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"Old man Ao was such a person yesterday? Although my conscience is not very good, how can I sympathize with his feelings a little? No, if I want to overthrow Kang Mazi, my conscience must be darker than him, and my face must be thicker than him! Compassion, compassion and morality or something, die and go! Sympathy for the enemy is cruelty to oneself! ”

Thinking about this thought, when it was close to evening, Lu Fatzi led a group of dogs back to Wu Yingxiong's Mansion, and when he entered the door, the subordinates of Wu Yingxiong's Mansion said that Wu Yingxiong had already returned to the house, and was talking to Lin Tianqing and others in the study, and said that if Lu Fatzi came back, he could go over. When Lu Fatzi heard this, he hurriedly asked Xiao Erlang, Liu Zhen and others to take Fang Shiyu back to the room to rest, while he asked Wu's subordinates to lead the way and rushed to Wu Yingxiong's study to meet.

Entering Wu Yingxiong's study, Wu Yingxiong was really chatting with Lin Tianqing and Lang Yanshu, and when he saw Lu Fatzi coming in, Wu Yingxiong stopped Lu Fatzi from saluting, and asked affectionately: "How is Lord Lu having fun in the capital today?" I just heard that when you went to report to the Ministry of Officials, you were made difficult by the people from the Ministry of Officials, no problem, right? Do you want me to intercede for you? ”

"Thank you for your concern, it's just a trivial matter." Lu Fatzi said with an unrestrained smile: "That Lord Qian probably wanted to pay some filial piety, but unfortunately all the money of the lower officials was lost when he was in Fujian, and this time he came to the capital or Jingnan Wang Shizi rewarded some travel expenses, so he didn't have the money to pay filial piety to him, of course he was not satisfied." ”

"These silverfish in the ministry are indeed becoming more and more lawless." Lin Tianqing echoed: "A few months ago, Yu Jackie Chan was promoted to the governor of Hezhou, and he entered Beijing to lead the seal, but he also had no money to send these little ghosts, and they deliberately made things difficult for a few days, and finally Ao Zhongtang knew about it and lost his temper, and these people gave Yu Jackie Chan a seal." After that, Lin Tianqing deliberately asked again: "Lord Lu, how did you solve your matter in the end?" ”

"It's also the blessing of Tuoao Zhongtang." Lu Fatzi knew that Lin Tianqing was deliberately testing himself, so he took the initiative to say: "After being rejected by that Lord Qian, Xia Guan originally planned to come back to ask for help, who knew that the two officials of the Ministry of Officials arrived in time, came forward to stop it, and taught the Lord Qian who asked for bribes. ”

"Blame me for being careless, I didn't take into account Lord Lu's inconvenience at hand." Wu Yingxiong took over the conversation and said lightly: "In this way, Master Lu, you will go to the account room to pay five hundred taels of silver, and I will subsidize you for my father, and it is inconvenient to have insufficient money in the capital." ”

"The prince is polite, you are only a few hundred taels a year, and you dare to take your reward." The fat man Lu, who has a standard annual salary of only forty-five taels, is polite, but he is secretly scolding in his heart, "Stingy ghost, iron rooster, the pocket money you take from your father a year is tens of thousands of taels, to say the least, right?" That's what I was given so little. ”

"No excuses, you deserve it." Wu Yingxiong waved his hand, and asked as if very casually: "After seeing Ao Zhongtang, what did Ao Zhongtang ask you?" ”

"It was expected by Lord Lin, and it was really the incident in Fujian." Lu Fatzi also knew that Wu Yingxiong was deliberately testing himself, so he told Ao Bai in detail about the before and after he met Aobai, and even the incident that Ao Bai was going to use the official position of the Two Huai Salt Law Dao to buy him to betray Wu Sangui, Lu Fatzi also explained it without reservation - there were too many people present at the time, and there were even maids and subordinates from Ao Mansion, Lu Fatzi did not dare to guarantee that these people would not leak secrets, and felt that it was better to confess openly and honestly than to conceal the suspicion of Wu Sangui's father and son in the future.

