Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Seeing the immediate boss and Governor Duan patted the table, the other governors were very surprised.

In the chaos, after Su Mu entered the room, no one cared.

Su Mu hasn't officially joined the job yet, he only wears casual clothes, and looks like an ordinary scholar, when others see him, they just think he is here to do business.

Wu Shiqi is an old-school scholar, and he is also pedantic and stubborn. After seeing Su Mu, he didn't speak to him, and continued to debate with Duan Jiong: "Governor Duan, do you think what I said is wrong?"

"No, you are going online." Duan Jiong broke out, and sneered: "Are you going to learn from Xuanyu Taishou, or do you want to learn from the ancients and kill the lower officials for a penny?"

There are two allusions in Duan Jiong's words, Su Mu, the prefect of Xuanyu, knows it, and he is talking about the story of Yangxu in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Yang Xu was a clean and honest official, and never asked for bribes or used power for personal gain.Not long after he took office in Nanyang County, one of his subordinates sent Yangxu a famous local specialty - Baihe carp.Yang Xu refused to accept it and gave way again and again. The Fucheng insisted on asking the prefect to accept it.After the magistrate left, Yang Xu hung the big carp on a post outside the house, and dried it in the wind and sun.Later, the Fu Cheng sent a bigger Baihe carp.Yang Xu took him to the pillar outside the house, pointed to the dried fish hanging on the pillar and said: "The fish you sent last time is still hanging, and it has become dried fish. Please take it back together." Cheng felt ashamed and quietly took the fish away.

After the news spread, the people of Nanyang County all praised him, respectfully calling him "Xuanyu Taishou", and no one dared to give gifts to Yang Xu anymore.Yu Qian of the Ming Dynasty felt this matter and wrote a poem saying: "There are no congratulators in front of the leftover door, and there are fish hanging in Juesheng's kitchen. I sleep under the south window in the breeze and read a few books by the bedside."

As for the story of killing people with a penny, Su Muji is not very clear.It seems to say that in the Jin Dynasty, when a county magistrate was checking the accounts, he found that a petty official had embezzled a penny, so he arrested the man and wanted to behead him.

The little official refused to accept it, saying that it was only a penny, so why would it cost me my life.

The county official said: You can embezzle a penny today, but dare to embezzle ten thousand pennies tomorrow.There is not much money, [-] yuan is greed, and a penny is greed, the nature is the same, they are all corruption, kill!

Although it was a good story at the time, in Su Mu's view, it was purely insanity.In modern society, people and the government have zero tolerance for official corruption, at least on the legal level.But the crime of corruption depends on the amount, and there are standards for how to sentence after reaching a certain amount.It is simply unreasonable to kill someone for a penny, that is, a dollar.

Su Mu suspected that the county magistrate had an enmity with the petty official, and it was just an excuse to take revenge and kill someone.

However, the county magistrate also gained a good reputation for integrity and uprightness. It can be seen that many ancient Chinese allusions belong to the wrong three views.

Hearing Duan Jiong's words, Wu Shiqi snorted and said in a deep voice: "Governor Duan, if you dare to violate the laws of the country, I will naturally not tolerate you."

Duan Jiong slapped the table and shouted angrily: "Master Wu, I heard that you were born as a Juren. It is the rule of my court that you are not allowed to be an official unless you are a Jinshi. You can actually be a seventh-rank official. Who knows if there is any secret in private?" Power and money transaction. If you, Mr. Wu, are well-known in the country, it is possible. It is a pity, forgive me for being an ignorant and ignorant lord who I didn't know before. Your lord can squeeze into the court, which makes people think about it."

"When you were in Cangzhou, Master Yang Ting and his lord tried hard to persuade you not to accept the position of agent of the salt company. But you were greedy for the benefits of the salt company, but you refused to let go. Now, your reputation in the capital is not very good. Hehe, but now You have to put on a show and tell me to return the local products. The wolf is in power, but you turn to grab us and talk about things, and the officials are not convinced."

Duan Jiong was thin and fair-skinned, his face flushed with excitement, and the aorta in his neck throbbed.

This was already a naked insult and provocation. The Secretary of the General Administration is the Qingshui Yamen, and he finally received some gifts, but Wu Shiqi had to return them. The other governors were also dissatisfied.However, abiding by the division between superiors and subordinates, he will not express this kind of resentment on the surface.

Seeing Governor Duan turn his face now, and remembering Wu Shiqi's ugly behavior when he was in Cangzhou, the fear of his superiors disappeared in his heart, and he just covered his mouth and laughed.

Su Mu looked at it and shook his head in his heart: It seems that Mr. Wu's prestige in the Department of General Affairs is completely gone. How can he be an official here in the future?There is a big difference between the central government and the local government. Judging by the appearance of the governors in the house, they are all young.You are young, and you have the status of a Juren, and you can enter such an important place as the General Secretary. You are either a child of an official family, or someone with some background. Who would take your experience of an unorthodox background in your eyes.Blindly using force, on the contrary, angered everyone.I don't want to be in the local area, the first level of government will crush people to death, once the gate is closed, you will be the grass head king in that side of the world.

Of course, even in the Changlu Salt Division, Mr. Wu did a terrible job. If it weren't for me, Su Mu, the entire yamen would have been paralyzed long ago.

