Quarreling with Zong Ze was sycophants, the two argued while entering the door, Zong Ze saw Zhao Xing, and angrily arched his hand: "Taiwei, my official hit the Hangzhou Bureau, Tong Guan requisitioned civil materials to make imperial supplies, and dared not pay, that eunuch dared to detain my official servant, I heard that those official servants are being tortured, please Lord Taiwei." ”

Mao Peng smiled flatteringly, and interjected: "Xianggong, Tong Dage is also doing things for His Majesty, no matter what, Hangzhou shouldn't beat up the errand of the bureau, Xianggong said it, didn't it?" ”

Zong Ze glared: "Mao Zemin, who are you, how can you speak to that eunuch, you are still called Zemin."

In Mao Peng's view, Zong Ze's words are not a scolding, because the person who asks him who he is means that Zong Ze has regarded him as a member of the party. Today, the Nanyang Party contacts the Guan Party and the Luo Party, and is a dominant family in the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, and is considered to be a member of the Nanyang Party, which is a shortcut to promotion in the Nanyang Affairs Bureau. So Mao Peng immediately explained: "Master Zong is angry, I'm not talking to Tong Dage, Tong Dage is a friend of Zhao Xianggong, we can't beat the dog without caring about the owner's face, right?" ”

Zhao Xing waved his hand to stop the quarrel between the two: "Zong Zhizhou, you go and tell Tong Dage, just say that the Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau is just a manufacturing department, according to the imperial court system, he has no right to have a servant, he has no power to collect civil materials, and the required materials are to be registered and transferred to the Hangzhou Yamen, and the state government will support it." ”

Zong Ze stomped his feet: "So, it's not a bottomless pit." How much do we spend to make up for him. ”

Wan Qiyong stretched out a finger and quietly reminded: "The right to budget and final accounts!" ”

Zong Ze suddenly realized: "It's too." I didn't expect that we have the right to budget and final accounts, and the funds for the Hangzhou Construction Bureau can be deducted from the taxes paid, and the more land he wants. The more we deduct. The imperial court did not receive the full amount of taxes, so it was natural to ask him - a good way. ”

Mao Peng also said with a sneer: "Silently, minus Tong Dage's arms, without the right of private expropriation, what waves can Tong Dage turn up, and it is a good means to be fair." ”

Zhao Xing was very comfortable with the horses. He squinted his eyes and stared at Mao Peng, and asked, "You are here, is Qin Shaoyou also here?" You two don't do business, you feast all day, I have received a lot of impeachment charters, and you two should be careful in the future. ”

Impeachment, it doesn't matter if it's Mao Peng. Because currying favor with Qin Shaoyou is equivalent to currying favor with Zhao Xing, with Zhao Xing's support, he can go sideways in the Nanyang Affairs Bureau. Who is afraid of whom. What's more, he thinks that he is now doing something in conjunction with Qin Guan. It will definitely leave a heavy mark in history.

Mao guessed that it was the ground. He and Qin Guan were compiling dramas. Known as the "ancestor of Chinese drama" - it was not without drama before the two of them. But the two of them compiled "The Legend of the West Chamber". It set a precedent for literati to enter this industry.

Mao Peng chuckled indifferently. replied softly: "Although the two of us have a little more days of wind and snow. But isn't the state affairs also missing? Hee-hee. Adults can use this to fight back against those who impeached the landers. ”

Mao Peng is shameless enough.

Zhao Xing knew in advance that Qin Guan was a pure, sentimental poet. Let him deal with specific official duties. That's asking the cook to think about the theory of relativity. It's hard to be a person at all. So after Qin Guan took office. He selects his best students. mobilized elite soldiers and strong generals to help Qin Guan handle official business. Now. The official business of Yuezhou has basically nothing to do with these two people. The two officials have become professionals. This is what is now called the "idle class". But now. Mao Peng did an excellent job in the state. Completely on your head. Shamelessly take it for yourself.

