Chapter 192 191 Can’t Be Quiet
After making an agreement with Zhu Dashou and others, Wei Guangde went to the gate to talk to Zhang Ji, and naturally asked him to go to the restaurant he mentioned last night to book a restaurant. By the way We also have to inform Lao Kan and the others, and Lao Kan will inform a group of fellow students in the afternoon.
Now that Wei Guangde had twenty thousand taels of silver sent from his family, he felt confident again.
As for money, you have to earn it after you use it up. You are already an official. As long as you survive the first few years, you are afraid that you will have no money to earn.
After getting off duty in the afternoon, the four of them got on Wei Guangde's carriage and rushed to the restaurant. Not long after arriving, all three hundred new scholars arrived.
That is to say, only four qualified candidates from this subject were summoned so that the Jinshis could arrive so neatly.
Soon, everyone took their seats in the restaurant. It was naturally impossible for three hundred people to squeeze into the first floor. There were dozens of tables upstairs and downstairs.
Wei Guangde and the others were sitting upstairs, but it didn’t take long for the four sponsors to get up and start toasting in turn around the table.
There are more than 30 tables. At each table, they have to chat with the people at the table. In fact, it is nothing more than asking them how they are watching the government in the yamen. If you have anything to do in the future, please contact them. words.
In fact, when we come here today, the Jinshi all know that as the same year, they are a natural small circle, and they will help and support each other in their future career.
Now that I see several people sitting around the table toasting and chatting about things in the yamen, I naturally understand their purpose.
After toasting upstairs, the four of them went downstairs. The order was not based on the results of the palace examination, but everyone came first, then sat down randomly. Those who came first saw the main table of Wei Guangde and others upstairs. Go up and naturally take a seat upstairs.
Later, naturally I could only go up to say hello and then go downstairs to find a seat.
Fortunately, everyone has had a few drinks before, so they are not unfamiliar.
After Wei Guangde and the others went downstairs, several talkative Jinshi people upstairs also stood up to toast others and began to get close to them.
Lao Kan and Zhang Ke were also sitting downstairs. Lao Kan came from a business family and his ancestors also had officials, but that was a long time ago, so he was no stranger to welcoming people and sending them off.
Although Zhang Ke is not a family of officials, the Zhang family can be considered a gentry family in Hukou.
So the two of them were naturally invited by Wei Guangde to go downstairs to receive guests 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 from the table behind him asking a Jinshi next to him, "So, in addition to the warehouse in the Yamen, your household department , is the warehouse already empty? ”
“I heard that this is the case. Now when the money is transported to the capital, it cannot enter the warehouse, so it is taken away by the ministries who use the money. I have also heard that, I have never been to the bank, so I don’t know what it looks like. Anyway, it is said that it is The rats are all starving to death.”
"Can the salary be paid on time?"
"Do you still lack that little money?"
"Mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are. The money I brought to Beijing has already cost seven "788"
Zhang Ke said now. He said, "I don't know when my family will send me money. The only ones who have money now are Guangde and Daoting." You can live by borrowing it.”
Wei Guangde, who was talking to Zhang Ke, knew him. His name was Zhang Shida, whose courtesy name was Zicheng. He was from Jingyang, Shaanxi Province. Perhaps because he knew that his hometown had suffered a major earthquake, his rankings in both the general examination and the palace examination were very poor. He ranked among the top 202 in the palace examination, and there was only one behind him. Li Shihan, who was at the bottom, was also sitting next to him.
What is very interesting is that these two people who are at the bottom of the list are both watching the government in the Ministry of Household Affairs.
“I heard that all the money that was intended to be used for salary distribution has been used for disaster relief. Da Situ planned to go to Chang Ying Treasury of Taipu Temple to borrow money for salary payment. Anyway, the horse market has stopped now, and he originally planned to buy horses. All the money is idle.
In fact, there is still money in the bank in the back hall of the Yamen. It is said that there is a lot of money, but I don’t dare to touch it. "
At this time, Li Shiyan said on the side. .
Wei Guangde was toasting here, chatting with the people at the table, and listening to the conversation at the next table.
Well, a lot of useful information is revealed in casual chats.
"What kind of money? You are so poor now, and you still have money that you dare not touch?"
Zhang Ke asked curiously.
“I heard from Chief Zhang in private that this is the salary and reward that should have been given to King Yu Qiansui in the past two years, and someone from above has spoken to suppress it.”
Li Shiyan muttered softly.
"What? Who dares to do this?"
Zhang Ke said in surprise.
Wei Guangde was also horrified as he listened. Has the fight between the two kings in Beijing spread to the court?
