"On the first day of June in the twelfth year of Jiaqi, Zhang Fengyue, the first assistant of the cabinet, announced in the court meeting that under the wise leadership of His Majesty the Emperor, and with the concerted efforts of officials at all levels of the imperial court, the 'Jiaqi New Deal' has been fully implemented in the major criminal areas after half a year of trial implementation, and has achieved initial results. Zhang Shoufu said that the implementation of the new policy can not only effectively improve the difficult and backward living standards in the sin areas, but also promote a new round of vigorous development of the local economy as a large number of young and strong laborers enter the country and devote themselves to the construction of the empire."

"The cabinet announced that it would continue to adhere to the principle of 'under the world, it is not the king's land; The new policy idea of "leading the shore of the land, it is not the king's ministers", formulated and promulgated a series of more targeted and inclusive government decrees and measures, and accelerated the process of 'localization of crime areas and people' of crimes."

At the same time, this issue of Di Bao also interviewed the representatives of the most outstanding officials in the new policy in the phased success. They are Liu Dian, the consolation envoy of Edo Castle in the Wa District, and Yang Baize, the same knowledge of Inuyama Castle in the Wa District."

"Finally, Xu Haichao, who is also in the list of commendations of the Ministry of Officials, said that he will continue to lead all officials in the District to implement the measures of the 'Jiaqi New Deal', focusing on the two new changes of the people of the District of 'New Thinking and New Life', and strive to successfully transform the District into Yingzhou Mansion before the arrival of the New Year next year, and actively integrate into the jurisdiction of the Fujian Political Envoy Department."

"That's all for this issue."

The loud male voice with a round tone slowly stopped, and the last scene of the picture was fixed on the other party's unsmiling national character face.

The screen hanging under the roof of the car emitted a faint white light, shining in the center of Lu Yuzhang's frowning brow.

"It seems that Zhang Shoufu's new policy has successfully taken the first step."

Lu Yuzhang, who was leaning on the back seat, lowered his head and gently rubbed his eyebrows, muttering to himself.

Although there is not a single word in the whole newspaper that is slightly strong from beginning to end, it looks peaceful, and it seems that the implementation of the new policy is welcomed by the people in the criminal areas.

However, as a member of the Lu family, a second-class gate lord of Confucianism, although Lu Yuzhang did not know what specific price the New Donglin Party had paid for this, he could already smell a strong smell of blood from some casualty reports that he was able to come into contact with and circulated within Confucianism.

If someone reaches out to remove this flower, I am afraid that they will be frightened and frightened by the white bones buried under it.

However, these are not things that he, Lu Yuzhang, a four-grade senator of Fenghua Mansion in Liaodong Province, should consider.

Right now, he has his own troubles to deal with.

"Master, the golden horse is here."

The groom in charge of driving spoke softly, interrupting Lu Yuzhang's musings.

Located on the edge of the northern district of Fenghua Prefecture, the 'Golden Horse Waiting for the Edict' is the most luxurious private club built in the entire Fenghua area, with the functions of a wine shop, inn, casino and so on. At the same time, it is also the primary banquet place for all high-ranking officials and nobles in Fenghua Mansion to be sent.

There is no other reason, because the proprietor behind this hall is the prefect of Fenghua Mansion.

The building in front of you is no more than five zhang high, different from the gentle architectural style of the Jiangnan area of the empire, every grass and tree here is carefully designed by the craftsmen of the ink order, the whole body of the guild hall adopts a huge brick and stone structure, the crouching tiger wall in front of the door, the back of the mountain and the water, the outer wall of the second floor is composed of glass curtain wall, and the wandering light is intertwined into a golden horse with its head raised and hoofed and its neck neighing.

"Jinma is looking forward to the edict in the new year, Ji Wenyuan, and Lingyun's spirit has not been reduced."

The cursive font of the pen and snake emerges in the background of the ink mountains and rivers, showing the rough and bold water and soil style of Liaodong.

Lu Yuzhang, who has been in Fenghua officialdom for many years, has already been a frequent visitor here, and after getting off the bus, he went straight to the wine shop on the second floor.

Unlike the low-level night clubs in Fenghua City, the wine shops in Jinma do not have those deafening absurd music, but play the Liaodong sheng wind music known as 'North Shiban'.

There is no dance floor for people to dance around, but instead there are private private rooms.

"Lord Lu, please come with me."

As soon as Lu Yuzhang stepped out of the sedan ladder door, a well-dressed maid politely greeted him and led him to a box in the southwest corner.

"Yuzhang is a step late, please forgive me. It's really that there have been too many trivial official duties recently, and many young and middle-aged people in the criminal areas have been assigned to Fenghua Mansion, which is not a big deal, but the prefect attaches great importance to these people and forcibly puts the resettlement task on me. I've been talking about it for the past few days, and I'm barely getting the proprietors of those businesses to accept them, so it's too late.

Lu Yuzhang, who pushed the door in, pinned the messy hair from the bun on his head behind his ears, and explained with a smile to the man and woman who were already waiting here in the box.

Compared with Lu Yuzhang, who is covered in dust, this man and woman look more rich and decent.

