Chapter 289 Ledger
There are people in the world, which is the truth that Gao Jin understood in his previous life.
Du Hongyu is Gao Jin's benefactor. The more outstanding Gao Jin is, the more Du Hongyu values him, the more jealousy and red eyes he encounters.
Gao Jin dared not bet on how powerful Du Hongyu's weapon was. As the saying goes, "the whole person can melt gold, and the bones are destroyed." So what he can do is to play a loyal subordinate who knows how to advance and retreat in front of Du Hongyu.
After entering the Central Army Commander's tent, Gao Jin showed that his closeness to Du Hongyu was very consistent with the origin of a hundred households in the countryside. He was moved but did not give excessive humility. After sitting down, he took the initiative to report to Du Hongyu about the details of the "commissioned rebellion".
"The three generations of the Xu family have stored a total of 27,000 taels of gold and silver. All the officials have been released. Please ask the eldest son to make a decision."
When Xu Tong explained, Gao Jin had already asked Chen Sheng to take out all the gold and silver buried deep underground, and even sent three thousand taels to Lu Wenzhao, the Jinyiwei household, but was returned to two thousand taels.
Before Gao Jin left Xiamawu, he naturally knew from Chen Sheng that the 1,000 taels left by Lu Wenzhao was given to his subordinates, and he did not take any penny himself. This made him realize that in this era, there were also good people in the Jinyiwei.
Du Hongyu was also slightly surprised, but it was less than 30,000 taels, which did not make the eldest son tempted. Instead, the few confidants in the handsome tent showed an envious and jealous look.
"You all go out."
Du Hongyu suddenly said to several confidants that Gao Jin was too honest and should have reported some words to him alone in private.
Du Tieniu and others reluctantly left the tent. Everyone wanted to know how their master planned to deal with the gold and silver. At the same time, they secretly sighed that Gao Jin was worthy of the master. This honesty and generous alone would not be able to do it if they had done it.
In the tent of the handsome man, only Du Hongyu and Gao Jin were left. Du Hongyu stared at Gao Jin, who was faintly confused in his eyes, couldn't help but laugh, "Xiao Gao, if you have changed to someone else, you must have concealed it if you get such a large sum of gold and silver, but you..."
"Gao Jin can have today, it is all up to the eldest son to cultivate. If I swallow this gold and silver against my conscience, I will let down the eldest son, not to mention that there is no airtight wall in this world. If the eldest son knew that I had done such a thing..."
Gao Jin once lived in the workplace. Under the influence of the literary talent of later generations, he knew how to establish good relationships with his leaders. To be honest, Du Hongyu, the eldest son, was a kind of easy to deal with, and was generous and not greedy for money.
Du Hongyu laughed. He did not read the wrong person. Although Gao Jin was from a small place, he understood the principles of being a human being better than most people, and he was well aware of advancement and retreat, and knew what he relied on.
The idiots under my command said that the wolf Gu Ying looked at him and the image of the Lord was ridiculous.
As long as his benefactor is strong enough, Gao Jin will be his most loyal subordinate. If he is not strong enough, the water flows to the lower places and people walk to the higher places. If the Du family falls apart one day, his subordinates will be loyal and follow the Du family to face difficulties!
Thinking of this, Du Hongyu looked at Gao Jin with a little more encouragement, "Xiao Gao, since you get this gold and silver by your own ability, it's all yours."
Gao Jin was not surprised by Du Hongyu's handling. This young master was a generous person, not to mention that he was selling honeycomb coal in various parts of Shaanxi. The young master also invested in the shares and was not short of money. But he thought Du Hongyu would symbolically collect a few thousand taels, but he didn't expect that he would not take any of them. This made him look up to Du Hongyu's point.
At least this young master is not stingy with money. If he can really encourage the court to support it with all his strength, he is afraid that the reconnaissance may not be possible.
However, Gao Jin only thought about this idea. Nowadays, there are only some native chickens and tiles left in Mongolia. It is easy to recover Hetao, but how to defend Hetao is difficult. Neither Tumote nor Chahar will turn a blind eye.
"The eldest son, the lower official has another matter. I need to report it. Please make a decision."
Gao Jin threw away the distracting thoughts in his mind and talked about his real purpose of visiting Du Hongyu. The three thousand refugees on the Motianling Ridge were not enough to cover up the Jinyiwei. He also wanted to obtain the support of this eldest son, so that he could be foolproof.
Seeing Gao Jin's expression solemn, Du Hongyu became serious. He asked himself that Gao Jin's temperament was quite clear. He knew that Gao Jin must have important things to talk about, which was much more important than the gold and silver plundered from Xu Tong.
"Since the eldest son ordered Xiaguan to run Gubeizhai, Xiaguan had intended to collect refugees near Gubeizhai, but he had only gained hundreds of people, of which there were only more than a hundred soldiers who could be soldiered..."
To motivate Du Hongyu, Gao Jin knew that he had to meet his preferences. The biggest intention of this benefactor was to recover Hetao and win a title and make the Du family a noble, so he went from Gubeizhai to speak.
