At dusk, Zhao Yanping walked out of Dali Temple. It was already dark and the cold wind was howling, making people's skin tight.

There is a place outside the imperial city that specializes in storing carriages and horses for commuting officials. The Zhao family's life is getting better and better. Jiao feels sorry for Zhao Yanping's hard work and raises an extra horse in the stable, one for home to pull a carriage, and the other for Zhao Yanping to and from Dali Temple. Jiao also wants Zhao Yanping to take a carriage, but Zhao Yanping doesn't want it. He rides his own horse back and forth unless it rains.

The little official who led the horse had a flexible head and had a good memory. He recognized Zhao Yanping, so he ran into it quickly and led the horse to Zhao Yanping.

Zhao Yanping was in a good mood and rewarded him with two bronze coins.

The clerk led the horse was stunned. What kind of happy event could make the stingy Lord Zhao willing to reward him with copper coins?

Zhao Yanping ignored the clerk who led the horse. The wind was cold, and his chest was hot, and he rode his horse straight to his house. The capital was not allowed to run wildly. Zhao Yanping, an alley with few people, urged the horse to go quickly. When there were too many people, he slowed down to avoid hitting passers-by. He rushed back to Lion Lane and the sky was still dark.

This is how winter is, the day is very short.

"The official is back!"

Guo Xing had been waiting in front of the door early in the morning. Hearing the sound of horse hooves, he immediately shouted.

Jiao, Liu, Meng Zhao, and Chu Jin were all waiting for him in the hall. Liu didn't feel hungry, but was afraid that her two-body daughter-in-law and two long-sized children were urging Jiao Niang to eat first. Hearing Guo Xing's shouts, the whole family laughed. Jiao gave Cui Niang a wink, and Cui Niang went to the kitchen to prepare.

Zhao Yanping was very hiding. After dinner, the children left, and then he told his mother and wife alone about the emperor's house.

Gillian only heard "one thousand taels"!

How big a house should I buy? A Jiao has carefully calculated that the four-entry house is enough for her own house, so it is a luxury to buy a five-entry house. In a pretty good location like Lion Alley, spending five-entry taels can buy a very pleasant four-entry house, and adding one or two hundred taels can you win the five-entry house.

The highest price Gillian set for herself was 700 taels.

Although she has more than 1,000 taels of silver in her hand, the more than 1,000 taels were saved by the couple in eight years. For eight years, Zhao Yanping spent it in one breath?

This is not five cents of rouge, two taels of silver tea or even eight taels of silver belly, that is one thousand taels of silver!

Gillian didn't know what to say, and looked at Zhao Yanping like a stranger. Why didn't she know that her man had the ambition to live in a 1,000-liang mansion?

Gillian's attitude was quite stable. Liu directly held the armrest of the chair and looked at her son in disbelief.

One thousand taels, do you have one thousand taels in your own home?

Liu did not have a housekeeper, and she had never thought about how much her daughter-in-law's embroidery shop had saved over the years, and she was completely shocked by her son's heroic spirit. Not to mention that the one who got up halfway through her family was her second husband, Mr. Shen, who was born to enjoy wealth, did not dare to buy a house worth a thousand taels at once. He was very satisfied with living in a large yard in the countryside.

"Yanping, do we have a thousand taels in our family? Do you dare to ask for the emperor's house?" Seeing that his daughter-in-law was also stunned, Liu said in a sweaty voice, "It's because the emperor is tight, so he deliberately wants to sell the house for his son at a high price. Although his son doesn't want to buy it, he dares not go against the will of the holy people, right?"

Zhao Yan glanced at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, smiled and said, "The Emperor has already approved me to ask you for the fourth-rank imperial edict. Each newly-secret lady of the imperial edict can receive a salary of the same rank officials a year when she is granted. You are one hundred and forty-four taels per person, and together they are three hundred taels."

Hearing this, Gillian put away the murderous aura in her eyes.

Fortunately, Zhao Yanping gave her another 300 tael, otherwise she would have to take out all her money, she would have fought with him!

"Our family is more than enough to live in a five-cent house, but it is not enough to use a five-cent house. Where is the house sold by the emperor?"

