Traveling through books: Traveling through time with a golden finger to become a soft rice man

Yang Yuanzu and several officials from the Ministry of Works rushed to the toilet at the same time. Official Shi took the lead and said, "I am the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works. Logically, I should go first!" Upon hearing this, the subordinates had no choice but to give up their seats.

Yang Yuanzu stayed behind and competed for a position with three other doctors. Everyone had the same official rank and no one gave in to the other.

"We all have the same official rank, but different seniority!" In terms of seniority, Yang Yuanzu was ranked last.

This was intolerable - Yang Yuanzu ran to the neighboring agricultural company to grab the toilet.

The outhouse of the Agricultural Department was occupied by Lord Li. Yang Yuanzu was knocking on the door outside as if to scare a soul. When the man came out, he looked at Yang Yuanzu with a pale face. Yang Yuanzu didn't have the time to pay attention to him and rushed into the outhouse.

"It stinks, Brother Li, what did you eat this morning?"

Lord Li endured it for a few seconds, and finally couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "Yang Yuanzu, get out of here and go back to the Ministry of Industry. Do you remember that you have been transferred away? You come to the Agriculture Department every day, whether you have something to do or not. If you like the Agriculture Department so much, just transfer back!"

"If I am transferred back, I will be demoted, and my salary will be reduced by 20 taels. Only a fool would transfer!"

"I'll be a fool if I talk to you again!" Lord Li kicked the toilet door and left angrily.

When Yang Yuanzu finished dealing with the most important things in his life and was returning, he saw a strange eunuch coming to the door, carrying a food box and looking around for someone.

When Yang Yuanzu passed by, he kindly asked, "Who are you looking for?"

The young eunuch bowed and replied, "I am looking for Mr. Yang, the doctor of the Ministry of Works."

Seeing the other party carrying a food box, Yang Yuanzu thought that the other party must be bringing food to him, so he admitted that he was Yang Yuanzu. Upon hearing this, the young eunuch handed over the food box and said, "Master Yang, this is your lunch, which was brought by a man named Lin at the palace gate."

"I understand, please step back!"

The young eunuch did not retreat, and looked conflicted, as if he had something to say but was not sure how to start. Seeing this, Yang Yuanzu asked, "Didn't that husband give you any reward?"

The young eunuch waved his hands repeatedly and explained: "Yes, I gave it as a reward."

"What's the matter?"

The young eunuch saw that Yang Yuanzu was handsome and kind, so he asked tentatively, "Sir, were you the agricultural official in the Ministry of Revenue?"

Yang Yuanzu nodded.

The young eunuch suddenly knelt down, which scared Yang Yuanzu so much that he almost dropped the food box in his hand.

The young eunuch knelt down and said, "I was entrusted by someone, please don't blame me!"

Then he asked, "Do you still remember Xiao Fuzi and Xiao Lezi?"

Yang Yuanzu nodded. He had asked them both before, but they both said they didn’t know and they never paid attention to these little people.

"Now these two have been sent to clean toilets in the harem. Sir Yang, please ask Sir Shi to transfer them back to their previous positions. They promise to keep everything a secret and not tell anyone."

"What happened between them?" What kind of conflict could happen between a fourth-rank minister and two little eunuchs?

The young eunuch shook his head and said, "I don't know. If I knew, I would be sent to clean the toilet in the harem."

Cleaning toilets is a dirty and smelly job, and there is no reward for it, so no one in the palace is willing to do it.

The job of cleaning toilets is usually done by the lowest-ranking criminal slaves in the palace, who usually commit various mistakes and offend their masters.

How could he help without knowing the whole story? However, he now knew the whereabouts of the two young eunuchs, so he planned to find out the truth first.

Foreign officials could not go to the harem, and it was difficult to ask someone to deliver things, unless there was a legitimate reason, such as a concubine's brother who was a minister sending some things from home to her sister.

But difficulty does not mean impossibility. Yang Yuanzu wrote a letter asking for the young eunuch to deliver it. The young eunuch looked at the letter with a distressed look on his face and asked, "My lord, Xiao Fuzi and Xiao Fuzi are illiterate. My lord, this letter can be seen by others. Then they can ask someone who can read to read it out."

"Forget it." Asking others means that one more person may know the secret. Yang Yuanzu took the letter back and took out five taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to the other party: "I don't know what happened to them. I can only help a little to the best of my ability. Giving them this silver will make their life in there a little better."

Xiao Fuzi and the other two had been working in the palace for many years and were mentally prepared to be rejected. After all, they and Lord Yang were just casual acquaintances and their statuses were very different. If they really couldn't find anyone to help them, they wouldn't have come to Yang Yuanzu.

Although he couldn't deliver the message, he could still send a verbal message. