To put it more bluntly, I just want to take Shen Yi to meet people, and by the way, tell the Jiangdu senior officials that this guy is covered by my surname, Lu. Before you touch him in the future, you must first ask me, Mr. Lu.
In this case, if Shen Yi creates nursery rhymes in the future, the government officials will not go directly to Shen Yi himself, but will first go to Master Lu to understand the situation. Then Master Lu can protect Shen Yi behind him.
In fact, this is the treatment that a master can only give to his apprentice. In other words, although there is no title of master and apprentice between Shen Yi and Master Lu, they already have the actual status of master and apprentice.
Even Shen Qilang, who has lived for two generations, felt a little moved at this moment. He sat opposite Lu Anshi and bowed his head respectfully to Master Lu in front of him: "Thank you sir."
Lu Anshi closed his eyes to rest and paid no attention to Shen Yi.
Shen Yi didn't speak anymore, he just opened a corner of the carriage curtain and looked at the scenery outside the carriage.
Ganquan Academy is very close to Jiangdu City, and not too far from the Jiangdu Magistrate's Yamen. In addition, it was a carriage. It took less than half an hour for the carriage to stop at the gate of the Jiangdu Magistrate's Yamen.
After the carriage stopped, Shen Yi got off the carriage first, then turned around to help Master Lu. Lu Anshi shook his head slightly at Shen Yi and said, "I'm not old enough yet, so I don't need help."
With that said, Master Lu got off the carriage, raised his head and glanced at the prefect's Yamen in front of him, then walked towards the Yamen with his hands behind his back.
Shen Yi followed the old man with his hands lowered and entered the magistrate's Yamen.
After entering the prefect's Yamen, Shen Yi couldn't help but look around.
This is his first time coming to the prefect's Yamen.
The original Shen Yi only went to the Jiangdu County Government Office, where he was beaten like a dead dog and almost lost his life there.
As for Chen Qing's case, its ultimate influence was limited to the Jiangdu County Government Office, and it had almost no impact at the Government Office.
Compared with this food price incident, Chen Qing's life seems so insignificant.
After entering the prefect's yamen, two petty officials soon led Lu Anshi to the side hall in the backyard of the yamen.
This is the place where the government officials receive guests. At this time, Ma Yuanwai and other five grain merchants who were representatives of Jiangdu grain merchants had arrived early. Seeing Lu Anshi walk in, Ma Yuanwai hurriedly walked up and said to Lu Anshi. Salute respectfully: "Master Lu is here."
Lu Anshi nodded slightly, with a calm expression.
The fat horseman looked at Lu Anshi outside, and then at Shen Yi behind Lu Anshi, with a stiff expression on his face.
Obviously, he recognized Shen Yi.
After all, Shen Yi and his son Ma Jun were entangled in a murder case not long ago. It has only been about a month now, and Ma Yuanwai will naturally not forget it.
However, the expression on his face only froze for a moment, and then he squeezed out a smile, bowed his head to Lu Anshi in authentic Jiangdu dialect and said: "Master, we are all Jiangdu people, this time you have to take care of us Jiangdu people." You are in charge and you cannot allow two foreign officials to bully us at will."
Lu Anshi raised his head and looked at the horseman, and then said calmly: "Mr. Ma may have misunderstood. This time it is an imperial envoy from the imperial court who is questioning. Lu was only invited to listen, and does not have the power to make decisions for Master Ma."
The horseman smiled and said in a low voice: "Master, you have always been upright and honest. With you here, the imperial envoys in the capital do not dare to confuse right and wrong and ignore the truth."
At this point, Ma Yuanwai paused and continued to whisper: "Master, Ma knows that you don't have enough money. If you can help me with this matter, we will jointly fund the expansion of Ganquan Academy..."
Hearing these words, Mr. Lu raised his head and looked at Mr. Ma with a half-smile: "Expanding the academy costs a lot of money. If Mr. Ma was willing to fund the expansion of the academy, why didn't he follow the government's arrangement and spend the money on it?
