The next morning, while Zhang Yuan was still drinking rice porridge and eating mung bean cakes, Zhang E came over with a servant and a boy. This guy was more anxious than anyone else when he thought of something to do.
Zhang's mother, Lu, said: "The weather is cloudy today. I'm afraid it's going to rain. You'd better go to Dashan Temple another day."
Zhang Yuandao: "My son was going to go yesterday, but he didn't go because he was late to see off his eldest brother. I must go today. It will be better if it rains. I just hope that Mr. Qidong will see me coming to study in the rain and think of me sincerely."
Just accept me."
Zhang E smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if it rains. If it snows, Jiezi will kneel on the snow and beg hard. If you kneel on the snow for a day and a half, even the gods will accept you."
Zhang's mother, Lu Shi, smiled, but said: "If Mr. Qidong is really so difficult to talk to, my son doesn't have to beg. Shanyin County is so big, isn't there any other Master?"
Zhang's mother, Lu, was just a loving mother, not very insightful. She didn't want her son to be wronged and suffer. It's a legend that Meng's mother moved three times and her mother-in-law got tattoos. She was just a mother who loved her children.
Zhang E had no good impression of Liu Zongzhou and praised: "Fifth Aunt is absolutely right. There are so many wise teachers, so why bother asking the poor Liu Qidong for advice."
Zhang Yuan said: "My child knows that it is useless to beg for nothing. My child will let Mr. Qidong understand that my child is worthy of his teaching."
Zhang Yuan, Xiao Xinu Wuling and Zhang E were about to go out when they saw two officers from the county office coming to the door. One of them was Liu Yuan who was sent home by the county magistrate after the banquet in the mansion that day.
Officer, two servants are here today to bring money. The three years of rent money embezzled by Zhang Dachun has been recovered, one hundred and fifty taels, a lot of money.
Zhang E said carelessly: "It's only one hundred and fifty taels. You guys must have embezzled a lot from it."
The dandy and evil young man Zhang E is well known in Shanyin. Liu Chaoyi, who is tall and strong and has short beard, can only shout at Qu Qu: "Third Young Master, how dare you, a villain? The case that was settled that day was clearly one hundred and fifty taels - Meson
Young Master, am I right?" He thought to himself: "If it were another family, they would still be able to get three or fifty taels from it, but Zhang Yuan is a person valued by the county magistrate, and he is also a grandson of Zhang Rulin. What a great person.
I don’t dare to move even if I’m not doing it. It’s really unreasonable to be interrogated even though I’m tired of running errands for nothing.”
Zhang Yuandao: "That's right, it's one hundred and fifty taels. Thank you two for tolerance -" suddenly remembered something and asked: "Zhang Dachun asked the scholar Yao to write a copy of the lawsuit and paid twenty taels of deposit. Have you got this back?
Have you included the one hundred and fifty taels of silver?"
Officer Liu looked embarrassed and said, "Master Jiezi, as long as you have one hundred and fifty taels of silver, you don't have to worry about anything else."
So Yao Xiucai obviously did not get back his twenty taels of silver, but recovered an additional twenty taels from Zhang Dachun. Zhang Dachun did not deserve sympathy, but Yao Xiucai was even more hateful. He encouraged Zhang Dachun to falsely accuse the family owner, but not only was he not punished
, the money collected for the lawsuit was not returned, which is really unreasonable!
Zhang Yuan knew in his heart that Yao Xiucai must collude with the county officials if he wanted to pursue the lawsuit. Therefore, these officials did not pursue Yao Xiucai and only threatened Zhang Dachun, saying: "You two officials have worked hard. I would like to give you a few taels."
I’ll treat you two to tea with the money. Since Yao Fu’s money hasn’t been recovered, I’ll ask the two servants to work harder. The twenty taels of silver that I get back will be the hard-earned money I gave to the two servants.”
Twenty taels of silver is not a small amount, and Yao Xiucai certainly does not have so much to deal with these tolerances on weekdays. Zhang Yuan lured him to make a profit, and was not afraid that Liu Chaoyi would not fall out with Yao Fu.
Officer Liu nodded and bowed: "Yes, yes, I will definitely pursue the case. Thank you, Master Jiezi."
