(Thanks to last week’s qq reading Duan Chuhe hero for the tip...)
In the gorgeous and luxurious study room, incense smoke lingered. Cai Yun saw the sullen expression on the face of his well-maintained father Cai Jing gradually fade away, and he just looked at himself indifferently. He was puzzled in his heart and did not know what to say for a moment.
At this time, someone outside the study respectfully asked Cai Jing to report something. Cai Jing heard that it was Li Duguan in the mansion, so he waved his hand gently and said, "Come in!"
Li Duguan entered the study, first bowed to Cai Jing and Cai Yun, and then reported to Cai Jing: "Mr. Cai, from Jiangnan, the filial piety of Zhu Tiju, who should be serving in the bureau, has been sent to his house, as well as the high official of the prefect of Hangzhou.
Power does not know how to promote. Zhu Tiju has received the instructions from Cai Gong and has sent someone to prepare a complaint. He wants to punish the high-ranking official and remove him from his official position...Now it can be done."
When Cai Jing heard Li Duguan talk about Zhu Ti and Zhu Meng who were responsible for serving in the Jiangnan Bureau, he couldn't help snorting. It was said that that guy was just good at building mountains and gardens, so he was also liked by the officials. It was just because of his reputation.
The officials' methods of collecting Hua Shi's official tools for private use, and squeezing the people's fat and anointing people to accumulate huge wealth by scraping the land in the south of the Yangtze River were so rampant that even Cai Jing couldn't stand it, so he warned Zhao Ji not to teach Zhu Meng.
The use of official grain ships to transport flowers and stones should also be restrained from the practice of digging graves and destroying houses on Liangzhe Road and Fujian Road.
Zhu Meng was intimidated by Cai Jing's power and was relatively restrained, so Cai Jing was able to accommodate him; but the high power of the prefect of Hangzhou... Compared to Zhu Meng, he was definitely an upright official, and the local people in Hangzhou also praised him.
He is loyal and smart, and he is not willing to compromise with the powerful, but it is because he is unwilling to compromise. Cai Jing can tolerate Zhu Meng's rampage in Jiangnan by relying on the situation, but he absolutely cannot tolerate his daring to act in Hangzhou without looking down on his face.
The prefect.
Cai Jing, who had been demoted to the title of Prince Shaobao, lived in Hangzhou for two or three years. It was also in the Jiangnan area that he met Tong Guan, who was then an official of the Jinming Bureau in Hangzhou, and Zhu Meng, who was promoted to an official in the Bureau of Suzhou.
The personal relationship became closer and closer, so Hangzhou can also be said to be Cai Jing's foundation in the local state capital, and the prefect who took office must also be his protégé and confidant. Since the high power in Hangzhou nowadays does not know how to promote, Cai Jing said it was just right.
You can take this opportunity to depose him and promote a close confidant from the Cai Party to succeed him as the magistrate of Hangzhou.
Cai Jing looked at Cai Yun with cold eyes again. He snorted softly and said: "You can't help my father if you just stay in Bianjing. Finally, you can't live in Bianjing for long.
Plan. Since the official position of the prefect of Hangzhou is about to be vacant, my father will recommend you to go to Hangzhou to succeed the post of prefect, so that you will not have to go to Bianliang, Tokyo to just go to three tiles and two houses to cajole and run amok with the boys all day long."
Cai Jing, his father, naturally knows what kind of person Cai Jun is. If he is placed in a local state capital, he will be more willful, but it is better than being placed in Bianjing, the capital of the country, at the foot of the emperor. Sooner or later, he will be domineering.
Bianjing's reputation was even worse than that of the gorgeous Tai Sui Gaoyanei. Cai Jingxin said that his concubine Cai Jiu was not very talented, but he did not make any big mistakes after he was sent to Jiangzhou to become the prefect. Although Cai Yun's son
It's useless, and even in the fish and meat village, Fei Yang is so domineering that compared to the important place in the capital, he can still be suppressed even if he is sitting in the middle of the court.
Hearing that Cai Jing was going to send him to Hangzhou to be a prefect, Cai Jun was unhappy and was about to refuse, but then he thought about how his brother Cai Jiu would be happy to be a prefect in Jiangzhou, which was far better than being in Bianjing.
Look at your father's face and act. Hangzhou is also a treasure land with water, land and mountains. It has a local population of 200,000 to 300,000. It is prosperous and beautiful. It is also one of the most populous state capitals in the Jiangnan area. If you can be a prefect there,
...In addition, I have the support of Mr. Cai behind me. Although I am not a loner, I can cover the sky with one hand. Isn't this much happier than staying in Bianjing and following the gang of idle boys?
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Thinking of this, Cai Jun's complaints immediately disappeared. However, thinking of Xiao Tang, who was not friendly with the Cai family, Cai Jun said angrily: "My father has sent me orders, and I just obey them. It's just Xiao Tang."
.....How does the father plan to quarrel with him?"
"My father has his own ideas at this time, and you don't need to interfere."
Cai Jing glanced at Cai Yun again, and then said to Li Duguan: "That person...has arrived too, right? Zhai Qian was sent to see me, and he also asked the man named Ximen from Yanggu County to come too.
