Chapter 850 Yitian (Medium)

"I have been in power since Zhengde for three dynasties, and the people in power only know how to fight for power and profit, and the party is the same and different. Occasionally, those who are determined to reform and help the country through the world are also constrained everywhere, and they are all abandoned halfway. The atmosphere of the cabinet's ambition to reform together is really unseen in the three dynasties, and there is a great trend of 'three sheep opening Thailand'. When you and I were chatting back then, didn't you often sigh that the official road was dark and there was no way to serve the country? Now that we have finally waited for the opportunity to display our ambitions, how can our generation shrink back and empty the ambition of Lingyun? Hai Rui's excited eyes lit up, and he said loudly to Gui Youguang: "An unprecedented reform has begun, and all aspects of government governance, military, finance and taxation are advancing in parallel and are being carried out in an orderly manner...... The most important of these is the implementation of the law of the whip, which is not only related to the success or failure of the fiscal and taxation reform, but also a test of the reform of the administration of officials. Before the implementation of the whip law, the first thing to do is to clear the acres! ”

"When I was in Suzhou, I knew that the land annexation here was very powerful, and the official land had already existed in name only, and I always hated it! Let's talk about the former first assistant Xu Jie, at that time, I investigated his domestic slave murder case, and found that his family accounted for as much as 240,000 mu of land in Suzhou alone, and there were tens of thousands of tenants. Every year, a large amount of rent is collected and money is collected, but not a single son is given to the government. The dignified old man and the former prime minister can openly embezzle the national tax without any regard for the appearance, and the rest of the big gentry have not followed suit and imitated each other? Remembering that he was just about to investigate carefully, he was transferred away from Su Song by Xu Jie, Hai Rui was furious, slapped the table, shook the cup and plate, and said: "If you don't kill this crooked trend, what face do you and I have to wear this official uniform?" ”

"You, you, it's really still that Haigang Peak." When they first met, Gui Youguang thought that Hai Rui had changed, but as soon as he came into contact, he found that he had not changed at all. couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I understand the direction of the wind of reform in the DPRK and China, and I also understand your idea of being eager to open up the situation, but if you want to take Xu Ge Lao, I think it is inappropriate." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Hai Rui looked at him and said.

"First, Xu Ge is always the head of Shen Ge, although the relationship between the two is bad, but after all, they have not torn their faces. You were recommended by Shen Ge Lao again, and as soon as you arrived in Su Song, you looked for Xu Ge Lao, so what did the government and the opposition think? Will you think that Shen Ge Lao borrowed a knife to kill people and declare a personal vendetta? Gui Youguang said slowly: "Both, when you were imprisoned for "Public Security", it was the verdict of the old general Xu Ge who hanged him, and persuaded the first emperor to be lenient with you, so that you were saved from death...... This is known to the whole world. You treat your life-saver like this, and what does the world think of you? ”

"I, the governor, am the feudal territory of the imperial court, the emperor's courtier, and I have nothing to do with Shen Ge Lao." Hai Rui looked at his old friend with a strange gaze and said, "As for Xu Ge's rescue back then, I want to clear his family's acres today...... These are two different things, I can't make a distinction between public and private! ”

Gui Youguang was about to speak, but Hai Rui raised his hand to stop him: "I understand what Brother Tai means, and I, Hai Rui, am not the dumbfounder I was back then." Before doing things, I went to meet Xu Ge Laois first, and said to him that if he is willing to set an example, cooperate with the imperial court to clear the acres of land, and return half of the encroached land, I will naturally not lose face with him again. Saying that, he picked up his glass and said, "I haven't seen you for many years, so let's not talk about these troubles today, let's talk about the past." ”

Gui Youguang saw him pull down his face, knowing that it would be purely boring to say more, so he had to hold down the conversation and pick up some parents to say.

The reception banquet for the reunion of old friends is actually unpleasant. Gui Youguang had the heart to persuade him again, but Hai Rui insisted on not listening, so he had to go to Nanjing with full worry to serve as the head of the household department.

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The next day, Hai Rui ordered someone to prepare a thin gift and went to Huating to visit Xu Cunzhai, the old man who once covered the sky with one hand.

As soon as you enter the city of Songjiang Mansion, the first thing you see is the Yuanfu Fang, Zhuguo Fang, which is carved and jade on the left side of the official pavilion, these two huge archways, Hai Rui has not seen it when he was in Suzhou, it is obviously repaired in recent years, and it is the old boast of Xu Ge. He rode his horse into the city, only to see the prosperity of the county, the first into the clouds, the famous gardens are intricate, and the houses are crossed. There are many shops on the street, the shop signs are fluttering, the street is displayed on the market, there is no gap, the citizens come and go to buy and sell, each takes what they need, it is indeed a scene of prosperous commerce and trade, living and working in peace and contentment, not much inferior to Suzhou.

