Chapter 195 194 Prince Yu’s Mansion

Thanks to the commotion of this year's new scholars, the imperial court immediately paid attention to the serious consequences of the Shanshan-Shaanxi earthquake. Although the relief money and food were not much, the impact on the feelings of the court officials was significant.

Wei Guangde had been in the Hanlin Academy for more than half a month, but he didn't even get a day's rest.

The holidays for officials in the Ming Dynasty were divided into two types: regular leave and casual leave. Regular leave was the legal rest day, including holidays and festivals.

The system of statutory holidays has appeared as early as the Han Dynasty. At that time, officials took one day off every five days, which was called "five days off." This example is also used.

Compared with the holiday holidays in previous dynasties, the annual holidays in the Ming Dynasty were more complete. Some holidays were fixed, such as the New Year's Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other festivals. Among them, from December 20th of each year to the second day of the first lunar month of the next year, On the 10th, which is the Zhengdan Festival, officials will stop working and take a month's rest.

"Ming Huidian" contains: Every New Year's Day begins on the first day of the first lunar month, and all civil and military officials have a five-day holiday. The Winter Solstice Festival begins today and has a three-day holiday. In the seventh year of Yongle, the Lantern Festival begins on the tenth day of the first lunar month. Starting from one day, all officials are given ten days of holiday.

Casual leave is when an official actively requests to take a break, which requires approval from superiors. There are two main types: personal leave and sick leave.

Regarding the provisions of sick leave or special leave, officials can take leave to return to their hometown and be allowed to stay at home for two months; if the time limit is exceeded and the time limit is more than one year, officials will not enjoy salary benefits for five months; if the time limit reaches one Officials who are more than half a year old will be sent to the government for interrogation.

In the Jiajing Dynasty, the qualifications for officials to ask for personal leave were clearly stipulated, and they could only ask for leave "after passing the examination for three years". If it exceeded three years, they would be dismissed.

There is also a special kind of personal leave. Civil servants take leave to mourn their parents, which is Ding You.

"Ming Huidian" records: "Ding You, according to official regulations, is not allowed to make leap twenty-seven months. Anyone who exceeds the limit by more than two months will be sent to prison for questioning; if it is less than one month and has a disease certificate, he will be sent to prison.

The above two categories are the main official holidays, and there are two special holidays: grant leave and court leave.

The so-called "granting of leave" refers to the granting of leave with the approval of the emperor. It is entirely a favor given by the emperor to officials and is not customized.

The main reason for the royal leave in the Ming Dynasty was usually the funerals of members of the royal family and ministers, and not all officials could participate. In the Ming Dynasty, the absence of court leave due to funerals not only made it easier for officials to rest, but also served as a kind of treatment for officials, motivating officials to adjust. The state can better engage in government affairs; on the other hand, it condenses the relationship between royal members and the emperor and officials, so that officials can better handle official affairs.

Speaking of the vacation system in the Ming Dynasty, it was because Wei Guangde, who should have had a vacation long ago, never got the opportunity to take a vacation, and the reason was the Shanshan-Shaanxi earthquake.

Emperor Jiajing felt that God had brought disaster, so he canceled the three-month holiday, hoping that all civil and military officials would work diligently and move God to take back the punishment.

In short, Emperor Jiajing had an idea. Wei Guangde would not be able to take a rest for more than two months, and could only run to the Imperial Academy like a horse. Naturally, the matter of moving was left behind.

It had been half a month since the last time I met Yin Shizhen at the Ministry of Household Affairs, and there was no news from Li Shida and others about the money received from Prince Yu's Mansion.

Wei Guangde was helpless about this, and he didn't know whether Yin Shizhen said anything about it when he went back, or how he said it. Anyway, when he had nothing to do at this time, he was either drinking and chatting with people from the Hanlin Academy or eating and drinking with his classmates.

Quite carefree and happy.

"I got the news. After watching the government, I will go to Zhejiang."

At the wine table, Zeng Xingwu said a little disappointedly that his ranking in the palace examination this time was not very good, but it was still decent, ranked 69th among the top three, but maybe he had points deducted in the imperial examination, and now he heard that he might be released.