"This fat man is quite smart, and he doesn't play tricks." Wu Yingxiong snorted coldly in his heart, and asked with fake curiosity: "Lord Lu, Ao Zhongtang promised to let you serve as the two Huai Salt Dharma Dao, and you are not tempted at all?" ”

"Back to the world, it's false to say that you don't want to be moved, the two Huai Salt Dharma Dao, this is the fat difference that can be counted on the fingers of the world, just be the last one, and you won't have to worry about eating and drinking for three lifetimes." Lu Fatzi smiled bitterly and said: "But Lu really didn't dare to forget where his roots were, let alone the Three Principles and Five Constants, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, so he declined Ao Zhongtang's kindness, fortunately, Ao Zhongtang is a broad-minded person, and he didn't get angry, so he let Lu come back." ”

"Very well, I will report this matter to my father truthfully." Wu Yingxiong nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Actually, I understand Ao Zhongtang's thoughts, he really doesn't have much bad intentions towards our Pingxi Palace, I hope you go over, in addition to appreciating your ability and loyalty, I also don't want the imperial court's military salary expenditure to be too huge." But his old man also underestimated our Pingxi Wangfu a little bit at this point, and his father proposed to increase the military salary, which was indeed just to increase the treatment of Yungui soldiers, and it was also used to exterminate the Miao Yi Tusi in Yungui, and he did not deliberately embarrass the imperial court. ”

"Xia Guan understands." Lu Fatzi nodded and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, since the prince ordered the lowly position to cooperate with you to negotiate with the imperial court about the allocation of Yungui military salary expenses next year, then the lowly position will definitely do his best to help the prince try his best to strive for a little more benefit for the Yungui soldiers." ”

"Very good, Master Lu, you are the person that my father and I are optimistic about, I believe you will be able to do it." Wu Yingxiong nodded again, and then said: "Anyway, there are no outsiders here, I will also give you a bottom, since the seventeenth year of Shunzhi, the military salary expenditure of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces has been three million taels, this time the father asked for a salary, in fact, it is only to attack instead of defending, hoping to take the initiative on the issue of military salary, so as not to be cut too much by the imperial court, so our goal this time is two and a half million taels of silver a year, which can only be more, not less." ”

"It's two million taels, right?" Lu Fatzi snorted coldly in his heart -- although Lu Fatzi did not study history in the 21st century, he also remembered that in the sixth year of Kang Mazi's history, Wu Sangui and Kang Mazi discussed with Kang Mazi to reduce military salary expenditures, and the concessions reached a huge amount of one million taels of silver, and they were reduced from three million taels to two million taels in one go.

knew in his heart that Wu Yingxiong didn't tell the truth to himself, but Lu Fatzi patted his chest and promised that he would help Wu Yingxiong keep this bottom line, and he also tried to get a little more military salary for Yungui, Wu Yingxiong also nodded again and again with hypocrisy, and praised Lu Fatzi's loyalty. After saying such unnutritious words for a long time, it was not until both sides could find words to be polite that Wu Yingxiong remembered that everyone had not eaten yet, and hurriedly asked the servants to prepare a meal in the flower hall, preparing to take Lu Fatzi to enjoy the snow while eating.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Fatzi asked Wu Yingxiong: "Shizi, there is another private matter, I want to ask Shizi, I wonder if Shizi knows Nan Huairen?" ”

"Nan Huairen? The missionary from the West? What do you ask him for? Wu Yingxiong was stunned.

"Hui Shizi, who is humble and knows arithmetic, is very fascinated by this." Lu Fatzi replied: "I have long heard that this Western missionary, Mr. Nan Huai Rennan, is proficient in this way, and during his mission, he also taught people astronomy and arithmetic, etc., so I want to take this opportunity to visit him in his house and ask him a little about this knowledge." ”

"I didn't expect Lord Lu to be so knowledgeable and talented, my father really picked up a treasure this time." Wu Yingxiong was a little happy, turned his head and said to Lin Tianqing next to him: "Lord Lin, it seems that you know Nan Huairen Nan, right?" Could you please introduce Lord Lu to Lord Weinan? ”

"The prince commanded, the old man dared to disobey his orders?" Lin Tianqing agreed with a smile, and then twisted his gray beard and said with a smile: "The old man and Mr. Nan did have a one-sided friendship, he was in the Qing Dynasty in the sixteenth year of Shunzhi (1959), and was recommended by the then Qintian Supervisor Zheng Tang Ruowang to spread Western Catholicism in Shaanxi, and a year later he was transferred back to Yanjing to serve in the Qintian Prison. In the third year of Kangxi, because Tang Ruowang took the Western calendar compiled by him and some Western missionaries to conflict with the Hijri calendar compiled by Yang Guangxian and Lord Yang, he was sued by Yang Guangxian, and he and Tang Ruowang went to prison together and were imprisoned for more than half a year. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Tianqing took a sip of tea and continued: "After being imprisoned, Tang Ruowang was sentenced to Ling Chi, and Nan Huairen was also sentenced to exile, but because Tang Ruowang supported the current emperor and was saved by the Empress Dowager Lafayette. Later, Tang Ruowang died of illness in prison, and Nan Huairen was supposed to be exiled to Guangdong after he was released from prison, but I don't know who moved up and down for him, so he was left in the capital under the pretext that he was sick, and now lives in the Qianmen West Street Church in the Xuanwu Gate of the capital. ”

"Inside the Xuanwu Gate, it's so close." Fat Lu was overjoyed.