Will the price drop? If the price of food is reduced by a few pennies at the beginning, even if there is a loss in the end, it shouldn't cost more than expanding the academy?"
"People say businessmen pursue profits, but how come you can't even figure out this account when you get to Mr. Ma?"
"gentlemen."
Ma Yuanwai bowed his head slightly and said: "It's true that businessmen pursue profits, but when things get to that point, it's not just about a little money. If we talk about righteousness and wealth, my Ma family will give out porridge to the poor outside the city in any year, even if it's just a little money."
The price of rice has dropped to one penny, ten jins, or one hundred jins, and the Ma family may not be able to afford to sell it for a few months, but..."
"Mou Ma just can't stand these foreign officials bullying us Jiangdu people!"
The horseman said in a muffled voice: "We Jiangdu people are the kind of people who accept the fate of others."
The justice of these words is awe-inspiring.
But Master Lu narrowed his eyes and sneered in his heart.
It sounds nice on the surface, and they are trying to stand up for Jiangdu. In the final analysis, the people behind the scenes want to make a fuss about this matter. If the people in the capital are not behind the scenes, the Jiangdu prefecture’s Yamen will not say that it suppresses food prices.
Even if half of the Ma family's property is taken away, the Ma family will kneel on the ground and not dare to fart!
However, it is impossible to say this openly.
Mr. Lu smiled politely and said lightly: "Mr. Ma, Mr. Lu will remember how and what questions the imperial envoy will ask today. I really humiliated you. We are fellow villagers. Mr. Lu
I won’t turn a blind eye either.”
"Thank you, Master."
Ma Yuanwai repeatedly bowed his hands to Lu Anshi: "Thank you, Master..."
Just as the two people were talking, a clear voice came: "Mr. Lu is here."
It was the voice of Magistrate Chen.
Lu Anshi turned around and saw Chen Yulian, Yue Zheng, the Dali Temple judge, and Zhang Lu, the supervisory censor, coming hand in hand.
Mr. Lu turned his head, glanced at the three people, and then raised his hands in salute: "I have met Chen Fuzun, Zhang Yushi, and Yue Pingshi."
Shen Yi stood behind Lu Anshi and saluted with his husband.
The three officials all noticed Shen Yi standing behind Lu Anshi, and then looked at Lu Anshi. Magistrate Chen Yuchen quickly stepped forward, helped Lu Anshi up, and said: "Sir, this is a shame for Chen. Since you are
Seniors in the examination room and officialdom, how can they salute us?"
Yue Pingshi and Zhang Yushi also echoed.
Among them, Yue Zheng of Dali Temple was the closest to Lu Anshi. With a smile on his face, he first stepped forward to bow his head and saluted Lu Anshi, and then said with a smile: "I, Qian Shaoqing of Dali Temple, was born in Ganquan Academy.
Calculating it, he should be about the same age as Mr. Lu. If you calculate it this way, Yue can still have some connections with Ganquan Academy."
This kind of "relationship" is really far-fetched, but Yue Zheng is now the "imperial envoy", and Lu Anshi can't refute his face. He just lowered his head slightly and said: "Qian Shaoying of Dali Temple was in the same academy as Lu.
When it came to studying, he and I were classmates, but he entered school two years later."
Qian Jun, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, also known as Shaoying.
After hearing this, the smile on Yue Zheng's face became even brighter. He said with a smile: "In this way, Yue will go to the academy tomorrow no matter what, so that when he returns to the capital, he can also meet Qian Shaoqing.
Let’s talk about Jiangdu’s old place and Jiangdu’s old friends.”
Obviously, this Yue Pingshi wanted to flatter his leader.
Master Lu was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore, but looked at Magistrate Chen and asked, "Master Chen, what are you talking about today?"
Magistrate Chen looked calm and confident. He looked at several grain merchants not far away and said calmly: "Sir, please take a seat. The imperial envoy is here. The whole story of this matter will soon come to light."
