Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

But in the end he was hugged by Zhang Yuanxin.

Zhang Yuanxin stopped Zhang Yuanzhi's second godson, and directly yelled at Zhang Chengzong: "Chengzong, why did you talk to your father? You really should beat those who have no respect for their elders. Get out!!"

Zhang Chengzong wished he could put on his wings and fly out of this horrible place right now, he might as well go to Yuru Xuan to have a drink with Yuru's little wave hoof, and roll the sheets by the way.

Yuru is a popular fan in Yangzhou City these days, and Yuruxuan is the house where she usually receives benefactors, drinks, chats and sleeps.

Yuruxuan is no different from the ordinary Qinlou Chuguan. No one who is not rich and powerful is not accepted. It is not a place where you can enter with a hundred and eighty taels of silver in your pocket.

In recent years, Yangzhou's red card fans basically like to set up a house and do it alone. In order to show their status as Yangzhou's red card fans, they want to raise their own value.Er, people with status and family background in Yangzhou now like this tune.

Although these red card fans are somewhat similar to the high-end Yifeng on the first floor of the later generations, they are the same as those women in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, and they all belong to official cars, but everyone has vanity, especially those with money and status. In this way, even flock to it.

To put it bluntly, the root is still the relationship between prostitutes and clients.It's just that in order to cater to the vanity of the rich and the powerful, some foreign mixed-race girls, green tea whores, are specially created to distinguish between the three, six and nine.

Thinking of Yuru's seductive eyes and those slender thighs, Zhang Chengzong suddenly became a little hot, and when Zhang Yuanxin asked him to go out, he ran out of the ancestral house without saying a word.

After sending Zhang Chengzong away, Zhang Yuanxin said to Zhang Yuanzhi: "Second brother, what Chengzong said just now is of course not true. But his words are not unreasonable, and Guo Ye's arrogance must be suppressed. Sha Sha His majesty. Otherwise, he would really think that our Zhang family in Yangzhou is a nirvana."

Zhang Yuanzhi asked: "Third brother, you are the most quick-witted among our three brothers. Tell me, how do you suppress it?"

Zhang Yuanxin approached and asked, "Second brother, I want to ask you, how many rice shops, salt shops, wine shops and restaurants does the Zhang family have in Yangzhou City?"

At this moment, Zhang Yuanzhi suddenly understood, and said in surprise: "Third brother, you mean to put all the rice shops, salt shops, wine shops and restaurants in our Zhang family..."

"That's right!"

Zhang Yuanxin didn't wait for Zhang Yuanzhi to finish speaking, with a stern look on his face, he sneered and said, "Isn't his surname Guo the governor of Yangzhou now? Why don't we add trouble to him and see how he solves the problem of people's livelihood. Let him know, Yangzhou He, the governor, is not the one who has the final say in the city, hehe, how about it?"

"But how much money do you have to lose? Third, this, this is a ruthless trick to kill one thousand and lose eight hundred?"

"Second brother, I don't want the child to be unable to trap the wolf, listen to me, you must be right!"

"Uh... alright." Zhang Yuanzhi nodded slightly, then gritted his teeth suddenly and added, "Third brother, instead of doing this, it's better to make a big fuss. We can't let the Zhang family bear the burden of self-defeating money, you see Is this good? In the name of the Zhang family, let's send posts to the prominent gentry in the city and invite them to come to Gujing Lane to discuss..."

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In the next few days in Yangzhou City, the weather was calm.

It seems that Guo Ye's succession as governor of Yangzhou went smoothly. Not only the officials in the government government respected him, but even the people in the city knew that there was a new young governor.

On this day, Guo Ye, accompanied by Chen Jitao, the prefect of the county, and surrounded by six Cao Zuoguan, counted the grain depot, silver warehouse and military depot in the government office against the account books.

He didn't have any hope for the mess Tong Huan left behind, but after taking stock of it at last, he didn't expect it to be more riddled with holes than he imagined, and it was rotten to the root.

There is actually only 3000 taels of treasury silver in the treasury of the governor's office in Yangzhou, and on the books, there is a lot of silver owed to the nine counties under its jurisdiction, all of which were borrowed by Tong Huan when he was in office.

After returning to the study, Guo Ye slammed the account book on the table with a gloomy face, and said cursingly: "Tong Huan, I really didn't catch you wrongly, you are just a big rat in a granary, just a rat Moths that eat bones but don't spit dross."

In the study is Chen Jitao, the prefect of the county, by his side.

Seeing this, Chen Jitao smiled wryly and said, "Guo Inspector, don't get angry. These years, Tong Huan and the Yangzhou Zhang family's snake nest have already wiped out the foundation of the Inspector's Yamen. In addition, there are people in the court who are easy to cover up." Yin, that's why all the colleagues in the government office dare not speak out. Now that the governor has taken over this position, the most important thing now is how to fill up these holes. At least the government office must have sufficient treasury money and grain , in case of emergencies!"

Guo Ye cursed again bitterly: "Fucking shit, I have to clean up the mess for him. Now, to fill up these big holes, the fastest way is to transfer the money that has been intercepted by the salt transport yamen over the years to fill it up. See Come, it's time to attack Yanyun Yamen and Zhang Chengzong."

When Chen Jitao heard that he was going to attack Zhang Chengzong, he was immediately excited, but when he thought of the power of the Zhang family in Yangzhou, he sighed in embarrassment: "It's a pity that Tong Huan refused to let go, and took the responsibility of hiding the seal of the governor. I don’t want to involve Zhang Chengzong. Otherwise, we can use this excuse to take Zhang Chengzong directly and expel him from the Yanyun Yamen.”

