Zhou Daodeng did not deal with Emperor Chongzhen for a long time, and when he heard that the new emperor had taken the throne and won the eunuch party in one fell swoop, he was also rejoicing, and felt that the Ming Dynasty was promising. Later, because he was lucky to be caught and reinstated as a scholar of the Ming Cabinet, he searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, and presented Emperor Chongzhen with the three strategies of guarding the ancestral system, upholding emptiness, and being responsible for practical results, and was appreciated and accepted by Emperor Chongzhen.

But the experience of ups and downs in officialdom for many years soon made him discover that this son of heaven is not not diligent, but too diligent, not that he doesn't want to be a Ming Jun, but that he wants to be a Ming Jun too much!

If everything is excessive, it will inevitably backfire, and Zhou Daodeng's talent is indeed limited, it is okay to be a follower official, and it is too far away to be the old minister who presides over the state affairs, so he was dismissed from his post less than a year after his recovery and continued to go home to retire.

This made Zhou Daodeng very fortunate that he could escape with such a human master. But what I didn't expect was that people were sitting at home, and disaster came from the sky, Zhou Tonggui was obviously sent to Luzhou by himself, who knew that this wolf-hearted thing went to denounce himself for being rebellious!

Yes, yes, this guy wanted to make him his heir for a long time, but he didn't get his way, so he made such a move, and after the government confiscated his belongings, he would be rewarded somehow......

Thinking of this, Zhou Daodeng's eyes turned black, and his body was soft again. He is old, and he is addicted to wine, his health is not very good (in historical facts, he died of illness in the second half of this year), his heart is both angry and afraid, his blood can't help but churn, and when he rushes in the chest, the whole person softens.

Yu Guozhen pulled him up again, only to find that this time his body became heavier, and the white foam in his mouth fell in strings, making a gurgling sound. Yu Guozhen was slightly stunned, let go and put him down, Zhou Daodeng struggled to reach out to the table, there was a teacup on the table, but where could he reach it!

Zhou Daodeng looked at Yu Guozhen with pleading eyes, but Yu Guozhen looked at him coldly, he knew that he couldn't get help from this "brocade guard", so he struggled to crawl towards the table by himself.

"Now you die, only you die, if you don't die, then you will die, then the family will die, your mother is over eighty years old." Yu Guozhen said coldly: "Do you want her to be stabbed for you?" ”

Zhou Daodeng's hand trembled, and the last breath that supported him was released, his head tilted, his body jerked suddenly, and then a sour smell came out.

Gao Erzhu looked at this scene in a daze, and his heart boiled as if he was boiling a pot.

He followed Yu Guozhen to do something, originally thought that he was here to kill Yu Yigu's whole family that night, but he didn't expect that Yu Guozhen didn't use the knife at all, but just took a silk silk to show Zhou Daodeng.

Then Zhou Daodeng just looked dead like this!

You don't need a knife to kill people, this is the highest level of killing!

In the past, Gao Erzhu felt that he should be a fierce general, fighting and rushing on the battlefield, as said in the book commentary, Changban Slope seven in and seven out, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that this was not necessarily what he wanted the most.

Maybe...... Like a petty official, using a silk silk to force a cabinet elder to death, this is the most clever.

Yu Guozhen felt a pity in his heart, in his original plan, it was not to let Zhou Daodeng die, but to let him know that he had evidence in his hands, and if he dared to disadvantage himself, he would hand over this evidence to the real Jinyiwei.

From Zhou Tonggui's confession, Yu Guozhen repeatedly figured out that this Zhou Daodeng was a person, although he used to be a cabinet elder, he was actually timid and afraid, and from his point of view, he was indeed afraid that such a confession would fall into the hands of Jinyiwei.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Zhou Daodeng was so timid that he would be scared to death.

He made a gesture towards the high two pillars, and then the two of them quietly left the room. At this time, Wujiang was quite peaceful, and the deep courtyard of the Zhou family house was large, but not many people paid attention to the inner courtyard. They climbed over the wall and returned to the homehouse, but no one noticed them along the way.

"Little ...... Little official, is that old man really dead? Back at the homecoming house, Gao Erzhu came back to his senses and asked Yu Guozhen.

He looked at Yu Guozhen's eyes, flashing with admiration and awe, he used to be extremely loyal to Yu Guozhen, and now this loyalty has risen to an unprecedented level, he even feels that his own small officials are even more powerful than Zhuge Kongming in the book of commentary.

What is it to be angry with Wang Lang, Kong Ming still has to scold in front of the battle array, his own petty official is a silk silk with two sentences, and he is angry to death a pavilion elder!

"Well, didn't I teach you that you can't tell if you're really dead from your breath, and the best way is your pulse."

"Ha, ha, I didn't expect it, I forgot ......" Gao Erzhu laughed quietly: "Little official...... That's amazing! ”

"Don't talk about it anymore." Yu Guozhen glared at him: "Shut your mouth and go to sleep." ”

After they woke up the next day, they heard a commotion outside, Yu Guozhen was a little strange, and asked Erzhu to go out to inquire, and after a while, Gao Erzhu ran back with a strange face: "Little official, that Wujiang is dead." ”

As he said this, he blinked and couldn't help but smile. Yu Guozhen glanced at him casually: "If you die, you die, why did you make trouble in the homecoming courtyard?" ”

"This thing has something to do with what I heard yesterday that the old man wants to take a concubine......"

