After some vain politeness, everyone got into a sedan chair and rushed to the county guard mansion together, where a banquet had already been prepared, just waiting for Shao Xi to go. With so many officials each having a sedan chair, this road can also be said to be vast and magnificent.

Shao Xi sat in the sedan chair and looked at the scenery along the way, this Yujiang City looked very prosperous and lively on the surface. Along the way, you can see a lot of merchants and travelers, peddlers and pawns, and all walks of life seem to be doing prosperous business, a peaceful scene.

Only those who have lived here for a long time will know that due to the large number of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, in fact, all walks of life are just struggling to survive, and they can only mix food and clothing.

The sedan chair team came to the county guard mansion and got off the sedan chair, Zhao Huajun let Shao Xi and Lao Wu into the mansion, and a group of officials also rushed in behind them.

The banquet was set up in the back hall, and when Shao Xi walked into the back hall and saw the scale of the banquet, he couldn't help but sigh that the Zhao family's pomp was indeed big, and even a simple reception banquet was so extravagant, and he really wouldn't feel distressed if he didn't spend his own money.

According to the traditional custom, local officials generally entertained officials from Kyoto as a banquet, so the banquet was usually set up in the flower hall in the back hall, and only a few important officials were invited to accompany them. Although everyone knows about the banquet, it is still relatively low-key on the whole, after all, the style of eating and drinking, and the style of extravagance are still eliminated in the official face.

But now the Zhao family is so high-profile, not only holding a banquet publicly, but also inviting all the officials of the entire Yujiang City regardless of size and grade to the mansion, openly promoting extravagance, which shows how unscrupulous the Zhao family is in Yujiang County, and does not take the law of the court in his eyes at all, with a posture of "the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and I respect this place".

The upper position in the back hall is divided into two positions, and the lower ones are listed in order according to their grades and official positions, except for the special one, only Lao Wu has a single seat, sitting near Shao Xi. From this, it can also be seen that Zhao Huajun did put some thought into this banquet, which is what worries Shao Xi the most, a person who is so cautious and thoughtful must be a thoughtful and scheming old fox, who will not be so easy to deal with.

After some hypocritical politeness, the banquet began, and the dishes that came up opened Shao Xi's eyes, and even the well-informed Lao Wu couldn't help but be amazed.

Race crab soup, hometown south dried pork fried bell, lotus leaf steamed pork, stewed meat with dried vegetables, called Huatong chicken, crispy stewed meat loofah, braised steamed yellow croaker, three silk clams, braised spring bamboo shoots in oil, shrimp fried eel back, crystal trotters, golden fragrant cakes, twelve dishes in front of each person, everyone is like this, and the food table in front of them is full.

The wine on the table is also something that Shao Xi and Lao Wu have never seen in their lives, and it is the famous Qiyun Qinglu and Vientiane Spring. Not to mention that they have never drunk it, Shao Xi and Lao Wu have never seen it, and they can't imagine that these famous delicacies and wines in Yujiang City are actually ordinary wines and dishes for entertaining guests in the county guard's mansion, which shows their luxury, and the financial resources of the Zhao family can also be seen.

Looking at these famous wines and dishes in front of him who had only heard of their names but had never seen them, Shao Xi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how many people had the Zhao family looted in Yujiang County over the years to support such a luxurious life?

These drinks and dishes in front of everyone may be the living needs of ordinary people at the bottom for more than ten years, but in the eyes of the Zhao family, they are just used to satisfy their appetites.

Zhao Huajun looked at the look of surprise in Shao Xi and Lao Wu's eyes, and couldn't help but show smugness.

In his opinion, these officials living in Kyoto are just closer to the emperor, and if they really talk about financial resources and enjoyment of life, compared with him, a local official of the five grades, they really can't afford to be much stronger!

"Lord Shao, due to the haste of preparation, I can only prepare some thin wine and vegetarian dishes, and I hope Lord Shao will not laugh. In the coming day, the lower official will order someone to prepare a table of good wine and food to entertain the two adults, and today he will be wronged by the two adults. ”

Shao Xi and Lao Wu were scolding their mothers in their hearts at this time, "Good Zhao Huajun!" The lavish banquet prepared with such a huge amount of money has become a thin wine and vegetarian dish prepared in a hurry in your mouth, you are not showing off, you are deliberately humiliating us for not knowing it! Even the officials of the 'Kei Cheng Division' dare to mock, it seems that this kid's backstage is indeed very hard, and he should have the same attitude towards the officials who came from Kyoto in the past, but it's a pity that what you encountered this time is different. ”

Shao Xi smiled silently, and said mockingly to Zhao Huajun: "Lord Zhao is an honest official, and it is natural to entertain this official with some thin wine and vegetarian dishes. Now that Jiangnan is so rich, and Yujiang County is so rich, it is Lord Zhao who governs well, is diligent and loves the people, and lives up to the emperor's grace, so how can we talk about it? Isn't that what an official should be? You tell me? Lord Zhao! ”

Zhao Huajun originally wanted to test Shao Xi's reaction through ridicule, but he didn't want to be taunted back softly by Shao Xi. Since you say that it is a thin wine vegetarian dish, it is a thin wine vegetarian dish, which is obviously a luxurious wine banquet, and you want to say that you are diligent in government and love the people, and you are well governed, but in fact, you are secretly satirizing your corruption and perverting the law, and the people are fished and fleshed, and the meaning of beating is very strong.

was ridiculed and degraded by Shao Xi's half-bright and half-dark ridicule, which made Zhao Huajun look embarrassed for a while, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

At this time, he already clearly felt that Shao Xi was not a good-looking character, even if he was verbally offended, he would immediately be ridiculed. It can be seen that the Lord Shao in front of him is a narrow-minded person who will repay him.