When Wei Guangde heard the news, the first thing he thought of was that King Jing's people had ordered to deduct the salary and annual gifts of His Royal Highness King Yu to cause trouble for his third brother.
"I don't know, the grade is too high. Director Zhang was hesitant when he spoke, and he didn't dare to mention it. He revealed it when he was drinking a few days ago."
Li Shida shook his head and sighed. : "I've heard about the fierce fight between the two kings in the capital before, but I've seen it this time."
"Who says it's not the case."
Li Shishaan answered.
“How much money was deducted? Why didn’t King Yu report it to the emperor?”
Zhang Ke was very curious. His salary, salary and annual gifts were withheld. This was a naked slap in the face. It could even be said to be contempt for the royal family. How could Prince Yu tolerate this?
“I heard that they were perfunctory with Prince Yu’s Mansion on the grounds of insufficient support from the household department. As for the complaint, I don’t know about that. We only entered the Yamen for a short time, how could we know this.
But there were rumors in my hometown that the emperor seemed to like His Royal Highness Prince Yu."
Li Shishaan said in a low voice.
“Oh, it’s not like that.”
This rumor was also circulated in Jiangxi, and Zhang Ke was no stranger to it. He just nodded and said unwillingly, "You are all a noble man from Tianhuang, how can you insult him?"
"So, although it is suppressed, I don't dare to use the salary and rewards for other purposes. After all, they are all rewards from the emperor. They are temporarily sealed in the yamen bank. Once the superiors say something, they will be immediately Give them all to everyone."
Li Shida explained in a low voice the purpose of the money, which was to bully honest people. He dared to be so presumptuous because Emperor Jiajing might not like his son, but he was also worried that Prince Yu would really run away. I went to the emperor to cry for poverty. At that time, things were too big to deal with, so I didn't dare to lose a penny of the money that should be given. It was just temporarily stored in the treasury.
“The boss of your household department is really cheap, he can do such a thing.”
Zhang Ke shook his head and said disdainfully.
"Who says it's not true? It's really not authentic."
A few people were still talking about this matter in low voices. It was obvious that someone above wanted to squeeze out the money to embarrass King Yu, but King Yu obviously didn't have any good solution. . Wei Guangde was chatting and laughing with the table of Jinshi on the side, and he was also muttering in his heart, what did King Yu's staff do for food.
Wei Guangde knows that the people in charge of Prince Yu's Mansion are Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, and Yin Shizhen. The reason is naturally that Gao Gong is still a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Chen Yiqin, and Yin Shizhen are They hold the post of review of the Hanlin Academy, but all three of them have been sent to Prince Yu's Mansion by Emperor Jiajing to serve as lecturers and teachers for Prince Yu.
Wei Guangde had never met Gao Gong and Yin Shizhen, but he had met Chen Yiqin once. He was also present when he went out for a drink last time and had a few words with Wei Guangde, so Wei Guangde knew this person.
After hearing Zhang Ke and others talking about the Ministry of Revenue withholding the salary and annual gifts from Prince Yu's palace, 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 am afraid that everyone who was sent to Prince Yu’s Mansion at this time was having a very bad life.
But of course Wei Guangde didn't think so. He knew clearly in his heart that King Yu was the most likely to ascend the throne after the death of Emperor Jiajing, as long as he didn't die first like his two brothers. .
In the past, Wei Guangde had never been able to find the opportunity to contact people from Prince Yu's Mansion. Now that he heard the news, Wei Guangde naturally had some thoughts in his mind.
Without revealing anything, Wei Guangde still toasted with Zhu Dashou and the others table by table. Even when he arrived at Zhang Ke's table, Wei Guangde still didn't reveal anything.
It was getting late and it was almost time for the night ban. Only then did all the Jinshi stop drinking and having fun, and stood up to say goodbye to Wei Guangde and the others.
Although I have an official status, I don’t have any official position. I am also afraid that I will be blocked during the night ban, and then the censor will complain to the superiors. Don’t throw away the hard-earned future in a daze.
Wei Guangde returned to Jiujiang Guild Hall. After a brief wash, he lay on the bed and began to think about what he had heard before.
Someone from above instructed the Ministry of Revenue to withhold Prince Yu’s salary and annual gifts. Logically speaking, Prince Yu’s palace should not remain indifferent.
And even Jinshi like Li Shihan and others who had just joined the Ministry of Household Affairs to observe the government heard about it, and it was impossible for the generals in Prince Yu's Mansion not to hear about it.
This matter is really weird.
Wei Guangde muttered in his heart, a little confused.
Early the next morning, Wei Guangde got up and went to the front lobby to have breakfast. When he saw Zhang Ke sitting there and eating, he walked over to sit next to him. The two exchanged a few words casually.
