Chapter 29: A sheep entering a tiger's mouth?
Shi Kefa came to Lantian County, and Yun Zhao didn't know what attitude to use to face this person.
Historians are praising this person, writers are praising this person, but politicians are despising this person!
He is a pure literati, a literati who has thoroughly read Confucian classics, and a scholar who has cultivated a trace of awe-inspiring righteousness.
However, in Yun Zhao's view, this person can hold an official position like Dahonglu, and it is also a good choice to serve as the academy's wine sacrificer. He can even do some terrazzo kung fu things, because he has perseverance and perseverance. No shortage.
Only one cannot become the highest level bureaucrat!
The reason is that he is too shameless and not cruel enough.
In the prosperous times, such a person was the best official. Unfortunately, when he became a Jinshi, it was already the year of Chongzhen.
The long war between the Ming Dynasty and the slaves and bandits has resulted in the death of countless heroes. When the last hope of the Ming Dynasty was handed over to him, he worked hard to achieve the goal, except for night clothes and food. There is no other way than fate.
His efforts have become the swan song of the Ming Dynasty history books, making the destruction of the Ming Dynasty less ugly, and allowing Chinese historians to write a tragic song with majestic brushstrokes.
And the Ming Dynasty finally died...
"Treat each other with courtesy and let him go."
After Yun Zhao thought for a long time, he finally gave Shi Kefa the answer. The arrival sets the tone.
As a result, Lantian County remains prosperous!
"Lantian County is so prosperous!"
This was Shi Kefa's first sigh after entering Lantian County.
After that, he only looked at this strange land with his eyes and stopped talking.
This is almost the standard reaction of all Ming officials after entering Lantian County. Before arriving, they thought that Lantian County, which had just experienced two disasters, could not be starved to death, but at least it should be a dilapidated place. .
The traces of floods on the Xi'an city wall are still there, but traffic has been restored in the fields. Although there are still residual water in some places, the puddles are full of naked children. The figure of catching fish has quietly erased the shadow of disaster.
There are newly built houses everywhere. These houses are very beautiful. It can be seen that some houses have not been completely dried. However, the farmers squatting beside the new houses do not show any signs of anxiety. Anyway, By winter, these houses will be dry and ready for occupancy.
There are still marks left by the earth dragon after it turned over on the Ba Bridge. However, not far from the old Ba Bridge, a new bridge is being built. Heavy carriages are not allowed to pass on the old bridge. The bridge, a pontoon bridge connected by countless large ships, is taking on the important task of transporting cargo.
Everything is in order.
Before coming to Lantian County, countless friends had warned him. In the words of these people,, Yun Zhao is an unlearned and unskilled bandit, just like Li Hongji and Zhang Bingzhong.
However, the appearance of the article "Young China" caused some changes in Shi Kefa's image of Yun Zhao.
He did not come to see Yunzhao, let alone Lantian County. This place had long been a den of thieves in his heart, a place where tigers and wolves were rampant.
Ever since he knew that Lu Xiangsheng was not dead, he wanted to see Lu Xiangsheng again. When he worked with Lu Xiangsheng in Shandong, he deeply realized the talent of this man and even more understood what he was like. He saved 100,000 people from the hands of the slaves during hardships and hardships.
When Lu Xiangsheng was imprisoned, he also went to many places to intercede for him. Unfortunately, his memorials had no effect in the face of the landslide and tsunami of bullets.
No one knew that when the long-haired Lu Xiangsheng was beheaded in the market, there was a man lying on his knees in a restaurant and crying loudly, lamenting the death of one of the few gentlemen in the Ming Dynasty.
A small household minister, at this moment, is watching the pillars of the Ming Dynasty being burned, and is helpless!
"Someone heard that there is only one wealthy family in Lantian County now, and that is the Yun family?"
Walking into Lantian County, which has no city walls, Shi Kefa looked at some high-walled compounds. , asked the hired coachman for the first time.
"The Yun family is not the richest. There are countless families richer than the Yun family in Lantian County."
The coachman's answer was very strange.
“The Yun family is not the richest, so who is the richest?”
“The Liu family of Dongxiang is said to have so much cloth that it can cover the entire Lantian County. , although the head of their family was beheaded by the county magistrate for corruption a few years ago, and the family background is not as good as before, but the family is still a big family.
The He family in Nanxiang is also a wealthy family. They no longer farm, and instead hire refugees to help their family dig coal. After all these years, look at them. The big houses we just passed by are all owned by them.
Beixiang family, Zhang family. The head of the family left the official career, and his two sons took care of the family business in Lantian County. They worked hard to renovate Lantian County, and one street in the county town belongs to them."
Shi Kefa looked back and admired He. The coachman looked at Shi Kefa strangely and said, "They are the first rich people. This damn God is partial. They were rich people before, and they are still rich now, but no one is on fire."
"They are richer than the Yun family, so who is the Yun family?"
