Chapter 1571: The people in the court came, the mad mission
Chapter 1571: Everyone from the imperial court came, and the envoy went crazy
However, hit a stick and give me a sweet date!
Li Duo softened his tone and continued, "Speaking of which, Mr. Shen has treated us well. When the chief officials of other departments arrived, our Rites Department coincided with the meeting. Mr. Shen authorized us to send some people to participate in the battle against Wang and Fan. The follow-up matters of the family are under investigation!”
"I have an old friendship with Mr. Shen. If Mr. Shen says something, my colleagues in other departments will also give him face!"
Li Duo's words are enough, but others naturally know it well! To put it bluntly, this kind of thing is a clear opportunity to give some money!
Being an official for thousands of miles is only for wealth. With the huge wealth of these two families, even if they share some profits, they will not be able to use it all! When the time comes, dividing a village or several shops and leaving it to the children and grandchildren is more realistic than others?
Immediately, everyone saluted Li Duo, "We are determined to be your masters and look forward to it!"
Sure enough, just two days later, officials from various ministries who came to "pacify the people" arrived! All the six ministries were led by doctors of the fourth rank, and the rest were mostly petty officials or officials of the seventh or eighth rank. There were all kinds of people here. Forty or fifty people.
With Shen Tang's rank, there was no need to greet him in person. He just asked Tian Guanhua to come forward to arrange the reception. Shen Tang did not show up until the dinner.
Seeing Shen Tang arriving, everyone stood up and saluted. Shen Tang was not polite and went straight forward to take the main seat.
"You have come from afar, but I am unable to greet you. Please forgive me!"
"Don't dare, don't dare! Marquis Zhongwu is in charge of the entire Chengdu Mansion, and things are complicated. How dare we let you welcome him!"
A few polite words and everything was settled! Shen Tang pointed to the table full of delicacies and said, "Although Chengdu Palace is not as good as Lin'an, it does have some characteristics. At least it can make everyone eat well! Moreover, I have always been fair. You have worked hard to come here, so of course everyone can have enough to eat."
When the chief officers of various ministries present heard this, they immediately felt happy! With Shen Tang's words, they felt relieved!
Everyone knows that this kind of thing will be lucrative, but Shen Tang is not only the chief official of this place, but his status is beyond their comparison. If Shen Tang is too harsh, they can only endure it even if they are dissatisfied.
"Master Shen is interested!"
Gou Junjie, the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, said respectfully, "How dare we refuse such kindness! Moreover, Mr. Shen is the master, so you still need your guidance on how to eat this dish."
Otherwise, if we disrupt the customs here, wouldn’t it be our fault?”
Everyone else also nodded!
Shen Tang tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and then said, "As officials, everything we eat comes from the support of the people. Therefore, we can eat these dishes today, and we must not forget the kindness of the people.
Speaking of which, which of these dishes is not the result of the hard work of the common people?"
"Secondly, although it is hard work for all of you to come here, it is also a great favor from the Emperor! Therefore, you should also remember the favor of the imperial court!"
"As long as these two points are done well, we can enjoy it with confidence!"
"Although this table of dishes is not exquisite, it is enough to satisfy everyone! There are six colleagues here, as well as my Chengdu Mansion, so if everyone has a bite, it will save some people from overeating and others from going hungry!"
It was Gou Junjie who stood up again and said, "We are lucky to be entertained by your Excellency! However, how dare we be equal to you! As the master of this place, you should naturally enjoy more! Why don't you take two bites first and leave the rest?" How about we eat it next?"
Shen Tang twirled the wine glass and said immediately, "In this case, let's follow your words!"
After speaking, Shen Tang picked up the wine glass and said, "Everyone, congratulations to the Great Song Dynasty!"
"Congratulations to the Great Song Dynasty!"
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Shen Tang stood up and said goodbye! When he came to the door, Shen Tang smiled bitterly and shook his head. Although Shen Tang disdained these rules in the officialdom, he did not understand them.
No one can be immune to this unspoken rule. Even Shen Tang can only prevent these people from plundering and hurting the people. As for the oil and water, it must be separated.
Otherwise, it will not just offend these people, but the entire official class.
From now on, the entire court will exclude Shen Tang.
Do you think these people put all their money into their own pockets?
Those who can come are all Shangguan's confidants, and those who share their wealth must not only take care of the subordinates after returning, but also share their wealth with Shangguan.
Even if Ye Yong, Shi Xiang and others seem to be out of touch, who can really ignore them?
In fact, not only must he comply with this unspoken rule, Shen Tang himself must also get involved!
Shen Tang was naturally not tempted by this little material, but he couldn't make the cleanest fish!
People in the world have no choice but to do what they want! Officials from past dynasties can’t compare with Hai Rui when it comes to Qingming.
However, even Hai Rui could only manage Qingming without oppressing the people. As for the officialdom, he still could not escape some responses.
This is true for Hai Rui, let alone Shen Tang?
Not to mention now, no one in China for five thousand years can really escape this...
Tian Guanhua came forward to deal with the people coming from various ministries and to deal with the follow-up matters of Wang and Fan's family, so Shen Tang was naturally not needed.
Therefore, Shen Tang has been much more relaxed these days. After going to the Yamen every day, he spends time at home with his daughters and a couple of other daughters!
Shen Tang felt comfortable here, but the Xia Kingdom envoy who came was almost driven crazy.
It has been almost ten days since their group arrived in Chengdu Mansion, but not only did they not see Shen Tang, the person in charge of this negotiation, but even Li Duo and others were missing. That is to say, the Chengdu Mansion's ceremonial room manager occasionally came to visit. One circle.
Is this a show of force or is he forgetting about himself and others?
"Pah, pah..."
The official post in Chengdu Mansion was not small, covering an area of dozens of acres, and it was in good repair! Lang Jingcheng specially set aside a large yard and buildings for the Xia State envoys to live.
At this moment, there was a crackling sound in the courtyard hall in the middle! The guards outside were not surprised! The first two or three days were fine. In the past few days, was there any day when the prince didn't smash something?
It took a full quarter of an hour for the movement in the house to stop.
Obviously, everything that can be smashed in the house has been smashed!
Not long after, I saw a small official from the ceremonial room leading a group of officials into the house with a bunch of things! He cleaned out the smashed things in the house and filled them with new ones! Moreover, that In anger, Li Renyou even kicked several people.
The Dangxiang guards at the door watched these people come out in a hurry, with disdain on everyone's face. These Song people have always been so weak, even if they were beaten and scolded, they would not dare to fight back! If this kind of thing happened to him, No matter what etiquette or etiquette he has, just finish the other person first and then talk about it. The superiors on the left and right will not scold him for this kind of thing.