Dou Lu Huairang took Wu Huaiyu to Pingkangfang and went straight to Tingyu Tower.
Although the Hu people's restaurants in the West Market are more open, Pingkangfang Linanquke is all from Jiaofangsi. It is not as lively and noisy as the Hu people's restaurant, but it is a bit more quiet.
If you feel depressed, you will naturally want to find a relatively quiet place.
Tingyulou is the property of my sister-in-law Gao Huitong, and Doulu Huairang is also a regular visitor. He went directly to the private room and specially asked the pipa girl to play and the dancer to dance.
He even invited four beautiful girls to accompany him while drinking, two of them each, hugging each other.
Let's dance together with the music.
With hugs left and right, good wine and delicious food, I really feel less disappointed. Even Wu Huaiyu felt very relaxed after being held in the palace for a long time.
Doulu Huairang felt that only at this moment could he be considered a man again.
Doulu Huairang couldn't help but shake his head when he heard that Wu Huaiyu had become the emperor's father-in-law, and even married his eldest son to the emperor's nineteenth daughter, and his eldest daughter to the emperor's tenth son.
He Shang Princess Wanchun, the Sixth Sister of the Emperor, has a deep understanding of royal women. Most people really don't want to marry into the royal family, especially men. It is best not to Shang Princess.
Princess Shang is not called marrying a princess, it is actually just like a son-in-law.
It would be fine if he lived in the princess's mansion, at least he would be wronged only by himself. But if the princess were allowed to live in the house, then the whole family would be wronged.
Some royal princesses are so domineering that they have to be greeted by their parents-in-law every day.
Doulu Huairang has not dared to take a concubine so far. He can only secretly take in a maid or raise a few prostitutes outside, but he does not even dare to have a child.
Frustrated.
I thought that Doulu Huairang was also a son of a famous family, the second son in the family, the old Guanlong noble of the Doulu family, his mother was the Yang family of Hongnong, the sister of the prime minister, and his grandmother was a princess of the Sui Dynasty, but so what?
Lu Huairang is still a son-in-law.
If he didn't marry the royal princess, and Lu Huairang didn't say marrying a girl from the seventh family with the fifth surname, he would have no problem marrying a girl with the sixth surname in Guanzhong, and his life would be much more comfortable.
"Since you can't change the status quo, it's better to change your mentality."
"What do you mean?"
"If you can't resist, just enjoy it."
Doulu Huairang was speechless.
Finally, they talked about the ghost market. Doulu Huairang also knew that Wu Huaiyu led the three yamen troops to raid the ghost market, but he couldn't blame Wu Huaiyu. Besides, Wu Huaiyu didn't hide it from him. He didn't know that Doulu's family had anything to do with this place beforehand.
Such a deep connection.
Doulu Huairang was not ignorant of these matters. He said helplessly, "With a big family and a big business, it will always be involved in all aspects, but we didn't know it would be so deeply involved."
The only one to blame is Douluda. The maid of Douluda was too courageous to give birth to a son.
Of course, the Doulu family is not innocent. After all, although it was Douluda's maid who was responsible for giving birth to the child, the Doulu family did not spend the money they earned.
With so much profit coming from that ghost cave every year and engaging in so many illegal industries, would the Doulu family not know anything about the situation?
It can only be said that they acquiesced in all this happening.
Doulu Huairang came to Wu Huaiyu for a drink today. Of course he didn't meet him halfway. He was specially waiting for Huaiyu at the gate of the palace. Coming to drink was just an excuse.
In fact, he was sent by brothers Doulu Kuan and Princess Wanchun.
I just wanted to complain to Wu Huaiyu, and then ask Wu Huaiyu for a solution to the aftermath. Now the brothers Doulu Kuandou Luda have been dismissed from their posts, and even the three brothers Doulu Huairang have been dismissed from their posts. The maid who gave birth to a son was directly executed.
There is no pity, just a humble servant giving birth to a son, just doing some chores, and then he died.
Even if Princess Yankangfang's house is confiscated and the Doulu family is confiscated and fined a lot of money, it is nothing.
What they are worried about now is where this matter will go.
