Chapter 194 193 Love money as much as life, use money to do things

Hearing the footsteps getting louder behind him, Wei Guangde naturally couldn't turn a blind eye. Standing under the door porch of the household department, he turned around and bowed to Yin Shizhen, who came angrily. "Wei Guangde, a junior student, has met Mr. Yin."

Although Yin Shizhen was in a state of rage at this time, his good upbringing still allowed him to suppress his anger at the moment and smiled at Wei Guangde: "Oh, it's Guangde, come to the Ministry of Household Affairs."

After saying this, he saw Li Shuli and four government officials saluting him one after another. Yin Shizhen naturally knew the reason why they came to the Ministry of Revenue, so he casually asked: "Is the matter done?"

"It's done, I'm about to go to the meeting hall."

Wei Guangde replied respectfully.

"It'll be fine once it's done."

Although Yin Shizhen is only in his thirties now, Wei Guangde's tone of speech feels a bit old-fashioned. Thinking about the current situation of Prince Yu's Mansion in the capital, Wei Guangde feels a little bit more understanding.

Looking at the sky, it was almost noon. Wei Guangde turned back to Secretary Li and said, "You guys go back to the Yamen first."

Then he turned to Yin Shizhen and said, "Master Yin, it's getting late. Let's have lunch outside."

"Forget it, I have to go back to Prince Yu's Mansion."

Yin Shizhen excused himself, saying that although he had not achieved his goal in the household department, he still felt that the news should be sent back first.

"Master Yin, you look at the sky and you are not in a hurry. Guangde has just entered the Hanlin Academy and doesn't understand many things. I happen to meet Master Yin here today. I hope you can give me a favor and explain it to Guangde."

Confused."

Wei Guangde continued to invite him very diligently. Although he didn't know Yin Shizhen's status in Prince Yu's Mansion, Wei Guangde knew that there were only three members of the Hanlin Academy in Prince Yu's Mansion, and Yin Shizhen was one of them. It was not long, so he thought he should be able to

It’s only right that you have some status in front of King Yu.

Yes, Wei Guangde wanted to get closer to Prince Yu. This was something he had already decided when he was in Jiujiang Mansion.

Unless King Yu died, Wei Guangde would not consider joining King Jing, so even if Prince Jing's palace sent someone to send gifts and invite him to come over, he would find reasons to shirk it. Although he didn't break his heart, it was really perfunctory.

"That's fine."

Yin Shizhen nodded, and Wei Guangde invited him repeatedly. If he didn't agree, it would be a bit disrespectful. After all, they were all from the Hanlin Academy.

After arguing with the officials at the Household Department for a long time, they still failed to achieve their goal. They still could only receive one month's salary from Prince Yu next month. Thinking about the current dire financial situation of Prince Yu's palace, Yin Shizhen felt a headache.

The two people walked out of the door of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs and walked along the long street.

It is surrounded by government offices, so there is no commercial atmosphere at all. They are all buildings with green tiles and red walls. Only by walking through this street can you see the shops and restaurants on the street.

Wei Guangde asked Yin Shizhen about some things about the Hanlin Academy. In fact, he had already asked about most of these things, especially about book repair, but now he could only find something to talk about, and the two of them couldn't move forward stupidly.

Go away and say nothing.

"Are you studying with Wu Qing?"

When he heard Wei Guangde say that Yin Tai had arranged for him to study with Wu Qing, Yin Shizhen suddenly laughed.

Wei Guangde didn't understand what he meant and asked curiously: "I wonder why Mr. Yin is laughing?"

"Wu Qing Wu Qing."

Yin Shizhen saw Wei Guangde's confused face and smiled and said: "Speaking of Senior Wu, he was also ranked first in the same subject as me, and he is much more famous than me."

"What about Wu Qing?"

Wei Guangde continued to ask.

"You entered the Hanlin Academy not long ago, so you may not know about your teacher's past, haha."

Yin Shizhen said: "He was a scholar at the age of 19 and a civil servant at the age of 27. He failed to pass the examination of the Ministry of Etiquette three times. Then he got angry and finally passed the examination in the 23rd year of Jiajing. During the palace examination, his score was ranked second.

First, he should have been the top pick."

Yin Shizhen said this and glanced at Wei Guangde who had a surprised expression before continuing: "Senior Wu's original name was Wu Ruwei, but he changed his name to Qingqing because he failed three times.

According to him, it was for good luck and he hoped that God would open his eyes and show more kindness to him.

As expected, my fate changed once I changed my name. I passed the exam easily and ranked first in the palace exam.

Unfortunately, I heard that after the seal was opened, His Majesty did not like his name, saying that 'there should not be a ruthless number one scholar in the world', and then he became a prodigy."

The two people were talking about things in the Hanlin Academy, and soon they walked out of the official street and came to Chang'an Street. There were many shops on both sides of the street, and it was a busy scene.

The two of them found a restaurant, went up, and chose a seat by the window to sit down. After asking Yin Shizhen, Wei Guangde ordered wine and food. The food and wine were quickly served, and the two started chatting while eating.

"Last time we had a drink in the courtyard, I heard that your Excellency spends most of his time at Prince Yu's Mansion. Are you going to the Ministry of Household Affairs today to discuss the royal palace's salary?"

In fact, the news that the Ministry of Revenue had owed Prince Yu's salary and annual gifts for more than two years had already spread in the official circles of the capital, so it was not unexpected for Wei Guangde to know about it.

"Guangde also knows, hehe, hey."

Yin Shizhi was open-minded and just smiled after hearing Wei Guangde's words. Then he thought about money and couldn't help but sigh again.

