The husband's son-in-law

In the city of Wuzhou.

The yamen servants went all the way into the city and came down at the gate of the yamen. The yamen servants who guarded the gate saw that they were also wearing yamen uniforms, but they were not from their state, so they asked in a good voice, "Where did you come from, little brother?"

"Zhaozhou."

As soon as the yamen servant finished speaking, he saw that the yamen servant who had been polite to him put on airs on his face. He immediately curled his lips and said, "My lord sent me to answer the question. He will go to Mozhou City immediately."

"Which one of you adults?" Still playing prestige like this.

"The newly appointed Zuo Zhengsi, Mr. Gu." The yamen servant said loudly.

At this moment, the scornful smiles on the faces of the two yamen servants at the door disappeared immediately, and one of them said, "Hurry up and go in and reply to your lord." Rest your feet, if you have something to say, let's come in and say it loudly, just now I really didn't know Taishan, I'm sorry..."

The official yamen servant has already gone to answer.

"What? The new Mr. Gu is coming soon?"

When Tongzhi Muzhou heard the news, he got up from his seat as if his butt was on fire, and paced back and forth in the room, muttering to himself, why is it so fast, and after a while, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he couldn't help but He raised his arm and wiped it, "Pick up, sir, isn't it right, where is my official uniform? You bastard, don't hurry to get the official uniform. By the way, have you notified Master Zhizhou? Go, there is still the next door..."

Why did it come so fast?

Zhizhou Tongzhi finished wiping off his sweat, and after a while, his forehead became red again. He was fat, so it would be false, and he said, "Damn it, it's only been a few months, why is it so hot?"

Where is the heat in March?The subordinates did not dare to speak back.

My lord, this is a guilty conscience.It is said that the new official takes office three fires. Last year, the adults of their family exchanged letters with the Tongzhi of Zhaozhou, and scolded Mr. Gu, the Tongzhi of Zhaozhou, in front of them.

He built roads for Xinzhou and Rongzhou, so he bypassed Wuzhou. He had to repair the roads in Zhaozhou if he didn't!Otherwise, just wait, there are plenty of opportunities to clean up the eye medicine.

Zhizhou Tongzhi really gave him eye drops.

The chief secretary also has a yamen, which is next to the Yanzhou yamen. The chief secretary's yamen is large and imposing, with good decorations and a lot of people.After finishing his harsh words, Tongzhi of Zhuzhou took the opportunity to send official documents to go there in person within a few days, and made a few remarks to the Secretary of State.

It means little Zhaozhou, don’t take Wuzhou seriously, this Zhouzhou is the place where you sit in town, the cement road is repaired, isn’t it convenient for adults to work, this little Gu is too young to know what to do.

When it was Chinese New Year, the Tongzhi of Wuzhou went to pay New Year's greetings, and also mentioned a few more words.

In short, in front of the Zhizhou, left and right political ministers, and political envoys, as long as they can get in the way, the Tongzhi of Wuzhou will mention the road construction.After coming and going, several adults in the Chief Secretary had a bad impression of the Zhaozhou Tongzhi.

If it is not repaired, then it is fine, after all, Zhaozhou is poor, and a fellow of Zhaozhou, how can he let others take care of the affairs of Mozhou.It can be said that it is poor, Zhaozhou was repaired by Xinzhou, it is hard to control the neighboring cities, even Rongzhou, which is not a chief secretary, has been repaired, so why only avoid Fuzhou?

After hearing this, several adults felt that they were not beautiful after all, and they just waited for the next year to settle the score.

At that time, he said lightly on the face: the Tongzhi in Zhaozhou are not decent.

Knowing that the eye drops were successful, Tongzhi Muzhou will wait for Gu Zhaozhou from Zhaozhou to come to Muzhou to apologize after the next year. The road will definitely be repaired for them at that time. Take it out.

Although they both know the same thing, can Zhaozhou and Wuzhou be compared?

