prosperous age

Chapter 316 Chapter 315

In summer and autumn, the sky gets brighter earlier.

At Maoshi, the sky was already bright, and the city of Beijing was gradually awakened. As the night ban was lifted, there were more pedestrians on the street.

Wei Guangde has woken up from the dream, feeling his neck a little itchy, Wei Guangde turned his head to look at his wife who was sleeping inside, Wei Guangde gently brushed Xu Jianglan's hair away, and then got up carefully.

It's a habit I've developed. I wake up at [-]:[-] every day, punch twice, wash up and eat something, and it's almost time for me to be on duty.

Looking back at Xu Jianglan who was still sleeping soundly, she had a clean and white face, black hair like lacquer, although she was asleep, her small mouth still had a playful smile, thinking of the peerless scenery last night, Wei Guangde didn't realize that there was a hint of lightness on the corner of his mouth. laugh.

He really wanted to turn around and kiss that small mouth, but Wei Guangde was afraid of disturbing the fairy's dream.

sin, sin.

Wei Guang opened the curtain and got out of bed, put the curtain back again, and then called the maid in the outer room to come in and wait for him to change clothes.

Putting on the double-breasted shirt, Wei Guangde went to the yard to fight
At the time of Mao Shizheng, Wei Guangde had finished punching and went back to the house to wash up. At this time, Xu Jianglan had also woken up, and the family started a new day of life.

At the [-]nd quarter of Mao Shi, Wei Guangde went out to go to the Imperial Academy on duty, and today he went out a little earlier than usual.

The dispute over shipping to Liao Dynasty has been arguing for seven or eight days now, and the Ministry of Household Affairs has seen the sky and asked the palace for an order, asking how to ship the urgently transferred [-] shi of Taicang rice.

It should be these two days.

Walking on the road, Wei Guangde was thinking about it.

It is impossible for Emperor Jiajing to delay for too long. It seems that he counts all the battles in the court.

This is just Wei Guangde's feeling. Whenever similar disputes arise in the court, Emperor Jiajing will take action at the right moment, adopt the attitude that an emperor should have, and put a sentence to the dispute.

Wei Guangde felt that this time, there should be no accidents.

As for the emperor's final verdict, Wei Guangde felt that there was a high probability that he would adopt the method he proposed, and set off directly from Haikou, Tianjin, to transport the disaster relief food to Liaodong.

According to the current land transportation cost, if the [-] shi of Taicang rice is transported to Liaodong from Zuoji Town, it is estimated that at most [-] shi will be in place.

As for why the Yan family objected, Wei Guangde knew what was going on with his ass. Yan Shifan was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and he had long controlled a large number of engineering businesses of the imperial court. As for canal dredging and river maintenance, his interests might be deeply involved. is.

If the national policy of water transportation is overturned, most of the north-south transportation will choose to go by sea in the future, and the money in it will be lost.

But after all, it was a confrontation between Prince Yu's Mansion and Yan's family. It happened unexpectedly and suddenly. Both sides were unprepared, because the governor of Liaodong's memorandum made trouble to the present stage, and both sides had no way out.

For Jia Yingchun, who took over as Minister of the Household Department for less than a year, this is also an important step in establishing his prestige as the official Situ. If he can finally win this battle, it will naturally be a brilliant victory for Jia Yingchun. He also has the opportunity to become the leader of the new anti-strict forces in the DPRK and China.

Although the chances of winning are great, before Xiyuan's final verdict comes out, Wei Guangde does not dare to take it lightly, especially in the past six months, Chen Ju has also warned about his abnormality.

Heavenly power is unpredictable.

Sure enough, Wei Guangde sat down in the valet room, absent-mindedly flipping through the revised manuscript delivered yesterday. Not long after, Lu Bu trotted in to report: "Master Wei, I just heard the news. Early this morning, the emperor sent a decree to the cabinet." , Convene the six departments of Jiuqing Xiyuan to discuss matters. '

"understood."

Wei Guangde nodded slightly, did not look at Lu Bu, but continued flipping through the books in his hands, but his eyes were a little erratic.

In fact, this matter has little to do with him in essence. If he wins, it will only make Jia Yingchun gain prestige, and it will also boost the momentum of Prince Yu's Mansion. If he loses, it will be the exact opposite.

He, Wei Guangde, will suffer a little loss, but it is almost negligible.

In fact, at this time, not many people still remember that the first memorial to openly support the opening of shipping was written by Wei Guangde, and there was a detailed conception of the transportation route.

In fact, that route is also the North Shanghai Road planned by Jia Yingchun to open Tianjin Haikou as the gateway to Beijing and replace Tongzhou as a new cargo transit place.

Actually speaking, the goods from the south have to be transported to Liaodong, and it is more time-saving and transportation cost to go directly to Liaodong Peninsula from Jiaodong Peninsula.