Reason came back, and Gillian began to inquire.

Zhao Yanping said: "The emperor didn't mention it, and I don't know, but the emperor must have greeted the Ministry of Revenue. When I took the money to hand over, I received the key to the house deed. Let's go over and take a look together."

Liu whispered: "Isn't the emperor going to cheat us?"

Zhao Yanping laughed: "Mom is worried. Although the court has been fighting for wars in the past three years, I have not heard that the treasury is tight, so the emperor will not come to cheat us on the silver. In my opinion, the emperor probably heard that we have not chosen a suitable house and deliberately took care of us. The emperor is definitely not a stingy person. He said that the silver is worth a thousand taels, but it may actually be worth more."

Since the emperor wants to take care of his ministers, how could he be too stingy to take care of him?

Liu was puzzled: "Some officials in Beijing can't afford to buy houses. At least our family has money to change to a big house. Why did the emperor suddenly take care of you?"

When my son rented a house, he didn't see the emperor taking care of him.

Gillian guessed a few points and said with a smile: "Mom, the emperor treats his ministers just like I treat the mates in the shop. If any errand is done well, I will be willing to give her more wages. If the errand is not done well or ordinary, I will give her as much wages as I should, and I will not give her more rewards. The official has solved so many cases over the years and is fair and strict. The emperor sees it, so he makes an exception to reward him."

Mrs. Liu looked at her son.

Zhao Yanping nodded, it was almost the same.

The house was settled. No matter whether it was taking advantage of the emperor or being cheated by the emperor, the whole family was looking forward to seeing the house quickly. That night, Ajiao took out all the silver coins that the couple had saved for eight years, adding up the silver notes and silver, and put the integers of 1,000 taels into a box.

Jiao thought to herself, if Zhao Yanping, a young minister in Dali Temple, lost his own money, it would be a big joke.

"Hold it carefully!"

When he sent Zhao Yanping out the next day, Gillian almost gritted her teeth and said authentically.

Zhao Yanping wanted to laugh when he saw her like this.

He took the box to Dali Temple, put the box into his desk drawer, and locked it. It was only then that Zhao Yanping carried the box to the Ministry of Revenue to hand over it.

There is a Master Bao in the Ministry of Revenue who is responsible for the house deeds confiscated by the imperial court. The emperor had already greeted him yesterday. Now when he saw Zhao Yanping, Master Bao was so envious and jealous that his eyes turned red. When Zhao Yanping looked at Master Bao's eyes, he knew that Emperor Chunqing would definitely not be able to sell his house. He was happy, but his face was faint.

He was serious and did not ask anything. Lord Bao did not dare to get close to him. He only told Zhao Yanping what the house was, and told Zhao Yanping by the way: "The emperor said that all the utensils in the house were also rewarded to the adults, and asked the adults to practice their calligraphy well and not to insult the elegance of the owner in front of the house."

Zhao Yanping thought to himself, since the former owner of the house is so elegant and beautiful, why has his home been searched?

"I am obeying the imperial edict." Zhao Yanping respectfully bowed to the direction of the imperial study.

After the handover, Zhao Yanping took the documents of selling houses with Emperor Chunqing who had built the jade seal, and returned to the Dali Temple official office.

When he returned home in the evening, he learned that the new imperial enthronement of Ajiao and Liu had been awarded. Like last time, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law received the court robbery of the fourth-rank madam and a total of 288 taels of silver. Buying a new house made Ajiao take out all the money. Liu smiled and handed over his reward to his daughter-in-law. Ajiao shook her and red faced her acceptance.

I can go to see the house tomorrow. At night, Gillian was so excited that she couldn't sleep, so she pestered Zhao Yanping to talk to her.

Zhao Yanping introduced her to the former boss of the house, all of which he inquired with his friends.

The former owner of the house was an old Hanlin, with the surname Fang. He once told Emperor Chunqing that Fang Lao Hanlin was born in Jiangnan and had talent. He had two great preferences in his life: studying and building a house. Fang Lao Hanlin had an ancestral family background. After entering Beijing to become an official, Fang Lao Hanlin bought two adjacent five-enterprise houses in the north of the imperial city, one five-enterprise house for his family to live in, and the other Fang Lao Hanlin asked someone to flatten it. He designed it himself and revised it for more than ten years, and finally built a garden that satisfies him, named Nanyuan.