As a result, I never thought that when the yamen was opened just after the year, the official transfer letter sent by the envoy in Beijing was sent to the chief secretary's yamen next door, but the two yamen are next to each other, and the official sits in his seat, so that is also the case. He has good eyes and ears, especially when it comes to the superiors. If it’s a bad thing, then don’t get close to it, so as not to suffer disaster. If it’s a good thing, it’s natural to celebrate it with a gift and make Shangfeng happy.

Therefore, Tongzhi of Zhuzhou sent someone to inquire about——

The original Zuo Zhengsi was getting old, and the imperial court rewarded him with silver, so that he could retire and return to his hometown.This is a bad thing, so don't come forward.

There is a newly appointed Mr. Zuo Zhengsi.Then this is a good thing, you have to prepare a generous gift, so that you can celebrate and make a good impression in front of the new lord.

Where is the new lord from and what is his name...

Tongzhi Zhizhou’s smile disappeared at that time, he asked and asked, confirmed and confirmed, the official document was not mistaken, and the words were spread, the two chief ministers during the Chinese New Year were still speaking contemptuously, and now none of them mentioned the past Things and words, when it comes to the newly appointed Mr. Gu, every word is a hero, a malleable talent.

It was really Gu Zhao, a fellow acquaintance from Zhaozhou.

But he and I are generally acquainted, and I have been in the position longer than him, so why did he take the position and sit in the Zuo Zhengsi?

Tongzhi Mozhou was sour and regretful for a while.

"I heard that the one from Zhaozhou has some kind of relationship with Jingli, and they are managed by people from Jingli."

"what relationship?"

I can't inquire about it, and I don't know, but if it doesn't matter, a colleague from the fifth rank has only been in the fourth rank for less than four years, how can he be a fourth rank?The more the fellow Zhizhou thought about it, he added the word "fear" in the bitterness and regret.

Stretch out your head and retract your head.

Under such apprehension and trembling, Mr. Gu finally came to Mozhou.The Zhizhou Tongzhi changed into his official uniform, even the official hat, his face was already pale, his lips were a little blue, he hurried out of the house and happened to meet the Zhizhou Lord.

"You." Master Zhizhou saw the appearance of the deputy, and said: "I will see Master Gu later and make a good apology."

The Zhizhou Tongzhi became hot again, wiped off his sweat and said, "Your Majesty knows about it, and I hope your lord will mention a few words when the time comes."

Lord Zhizhou didn't answer the question, he couldn't figure out the new Shangguan's temper, but he knew a little better than others. Mr. Gu's teacher was from the Sun family in Chuzhou. As far as he knew, there was another disciple under the name of Master Sun, surnamed Liang.

Chuzhou Liang.

In addition to the Yanzhou Yamen, many people from the Chief Secretary's side also came, especially those from the Zuozheng Department. They all called their names and went outside the city gate of Wuzhou to welcome the new Lord.

Under such crowds, the Zhizhou Tongzhi panicked even more, biting the bullet and following the team.

Gu Zhao rested for a while ten miles away from the city gate. The horses ate and grazed, while he sat on a rock and gnawed a loquat—he picked it himself.

"It's too sour." Master Gu took a bite and was soured.

Zhongqi said: "My lord, I will pick it when it turns yellow, and I will pick something else."

"Forget it, don't harm the loquat tree. It's early this month, take a break and don't run errands." Master Gu waved his hand, and continued to gnaw on the sour loquat with a wrinkled face.

Zhong Qi stepped back and sat down.

They are adults like this, strict in business, easy to get along with in private and will not beat or scold them.

Gu Zhao gnawed sour loquats, and the more he gnawed, the more he gnawed. The wild loquat trees on the Luzhou Road were sour and astringent. It was like telling him that the officials of the Zuo Zhengsi would do the same in the future. What is so scary?Nibbling and nibbling, isn't the taste just there?

It's quite special, other fruits don't have this taste.

Smacking out the smell, Master Xiao Gu's wrinkled face also relaxed.After resting for half an hour, we set off.

