"The governor, despite being humble and humble, came here to attend the banquet. I feel so ashamed that I didn't treat him well." The prefect looked at the table with more than ten dishes on the table and said, "I hope Governor Kuang will forgive me for my sin."
Kuang Chang laughed loudly: "This is a bit missing, but I am known for my integrity and I don't care about any cents. How dare I blame you? Get up."
The prefect and Tongpao Chen looked at each other with bitterness on their faces. He walked up to Xuezheng, whispered a few words, then turned around and said, "I have a poem to congratulate the governor, how about it to help the atmosphere?"
The governor nodded.
The magistrate immediately recited a poem: "Gui Ting is involved in many affairs, walking and sitting are like abyss. Under the warm delicacies of hundreds of congratulatory greetings, thousands of people bow before you!"
Everyone shouted "yes" repeatedly and came to toast Kuang Chang. Kuang Chang responded with a smile, and it became lively for a while.
After drinking for a while, the governor was overwhelmed with alcohol and his face turned red. He threw the wine bowl and cursed words from time to time. The prefect couldn't bear it anymore. He gritted his teeth and secretly clenched his hands into fists.
"Chen Tongzhi, you can serve such an officer!" The prefect called Chen Tongzhi out of the house and said bitterly, "If these rude men from military ranks had not benefited from Liu Zhennian, how dare they yell at me?! "
"I don't think the scholar's face looks good..." Tongpao Chen comforted, "But as the saying goes, people have to bow their heads when they are under the eaves. The best thing to do is to endure the flood."
"Alas!" The prefect sighed as he stamped his feet.
"What's going on?" Chen Tongpao saw a panicked official running around the corner and stepped forward to ask.
"Tell the magistrate to go back quickly. Governor Kuang said he has something urgent to do with him." The man said anxiously.
After hearing this, the prefect thought it was not a good thing and hurried back to the inner room.
"Damn it, when will the prefect come?"
When the magistrate heard this rough curse, he just swallowed and without saying a word, he opened the curtain and went in. He had to show his face and said with a good face: "Master Governor, I went to the toilet and stayed for a while. It's really right." Can’t stand anymore.”
The governor breathed out a breath of alcohol and said: "I just want to say a few words to you in front of Mr. Xuezheng. I am no joke. I am a serious official from the imperial court! When I first came here, I went to the governor's office. The place is dilapidated and there are not many houses. It’s a good thing for you to decorate your own yamen. How does this show my authority? Isn’t it intentional!”
The people in the whole house were still chatting and laughing, but they all stopped suddenly when they saw the prefect kneeling on the ground and replied hurriedly: "The governor's office has only moved to Jiangdu in recent years, so it naturally needs to be repaired. Sir, please calm down."
The governor threw the wine bowl and shouted: "How about you do this instead! I'll live in your magistrate's office, and you move to that shabby place."
The prefect and the academic administration looked at each other, while the latter shook his head helplessly.
"Xiaguan understands, we will move tomorrow, we will move tomorrow."
The governor pushed the table away and walked past the magistrate, "I guess you have some sense..." and walked away unsteadily.
There was an uproar in the ears, and everyone started whispering. The prefect felt extremely ashamed, his face seemed to be covered with a layer of dust, and he walked away.
"Looking at his condition, he's coming here with bad intentions." Xuezheng followed and said.
The magistrate turned around and said: "That guy humiliated me in front of all the officials. It's really annoying! These greedy Liu Party members not only took over the military and political affairs of the imperial court, but also took away our local power... Sir Academic Affairs, we It's hard to do this!" He waved his sleeves angrily and left quickly.
From then on, the prefect's Yamen was vacated for Kuang Chang's use. After a few days, he was not satisfied again, so he built another room in the backyard. The prefect allowed him to do whatever he wanted without intervening. Since the academic administration office was not in Yangzhou, he said goodbye to the prefect and others for a while.
After the academic administration left, the governor became even more unscrupulous, openly asking for bribes from local officials and getting a lot of benefits; in the end, the money was also paid to Chen Tongpao. Chen Tongpao did not want to have anything to do with Liu Dang. He just excused himself by saying that he had no money, so he wrote an IOU and handed it to Kuang Chang. Kuang Chang immediately tore it into pieces and sternly ordered his servants: "Remember this fellow intellectual's name for me."
Guo Jia took the initiative to make friends with the governor in order to protect his own property, so he got some care from him.
Kuang Chang felt that the army was not stable, so he dismissed a large number of people on the grounds that "the local soldiers were not accustomed to fighting and it would be useless to keep them" and placed all his close associates in them. At the same time, the Liufang Book Office was forced to come to the governor's Yamen to handle affairs, constantly weakening the authority of the prefect. Kuang Chang used several tough tactics to completely control the military and political affairs of Yangzhou, giving the Liu Party the ability to directly threaten Wan and Lu. However, the two of them were still engaged in endless party disputes and had no time to look outside. He greatly admired Liu Zhennian's foresight. These two moves were extremely important now.
Jiang Ducheng spent his month in panic. As the weather gets warmer, Chuzi's body can recover better, allowing him to survive with just one breath without dying. This tone is just to wait until today.
"Shopkeeper Wen, the master's brother has rushed back from Hunan."
Wenzhong asked in surprise: "Where?"
"In my master's house."
Wen Zhong ran into Chu Zi's mansion and quickly entered the bedroom. He saw a handsome young man in his early twenties standing in front of his brother's bed.
"Brother Guo, how are you doing?" He slowed down and asked.
After hearing this, Guo Chuzi turned over and pointed at his younger brother: "Look, dear brother, the Xiang people are back. Xiang people, I salute you, Brother Wen."
The people from Guoxiang lowered their heads and bowed to Wen Zhong.
Wen Zhong patted his shoulder with a smile and took a closer look. He saw that his face was fair, his eyebrows were raised with a sense of pride, his eyes were like two rolling fires, and he had a short beard, which was different from the previous ones. Years are very different.
"Hunan people, you were a ghostly young boy a few years ago. I haven't seen you for many days, but you have grown into this look. You are much taller!" He looked at the Xiang people affectionately, "You are really suitable for taking over. Your brother’s class…”
The Xiang man smiled and said: "I am young and know how to run a dyeing workshop. I still need the shopkeeper's guidance on everything."
"Xiang..." Wen Zhong said mid-sentence and suddenly swallowed it, "Although your brother and I are not close, you are older after all, so it is still inappropriate to call you by your first name. Have you chosen a name yet?"
A person from Guoxiang told the truth: "Young brother was born in the countryside and is a vulgar person. He still has no nickname."
"Isn't this vulgar?" Wen Zhong glanced sideways at Chu Zi, "Let your brother help you pick one up."
Guo Chuzi knew that he didn't have much time left, so he hurriedly said: "This is natural. How about..." He thought for a while, "How about calling it Sixing?"
"Si Xing, Si Xing..." After hearing this, the people from Guoxiang stared at his face with tears in their eyes as if they were touched.
