Chapter 310 309 Visiting Yan Mansion

The day after returning to Beijing, he was summoned by Emperor Jiajing. Wei Guangde did not expect that he was so anxious.

Well, due to the influence of later generations, he felt that no matter how corrupt the Ming army was, he should not be surprised.

In fact, during this trip to Jizhen, Wei Guangde saw that the border guards lived a slightly better life than those in the mainland, especially the garrisons in Jiangnan. However, they had to go to the battlefield from time to time, and there was a possibility of losing their lives at any time.

Wei Guangde was not sure if the generals in the north were more conscientious than the generals in the south, but it is certain that if Mr. Wei was really sent to rescue the capital back then, the Jiujiang Guard would be afraid that he would be flooded by Altan's cavalry at that time.

After leaving Xiyuan, Tang Shunzhi and Wei Guangde both shut up at the summons in Xiyuan. After leaving the gate of Xiyuan, they bowed each other and got into a sedan and left the place by car, and returned to their respective homes.

Emperor Jiajing did not forget to give the two people a holiday, which is also a common example. Each person had ten days off this time, and only went to their respective yamen to click Mao after ten days.

After going home for two days of rest, Wei Guangde asked Zhang Ji to arrange gifts early in the morning, so he naturally wanted to visit Yan Ge Lao's mansion today to prepare.

The five hundred years old ginseng can only catch rare objects. The ordinary yellow and white things are not actually attracted to the eyes of Master Yan. Perhaps only the eldest son Yan Shifan, who is known as the talented man of the Ming Dynasty, likes it.

Zhang Ji also made a little of the peppers collected by Wei Guangde from Nanjing and put them in the gift list, but Wei Guangde deleted them.

Now he doesn’t have much inventory of this thing.

Comparison is an ornamental plant, which determines that there will be no planting too many people in the mansions of Gonghoubo and others in Nanjing.

However, after Wei Guangde brought the pepper back and put it in the dish, his family couldn't eat it at first, so he just ate it a few more times before gradually accepting the spicy flavor of the pepper.

Now, the Wei family has started to try growing peppers in a farm near Jiujiang Prefecture, and has used more than ten acres of land at one time.

Now that Wei Guangde is taking out the peppers and giving them to others, Wei Guangde is reluctant to let go, and the other is that others don’t know how to use them, that is a shameful waste.

After lunch and resting in the backyard for a while, Wei Guangde went out to get on the bus and headed to Yan's mansion.

Under normal circumstances, officials must send a message to the other party’s house before visiting each other, and then wait for the other party to reply, that is, they can only come to the door after the visit time is determined.

However, who made Wei Guangde and Yan Ge Lao both fellow villagers?

In the past few times, Wei Guangde still followed these rules and looked at them in a straight manner. Then he was ridiculed by Yan Shifan for a long time, and he did not stop until he stopped sending a letter of worship.

Today, when we went to Yan Mansion, Wei Guangde naturally followed the custom and prepared the gift and went there directly.

By the usual style, you can see whether Yan's attitude towards him has changed from the reception opposite, and it can also be inferred whether Yan's mansion will act against him later.

Wei Guangde still attaches great importance to his life.

Not surprisingly, when Wei Guangde's carriage was parked outside the side door of Yan's mansion, the gatehouse of Yan's mansion had already run out to greet him.

This is also their usual routine. When the arrival of familiar car sedans, they should directly report it to the inside, and on the other hand, they should come out to welcome the distinguished guests, so that the other party can feel the courtesy of Yan's mansion to them. Then when they are happy, their hands shake and their wallets fly out.

The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's doorman seemed to be half a level lower than his Wei Guangde when he put it away.

Wei Guangde got off the carriage and threw a purse over. Then he smiled and bowed to the man, saying, "Which master is here in the mansion?"

"It's so that Lord Wei can learn that the two masters are now busy with official duties in the cabinet and are not at home."

The concierge smiled happily when he received the red envelope that Wei Guangde had thrown to him and quickly put it in his arms.

Of course, this bag of silver was not what he alone, and in the end it was all the concierge of this door that divided the money equally.

Yan’s house has strict rules. Although there are no specific regulations on the gatekeeper to collect red envelopes, if the master doesn’t say it, it doesn’t mean that the servants can do whatever they want.