If the investigation continues and the matter is big or small, and the emperor really wants to get to the bottom of it, the Doulu family may be in disaster.
If you make a mistake and get beaten, they admit it.
"Erlang, what do you think we should do now? We also know that we are wrong. It is the maid who deserves to have a son. She is using the name of our Doulu family to cheat and run wild. We have also been deceived. Of course, our family
We can’t escape the relationship, and now we just want to make amends for our sins.”
This attitude is not bad.
The old nobles who can last for several dynasties are indeed not ordinary people and are very sensitive.
Only when one can bend and stretch can one become a man.
Wu Huaiyu thought for a while, this time the Doulu family could only say that they just hit the iron plate, and the emperor deliberately set an example. However, Li Shimin was not Liu Bang or Zhu Yuanzhang, and he would not say that he would give you a stick if he caught you.
die.
Li Shimin belongs to the more traditional aristocratic style.
They do things fairly smoothly.
Just look at the appointment and dismissal of the prime ministers and ministers in Li Shimin's current court. It can be seen that Li Shimin has principles and bottom lines, but he can also be accommodating.
If the bottom line is touched, the emperor will take action to suppress and teach a lesson, but he will not beat him to death with a stick, and will often use it again soon.
This kind of beating can not only prevent the officials from being deceived, but also maintain stability and prevent big troubles.
Since the Xuanwumen Incident, just looking at the prime ministers appointed and dismissed by Li Shimin, we can see that the appointments and dismissals were frequent, no less maneuverable than Chongzhen, but the court was very stable. This is his skill.
The Doulu family will definitely not be in any serious danger this time, but they will definitely have to knock a few bags and even sit on the bench for a while.
Of course, it also depends on performance. If you perform well, understand the situation and cooperate with the situation, it may be over soon and you can start again.
"I have requested your Majesty's order to renovate the ghost cave in the south of the city, but I still need some money and food."
Doulu Huairang immediately patted his chest and said, "The Doulu family is willing to donate money and food. We will give you any amount."
Huaiyu looked at this guy.
"Do you know about six doors?"
Doulu Huairang was the emperor's brother-in-law, his father was the Minister of Rites, and his eldest brother was Qianniu Preparation. He naturally knew about the Six Gates, especially the Six Gates, which had participated in many major cases. He suppressed Luo Yi's rebellion, killed Wang Junkuo, and cracked the case
Suppressed the major rebellion cases of Li Youliang, Li Xiaochang and others.
Nowadays, more and more people know about the six doors.
Even Liumen has gradually moved from the secret behind the scenes to the front desk and begun semi-public operations. For example, this raid on the ghost market was a joint operation with the Ministry of Punishment and the three yamen of Yongzhou Prefecture.
Doulu Huairang knew how powerful the Six Gates were, and even knew that Zhang Liang and Wu Huaiyu were jointly in charge of the Six Gates.
"I think Brother Doulu, you are very good at logistics. Our Six Doors are in need of talents like Brother Doulu. There is a vacancy for the position of Yuanwailang in the Six Doors. It was my previous job. I didn't know that Brother Doulu has one."
Not willing to join?”
This made him hesitate.
The more you know about the six doors, the more fearful they become.
At the same time, it also makes people a little awed and want to stay away from him. Of course, with Doulu Huairang's status, he is not willing to have anything to do with a government office like Liumen.
After all, there were many such yamen in history, but none of them had a good reputation.
To put it mildly, the people in this yamen are close ministers of the emperor, but to put it worse, they may be reduced to cruel officials or even sycophants, and often the children of famous noble families are not willing to participate.
But when faced with Wu Huaiyu's invitation, Doulu Huairang did not reject it directly, mainly because he wanted something from Wu Huaiyu now.
"Do you like me?" he asked with an awkward smile.
"As long as you are willing, I can recommend a saint right away,"
Doulu Huairang hesitated for a long time, but finally gritted his teeth and agreed, "As long as you don't dislike my poor ability, I am willing to continue working with Erlang."
"Okay, it's settled."
Since he was willing to join, Wu Huaiyu was much more enthusiastic about his request for help.
