prosperous age

Chapter 277 Chapter 276
Handing over the matter to Chen Ju, Wei Guangde checked that the time was about the same, wandered back to the Hanlin Academy, went straight to his private room, squinted his eyes and dozed off after finding a chair to lean against.

Drunkenness is a little bit over the top right now.

As Wei Guangde grew older, his drinking capacity also increased a lot, at least he had few rivals among his colleagues in the Imperial Academy.

But even though this Chen Ju is a shady person, he also has a good capacity for alcohol, so he can compete with Wei Guangde, which is why he likes to go to Wei Guangde's house to drink when he has nothing to do.

When he was drunk, Wei Guangde's family had plenty of houses, so he found a vacant room and fell asleep.

Of course, another reason is that Wei Guangde is a small official at the moment, so he can't disturb the court situation, and not many people pay attention to him.

If there are more people waiting to watch Wei Guangde, he will have to run around frequently, and there may be some news that will not only endanger Wei Guangde, but also himself.

It is only in the past few years that he can get along with Wei Guangde so easily. This is Chen Ju's attitude towards Wei Guangde.

Having such a concept is also influenced by Gao Zhong.

After Gao Zhong was promoted by Emperor Jiajing from the imperial servant, he had a good time. It lasted for more than 20 years. After he retired from the imperial horse supervisor, he was also depressed. He's finished, leave him alone.

It can be considered that he has tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, so he has such feelings. He also told Chen Ju this feeling, which had a huge impact on Chen Ju's life from now on.

His biggest feeling is that no matter when the tide is rising or falling, he must do his duty and be down-to-earth.

It was also because he did not give up on himself after being taken from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and continued to work honestly, so he was reactivated by Emperor Jiajing and placed as the boss of a more important department such as the Supervisor of Rites.

He is actually the boss of the chief inspector of ceremonies. Huang Jin has been serving Emperor Jiajing for a long time, and the chief inspector of ceremonies is actually him, the eunuch holding a pen, who is in charge of things.

Wei Guangde gave Chen Ju two tickets this time, one for 500 taels and one for 1000 taels. Wei Guangde knew how to give it to Chen Ju, and Chen Ju understood.

Chen Ju's news came back very quickly, and two days later, a small servant sent a note, "Relax".

When Wei Guangde saw the note, he understood that Gao Zhong could handle this matter, and he didn't need to ask other people for help.

When Chen Ju returned to the palace, he sent the 1000 taels of meeting ticket to Gao Zhong, and told him what Wei Guangde had entrusted him to do.

In fact, the memorials for the border town to urge the payment are so young, and the financial situation of the Ming court is like that, how can it be possible to allocate the full amount of the military salary.

"Go and find it."

After listening to Chen Ju's words, Gao Zhong gave instructions to a eunuch beside him.

Not long after, the memorial of Yang Bo, governor of Xuanda, was turned up. As for the memorial of Datong and the general of the Xuanfu, he could not find it. It may be that he saw the note for payment, and the cabinet also knew that such a memorial was sent to Yang Bo. It hasn't been approved yet, and there is no result if I continue to send it up, so I just suppress it first.

Gao Zhong took Yang Bo's memorabilia and looked through it. The second town of Xuanda is a self-contained system. Most of the tax and silver income in the military town goes directly to the army to ensure the supply of food and salaries for the headquarters. Material expenditure.

Gao Zhong roughly calculated the amount of payment in the memorial, three to forty thousand taels of silver, and ten thousand stones of japonica rice, the Ministry of Households should still be able to allocate it, at least the Xuanfu must be paid first , after all, it is the north gate of the capital.

Once the soldiers below cause trouble due to insufficient military pay, it will be troublesome for Al Da Khan to take advantage of the opportunity.

The cabinet's approval is also in the same opinion, other border towns can be slowed down, but the military pay of Xuanfu and Jizhen should be guaranteed as much as possible.

Without much hesitation, Gao Zhong said to Chen Ju: "Talk to him later and tell him to wait with peace of mind."

The Memorial was not put back, but was taken into the sleeve by Gao Zhong.

If you want a bank note, it depends on Emperor Jiajing's mood, so keep it with you, and just hand it over when you find a chance.

As the center, the capital will submit memorials from all over the country every day, which will be processed by the cabinet and sent to the palace for imperial approval, and then issued to six departments or local governments for implementation.

Business is never done.

But this has nothing to do with Wei Guangde, he doesn't have a serious job right now.

A few days passed in the hustle and bustle, and the waiting time was a bit long, exceeding Wei Guangde's expectations.

But fortunately, when I returned home this day, I heard that Chen Ju had come to drink again.

"Is there a result?"

As for Chen Ju, if he had more contact with him, he would naturally understand it. Most likely, what he said had already happened, so he would come to his house to drink again.

