Chapter 288: The old man lives a long life
This night, destined not to be peaceful, the five military governors of the capital of the capital of the Governor of the Governor of the five armies, Uncle Zheng Guo led his subordinates to the whole city, arrested thousands of scholars and officials of the yamen, for a while, Shilin was in an uproar, Su Song Governor Liang Wenru was so frightened that he ran to the Humble Administrator's Garden with his son, and said with a shy face that he would bring his son to kowtow to Mrs. Ai, the obedient official knew in his heart, this coward was afraid of Shilin making trouble, and Su Song's governor Yamen did not know how many times it was impacted, in the past 20 years, the gate of the yamen alone has been changed countless times, all of which were smashed by the scholars, but, Naturally, these words could only be put in his stomach, and he smiled and arranged a secluded courtyard in the garden, and led Liang Gongzi to meet his aunt Ai Meiniang.
It is said that Liang Gongzi is about the same age as him, but the authority of the obedient official is extremely heavy, and he alone let the Kyushu Xuanwei Division lead the crowd to vote, which is the credit of pouring the sky, the world coaxed it, although some people said sourly, but Su Qin Zhang Yi and others, but the stomach is still extremely envious, the dynasty has only heard of the sword soldiers fighting the world, as for the overseas Fanbang led the crowd to vote, it had to be the Yongle year, at that time, the Ming Dynasty, at every turn to the Mongolian Tartars [thousands of miles away from the north of the desert], the Annan barbarians seized the throne, As soon as the British army arrived, the chief eunuch Ma Sanbao went to the West seven times to declare the prestige of the country and overseas...... At that time, it was really vertical and horizontal, and martial arts were invincible in the world.
Therefore, who dares to ignore this fourteen-year-old boy and others, those who jump up and down are all some unscrupulous gentlemen, such as the younger brother of Concubine Liuzhuang, Uncle Liuxia, but the real old fox in the political arena is completely immovable, why, it is because of fear, the other party is a teenager, and the teenager who may do such a thing can wait to ignore it!
Even Zhang Whale, the governor of Dongchang, originally intended to let his nephew Zhang Biao go to Nanzhili to find his uncle in the country, and wanted to make a good fate, but his nephew was used to being rebellious in Beizhili, thinking that he had to let him score three points if he was in charge of Dongchang's punishment of thousands of households, so he was full of blood.
When Liang Gongzi walked slowly, he was quite old-fashioned and serious, but he was easy to be shy, Ai Mei Niang looked at it, and then looked at his aunt and nephew, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the so-called people are better than people, angry people, it is said that Liang Wenru's son is good, but compared with the good official, naturally it is nothing, Ai Mei Niang naturally wants to marry all her daughters to her aunt and nephew, but she knows that there is no reason in the world, and she can let Ruo Yiruo marry in the past, thank God.
The obedient official was smiling and looking at Liang Gongzi's red ears under his aunt's common words, and suddenly Kanya Risa hurriedly came in outside, "Your Highness......"
He hurriedly told his aunt a crime, hurried away, and when he got outside, Sun Yinglong hurriedly came over and said in a low voice: "Uncle Guo, the imperial envoy of the right capital of Nanjing has arrived." ”
The obedient official was stunned at first, and then immediately reacted, it was Hai Ruihai Gangfeng. For a while, he didn't dare to slack off, so he walked outside, asking Sun Yinglong as he went.
Hai Jui actually arrived last night, so he stayed on the boat outside the city, and when he got up in the morning, his subordinates hurriedly came to report that Uncle Zheng Guo had arrested countless scholars and officials overnight, and all of them were tied up outside the Humble Administrator's Garden.
"Hai Zhongjie Gong Annals" said that Hai Rui was still [two concubines and four servants serving] before he died, two concubines, four servants, which is in the Ming officialdom, compared with the wives and concubines who are like a group of servants and slaves, it is indeed a typical example of self-denial, you must know that the Qing officials of the Ming Dynasty are not valuable, such as the imperial history who repaired the clumsy political garden, is actually also a Qing official, can the Qing official afford to build such a luxurious garden? It was designed by Wen Zhengming, a generation of great talents.
In the Ming generation, Hai Rui is indeed one of the few Qing officials, but if he is poor and grows vegetables and chops meat by himself, it is nonsense, and he is also a master who was born as a scholar, not to mention anything else, just as an official, there are few of your own people around you to help you, everything depends on your own two legs, how is that possible, at that time, the imperial court did not have the habit of matching female secretaries to leaders, these have to be prepared by the officials themselves, these are the characteristics of the Ming and Qing dynasties, Menzi and others, sometimes, these are long or menzi, can even play with his own master, because the old man only gives orders, and it is all these people who really do things, and without these people, all the officials can't play. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Opium War negotiated with the British, that is, the governor of Liangjiang at that time, temporarily took the five products to wear, negotiated for more than 20 hours, and negotiated a compensation of 21 million taels of silver.
The atmosphere of the Celestial Empire is still the same five hundred years later, and the leaders who make mistakes because of the secretaries around them do not know the ordinary, ancient and modern.
