Facing Mr. Yang's aggressive tone, Xu Liang secretly pouted: Where is Lao Tzu, can you control Old Man Yang?

Fortunately, Xu Guangqi reacted quickly when he saw the opportunity, and immediately said with a smile: "Lord Xu is familiar with this official, and this time it was the official who invited Lord Xu to come over." ”

When Governor Yang heard this, a hint of surprise flashed on his face, and he said slowly: "So that's the case. He glanced at Xu Liang several times again, and said secretly: This Xu Liang doesn't know which way to go, but he can actually make friends with Xu Guangqi! You must know that Xu Guangqi, as the mentor of the Son of Heaven, has always been the object of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and Governor Yang specially rushed to Xi'an Mansion from Guyuan in order to have a good relationship with Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi bowed his hand to Yang He and the others, and invited Yang He and his party to enter, and Yang He gave Qian Yongtai, the political envoy of Shaanxi.

When Qian Yongtai passed by Xu Liang's side, he paused, put on the shelf of Shangguan, and indifferently ordered: "Xu Shenzheng, the original purpose of arranging for you to stay in Xi'an Mansion was to prepare for this autumn expedition, but now that the scientific expedition has ended successfully, there are still a bunch of things waiting for you to deal with in Hanzhong Dao, so you can return to Hanzhong." ”

What does this mean, Xu Liang listened to the fire, what did Qian Yongtai think of himself? Marionettes? If you want to use it, you can transfer it with a piece of paper, and when you don't use it, you can send it back.

Xu Liang looked at Qian Yongtai coldly and said, "This official still has other things to deal with in Xi'an Mansion, and he is not in a hurry to return to Hanzhong for a while. ”

When Qian Yongtai heard this, his face was difficult to look at. At this time, Governor Yang paused and reprimanded in a deep voice: "Xu Shenzheng, what are you talking about?!" Mr. Qian is your immediate boss, is this how you contradict Mr. Qian? With such an attitude towards Shangguan, the governor is very suspicious that you, Shaanxi is still incompetent for participating in politics! ”

Xu Liang listened. lowered his eyelids and said without being arrogant or humble: "This official is incompetent for participating in politics in Shaanxi. There is a court and a holy judgment, and it is not Governor Yang's turn to judge! ”

Governor Yang was furious. Pointing at Xu Liang: "Xu Liang, what kind of attitude do you have!" ”

"Humph!" Xu Liang snorted angrily, ignoring Yang He's flushed old face, and arched his hand at Xu Guangqi: "Lord Xu, Xu will come to visit you another day and say goodbye!" After that, he didn't look at Governor Yang and the others, and strode away.

Xu Liang knew that the contradiction between himself and Yang He had already reached the point where it was irreconcilable. In the past, when Hong Chengchou was still serving as the governor of Shaanxi, Yang He was still able to take care of Governor Hong's face and maintain a superficial harmony with Xu Liang, but now that Hong Chengchou has been transferred, Governor Yang is trying to show up with a dagger, and he doesn't even want to maintain the superficial harmony.

Xu Liang returned to the Xi'an Mansion and entered the study alone, but recalled what Xu Guangqi told him. Xu Guangqi will not lie to himself, it seems that Yang He is already planning to attack Liang Jun. First, Hong Chengchou was transferred. Then he attacked Xu Liang's cronies and officials, such as the corruption case of Lu Yifa, the prefect of Pingliang, although Lu Yifa was acquitted later due to insufficient evidence. But this trend has profoundly demonstrated that Governor Yang wants to take action against Xu Liang's cronies. If in the end Emperor Chongzhen approves Governor Yang's proposal to dismiss the Liang army, then. Xu Liang was in front of Governor Yang, and the threat would be greatly weakened.

Xu Liang is not the kind of person who sits idly by. Now that you know Governor Yang's plan, you have to prepare in advance. to respond.

However, in the face of Governor Yang's continuous suppression, Xu Liang found it very difficult to face it calmly. Unless Xu Liang recklessly decides to fight Governor Yang to the end. Or directly arrange for someone to assassinate Yang He. It's just such a situation where the fish are dead and the net is broken, and Xu Liang doesn't want to take this step unless he is forced to the end of the mountain.

Xu Liang thought about it for a long time, and faintly made a decision in his heart, but it was only implemented concretely, but it was not something that could be completed in a while.

Since he had already torn his face with Governor Yang, it would be meaningless for Xu Liang to stay in Xi'an Mansion any longer. After leaving Xu Jiang waiting for the results of the Qiuqiu scientific expedition in the Xi'an Annex, and ordering the Tsing Yi Wei to deploy manpower to closely monitor every move of the yamen in Xi'an Mansion, Xu Liang took Lou Xian'er, Tietou, and Wang Qinian back to Hanzhong Road.

