After discussion, the patriarchs present in the inner hall of the mansion finally stood up and spoke, and he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Lord Fuzun, we have already discussed, this time our seventeen families, the big guys will make up a piece of grain together, and send it to the granary of the mansion." ”

Kang Zhifu was overjoyed, and arched his hand: "Fan Lao is really my model of the Ming clan, my Yangzhou Mansion's clan father, I know the national righteousness, this official admires, you are all my Ming heroes, when you meet the prince, this official will definitely praise you." ”

Originally, he just wanted these patriarchs to come up with 108,000, but he didn't expect these people to be so powerful, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was 200,000.

You must know that in the Zhending Mansion in the north, the Tianfu for a whole year is only 110,000 stones. And these Yangzhou clansmen directly took out the two years of Tianfu in Zhending Mansion. Coupled with the 200,000 taxes that Yangzhou already has this year, it is a full 400,000 stone.

400,000 stone of grain is enough to make the prince satisfied.

And Kang Zhifu can also keep the black gauze hat on his head.

The patriarch of the Fan clan waved his hand and said: "Lord Fuzun is too polite, for the country and the people, this is what our squires should do." ”

Kang Zhifu said solemnly: "Fan Lao understands righteousness. ”

……

After the Kang Governor's Mansion sent the clansmen away, one person slowly walked out from behind the screen, this person was dressed in a white shirt, looking old-fashioned, with a goat's beard and red phoenix eyes.

This person is the master of the Yangzhou Mansion.

The master is very common in the yamen of the prefecture or county, there is no official or position, and it can only be regarded as the category of "official", and there are generally people who have not been transferred to the imperial examination and study administrative affairs to serve as the prefect or prefect of the county.

"Fu Zun, why do you feel that something seems wrong here."

The master frowned and said, "In the past, these squires were all grinders, and they would never move if they didn't give benefits, but if they wanted them to pay a penny, they would grind and chirp and be able to entangle the government for a long time." Why did they suddenly become generous today, and promised to give us 200,000 stone of grain in one breath...... Isn't it boring? ”

"Master is too worried."

Kang Zhifu was proud of the spring breeze at this time, and said happily, "These gate lords, although they are stupid sometimes, they are still very smart when they should be smart. If the prince comes to Yangzhou and is not satisfied with the number in the granary in Yangzhou, I must be the first to suffer, but after I die, how can they survive? ”

"In the past year, although the official is not said to be in the same stream as these clansmen, he has not escorted them less, and he has been appointed as the prefect of Yangzhou.

"With the style of our prince, how can he not know this deep meaning, killing this official is just to relieve his anger for a while, and Yangzhou, what is the crime of this official? The real guilt is these clansmen, they control the money and grain of Yangzhou Mansion, and the court can't get the money and grain, because these clansmen are unwilling to let go, if the official dies, the prince will inevitably give Yangzhou City a pot, these people, don't want to live! ”

"How can they not compromise in this situation?"

"This food saves not only the officials, but also them, the officials will not live for a few decades at most, but they want to extend the family for hundreds of years and thousands of years. How can this small profit in front of him be compared to the continuation of a family for thousands of years? ”

After hearing this, the master felt that his words were reasonable, knowing that at this time, Governor Kang was overjoyed, and he couldn't listen to other people's words, so it would be useless to keep talking about it himself, and it would only displease the other party, and he felt that he was rushing to the atmosphere.

Helpless, he could only clench his fists and say: "I hope so." ”

……

The royal boat docks, the river is surging, the spring gradually goes up the Yangtze River, the mountains and rivers on both sides are beautiful, the scenery is just right, and the moat is heroic.

Zhu Gaoxian stepped off the dragon boat, followed by Yu Qian and Zhang Muyi, Wen Yiwu, and there were already officials from the Yangzhou Mansion waiting to worship at the wharf, kneeling and kowtowing one after another, shouting in unison: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Wanfu Jin'an!" ”

"Excuse me."

Zhu Gaoxian looked at one of them with a smile on his face, "Qing is Yangzhou Governor Kang Shike?" ”

Kang Zhifu raised his head, a little flattered: "Your Highness still remembers the minister?" ”

"We met, when we were in Nanjing."

Zhu Gaoxian smiled lightly, "You were promoted to the prefect of Yangzhou before, and you are a lonely excerpt, you should have an impression, right?" ”

"His Royal Highness's kindness, the minister will not dare to forget it."

