Fenghou

Hu Yun covered his nose and walked into this alley, trying to find a clean place along the way, until he came to the end, at the end was a dilapidated wooden door, which was also the home of a court official, of course it was a rented house, but For such a small courtyard with less than two cents of land, the rent also costs three yuan per month.

Lin'an is notoriously expensive for rent. The main reason is that the place is small and the population is large. People from all over the world come to Lin'an to plan for food, and the population expands rapidly.

Hu Yun gave his subordinates a wink, and his subordinates stepped forward to knock on the door. After a while, someone asked, "Who is it?"

"We are here to find Hu Qingfeng, does he live here?"

The door opened a crack, and an old woman poked her head out and said, "This is Liu Zhen's home!"

"We know, but Hu Qingfeng should be here too!"

There was a trace of disdain in the old woman's eyes and said: "They have nowhere to go, they just stay here for two days!"

"As long as they are here!"

"You...are not here to ask for debts!"

The old woman suddenly became worried. The Hu family still owed his family some money for rice and vegetables these two days!

"Let me tell you, their family really has no money to pay off their debts!"

"We're not here to ask for debts, but to help them. Madam, hurry up and report!"

Hearing that she didn't come to ask for debts, the old woman let go of her heart, opened the door and said, "The smell outside is not good, you come in quickly! This is my home, what else do you need to report?"

Everyone walked into the yard. There were three tile-roofed houses on the front, and a small house on each side. The kitchen was on the left, and a dark, dilapidated room was on the right.

The old woman pouted towards the broken house on the right, "Their family lives there temporarily, what a crime! The landlord drove a family of five to the street. If my son hadn't kindly taken them in, I don't know which bridge hole to squat in." Woolen cloth?"

At this time, the door opened, and a young woman came out, wearing a coarse cloth dress, but it was very clean, followed by a five or six-year-old boy, and a little girl, a little older, about seven or eight years old.

"Ms. Hu, you came at a good time. They are here to find your husband."

The young woman hesitated and said: "My husband hasn't come back yet! He may come back later today, you...do you have anything to do?"

Hu Yun nodded, "I just want to help him, since he's not here, forget it, you take this!"

The subordinate handed a cloth bag to the young woman, but the young woman took it hesitantly, her hand suddenly sank, and the cloth bag almost fell to the ground.

"What is this?" the young woman asked in surprise.

Hu Yun smiled slightly, "There is a post by me in it, your husband knows about it, we are leaving!"

After speaking, he left with his men.

The old woman closed the door, her eyes were about to grow out of her hands, she stared at the cloth bag in the young woman's hand, "What's in the bag?"

"I don't know either, it's heavy."

The young woman opened the bag, and the old woman rushed up to it, almost sticking her head into the bag.

The young woman suddenly grabbed the bag with panic on her face, and the old woman also exclaimed, "Ah! It's silver."

"Yes! How could it be silver?" The young woman panicked.

The old woman suddenly said seriously: "Who were those people just now, they actually gave you money, which is quite a lot!"

"I don't know, it's the first time I saw them, maybe my husband knows."

"Hehe! Madam Hu's family is rich now, let's count our rice money and vegetable money for the past two days! The rent should be cheaper, one hundred cash a day!"

The young woman said anxiously: "Didn't you say that the house was lent to us for two days, why do you ask for money again?"

"Didn't your family have no money before! I'm embarrassed to say it, but now that you have money, you are also embarrassed to live in vain!"

"But... I don't know if I can take this money? I have to wait for my husband to come back and make the decision."

"The money is all in hand, can you not accept it?"

The old woman didn't care about it, and smiled again: "I'll prepare rice and vegetables for you, and it happens that there is still a piece of meat at home, so I'll give it to you together."

He turned and went to the kitchen. At this moment, there was a piercing cough in the small black room, and an old woman asked, "Zhuang Zhuang, what's the matter?"

"Grandma, I don't know what's going on?"

The young woman hurried into the room. There was a large bed in the room. At night, a family of five would squeeze into this broken bed.

Hu Qingfeng has fallen into such a predicament from being an eighth-rank official. It is hard to say. The key is that he has an old lady with a medicine jar, half of her monthly salary is used to buy medicine, and his family is poor. With a lot of debts, he was admitted to Jinshi with great difficulty, and got a lot of rewards, all of which were used to repay the debts.

Fortunately, he has a virtuous wife who ate bran and swallowed vegetables with him and gave birth to a pair of children.

The room was dark, and a bony old woman was sitting on the bed, her eyes were almost blind, she stretched out her hands and fumbled wildly, and suddenly touched the bag in the daughter-in-law's hand.

"What's in the bag?"

"It's silver. Someone gave it to my husband just now. I don't know it."

"How much silver?"

The young woman poured the silver on the bed, and there was a post inside, so she also took it out.

The old woman touched the silver with trembling hands like chicken feet. There were four ingots in total.