Zong Ze knows the details. But Zhao Xing protected Qin Shaoyou. This is what every Great Song person knows. Due to the existence of Qin Shaoyou. He is not good at criticizing. I had to glance sideways. complained dissatisfiedly: "I heard that Qin Shaoyou came to Hangzhou with you." You two don't wait for the state. Staying in Hangzhou has been longer than Yuezhou. It's like something to say. I, the acting governor, am busy every day with my feet on the ground. The two of you play every day. Zemin. Converge a little. Don't embarrass the captain. ”

Mao Peng chuckled. Gently shake the small fan. Chic replied: "That's because you can't work...... Messire. We came by boat. Brother Shaoyou met Jing Niang on the dock. He followed Jing Niang. Xia Guan was hesitating. I happened to meet Zong Zhizhou. I stopped by. I heard that the officials of Zongzhizhou were detained by the Hangzhou Bureau

Zhao Xing immediately answered: "Zemin, you run for me, take a few family members, take my name card to Tong Dage, tell him what I mean, and then tell him: Tonight, I will perform "The Legend of the West Chamber" on the Blue House, change the new role, invite him to tea, as for the officials in Hangzhou, most of them are my sons and nephews, please let him go." In addition, the third class of officials of the Hangzhou Creation Bureau asked him to disband......

Zong Zhizhou and Tong Dage are not in the same eye, the two can't help but clash when they see each other, you go to Tong Dage, the attitude is not soft or hard, as long as Tong Guan agrees, my goal will be achieved, why make it so intense. ”

"Wrap it up on me, wrap it up on me!" Mao Peng agreed in a stack, he looked at Zhao Xing's house, and then stopped his eyes at his feet, and praised him one after another: "Taiwei, your room is really tasteful, I often hear that Xianggong lives a luxurious life, which is comparable to Cai Jing's house." But this room is simply laid out, and it reveals a volume everywhere, which is really admirable. ”

Wan Qiyong snickered, got up and said goodbye: "Tai Wei, I'll go and get busy first!" ”

Zong Ze scolded: "Sycophant, what do you know, which thing is cheaper here, this desk is made of Vietnamese mahogany, and the paint on the desktop has been painted with more than ten layers, and you can see people." And this carpet, such a large scarlet Persian carpet, as soon as you step on it, it sinks to your ankles, and there are only two of them in the Great Song Dynasty, and the other one is spread in the palace.

This chair ...... These books, these paintings, which one is not the work of a famous artist......"

"Color!" Zhao Xing cut off Zong Ze's nagging: "The reason why this house looks so elegant is because there are only two colors in the house: Danqing. Red tables and chairs. Red carpet, rack. The color of the whole house is mainly red, and the rest of the ground is embellished with cyan, cyan in the candlestick, and a cyan globe...... Because the colors are not mixed, the whole house looks plain. ”

Mao Peng is also a lover of paintings. Hearing this, he immediately fell into deep thought, he took the name card handed by Zhao Xing in the like, followed Zhao Xing's family out of the door, and after he went out, Zong Ze continued angrily: "Tong Guan's eunuch matter is solved. I am also worried that Suzhou should be enshrined, I heard that in order to search for surprising and winning flowers and stones, officials from all over the country are like wolves and tigers, whether it is high mountains, deep valleys, rapids, rapids, rapids, or deep houses and courtyards, grass gate shantytowns, as long as there is a stone and a tree a little fun, there will be officials and soldiers straight into the place. Make a royal mark, and this thing becomes a royal thing, and the owner must protect it properly; If you are not careful, you will be punished with the crime of great disrespect.

Wait until it's time to ship. Generally, the walls are torn down and the house is demolished, and this thing is respectfully invited out. The head of the household avoided the disaster in order to prevent it. Prevent the officials from trapping them as disrespectful sinners, and countless people will go bankrupt for this.

My lord. Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau has not yet tossed out of Suzhou, but Hangzhou maritime merchants are rich all over the world. I'm worried that those officials will reach out sooner or later, what should I do? The lieutenant needs to plan ahead. ”

Zhao Xing sneered: "I have warned Zhu in advance, don't worry, my Nanyang Affairs Bureau is no better than other places, all over our jurisdiction are full of Tang Shu Pavilions, Xiang Yong, reserve is sound, you can secretly tell your subordinates, once there are other state officials to cross the line, let them mobilize Xiang Yong, as well as Tang Shu Pavilion's fist Yong, tell them that our local policy is just four words: death has no proof." Give them the names of bandits, and see who dares to enter the territory of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau to spread wilderness. ”