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Li Duguan hurriedly responded respectfully and left the study. After a while, another steward in the Cai Mansion named Zhai Qian came to see Cai Jing with a man. The man was about thirty years old.
, wearing a gold bell hairpin on her head, a jade railing ring, green pleated clothes, and wearing Chenqiao shoes with fine knot soles and clear water cloth socks under her feet. Although she is well-dressed, her appearance is quite decent, but she is a bit raw.
There was an aura of wandering between his brows, and the slightly concave surface of his eyes lacked a bit of vitality. It seemed that half of his body had been hollowed out by wine and sex. Just looking at the temperament between his eyebrows, he looked like a disciple of the wandering who often likes to attract bees and butterflies.
As soon as the man saw Cai Jing and Cai Yun, he immediately stepped forward to salute as if he were meeting his biological parents, and said respectfully: "Caomin Ximen Qing, pay your respects to Master Cai! Pay your respects to Cai Yanei!"
Cai Yun was condescending, looking down at Ximen Qing in front of him, who was pretending to be a filial son and a virtuous grandson, fawning over his father and himself, but his expression was very disdainful.
Cai Jun also knew that Ximen Qing's sister seemed to be married to the son of Chen Hong, the relative of Yang Jian, a powerful eunuch in the court. However, Chen Hong had been affected in the court, and Ximen Qing seemed to be in charge of official affairs in Qinghe County and interacted with people.
He was acting cunning, doing things like talking things over for money, and slandering officials. He seemed to be afraid of being implicated, so he sent his family through his sworn brother Cai Yun, and the manager Zhai Qian wanted to go through the Cai Mansion, and also borrowed money from himself
The gifts presented by my father, Cai Jing, were heavy, like those yellow golden pots and jade cups, shining white with the immortals. The embroidered python robes were colorful; Nanjing silk satin, gold and jade. The soup, sheep and wine were all covered with covers; exotic fruits.
The fashionable gift, which was piled high with plates and boxes, was not gold or silver, and was very popular with Cai Jing.
Although this guy is a man who knows how to cater to flatterers... Cai Junxin said that Ximen Qing can ingratiate himself with some powerful people, but he is just a poor and wealthy man in Yanggu County. He just opened a herbal medicine shop in front of the county and later became rich. If we talk about those people in the county and countryside,
The traffickers and lackeys were afraid of his reputation and wanted to call him Ximen Dalang, or even a high-ranking official from Ximen. But in Cai Jun's eyes, any high-ranking official in Yanggu County was as good as a low-income man.
Xiao Min, Cai Jun only thinks of Ximen Qing as a piece of shit. If he really gets pissed off, he can crush this bug-like Xiao Min to death with two fingers. His father said he would deal with Xiao Tang.
, calling this person named Ximen Qing to come, what’s the point?
Cai Jing was very kind to Ximen Qing. He first called Ximen Qing to stand up, and then said: "I have thanked you for your troubles many times and sent me generous gifts. I think you are a person who knows how to appreciate people."
Ximen Qing originally hoped to get in touch with powerful officials in the DPRK such as Cai Jing. Although he was entrusted with heavy gifts, when he went to Beijing this time, he heard that Cai Jing's son Cai Ji died in the Song-Xia war. He didn't want to get into trouble, but he didn't want Cai Jing
However, he could send people to summon him. Now that he saw Cai Jing treating him so kindly, Ximen Qing was even more surprised and happy. He said repeatedly: "I am a villager. It is a great blessing to be able to meet Mr. Cai with his respectable face!"
Cai Jing is such a shrewd person. When he heard Ximen Qing first express that he was a villager, he knew that he wanted to curry favor with him. Cai Jing sneered in his heart again, and then said: "Since you have no official service, the imperial court recently
I have also been given a few empty names to report to the police, and I will be posted on Jingdong Road to find a job as a criminal and prison director to fill the vacancy in the judicial department. What do you think?"
When Ximen Qing heard this, he was even more ecstatic. He knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "Mr. Cai has given me such a great favor. The common people have smashed their whole families to death, and I can't repay you!"
Cai Jing closed his eyes slightly, nodded slightly, and then said: "I heard that you were born in Yanggu County, Dongping Prefecture, Jingxi East Road. Yun'er said that you can make some good fists and sticks, and you can also get to know some people in the world...
..The northwest of Yanggu County is close to Daming Prefecture in Hebei Province. I heard that the name 'Ren Xia Xiao Tang' in the green forests of Hebei and Shandong is quite famous, do you recognize it?"
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The characters in "The Plum in the Golden Ping" will basically try to follow their deeds to match the content of the novel. However, strictly speaking, Cai Jing received a heavy gift from Ximen Qing. In "The Plum in the Golden Ping", he first met with the bailiff sent by Ximen Qing, but
Other related and related novels must also be integrated. Otherwise, Water Margin, Shuo Yue, Zhengshi, and Jin Ping Mei will integrate too much content. The content of several novels will be pulled out, and the plot will be delayed even slower. Ximen Qing's appearance at this time will probably be too late.
It makes sense, so I made some slight modifications. If I feel that there are areas that can be fixed in the future, I will make slight changes to speed up the writing process. I would like to explain...
