Chapter 10 Promise, Gold
Xu Jingzong's experience is quite legendary, from the official of the former Sui Dynasty to the rebellion in Wagangzhai, and then one of the eighteen bachelors in the Qin Palace...
He has experienced enough and suffered a lot, and in the end he thinks it is better to stick to one's own tendons, that is, to hold on to the boss's thighs, not to think about other things, and it is best to be a loyal and lonely minister.
But as a loyal and lonely minister, you'd better stay by the emperor's side. Otherwise, you will offend too many people, and if you serve as a foreign official, you will easily be tricked to death by your enemies.
So after being slapped by Changsun Wuji and taken to Huazhou, what he was most worried about was that he would not be able to return to Beijing and be cleaned up by those enemies.
What do you need to return to Beijing? Achievements!
With no political achievements, if Li Zhi wanted to transfer him back to Beijing, those people would also object. At present, Li Zhi's authority is not enough to keep him as a loyal minister, so he can only save himself.
Thinking of this, he looked at Jia Pingan, and said lightly: "What do you want to say? If you want to fool the old man and escape punishment, it is wishful thinking! The old man has been an official for many years, and you have seen many cunning young people like you. You are the one who does not shed tears when he sees the coffin, today I want to see what you can do to make this old man stop!"
Although he is stupid and cute, he can tell at a glance that Jia Ping'an is dying and wants to escape the fate of being placed under house arrest in a temple.
The prince asked him to come to Huazhou to see how the **** is doing. As a loyal dog, his first reaction was to relieve the threat of the **** for the prince. So after weighing the pros and cons, I felt that it would be best to send Jia Pingan to the temple to suppress him.
Now he is in the mentality of a cat catching a mouse, wanting to see what this young man has to say. If it is nonsense, send it to the temple. If there is something to be said, then consider it again.
Jia Ping'an said: "Do you know the basket of the Huazhou government's money loan?"
Xu Jingzong nodded, "Those two lowly dog slaves dare to deceive the state government."
This matter is supposed to be the fault of his predecessor Liang Bo, but Liang Bo was seriously ill, so he became the blame man and had to plug the hole.
Thinking that he, Xu, has always only taken the blame for the boss, but this time he was unlucky, lying on the gun for a governor, how aggrieved!
Jia Pingan said: "Two money-hunters lent money to a businessman. The businessman bought goods and transported them in two ships. As a result, both ships sank. But recently, the weather has been calm. The students have an idea, since the weather is calm, Even if there is only one ship sinking, why are there two sinking ships?"
Xu Jingzong only felt a buzzing in his head.
"Yes! Why did two ships sink?" Xu Jingzong murmured, "But Liang Bo checked the matter and said that it was hit by a storm and sank."
Liang Bo is quite famous, the kind of celebrity, so everyone has a good impression of him. The words of celebrities are naturally credible.
But Jia Pingan felt that something was wrong. He smelled fraudulent loans from this incident, and he was well-informed about such things, and immediately formed a chain of reasoning.
Liang Bo wanted to be transferred to the capital. Almost everyone knew that he would go to Chang'an whenever he was free. Some said he was asking for help. But it costs money to ask for help!
Lack of money made people cheat for loans, and then took the money to the capital to run for officials.
The biggest driving force supporting this reasoning chain is Liang Bo's illness. Before he fell ill, he was still a normal director of the state government, and he said that he was seriously ill a day later.
But the doctor in Huazhou said that the cause of the governor's illness could not be found, which is puzzling. And after being seriously ill for more than ten days, he still looks like that. When the doctor was helpless, his condition did not worsen. If there is nothing wrong with this, Jia Pingan would be willing to be tied to a shelf by the villagers and burned to death.
"Mr. Liang, I heard that Mr. Liang has always wanted to return to the capital to take up a job, so he asked some people to help him, but the students know that you can't ask for help!"
You have to give benefits to the officials, otherwise who will help you?
After Jia Pingan finished speaking, he took a step back, and the rest was left to Lao Xu to weigh the pros and cons.