Zong Ze shook his head: "If Suzhou should be directly posted by the local yamen, will the local yamen be ignored?" ”

Zhao Xing smiled: "If that's the case, it will turn things into a competition between me and Zhu - still send out the officials of the Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau who posted the post, and tell them that the Nanyang Affairs Bureau has found strange flowers and strange stones, and they want to dedicate to the emperor, and it should be dedicated to me, the chief officer of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau. Don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people. ”

Zong Ze glanced at Zhao Xing with pity and arched his hand: "So, I have wronged the captain." ”

After Zong Ze said goodbye and left, Zhao Xing's beloved daughter Zhao Jie turned out from behind the premises, she held a copy in her hand, stared at Zong Ze's back with her eyes, and asked curiously while biting her fingers: "Daddy, why are you promoted to the prime minister now, and this person still claims that you are a captain?" ”

Modern titles such as "daddy", "mother", "wife", and "husband" have appeared in the Song dynasty, but these are informal titles. The parents are officially called "father-in-law" and "mother-in-law". Zhao Jie has always been favored in front of Zhao Xing, and she can come in and play in rooms that others can't enter. Just now she was hiding behind the shelf, eavesdropping on the conversation here.

This girl's address to her father was never official, and Zhao Xing never cared. He laughed and touched the girl's head, explaining: "He calls me Taiwei, which is actually a hint that he has been following me for a long time and is my old man in the Taiwei period, so this is not a snubbing...... Child, there are too many ways to call officialdom, and each title represents a relationship, and you will learn it slowly in the future. ”

"It's complicated!" Zhao Jie shook her head and replied.

Zhao Jie flipped a few pages, suddenly closed the book, stared at him and asked: "Daddy, I remember that Uncle Wan Qian also had to report the ownership of those loot, you originally agreed with Uncle Wan Qi that you would only hand over 500 million yuan to the imperial court, and now, you used that crown to fool the imperial court, and falsely reported the value of the loot, and it happened that you only gave the imperial court 500 million guan." Uncle Wan Qi should tell you where to store the rest of the money and how to spend it, but why didn't he leave without saying anything? ”

Zhao Xing smiled: "Silly woman, how do you know that he didn't say it, he nagged and reported the expenses, just waiting for me to mention the money, but how can this money be easily said, I don't say it, he understood this meaning, so he got up and said goodbye, and didn't talk about the disposal of the money at the end." ”

Zhao Jie blinked her eyes and asked, "Daddy, I don't understand that at this point, is our family still short of money, what's the use of risking a mortal crime to hide this huge amount of money?" According to our family's current money, even if it is the tenth generation, it will not be used up, why is my father still greedy for that loot? ”

Zhao Xing laughed, he stroked Zhao Jie's head, and explained with a smile: "Zong Ze knows the origin of this money. Wang Mingsuo knows, but they are all upright people. Why are these righteous people silent in the face of this huge sum of money, because they know my intention in hiding this money?

Cai Jing agitated today, saying that only the king will not, they regard the country's money as dung, and in just a few years, the country's reserves of more than 100 years have been spent. Now I rely on the money I have stolen from the east and west to maintain a luxurious life, but the imperial court can not help but leave emergency money, and now the imperial court is empty, and the regular closing position is also empty, in case there is another unforeseen event in the country after that, what do we take to emergency. I can only count on the money I withheld.

My loot was originally stored in two books. One account is the valuation of Arabia, and the other account is the valuation of the Beijing division. These riches were all exchanged by the soldiers in a hundred battles, and they were used to fill the bottomless pit, but a part of it was intercepted by the Jingshi appraisal to fill the treasury of the states and counties under the jurisdiction of our Nanyang Affairs Bureau, which was also filled, and the latter was beneficial to the country.

What's more, I've already declared it to the imperial court. It is intended to set aside some of the funds as a financial contingency, so even if things go haywire, those officials will have room to exonerate themselves. For example, we make all the account books, and these officials don't know about it, and so on...... In this case. Naturally, those honest officials dared to work together with me to protect this secret. So Wan Qiyong doesn't say it, other people know. But they don't say it either.

