Chapter 313: Trust between Father and Son

After Zhang Zhuo saw off the last guest, the full moon ceremony of the Zhang family's lively scenery finally came to an end.

Compared with the previous Luotuo who was ignored, today's Zhang Zhuo even needs to use that kind of high-spirited spirit to suppress his calm and capable side, so that people will not pay too much attention to him. At this time, he and Zhang Yue walked side by side on the road between the two mansions, and there were no outsiders around, only gusts of cold wind.

He didn't mind people talking behind their backs that the Father was more valuable than the Son. His biological mother died early, and although his mother-in-law Gu did not treat him harshly, there was always a preference for everything, and he was always the last to think of something, or even not at all. This is a common thing in big families, and he also knows that complaining about others is useless, so he has been operating silently. Now, he has not only accumulated a considerable family foundation, but also is even more pleased to have a good son.

"I've seen that Liu Da before, although he is not a scholar, but he is a hundred times stronger than those nerds, and those helpers are also honest and honest people, you have good eyesight. He said that as long as 2,000 taels, I gave him 3,000 taels, and picked two people to escort him to Dongmin, plus the brocade guards there had just been replaced, which was enough for him to gain a foothold there. ”

"I knew that with my father, things would be easy."

"Less sycophants! You are an official, don't put your mind on this, these things have me. ”

Zhang Yue has always been very happy to have such a reasonable father as Zhang Zhuo. The big families in these years are often strict from top to bottom, and the relationship between father and son is not so much maintained by affection, but rather by blood etiquette, and the son's first feeling of his father must be awe rather than closeness. He and Zhang Zuo have always had a very good relationship, and Zhang Zuo rarely spoke sharply, but when he heard such a faint sentence at this time, he felt a kind of father's majesty for the first time.

"When I was going to take the exam, I regretted that I shouldn't have gone for the exam, after all, with me in my way, your path to promotion will not be smooth. Now it seems that I am worried about thinking in vain, and you have done better than I thought. It's just that people's energy is always limited, and the emperor will not allow his favored courtiers to be distracted, so if it is related to the silver industry, you might as well leave it to me. I've been doing business here for many years, and I'm better than you, a layman. ”

Zhang Zhuo suddenly stopped, and when he saw Zhang Yue's face full of surprise, he explained with a smile: "At the beginning, you were a sick rice medicine jar, and your mother was not a shrewd and capable person.

Because of your Uncle Yuan's support, this business is also stable, not only can cope with the family's expenses, but also has a surplus, and then slowly opened a few more. Now that your Uncle Yuan is already the commander of the Jinyi Guard, with his big umbrella, these are naturally more prosperous, so you don't have to worry about the problem of money. In just three years, the income from those industries is equivalent to 100,000 taels, and I used the money to buy a lot of granges in various parts of the Yangtze River, even when it comes to my grandchildren, I don't have to worry about running out of money. ”

Even though he knew that his father must have hidden a lot of things, Zhang Yue couldn't help but be startled when Zhang Zhuo said these things frankly at this time. He thought to himself that he was by no means a brilliant traverser, and he knew that in these years, agriculture and light business, even if it was a giant businessman, was still nothing in front of the power of the imperial court, so he didn't dare to be too blatant. Who would have thought that his father Zhang Zhuo's handwriting would be so big!

"Daddy......"

"Since you fell from the tree that time, the whole person has changed a lot, when you should be clever, when you should be calm, when you should be calm, although your mother and I are happy, but sometimes I can't help but worry that you are too young to think too much. It's so easy for you to have today, as long as you go on step by step, you don't need to look back, you naturally have your father and your Uncle Yuan behind you to support you...... Although your Uncle Yuan can't be close to you, he will definitely do his best to protect you. You are my son, and you are also the person approved by your Uncle Yuan, and everything we will run in the future will have to be inherited by you, but now you don't have to think about it. ”

By this time it was completely dark, and the moon was half-hidden and half-exposed in the clouds, shedding a lot of cold light. There are high walls on both sides of the road, and the voices of words in the courtyards on both sides are not deserted. At this time, Zhang Zhuo pressed his hands heavily on Zhang Yue's shoulders and said bluntly: "When the time comes, I will naturally tell you some things." ”

After such a long conversation with his father, Zhang Yueping, who was galloping in the night, gained a little confidence. After all, what henchmen and subordinates could be more trustworthy than their own father? With such a father behind him, the pressure on his shoulders has been reduced by a little bit!

Early in the morning, after getting up to practice martial arts, Zhang Yue had breakfast, and went straight to Lu Feng's courtyard, and happened to see a young eunuch coming out of the curtain inside. Before he could speak, the man ran down the steps with a cigarette and bowed with a smile on his face: "Lord Xiao Zhang, you came so early, and your father-in-law hasn't gotten up yet!" He said last night that he had been sitting on the boat for so many days and had a sore back, and he had to recuperate for a few days, if there was anything important, Mr. Zhang, you would be in charge alone, and if there was something difficult, it would not be too late to find him. ”

Thinking of Lu Feng's statement yesterday, Zhang Yue didn't understand that Lu Feng couldn't look down on this little credit on the Ming Road, so he smiled with a knowing smile: "In this case, you let Lu Gonggong recuperate, and I will come to see him after I finish my business." ”

"Master Zhang, go slowly!"

