A carriage stopped at the entrance of Han Mansion, while the other one turned directly forward and turned into the small alley next to Han Mansion.
Fang Xiaoru got off the carriage, looked up at the wide open middle door, frowned, and said to Han Du who was standing aside: "This is not the first time we have come to your house, why are you doing this?
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Then he pointed at another carriage and said jokingly: "Look how scared you are of your students?"
Han Du shook his head and glanced at the carriage that Fang Xiaoru was pointing at, and said angrily: "Such a big man, who has even served as a governor, still has such a timid and timid behavior."
Fang Xiaoru suddenly laughed, pointed at Han Du, and said, "You! Don't act like a good boy just to get an advantage. Do you think we don't know that you are so beautiful now as if you were married to a wife?"
Seeing that Fang Xiaoru was still standing here, Han Du interrupted: "This is not the place to talk. Brother Fang, please!"
"Brother Han, please!"
After saying that, Fang Xiaoru was not polite to Han Du, and they walked in side by side.
As they walked, Fang Xiaoru said: "He is not like what you said. Old Port is more difficult to control than Luzon. There is a mixture of people there, including Ming people, natives, and Westerners. But Yuan Ji is over there
But he manages everyone in an orderly manner, and under his control, Old Port has even gained momentum. If he is allowed to stay in Old Port for another five years, even Luzon may not be able to compare."
Han Du shook his head repeatedly and sighed: "He is too young and inexperienced. How can he compare with Brother Fang? You should stop praising him."
Fang Xiaoru smiled and said nothing more.
As soon as the two of them came to sit down in the inner hall, Wang Yuanji hurried over.
As soon as he entered the door, he smiled awkwardly, bowed his hands to Han Du and said, "Student, please greet me, sir."
Han Du was very dissatisfied with Wang Yuanji just now, but now he couldn't help but smile when he saw him.
"Get up quickly. You are now a third-rank official in the imperial court, so you should have the airs of a third-rank official. You can't worship casually."
Wang Yuanji straightened up and said with a smile on his face: "No matter how high the official position is, aren't students still students of my husband? Or does it mean that my husband doesn't recognize us as his students?"
Han Du laughed twice, shook his head, and sighed: "I am not qualified to let you be my student. You only have one husband. To this day, I will not hide it from you, your husband is..."
"It's the Emperor." Wang Yuanji said with a smile.
There was no surprise on Han Du's face. Instead, he nodded and said, "That's right. With your intelligence,
, I should have guessed it a long time ago."
Wang Yuanji smiled and replied: "With the great talents of Mr. and Mr. Fang, they can only be ranked as deputy judges of the academy, so there is only one person in the world who can be qualified to serve as a judge."
Han Du curled his lips and said, "Did you guess it alone, or did others guess it too?"
"Sir, students are not the smartest in the academy. If students can guess it, then other people will naturally know it." Wang Yuanji said modestly.
Han Du nodded and sighed: "I know I can't hide it from you, but because of this, I don't bother to explain."
This is the trouble with being with smart people. They can see through many things, but no one has said it through for so long.
The three reunited after a long absence, and Han Du carefully prepared a large table of delicious food. On the entire table, only Han Du, Fang Xiaoru, Wang Yuanji Sanri, and even Han Du's parents and Princess Anqing were not present.
After two glasses of wine, the three of them told each other about their experiences and knowledge. The more they talked, the more enthusiastic the atmosphere became. In the end, the huge noise between the three of them actually spread outside the inner hall and into the quiet mansion.
Far away.
Hongyi stood next to Anqing, looking worriedly at the direction where the noise came from. She couldn't help but turned her head and complained to Princess Anqing: "Princess, this prince has never been so dissolute before. Why did those two people come here?"
, has the Marquis become like this? The slaves can’t believe their eyes. Is this still the gentle and elegant Marquis in the eyes of the slaves? If they continue to make trouble like this, nothing will happen, right?"
An Qing looked down at her with a smile and said: "There are only a few people in this world who can be regarded as your good friends. And those two are just your Marquis. It's just that you haven't seen them for a long time. Let them go."
Well, just keep an eye on it here. If there is a shortage of wine and meat, ask someone to bring some in. Just don’t interrupt them from drinking."
"Yes, I have written it down." Hongyi smiled slightly.
An Qing glanced towards the inner hall one last time, then turned around and left quietly, accompanied by two maids.
When Han Du woke up again, he found that he was already lying on the bed. Looking at the familiar top of the bed, Han Du was immediately relieved that this was his bed.
"Are you awake?" An Qing, who had been sitting by the bed, couldn't help but shouted softly when he saw Han Du opening his eyes in a daze.
Han Du then saw An Qing sitting in front of him and paused.