"Hurry up and put away the money and post, and show it to your husband. This thing is either a blessing or a curse."

The first thousand 320 chapter five poaching

Hu Qingfeng came back slowly when it was getting dark. He went to borrow money, but unfortunately everyone knew about his family's predicament and couldn't repay it. I don't want him to pay back a hundred coins.

Hu Qingfeng came back with two or three pennies, which was not enough for the medicine money owed by his mother. The financial crisis of the imperial court made all the officials unable to receive their salaries for several months. Everyone could only live on their savings, but there was no way to save money. Officials are miserable, and they can only borrow money to survive.

Hu Qingfeng was one of them. He had owed rent for three months and had no salary for several months, so he had to owe rent again. The landlord finally couldn't bear it anymore and found some strong men and drove his family of five to the street. I went, and this matter was published in the "Beijing News". Although he didn't name him, everyone who knew him knew it was him.

Even the monastery refused to take them in. If the colleagues took pity on them and took them in, their family would really have to live in a bridge hole.

His wife, Wu Shi, rushed out to greet her, "Husband hasn't eaten yet!"

"not yet!"

Hu Qingfeng handed the cloth bag to his wife, and said apologetically, "I can only borrow so much today, and I will think of a way tomorrow."

"Husband, someone came to look for you today and gave me some money."

"Who?" Hu Qingfeng was extremely sensitive to money at this time.

"I left a post, also surnamed Hu, could it be a relative of our family?"

"It can't be a relative, if it's a relative, how could mother not know!"

Hu Qingfeng took two steps, then suddenly stopped and asked, "What's his name Hu?"

"It's called Hu Yun, what kind of special envoy of the king!"

"Hu Yun, special envoy of King Yong! Hu Qingfeng was stunned.

"Husband, is this money a disaster?" The husband's expression made Hu a little scared.

Hu Qingfeng's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "How much did you pay?"

"20 taels of silver!"

"Ah!" With a loud cry, Hu Qingfeng hugged his wife and laughed loudly: "We are rich! We are rich!"

"Brother Hu Xian, congratulations!"

The owner of the house, Liu Zhen, walked out with a smile. Liu Zhen was also an official of Taichang Temple, and he was a Jinshi in the same discipline as Hu Qingfeng. His family was not well-off, but his mother was in good health and did not drag them down, so he could rent a cheap small courtyard to live.

Liu Zhen also just came back, and learned from his mother that someone sent Hu Qingfeng money, which seemed to be quite a lot. He was happy for Hu Qingfeng, but also a little sour, and his life was also embarrassing!

"Brother Liu, wait for me a moment."

Hu Qingfeng rushed into the hut like a gust of wind, picked up the 20 taels of silver that his son was playing with on the bed, and was so happy that he was about to explode. The black market is 160 taels of money!

He touched his son's little head, took the post, and quickly walked out the door. He saw clearly in the yard that it was indeed the post from King Yong's special envoy Hu Yun.

"My dear brother, let's go to the hall for a drink!"

Liu Zhen prepared food and drink, and invited Hu Qingfeng to have a drink in the living room, man!It's just so realistic, Hu Qingfeng's family lived here for two days, not to mention drinking a sip of wine, it would be good if they don't make faces.

Liu Zhen originally looked down on Hu Qingfeng's shabbiness from the bottom of his heart, but Hu Qingfeng was actually taken by Hu Yun, the special envoy of King Yong, and Liu Zhen immediately changed his attitude towards him.

The two sat down in the lobby, Liu Zhen filled a glass of wine for him, and asked with a smile, "How did Hu Yun know about my virtuous brother?"

Hu Qingfeng blushed, and said for a while, "He should have read the newspaper!"

The story of Hu Qingfeng being driven to the street by his landlord was published in the newspapers, and many colleagues laughed at him behind his back, which really made him feel ashamed, but he didn't expect this incident to make him famous and make him lucky.

Liu Zhen chuckled, "It should be!"

The two drank a glass of wine, and Liu Zhen said again: "I heard that if officials go to Jingzhao, Hu Yun will give 20 taels of silver as money. Does this mean that you want to go to Jingzhao?"

"This... probably not! I didn't even agree to go to Jingzhao, what did he give me money for?"

"However, going to Jingzhao is very good! I heard that many people are doing well. There are official residences in Jingzhao, and their lives are rich, and many people are out of town. There is a real shortage of county magistrates, especially for the recovery of Hebei, and a large number of magistrates are needed. This is a great opportunity!"

Hu Qingfeng sighed and said: "If I could go to Jingzhao, I would have gone a long time ago, but you also know that my old lady's body is full of illnesses, and I can't stand the tossing on the road. I was dragged back."

"Are you going to visit Hu Yun tomorrow?" Liu Zhen asked expectantly.

"Why don't you go?"

Hu Qingfeng drank the wine in the glass, and said after a long while: "Give me 20 taels of silver to solve my urgent need, how can I not visit others."

