Chapter 57: Bribery Leads the World
The most fashionable topics for the people of Lingzhou City to meet now are about the upcoming princess wedding, when the most favored princess of the dynasty marries Shuo Fang, what a blessing it will be, in order to create an atmosphere of universal celebration, as early as a month ago, Wang Chongwen announced that the counties under the jurisdiction of Lingzhou would be exempted from tax and servitude for half a year.
On the day of the wedding, Xie Bozhi set up seven porridge fields outside Lingzhou City, and opened the porridge for three months.
Xie Bozhi often does charity activities, but he is not a philanthropist, he holds this charity event hidden an ulterior purpose: to do his best to drive the homeless people and beggars in the city out of the city, on the day of the princess's wedding, thousands of distinguished guests came to congratulate him, let these beggars stay in the city is really unsightly, as for those homeless people are not only unsightly, but also a source of danger,
Shuofang is the northwest border town of the Tang Dynasty, to guard against the existence of the Tang Dynasty since the founding of the sworn enemy Tubo, the long-term and harsh struggle, so that the city of nearly 100,000 people has been in a state of tension, here is not so much a city, but rather a well-defended military fortress, the people in the city are all registered with a household registration, the neighborhood chief, the chief of the Bao, the Li Zheng and the county yamen strictly control the movement of every household, never give the hostile forces any opportunity to take advantage of,
In the past 20 years, Lingzhou City has fallen three times, and the strong enemy cannot break through from the outside, so they will send spies to mix in the homeless people and attack the city together.
The princess's wedding should not use knives and guns, it is not an easy task to drive beggars and homeless people out of the city, this is a great test of the wisdom of the ruler, Xie Bozhi did it, and it was done perfectly, the second day of the opening of the porridge field, the beggars and homeless people in the city suddenly decreased by ninety, and the remaining one percent was "persuaded" by the leader and the chief of the body.
Lingzhou City is refreshing, Xie Bozhi is full of self-confidence, as Shuofang's important minister, strategist and cadre, Xie Bozhi has indisputably become the main operator of the young marshal and princess wedding, Xie Bozhi grasps the big and not the small, grasps the details thanklessly, and will also invisibly fall into his own identity, so although Lingzhou City is a mess because of the approaching wedding, Xie Bozhi's life has not been affected much, every day after dinner, he still has to go to the back door of the mansion to take a walk on the bank of the Tangjin River to eat,
Tangjin River said that the river is actually an artificial canal, the purpose is to introduce the living water of the Yellow River into the northeast corner of the city of Yacheng, Wang Chongwen likes the mountain, prefers water, he succeeded to Shuo Fang Jie Du envoy then in the Yacheng with soil and stone piled out a soil mountain, and use the pit left by digging the soil, introduce the living water to build a pool of water, since then there is a good place with mountains and rivers in Lingzhou City, Wang Chongwen named his proud work "Shanshui Tai",
On the day of the completion of the "Shanshui Terrace", the guests of the Wang family made hundreds of poems in one breath, which is also a grand event in the Lingzhou literary circle, Xie Bozhi compiled these poems into a collection of poems, engraved into a book dedicated to Wang Chongwen, won Wang's appreciation, Xie Bozhi also planned to select some poems that could be seen in the past, please engrave calligraphy on the stone tablet, build a stele forest under the landscape platform, add its rich and colorful stroke to the grand event culture of Lingzhou, right to do it,
Xie Bozhi had a clever plan on the bank of the Tangjin River, and hurriedly returned to the mansion to summon a few of the most trusted staff members to plan this matter separately, and after the arrangement was stopped, he lay on the soft couch, humming a little song and being complacent,
"Yo sir, what kind of happiness is this."
Xie Bozhi's favorite concubine Hu Linger walked over with a plate of green plums, Hu Ling'er had dark skin, tall and stout, towering twin peaks, round buttocks, Xie Bozhi fiercely held Myolie Wu's buttocks, pinched hard, rubbed hard, full of lustful laughter, Hu Linger sat on his lap, Xie Bozhi "oops" up, his thin legs really couldn't support Hu Linger's heavy body,
"Master, you are not allowed to open your eyes to the slave family."
Seeing Xie Bozhi's face showing anger, Hu Ling'er was busy coquettish and told forgiveness, Xie Bozhi is a well-known cautious eye and loves to hold grudges, if he really angered him, he would never end well, Hu Ling'er knelt in front of Xie Bozhi's feet, like a docile cat, and kept rubbing Xie Bozhi's inner thighs with his head,
Xie Bozhi was overjoyed, stroked Hu Ling'er's head and said: "This time I will spare you, and next time I will be so reckless, I will not cut you one by one, roast and eat." Hu Ling'er smiled innocently, got up and stuffed a plum into Xie Bozhi's mouth, the plum was green and astringent, but Xie Bozhi chewed it deliciously, he fed one to Hu Ling'er, Hu Ling'er also chewed it, making a very useful look, in fact, she didn't like this bitter fruit at all,
Now that the men and women have fallen one by one, Xie Bozhi sat on Hu Linger's lap, Hu Linger's legs are not thick, fortunately, Xie Bozhi's figure is less than 100 pounds, Hu Linger can still support it by gritting his teeth, but as Xie Bozhi's movements on her legs are getting bigger and bigger, a layer of fine sweat oozing from Hu Linger's forehead,
Xie Fang, the housekeeper of Xie Mansion, stood under the eaves of the porch and probed his head to look inside, Hu Linger seized this opportunity and hurriedly pushed Xie Bozhi away, Xie Bozhi hated being disturbed at this time, his anger was all sprinkled on Xie Fang, he picked up the golden tray containing plum cores and smashed it towards Xie Fang, Xie Fang dodged lightly, Xie Bozhi hated him for dodging, and threw the teapot and tea bowl on the table as weapons.
