prosperous age

Chapter 192 Chapter 191
After negotiating with Zhu Dashou and others, Wei Guangde went to the gate and talked to Zhang Ji. Naturally, he was asked to go to the restaurant mentioned last night to book a restaurant. To inform everyone of the same year.

Now that Wei Guangde has the 2 taels of silver brought from his family, he has regained his confidence.

As for the money, earn it after you use it up. You are already an official. As long as you get through the first few years, you may not have any money to earn.

After finishing duty in the afternoon, the four of them got into Wei Guangde's carriage and rushed to the restaurant. Not long after arriving, all three hundred Xinke Scholars had arrived.

That is to say, four well-known candidates in this subject are called together, so that the Jinshi can arrive so neatly.

Soon, everyone was seated in the restaurant. Naturally, 300 people could not be crowded on the first floor, and there were dozens of tables upstairs and downstairs.

Wei Guangde and the others sat upstairs, but after a short while the four promoters got up and started toasting next to the table in turn.

There are more than 30 tables, and they have to talk to the people at each table. In fact, it is nothing more than asking them about the situation in the yamen, and if they have anything to do in the future, they will contact them more.

In fact, coming here today, Jinshi all know that as the same year, they are a natural small circle, and they will help each other in their careers in the future.

Now seeing a few people toasting at the table and talking about the affairs of the yamen, it is natural to know their purpose.

Upstairs toasted, the four of them went downstairs again, the order was not arranged according to the results of the palace examination, but everyone came first and then sat down at random. The first to see Wei Guangde and others' main table was upstairs, so naturally it was upstairs. occupied the position.

Later, of course, I can only go up to say hello and then go downstairs to find a seat.

Fortunately, everyone has already had a few drinks, and they are not unfamiliar.

After Wei Guangde and the others went downstairs, several chatty Jinshi upstairs also got up to toast to the others, and began to make friends with them.

Lao Kan and Zhang Ke were also sitting downstairs. Lao Kan was from a family of merchants, and his ancestors also had officials, but that happened a long time ago, so he was no stranger to welcome and send.

Although Zhang Ke is not a family of officials, the Zhang family is also considered a gentry family in Hukou.

So the two of them were naturally invited by Wei Guangde to meet people downstairs and help Wei Guangde take care of the guests downstairs.

When Zhu Dashou, Wei Guangde and others were toasting to the table in front, they heard Zhang Ke at the table behind him asking a Jinshi next to him, "So, apart from the warehouse in the yamen at your household department, the Tai warehouse is already empty. ?”

"I've heard that's the case. Now that the silver is transported to the capital, it can't be put into the warehouse, so it is taken away by the ministries who use the money. I also heard that. I haven't been to the silver warehouse so I don't know what it looks like. Anyway, it is said to be starved to death. It's all over."

"Can the salary be paid on time?"

"Are you still short of that little silver?"

"No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat. The money I brought to Beijing has been used up to seventy-eight eighty-eight."

Zhang Ke said at this moment, "I don't know when the family will send the money. The only ones who have money now are Guangde and Daoting."

"The Daoting family should have money in business, no matter how poor they are, they can live on by borrowing from businessmen in Beijing."

Wei Guangde, who was talking to Zhang Ke, knew him. His name was Zhang Shida, and his name was Zicheng. Li Shizhen, who was at the bottom, was also sitting beside him at this time.

It's very interesting that these two people at the bottom of the list are both watching politics at the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"I heard that the money that was going to be used to pay the salary has already been launched for disaster relief. Da Situ planned to go to the Changying Treasury of the Taipu Temple to borrow the money to pay the salary. Anyway, now that the horse market has stopped, the money that was originally planned to buy horses is idle.

In fact, there is still money in the silver treasury in the back hall of the yamen, it is said that there is still a lot of money, but I dare not touch it. "

At this moment Li Shizhen said on the sidelines.

Wei Guangde toasted here, chatted with the people at the table, and listened to the conversation at the next table with his ears open.

Well, a lot of useful information is revealed in casual chats.

"What kind of money, now that you are so poor, there is still money you dare not touch?"

Zhang Ke asked curiously.

"I heard from Mr. Zhang privately that this is the salary and reward that should have been handed over to King Yu Qiansui in the past two years, and someone above said something to suppress it."

Li Shizhen muttered in a low voice.

"What? Who dares to do this?"

Zhang Ke was surprised.

Wei Guangde was also shocked when he heard it. The battle between the two kings in Beijing has spread to the court?
When Wei Guangde heard the news, the first thing he thought of was that King Jing's people ordered to withhold His Royal Highness King Yu's salary and yearly gift to trouble the third brother.