"Why don't I go with Brother Xian tomorrow!"

This is Liu Zhen's purpose. He wanted to rub off on Hu Qingfeng's enthusiasm. He smiled awkwardly and explained: "After all, he came to my house today, and my master is not here. My old lady is not good at hospitality, and I am a little rude!"

Hu Qingfeng said happily: "Okay, let's go together!"

……

Early the next morning, Hu Qingfeng and Liu Zhen came to the special envoy's office. Hu Yun invited them to the living room. Hu Qingfeng's nose felt sore, and he gave a deep salute, "Thanks to Special Envoy Hu for his righteous action and saving my whole family!"

Hu Yun smiled slightly: "You don't have to thank me. I personally don't have that much money to give you. This is His Royal Highness King Yong's plan to help the poor and the poor. It will help the lonely elderly, orphans, scholars and low-level officials who are in trouble. The plan has just begun Implementation, you are the first batch."

"what!"

Hu Qingfeng had a sore nose, choked up and said, "I will always remember the kindness of His Royal Highness King Yong."

Liu Zhen next to him asked nervously, "Could it be that I have a part too?"

"The place you live in is too bad. If you change to a clean place, we will give you a certain rental subsidy!"

The surprise came unprepared, and Liu Zhen was so grateful that he saluted repeatedly.

"Sit down and talk!"

Hu Yun asked the two to sit down, and asked: "You are all Jinshi, and your life is not satisfactory. Why don't you consider going to Jingzhao to take up a job? We have just recovered Hebei, and most of the local officials have resigned. Almost all of them are The Jin Kingdom or the Han people of the Liao Kingdom in the past did not want to be loyal to His Royal Highness King Yong. Now there are many vacancies in Hebei. Both of you are eighth-rank officials. You both have three or four years of political experience. You can be the county magistrate or county magistrate. Why not seize the opportunity of local experience?"

Hu Qingfeng sighed, "I've heard that too, of course I really want to go, but my mother is not in good health and can't stand the long journey, so there's nothing I can do!"

"You don't have to worry about this, Qin Mao, a member of the military department, and Wang Fang, the chief secretary of the military department, have you heard of these two people?"

Hu Qingfeng nodded, "I've heard of it!"

"The situation of these two people is the same as yours. One is poor and cannot afford the rent, and the other is because the mother is seriously ill and bedridden. But now they and their families have gone to Jingzhao. Qin Mao is in charge of Jizhou affairs, and Wang Fang is monitoring Secretary, especially Wang Fang, his mother went to Jingzhao lying down, and there was no problem on the way."

"Ah! How did he do it?" Hu Qingfeng asked anxiously.

Hu Yun smiled slightly and said: "By boat, start from Lin'an, let us arrange the boat, don't worry about it, take the boat all the way to Shangzhou, and then take a special government transfer ox cart, and arrive in Guanzhong five days later. Slow, but very wide, very stable, and the road conditions are good, basically not bumpy. The patient is more comfortable lying in the bullock cart. It is completely possible to go to Jingzhao. I remember that you are in the top ten of the imperial examination. You are a talented person. Yong Wang Weicai said, you can fully display your talents in Jingzhao and get a relatively rich life."

Hu Qingfeng was very excited, "I will go! I am willing to go to Jingzhao!"

"I'll register you later!"

Hu Yun smiled and asked Liu Zhen again, "What about you?"

Liu Zhen nodded, "I'm willing to go too, the two of us will go together."

The first thousand and 320 chapters six plunder merchants

When Hu Qingfeng and Liu Zhen met people in the next few days, they mentioned that they had received funding from King Yong's Special Envoy. Speaking of the plan to help the poor and the poor implemented by King Yong's Mansion, some young officials kept appearing in front of King Yong's special envoy's office. They hesitated for a moment, sneaked into the office, and soon left with joy on their faces.

In just seven days, more than [-] officials resigned successively, almost all young and promising key officials.

This incident finally alarmed the Zhizheng Hall of the imperial court, and Qin Hui, the right minister, held a meeting under Zhongshu's door for this purpose.

Five prime ministers, including Qin Hui, Xu Xiantu, Zhu Shengfei, Zhang Jun, and Wan Qixie, discussed the matter of poaching the corners of the imperial court in Yongwangfu.

"The nature of this matter is very serious!"

Qin Hui said to everyone with a serious face: "To put it lightly, the Yongwang Mansion is overstepping its authority and interfering in court affairs. To put it seriously, the Yongwang Mansion is destroying the foundation of the court step by step. We must take firm measures to stop this behavior. Let this kind of thing spread without limit, if we don't stop it, sooner or later our court will become an empty shell."

Xu Xiantu said slowly: "Anyone can say big words and empty words, and anyone can express their attitudes. The key is the measures? Without specific measures, it doesn't make any sense to shout slogans a thousand times or ten thousand times."