Master Wang stroked his beard and glanced lightly at the gift presented by Xie Chuanfeng. On the top was a house deed with clear big characters. It was a house in Wuyi Lane, Stone City, Jinling Prefecture. The price of the house is very high, not to mention the big characters on it, it is clearly a luxury house covering an area of eleven acres.
Master Wang took another critical look at Xie Chuanfeng, who was boasting, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "The action is very generous! A steward, even if he does his best to profit from it, can he make so much wealth in just a few years?"
Master Wang didn't listen to what Xie Chuanfeng was saying at all, and decided whether he would accept this generous gift, or whether he would agree to be Xie Chuanfeng's backstage. It's about who gave this gift.
Master Wang secretly calculated that Xie Chuanfeng was driven away by the Tian family, it should be just a cover, and it was also a way for the Tian family to get rid of himself. Stand on the boat of Tian's house.
Master Wang was thinking nervously. Zhao Wenyuan is from the Yang family in Bozhou, Ye Xiaotian is said to be the son-in-law of the Xia family in Hongfenghu, and Xie Chuanfeng is from the Tian family. A breakthrough, trying to expand the intention to control Guizhou.
The imperial court sat back and watched these three forces reach into Huxian County. Obviously, a series of measures to control Huxian County in the past three years have repeatedly failed. The imperial court has been disheartened. It is possible for a country to continue to maintain the consistent system of Guizhou for more than 100 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, ten years, eight years, fifty years, and one hundred years. In this case, what should I do
Master Wang thought to himself: "Originally in Huxian, I was able to occupy one of the three parts of the world, because I have a good relationship with Gaoli and Lizhai. But they wooed me, just hoping to resist the imperial court's series of attempts to control Huxian. When government orders are issued, I can play a role in them.
Now the court has seldom done anything, and my influence on them is getting smaller and smaller. The most important thing is that Yang, Tian, and Xia's families have already started to intervene in Hu County. My biggest reliance is no longer enough to be called a reliance. At that time, the court will stand behind Huazhi County, Tian's family will stand behind Xu Xiancheng, and Ye Dianshi will stand behind him. Xia family, is there still a place for me, Wang Ning, to hide in Hu County? "
After Xie Chuanfeng finished speaking, seeing Master Wang seemed to be in a leisurely trance, he asked tentatively, "My lord?"
"oh oh!"
Master Wang quickly made a decision: "The imperial court already intends to back down. Once Hu County is abandoned, Hua Qingfeng will be a two-rank Jinshi and a seventh-rank official seal. The imperial court must have other arrangements, but I, Wang Ning, have to find my own way out. Now among Yang, Tian, and Xia, only the Tian family has not only competed for the position of the county magistrate, but also sent people to snatch the control of the main roads, it seems that it is determined to win, so I will join the Tian family!"
Thinking of this, Master Wang smiled and said: "Okay! If that's the case, then I will agree to you. There are few people in Hu County and the post road transportation is related to the livelihood of many people in this county. Just do your best and I will do my best." It is convenient for you."
Xie Chuanfeng couldn't help being surprised and delighted when he heard it. He just vaguely proposed to sell tea, spices, jewelry and other things, and he didn't expect Wang Ning to agree to all of them. These goods are all goods with at least ten times the profit, but the risks are also great.
Purchasing jewelry from the south can be transferred to the rich and prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River through the post road that runs through Guizhou, and can also be sold to Xifan through Qusichuan. Xifan Tantra likes to decorate Buddha statues and Buddha halls with precious treasures. The eight treasures are solemn, and incense is reverent, so as to resemble the Western Heaven. This trend has now spread to Taoism, and Taoist statues have also begun to pay attention to gold inlaid jade wrapping, and prayers for blessings. And the monks are the richest, so these exotic jewels are very popular.
As for spices, not only Buddhism and Taoism have the greatest demand, but also rich families in the Central Plains have a large demand for spices. Someone from the government responded.
The most important commodity is tea. In the Ming Dynasty, tea was supervised as a strategic material. Because Fandi did not produce tea, and they depended on tea for their livelihood, the imperial court enacted strict laws to manage it. Tea was used to control the lives of Fan people and strengthen China. Therefore, tea smuggling is more serious than tax evasion.
