Lei Yue Longmen

Yueliu Port suffered heavy losses. There were more than 80 large and [-] ships leaving the port this time.More than one hundred and thirty ships returned safely before the storm.About [-] sea-going ships have yet to return and their whereabouts are unknown, not including some private private boats that have not been reported.The safety of these ships is poor, and it is difficult to withstand a storm of that level, and most likely they will never return.At present, we can only hope that the ships that have not returned are far away from the coastline, and there is no time to return in the future.

Sitting in the secret room, Li Jingchen listened to the embarrassing report from his uncle and wife. A few days ago, he received a message from the East Palace telling them not to take any further action in a short time and to clear all the pending accounts. ?All dealt with?.Uncle Guo's family was very puzzled.Now that the inspector censor of the imperial court has arrived, they have only realized the taste, and they realized His Highness's wise decision later.

The Hai family was just an ordinary fisherman in Yuyang County before the first empress made his fortune. Compared with the meritorious relatives who can easily be traced back to the Qing Dynasty, their foundation is really pitifully weak.When the old abbot was alive, his nephews and nephews had been educated for a few years. They had the opportunity to pursue official careers, but the former empress denied their plans to become official and switched to business routes.

Thirty or ten years of vicissitudes, how many foreign relatives have been glorious for a while, but in the end they all ended up ruined. Only Haishi, who is not involved in officialdom, has survived until now, and has gradually accumulated a little bit in the mall. Strength can ensure that the family has no worries about food and clothing.It is enough to prove that the Queen's decision is correct.So when the uncle and wife of the country heard that Li Jingchen said that he would bring some of his nephews to Beijing to do something, their faces were definitely not joyful.

Uncle Haiguo originally wanted to speak, so he habitually glanced at Mrs. Guoguo.Uncle Guo's wife also glanced at Uncle Hai Guo, and gave him a cautious look. Uncle Hai Guo swallowed dryly, and said cautiously: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid that those brats in the family, aren't they? The material for being an official..."

Li Jingchen looked directly at this uncle calmly. His temples were already grey-haired after he was over fifty, his speech was cautious, and he obviously lacked energy, which was probably caused by years of illness.

"Either, or not, I'll ask them." Seeing that Li Jingchen didn't say anything, Uncle Haiguo immediately became depressed.

On the contrary, Mrs. Guo gave a "cough" and said to Li Jingchen with a smile: "Your Highness is willing to cultivate my mother's family, we are naturally grateful, but those sons and nephews of our family are used to idleness, and they only know how to do things. Business, I don’t know how to be an official. I am afraid to meet officials, and I am worried that their qualifications are blunt and will cause trouble for His Highness.”

Li Jingchen disagreed, "No one is born with it. If you practice and train it in the future, you will become a pillar. What is there to worry about, Auntie?"

Mrs. Guo smiled kindly, "Since Your Highness favors you, we have nothing to worry about. These boys are able to follow His Highness. It is a blessing that has been cultivated in several lifetimes. I hope His Highness will temper and encourage you in the future. Don't ask for it." Knowing about the dignitaries, I only want to be able to give His Highness more benefits."

"Uncle Guo's wife is really famous? Reasonable."

Coming out of the secret room, Uncle Haiguo looked worriedly at Mrs. Er, "Why did you agree? There are a few boys in our family, are they able to be officials?"

Mrs. Guo stared at him. He gave him a long look, "If you can't do it, you have to do it. Haven't you seen it yet? Your Highness wants to build up your own power, so you must use your own family you can trust."

"But the first queen is not..."

"This one? That one? It's that time. The first empress had a prince in the court, and behind the prince there was the emperor, as well as the grand tutor and all the officials. What was behind the empress dowager? There was almost nothing. Originally, there was a The son-in-law, the result is gone too? The relationship with Bei Bian exists in name only. If she doesn’t mention it, I will be anxious for her. Now it’s all right? Going? I have a piece of my mind.”

"What's on your mind?"

"Let me ask you, how many generations have we experienced from the old man to you?"

"Two generations."

"Then? How many generations do you think you can survive?"

Uncle Haiguo thought about it carefully, then stretched out two fingers, "Two generations."

Mrs. Guo looked down upon him? He cast a double glance, "You think highly of yourself. If the East Palace is gone, we will only be in this generation. You still want to have two generations."

As he turned around the corridor, he couldn't help speeding up his steps, "Go and call some of the boys from my grandfather's family, and let's take a good look at this matter and get rid of the ones that don't become weapons. Bo. By the way, don’t forget to call the audio book of the third master’s family.”

"What do you call a Yinshu girl? A girl can also be an official?"