Zhang Yuan saw that Liu's tone was perfunctory, perhaps because he was afraid of Yao Fu, the litigator, so he added: "The county magistrate has said that Yao Fu's reputation as a health officer will be revoked, so the two servants don't need to be afraid of him."
Zhang E had a hot temper and shouted: "Yao Litigation Gun dares to sue my Zhang family. If you can't, go and get your money back now. Officer Liu will lead the way."
The dark face of Liu Chaoyi, who was tall and round, showed an extremely troubled look, and he bowed and said: "To be honest with you two young masters, I really don't dare to pursue Yao Xiucai's money. If one day he is really dismissed from his position as a student,
, then the villain will go to recover Master Jiezi’s money.”
Zhang E was furious and shouted: "How can this be unreasonable! How can it be unreasonable!"
Zhang Yuan, on the other hand, frowned slightly. Yao Fu was just a scholar. It was reasonable for Liu Chai to be afraid of him if he was to promote people. Juren can be officials. He signaled Zhang E not to get angry and asked: "Liu Chai, your
Does this mean that the county magistrate cannot remove Yao Fu’s reputation?”
Liu Chaoyi thought to himself: "This Zhang Yuan is really astute, and he saw through my mind at once." He quickly shook his head and said: "I don't dare to say such a thing -" his voice lowered: "But I heard that I
Yao Xiucai's cousin is a Beijing official, and he seems to be a civil servant. He returned to his hometown three years ago, and even the Chief Secretary respected him and invited him to drink every day." The implication is very clear,
Even the chief envoy of Zhejiang was in awe of Yao Fu's cousin, so the county magistrate Hou dared to touch Yao Fu?
Among the six subjects, there are seven-rank advocating officials. Although the rank of the advocating officials in the Ming Dynasty is not high, they have great power. They supervise the six ministries and various departments and impeach hundreds of officials. Although many of these advocating officials are outspoken and dare to remonstrate, they are corrupt, bend the law, and avenge private revenge.
There are also quite a few.
Zhang Yuan nodded and said: "Sure enough, there is a background. Otherwise, how many students in Shanyin County could Yao Fu control the lawsuit?"
Zhang E on the side said: "My eldest father was the official who resigned after being impeached by the official. No wonder Yao Yigun is so arrogant. If I don't believe it, I can't cure Yao Yigun."
Officer Liu took out a piece of official document and said: "If Master Jiezi has no other instructions, please draw a deposit here to indicate that the full amount of silver has been received so that I can return to the Yamen to settle the case."
Zhang Yuan drew the pledge and ordered Wu Ling to seal two taels of silver and give them to Liu and the two officers to drink. The two officers said they did not dare.
Zhang E shouted: "Yao Yiguan can't get his money back, so why did he give them money? He won't get a cent!"
Zhang Yuandao: "These are two different things. You can't blame Liu Gong for sending them to Yao Fu. Even if you two accept it, if Yao Fu's reputation is really removed in the future, you will still have to work hard to pursue it."
Officer Liu had no choice but to thank him and accept it. He walked out of the Zhang family's bamboo gate and said to his companions: "This young master Jiezi is not only smart, but also steady. He is also very good at life. He is amazing at such a young age."
The companion said: "Yao Tiezui has offended the Zhang family, I'm afraid there will be no good results."
Liu Chaiyi said: "I am waiting for the servants who are doing the work, and we will make the best use of the wind. However, the young master Jie Zi of this family will definitely have a big future in the future. He is not comparable to the idiot Zhang Sangong. That idiot knows how to shout -"
As expected, Zhang E in the hall was still shouting, saying that he couldn't bear this breath and would bring some servants to knock on the door.
Zhang Yuan said, "Third brother, don't be reckless in this matter. If the matter gets too big, it will be hard to deal with. My uncle will definitely punish us. Yao Fu has a great reputation now, so don't touch him easily."
Zhang E opened his eyes and said: "Then forget it, no, absolutely not!"
Zhang Yuandao: "Of course not. Yao Fu must rectify it. I have my own way. We'll see."
Zhang E suddenly turned from anger to joy and asked: "What clever plan does Jie have? Tell me quickly."
Zhang Yuandao: "No hurry, let's go to Dashan Temple first - ah, it's raining."
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