The Huang Family Mansion is deep, gorgeous and simple. It is said that Gwangju Prefecture existed before it was a city.
"The Huang family has a foundation that spans hundreds of years and continues to this day."
In the courtyard, four men with gray hair wrapped in fur clothes were leisurely looking around, looking at the courtyard, looking at the ancient trees, and looking at the small bridge and flowing water in winter. However, their faces did not have the usual joy, but instead looked a bit depressed.
The scenery is just an adjustment. No matter how good the scenery is, you need to be in a mood to see the fun. Their topic quickly returned to the previous topic.
"Whether it's a year of disaster or a disaster, among us, who doesn't do our best? The court assigns us, we give people and money, even if we don't have an assignment, when we donate food and materials, have we ever had the slightest shirk?" A man frowned and sighed heavily.
Tone said.
An old man carrying a brass hand stove smiled solemnly: "There is often a saying that being rich is unkind. It seems that today's rich people are all bad people, but being unkind can only last three generations. A truly wealthy family, a family that has lasted for hundreds of years, which one
Rather than helping the world and saving the people, helping the orphans and widows, and rescuing the old and the young, only those who are virtuous will receive great blessings."
"That's the truth." A man flicked his sleeves and raised his thick eyebrows, "We are a family that has not been virtuous for generations. We have always been respected by the government and respected by the people. But now? Instead, we are being treated as a thief by a foreign female soldier.
Be a pig or a sheep!”
Others said one after another: "Master Tian Qi, don't worry, don't get angry with these vulgar people." "Be gentle, be gentle."
Tian Qiye swung his sleeves and put them behind his back and snorted: "Sven? Others are going to shit on our heads, and we are so polite."
Everyone couldn't bear to hear it.
"If there is a disaster in Daxia, we should do our best, and if we have the money, we can contribute."
"The city was besieged, so we each opened a warehouse and took out all the food stored at home to give to everyone."
"Our servants prepare their own weapons and armor to defend the city."
"What's the result? Then the Zhenwu Army is here, and the credit belongs to them."
"It doesn't matter, they are indeed the ones who deserve the most credit. If we give porridge and are disliked, it doesn't matter. We will give her our money and food. We don't care about reputation. Anyway, we are doing it for Guangzhou Prefecture and the people of Li."
"If we need people to work for the people, it doesn't matter if we provide people and provide money."
"But what's the result? They..."
Tian Qiye's well-maintained face was filled with furrows due to anger, and he stretched out his hand to light the outside of the wall.
"Not only do they feel at ease, but they go even further. Not only do they not thank us much, but they regard us as their enemies."
"Set up many names. Today we need money, tomorrow we need things, and the day after tomorrow we need people."
"There is no kindness or respect at all. They are treating us like pigs and sheep!"
Hearing this, everyone present felt heartache, and they all sighed without even bothering to accuse Master Tian Qi of foaming at the mouth and speaking rudely.
"Everyone says that Gwangju Prefecture is a paradise, and Huainan Road has a hundred thousand soldiers with strong iron barrels. That's why we left our homes and careers to come here to survive." A fair-faced and elegant man sighed, "Who would have thought that a sheep would fall into a tiger's mouth."
"That Mrs. Wu just wants money and things, but now she wants the government to inspect the land and wants us to lend it to the refugees for farming." Another man said with an angry look on his face, "Lend it? I think it's clear that he wants to rob it."
"The trade routes are controlled by her, and the fields are also going to be seized by her. She is trying to destroy the foundation of aristocratic families like us." Tian Qiye slammed the small magpie round plum white porcelain hand stove he was holding to the ground, "She thought
Is she really a fairy?"
The exquisite white porcelain hand stove worth thousands of gold was shattered on the ground. There was no pity on the faces of those present, and no one took a second look at the fragments.
"If you fool the people, you will take it seriously if you say it too much."
"What kind of gods are they? They just happened to be in troubled times, and vulgar warriors took advantage of the soldiers and horses in their hands to dominate."
"She thinks that her husband is someone whom His Majesty relies on, and that Huainan Road is her world?"
No matter how polite the standing men were, they could bear the temporary pain of having their flesh cut off under the eaves, but having their hands and feet chopped off and becoming a cripple from then on, that was absolutely unbearable.
"I don't know where Wu Ya'er came from as an illegitimate bastard. I don't know where Mrs. Wu came from. I don't know she was a proud and arrogant woman. Now she took advantage of the troubled times and ascended to heaven, so she became so domineering that she didn't know the heights of the sky." A man sneered.
"They only want to achieve hegemony and be famous in the world. It is understandable that it is human nature to make achievements, not to mention people like them, but they just do it wrong." The other man smiled and said with a kind expression, "Things in this world have never been done before.
Everyone is carrying the sedan chair to calm down the troubled times and protect the people. We need everyone to work together, but no one can do it."
Someone sneered and added: "It's not that she did it alone, she wants to count everything as her doing it alone."
These words made everyone speak more.
