Chapter 119: Birthday Greetings

Yunyang Governor Jian Jingneng has been in a very bad mood for a while, and today is especially bad.

Because today is his birthday.

If it had been in the past, the governor's yamen would have been bustling with activity, and officials from dozens of counties in the eight prefectures and nine prefectures under its jurisdiction would have gone there in person or sent cadres to represent them, so there is no need to say that the scene of the crown is crowded...... But today, the people who came were not as good as last year's three percent, and in addition to Zhang Kexin, the governor of Xiangyang, and Jiang Zhonggang, the magistrate of Gucheng County, as well as several magistrates of Yunyang Prefecture, there were only a few magistrates from various prefectures, so I won't mention them. Alas, it's no wonder they: Nanyang Mansion is also under the rule of the governor of Yunyang, and the prefect Qian Yuchuan wrote in the imperial court newspaper that he "died violently due to illness", but who doesn't know that he was chopped alive by these thieves! The bandit leader Gao Tengdou who personally chopped him up, well, now it is Gao Tengdou, the third-grade general of the imperial court, and he is stationed in Qingtong Pass, which is a few steps away! There is such a bad star by his side, who would dare to come over? Although he didn't harm the place much, he sent people from time to time to ask for the east and west, and he had to accompany the smiling face, if he didn't really can't beat it, Jian Futai has the heart to stew him!

Jian Jingneng smiled and responded to these sesame officials with a few words, and turned back to the back hall. As soon as he picked up the teacup and took a sip, the housekeeper Lao Meng walked in with his head down, and said cautiously: "Old man......" Lao Meng is a family member, so he uses a private name.

Jian Jingneng waved his hand: "Got it." ”

No need for Lao Meng to say, Jian Jingneng knows that there is no need to count on this year's birthday gift: look at the level of these comers, plus the rogues, oh, no, these "lost and returned" "naked" people can have last year's two achievements!

Ask yourself, Jian Jingneng is really not a corrupt official, but-money, who doesn't like money? Taking a step back, what if you weren't greedy for money? The so-called people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, and they can be the governor of one party, and the officials of the feudal territory are not exempt from vulgarity. When it comes to rivers and lakes, many people think that they are the market and countryside with lonely lights and night shadows, but in fact, officialdom is the biggest rivers and lakes in the world!

Next year's plan, the share of the capital is indispensable, no matter how you say it, it will cost 5,000 taels, which is a special fund. The birthday of the saint, the queen mother, and the queen, although the congratulatory gifts cannot be too luxurious, but they cannot be shabby, a total of five thousand taels, no matter how little, it can't be said. The officials of the Six Ministries, the Hanlin Academy, the Beijing Teachers Association, etc., Bing Jing Tan Jing and other elements of the money can not be less, the Beijing officials have no oil and water, and they all rely on the help of the magistrates and the two of them from time to time - they may not remember who gave the money, but they definitely remember who did not! In the future, this will be a cannon battle that will explode at some point, and it may not really be able to kill you, but it will definitely add a lot of unnecessary trouble to you, and there are many examples of really messing up tricky things for you. This part is almost two thousand taels - no way, there are too many people. Exchanges of courtesy between colleagues are also necessary, and when something happens in the future, when the master remembers to splash you with dirty water, the governors of the provinces must have a few to help you speak, right? If you don't maintain a good relationship on weekdays, who will reach out to you when the time comes? This also costs two or three thousand taels. On weekdays, I always have to pay around 2,000 taels for entertainment and recreation, and I have to raise a large family, and I get this amount every year......

In fact, these are not the bulk of the expenses. The real expense is raising soldiers! The reason why the imperial court set up the governor of Yunyang was because the displaced people in the Qinba area were troubled, and how could they deal with the displaced people without soldiers? Even worse than the homeless are the smugglers. The neighboring Daning (present-day Wuxi County, Chongqing) is a famous salt-producing area, and these guys are driven by huge interests to fight each other without fear of death, and each time they investigate and suppress, they have to pay a few lives. The local guards are all waste wood, counting on them, their lives will be difficult to protect! Therefore, it is necessary to raise a Fubiao. Jian Jing can have a very good 500-person patrol standard battalion, don't look at the horses, they are all the treatment of horsemen, and the monthly salary of a soldier is two or five dollars! It's a matter of life and death, and this money can't be saved. Equipment training plus reward - every time you go out, regardless of whether you kill the homeless salt lords, you have to pay double salaries, and you also have to pay rewards for exercises on weekdays, which is the usual practice - 35,000 taels a year! The imperial court plus the local government can almost give 25,000 taels and bear the food, and the remaining 10,000 taels must be raised by Jian Jingneng himself.

In previous years, Jian Jingneng could receive about 30,000 taels of three festivals and two birthdays, and after deducting the necessary expenses, a few thousand taels could fall into his pocket (the big plan was a temporary expenditure). Among them, the birthday is the big one, and there are always more than 10,000 taels of income on this day - but today, it seems that even 2,000 taels are difficult to guarantee! And Guan Shengyun's gang of thieves, well, officers and soldiers! is blatantly standing under his nose, although he hasn't poked out anything big at the moment, but, it's not a matter of time?

