A carriage stopped at the entrance of Han Mansion, while the other one turned directly forward and turned into the small alley next to Han Mansion.
Fang Xiaoru got off the carriage, looked up at the wide open middle door, frowned, and said to Han Du who was standing aside: "This is not the first time we have come to your house, why are you doing this? "
Then he pointed at another carriage and said jokingly: "Look how scared you are of your students?"
Han Du shook his head and glanced at the carriage that Fang Xiaoru was pointing at, and said angrily: "Such a big man has even served as a governor, yet he still behaves like a timid person."
Fang Xiaoru suddenly laughed, pointed at Han Du, and said, "You! Don't act like a good boy just to get an advantage. Do you think we don't know that you are so beautiful now that you are married to a wife?"
Seeing that Fang Xiaoru was still standing here, Han Du interrupted: "This is not the place to talk. Brother Fang, please!"
"Brother Han, please!"
After saying that, Fang Xiaoru was not polite to Han Du, and they walked in side by side.
While walking, Fang Xiaoru said: "He is not like what you said. Old Port is more difficult to control than Luzon. There is a mixture of fish and dragons there, Ming people, natives, Westerners...all kinds of people are there. . But Yuanji managed everyone in an orderly manner there. Under his control, Old Port even gained momentum. If he was allowed to stay in Old Port for another five years, even Luzon would be worse than but."
Han Du shook his head repeatedly and sighed: "He is too young and inexperienced. How can he compare with Brother Fang? You should stop praising him."
Fang Xiaoru smiled and said nothing more.
As soon as the two of them came to sit down in the inner hall, Wang Yuanji hurried over.
As soon as he entered the door, he smiled awkwardly, bowed his hands to Han Du and said, "Student greets you, sir."
Han Du was very dissatisfied with Wang Yuanji just now, but now he couldn't help but smile when he saw him.
"Get up quickly. You are now a third-rank official in the imperial court, so you should have the airs of a third-rank official. You can't worship casually."
Wang Yuanji straightened up and said with a smile on his face: "No matter how high the official position is, aren't students still students of my husband? Or does it mean that my husband doesn't recognize us as his students?"
Han Du laughed twice, shook his head, and sighed: "I am not qualified to let you be my student. You only have one husband. Today, I will not hide it from you, your husband is... ..”
"It's the Emperor." Wang Yuanji said with a smile.
There was no surprise on Han Du's face. Instead, he nodded and said, "That's right. With your intelligence, you should have guessed it a long time ago."
Wang Yuanji smiled and replied: "With the talents of Mr. and Mr. Fang, they can only be ranked as deputy judges of the academy. Then there is only one person in the world who can be qualified to serve as a judge."
Han Du curled his lips and said, "Did you guess it alone, or did others guess it too?"
"Sir, students are not the smartest in the academy. If students can guess it, then other people will naturally know it." Wang Yuanji said modestly.
Han Du nodded and sighed: "I knew I couldn't hide it from you, but because of this, I didn't bother to explain."
This is the trouble with being with smart people. They can see through many things, but no one has said it through for so long.
The three reunited after a long absence, and Han Du carefully prepared a large table of delicious food. On the entire table, only Han Du Fang Xiaoru, Wang Yuanji Sanri, and even Han Du's parents and Princess Anqing were not present.
After two glasses of wine, the three of them told each other about their experiences and knowledge. The more they talked, the more enthusiastic the atmosphere became. At the end, the huge noise between the three people actually spread outside the inner hall and spread far away in the quiet mansion.
Hongyi stood next to An Qing, looking worriedly at the direction where the noise came from. She couldn't help but turned her head and complained to Princess Anqing: "Princess, this Marquis has never been so dissolute before. Why did the Marquis become like this as soon as those two people came? The slaves can't believe their eyes. This is still In the eyes of this servant, the gentle Marquis? If they continue to make trouble like this, nothing will happen, right?"
An Qing lowered his head and glanced at her with a smile, and said: "There are not many people in this world who can be regarded as your good friends. And those two are your Marquis. It's just that you haven't seen them for a long time. Let them go." Well, you just keep an eye here, and if there is a shortage of wine and meat, ask someone to bring some in, and don’t interrupt them while they drink.”
"Yes, I have remembered it." Hongyi smiled slightly.
An Qing glanced towards the inner hall one last time, then turned around and left quietly accompanied by two maids.
...
When Han Du woke up again, he found that he was already lying on the bed. Looking at the familiar top of the bed, Han Du was immediately relieved. This was his bed.
"Are you awake?" An Qing, who had been sitting by the bed, couldn't help but shouted softly when he saw Han Du opening his eyes in a daze.
