Zongzheng Mansion is a yamen that sounds very powerful but actually does nothing, the chief Zong Zhengqing is in the first rank, only half a level lower than the prime minister, but the status is one in heaven and one on the ground: the real clan relatives will basically be crowned kings, it is impossible to go to Zongzheng Mansion to serve again, and they will not accept the management of Zongzheng Mansion, and ordinary clan children are also looking for their own backers, and they only have superficial respect for Zongzheng Mansion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was more like a lonely library with a vast collection of genealogies and canonization documents, rarely used, and still guarded with great care in case of emergency.

Zongzheng Mansion is also a target: there are good things, that is the emperor's grace, and there are bad things, that is that Zongzheng Mansion enforces the law impartially, or distorts the emperor's original intention, the former offends the children of the clan, and the latter offends everyone, including the emperor.

Han Chou has been in office for a few months, and he misses the life of Luoyang very much, although the grade of Henan Yin is lower than that of Zong Zhengqing, but he is a real local magistrate, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the emperor of a county, especially Luoyang, the wealth gathered in a city is more than six or seven ordinary counties, lying on the gold and silver mountains to govern Henan County, how comfortable and comfortable?

"People are warm and cold." Han Chou's face was thinner, his skin was a little saggy, his limbs were more slender, but his stomach was still so big, he sighed to several guests in the hall, "Han asked himself, when he was in Luoyang, he never treated any businessman from the south to the north badly, he treated everyone as a friend, put his heart into his heart, and responded to his needs...... Alas, once he resigned, he immediately fell into the cold in front of the door. Guys, what did I do wrong to make everyone so disgusted? ”

"Lord Han, aren't we here? Not only did I come, but I also had to discuss with adults. A guest sneered, the five of them are the leaders of the merchants, and they have come to visit Han Chou today.

"You still remember Han, we're close friends, right?"

"It's a close friend, a friend of life and death, Lord Han is temporarily away from Luoyang, and we can be regarded as poor friends, haha."

"How's Luoyang?" Han Chou Zhengse asked, as if the whole city was his home, and he was forced to leave, and his heart was unforgettable.

"There is a new adult, it is said that it is temporary, and the court may change again. Alas, how to say it, I don't know how to do things, let alone be a person, which delays a lot of business. Lord Han, don't talk about the warmth and coldness of people, in fact, everyone is looking forward to your return to Luoyang, more eager than children looking forward to their parents, but they are not familiar with the way here, and they dare not come to the door easily, so they entrusted a few of our brothers to come over to explore the way. ”

Han Chou's expression was overjoyed, and he scolded with a smile: "You ungrateful rabbit cubs, you don't come to the door for anything, there will be something to do when you come to the door, say, what's the matter?" You are ungrateful, but Han values the past and does not have the same knowledge as you. ”

Several guests are very familiar with Han Chou, and try their best to flatter him if he likes to hear, what is really convincing is a piece of paper with a gift written on it in small letters, even a mud Buddha can be moved, let alone a living Luoyang Marquis?

Finally, it came to the problem.

"In order to repatriate the displaced people in Henan County, we spent a lot of money at that time, and businessmen from other places also responded to the call of the imperial court, contributed money and efforts, and made an appointment to collect the accounts after the autumn.

"You didn't think about giving up this debt?" Han Chou said lightly, he has been neglected for so long, how can he punish these businessmen.

"That's a lot of money! If you don't want to, you will lose a lot, and you won't even be able to do business in the future. Several people understood what Lord Han meant, and pleaded with bitter faces.

Han Chou heard enough, and waved his hand, "Okay, for the sake of the past friendship, I will give you an idea, you are really stupid, there are several roads in front of you, and you haven't seen any of them?" ”

Several people were overjoyed, flattering words poured out of their mouths like a tide, Han Chou smiled, and had a little bit of Luoyang feeling, and when the other party couldn't think of new words, he said: "Empress Dowager Cining's mother's family will arrive in Beijing in seven days, do you know about this?" ”

"I've heard of it."

"Now relatives are worth more than the clan." Han Chou's words couldn't help but be sour, "The pomp of welcoming relatives exceeds that of the princes entering Beijing, hey, I don't know where this rule." In short, the imperial court should reward the royal family, and the household department will pay part of it, and the Shaofu will give out the other part. ”

Several people nodded at the same time, Shaofu was their target for entering Beijing to ask for debts this time.

Seeing that a few people hadn't woken up yet, Han Chou frowned and said loudly: "Shaofu has the money to reward his relatives, but he doesn't have the money to repay his debts?" The day the Wang family entered Beijing was an auspicious day for you to ask for debts, and if the palace still took care of face, it would not refuse to repay the money. ”

The five merchant leaders were overjoyed, and nodded again and again, but their hearts were still unsteady, and one of them smiled: "Lord Han just said that there are several roads in front of him, and this is only one, what other roads are there, let's say it together." ”

"One is not enough?" Han Chou reprimanded, pretending to be dissatisfied.

"Multiple roads are always good." One humanity.

"It's like a beautiful woman, who would be too little? Lord Han, there are a few more Tianxiang national colors in Luoyang, we bought them, and they can be sent to the house tonight. The other person knew more about Luoyang Hou's character.