In any case, you have to find a way to get out of this place of right and wrong as soon as possible!

Although the plan is next year, this year we have to lay the groundwork early - this place is now a volcano, maybe it will erupt at any time, and no one wants to come! If you start late, the officials come up with a suggestion to "stay in office", and then it's over: wait for this gang of stinky thieves to make trouble again, and then kill yourself and wipe out your clan......

Well, you have to plan to leave early.

Thinking that he would send someone to Beijing tomorrow to dredge up, and was thinking about the candidate, he saw the chief running to the door with Qin Wu in a hurry, and muttered a few words in Lao Meng's ear. Lao Meng's face changed greatly, and he walked over quickly, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Jian Jingneng was stunned: What's going on? If it's a good thing, Lao Meng won't be like this, what tricks will he play if he is not surnamed Gao? So he sighed and said, "What's the matter?" Let's talk about it. ”

Lao Meng hesitated: "Someone is coming to congratulate ...... birthday."

Jian Jing Nengqi said: "What's so difficult about this? Whoever comes, if it is an official or something, you can deal with it, and if any prefect knows something or something, he will also reply, and say that I am changing my clothes, and I will go out in a while. ”

Lao Meng still looked hesitant: "No, it's someone from over there." ”

Jian Jingneng, who thought of having to pay out of his own pocket to make some connections and leave the land of right and wrong early, was already angry, and became even more angry when he heard the words: "What is this side and that side?" Which? ”

Although it was the private residence of the back hall of the governor's yamen, Lao Meng still leaned close to Jian Jingneng's ear and whispered: "It's the side that the imperial court just appeased, someone is here." ”

"Huh?!"

Jian Jingneng couldn't help but suddenly stand up from the chair and looked at Lao Meng with wide eyes: "How could they come over?" Who is here? ”

It's really no wonder that Jian Futai was surprised: although he has only been "cared for" for a few days, Gao Tengdou's gang of thieves are extorting at any time, and Jian Futai has begun to get used to it, how can he come over to wish himself a birthday! What kind of heart do they have?

Surprise is surprise, you can't leave people outside! When I turned around, I sent someone over to say that the envoy was suffering from the wind and cold, begged for some medical money, and put a few hundred taels of silver for himself.

"It was a young man dressed as a gentleman, and he brought a few family members. I'm waiting for you in the wing. ”

Jian Jingneng heard this, and was a little relieved: Fortunately, most of the officials should not have seen it, and the few people who saw it could be said to be protégés or old nephews to cover it up - everyone knows that the "military town" in the mouth of the patrol press is the gang of thieves, and this crime is not a joke: "Please, please!" Wait a minute, don't make a noise, just bring people over......"

"The old slave will understand. Don't worry, sir. Lao Meng nodded and went out.

In less than a cup of tea, Lao Meng brought one in. I saw this twenty-four or five-year-old man, wearing a black Luo gauze square scarf, wearing a light cyan wide-sleeved soap shirt, and did not hold a pretending folding fan in his hand like most scribes nowadays, except for a small piece of jade pendant tied around his waist, there was no superfluous decoration on his body. Seeing Jian Jingneng, he bowed respectfully and said: "Student Luo Shifan, on the orders of Deputy Marshal Xiangyang Guan and his father, congratulate Jian Futai on his birthday. Congratulations to Jianfutai for the sun and moon and the pine crane for Changchun! As he spoke, he slammed to the ground.

Jian Jingneng returned the salute with a gesture: "Thank you, thank you!" There are Lao Guanshuai and Ling Zun. There's Mr. Lauro! ”

Luo Shifan hurriedly avoided: "Students really don't dare to be. ”

After sitting down and saying a few words, Luo Shifan took out a red gift slip and a small wooden box from his arms: "Just an inch of heart, Jian Futai is not smiling." ”

Lao Meng, who was standing on the side with his hands down, hurriedly took it, and at a glance, he involuntarily let out a soft "ah".

Jian Jingneng glared at Lao Meng, but before he could speak, Luo Shifan said lightly: "In a hurry, I couldn't buy any decent He Yi, so I had to send some vulgar things, just don't dislike these three thousand taels of things." ”

"Ahh

This time, it was Jian Jing's turn to let out a sound of surprise on his own.

What is the matter with the fact that the blockage is silver*? One shot is three thousand taels! You must know that no matter how good the relationship is, it is so good that his wife and daughter do not avoid it, and he is a super rich colleague, in this case, five hundred taels of congratulations will be up to the sky!

Without waiting for Jian Jing to calm down from his surprise, Luo Shifan pointed to the wooden box: "This is a jade ring, I heard that it was from the Han Dynasty, but I don't know if it's true or not, fortunately there is no flaw." My father also made a birthday poem for Lord Fuzun, and the congratulatory gifts were outside. The student vaguely remembers that:

On an auspicious day, a white jade ring will be given

The ring is every infinite jade, and every hard

Seven sons and eight sons-in-law are full of beds

Five Blessings, Ten Beauties, Nine Immortals"

Sky! The jade ring of the Han Dynasty is still flawless! It's still worth more than three thousand taels! Taste this birthday poem again, it is also very exquisite. Jian Jing can know that the so-called "Seven Sons and Eight Sons-in-law Full of Bed Wat" comes from Guo Ziyi's allusions, and "Every Infinite Jade Every Firm" is a revision of the birthday poem that Yuan Hao asked Lu Zhongxian, which is the best birthday message.

