It turns out that the people of Kaifeng Mansion really have a tradition of mourning for their official family!

When Wu Haogu was busy all night in Duanwang's Mansion and finally figured out the accounts—money accounts, property accounts, treasure accounts, and women's accounts—dragged his tired body and rode towards Pan's homeland, there were bursts of painful cries in his ears.

The obituary of the official Zhao Xu has been posted all over Kaifeng Mansion, and from now on, the Great Song Dynasty has entered the period of national mourning, and all entertainment activities are prohibited within 100 days. Wu Haogu's "Oiran" album will probably be closed for three months, and this time it will lose 180,000 yuan...... Thinking of this, Wu Haogu was also so sad that he shed tears.

However, while the "Oiran" album had to lose a lot of money, Wu Haogu still found a lot of new opportunities to make money.

For example, many senior officials of the New Party will soon be demoted from Beijing!

Is this an opportunity to make money?

Of course! It costs money on the way to demote officials, and no one knows when they will be able to recover, so they should bring more money on hand so that they can suffer less on the road.

And this travel fee can be obtained by selling calligraphy, painting, and writing. Christie's "Secret Singing" business comes in handy. Singing at Christie's is much more expensive than selling at the temple fairs of Ghost Market or Daxiangguoji Temple.

However, most civil servants have a problem of saving face, and it is very difficult to get these deals into their hands without hurting their self-esteem.

In addition, many members of the New Party are also worth a lot of their own calligraphy, and they may be able to take the opportunity to get a few. In particular, Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu's Mobao will definitely be worth a lot of money in the future.

While the new party officials are unlucky, many people from the old party should come back, and this is a big opportunity!

Su Dongpo and Huang Tingjian in the Song Si family are both old party cadres! Especially on Su Dongpo's side, he has already arranged for the beautiful gold lady to stick it up. As long as he can return to Kaifeng Mansion safely, can Scholar Su not write a few big characters to thank himself?

A big character sells for one or two hundred thousand, and tens of thousands of dollars are available!

In addition, there are also reality show comic strips of Su Dongpo and Pretty Gold Lady that can also be sold for money, which can be serialized in "Wenqu Xing" magazine......

And to achieve this goal, it is best to let Su Dongpo return to Kaifeng Mansion alive. This is not impossible, because Su Dongpo died in the first year of the founding of Yasukuni. That is, next year, and now is the first month of the third year of Yuanfu. If Su Dongpo can be prompted to return north immediately, and there is a beautiful golden lady to take care of him along the way, he should be able to come back alive.

In addition to calligraphy, painting, literature and play, there are also real estate transactions that can be done...... Those who are degraded want to sell their houses, and those who are resurrected want to buy houses, which is a big deal!

Thinking that there are a lot of big deals to do, Wu Haogu has already entered the inner city of Kaifeng Mansion at this time, and has arrived at his temporary residence in Panjiayuan.

At the gate of Panjiayuan, a long carriage stopped at this time, dozens of horses were tied to the horse pillar, and there were many wealthy servants in plain robes guarding there, and I don't know whose family it is?

Lin Wancheng's son Lin Chongzheng was guarding the door with a few Pan Jiayuan's subordinates, and when he saw Wu Haogu, he flew up and grabbed the reins of Wu Haogu's crotch.

"Dongmen, you're back." Lin Chong said, "Since this morning, many people have come to see you, and they are about to break the door of the house. The lady and the eldest sister both had bodies, and there was no way to deal with it, so they had to call the old lady here. ”

They're all here to give gifts!

This is the benefit of becoming a confidant of the official family!

Wu Haogu waved his hand and said, "I'm too tired, I have to go to sleep for a while, ask my father to leave the gift list, and wait until I have slept enough." ”

Of course, gifts are to be received! As a close luck official, it would be too unreasonable to not even accept gifts.

However, how many gifts to receive and whose gifts to receive is a science.

With the current status of Wu Haogu, the big businessmen of Kaifeng Mansion, as long as there is no backstage like a steel plate behind them, they have to give a meeting gift - usually give cash, and there is no need to give more, just a few hundred dollars. I don't ask Wu Haogu to do anything, it's just a protection fee, you just don't have to make trouble.

Of course, this money has to be collected! Because it is not Wu Haogu who wants to collect money, Gao Yu also collects it, Pan Xiao'an also collects it, and the two assassins of the Xiang family and the fat eunuch Pang Kuan have to collect a share of the money...... Just collect more than 100,000 yuan. Wu Haogu wants one person to be high, what are others? Are corrupt officials corrupt?

But there is some money, such as someone who begs Wu Hao Gu to do things, beg to be an official, beg to be promoted, beg for revenge, beg for love (some officials' parents don't want to worry about Ding when they die) or something, then you have to think about it clearly. If you can do it for others, you can collect the money, and don't collect it if you can't do it.

Of course, if Wu Haogu doesn't want to help others, he won't accept any of them, and there is no problem. It's just that he won't get the reputation of a clean official because of this, but will be considered unkind.

So I still have to collect a little bit and help people a little...... This is the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty. Feudalism, you are really clearer, how annoying is that?

……

The person who became a confidant of the official family was busy collecting money, and Ji Yi, who had done something stupid, was naturally going to break his fortune at this time.

