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Chapter 143 Kicking the Ball

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    After noon on the ninth day of August in the tenth year of Kangmazi in the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Guozhi, Zhu Zhongcheng, the governor of Yunnan who was touted by later generations as greater than their ancestors and was recognized as the most shameless and corrupt official in the Kangmazi years, finally arrived.  Sanchakou Pass, the southern throat of Qujing Mansion, and at this pass, for the first time, I saw Lu Yifeng Lu Fatty, also known as Lu Sanhao or Lu Caishen, who was recognized by later generations as the number one scourge of the Qing Dynasty and the current prefect of Qujing in Yunnan.

    Different from the last time he came to Qujing, Zhu Zhongcheng's mood in Qujing this time is obviously much better, because the last time Zhu Zhongcheng was greeted by the Qujing Mansion, there were people crying for injustice all over the mountains and plains, rotten eggs and rotten cabbage flying all over the sky, and those brave people.  The ferocious Yi Miao campfire drew his sword at each other if he said something wrong.  But this time, Zhu Zhongcheng was greeted by an orderly army of officials, soldiers and civilians, as well as Lu Yifeng, who was known as the number one minister of the Qing Dynasty and the number one god of wealth in the Qing Dynasty, Fatty Lu. This feeling was really good.

    "Lu Yifeng, a humble prefect of Qujing, leads all the civil and military officials of Qujing, military and civilians, and welcomes Mr. Zhongcheng of this province to visit." While Fatty Lu led the officials and people of Qujing to salute, Zhu Guozhi took the opportunity to carefully scrutinize this famous direct subordinate,  What made Zhu Zhongcheng overjoyed was that the Fatty Lu in front of him looked very similar to himself. They were all white and fat and smiled at a Maitreya Buddha. Their eyes were also very small and they liked to squint.  The type of corrupt officials who like to suck people's fat and people's ointment - this is also Zhu Zhongcheng's favorite type.  Basically, corrupt officials like to bribe bigger corrupt officials, don't they?

    "Lord Lu, please hurry up, and all your lords and folks, please also please." Zhu Zhongcheng personally helped Fatty Lu, and said hypocritically: "Lord Lu is too polite to run to such a far Sanchakou  Guan came to welcome me, it's too polite, really too polite."

    "Lord Zhongcheng is too modest." Fatty Lu said even more hypocritically: "Lord Zhongcheng took time out of his busy schedule to visit Qujing.  The truth of ten miles? Moreover, in order to express his admiration for Mr. Zhongcheng, I specially prepared a small gift for Mr. Zhongcheng.  Lord Wang Zhongcheng, please don't refuse."

    Fatty Lu offered to give gifts as soon as they met. Zhu Zhongcheng, the first corrupt official in the Qing Dynasty, laughed so hard that he could hardly find his eyes.  Mr. Lu is famous, recognized by the government and the public as the number one capable minister of the Qing Dynasty, and the number one upright official in Yunnan and Guizhou, seeing him today is indeed a well-deserved reputation, it is better to meet him than to be famous."

    Smiling, Zhu Guozhi couldn't wait to ask again: "By the way, Master Lu, I heard that you have found a huge silver mine for the soldiers and civilians in Nanning within a month of your trip to Nanning, with silver reserves as high as more than 4,000.  Wanliang, was this rumor wrong?"

    "Your Excellency Zhongcheng has won the prize, and I am ashamed of my lowly position." Fatty Lu said hypocritically and modestly: "As for the Nanning silver mine, it is really just a fluke. I may not believe that Mr. Zhongcheng said that the lowly position is actually looking for a tin mine in Nanning  , It¡¯s just that I found a huge silver mine by mistake, and I¡¯m really ashamed of my reputation.¡±

    Of course Zhu Guozhi doesn't believe it¡ªcoax the ghosts to go!  Looking for tin mines has turned into silver mines, why don't you say that the Baqi drug cream is only for beautifying the environment?  !  At that moment, Zhu Guozhi said with a smile: "Lord Lu is humble, he is too humble. I believe that Master Lu will return to Qujing to take office this time, and he will definitely create miracles like the Eight Banners Drugs and Nanning Silver Mine for Qujing again. I am ashamed of you."  Shangxian, I can also follow you to gain some glory and leave a strong mark in my history books of the Qing Dynasty."

    After talking so much nonsense, Fatty Lu finally found a way to invite Zhu Guozhi's team to get up and stay in Qujing City with him. Zhu Guozhi readily agreed, and now Zhu Guozhi's team and Fatty Lu's team got up and went north to return to Qujing City  .  On the way, Zhu Zhongcheng, who had been a bureaucrat for many years, still had to go down to the field in person in a hypocritical manner, and under the guidance of Fatty Lu, he inspected the harvesting of the Eight Banners drug.