It turned out that Zhou Daodeng's death was discovered by the Zhou family's family last night, but it looked like an ordinary stroke and died, and there was no trace of anything wrong at the scene, plus Zhou Daodeng had been sick before, so no one suspected that there was anything abnormal about this death. The Zhou Mansion was in a mess, and those wives and concubines insisted that the maid Yang Ai was the culprit of the disaster, otherwise why did the old man say that he wanted to marry her as a concubine and die that night, it can be seen that she is Kefu's evil star.

The hat was buttoned down, and the little maid Yang Ai couldn't stay in Zhou's house, and Zhou's mother finally remembered that she was serving her with all her heart, so she sold her back to the family.

Speaking of this, Erzhu thought of the appearance of the little maid, and couldn't help but say more: "It's no wonder that the old guy actually wants the old cow to gnaw the tender grass, and the little maid is really smart." ”

Yu Guozhen didn't have much interest in this, although he came this time under the pretext of recruiting craftsmen, in fact, he really needed to recruit craftsmen to go back, Xiang'an is a small town after all, and it is far from the Taihu Lake area, where the handicraft industry is extremely developed.

But what he didn't expect was that after a while, Zhang Pu and Xu Fo actually sent someone to invite him.

"Mr. Siming, Sister Fo'er." Yu Guozhen has always been respectful to Zhang Pu, so although Zhang Pu was a little dissatisfied with him not joining the Restoration Society immediately, he did not hate him.

"Yu Gongzi, what you confessed yesterday is now an eyebrow, our best loom has come, just waiting outside." Xu Fo said with a smile: "The slave still has some affairs to deal with, so he will retire first." ”

Zhang Pu didn't shy away from suspicion, and after the craftsmen came, he smiled and listened to the side, probably to observe how Yu Guozhen practiced his practical learning.

Yu Guozhen first asked the name, this is a total of three, after asking about the loom for a while, Yu Guozhen said: "I don't want to hide it, I not only want to buy a loom, but also want to invite the craftsman to our Luzhou, I don't know if the three are intentional?" ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to leave his hometown and go to Luzhou, the eldest of the three immediately looked embarrassed: "The son is not to blame, there are old and young in the villain's family, and he can't leave for a moment." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, if you're willing to go with me, you can naturally bring your family with you, and I'm willing to spend five copper coins a month." Yu Guozhen said: "This price will increase with the increase in the number of years you have worked for me, this year it will be five times, and next year it will be six times, so if you serve me for ten years, then every month will be fifteen times!" ”

This is a pretty good income, and it has always been about one tael of silver, and the nominal annual salary of a magistrate in the Ming Dynasty is only forty-five taels of silver! Therefore, the eyes of the three were all bright, and even the eldest one couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Zhang Pu shook his head slightly, a little disappointed in his heart, this brother of Guozhen Xian, it seems that he is still talking on paper.

"Is what the petty official said true? Five runs in January, one year...... Is it sixty strokes? ”

"Exactly, you don't need to worry about the matter of attachment, I will send someone to the government to do something." Yu Guozhen gave them another reassurance.

The three craftsmen looked at each other and hesitated for a while, and finally, the elder said: "It's not that the villain can't trust the petty official, it's just that the price offered by the petty official is too high...... Petty officials hire craftsmen, really to make looms? ”

"It's not about making looms, it's about improving them." Yu Guozhen smiled slightly.

When these words were spoken, Zhang Puhuoran, who had been rapidly decreasing his evaluation of Yu Guozhen in his heart, raised his head and glanced at Yu Guozhen, and the light in his eyes became a little strange.

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, how can Zhang Pu not understand this truth. Moreover, he claimed to be a disciple of Xu Guangqi, although there was some reluctance in it, but he still knew a lot about Xu Guangqi's scholarship, and Xu Guangqi attached great importance to the improvement of tools, so he also knew what it would mean if the loom was improved!

If you can really greatly improve the loom, let alone spend five or six times a month to hire craftsmen, it is worth it even ten times and eight times!

However, for the three craftsmen, they still have to think about it again, they looked at each other, the three of them hesitated, and Yu Guozhen was not in a hurry: "You can go back and discuss this matter with your family, if your family can have something to do, I can also find something to do with them." ”

The three craftsmen left a little sadly, and Zhang Pu finally spoke: "Brother Guozhenxian...... Can you really improve the loom? ”

Most of the people in their restored society were wealthy scholars, and a lot of their family's property was related to the silk weaving industry. If the loom can be improved, it is a very important thing for them, and Zhang Pu is already thinking about how much this thing can increase the prestige of their resumption of the society, and how many new scholars can be attracted to join the restoration society.

The world is bustling, all for profit, and the self-proclaimed scholars are no exception.

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