"How many days have we been walking from Zhaozhou to Mozhou?"

Meng Jianyun replied: "Seven days."

Gu Zhao: ...

"I thought it was too difficult to walk for half a month."

It is time to repair the road.Speaking of building roads, Mr. Gu sat on his horseback and thought, this is suffocating. Last year, he slapped the table and almost swore to Zhou Zhou that if he took the initiative to pay for road repairs in Mozhou, he would not be Gu Zhao.

But this year he became Zuo Zhengsi, and Namo Prefecture is also under his jurisdiction.

... It's not a random swearing, he said that if he didn't pay Zhaozhou's money, the road construction was all paid by Wuzhou, who made Zhaozhou rich.Thinking of this, Gu Zhao squinted his eyes slightly, and decided that the first knife for the new official to take office was to sharpen the Tongzhi of Muzhou first.

Now that he stays like this and sends someone to notify him, he must be scared out of his wits, and he will be able to arrest him without much effort. dry.

You care so much about road construction and love it so much, let me leave it to you.

Mr. Gu was in complete comfort, he rode his horse and ran, and soon arrived at the gate of Wuzhou City, which was indeed taller and bigger than the gate of Zhaozhou City, and he could already see the welcoming battle from a distance.

Master Xiao Gu couldn't help thinking that when they first came to Zhaozhou, they rushed to Zhaozhou during the dog days. When they were approaching the gate of the city, the old family was worried, and they changed into formal clothes in the carriage. Although their faces were covered with dust, But the rules were taken out.

Today's Gu Zhao doesn't care about these things - after all, it's the change of identity and confidence.

He has to admit that because the road is long and poor, there is nothing to regret in this area, because Senior Brother Jingli and Second Brother are relying on him, and because he still has a Zhaozhou headquarters, in South County, he can walk sideways now except for the chief political envoy. up.Even so, Mr. Gu can casually not care about his appearance, he should care about the people below.

Sure enough.

Gu Zhao was dressed in ordinary robes, but the people standing at the door were all in formal clothes, waiting respectfully.

After that, please say hello and flatter.When Tongzhi was introduced by Zhizhou Zhizhou, Tongzhi's legs softened and he wanted to kneel. Meng Jianyun stepped forward first, and quickly helped him up.

Gu Zhao said with a smile: "I can't afford to kneel down. We have never had such a rule in the Dali officialdom. Don't break the rules, Mr. Tongzhi. If this spreads to Beijing, I'm afraid it will damage the reputation of Mr. Tongzhi." gone."

Smile, smile tiger.Tongzhi Zhizhou didn't dare to wipe his sweat, he was afraid of this Zuo Zhengsi, the other party obviously didn't intend to let him go, what can he do.

"I don't want to stay outside the city anymore. I'll go to the yamen to report that I've met Shangfeng, and then I'll have a good chat with you guys."

Want to talk?Zhizhou Tongzhi was about to cry but had no tears, he was still smiling, and said flattering words, but his attitude became more respectful.

Gu Zhao went to the Chief Secretary to report, and met his new Shangfeng Nanjun Chief Secretary and Political Envoy.The political envoy is not young anymore, he looks similar to Chen Weng.

In fact, nowadays, the more remote the local officials, and the higher the position, the age will not be young.It's what Gu Zhao said before, who is willing to let anyone who can stay in Beijing to be a Beijing official?Even if it is placed outside, it is also a good place to choose, rich and prosperous.

Places like the Southwest, or the small country next to it, are actually the last.To be an official requires experience. Starting from a seventh rank, a civil official can reach the head of a local official, that is, the position of a third rank political envoy, and the age of fifty or sixty is a routine operation.

Gu Zhao was born in Kangjing in 31 years. He was 55 years old in the 24th year of the Zhongju, a few years younger than his peers in the Zhongju. After three years in the Hanlin in Beijing, he was transferred to Zhaozhou for less than four years.

Now it is calculated according to the imaginary age, that is 33 years old.