"I don't know. The grade is too high. Mr. Zhang hesitated and hawed when he spoke. He didn't dare to mention it. It was revealed when he was drinking a few days ago."

Li Shida shook his head and sighed softly: "I heard that the two kings of the capital were fighting fiercely before, but this time I have seen it."

"Who said it wasn't."

Li Shishan answered the words.

"How much money was deducted? Why didn't King Yu report it to the emperor?"

Zhang Ke was very curious. His salary and yearly gifts were all withheld. This was a blatant slap in the face, and it could even be said to be contemptuous of the royal family. How could King Yu bear this tone.

"I heard that the reason for the lack of support from the household department is to perfunctory Prince Yu's mansion. As for the complaint, I don't know about it. We have only been in the yamen for a short time, so how can we know this.

On the contrary, there were rumors in my hometown that the emperor seemed to like His Royal Highness King Yu more than him. "

Li Shizhen said in a low voice.

"Oh, but that's not the end of it."

There was also this rumor circulating in Jiangxi. Zhang Ke was no stranger to him, so he just nodded and said unwillingly, "No matter how you say it, you are a nobleman, how can you insult me ​​lightly."

"So, even though the rewards are suppressed, they dare not use them for other purposes. After all, they are all rewards from the emperor, and they are temporarily sealed in the yamen's treasury. Once the higher-ups say so, they will be sent to others immediately."

Li Shida explained in a low voice the purpose of that batch of money, which is to bully honest people. He dared to be so presumptuous because Emperor Jiajing might not like this son, but he was also worried that King Yu would really go to the emperor to cry for poverty. No, so the money that should be given does not dare to lose a penny at all, it is only temporarily stored in the treasury.

"The head of your household department is really cheap, and you can do this kind of thing."

Zhang Ke shook his head and said disdainfully.

"Who says it's not, it's really not authentic."

A few people were still talking about it in low voices. It was obvious that someone from above would make it difficult for King Yu to hold down the money, but King Yu obviously had no good solution.

Wei Guangde was talking and laughing with the Jinshi at the table, and he was also muttering in his heart, what are the staff officers of King Yu doing.

However, Wei Guangde knew that Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, and Yin Shizhen were in charge of Prince Yu's mansion. As for the reason, Gao Gong was still a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, and Chen Yiqin and Yin Shizhen were reviewing positions in the Imperial Academy. There were only three of them. They have all been sent by Emperor Jiajing to the Mansion of King Yu to act as lecturers for King Yu and to be teachers for King Yu.

Wei Guangde has never met Gao Gong and Yin Shizhen, but he has met Chen Yiqin once. He was also there when he went out for a drink last time, and had a few words with Wei Guangde, so Wei Guangde knows this person.

After hearing Zhang Ke and the others talking about the Ministry of Households withholding the salary and yearly gift from Prince Yu's Mansion, Wei Guangde immediately thought of Chen Yiqin, no wonder he felt very tired and old when he saw this man.

Thinking about what I heard in Jiangxi before, I'm afraid that everyone who was sent to Prince Yu's mansion at this time is doing very badly.

But of course Wei Guangde didn't think so, he already knew very clearly in his heart that King Yu was most likely to ascend the throne after the death of Emperor Jiajing, as long as he didn't die first like his two elder brothers.

In the past, Wei Guangde had never had the opportunity to get in touch with people in Prince Yu's Mansion. Now that he heard the news, Wei Guangde naturally had some thoughts in his heart.

Without revealing anything, Wei Guangde still toasted with Zhu Dashou and the others table by table, even at Zhang Ke's table, Wei Guangde still didn't show anything.

As it was getting late and it was almost time for the night ban, all Jinshi stopped drinking and having fun, and got up one after another to bid farewell to Wei Guangde and the others.

Although he has an official status, he has no official position, and he is afraid that the night ban will be blocked, and then he will be sued by the censor. Don't lose your hard-earned future in a muddle.

Wei Guangde returned to the Jiujiang Guild Hall, after a simple wash, he lay down on the bed and began to think about what he had heard before.

Someone from above instructed the Ministry of Households to withhold King Yu's salary and yearly gift, so the Prince Yu's Mansion shouldn't be indifferent.

Moreover, even Jinshi like Li Shixuan who had just entered the Ministry of Household Affairs to observe politics could hear about this, and it was impossible for the generals in Prince Yu's Mansion not to have heard of it.

This thing is really weird.

Wei Guangde muttered in his heart, a bit puzzled.

In the early morning of the next day, Wei Guangde got up and went to the front lobby to have breakfast. Seeing that Zhang Ke was also sitting there after eating, he walked over to be next to him, and the two chatted a few words casually.

"Hey, by the way, Guangde, you should have heard about King Yu and King Jing in the capital, right?"