"There are three thousand refugees on Motianling, all of whom are young and strong after the removal of the old and weak. If they can introduce them to Gubei Village, the subordinates will choose their strong army, and the rest can also reclaim fertile land near Gubei Village and stockpile grains."
Gao Jin's words made Du Hongyu fall into deep thought, and his eyes became brighter and brighter. He was moved by Gao Jin, not to mention that there was no risk in this matter. He knew the officials in the court better than Gao Jin. These three thousand refugees were just a few numbers in official documents, and it was just a sentence.
As long as they say that these refugees are dead at the beginning, no one will come to stand out for these "White Lotus Sect bandits". At most, censors who want to gain prominence will scold them for being bloodthirsty. However, those sour scholars may not have the courage to do so.
"Xiao Gao, you have done this well. The court will leave it to me, but you have to find an excuse to let these three thousand refugees die."
Du Hongyu pondered for a while and said to Gao Jin that it would be impossible to protect the three thousand refugees. Not to mention what the court would think, then the local big families would just stare at these three thousand young and strong people and would not let go, and they would definitely come and get a share of the pie. That would be a troublesome thing.
These greedy bigwigs have no choice but to do anything. To dispel their thoughts, they have to cut off their thoughts from the beginning.
"The official understands."
With Du Hongyu's support, Gao Jin was satisfied. Now he can earn the 3,000 refugees in a legitimate way, and there is no need to worry about Du Hongyu's suspicion. This is the benefit of following a boss who wants to do big things.
"You don't have to worry about food and grass. I will ask the Fan family to help with the delivery."
Gao Jin was surprised to see that Du Hongyu even had the food to support the 3,000 refugees. He originally planned to buy food from Fan Xiu'an with the gold and silver he got from Xu Tong. After all, most of the spring plowing season has passed, and most of the supplies on Motianling have been burned, so he didn't even have time to organize the farming.
"How can the eldest son spend money? The money for the food can be afforded by the officials."
Gao Jin did not intend to let Du Hongyu pay the money because he knew that he was not the same as the eldest son in the end, so he didn't want to owe too much to this eldest son.
"Why, Xiao Gao thinks I can't afford the expense?"
"No, the eldest son was joking. But after getting the money from the officials, they had to spend some money to feel at ease."
Gao Jin said this, but Du Hongyu couldn't help laughing. This little Gao was very interesting, but after thinking about it, "Okay, if I look for the Fan family too eye-catching, if it falls into the eyes of those who are interested, I will inevitably be seen. Then I will not interfere in this matter, just the Jinyiwei..."
"Don't worry, the senior official knows what to do!"
"Okay, I will keep here tonight. My chef who is in charge of the army is very good. He is good at treating mutton and let him roast the whole lamb. Let's have a few drinks tonight."
Gao Jin naturally responded to Du Hongyu's invitation, "The young master has his own order, how dare the subordinates refuse to obey? It's just that the subordinates have a few subordinates outside. He also asked the subordinates to allow the subordinates to order them to do something, which can be regarded as a gift from the subordinates to the emperor."
"Oh, what gift?"
Du Hongyu became interested. He liked Gao Jin's last time, so he took it with him.
"If you let the officials keep their hands behind closed doors, the gift is still in Shenmu County, and the subordinates of the officials will still be able to get it. The young master will know it at that time."
What Gao Jin wanted to use as a gift was not other things, but the black account he found in the assistant official's mansion that day. With this thing, it would be much more convenient for Du Hongyu to control the Shenmu Guard. It would be useless for the commander of the guard to pretend to be dead.
"Go, I'll wait for you here."
Du Hongyu was quite carefree and did not ask about the details. He was vaguely looking forward to what surprise Gao Jin could surprise him.
After leaving the Central Army Commander's tent, Gao Jin found Wang Dou and others who came with him and said, "Teacher Cheng, please go to the Liu Qianshi Mansion and get the account book."
Next to Wang Dou, Cheng Chongdou, who was wearing a felt hat, laughed, "Don't worry, Mr. Gao, this matter will be covered by me."
Cheng Chongdou is still the character of a hero in the world, and he is very interested in stealing valuables from high-ranking officials.
"Second brother, will the account book still be where it used to be?"
On that day, Wang Dou followed Gao Jin to Liu Zhiyuan's mansion and found the black account in the guy's study. He naturally knew where to hide the account book, but he felt that Liu Zhiyuan suffered a loss and would not be left in the old place!
"You guys try it first. If not, I will catch Liu Zhiyuan directly."
Gao Jin was very rough and simple. He knew that Liu Zhiyuan was a man. This assistant minister was greedy for money and was afraid of death. He was not a tough guy. He told Du Hongyu that he wanted to give a gift, but he did not say whether the gift was a dead account book or a living account book.
"If you find the account book, then Liu Zhiyuan will still catch it."
Cheng Chong Dou said on the side that he was a brave man, and it was nothing strange to steal in the official palace, but he never did this kidnapping.
"If you can catch it, you will catch it together."
Gao Jin thought about it and found that Liu Zhiyuan was still useful. He caught him as soon as he caught him, so he would save this guy from going there.
Chapter completed!