Kang Zhifu hurriedly said, "At that time, the minister went to Beijing to report on his work, and he had met with His Royal Highness, but I never thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had such a good memory, and I still remember the minister's small prefect." ”

"The prefect is not a petty official, as long as he is in office, there is no petty official, even if he is a junior official of the county government without rank, called a small official, but for the local people, that is the master. The officials of the six rooms of the county government are similar to the six books of the imperial court. I've heard that the magistrates of this county often engage in 'small courts', and they are like emperors in the local area, aren't the six officials Xiao Shangshu? ”

Zhu Gaoxian patted the shoulder of the prefect of Kang and said, "Even a seven-pin prefect can make a small dynasty, Aiqing, the four-pin prefect, is directly under Nanjing, it is one of the two prefectures in the south and the north, and it has jurisdiction over three states and seven counties, how can it be a petty official?" ”

Kang Zhifu was slapped by this, and he almost fell apart, his heart was beating, he raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and hurriedly said: "These daring people who have eaten the guts of bears and leopards are simply hateful, and they can do such a big rebellious and disruptive thing." Your Highness can rest assured, the ministers in other places can't control it, anyway, in the territory of Yangzhou Mansion, the ministers will never allow such things to happen. ”

Zhu Gaoxian waved his hand and said, "As far as Gu is concerned, as far as Your Majesty is concerned, and even as far as the imperial court is concerned, what can this be." As long as you can do practical things, let alone a small dynasty, even if it is a big dynasty, what if you can make the local people rich and pay taxes to the state on time and in accordance with regulations? Lonely people have always been like this, lonely can ignore some small flaws in the official appointment, as long as it can make political achievements, Aiqing, what do you think? ”

Kang Zhifu said embarrassedly: "Your Highness is reasonable, the minister is bold, dare to ask His Highness to come to the hall first, the minister has set up a banquet in the hall to wash the dust for His Highness." ”

"There's no hurry."

Zhu Gaoxian looked around and asked, "Why do you only see the officials and not the people?" ”

Kang Zhifu said: "Back to His Highness, the government has dispersed the people here to welcome His Highness, so as to protect the safety of His Highness." ”

Zhu Gaoxian frowned slightly: "Governor Kang, isn't this thing authentic?" ”

Kang Zhifu chuckled in his heart: "Your Highness, why do you say this, but is there a mistake in the minister's planning?" ”

"Think about it yourself, why is Lone patrolling south?"

Zhu Gaoxian sighed, "The lonely southern tour is to observe the people's feelings and care about our people in the Ming Dynasty." But you dispersed the people beforehand, so how can Lone observe the people? Let's talk about it again, as soon as the prince comes, the people have to leave, doesn't that mean that Lone has become a plague god, and how will the people look at Lonely? ”

Kang Zhifu immediately knelt on the ground: "The minister is guilty!" ”

"Aiqing, what are you doing?"

Zhu Gaoxian helped Kang Zhifu up, and said in a harmonious voice, "Who in the world is not a common man, you are also a common people, lonely is also a common people, and the ancestors of our Zhu family are still old farmers." People are not sages, who can do nothing, Kang Zhifu dispersed the people, but also for the sake of loneliness, loneliness is just not appreciated, how can you add the sin of innocence? ”

He smiled softly, "Since the people have not been able to welcome me, then I will go to welcome the people, Kang Zhifu, you can find someone and take me to Yangzhou City, so that Gu can talk to the people for a while and chat for a while." ”

"Good, good."

Kang Zhifu hurriedly beckoned and called a group of people, "A few of you, come here and lead the way for His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

……

After Zhu Gaoxian left, Kang Zhifu changed his panicked demeanor just now, and stood calmly in place, facing the wind and not moving.

The master of the mansion couldn't help but sigh: "It is worthy of being the lord of the mansion, he is not chaotic in danger, his demeanor is free, and he is pretending to be panicked just now, but in fact, there is a lot of things inside, such a city is admirable." ”

Kang Zhifu said lightly: "Master, come over for a while." ”

The master walked over in a hurry, tilted his head and asked, "Lord Fuzun, I don't know what to order?" ”

"It's nothing, I just want you to help the official."

Kang Zhifu put his arm on the other party's shoulder, and his whole body softened as if he was deflated, and he was paralyzed and didn't need the slightest strength, "The official was so frightened that his legs were weak, and his crotch was almost wet." ”

The master was dumbfounded, he thought that his lord was in danger, but he never thought that the other party was so frightened that he couldn't move.

After so many years of working in the government, he has never seen the other party so ugly!

