Chapter 153: Tempting Each Other
"Little prince, the lower official has arranged everything at the post station, and asked the little prince to move."
Liangzhu, inlaid with the yellow flag, the servant of the Son of Heaven, started from the household pen post style, Huan Hai for more than 30 years, successively served as the county, the prefect, the Taoist, according to the inspection and other grass-roots positions, Kangxi forty years transferred to the Ministry of Industry as the right waiter, until last year Rufu case, only to be promoted to the post of the governor of the river, he is cautious and careful, in the court has always maintained neutrality, basically not with the brothers private intersection, and Hongqing has never intersected, just a long time heard of the name of Hongqing's genius, but did not dare to underestimate it, At this time, seeing Hongqing swaying so freely, I secretly admired it in my heart, but also was deeply vigilant, and while thinking about Hongqing's fundamental intentions here, I greeted him politely and asked for a word with a smile on his face.
"You're welcome, please!"
Before Hongqing came, he had done his homework as much as possible, and he had a certain understanding of Liangzhu, the new governor of Hecao, but it was not in-depth, because this guy was cautious and reticent, and he generally belonged to the type of loner in the court, and there were really few people who knew each other, and when he served in the Ministry of Industry, he was excluded by Samuha, and he had no real power or any henchmen, so that Hongqing asked many people in the Ministry of Industry, and he couldn't get much useful information, and he was in front of him who was good at forbearance. It's really a bit of curiosity and a little jealousy, but it's not too much, and the left and right are going to come to the whole river Cao Yamen, sooner or later, you can figure out what kind of person Liangzhu is, but there is no need to worry too much, it should be false and wronged, Hongqing will not be very ambiguous.
As the governor, even if he is not as frenzied as Rufu to make money, a year down, just the filial piety of the bottom, can also put more than 10,000 taels of silver in his pocket, and then count some private goods with a boat, and some cards from the river repair, even if not too greedy, more than 10,000 taels out, it is just like playing, of course, the premise of all this is not an accident, or no big incident, as for the moment, the Yellow River bursts the embankment, The board naturally can't be avoided, just look at whose ass it hits, and how heavy it will be, obviously, this power is now stuck in Hongqing's hands, in view of this, Hecao Yamen up and down is tied to Hongqing, as soon as he arrives at the post station, the reception banquet is immediately lined up, and the good wine and food are waiting not to say, but also changing the way to please Hongqing, in short, what is good to say, almost did not wag his tail at Hongqing, of course, this official has no tail, if there is, it must have been shaken early.
Eat, don't eat for nothing, eat for nothing, eat for nothing, left and right are the people's fat and people's ointment scraped by these sub-officials, eat too much, maybe it can be regarded as the way of heaven, right? Because of this, Hongqing will not be very polite with Liangzhu and others, listen to good words, eat good food, as for good wine, then taste it and forget it, after all, as a Qincha, the image still needs to be paid attention to, if you get drunk, there is no place to make people look down on it, then the consequences are not played, this risk, Hongqing does not plan to take it.
"Little prince, I don't know if the court has any decision on the matter of the Yellow River bursting?"
Eat and eat, drink and drink enough, naturally it's time to talk about business, and Hongqing is not hypocritical, Liangzhu was invited to the study alone, and each guest and host sat down, but when the fragrant tea was served, Hongqing was not angry, just sipping the tea carefully, and there was no appearance of wanting to talk about business, and after a patient competition, at the end, or Liangzhu was the first to hold his breath, there was no way, now Hongqing is an official, and he Liangzhu is the role to be tried, guilty or not guilty, although not entirely Hongqing has the final say, But if it is really a copy of Hongqing's participation, then you have to take off a layer of skin if you don't die, in view of this, even if you know that at this moment, whoever speaks first will weaken your momentum, but Liangzhu can only ask a sentence head-on.
"It's hard to say, alas, Huang Marfa is very angry, and I'm afraid the consequences will be very serious."
Liangzhu wanted to explore the bottom of Hongqing, and Hongqing, obviously had the same meaning, naturally he wouldn't tell the truth to Liangzhu, and with a pout, the classic lines from a certain movie in later generations came out so smoothly, and Liangzhu was in a cold sweat when he heard it.
"This ......, when it is not stopped, the Yellow River ten years and nine floods are not self-requisitioned, and after twenty-seven years of Jin Fuzhi River, it has been slightly stopped for more than six years, and then the collapse is still more than one, this is not a human fault, it is really a natural disaster, Your Majesty the Monarch of the Holy Ming, should not, hehe, should not deal with it?"
Liangzhu Huan Hai has been in the sea for many years, and it is not easy to get to this prominent position, and he doesn't want to be ousted from the throne before his ass is hot, and he was so frightened by Hongqing, his face turned white, and he hurriedly explained a lot.
"Lord Liang's words are heartbreaking, could it be that Huang Mafa is really wrong to blame you, huh?"