Uncle Guo heard the words? He rolled his eyes and said, "I would like to keep her to manage our family's business, but things should be prioritized. The East Palace is going to disappear, and our family has no business to manage." Don't worry, His Highness will find something for her to do."

In the main hall, Uncle Guo and Mrs. Uncle Guo took the seat, and Uncle Two, Uncle Three, and Uncle Four took the next seat.A nest of small children lined up in two rows in the hall according to their height. They all stared blankly at a group of elders with serious expressions, and the few behind were still whispering:

"A clan meeting is going to be held today? Why is it so grand?" "I don't know, I was just sleeping in bed, and I was picked out by my mother?" "Probably not, Brother Zhi An didn't come He is the eldest grandson, so he will definitely not be absent from the Patriarchal Clan Conference." "Brother Suguan didn't come either, so I wonder if he went with his little wife?" General Assembly, what is the purpose of bringing everyone together?" "Who made another mistake? Wrong, got involved? Us?"

Uncle Guo looked at those nephews who were tall or low, and the more they looked at them, the more they became an eyesore.

Lifting his chin, he knocked on the table with his hand, "Why are you so unruly, the kid just whispers when the adults don't speak, what's the proper way?"

But at home, he has always listened to Mrs. Guojiu, which made him have no authority among the younger generation. As soon as he said the words, all the younger generations looked at Mrs. Guojiu and saw her approval. I've laid it out in a regular manner.

"It seems that our family is really going to straighten up the family style!" Mrs. Guo did not "disobey" her husband as usual and defend her beloved juniors. Instead, she became a vassal of him. Views.

While the juniors in the hall looked surprised, Uncle Guo showed a proud face of Zhen Fugang.

He said majesticly: "Does any of you know how to be an official?"

"I know! I know!" The juniors in the hall raised their hands enthusiastically, and one of them, a boy in the [-]th or [-]th year, suddenly puffed out his chest and performed in front of everyone.I saw him flicking up his robe, walking forward and backward with his arms outstretched,

"Like this, walk and walk, walk and walk, don't you look like our magistrate." His funny appearance caused a group of juniors to burst into laughter.

"No, no, the magistrate doesn't walk like this," another young man stood up and corrected him, drawing a shape of a potbellied poop in front of his belly with both hands, "he has a big belly, so he should walk like this , go this way."

As he spoke, he raised his back, put on his non-existent big belly, raised his chin to the sky, and swaggered forward with his hands open.All the teenagers laughed and made a fuss again.The little bit of authority that Uncle Guo had just accumulated immediately lost again, and he was about to lose control of himself. It was the uncle and wife who made the case, "Yongye! Tired of Mountains! If you two mess around again, get out of here. Go back and think behind closed doors for a month!"

Everyone in the hall did not dare to make trouble anymore, and stood upright.

Finally quiet? After a while, the eye-catching little girl who had been silent for a long time under the hall spoke, "Auntie, don't blame the younger brothers for not learning well. Don't you always teach us to tell the truth and do things? What the two younger brothers said is exactly the truth! That’s what the county magistrate is like.”

"That's right, that's right, Sister Yinshu is right!" The juniors fought one after another, and the collective boiled again? "And that? The county sheriff, all his hair has fallen out? He looks like a big bald. When an official What's so good about it?"

Mrs. Guo was so stunned that she was speechless, patted the case, signaled everyone to be quiet, and mainly said to the little girl who took the lead: "Although it is the truth, but you can't? Tell it, you have to keep it in your heart, you know?"

"If you don't tell it, isn't it a lie? Does my aunt want us to tell lies? Once we businessmen lose our integrity, who would dare to do business with us! My niece secretly thought that my aunt would not Pick."

Seeing that the authority of Mrs. Guo is about to be lost, Uncle Hai Guo not only did not empathize with him, but laughed gloatingly.

"You... you... want to rebel, don't you? Let me tell you, this is the first lesson I'm going to teach you today. Once you become an official, you can't just tell the truth casually. Because speaking There is a price for telling the truth, and if you don’t speak well, you will..." She casually made a chopping action, and the juniors glanced at it, "Do you understand?"

Although everyone seems to understand, but the eyes of the eldest aunt understand? Anyway, there is no good thing to tell the truth? Just right?

Mrs. Guo felt very tired, and she exchanged glances with her husband, unanimously pessimistic about the prospects of the juniors becoming officials.

Just at this time, the butler came in at a trot, and first bowed under the hall for a while, "Master, madam, the magistrate came to visit you. There is also a censor next to you. This It's a greeting card from the two of you." He said and handed the greeting card up.

