Ji Tang

Li Yifu was born in Raoyang, Yingzhou. His grandfather settled in Yanting during the Sui Dynasty. In his early years, he entered the official position by recommendation, and successively served as the sect's official, supervisory censor, prince's family member, and Zhongshu family member.

It can be said that this person is also a close confidant of Li Chengqian, but he was released as governor for some unknown reason?

Looking at the humble, polite and bookish Li Yifu, it was difficult for him to connect this person with the later traitorous prime minister.

"No need to be polite, sit down!" Ji Song came back to his senses and made a gesture of invitation.

When a maid came forward to pour tea, he thanked her in a low voice: "Thank you very much!"

"I no longer have an official position, and my trip south is a private matter, so..." Although Ji Song didn't finish his sentence, the meaning he expressed was very clear, that is, he had something to talk about, but he didn't have to talk about it in official matters.

"Sir, the reason why the student knew about you this time was by coincidence. When my mother was in Chang'an, she had the honor to attend a banquet hosted by the Queen Mother. At that time, my mother was extremely impressed by my wife. We met by chance at the market yesterday and came home. Talking about this matter, so students only”

"If it weren't for this, the students wouldn't come to the door. But if you don't come when you encounter him, wouldn't it be disrespectful to the teacher?"

"Please sir, please be careful!" After saying this, he bowed.

Ji Song was a little surprised when he heard this. So that's it. Let's just say, how could someone know about his journey so quickly? It turned out to be a chance encounter, so everything makes sense.

If he were to change places, he might choose to do the same. If a person cannot seize everything that can be used in the officialdom, it would be a failure. Obviously, Li Yifu is such a person who immediately seizes the opportunity when he sees it.

"Okay, let's sit down first. I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance." Ji Song said helplessly.

"This also shows that my wife and my mother are destined, doesn't it? Otherwise, I would have met you in the vast sea of ​​people?" Li Yifu also said with a smile.

I have to say that this guy is a talent. In just a few words, he has brought us closer to each other. He is a husband and a wife. If nothing else, no one else has such shame.

After this conversation, the two of them got to know each other a lot. Li Yifu picked up a basket from the table, opened it and said, "The student doesn't know your husband's preferences, and you are the recognized 'God of Wealth' in the Tang Dynasty. I didn’t bring those offensive things.”

"This is a pastry made by my mother. It's not easy to meet an old friend, so I have to bring it to you, my wife, and the children to try. It's really hard to get rid of, which makes you laugh!"

After saying that, he took out a plate of pastries, and Ji Song could tell at a glance that he had put his heart into it.

"If you're interested, come here and bring the pastries to Madam and the children to try!" Ji Song directly ordered.

Li Yifu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Fortunately, it seemed that his mother was right. Why had he never seen someone like Ning Guo before? It's better to give some homely things, this can show your sincerity!

Looking at Li Yifu, who was a little embarrassed, he smiled secretly in his heart, but kept a calm expression on his face, and asked: "If I remember correctly, you should have been from the East Palace in your early years. How did you come to Xuanzhou? Although Xuanzhou is from the Tang Dynasty. Wealthy prefectures and counties, but still inferior to Chang'an, what do you think?"

I'm coming!

Li Yifu suddenly felt excited, but he didn't miss anything on his face. He just smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not hiding this from you, student. It's really hard for you to say!"

He said it was difficult to speak, but he didn't mean to stop and said: "In the early years, the student's family was poor, and a wealthy businessman from his hometown came to Chang'an and encountered some troubles. When he knew that the student was in the East Palace, he came to him. At first, the student didn't want to I wanted to help, but it was a blind date after all, and since it was really not the other party’s responsibility, the student helped.”

"But who would have thought that after the matter was resolved, he actually sent a lot of money to the family. The student was not there at the time, and the student's wife had never seen the market. In addition, he had suffered a lot from following me, so he couldn't help but accept it. .”

"It's the students' fault, it's just greed!"

"I don't know how this matter got out in the end. The prince also knew about it at that time, and then he became far away from the students and was released soon after." "."

Ji Song: "."

Listening to the other party's statement, Ji Song was speechless. Is this the case? He believed only three points of this and dismissed the rest as fart. The entire responsibility was passed on to his wife. How could he be done with just one word of greed?

"Well, that's it." Ji Song was noncommittal and picked up the tea cup. It was self-evident that he was serving tea as a farewell to the guests.

When Li Yifu saw it, his heart suddenly went cold and he was very anxious, but for a moment he didn't know what he said wrongly, and he actually asked Mr. Xi to start driving people away.

Why aren't you leaving yet?

Ji Song was a little puzzled. He couldn't understand such an obvious hint, right? Is this official a waste of time?

Just when he was thinking about whether to say it clearly, the other party's next action shocked him! Plop~

I saw Li Yifu kneeling on the ground, with some hesitation on his face, but in the end he seemed to have made up his mind and said: "Students should not hide this from your husband. The money was indeed collected by students. Students are really poor!"

Then he choked up and said: "The students accepted the money out of greed, but it's not much. It's only a mere thousand guan. What does this mean to a wealthy family? Even if it's to redeem a Pingkangfang singer, it's just this price." That’s all.”

"But who knows who knows"

"Who would have thought that someone would not let you go? They would also report you?" Ji Song said expressionlessly.

Li Yifu was startled and said at a loss: "Student. Student"

Looking at the lost Li Yifu, Ji Song felt helpless. Perhaps he had not been completely corrupted by the officialdom and still had some conscience in his heart. He felt a little sad for a while. Although the Tang Dynasty began to use poor families, more and more.

But compared to the children of aristocratic families who had no worries about food and clothing since childhood, they were not short of money, and they were not willing to commit corruption. However, their moral character was much better than that of children from poor families.

The children of aristocratic families have received the best education since childhood. Money and beauty rarely impress them, because each family has its own way of training.

Not to mention anything else, at least these people would not harm themselves and their family's reputation for a small amount of money.

But children from poor families are different. Although they are not ordinary people at the bottom of the class and have no worries about food and clothing, they are far behind in education and training. This is the main reason why it is difficult for poor families to produce noble children.

There are too many temptations, and there are too many unenjoyable things. If not determined, how many people can resist the other party's sugar-coated bullets?

"You have greatly disappointed His Majesty. As His Majesty's closest minister, you should have had a bright future, but now you have stumbled on this matter. It's just a thousand dollars, which is just a drop in the bucket for me."

"But my money comes from a clean source. Even if I spend my whole day drinking and drinking, others will only say that I, Ji Song, have spent excessively, but they will not make a fuss about it. Why? Because a gentleman has money and gets it in the right way, no matter who he wants. I can’t say anything.”

"Your Majesty wants to reuse you, but you were impeached for just a small amount of money. This is your fault. As a person with obvious weaknesses and easily caught, how do you want His Majesty to use you? So what? Dare to use you?"

"Go ahead, our guild will stay in Xuanzhou until the end of the new year. When you can figure out where you made a mistake, come here again!"

"Come here, see the guests off!"

Looking at the figure who left in despair, Ji Song shook his head. He only had one chance, it was up to him whether he could seize it or not.