After passing through the east of the suspension bridge outside the Guyang Gate, and saw the archway towering, and was about to ask, Wang Xijue, the governor and senator who walked with him, introduced: "This is the university scholar's workshop, which is built to commemorate the promotion of young master Xu to the university. ”

After the university Shifang turned to the south, it is the Nanchan Temple where the Xu clan lives, Hai Rui looks at it, but sees the mansions in this area, the huge mansions are connected, Qionglou Yuyu, no less than the beauty of the palace room. Wang Xijue introduced to him that the middle of the Gaomen compound, covering an area of 100 acres, and the five groups of pavilions that rise up are the mansions of Xu Ge Lao. Adjacent to Xu's Mansion are the three mansions of Xu Zhi, the third brother of Xu Jie. Left near the Taiping Bridge area, is a row of houses that are slightly inferior to the courtyard, but it is also magnificent, far better than the average rich family, under careful questioning, this house is actually the eldest son, the second son, the third son of Xu Jie...... The governor of the house was built. In front of Nanchan Temple, it is the house of Xu Kun, the second son of Xu Jie, and Xu Ying, the third son.

After the introduction, Wang Xijue shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's too sheng......"

Hai Rui's face was pale, he had been an official in Suzhou, and he had seen thousands of rich people, but like the Xu family, there was no semicolon. I really can't connect everything in front of me with the old prime minister who has always been honest and frugal.

If it was ten years ago, he would have turned around and left, but now, he can keep his disgust to the bottom of his heart and focus on the big picture.

When he came to the door of Xu's mansion, the captain of the guard handed Hai Rui's name card up: "My family came to visit Xu Ge Lao. ”

"I'm sorry, my old man is not in good health, and I haven't seen many guests recently." The man in the silk shirt didn't accept the post, and said politely and coldly: "This lord should go back." "Just kidding, Xu Ge always wants to see it? Do you really think that the feathered phoenix is not as good as a chicken?

The captain of the guard understood, this guy was asking for money. If it was with other adults, he would definitely pay for the money himself, but with Hai Rui, a poor god, it is a problem to support his family, who is willing to pay for him? So he turned back and whispered.

Hai Rui is rich, and it is impossible to give it, so he said coldly to the doorman: "You go to report, and say that Su Song Governor Hai Rui will see you, if Xu Ge Lao is not seen, I will turn back immediately, but if you dare not report it, Xu Ge Lao will know about it in the future, and you will bear the consequences!" ”

After Xu Jiezhishi, his influence is still there, and his protégé is in a high position and controls the government. It is because there is still an endless stream of officials who came to visit the house, and Hai Rui has a bitter appearance, few followers, and he still came on horseback, in Menzi's opinion, it is naturally the sesame mung bean that came to pay homage to the official. It wasn't until I heard this voice that I knew that the other party was the culprit who caused the recent house to come to the house, the king of Hai Rui Haiyan. Immediately changed his face, and hurriedly rolled in to pass the ceremony, and opened the middle door wide, and asked the governor to have tea in the front hall.

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Xufu study 'Shijing Hall' is a simple and refreshing three-entry Xiaoxuan. Xuanbei slightly placed lake stone, with plum, bamboo, plantain into bamboo stone small scene, full of green bamboo, verdant and upright. The south side is a winding flower platform, interspersed with peak stones, which is full of interest by the backdrop of the white powder wall, and forms a pair of scenes with the 'World Classic Hall'. The southwest of Huatai is a clear spring, the spring water is drawn from the water of the big pond of the main garden, and the ingenious structure is used to make it like a dragon spitting pearls, and the water is murmuring all year round. In the spring, the lotus powder lotus and the brocade scales swim, adding the necessary feng shui to the waterless Shijing Hall. Sitting in such a study or reading or tasting tea, there is naturally a wonderful feeling of 'people in it, such as outside', which is really a blessed place on earth.