Mrs. Guo saw the greeting card, immediately smiled, pointed to the juniors and said, "Just now, the example is coming. You all retreat to the back of the pavilion and look carefully. This is the one who came here." We are real celebrities in Yurui. You follow along. Please invite the county magistrate and Cen Yushi soon."

When Master Cen first entered the hall, he felt countless pairs of eyes staring at him. He glanced around, but saw nothing.I had no choice but to greet the hall with the magistrate of Yuyang County.After the introduction, Cen Zhu stuffed the fist he had clenched in advance into the palm of the other hand, so that no one could see anything, leaned forward slightly, and said respectfully and politely: "I pay my respects to the uncle and wife of the country. Mr. Fan is on business with Mr. Zhou, disturbing your mansion, and I hope you two Haihan."

The slender figure in the red official uniform stood there for a while, his eyebrows were sparse and his eyes were clear, and his demeanor was clean, which made the county magistrate next to him really laughable like a ball of mud.Many juniors gathered behind the pavilion, staring straight at the new censor.

Uncle Haiguo smiled and said, "Everyone is themselves? You don't need to be polite?"

"Hey~ politeness is still necessary. Mr. Cen is from the imperial court. Courtesy is a form of etiquette, which is essential. Do you understand?" Mrs. Guo deliberately raised her voice to let all the juniors listen. Learn—an official must first learn to be polite, this is a stepping stone, although it seems redundant, it is impossible to do without it.

All the children and nephews of the Hai family nodded their heads one after another, but they couldn't take their eyes off that Mr. Cen for a moment.But a young and ignorant person responded loudly, "Understood!"

Everyone in the hall was startled? Jumped, and heard the voices of "shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh than" from behind the pavilion, it must be because everyone is scrambling to cover his mouth.Mrs. Guo couldn't see it anymore, so she wanted to run behind and twist everyone's ears to make them noisy.

Cen Zhu was quite surprised, he looked at the screen in a hesitant manner.Mrs. Guo hurriedly changed the topic, "My lords, please sit down. What is the matter of this visit?"

What else can it do? It's nothing more than that big thing in Danyang right now.

"That's how it is," said the magistrate with his round belly in embarrassment: "Currently, Yuyang County is in a catastrophe. The fishermen? There are heavy casualties? The yamen can't afford this much money to make up for the loss for the time being. I came to the door and wanted to borrow some money from Uncle Guo to relieve the urgent needs of the people. Don’t worry, Uncle Guo, wait? The court allocates the money, and the officials will return it immediately..."

"Oh, so it was borrowing money!" Mrs. Guo's face darkened, she picked up the tea bowl and began to drink tea leisurely.

The county magistrate and Cen Zhu looked at each other, uncertain.

After a long while, Mrs. Guo put down the tea bowl and said quietly: "Today, Mr. Qin is so powerful. I don't know if Mr. Cen is going to inspect the southeast fishery, is there any reason to detain people for no reason?"

Cen Zhu knew that she was not just trying to settle accounts after the fall, but was actually trying to test the court's attitude towards the southeast fishery, especially the Hai family.The officialdom is changing rapidly like this. Once the opportunity is lost, no matter how thoughtful the original plan is, there is no chance of winning.In this matter, Li Pinghong originally wanted to catch the Hai family's handle and use it as a bargaining chip to blackmail the East Palace for negotiations.But it's a pity that Li Jingchen was one step faster than everyone else. Judging from the current deployment of the Hai family, it is obvious that they have already made "perfect" preparations.The imperial court's opportunity has been lost, so there is less? The certainty of victory.Can't you just recruit and control the enemy, and the game will be meaningless?It's better for both parties not to tear up the face right now.

"Hehe, the lower official came here just for this matter. What Master Qin did today was indeed a bit reckless, and I'm waiting too long for my uncle and madam, and I'm planning to come to the door to accuse you. The lower official also has the fault of not being strict with his subordinates." I am here to plead guilty to my uncle and his wife, and ask my wife to forgive me." Her words meant that she would not pursue the matter any more, and his wife secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words.

Uncle Guo saw the eyes of Mrs. Guo and knew that he should put on a red face again at this moment. He waved his hands and said, "There is no need to make an apology. The adults are also responsible. Everyone can forgive me. Everyone drank tea in the yamen for a while, so it's not too late, is it?"

Only then did Mrs. Guo's wife come down the road, and there was a "huh" sound. This matter is considered to be over.

"Having said that, I still have some good words to persuade you. I don't know if the uncle and wife of the country can listen to it?"

"Speaking!"

"Yes. Although it is an indisputable fact that the southeast fishery is divided into four parts of the world, the big family controls the offshore fishery and does not allow the small people to work. This will only increase the risk of the people going to the sea, and it may not be good for the reputation of the southeast big family. For the long-term plan , it is better to open the offshore waters, so that small people can also fish nearby and reduce risks."

