Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 162 Four hundred and fifty million taels of silver

In this way, he accompanied these carrion-eating Jinan officials and acted as a good cadre of the people for the country and the people. From beginning to end, Wang Daoqiu resisted the urge to commit murder, pretending to be a fool from Shaanxi.

It was approaching noon, Zhang Liangwei saw that the time for dinner was approaching, and there was nothing more to say about the so-called business.So he stood up and bowed his hands to Wang Daoqiu and said: "My lord governor, you see we have almost finished discussing the political affairs today. Now it's almost lunch time. How about you, lord governor, give me a favor and go to the next place?" Let's have a meal in the small courtyard where the official is currently staying! To be honest with you, the governor, in order to welcome you, I specially invited a few good cooks, including a master chef of Suzhou and Hangzhou cuisine who is good at what you, the governor, are used to. Not Xia Guan I'm bragging to you, my lord, that although the chefs hired by my lord are not good at cooking, the home-cooked dishes they make are absolutely authentic. What do you think, my lord, please come with me and give them a try?"

Zhang Liangwei wanted to invite Wang Daoqiu to dinner, and his attitude was absolutely sincere, and Wang Daoqiu was willing to give him this face.After all, for Zhang Liangwei, this might be his last meal of good food and wine before his decapitation meal.

Wang Daoqiu was willing to give Zhang Liangwei this face, but he still wanted to wait for the hundreds of soldiers who would protect him along the way.I want to wait until my own soldiers arrive, and then go have this banquet with these officials in Jinan.Otherwise, he would always feel a little uneasy in his heart.

With this thought in his mind, Wang Daoqiu said to Zhang Liangwei's invitation: "I stayed in the city last night and did not go back. My entourage did not see me this morning and may not dare to leave the inn. But today Early in the morning, before I came to the government office, I had asked County Magistrate Jiang to send someone to notify the inn and ask them to come and meet me as soon as possible. Going back and forth like this will inevitably delay some time, but the inn is not far away This Jinan City is about twenty or thirty miles away. I believe that the post station received a letter from the officers sent by Jiang Zhixian, and they should arrive at Jinan City around noon."

"Among my entourage, there are not only the soldiers who serve as bodyguards, but also several supervisory censors sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, several grain and grass officers sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Li Qianshi from the Jinyi Guards, the Secretary of Li Eunuch Chen, who is in charge of the prison. So if we don’t wait for them, we have a banquet by ourselves. This is not good! Let’s wait for them! In this way, Magistrate Zhang, you can inform your family to get ready first, and on the other hand, send your horse to see Let’s see how long it will take for my followers to enter the city.”

What Wang Daoqiu said makes sense. The banquet was opened before all the guests had arrived. This really aroused hatred, and the guests who were not present were all officials from the capital.Among them were the senior officials of Jinyiwei and Si Lijian.Therefore, when Wang Daoqiu said this, Zhang Liangwei naturally had to wait.After all, those people all have names and identities.

So Zhang Liangwei followed Wang Daoqiu's instructions and sent people to inform his family to get ready quickly, while also sending fast horses out of the city.But he stayed here and continued to talk nonsense with Wang Daoqiu.

About half an hour later, a police officer came in to report that Wang Daoqiu's entourage had entered the city.

When he heard that his military support was entering the city, Wang Daoqiu's heart, which had been hanging, fell to the ground at this time.

The officials accompanying Wang Daoqiu were not only Beijing officials, but also had higher official ranks than the current Jinan officials, which were composed of a group of county magistrates and county magistrates.So according to the rules of the officialdom, these Jinan government officials had to go out to greet them, but Wang Daoqiu, who was from the first rank, had no reason to go out to greet his subordinates.

The group of county magistrates and county magistrates from Jinan Prefecture welcomed a group of Beijing officials who followed Wang Daoqiu to the temporary government office of Jinan Prefecture.After another meal of official pretense, everyone went to the small courtyard where Zhang Liangwei currently lives for a meal at Zhang Liangwei's warm invitation.

On the way to the small courtyard where Zhang Liangwei currently lives temporarily, Wang Daoqiu quietly said to Li Qianshi, the Jinyi guard who was walking next to him: "Arrange your people to surround the home of Zhang Liangwei, the acting magistrate of Jinan. I give you an order. , you just capture these Jinan Prefecture officials."

"Here"

Jinyiwei is very good at this and has strong obedience.No matter what tasks are given by the superiors, they don't ask why, no matter right or wrong, they only know that subordinates must obey their superiors absolutely.

