"Xiang Shaolong, you big idiot, now you know what it means for a scholar to fall out, right? This group of intellectuals who occupy the highest point of public opinion are no less than bandits once they get involved!" Xiao Letian put down his carrier pigeon belt. The incoming information and the words written by Sima Yun on the silk scroll are still fresh in my mind.
Xiangjiazhuang encountered an encirclement and suppression by the local green camp soldiers that night after Sima Yun's warning. The person commanding the army was actually a Qian Commander. That night there were loud gunshots and flames in Xiangjiazhuang. When the wolf-like green soldiers rushed into the house, they found that hundreds of people in Xiangjiazhuang had all disappeared.
Xiang Shaolong is not a fool, he is a well-known Dragon Lord in the North and has countless friends in the world. In particular, there is a trade route from Yanqing to Zhangjiakou. During his many years of business, Long Ye also had friendships with bandits and horse thieves outside the mouth. When he learned that the Qing soldiers were going to encircle Xiangjiazhuang, he divided the entire village into dozens of small teams, broke into pieces and sneaked into the mountains, heading straight for the family property outside his mouth. Please come to more and faster chapters.
The cunning rabbit still has three caves, not to mention Lord Long.
When the news that the whole village of Xiangjiazhuang disappeared reached Beijing, Weng Tonghe, the Qingliu leader who showed no emotion or anger, frowned in a rare way and walked back and forth in the room. The housekeeper was very puzzled. Even if he saw the emperor and the queen mother, his master would always be neither humble nor arrogant. Why was he a little out of character today?
After the housekeeper carefully tried to persuade him, Weng Tonghe shook his head and said, "You don't understand. You don't understand at all. Since Xiao Letian appeared, I suddenly had a premonition. I felt that things were going to change. I felt that things were going to change around me. The surrounding smell is different..."
"Assassinating a Japanese traitor, the assassin actually turned traitor? He was able to let him go? This was unimaginable before. I promised to recommend his family to a candidate, but this is not the case in their Xiangjiazhuang village. There is hope of turning around after a century...but? But he would actually let him go halfway? Could it be that he, Xiao Letian, knows the magic of bewitching people's hearts? "
Weng Tonghe wandered back and forth in the study irritably, "What's so good now? Someone actually tipped off the news halfway? Thousands of green camp soldiers carrying firearms didn't even catch a single person alive? The entire Zhuangzi escaped. It would be damned if there was no internal intelligence. Oh...how come everything becomes so complicated when Xiao Letian is involved!"
By the end, Weng Tonghe was shaking with anger, "This is the evil spirit, this is the enemy of our Xianxue, the enemy of life and death..."
The housekeeper was stunned by the master. He didn't expect that the master, a leader of civilized people, would speak so highly of that Japanese devil? Want to confront Confucianism that has been passed down for thousands of years with one person's strength? Isn't this too high of a view on him?
"Master, if this is the case, I'll go look for him again. There must be a better killer in the world. I don't believe he can't be killed!" the housekeeper said angrily. Update as soon as possible
"Stupid! Assassinations are inevitable. On the one hand, Xiao Letian has become more vigilant, and on the other hand, his reputation has risen. Famous people in Beijing are always assassinated. Are you treating the court as a decoration?"
"Furthermore, I am a dignified imperial master, not a crazy murderer. Killing people to show off my knowledge is the right thing to do, and I have never regretted it. However, when the enemy has already set up a battle formation and wants to fight me openly, I will never be timid..."
At that moment Weng Tonghe had a holy look on his face, and his heart was filled with strong self-confidence. Thousands of years of Confucian accumulation gave him almost countless connections and resources. He would never believe that the two devils could win, never.
"Momo! I want to submit a memorial to recommend Xiao Letian to the Imperial Academy!"
"Ah?" The butler's jaw almost dropped at one sentence. This was the master's plan. Why are you rushing to get an official position?