If the servants make trouble in front of the guests because of trivial matters like red envelopes, then the Yan family will be lost.

Wei Guangde nodded and sighed: "The Prime Minister's family worked hard on national affairs and devoted their efforts to the court. They are indeed our role models. Guangde sighed that he was inferior to him."

The doorman had already bowed to invite Wei Guangde to enter the door, so Wei Guangde naturally would not stumble in front of the door. He raised his legs and went up the steps and walked inside. Only Zhang Ji followed him to serve him.

As for carriages and guards, the Yan family will not lack theirs.

The horse tying pile is in a row outside, and dozens of carriages or sedans can be parked at the same time. There are special people in the Yan Mansion to take care of them. As for the coachman and guard, someone will also invite them to have tea, and there will be a sumptuous meal at the meal time.

The cards that the Prime Minister’s Mansion should have are all available in Yan’s Mansion.

There is no change in the entry section.

However, Wei Guangde did not expect that the servants of Yan's mansion would know about him. Otherwise, the rumor that he had written a memorial for the Xuanfu incident would have spread in the capital.

Wei Guangde walked in with a smile. Before he could reach the second gate, Yan Xin, the second butler of Yan Mansion, had already quickly met out of the door.

"Forgive sins and forgive sins, we will come late."

Yan Xin and Wei Guangde are also old acquaintances. Yan Nian, the chief steward of Yan Song and Yan Shifan, are quite trusted by Yan Song and Yan Shifan, but they are a little older, so ordinary guests will not come out to receive guests such as Wei Guangde. He only connects with Yan Song and Yan Shifan and his son.

The third housekeeper Yan Dong is rebellious and arrogant. Even if he receives fellow villagers in Jiangxi like Wei Guangde, he sometimes has to act like the third housekeeper of Yan's mansion, so he naturally cannot send him to receive distinguished guests.

Wei Guangde once heard from the Yan family that two third-rank officials from the Censorate came to Yan's house to ask Yan's assistant for a calligraphy painting. Yan Song was not there, and the third housekeeper Yan Dong made others wait outside the pavilion for more than an hour.

It was winter, and the two high-ranking officials who were third-rank officials in the court were almost frozen there. It was the butler Yan Nian who passed by and found out that they sent the two adults into the house and arranged for someone to send them hot tea.

So now Yan's mansion is of course the mastermind Yan Nian, but Yan Xin is actually in charge of the affairs of the mansion, while Yan Dong is mainly in charge of the affairs of the mansion.

He and Yan Xin entered a flower hall, and Yan Xin arranged for someone to bring tea and pastries, and sat by himself under Wei Guangde to the Prime Minister.

"Have there been a lot of affairs in the North Korean Central recently?"

Wei Guangde asked with some confusion. In the past, Yan Shifan, the eldest son Yan would only follow Shoujiao Yan to work in the cabinet in the morning, and usually sneak out to play with his own affairs in the afternoon.

But today the concierge said that the eldest son had not come back and was still working in the cabinet, which was a bit strange.

"Hi, Lord Wei, you are a noble person and forget about it."

Yan Xin glanced at Wei Guangde, then slowly spoke: "You have just returned from Jizhen. I have read all the memorials reported. It's so shocking, isn't it a big deal?

The officials of the ministry were recruited to the cabinet every day for the past two days, just to discuss the follow-up matters. I heard that Wansui was very anxious when I saw it, saying that Ji Town is like this, what do other military towns in Jiubian look like?

I heard that the people from the Ministry of War would be arranged to inspect other military towns together with the Censor of the Censorate and the Sixth Section. This time I would like to check it out in detail, which is to make the same result as your trip to Ji Town. You should know the gaps in military towns in various places and grasp the actual situation to deal with it."

"Oh, that's it."

Wei Guangde nodded. Most of the military households in Ji Town fled, and the sergeant shortage was also serious, and the situation in other military towns would only be even worse.

Although Ma Fang had never mentioned this to him, it was probably because the involvement was too wide and he didn't pass the words from above. Most people really dare not uncover this layer of window paper.

"The other military towns have to send court ministers to investigate, and the affairs of Ji Town are not just finished. It is said that the Ministry of Revenue takes the lead and the joint Censorate and the Ministry of War will investigate the food and wages that have been falsely claimed over the years. Those officials of the money and grain are probably not able to sleep well, haha."

