Chapter 488: Happy smile

In the past few days, Gu Jiu was depressed and broke.
The emperor wants to be in Xinmin County outside Nanchengmen, Gu Jiu raised his hands to support.
There were more and more people outside Nancheng Gate, and her guards alone were seriously understaffed.
In the event of an accident, the government officials could not arrive in time.
But Hubu Shangshu is doing things for her
The Ministry of Household wants to collect taxes at the market outside the Nancheng Gate. She has no objection. It will be a matter of time.
However, in addition to collecting taxes, the Ministry of Households also wanted to take the opportunity to intervene in the management of the market. Gu Jiu firmly opposed it.
"The householder tax collector only collects taxes, and the market management office will take care of it. If the food is not clean, it will not be too late to ask the government to come forward."
"There is no such precedent. All the markets in the capital are under the jurisdiction of the government. Xinmin County was established, and the markets outside the Nancheng Gate will be under the management of the government as usual."
Ha ha!
Gu Jiu disagreed, "Master Shangshu wants to send someone to take over the market outside Nanchengmen. I understand. But I doubt the integrity of government officials. The reason why the market outside Nanchengmen can develop is because Because it has never relied on government management, it did not rely on it in the past, and it will not rely on it in the future."
"Mrs. Zhao, are you going to be above the law?"
Gu Jiu raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Do you want to collect taxes? Do you want to collect a lot of taxes? You send people to manage the market. Are you sure you can collect more taxes than you do now? Are you sure the people below won't do things like killing chickens and getting eggs?
The Hubu Shangshu snorted, "Mrs. Zhao, don't think the tax officials are so dirty."
Gu Jiu smiled, "Adults grow stronger and stronger, and you can work for another ten or twenty years without accident. Didn't the adults think of going further? Xinmin County is the cornerstone for adults to go up. The adults are sure to give this cornerstone. Destroyed?"
"How could it be as serious as you said."
Gu Jiu said: "Is it as serious as what I said, adults know it better than anyone else. My people manage the market, and they hope that the market will become more and more prosperous, and more and more merchants will go to Xinmin County to do business. business.
People from the Ministry of Households are in charge of the market, hoping to make a little more money this month than last month. As for whether the market is lively or not, they will not care. Anyway, there is nothing to do here, the big deal is to change a place as a errand. The collapse of the market will not affect their payment. "
Hubu Shangshu frowned, "You just can't trust people in the government?"
"My lord has misunderstood me. If I can't trust the government, how can I cooperate with the government? I just can't trust the people who do things below. Instead of sending someone to manage the bazaar by the household department, it is better to send someone to take charge. That's it."
"You just don't want to hand over power." Hubu Shangshu explained the truth in one word.
Gu Jiu smiled softly and did not deny, "Outside the South City Gate, at least five years to ten years will be needed. In these ten years, I hope that the South City Gate can be under my control without any constraints.
After ten years, the Nancheng Gate has begun to take shape. I will take the initiative to surrender the management power without being reminded by an adult, and the government will take over. "
Hubu Shangshu frowned, "Ten years?"
"Ten years, I think it's too short. It's not as good as adults who allowed me to run for thirty to fifty years."
"Humph!"
Hubu Shangshu waved his hand, "It has only been ten years, and one more day will not work."
Gu Jiu smiled happily, "That's a deal. Please also ask the adults to give me a paper, so that I have a law to follow."
"You can't believe the old man?"
"My lord is joking, how can I not believe my lord. This is just in case. Just in case the name is not right, the name is right. We must pay attention to the source when we do things."
"You can talk with your mouth, but the old man can't even tell you. Forget it, the old man will give you an official document."
Hubu Shangshu compromised.
Gu Jiu was satisfied, holding a piece of official document, thanking him and leaving.
After leaving the signing room, I saw Gu Yu guarding the door.
"Brother Gu! Why don't you say a word when you come, let's go out and find a place to talk."
Gu Jiu was in a good mood, and when she saw Gu Yu, she smiled brightly.