Governor Jian was almost stunned on the spot by these huge sugar-coated cannonballs. However, to be able to be an official to the frontier, Jian Jingneng is by no means a straw bag, and he quickly guessed that the other party would definitely have a plan to give this heavy gift. So he said tentatively: "Mr. Luo, are Vice Marshal Guan and Ling Zun okay?" ”

"Thanks to the blessings of adults, it's all good. There is Lord Lao's concern, and the student thanked the deputy marshal and his father," Luo Shifan replied with a smile.

Seeing that Luo Shifan didn't continue to say anything, Jian Jingneng was really a little confused, and he really couldn't understand what kind of medicine this young guy was selling in his gourd, so he sat silently for a while, and the more he pondered, the more wrong he became: if he was desperate and came over, of course he would have to befriend the governor in order to survive, but he knew that it was not the case at all! Take 10,000 steps back, even if they really want to settle down, yesterday Gao Tengdou also sent someone to say that Qingtong Pass was windy at night, and the soldiers couldn't stand the cold, so they wanted to move to the city to live, and they knocked out five hundred taels of "clothes money...... If you really want to settle down, how can you do it! Moreover, it's just a prefect, the Tang Dynasty has fallen to death, and the court doesn't mention this account now, but it doesn't mean that it won't remember!

Could it be that the salute comes first, then the soldiers, gives themselves a favor, and then the lion opens his mouth? That's no way to survive! Simply, to tell the truth, I will first shut their mouths with words. Thinking of this, Jian Jingneng cleared his throat: "Ahem, Mr. Luo, Yunyang Mansion is really fortunate to have the protection of your department." Yesterday, the official sent someone to send some winter clothes to the senior staff general of Qingtong Pass. Deputy Marshal Guan can't favor one over the other, and will send people to work tomorrow. However, alas, I'm not afraid of Mr. Luo's jokes, Yunyang is not as good as Xiangyang, and the things in the library are really limited, and Deputy Marshal Guan is there, don't be too little......"

"You can't make a decision!" Unexpectedly, Luo Shifan immediately interrupted Jian Jingneng's words, "It's not a secret, my father was also a member of the officialdom before, so he knows Master Jian's difficulties very well." The two capitals need to be dotted, the exchange and entertainment of colleagues, the support of juniors, and the support of the younger generations, as well as the raising of the standard and the family, all of which are gold-swallowing beasts. The deputy marshal of the senior staff general has already explained that he must be considerate of the adults, and the students guarantee that the adults don't have to reward them with anything. ”

Jian Jingneng looked at the young man in front of him with a little surprise: Yes, that polite style and speech and demeanor are by no means comparable to those who have never left their hometown for dozens of miles, this is definitely a son of a family - in that era, the literacy rate was less than five percent, even if it was a scholar, his knowledge was quite limited, and in the face of the feudal officials, there would not be few people who could talk so eloquently. When Luo Shifan was young, Luo Yonghao's officialdom was proud, and with the experience of fighting thousands of miles over the years, which is comparable to ordinary Confucianism?

"My father privately speculated that Lord Futai might have a lot of difficulties. Not to mention the far away, next year's imperial court plan, Lord Futai, who has a clean breeze on his sleeves, may be a pass. ”

If it weren't for the fact that they knew that they were really incompatible with each other, Jian Jingneng would have a sympathetic feeling for Luo's father and son!

Luo Shifan continued while observing Jian Jingneng's expression: "It coincides with the birthday of Futai University, and the deputy marshal and his father sent students to congratulate the first, and wanting to do their best for the adults is the second. ”

"It's coming!" Jian Jing can know that Luo Shifan is about to be unveiled. However, listening to his words, it didn't seem like there was any evil intention.

This knowledge point.

* A block: Wang Yan in the two Jin Dynasty has always flaunted his high status, sneering at money on the surface, and never saying the word "money". And his wife Guo once took advantage of his deep sleep to ask the servant to put strings of copper coins around the bed, thinking that when Wang Yan woke up and found that he couldn't get out of bed and walk, he would definitely say the word "money". Unexpectedly, when Wang Yan woke up, he saw that the ground was full of money, called the servant, pointed to the money on the ground and said, "Lift the blockage (take these things)." Since then, Ah Duwu has become synonymous with money. This word seems to be demeaning and praised, and it is often used to describe one's money.

Another synonym for money is "Brother Kong Fang". Contrary to Ah Block, it seems to be a compliment and a deprecation.

[I went back to Tianjin last week, delayed a watch, and saw the May Day holiday, I want to accompany the little cub for a few days, and I will drag it out, and the next watch will be after the holiday. 】