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On the morning of the nineteenth month of the sixth year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty, the second day after Lu Fatzi and his entourage arrived in the capital, the snow was falling, in such a cold morning, Lu Fatzi, who had not yet officially taken office, of course, slept until he woke up naturally, until the internal urgency was really unbearable, and Lu Fatzi reluctantly climbed down from the warm kang to solve physiological problems.

After a while of the night pot, the fat man, who was determined to lose weight and soak in horses, dispelled the idea of continuing to sleep on the kang, wrapped his leather jacket tightly and walked out of the bedroom to take a look, but saw Xiao Erlang and the three brothers of the Liu family sitting around the charcoal basin writing and painting, but Fang Shiyu was nowhere to be seen. Fat Lu was curious, and asked a few doglegs, "What are you writing about?" What about Fang Shiyu, where did he die? ”

"Back to the young master, Fang Shiyu went to practice, saying that he must practice until he is ready to stop." Xiao Erlang replied, and subconsciously hid the list full of ghost drawings behind him.

"And what are you writing about?" Fat Lu asked.

"Young Master Hui, we are discussing how to manage the yamen for you in the future." Xiao Erlang squirmed for a long time, and finally replied honestly: "Yesterday, we asked the third housekeeper in the prince's family, and learned from him the experience of being a housekeeper in an official's house, so when I have time today, I will discuss it and formulate the charging standards for doorman, tea, delivery, litigation and prison visits in our yamen in the future, so as not to let everyone collect different silver, so that others will say that your yamen is not authentic, and the fees are ...... indiscriminately." ”

"Alas, you ......." Fat Lu laughed angrily, and he couldn't scold anymore if he wanted to scold, so he could only smile bitterly: "Even if you are still a little forward-looking, you know how to plan for a rainy day and be prepared, which is rare." ”

"Thank you young master for the compliment, the little ones will definitely be ready, and they won't embarrass you, young master." Xiao Erlang smiled all over his face, and said that his fat young master had finally opened his mind again, and he knew how to scrape the ground after learning to take office.

In the end, it was Liu Xu who reminded Xiao Erlang to think of something again, and hurriedly said: "Young master, there is one more thing, just now the prince sent someone to inform him, he entered the palace to pick up Princess Heshuo back to the house, and he may have to have lunch in the palace before coming back, so young master, you don't have to go to greet him." Young master, are you willing to bake a fire at home, what do you need, just open your mouth to the people in the house. If the young master wants to go out for a walk, you can report to the Ministry by the way, and the official affairs of the prince of Pingxi can be discussed when you come back. ”

"It's rare to come to the capital, so let's go out for a walk, bring all the things that should be brought, call Shang Shiyu, taste the local flavor in Yanjing City, and then take the time to report to the Ministry of Officials." As a fat man, of course Fat Lu was not afraid of the cold, and said casually: "It's almost the New Year, take you out, and buy a new set of clothes for each of you by the way, lest you mutter behind your back, saying that I am stingy and stingy, young master." ”

"Thank you, young master!" Xiao Erlang, Liu Zhen and others were overjoyed, and hurriedly helped Lu Fatzi to freshen up, and packed up the official clothes and official documents for Lu Fatzi, and then called Fang Shiyu, who had already finished practicing, plus the two old servants who were lucky enough to escape in Fujian last time, surrounded Lu Fatzi and went out of Wu Yingxiong's mansion, and killed him on the street of Beijing.

This year, I want to visit Yanjing City, the Forbidden City [***] or something, Lu Fatzi and this guy will definitely not be able to go, but fortunately, at least at that time, Wangfujing and Qianmen Dashilar, which were still called Wangfu Street, are now very lively, so after leaving Wu's Mansion, Lu Fatzi and his party went directly to the front door and visited the most lively and prosperous Qianmen Street in Yanjing City in this era. During this period, Lu Fatzi was a good talker, and he really added a new set of clothes to each servant, and Liu Zhen and the others, who were used to being poor, were naturally very happy and thanked them repeatedly.

Gradually strolling to the front of Zhengyangmen, and then going inside, that is, the inner city of Yanjing, where Han people are not allowed to live in this era, looking at the soldiers and civilians who come and go downstairs in Zhengyangmen City, Lu Fatzi suddenly has a feeling of gritting his teeth, this is where the elite of the Chinese nation is! For hundreds of years, the Chinese people have spent countless efforts and sweat to build the inner city of Yanjing, but now they are not allowed to live in the Chinese people outside the mite, and the people who live in it are all the mite eight banners with the blood of the Chinese people, and they are like mite parasites, no work, no farming, no business, no work, every year they only know how to suck the blood and sweat of the Chinese people, and devour the flesh and blood of the Chinese people! The pride of the Chinese nation has now become the shame of the Chinese nation!