The man with his temples already slightly gray, with a kind expression on his round face, is named Lu Quan, and is the only foreign affairs housekeeper of the Lu family, the only first-class gate lord in Liaodong.

Another woman with a delicate appearance but a cold face is Xiuyue, the personal maid of Lu Siyi, the young master of Lu Valve. Although she was not named surnamed Lu like Lu Quan, because of the unique meaning of the word 'close', she was also qualified to sit next to Lu Quan at this moment.

"Lord Lu, you are so polite, you are the elder brother of our young lady of the Lu family, that is, the brother-in-law of Young Master Siyi. According to the rules, you are also our master, and we who are servants should wait as long as we should. Lu Quan said with a smile to Lu Yuzhang after sitting down.

And Xiuyue, who was supposed to be closer to Lu Yuzhang, glanced at him coldly, and then pressed her gaze and ignored it.

"Quan Lao, I can't afford to say that. Looking at the entire Liaodong region, who doesn't know that you are the right-hand man of the old man and the minister of the Lu family? Even the prefects of the cities in Liaodong have to call Quan Lao when they see you, I, Lu Yuzhang, am just a petty official who has a little bit of in-law cheapness, how dare I make a mistake in front of you? If you really regard me as a junior, just call me Yuzhang. ”

Lu Yuzhang said with a humble attitude, and the 'old man' he mentioned in his mouth was Lu Ning, the governor who is now in charge of Liaodong and the owner of the first-class gate valve Lu Valve.

"Then I'll have the courage to call Young Master Yuzhang."

Lu Quan's compliments to Lu Yuzhang were quite useful, and the Lu family never broke off their 'filial piety' to himself during the New Year's holidays, so the resentment in his heart that was bred because of waiting immediately disappeared.

"I don't know if Young Master Yuzhang has something important to do this time, I can't explain it in the Lu family's Huangliang dream, and I actually asked Young Master Siyi to send Xiuyue and me to Fenghua overnight?"

Lu Quan deliberately turned his head to look at Xiuyue who was sitting beside him as he spoke.

You must know that although he and Xiuyue are both subordinates of Lu Valve, the masters they are loyal to are not the same. Lu Quan is the henchman of the lord Lu Ning, and Xiuyue is Lu Siyi's side.

Although Lu Ning and Lu Siyi are father and son, in today's Ming Empire, the blood relationship between father and son is no longer as close as it was in the pre-Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for the fear that the heirs would fight for power and profit and lead to the decline of the family, then Lu Ning could have as many children as he wanted.

Today, Lu Quan came to Fenghua to see Lu Yuzhang, which was Lu Siyi's arrangement relayed by Xiuyue. The implicit meaning expressed in it is naturally that he doesn't want Lu Quan to know about it, but wants to help Lu Yuzhang solve the trouble he faces at the level of a subordinate.

On the way to Fenghua, Lu Quan didn't ask more than half a word from beginning to end, and didn't choose to speak until this moment.

On the one hand, if Lu Yuzhang encounters very troublesome trouble, then he can refuse in front of Lu Yuzhang, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings due to repeated words.

On the other hand, he can also show his respect for Lu Siyi through Xiuyue, which will not make the future head of the Lu Valve family feel that he is relying on the old and selling the old, so he is dissatisfied.

"Don't worry, Quan Lao, this matter has nothing to do with the young master, and it is also for the sake of the young lady's face that you are invited to Fenghua. So if you can help, you can help, if you can't, you will never be embarrassed. ”

Xiuyue looked at Lu Yuzhang opposite, and said in a cold tone: "Lord Lu, what Young Master Siyi promised you has been done, and then you talk to Quan Lao yourself, and I won't participate." ”

After saying this, the woman got up directly. When he was about to go out, he suddenly paused, and looked back at Lu Yuzhang coldly.

"Master Lu, Young Master Siyi asked me to bring you a sentence, it is fate that everyone can become in-laws, I hope you will do things safely in the future, don't make it difficult for his brother-in-law, and don't make it difficult for your sister."

Xiuyue pushed the door and left directly, ignoring Lu Yuzhang's ugly face behind her.

"Young Master Siyi still spoils these subordinates too much on weekdays, so that they forget their identities and can't figure out their positions."

Lu Quan smiled and soothed: "Young Master Yuzhang, don't take it to heart, I will report to the master when I go back, and take care of the cultivation process of the Lu Family Pavilion, and imprint the concept of how to respect the master in the minds of these house slaves a little more deeply." ”

"If you do this, then I will really hurt my sister."

Lu Yuzhang smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "I got into this kind of trouble this time, and even Young Master Siyi wants to come forward to help me clean up the mess, Miss Xiuyue, as Young Master Siyi's own person, she should be so angry, Old Quan, don't blame him." ”

Lu Quan squinted his eyes and asked slowly: "Then I don't know what kind of trouble it is, you can't solve it Young Master Yuzhang, you need to find the old slave through Young Master Siyi?" ”

Lu Yuzhang sighed and said, "I don't know if Elder Quan, do you know that the Lu family has a son named Lu Chengjiang?" ”

"I know, I used to be the deputy thousand households in the Japanese district."