I gave him some suggestions. First, the Doulu family provided money to help establish Nanshi in the south of the city. They even provided money and people to help Liumen renovate underground caves and build workshops and warehouses.
Of course, the most important thing is that the Doulu family needs to hand over the name certificate.
They must confess all their previous illegal activities in the ghost market in the south of the city, and reveal all their upstream and downstream lists.
Wu Huaiyu made a pledge with the emperor that he must thoroughly clean up the cancer of the ghost cave in the south of the city. The key to cleaning up is not the cave, but the original people.
Many illegal activities in ghost caves have complete industrial chains.
Naturally, the Doulu family is very clear about many of the related industrial chains. This request is not excessive, but if the Doulu family agrees, then they will not want to continue those things in the future.
The Doulu family could still tell the difference between what was light and what was serious, so Doulu Huairang directly agreed to Wu Huaiyu.
In comparison, providing some money, food, and people to help build Nan City and renovate ghost caves is nothing. In fact, the most important thing that famous families lack is money. As long as their status does not fall, money will naturally flow to them.
.
What Doulu Huairang was really reluctant to part with was the big house in Yankangfang.
It was once the residence of Yang Su, a powerful minister of the Sui Dynasty. It was extremely luxurious, and classic legends such as running in the red breeze at night and being reunited after a broken mirror happened here.
After Li Yuan entered Chang'an, he directly rewarded the mansion occupying a quarter of Yankang Square to Princess Wanchun. Later, the emperor gave Doulu Huai to Princess Wanchun. It took ten years for the Doulu family and Princess Wanchun to continue
to build this mansion.
The amount of money, property, manpower, and energy spent before and after is countless, and it is not even finished yet.
Now the emperor confiscated his sister's mansion and gave it to his son. This behavior really made Doulu Huairang and his wife very uncomfortable, and Doulu Huairang was also very reluctant to part with it.
"Brother Doulu, money, body and land are just external possessions, so why should you care so much? I also admire Brother Doulu's economic and financial management methods. It doesn't matter if you give up a house. You can just build another one later."
"That's Yankangfang, which occupies a quarter of the land. No matter how rich you are, you can't get such a large piece of land in Chang'an."
"Yankangfang is a good place next to the West Market. To the west is the West Market and to the north is Guangdefang, where the Yongzhou government office is located..." Doulu Huairang was still talking there.
Now there is still a large area of land in Chang'an that can be used to build large mansions, and only those in the south of the city are there. However, those areas are far away from the most prosperous areas of Chang'an. They are mostly farmland, vegetable fields, orchards or temples. Whoever goes there to build a house, even if
If you want to build a courtyard or a manor, you might as well build it outside the city.
"Is it possible that you still want His Majesty to take back his orders and ask King Wei to return this house to you? Do you really want to do this?" Huaiyu asked with a smile.
Doulu Huairang sighed helplessly, "Well, you still have the courage, Erlang. The house in Xuanyangfang given to you by His Majesty also occupies a quarter of the square, but you can directly give up half of it to build a Taoist temple."
"Longmen was founded by my master Xiaoyaozi. As a disciple, even though I have come down to serve as an official, I still have to carry forward the teachings of respecting my master," Huaiyu said seriously.
On this day, the two of them had a great time playing in Tingyulou. After being half drunk, Doulu Huairang refused to go home and insisted on letting Wu Huaiyu accompany him to stay overnight in the brothel.
Wu Huaiyu stayed in a brothel for the first time.
Taking some time off, he drank a pot of tea and chatted with his sister-in-law Gao Huitong for half the night. The Nine-tailed Fox had no objection to Huaiyu's proposal to introduce Doulu Huaiyu to become one of the four great foreign ministers of Liumen.
He just reminded Wu Huaiyu that Doulu Huairang was not as simple as he appeared, and the Doulu family was even more complicated.
The next day, Huaiyu made a secret report to the emperor, recommending Doulu Huairang to be appointed as Wailang of the Six Gates, and reported that the Doulu family was willing to provide money and food to help build Nan City and build the secret cave. After Li Shimin agreed, Doulu Huairang was appointed as the fourth member of the Criminal and Constitutional Department.