Gu Yu was also very refreshed in happy events, and followed Gu Jiu out of the Hubuyamen, and asked for a private room to sit down in the teahouse.
"Congratulations to Brother Gu for being the first magistrate of Xinmin County."
Gu Yu immediately got up, bowed and thanked him.
Gu Jiu hurriedly avoided, "Gu Si Brother what is this?"
"Although Sister Xiao Jiu doesn't say anything, I also know that if I can serve as the county magistrate of Xinmin County with my qualifications, Sister Xiao Jiu must have contributed a lot. Otherwise, such a good opportunity will definitely not be my turn."
Gu Yu saw it thoroughly.
Gu Jiu laughed, "Gu Si brother, don't be polite with me, you sit down and talk first. I admit that I did do a little bit about this matter. But I also have selfish intentions.
I hope that after Gu Sige becomes the magistrate of Xinmin County, he can lead everyone in the county government to fully cooperate with my plan.
In addition, I have a few people on hand, and I want to arrange to be a small official in the county office. I also ask Brother Gu for a convenience. "
Gu Yu smiled and said, "Sister Xiao Jiu, don't worry, you can report to you. I can still arrange for a few small officials. It's not a problem to cooperate with your plan.
I think the people above agreed to place me in the position of the county magistrate of Xinmin County, and hope that I can fully cooperate with you to settle more refugees and develop Xinmin County. "
Gu Jiu smiled and said: "Gu Si brother really saw thoroughly. Your county office will not start construction until the New Year. During this time, if Gu Si brother is free, you might as well go to the public housing market to work. Cao is there too.
In the future, Brother Gu will often deal with those tax officials, and now take the opportunity to build a good relationship. In the future, the two sides will be able to cooperate better when the county government is established. "
Gu Yu nodded, "Sister Xiao Jiu is still thoughtful. Recently, I have been free. From tomorrow on, I will go to the market as a errand every day, just to understand the situation in Xinmin County in advance."
Gu Jiu laughed, "When Brother Gu takes office, I will give you something good."
"What?" Gu Yu was curious.
Gu Jiu didn't sell Guanzi either, and said directly: "Xinmin County Population Tax and Acre Booklet."
Gu Yu was overjoyed, this booklet was more valuable than any gift. It is equivalent to that, he has already figured out the basic situation of Xinmin County before he officially took office. In the future, if someone wants to deceive him, he will have to weigh whether he has that ability.
"Thank you, Sister Xiao Jiu."
Gu Yu solemnly thanked you.
Gu Jiu pursed his lips and smiled, "Gu Si Ge is good at everything, but in front of his family, there are too many courtesies."
Gu Yu smiled embarrassedly.
After discussing business matters, Gu Jiu asked about family affairs again.
"How are my father these days?"
"It's okay, my lord. It's just a bit unwilling to be lonely. However, if you want to keep your filial piety, you can only be trapped in the house all day, temporarily unable to go out."
Mr. Gu's filial piety has not passed, and he has to manage Gu Shan's marriage. It is indeed difficult for Mr. Gu to go out to meet friends during this time.
Gu Jiu smiled, and said, "My father's man, he deserves to suffer from some criticism."
Over the years, Mr. Gu's overall fortune has been very smooth. Because it went too smoothly, Master Gu was a bit less cautious and more arrogant.
Taking advantage of his filial piety, grind his temperament, which is very good.
Gu Yu considered it for a while and said, "I wonder if your lord has written to you."
"What's the matter?" Gu Jiu received Master Gu's letters during this period, and the letters were all homework.
Gu Yu guessed that Master Gu was embarrassed to say directly in the letter, and then vaguely mentioned, "Because of the Cai family's affairs, the adults are a little worried. They are both relatives of the palace, and I am afraid they feel the same."
Gu Jiu was taken aback first, then laughed again.
"I don't know, he could be so guilty. The Cai family's case actually frightened him."
Gu Yu coughed lightly, "In officialdom, there are always times when you can't help yourself."
Gu Jiu smiled swiftly, "I don't care about his frustration, it's okay to scare him with Cai's family."
