At the end of the year, in order to alleviate the grievances caused by the strike a few days ago, Tang Yi specially ordered to open the regular liquidation and sell grain and rice at half price, and requisitioned a batch of New Year's goods from all over the country, all of which were sold at the same price.

The common people are the kindest and best coaxing people, they are all good to them, they all read in their hearts, those who originally scolded Tang Yi are now red-faced, and they can't stop saying good things about Tang Yi one by one, and when they ask God to worship Buddha, they also have to say a few auspicious words for the Qingtian Lord.

In addition, Tang Yi ordered to send grain and rice to the widows and widows in the city, and also asked the beggars to send grain and rice, and told them that after the opening of the sea, there will be more places to employ people, and the yamen will help them find some work within their ability, even if they can't do anything, the court will find a way.

This time, Wang Yueying walked around the street, ran back with a smile on her face, and excitedly held Brother Lover's hand, chattering non-stop.

"Alas, if only everyone could be appeased as easily as the common people."

Wang Yueying shook her head in confusion, and Tang Yi smiled: "Go and help me pick out some New Year's goods, and then accompany me to the door." Wang Yueying turned around, and Tang Yi added: "Get something real, don't be too expensive, don't be too fancy, just firewood, rice, oil and salt, ordinary things." ”

"Oh." Although Wang Yueying nodded, she couldn't help thinking in her heart, when did her husband have a poor relative! She didn't ask much, she went for a trip, and came back after a while, and five or six family members held things and put them on the ground.

Sure enough, according to his instructions, there were 50 catties of japonica rice, 50 catties of white flour, a jar of meat oil, a jar of rapeseed oil, and two pig's hind legs. Four boxes of snacks, a bag of candy, a bag of melon seeds, a few firecrackers, two sheepskin mats, and a huanghuali cane. There are also a lot of gadgets.

Tang Yi looked at it and was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "It's all loaded in the car, let's go together." ”

Wang Yueying hesitated, after all, she hadn't married Tang Yi yet, and she showed up together, I was afraid that it would be nice to say. Tang Yi reached out and grabbed her.

"My good daughter-in-law, if you don't go, I'm afraid that people will out."

"Who is so bold?" Wang Yueying suddenly became curious and followed Tang Yi into the carriage. The official drove the carriage through the streets and alleys, turning around, and came to a small alley and stopped. It turned out that the entrance to the alley was very narrow, and the carriage could not enter at all. Tang Yi had no choice but to get out of the car and pull Wang Yueying. Cautiously entered the alley, until I reached the innermost one. Stopped.

"This is the home of Kaichi Prefecture, right?"

Zhixian!

Wang Yueying stuck out her tongue in fright, obediently, this is too simple, three main rooms, crooked, low and cramped. It seems that a gust of wind can blow away, only the yard is quite tidy, but it is really far from the imaginary county master, far from it!

Tang Yi was still hesitating. The officials shouted at the top of their voices, "Lord Hai, Lord Fuzun has come to see you, come out to greet you." ”

After shouting three times in a row, the door opened a crack, and a small head poked out of it, Tang Yi had an idea, took a rattle from the carriage, and shook it a few times in a row.

The little girl's eyes lit up, one foot stepped out, but she stopped it, and when she turned around, she ran into the house, and after a while, the door opened, and an old lady walked out of it, and came to the courtyard door to open it with her own hands. He looks like he is in his sixties, a little old, but his waist is straight, especially between his eyebrows and eyes, revealing a strong head.

The old lady looked at Tang Yi, was stunned for a moment, and then fluttered with blessings.

"I have long heard Ru Xian say that adults are young and promising, and when I see them today, it is really extraordinary. I wonder if adults come to the humble house, but what's the matter? ”

"Hehe, the old lady has an overreputation, I just paid a New Year's greeting in advance, no, I just came from Lord Zhao's side, there is a lot of trouble, and please don't be surprised by the old lady."

"Whereever, please come in. It's just that the family is shabby, and the adults have been wronged. ”

"It's okay, our family was quite poor in the first few years, it's not a secret, my father and I lived in a bamboo building, dying of cold in winter, dying of heat in summer, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, there will always be changes."

Hearing Tang Yi speak kindly, without any arrogance, the old woman Hai suddenly had a good impression, but after a change of thought, she sighed again: "Our family has a strong seed, I'm afraid that we will stay in Hexi for the rest of our lives." ”

When he arrived at the living room, Tang Yi peeked at it, most of the tables, chairs and benches in the room were made of bamboo, and the handiwork was rough, barely able to sit, it seemed that it should be Hai Rui's craftsmanship, Tang Yi didn't care too much, but felt a little wronged Wang Yueying, who knew that Miss Wang was much more natural than him, holding Hai Rui's little daughter, not a word made the little doll giggle, Mrs. Hai was also the first time to see such a good-looking girl.

"My lord, is this a lady?"

Tang Yi smiled proudly: "I will get married when the New Year is empty, and I will invite the old lady to be a guest when the time comes." ”

"Thank you for your love, it's just, I'm just afraid I won't be able to go!"

"Why?"