Because of the existence of this money, Zong Ze has the bottom in his heart, so he spends money happily. It was also because of the existence of this money that Wang Mingsuo saw that the coastal people had reduced their taxes for one year, but he deliberately did not say anything.

This money is an open and honest secret, girl, don't talk about it with anyone in the future, but you must know in your heart: with the help of this expedition, my Nanyang Affairs Bureau has pre-deposited ten years of financial income, with this money as a backing, we can vigorously develop the production and economy of the coastal areas. And any official of the Nanyang Affairs Bureau who knows that this money exists, at least for ten years, will not have the idea of leaving his current position and moving to another place. This will be a powerful weapon for us to stabilize people's hearts. ”

Zhao Jie still wanted to discuss this issue, but Zhao Xing had already lovingly taken her hand and said, "You girl, you will not be an official in the future, no matter what, why do you seem to be more enthusiastic about government affairs than a few brothers?" Okay, I'll take you to the play. ”

Along the spiral stairs of the castle, Zhao Xing took Zhao Jie's hand to the roof platform, the roof platform is staging a new compilation of "The Legend of the West Chamber", this drama is a reserved program on Zhao Xing's mansion, there are not many entertainment projects for women in the Song Dynasty, the wives of officials have to work all day long, and the entertainment projects are even poorer, so the launch of the new "The Legend of the West Chamber" has made their poor life more entertaining. Over time, these official wives can not only sing the singing in the play one by one, but also appear on the stage in person and sing two sentences.

The new edition of "The Legend of the West Chamber" was jointly made by Qin Guan and Mao Peng, and the poems in it were gorgeous and lingering, which made the women of the Song Dynasty who boldly pursued love admired, so that they found spiritual solace outside of real life, and the success of this play was also deeply marked by Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing likes to make strict rules, in the new drama, how the actors put on makeup, what costumes each character wears, and even how to draw eyebrows and eye circles, there are regulations, it is this standardization that makes drama an entertainment project in the Song Dynasty in a variety of entertainment forms stand out, and gradually surpass other entertainment, becoming the first choice for entertainment in Hangzhou. Even some officials like to come here to show their faces and listen to a few words of talent and beauty

This is a world where women are in charge, in the roof platform, sitting in the front row are some official wives, due to the popularity of drama, the Nanyang Affairs Bureau has gradually evolved a kind of wife diplomacy, those official wives while listening to the song, while holding embroidery, while exchanging officialdom information and maritime trade information with each other - they hold embroidery in their hands, purely to please Cheng Azhu.

In recent years, Zhao Xing's wife and concubine have gradually had a clear division of labor, Cheng Azhu is the housekeeper, because she is not very literate, she can't help but rely on her daughter Zhao Jie, Zhao Jiesheng is smart, plus Li Qingzhao, a clever ghost, is on the side, she replaces her mother to manage the servants and financial expenditures in the house, and manages it in an orderly manner.

At the same time, Chen Yiyi took over all the domestic industries in the family and became the family's earning machine, specializing in generating income for the family; Because Kasli knew many Chinese, she became Zhao Xing's diplomatic secretary, specializing in foreign trade at home. After that, the two of them had important things to do, and they were so busy every day that their feet didn't touch the ground. Cheng Azhu is idle and has nothing to do, so he takes listening to music as a pleasure and relaxes his mind. She doesn't have much because she can't read. When listening to music, I always like to take a piece of embroidery and embroider a few strokes in the interval between the stage, although she no longer needs to embroider by hand at home, but the habit that has been cultivated for many years cannot be changed for a while.

Cheng Azhu likes the habit of listening to music, and gradually attracted a group of like-minded people for her. In order to please Cheng Azhu, those official wives also held a piece of embroidery in their hands, and when the scene changed, they talked while embroidering, just like the later women who played sweaters while watching movies, purely looking for trouble. But I didn't expect that. This habit soon became the norm for listening to operas.