For bosses who are difficult to get along with and difficult to handle, then they must change their strategies and adopt a parallel approach of flattery and bribery. Judging from the news that Zhao Xing got before, the two adults from Kyoto in front of him did not seem to be people with clean sleeves, but looked like people who took power and accepted bribes, and bribed politicians.

Whether it is power or wealth, as long as people have desires, they can be bought. The people who can be bought are equivalent to being controllable to a certain extent, but each person's price is different, and the difficulty of controlling it is different.

The adult in front of him seems to belong to the kind of person who is too expensive to control. But it doesn't matter, money is not a problem for Zhao Huajun, no matter how difficult it is for you to speak, as long as there is a price code there, everything is easy to say.

If you think you are expensive, then you have to come up with the reason that it is expensive. At this time, Zhao Huajun just wanted to verify where this Lord Shao was valuable?

"Lord Shao is really a false praise, the lower officials are really ashamed, this Yujiang County can be rich, it is not the work of the lower officials, it is just that the lower officials are lucky, and they have such a fat land. Lord Shao can sympathize with the difficulties of these local officials such as us, because Lord Shao is kind-hearted and lenient to others, and the officials at all levels of Yujiang County thank Lord Shao for their understanding. ”

When Shao Xi heard this, "Oops! You've changed your strategy! Seeing that he couldn't hold me, he began to praise me, where am I such a good talker? If I don't get into a little trouble with you, don't you think I'm an easy person to handle? ”

"Humph! Lord Zhao's description is not appropriate! This house is kind-hearted, and he treats people leniently and has nothing to do with his own officials. As soon as I arrived in Yujiang County, I was made difficult by a small local steward, and I almost ruined my property in Yujiang County, and I was almost taken into the government to torture me! You, Lord Zhao, are really resolute and resolute in the governance of this Yujiang County, and you have good means, and this official almost became your prisoner! I'm a grudge-minded person, and I'm not too good at talking, so I want to ask Lord Zhao to give this official an explanation, if this explanation doesn't satisfy me, I'm afraid this official will also act on behalf of the saint. ”

Zhao Huajun began to drum in his heart at this time, thinking that this adult is really a little soft and hard! can't handle him, and now this sycophant doesn't seem to be in place, which makes people unhappy, and he will use the imperial power as soon as he opens his mouth.

Although the official of this "Jing Cheng Division" is indeed not easy to mess with, but at the moment, it seems that this Lord Shao may only have the power of "Jing Cheng Si" in his hands, and this sentence of "acting on behalf of the saint" proves that this person should be under the imperial order, and it seems that he has to test it again.

"Oops! Lord Shao is very angry, I have heard the order of Yushui County tell me about this matter, it is indeed that the lower officials are not strict, and the lower officials have reprimanded that Zhao Xing, as for the Zhao Er who offended Lord Shao, although he and the lower officials are also his own family, but the lower officials will not tolerate it, and have ordered Zhao Xing to severely punish him, and he will not be used again for the rest of his life. This matter is also a misunderstanding, and I implore Lord Shao to have a lot of Haihan. I just heard Lord Shao say that you also have an industry in Yujiang County? The lower officials are indeed lonely and unheard, and the news is blocked. I don't know if you came to Yujiang County for business? Or is it a private matter? The lower officials should also act accordingly. ”

Shao Xi secretly laughed in his heart, it seems that it is easy to attack and defend now, as soon as he heard that he was under the emperor's order, the other party immediately coaxed down. However, if you still want to test yourself verbally, it's time to deter the other party well, so that he understands not to think that he is a local snake to control the situation.

"This official was personally ordered by the Holy Lord to send an envoy to the Southern Zhao State as a messenger. However, before leaving, the saint also gave the official another errand, that is, he could privately visit and monitor whether the officials of various states, counties, and counties along the way were corrupt and bent the law, privately increased taxes and silver, cronyism, and oppressed the people. Once discovered, there is no need to verify, the official can dispose of it on his own, and the imperial power can be granted first. ”

Shao Xi said this without mentioning the Zhao family in Yujiang County, but he did not leave their Zhao family at all. It's obviously a warning to Zhao Huajun, don't think that others don't know what you're doing, and don't think that I can't do anything to you without evidence in my hand! A "imperial power concession, which can be played first and then played", can take your Zhao family in Yujiang County to death.

When Zhao Huajun heard this, he felt that he was sweating, and he thought that it was just like before, so two or three officials from Kyoto came here to take some benefits. But I didn't want to, the person in front of me was actually sent down by the current Shengshangqin, and it didn't seem to be so easy to talk to.

Can't be offended! This one is unusual, and he must not be offended in any way!