Although Liangzhu's words are not unreasonable, but there are still many quibbles when it comes to it, the question is how can Hongqing be so easy to fool, he only smiled coldly, and the words he said were not so pleasing to the ear.
"The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials don't dare, it's just, hehe, it's just that this is the truth, not the lower officials shirk their responsibilities, it's really raining a lot this year, and the water is bigger, although I don't dare to say that there is no disaster in it, but natural disasters are an indisputable fact.
Hongqing said that Liangzhu's words were punishing, in fact, his own words were really called punishing his heart, even if he gave Liangzhu ten more dares, he didn't dare to say that the old man was wrong, it was a big crime of bullying the king, and he was going to lose his head.
"Lord Liang's words are useless to listen to Ben Beizi, I really want to say it, and I will say it from the top and Huang Ma Fa separately."
Hongqing came to Hecao Yamen, the theme is not to pursue responsibility, but for another purpose, but, if you don't press the responsibility down, that matter will not be done, even so, naturally how serious is it to say it, Liangzhu doesn't explain It's okay, such an explanation, yes, the smile on Hongqing's face suddenly became a little colder, and the tone of his voice was even colder.
"How dare the lower officials, how dare the lower officials."
Liangzhu is not as good as Hongqing in terms of identity and status, under such strong pressure, although he is not convinced in his heart, but under the eaves, how can he not bow his head, and in desperation, he can only dare not even say it.
"Lord Liang dare or not, and Ben Beizi has nothing to do, there is always a judgment on the right and wrong, when this matter is over, Lord Liang will accompany Ben Beizi to Kaifeng Mansion for a trip, at that time, my father is in charge."
I'm scared enough, if I scare more, if I don't make a good scene, Liangzhu should have a heart attack, if there are really three long and two short, that's not the situation that Hongqing is happy to see, this will turn around, vaguely giving Liangzhu a glimmer of life, which means that as long as Liangzhu is willing to cooperate with Hongqing's messenger, the third master has his own Hongqing will go to Guan and say.
"The little prince is wise, well, and I don't know what the little prince is here to ......"
Liangzhu can mix with such a high position as the governor of Hecao, naturally he is not a fool, and the ability to be obedient and listen to the sound is still not lacking, just listening, he has already understood the subtext in Hongqing's words, and his anxious heart has settled down a little, and he hurriedly asked half of Hongqing's words.
"Well, let's put it this way, Huang Ma Fa gave Ben Beizi a will, come here for two things, one is to transfer experienced people to Kaifeng for emergency, and the other is that the deficit of the Hecao Yamen over the years has also come to a time to have a break, and you can't take advantage of the fat shortage and reach out to the public funds, there is no such reason in the world, Lord Liang, what do you say?"
The meaning on the surface is very simple, the holy decree is clearly written, Hongqing has no need to hide it, and he makes the intention straightforward.
"This ......"
Hearing Hongqing say it so directly, Liangzhu's face that had just eased down instantly became ugly again, not for anything else, just because he himself had borrowed a lot of silver from the treasury, although he had made a lot of money from the treasury to the present, but he had never used it to pay off debts, and he was basically the same as many officials.
"What? Is there anything unspeakable about Lord Liang? ”
As soon as he saw Liangzhu's expression, Hongqing knew what he was thinking in his heart, and his face immediately sank, and he opened his mouth to make an official tone.
"Little Wang Ye Mingjian, if it is not a lie, it is really a huge debt accumulated over the years, if you really want to pay off the debt, the departments will be chaotic, and the people's hearts will be scattered, so the consequences are a little unbearable?"
Liangzhu himself didn't want to pay back the money, he couldn't believe that the subordinate officials were willing to pay off the debts, besides, the deficit of the entire yamen was not caused by his Liangzhu, but the big pit left by the successive governors, Liangzhu was willing to clear it, if this is the case, even if he sold out his family property, he may not be able to fill such a big hole, you must know that he has only been in office for less than a year, and he has not been in a hurry, and the surplus in hand is really not much, he has taken it, and even the bottom of the pit is not satisfied, and he refuses to follow Hongqing's pace, frowned and cried bitterly.
"Well, this is also a matter, so it's okay, and let Ben Beizi think about it more, Lord Liang should go and get busy first, and it's not too late to discuss this matter later."
Hongqing didn't expect to be able to completely surrender Liangzhu as soon as he came up, let alone expect him to consciously and voluntarily pay for it, but now that he had tested Liangzhu's attitude, Hongqing didn't want to bother more, so his tone eased suddenly, and comforted Liangzhu a few words in turn.
"The little prince is wise, the lower officials admire it in their hearts, you have worked hard all the way, and the lower officials will not bother much."
Liangzhu had no intention of staying longer, but when he heard Hongqing give an eviction order, he stopped talking, got up and saluted, and then retired by himself.