On the dock of Changlu Salt Field in North Zhili, Fan Shoufu, the steward of Fan's caravan, directed Lifu to transport bags of salt onto the ship, preparing to transport them to various places in North Zhili, Henan, and Shanxi for sale via the Wei River (Hai River).
"Fifth Young Master, do you want to show off our 'Fan' name?" Fan Shoufu asked happily, with a hint of hope in his tone.
During this period, the old Fan family suffered successive blows in the business war and lost a lot of big business. Fan Sanba, the head of the Jiexiu Fan family, instinctively felt the danger and ordered the caravans everywhere to keep a low profile, as long as they did not wear the word "Fan" Don’t hang the flag to avoid ostentation.
Fan Shoufu's caravan has not hung the "Fan" flag for a while. He is a slave of the Fan family and has been doing business for the old Fan family all his life. He really wants to hang the "Fan" flag.
"Well, let's hang it up." Fan Yuqi said with a low voice and a smile. He asked for land and raised his voice again. "Not only do we have to hang up our flag, but we also have to beat the gongs and drums. I want everyone to know that I introduce Xiu Fan. The family is still the number one businessman in the world!"
"Boom, boom, boom~"
The fleet of Lao Fan's family sailed along the Wei River, beating gongs and drums along the way. It was so lively! The domineering "Fan" flag fluttered in the wind, seeming to echo the sound of gongs and drums.
"Whose fleet is this? It's so ostentatious! Go and find out."
At Qing County Pier, a thirty-year-old scholar wearing a green robe calmly ordered the servants around him.
The servant went there for a while and returned quickly. It was so ostentatious that it was hard to figure out whose fleet it was.
"What! Jiexiu Fan!"
After hearing this, the scholar clenched his fists, and the veins on his wrists bulged out with anger, "It's unreasonable. A bunch of traitors dare to walk through the city with such arrogance! I want to go to Shu Sheng and confiscate this traitor's home!"
This person is none other than the newly appointed Hejian magistrate Lu Liuliang.
Lu Liuliang, courtesy name Zhuangsheng, was born in Chongde County, Zhejiang Province. He was erudite and proficient in astronomy, prophecy, music rhythm, art of war, riding and archery and other 24 unique arts. He was a bloody man who had hemoptysis in urine since he was a child. He was weak in body at the age of fifteen. In 1999, while he was sick, he was recruiting volunteers to fight against the Qing Dynasty in the Taihu Lake area. He was hit by an arrow in his left thigh, which often caused pain when it rained. Later, Emperor Guangwu opened the imperial examination, and he ran from Zhejiang to take the exam and won the top prize.
He was an honest and upright official. When the Ming Dynasty regained Macau, he made great achievements and was just promoted to the fourth grade of Hejian Prefecture.
In all the prefectures of the Ming Dynasty, except Yingtian Prefecture Yin and Shuntian Prefecture Yin, where the capital is located, which are of the third rank, all others are prefects of the fourth rank.
The fourth-rank official looks quite high, but with Lu Liuliang's qualifications, he is a bit slow. The first three people in the first batch of imperial examinations that year: Wang Jiezhi, the number one scholar, Ren Zheng, the third-rank official, the left deputy censor; the second-ranked Shi Dacheng, and Ren Zheng, the second-rank Mobei Governor; only Tanhua Lu Liuliang is a fourth-grade prefect.
The reason why he was promoted slowly is related to Lu Tanhua's personality. This person only knows how to do things, but cannot be an official. Although he is passionate and refreshing, he has no understanding of the ways of the world. In the Ming Dynasty, it was really difficult to live happily.
For example, when he was appointed magistrate of Xiangshan County, other magistrates had to report their thoughts to the magistrate and other superiors before taking office. It was better for him to take office directly and get down to work. He had no idea that there was such a thing as reporting thoughts to the superior;
For example, he was not at all aware of not being in his position and not pursuing his own affairs, and he liked to meddle in other people's affairs. When he was the magistrate of Xiangshan County, he did not like the Franconian fort in Macao, and repeatedly complained to Zheng Feng, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Tong Yangjia, the governor of Liaodong (at that time
(Assisting in Macao's trade affairs), Guangdong Governor Jin Weixin and others requested the demolition of the barbarian fort. How can you, a small magistrate, handle such a big thing? No one paid attention to him. In anger, he went directly to Zhu Hengjia. It was over.
Another taboo in officialdom was committed: he reported the matter to a higher level and offended a large number of superior officials.
If things continue like this, there is a high probability that Lu Liuliang will become moldy and smelly in his position as magistrate of Xiangshan County, and he will work himself to death.
Fortunately, Su Guansheng, the newly appointed bachelor of Wuyingdian and governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, has a similar personality to Lu Liangliu, and was also a famous "second-rate" in the Ming Dynasty.
Su Guansheng, whose courtesy name was Yulin, was from Guancheng (Dongguan). He failed in the imperial examination and was a late bloomer. He was admitted to the student body examination at the age of thirty. Although he failed in the imperial examination, he had a strong character and was nicknamed "Sanwu Laoye". Then
One year, he was appointed as the magistrate of Wuji County, where he redressed unjust cases for the people. He offended Shangguan and was framed. He said: "I don't want an official position, I don't want money, I don't want my life, so what can I do!" From then on, he got the nickname: "Three Don't Want Master"
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"Second goods" are naturally very pleasing to the eyes of "second-rate goods". How Su Guansheng sees and likes Lu Liuliang. He has repeatedly praised Lu Liuliang as the "Qiancheng of the country".
