Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() For this meeting, the Yangzhou salt merchants have done enough homework.Those salt merchants invited a person who Wu Shigong couldn't refuse as an introducer, and that person was Mrs. Hou from the Guide Mansion Hou's Mansion.

Of course, Mrs. Hou would not condescend to come to Runing Mansion to meet Wu Shigong directly, he just sent a housekeeper to deliver a letter to Wu Shigong.In this letter, there are only three simple characters: "Don't mess around!"

From these three big characters, it can be seen that Mrs. Hou's writing skills and conduct are first-rate.He described Wu Shigong's such abominable criminal behavior as "nonsense", clearly showing a bias towards Wu Shigong.

However, Mrs. Hou's letter was indeed a reprimand to Wu Shigong.And this kind of behavior is particularly prominent in the silence of the civil servants of Guide Mansion and Runing Mansion.

Anyway, it is very meaningful. If you think about it carefully, you may say no less than a dozen meanings. If you are joking, there may be some meanings that Mr. Hou himself did not realize.

As soon as Wu Shigong received this letter, he immediately began to perform wonderfully:

In front of the housekeeper of the Hou's house, Wu Shigong first expressed his deep remorse for the trouble he caused Mr. Hou by his mischievous behavior;

Then, Wu Shigong vowed that he would follow the teachings of Mrs. Hou and negotiate a satisfactory result with the representative of the salt merchants in Yangzhou;

In the end, Wu Shigong expressed to the housekeeper how much he missed and admired Mr. Hou and Hou Xun, and said that if he was free in the future, he would definitely go to the Hou's Mansion of Guide Mansion to kowtow to Mrs. Hou.

Of course, at the very end, Wu Shigong must also let the housekeeper bring back a generous gift from Wu Shigong to the Hou Mansion. <>The butler will definitely not pull it down, and also stuffed a big red envelope.

So, seeing that his Hou's mansion has both lining and face, the housekeeper of the Hou's mansion happily returned to De's mansion.

Wu Shigong's performance was of course to show his good relationship with the Hou Fu.Of course, Wu Shigong didn't agree to reconcile with the Yangzhou salt merchant just because Mrs. Hou acted as an introducer.On the contrary, in fact, Wu Shigong had long been looking forward to having a good talk with Yangzhou salt merchants.

Wu Shigong's behavior is actually quite normal.The essence of the salt dispute between the two prefectures is actually a miniature war between Wu Shigong and Yangzhou salt merchants.

But Clausewitz has a famous saying: "War is the continuation of politics!" Although Wu Shigong didn't know who Clausewitz was, when he was the boss in his previous life, every time he fought with other gangs In the future, if both parties can't eat each other, they often have to go to a teahouse to drink tea in the end.

So now that the war is over, it's time to talk about politics, talk about diplomacy.

After receiving the news that Wu Shigong agreed to meet, the representatives of the Yangzhou salt merchants immediately sent the gifts they brought to Wu Shigong's house.Wu Shigong also accepted these gifts unceremoniously.

But among these gifts, there are two things that caught Wu Shigong's attention.The same thing is, the goods that Wu Shigong left behind at Huai'an Customs were also delivered to Wu Shigong by representatives of the salt merchants this time.The other thing is that the Yangzhou salt merchant also redeemed Tang Mei who Wu Shigong was holding at that time, and sent Tang Mei to Wu Shigong's house.This made Wu Shigong a little surprised, and not only sighed in his heart: "The success of those Yangzhou salt merchants is really not a fluke!"

The leading representative of the salt merchant was that Guo Zeng'an.Don't look at Guo Zeng'an's stunned appearance at the Salt Merchants Conference.But anyone who knows him knows that Guo Zeng'an is also a delicate character.That appearance of recklessness is just a kind of protection for him.

In addition, Guo Zeng'an, a salt merchant, is only a small role in Yangzhou salt merchants.Therefore, letting him take the lead this time not only shows that the Yangzhou salt merchants attach great importance to Wu Shigong, but also makes the Yangzhou salt merchants not lose face, which is just right.

After the two sides met, Guo Zeng'an first exchanged greetings: "This time I came down to visit the general and brought some vulgar gifts, which is really not a respect. I wonder if the general is satisfied?"

Wu Shigong thought to himself, not counting that Tang Mei, the gift that those salt merchants offered this time was worth more than 2000 taels of silver, what's so vulgar.Wu Shigong was really looking forward to how many times someone came to be so vulgar.

However, Wu Shigong still replied politely with a smile: "It's really good. I like it very much."

Seeing Wu Shigong's answer, he showed kindness, and the atmosphere of the meeting suddenly relaxed.Guo Zeng'an also said with a smile: "This time our colleagues in Yangzhou had some misunderstandings with the general. I'm really ashamed!"

"It's okay! It's okay! I don't care about it." Wu Shigong still said with a smile.But these words almost didn't suffocate Guo Zeng'an.

Forget about the salt goods lost by the Yangzhou salt merchants this time, but more than 400 people were killed.But Wu Shigong said lightly, "I don't care about it!" He didn't take those people's lives too seriously.

But then Guo Zeng'an heard again: "However, you Yangzhou salt merchants have to give an account of the assassination of this official."

Guo Zeng'an reacted all of a sudden.This time, Guo Zeng'an's mission is to make up for the relationship between the two parties. It is no longer necessary to pursue those things before.Therefore, everything is still looking forward.

Guo Zeng'an immediately said: "My colleagues in the salt industry were also very shocked when they heard that the general was assassinated. But in the current world, in addition to the assassination of the general, the head of our Qi family in Yangzhou was also assassinated. Before coming down to Runing Mansion this time, Our colleagues in the salt industry unanimously agreed that the murderer who assassinated the general and the head of the Qi family must be arrested. However, there are so many people here, it is difficult to find the assassin!"

Of course, Guo Zeng'an wanted to kill the Yangzhou salt merchants and never sent anyone to assassinate Wu Shigong.

But Guo Zeng'an immediately heard Wu Shigong sternly said: "Then you salt merchants from Yangzhou came here this time, so you don't have any sincerity?"

(Last night, it should be said that I wrote this this morning, and then I was very unwell and semi-conscious until now. I wanted to ask for leave, but my family refused to let me touch the computer. I have to explain it to readers and friends while my family is resting .

I changed jobs in the previous period.Both work intensity and overtime work have been greatly improved.I have been struggling to update every day, and I have very little time to sleep every day.

I thought I was still young and able to hold on, but now I really see the eyes.During this period of time, I can only try my best to ensure one update every day, and let me take care of my body.

I am so sorry! )