"You weren't by my official's side just now, because you don't know how terrifying the aura of our prince is. It is worthy of the prince who came out of the war, and all over his body has the momentum of the bloody wind of Jin Ge Iron Horse, such as the majestic mountains, like the tide hitting the shore, which makes people tinnitus and dazzling, and the whole body is paralyzed. ”

Kang Zhifu trembled and said, "If you look at it from a distance, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seems to be amiable when he speaks angrily, but in fact, there is a knife hidden in every sentence, both soft and hard, yin and yang are combined, and every sentence is like a sharp sword piercing into the heart of the official, which is really scary." ”

"Just now, the prince used the county government to enter the topic, as if he was casually asking about the achievements of the county government, but in fact, he was mentioning me that the matter of the granary was taken care of. Where did I dare to tell the truth, I could only perfunctory for the time being, but fortunately, the prince gave me a step down and did not continue to ask. ”

Speaking of this, Lord Fuzun seemed to have eased up a bit, and hurriedly asked: "Master, this official ordered you to keep an eye on the clan princes of the seventeen families all the time in the past two days, have they sent grain and grass to the granary of the mansion, this is an errand to bet on the official's head, if you go out of the business pool, this official will ascend to heaven on the spot!" ”

The master smiled bitterly: "Seventeen families, only 20,000 stone of grain and grass were sent. ”

"What!"

Kang Zhifu was shocked, "The 200,000 stones they said were good, but they only sent 20,000 stones, what is this, teasing the official?" ”

Master said: "The patriarch of the Fan clan sent someone to spread the word, the scenery is not good this year, and at the end of last year, dozens of boatloads of grain were sold to the north, and it is too difficult to gather 200,000 stones in a short time, so now I can only send 20,000 stones first." However, if the Lord Fuzun can hold the prince for two or three days, they will definitely be able to send all the food. ”

"He gave his grandmother a leg!"

Kang Zhifu scolded, "He really dares to think, let this official drag the prince, what level am I, what level is the prince?" I'm a prefect from the fourth grade, it's okay to be powerful in the place, whoever sees it has to shout 'Lord Fuzun', but in front of the prince, it's a fart! ”

"The prince is happy, he saved face for me as a local official, and called me Aiqing, if he is unhappy, he has to call me to wait for the head to be cut off!"

He held his forehead irritably, "Master, if you think of an idea for the official, you have to perfunctory the prince." ”

Master: "......"

Nima's brute, you are not a prefect in the eyes of the prince, and I am a master who doesn't even have a title, so people are in the eyes?

I'm going to Nima!

……

Yu Qian followed behind Zhu Gaoxian, hesitated, but still stepped forward and whispered: "Sir, this Yangzhou prefect should be perfunctory to you, right?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian raised his eyebrows slightly: "You finally understand?" ”

Yu Qian scratched his head and said, "When you asked him about his political achievements just now, you were actually mentioning him, has the granary matter been resolved?" But he is prevaricating and changing the topic, and eighty percent of it has not been resolved. ”

"Well, that's good."

Zhu Gaoxian said, "There is growth, but it is not the stunned young man before, it seems that the month of going to Annan Province to serve as the prefect is still very good for you." You guessed right, judging from Lonely, this Kang Zhifu is not only eighty percent, but he has not solved the granary ten percent. ”

Yu Qian said: "Then what nonsense are we talking to him, just kill him directly, kill him first and then raid the house, kill the chickens and monkeys, and kill him and it's over!" ”

“…… Why did you stay in the Academy of Literature for a month and become a reckless man? ”

Zhu Gaoxian said helplessly, "Think about it carefully with your not-so-smart little brain, can it be his business if the food is not ready?" The Zhili place in the north and south of Beijing is the most ruthless place for the tax supervision and inspection institute, if Kang Zhifu is an official who only knows how to take money but does nothing, can Lu Chaoyang let him go? Saiha Smart let him go? These two people, one was the real leader of Jinyiwei, and the other was the honorary commander of Jinyiwei, they did things neatly, and they could dodge their knives in the Yangzhou prefect at the gate of Nanjing? ”

Lu Chaoyang and Sai Hazhi didn't move him, which shows that the Yangzhou prefect still has something to do. It's just that the grain can't be harvested, and it's not his fault alone, just in the granary of Yangzhou Mansion, there are only 200,000 stone of grain that survives, which is already a qualified number. But now that Gu has come to Yangzhou, the 200,000 stone is not enough, after all, 200,000 stone is the Tian Fu that is routinely handed over, but when Gu comes, he will at least double it, and Shangguan's inspection and the routine situation are two different things. ”

"What should I do if I don't have enough food?"

"Looting from the people? Does he dare? The lonely man is here, and he dares to raid the people? ”

"Then you can only ask for it from the local powerful gentry, you say, whose problem is this?"

(End of chapter)