Xie Fang dodged the teapot, did not dodge the teabowl, there were still flowers on his forehead, Xie Bozhi sighed, he lay down on the soft chair, raised Erlang's legs and asked, "What's the matter, just say it." ”
Xie Fang covered her head and stepped forward, glanced at Hu Linger, and stopped talking, Xie Bozhi slapped Hu Linger's buttocks, Hu Linger was relieved and hurriedly escaped, but there was still an expression of reluctance on her face,
"Sir, look what this is." Xie Fang used a brocade to hold two crystal clear luminous beads,
"Where did it come from?" Xie Bozhi's eyes lit up, and he snatched the two beads in his hand, Xie Bozhi is an appreciator, and he could see at a glance that these two beads were priceless treasures.
"It's from Toyosu Guansuo." Xie Fang leaned into Xie Bozhi's ear and said softly,
Xie Bo subconsciously looked at the door and window, and asked in a low voice, "Where is the other?" ”
"It's in the backyard." Xie Fang replied uneasily, it was completely his own initiative to bring Guan Suo into the backyard, if Xie Bozhi wanted to blame, he would not be a matter of a teapot and a few tea bowls.
Xie Bozhi's face changed three times in an instant, and after hesitating for a long time, he called Xie Fang in front of him and said in a low voice: "You go and tell him that I can't help with this, and I can't accept this thing." He returned the two luminous beads to Xie Fang, and Xie Fang asked in astonishment: "The master hasn't seen him yet, how do you know what he asks you to do." ”
Xie Bozhi sneered and said, "If I can't even guess this, you will be my master." ”
Xie Fang didn't dare to ask any more and hurriedly put away the luminous beads, the room was empty, Xie Bozhi suddenly became extremely anxious, like a child who suddenly lost his beloved toy, restless, he paced in circles and circles, looking at the door from time to time, several times he walked to the door and wanted to chase out, but finally retreated again,
Time has passed for a cup of tea, but Xie Bozhi feels that many years have passed, at this time, Xie Fang came back, and Xie Bozhi forced his temperament to not go out.
Xie Fang bent down and bowed, and Xie Bozhi interrupted him rudely: "Is the person gone?" ”
There was an anxious, expectant look in his eyes, what he was looking forward to, Xie Fang knew it, after following Xie Bozhi for so many years, he could still guess seven or eight points of his master's thoughts, all of this was due to those two luminous beads, Xie Fang couldn't say how much that thing was worth, but from the eyes of the master, he knew that this thing was definitely a rare thing, and the treasures sent to the door were actually out of the door, and it was the first time he had encountered it in Xie Mansion for thirteen years.
"Let's go." Xie Fang pretended to be dazed and said, "You didn't let him go." ”
"Alas......" Xie Bozhi slapped his hands and sighed, not hiding his disappointment at all, a nameless fire rose from the bottom of his heart, and his cheeks and head instantly turned red,
"Master......" Xie Fang called softly, and reached out to hold out two crystal clear luminous beads,
"Hey, you, you didn't give it back to him."
Xie Bozhi snatched the two luminous beads from Xie Fang's hand, and played with them carefully, it was indeed the two just now, this is really a lost treasure, looking at Xie Bozhi's happy appearance, Xie Fang put down a stone in his heart, and he bet on the right place twice tonight,
Guan Suo gave him a thousand taels of gold to introduce him to Xie Bozhi, the luminous pearl is Guan Suo's gift to Xie Bozhi, for the sake of the 1,000 taels of yellow gold ingots, Xie Fang decided to go out and him, before that, Xie Bozhi had issued a strict order not to see anyone in Fengzhou, "Whoever dares to bring someone in, immediately go out the door." ”
Xie Bozhi refused to help return the luminous beads to Guan Suo, but Guan Suo refused to take them back, he gave himself a land deed of 1,000 acres of fertile land, which was a good land for drought and flood protection in his hometown Shangzhou, with it, even if he lost this job, he would not have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of his life, Xie Fang immediately decided to gamble again, so he took the risk and brought back the two luminous beads,
"Oh, it's really a good thing, everything is empty in these years, only the treasure in hand is real."
Xie Bozhi really liked these two beads more and more, Xie Fang took the opportunity to say: "It's really a waste that such a treasure falls into the hands of others, it should be kept by the master, it is rare to have a piece of sincerity, I think the master will fulfill him." ”
Xie Bozhi let out a long sigh and said, "It's a pity that Yang Hao escaped again." Speaking of this, he suddenly turned his head and asked Xie Fang: "Do you say that this Yang Hao is a good person or a bad person." ”
Xie Fang opened his mouth wide and was speechless for a while, and only after careful consideration of the words did he reply: "It's not a good person, but it's not a bad person." ”
Xie Bozhi nodded approvingly, and said, "If you are not a bad person, then you should give people a way to renew themselves, and you can't do anything too much." ”
Xie Fang nodded again and again and said yes,