"Hey, by the way, Guangde, you should have heard about King Yu and King Jing in the capital, right?"
Zhang Ke may have remembered the gossip he heard yesterday. Seeing that there was no one nearby, he suddenly whispered to Wei Guangde.
"I've heard of it. I heard someone mention it when I was in Nanchang City."
Wei Guangde didn't say much, and just said that he knew about this before.
"I heard yesterday that King Jing had instructed the Ministry of Household Affairs to suppress the salary and rewards that should be given to King Yu."
Of course Wei Guangde would not say that he heard what he heard yesterday After they chatted, they still pretended to be surprised and said: "How dare they? If King Yu sues the emperor, Here, can the Ministry of Husbandry resist? "
"The Ministry of Husbandry is very clever. Not all of them are withheld. Most of the salary and rewards are withheld from the bank every year and are not given. They are only given for two or three months. I can make do with money, but I didn’t expect that the life of the majestic prince would be like this.”
Zhang Ke was still narrating the news he heard yesterday in a low voice. Wei Guangde frowned slightly and interrupted: "Aren't they afraid of the emperor's investigation?" The Ministry of Finance wants money."
Zhang Ke shook his head and said: "Prince Yu's Mansion Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin both went to the Ministry of Finance to ask for it. It is said that the time has come again in a few days, and the ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Revenue are avoiding seeing each other, and the chief doctor below can't talk or do anything. You said this is causing trouble."
"Haha."
Wei Guangde just smiles. As the saying goes, a child who can cry will get milk. King Yu will not cry or make trouble after suffering such a heavy loss. There will be troubles later.
Although Wei Guangde wanted to rely on Prince Yu, he would not deliberately curry favor with him. After all, it was about Datong. Emperor Jiajing was still living well in Xiyuan, so what would it look like in the eyes of others.
I have been reading Taoist books these days, isn’t it to write a better Qingci and show my face to the emperor?
Besides, if you try too hard to make friends with the prince, you may be accused of alienating the Tian family and having evil intentions. You don’t know how you will die by then.
The current direction of 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 this.
When Wei Guangde arrived at the Hanlin Academy, he followed his past habit of going to the Inspection Hall to check on the progress of book revision, and then returned to his office to read Taoist books, hoping to improve his writing skills.
But I always feel like I can't calm down, and what I keep thinking about is the affairs of Prince Yu's Mansion.
It was strange that Prince Yu was deprived of part of his salary and all rewards, but he did not dare to complain to Emperor Jiajing.
Does Emperor Jiajing know about this?
If he ordered it, it makes sense, but why should he worry about his own child?
What if Emperor Jiajing didn’t know about this?
What does Jin Yiwei do for food?
How dare Jin Yiwei hide such a big matter and not report it?
There were too many questions that he couldn't think through, and Wei Guangde's thoughts quickly became confused.
I was so upset that I couldn't read the book. Although I had read several pages, when I thought about what I had just seen, Wei Guangde was surprised to find that his always good memory had actually deteriorated at this time. , can’t remember it at all.
Wei Guangde felt a panic in his heart, but then the content he had read yesterday and the past few days clearly emerged in his mind.
Fortunately, there is no problem with my memory. Maybe I just didn’t read the book because I was restless.
Throwing the book on the table, Wei Guangde simply stopped reading it and closed his eyes to meditate. He had to think this through first, otherwise he would not be able to calm down.
Perhaps under the influence of Zhang Tongzhi when he was in Jiujiang Mansion, Wei Guangde now prefers that King Yu can ascend to Dabao, rather than King Jing as many people in the capital now speculate.
But Emperor Jiajing must have known about it, but he kept it secret. Why?
They have bullied the emperor's son. Isn't this obviously a slap in the emperor's face?
Thinking quietly, Wei Guangde suddenly remembered what he heard someone say when he was in Nanchang City before?
King Yu is a bit indecisive, but King Jing is quite methodical in dealing with people. If he treats people wrongly, King Jing is indeed the best candidate for emperor.
Indecisive.
Wei Guangde seemed to have caught something. Could it be that Emperor Jiajing was training Prince Yu?
Test King Yu's decisiveness in situations of trouble and see if King Yu can solve the problem with his own meager strength?
Wei Guangde scratched his head unconsciously. He had not thought through the previous questions and seemed to have added new conjectures.
What does King Yu think?
With King Yu’s own strength, he definitely cannot affect the affairs of the court, and he should not be able to solve it himself.
But the strange thing is that he did not dare to complain to the emperor.
Maybe the rumors are true and the emperor really doesn't want to see his son?
In other words, King Yu was worried that this matter was done under the emperor's hint, so he didn't dare to ask?
(End of this chapter)