The daily life of the science master's book-wearing group

Chapter 445 Longevity Festival Collector's Edition
I heard that the Collected Edition of "The Complete Works of Agricultural Sciences of the Great Zhou Dynasty" is now lined up for pre-orders.

Song Qingyue also likes to join in the fun, so she took a carriage and ran to the Royal Bookstore of the Academy of Sciences to see the grand occasion of "fans rushing for albums", but she couldn't even enter that street - there were carriages, sedan chairs, and pedestrians on the street. It was full, not to mention the carriage of the palace, no one could get in.

Another day later, Mo Yun, who was in charge of the banking business, came back suddenly and said that a group of new scholars suddenly appeared in the bank a few days ago and wanted to borrow money to buy books.

"What book to buy? It's not my father who made the Wanshou Festival collector's edition, right?" Song Qingyue raised her brows high, is she already this crazy?

Mo Yun said helplessly: "Yeah, probably they all want to show their faces to His Majesty. Even if they don't have the chance to show their faces, if others buy it and they don't, it will be even worse. After all, they are all new scholars, so it makes sense."

Song Qingyue sighed, it's not easy to be in the officialdom, 100 taels is not a small amount, she is really afraid that her father will do something bad with good intentions.

If Zhaoyue Bank doesn't lend, Royal Bank will certainly not be able to borrow, so will these Jinshi turn around and borrow usury?

This group of Jinshi, who have not yet become officials, owed a lot of debts, what do they plan to pay back in the future?

If you think about it, you know it's going to happen.

Gee!
Song Qingyue smiled and said, "Thank you for coming to tell me this." He picked up a jade bracelet on the dressing table and put it on Mo Yun's wrist.

The things that can appear on Song Qingyue's dressing table must be the treasure of the town store.

Mo Yun felt that it was too precious, so she hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, this servant is not here to tell you these things for rewards! You have already given enough to this servant."

Song Qingyue helped her up: "You and I are both master and servant, and sisters, so there is no need to be like this. You should save a dowry for yourself. When you get married in the future, there will not be so many good things!"

"Your Majesty!" Mo Yun blushed and scolded Song Qingyue.

Song Qingyue pulled her to sit beside her, and asked in a low voice: "To be honest, after you have been out of the house for so long, no one has caught your eye?"

Mo Yun hesitated for a while, then pursed her lips hesitantly.

Song Qingyue comforted: "I won't force you, but if you really have someone in your heart, don't be bored, whether it will work or not is another matter, I will check it first."

Mo Yun nodded with a smile, and said, "Don't talk about me, this servant looks at Principal Niu, nine times out of ten, he falls in love with Mo Xiang."

"How to say?!" Song Qingyue's gossip soul suddenly began to burn.

"Isn't there a shop in front of our bank that sells duck oil biscuits? At noon, Principal Niu went to buy sesame biscuits, and brought them back to the slaves and Mo Xiang." Mo Yun said.

"Then how do you know that he is looking for Mo Xiang and not you?"

"Looks! Keep looking at Mo Xiang! But this servant thinks... Mo Xiang doesn't like Headmaster Niu."

"Oh." Song Qingyue sighed, "Then I won't get involved."

Mo Yun snorted: "Mo Xiang's vision is too high. I think Principal Niu is very good. He is decent and kind-hearted, which is the most important thing."

Song Qingyue nodded in agreement, worrying in her heart about the borrowing of money to buy books by those new scholars, she didn't hear the sourness in Mo Yun's words at all.

After Mo Yun left, Song Qingyue got up immediately, and pulled out an exquisite gold-painted painting box from the corner of the room—the one containing the memorial.

It's been a long time since I opened it.

She didn't want to go to the palace, mainly because if she went to the palace, she would be caught by the emperor to work. Song Qingyue didn't want to work overtime without pay, and it would be even more troublesome if the news spread.

She typed up the draft first, then briefly stated the matter on the draft paper, then explained the reasons for her worry, and finally put forward solutions for the emperor to refer to.

After writing the draft, I checked it again carefully, modified the words and sentences, and then copied it seriously to the official memorial.

It only took two quarters of an hour to write it, and it feels more troublesome than going directly to the palace!

After drying, she called Qin Jifu, asked him to go to the palace, and told him to hand over the paper directly to Qinzheng Hall.

When Qin Jifu arrived outside the gate of Qinzheng Palace, he happened to meet several adults from the cabinet coming out. He hurriedly lowered his head and stepped aside. The adults were walking and talking, and walked past Qin Jifu, but no one was there. Pay attention to him.

It's just that Mr. Wu Ge, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, suddenly smelled something and sneezed very loudly, and he sneezed directly at Qin Jifu.

Qin Jifu instinctively covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, and jumped back.