"Young Master, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Erlang came up and asked flatteringly, "Why do you keep staring at the city gate?" Still murderous? Did someone there offend you? If so, then young master, who did you tell the little one, the little one took Fang Shiyu to drag him into the alley and beat him severely. ”

"There are indeed many people in this city who have offended me, but you can't beat them yet." Fat Lu said meaningfully: "But it doesn't matter, we still have time and opportunity, let's wait slowly, and when the opportunity comes, let's find them to settle the old accounts together!" Double the count! ”

"Okay, when the time comes, the little one will definitely take this bad breath for the young master!" Xiao Erlang flattered, and at the end he asked curiously: "But young master, it seems that you are coming to the capital for the first time, how can there be so many people in the inner city of Yanjing who offend you?" ”

"You'll find out later." Fat Lu replied ambiguously, and after that, Fat Lu instructed again: "Let's go, let's go to the yamen of the official department to report first, hang up our names, and then go to lunch." ”

Xiao Erlang and others agreed together, and hurriedly surrounded Lu Fatzi to kill the Yamen of the Mites Qing Officials Department outside [***], and after arriving at the gate of the Ministry of Officials, Lu Fatzi found a teahouse and borrowed a room to change into a seven-grade official uniform, and asked Xiao Erlang and others to drink tea and roast in the teahouse and wait, and brought the official documents and identity certificates of the Pingxi Wangfu granted by Wu Sangui to the door to ask for a meeting. Before leaving, Xiao Erlang grabbed Fat Lu again and reminded in a low voice: "Young master, do you want to bring some silver tickets or cash into it?" If you don't have money, it's hard to get things done. ”

"Don't bring it!" Lu Fatzi, who was already unhappy with the Qing Dynasty, categorically refused, and said with a sneer: "Your young master is as clear as water and as cheap as a mirror, so the silver from him sent them?" ”

After that, Lu Fatzi ignored Xiao Erlang's kind persuasion, and Leng left the teahouse with a large number of official documents in his empty purse, and handed them to the official department. And the result is of course, because there is no silver to send the little ghost of the Ministry of Officials to guard the door, Lu Fatzi in front of the gate of the Ministry of Officials and a large group of officials from other places into Beijing crowded together, Leng is to wait for nearly an hour, until those foreign officials who stuffed the silver have gone in to report, and finally a messenger came out of the door, and the fierce god yelled: "Where is Lu Yifeng, the new Qujing County Commander from Yunnan?" It's your turn to knock. ”

"The next official is Lu Yifeng." Fat Lu greeted him, smiled and said, "This errand officer, please lead the way." ”

"Lead the way is a ......." The errand officer deliberately dragged out his voice, and his small eyes glanced at the fat man Lu and did not move, and the implication was very obvious - Lao Tzu led the way for you, and you fat man didn't give you some money to run away? Fat Lu understood, but he desperately pretended to be stupid on his fat face, just nodded and said: "It's troublesome, the things that the lower officials should prepare are ready, and there is nothing missing." ”

"Damn, unlucky, why did you run into a poor ghost iron rooster again?" The officer cursed secretly, and shouted angrily: "Come in with me!" ”

After that, the errand officer turned around and left, and Fat Lu followed closely. After entering the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, Lu Fatzi found that the scale of this Ministry of Officials Yamen is relatively small, whether it is the official or the head of Langzhong, they all work in the lobby of the Ministry of Officials, but in this way, the originally large hall of the Ministry of Officials is not only full of tables, chairs and bookshelves, but also crowded with officials from all over the country who go to the Ministry of Officials to do business, which is quite lively. However, the official was probably angry that Fat Man Lu was reluctant to respect the door, so he deliberately just led Fat Man Lu to the door of the lobby and said, "Go in, Master Qian is waiting for you." ”

"Thank you." Fat Lu thanked him and walked into the hall. But after entering the hall, Lu Fatzi discovered the insidious part of the errand - there are so many officials and so many desks in the hall, who is the Lord Qian who he should go to meet?

