Chapter 9 Entering the Palace for an Audience
early morning.
Cai Xiong was always excited and did not fall asleep.
In fact, it was already close to midnight when he got home last night. After he got home, he ate in a hurry and rushed directly outside the palace gate to wait for the emperor's summons.
Cai Xiong took a look at Wu Fa, who was leaning against the wall, sleeping with his eyes closed. The more Cai Xiong looked at him, the more he liked him.
Qianlong Mountain has been plagued by banditry for 20 to 30 years. From the Longyuan period until now, the imperial court has been encircled and suppressed many times. Too many troops were sent, and the bandits fled.
It is impossible to find it in the vast mountains.
The number of people sent must be small. Last year, three thousand troops and horses were eventually wiped out.
No one ran out.
Nowadays, a thousand old, weak, sick and disabled people have annihilated the banditry that has been a headache for the imperial court for nearly 30 years. This achievement can be great or small. The annihilation of the bandits is not the greatest achievement. The greatest achievement is that yesterday they rescued the eldest princess of the Jin Dynasty.
The sixth prince of the Jin Dynasty.
The greatest contribution is to save the emperor. Saving the eldest princess and the prince is not as important as rescuing the emperor. This is also the emperor's biological sister and son, and the contribution is much greater than the annihilation of the Qianlong Mountain bandits.
"Very sleepy?"
I wanted to chat with this nephew, but a lot of words came to my lips, and only these two words came out. This bastard nephew still wanted to sleep after going back, but I pulled him and didn't let him go home. After washing and eating with me, he
Waiting here.
Opening his eyes lazily, Wu Fa felt extremely unhappy. His uncle had delayed him in checking his property. Qianlong Mountain did not have much food, but a lot of gold and silver. His system space was still full of gold and silver.
No, it's all gold.
A cubic space is filled to the brim.
How much does this cost?
Gold includes gold sand, gold beans, and gold nuggets.
One cubic meter of gold is about 19.32 tons in later generations. There is some gap between this cubic space of gold and the gold. Even if it is fifteen tons, it is 15,000 kilograms.
The Jin Dynasty inherited the system from Zhu Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty made 16 taels per catty, 1 taels and 37.3 grams.
The gold in Wu Fa's hands is about two hundred thousand taels!
The Jin Dynasty has been developing for more than a hundred years. The economy has prospered, the price of silver has depreciated, and the value of gold has increased. At the beginning of the founding of the Jin Dynasty, one tael of gold was exchanged for nine taels of silver. Now one tael of gold can be officially exchanged for twelve taels of silver, and some underground transactions can
Exchange thirteen taels of silver.
At that time, official silver was of higher purity.
In other words, Wu Fa received 2.4 million taels of silver from this bandit suppression!
What is this concept?
The first grade of Lumi in the Jin Dynasty is only 104 taels of silver.
This is a year's salary.
Zhengerbajing, a family of five, eats two meals a day, and does not ask for much, but only hundreds of dollars a month, less than one tael of silver.
Get rich!
Not to mention, Wu Fa secretly transported silver and buried it at the foot of a hillside. It was nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver. Wu Fa was immersed in his dream of getting rich. When Cai Xiong spoke to him, Wu Fa was a little dissatisfied:
"What do you think?"
Most of the gold and silver in Qianlong Mountain and Qianlong Village have fallen into his hands. He is very happy. What are you doing to disturb my interest?
"Oh..."
If Wu Fa had used this tone and looked at him like this in the past, Cai Xiong would have definitely beaten him up. Now the more Cai Xiong looks at this kid, the more he likes him: "How can you not feel sleepy after a busy night?"
The Qianlong Mountain bandits have been entrenched for nearly thirty years and have accumulated extremely huge wealth.
Even if they got a lot yesterday, each of them got a thousand taels of silver, remember, the soldiers were also given a thousand taels, and there were still a million taels of silver left!
How much revenue does Dajin’s treasury have in a year?
More than 10 million taels, or more than 20 million taels?
In addition, there are antique calligraphy and paintings, which can also be converted into a lot of money.
"grown ups."
Zhao Gouer was a little excited and asked beside him: "What kind of official position can we get promoted this time?"
Zhang Laoliu, the two commanders in the army, and the other three hundred-household officials are all here. Although there are not many beheadings, this time they can get some benefits.
"How do I know?"
Cai Xiong really didn't know that not many enemies were beheaded this time, but hundreds were captured, and the rest were burned to death. As the person who provided advice for this operation, Wu Fa was the one who deserved the greatest credit.