Song Chaodu, the prefect of Hanzhong, learned that Xu Liang had returned, so he naturally rushed to the Yamen of Hanzhong Province to meet him, and the Song prefect had heard about Xu Liang's affairs in Gongchang Mansion and Xi'an Mansion.

After chatting for a while, Xu Liang found that Governor Song's face was sad, and he was a little absent-minded in his answer. Xu Liang couldn't help but ask in surprise, "What difficulties has Lord Song encountered?" ”

Song Chaodu looked at Xu Liang and said with a wry smile: "Is the lower official so obvious?" You can see even adults? ”

Xu Liang said secretly, as long as he is not blind, he can see that Song Chaodu is in trouble. He immediately asked: "Lord Song, this official is the Dao of Hanzhong, and he governs Hanzhong Mansion and Gongchang Mansion, and Lord Song is not an outsider, what are the difficulties, even if you talk to this official, maybe this official can still help Lord Song solve one or two?" ”

Song Chaodu smiled bitterly, got up and bowed to Xu Liang, and said, "My lord can help me, and the lower officials are really grateful." ”

Xu Liang asked, "What is it that is so difficult?" ”

Song Chaodu glanced at Wang Qinian, who was sitting with him, and stopped talking.

Xu Liang waved his hand and said: "Qi Nian is his own person, Lord Song doesn't have to shy away from it." ”

When Wang Qinian heard this, his face suddenly became excited, he took several deep breaths, forced himself to press the excitement in his heart, forced himself to calm down, and listened carefully to Song Chaodu's words.

Song Chaodu sighed and said, "Actually, if the lower officials don't say it, the adults can guess it." The one who can make the lower officials so embarrassed is the yellow and white thing. The dissatisfied lord said that several mines and factories on which the prefect's yamen relied to maintain their operations had closed down one after another, and the apportionment of silver collected by the tax collection department was less than 30% of that of previous years, and the silver of the various departments and bureaus of the government office in September could not be distributed. ”

Xu Liang listened, nodded slowly, for the predicament of Hanzhong Mansion, Xu Liang had already anticipated, and immediately gave Song Governor a helpless expression, and said: "Lord Song, this official has long said that if you fail to open up tax sources and blindly focus on those mines and factories, it will be difficult to continue. ”

When Song Chaodu heard this, his expression darkened, Xu Liang said this, he couldn't help himself, and his face was even more sad. After sitting with him for a while, he got up and took his leave.

"Lord Xu. There is still Boss Cai's case in the Xiaguan Mansion waiting for the Xiaguan to mediate, so he resigned. ”

Xu Liang listened. Curiously asked: "Boss Cai?" But what about Cai Mao, who opened a coal yard on Dingjun Mountain? ”

Song Chaodu was stunned and said, "Exactly." It turned out that Lord Xu also knew Cai Mao. ”

Cai Mao was the Boss Cai who was responsible for transporting bricks and tiles when Xu Liang repaired the Hanzhong Dao Yamen. Hearing that it was his case, Xu Liang couldn't help but be interested, and said to Wang Qinian: "Qinian, since it's Boss Cai's case, let's go and take a look." ”

Xu Liang said so, Wang Qinian naturally had nothing to do. At that moment, Xu Liang and Wang Qinian returned to the prefect's yamen with Song Chaodu, the prefect of Hanzhong, and listened to Song Chaodu's trial of Cai Mao's case in the lobby of the prefect's yamen.

For Song Chaodu, Cai Mao's case is a case in which a boss owes wages to workers. Song Chaodu has recently tried more than a dozen similar cases, because there is no technical content in the trial, it is nothing more than being a good person in the middle and letting the two sides mediate.

In the end, Song Chaodu ruled that Boss Cai should pay off the arrears of wages to the workers within a month, and the case was closed.

For this verdict, Boss Cai had already expected it in his heart, but his face was even more bitter and ugly than when Song Dynasty visited Xu Liang. dragged heavy footsteps out of the prefect's yamen, and was suddenly stopped.

Cai Mao looked at the blue-robed official in front of him in a daze for a while before he suddenly remembered who this was in front of him.

"It turned out to be Lord Wang!" Cai Mao arched his hand and said, "Lord Wang called the grass people. I don't know what to command? ”

Wang Qinian said with a smile: "Outside Cai, my family is invited." ”

"Your lord?" Cai Mao was stunned for a moment when he heard this. immediately reacted, the adult in Wang Qinian's mouth. Who else could there be besides that Lord Daoxu in Hanzhong? A month ago, when Xu Liang repaired the Yamen of Hanzhong Road. Cai Mao had met Xu Liang once, and he still had some impressions of this young political staker.

When Cai Mao saw Xu Liang in a teahouse not far from the yamen of the Hanzhong prefect, he suppressed the excitement in his heart, stood in front of Xu Liang tremblingly, and asked carefully: "Caomin, Cai Mao, I have seen the political officer." ”

Xu Liang withdrew his gaze from the pedestrians on the street, waved his hand at Cai Mao casually, and said, "Cai Yuan doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat." ”

"Thank you, sir." Cai Mao looked flattered, owed half of his buttocks, and carefully sat facing Xu Liang. Wang Qinian then sat next to Xu Liang.