In desperation, Lu Fatzi could only speculate and act, and when he saw that a public case was more lively before, and there were three or four fourth- and fifth-grade officials, Lu Fatzi walked over tentatively. I never thought that as soon as I got to the back of the line, a pen sticker next to me drank, "What are you doing?" This is the place to pick officials of the fourth grade or above, what do you want to do as a seventh-grade official? ”

"This lord, should the lower official report to that lord?" Lu Fatzi said helplessly: "Xiaguan is the new magistrate of Qujing County, Yunnan, and he enters Beijing to see and lead the seal as usual. ”

"Qujing Zhi County, Yunnan?" The pen sticker was angry and pointed at an official who knocked on Erlang's leg in the corner, and shouted: "See, that Wailang Qian, a member of the Wenxuan Qing Officials Division, is specially for receiving you southwest officials, go and kowtow to him, don't mix here." After that, the pen paste style hummed again: "In the end, it is a dumpling from other provinces, I don't understand any rules, this is a place to pick four officials, all of them are mixed together, just by virtue of your appearance, you also want to be the two Huai salt law?" ”

The reason why this post mentions the two Huai Salt Dharma Dao Lu Fat Zi knows - because of the vacancy of the Two Salt Law Dao, the officials who lined up outside the Yamen of the Ministry just now, at least eight out of ten are for the fat shortage that can be counted in the world, but Lu Fatzi's qualifications are too far behind, so Lu Fat Man doesn't bother to pay attention to it. At that moment, Lu Fatzi thanked this post, and then came to the outsider Lang Qian, who knocked on Erlang's leg, with the official document, bowed and said: "Xiaguan is the new Lu Yifeng of Qujing Zhixian County, and I will meet Lord Qian." ”

That Lord Qian was even whiter and fatter than the fat man Lu, leaning against the fire dragon built on the wall to close his eyes to keep warm, he didn't even bother to open his eyelids, and snorted: "No courtesy." ”

"Master Xie." Fat Lu thanked him, held the official document in front of him again, and said respectfully: "Lord Qian, this is the official document issued by the Pingxi Royal Mansion to the humble position, as well as the identity certificate, please take a look." ”

That Lord Qian still didn't move, but said lazily: "Lord Lu, just now the official took a look at your resume, you seem to be from a Xiucai background, right?" You said that you, a talent who didn't even have a lifting background, how could you be selected as the seventh grade of Zhixian County? ”

"Thanks to the wrong love of the prince of Pingxi, the lower officials are also terrified." Of course, Lu Fatzi understood Lord Qian's extraneous voice, but he deliberately pretended to be stupid, saying that he would not imply that there was another filial piety, or that he had a silver ticket in his official document.

After waiting for a long time, Fat Lu still refused to open his mouth to hint, that Lord Qian was a little angry, opened his eyes and sat up straight, looked at Fat Lu and said: "Lord Lu, do you know that in addition to managing the appointment and selection of officials, our Wenxuan Qing Officials Division also has an important position to screen the identity of officials and see if they are suitable to be this official - Lord Lu, although you have the selection and appointment of the prince of Pingxi, you still have to pass this hurdle." ”

"Thank you for your advice, the lower official understands." Lu Fatzi said without humility or arrogance: "Then please ask Lord Qian to screen and see if the lower official is suitable to serve as the magistrate of Qujing?" ”

"Damn, is this fat man an idiot or a fool?" That Lord Qian was even more angry, and said in his heart that those seven-rank officials who have a relationship and a background or are from a jinshi don't give silver, Lao Tzu may not dare to make things difficult, you are a Xiucai who was born in the West Election Official, and if you don't send silver, you still put such a big shelf, Lao Tzu can't clean you up?

Thinking about this, Lord Qian snorted: "It's a pity, Lord Lu, this official thinks that you are a talent and directly serve as the commander of Qipin County, it is really not suitable, you go back for the time being, and after discussing with Lord Zhongyan of this Shilang, I will decide whether to grant you the official seal official position, you go back and wait for news." ”

That Lord Qian said to this point, if he wanted to change ordinary officials, he would have been paralyzed by fright, and the officials in the west would be even more miserable, maybe the silver he had sent before would be lost. Lu Fatzi had no fear, so he directly bowed and said, "That's good, you have a lot of money, and you will retire." ”

With that, Fat Lu turned his head and left. That Lord Qian was stunned, and said in his heart that this fat man Lu is crazy? He became a county magistrate directly, and he didn't know how much silver he stuffed in Yunnan, so how can he say that he doesn't want it now? And the director of the Anthology Division next to him, the pen post style, the economic undertaking and several officials from other provinces were all dumbfounded, and said that this fat man is really chic, and Qipinzhi County said that if you don't want it, don't want it? Not to mention that mosquitoes are also meat, this Qipinzhi County holds the power of a county, and it is also a real lack of real power and oil and water!