Yan Xin continued.

"Is the impact so great? I thought it was just a rebuke. Who hasn't made a mistake yet?"

When Wei Guangde heard Yan Xin say this, he knew at the first time that the court's board was not just about the military generals. Those doctors in charge of money and grain, officials in charge of the government, and civil servants in the military preparation department were probably responsible for this.

In fact, at the beginning, he and Tang Shunzhi knew that many people would be unlucky. After all, there were too many vacancies, but in the past, the generals took responsibility for such matters.

Lie about the number of soldiers who cheated out the excess money and grain from the officials, but this time they obviously had to take a heavy move and beat the border ministers to avoid them from feeling that the emperor was far away and could do whatever they wanted in the local area.

"That's really hard for the Prime Minister with so many personnel arrangements."

Wei Guangde sighed, "Those border town officials are not at all worried, so they cannot do things well, and they don't have to worry about the Prime Minister's supporter who is over 70 years old is still working hard for the world."

"Whoever says no, I don't know who will be the governor of Ji Town. I guess the man will come back very late today. Yesterday, I heard from the eldest son that today I want to determine the candidate for the governor of Ji Town."

Yan Xin continued with a smile.

"Ji Town? It's not that Governor Yang Bo and Governor Yang transferred to Ji Town. What I found out now has nothing to do with him. Do you have to dismiss his post?"

Wei Guangde's heart trembled after hearing Yan Xin's words. This implicated the innocent.

Yang Bo has been transferred from the position of Governor of Xuanda to Jizhen for more than a year. It was because he found the following problems that Wei Guangde and his friends conducted this inspection. Moreover, Yang Bo is considered to be a master of his past achievements, so it is logical that he should not be convicted of this.

"Mr. Wei's thoughts are a bit off. It's not a dismissal, it may be a good thing."

Yan Xin smiled and shook his head and said, "Last time, Your Majesty was demoted to the Minister of War Xu Lun for the Xuanda incident. Now the position of Minister of War is still empty, so naturally someone needs to take over. Someone suggested that Yang Bo be promoted to Minister of War."

When Yan Xin said this, he stared at Wei Guangde without blinking and observed the subtle changes in his expression on his face.

Wei Guangde felt that although Yan Xin chatted with him as usual and his expression was as usual, his eyes were always observing him. Obviously, Yan Xin knew much more things than other people in the Yan Mansion.

Yang Bo should not be from the same family as the Yan family. At this time, Yan Xin mentioned in front of him that Yang Bo might be promoted to the position of Minister of War. He thought it was like he was messing with him, and he would see if he had something to do with Yang Bo.

Yes, after all, I went to Xuanda when Yang Bo was the Governor of Xuanda, and when he was the Governor of Ji Town, he inspected Ji Town and found a big mess in the border town. The Yan family would not suspect that he and Yang Bo were secretly in contact.

Of course, Wei Guangde was just thinking about these things in his heart.

"Are there any other candidates besides Governor Yang?"

Wei Guangde did not go because Yang Bo could get on the position of Minister of War, but asked other candidates.

"There must be a candidate, but I don't know who there is."

Yan Xin laughed and laughed.

"Actually, the official position is one radish and one pit. After moving Governor Yang away, I also have to find someone to be the Governor of Ji Town. Everyone has the opportunity to move, which is a good thing, haha."

Wei Guangde echoed and smiled, looking at Yan Xin but was frowning.

"Haha. Lord Wei, what are your eyes? Haha"

Yan Xin knew what Wei Guangde meant, that is, moving a Yang Bo would cause a series of personnel changes, and the official positions of many people from top to bottom depend on whether you found the right person.

Yan Xin also helped Yan Shifan manage the pawnshop business on weekdays. He also talked about it when he chatted with Wei Guangde in the past. In fact, this is no longer a secret in the capital.

He knew the meaning of Wei Guangde's eyes, that his pawnshop business was about to flourish again.

Yes, whether it is a Beijing official or a foreign minister, you must fight for it with all your strength when you know that you have such a good position.

Yan Shifan, Young Master Yan, is very moral about collecting money and doing things. If you collect money, you have to do things. If you fail to do it, you won’t collect money.
To be continued...