At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

The clerk didn't know what Guo Peng was going to do, but looking at Guo Peng's confident look, he thought about it and said, "Don't mess around with Zifeng."

"Don't worry, I won't mess around."

Guo Peng has already thought of a way.

Chapter 75 Angels please don't do this

The next morning, Lu Zhi said goodbye to Zuo Feng and returned to the capital. From beginning to end, he never gave Zuo Feng anything he expected. He was businesslike and didn't show any compromise.

Zuo Feng's hope was dashed, very annoyed, and left the barracks angrily.

"Older Lu Zhi doesn't know what's wrong. I gave him a reward for thousands of miles, but he didn't say anything at all, huh! It's good to have him!"

Zuo Feng had already secretly decided in his heart that he would give Lu Zhi some color to see, and he would put eye drops on Lu Zhi carefully.

As a result, after walking a short distance, the convoy suddenly stopped, Zuo Feng frowned, and immediately asked what was going on, and the people around him came to report that someone was waiting for him in front.

"Someone's waiting for me? Who?"

"The person who came here said it was Yingchuan Guo Peng."

"Guo Peng?"

Zuo Feng was taken aback, he stepped forward quickly, and when he saw it, it was Guo Peng. Guo Peng was with a few people and a car waiting for him with a smile on his face.

Zuo Feng naturally knows Guo Peng's reputation, and he also knows that this is not a simple character.

Not only Lu Zhi's disciple, but also Cao Song's son-in-law, he has two incompatible attributes, but he can find a balance between the two, and he looks like he is at ease.

He didn't have contact with the eunuch, but because of Cao Song's relationship, no eunuch would deliberately target him. Is he here for...

Zuo Feng had a calculation in his heart.

With a straight face, Zuo Feng stepped forward, and Guo Peng also walked towards him.

"Changshui Sima Guopeng, I have seen an angel."

"Don't dare, I have seen Guo Lang before, and Guo Lang's reputation is like thunder in the capital. How can a slave and a young eunuch deserve a courtesy from Guo Lang?"

Zuo Feng's words had some unhappy taste, Guo Peng was disdainful in his heart, and his face was still smiling.

"Where are the angels? The angels are tired for thousands of miles to reward our army, but can't they afford this gift?"

Guo Peng continued to speak softly, and Zuo Feng felt a little more comfortable in his heart.

"It's a bit decent to say this. It's much better than your teacher. The slaves have traveled thousands of miles. There is no credit or hard work, Guo Lang said, right?"

"That's natural."

Hearing the inexplicable arrogance in Zuo Feng's words, Guo Pengqiang resisted the boredom in his heart and said with a smile: "So, I came to thank the angel now, can the angel go with me next time to see it? in the car."

Guo Peng pointed to the car behind him, Zuo Feng immediately understood what Guo Peng meant, but he was not sure who it meant, so he decided to go take a look first.

If you don't take advantage of it, isn't that a fool?Could it be that the old man Lu Zhi couldn't help himself, and secretly asked his disciples to please me?

Hmm, it's not easy.

Zuo Feng followed Guo Peng into the car, and saw several boxes in the car, Guo Peng smiled mysteriously, stretched out his hand to open one of the smallest, Zuo Feng's eyes immediately straightened.

"gold?"

"Exactly."

Guo Peng reached out and opened several other boxes. Inside were some silk cloth and jade articles, which were the spoils of war captured by Guo Peng himself.

"This box of gold has [-] catties, and the rest of the silk cloth and jade are my own spoils."

Guo Peng smiled and said, "It's just like thanking the angels for their hard work."

"Twenty pounds?"

Zuo Feng was slightly taken aback, this is not a small amount.

The Eastern Han Dynasty is not like the Western Han Dynasty, the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty spends money like soil, and the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty cherishes gold like his life.

According to the research of later generations, there are more people who agree with several statements.

The first is that the reason for the sharp decline in the circulation of gold after the Western Han Dynasty was mainly because the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty gave too many rewards, often thousands of catties, or even ten thousand catties.

After Wei Qinghuo Qubing defeated the Huns, he received more than [-] catties of gold.

