Slowly opening his eyes, Dugujun, who came to Shazhou to investigate as a supervisory censor, found a naked and graceful girl lying next to him, with millet-colored hair, fair skin, and tears at the corners of his eyes.
Dugujun vaguely remembered that yesterday he and Fang Chongyong had a drink together after a long absence. After drinking too much, he fell asleep with a Hu girl playing the pipa in his arms, and then had an erotic dream.
Very comfortable experience.
The fatigue of the journey is gone.
This kind of thing is quite normal in official circles. Only Fang Chongyong regarded Hu Ji beside him as a treasure, but others did not.
Yesterday, Dugujun did not mention the real purpose of his visit to Shazhou this time because it felt inappropriate.
Fang Chongyong was so popular in Shazhou that everyone knew about him. Dugujun privately asked passers-by about Fang Chongyong, but those people would show extremely wary eyes and instead make insinuations to find out about his identity.
Therefore, Dugujun, who had been careful in his work as an official for many years, no longer acted recklessly. He only knows a little bit about the situation in Shazhou now.
"One moment of a spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Brother Dugu was very blessed last night."
The door was pushed open, and Fang Chongyong came in laughing and applauding. The young Hu Ji woke up when she heard the noise, and then wrapped her white body in a blanket and quietly retreated, leaving room for Fang Chongyong and Dugujun to talk.
"My dear brother, stop talking about me, now you are going to be in trouble!"
Dugujun couldn't help but sigh.
On Li Linfu's order, he specially set off from the Anxi Protectorate and came to Hexi one month in advance to investigate the situation in the five states in Hexi.
The first stop is Shazhou.
Li Linfu specifically asked to "investigate carefully" and "investigate carefully" the Shazhou government office, Fang Chongyong, and the Doulu Army.
As for what this means, I can only say that everyone who understands understands it.
"Brother Dugu, you have no problem checking me. I have no private property in Shazhou. The number of servants is obvious. It's just Shazhou and Doulu Army that can't be checked, they can't be checked!"
Fang Chongyong warned heartbrokenly.
Dugujun was stunned for a moment, and then asked in confusion: "Why can't I check it?"
"Brother Dugu, do you know who the woman you spent the night with last night was?"
Fang Chongyong asked with a smile.
Dugujun was stunned for a moment, then blurted out: "Who else could it be? Orchids can be seen everywhere in the Western Regions. You can buy one with a dozen bolts of silk, and you can choose at will with fifty bolts of silk. Who else could it be?"
"No, she is Wang Huailiang, the adopted daughter of the envoy who just served as governor of Ganzhou this year. Unfortunately, she was defiled by you last night, and there were more than dozens of witnesses."
Fang Chongyong said expressionlessly, following the script that had been arranged, without any fluctuation in his heart.
"This is impossible!"
Dugujun screamed, having long lost the manners that a supervisory censor should have.
"This Hu Ji was not the governor's daughter before, but from today on, she is. The adoption procedures, documents, and witnesses are all complete.
The guarantors were all local elders from big households, and the documents in the government office were from last year.
Moreover, outside this courtyard, there are several families of soldiers and soldiers of Doulu who are not afraid of death. They came to accuse you of robbing civilian girls. They saw it with their own eyes.
In order to prove that their words are true, they are willing to go to Chang'an to confront you on the spot. They goug out their eyes on the spot in Dali Temple and then bite their tongues to commit suicide.
The specific details of your rape of a civilian girl have already been compiled by a dedicated person. Within ten days, no matter whether it was in restaurants or inns in the five states of Hexi and Chang'an, someone would describe this incident vividly and spread the word.
The Hu Ji just now will also beg her adoptive father, Wang Huailiang, the governor of Ganzhou, to report to the court that you have misbehaved, violated local laws and regulations, and even dared to defile the daughter of an official.
Even so, does Brother Dugu still want to continue the investigation? "
Fang Chongyong asked, spreading his hands helplessly.
I ride a horse!
Dugujun was speechless when he was asked. If the game is like this, then how can he do it! What to do!
"You guys are really amazing..."
Dugujun sighed.
"Business in the Western Regions, in the officialdom of the five states in Hexi, everyone has a share, including the Qiuba people. I am the only one who doesn't take money.
Brother Dugu is here. If you have anything to do, just tell him directly. "
Fang Chongyong looked gentle and comforted Dugujun and said.
He was really worried that this old man Dugu would be killed by the Qiuba people in Hexi. Dozens of officials, big and small, had died in the past few years, and he didn't care if one more died.
"The right minister just thinks that the situation in Hexi is not quite right, but he didn't expect you to play so crazy."
Dugujun said with a sigh. He handed the autographed letter in his arms to Fang Chongyong, which was written by Li Linfu to him.
"Right Prime Minister?"
Fang Chongyong was slightly stunned. What was Li Linfu looking for?