The wives of the officials occupied the best seats upstairs, and the officials had to huddle in two compartments. Not everyone on this floor is qualified to come, and those who are qualified to come are all people in Zhao Xing***, those officials are standing on both sides, listening to music, chatting, and exchanging officialdom dynamics with each other. Of all the people, there was only one who didn't communicate with anyone else, and he sat a little closer to the middle, next to the pile of women. But he didn't squint, just shook his head and admired the singing on the stage. Occasionally, an official came over to talk, and he only waved his hand impatiently. Signal the other party not to disturb and greet the other party: "Mr. Kameyama." Why do you have Yaxing today? ”

Mr. Kameyama's name is Yang Shi. The word is neutral, known as Mr. Guishan, a native of Jiangle (now Fujian) in Nanjianzhou. He was a junior in Xining for nine years, and he did not go to the initial transfer officer, and he studied Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi for nearly ten years. Yang began to emerge after the age of forty, and Zhao Xing, the current governor of Xiaoshan County, Hangzhou, replied: "Hangzhou Xiaoshan, separated by a river, but the rich and poor are two worlds. I know that you are now throwing a lot of money on construction, roads, schools, and hospitals, and I don't ask for anything else, I know that there are two bridges in your castle that lead to the other side of the river, and I want you to open this bridge to the public, so that my Xiaoshan County and Hangzhou can be unimpeded. ”

Zhao Xing smiled and asked: "Mr. Kameyama, if your house becomes someone else's aisle, and people come and go endlessly, and people who pass by every time they don't care about your existence, what would you think?" ”

Yang Shi talked about the two bridges on the ground, which are from the Zhaoxing Castle to the Israelite village on the other side of the river, and now, the Israelis have gained a firm foothold opposite the Zhaoxing Castle with the support of Zhaoxingdi, and their villages have greatly expanded, but the Israelis are cautious, they do not want to easily mix with the outside world, so they simply built a highland stone wall like the Zhaoxing Castle on the periphery of their own village, sealing themselves, and communicating with the outside world only through a few very narrow stone gates, or simply through the two bridges of Zhaoxing.

Xiaoshan County has not developed rapidly because of the interval of the Qiantang River, and the land price in Xiaoshan County is simply the floor price compared with Hangzhou. Moreover, due to the poor transportation, Xiaoshan County has difficulty in transporting grain and other agricultural products, so that it is on the side of the canal, but it does not enjoy the convenience of the canal. Yang Shi was worried.

"Since the adults are unwilling to open the stone bridges in the fort, then build a few more, I know that the tide of the Qiantang River is humid and fierce, which makes it extremely difficult to ferry and repair the bridges on the Qiantang River, however, several stone bridges in the castle have been built for many years, and each time they are as strong as mountains in the tide, which shows that the adults have the technology to build bridges on the Qiantang River - ten years ago.

In this way, building a bridge is nothing to adults, and now, I heard that the money to build the bridge, there is no shortage in the house, then repair, the lower officials come this time, just wait for the bridge to be unblocked, if the adults do not agree to repair the bridge, I will live here, well, listen to the music, drink wine, and occasionally chant poems with colleagues, I will wait for this day. I will go back to the county when the adults give a reply, and there is nothing big about that small county anyway. ”

Zhao Xing replied: "Building bridges - as you said, technology is not a problem, money is not a problem, but manpower is a big problem. Now the Nanyang Affairs Bureau is building roads everywhere, are engaged in large-scale construction, this manpower is too lacking, skilled craftsmen can not be drawn out, Mr. Kameyama, now start to repair the bridge, when the tide of the Qiantang River arrives, I am afraid that I can only build a few piers, it is better to wait for this year's tide to pass, in the winter dry season, we will move again

Yang Shi shook his head and refused: "No, as the adults said, there is a shortage of workers everywhere now, and there is also a shortage of materials, and the adults are now allowed, so I will start to raise stones, lime, cement, steel, and steel cables from now on, and when the materials are ready, it happens to be winter, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Xing smiled bitterly and said casually: "Have you done the budget?" Take a look. ”

Yang Shi immediately took out a copy of the copy from his sleeve, handed it to Zhao Xing, and replied diligently: "My lord, I calculated, the two stone bridges are not much, at most 150,000 yuan." This money is from the Hangzhou government. ”

Zhao Xing glanced at the copywriting, this copywriting was made in accordance with the plan style advocated by Zhao Xing, each item was written in detail, it can be seen that the trend of this project estimation is now not spared even Xiaoshan County, he smiled and clicked a little copywriting, and asked: "Who did it?" Talent, you take this copywriter to Wan Qian Yayan and say that I have permission to do so. ”