Cheng Jiu saw Zhang Yue out of the courtyard, then turned around and hurried back to the main house. When he opened the curtain, he saw Lu Feng sitting cross-legged on the kang and slowly eating bird's nest porridge with a silver spoon, and he didn't even lift his eyelids when he came in. He had long been accustomed to such situations, and hurriedly took a few steps forward, carefully bending down to stand beside him.

"Father-in-law, Master Xiao Zhang has already left. He said that he would like to ask my father-in-law to rest and come back to visit you. ”

Although he didn't like the strange taste of bird's nest porridge, but now that the big eunuch in the palace is not careful about it, Lu Feng naturally doesn't want to be laughed at. It was easy to frown and eat clean, so he casually put the porcelain cup on the kang table beside him, and a smug smile appeared on his face.

"If you want our family to say, none of those direct heroes can compare to him. Do things in an orderly manner, and never pamper to take big. It is very appropriate for him to come forward to do this Jingshi's affairs, don't look at our family this time, there are too many heroes and nobles here, and it is not interesting to suffer the loss in front of him. In addition to the emperor, he also has the support of the emperor's grandson, and the backer can't be harder. As long as he respects our family, our family will not give him a loss, and he will not fight with him when he turns back. ”

The regular taxes of the Ming Dynasty are summer tax and autumn grain, which are levied twice a year, both of which are collected in kind. After more than ten years of recuperation and recuperation, coupled with the foundation laid by the Hongwu Dynasty before, so the granaries in various places are full and extremely solid, but in case of a catastrophe, the political secretary can directly order the state government to give relief, and then report to the imperial court, so the granary has always been the top priority. This time, there is a supervision of the imperial history, and the imperial court has sent a messenger, which is naturally even more extraordinary in the eyes of people.

The Taiping Warehouse near Jinchuan Gate is the largest granary in Beijing, and during the tax season of summer tax and autumn grain, the carts that deliver grain to the granary often stretch all the way to the outer Jinchuanmen Wharf outside the city. The official rank of the ambassador in charge of Taiping is from Jiupin, although the Jingshi who walks in the land full of power is nothing, but in this acre and three points of land, he is extremely strong.

However, despite the cold wind at this time, the ambassador followed Zhang Yue's saddle to serve back and forth, but he was full of sweat. When the door of the last treasury was slowly closed, and everyone returned to the front of the account, his pale face was bloody, and his voice was also a little confident: "My lord, it has been more than ten years since I was in charge of my duties, and I have always been loyal to my duties and never dared to slack off. This crime of stealing and selling official food is definitely framed, please be sure to be aware of it! ”

The deputy envoy, who had been silent, also nodded hurriedly and echoed: "Your Excellency also saw just now, all the granaries are full, exactly the same as the number in the account book, and there is no discrepancy in the plan. ”

Zhang Yue didn't expect to find any clues in a few warehouses, so he was naturally unmoved when he heard this. He patted the floating ash on his hand casually, and saw that the ambassador and deputy envoy of Taiping had flattering smiles on their faces, so he said lightly: "You have guarded this granary for more than ten years, and you have no merit and hard work, and the court will naturally not wronged good people." Come on, seal the account books of the past years and bring them back for careful review! ”

"My lord, this is not in order!" The ambassador jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on, his greasy forehead glistening in the sun, "And there are a few boxes of account books over the years, and I can't read them all in a month." ”

"This official is ordered by the emperor to seal the account books. As for the time to read the account book, the official naturally has a good hand at taking inventory, not to mention a month, even two months have to be carefully checked. Come on, close the account! ”

Seeing that the wolf-like soldiers under Zhang Yue's hands rushed into the account room to seal the accounts without saying a word, the ambassador and the deputy envoy did not dare to say much, and their faces were not very good-looking. Not to mention a group of handymen, all of them stood against the wall and hung their hands, not even daring to breathe. It wasn't until Zhang Yue roared away with a large number of people carrying a cart of account books, and he couldn't even see the figure, that the ambassador and the deputy ambassador glanced at each other, and each saw the hint of happiness in each other's eyes. The honest handymen just now also whispered to each other, with disapproving expressions on their faces.

"It's all said that it's a chick, and the two leaders have done a perfect job in this account book, how can he find out?"

"As long as you hold on for a month, it's time to send this plague god away."

Seeing that the eyes of the top boss swept over, the stout handyman leader immediately ordered several handymen to rearrange the things that had just been moved. In a group of busy figures, a man with a bronzed face casually carried a box on his shoulder, and glanced at the Taiping ambassador and deputy envoy who showed a smug expression over there, and he couldn't help sneering in his heart.

Two guys who don't know whether they are alive or dead, they have never heard of Zhang Yue's name as a butcher!