After handing over the family heirloom "Pen Array Diagram" to Gao Yu, he prepared a generous gift to ask Zhang Duan for forgiveness. Although Zhao Ji has let him go, it does not mean that Zhao Ji will fight Zhang Dian for him. Who made him betray Janden too late? If he would have sold Zhang Dun as soon as he saw Zhao Ji, now he is also a confidant. But he waited until the lie was broken before selling, which was not worth much......

However, Zhang Dian did not "abandon" him, and still met him, a big traitor, in the study.

"Grandfather Yue," Ji Yi regained his former demeanor at this time, and saluted Zhang Dan, "The younger generation has become a villain." ”

"Oh." Zhang's face was expressionless.

Ji Yi said: "But the younger generation is also forced to do so, the younger generation is afraid of death!" ”

"Oh."

"The younger generation met Wu Haogu in Duanwangfu, and later Pan Xiao'an arrived with a soldier." Ji Yi said, "But ...... The younger generation did not reveal the matter of the edict. ”

Zhang Dian smiled: "You're not too stupid after all. ”

Zhao Xu's edict is a life-threatening thing, if Zhang Dian can get the edict from Concubine Zhu yesterday, the Empress Dowager Xiang will have to be deflated. Zeng Bu, Cai Bian, Xu Jiang, and Cai Jing will all stand on the side of Zhang Dan. Moreover, the generals who are in charge of the army and the affairs of the Sanya will immediately defect.

But the problem is that Zhang Dian did not get the edict, nor did he say that there was an edict!

So this edict is treated as if it doesn't exist, if Ji Yi pokes this thing out, he has already been committed suicide.

Ji Yi sighed and said, "The younger generation is not stupid, but too smart. ”

Zhang Dian laughed: "Yes, you are just too smart, and you are less stupid and confused." It is not enough to be smart as an official, you must be stupid enough when you should be stupid, and you must be confused when you should pretend to be confused. In terms of making fools, the old man is much stronger than you, and Wu Haogu is also stronger than you. We all saw one direction, one road to the darker, not as much as you have to calculate. ”

"The mechanism is exhausted, but it is wrong!" Ji Yi sighed bitterly.

"What now?" Zhang Dian looked at Ji Yi, "Do you want to accompany the old man to Danzhou?" ”

Ji Yi smiled bitterly: "If you have this stupidity, it won't be like this." ”

"That's not up to you." Zhang Dian smiled, "The old man's granddaughter is quite fond of you, and the old man also looks at you well." It's better to follow the old man to the ends of the earth and watch the scenery of the sea country. ”

Listening to Zhang Dian's words, Ji Yi, who was too calculating, began to calculate again. Does Zhang Dun mean to marry his granddaughter to himself? Why is that? Does the old man think that he still has use value? But where is their own value?

On the way to Danzhou, wait for the old man Zhang?

Unlikely, right?

Or does Zhang Dian not want to go to Danzhou and want to help solve the difficulties himself?

But how to solve this dilemma?

Ji Yi thought about it, and finally guessed Zhang Dan's thoughts, so he asked: "Grandmaster Yue doesn't want to go to Danzhou?" ”

"The old man didn't even think about the Yangtze River." Zhang Dian said quietly, "The old man doesn't have much to think about now, so he wants to spend the rest of his life comfortably." ”

You want to spend the rest of your life comfortably, why do you oppose King Liduan? Is it because of the last order of the first emperor? You're not stupid...... Thinking of this, Ji Yi suddenly understood why Zhang Dian could be alone for seven years. It's because he's "stupid"!

Zhangdun's "stupidity" is famous! I thought that I had been admitted to the Jinshi at the beginning, and because I didn't do as well as my nephew Zhang Heng in the exam, I didn't go to be an official, and I took the exam again for three years. It is difficult to find a second such "fool" in the more than 100-year history of the Great Song Dynasty.

After winning the jinshi for the second time, he made a fool of himself before he was awarded the official, and he committed adultery with the beauty of the elders' family, and when he was knocked over, he actually escaped over the wall, and it happened to fall on the head of an old woman, and as a result, he was detained and sent to Kaifeng Mansion, which ruined his reputation.

Later, when I was traveling with Su Dongpo, there was a "chapter book cliff", and I was not afraid of falling to death...... This is also a fool! What if you really fall to your death?

Moreover, after Zhang Dian became an official, his official reputation was very bad, and he could make a fuss everywhere, and he was a wicked official who got rid of it. In Ji Yi's opinion, it is also stupid to do this. Everyone else is a good gentleman, but you are a wicked person, not a fool.

But sometimes, it's the "fools" who can do things. A group of foxes who have become spirits in the court, and there is no stupid prime minister who is so fierce that he is going to die, can he still do things?

Zhang Dian smiled: "Yizhi, you are a smart person, then go and find a way out for the stupid official of the old man." By the way, this subject is also going to be well examined, and a jinshi always wants it. With Jinshi, it will be of great use in the future. ”

Will it be useful in the future?

Ji Yi was skeptical, and gave Zhang Dian a salute: "The younger generation will find a way, and I can't let my grandfather-in-law suffer in his old age." ”