Xu Jingzong was taken aback. Although he said that Liang Bo was a traitor, it was just a mouthful. "Yes, I always thought that Liang Bo was a gentleman, but a gentleman has to find a life! He is looking for someone to help you in the capital." , Where did you get less money? He is from an ordinary family, where did he get so much money? And the old man heard that he was not among the people transferred back to Chang'an this time, hiss..."
This is the failure of the official run!
Failed to run for an official position, Liang Bo had to plug the loophole of the deficit.
Xu Jingzong couldn't help taking a breath, and then nodded gratefully to Jia Ping'an.
It's not that Lao Xu is too stupid, but that he doesn't have such insight at all.
Loan fraud, many people in later generations know about it, but how many people in Datang know about it?
When Jia Pingan said this, all doubts emerged immediately. Xu Jingzong sneered at first, and said sinisterly: "Old Liang, how dare you slander the old man?"
Huh!
This old Xu, why is he so gentle?
Jia Ping'an felt that this kind of tone was not in line with Lao Xu's so... morality. According to his understanding, Lao Xu should be swearing.
"Slutty dog slave!" The more Xu Jingzong thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he cursed: "You actually left this trouble for me, if I don't kill you, you won't be named Xu!"
Jia Pingan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this was the nature of the famous traitor Xu Jingzong.
Xu Jingzong hurriedly turned around and left, and the accompanying people shouted: "Master, how should I get the broom star?"
Xu Jingzong waved his hand without looking back, "Go back with the old man!"
The group of people glanced at Jia Pingan and hurriedly followed, but a question came to mind: Why did Shijun give up the plan to get him to the temple after talking with Jia Pingan?
This is very strange, and the villagers are even more puzzled.
Xu Jingzong returned to the state office in a hurry, and the first thing he did was to have people summon the two money thieves.
As soon as the money catcher came, Xu Jingzong said with a sullen face: "The property of the money catcher must be guaranteed to be able to repay the public money in his hand. The two of you said that you are in debt and can't repay the loan. This is cheating. Why?"
Two money-hunters knelt down and cried, probably because they were lucky, please forgive me.
This kind of thing is just to steal the property, there is no need to punish it, otherwise the money grabbers in the world will be afraid and dare not take over the business of lending money from the public house, then what should we do? Should officials be allowed to lend money by themselves?
So the two looked very sad, but they didn't see despair.
"I cheated to this old man!" Xu Jingzong thought of Jia Ping'an's analysis, and felt that there was a 60% possibility of this matter, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Fight!"
"Please forgive me!"
Liao Quan came out to persuade them: "Master, if you punish them severely, I am afraid that no one in Huazhou will dare to take over the lending of public money. This matter is related to the salaries of officials and public kitchens, so don't be careless!"
You, Xu Jingzong, want to investigate the case and just investigate it directly. What does torture mean?
You must know that although these money grabbers are not officials, they are working for the welfare of officials, and everyone is quite polite to them on weekdays. You Xu Jingzong hit you when you come up, it's too much.
Others dare not say this, but as the deputy of the governor, Liao Quan can say it.
There was dissatisfaction in his eyes. If possible, he really wanted to impeach Lao Xu.
Xu Jingzong glanced at him and shouted: "Hit!"
He does things unambiguously, such as standing in line, since he is on Li Zhi's side, he doesn't hesitate even if he is going to deal with those aristocratic families.
Several subordinate officials held down two money-catching households and beat them.
Among the screams, a money grabber complained, Xu Jingzong sneered and said: "If you don't want to say it, you will be killed, and if something happens, I will bear it!"
This is very courageous, courageous, and treacherous.
When they heard that they were beaten to death, the two money-catchers persisted for a while, and then someone shouted: "The villain is guilty, the villain is guilty!"
Xu Jingzong was also very nervous. If he made a wrong judgment, Liao Quan, the chief minister, could write a letter to impeach him. Changsun Wuji and others were about to deal with him, the prince's loyal dog, so they might take advantage of the situation and drive him to the ends of the earth.
He clenched his fists tightly, secretly nervous. Hearing that someone was convicted, he couldn't help laughing.
The sky is immortal, I am old Xu, the sky is immortal, I am old Xu!
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Liao Quan was afraid that the torture would be a trick, so he asked, "What is your crime?"
Old Xu immediately stopped laughing and stared at the money catcher.
