.com For five days in a row, Gu Wuchen stayed in the Chaotian Posthouse on the north bank of the river. There was an endless stream of officials crossing the river to visit. First, they were officials under the Inspectorate, and then there were those who were from Dongyang and those who passed the provincial examination or the general examination in the same year.
Officials who were related to Gu Wuchen's father-in-law and the former minister of the Ministry of Industry, Tang Haoxin, also crossed the river one after another to visit Gu Wuchen in Chaotianyi. However, Gu Wuchen, the fourth-rank deputy inspector, stole the limelight and became the talk of the town in tea shops and restaurants on the streets of Jiangning City.
Everyone said that the appointment of this fourth-rank deputy inspector was even more impressive than the appointment of the inspector the year before last.
On the day of the winter solstice, the weather was hazy, and the cold wind howled through the city gate. Lin Fu and Lin Jingzhong were drinking tea in a tea shop north of Tianhan Bridge. There were several tea drinkers gathered around the tea table.
Discuss Gu Wuchen's appointment.
"This deputy inspector is really married to a good wife. He has been in exile for nearly ten years. Others are afraid that he is ready to bury his bones in a foreign land. However, his father-in-law, the former minister of the Ministry of Works, Tang Haoxin, is the former minister of the Ministry of Works.
One of the leaders of the Chu Party, he has always been given a chance to revive. A few years ago, the Chu Party was suppressed by the Western Qin Party and had no power to fight back. Did the Chu Party in the DPRK report that Tang Haoxin was ill and had retired from office, or was he deposed and went to the border?
, and what is even more miserable is that he lost his life after being locked up in a prison. Naturally, no one paid attention to a small role played by the wandering army. Last year, the officers and soldiers were defeated in Chentangyi in northern Hebei. Less than half of the 200,000 town troops escaped back to the pass, and hundreds of thousands
The people of Guan were driven away by the East Hu people, and it was difficult for the people of the West Qin to gain the trust of the emperor. The emperor intended to re-employ the Chu people, but Tang Haoxin was old and had no hope of coming back. Zhang Xie, a direct disciple of Tang Haoxin, entered the central government and gained the trust.
He was appointed deputy prime minister and regained the momentum of the revitalization of the Chu Party. Naturally, Zhang Xie also missed his mentor, so how could he allow the Chu Party leader to fall outside the Great Wall? The deputy inspector first pardoned his previous crimes and returned to the capital to be reviewed by the Hanlin Academy. There were no two
He entered the Imperial Procuratorate and took up the post of Yushi of the Qiandu in the following month. Now he is a fourth-rank local official. He is truly a new upstart of the Chu Party... Looking at the behavior of this deputy envoy in the past few days, Shangguan was moved to the sky.
The ships are constantly coming and going, and it will only take a few months for Zhang Xie to pay his respects to the Prime Minister. By then, I am afraid that the deputy envoy will no longer be the deputy envoy, but the envoy."
It is said that the two capitals are good at discussing government affairs and giving advice. Listening to the high-minded talks in the tea shop, Lin Fu thought that this was true. Lin Jingzhong lowered his voice and asked Lin Fu: "Xiucai, you said that Gu Wuchen met someone in Shiliang County."
Could the assassin be a member of the Western Qin Party?"
"..." Lin Fu shook his head and smiled, and said, "Who knows? We don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing."
If you are not in a temple, how can you know the depth of the pool? Besides, the attacks of the parties in North Korea and China cannot be judged by common sense. The power of the Xiang Party in North Korea and China is complicated. Tang Haoxin and Zhang Xie are both natives of Huguang. Tang Haoxin is the only one in the government and the opposition.
, Zhang Xie was the leader of Huguang officials, and they formed a team to deal with the outside world and became the Chu Party. Although Gu Wuchen was not from Huguang, he was the son-in-law of Tang Haoxin, the leader of the Chu Party, so he was naturally regarded as a member of the Chu Party and a backbone.
In addition to the Chu Party, there were also bureaucratic power groups such as the Western Qin Party and the Zhejiang Party that formed forces in the government and the opposition.
Seeing that Zhang Xie paid homage to the prime minister, Chen Xinbo, a native of the Western Qin Dynasty who had been in the position for a long time, and his colleagues in the Western Qin Dynasty were expelled from the capital. The biggest reason for the Western Qin people after losing power was to come to Jiangning to serve as mausoleum guards. Gu Wuchen, an upstart who was a backbone of the Chu Party, was there.