In the past, the empress said that most of the so-called "sickness" poured into the body from the mouth, nose and eyes. She also said that if someone in the house is sick, the person who takes care of him should remember to cover the mouth and nose with multiple layers of cotton cloth, so as not to be infected".

But doing so seemed very rude, as if he disliked the lord in front of him.

Another old elder next to him just wanted to reprimand him, but when he saw Qin Jifu's face, he suddenly remembered that this little eunuch belonged to Prince Jin's mansion, and he had seen him before His Royal Highness, so he immediately shut up.

Only the old stupid Qinglu Jisuke, who was not afraid of anything, opened his mouth and asked, "Where did you come from, you don't know the rules!"

Crowd: ...

Knowing the old man's temper, Qin Jifu was not angry at all, he just smiled and said: "Returning to my lord, the servant is from the Prince Jin's mansion."

"Really? You still have a playful smile on your face, aren't the rules in His Majesty's house too loose?!"

Crowd: ...

Didn't you realize that this little father-in-law is being polite to him?

Qin Jifu was also very speechless, put away the smile on his face, and said: "My lord, go slowly."

Lu Zongli frowned, turned around and continued walking towards the outside of the palace, but soon doubts arose in his heart. His Majesty just said that the ambush of the Japanese pirates by the Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture was a great success, and at least dozens of Japanese were captured .

His Highness has arrived in Laizhou, and is interrogating those captured Japanese. This time, he must teach a lesson to those big merchants who are daring to collude with foreign enemies.

Since His Royal Highness is not in the capital, then the servants of Prince Jin's mansion came to the palace, could it be the order of Princess Jin?

Concubine Jin asked her servants to come directly to the emperor?

He suddenly remembered that Princess Jin slept directly in the Hall of Qinzheng before.

What's going on with this Princess Jin?

Thinking of this, he stopped in his tracks and said to his colleagues: "My lords, please take a step ahead, the old man remembers that he still has something to tell His Majesty."

After explaining this sentence, he turned around and went back to Qinzheng Hall.

Several other adults exchanged glances with each other, and they all planned to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and ignore the new second assistant.

To be honest, this person who has no eyesight and likes to talk nonsense is really a headache!
But now he has become the second assistant and the leader of everyone.

It's only been a year since Song Jianming's resignation, everyone already misses Mr. Song a little...

In the hall, the emperor was very surprised to see Song Qingyue's memorial.

"What's wrong with her? She fell? Inconvenient legs and feet?" The emperor looked at Qin Jifu suspiciously, "The box of empty notebooks has been given to her for so many days, and I haven't written a single one. She is here today. What's wrong?"

Qin Jifu laughed, knowing in his heart that his mother was too lazy to come and didn't want His Majesty to order you around, but he couldn't say that, he just said: "His Royal Highness is naughty, and Your Majesty usually just looks at His Royal Highness so don't tell him to get into trouble." I've worked so hard, I'm probably tired today."

Thinking of the eldest grandson who was just over one year old and running around all over the place, the emperor immediately smiled kindly, and nodded in agreement with the statement: "Yes, that child is the same as Zhao'er when he was a child. When I return home, I will go to the Grand Hospital to bring some medicinal materials to boost Qi and nourish blood. I must let the eldest daughter-in-law take good care of her body, and I still count on her to give Zhaoer another baby."

Qin Jifu laughed and knelt down to thank Lord Long for his master.

The emperor lowered his head and began to read the memorial. Halfway through, Lu Zongli rushed in, almost startling the emperor, and the memorial fell to the ground.

"Aiqing turned back, what's the matter?"

Mr. Lu watched Eunuch Wang pick up the memorial and hand it back to the emperor. He frowned and said, "Your Majesty! Who handed over the memorial in Your Majesty's hands?"

The emperor's eyelids twitched, and he asked tentatively, "Why did Aiqing ask this question?"

Lu Zongli looked at Qin Jifu, and asked in a questioning tone: "Could it be the booklet sent by Princess Jin?"

The emperor looked at the upright and somewhat unreasonable old minister, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally answered "Yes."

"Your Majesty! The last time the concubine listened in the palace, she had already exceeded the rules. How could His Majesty give her the right to participate in political discussions? Could it be that the rumors outside are true, and Your Majesty wants to learn from Emperor Xuanzong?!"

"Bastard!" The emperor was so excited by Xuanzong's words that his hairs stood on end, "Lu Zongli, do you dare to say this in front of me?! If Zhao'er hears this, it's okay! Divide our relationship between father and son!"

"Your Majesty! I don't dare. It's just that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. This is a rule set by the Taizu. Please give an explanation to the old minister!"