Xie Chuanfeng proposed this item, which was originally intended to be used by Master Wang to veto it when he was bargaining. It would be easier to agree to help him smuggle jewels and spices and other conditions, but he did not expect Master Wang to agree to all of them. Xie Chuanfeng was naturally overjoyed .
Xie Chuanfeng had achieved his goal, he thanked Master Wang and bid farewell, Master Wang put the generous gift into his sleeve calmly, and sent him out politely. Master Wang had just sent Xie Chuanfeng out of the gate, and was about to turn back to his signing room, when he suddenly saw several policemen with bruised noses and swollen faces rushing into the courtyard and hurried to the second hall.
Master Wang frowned, secretly a little strange. Since Qi Mu's downfall, Hu County's policemen's reputation among the people has greatly improved, and they are no longer the same as they used to be. Why did the beating of the policemen happen again today
Master Wang waved to a gatekeeper and asked, "What happened?"
When the yamen servant saw the question from the master, he hurriedly said: "Reporting to the master, the arresters followed Xu Xiancheng to the mountains to mediate the dispute between the Gao and Li villages. As a result... for some reason, Xu Xiancheng was arrested by the Li family. They were detained, but they fled back, saying that Xu Xiancheng's life was in danger."
"oh!"
Master Wang's face changed slightly, he waved his hand, and the yamen servant retreated. Master Wang immediately returned to the signing room, and told his scribe in charge, Lao Cai: "Someone from my official's house just reported that my fourth wife is unwell. I should go back and have a look."
After Lao Cai agreed, Master Wang went back to the inner room, changed into a plain robe, and hurriedly left the county office.
When Hua Qingfeng heard that Xu Xiancheng was detained by Li's village, she was stunned. Ever since Ye Xiaotian killed Qi Mu and defeated the biggest bully in Huxian County, it has been a long time since Huazhi County has been in such a state of clay and wood plastic.
Xu Boyi went to the mountain to mediate, so why was he detained by Li Jiazhai? Speaking of which, Xu Boyi was quite cautious. After entering the mountain, he first met with a group of people from Gaojiazhai who was leading people to besiege Lijiazhai. The people in Gaojiazhai heard that he was here to mediate the dispute between the two villages, so they were quite polite to him. , Xu Boyi met the old village master Gao, and after listening to the old village master Gao tell the cause and effect of the fighting between the two villages, he went to Lijiazhai to learn about the situation.
In fact, the whole thing is very simple. It is because there has been no rain for a long time and Huxian County is severely drought. Gaojiazhai, which is located in the upper reaches of the river, cuts off the river to meet the water for the people in the village to irrigate the land. As a result, the drought in Lijiazhai, which is located in the lower reaches of the Laodao River, became even worse. The two parties failed to negotiate, so one used force to dig the embankment and the other used force to protect the embankment, thus forging a grudge.
Xu Boyi figured out what was going on, so he called the two village owners together and said, "You two village owners, no matter whether you live in the upper reaches or the lower reaches, it is because of this river that your ancestors settled here. Pure water is a gift from God, and the people along both sides of the river, no matter upstream or downstream, have the right to enjoy it.
Now there is a severe drought and no rain, and the river is plummeting. If you both use it, although you can’t meet the irrigation requirements, it is hard to survive, but it may not be that people will die of thirst and starvation. If you continue to resort to force like this, there will inevitably be casualties. Don't you understand the importance of this? In my opinion, it is better for you to share the river equally. "
Village Master Gao stared at Xu Boyi and said: "Our village is short of water, the ground is cracked one by one, and the crops are almost dying, pouring a ladle of water, the land will disappear without getting wet. Now the water comes from We pass by before the village, but you want us not to take it? Divide it evenly, how can you divide it evenly?"
Xu Boyi smiled slightly, and said: "It's easy to handle, just divide it according to the population of your two villages. If the population of your village is 50% of the population of Li's village, then out of twelve hours a day, eight hours will be given to you." Lijiazhai, during this period, Gaojiazhai is not allowed to take a single drop. For the remaining four hours, you are allowed to cut off the river and let Gaojiazhai use it completely. This is the most fair."