Mrs. Hai hesitated for a moment and sighed: "It's all Ruxian, a rebel, he wants to resign and not do it." ”

"What?" Tang Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "Old lady, why is this, Brother Gangfeng has done a very good job, the city department, Jinjiang County, more than half of the burden is on his shoulders, how can he pick a son?" ”

Mrs. Hai also had a gloomy face and was angry.

"My lord, this rebel is a lack of discipline, you can come with the old body."

Tang Yi got up and followed the old lady into the house in the east, a simple dirt pit, Hai Rui was covered with a thin cotton cloth, and his face was facing the wall, leaving only Tang Yi with a back.

Seeing this, the old lady grabbed the feather duster, snapped it, and scolded angrily: "Rebel, Lord Tang condescends to be noble, what are you pretending to be dead, is this the hospitality of our Hai family?" Do you want to be angry with your old body? ”

Don't say it, Hai Ruitian is not afraid of the ground, but he is afraid of the old lady, and he was yelled at by the old lady, so he had to turn around reluctantly, glanced at Tang Yi, and said: "My lord, the lower official is seriously ill, and he has already written a note to the imperial court, and he will resign in the near future. ”

Mrs. Hai rolled her eyes angrily, "You are a disobedient son, do you know what to do!" ”

Tang Yi waved his hand, "Old lady, don't be impatient, let me ask a few questions." Brother Gangfeng, I also know a little bit of medical skills, I see that your complexion is much better than a few days ago, it doesn't look like you are sick? ”

"The illness on the inside, you can't see it on the outside."

Tang Yi took two steps behind his back and said with a smile: "Is it because the official used you to make a show, you are angry with the official?" ”

Hai Rui was silent, the old lady glared at her, and scolded: "Rebel, you dare not say anything when the adult asks, the old body definitely can't tolerate you as a narrow-minded brute!" ”

The old lady was furious, and Hai Rui was forced to be helpless, so she had to say: "Lord Tang, Hai Rui is not so narrow-minded, I just can't figure out some things." ”

"Brother Gangfeng, please speak."

"Okay, I'll tell you if you ask!"

Hai Rui sat up from the kang suddenly, his hair was clear, and he said loudly: "Lord Tang, the lower official wants to ask a few things. First, should the seven major maritime merchants of Fujian and Zhejiang control the sea routes and smuggle them on a large scale? ”

"Yes!"

"Should we do the manipulation of the market, the arbitrary boycott of the market, and the disregard for the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people, resulting in turmoil in Quanzhou City?"

"Yes!"

"Also, for the sake of selfishness, obstructing the national policy of opening the sea, should it be dealt with?"

"Yes!" Tang Yi simply replied.

"Hahaha, Lord Tang, since these people are heinous and unspeakable, as a parent official, why don't you use thunderbolts to eradicate these tumors? The lower officials heard that this afternoon, someone actually paid 50,000 taels of silver, and you let them go, what is the reason? Is the court law worth 50,000 taels of silver? Hai Rui just had a thorn in his heart a few days ago, but when he heard that Tang Yi released the arrested representatives of the seven surnames for 50,000 taels, he was completely enraged.

"Lord Tang, you are the sixth head of the Kuiyuan, I am a model for scholars, Hai is just a person, and the adults are far away, Hai just can't understand, why can't you judge impartially, but let the bad guys be arrogant and the good guys suffer? Is there still the word justice in this Ming Dynasty, if not, what does Hai Rui have to do as an official? ”

Hai Rui's voice was violent, and the old lady was so angry that her lips turned blue, and she said angrily: "Crazy, really crazy!" My lord, don't listen to this rebel's nonsense, the old body will teach him a good lesson. ”

"Old lady, don't be busy yet." Tang Yi let out a long sigh, "Brother Gangfeng, what you said is right, I have nothing to refute, and I dare not refute it, but I asked Brother Gangfeng, if I really do what you think, what will be the consequences?" ”

Hai Rui was at a loss, "What else can there be, the people will rejoice, and above the court, the upright people will also approve of the bold actions of the adults." ”

"Wrong, big mistake!"

Tang Yi sighed, "Brother Gangfeng, the seven surnames of Fujian and Zhejiang, how many years have they been operating in the southeast, how many court officials do they have, and the handle of the southeast family, once they are in a hurry, they throw these out, and the southeastern provinces will immediately be in chaos." The imperial court asked Tang to go to the southeast to open the sea, in order to make up for the financial gap, I didn't get the silver, but poked the hornet's nest, and made a big trouble, the southeast is chaotic, the world is chaotic, try to ask at that time, is it me, the prefect, or you, the prefect, can bear it? ”

Tang Yi paused, and then said: "I certainly admire the righteous truth that Brother Gangfeng said, but officialdom is not a place to reason. ”

"What's that talking about?" Hai Rui asked with red eyes,

"It's about interests, I'm the city of the city, that is, to coordinate the interests of all parties, Fujian and Zhejiang maritime merchants are making too much trouble, I knock them a sum of silver, the court, even if those who obey the orders of the seven surnames, they don't dare to say anything about me, but beyond this degree, it is a monstrous flood, and it is a rolling head. Brother Gangfeng, Kong said Chengren, Meng said to take righteousness, when he came to Yang Minggong, he became the unity of knowledge and action, and Yang Minggong taught success! (To be continued.) )