Not long after Lu Fatzi walked out of the hall of the Ministry of Officials in a big and dashing manner, and some officials in the hall were still discussing why Lu Fatzi was so chic, Du Lide, the current official of the Ministry of Officials who had participated in the early dynasty, suddenly rushed in, and as soon as he entered the hall, he shouted: "A few Lang Zhongzhong Wailang of the Wenxuan Qing Officials Division, all put down their errands and give me a look." ”

"Cover." Several Wen Xuan Shi Lang and Wai Lang present, including Lord Qian, stood up and saluted respectfully in front of Du Yide.

"Listen up." Du Lide wiped the sweat on his forehead and said: "Today, there is a Qipinzhi County named Lu Yifeng who is likely to come to our yamen to report, if he comes, you will bring him directly to see me, don't remember." Also, there is a shortage of the two Huai Salt Dharma Dao, don't choose a candidate for the time being, and leave it for a few days. ”

"Lu Yifeng?!" That Lord Qian's fat face changed, and he screamed.

"Money collar?" Du Shangshu shifted his attention to the Lord Qian Ling, and asked in surprise: "Lord Qian, do you know that Lord Lu?" ”

"I don't know you about it." Qian Ling muttered in despair: "But he just came to report to the lowly position, and was driven away by the lowly position." ”

"You drove him away?" Du Shangshu almost wanted to strangle Qian Ling to death, and roared, "Why did you drive him away? Do you know who he is? I think you, a member of the Anthology Division, are at the end of the day! ”

"Damn it! Damn it! Qian Ling's legs were weak, and he quickly knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, begging: "Lord Shangshu spares his life, I really don't know who he is, I just think it's not suitable for him to be the county governor of Qujing directly as a showman, so I said that I want to discuss it with Lord Zhongyan of Benshiro, and let him go back first and wait for news." ”

"Lord Shangshu, you have been wronged." Qing official Shilang Yan Guangmin hurriedly cleared up the relationship with great unrighteousness, and arched his hand and said: "Lord Shangshu, please check clearly, I have been selecting candidates to fill the vacancies of the two Huai Salt Dharma Dao just now, and I did not participate in the reception of Lord Lu Yifeng Lu. ”

"Don't be wordy, send someone to chase after you." Du Shangshu shouted angrily: "Chase quickly, you must invite Master Lu Yifeng and Master Lu back to me!" ”

"Lu Yifeng is already here?" Before Du Lide Du Shangshu's words fell, the voice of the official department Manshang Shu and the white flag Manchurian capital Asiha sounded outside the hall, and then, Asiha Ashangshu, who belonged to the Aobai party, also rushed in, and as soon as he entered the hall, he frowned and asked: "Where is the Lu Yifeng Lu County Order from Yunnan?" The ruler is to receive him personally. ”

"Why don't you speak?" Seeing that everyone was dumbfounded and didn't speak, Asiha Ashang Shu jumped up like thunder and roared: "Just now, the official obviously heard you talking about Lu Yifeng, where is he?" ”

"Back to Ah Shangshu, he was driven away by Lord Qian Ling." Several Aobai Party officials around him said cautiously: "Because Lord Qian thinks that Lord Lu is not qualified to be the county commander of Qipin." ”

"Money collar?" Asiha's eyebrows were thick, and he quickly turned to Qian Ling, who was already colorless, and gritted his teeth and said: "Give you a pillar of incense time, go and find Master Lu for me immediately, I want to see him in person!" Otherwise, pack up and get out of the office! ”

"Cover, let's go to Lord Lu." Qian Ling's legs were weak, he knelt down and kowtowed again, got up and rushed out with a roll, chasing the seven-rank Lu County Commander who was born in Xiucai, and he just pondered quickly in his heart, "What is the origin of this Lord Lu Yifeng Lu?" Why did the emperor's henchman Du Shangshu want to see him immediately? Ao Zhongtang's henchman A Shangshu also wants to see him in person immediately? Mom, how did I offend such a person? How am I going to mix things up in the future? ”

"Is there a good person in the Lianghuai Salt Law Dao?" A Shangshu's roar sounded in the lobby of the ministry again, "If you don't choose well, don't choose it for the time being, if you have already chosen, give me the list, and then decide who to send it after I discuss it with Ao Xiangye!" ”

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It is also the luck of Lord Qian Ling, after Lu Fatzi left the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials, he first went to the teahouse not far away to call out the dog's legs and prepare to eat, but when he came out of the teahouse again, he was immediately seen by Lord Qian Ling, who stumbled out of the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials-no way, Lu Fatzi's physique is indeed a bit eye-catching. Then Qian Ling and Master Qian had to rush to Lu Fatzi to stop him, bowing and making amends, so he almost slapped himself on the street, and finally pulled Lu Fatzi back to the yamen of the Ministry of Officials. However, in this way, Lu Fatzi faced a difficult choice............