At the age of 33, he became the fourth-rank Zuo Zhengsi. Compared with the right Zhengsi, who is in his fifties, he is really a person of two generations. Moreover, Gu Zhaoxian is young. In, inverted triangle, dressed to look thinner and undressed, with muscles, firm skin, energetic, radiant face, dark and thick, plus the already beautiful face——

When they were young, everyone saw Gu Zhao's face first, it was too eye-catching.

Now that the years have accumulated, coupled with the fact that he has been an official for a long time, and has pressure, this face is even more awe-inspiring, but when matched with that face, people feel awe in their hearts, and they dare not say anything. people' minds.

The political envoy met him, and after looking at him, he didn't turn against anyone. Instead, he was a little more polite and said some official words.Gu Zhao thanked Shangfeng for his concern, and then got down to business: "To be honest, my lord, I originally wanted to work in Zhaozhou for the rest of my life. The mansion was only repaired last year, and I was promoted this year. I'm still in a daze. The whole family is here. Zhaozhou..."

I mean I don't plan to move.

"...can I be mobile—I mean, can I be flexible enough to get things done?"

Mr. Political Envoy has thought about what will happen to the newcomer, and he will definitely do a big job. After all, he is young and full of vigor, but he never thought that what the other party said sounds like an idiot?If you settle down in Zhaozhou, you can’t come to Mozhou anymore. If you have any work, you can do it, and if you don’t have work, you can go back to Zhaozhou?

He was fine, anyway, Nanjun hadn't had any major events in these years, there were prefects and magistrates in every prefecture, and there were county magistrates under their supervision.

"If you want, you can also choose the local Anyamen. Anyway, Sanzhou City is in Nanjun, so it's fine to have someone send you the booklet." The political envoy said so.

Everyone does their own thing and doesn't disturb each other. It's good to keep the original situation.

Gu Zhaodao: "Thank you, Mr. Political Envoy, Ziqing. But it's fine to secure the yamen. If it's a waste of money, I'll go to work and borrow the local yamen to use it."

Then I went to see his office.It is big and magnificent, it is a small yard, the office space in the front, and three main rooms in the back, where you can rest and receive guests, there is also a small kitchen, and the servants can sleep on the floor.

After Gu Zhao settled down, he asked Zhongliu to return to Zhaozhou to send a letter to report his safety.The bedding, clothes, etc. were all cleaned up, so he went to chat with You Zhengsi, and asked about the local situation, and if he couldn't get it, he would ask other subordinates.

The last touch is over.

According to You Zhengsi's words, the political envoy himself is very easy-going and generous to his subordinates.Subordinates here refer to their left and right political divisions.The rest is just gossip.This Right Secretary is quite slippery and can practice Tai Chi.But in the end, it's their own work.

"I don't like to sit in the yamen. It happened that Zhaozhou said to build roads last year. Otherwise, I will take over the job of building roads in Nanjun?" Gu Zhao asked.

This is a strenuous job, and it doesn't bring much profit——Zhaozhou gave half of the money, so what?This fishing method also flows from the left pocket to the right pocket.

After thinking about it, Youzhengsi said a good word, Mr. Zuozhengsi has worked hard, and he is also young and energetic, unlike my old waist and legs, which are sore from time to time...

Gu Zhao's first serious task when he took office - building roads.

It was not easy to meddle in the government affairs of other states and cities before, but now it is justifiable to be able to manage it, and there is one more thing, the original work of managing the county magistrate has been put on the agenda.

"Rongguan county magistrate is not too young, so it's better to persuade him to resign and return to his hometown." Gu Zhao muttered, and asked his subordinates to find out the brochure Zhaozhou handed over.

Youzhengsi was very cooperative when he heard that Mr. Gu wanted Zhaozhou to send the booklet. When he left, he smiled inwardly and said, "Mr. Gu is still thinking about Zhaozhou's affairs and has nothing to do with us. It's very good."

As long as his interests are not moved, the new official will set fire to whatever he is burning.