At this time, he came to Jiangning to serve as the deputy envoy of the inspector, and he might even further serve as the envoy of the inspector, which gave people the idea that the Chu party would be wiped out.
In the DPRK, only the Chu Party and the West Qin Party compete for power, and the assassination in Shiliang County can be easily blamed on the West Qin Party. But now there are many people who hope that both the Chu Party and the West Qin Party will lose in the fight. Unless they can
Pry open the assassin's mouth, otherwise how can you determine who ordered the assassination? Besides, the assassin's words may not be credible.
Lin Fu thought to himself that Gu Wuchen had no choice but to keep the assassination in his mind. He was afraid that finding out the true identity would cause even greater disturbances in the government and the public. At present, the country is beset with crises, internal and external troubles, and it can no longer withstand it.
The DPRK-Chinese Party has been struggling to fight against differences. Besides these things, it is still far away from Lin Fu.
"Ah..." Zhao Hu saw Yang Pu and Gu Tianqiao coming upstairs at this time and gently reminded Lin Fu to look over.
"Master Yang, brother Tianqiao, why are you here?" Lin Fu stood up and greeted Yang Pu and Gu Tianqiao. Unexpectedly, Gu Wuchen was still staying in Chaotianyi and asked them to go to the city to do things.
"Master Lin, it turns out that you are also drinking tea here." Yang Pu and Gu Tianqiao walked towards Lin Fu. Zhao Hu stood up and gave up his seat to them. He and Lin Jingzhong squeezed a stool together.
Gu Wuchen is very popular at this time, and Yang Pu, who has won Gu Wuchen's trust, will naturally be a prominent figure in Jiangning City in the future. His impression of Lin Fu is not particularly good, but the second generation of Lin Fu is kind to the Gu family, and Gu Wuchen himself has a deep affection for Lin Fu.
I admired him quite a lot. Yang Pu knew the right measures than the young master Gu Siyuan and the young master Gu Siming. He was also very polite to Lin Fu. He came over and sat down and said to Lin Fu: "We entered the city the day before yesterday. We can't enter as a family."
After arriving in the city, we moved directly into the empty house, which needed to be arranged in advance. Tianqiao and I have been busy with these things for the past two days. I just wanted to take Tianqiao to the teahouse to have a rest in the afternoon, but I didn’t expect to meet you... I will think about it later.
I went to Dongyang Guild Hall to inquire about your news."
Lin Fu knew that Yang Pu was probably here to spy on the gossip in Jiangning City for Gu Wuchen. He didn't tell the truth and asked, "Why did Master Yang come to see me at the Dongyang Guild Hall?"
"I don't have anything else to do. I just want to know where you live, and then tell us where you will live in Jiangning City in the future... We will often visit each other in the future." Yang Pu said, and then told us the address of the Gu family in Jiangning City.
It's near Tianhan Bridge, about two miles away from Yongxingfang where Jiyunju is located.
However, Yang Pu did not expect that Lin Fu would be able to buy a house in a place like Yongxingfang where the powerful gathered as soon as he entered the city. Compared with a small courtyard in the civilian area of Xicheng that only costs thirty or forty taels of silver, Yongxingfang is the most common place.
A house cost only two to three hundred taels of silver. Fortunately, the residence of Gu Wuchen and his family after arriving in Jiangning was provided by the Inspector General's Department. Otherwise, a house with the same status as a fourth-grade Inspector and Deputy Inspector would cost as much as one or two thousand silver. It would be a bit unreasonable.
It's stretched thin.
"I am also concerned about Mr. Gu's settlement in Jiangning. I would like to ask Mr. Yang to take us to find a place first," Lin Fu said. "In addition, there will be some fellow Dongyang residents gathered at the Dongyang Guild Hall tonight. Yang
If you and Tianqiao are free, please come with me so that we can discuss the matter of cleaning up the dust for Mr. Gu and his family when they go to Jiangning..."
Today was the day that Lin Mengde held a dust-cleansing banquet for Lin Fu at the Dongyang Guild Hall. Lin Fu invited Yang Pu and Gu Tianqiao to go there, with the intention of liaising with them. When Gu Wuchen established himself in Jiangning in the future, he would naturally also use the Dongyang hometown party members.