It's a pity that Lu Tanhua offended too many people. In the Ministry of Personnel's plan to evaluate foreign officials every three years, she only got a "medium" rating.
Su Guansheng was so angry that he sent someone on a fast horse to bring a letter to Gu Yi, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs who was in charge of the general affairs at that time, saying: "If Lu Liuliang, the magistrate of Xiangshan County, cannot be ranked as an excellent one, your assessment must be unfair, and I will definitely take your exam!"<
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Gu Yi took a look, and saw that Mr. Su's bad temper of "Three Don'ts" was coming up, and we couldn't afford to offend him! He was just a small magistrate in the assessment, so let's save his face. He ordered his subordinates to change Lu Liuliang from "Medium" to "Medium"
"Excellent".
In this way, "Three Don't Want Master" stood up to Lu Tanhua under heavy pressure, and spent a lot of effort to push him to the position of prefect.
I don’t know who caused the trouble. Although he was promoted to the prefect, he failed to stay in Guangdong and continued to hang out with the Su University scholar who admired him. Instead, he was kicked to Hejian Prefecture in Beizhili.<
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Before being transferred away, Su Guansheng invited Lu Liuliang to have a meal, and said in a sincere voice: "Sheng Zhuang, you have a strong nature and hate evil as much as hatred. But Beizhili is not like Guangdong. If you are not by my side, you must be careful in everything! You should learn to be diplomatic.
A little bit is the way to live in the world.
Lu Liuliang couldn't help but be moved, his eyes were red, "I will bear in mind Su Gong's kind words. It's just that I was born with such a stubborn temper, and I can't change it no matter how much I do. If I can be like Su Gong in this life, and be given a good name by the people, that will be enough!"
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These words scratched Su Guansheng's itch. What he was most proud of in his life was that when he was the magistrate of Wuji County, he was not afraid of power and redressed unjust cases. He was nicknamed "Three Unwanted Masters" by the people of Wuji.
Whenever he encounters difficulties, when he thinks of that monument, Academician Su regains his boundless fighting spirit.
After hearing what Lu Liuliang said, Su Guansheng no longer tried to persuade him to be diplomatic, but encouraged him: "In the past, Duke Zhongsu once said, 'Don't be afraid of your bones being shattered into pieces, you must remain innocent in the world.' If you really can't change your stubborn temper,
It doesn’t matter if you don’t change it. As long as you behave upright and sit upright, I will be your back!”
After receiving the encouragement from "Three Don't Want Masters", Lu Tanhua took a boat to Hejian Mansion in Beizhili to take up the post with great enthusiasm.
As soon as I got off the ship, I was not in a hurry to go to the government office. Instead, I turned into a scholar and went to various counties to visit the people. When I arrived in Qingxian County, I happened to encounter the merchant fleet of Lao Fan's family, with colorful flags fluttering and gongs and drums noisy.
When asked, it turned out to be Jiexiu Fan, the head of the "Eight Imperial Merchants" of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty.
Lu Liuliang was so angry that he was trembling all over. He had fought bloody battles with the Qing Dynasty. He organized a rebel army in Taihu to fight against the Qing Dynasty. His nephew Lu Xuanzhong, who was four years older than him, died for the country. He was so sad and angry that he vomited blood for several liters. In order to restore China, many martyrs sacrificed their lives.
!But that Jiexiu Fan family was willing to work as a lackey for the Qing Dynasty, trafficking military supplies and betraying Ming army intelligence. A bunch of traitors still dare to run rampant today!
When a person is angry, the fire will be strong; when the fire is strong, he will not care about things.
As soon as Lu Liuliang's bad temper arose, he immediately submitted an edict to Emperor Guangwu. Because he was so angry, the edict was actually written in the form of a dense fold.
In order to consolidate the imperial power, Zhu Hengjia established the secret secret system, which allowed and encouraged officials of fourth grade and above to submit secret secrets directly to the emperor. Lu Liuliang was an independent thinker, and Shangshu opposed it, believing that secret secrets encouraged ministers to report secrets, which would make ministers and officials
Everyone is in danger; the contents of the secret are unknown to each other, and ministers have nowhere to appeal even if they are falsely accused; if secrets are used to express matters beyond the level, it will definitely arouse suspicion from above and below, which is not conducive to the implementation of government affairs. It is recommended to ban it.
But Zhu Hengjia felt that secret secrets could increase the authority and mystery of the imperial power; let officials inform each other, so no one would dare to deceive me in the future; it would help the subordinates to express their feelings to the superiors. Therefore, this is a good thing that can make the whole world, only me.
Sovereignty. It cannot be banned, it must be preserved.
Lu Liuliang tried to persuade the emperor, but he failed, so he got angry and refused to give the secret certificate. Hum, if every official of the fourth rank and above was like Yu and resolutely refused to give the secret certificate to His Majesty, the secret certificate system would exist in name only! However, this secret discount has one advantage: it is fast and can be delivered directly to you.
This time, Lu Liuliang was angered by the arrogance of the old Fan family. In order to deal with them as soon as possible, he used the secret fold for the first time.