Hearing Duan Jiong's provocative words, Wu Shiqi was furious, raised his hand, and was about to slap the table.But after thinking about it, I was really ashamed that time, my right hand was hanging in the air for a long time before I softened down.

Qi said: "I don't want to talk nonsense with you. The country has its own system, and the gifts from the Daolu Department must be returned. Otherwise, I will use the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" to rule you. Duan Jiong, you go."

Duan Jiong raised his neck: "Your Excellency wants to punish me, and the lower officials can also go to the officials, and ask the adults at the Imperial Envoy Platform to impeach Wu Experience."

"What are you impeaching me for? Is there any place for me to bend the law for personal gain?" Mr. Wu asked back.

"I don't care about what you do in everything. If you have a bad character, you are not suitable to be an official in the court."

"you!"

The two blushed and looked at each other angrily.

Seeing that Mr. Wu could not get off the stage, Su Mu coughed lowly, and walked forward: "Xia Sumu, I have met Mr. Experience. Xia Guan has just received an assignment in the Ministry of Officials, and he is the governor of the General Administration. Come here Report to your lord."

"Are you Su Mu Su Ziqiao?"

"Are you that Su Ziqiao whose green hills are still there and the sunset is red?"

"I've heard of your name a long time ago, and it's a great joy to see you today."

"Oh, you also come to be the governor!"

In the past year, Su Mu has become well-known in the capital and has been in the limelight. He is known as the second talented man in the Ming Dynasty after Xie Jin.When ordinary scholars hear his name, they all look up in admiration.

It is strange to say that today when Su Mu announced his name, the experienced governors did not want the sensation that Su Mu had expected.They all bowed their hands and saluted with a flat face, and their attitudes were neither humble nor overbearing, and some even showed a trace of dissatisfaction on their faces.

Su Mu thought it was strange at first, but after thinking about it, he was relieved: this group of people are all poor scholars with certain backgrounds, and they all have the status of Juren, whoever is not sure in the future will be selected as a Jinshi and become an official!

Being the governor of the experience department is just a little bit of salary here, and it's just a transition.

Since ancient times, literati have looked down on each other, and literati with some talent and background have looked down on each other even more. ,

From Su Mu's point of view, Mr. Wu will definitely have a lot of troubles in the future.After all, this place can be regarded as a place where intellectuals gather together. When there are many scholars, there are also many inexplicable contradictions.

Everyone complimented each other a few words, and then Su Mu went through the formalities with Wu Shiqi, and received a set of grass-green official uniforms and a badge for entering and leaving the imperial city.

Originally, in Su Mu's view, after his interruption, the conflict between Mr. Wu and Duan Jiong just now would be ignored.

But after Su Mu completed the entry procedures, Mr. Wu gave the governors another majestic look: "Since Governor Duan refuses to go, I will not force you. Those who know me are worried, and I don't know what I am asking for." .Who will go to Daolu Division and return the gift?"

Su Mu sighed in his heart: Why is it here again, it's just a little mountain product, what a big deal, Mr. Wu, do you care about it?By doing this, you have offended all your subordinates, how can you lead the experience department in the future.As a quasi-father-in-law, I am really worried.If you hold on to a small matter and don't let it go, without the help of these people, what would you do with the things that the Empress Dowager Zhang and the emperor have explained? Isn't this a small loss?

Seeing Wu Shiqi's gaze, all the governors lowered their heads and went about their own affairs, pretending not to hear.

Wu Shiqi raised his voice again and asked, but still no one spoke.

The atmosphere in the room seemed awkward.

Seeing Mr. Wu's stink, the contempt on the brows of the crowd grew stronger, and they all wore ironic smiles.

Su Mu couldn't see it anymore, but his heart suddenly moved, remembering what Mrs. Hu Shun and Hu Yingtong had said to him that day, and sent him to Taoist Chongxu to set up a trap for Hu Shun.I was worrying about how to hook up with this Taoist priest, isn't this a perfect opportunity?

Thinking of this, Su Mu said, "I'll go."

"Su Mu, you're going, that's great, okay, okay, I'll let it fall on you." Old Mr. Wu also lost his head for a while, and now he was frozen there and couldn't get off the stage. With Su Mu coming forward, he was told to relax a lot. Take a breath.

Su Mu: "Wu's experience, I feel that the movement of so many things to the Daolu Department is too big, and if it falls into the eyes of the imperial envoy, it will not be rumored, and it will bring trouble to others."

Wu Shiqi: "Then tell me what to do?"

Su Mu: "Since the thing was sent by Daoist Chongxu, we can simply return it to him directly. In this way, Dao Lusi will also give the face."

Wu Shiqi was overjoyed: "This method is good, just follow your wishes, go quickly, go quickly."

"Yes, sir, let's go."

After speaking, Su Mu suddenly found that the expressions of the governors in the room turned cold towards him.

It seems that Su Mu has been classified by them into the old Mr. Wu's camp, and he is held against the same enemy.

This is also impossible.

After receiving the errand, Su Mu hired porters and ox carts, and drove the mountain goods straight to Baiyun Temple.

As far as he knew, after Taoist Chongxu arrived in Beijing, he used many tricks from the immortal family, and became very famous in the capital.Recently, Taoist Chongxu happened to live in Baiyun Temple waiting for an edict, so it was easy to find.