When Lu Tang was a eunuch in the court, Gong Sui was not the first assistant, and the relationship between the cabinet and the celebrant was not as tense as it is now, and he had contact with Lu Tang once or twice.

- This person is not profitable and cannot afford to be early.

"Master Gong hasn't seen you for a long time, but your body is still so healthy." Lu Tang arched his hands slightly, and smiled like Gong Suitao.

Gong Sui was old, although he was in good health, his ears were back, and he leaned his ears to try to hear Lu Tang's words clearly.

"Master Gong!" Lu Tang leaned in Gong Sui's ear and shouted, "Are you okay?" ”

"Good, good." Gong Sui said repeatedly: "I'm in good health." ”

Lu Tang made a gesture of invitation: "Master Gong, please." ”

Gong Sui is old but not stupid, and in the face of Lu Tang, who suddenly appeared, he already had a rough guess in his heart.

Lu Tang is very outstanding among the 'self-castration', and the reason for his outstandingness is not because he can drill camps but because he can write two or three limerick poems once he has passed the book, which is very rare in 'self-castration', and Lu Tang is well-known for his studiousness.

When he entered the eunuch of the ceremonial hall as a eunuch, he often borrowed his position to ask for advice and study from the great Confucians such as the scholars of the Hanlin Academy, and Gong Sui also instructed him, so he often called himself a student.

Lu Tang was diligent and inquisitive, reading and learning words for thousands of miles, and gradually gained the reputation of Xiao Hanlin.

Gong Sui still admired such a person very much, he stopped carrying public opinion and followed Lu Tang into a teahouse.

The location of this tea house is very remote, and there are few people sitting in the lobby on the first floor, which is very quiet.

"A few of you, please." The little two who stepped forward to greet the guests were polite and talked well.

Lu Tang patiently carried Gong Sui and followed Xiao Er into the inner hall, a clump of bamboo was planted in the middle of the patio, which was green to cover the sunlight, and the pillars on both sides read, 'I'd rather eat no meat than live without bamboo.' It is different from the general flat rhyme couplet.

"Good word." Gong Sui exclaimed: "Strong and powerful, the person who can write this word must be Yiwei's husband." ”

Gong Sui got closer to look at the inscription on the couplet and found that the name of the inscription had been scraped off with a knife.

"It's a pity that such a good word is not named." Gong Sui shook his head slowly, sighing and sighing.

Lu Tang only smiled and said nothing.

The words on this couplet were written in the year of the title of the previous first assistant Pang Zhongjin Bang, more than 30 years have passed, and there are not many people who remember him.

And this name once became a taboo for Daming.

Gong Sui is old and confused, when he fell into the well and pushed Pang Zhong to the top of the stage, while reaping the power, he stepped on the blood of the Pang clan and sat on the position of the first assistant.

It's like a joke.

Lu Tang couldn't help but feel funny in his heart, the 'Pang Zhong' case that made a lot of noise back then made the government and the opposition frightened, and everyone talked about it, so many years have passed, and the person who raised the butcher's knife at that time has forgotten the appearance of the dead souls under his hands, and even praised it.

It's really interesting.

"The old man is old." Gong Sui sighed casually: "I don't know how many years I live." ”

Facing the sun, Gong Sui's gray hair is much more than last year.

"Da Ming can't do without you, Master Gong." Lu Tang let out a smile: "You can't be old yet." ”

Gong Sui waved his hand: "That's it, no one will live as before, old and not dead is a thief, occupy this position for too long, and press the young man." ”

"Young people have no experience, and Daming still needs you to take the helm." Lu Tang's unobtrusive compliment.

"Young people are inexperienced, but they are young, and it's time for us old guys to give way." Gong Sui looked distressed.

Lu Tang said tentatively: "Master Gong is worried about the repair of the Jiangnan embankment? ”

In a word, Gong Sui was worried about this matter, he had already lowered his face and asked Cao Bo to deal with it, predicting that the worst result of the matter would be that their entire cabinet would step down and completely give up their positions.

Gong Sui was obviously right, and he was silent.

"A few days ago, I reported that many places in the south of the Yangtze River were sunny, and these days are a good time to repair the embankment." Lu Tang, who grew up in the south of the Yangtze River, knows that the water level will rise after the rain and the sky is clear, and the Dragon Boat Festival flood will be followed by the Dragon Boat Festival, and if the repair is not done in time, the embankment will collapse sooner or later.

"The time has come." Gong Sui sighed: "But the imperial court can't allocate money. ”

The cabinet knows how much silver there is in the treasury, and if they can get the money, Zhang Hengjiang will not bite them back at this time.

Lu Tang knew his chance had come.

He first chuckled and then continued: "Master Zhang of the Ministry of Industry is a businessman in his own family, and he can't be left alone when the dam is flooded. ”

A dam is flooded, it is nothing, the most feared thing is to break the embankment everywhere, do business and take the waterway, on the face of it, once the embankment bursts, the boat will not be able to walk on the river.

Furthermore, when the levees burst, the farmland along the coast was flooded, the people could not have enough to eat, and to whom did the merchants sell their things? It will also have to be a famine year.

"He's in a hurry." Gong Sui said slowly: "I don't care about it anymore." ”

Why Zhang Hengjiang suddenly bit the 'cabinet' to death, Gong Sui didn't know, but he knew that if this matter was not handled well, it would be embarrassing.

Yin Zhizeng has already forwarded the news to the political envoys of Zhejiang and Shanxi, but there is too little time to operate, I am afraid I can't wait, and now that Lu Tang has handed over the words to this part, Gong Sui has also considered it in his heart.

So he asked, "Does Grandpa Lu have a way?" ”

"It's not a good solution, but it's better to save the emergency." Lu Tang got straight to the point and said: "I don't hide it from you, Master, I am looking for you today for this matter." ”

"Oh?" Gong Sui was a little surprised, Lu Tang was a weaver in Suzhou at the time, and he didn't care about the river yamen, did he have anything to do with this bucket?

Lu Tang's back hand is here, he wants to swallow the two weaving factories in Jiangning and Hangzhou, and he has to block the people in the East Factory, and Cao Alcohol and him are making a deal here.

He took this trick to find Gong Sui by himself, unilaterally helping Cao Alcohol, but in fact, he was also helping himself.

With the face of everyone in the cabinet and the political envoy of Zhejiang, the annexation of Jiangning and Hangzhou Weaving Bureau will also go smoothly, at least no one will dismantle his platform in the rear.

"There are many wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, since they are short of money, why not ask for these rich businessmen." Lu Tang said: "Shen Weixing, a silk merchant in Zhejiang, is willing to donate 500,000 taels of silver for the purpose of fixing the embankment. ”

After Lu Tang finished speaking, he said: "These 500,000 taels are nearly half of Shen Weixing's family business. ”

What businessmen lack most, what businessmen lack most is fame, they have money but can't get satisfaction in name, so what Shen Weixing wants is this 'name' word.

"If he does." Gong Sui's eyes lit up and said: "The old man will definitely apply for the honor of the crown and belt for him!" ”

Lu Tang said with a smile: "Donation is definitely donation, Mr. Gong should also know that Shen Weixing is in the silk business, and what he wants more is the opportunity to do business with Francois this year." ”

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