"Master Lu Yifeng, Lord Lu, I have admired the name for a long time." Du Shangshu affectionately took Lu Fatzi's left hand and invited him cordially: "Lord Lu, this official has just returned to the yamen, and only then did he know that you were made difficult by the officials of the Ministry of Officials, please rest assured, this official will definitely punish them heavily." Come on, come on, please come to the official's special study, and we will have a good talk. ”

"Master Lu Yifeng, I've heard your name for a long time." Ah Shangshu took Lu Fatzi's right hand more affectionately, and invited him more cordially: "Lord Lu, this official has just returned to the yamen, and only then did he know that you were made difficult by the officials of the Ministry of Officials, Brother Lu, don't worry, I will tell you to make it difficult for that Qian Ling to pack up and get out of your way, and give you anger!" Let's go, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the ministry, someone will arrange it for you, this official will lead you to see Ao Xiangye, Ao Xiangye has also heard of your name a long time ago, so today I designated me to take you to meet him. ”

"The two Lord Shangshu spare their lives, and their humble hands are about to be broken by you............!"

A famous person once said that most men's problems, even if they are a sow, if two men rush to ask for her at the same time, then the sow will become beautiful in every part of the body, but if one of them suddenly abstains, the other man will immediately realize: "It turns out that she is a sow, but a sow." ”

Relying on their own efforts, and because of some coincidences of yin and yang, and some mite Qing bosses' attention and praise intentionally or unintentionally, our seven-grade sesame official Lu Yifeng and Lu Fatzi suddenly became the common sought-after goods of the Kang Mazi Party and the Ao Old Man Party who are fighting to the death in the capital, how should our Lu Fat Man choose? Kang Mazi? Or is it an old man?

Anyway, after this incident, our Fat Lu finally became famous in the capital, although this brought a lot of inconvenience to our Fat Lu's actions, but at the same time, it also made our Fat Lu more convenient to act - at least, those Beijing officials with eyes on their foreheads no longer dared to make things difficult for our Fat Lu people.

The gossip was far away, back to the point, he was driven out of the ministry and invited back, and at the same time he was valued and encircled by the two Shangshu of the Ministry of Manchu and Han, Lu Fatzi was confused at first, but after Asha reported that he was the name of the Aobai Party, Lu Fatzi quickly woke up - needless to say, Du Little must be Kang Xiaomazi's person! Suddenly became a popular commodity of the Kang Mazi Party and the Ao Old Man Party, and with a bitter smile, Lu Fatzi quickly thought nervously.

"I have to go and see the old man Ao, yesterday the old man's henchman Bambulshan sent someone to pick me up outside the Chaoyang Gate, I didn't pick up his stubble, I have already indirectly offended the old man Ao, and today I will refuse Asiha's invitation, then I will offend the old man to death - that old man Ao is not a good-tempered character."

"Du Little has a bad reputation in history, and he should not be Kang Mazi's absolute confidant, and he probably won't see Kang Mazi from him. Asha is different, he opened his mouth to invite me to Aobaifu, indicating that if I follow him, I will immediately meet the famous old man of Aobai, who is famous in history. And I'm not afraid of thieves stealing, I'm afraid of thieves worrying, Old Man Ao attaches so much importance to me as a seven-grade sesame official, if I don't find out his true intentions quickly, I'm afraid that there will be countless troubles and dangers in the future. ”

"There is another advantage to seeing the old man, this old man is notoriously discriminatory and suspicious of Han people, and he is ruthless and has a relatively simple head, and when he sees him, maybe he can use his hands to kill a few famous Han annihilation! That's right, see the old man to be cost-effective! ”

Thinking about this, Fat Lu hurriedly smiled at Asiha and said, "Master A, how can you be degraded, how dare you invite?" It's just that there was a little conflict and misunderstanding between the lowly and the housekeeper in the house of Lord Bamburshan yesterday, and I was thinking about coming to the door to apologize. ”

"Haha, that's easy to say." Ah Si laughed, pulled the fat man Lu from Du Little's hand, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Lord Bamburshan must be in the Ao Xiangye Mansion now, and I will lead you to make amends for him." ”