When Han Du saw An Qing sitting in front of him, he took a deep breath, and then sighed heavily: "Oh, I almost drank myself to death by those two bastards."
An Qing brought over a bowl of hangover soup that had been prepared long ago, stirred it twice with a spoon, blew lightly and said, "Here, drink this, you will feel better."
When Han Du heard this, he pushed himself up with both hands and enjoyed An Qing feeding him the soup.
After drinking, Anqing put the bowl aside. Then he sat behind Han Du, let his head rest on his lap, and gently rubbed Han Du's head with his fingers.
While kneading, he said: "My husband must have been too happy last night, otherwise with my huge strength, the two of them together would not be my opponent."
Han Du slightly agreed in his heart, he was indeed very happy last night. How do Fang Xiaoru and Wang Yuanji compare to their drinking capacity? The two of them fell down early last night, and Han Du took advantage of the mood to drink with him, so that he would be drunk until he fell unconscious.
...
The governors of the world all returned to the capital to report on their duties. Every time they returned to the capital, they aroused the curiosity of the people in the capital. Even some well-known governors, such as world-famous governors like Fang Xiaoru and Wang Yuanji, attracted people to go there spontaneously when they came back, wanting to have a look at these people who were about to become rich.
Money and silk touch people's hearts!
Everyone knows that as an official in the Ming Dynasty, if you only rely on a modest salary, you can only maintain food and clothing for your family, and at most you can live a little better than ordinary people.
However, if you want to commit corruption, there are so many severe penalties. Tan Mo Sixty Liang, skinned and stuffed as grass is no joke. Even now, there are still straw figures hanging at the gates of the yamen.
If you want to be an official and earn hundreds of thousands of dollars without being greedy, then the only choice is the Governor.
There has long been a proverb in the capital, "Six ministers are not as good as one overseas governor." This shows how far the people are pursuing money.
Not only the people were fascinated, but also the officials were eager to see these returning governors. Because every time a governor comes back, it means that there is one more prime job in the world.
At the beginning, civil servants did not know that serving as governor would bring rewards. Therefore, they are all very disgusted with going overseas, and no one is willing to go.
Therefore, after the first governors served for five years, they could be re-elected for another five years.
But since the civil servants knew the benefits of being a governor, they all stared at every governor position like hungry wolves. If anyone dares to be re-elected, these civil servants have been preparing for days to drown him easily.
Within half a month, all the governors in the world returned to the capital. And among the expectations of all the officials, the highlight is about to come.
Zhu Biao did not disappoint the officials. The next day after all the governors came back, he followed his father's practice in the past and generously rewarded each governor in the Fengtian Palace.
Among them, the ones who received the most rewards were Fang Xiaoru and Wang Yuanji. Both of them received more than 1.5 million guan in rewards, and Wang Yuanji's reward was even more than Fang Xiaoru's, but the difference was very small, only a few dozen guan.
No wonder Fang Xiaoru looked at Wang Yuanji with special eyes, and even said that he surpassed him. Judging from the current number, Wang Yuanji did surpass Fang Xiaoru by a little.
Wang Yue stood on the throne and continued to read out the emperor's decree, "... In addition, Fang Xiaoru was promoted to the second rank, moved to the Ministry of War, and was appointed as Zuo Shilang; Wang Yuanji was promoted to the second rank, moved to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and was appointed as Shilang ..."
The other governors-general also received one-level promotions, and each held important positions in the court. These governors have been independent figures overseas for the past five years. This kind of experience is enough to greatly increase their horizons and abilities. Such people don't use it, that's what fools do.
After Lao Zhu evaluated the first batch of governors, he promoted them all one after another, and it became a rule from then on.
In other words, as long as you can seize the opportunity to become a governor, be able to serve for five years, and successfully complete the tribute. Then after you leave office and return to the court, you will almost certainly be promoted and gain considerable real power.
He is powerful and rich, which is why people and officials all over the world are jealous of the governor.
Fang Xiaoru's family background was originally very ordinary. Even if he achieved fame and served in the imperial court and academies, he received a lot of salary. But the Fang family is far from being considered wealthy, it is just an ordinary official family. Of course it is very high in terms of status, but far behind in terms of money. Not even one percent of that of a small maritime merchant.
But now, Fang Xiaoru suddenly had a fortune of millions. With his single-handed power, he was able to lift the Fang family into the ranks of the richest, which was like a miracle in an opera.
Needless to say, Wang Yuanji's family background was even worse, and he could barely be considered a poor family. But the poorer his family background is, the greater the shock it brings to everyone now. Compared with Fang Xiaoru, officials envied Wang Yuanji more.
Because, first of all, he was too young, and he is only in his thirties now. Secondly, he was promoted and made rich, which indeed made too many people jealous.