But no matter what, things, after all, have to be decided.

"Mobilize 5000 taels of relief silver in the town of Liaodong, build 150 ships, and each ship can carry [-] taels"

At this time, Gao Zhong stood in front of the hall with the imperial decree in his hand and read it aloud.

At this time, all the ministers in the palace prostrated themselves on the ground, respectfully accepting the imperial decree. Without exception, they all listened carefully to the content of the decree with their ears stretched out.

Soon, a smile appeared on Jia Yingchun's face facing the ground.

He won the bet.

Previously, in the Yongshou Palace in Xiyuan, although the decree was to let the six departments and nine ministers, these important adults in the Ming Dynasty, come to the court for a meeting, but the court meeting was not long, and the supporting and opposing sides had just begun to prepare for a new round in the hall. when arguing face to face.

"Dang, Dang"

Emperor Jiajing, who was sitting on the throne, rang the bronze chime, ending this doomed meaningless debate.

At this time, everyone in the hall knew that the person above had already made a decision on this matter, and their continued arguing would only displease the person above, so everyone bowed and waited anxiously for Emperor Jiajing on the throne to speak. own decision.

"You are all good, with national affairs in mind."

Emperor Jiajing sat on the throne and looked at the ministers who bowed their heads and ears. After they walked out, they were regarded as people who invaded the government and the opposition, but they still had to be so humble in front of him.

Their power is all given by themselves. With a single word, they can be lifted up to the sky, or knocked down from the mundane world.

However, what's the use of this? When they act and do things, they first consider their own interests.

At the beginning of the big ceremony, Yang Tinghe wanted to subdue him forcefully. Maybe he really wanted to fight for something for his cousin at the beginning, but in the end, it was already for his own prestige to continue to fight against him to the end. The nature has changed. .

"The ancestral system and national policy should not be moved lightly, but this matter concerns the people of Liaodong, and I cannot remain indifferent."

Emperor Jiajing looked at these ministers and said with eloquence, "Gao Zhong, let's declare the decree."

"Wei Guangde's survey of the Tianjin-Liaoning route, sailing from Haikou to Youtunhe and Tongbao, is less than [-] miles away. Among them, Caobodian, Yuetuo, Sangtuo, Jiangnufen, and Taohua Island can berth. The distance is only forty or fifty miles, so you can avoid troubles and thieves.

Borrowing [-] stones of rice from Taicang to help the hungry people, the commissioner supervised the dispatch to Tonghe, Tianjin and other places to attract merchants and traffickers, and ordered each other to supervise each other, and not to carry private goods.

Send a member of the censor to buy grain quickly and try to transport it to meet the needs of the people, and the household department will distribute 50,000 taels of cattle and silver at the end of the year to prepare for planting in the spring."

"The minister accepts the order."

After Gao Zhong read the will, all the ministers shouted in unison.

The sea transportation to Liao Dynasty, which was debated by the court for several days, finally came to an end after Emperor Jiajing issued an imperial decree.

Order to transport by sea, transfer grain to Liaodong.

In this court turmoil, although it seems that the final winner is the Yuwang Mansion and Jia Yingchun, when it comes to the transportation of the newly purchased disaster relief food by the imperial censor, it is not clear that they still choose to ship it to Jiliao, but try to transport it.

When Xu Jie stood up, he couldn't help but peek at Emperor Jiajing sitting on the throne, not understanding what he was thinking.

Is it really intended to gradually liberalize shipping or is it just a measure of rights and interests to tide over the immediate difficulties.

When the news spread, Prince Yu's Mansion was overjoyed, but it might also be disappointed.

Xu Jie is naturally aware of shipping, but he doesn't intend to support it. Although he came into contact with Gao Gong, he found that Gao Gong seemed to show an unusual concern for shipping, and even for shipping.

Xu Jie also thought about whether His Royal Highness Yu Wang supported Kaihai, but now both he and His Royal Highness Yu Wang's identities are extremely sensitive. Except for those who work in Yu Wang's mansion, it is inconvenient for others to enter and leave Yu Yu's mansion.

As the six ministries and nine ministers left Xiyuan one after another and returned to their respective yamen to handle errands, the final result of this turmoil spread quickly among the official circles in the capital.

Wei Guangde got the manuscript of the imperial decree immediately. After reading it, Wei Guangde did not show too much surprise. In fact, he was a little disappointed in his heart. The reason was naturally the delivery of disaster relief food, and the decree was not clear.

try?

Could it be that Emperor Jiajing is still waiting for the second big controversy in the court?
The more the Tao is discussed, the clearer it is, and the more reasoned it is, the clearer it is.

Although debates are helpful to open up wisdom, too many debates in the court can easily form cliques, which is not a good thing for the policy of cliques that the Ming Dynasty has always opposed.