Before the marriage of the Lu and Lu families, the Lu family had already sent someone to check the details of the Lu family, so Lu Quan remembered some of the more important people in the Lu family very clearly.

"I heard that the Lu family braved a lot of gossip in the Xindonglin Party, gritted his teeth and promised that Su Ce would take good care of all the families of Jinyiwei in Liaodong and the injured veterans who returned to their hometowns, which pushed him to the position of deputy Qianhu. It's a pity that this Young Master Lu's luck is not good, and he died in the Japanese district in the prime of life."

"Lu Chengjiang is not unlucky, but he is self-defeating, and he is innocent!"

Lu Yuzhang's face was gloomy, and he said in a cruel voice: "The Lu family helped him sit in that position at that time, and how much contempt and insult did he secretly bear?" As a result, this waste is simply a piece of mud that can't support the wall, and he dares to play those power tricks that can't be put on the table under Su Ce's nose. His own death was a small matter, but it caused the Lu family to become notorious, and the investment in the early stage was even more in vain, and there was no harvest in this new deal! ”

"Although this Young Master Lu's approach is not advisable, after all, the person is dead, what else can be wrong?"

Quan Lao looked at Lu Yuzhang's face in front of him from anger to shame, his heart sank suddenly, and he frowned and said, "Young Master Yuzhang, you don't want to tell the old slave that something is wrong with the family members of those Jinyi Guards, right?" ”

"Don't dare to deceive Quan Lao, yes."

Lu Yuzhang met Lu Quansen's cold gaze, and moved his body sitting on the chair forward for a few points, until his butt sat on the edge of the chair, and then he said stubbornly: "After Lu Chengjiang became the deputy of the Thousand Households in the Japanese District, he took advantage of his position to secretly embezzle a lot of pensions from Liaodong Jinyiwei, as well as the living expenses of his family."

Lu Quan's voice sneered: "This Young Master Lu really has such a big appetite, and he dares to eat the money that others have earned in exchange for licking blood from their knives?" Or is it that the Lu family has decayed to such a point that they need to do such dirty things to subsidize the family? ”

"The Lu family only learned about these immoral things he did after Lu Chengjiang's death, and they never knew about it before that, so you can rest assured." Lu Yuzhang patted his chest and said urgently.

When Lu Quan heard this, the gloom between his eyebrows eased slightly, but as if he suddenly remembered something, his eyes stared fixedly at Lu Yuzhang, who was smiling, and asked: "No, if it's just greedy for money, then the Lu family can go back with double subsidies after learning the truth of the matter." The first evil has been eliminated, shouldn't the Lu family be so afraid of those surviving Jinyi guards, right? Young Master Yuzhang, are you still hiding something from the old slave? ”

Lu Yuzhang swallowed his saliva and said in a difficult tone: "Although the Wa District does not have the Huangliang Dream Realm and the local connection, and those Jin Yiwei in the Wa District cannot return to the empire at will without the order of the Beizhen Fusi, Lu Chengjiang has marked them with Confucian preface seals in order to ensure that their families can keep their mouths shut. Not to be distinguished. Men and women, young and old. ”

Crash

The tea bowls on several cases suddenly overturned, and the poured tea flowed all over the ground, and even a few drops were thrown on Lu Yuzhang's face.

Lu Quan took a deep breath, put the palm pressed on the coffee table back on his knees, and asked calmly: "As far as I know, Lu Chengjiang should be in vertical and horizontal order, how can he brand people with a letter?" ”

"Someone from the Lu family helped him."

"Who?"

"Already killed."

"Where are those branded Jinyi Wei family members now?"

"It's all dealt with."

"Handled? Well handled! Obviously, there is still a little room for turnaround, but your Lu family really doesn't leave a way back for yourself. Lu Quan gritted his teeth and said angrily: "So you asked Young Master Siyi to come forward today, because you were afraid that after the matter was exposed, you would provoke that fleeing lone martial artist to the door, so you want to ask for help?" ”

"This matter is indeed something that the Lu family did wrong, but as long as Elder Quan is willing to help, the conditions can be opened casually."

"Young Master Yuzhang also thinks too highly of me Lu Quan."

Lu Quan suddenly got up, looked down at Lu Yuzhang, and said coldly: "You know what happened in the Japanese District, and I know it." A lone martial artist who can let Su Ce use his life to help him promote, and can successfully break out of that nirvana alive, your dignified young master of the Lu family can't be provoked, and I, a little house slave in Lu Quan, can't be provoked. ”

"I can't do this matter, I'll return to Liaozhou Lu Valve now to ask Young Master Siyi for his guilt and leave."

"You can't afford to mess with me, but Governor Lu, there must be a way to deal with it, right?"

Listening to the faint sound behind him, Lu Quan's figure who had already walked to the door suddenly stopped, and a cold murderous aura came out of his body.

"Lu Yuzhang, if you have the idea of causing trouble to the east, I advise you to give up now. Provoked by that lone martial order, the Lu family may still be able to leave the inherited genes. But after provoking the Lu family, the Lu family was full of deaths in an instant, and there were no chickens and dogs left! ”

(End of chapter)