"Zhejiang?"

Wei Guangde frowned slightly and said, "Brother Sansheng, do you know where it is in Zhejiang?"

"Maybe it's a county magistrate, I don't know where exactly it is."

Zeng Shengwu shook his head and said.

"Although there are Japanese pirates in Zhejiang, they still need capable officials to serve. Maybe Brother Sansheng's talents are favored by the adults above."

Wei Guangde could only console him by saying that Zeng Xingwu, like Lao Kan, was sent to the Ministry of Punishment to observe government affairs. Today he and Lao Kan came back to have a drink with Wei Guangde, and he might also know about this bad thing.

"I heard from the Ministry of War who were watching the government in the same year that the Xuanfu sent an early warning and the Mongolian Tatars appeared in the outer areas of the Xuanfu again, but no trace of the enemy was found in Datong. They were worried that the Tatars would be like what they did a few years ago.

Raid the capital."

At this time, Wei Guangde heard Zhang Ke suddenly say, wanting to open up the topic so that Zeng Xingwu would not still be immersed in depression.

"I've also heard people say that the Tatars have often harassed the border wall in the past two years. With the lessons learned in the 29th year of Jiajing, every time a Tatar army appears, the border town must give an early warning to the capital. In fact, it doesn't need to be too much.

Keep it in mind."

Lao Kan interjected and said, after all, the yamen were all concentrated. Although they were divided into six departments and other yamen to observe the government in the same year, they still met frequently, chatted casually, and passed on some news they had heard.

While Wei Guangde and Zeng Xingwu were drinking wine, in a hall in the back garden of Prince Yu's palace, Prince Yu Zhu Zaijing also summoned the officials of his palace to drink wine.

At this time, King Yu was naturally in a low mood. It had been two months since he had received the salary that the prince should have, and the palace was about to run out of food.

Don't ask why they still have money to drink when they have no money to eat. What they drink is royal wine, which is paid tribute to the palace and rewarded by various places. Naturally, they don't go to the household department, otherwise they may have to drink tea instead of wine.

It is quite aggrieved for the prince to do what he has done.

At this moment, Zhu Zaijing was drinking himself glass after glass of wine. Fortunately, the alcohol content was not high. After drinking a lot of wine, he was not drunk and was still sober.

Just when he drank all the wine in the glass and couldn't wait for the eunuch who was waiting on him to come up and pour the wine, he picked up the wine jug to fill it up for himself, but the hand on the wine jug was pressed down by someone.

"Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."

Gao Gong, who was sitting under King Yu, stopped King Yu who was about to get drunk and reminded him in a low voice.

"Master Gao, tell me, what are you doing to take care of yourself? Prince Gu is so aggrieved. Today you and Master Yin went to the Ministry of Finance again. I know what those villains are like even if you don't tell them. They are all laughing at Gu.

, they are all laughing at me.”

Below, Chen Yiqin and Yin Shizhen lowered their heads helplessly. Now Prince Yu's Mansion is really about to become a joke in the official circles of the capital.

Although most of the officials were oriented toward Prince Yu's Mansion, it did not affect their mood of watching the excitement.

The current situation is very clear. There are important people above who want to show Prince Yu's face, but Prince Yu has nothing to do about it.

As for who made the words to embarrass King Yu, some said it was Yan Song, others said King Chuan Jing, and some even suspected that it was the man from Xiyuan who gave the order.

There are many rumors, but most of them are just smoke and mirrors, and we can't understand the connection between them.

Relatively speaking, most people believe that Emperor Jiajing did it intentionally. Even those who didn't believe it at the beginning have already become somewhat convinced by this time.

After all, the city was already in turmoil. Emperor Jiajing couldn't possibly not know about it, but he still didn't say anything, which is evident from this.

As for the matter of redressing the injustice for King Yu, only low-ranking officials would discuss it privately. For the dignitaries in high positions, they have never seen anything, and they are nowhere to be seen now.

When we arrived at their location, we had more issues to consider.

They don't care who is behind it, they only care about the impact on the government and their own interests.