"Your Majesty Cen is a rare good official who only cares about the common people." Mrs. Guo said with a smile, "It's just that, but it may not be in line with reality."

Cen Zhu was not upset when he heard the words, "Please enlighten my uncle and madam."

"Master Cen, do you know how many households there are in the whole country who eat fish?"

Cen Zhu thought about it, and gave him an answer shaking his head. Mrs. Guo said: "Of the 8000 million households in Yurui, there are less than 800 million households that can afford to eat fish. But every day can... There are less than 80 households that eat big fish and big meat. Does Mr. Cen know how many catties of fish can be caught in one day in one county in Danyang?"

"Two? Three? Ten thousand catties. There are nearly ten counties like Yuyang County along the coast of Danyang, and there are five or six major fishing counties like Danyang County on the southeast coast. Add up to a million catties, It may not be able to be distributed to everyone. The adults think, where did the extra fish go?"

Cen Zhu was silent.

Mrs. Guo said: "Everything has been digested by the big clan. The fishery industry in the southeast is close to saturation. Even so, there are still countless people who can't afford to eat fish. In comparison, almost everyone can... Affordable? Food. But there are still people in many places suffering from famine."

Cen Zhu already understood? What she meant, as a former leader in the grain business circle, she knew that the common people could not eat fish, but they must eat grain.There are still many people in Yurui who can't eat enough because of the famine. The most important job of the imperial court is to develop food, not to engage in fishery.On the way to Danyang, she saw that the people flocked to fish, which resulted in the barrenness of large areas of the fields, and she was still very sad.Fishing can indeed feed a small number of people and make them rich, but to satisfy the appetite of most people, they must rely on down-to-earth farming.

"The county guard and the county magistrate are actually trying to persuade the common people to return to the fields to work in agriculture. Lord Cen has also seen it. How much damage will a storm cause to the fishermen? Not everyone can afford this risk. ?of."

Cen Zhu nodded to express his acceptance, "Although this is the case, it is inevitable that outsiders will not be sympathetic, especially fishermen? There, after all, there are resentments. If things go on like this, it is definitely not a good thing. I am an official. I hope my uncle and wife will be sincere." Don't take the blame."

Mrs. Guo smiled and said: "Master Cen, have you been worrying too much? How about this, the loss of the fishermen this time will be borne by my family alone. We will take out 50 taels of silver as a donation to the fishermen. The county magistrate doesn’t have to return it, how about it?”

"So, of course it couldn't be better?" The county magistrate was so happy that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear, and felt that the black gauze hat on his head had finally stabilized? A? Steady.Cen Zhu knew that it would be extremely difficult to change these people's original intentions, so now he can only endure it temporarily.

At this moment, he felt his robe being pulled from behind. Cen Zhu couldn't see anyone when he turned his head. He turned around and saw a child half a person's height standing there. -Nine years old, looked up at her and asked, "Are you an official?"

"Me? Yes!" Cen Zhu looked down at him with a smile.

"Are you here to teach us to be officials?"

Mrs. Guo quickly stopped him, "Talk to yourself, don't be mischievous, go play somewhere else, or grandpa will hit you."

Cen Zhu laughed, "Do you want to be an official?"

"Ah."

"Being an official is not easy. You have to study hard for more than ten years. Can you? Can you bear it?"

"Can you bear it?" At this time, a large group of little heads crowded out from behind the pavilion, ran into the hall, and surrounded Cen Zhuo in a circle.They asked her in a hurry: "How did you become an official?" "Is your official high?" "Who is better than the empress dowager?" "Have you met the emperor?" "What kind of official is Yushi? "

Looking at this out-of-control scene, Mrs. Guo's one head and two big ones.Cen Zhu was also a little confused? He answered their questions one by one.A few older juniors stood outside, looking gentle and polite.Cen Zhu remained very patient until each of them asked a strange question before leaving the uncle's house, laughing helplessly at himself: "I didn't see the person I wanted to see, and I attracted a group of children. It's really difficult!"

Behind him, Mrs. Guo's uncle earnestly taught the juniors, "...the Lord Cen calmed down the wounded fishermen on Yueliu Harbor as soon as he came out today. You haven't seen her demeanor when she promised in public. He is a real celebrity, self-styled, with a bright heart, which makes people feel like a spring breeze. You have to learn from it in the future. When you become an official, you must be like Master Cen." The county magistrate who was ignored throughout the whole process walked out of the uncle's mansion under great pressure , secretly wondering if the uncle and wife's request is too high?

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