After giving the order to Jin Yiwei, Li Qian quietly retreated to the back of the team to greet his subordinates.Wang Daoqiu was relieved. Wang Daoqiu believed in the professionalism of Jin Yiwei. After all, investigating and apprehending criminals was their daily work.If Wang Daoqiu had given orders to the Jin Yiwei in advance and had deceived the prisoners into a small courtyard in advance, so that the Jin Yiwei allowed the prisoners to escape, then his Jin Yiwei would be really embarrassed. Li Qianshi If he wanted to complete the errand like this, he would have to use his own head to explain to Lu Bing.

Leave the matter of taking the person to Queen Jin Yiwei.Wang Daoqiu didn't think about it any more, and went to eat happily.

Entering Zhang Liangwei's small courtyard, three large round tables have been placed here. The officials sat according to their status. Zhang Liangwei, the acting prefect of Jinan, the acting co-prefect of Jinan, the acting magistrate of Jinan, accompanied Wang Daoqiu and a group of Beijing officials. main table.Then the county magistrates and magistrates sat at one table, and the county magistrate sat at another table.

At the beginning of the banquet, the acting Tongzhi of Jinan Prefecture, who served as the master of ceremonies, stood up to face everyone and said loudly: "Now for the governor, as well as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Revenue, The reception banquet for Jinyiwei, Si Lijian and other superior officials begins now. Bang bang bang."

"Clap clap clap"

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As soon as the Jinan deputy magistrate announced the start of the reception banquet, he took the lead and began to applaud, and then the officials sitting below also joined in the applause.

After several rounds of applause, Jinan's acting colleague, who was the master of ceremony, took the lead in stopping the applause. He raised his hands and pressed down with his palms a few times to signal everyone to be quiet.

After all the officials calmed down, the acting Comrade from Jinan, who was the master of ceremonies, said a lot of flattering words to Wang Daoqiu and other Beijing officials, saying that Wang Daoqiu and the others had worked hard, and it was all for the people of Shandong. ah!After saying this bunch of official flattery, the master of ceremonies loudly asked Zhang Liangwei, now a landlord, to come out and give a welcome speech to the superior leaders on behalf of the people of Jinan.

Hearing the host's greeting, Zhang Liangwei, who didn't know that he was about to go to jail after finishing his meal, stood up from his seat very pretentiously, straightened his official robe first, and then greeted Wang Daoqiu and all the officials one by one. Gong bowed his head, cleared his throat twice, and began to talk. It was another very sensational and disgusting talk about his feelings for the leader. Wang Daoqiu felt like vomiting after hearing this!
Zhang Liangwei affectionately explained his admiration for the leader, and then he took the lead in toasting Wang Daoqiu with a wine glass in his hand.When the officials of Jinan Prefecture saw that their acting prefect was toasting to the governor, they also stood up quickly, holding wine glasses, and toasted to Wang Daoqiu loudly.

Seeing that his subordinates were cooperating, Zhang Liangwei showed off his acting skills again, with red eyes, holding the wine glass, and said affectionately: "Sir, you have worked really hard for us, the people of Shandong. The people of Shandong thank you, and I, the people of Jinan, Thank you even more! Sir, please drink this cup as I, the Jinan officials, represent millions of Jinan people and 600 million Shandong people, and pay my respects to you!"

This picture of Liangwei is really disgusting, and the little expression used to flatter him is absolutely sincere.Just like that era, when people mentioned that person in movies, they must be so pious and mentally retarded.Zhang Liangwei didn't talk about martial ethics, but he did this trick 400 years in advance, which made Wang Daoqiu disgusted.In order to stop Zhang Liangwei from being disgusted with him, Wang Daoqiu decided to obey him this time.

So facing Zhang Liangwei's toast, Wang Daoqiu stood up and clinked his wine glass with Zhang Liangwei's wine glass.Then he faced the Jinan officials and said with a wry smile: "It's hard for your magistrate Zhang to be so shameless and say so many flattering words to me in public. To be honest, my face was covered by his words." Red. Okay, okay, I suggest that we have a drink for Magistrate Zhang to risk his life."

"Ha ha ha ha"

"Ha ha ha ha"

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Wang Daoqiu's evaluation of Zhang Liangwei was very pertinent, so as soon as Wang Daoqiu finished speaking, except for Zhang Liangwei who was a little embarrassed, everyone else at the scene laughed happily and started having sex with Wang Daoqiu while raising their glasses.

After drinking a glass of wine, everyone sat down. At this time, the master of ceremonies raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Now, please give instructions to the governor! Everyone is welcome! Bang bang bang bang."