But these are not important now, the news spread to Prince Yu's mansion, everyone in the mansion from Yu Wang to Gao Gong was rejoicing, finally they won a round in the contest with Yan's family, it was not easy.

King Yu was not happy because he was worried that this move would offend the Yan family, and whether he would be retaliated by the Yan family again.

This is also due to King Yu's character, cowardly by nature, afraid of getting into trouble.

Gao Gong wasn't worried about the Yan family's retaliation, because he had different ways of doing things, but his worries were similar to Wei Guangde's.

But in any case, the matter of Liaodong was finally settled, and the court entered a short period of peace.

Haiyan and Heqing, the world is peaceful, it seems to have returned to the prosperous Jiajing that Yan Song said.

Wei Guangde is still living a comfortable life with scale and relaxation, which is not bad.

Go to the yamen on time every day, get a pot of tea and a book, and go out to visit and chat when you are tired.

In the evening, when I have an appointment after get off work, I will go out for a drink with my colleagues. After drinking, I will be taken care of by my wife when I return home. The small life is also nourishing.

That night, Wei Guangde was a little drunk again and was helped by Zhang Ji into the house.

It's funny to say, this afternoon Wei Guangde went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a stroll, and then he was called by the censor of Fujian Province, well, today more than a dozen censors went out for a drink to celebrate the birthday of their colleagues.

Although he didn't come often, since he met him, Wei Guangde naturally couldn't shirk it. He told Zhang Ji to go back and prepare a gift, and at the same time went to congratulate his colleague who celebrated his birthday.

Speaking of it, Yushi is still very good in the court, but the income is not high.

There are many ways to get money, but most of them are not visible, so most of the censors are not like Wei Guangde, who can live a decent life in the capital.

Wei Guangde was not a person who lived on his salary, but this kind of life was destined to be broken tonight.

Wei Guangde was helped by Zhang Ji into the inner courtyard, and was picked up by Xu Jianglan's servant girl.

When Wei Guangde returned to the house, Xu Jianglan called someone to bring the hangover soup that had been prepared for Wei Guangde to drink, while complaining that he drank too much.

Originally Wei Guangde didn't intend to drink too much tonight, but someone called a dozen or so beautiful women from Jiaosifang.

Well, before he knew it, Wei Guangde drank a few more glasses and came back later than usual.

However, it took Wei Guangde no time to return home, and someone knocked on the door knocker of Wei's house.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang."

The sound of knocking on the door was heard far away in the dark night, but the person who knocked on the door didn't seem to hesitate, which also showed the urgency in the person's heart.

The concierge had just welcomed Wei Guangde back to the mansion, so he was still awake at this time, although he was wondering who was still running home in the middle of the night, but he was not slow in his hands and feet, and quickly opened the door.

He knew the person who knocked on the door. He was a long follower beside Gao Gong. He was already sweating profusely and his face was full of anxiety. It was obvious that something serious had happened.

"Quick, tell your master quickly, I obey my master's order to tell you something important."

The man said eagerly to the doorman of the Wei family.

After people enter the door, the porter closes the door again, and takes the person to the next hall to wait, and he is going to send a message inside.

At this point, the master should not have fallen asleep yet.

If you run faster, you can meet the master at the door, where he still needs to run to Litong.

Although I thought so in my heart, I didn't hesitate to step on my feet, and went directly to the Zhang family boy.

Zhang Ji is more suitable for passing on the message.

Although Zhang Ji is regarded as a housekeeper in the Wei family, but when he sees these family members on weekdays, his words are useful, but he doesn't have much prestige.

There is no way, except for those few who bought it, the rest of the family are all from Bengshanbao.

These people and his father were called brothers in the past, after all, they were all confidantes of the Wei family.

Zhang Ji didn't dare to neglect when he got the news, he immediately got dressed and ran to the inner courtyard to call the door.

Fortunately, they didn't rest yet, and the door was called open soon.

"Tell the master that Mr. Gao Gonggao's long follower wants to see the master, saying that it is urgent."

Wei Guangde said to the woman who opened the door.

"Okay, I'll go in and talk right away."

The woman didn't know who Zhang Ji was talking about, but she also knew that there must be something big.

"Let him in, I'll meet him at the porter in the inner courtyard."

Wei Guangde felt weak all over and didn't want to go far, so he ordered.

Wei Guangde got up slowly and went out, sat down at the porter next to the entrance of the inner courtyard, and after a while a servant girl brought over hangover soup.

Just now Wei Guangde left in a hurry, he didn't drink the hangover soup, so he asked someone to bring it over in his heart.

As soon as he picked up the hangover soup, Zhang Ji brought the high-arched long tail here, and when he entered the door, he shouted eagerly to Wei Guangde: "Master Wei, Prince Yu's son passed away just now."

"Clang."

The bowl fell to the floor and shattered.
(End of this chapter)