Zhaozhou's book was pressed and never opened.Seeing that, Gu Zhao held his breath heavily, and put up with the swearing. Anyway, he is the Zuo Zhengsi now, so he will do it.

——The promotion seems to be more hard work.

I approved the paper and wrote a letter, and sent it to Beijing.The first piece.

Afterwards, I looked at the financial report and the situation of the grain depots in Sanzhou City in South County, as well as road construction—the weather, trading, and economic conditions in various places, and I was able to visit with the road construction supervisor.

As usual, the main road should be built first, and the villages and towns should take their time.

In the past, half of the money from Zhaozhou could only repair the main roads between Zhaozhou and Xinzhou and Rongzhou. Now that Gu Zhao is the governor, his first order is to repair all of them, just like Zhaozhou, from villages to towns, towns to prefectures, prefectures County to state city...

Throughout March and April, Gu Zhao didn't go home because he was busy with interpersonal relationships and frightened people to do things for him, mainly for road construction arrangements.He didn't do it himself, even so, he was too busy to touch the ground.

After Gu Zhao finished his work, he thought, fortunately, he was the Tongzhi of Zhaozhou first, and gained experience, so that he could quickly start managing the road construction project in the entire South County-as for other things in South County, he has not participated in it for the time being.

Just arrived on the ground, the lower head is very easy to pinch, if you want to take advantage of the upper body, or play tricks on other people's bowls, you will be courting death.He picked up the road construction work, and the political envoy and the right political secretary were relieved, happy and relieved.

……take it easy.

On the other end, Li Zhouzhou finished reading the letter from Mr. Xiang, and couldn't help showing a smile on his face, and put the letter away.When Fu Bao came home from school in the afternoon, he saw his dad smiling, and Fu Bao asked curiously, "Daddy, why are you so happy?"

"Your father said he was coming back."

Fubao: "!!!"

"Great! Daddy is coming back!"

It is also rare for Li Zhouzhou to touch Fubao's head. Fubao has grown up, and he rarely touches Fubao's head, but this one is really happy.Fu Bao smiled excitedly on his face, and said in his mouth: "Last time Dad sent back a letter saying that he wanted to eat loquats. I will buy them tomorrow and pick the sweetest ones for Dad to eat."

"Also, there are trees planted behind our house. If I water them well, they will definitely bear fruit early."

Li Zhouzhou sang along with Fu Bao, he was also very happy.When the family had dinner, Li Dayi was also happy when he heard that Gu Zhao was coming back, and said: "Zhao'er has been away for two months, it's really strange and deserted, and it's lively and lively when he comes back."

"It takes seven days to ride horses from Yanzhou to Zhaozhou, and if you calculate the days, it will take three or four days." Li Zhouzhou said.

Three or four days is also very fast.Fu Bao thought to himself that he would buy loquats tomorrow, and if his father came back one day earlier, he would be able to eat them.

After the news was sent back, the entire Li Mansion became busy, cleaning and shopping.

Li Zhouzhou also pushed some invitations for entertainment, inviting him to drink tea, watch a play, and go to the temple to worship. These are the wives who found Yu Geer's husband's family. A list of 64 people was left, and there were too many people, and it would take too much time for Su Shiyi to run from house to house, so Li Zhouzhou had a different idea.

Four well-known matchmakers from Zhaozhou were invited.

Sift again.

The four matchmakers knew all about the four directions of Zhaozhou City, the southeast, the north, and the west.

If it wasn't for Li Zhouzhou's identity, the matchmakers wouldn't dare to talk too much to Jia Erlang, a big businessman in Zhaozhou.Of course not now, no matter how rich this businessman is, if he compares with Mrs. Gu's status, that's nothing.

Now Mr. Gu can be promoted, and he is a senior member of the fourth rank.

"If the family is too rich, I don't want it." Li Zhouzhou said.