Perhaps Zhang Ke remembered the gossip he heard yesterday, and now seeing no one around, he suddenly whispered to Wei Guangde.

"I've heard of it. Someone mentioned it when I was in Nanchang City."

Wei Guangde didn't say much, just said that he knew about this before.

"I heard yesterday that King Jing instructed the household department to suppress the salary and rewards that should be given to King Yu."

Naturally, Wei Guangde would not say that he heard them talking yesterday, but he pretended to be surprised and said, "How dare they? If King Yu sues the emperor, will the Ministry of Household be able to resist?"

"The Ministry of Households is very ghostly. Not all of them are withheld. Every year, most of the salary and rewards are deducted from the treasury and they are not given. They only give two or three months of money to make do with it. Unexpectedly, the life of the majestic prince is actually successful. so."

Zhang Ke was still whispering the news he heard yesterday, Wei Guangde interrupted with a slight frown: "Is he not afraid of the emperor's investigation?"

"I don't know. Anyway, it's the way it is now. They just go to the Ministry of Accounts to ask for money."

Zhang Ke shook his head and said: "Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin of King Yu's Mansion both went to the Ministry of Households to pay for it. It is said that it is time again these few days. The ministers of the Ministry of Households are avoiding seeing each other, and the chief doctor below can't do a lot of talking. What do you say?" It's a mess."

"Ha ha."

Wei Guangde just smiled, as the saying goes, a child who can cry has milk to eat, and King Yu didn't cry or make trouble after suffering such a big loss, and there will be troubles in the future.

Although Wei Guangde intends to rely on King Yu, he will not intentionally flatter him. After all, Emperor Jiajing is still living in Xiyuan in the matter of Datong.

I have been reading Taoist books these days, isn't it because I wrote a better poem to show my face to the emperor?
Besides, if you make friends with the prince too deliberately, you may be accused of alienating the Tian family and have a bad intention, and you don't know how you will die when the time comes.

The current wind direction in the capital is obviously towards King Jing. Last time, King Jing's mansion also sent someone to give him a gift.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde grinned, not knowing what to say about it.

When Wei Guangde arrived at the Hanlin Academy, he first went to the review hall to check the progress of the book revision as usual, and then went back to his public room to read Taoist books, hoping to improve his writing skills.

But I always feel that I can't calm down, and what I keep thinking about in my mind is the matter of Prince Yu's Mansion.

King Yu was deprived of part of his salary and all his rewards, yet he didn't dare to complain to Emperor Jiajing, which is strange.

Did Emperor Jiajing know about this?

If it was instructed by him, it would make sense, but why make it difficult for your own child?

What if Emperor Jiajing didn't know about this?
What does Jin Yiwei do to eat?
How dare Jin Yiwei not report such a big matter?
Wei Guangde's thoughts quickly became chaotic due to too many questions that he couldn't figure out.

His mind was flustered, so he couldn't read the book. Although he had already read several pages, when he thought about what he saw just now, Wei Guangde was surprised to find that his memory, which had always been surprisingly good, had actually deteriorated at this time, and he couldn't remember it at all.

Wei Guangde panicked for a while, but then the content he watched yesterday and the past few days came back clearly in his mind.

Fortunately, there is no problem with memory, maybe it's just because my heart is restless, I didn't read the book.

Throwing the book on the table, Wei Guangde didn't read it at all, just closed his eyes and meditated, he had to think through this matter first, otherwise he would not be able to calm down.

Perhaps because of the influence of Zhang Tongzhi when he was in Jiujiang Mansion, Wei Guangde now prefers that King Yu can ascend to the Great Treasure instead of King Jing as many people in the capital guessed.

But Emperor Jiajing must have known about this, but he kept it secret. Why?

He has bullied the emperor's son, so it's not obvious that he is slapping him in the face of the emperor?

Quietly meditating, Wei Guangde suddenly remembered what he heard people say when he was in Nanchang City.
King Yu is a bit indecisive, but King Jing is quite methodical in his dealings with people. If he is not right with people, King Jing is indeed the best candidate for the emperor.

indecisive.

Wei Guangde seems to have grasped something. Could it be that Emperor Jiajing was training King Yu?
Test Yu Wang's decisiveness in case of trouble, and see if Yu Wang can solve the matter with his meager strength?

Wei Guangde scratched his head involuntarily, he hadn't thought through the previous question, and seemed to have added a new guess.

What is King Yu thinking?
With King Yu's own strength, he certainly cannot affect the affairs of the court, and he probably cannot solve them by himself.

But the blame was that he didn't dare to complain to the emperor.

Maybe the rumors are true, the emperor really doesn't want to see his son?
In other words, King Yu was worried that this matter was done by the emperor's hint, so he didn't dare to ask?

(End of this chapter)