Yang Pu also knew this truth about connections and power. He nodded in agreement and said, "After drinking your cup of tea, I will take you to find the way to Gu's Mansion, which is nearby..."
In fact, when Gu Wuchen took up his post in Jiangning, he naturally became the leader of the Dongyang Township Party in Jiangning. There was no need for Lin Fu to be the intermediary. In the future, Dongyang-born eunuchs and merchants in Jiangning would cross the threshold of the Gu Mansion for care and protection.
After coming out of the teahouse, Lin Fu asked Zhao Hu to go to the Dongyang Guild Hall first to speak. He pulled Lin Jingzhong to follow Yang Pu, and Gu Tianqiao went to Gu Mansion to find the way first.
The Gu Mansion is located on Dongshengmen Street, with deep residences and courtyards on the left and right, the Yongchang Marquis Mansion, and the Mu Guogong Mansion are all nearby. As a residence for local officials of the fourth rank, it is naturally much more elegant than Jiyunju. Even Yang
The Pu family can also live in a separate courtyard. In addition to the miscellaneous courtyard, the main courtyard has six floors. There is also an exquisite private garden of half an acre. The entire alley consists of Gu's house and three other families. In addition to the house that Gu Wuchen brought from the capital,
In addition to the maid, mother-in-law, and the two messengers sent by Liang Zuoren, all the cooks, grooms and other handymen, as well as the inspector general and the Yamen, were fully dispatched.
Lin Fu looked at the two servant girls who were both handsome and graceful. They were not very old, but they had a certain romantic charm in their eyebrows. He thought that being an official would be a good thing. This shows that Gu Wuchen was treated with every possible care before he even entered the city.
Otherwise, these things would not be enjoyed by the Deputy Inspector whose official salary is only three hundred dan. Of course, the people in Jiangning also have the intention to please the upstarts of the Chu Party.
After sitting in Gu Mansion for some time and watching the evening, Lin Fu, Lin Jingzhong, Yang Pu, and Gu Tianqiao headed to Dongyang Guild Hall. The weather was hazy, and Dongyang Guild Hall was also outside the city. It was a private park, and it only took a blink of an eye to ride there.
.Yang Pu, after Gu Tianqiao entered the city, he was able to ride in the carriage provided by the Inspector General. He looked at Lin Jingzhong riding a horse in the cold wind and shrinking from the cold, while Lin Fu's clothes were thinner but he was full of energy and thoughtful.
When they arrived at the Dongyang Guild Hall, Lin Mengde and several people were waiting in front of the street. They could see the crowds in the yard. Lin Fu got off the horse, walked over and held Lin Mengde's hand, and said loudly: "Uncle Mengde, you
Really, if you say it’s just a private dinner to cleanse me, but it creates such a big scene, isn’t it like killing my nephew?”
Yang Pu was slightly surprised when he heard what Lin Fu said. He had been living with Gu Wuchen for a long time. He didn't know the depth of the water in Shanglin, and he never expected that Lin Fu would have such great influence and organize a dust-cleansing banquet for him.
It is possible to gather such a large number of fellow Dongyang people.
Lin Mengde also had troubles that he couldn't tell. He was worried that Lin Fu would send someone to take his place for the Seventh Lady. Naturally, he would not try his best to help Lin Fu get acquainted with the Dongyang Township Party. For the so-called cleansing banquet, he only invited some people who were living in Jiangning.
However, Lin Fu sent Zhao Hu over in the afternoon to invite Gu Wuchen's cronies Yang Pu and clan nephew Gu Tianqiao to come with him, and even bypassed him to spread the news.
Who do all the Dongyang Township Party members in Jiangning want to fawn over the most at this time? It’s none other than Gu Wuchen. But not everyone can get close to the fourth-rank deputy inspector, so they can only work with the people around Gu Wuchen first. Gu Wuchen is staying in Chaotianyi
After five days, the Dongyang Township Party had already found out who was important and who was important to those around Gu Wuchen. If there was such an opportunity to meet Yang Pu tonight, they would naturally not rush to be the first to come.
Yang Pu and Gu Tianqiao didn't know the twists and turns, and they really thought that these people were here to cleanse Lin Fu. Could Lin Mengde still explain the twists and turns to them?
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