"The Yun family is the emperor of our Lantian County. We have become gods. Why do we need so much money? His family's money has been lent to the refugees to settle down. I heard that the Yun family still has a house full of IOUs in her hand. It seems that in two years, the old lady will burn the IOU again to make room for her grandchildren."
"Huh?"
"What's weird about this? Our county magistrate did it once when he was eight years old. If he borrowed the money from Yun's family, he would pay back whatever he could. Some unlucky ones really couldn't pay back, so that's it. Not yet."
"Is this the end?"
"Otherwise, the county magistrate can't take them to jail, can they?
However, no one goes to Yunshi to borrow money with the idea of taking advantage of the autumn wind. It is only those who want to get rich and want to go crazy to borrow money from Yunshi. If he didn't, he was dismissed by the Yun family. This was a big embarrassment to the ancestors.
Don't borrow money from others anymore, even if it is to be a slave, in Lantian. The county has no shame in living."
Shi Kefa sighed: "You really treat money like dirt."
The carriage came to the central block of Lantian County and stopped. After coming down, Shi Kefa watched with interest as several men wearing soap coats and small hats, holding a short wooden stick one and a half feet long, pointed at the carriage angrily.
The carriage driver nodded quickly and hunched over, driving the carriage to the field on the left.
"If you don't put a dung bag on the draft horse, grandpa will let you eat all the horse dung!"
Listening to the rough yelling and cursing of the soap officials, the coachman whispered in a low voice : "Why don't these black dogs go drink horse urine!"
Shi Kefa frowned and said: 'Why don't you leave? "
The carriage driver quickly changed his smile and said: "The carriage can't go any further. There is a pedestrian area in front of it, and carriages are not allowed to enter. "
"Why is this? "
"There are too many people. The government said that the carriages are blocking the road. In my opinion, they are just looking for work for the homeless people who have nothing. To get in, the things from outside need to be pushed by wheelbarrows and carried by people. Well, the goods inside have to be brought out in a wheelbarrow, and it has to be carried on a human back. It's a fool, and even if we have money, we won't make any money. ”
Shi Kefa didn’t understand the inside story of these people in the market, so he took the old servant out of the carriage with a vague understanding, paid the fare, and slowly walked into Lantian County along the road guided by the coachman. The downtown area.
Lantian County is still hot in September. There is a lot of water on the ground today, so the humidity is very high, especially in the downtown area where pedestrians are crowded together, and the moisture is steaming like a steamer.
After walking for a while, Shi Kefa and the old servant were soaked with sweat.
The old servant kept saying: "Master, let's quickly leave the store and change our clothes before going to look for Lu. Master, it doesn't look good for you to go like this.
Shi Kefa shook his head and said: "Let's go for a while. It's not urgent to find Brother Lu. This Lantian County is really interesting. Let's take a look." "
After that, he struggled to squeeze out of the crowd, and he and the old servant walked towards the pavilion not far away.
"The reason why Shi Kefa came to see Lu Xiangsheng was entirely because of Because he had been transferred to Nanjing and became the Yin of Yingtian Prefecture, with a high and powerful position, he wanted to ask Lu Xiangsheng to help him. ”
After listening to Qian Shaoshao’s report, Yun Zhao was stunned.He said: "He has a sharp gaze."
Qian Shaoshao said: "This kind of person is already very rare. He knows that his talents are insufficient, and he also knows how to ask for help from experts. It seems that this guy can become a Shuntian Mansion The prefect is not unreasonable.
Since he dares to bring an old servant to our Lantian County, it is difficult for us to do anything here. After leaving Lantian County, I thought we can do it, and I will ensure that it is done cleanly. Don't leave any trace behind."
"Why are you murderous again?"
"I can't do it without killing. I want to kill everyone who is useful to the Ming Dynasty."
"You haven't even killed Cao Huachun, let's finish the last thing first!"
"Cao Huachun is now living in the palace, how do you want us to kill him? The spies who entered the city I created several troubles against Cao Huachun and tried to lure the old eunuch out to kill him. However, he just hid in the palace and refused to come out. What can I do to kill him?
It’s not difficult to kill him!”
Yun Zhao put the writing brush on the pen holder, gently closed the document and handed it to Yang Xiong. He said to Qian Shao Shao: "Keep this person. There are not many good people in the first place. If you can keep one more, I will." Leave one more."
"Xiang Yu did not kill Liu Bang in Hongmen, which caused eternal regrets."
"I am happy!"
Yun Zhao glanced at the money. Shao Shao glanced at it and continued to immerse himself in the official document.
Lu Xiangsheng stood in the crowd and looked at the sweaty Shi Kefa with a smile. He looked at their master and servant like two country bumpkins who were surprised at everything. He did not step forward, but followed them slowly.
He doesn’t have many friends, and Shi Kefa can definitely be regarded as a close friend. He also knows how Shi Kefa worked hard for him when he was in prison. Now, when he sees Shi Kefa again in Lantian County, he actually There is a feeling of being separated from the world.