Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 833: Letter from the Unlucky Sun Mingyang

His mind wandered a little, and after letting himself relax for a moment, Master Hu patted the two little dumplings on the head and said goodbye to them.

Don’t think that all the big and small matters in the Hu Mansion are now handled by the butler Hu Yi.

But in fact, there are many things that Hu Yi is not qualified to handle at all.

After all, this family is ultimately headed by Master Hu.

Apart from him, no one else has the right to make decisions, let alone have any say in the matter.

Coming to the study, looking at the slightly dusty woodworking frame on the left and the dark blacksmith workshop on the right, Master Hu's mouth curled up slightly.

Haha, this workspace I bought for myself looks pretty good.

If we have time, we can slowly build a bigger one in Hujiazhuang.

However, for now he still has to deal with the household chores at hand.

The so-called household affairs and major matters that the Hu family needed Mr. Hu to handle were actually the correspondence between him and his students and old friends, as well as the greetings and farewells between him and other families.

As for the normal interactions during the New Year, Mr. Hu naturally doesn't need to worry about it, as Hu Yi will handle it properly according to the rules.

But there are some things that only he can handle.

As soon as he opened the first letter, he frowned.

Anyone who could deliver a letter to this study must be someone I have no contact with.

In the past few years, Master Hu has been thinking only about surviving and has become a complete loser.

Therefore, he had almost severed most of his relationships.

It is precisely because of this that those who can still maintain close contact today are all people who have a high level of trust in Master Hu.

Look, the first letter is from Sun Mingyang, the governor of Suzhou.

This unfortunate prefect was a student of Mr. Hu. Although he had never attended formal classes for a few days, they still had the status of teacher and student.

The most important thing is that when Master Hu was out wandering, he saved Sun Mingyang (see Chapter 610 for details)!
That was Mr. Hu's first stop. As soon as he arrived in Suzhou, Sun Mingyang came up to him and wanted to build relationships for a salt merchant.

The key point is that it was only when Master Hu yelled that the kid revealed his true colors.

It turned out that this businessman kidnapped his only son and threatened him to seduce Master Hu.

Master Hu immediately asked Li Fulu, a captain of the Jinyiwei who was following him, to take the Jinyiwei commander's token he carried with him and go directly to the local Jinyiwei garrison to mobilize people and provide a one-stop service of confiscating houses and rescuing people.

Now, Sun Mingyang, the fourth-rank prefect, owed a huge favor to Master Hu.

At that time, Master Hu also advised him that the boy had just stayed in the Hanlin Academy for too long and his brain was not working well.

At that time, Master Hu advised him to resign from his post and return to the Hanlin Academy to be an honest and upright person.

Sun Mingyang also agreed.

But I never thought that this matter would be stuck for one or two years.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not approve his request for transfer at all. Instead, he sent someone to Suzhou with the imperial edict, pointed at his nose and cursed him.

The core meaning is that you don't have Hu Weiyong's life, but you have Hu Weiyong's disease. Why do you think of returning to Hanlin to live a good life when you didn't do a good job in Suzhou?
Do you think our salary is so easy to get?
Don't even think about it, you can't come back! You better clean up Suzhou for us first, otherwise, we will not only strip you of your official uniform but also take away your honor!
Got it!
This time, Sun Mingyang was hit in the sore spot.

As a rather traditional scholar, he actually didn't care that much about whether he held an official position or not, but he was not concerned about fame and fortune.

This threat is too great.

So, he, who was originally timid and fearful, and was almost sidelined by the Suzhou prefect and his subordinates as well as the county magistrates, suddenly exploded.

Damn it, if I don't kill you bunch of bugs, won't His Majesty kill me?
Besides, this old guy is also a thief.

Xu Ning, a captain of the local Jinyiwei, had just been transferred from the Jinyiwei headquarters in Yingtian City. His first job was to help Sun Mingyang find his son on the orders of Master Hu, and he also raided his house.

On one side are the provincial governors in charge of a region, and on the other side are the leaders of the Imperial Guards who patrol the country on behalf of the emperor. Both sides want to achieve merit, so what else is there to say?

Join forces and fuck him!
That’s right, Sun Mingyang, whose mind suddenly opened up, immediately joined forces with Xu Ning.

Sun Mingyang has power, and Xu Ning has people and information!

After all, is there anyone who knows the officials’ background and filthiness better than the Jinyiwei?
After picking out a few of the most picky and arrogant ones to serve as an example to scare the monkeys, Sun Mingyang's situation instantly improved.

Besides, Master Hu had previously confiscated the property and exterminated the clan of a well-known local salt merchant in Suzhou without any warning just for Sun Mingyang in just a few days, which had shocked many people to some extent.

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So, after all this, the prefect Sun really managed to open up the situation in Suzhou.

Sun Mingyang, who had become a successful person, never forgot the person who dug the well when he drank the water, and he had more interactions with Master Hu.

However, Sun Mingyang was sensible and did not do anything stupid like giving away money. He just brought some local food and a lot of Hangzhou's famous Longjing tea.

After all, although Sun Mingyang was the prefect of Suzhou, he was actually a native of Hangzhou. His family was in Hangzhou and he was a local tyrant.

Otherwise, when Sun Mingyang was the prefect of Suzhou, even though he was on the verge of being sidelined, he remained unmoved by money. Wasn't it because his family was financially strong enough?

Therefore, it was not surprising at all that he got some Longjing tea to honor Master Hu and then became Master Hu's complete tea supplier.

After these two interactions, their relationship naturally became much closer.

But even so, under normal circumstances, Sun Mingyang would not send a letter.

Because what Mr. Hu hates most is that kind of courtesy and red tape. Why don’t you do something else with the time you have? Why do you have to write me a letter back to be polite to you?
Therefore, Master Hu knew that something had happened just by seeing Sun Mingyang's name above.

After checking the red paint on the seal and the integrity of the envelope, Mr. Hu carefully opened the envelope and began to inspect it.

Then the more he looked, the tighter his brows furrowed, and in the end, he even straightened his back unconsciously.

After a long while, he put down the five or six page long letter and sighed with a myriad of thoughts in his mind.

"Damn it, is this old guy Sun Mingyang unlucky?"

"Why does everything happen to him?"

That’s right, at this moment Master Hu couldn’t help but be infected. This Sun Mingyang is simply poisonous.

It was obvious that he had done a good job as a prefect, and Master Hu even heard that he was going to be promoted.

As a result, at this critical moment, he actually heard the news that someone was planning a rebellion.

And the place where the rebellion started was actually Suzhou! (End of this chapter)