Shou'an City has five prefectures and thirty-one counties, with many wealthy households under its jurisdiction. Among them, the most influential are twelve families with eight surnames. Most of these families live in Fucheng, while the remaining families have been in Zhili Prefecture for generations.
As soon as Shengyuan's carriages and horses entered the city, the government officials didn't know yet, but the heads of these families had already received the news.
The old governor retired and returned home, but he couldn't wait to leave before the new governor took office. This is a side reminder for any official who is about to accept a place in the government.
Whether Sheng Yuan, the new governor, is angry or not is another matter. Anyway, the local bullies guarding An City are not satisfied.
Isn't this just giving them eye drops in a circumstantial way?
This is not to say that Old Fu Yin had a unhappy life in Shou'an City during his term of office!
"That means Lao Xing walks quickly, otherwise we would have to talk to him. We obviously have a great time cooperating with each other!" In the private room on the third floor of Jiuxiang Building, a bearded man with a round belly and a red face shook his fan. Nagging like a smile but not a smile.
Jiuxianglou is the most famous restaurant in Zhili Prefecture of Shou'an City. It has three floors. There is only one private room on the top floor of the third floor. It is not open to the public at ordinary times. It is only used when the principals of eight surnames and twelve families gather.
The surname of the man who spoke was Jia Mingyang, who was wearing a military uniform. He came from the Jia family of a family with eight surnames and twelve families. The main business of his family was horse herding, cattle herding, and sheep herding. It is said that one-fifth of the war horses of the Great Chu Military Department came from his family.
The middle-aged man who was eight dishes away from him laughed out loud when he heard this.
This person's surname is Zhang, and his family is known as the Dazhang family in local aristocratic circles.
The man surnamed Zhang put down his chopsticks and looked at Jia Yang: "Xingfu Yin is afraid of you and the Jia family. The last time you brothers fought, he, the chief official of the first mansion, ruined the disaster pool and the whole city was shut down. So, Even his yamen became quiet. In the end, he begged and begged us, Brother You, and that was when things turned around. I'm afraid that from then on, he had the idea of running away."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man next to him was not happy: "Zhang Si, what you said is a bit biased! If it weren't for that Xing meddling in other people's business, how could it be a joke among our clan brothers that caused uproar in the city?
To put it into detail, the quarrel between us brothers is just because some properties were not torn apart when our ancestors split up the family. Do you want an outsider to intervene?
But you, Xing Fuyin just wanted to check the account books of your mine, so you kidnapped his girl and almost made your nephew a side wife. To put it into detail, you are overbearing! "
"Jia Min, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. My nephew is a heroic hero. He saved the young lady of the Xing family from the gangsters, and finally returned to Zhao intact. Don't talk nonsense!"
Zhang Si lowered his face and said, "Since your Jia family has been making trouble, you still haven't made it clear where the large quantities of food and war horses have been transported?"
"You!" As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the two Jia brothers suddenly changed.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, the superior man surnamed You immediately made peace: "Okay! Okay! Xingfu Yin has already resigned, what's the point of quarreling over this old friend who is not here?"
Brother Jia, Brother Zhang, although he likes to joke a little bit, but the last time someone took advantage of your family, he was the one who used family relations to suppress the matter. Water is also indispensable for his contribution! "
"Hmph, these are all old accounts from more than ten years ago. I'm afraid their brothers have forgotten about them a long time ago!" Zhang Si sneered.
The man surnamed You looked at him again after hearing the sound: "Brother Zhang, the Jia brothers treat you well! I think when the censor came here, if their family hadn't abandoned their legitimate daughter with him, I'm afraid that the governor and you They are all being escorted to Beijing!"
At the end, he sighed with emotion: "We eight surnames and twelve families have been guarding the border town for several generations, and the test is that they sincerely cooperate with each other and help each other! Now there is a large imperial army stationed in Shouping City, and we have a new governor in Shou'an City. The inside and outside are still unclear here, so we must be more careful, how can we add conflicts because of external duties?"
After he said this, a man surnamed Fan with two beards nodded his head in approval: "These dear friends may sound a little harsh when talking in such a hurry, but in fact, in the past few years, who has not sent tens of thousands of snowflakes and silver to Lao Fu Yin? ? Humph, I don’t know how much furniture their family originally had, but just for the past few years, it’s that sentence
In three years, the magistrate's one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver were ten times more, right? Where did his family come from, which has allowed them to live for three generations? Isn’t it something that our eight surnames and twelve families contributed to him? "
"That's right! That's right!" The other principals at the table nodded frequently.
"We are obviously cooperative friends, how can we make it sound like we are forcing them?"
"That's it! That's it! Shou'an City is a bitter cold place. If it weren't for the hard work of our local heroes for generations, how could they manage the land that these military strategists compete for so well with their merciless governors?"
"Our ancestors have served as a buffer wall between the imperial court and Nuerhan for generations. Instead of taking credit and being arrogant, we are happy to help the chief officials manage the city. We deserve all the credit for our hard work, and we are justified!"
Everyone responded and responded, and the topic gradually changed.
Seeing that the atmosphere had calmed down, You Sui waited patiently for a moment, and then coughed twice to attract everyone's attention: "Okay! Okay! We have made contributions to the court for generations, but we cannot be proud of ourselves. These words of boasting say no more!
Everyone is very busy, and it is not easy to get together. Let’s talk about the key point... I wonder how much you know about this newly appointed governor? "
"This..." Everyone couldn't help but look at each other in shock when they heard this.
Xing Fuyin resigned suddenly. His term of office has not yet expired. Who would have thought that he would retire and return to his hometown?
By the time everyone knew about it, he had already quietly transported his family and belongings out of the city.
The last person they saw was the boy Xing Fuyin left behind to inform them of the situation.
The boy could only dictate what Xing Fuyin had told him, but he didn't know anything about the rest.
"Although someone's distant relative is in the capital, he has not heard about the appointment of the chief officer of Shou'an City, but..." You Sui saw that everyone was silent and did not care, and said to himself, "However, they said that our Da Chu's Liuyuan and the third The female number one scholar left Beijing with a motorcade. Although I don’t know where she is going, but thinking about the news that just came, judging from the size of the motorcade, the two are consistent."
"Is it a girl? A female palace official?!" When everyone heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing everyone's reaction, You Sui couldn't help but remind him: "You heard that this girl and her fiancé are a presence in Beijing that makes the powerful children change their minds."
"Brother You, you are too careful! Not to mention a girl, but the husband of the chief minister's family is here, so what? As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. In the local area where we guard An City, the dragon has to be coiled when it comes. "You have to lie down when the tiger comes!"
Zhang Si snorted coldly, and the dim light in his eyes flashed: "If she knows the taste, it won't be a problem for her to own millions of possessions. If she doesn't know the taste, we always have a way to teach her to know the taste!"