Xu Liang said with emotion: "A month ago, when the official saw Cai Yuanwai, Cai Yuanwai was still the big boss of several factories, I don't think it's only been a month, Cai Yuanwai actually got into a lawsuit, and his life experience is really elusive." ”

Cai Mao's expression was gloomy, thinking of the coal mine that had been shut down because he was forced to be helpless, his heart was dripping blood, and he gave Xu Liang a smile that was even uglier than crying, and said: "The world is difficult, and there is no way for the grass people to fall to this point today." ”

Xu Liang looked at Cai Mao and said: "Just above the public court, the official heard that the coal mine outside Cai Yuanwai has been shut down, and the pottery workshop and brick and tile factory are also in a state of half-opening and half-stopping. The official would like to ask Cai Yuanwai, in this case, how long can Cai Yuanwai last? ”

What else to talk about how long to last, if I can't raise silver taels in a month, I will have to roll up and run. Cai Mao said.

Xu Liang said Cai Mao's sad thing, and he didn't care about Xu Liang's identity at the moment, grabbed the tea on the table, drank it all in one sip, put down the teacup heavily, Cai Mao said bitterly: "My lord, you also saw it in the court, Zhizun ordered me to raise the arrears of workers' wages within a month, but my lord, you look at the grass people now, if you can raise money, where will you still owe workers' wages." Alas, to tell the truth, the grass people have already planned to find a buyer and sell the coal mine. ”

"Oh?" Xu Liang's expression moved when he heard this, and asked, "Then Cai Yuanwai has found the next family?" ”

Cai Mao smiled bitterly: "My lord has just returned from Xi'an Mansion, and I don't know the situation in Hanzhong, and four or five mines like Caomin's coal mine have been closed. In the past, the bosses who opened coal mines to make money were basically difficult to maintain, and many people were trying to get rid of them. ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he knew that Cai Mao had not yet found a buyer. He pondered for a while, and said thoughtfully: "Cai Yuanwai, I am quite interested in operating a coal mine, if Cai Yuanwai has not found a buyer, you might as well take this official to your coal mine to have a look, and I hope this official will take over." ”

When Cai Mao heard this, his expression was first happy, and then as if he remembered something, he hesitated and said: "Uh, my lord, you are an official family, you open a coal mine, is the court allowed it?" ”

The Ming court has always expressly prohibited officials from engaging in business, and Cai Mao also knew this, so Cai Mao had doubts about Xu Liang's proposal.

Xu Liang stared at Cai Maoyuan straight away, with a sense of scrutiny in his eyes. Under Xu Liang's eyes, Cai Mao's expression became nervous, and he hurriedly lowered his head and apologized: "Heh, this is your business, my lord, the grass people are too talkative." ”

Xu Liang stared at Cai Mao for a long time, and saw that the cold sweat on Cai Mao's head came down, and then he smiled and said: "The court has clearly ordered officials not to do business, and it is understandable that Cai Mao has such concerns. Saying that, Xu Liang turned to look out the window, and said lightly: "But Cai Yuanwai is still too worried." The official said that he would take over your coal mine, but he did not have to run it himself, and the official could naturally find someone to run it for him. ”

When Xu Liang said this, Cai Mao also understood. The ban of the court is a ban, but none of the adults in the court are allowed to secretly run some businesses, but they are not the officials themselves. Generally, it is run by the relatives of the officials, or the stewards of the government, and the subordinates, while the officials themselves live behind the scenes and reap their profits.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

With Xu Liang's words, Cai Yuanwai also put his mind at ease, and immediately Xu Liang agreed with him to visit Cai Yuanwai's coal mine on Dingjun Mountain tomorrow, and the two separated.

Back at the Hanzhong Dao Yamen, Wang Qinian finally couldn't help it and asked Xu Liangdao: "My lord, if you let the imperial historian of the court find out about your coal mine and cause impeachment, this matter can be big or small." ”

Xu Liang looked at Wang Qinian and said with a straight face: "Qinian, you have to remember that the person who runs the coal mine is Feng Suqin, the wife of the official, and the official is only building bridges in it, and he is not personally involved. Even if the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is discovered, the official has to say something. ”

Wang Qinian was stunned and said happily: "The lord can think of this, and the lower officials are very happy. ”

Xu Liang snorted, and then instructed Wang Qinian: "In this way, Qinian, you send a letter to Pingliang's hometown and call the eldest lady and Luo Baiguan to Hanzhong Mansion." Oh, and asked them to allocate fifty thousand taels of silver, and the official will be useful. ”

"Yes." When Wang Qinian heard Xu Liang say 50,000 taels of silver lightly, his heart trembled, and he secretly said, this lord is also a rich lord. (To be continued......)