Chapter 192 191 Can't calm down

After agreeing to 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 room, and by the way, he also had to inform Lao Kan and others, who Lao Kan would be in the afternoon.

Go and inform the crowd of the same year.

Now that Wei Guangde has the 20,000 taels of silver brought by his family, he is confident again.

As for money, if you use it, you will make money. You are all officials. As long as you survive the first few years, you will still be afraid of not making money.

After the pay-off in the afternoon, the four of them took Wei Guangde's carriage to the restaurant. Not long after, all three hundred new Jinshis arrived.

In other words, the four candidates with font sizes in this subject can only get so neatly.

Soon, everyone sat down in the restaurant, and it was impossible for three hundred people to squeeze on the first floor. There were dozens of tables divided up and downstairs.

Wei Guangde and the others sat upstairs, but not long after, the four initiators got up and started to toast them next to the table.

There are more than thirty tables, and they have to talk to the people on the table every time they arrive. In fact, it is just to ask them about their political observations in the yamen, and to contact them more if they have any questions in the future.

In fact, when I came here today, the Jinshi knew that as the same year, they were a natural small circle and would help and support each other in their careers in the future.

Now that I see a few people toasting at the table and talking about the matter in the yamen again, I naturally know their purpose.

Toasting upstairs, 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 randomly. They first saw the main table of Wei Guangde and others upstairs, so naturally they were on the building.

Take a place on it.

Later on, I naturally had to go up and say hello and go downstairs to find a location.

Fortunately, everyone has drunk several drinks and is not unfamiliar.

After Wei Guangde and his friends went downstairs, several more talkative Jinshis on the floor also stood up to toast others and began to get close to others.

Lao Kan and Zhang Ke also sat downstairs. Lao Kan was a family of merchants and had officials from his ancestors, but that was a long time ago, so he was naturally familiar with ushering in and seeing off.

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

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

When Zhu Dashou, Wei Guangde and others toasted a table in front, they heard a table behind him asking a Jinshi beside him, "So, except for the warehouse in the yamen, the warehouse is empty.

?”

"I heard that's the case. Now that the silver is transported to the capital, it can't be transported into the warehouse, so it was taken away by various departments with money. I also heard that I have never been to the silver warehouse and I don't know what it looks like. Anyway, it's said that it's a mouse that starved to death.

Leave it.”

"Can the salary be paid on time?"

"You're still short of that little money?"

"No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. The money I brought to Beijing is already used for a lot of money."

Zhang Ke said at this moment, "I don't know when my family will send money here. Now those who have money may be Guangde and Daoting."

"The Daoting family should have money when doing business, and they can still live without it."

Wei Guangde, who spoke to Zhang Ke, knew Zhang Shida, whose courtesy name was Zicheng, and was from Jingyang, Shaanxi. Perhaps because he knew that his hometown had suffered a major earthquake, he had a very poor ranking in the imperial examination. He ranked 202nd in the third place in the palace examination, and there was only one behind him.

Li Shixian, who was at the bottom, was also sitting next to him at this time.

What’s interesting is that these two people at the top of the list are both in the Ministry of Revenue’s view of politics.

"I heard that the money that was about to pay the salary had been initiated for disaster relief. The Grand Situ planned to borrow money to pay the salary at Changyingku, Taipu Temple. Anyway, the horse market has stopped now, and the money that was originally about to buy the horse was idle.

In fact, there is still money in the bank warehouse in the back hall of the yamen. It is said that there are still a lot of money, but I just dare not move."

Li Shi said ashamedly.

Wei Guangde toasted here, chatting with the people on the table, and his ears were also listening to the conversation at the next table.

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

"What kind of money? I'm so poor now, and I still have money that I dare not touch?"

Zhang Ke asked curiously.

"I heard from Master Zhang privately that this is the salary and reward that should have been given to King Yu Qiansui in the past two years. Someone from above said he was suppressing it."

Li Shisha murmured in a low voice.

"What? Who dares to do this?"

Zhang Ke said in surprise.

Wei Guangde was also shocked when he heard this. Has the two kings in Beijing spread to the court?

When Wei Guangde heard this news, the first thing he thought of was that King Jing's men instructed him to deduct His Highness the salary and gifts of the year to cause trouble for his third brother.

"I don't know, the grade is too high. Director Zhang is hesitant when he speaks, and he doesn't dare to mention this matter. He revealed it when he was drinking a few days ago."

Li Shida shook his head and sighed: "I heard before that the two kings in the capital are fighting so hard, and this time I have seen it."

"Who said no?"

Li Shisha continued.

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

Zhang Ke was very curious. His salary was detained for every year. This was a naked slap in the face, and it could even be said to be a contempt for the royal family. How could King Yu bear this tone?

