The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 576

"Master Shangshu, don't worry, these are my own legal income, and it is also the money I have earned during this period of time. It comes cleanly, and you can use it with confidence. Your lord, you can use it at ease!" Zhao Gou didn't know what Pan Lianggui thought. He expressed his doubts bluntly, without hiding anything.

Pan Lianggui was taken aback, and firmly refused: "This is my job, you can use the money yourself! Now that you are going to start a family, there are more places to use the money."

"Master Shangshu, don't be in a hurry to reject my offer!" Zhao Gou smiled and said, "I know that your lord is selfless and a well-known virtuous minister. The money doesn't mean to belittle or look down on you. It's just that I, Zhao Gou, Big marriages are common people. Even if I am the prince, I will not use the treasury. The money in the treasury is not owned by me. It has its own uses. You don’t have to find it difficult to do it. , report back intact, nothing will happen."

"As for the other 5000 taels, this is happy money, and it is also everyone's hard-earned wages. If your lord does not accept it, then what face do I have to ask you to be the witness of the marriage. My lord takes care of everything every day. Today, I will work hard on the wedding for me, Zhao Gou. This is my lord. What is deserved, let’s talk about the kindness of the past guidance, Zhao will always remember it in his heart.”

"If it weren't for your lord's support, how could I have entered the imperial court from Wenwen? This kindness is really hard to measure with money. I hope my lord will not disappoint Zhao's kindness."

Pan Lianggui refused again: "Since you said that, I can't accept it. I was willing to help at the beginning because I saw hope in you. The future of Song Dynasty depends on you. I am old and I don't know how to live. How long. If there are successors in the Great Song Dynasty, I will die without regret."

"It's just that you let me down very much now. Even ordinary people must not forget the responsibilities on their shoulders. However, you have completely forgotten it. This is what I am most disappointed with. I help not only because The imperial edict, and if I am willing, if I am not willing, even the imperial edict is useless."

"Have you disappointed your lord now?" Zhao Goufeng smiled lightly, and looked at Pan Lianggui with a smile on his face.

Pan Lianggui pondered for a long time, and said solemnly: "The current you make me unable to see through, and it makes me feel even more mysterious."

Zhao Gou said: "How mysterious?"

"Specifically, I can't tell you clearly, but this is how you feel to me." Pan Lianggui replied, "If you say you really gave up, I really don't believe it; if you haven't given up, but you don't understand The way you act."

"At the beginning, we all came to visit the mansion. If we really let go of everything and ignored it, we could have thanked the guests behind closed doors. But you didn't do that, instead you gathered together and expressed your thoughts solemnly, which is unreasonable. If it doesn’t fit, it doesn’t make sense.”

"At that time, I felt like a child who was in conflict with his father. His mouth was full of complaints. This made me feel that you hadn't let go of your heart. Furthermore, this big wedding, if it is really a commoner, will be accepted It is a great honor to be rewarded by the emperor, but you dismiss it."

"Although you took out tens of thousands of taels of silver bills without blinking an eye, I don't know how you earned it. At first glance, you are refuting, but in fact you don't want to consume the money of the national treasury, which has its own use. If you really let go, you can readily accept it and don't bother."

"The parents who gave birth to me, the adults who know me!" Zhao Gou was secretly startled, his actions were analyzed clearly by Pan Lianggui.

Pan Lianggui went on to say: "If you look at your achievements, I think your vision is still good; if you look at the current appearance, like a woman, full of complaints to the emperor, this makes me a little disappointed. It can be said that I am half worried and half happy. "

"I, Pan, ask myself that I am worthy of the emperor above and the people of the Li people below. If I take your 5000 taels, then I will really become a person who seeks fame, embezzles and accepts bribes, which is contrary to the principles of my life. This is hitting myself face!"

Zhao Gou saw that Pan Lianggui had said so much, but in fact it was just one sentence, he should not get the money.If you take 5000 taels, you will feel uneasy for the rest of your life.However, he readily accepted the other 5 taels, just because the money was returned to the treasury, so he could take it with peace of mind.

There are many people who are upright and honest for a while, but very few people are like this for a lifetime.Except for salary, they will not receive anything. There are too few such officials.

"Your Excellency, take this money and give it to your servants, guards and others. I will treat the extra money as lent to you, and I will return it when you have money." Zhao Gou's tone slowed down a lot, and he was no longer aggressive. However, it was undeniable for Pan Lianggui to take it.

In fact, Zhao Gou's previous tone was indeed inappropriate, it was a kind of arrogant feeling.Now it is more like Zhao Gou in the past, calm in dealing with things, not afraid in the face of danger, and has a unique view of the overall situation.

"Why do you have to let me hold it? Could it be that he knows me..." Pan Lianggui frowned, thinking about the reason.

After a while, he was surprised again: "How do you know?"

"If you want to know, you know, if you don't want to know, you don't know." Zhao Gou smiled and said, "You can take the money!"

Pan Lianggui remained silent, because he was a stubborn person, even if his family was dilapidated, he would not ask anyone for help.He was originally a mild-tempered person, but he was a little irritable because of too many trivial matters at home these days, so he complained to Zhao Gou very much.

Because Pan Lianggui's 70-year-old mother was seriously ill, and he had spent his family's savings to treat the illness, and he didn't want to speak to the emperor, so he could only bear it silently.Now it has reached the end of the mountain, even if there is a little hope, I don't want to see my mother die, but unfortunately the family has no savings.

"Even so, I don't need so much silver taels. 100 taels is enough." Pan Lianggui insisted, and had to bow his head in front of his seriously ill mother.

"Those people are all helpful, so just deduct it from here. You can take the rest of the money to treat the old lady. If you have any more, you can buy a few clothes. You can't be my witness. Dress inappropriately!"

"Thank you!"

Pan Lianggui was so grateful that he could only say these two words out of a thousand words.There are many people who make the icing on the cake, but there is too little charcoal in need. His temperament is put there, and there are too few friends in the officialdom. Almost no one wants to be a guest in his house.

Now Zhao Gou actually knows everything about him and his predicament, but he didn't invite him, or something.However, Pan Lianggui still asked Zhao Gou, "Are you really letting go?"

"I..." Zhao Gou was perfunctory at first, but seeing Pan Lianggui's appearance again, he replied seriously: "When the time comes, we will see the outcome."

"As expected!" Pan Lianggui felt relieved, he knew what Zhao Gou meant, and nodded with a smile on his face.

Until Zhao Gou reminded Pan Lianggui that the rewards of those people were calculated as 1000 taels per person, and 4000 taels were removed, so he didn't want his own share.In the end, there were 300 taels left, but Pan Lianggui didn't want all of them. He only wanted [-] taels, and the rest was returned to Zhao Gou.

Looking at the IOU and the remaining silver taels, Zhao Gou couldn't laugh or cry.Originally, he planned to pay 20 taels per person, so the rest would be given to Pan Lianggui, but he went about it step-by-step. He made a lot more and set up an IOU. Zhao Gou just took a look and was burned.Because Zhao Gou didn't intend to ask Pan Lianggui to pay back the money. Zhao Gou knew his situation clearly. If he did pay back the money, Pan Lianggui's family might have no money to use.

(End of this chapter)