the beginning of summer, coupled with the previous trouble of the White Lotus Sect, if you don't manage it well, it is not impossible to cause civil unrest in the future. Seeing that a group of gentlemen were all saying beautiful eulogies, and they were constantly flattering, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pressed it.

"Gonggong Lu and this official came on the holy will, and they originally left after the sentence was completed three days, but now there is very little rain in Qingzhou Mansion, and it is really worrying to see that there will be a major drought after the summer. Although it is said that hundreds of bandits were captured in one fell swoop this time, so that those who bewitch the people's hearts have no place to stand, if these people resurrect after the drought and cause trouble to the people's hearts again, Qingzhou will be uneasy again. You are all local clans, and you should know that the people are back, and you should also contribute to this. ”

But the local gentry have long been accustomed to all kinds of apportionments from the government, plus a large group of them sent them to the door by themselves, and they have calculated what to say and do in their hearts.

Lu Feng was put in front of Zhang Yue at first, and he was happy and proud, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with this matter at all, so whatever Zhang Yue said, he echoed beside him. It wasn't until a few gentlemen agreed to take advantage of the gap after the summer rush to repair the canal embankment and obey the government's assignment to maintain the price of grain, that he frowned, thinking that he was here to kill people this time, and that it was his business to do things like water conservancy and grain prices?

muttered in his heart, but he didn't send someone to find Zhang Yue until he returned to Qingzhou Post in the evening to have dinner, and asked bluntly: "Lord Xiao Zhang, it's better to have more than one thing, let's leave when we're done, do you care so much?" ”

"Father-in-law Lu, if we return to Beijing after killing people here, it won't be long before there is civil unrest in Shandong, and the emperor is angry, maybe he will blame us for not doing things well." Zhang Yue said casually, and when he saw Lu Feng's face stiffen all of a sudden, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm just starting this matter, and the rest of my own government and those gentry will do it, so we don't have to worry about it." ”

When his family was poor when he was a child, Lu Feng was also a homeless person, so he naturally knew what it would be like once the people were in turmoil, so he swallowed hard. Zhu Di's temper has always said that wind is rain, and if something happens to him, it really can't be done. At that moment, he nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, but he still had some mustard in his heart.

In this palace now, there are often lieutenants who go out to be Qin errands, and there is some oil and water, and he stayed in Jinan Mansion for a short time, and no one gave gifts when he returned to Qingzhou. This is not good but secondly, many eunuchs are envious when he leaves the palace this time, if he doesn't gain a little, won't he be laughed at when he turns back!

When Lu Feng's heart was itching and uncomfortable, a little eunuch tiptoed in from outside the door, and when he saw that Zhang Yue was still there, he stood silent in the corner on the side. Seeing this scene, Zhang Yue smiled in his heart, and simply got up to say goodbye under the pretext that he had something else, and when he got to the courtyard, he glanced back casually. Through the layer of spotted bamboo curtains, the shadow could see that the little eunuch was nodding beside Lu Feng as if he was nodding and bowing his waist.

His yard is next door, and when he goes out of this courtyard gate, he walks a few steps along the road to the ground. As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he saw Hu Qisi standing there in a neat row, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then scolded with a smile: "Since you are back, you will wait in the house, who asked you to set rules here?" What's the matter, the top doesn't want you anymore? Okay, follow me into the house to talk, otherwise people will still treat me as unkind, and the people around me will stand in the yard when they come back! ”

Hu Qi and the others looked at each other for a while, and when they saw Zhang Yue enter the house, they hurriedly followed. Although they were sent by Yuan Fang to serve beside Zhang Yue, after all, they all wanted to make up for Jinyiwei in the future. The Jinyiwei who is in charge of the investigation is different from the Jinyiwei who is on duty and the Jinyiwei who is on duty, and it doesn't have to be the son of a meritorious hero, who would have thought that the emperor would suddenly come up with the idea of setting up a Dongji Factory? At this moment, if Yuan Fang installed a private person in Jinyiwei, this situation would be the biggest trick, and they would be unlucky.

Since this trip was a business trip, Zhang Yue naturally couldn't take a girl, so the house was served by Liansheng Lianhu. Lian Sheng opened the curtain and invited Zhang Yue into the house, and when the four big men outside came in, he glanced at Lian Hu, and the brothers slipped out of the house with oil on the soles of their feet, but they were ten steps away from the door and acted as the gatekeeper with their heads held high.

"My lord, the first is not that we don't want to stay, but ......"

Zhang Yue waved his hand and interrupted Hu Qi's words: "There is no need to explain the first thing, I know that Lord Yuan naturally has difficulties." I only ask now, when you come back, are you going to give me a temporary hand, or are you going to stay for a long time? ”

"Master Yuan ordered us before we came, and he will have nothing to do with the four of us in the future." After saying this, Hu Qi took a deep breath again, "Lord Yuan has given us three ways, one is to take charge of a reliable shop, the second is to subdue and rectify the local snake in Beijing for future use, and the third is to follow the adult." The four of us are not good at business, and we don't want to deal with those rats who bully the soft and are afraid of the hard, and we are all willing to follow the adults. ”

Yuan Fang is really cunning, with such three paths in front of him, what the future holds is naturally self-evident! Although there is still a little pimple in his heart, although he knows that these four people are not his own people in the real sense now, but when employing people, Zhang Yue can't care about that much.

"Now that you're back, there's one thing I'll leave to you, and let me see the skills of you alternate brocade guards. However, there are no rules, there is no circle, my rules are very simple, I can do it, I can't do it, I can't say it, and I can't violate it. As he spoke, he bent another finger and said in a deep voice, "Second, if you have any difficulties, just tell me, don't be a blessing." ”