The matchmakers were all stunned. I haven't seen anyone who doesn't want to be rich. How good it is to be rich. Nowadays, everyone wants to curry favor with the Le Mansion, even if the Le Mansion has some connections, it just happens to take advantage of the wind to climb high and marry a good family. .

"This is a matter of a lifetime, and we live for a long time."

The matchmakers soon realized that Mrs. Gu was really good for this nephew, and now she would like to marry Gao Zhi, but I heard that Brother Yu is a farmer, and he still does business for a living, so he is definitely not as good as the brother from the house. Ms. Er is well educated and well behaved.

In particular, it is difficult for the elder brother to give birth, and the number of heirs is not abundant, and he will definitely be blamed after a long time.

"If you haven't married a wife, don't let anyone in the house first." Li Zhouzhou continued.

Now the matchmakers were able to fork out another batch, followed by Mrs. Gu saying that the family should be kind and the relationship should be simple, this is another batch.

In the end, there were eleven left.Those who are naturally forked off also have good conditions for keeping themselves clean.

These ten are not the own children of Mrs. Jia who came to Shangjia last time, most of them are relatives or relatives.Li Zhouzhou gave this list to Su Shiyi, and asked Su Shiyi to find out if he was really a reliable, honest and honest character as he said outside.

Later, there was a person who liked to play with money a little bit. Although it was not a big deal, he played in his spare time.This is forked.

There are also two people who love to drink, and once got drunk and got into fights.Fork off.

There is one more person—

"I like to go to Fengyuechang, and I like women a lot." Su Shiyi frowned and said, "My brother has a bad temper and scolds others."

It certainly won't work.

For the rest, Li Zhouzhou originally wanted to send a letter to invite these wives to bring their nephews and nephews to the mansion for a drink of tea and a chat. If you don’t believe me, I sent it out. My husband is coming back soon, so I thought of postponing it for a few days. .

It is said that the seven families received the letter from the Li Mansion, and the master at the front heard that it was a letter from the Li Mansion. First of all, it seemed urgent, and some of them were in the courtyard of the concubine's room. hospital.

Listen to the whole story.

"Isn't our little five not yet engaged in marriage? Why don't you mention us." Some masters thought that the wife didn't talk about their own children, but talked about their mother's children.

The lady then said: "Although Xiao Wu is a concubine, I am also his mother. How can I not hope for something better? Don't listen to his aunt's words and make a show of talking about other things here. Why didn't I mention it, but Gu Ma'am don't—"

"Is this looking down on our family?" The master said, but in fact he didn't like it in his heart, thinking that a crop boy would dare to despise their family?If it wasn't for Master Gu's relationship, he wouldn't be qualified to match Xiao Wu.

As soon as the madam heard the old man's words, she knew that she had misunderstood, and she said sternly, "Madam Gu didn't think so. People think that our house is too rich to be worthy of our family. The children of my natal sister-in-law's family are turning a corner. , but you also know the situation of that family, how can it compare with ours..."

This is true.The master's misunderstanding is gone now, but what he got in return is not a good feeling.

He wanted to curry favor and let Xiao Wu, a concubine, marry Boss Li's nephew, and he couldn't help muttering: "How can you say that, Xiao Wu is a concubine, and his aunt's family is also poor, so why doesn't it match? I'll see The little brother in the Luzhu shop is very good, and he is also good at doing things diligently and quickly."

Madam thought to herself, you have opened your eyes now, and you know that Xiao Wu, who crawled out of the aunt's belly, is no good.

"What the master said is, I'll take a look later. Mrs. Gu sent a letter to say that it will be postponed for a few days. I'm afraid there is something wrong."

What can happen.

Mr. Gu is now promoted to Mozhou and not in Zhaozhou, and it is not the time for shipment recently, even if it is out, it is not Boss Li who runs personally——

After thinking about it, the masters quickly came to a conclusion, and they couldn't help but smile.

"If you count the days, it's time for Mr. Gu to return to our Zhaozhou."

"That's right, Zhaozhou is better, Zhaozhou is Master Gu's den."