"It's very close, even if it's on foot, it's only more than half an hour to arrive." Lin Tianqing nodded, and said with a smile: "But the nine gates of the inner city have been closed, no matter how anxious Lord Lu is, he won't be able to go again." ”

"Then I'll go tomorrow." Fat Lu frowned.

"Master Lu, since you want to visit Mr. Nan, how about we go together?" Lin Tianqing took the initiative to say: "First, the old man wants to visit Mr. Nan, the old man, and secondly, the old man also wants to meet Mr. Lu, you ask Mr. Nan for Western knowledge." ”

"This old boy is Wu Sangui's confidant, does he want to spy on me?" Fat Lu analyzed in his heart, but said with a happy smile: "Master Lin went with the lower officials, and the lower officials were even more happy, at least, even the trouble of asking for directions was saved." Maybe Mr. Nan will see Lord Lin's face, and he will invite the lower official to have a meal, but the lower official will even save the lunch money. Wu Yingxiong and the others laughed, and casually made a few jokes with Lu Fatzi, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves in one room.

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Accompanied Wu Yingxiong to dinner, and discussed the issue of military salary accounting for the Yunnan-Guizhou army with Lang Yanshu and others. When he returned to his room, Lu Fatzi found that Xiao Erlang, Guangzhou Sanhu and Fang Shiyu had not rested, and they were still around the charcoal fire to discuss how to scrape the ground in the future. Fat Lu was angry and funny, but he didn't bother to pay attention to these stupid people, he just squeezed into the middle of this group of stupid people and sat down, and asked Liu Zhen in a low voice: "Liu Zhen, when you ran the rivers and lakes before, did you do anything like sneaking into other people's homes?" ”

"Young master, why are you asking this?" Liu Zhen was a little flustered, and said incorrectly: "The little ones are honest, and they have never done burglary." ”

"Brother Liu, you lie to others!" Xiao Erlang refuted: "The last time on the canal, when we were bragging together, you said that you had done such a thing, once the three of you were dying of hunger, and quietly entered the house of the rich man Zhang, stole two taels of silver and three pieces of money, and then ran away, and never dared to perform in that town again." ”

"You're no better there." Liu Zhen's old face turned red and retorted: "You don't often brag that when you were in Dali Mansion, you hooked up with a widow surnamed Lan from someone else, and you touched her home twice in three days, and you have never been discovered." ”

"I'm stealing people, not money." Xiao Erlang retorted again.

"Brother Lu, I've done such a thing." Fang Shiyu was more honest, and took the initiative to confess: "When I was in Zhaoqing before, I had a fight with the young master of a rich man's family, he hid at home and didn't dare to come out, I couldn't get angry, so I sneaked into his house at night and beat him up, and then he didn't even find out that it was me, and thought it was a thief at home to report to the official, but in fact, I didn't take anything from his house at all." ”

"Hey, who the hell are these people under me?" Fat Lu smiled bitterly.

At the end, Fat Lu interrupted the argument between the Liu brothers and Xiao Erlang, and commanded in a low voice: "Don't quarrel, don't worry, I don't want to investigate what you did before." I just want to tell you, tomorrow morning, I will take you to a church, after entering the church, I will go to a foreign priest named Nan Huairen to discuss knowledge, when the time comes, you must remember what the foreigner looks like, and then you can use the excuse of visiting the church to wander around, memorize the topography of the church, see where you can quietly touch in, where you can quietly feel out, do you hear clearly? ”

"Hear me." Xiao Erlang nodded with Liu Zhen and the others, and then Liu Zhen asked curiously, "Young Master, what do you want us to do?" ”

"I can't tell you exactly what I want you to do." Lu Fatzi said in a deep voice: "Anyway, you must remember what that foreigner named Nan Huairen looks like, and remember the terrain of that church, because I will definitely send you to sneak into the church!" ”

"Understood." Xiao Erlang, Liu Zhen and the others patted their chests together, guaranteeing that no matter what kind of immoral things Lu Fatzi sent them into that church, they would definitely guarantee that they would do it.