"Cai's case?" Gu Yu asked in a low voice.
Gu Jiu shook his head, "I will check it out for a while. I will have to wait until the beginning of the coming spring for news at the earliest."
"So the Cai family is so bad this time?"
Gu Jiu nodded, "Almost."
It is because more and more people's evidence have come out that this case has been delayed again and again.
Ning Wang is determined to turn the Cai family case into an iron case, so that people don't want to reverse the case. Therefore, I have to worry about collecting evidence.
King Ning didn't want to be reversed in a few years because of insufficient evidence and slapped him in the face.
It's just that it was a case 20 years ago, and the evidence was not that easy to collect.
Fortunately, King Ning is patient, even if the case has to be tried for one or two years, it doesn't matter, as long as the case can be settled.
All the adult males of the Cai family were sent to imprisonment except for one and two scholars.
The female relatives and children are trapped in the house and cannot leave the door. Only the servants in the house were allowed to go out to purchase food utensils.
The Cai family was in a precarious manner, and the world held high and low, and the past in-laws had lost their relationship with the Cai family.
The third wife, Cai, went back to her family's house, but was scolded by her family's nose.
If Mother Xu hadn't poisoned people by her side, how could the case 20 years ago be brought out.
In the eyes of the Cai family, the third wife Cai is the sinner of the Cai family, the broom star.
As San Gongzi's health gradually improved, Princess Pei took the lead and arranged two concubines for San Gongzi. They were all lovely people who came out of the palace, all of good family background and appearance.
Gu Jiu returned to the palace, got out of the carriage at the second gate, and listened to the lady in the concierge mentioning this fresh gossip.
Gu Jiu asked the woman, "Is the person sent to the third room?"
"Sent. The slave and maidservant went to see it, and she was better than the three ladies. The slave and maid also heard that both of them had worked in the Changchun Palace in the past, and they had also served in front of Concubine Shu."
Gu Jiu laughed, "The person who has served in front of Concubine Shu is decent."
"Who said no. The mansion is all talking about it, the three rooms are going to change soon, and the two new concubines will be in charge."
Gu Jiu shook his head and went back to the east courtyard first.
After a while, the fourth wife, Xiao Qin'er, went to the east courtyard to chat with Gu Jiu.
As for the second wife, Ouyang Fu, she went to the other hospital to recuperate her body.
Xiao Qin'er has been interested in making friends with Gu Jiu recently, and they are more frequent.
Gu Jiu is good at talking, but not good at talking.
As long as Xiao Qin'er doesn't show off in front of her and say something or not, she doesn't mind Xiao Qin'er coming over to sit for a while and chat about gossip in the capitals.
After all, although Gu Jiu could not understand Xiao Qin'er, he was not that annoying. Chat can still be chatted.
Xiao Qin'er entered the small study, leaned against the soft cave, sank in, feeling very comfortable.
There are tea cups, pine nuts, melon seeds, peanuts, pastries and other snacks on the short table.
Xiao Qin'er licked melon seeds and chatted with Gu Jiu.
"The mother concubine sent someone to send the two concubine rooms to the third room. The third sister-in-law cried in front of the third son."
"Crying?" Gu Jiu was surprised.
Xiao Qin'er laughed, "Sister-in-law is also surprised, isn't it? The third sister-in-law had hanged herself in the past, and looked at it as a fierce one. Now I don't know what's wrong, I will cry every time."
Gu Jiu asked: "The third sibling cried, how did the third son react?"
Xiao Qin'er laughed and said, "How can you react? He almost lost his life because of the third wife's dowry. It is the most benevolent and righteous not to hate the third wife. How could he put the water in the concubine room just because the third wife cried. Hurry outside. Besides, the eldest son of the third son is not young, but there is no son or a half daughter under his knees. He is also very anxious to come."
Gu Jiu asked, "Is the body of the three younger siblings still healthy? Did the imperial doctor say, can she be healthy?"
Xiao Qin'er shook his head, "Sansao's body can be maintained, but it is a little difficult to raise her body. After all, she has been poisoned by poison for so many years."