They have long been tempered in the officialdom and have lost their belief in forging ahead and eliminating violence. In their eyes, they only have interests, their own interests.

"Prince Yu, you have lost your composure."

Gao Gong did not lower his head like Yin Shizhen, Chen Yiqin and others, but still looked at Yu Wang Zhu Zaijing with his head held high, his face still high in fighting spirit.

After saying this, he waved to the eunuchs behind King Yu to ask them to leave.

After everyone else had left, Gao Gongcai said to King Yu: "Heaven has entrusted a great responsibility to this person, and he must first work hard on his mind and body. How can King Yu lose his fighting spirit because of this? What is yours is yours.

No one can take it away."

"But it's hard to be alone."

At this time, King Yu still lamented that he and his mother had never been liked by Emperor Jiajing. In the future, when his second brother was around, he would still care for him, but it was a pity that his second brother died before he was about to grow up.

I originally thought that I would be canonized as a prince, but after waiting for several years, I was still not liked by my father, who even refused to see him.

The mother-in-law of Emperor Yu, Zhu Zaijing, was Concubine Du Kang. She only had seventy or eighty concubines in the harem of Emperor Jiajing. Who could she be among them?

Although she gave birth to Prince Yu early, Concubine Du Kang still did not value the mother as much as the son, and she was still not favored by Emperor Jiajing.

Although Emperor Jiajing no longer expressed any thoughts of establishing another crown prince after Prince Zhuang Jing, in Gao Gong's view, Prince Yu was the perfect candidate for crown prince. He was not the only one who had such thoughts. According to him,

I know that most of the court officials have the same mentality. It is an ancestral system to establish an elder without direct descendants and cannot be changed without authorization, otherwise the consequences will be serious.

Even if King Jing is really a wise candidate for the throne, he cannot inherit the throne, otherwise it will cause turmoil in the court at best, and cause Xiao Qiang at worst.

Therefore, even today, Gao Gong still does not change his original intention. He does not believe that Emperor Jiajing could not see through this relationship and insist on going his own way.

Just looking at the tear-filled eyes of King Yu who was slightly drunk at this time, Gao Gong didn't know how to comfort him for a moment, but secretly swore in his heart that he would protect the prince.

Yes, even if Emperor Jiajing didn't express anything, since he was sent to Prince Yu's Mansion, it was the task given to him by Emperor Jiajing to fight for Prince Yu's things that should belong to him, and he had to work hard to complete it.

It's just that at this moment, he can't find a way to solve the situation, and it's useless no matter what he says.

The flower hall fell into silence, and everyone was silent.

There are some things that cannot be handled with confidence, just like the predicament they are encountering now, for the people of Prince Yu's Mansion who have no power in the court, they can only stare blankly.

"Master Gao, why don't you go talk to Master Xu?"

At this time, Chen Yiqin opened his mouth and said to Gao Gong.

In response, Gao Gong shook his head, "It doesn't matter what he said. Even if I went to see the Chief Assistant, he said he never ordered this matter and he didn't dare to ask."

Gao Gong was not as resolute and jealous of evil as people remembered him to be. At this time, Gao Gong was gentle and easy to talk to. In the court, he not only made friends with officials who were close to King Yu, but also had a clear stand with King Jing.

He was also willing to make friends with the Yan family on the king's side, and was even a guest at Yan Shifan's banquet.

Well, whether he was recruiting talents for King Yu or for himself, this is what Gao Gong is doing now. He is like a fish in water in the court and has everything he wants.

However, at this time, he still had no way to decipher the malicious intent that came from unknown sources.

"If Yan Song hadn't been behind this, who would have done such a thing, King Jing? He can influence the court and the household department, does he dare?"

At this time, Yin Shizhen said loudly.

"Be careful what you say when you say things that are unfounded."

Gao Gong glanced at him and glared at him fiercely.

What's the use of Yin Shizhen saying this at this time? King Yu couldn't think of it at first, but you still say that, isn't this adding more trouble?

Yin Shizhen also trembled under the high-arched eyes, and then shut up.
To be continued...