Chapter 69: The Evil Feudalism
This time Ji Wuye came to give Wu Lang a gift, but he just wanted to establish a good relationship with Wu Lang. He did not think that these gifts could completely win over Wu Lang. Therefore, after seeing Wu Lang accept the gift he gave, he just said some polite words to Wu Lang, and then took Mo Ya away from the National Master's Mansion.
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After Wu Lang personally sent Ji Wuye out of the National Master's Mansion, he turned to Lei Ming beside him and said, "Lei Ming, send these medicinal materials to me in the alchemy room. As for that beauty... let's arrange it to be settled in the backyard first!"
"promise!"
When Lei Ming heard this, he bent down and replied.
As soon as Ji Wuye left the National Master Mansion, the peeps guarding outside the National Master Mansion passed the news back to their respective masters.
After hearing the news, the officials led by Ji Wuye prepared their own gifts and rushed to the National Master's Mansion as soon as possible.
Nowadays, the court in South Korea is almost divided into two major factions, one is led by Ji Wuye, and the other is led by Zhang Kaidi.
The reason why civil and military officials dare not give Wu Lang a gift first was because they didn't know the attitude of their boss towards the new national teacher.
However, now Ji Wuye has already given Wu Lang a gift and left the National Master's Mansion with a smile on his face. This means that he has maintained a friendly attitude towards the new National Master, so the officials led by Ji Wuye will naturally have to express their opinions.
Of course, there are some tricks to give gifts. These officials first found out about the gifts given to Wu Lang by Ji Wuye, and then began to prepare their own gifts.
First of all, the gifts given by those who are younger brothers must not be more valuable than Ji Wuye, otherwise it will be easy for their boss to feel embarrassed.
Secondly, the type of gifts they gave must not be the same as the gifts given by Ji Wuye. Otherwise, if the gift is given lightly, the national teacher will feel that he is perfunctory. If the gift is given heavy, it will cause Ji Wuye's dissatisfaction.
More than half an hour after Ji Wuye left the National Master Mansion, more than a dozen high-ranking officers began to arrive at the National Master Mansion one after another and gave Wu Lang their carefully prepared gifts.
Wu Lang not only refused everyone to give the congratulatory gifts from these officials, but also gave each of them a bottle of healing medicine as a return gift.
Although Wu Lang accepted the gifts given by these officials, it does not mean that he will become friends with these people in the future.
If these people are valuable to Wu Lang, then they can naturally be friends, but if they violate Wu Lang's interests, then Wu Lang doesn't mind turning against others.
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After officials led by Ji Wuye sent gifts to Wu Lang one after another, Han Xiang opened his mouth and sent someone to give gifts to Wu Lang, but what he sent were some precious bamboo slips.
Zhang Kaidi is different from Ji Wuye. He is a civil servant, while Ji Wuye is a Korean general.
In today's chaotic times, whether Ji Wuye attacked the enemy or confiscated the enemy's spoils, he had enough reasons to explain the origin of the money.
However, civil servants like Zhang Kaidi do not have so many ways to accumulate wealth, and even if he really has enough money in his hands, he will not be able to give Wu Lang a gift worth too much.
Because if Zhang Kaidi really gave Wu Lang a priceless gift, wouldn’t that mean that he, the prime minister of Han, had embezzled and bribed? At that time, Ji Wuye would take the opportunity to catch the handle.
After the officials led by Zhang Kaidi learned about the gifts from their boss, they also sent people to deliver gifts one after another. The gifts they sent were gifts that were not of high value but had high collection value, such as some guqins and other things.
Interestingly, Ji Wuye and his officials personally brought gifts to the National Master's Mansion. In order to prevent people from being said to be a clique for personal gain, they sent their subordinates to the National Master's Mansion to give gifts.
From this point of view, we can also see the gap between military officers and civil servants. Military officers often like to go straightforward when doing things, while civil servants usually do things in a roundabout way.
Although the gifts sent by civil servants headed by Zhang Kaidi were inferior to those of Ji Wuye and his group, Wu Lang gave the civil servants a bottle of elixir as a gift to them in order to express his kindness.
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In the imperial study room of the Korean Palace, King Han looked at the secret letter sent by Lei Ming to convey back. A trace of splendor flashed in his muddy eyes and murmured to himself: "All the gifts have been accepted. It seems that the national master is also a smart person!"
If Wu Lang refuses the gifts given to everyone in order to show his aloofness, then even if he gains the reputation of a clean official, he will completely offend all officials in South Korea.
Now that Wu Lang came here without hesitation, he accepted all the gifts. Although it made people feel that he was a little greedy for money, it also sent a signal of kindness to other officials, which would be of great help to him gain a foothold in South Korea in the future.
What's more, King Han is not a fool. Not only will he not feel disgusted by Wu Lang's greed for money, he will trust and use him more and more.
For a king, the more there are no shortcomings in a subject, the more difficult it is to control it. Once obvious shortcomings appear in the subject, it will be easier to control it.
Since Wu Lang is a greedy person, as long as King Han rewards him with more money in the future, he can naturally control him firmly. If he really has no desires and no desires, King Han will feel a headache.
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There is a 500-square-meter bathhouse in the backyard of the National Teachers' Mansion. The entire bathhouse is made of rock slabs. There is also a square pool that is ten meters long and ten meters wide in the middle of the bathhouse.
When night fell slowly, the servants of the National Master Mansion prepared a pool of bath water for Wu Lang in advance under the arrangement of Lei Ming.
Of course, Wu Lang didn't need him to take a bath, but the person responsible for serving him to take a bath was the four beauties Ji Wuye sent earlier.
These four beauties are not only beautiful, but also proficient in various talents. They were sent to the General's Mansion after careful training.
Originally, Ji Wuye was going to keep them for his own enjoyment, but in order to win over Wu Lang, he reluctantly gave the four beauties to him as gifts.
Chapter completed!