However, when Hai Rui was still a talent, he was called Mr. Daoxue, and everyone didn't dare to treat him as a classmate, and he was indeed a little strict, and the old servant next to him glared at him, and quickly said: "Those scholars and officials, some of them don't even have jackets and pants, this cold day, really Sven swept the floor...... Master, didn't you say that the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies can't transfer troops without an order from the Ministry of War! "The old servant has followed Hai Rui for many years, has experienced a lot of things, is also literate, and can afford to do official business.
When Hai Rui heard this, he was immediately furious.
It is true that he is a Qing official who is famous in the world, but he is also a civil minister, from a child, a talent, and a child...... Those who were admitted section by section, as the so-called, ten years of hard work in the cold window are to become a master, but the nobles are born to be masters, and this is what he hated most in Haigangfeng's life.
However, he has been an official for many years, and he knows that he is not the stunned young man at the beginning, when he was Chun'an Zhixian, he offended too many people, and some literati made up stories, saying that he whipped the son of Hu Zongxian, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, who passed through Chun'an and showed off his might, and the people believed it, and more and more thought that Master Hai was really a big man in the sky, but in fact, first, there was no post station in Chun'an County, and second, he Haigangfeng heard this rumor at the time, and he was also scared half to death.
Qingguan does not mean that he is a fool, a magistrate and the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang carry his arms, isn't this an ant regret elephant, Hai Rui can imagine what kind of intentions the person who weaves these words, fortunately, Hu Zongxian is still elegant, just like the Nanjing garrison eunuch Mu Jiu, it is rumored that Xue Susu does not give him the face of the Nanjing garrison, and Mu Jiu is just smiling.
After a long time, Hai Rui has become more and more experienced, this is like an official scolding the emperor, scolding the emperor will not die, these years, the emperor is not very Kenting cane, scolding the emperor can win a good reputation, why not, but few people dare to scold the governor of Dongchang, scold the governor of Dongchang, that is to die.
Hai Rui is not stupid, when he went to Suzhou Mansion, he wanted to take some people's official hats, but he didn't come to offend Uncle Zheng Guo, besides, Uncle Zheng Guo was able to do great things overseas at the age of fourteen, and he must also be a clever person, how could he take the whole city without an order from the Ministry of War? It doesn't make sense.
Pacing back and forth in the cabin, he muttered, "Who else did you take besides the scholars?" On what charges? ”
The old servant didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "It is said that it is colluded with Little Luzon, gathered people to form a rebellion, and found a lot of engraved demon books, and it was the scholars who accused Uncle Zheng Guo and Little Luzon, Kyushu Xuanfu Division Snake and Mouse Nest......"
Before the old servant finished speaking, Hai Rui slapped his palm on the bulkhead, and with a bang, his thin cheeks were full of anger, "Ridiculous, these scholars are really messing around, they don't study well, but they want to take risks and accuse important ministers of the court at will, what a crime this is." ”
In fact, he also knows that Uncle Zheng Guo is an important minister of the court, a governor of the court, to say something unpleasant, the officials of this position in the north and south of Beijing are all over the street, but since he took office as the imperial envoy of the right capital of Nanjing from his hometown, he is full of ears to hear this Uncle Zheng Guo, who is extraordinary in earning money for the emperor's brother-in-law.
As for what is a nest with the snake and mouse of the little Luzon and Kyushu Xuanwei Division, Hai Rui feels even more ridiculous, he is really an official who has done practical things for the people, and he knows very well in his heart, sometimes, for the well-being of the people, he must bear the notoriety, not to mention anything else, he deliberately made a notice at the beginning, saying that the small people and the big households are in a lawsuit, no matter what they say, he Hai Rui will definitely judge the small people to win the lawsuit, why, it is not because it is difficult to do things, since this is the case, simply offend people to the end, so that another group of people can be truly grateful.
This is the case in government, you can't satisfy everyone, the small people are the people under the rule, isn't the big family the people under the rule? But when you issue a decree, there will always be people who are not satisfied, and in this case, it is already good to make most people feel that it is a good decree.
Therefore, Hai Rui is very disdainful of what snakes and rats have a nest and the like, not to mention that he himself is indeed more hostile to large households, not to mention that there is no evidence for this, even if it is true, in his Hai Rui's opinion, the death of 50,000 merchants, in exchange for millions or even tens of millions of silver, this trade can also be done, for example, the year before the flooding of the Yellow River, millions of people were homeless, the emperor personally issued an order to ask large households to donate silver, what is the result? The donated silver is not enough for the victims to provide disaster relief for half a month.
Whether it is an official or a general, once you reach a certain high position, human life is sometimes really just a series of numbers, and you can only consider which number is more, and the slogan of not giving up one person sounds very bloody and incendiary, but the fact is that if you really exchange the lives of 50,000 people for the lives of millions of people, this account is really easy to calculate.
He Hai Rui would rather wronged the big families than favor the small people, which is actually the same as this reason, so the words of the scholars, in his opinion, are simply ridiculous.