As the name suggests, Nanyuan imitates the layout and construction of Jiangnan gardens, pavilions, rockery, flowing water, bamboo forests, flowers and plants. Although the garden is small, it gathers the essence of Jiangnan gardens and is quiet and elegant. Any guests who have been to Nanyuan are envious and do not want to come out if they step in.

While Fang Lao Hanlin was studying and preaching in the Hanlin Academy, he enjoyed his garden. He didn't want to be a big official, but he just liked the collection of books in the Hanlin Academy and loved the envy of the guests. At that time, the capital was more powerful and wealthy than him, and he didn't have the exquisiteness of his garden. He wanted to learn from the elegant officials as he had no money!

Emperor Chunqing also went to Fang Lao Hanlin's Nanyuan and liked it very much. Therefore, when Fang Lao Hanlin secretly leaked the spring exam questions to the children of a family because he was coveting a famous painting. Although Emperor Chunqing cut off Fang Lao Hanlin's head and confiscated Fang Lao Hanlin's wealth, he never rewarded Fang Lao Hanlin's house to others. He also left two craftsmen who cooked Nanyuan, so that they could do their best to maintain Nanyuan and not desolate the scenery of Nanyuan.

Gillian became more and more excited as she heard it. She sat up and said, "Not mentioning how beautiful the garden is. Jixiang Hutong is so close to the imperial city. All the people living around are high-ranking officials. An ordinary five-entry house in the alley may cost more than a thousand taels. A square house is equivalent to two five-entry houses. The emperor only needs the price of one house. This is too generous, right?"

There are also various utensils in Fang’s house. Fang Lao Hanlin is so rich and so particular, so the things inside must be good. If they are really left in the house, they will be more than two thousand taels in a whole set.

Gillian was about to be knocked out by this huge stuffed cake.

Zhao Yanping fainted for a while when he first found out, and then he thought it through: "Old Fang Hanlin is not greedy for power or money, but he lost his head because of his greed for a calligraphy painting. The emperor regarded the important Dali Temple, and his mentor resigned from office back then, but the emperor still invited his mentor back for justice. Now the emperor gave me Fang Hanlin to me, which is both a kindness and a warning. He asked me to learn from Old Fang Hanlin and not go astray for the sake of his greed."

This sentence was like a cool stream, pouring into Jiao's dizzy mind.

Yes, Zhao Yanping was well-off, so the emperor was happy to give him a big house and live in a good house. One day Zhao Yanping dereliction of duty, and the emperor did not take over the house. It was just a matter of one sentence. Although Zhao Yanping paid 1,000 taels of money to buy a house, he also got the deed, but whether he could live in this house for a long time depends on Zhao Yanping, whether the descendants of the Zhao family were capable and loyal enough.

"You must not be greedy." Gillian took Zhao Yanping's hand and said seriously, "It is not easy for us to have today. The emperor rewarded us with such a good house. Your salary and my income is enough to make our family live a comfortable life. You can handle the case well, don't be greedy for power or money. If someone uses beauty to lure you, if you really want it, tell me, I will buy you a beautiful maid. In short, you are not allowed to go out to greed and commit the crime of raiding the house and beheading the head."

Zhao Yanping looked at her for a moment and suddenly asked, "Why aren't you worried that I'm greedy for calligraphy and painting?"

Jiao was stunned for a moment, then she realized that Zhao Yanping was teasing herself, and twisted him: "I'm telling you seriously!"

He is also greedy for calligraphy and painting. Even his little ink, Meng Zhao's calligraphy is better than him!

Gillian's hands were quite strong. Zhao Yanping took a breath, sat up, hugged her and said, "Don't worry, I'm not greedy for anything, I'm only greedy for you."

He lived in his thirties and was eager to greed for two people, one was his sister and the other was Ah Gillian.

My sister has been found, Gillian is by my side, and nothing can make him go against his conscience to be a corrupt official.
Chapter completed!