How could Village Master Gao agree when he heard this, the population of their village is 20% less than that of Li's Village, obviously they live in the upper reaches, but they have to give 20% more water to the people in the lower reaches? It's not enough for them to use all the river water! Besides, Li's village lived in the lower reaches, because it was closer to the mountains, and most of the clan members went out to work, so the number of mountain fields opened up was not as large as that of their village.
Xu Boyi didn't have any selfish intentions in this matter, he hoped to settle the matter properly, so as to establish his prestige in one fell swoop, but this plan was strongly opposed by Gao Jiazhai, so he adopted another method, that is, according to the two Naturally, Li Jiazhai resolutely opposed this argument.
Xu Boyi was eloquent and tried his best, but he was still unable to come up with a plan that would satisfy the people of the two villages. In the end, the owners of the two villages brought up the deaths and injuries in the fighting because Xu Xiancheng, who was in charge of the judiciary, came. Xu Boyi's good temper was gradually exhausted. Seeing that the two village owners were making progress, he wanted to use the authority of the government to make an example of them. First, control the people involved in the case and frighten the villagers on both sides, and then discuss the issue of water use.
He thought that people from both villages were going to be arrested, so he was impartial. The two village owners should agree, but there was one of them, Li Bohao, who was Li Zhaizhu's own son. How could Li Zhaizhu agree? Besides, if Gaojiazhai doesn't cut off the river, will Lijiazhai go to fight with weapons
Xu Boyi looked stern and selfless, but Li Zhaizhu was furious, and immediately ordered people to arrest Xu Boyi, beat up those arresters and let them out of the mountain. Jiazhai gave a fair explanation, otherwise they would have to directly seek justice from the imperial court.
When Hua Qingfeng heard "seek justice directly from the court", it was like a scoop of ice water was poured from head to toe: Seek justice from the court? How do they seek justice from the court? Hua Qingfeng was at a loss, so he hurriedly ordered: "Go quickly, please come to discuss the matter with Master Wang."
After a while, the yamen servant reported back: "Master has something to do at home and has left the yamen."
Hua Qingfeng gritted her teeth, and ordered someone to call at Wang Ning's house, but they sent an official to the palace to inquire. The Wang family said that the fourth wife was suffering from an emergency, and there was no good doctor in Hu County. I rushed to Tongren Mansion to ask a famous doctor for diagnosis and treatment.
When the official returned to the county government office and said, Hua Qingfeng was so angry: "This old bastard! This old fox!"
Hua Qingfeng wandered around the second hall for a long while, but in desperation, she had to order: "Go, invite Ye Dianshi to come, I have important matters to discuss with him."
The official went to the Dian Shi room again, and came back to report after a while: "Master, the master Dianshi said that if the master needs stationery here, just send someone to order it. There is even a shortage of the Four Treasures of the Study here.
As for other matters, since the county magistrate has already issued an order, Master Dianshi has no control over it. Since it is an important matter, Master Dianshi dare not agree to it, so as not to miss your important matter, Mr. Dianshi, please decide on your own ! "
The Yacha was originally a member of the Department of History and History, but was transferred urgently by Hua Qingfeng before Ye Xiaotian took office, so he spoke in a strange way. Hua Qingfeng was furious when he heard this, and shouted sharply: "Bastard! This county summoned him to discuss matters, does he dare to come?"
The yamen servant said slowly: "Master Dian Shi also said that if the county magistrate is angry, please report back to the county magistrate. It is out of order and transgressing the law, so... Master Dianshi dare not accept orders!"
Hua Qing was so angry that her eyes stared straight, she sat down on the chair, the clerk's eyes flashed a hint of sarcasm, he bowed and said: "If the old man has no other orders, the villain has stepped back."
Hua Qingfeng ignored him, dazed for a while, then slowly raised his head, his eyes shone with determination, and said in a deep voice: "The most important thing in being an official is perseverance! I will bear it! Xu Tu is self-improvement! If you don't come to see me, I will see you!"
Hua Qing stood up abruptly, and walked out with big strides!