The old servant looked puzzled, and said in his heart that the old man was in his hometown, and he often gave lectures to the local scholars, and from time to time he also gave some books or something, how could he be indifferent to the thousands of scholars being insulted by a noble?
Looking at the expression on the old servant's face, Hai Rui knew it, and snorted coldly: "What do you know, if the death of a thousand scholars can save the lives of millions of people, why do I have to save it!" ”
He is also one of the few people who understand in this era, the so-called smart woman is difficult to cook without rice, his own former official, after returning to his hometown, the children of the clan also have to live on him, but there is no silver, everything is over. In fact, when his mother died, a local landlord sent him silver, and he bought more than ten acres of land as a cemetery for the old mother's funeral.
Besides, he has indeed been dignified for scholars all his life, and he is really friendly to scholars, but in the same way, he also scolded Jiangnan for the prevalence of Diao, and the most common method of handling cases is to use a flail to shackle people at the yamen [in front of the yamen, there are seven or eight people in the yoke, and then beat the bitter first] and solemnly wrote this experience into his official record, thinking that in this way he can control the people.
In short, this is a combination of contradictions, it is one thing to be polite to you, but you can't violate his code of conduct, once violated, he will turn his face, and this set of code of conduct is called, monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons.
The old servant thought that he had followed the master for many years and knew the master's temper well, but in fact, what he knew was only half of Hai Rui's face.
After a while, Hai Rui asked the old servant to go out of the cabin first to put up the flag of the imperial envoy of the right capital of the Imperial Palace, and then, he replaced the concubine in the cabin, the concubine's name was Ning Mo, fourteen years old, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, it was the age of young and thirsty sleep, rubbing his sleepy eyes and saying softly: "Master, you want to ...... it"
"Help me freshen up, sir." Hai Rui instructed the concubine, the Ning Mo hurriedly sighed, turned around and was busy, combed his hair for him, combed his gray hair neatly, and saw that the hair was dry and shiny, and after a little hesitation, he took the hair oil that the old man bought for himself a few days ago and quietly wiped it on his hands, brushed his hair for the old man, and took the net pocket to cover the head, looked down carefully, and felt that the old man was so majestic, like a great master of the imperial history, he couldn't help laughing.
Hai Rui, who closed his eyes and let her be busy, opened his eyes at this time, and there was a hint of doting in his eyes, and he couldn't help but reach out and pull her upturned little nose.
Seeing her expression, Hai Rui's heart moved slightly, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hand, so he took Ning Mo in his arms, and was about to speak with his old face, but Ning Mo jumped up, hurriedly jumped out of his arms, and said with a giggle: "Master, don't mess around, you still have to do big things!" So saying, he turned and fetched his robe, unfolded it, motioned for him to get up, and put it on for him.
Stretching out her hands and letting her be busy like a little lark, Hai Rui was silent, and after a long time, he sighed, "Ningmo, in case one day, my lord is not here, remember what I told you, although the house is not big, it always gives you two a place to settle down......"
Ning Mo's fingers stiffened, and he was stunned for a long time, with a stiff smile on his face, "How come, the old man lives a long life!" ”
"What a fool, sir, I am sixty-nine years old this year, the master said, fifty know the destiny of heaven, sixty ears are obedient, seventy do what you want...... In two months, my lord, I will be the same age as I want, and that's not just a day. Hai Rui looked down at her, his sleek, thin face full of love.
"How so." Ning Mo was said to be in fear, and finally couldn't help it, and sobbed, "Didn't Yan Songyan Pavilion be in his eighties and still be on an errand for the Lord of Long Live Mansion, this is still what the master said to the slave......"
Hai Rui saw her crying, stretched out his hand and carefully wiped her cheek with his fingertips, and deliberately said with a straight face: "Nonsense, master, how can I compare with Yan Songna and others." ”
"Yes, the lord is the greatest lord in the world and the earth throughout the ages." Ning Mo opened his arms and hugged his thin body tightly, and finally couldn't help the tears rolling down, and he was extremely terrified in his heart, is it that the master is going to do some big errand, it is very dangerous and dangerous...... And he began to cry with a whimper.
"Okay, don't cry, go, help me put my hat on."
Ning Mo held back his tears, helped the old man put on his hat, watched the old man smile at himself, turned around and lifted the curtain and walked out of the cabin, couldn't help but take a small step, walked a few steps, lifted half of the curtain and looked outside.
Dressed in a scarlet robe, Hai Rui asked the people below to play the flag of the [Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate] [Right Capital Imperial Envoy], dozens of people got off the boat, beat gongs and drums and went to the city, the little girl on the boat finally couldn't help it, snuggled on the edge of the hatch, tears like short lines of pearls.
When I arrived at the Humble Administrator's Garden, I handed over the post, and in a flash, a jade-crowned young man hurriedly walked over surrounded by everyone, and Yinuo was far away, "But Mr. Haigangfeng is in person, and the kid is polite." ”
(To be continued)