When I opened the letter, I found that the content was very simple. After this year's autumn harvest, Fang Chongyong's term as governor had expired, and the imperial court would send someone to replace him. Therefore, after Fang Chongyong resigned from his official position, he could first come to Pingkangfang to meet him, the right person of the Tang Dynasty, when he returned to Chang'an.
There is no more to say.
"What's so strange about Hexi?"
Fang Chongyong asked in confusion. It is said that Hexi has developed very well in the past three years or so.
After all, the prices of luxury goods in Chang'an have slowly increased, more than doubling what they were before. With so many additional resources, how could Hexi not develop well?
"The five states in Hexi and the armies in Hexi stopped asking the imperial court for food and pay! Prime Minister Li was puzzled. After a little investigation, he found that the source of the problem should be Shazhou, so he asked someone to come over and investigate."
Li Linfu may not quite understand Fang Chongyong's game mode, but he also sensed that something was wrong in Hexi.
A child who is short of milk should cry loudly for his mother to feed him. Now that the child is not crying or fussing, and is not starving, he must have found another "mother".
The Hexi Jiedu Mansion, which has always been pressing for money and silk, has stopped asking. As the right prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Li Linfu, how can he not ask?
"Yeah, I understand. Brother Dugu, do you want to know? If you don't want to know, I won't tell you."
Fang Chongyong said in a deep voice.
Dugujun thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said, "I have been dragged into the water by you, so I might as well speak up."
"That's okay."
So Fang Chongyong told Dugujun the operating model of the five states in Hexi.
To put it simply, an organization similar to an "import and export foreign trade company" was established to conduct monopoly transactions and then control the pricing power of Changan luxury goods! As for the commercial taxes and customs duties that should have appeared in the court's account books, they have all become "virtual standards."
In other words, part of the profits from this giant caravan were taken out and shown to the imperial auditors.
The Hu merchants who control the supply of goods in the Western Regions and further west, and the merchants who sell goods in Chang'an East City downstream, are all people in this interest chain. Those who were disobedient all became inexplicably bankrupt and could not bear the poverty and "committed suicide".
Anyone who bypasses this system is doomed. Behind the downstream merchants are certain Chang'an dignitaries. They are also covering for this. Among them, the shop run by the richest man in Chang'an, Wang and his son, is also involved. Standing behind them is Brother Ji, but Brother Ji doesn't care much about it. trivia.
Chang'an, Luoyang, Yangzhou, and Shuzhong in the Tang Dynasty were all sales areas divided into areas by Hu merchants and Han merchants, one carrot and one pit.
Every military envoy of the armies in the Hexi Corridor, the subordinate officials below, and the ordinary Qiuba below all directly or indirectly share the profits. Pensions for wounded soldiers, spring and winter clothes for soldiers, funds for purchasing goods, and even the salaries of government officials all came from this.
Those who disobeyed died quietly.
Throughout the five states in Hexi, the government is the people, and the people are the government, all on the same rope. Originally, the proportion of military families here was over 95%. Therefore, this chain of interests is extremely strong, and those who try to challenge it will not end well.
This is the horror of the military doing business. When Wang Zhongsi was the governor of Hexi, he also took money from it, but he used the money to support his generals. Wherever he moved, these people would go with him.
Fang Chongyong's role in this interest chain is that of organizer, manager, blueprint planner, and talker who balances the interests of all parties. Among them, he didn't take any of the gold and silver, and no one was willing to challenge his status.
After listening to Fang Chongyong's introduction, Dugujun was speechless for a long time. He no longer knew how to investigate this case.
Even Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an, indirectly had a hand in it!
In fact, Fang Chongyong knew the harm of playing like this, but Dugujun couldn't understand it, but Fang Yanei would not tell him about it.
The disadvantage of this kind of play is that it greatly pushes up the price of goods in Chang'an.
Then the dignitaries in Chang'an must desperately squeeze other places in the Tang Dynasty and traffic low-priced goods from other places through the canal to suppress prices in Chang'an.
In essence, materials from other parts of the Tang Dynasty were used to fill the gap in Hexi!
Commodities are the crystallization of human labor. They cannot be created out of thin air. There will be more here and less there. Is there any reason in the world that you can get something for nothing without hurting others?
There are no tricks in the world that can make money out of money. In essence, they are all plundering.
Fang Chongyong couldn't control that much. He just wanted to spend his term as governor well and not cause any mutiny or enemy attack in the border town, or cause the government's prestige to be ruined.
If you can't do other things, don't do them.
Anyway, Fang Chongyong didn't take a penny for himself, he had a clear conscience in doing things, and he dared to slap his chest and say harsh words in front of Brother Ji!
"Brother Xian, you are not taking the usual path."
After a long time, Dugujun suppressed these words.
If you want to clear up this case, let alone how dangerous it is. After much investigation, Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty will discover that the foreign court seems to have tampered with his own money bag!
In the end, the board may not hit Fang Chongyong. Who will be unlucky is hard to say.