"Foreign devils, wait for Lao Tzu!" Seeing the high morale of the dogs, Lu Fatzi was very satisfied, and recited viciously in his heart, "Nan Huairen, a Belgian foreign devil, Kang Mazi Western teacher!" During the Rebellion of the Three Feudatories, he cast all kinds of cannons for Kang Mazi, invented iron-core wooden-shell cannons that were conducive to fighting in mountainous areas, and helped Kang Mazi suppress the anti-Qing movement and slaughter the Chinese people! ”

"During the Nebuchu period, he colluded with Rakshasa Tsarist Russia, betrayed China's interests and negotiation secrets, instigated Tsarist Russia to negotiate in Latin, which no one in China could understand, and took the opportunity to send henchmen to act as interpreters, fooling Kang Xiaomazi, and ceding tens of millions of square kilometers of Siberia to the Rakshasa devils who only had 800 Far East troops!"

"Colluded with Kang Mazi to frame Dai Zi, a Chinese weapons genius, resulting in the loss of the machine gun first invented in China!"

"Foreign devil, wait, these crimes of yours are clearly remembered in Lao Tzu's small account book!"

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On the morning of the next day, Lu Fatzi really took a few dogs with the specialty of stealing chickens and dogs to prepare gifts, and went to find Lin Tianqing, who also lived in Wu Yingxiong's house, and went to Xuanwumen Church to visit the great missionary Nan Huairen, Wu Yingxiong also wanted to see how Lu Fatzi asked Nan Huairen for teaching, but he had no choice but to catch up with Princess Jianning and lose her temper, so she had to force Wu Yingxiong to appreciate the plum, Wu Yingxiong had no choice, so he had to let Lu Fatzi and Lin Tianqing go together.

Lin Tianqing was very economical, this trip not only brought two entourage, but also squeezed into the carriage hired by Fat Lu, saying that it was crowded together to warm up in fact, he just wanted to save a few copper coins, and Fat Lu had always been generous and naturally did not refuse, but it was not until he squeezed into the carriage together that Fat Man Lu understood that this old man Lin was not stingy with his surname, but had another deep meaning, and the purpose was to talk to him alone.

"Master Lu, the old man asked you something, and I forgot you to answer truthfully." While the carriage was moving, there was no one else in the car, and Lin Tianqing said hesitantly: "Although it is taboo to talk shallow and deep, the old man still has to take the liberty to ask - Lord Lu, yesterday Ao Zhongtang really promised to give you two Huai Salt Dharma Messengers, and asked you to report to him the military salary hole card of the prince of Pingxi?" ”

"That's true." Fat Lu nodded, and added: "But the lowly position was rejected at that time, but fortunately, Ao Zhongtang was kind and didn't bother with the lowly position." ”

"Lord Lu is really loyal to the prince of Pingxi, no wonder the prince and the prince trust you so much." Lin Tianqing pretended to praise him, opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but when the words came to his mouth, he forcibly swallowed them, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

"Lord Lin, if you have anything to say, just say it." Lu Fatzi observed his words and said: "Please rest assured, my lordship is not the kind of person who likes to stir up right and wrong, please feel free to say it if you have something to say." ”

"Master Lu, the old man can just say it." Lin Tianqing made a lot of determination, and finally said in a low voice: "It's not that the old man relies on the old man to sell the old, the old man thinks that you are really a bit foolish and loyal. ”

"What does the old man mean by that?" Fat Lu was a little surprised, and after looking at Lin Tianqing for a moment, Fat Lu suddenly came to his senses, lowered his voice and asked, "Lord Lin, could it be that you became the governor of Yunnan, what went wrong?" ”

Lin Tianqing's body was shocked, and he first glanced at Fat Lu in disbelief, and then sighed: "Lord Lu is really not a mortal. ”

After sighing, Lin Tianqing gritted his teeth again, and then said in a very low voice: "Since Master Lu has already guessed it, then the old man will not hide it from you, yes, the matter of the old man serving as the governor of Yunnan is indeed going to be in vain." -- The old man received news yesterday that although Jiuqing Kedao strongly supported the old man as the governor of Yunnan, the current saint thought that the old man was the person of the prince of Pingxi, and he was afraid that it would be inappropriate to send the old man to Yunnan again, so he decided to send Li Tianyu, a man with the blue flag of the Han army, to take over (historical facts). ”

"Reassign Li Tianyu?" Fat Lu was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Lord Lin, what about you?" Which province was sent to take over? ”

"That's not it, continue to go home to care for the elderly." Lin Tianqing replied with a wry smile, and added very unwillingly, "And the seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver that the old man spent for this matter have to be wasted." ”