Weng Tonghe smiled slightly, as if he had a clever idea in his mind, picked up his pen and began to recommend Xiao Letian as a fourth-rank Hanlin noble. Updated as soon as possible While he was writing furiously, a figure had been crawling on the roof of the study room for an hour. This dark figure could hear every word spoken in the room clearly. Holding a bone-penetrating nail, he was hesitating whether to take action.
Apart from Xiang Shaolong, there was no one in the world who wanted to assassinate Weng Tonghe, but the awe of scholars that the Chinese people had cultivated over thousands of years made him hesitate. Now Weng Tonghe is a second-rank leader, and he is the leader of Qingliu. I have never heard of Weng Hanlin being corrupt.
Is it really okay to kill such an upright official? But why did this honest official want to assassinate Xiao Letian? After the matter was revealed, why did you silence my Xiang family? Is this what an upright official should do?
Xiang Shaolong has been unable to figure it out these days. It was not until today that he got the accurate answer from Weng Tonghe. It turned out that Weng Hanlin made a choice based on the life and death of the entire Confucianism. Killing Xiao Letian was absolutely a helpless move. .
Look at Weng Hanlin now. He actually recommended Xiao Letian as an official. Is this trying to turn an enemy into a friend? Or is it a legitimate contest? Xiang Shaolong couldn't understand, but he vaguely equated this incident with the confrontation between the Donglin Party members and the Eunuch Party in the late Ming Dynasty.
But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that something was wrong there. Xiao Letian didn't do anything outrageous, right? Even if he is heinous, he has just returned to China, so even if he wants to do something bad, he has no chance? At that moment Xiang Shaolong was confused.
Weng Tonghe's book was placed in front of the two empress dowagers the next day. Cixi and Ci'an laughed when they saw it. This Weng Hanlin is really full of tricks. Does he want to bring Xiao Letian down to the Hanlin Academy? That's one-third of an acre of Qingliu's land, and he can't help but rub it.
"Weng Shuping, Weng Shuping! You don't think about it. You don't even want a second-grade top wearer with the surname Xiao, but you want a fourth-grade top wearer like you? Forget it, let's keep this secret..."
It took three days for Weng Tonghe's farce to reach Xiao Letian's ears. At that time, Xiao Letian frowned. He understood that Weng Tonghe was trying to steal the spotlight. There is no hope that his essay will pass. He just wants to send a signal to the public about how generous I, Weng Shuping, am and how much I love talents. Even if they are talents from Western schools, I will still recommend them.
"It's so shameless. These innocent people will put powder on their faces and bully the people without knowing what they are doing..." Xiao Letian didn't take it seriously after hearing this, and then began to write his "A Journey to the West" at a rapid pace. go. But not long after, Fan Jian walked in from the outside with a strange look on his face.
"Oh, shopkeeper Fan, why are you so leisurely today? How is the progress of purchasing scattered silver..."
"Mr. Xiao... I'm not here for this today. I have a letter here for you to take a look at..." After speaking, Fan Jian took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Xiao Letian.
Opening the letter paper and taking a closer look, it turned out to be a letter written by Fan Ru, the elder brother, to his brother. It all started with programmed greetings, saying some things I missed. Later, he regretted the separation of the family and hoped that his brother could return to the family. Finally, Fan Ru also told his brother the good news. Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not restore the Fan family's status as an imperial merchant, it had already transferred some of the leather goods and salt from outside the mouth. The goods business has been handed over to the Fan family. It seems that there is hope for restoring the imperial merchant status.
When Xiao Letian finished reading, Fan Jian smiled bitterly and said, "The letter is full of demonstrations. This is to show off to me, but... But the person who came here also brought a sentence from my brother... He said that as long as I give you, Mr. Tell him all the details, and he will ensure that I return to the family, and the Fan family can regain its status as a first-class imperial merchant..."
ah! Xiao Letian understood that some forces in Beijing had begun to target Fan Jian and wanted him to be a spy. Maybe they thought that throwing out the position of a first-class imperial merchant was already a great gift, and a group of lowly merchants had to pounce on him like vicious dogs grabbing bones.