"Being an official for thousands of miles, just for food and clothing. A certain guy is just a bastard. He wants to fill his term in the border town, and then that's it. I really didn't think so much about it. I don't take anything that I shouldn't. Didn't take it.
What else could I do? "
Fang Chongyong sighed helplessly.
Was he wrong?
Who dumped this half-grown child in Hexi!
How can a half-year-old child govern a place with such a ghost like him?
How can we defeat the intricate local forces here in Shazhou without resorting to some outside tactics?
What else can he do!
"I have been an official for many years. After listening to my wise brother's words, I can only say that it was an eye-opener. I have lived like a dog in the past, alas."
Dugujun also sighed, regretting why he had to listen to such words.
It's okay if you don't listen, but if you listen, you'll join Fang Chongyong and the others!
After returning to Chang'an, he had to provide cover for the Hexi Qiuba gang. Dugujun guessed that he should have many "comrades" in the court.
"Then I'll take my leave now. When we return to Chang'an, let's have a drink with Brother Dugu."
Fang Chongyong saluted Dugujun with his hands crossed and said goodbye.
He clapped his hands, and the beautiful Hu Ji, who had been with Dugu Jun for a while last night, entered again and bowed to salute.
"Serve Dugu Yushi well and don't neglect him."
Fang Zhongyong threatened with a tigerish face, then he leaned into Dugujun's ear and lowered his voice and said: "Brother Dugu, you can take him away if you like. This one was a virgin before last night, so brother Dugu doesn't have to dislike it."
After saying that, he turned around and left, closing the door lightly.
After Fang Zhongyong left, Dugujun was ashamed and angry. When he saw the beautiful face of young Hu Ji in front of him, he threw her down on the bed like a wild animal, and then vented his anger!
In all his life, Dugujun has never felt so incompetent as he does today! He wants to find his dignity in women!
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After dealing with the problem of supervising the censor, Fang Chongyong returned to the backyard of the government office exhausted and accepted Anaye's massage.
Massage in the past was an all-ages version.
Today's massage is a version not suitable for children.
After they were tired from playing, Fang Chongyong and Anaye lay naked on the bed, wrapped in a thick blanket.
"We may have to return to Chang'an in a while."
Anaye was clinging to Fang Chongyong's arm and about to fall asleep, but she didn't want her man to suddenly say something that she had been looking forward to in the past, but now she didn't care much about it.
"Go back to Chang'an..."
Anaye drawled her voice, thinking of the incident half a month ago, she couldn't help but sigh.
Wang Yunxiu's brother Wang Yanshu came to Hexi to join the army, and she came with him.
Missing Fang Chongyong and feeling panicked, her mind was full of images of Wang Yunxiu being the wife of the governor. When she came to the Shazhou government office, she happened to see Anaye, who looked astonished. Fang Chongyong hugged her and kissed her. At that time, he was about to draw his sword and kill Anaye. Yeah, my face is scratched!
In desperation, Fang Zhongyong made a prompt decision and dragged Wang Yunxiu to the bedroom together with Anaye, and the three of them did an unspeakable thing together.
Fang Yanei finally found his future wife.
Afterwards, Wang Yunxiu discovered that although Anaye's body looked very obscene, she was unexpectedly serious and not the kind of "progressive orchid" who would pounce on men when she saw him.
Moreover, this girl can neither play a musical instrument nor dance. Instead, she is studying medicine.
So Wang Yunxiu half-heartedly accepted her future husband's decision to take a concubine in advance, and there was a "gentleman's agreement" between the three of them.
Just this once, never happen again.
Officials always have to go out and wander around, so it is better to be experienced than to be a stranger. Wang Yunxiu had no choice but to think about it.
But this concubine is already the limit, and she will never tolerate more women!
"Alang, did we go too far towards Madam Wang that day?"
Anaye couldn't help but ask.
This kind of thing is really exciting, but also really nasty.
"I was too anxious at the time and couldn't help it. She was very happy afterwards, wasn't she?"
Fang Chongyong sighed and said, women are really hard to resist.
Moreover, women in the Tang Dynasty were particularly tough and jealous. There are many examples of wives who kill their concubines and then die together with their husbands.
And what happened that day, I'm afraid the three of them will never mention it again in their lives.
It was a sweet memory shared by the three of them and... a completely dark history.
After word spreads, Fang Chongyong's Hexi Qilinzi character will collapse.
Not to mention Wang Yunxiu, a lady who read poetry and books, and Anaye, who was famous far and wide in Hexi. When word spread about their ugly behavior that day, their character was destroyed.
"I'm going back to Chang'an. I really don't want to go back to Chang'an."
Fang Chongyong became completely unhappy when he thought that Li Linfu wanted to "interview" with him. He probably also heard about how Chang'an is doing now.
To put it simply, it is a chaotic dance of demons far beyond imagination!
Fang Chongyong made a decision silently in his heart. He wanted to live well and live a low-key life in Chang'an.
Second update, I need to slow down, I’m so tired lately.
(End of chapter)