"Clap clap clap"

"Clap clap clap"

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There was another round of crisp and loud applause. The officials from the capital who had been following Wang Daoqiu took Wang Daoqiu's face into consideration and clapped their hands.As for the officials of Jinan Prefecture, including Zhang Liangwei, who had just been ridiculed by Wang Daoqiu in public, they all clapped happily, just like the applause of the two hundred and five people from the Three Fat Kingdoms when they saw the Three Fatty People in the news of later generations.Are any of these people sincere?

Just like that, amidst the applause that they treated themselves like dogs and others like [-], Wang Daoqiu stood up from his seat and said calmly: "Thank you everyone, although I know that your applause is not for me. Yes, you are cheering for your own future, but I am still willing to applaud you and thank you against my will."

"To be honest, I feel that if a prefecture has a good magistrate, the whole government will be stable; if a county has a good magistrate, the whole county will be blessed. Since ancient times, if the prefecture magistrate is a wise man and can fully appreciate the holy will, then the king will be You can sit under the temple corridor, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. But if most of the prefectures and magistrates in the world neglect their duties, openly accept bribes and ask for bribes in vain, and plunder the people's fat, fish and meat, then no matter how virtuous the king and ministers are, the world will eventually be in chaos. , the dynasty has changed. So, everyone sitting here, are you wise?"

Damn it!What does Wang Daoqiu mean by this?Isn’t this official banquet where everyone eats, drinks, and carries each other in sedan chairs?Why are we throwing a reception banquet for you, but you flipped the table?
Wang Daoqiu's words are so disrespectful. It's like the Metropolitan Procuratorate asked you to have a chat.What made the officials in Jinan even more dangerous was that after Wang Daoqiu said these words, he looked at them with an angry face, making it clear that he wanted to punish them today.

Feeling the strong hostility emanating from Wang Daoqiu, all the Jinan officials on the scene were shocked for a moment. They lowered their heads and pretended to be pitiful as if their son had died.And the banquet scene, as Wang Daoqiu spoke these words, suddenly changed from the original lively hello, me, hello, everyone, into a bone-chilling ice cellar.

Seeing how these Jinan officials were attending a funeral, Wang Daoqiu was too lazy to answer them. He turned to Jin Yiwei Li Qianshi and said, "Let your people come in."

"Here"

Wang Daoqiu gave the order, and Li Qian was busy responding to the order.Then he whistled and whistled, and immediately hundreds of Jinan captains rushed in from the gate, holding embroidered spring knives in hand, and surrounded these Jinan officials.Or he bent his bow and nocked an arrow, stood on the wall and roof of the Zhang family, and pointed the arrow at the Jinan officials.

Looking at these more than a hundred imperial guards, with their swords and arrows pointing at themselves, they might throw themselves into the street at any time.The officials of Jinan Prefecture were frightened. They all looked at each other with fear written all over their faces.

At this time, other Jinan Prefecture officials could just stand there, but Zhang Liangwei, the acting prefect, had to speak at this time.After all, he is now the first brother of Jinan local government.

So Zhang Liangwei shook his head and looked pitiful, and said to Wang Daoqiu: "Sir, why is this? I, the officials of Jinan Prefecture, are all loyal to the emperor and the court..."

"Shut up, you treacherous traitor. How dare you say anything in front of me about being loyal to the court and the emperor? I asked you, how many fields did Prince De's family have, and how many fields did the 59 households in Jinan Prefecture check? How much land did the local high-ranking families in Jinan have who were massacred by the bandits? Magistrate Zhang, I would like to remind you that when I discussed these matters with you just now, you all wrote notes, signed them, and prepared to report to the court. This You can’t afford it.”

It’s over, it’s over, it’s about eating the carrion of a wealthy family!If I had known this, I would have just spent a few million taels to knock this Wang Daoqiu down.

Just when Magistrate Zhang was extremely regretting that he had not "mentioned the money" just now, Wang Daoqiu had already taken out of his sleeve the document drafted and signed by a group of officials from Jinan Prefecture and prepared to submit it to the court. The statistical data were handed to the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate beside him.

In addition, Wang Daoqiu also said to the imperial envoys of the capital procuratorate, the grain and grass officer of the Ministry of Revenue, Li Qianshi of the Jinyi Guard, and Chen Gonggong of Dongchang who were still unaware of the situation: "Jinan Prefecture has fertile fields thousands of miles away, and together with the royal family of King De, Jinan Prefecture has at least 30 hectares of farmland that is hidden from the local high-profile households and is not listed in the government yellow list. But these Jinan Prefecture officials, when they were discussing with their own officials just now, they said that they had only inventoried the land. The Wang family and the 59 wealthy local households in Jinan who were massacred only had [-] hectares of land, less than [-]% of the actual acres of land in Jinan Prefecture. I want to ask you, do you believe this?"

(End of this chapter)