Chapter 200: The Gentleman Deceived Himself
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"But this Master Ma is a clean official after all, so how can we entrap him and make him feel that he owes us a favor?" Brother Yun was puzzled.
"It's definitely not okay to give money." Guan Xia also said.
Wu Zhi smiled faintly, and said in his heart that you two are still too tender in front of me, and the only officials in this world are I Wu Zhi doesn't want to be encircled, and there is no one who can't be encircled...... After all, our starting point is for the good of this country, and we don't care about the details of the means or anything.
"That's why I often tell you to read more when you have time..."Wu Zhi reminded the two of them, and said leisurely: "This kind of thing of favoring, Mencius and his old man told us thousands of years ago, the so-called 'villain lures him to profit, and the gentleman deceives him', isn't that Master Ma an honest gentleman?" Then let's deceive him! β
"How do you deceive him?"
Brother Yun and Guan Xia's eyes lit up.
"You guys come here."
Wu Zhi hooked his palm, Brother Yun and Guan Xia came over carefully, and after Wu Zhi's words, the eyes of the two looking at Wu Zhi were immediately full of fiery admiration.
In fact, Wu Zhi didn't have any special way to win over Master Ma, that is, he instructed Brother Yun and Guan Xia to dredge up the three main masters, and then invited Master Ma to the Proud Building, and in the name of the Proud Building, he sent warmth to some people in Bianjing City who were living in difficulty, and the things they sent could be soybean oil or money...... Let the person surnamed Ma personally preside over this warmth event!
It is a very normal and good thing for the shop to hold a charity event and invite some respected officials to come, and the surname Ma will never refuse, because refusal will damage his reputation, and if he agrees, not only will there be no problems, but he will also be more known as a clean gentleman.
In the eyes of most Qing officials, a good reputation is sometimes more important than their lives, and it is precisely because of the pursuit of fame that they can successfully restrain their greed.
At that time, the materials and money of the proud building were distributed to the poor people through his hands, although Master Ma did not embezzle the money of the proud building at all, but in the final analysis, he still owed the favor of the proud building, because of the charity activities of the proud building, and added a lot of good prestige to him.
Therefore, when the resolution of Wu Song's promotion to the head of Qingzhou's soldiers and horses was placed in front of him, even if someone else asked him to greet him and elect someone else, he would not change his mind.
- Wu Song is the most suitable candidate, and besides, those people in the proud building, well, are very good at things!
Wu Zhi's idea is not clever, but the victory varies from person to person, and this method is undoubtedly the most effective to use to pull the favor of the official.
In fact, in the final analysis, the reason why some people have bribed officials throughout the ages is to get out of favor for a personal favor, and for two strangers, money is undoubtedly the fastest and most effective medium to solicit favors...... People are greedy, and there are not many people with strong self-control, but there are many corrupt officials.
Gradually, this has formed a solidified concept in people's consciousness, thinking that to pull favors, you have to send money.
However, Wu Zhi had already seen through all this.
Therefore, in Wu Zhi's eyes, there is no official in the world who can't pull a relationship with him, sometimes a clean official is often better than a corrupt official.
Of course, these are all guarantees on the premise of not doing things that hurt the heavens and reason, if you solicit favors in order to kill people and set fires, and bully the weak, then even if you can solicit favors again, some people will never buy it.
Throughout history, the word justice has never been extinguished in any era.
Justice is at ease in the hearts of the people!
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Wu Song's affairs must be done soon, Wu Zhi came to Bianjing to finally settle an important matter, and then he will focus on the affairs of the wine shop and Lin Chong, the matter of the wine shop is much more urgent than the accusation of Lin Chong, but he has to wait for two more days of information.
Just as Brother Yun and Guan Xia were about to leave, Wu Zhi stopped them.
"Brother Yun, you have been in Bianjing for a while, and I will ask the shopkeeper to check two things for me early tomorrow morning, one is to inquire if there are any high-ranking officials or wealthy families in Bianjing City that have suddenly declined and fallen recently; The second is to find out where Bianjing's Huahua Tai Sui Gao Ya often haunts and what his preferences are. β
Brother Yun listened carefully and didn't ask anything, just nodded solemnly and said, "I remember", and Wu Zhi let the two of them leave.
Wu Zhi's two things don't sound like a problem, as long as people who walk around a lot in Bianjing City can answer them, not to mention the restaurant shopkeeper, they are one of the most well-informed people in the entire city.
Zhou shopkeeper 1510 told Wu Zhi what he knew, the news about Gao Yanei is okay, this guy and all the hooligans in later generations are almost the same, they all like to go to the crowded and lively streets, and there are many of the most lively streets in Bianjing, the largest is the lot over there in the Daxiangguo Temple, which is also where another branch of the proud building is located, according to the shopkeeper Zhou, since the opening of the proud building, Gao Yanei goes there every day to eat and drink.
Fan Lou is close to the palace, and all the people who come are noble and rich, and some young rich children naturally don't like to show up here, and Daxiangguo Temple belongs to the market block, which is naturally loved by young people.
Knowing the location of Gao Yanei's haunts, it will be much more convenient for Wu Zhi to get close, and all that remains is to find a reason to "make friends" with Gao Yanei.
As for Wu Zhi's other question, Zhou's shopkeeper's answer made Wu Zhi very puzzled, because according to the news he knew, there have not been any major changes in Bianjing City in recent months, and the biggest change is nothing more than the open and secret struggle between the two parties in the imperial court.
Although the civil and official battles in the Song Dynasty were also fierce, they were not bloody at all, because the Song Dynasty did not kill scholars and doctors, and after the high-ranking officials were defeated by political enemies, they were at most demoted to the localities, let alone killed, and even exiled very little...... The change that Wang Anshi made with great fanfare before made many people, including Sima Guang and Ouyang Xiu, hate the root of their teeth, but in the end, the change failed, and Wang Anshi still enjoyed the treatment of the prime minister unharmed and returned to his hometown.
Wu Zhi heard from the shopkeeper that only a few ministers have been demoted in the court recently, and there have been no major changes in powerful households...... It is no surprise that the ministers of the court have been demoted, maybe they will be demoted today, and they will be recruited back to a high position tomorrow.
The partisan struggle is like this, and it is not a big change.
This Wu Zhi is a little unbelievable, since there are no powerful families that have been defeated recently, what is the matter with the appearance of Xiao Qi, a down-and-out lady?
Could it be that she was kicked out by a powerful family and was not treated by her aunt?
Well, I think so, after all, there were many intrigues in the ancient big families, and Xiao Qi was probably originally the seventh lady of the lineage, but later the mother was secretly killed by the vicious aunt who was newly married by her father, and then Xiao Qi had a pungent personality, and in order to avenge her mother, she fell into the trap of the vicious aunt, so she was framed step by step and kicked out of the house, and was chased by the government......
Wu Zhi's brain made up for a long time, and finally guessed Xiao Qi's miserable life experience reasonably, after all, this kind of TV series in his previous life were all played like this......
Thinking of this, Wu Zhi has a little more sympathy for Xiao Qi, what a simple girl, how can she fight those vicious women!
It's just that Wu Zhi is embarrassed, if he doesn't know Xiao Qi's background, he can't help her, so he can only get acquainted with her in the future and find an opportunity to ask herself.
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