"I heard that the Ministry of Revenue's management is not enough to deal with the perfunctory Prince Yu's mansion. As for complaints, I don't know. We have been in the yamen for a short time, so how can we know this?

But there were rumors in my hometown that the emperor seemed to like His Highness Yu more than he did."

Li Shixian whispered.

"Oh, but that's not the case."

This rumor was also circulating in Jiangxi. Zhang Ke was familiar with it. He just nodded and said with some reluctance, "No matter how you say it is, you are all nobles, how can you insult them?"

"So, although I am not willing to give my salary and rewards, I dare not really use it for other purposes. After all, it is all rewards from the emperor, and they are temporarily sealed in the yamen's bank deposit. Once the above talks, they will be sent to everyone immediately."

Li Shida whispered the use of that batch of silver, that is, bullying honest people. He relied on the fact that Emperor Jiajing might not like this son, so he dared to be so arrogant, but he was also worried that King Yu would really go to the emperor to cry for poverty, and then the matter would be broken up.

No, so I dare not lose a penny of the money I should give, but it is temporarily in the warehouse.

"Your master of the Ministry of Revenue is really cheap, and you can do such things."

Zhang Ke shook his head and said disdainfully.

"Who said no, it's really not authentic."

Several people were still talking about this matter in a low voice. Obviously, someone above wanted to suppress the money and make it difficult for King Yu, but King Yu obviously had no good solution.

Wei Guangde was chatting and laughing with the Jinshi table, and was also muttering in his heart, what was King Yu's staff doing?

Wei Guangde knew that the people in charge of the Prince Yu's mansion are Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin and Yin Shidan. As for the reason, it is naturally that Gao Gong is still a bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy. Chen Yiqin and Yin Shidan are the position of a reviewer in the Hanlin Academy, but only three people

They have been sent by Emperor Jiajing to Prince Yu's mansion to serve as a lecturer in Prince Yu and serve as a teacher in Prince Yu.

Wei Guangde had never seen Gao Gong and Yin Shidan before. Chen Yiqin had met him. He was also present when he went out to drink last time and said a few words to Wei Guangde, so Wei Guangde knew about this person.

After hearing Zhang Ke and his friends talk about the deduction of the salary and annual gifts of the Ministry of Revenue, Wei Guangde immediately thought of Chen Yiqin. No wonder he felt very tired and old when he saw this person.

Thinking about what I heard in Jiangxi before, I am afraid that everyone who was sent to Prince Yu's mansion at this time had a very bad life.

However, Wei Guangde certainly would not think so. He knew in his heart that King Yu was the most likely to ascend the throne after Emperor Jiajing's death, as long as he did not die first like his two brothers.

In the past, Wei Guangde had never found an opportunity to contact the people of Prince Yu's Mansion. Now that he heard this news, Wei Guangde naturally had some thoughts in his heart.

Without any indication, Wei Guangde and Zhu Dashou and others still toasted each other. Even when they arrived at Zhang Ke's table, Wei Guangde still did not reveal anything.

When the day was getting late and it was almost time for night ban, the Jinshi stopped drinking and having fun, and stood up to say goodbye to Wei Guangde and the others.

Although he has an official position, he has no official position. He is afraid that Ye Jin will be blocked, and then the censor will sue him. Don’t just throw away the future he has finally achieved.

Wei Guangde returned to Jiujiang Guild Hall, washed up briefly and lay down on the bed to think about what he had heard before.

Someone above instructed the Ministry of Revenue to deduct King Yu's salary. The annual gift was given to him. The Prince Yu's Mansion should not be indifferent.

Moreover, even Li Shixian, who had just entered the Ministry of Revenue to observe politics, could hear about this, and the generals and officials of the Prince Yu's Mansion could not have heard of it.

This is really weird.

Wei Guangde muttered in his heart that he couldn't understand.

Early the next morning, Wei Guangde got up and went to the front lobby for breakfast. When he saw Zhang Ke sitting there and having dinner, he walked over to make it next to him. The two of them said a few casual words.

"Hey, by the way, Guangde, you should have heard of 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 said to Wei Guangde in a low voice.

"I heard that someone had heard a word in Nanchang City?"

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

"I heard yesterday that King Jing instructed the Ministry of Revenue to suppress the salary and rewards that should be given to King Yu."

Wei Guangde naturally wouldn't say that he had heard them talk yesterday, but he pretended to be surprised and said, "How dare they? If King Yu sued the emperor, can the Ministry of Revenue resist?"

"The Ministry of Revenue is very savvy, not all of them are detained. Most of the salary and rewards are deducted from the treasury every year, but they are not given. Only two or three months of silver can be used to make do with it. Unexpectedly, the life of a dignified prince is actually achieved.

so."
To be continued...