"The Ministry of Accounts still excuses itself because it has no money?"

Wei Guangde asked.

"There will be no money. There may be no money to send out of the capital, but the expenses in the capital have been prepared early in the morning. That is just telling lies with open eyes."

Yin Shizhen shook his head and said.

"The Ministry of Finance is doing this, wouldn't His Highness Prince Yu submit a memorial to him?"

Wei Guangde never understood why King Yu didn't go to the memorial to complain. This was bullying the emperor's son. If he didn't give him face, wouldn't he be slapping the emperor in the face?

Yin Shizhen just shook his head this time but said nothing.

Wei Guangde immediately guessed that he might have consulted the emperor privately, so he did not submit a memorial, but the result was probably of no effect.

In fact, this was also Wei Guangde's wrong guess. King Yu did go to the palace, but he didn't directly go to Emperor Jiajing to talk about these things, because he usually couldn't see Emperor Jiajing at all.

Emperor Jiajing firmly believed in the motto "Two dragons never meet". Although foreigners heard about it, most of them laughed it off with disdain.

However, what Wei Guangde didn't know was that the reason why most ministers in the court thought that Emperor Jiajing favored His Royal Highness Prince Jing, and even had the idea of ​​letting His Highness King Jing inherit the treasure, was because King Yu could not see the emperor, but King Jing could.

Occasionally he went to the palace to see Emperor Jiajing.

From this, hundreds of officials came up with the idea that Emperor Jiajing liked King Jing but not King Yu, and it spread.

However, Wei Guangde had not been in officialdom for a long time, so naturally he had not heard of these things.

It was also because King Yu had told people in the palace about this matter, but the result was still the same, which made him unable to find a way out, and he was also influenced by the rumors from the outside world, thinking that his father really disliked him and did it deliberately.

Prince Yu lived a life of trepidation in the palace, walking on thin ice, and Yin Shizhen, the subordinate officials of the palace, naturally felt the same way.

At this time, Wei Guangde was thinking indeed. Judging from Yin Shizhen's reaction, King Yu should have approached the emperor, but nothing changed.

It seemed that it was really a play arranged by the emperor, perhaps to test King Yu's adaptability, and he was not going to care about it.

"It will be fine if we wait for a few more years. When we go out, we will become feudal lords, and we won't be subject to these bird-like things."

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, but Yin Shizhen said this to Wei Guangde, which made King Yu want to give up that position.

Hearing what he said, Wei Guangde frowned, but all the changes in his expression fell in Yin Shizhen's eyes.

"According to the ancestral system, the person who goes out to join the feudal clan should be King Jing. How can it be His Royal Highness King Yu."

Wei Guangde shook his head and said.

At this time, he was completely unaware that Yin Shizhen was also testing him.

Today's encounter with the Ministry of Finance can be said to be an accident. Wei Guangde warmly invited him. As a newly admitted scholar of the Hanlin Academy, it makes sense. However, when he asked about Prince Yu's palace, he was so interested in it that Yin Shizhen couldn't help but be more careful. What's more, Wei Guangde

Still from Jiangxi.

"I heard that in the same year when I was in charge of government affairs at the Ministry of Household Affairs, I heard that the Ministry of Household Affairs only paid salaries to the palace once every few months. In the long run, it would be difficult for the palace to meet its expenses."

Wei Guangde sighed and said that at this moment he was still considering whether to take this opportunity to throw out the solution he had thought of and tell Yin Shizhen that as for whether to do it or not, Wei Guangde would have nothing to do with him.

"Yes, but the Ministry of Revenue said there was no money, and used the famine in Shanxi as an excuse. They said that they had prepared money, but they had all been diverted to disaster relief money and food."

Yin Shizhen curled his lips in disdain, obviously fed up with the anger of the people in the Ministry of Revenue, and wanted to provoke Wei Guangde. After all, Wei Guangde had contributed to the last time the court allocated money and food for disaster relief.

"Master Yin, Master Gao and others, haven't you thought of any good way to solve this matter?"

Wei Guangde asked strangely. He wanted to know more about the situation, so as not to come up with the idea he had thought of. The result was that others had already tried it and it would be embarrassing to speak out.

After all, that method is really embarrassing and may not be effective.

"What else can we do? The Ministry of Finance has no money to evade, so we can only keep running to the Ministry of Finance to ask for money."

Yin Shizhen took a sip of wine and said to Wei Guangde with a wry smile.

Wei Guangde hurriedly filled up the wine glass in front of Yin Shizhen. There was a hint of hesitation on his face. He was still debating whether he should say this or not.

To be honest, Wei Guangde really didn't want to propose that method. It was a bad idea.

But when he first entered officialdom, the only way he could think of was that.

The slightly struggling expression on Wei Guangde's face naturally caught Yin Shizhen's eyes, and Yin Shizhen's heart also moved slightly.

Prince Yu's Mansion naturally pays attention to the Jinshi in this subject, and Wei Guangde's name has already been noticed by Prince Yu's Mansion before he even took part in the examination.

But that's all. A little knowledge and the ability to do things are two different things. It's not like there has never been someone like Zhao Kuo in the Ming Dynasty. He can talk about everything, but when he does things, he is full of loopholes, which is what the people say.

'High-minded but low-handed'.

Tao Dalin, Jinda, and Prince Yu's Mansion all paid attention to the majors in Yijia. Wei Guangde also paid attention, but he didn't pay too much attention to it, especially after discovering that someone from Prince Jing's Mansion had visited Wei Guangde. After all, his place of origin determined a lot.
To be continued...