"Understood, this old thing is going to turn back." Fat Lu suddenly realized, and couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "Lord Lin, it's not that the junior of Xiaguan said you, you are too imprudent, as soon as you enter Beijing, you live directly in the prince's house, can the emperor still suspect that you are complicit with the prince?" ”

"Lord Lu, you can't blame me for this." Lin Tianqing smiled bitterly and said: "Of course, the old man also knows that this is not appropriate, but when the prince heard that I was going to enter Beijing, he sent someone to pick me up outside the capital, how can the old man shirk?" Also, the old man doesn't hide it from you, in order to push the old man to the position of governor of Yunnan, the prince also secretly gave out the silver, and the old man used to live in the capital to live in the prince's house, how dare the old man refuse his kindness? ”

"Wu Yingxiong, this guy is really a big straw bag, and he can't even avoid suspicion." Lu Fatzi scolded secretly, "No wonder in history, Wu Sangui took him back to Yunnan before the rebellion, he said that he would not go back, and he was born stupid beyond cure after a long time." Alas, the stupid companions above are unreliable, and this errand is difficult to do. ”

After scolding a few words, Fat Lu lowered his voice and asked Lin Tianqing, "Lord Lin, what are you going to do?" ”

"Master Lu, the old man wants to ask you for something." Lin Tianqing hesitated for a moment, and finally said with a red face: "If Lord Lu, you do the old man a great favor and let the old man turn over and take over as the governor of Yunnan, the old man will definitely have a good reward in the future." In addition, the old man will give you another 5,000 taels of silver to solve your immediate needs. ”

"What does Lord Lin mean is that you want the lower official to introduce you to Ao Zhongtang?" Fat Lu asked tentatively.

Lin Tianqing hesitated for a moment, finally nodded, and said in a low voice: "The old man really has no choice, Ao Zhongtang has no friendship with the old man, the old man can't find the temple gate with a pig's head, and if the old man takes the initiative to send it over, Ao Zhongtang They will definitely not believe it, the old man has no choice, and I can only ask Lord Lu for your help." ”

"Old thing, do you want to betray Wu Sangui, and you still want to quietly pull Lao Tzu into the water?" Fat Lu sneered in his heart, but Fat Lu thought about it, and felt that if he could help Lin Tianqing a lot, it would be very convenient for him to act in the future - after all, he was preparing to rebel and overthrow Mites, and after returning to Yunnan, he trained the army and built weapons or something, these are undoubtedly extremely eye-catching things, and there must be people above to cover for him. If he can help Lin Tianqing get the position of governor of Yunnan, and get the handle of his betrayal of Wu Sangui, these problems can be easily solved.

After bowing his head and thinking for a long time, Fat Lu raised his head and whispered in Lin Tianqing's ear: "Lord Lin, the humble position can help you introduce you to Ao Zhongtang, and you can even use some special relationships to walk the way for Lord Lin in front of the emperor, but there is a condition for the humble position." ”

"Lord Lu, can you still walk through the door in front of the emperor?" Lin Tianqing said in surprise: "Lord Lu, please tell me quickly, as long as the old man can serve as the governor of Yunnan, the old man can promise you anything." ”

"The only condition for lowly office is." Lu Fatzi said word by word: "Lord Lin, in front of the emperor and Aobai, you must say that the minimum limit of the military salary of the prince of Pingxi is 3.5 million taels of silver!" ”

"Three and a half million taels?!" Lin Tianqing was taken aback, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Isn't this one million taels higher than the number reported by the prince, will the emperor and Ao Zhongtang agree?" ”

"Yes, yes." Lu Fatzi said confidently: "As long as Lord Lin does what you say, I am at least eighty percent sure that I will help you take down the official position of governor of Yunnan." ”

"Really?" Lin Tianqing was suspicious, and was about to ask, when the coachman outside the car suddenly said: "Master in the car, the South Church you said has arrived." ”

"Lord Lin, if you believe me, do what I say, otherwise I really can't help it." Fat Lu whispered, "Let's go, let's go and meet Mr. Nan Huairen first, you can think about it for a day or two." ”

After that, Fat Lu lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage, but when he jumped into the carriage and looked closely, Fat Lu froze - in front of the baroque cathedral, Li Xu, who had been overshadowed by himself once, led several young men in civilian clothes to guard the door of the church with his hands behind his back. Seeing Fat Man Lu get out of the car, Li Xu was also stunned, and immediately glared at Fat Man Lu again.

"Wouldn't it? Such a coincidence? Could it be that he is also in this church? ”