"What's your opinion?" Xiao Letian said with a smile. Update as soon as possible
"Hmph! This is just trying to trick a stupid dog into going up against the wall. Let alone a scheduled imperial merchant. Even if he actually gives it to an imperial merchant now, I still don't like it. From Mr.'s book, I have seen the power of merchants. In the West, businessmen are regarded as the pillars of the country, but it is not like the Qing Dynasty, which regarded us all as slaves..."
"With the status of an imperial merchant, you can earn at most two to three million taels a year, but the annual bribe must be 90%, so only a fool would do it with them. My brother is a completely brainwashed fool... …”
Xiao Letian waved his hand, "Okay, old shopkeeper, don't be angry. Since your brother has written a letter, you can agree to it for the time being. If you refuse it outright, it will make people suspicious. You will have nothing to say about it." If the intelligence used is sent back, maybe one day your identity as a double agent will be of great use."
Having said this, Xiao Letian suddenly stood up, took out his pocket watch and looked at it carefully, "It's almost eleven o'clock, and it's lunch time again. Today I'm going to host the two of us for a drink upstairs. Three days ago, we went upstairs The boss said he wanted to invite me..."
Nowadays, Xiao Letian is no longer as depressed as before. When he came out of Master Qing's house, he was actually followed by eighteen tough men waiting on him. The toughness of elite soldiers from hundreds of battles could rush from the corner to the end of the street. . Originally, Xiao Letian was very disgusted with such grand ostentation, but unfortunately Shi Dakai gave a death order and would never let Xiao Letian go out without enough guards.
This is just a guard on the surface, and there are three times more covert protection. At first Xiao Letian was a little uncomfortable with it, but then he heard that in this year and age, even a low-ranking scholar in the countryside had to be waited on by seven or eight people when he went out. He was a famous overseas solitary guest in Beijing, so he had to wait on him with such little service. There are really not many people.
The building is located in the center of Yi County. The three-story building has a unique shape. When Xiao Letian and the others walked to the door of the store, they found that the shopkeeper had already been waiting at the door. It turned out that a servant had already made a reservation for the day in advance. Font size private room.
"Greetings to Mr. Xiao... Good luck to you, Mr. Xiao... Please come upstairs to welcome me at Tianzihao..." Xiao Letian caused a sensation as soon as he appeared. At this time, Xiao Letian was already the local emperor of Yi County. From Magistrate Liu down, there is no one who does errands in the yamen who does not take money from Mr. Xiao.
The arrester, the bookkeeper, the history officer... Anyway, this place is not far from the county government office. These officials who have written blood letters and pressed blood fingerprints all came over with a smile to pay their respects to Xiao Letian.
The people around the building were dumbfounded. The county government officials who used to be like uncles were all smiling like the third grandson today. Especially Wang Hu, who not only smiled respectfully, but also had a hint of fear in his eyes.
He had seen Xiao Letian burn the Tailing Mausoleum with his own eyes. He was completely frightened by this daring Japanese devil. Now even if Xiao Letian forced him to rebel, he would not be able to refuse.
During this period, Magistrate Liu and Wang Hu took Xiao Letian's silver coins and began to bribe their officials bit by bit. After killing an indifferent treasurer and a master who tried to go to Baoding to inform, Yixian County The entire bureaucracy has become honest.
"Look, that man is Xiao Letian, who wrote "The Journey to the West" and is known as the great master of Western learning. He is a famous overseas lone traveler..."
"Hey, I'm lucky today. I can catch a glimpse of the great master and feel his literary spirit. My ancestral graves are filled with smoke..."
"Gentlemen, what is the official position of Grand Master? How big is it?"
"Tch! Bangchui, the great masters are all the founders of the sect. I don't dare to compare with Confucius and Mencius, but they are more than enough to compare with Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming!"
Amidst the discussion of the crowd, the crowd sent Xiao Letian to the third floor like a star holding the moon.