If the third wife, Cai's, has difficulties in birth and rearing, the third son is probably not immune.
The third son wants to have a child, but it will be impossible for a while.
At least one or two years.
"The second son recently took his heart, and spent the whole day with his second wife in the other hospital to recuperate." After Xiao Qin'er finished speaking, she laughed first.
Gu Jiu said, "They want a prostitute, so they should spend more time thinking about it."
"But the second son's concubine's room has been diagnosed as three months pregnant. If this is to give birth to the eldest son, the second room will be lively."
Xiao Qin'er was a little gloating.
Concubine's eldest son.
It's not that Ouyang Fu can't give birth.
If you can give birth to the eldest daughter, you can naturally give birth to the eldest son.
It's a pity that the second son was too anxious before, eager to get the concubine to get pregnant in front of Ouyang Fu.
If the second room gave birth to the eldest son, King Ning would definitely be unhappy.
Therefore, Xiao Qin'er was a little gloat for the second couple. Wish the concubine room of the second room was a man in one fell swoop.
Regardless of whether King Ning was not jealous of female sex, he even spent money in the brothel. There are dozens of women in the backyard. But King Ning still cares about his concubine.
In the first few years of marriage between King Ning and Pei, King Ning has always been restrained.
It was not until Pei gave birth to the eldest son that King Ning let go of the mess.
It was only in this way that many concubines and concubines were created.
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "If you really give birth to the eldest son, there is no way. What you plant will get what you want."
The second son hoped that his son had been looking forward to it for several years, so naturally he would not kill the child in the concubine room.
In case Ouyang Fu was not pregnant, or gave birth to a girl after being pregnant, anyhow he also has a son under his knees.
These days, it is still different to have a son without a son.
Xiao Qin'er was here at Gu Jiu, drank three cups of tea, finished a plate of melon seeds and a plate of pine nuts, thinking of her eldest brother, finally reluctantly left.
Gu Jiu asked Mother Fang to take her out.
The little maid came in to clear the table.
Qingmei waited on Gu Jiu's side, "Maybe the fourth lady has changed her temper during this period of time and ran to our east courtyard every two days."
"She is willing to come, so let her come. As long as she doesn't say anything unpleasant, it's OK." Gu Jiu's attitude is very simple.
Xiao Qin'er, as long as he doesn't have a temper, he can still go back and forth.
She is the daughter of the Xiao family and is well informed.
She knows the gossip of many big families.
Just as Princess Fuya was looking for a marriage for her son Huang Qubing, Xiao Qin'er was the first to tell Gu Jiu.
Princess Fuya took a fancy to Liu Ge, the third girl in Prince Ning’s mansion, but worried that Prince Ning would not agree to the marriage.
So I wanted to invite someone to ask Ning Wang and Pei first.
If there is no objection, the two families will see each other.
If you object, you will save the step of looking at each other.
Princess Fuya thought about it, and found that Princess Huyang was the most suitable to do this.
It's just that there is a lot of sordidness between her and Huyang Princess, and the Huyang Princess has also played the idea of ​​a yellow horse, and Princess Fuya is very unhappy.
Only for the sake of her son's marriage, Princess Fuya compromised.
After sending someone to invite the lord of Huyang to have a drink and give him some benefits, the lord of Huyang agreed to help her find out what Ning Wang Tong Pei meant.
On this day, Princess Huyang dressed up and came to Ningwang Mansion.
As usual, first go to Chunhetang to see Pei.
Pei is in a good mood and is about to aspire to Weiyang Palace. Everyone is pleasing to the eye.
Even looking at Princess Huyang is more pleasing than usual.
Of course, being pleasing to the eye does not mean that you have to speak with kindness.
Pei preemptively said, "There is still half a month before the New Year, what are you doing here? If you want to fight the autumn wind, the Wangfu has no money for you. This year, the prince has spent a lot of money, and has not yet filled in those shortfalls. ."
Princess Huyang tilted his eyes at Pei's, "Sister-in-law is too underestimated. I'm not here to fight the autumn wind, I'm here to protect the media."