Sure enough, while preparing the banquet, Chen Ju said: "In the afternoon, Eunuch Gao saw that the emperor was in a good mood, so he took out Yang Bo's memorabilia, and the emperor nodded after a little hesitation. Send it to the cabinet, and it can be done tomorrow.”

"Haha, Eunuch Lao Gao has to worry about it."

When Wei Guangde heard that it was done, the big stone in his heart fell to the ground.

After thinking about it, Wei Guangde felt that the advice Chen Ju gave him was reasonable, and he wanted to reduce his contact with Ma Fang in the future.

Reducing contact does not mean no contact, just like this time he still has to write a letter to Ma Fang, he can't do good things by himself and get nothing.

This time the courier brought Ma Fang's new year's gift. During the Chinese New Year, Ma Fang and his troops were still in Datong, so they didn't have time to arrange for someone to deliver things to him.

Wei Guangde didn't care about it at first, because he also knew through the court report that Ma Fang was fighting outside at the moment, but making up for the New Year's ceremony showed that Ma Fang's heart had not changed before, and he was still attached to his side. Still have to try my best to help get things done.

After the evening banquet was over, Wei Guangde wrote a letter to Ma Fang with his drunkenness, and called Ma Fang's soldiers to bring them back to Xuan Mansion tomorrow morning, so that the matter was settled.

Just when Ma Fang's personal soldiers left the capital on horseback, the memorial sent by the Supervisor of Rites was also sent to Xu Jie's public house.

When I turned to Yang Bo's memorial, a red circle was drawn on the memorial, which meant that Emperor Jiajing had agreed to do so.

Xu Jie was a little impressed by this memorial. At the end of the year, only a few copies of all the memorials for payment were submitted, and the other cabinets were suppressed first.

The imperial court has no money, so they can only stay in the middle if they send it up.

This memorial was sent back suddenly, and Xu Jie couldn't help thinking about whether other suppressed memorials should also be sent.

For many things, a small inadvertent action of yours may trigger a series of chain reactions later, because people who see it will make their own judgments.

Xu Jie picked up the pen on the desk, and carefully wrote on the rice paper that had been laid out next to him, "Distribute more than [-] taels of silver from Taicang, supplement the food and salaries of Xuanfu guest soldiers with more than [-] taels, and supplement the salaries of Datong host and guest soldiers with [-] taels." More than a hundred taels were supplied to the horse army in the second town of Xuanda, food and salaries, and the sergeants in the castles who were unable to survive the disaster still gave twenty thousand shi of rice from Xuanfu to Datong wheat and ten thousand five thousand taels of silver."

As for what will happen if this note is sent to the sixth department and if it reaches other people's ears, that is none of Xu Jie's business.

Xiyuan directly approved the memorial and did not reveal that some would be withheld, so the full amount should be allocated.

In fact, it is a full payment, that is, all the things requested in the memorial are given, but some routines will still be deducted when the Taicang bank leaves the capital, and some will be deducted when the Xuanda Erfu’s food and wages leave the warehouse. Those in the military are still being deducted.

Time flies, time flies, the capital has entered summer, and the weather is starting to get hot.

There is a sweet water well in Wei Guangde’s house. On holidays, he sinks a few large watermelons, sits in the yard, and waits for a while before picking them up. The meat is sweet and the water is juicy. This is how Wei Guangde enjoys the cool in the hot summer.

It was only after Wei Guangde moved in that he realized that the high price of this house was actually largely due to the well.

The city of Beijing says that it is short of water, and it is short of water, and that it is not short of water, but it is not short of water.

The waters around Beijing are well-developed, and they have been governed since the Yuan Dynasty, and it was the same in the Ming Dynasty.

As for the lack of water in the capital, the main reason is that there are relatively few wells in the city that can be used. Most of the wells pump out bitter water, and there is not much to drink like the one in Wei Guangde's house.

These big watermelons were bought yesterday when Zhang Ke and Lao Kan came over, and they didn't finish eating the rest.

After such a long time, all the Jinshi of the new department have been appointed, Zhang Ke stayed in the Zhongshu Department and became a member of the Zhongshu Sheren, and Lao Kan remained in the Ministry of Criminal Justice as the Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

Of course, most of them were released in the same year.

After all, there are only so many official positions in the capital, and it is impossible to place all Jinshi.

Wei Guangde and the others could only see them off when they left Beijing in the same year, and the seeing-off team gradually shrank.

Wei Guangde was lying on the recliner, eating melons leisurely, when footsteps could be heard from the outer courtyard.

There were only so many people in the house, Wei Guangde knew it was the concierge just by the sound of footsteps.

I didn't even bother to open my eyes to look, but I vaguely heard the concierge and Zhang Ji say that someone seemed to be coming.

Soon, Zhang Ji got close to Wei Guangde and whispered in his ear: "Master, Eunuch Chen is here."