"The villain...the money villain didn't give the businessman..."
Liao Quan was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Why?"
The money catcher cried and said: "Mr. Liang found the villains and said that he wanted to embezzle some public money. He asked the two of us to contact the businessman and asked him to lie about the sinking of the ship. Then the money was given to Liang Shi. Jun... the two of us will get the benefit of five pennies!"
Liao Quan was startled, and stared at another money grabber.
The man said: "The envoy asked us to transfer the property out in advance, and he sent someone to pretend to confiscate it."
Damn it!
This is a partnership to cheat money!
He didn't know that there is a word for such things in later generations: fraudulent loans!
"Envoy!"
Liao Quan turned around, and saw Xu Jingzong sitting there with a solemn face, no, a dignified face, and immediately felt guilty, feeling that he had misunderstood Old Xu.
But Lao Xu was sighing at the moment, thinking that the broom star had such insight, so he was obviously smart. The key point is that this person actually helped me, Old Xu, so that the old man could gain a firm foothold in Huazhou in one fell swoop.
Thinking of how happy His Highness would be when the news reached Chang'an City, and how aggrieved Changsun Wuji and others would be, Xu Jingzong was secretly pleased.
But in Liao Quan's eyes, his appearance was calm and confident.
Who said Lao Xu was a traitor?
Liao Quan is an upright person, so he couldn't help being filled with emotion at this moment. He cupped his hands and said, "I listened to those rumors, thinking that it must be a bad thing for the envoy to come to Huazhou, so I was disrespectful in my heart. I only found out today that the envoy's means It's so clever...that's right, the envoy asked the subordinates to borrow money to buy mutton, he must be paralyzing them, this method...the subordinates bow to him."
Xu Jingzong was taken aback. Thinking about him, Lao Xu was an official everywhere, because of the effects of those bad reputations, both the superiors and subordinates disdain him, but they just don't show it. At this moment, the governor of Huazhou actually expressed his admiration... reverence, this...
What a surprise!
He immediately humbled a few words, and then scolded: "Liang Bo, that cheap dog slave, actually committed such a thing, and even pretended to be sick to deceive this old man. This old man will definitely impeach him!"
Liao Quan said with admiration: "The envoy said that Liang Bo was a traitor earlier, and the subordinate officials have been slandering him for a long time. Today, I know how sharp the envoy's eyes are, and he can see through Liang Bo's nature at a glance."
Old Xu just felt light all over, but he really didn't think about it that way!
For example, eating mutton, where did it come from to paralyze Liang Bo? It's just that he likes to eat. As for saying that Liang Bo is a traitor, that's just his way of speaking harshly, saying whatever comes to mind.
But now these things have turned into the wisdom of his old Xu, adding a halo to him.
After the memorial was finished, he sent people to Chang'an immediately.
Then someone came to ask, "Your Majesty, someone from the temple came to ask, saying that they had prepared more than 30 monks, and they were going to suppress Sao Ba Xing, and asked when Sao Ba Xing would arrive."
Old Xu pondered for a while, then patted the table, "The old broom star feels a little kind when he sees it, so let's wait and see."
Kindness?
Baustar is a fierce creature. You said that the meaning of fierceness is more or less the same, but the meaning of kindness... Where is the meaning of kindness?
Liao Quan couldn't help looking at Xu Jingzong carefully, and said worriedly: "Could it be that the Lord was confused by the broom star?"
Xu Jingzong's eyelids twitched, and he said: "I'm fine, that young man... I'm as good as I promise, I'll take a look after I say it, then I'll take a look again..."
Thought he, Xu Jingzong, had a discredited reputation outside, but he was a good man with a promise.
Of course, the good guy is just his boast, but the promise is true. Jia Pingan's words made him gain a firm foothold in Huazhou, which did not match the attributes of the broom star. Xu Jingzong felt that it was necessary to observe and observe again.
Liao Quan's temperament is quite extreme. He used to think that Lao Xu was a treacherous minister, but he was reversed. From then on, he felt that Lao Xu was enduring the humiliation, which was not easy.
So at this moment, in his eyes, there seemed to be four floating large characters shining golden on the top of Lao Xu's head.
—One Promise, One Promise!
(end of this chapter)