"How much rice is in the porridge in Gwangju Prefecture and even Huainan Province is produced by us."
"The trench city and the houses and shacks where we built them are all ours, every brick and tile."
"The result is that she has unlimited magic power?"
The men were waving their sleeves and making noisy noises, which overshadowed the exquisite garden scenery. There was a heavy cough. Everyone looked down the corridor and saw four or five men standing around an old man wrapped in a cloak.
There.
Seeing him, everyone hurriedly stopped talking and rushed over to salute: "Old Mrs. Huang." They also said in confusion: "Old Mrs. Huang, the world is in chaos, and our Guangzhou Prefecture will also be in chaos." "Old Mrs., we can't survive this day."
Mr. Huang from the Huang clan glanced at everyone: "Okay, no need to explain, I already know everything. I have received news from the government, saying that we will lend our fields to the refugees for farming, so that they can settle down and have peace of mind.
Here it is.”
Master Tian Qi took a step forward alone and said, "Master, let's not talk about whether this can allow the refugees to settle down and live in peace. First, we have to break down the houses and destroy them."
So everyone started making noise again, and Old Man Huang waved his hand to stop it again.
"Previously, I saw that Mrs. Wu was kind-hearted, so she just helped the younger generation to do something, but I didn't expect that her appetite was getting bigger and bigger, and she didn't take us seriously," he said.
Someone sighed: "Yes, other places are also protecting the people and raising troops to protect the city, and the government also wants the help of wealthy families, but that is assistance, respect, reputation and courtesy. What are we doing? Force and rob, right? We get
What? Humiliation and humiliation!"
"I asked my children to help me with some things, but the government sent me away like a beggar," a man said angrily.
Someone laughed on the sidelines: "The government is more polite to beggars than to you."
"This is what the rebels are doing," someone hummed while shaking off their sleeves.
The conversation in front of him was filled with laughter and curses, but Old Man Huang waved his hand to interrupt.
"You don't need to tell me. I have lived for so long and I can see clearly what their intentions are. They just want to take advantage of the chaos to hoard soldiers and horses. We can't give them soldiers and horses. They can only get soldiers and horses from the refugees.
Come, so they did their best to create the momentum they have today."
Old Mrs. Huang took two steps forward and smiled faintly.
"I originally thought she was a woman. I am not familiar with her. I didn't expect her to become more and more domineering with her troops. I really thought that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. This Huainan Road surname is Wu."
Everyone nodded, "That's what the old man said." "That's exactly what it is!"
"What can stabilize this world is not soldiers and horses, nor the general public, but us aristocratic families. Without our support, it is impossible to bring peace to the world." Mr. Huang said again: "It's time to let her know this truth."
"
Master Tian Qi stepped forward and bowed his hands in salute: "Ms. Tian is willing to listen to the old lady's instructions."
Others also came forward and bowed their heads to announce their family names.
"Please give me the old master's orders!"
Mr. Huang nodded: "Let's go sit down in the hall and talk in detail."
Everyone responded and followed Mrs. Huang one after another, continuing to talk about Mrs. Wu's domineering and arrogant behavior.
"Just now, we were arresting someone on the street." A man recounted what he had just seen. "It was because two scholars made a noise when she was passing by and bumped into her."
"Are you a scholar?" Everyone asked in surprise.
"Yes, she was so polite. She gave the order and the soldiers and horses were like wolves and tigers, and they captured the people and dragged them away." The man who told the story shook his head, "It's terrible to watch."
Everyone shook their heads in grief and anger: "There are still officials in Guangzhou Prefecture, how can a woman like her do whatever she wants?"
The man sneered and ridiculed: "Song Jiacheng, a boneless prefect, wants to be with the new emperor, so of course he will obey Mrs. Wu." With a pitiful look on his face, he said, "Those two scholars are destined to die if they are caught in the government."
At this time, in a hall of the back house of the government office, the two scholars who were said to have been dragged away horribly looked puzzled and uneasy.
What puzzled one person was the large porcelain cup placed in front of them. This porcelain cup was made simply and poorly, but it was a pity that the tea inside was not good.
"The cup used by the gods to entertain guests is quite unique." He murmured.
The other person didn't hear his muttering, his eyes were slightly uneasy, but he straightened his back and patted his wrinkled clothes neatly.
"At this point, I have to bow my head." He said, taking a deep breath, "As a gentleman, I can only lie. Later we will tell them that we did not fight, not even a quarrel, we were just...
..discuss."
The man staring at the big porcelain cup shook his head: "That's wrong, that's wrong. Look, if you say you can't do it, you can't do it. At this time, we must admit that we had quarrels and fights."
He raised his head and smiled, his face with the traces of time became more vicissitudes, and he looked left and right with a pair of small eyes.
"It's best if we continue the fight now."
The man patting his clothes was a little annoyed: "Why?"
Li Minglou, who was standing outside the window, was also a little puzzled. Yes, why? Jiang Liang, an old man, is much calmer than Liu Fan. Was it true that he was quite naughty when he was a few years younger?