"Fart! I want to explain to you? What do you want me to explain to you? According to the rules established by the Taizu, should I take off this dragon robe now and ask my elder brother to come back to be the emperor?!"

"This... Your Majesty... didn't mean that! Your Majesty, please calm down!" Mrs. Lu finally realized that he had made a big mistake, and was a little scared in his heart, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

The emperor was so angry that he threw the memorial on Mrs. Lu's head: "I will explain to you? Well, you can see for yourself what the eldest daughter-in-law said."

Lord Lu lay on the ground without daring to move, so the emperor reprimanded again: "Look! I promise you to read!"

Lu Zongli regained his composure, finally straightened his waist, crawled to pick up the notebooks that had fallen not far away, and began to read quickly.

It turned out to be a matter of Xinke Scholars wanting to borrow money to buy books!

This matter is indeed worthy of attention!

If you didn't become an official, you owed a lot of debts. How can you expect these people to be clean and honest after becoming officials?
Seeing old man Lu's serious face, the emperor immediately felt that he was right, and immediately became confident: "Such a big matter, as the second assistant of the cabinet, do you know?"

Lu Cifu lowered his head and said in shame, "I...don't know."

The emperor snorted: "The Yushitai is full of dry food, and no one reported it! Not even a little lady in the back house is useful!"

Lu Cifu frowned again, hesitated again and again, but still raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister still thinks that it's against the rules for Your Majesty to write notes directly to Your Majesty!"

"Rules? There are some things you dare not say, and some things you don't know, let alone when I'm locked up in this palace compound! I need the eyes of the princess to be outside, or you can't help lying? Lu Zongli, I Let me tell you, my rules are the rules! I just want to give Princess Jin the right to send me the book directly! You don't want to talk about this anymore, just step back!"

Mrs. Lu looked at the emperor, and still said fearlessly: "I think that even if Princess Jin is His Majesty's eyes outside the palace, she has no right to advise His Majesty."

He turned the memorial to Song Qingyue's last suggestion, respectfully placed the memorial on the emperor's desk, bowed and took a few steps back, and knelt down again.

The emperor pinched the bridge of his nose, and was almost lost his temper by this stubborn old man. He smiled, not intending to talk nonsense to this unreasonable old man, but said: "Okay! I understand, you step back! "

Lu Zongli breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, bowed and exited the Hall of Qinzheng.

When Old Man Lu withdrew, it was time for Eunuch Wang to bring this year's Mingqian, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has such a candid humerus because His Majesty is tolerant and open-minded."

The emperor poured down the tea in one gulp, exhaled the turbid air in his heart, pointed at the memorial and said, "Let me see, what did the eldest daughter-in-law say?"

The dragon case is too lenient to reach.

Eunuch Wang walked around the desk and brought the booklet. The emperor laughed after reading it.

Not laughing at Song Qingyue, but scoffing at the rules that old man Lu said.

Follow the rules?If he obeyed the rules, Li Da would not be able to sit on this dragon chair!
rule?

Bah, his rules are the rules!

Look how good the idea the eldest daughter-in-law gave me?With a daughter-in-law like that, it would be a waste of money if she didn't use it!
The next day, the Royal Bookstore began to pre-sell a collection of two math books again. It was still the Tianqi Second Year Longevity Festival Collector's Edition, but the price was much cheaper, 30 taels of silver for a set, and a brand new set of exercises was also included.

Three days later, the Royal Bank even launched a set of commemorative coins for the second year of the Apocalypse Longevity Festival!
It is said that there is a relief of His Majesty's head engraved on it. This kind of commemorative coins come in different sizes, gold and silver.

Among them, the most expensive one is worth ten taels of silver, but the outer ring is made of half a tael of silver, and the inner ring is made of half a tael of gold, with a jagged nesting process on the sides.

And the cheapest ones are small pennies the size of fingernails made of one penny, worth a hundred Tongbao copper coins.

All these commemorative coins need to be registered and reserved.

With these slightly cheaper options, many Xinke Scholars from poor families turn around and choose to buy these souvenirs, just to show their hearts.

How can loan sharks be so easy to borrow?

On the day of Longevity Day, Song Jianming asked Eunuch Tan to hand over the account books for selling books to the emperor, so that he could give the emperor a birthday gift this year.

Seeing the numbers on the account book, the emperor laughed happily. In addition to the proceeds from the sale of commemorative coins by the Royal Bank, he actually earned tens of thousands of taels after his birthday.

Having said that, to organize a Longevity Festival celebration, the capital alone would cost more than one hundred thousand taels.The Longevity Festival is a national holiday, and other prefectures don't know how much they can spend.

The emperor is not happy to make those corrupt officials eat and drink enough!
But there will be an audit department next year, so let's bear with it for another year.

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