Chapter 1 Corruption due to wealth

It is said that during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, there was a member in Chisong Township, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, with a single name of Su, and a single transmission for three generations. Relying on the foundation of his ancestors, his family has 100 mu of good land and a rich family. Su Qi is usually good at reading, and he knows everything about history. He makes more literati, travels around, and is not good at managing family finances. Liu Xi, the housekeeper, takes care of all the big and small affairs at home. Su Qi married his wife Zhao, whose maiden name is Xintao. She is from Jiangning Prefecture, Nanjing. She is gentle and graceful. She has a son in her 30 years old. The couple loves her like a treasure and is named Man Xiu. He is long and beautiful, and everyone in the family likes him. Zhao also has a sister, named Xinmei. She married Lin Yi, a training envoy of Jiangning Mansion in Nanjing, and also had a son, called Lin Yuqing, who is two years older than Long Xiu. Shortly after Lin Yuqing was born, Zhao's father passed away. Su Qi once took his wife to Jiangning Mansion in Nanjing to mourn for his father-in-law. He lived in Lin Tuan's house for a period of time. The couple liked Yuqing, who had thick eyebrows and giggled. Shortly after returning to Jinhua's home, Zhao became pregnant, gave birth to Manxiu, and entrusted someone to send a letter to his sister and brother-in-law in Jiangning Mansion. Zhao's sister was extremely happy after receiving the letter. Her mother died early. Now her father has gone again, and Lin Tuan has a lot of things to do in the government. Therefore, every time she misses her sister more and wants to see this nephew, she often entrusts someone to write to Jinhua and let her sister-in-law bring her son to Jiangning Mansion in Nanjing. Zhao's husband delayed again and again because he was still young, and his husband had no intention to move his property to Jiangning Mansion.

Let's talk about Liu Xi, the housekeeper, who is exquisite on all sides, respectful to the top and polite to the bottom. Millions of family wealth management is decent. Not only did Su Qi and his wife trust him, but the people in the whole township are also respectful when they see him. Liu Xi was thirty-two years old and had married a wife, but in less than a year, it was gone. Liu Xi has always been interested in Lan'er, the maid outside Su. She has tried many times, and Lan'er seems to be intentional. However, there are rules in the house, and she has never dared to act rashly. One day, Liu Xi returned after drinking and met Lan'er, who was ordered to pick up the book outside the study. Liu Xi couldn't help suppressing for a long time. After teasing a few words, he pushed Lan'er into the study and wanted to do things. Unexpectedly, Su Qi just came to the study and bumped into it. Lan'er came out of the door with shame. Liu Xi was a little drunk, because he knew that Su Qi was the most upright and unaccustomed to these things. Liu Xijiu also woke up. He knelt down and begged, slapped many mouths, and repeatedly said that he had lost his temper after drinking. He deserved to die. Su Qi was soft-hearted and said a few words and spared him. Lan'er was later transferred to the inner house by Zhao's mother-in-law. Because Manxiu's stomach and intestines have been bad recently, Zhao sent her most confidant Ling'er to take care of him. Since then, Liu Xi has rarely seen Lan'er, and her heart is very depressed.

After half a few years, Lord Lu Biao, a new parent official in the countryside, took office. This man is extremely greedy and has little heart. When the newcomer took office, he heard that Su Qi was the richest man here, so he called his government to meet and change his method to meet for money. Su Qi usually only sings about the wind and moon. He has always been unsociative, and he is straightforward. He can't see people so cheap. What's more, he is still a parent official, which really loses the face of the scholar. He not only doesn't give a penny, but also scolds the locust, and makes a new county a new magistrate. Su Qi returned angrily, and Lu Zhixian also wrote down the hatred and sent people to the Su family from time to make trouble. Liu Xi knew the cause of this matter, so he hid it from Su and gave some points to the people in the government in private, which gave Lord Lu a lot of benefits, which was regarded as peace of the matter. Unexpectedly, I don't know which subordinate spilled the beans and let Su Qi listen to it. At that time, he was so angry that he called Liu Xi over and scolded him fiercely, and asked him to pack his luggage and leave immediately so as not to humiliate the Su family. Liu Xi has been in charge of the Su family for many years and has been deeply respected by everyone. In fact, he used to do every time in the government office, but Su Qi didn't know it. It should be said that he has never asked, but now he will be swept out of the door in front of everyone because of this matter. What's his face? Under everyone's plea, Liu Xi continued to stay in the house and vowed not to commit any more in the future. However, Liu Xi was wronged and angry, and he didn't dare to say more. He had to drink wine every day to relieve his depression.

One day, when I was drinking in the pub again, I happened to meet Zhang Da, an official in Lord Lu's government office. When Zhang Da saw Liu Xi, he quickly bowed his hand and said, "Yo, isn't this Liu Da's housekeeper? I always see that you are very busy. How can you have time to relax here? Zhang Da and Liu Xi have a good relationship, and they usually benefit from Liu Xi, so they speak very politely. Alas, don't mention it..." Liu Xi, with a sad face, sighed deeply, stopped talking, and continued to pick up the glass to drink. Yo, what's wrong? In Chisong Township, who else dares to make our housekeeper Liu unhappy? He said that Brother Zhang would arrest him to the official office for you and let him taste the master's sticks and know how powerful it is." Ha ha, Brother Zhang joked. Brother Zhang is usually busy with official business. How dare he worry about his younger brother's affairs? Besides, this man has not violated the law. How can he be caught? Where is the king's law?" Haha, Wang Fa! The government is the king's law! Since ancient times, there has been a king to reason. What is a king? He is an official. I'm not saying that it's really wrong for you to be a little housekeeper with your talent." Hi, that's it. I almost can't do it." What? What's the matter?" Liu Xiyin told Zhang how Su Qi knew how he took care of the master of the government office, how he insulted himself, how he dared to go out by himself, and told Zhang Dahua about all the things he vowed not to do so again. Zhang Da didn't listen. As soon as he heard it, he was furious. Didn't he look down on the people in the government? Dare to cut off our financial path! Then he put on an indignant look for Liu Xi, "Brother Liu worried about the Su family and vomited blood. Who doesn't know who knows this? Now that the Su family has a lot of grain and a wide range of rich people, they are not all run by your brother Liu. Pointing at the scholar who can only live with books, the family business has already been lost 180 times! Now I completely ignore my feelings and rush. This is a dead dog cooking, crossing the river and tearing down the bridge! Besides, how can you lose the people of the Su family by dealing with the people in the government? Zhang said angrily, "If it's me, I don't care about him. I'll kill him first. I'll be the head of the house. It's not happy!" Oh, Brother Zhang can't say this nonsense. If you hear it, you will get into trouble." What's going on? As the saying goes, if there is a capable man, he still pretends to be an old man without this ability. What's the reason? Zhang cursed for a long time, and then left angrily. But Liu Xi has had an idea in his heart at this moment. In fact, this idea has been in his mind many times. How good it is to be a master without being a housekeeper!

People can't live without the three words of greed and lust, and it is precisely because of these three words that have caused many disturbances.