Hearing that Chen Ju was coming, Wei Guangde suddenly opened his eyes, "Please."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Chen Ju had already entered the yard, "Yo ho, it's quite carefree."

Right now Wei Guangde is sitting on a reclining chair under the shade of a tree, with two maids fanning him on both sides, and a plate of watermelon next to him. It is indeed very enjoyable to live such a life in this hot summer.

When Chen Ju came in, Wei Guangde naturally couldn't continue to lie down, so he got up swiftly and went to meet him.

"Quickly, bring over the reclining chair."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Wei Guangde gave instructions to Zhang Ji who was next to him.

After a while, the two of them were lying on the armchair with a little maid playing a fan next to them. When they felt hot, they picked up the watermelon and ate two mouthfuls.

"Brother, why do you have the time to come to me at this time?"

It was still early in the morning, so it stands to reason that Chen Ju should be by Emperor Jiajing's side at this time.

"Don't mention it, the emperor is in a bad mood today, and he won't come out after returning to Yongshou Palace. We were kicked out too."

Chen Ju smiled wryly and said, "I think it's still early, so I just said to come to you for a sit down."

"Who upset the emperor?"

Wei Guangde wondered, is there anyone in this world who dares to throw face at the emperor?

As far as Wei Guangde knew, even the empresses in the harem didn't seem to dare. Emperor Jiajing had a bad temper. It is said that the last empress died like this.

Forget it, it's better not to inquire about the secrets of the deep palace.

Wei Guangde felt a little regretful when he said that, and wanted to slap himself twice.

But to Wei Guangde's surprise, Chen Ju didn't even look at him, squinted his eyes slightly, took a bite of the watermelon in his hand, and said, "Let Zhao Wenhua be angry."

"Master Zhao Wenhua?"

Wei Guangde asked strangely, "How is this possible? He is still recuperating at home, how could he be angry with the emperor?"

"Hi, you don't know."

Chen Ju swallowed the watermelon in his mouth at this moment, smacked his lips and said: "The emperor ordered the Ministry of Industry a few days ago to let them rebuild the Zhengyangmen tower. The reason for the construction of the city gates and towers is that the imperial court’s expenses are tight, and the craftsmen can’t do their best in this weather.”

Hearing this, Wei Guangde nodded slightly, feeling that what Zhao Wenhua said seemed to be correct.

It was too hot that day, and it would be about 40 degrees in later generations. According to the regulations at that time, outdoor work had to be stopped, and workers could not go to work under the scorching sun.

Perhaps seeing Wei Guangde nodding his head in approval, Chen Ju sneered and said, "Zhao Wenhua didn't know that he had caused a disaster, this time it's up to the emperor to give Yan Ge old face."

"What's going on? How did Mr. Yan Ge get involved? Also, what did Mr. Zhao do?"

Wei Guangde became even more suspicious, not understanding what Zhao Wenhua did wrong.

"This morning, before the sun came out, the emperor went up to the city wall and walked around. Do you know what you saw?"

Chen Ju suddenly played tricks and did not directly tell the result, but let Wei Guangde guess.

Wei Guangde blinked, shook his head, and said to himself, I know shit.

"On the tower of the Forbidden City, the emperor saw a big mansion in Dashi Yongfang, and a three-story pavilion was built inside.

These days, the emperor fell in love with the city wall when he was free. When he saw the house, he asked the owner of the house. The attic was built fast enough. It hadn't been built a few days ago, so it was built.

Who do you think that house is? "

Chen Ju asked again.

But at this time, if Wei Guangde still can't guess it, he is a pig. The answer is very clear, it must be Zhao Wenhua's house.

Those officials who want to go to court generally like to buy houses in Dashiyongfang and Nanxunfang, because they are close to the Forbidden City.

Going to court in the morning can save a lot of walking, so you can spend more time in bed.

Although Emperor Jiajing has not been in court for many years, the habit of officials has not changed.

"The emperor asked him to build the city gate, but he pushed it three times and blocked it four times, but he built the pavilion very quickly. He really deserves his bad luck."

Wei Guangde answered the words smoothly.

"Not only that, last month the emperor entrusted them to build a new alchemy room in Xiyuan, which was rough and has not yet been completed. Today, the emperor finally saw the new alchemy room and finally couldn't hold back his hair. temper.

You just need to know about this, but don't talk about it everywhere. "

Chen Ju said another thing that Wei Guangde didn't know, which was also one of the reasons why Emperor Jiajing got angry.

You can't build the house that the emperor wants, but your own house is extremely luxurious. Does it matter where the money comes from?
It's hard to die and hit a piece.

Wei Guangde could already imagine that Emperor Jiajing might really not spare Zhao Wenhua lightly this time, it just depends on Yan Song's face.

Zhao Wenhua, Yan Song, King Jing.
It seems to be on a rope, if Zhao Wenhua can't sit still in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry
(End of this chapter)