Shi Da took a breath, and then sighed heavily: "Oh, I almost drank myself to death by those two bastards."
An Qing brought over a bowl of hangover soup that had been prepared long ago, stirred it twice with a spoon, blew gently and said, "Here, drink this, you will feel better."
When Han Du heard this, he pushed himself up with both hands and enjoyed An Qing feeding him the soup.
After drinking, An Qing put the bowl aside. Then he sat behind Han Du, letting his head rest on his lap, and gently rubbed Han Du's head with his fingers.
While kneading, he said: "My husband must have been too happy last night, otherwise with my huge strength, the two of them together would not be my opponent."
Han Du slightly agreed in his heart. He was indeed very happy last night. How could Fang Xiaoru and Wang Yuanji's drinking capacity be his rival? They both fell down early last night, and Han Du took advantage of the excitement.
Drink with yourself until you become drunk and unconscious.
Governors all over the world return to the capital to report on their duties. Every time they return to the capital, they arouse the curiosity of the people in the capital. Even some well-known governors, such as Fang Xiaoru and Wang Yuanji, who are world-famous, attract people to go there spontaneously when they return, wanting to see what they are doing.
See these people who are about to get rich.
Money moves people's hearts!
Everyone knows that as an official in the Ming Dynasty, if you only rely on a modest salary, you can only maintain food and clothing for your family, and at most you can live a little better than ordinary people.
However, if you want to commit corruption, there are so many severe punishments. It is no joke to peel off sixty taels of ink and pass it off as grass. There are still straw figures hanging at the gates of government offices to this day.
If you want to be an official and can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars without being greedy, then the only choice is the governor.
There has long been a proverb in the capital, "Six ministers are not as good as one overseas governor." This shows how far the people are pursuing money.
Not only the people were fascinated, but also the officials were eager to see these returning governors. Because every time a governor came back, it meant that there was one more top-ranking vacancy in the world.
At the beginning, the civil servants did not know that serving as governor would bring rewards. Therefore, they were very disgusted with going overseas, and no one was willing to go overseas.
Therefore, after the first governors served for five years, they could be re-elected for another five years.
But ever since the civil servants learned about the benefits of being a governor, they all stared at every governor position like hungry wolves. Who wants to
If he dares to be re-elected, these civil servants have been preparing for many days to drown him easily.
Within half a month, all the governors in the world returned to the capital. And among the officials' expectations, the highlight was about to come.
Zhu Biao did not disappoint the officials. The next day after all the governors came back, he followed the practice of his father in the past and generously rewarded each governor in the Fengtian Palace.
Among them, the ones who received the most rewards were Fang Xiaoru and Wang Yuanji. Both of them received more than 1.5 million yuan in rewards, and Wang Yuanji's reward was even more than Fang Xiaoru's, but the difference was very small, only a few dozen
Just consistent.
It’s no wonder that Fang Xiaoru looked at Wang Yuanji with special eyes, and even said that he surpassed her. Judging from the current number, Wang Yuanji did surpass Fang Xiaoru by a little.
Wang Yue stood on Danbi and continued to read out the emperor's decree, "In addition, Fang Xiaoru was promoted to the second rank, moved to the Ministry of War, and served as Zuo Shilang; Wang Yuanji was promoted to the second rank, moved to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and served as Shilang."
The other governors have also been promoted to one rank and held important positions in the imperial court. These governors have been independent figures overseas in the past five years. This experience is enough to greatly increase their horizons and abilities.
.If such people don’t use it, that’s what a fool does.
After Lao Zhu evaluated the first batch of governors, he promoted them all one after another, and this became a rule from then on.
In other words, as long as you can seize the opportunity to become a governor-general, and can serve for five years and successfully complete the tribute, then after you leave office and return to the court, you will almost certainly be promoted, and you will also be able to obtain a considerable amount of benefits.
real power.
He is powerful and rich, which is why officials all over the world are jealous of the governor.
Fang Xiaoru's family background was originally very ordinary. Even if he achieved fame and served in the imperial court and academies, he received a lot of salary. However, the Fang family was far from rich. It was just an ordinary official family. In terms of status, it was certainly very high.
Yes, but in terms of money, it is far behind. Not even one percent of what a small maritime merchant earns.
But now, Fang Xiaoru suddenly had millions of dollars in wealth. With his single-handed effort, he suddenly raised the Fang family to the level of the rich, which was like a miracle in an opera.
Needless to say, Wang Yuanji's family background is even worse, and he can barely be considered a poor family. But the poorer his family background is, the greater the shock it brings to everyone. Compared with Fang Xiaoru, officials envy Wang more.
Yuanji.
Because, firstly, he is too young, he is only in his thirties now. Secondly, he has been promoted and made a fortune, which has indeed made too many people jealous.