After the death of King Liangxiao, the younger brother of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, "the wealth was huge and incalculable, and when he died, there were still more than [-] catties of gold remaining in the Tibetan government."

The meritorious nobles who got the gold all buried the gold as a funerary object, resulting in a large decrease in the gold circulating on the market.

This statement is tenable, and the gold found in the unearthed Han tombs can be corroborated, but it is not comprehensive.

There is another way of saying that is more explicit.

It was during the Western Han Dynasty that gold had the status of quasi-currency, and the government of the Western Han Dynasty had strong control over the people, so a set of effective gold operation payment system was established, and many aspects of taxation and worship were required to be paid in gold.

Therefore, although the Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty gave many rewards, they could still be recovered through various means such as taxation and offerings. The wool came out of the sheep, and after being grateful, the reward could be earned back later.

However, in the Wang Mang period, this effective golden system was terminated. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the government's control over local areas was greatly reduced, and the golden system in the Western Han Dynasty could not be rebuilt.

As a result, the circulation of gold failed, and all of it was scattered among the people and became dead gold. Naturally, the emperor did not have a lot of gold in his hands.

As for the argument that gold is copper, it is untenable, it is clearly stated in the historical data.

In "Han Shu·Hui Di Ji", Jin Zhuo said that whenever "gold" is said, it is real gold, but if one does not say "yellow", it is called money.

That is to say, gold is gold, only gold is the general term for metal currency, and it can refer to copper coins, clearly.

Taken together, these two statements are quite telling.

Therefore, the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty was rewarded with a few hundred catties and several thousand catties. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor could only live by tightening his belt. The rewards were all tens of catties and dozens of catties. Compared with the Western Han Dynasty, it is a petty boy, but this is also an objective reality. .

Now Guo Peng has sold [-] catties of gold, which is definitely not a small amount for a person like Zuo Feng.

At the beginning, Guo Dan gave Guo Peng [-] catties of gold to press the bottom of the box, which is already half of the gold reserves of the entire Guo family. If Guo Peng is equivalent to giving away the gold in the bottom of his box.

In fact, Guo Peng didn't have a lot of gold in his hands. The original twenty pounds was not much.

The Cao Clan gave gold, and some great heroes also gave gold to Guo Peng. Yuan Shu had a lot of money and gave Guo Peng a lot of gold, so Guo Peng had plenty of gold in his hands.

Giving gold to a valued friend this year is definitely a beautiful thing.

Before this expedition, Guo Peng had already thought of Zuo Feng's framing of Lu Zhi. Knowing Lu Zhi's temperament, he prepared [-] catties of gold to carry, which came in handy this time.

As the sect members said, the official position of Xiaohuangmen is very low, but it is only six hundred stone, which is not comparable to the position of Guo Peng Changshui Sima, but this is the emperor's close minister, who works by the emperor's side.

As the saying goes, the seven-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, and the emperor's side should be raised a whole rank.

I am not afraid that the civil servants will play the table and participate in the performance, but I am afraid that the eunuchs and slaves around these emperors will apply eye drops.

Compared with ministers, the emperor definitely trusts eunuchs more.

The official is small, but the relationship is big. In order to help Lu Zhi, it is necessary. This is one of them.

Second, Guo Peng also had some selfishness in it. Before Emperor Ling died of illness, the authority of the Han court still existed, and the eunuchs around Ling Emperor were still somewhat valuable.

Guo Peng also wants to have his own relationship in the palace, not just rely on Cao.

So this time, for Lu Zhi, more for himself.

Sure enough, after Zuo Feng was stunned for a short time, he smiled, and the anger he pretended to be was completely invisible.

"Guo Lang has made a lot of money, and the slaves have seen it."

Then, Zuo Feng couldn't help but looked at the [-] catties of Huang Chengcheng's gold bars, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Lu Zhonglang is loyal to the monarch and the country, Guo Lang is young and heroic, this time when the slaves go back, they will definitely be in front of the emperor. Good words for the two of you."

Zuo Feng thought this was Guo Peng's purpose, but Guo Peng shook his head.

"Also ask the angels not to do this."