Xu Ge Lao, who was unharmed, wore a green satin robe, sat on a bamboo chair in the hall, burned a stove of sandalwood, and read a book leisurely while tasting tea. But it has been more than a year and a half since he became a leader. Lao Cheng has been in the country for many years, physically and mentally exhausted, retired and returned, seeing the children and grandchildren flourishing, the old mother in the hall, the homeland is prosperous, and the slaves and maids are like clouds, the resentment in his heart is slightly reduced. He lived in the exquisite 'suitable garden' built for him by his sons, and lived a life of idleness without officials and lightness. Every day, I read in the Shijing Hall, or I teased my grandson by the lotus pond, or I attended the local celebrity literary meeting, or I talked about the scriptures and Zen with the great monks. He often said to people: 'After forty years of servants, they have fallen into the dust net by mistake, and they have bent their waists when they run, how do you know the beauty of their hometown? The pine and white cranes and the landscape garden seem to blame me for returning too late. ’

Of course, it is not completely without troubles, as soon as Gao Gong in the capital sits firmly in his seat, he will take advantage of last year's inspection of the official, this year's external inspection, and wantonly send out his protégé. He receives several letters of pleading and pleading almost every day, and it seems that the situation is on the verge of collapse. But Xu Jie knew that these were all floating clouds, and the more the high arch was tossed, the closer it was to the end, and the more it was tossed, the more complete it was. Therefore, in his reply, he often quoted the words of the ancient monks: 'You just have to endure him, let him, let him, avoid him, bear with him, respect him, ignore him, stay for a few more years, and you can see him.' ’

If the former is an external matter, the other is a family matter. When he was in Beijing, Xu Jie was impeached several times for saying that his Songjiang hometown was "lawless children, arrogant domestic servants, and rampant in the township", and Xu Jie also wrote to inquire about his mother, but Mrs. Gu prevaricated on the grounds of 'spreading rumors'. Thousands of miles away, it is inconvenient to ask in detail, after returning home, the children and slaves respect him again, and offer him like a living ancestor, so that the boss of Xu Ge, who returned home with a stomach full of grievances, feels comforted. In addition, the whole family knew that he was impeached because of this matter, and they were very restrained one by one, which made Xu Jie unable to get angry, so the original intention of strictly investigating this matter in advance has also become a painless admonition.

But Xu Jie, after all, is Xu Jie, he said it in his mouth, but he never let go of his heart, and often knocked on the side of relatives and friends, asking whether the children and slaves had anything illegal, but everyone was hindered by his face, and most of them accepted the benefits of his sons, so they all said that there were in the past, but at that time they were young and frivolous.

Xu Jie was relieved to hear it, but it was impossible to believe it, but after all, it was 'the fault of not raising his godfather', and he was mostly responsible, so he decided not to blame the past and watch the after-effects. After a year and a half of nothing, his family estimated that he was completely paralyzed, so the alarm was lifted, his old state relapsed, and he began to run rampant and domineering in the countryside again...... Only this time, they paid special attention to the news and didn't let him know anything.

But how can there be an impermeable wall in the world? One day, on a whim, Xu Jie, got rid of his family, went to the lake alone to fish, met a fisherman, and between the conversations, he knew that he was Chen Heng, a famous man in Songjiang...... When he was in the capital, Xu Jie had heard of his name, and after returning to his hometown, he even posted several times to ask for him, but this Chen Heng had an arrogant temperament and never bowed his head to Zhumen, so he never had a chance to see him.

The two chatted for a few words, and Xu Jie heard that the other party really lived up to his reputation and was a true gentleman. And the other party didn't know him, so his heart moved, and he asked about his feelings about Xu Ge's hometown. Chen Heng looked at the sparkling river, and said lightly: "Xu Ge is always a famous minister, fighting Yan Song, manipulating the edict, setting things right, carrying forward the past and forging ahead into the future, it is due to the society." ”

"I know all this," Xu Jie asked, "What about his family in the township?" ”

"Elder Xu Ge is still good to his hometown and has done some good deeds. But ......" Chen Heng looked at him and stopped talking.

"But what?" Xu Jie smiled faintly.

"But the sons of his family are arrogant and lawless, and sooner or later they will bring him trouble." Chen Heng looked at him and said with a smile.

"How do you say that?" Xu Jie's hand holding the fishing rod tightened.

"These brothers, relying on the authority of their father, indulged domestic slaves to seize people's land, bullied men and women, and ran rampant and bullied officials." Chen Heng sneered: "It's ridiculous that the local officials, because they are the family members of Xu Ge Lao, ignore the people's complaints, and the Xu family has nothing to fear, so naturally they have done all the bad things." ”

Although they all say that they are loyal and good for their deeds, but after all, they are against the ear, Xu Jie's old face turned red and said: "I'm afraid you are also hearsay, right?" ”

"You naturally don't believe my words, but you can ask Xu Ge's sister-in-law, Ye Perch." Chen Heng shook his hand, caught a white fish and said, "Xu Ge's old sister-in-law is a man......"

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