    Speaking of which, because the vassal land directly under the Pingxi Palace exclusively monopolizes the cultivation of Eight Banners Fushou Gao, Zhu Zhongcheng is really the first time to visit the harvesting process of Eight Banners Fushou Gao.  During the days when he left Qujing, Zhu Zhongcheng, who had suffered a lot in Qujing, really didn¡¯t dare to come to visit, so when he witnessed the harvesting process of Baqi Fushou Gao this time, Zhu Zhongcheng was inevitably surprised and unbelievable.  It was also unexpected that the black ointment made from the thick white juice would be worth more than white money.

    "Master Lu, how much can one mu of land like this be harvested in a year?"He is indeed a young hero, a master of Tai Chi, but there is some truth in what he said, we can't afford to offend the prince, why should we offend him, wouldn't it be enough to change to someone who dares to offend him?  "

    "Thank you, Mr. Zhongcheng, for your love. Mr. Zhongcheng's great kindness and virtue are unforgettable in his humble position, and there will be rewards in the future." Fatty Lu seemed to have smeared honey on his mouth.

    "It's good that you know that I let you go this time, and it really saved your life." Zhu Zhongcheng was not polite, and accepted Fatty Lu's thanks with a grandiose attitude, and reminded Fatty Lu not to forget his great kindness  Germany.  At the end, Zhu Zhongcheng asked again: "You are an expert, there is one more thing I need to ask for your opinion. If the imperial court plans to levy taxes on the Eight Banners Fushou Gao, how much do you think is more appropriate?"

    "Why did Mr. Zhongcheng ask about the lowly position?" Fatty Lu asked a little strangely: "The tax quota is set by the imperial court. Why did Mr. Zhongcheng ask for the opinion of the lowly position?"

    "You don't know something." Zhu Guozhi sighed and explained: "Baqi Fushou Gao is a new thing, there is no precedent to learn from, and Yunnan is too far away from the capital, the emperor and the court only know that Baqi Fushou Gao is very profitable, but  The emperor and the imperial court don¡¯t know exactly how much huge profits there will be, so the emperor and the imperial court handed over the issue of the negotiated tax amount to me and Gan Butang, let us negotiate the tax amount according to the actual situation, and then report it to the imperial court for a ruling.¡±

    "After a long time, it turns out that Xiao Mazi is not sure how much tax Baqi drug should be charged. If old traitor Wu hears this news, he will probably die of joy." Fatty Lu was overjoyed.  However, the purpose of Fatty Lu¡¯s return to Qujing this time is to force the old traitor Wu to rebel. This is extremely beneficial to the old traitor Wu, but it will definitely lead to news that the conflict between the old traitor Wu and Xiao Mazi will ease. Naturally, Fatty Lu will die in his stomach  .

    Excusing that he also needed to calculate and analyze the taxation amount of the Eight Banners Fushou Cream, after sending Zhu Guozhi back to Xingyuan to rest, Fatty Lu hurried back to his study, and in the study, Zhu Fangdan, the unscrupulous master under Fatty Lu's command, was also waiting here  It has been a long time.  As soon as we met, Fatty Lu immediately ordered: "Master Zhu, immediately draft a secret document for me to impeach Zhu Guozhi, governor of Yunnan Province, for being greedy, being too humble to Prince Pingxi, and suspected of betraying the court in exchange for his favor and rewards.  "

    "Boss, are you going to impeach your boss again?" Zhu Fangdan hesitated, and blurted out: "Just now the students heard from the back of the hall that although this governor Zhu is a bit greedy, he still treats you well, even when he is angry.  Or did you listen to your opinion and not force you? Why do you want to bring him down again?"

    "Wrong, I didn't intend to overthrow him. This person will be of great use in the future." Fatty Lu shook his head and said, "I just want to make Emperor Mazi suspicious of him, and worry that the tax he set is too low and cheap, my lord."  , take back the right to agree on the taxation amount of the Eight Banners drug, so that I have the opportunity to proceed to the next step of the plan, and also prevent this old shameless man from actually accepting the prince's bribe and setting the tax on the Eight Banners drug.  It¡¯s cheaper to grow sweet potatoes.¡±

    "The truth is not bad." Zhu Fangdan said worriedly: "But Master, don't blame me for talking too much. If you have such an idea, if the prince finds out in the future, it will be bad for you."

    "That's right, that's the truth." Fatty Lu nodded vigorously, and said with a smile: "That's why I only impeach Zhu Guozhi for being too greedy and being too humble to the prince. These are all facts, our suspicious pockmark  When the emperor sees it, he will naturally become suspicious, right?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation  .) (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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