"what?"

Zuo Feng thought he had heard it wrong.

Chapter 76 The right person to support Lu Zhi

Afraid that Zuo Feng didn't understand, Guo Peng repeated it again.

"Also ask the angels not to do this."

Guo Peng said slowly: "Angels only need to tell the truth about what they have seen. This is the responsibility of angels. These gifts are just for the next person to give, and it has nothing to do with teachers, let alone good words. Angels don't have to do this. Do."

"This……"

Zuo Feng was a little surprised.

Taking money to do things is a fine tradition of eunuchs. Taking money if you don't do things is not in line with the rules, and Zuo Feng feels bad about it.

After thinking for a while, Zuo Feng asked, "Can Guo Lang explain it clearly? The slave maid's mind is very confusing, and I don't understand what Guo Lang means."

"The meaning below is very clear."

Guo Peng smiled and said, "Teacher is an upright person and is not flexible. This time he offended the angel. As a result, after the angel returned, he spoke kindly to the emperor and praised the teacher. The teacher must know that there is something wrong with this matter. The first object of suspicion is Xia. When the time comes, the teacher gets angry and expels the subordinate from the teacher's door, but what should I do?"

"..."

Zuo Feng's eyes widened: "This...is it really Guo Lang alone?"

"Yes, the teacher doesn't know about this."

Guo Peng nodded.

"Guo Lang, this... this is a bit..."

Zuo Feng had difficulty digesting this matter for a while.

"There is no need to worry about the angel. This time, I don't need the angel's kind words. If the angel can let the emperor issue an edict to rebuke the teacher, and there is no other action, it would be the best."

Zuo Feng frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly he understood.

"Guo Lang, what a plan."

Zuo Feng smiled.

Guo Peng also laughed.

"The angel has won the prize. The teacher has indeed sinned against the angel. I will apologize for the teacher here, but I also ask the angel not to be angry with the teacher, and be sure not to let the teacher be replaced, otherwise the teacher will be replaced. I will wait for the whole army. The future is uncertain, this battle is really not easy to fight.”

Zuo Feng understood, fully understood, looked Guo Peng up and down, and nodded.

"Guo Lang, Yingchuan, it's really not easy. It's just Guo Lang. He took this gold, but he wanted to slander Duke Lu, and asked His Majesty to reprimand him. This, this slave has a guilty conscience. This gold is hot."

Guo Peng shook his head and smiled.

"It's not a simple matter to be able to make His Majesty's decree rebuke but not shake the position of the teacher. We need to trouble the angels to think of a way. In addition, I also ask the angels to help me keep this secret. I don't want to be expelled by the teacher. "

Guo Peng said this, and Zuo Feng nodded.

"For such trivial matters, please rest assured Guo Lang, slaves can do it easily. If Guo Lang has any inconvenient things in the future, he might as well come and try slaves. Although slaves are low-ranking, they are people around the emperor after all. It’s easier to talk and do things.”

Man, it's self-promotion.

But what he said was not wrong.

The emperor's close ministers, it is more convenient to talk and do things, otherwise the position of Tai servant will not be so popular.

Zuo Feng, probably had the idea of ​​making friends with Guo Peng. Guo Peng felt that this was not a bad thing, so he nodded and watched Zuo Feng leave.

On the way back, Zuo Feng's little attendant curiously asked about what had just happened, and was quite surprised to learn that.

"I don't ask for good things, but instead I ask for reprimands? Is Guo Peng stupid?"

"You are the fool!"

Zuo Feng glared at the little follower: "Shut your mouth when you go back, don't tell anyone about this, or be careful of your skin!"

The little follower was startled and dared not speak.

After a while, Zuo Feng seemed to sigh and said, "Guo Peng, Guo Zifeng, you are not ordinary people. I went out to do business and met a lot of people, but I have never met someone like Guo Zifeng, Lu Zhi's disciple, Cao's son-in-law. , I don't know where I can go in the future..."

The little follower didn't quite understand what Zuo Feng's words meant, but he almost understood that this man named Guo Peng was not to be messed with. If he saw it later, he had to serve him carefully.