Guo Ye chuckled and said, "I expected that Tong Huan would not confess to Zhang Chengzong, because he hid the seal, and even enriched his own pockets when he was in Yangzhou in the past. If Zhang Chengzong is confessed, he is really doomed. How could the Zhang family let him go? Speaking of which, Tong Huan still has some self-knowledge."

Listening to Guo Ye's analysis, Chen Jitao nodded in agreement, and said: "My lord's analysis is very good, but now the Yan Yun Yamen is controlled by Zhang Chengzong inside and outside. Even if my lord has the imperial court's permission, he can remove it, but the change is not enough." Changing the medicine, I'm afraid that Zhang Chengzong won't let my lord fulfill his wish."

"Haha, Chen Juncheng, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain."

Guo Ye didn't think this was a problem at all, instead he laughed optimistically and said, "As long as Zhang Chengzong is in the position of the Salt Transport Envoy for a day, I still have a chance to catch his sore feet. His ass is not clean, I will I have my own way to find evidence of the crime. When the time comes, I will take this guy first and declare war on the Zhang family."

Chen Jitao asked in a low voice: "Could it be that your lord has other arrangements in secret?"

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the study, and a soldier brought from Chang'an to Yangzhou shouted outside: "Report to Lord Inspector, Lord Guan Jiujiu is back!"

Guo Ye couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the words, looked at Chen Jitao who looked confused, and said with a smile: "Look, Cao Cao will be there soon."

Chen Jitao asked: "My lord, who is this Guan Jiujiu?"

Guo Ye said: "He? He is my right-hand man, the best candidate to take over the post of Salt Transport Envoy in the future. From now on, you will have to work together. Let's go, Chen Juncheng, I will take you close to Guan Jiujiu, a sour scholar. "

When Chen Jitao heard that Guan Jiujiu was arranged to take over the post of Salt Transport Envoy, he thought to himself, it seems that this Lord Guan really has the trust of Governor Guo, otherwise he would not have handed over the Yangzhou salt tax to him.

Immediately, he also wanted to make friends with Guan Jiujiu in his heart, nodded to Guo Ye and said, "Well, what your lord said is very true, the next official should get close to this Lord Guan."

Guo Ye put his arms around Chen Jitao's shoulders, laughed loudly and said, "Haha, let's go, I'll let you see Guan Laoxiu's gossip and hypocrisy!"

After saying that, he walked side by side with Chen Jitao and left the study.

Chapter 754 The Theory of True and False Account Books

"My lord, the student is fortunate enough to have come back! As the saying goes, not seeing you every day is like three autumns. The student hasn't seen you for a long time, and it has been decades. Wuwu... I really want to spoil the student!"

When Guan Jiujiu in the hall of the backyard saw Guo Ye coming in, he rushed forward and lit up his signature voice, howling ghostly and wolfishly.

Guo Ye was used to Guan Jiujiu's deadly appearance, and he was no stranger to it.

Chen Jitao, who had never met Guan Jiujiu before, was suddenly frightened by the other party's appearance, especially when he heard the nasty words from Guan Jiujiu's mouth, goose bumps suddenly appeared on his body, and he spat in his heart: "This man is a scholar after all, but how can he speak so disgustingly and without morals? He is so frivolous at such a young age, tsk tsk, he is really shameless! I really don't know what is so shrewd in Guo Shishi's attention to him. He also entrusted him with the important task of handing over the Yangzhou salt tax to him."

"Okay, okay, stop howling!"

Guo Ye gently pushed Guan Jiujiu away, and said, "Come on, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Chen Jitao, Prime Minister of Fuya County."

As he spoke, he introduced to Chen Jitao: "Mingren (Chen Jitao's character), this is Master Guan Jiujiu, who has been with me for a long time. This time I intend to let Lao Guan take over the post of Yangzhou Salt Transport Envoy. You are familiar with it, and you will have to give Lao Guan some advice when the time comes."

Chen Jitao said humbly: "Master Inspector, you are too polite, not to mention giving advice, the next official will definitely help Mr. Guan a lot. Mr. Guan, please be polite!"

While speaking, Chen Jitao cupped his fists and elegantly cupped his hands at Guan Jiujiu as a salute of meeting.

When Guan Jiujiu heard Guo Ye's introduction, his eyes were already narrowed with joy, and he stepped forward to hold Chen Jitao's hand affectionately, and said with extra enthusiasm: "So it's Chen Juncheng, hello, hello, student Guan Jiujiu When you come to the treasure land of Yangzhou, you will have to give advice from Chen Juncheng in the future."

Chen Jitao felt sick again when Guan Jiujiu held his hands tightly, this fellow was too enthusiastic, it was unbearable.

Immediately, he nodded reservedly and said with a smile: "Your Majesty Guan is too polite, you and I are colleagues, and we are working for Governor Guo, so we should be sincere, united, friendly and helpful."

Guan Jiujiu smiled and said that he was good, but he didn't seem to intend to let go of Chen Jitao's hands, but continued to smile affectionately.

Seeing this, Guo Ye stepped forward and forcibly pulled Guan Jiujiu away, lest he continue to feel sick to Chen Jitao.

Afterwards, he rushed to Guan Jiujiu and asked, "What happened to the matter you were asked to investigate? You have been in Yangzhou for so long, do you have any clues?"

Guan Jiujiu's face tightened when he heard the words, put away his sycophant attitude, and said in a low voice: "My lord, the students have fulfilled their mission. After the students have endured the humiliation and borne the burden, they have endured humiliation, tried their best, made open and secret visits, and peeled off cocoons..."