Han Chou really smiled, and suddenly grabbed the speaker, "It's not the inferior goods you've already tasted, right?" ”

The man smiled bitterly: "How dare you, first, I am afraid that Lord Han will not be satisfied, and secondly, I am afraid that my own tigress will marry a non-human, and I don't have the blessing of Lord Han." ”

Han Chou let go of his hand and continued: "It is rumored that the emperor has a list in his hand, and the names of many businessmen are on it, and whoever dares to ask Shaofu for debts will be arrested and convicted of a felony. ”

The five of them slapped their legs together and said in unison, "That's what we're afraid of!" ”

The rumors are rampant, no one knows what names are on that list, and they don't know how much evidence the emperor has, but no one dares to try it, and even those businessmen who borrow money normally are frightened and have been watching since entering Beijing.

"Actually, this matter is simple, as far as I know-" Han Chou deliberately emphasized these four words, but he didn't say where he knew it, his gaze swept over the five people, "The emperor didn't want to pay off all the debts, our merchants in Luoyang are the key targets of Shaofu's prevention." ”

The five of them left the chair and knelt on the ground together, "We are all Luoyang merchants, and we are in the water with Lord Han......

The reason why they came to Han Chou was not only because they knew each other, but also because Han Chou also had a large amount of money loaned to the homeless through the merchants, and he definitely wanted to recover it, at least he didn't want to suffer too much loss.

But this can't be said explicitly, the businessmen have to beg, in their hearts are actually like a mirror, Han Chou must be more anxious than them.

Han Chou also didn't say a word about the money he was trapped in, coughed, and said, "The rumors about that list are actually good for you. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"The emperor wants to rely on part of the debt and repay part of the debt, but the rumors have frightened everyone, and there are very few businessmen who have gone to Shaofu to collect money, right?"

Several people nodded.

"You unite with the merchants of Luoyang to buy all the IOUs of other merchants, and it is enough to give them fifty percent of the money, I believe that few people can refuse."

The five of them looked dazed, "Even if it only costs half of the money, this is a lot of money." ”

Han Chou shook his head and stretched out his right hand, "This is the debt that the emperor wants to rely on." Stretching out his left hand, "This is the debt that the emperor is ready to pay." Then the ten fingers were crossed and clasped together, "The emperor will either lose it or pay it back, if he will lose it, you can make a name for the emperor." ”

The five people were dumbfounded, and they didn't dare to respond for a long time, Han Chou smiled and said: "You guys, people are stupid, you are still timid, but you are greedy for money." What's so scary? The law does not blame the public, the emperor is suppressing bandits, and the officials sent to Yunmengze are mainly appeased, the so-called 'only catch the first evil and not the rest', you can see the emperor's methods from here. If he really wanted to clean up the merchants in the world, he would have done it as early as Luoyang, and he would never have delayed until now. The emperor is scaring you, as long as you are united, the emperor has to give in, what he is most afraid of seeing now is that someone is making trouble, so you must make a desperate posture, only in this way, can you get your money back, otherwise, go back to your own home, sell your house and land. ”

The five of them glanced at each other a few times and kowtowed to Han Chou, "We all listen to Lord Han." ”

"Don't mention my name outside, after all, I am an official and an important minister of the clan, if the emperor knows that I am involved, I will be finished, and you will all follow the family and exterminate the clan, understand?" Han Chou said sharply.

"Understood, understood." The five of them spoke in unison.

Han Chou let the five people get up, and gave them a lot of ideas, in short, to fight for the right time, place, and people, and when the queen mother's family entered Beijing and was jubilant, they gathered together to go to Shaofu to ask for debts, so that the emperor was caught off guard, and at the same time, he also had to build momentum, and let the whole city know about it that day, and force Shaofu to solve the problem immediately.

Driven by the desire for profit, the five merchants were still a little timid at first, but after being encouraged and persuaded by Han Chou, they all became bold and decided to openly ask the emperor for debts.

They believe in Han Chou, after all, Han Chou also has a large amount of money trapped in the "imperial debt", so he will not deceive them.

The five of them took their leave satisfied, and their fighting spirits were high, and then they had to persuade other merchants who knew each other to squeeze out the other merchants by buying IOUs at low prices.

Han Chou was drinking tea alone in the living room when he suddenly snorted coldly.

A servant crept in, but instead of doing what a servant should do, he went up to the adult and asked, "Are they reliable?" ”

"Reliable? Merchants are unreliable, but for money, they are more reliable than anyone else, you can rest assured. I'm safe here, but don't walk around. Also, when will your people arrive? ”

The servant smiled, "Don't worry, my lord, they may have arrived, just like me, hide well." ”

Han Chou stared at the other party coldly, "That's a good thing, you have failed less than once, and you haven't done anything yet, and one person has been caught." ”

"But we have succeeded less than once, as for the people who are caught, they are just small fish, and it does not affect the overall situation."

Han Chou laughed, "Wealth is in danger, this time I took the biggest risk." Yunxiong, what's your real name? ”

"Yunxiong" smiled but did not answer.

(Today's first shift, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the QQ group looks forward to everyone's arrival.) (To be continued.) )