Even Cai Xiong, as the commander-in-chief, can still get some credit. The rest...it depends on the emperor's mood.
One after another, civil and military officials began to arrive, but they still did not disturb their interest. Wu Fa grinned: "As a general, my uncle will definitely be promoted to the fifth rank, or even the fourth rank this time. As for me, I can be promoted to the fifth rank.
Just taste it.”
Rank 5 is neither too small nor too big in the military. It is best to just hang around if you are not above or below.
Wu Fa is not very interested in promotion. He knows that he is not qualified to be an official. Maybe he will make mistakes when he becomes a big official.
As the saying goes, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. It would be nice to hide aside and secretly eat grass. Why do you have to get close to the tiger yourself?
As he spoke, Wu Fa felt eyes on him. The civil and military officials in the imperial court would naturally not take low-level officers like them to heart, nor would they take a second look.
Among the civil servants, Wu Fa seemed very satisfied when he saw Qin Ye looking at him.
Shenjing City is a small city, a large city that is more than ten kilometers from north to south and more than ten kilometers from east to west. To put it in a big way, if you fart in the east of the city, the west city will quickly know who did it.
What happened last night cannot be hidden from these noble officials in the city.
Wu Fa made military exploits!
"Father-in-law."
Wu Fa walked over and saluted Qin Ye.
"The palace gate will be opened soon. You guys wait here for His Majesty's summons."
Qin Ye has been an official in the court for a long time. He has always been a fifth-grade camp guard. After many years of experience in officialdom, he naturally knows some rules. Wu Fa nodded and left, and several people started chatting excitedly again.
After a while, the palace door opened and officials, both civil and military, entered in an orderly manner.
After all the civil and military officials entered, the palace door was closed again.
A few people were chatting in front of the palace gate. They waited until morning. Wu Fa muttered: "I knew I wouldn't come so early. It's not too late to come now."
"What are you mumbling about?"
Cai Xiong gave him a kick: "This is outside the palace. Look less and talk less. Don't let trouble come out of your mouth."
Wu was very excited. This is an era without human rights. The boss of heaven, the second boss of earth, and the third boss of emperor. You can’t offend anyone by offending the emperor. Otherwise, you don’t know how you will die. The emperor will slowly arrange for you to die in various ways.
The law can satisfy you.
When the emperor summons his ministers, let alone wait for half a day, even if it takes half a year, you cannot complain.
"Squeak..."
The palace door opened, and a young eunuch holding a whisk in his hand shouted loudly: "Cai Xiong, Zhang Guangzhi, Liu Fangqi, Wu Fa... come to the pilgrimage..."
The rest of the people lowered their heads and followed the young eunuch forward. Wu Fa raised his eyebrows: "The eunuchs on TV all have high-pitched voices and are holding orchids and pointing. This young eunuch can't be
Did you just cut it? The voice is so loud, and it’s tall and big.”
No one gave him the answer, so he could only make random guesses.
After walking for a few minutes, the eunuch stopped and said, "Enter the hall."
Cai Xiong walked in the front, followed by two bosses behind him, followed by Wu Fa and several hundred households, and at the end were Zhao Gouer and Zhang Laoliu. Wu Fa saw others lowering their heads, so he also lowered his head.
.
Anyway, he doesn't understand the rules, so it's always right to follow what others do.
Entering the main hall, there was no other sound except the sound of footsteps.
Wu Fa glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that there were hundreds of civil and military ministers lined up on the left and right. If there was smoke, they would have a sense of déjà vu as Monkey King went to the Lingxiao Palace.
All eyes fell on a few people.
"kneel!"
As I was walking, I felt that before I had taken a few steps into the main hall, a eunuch suddenly reminded me.
Wu Fa followed the others and knelt down. Several people's voices were mixed, some said to see His Majesty, and some shouted long live...it was not neat and orderly.
"Get flat..."
A loud, neutral and peaceful voice makes people feel good just by listening to the voice.
Wu Fa looked up and saw an emperor in his thirties, with a five-strand beard and a bright yellow dragon robe, sitting on a magnificent dragon chair about thirty meters away from him. He was also looking at them curiously.
Yesterday, I saw off the princess and the prince and arrived in front of the palace gate. They went back and were informed that they would come to the palace to have an audience today.
This was the first time Wu Fa saw the emperor, and he was still very curious.
Chapter completed!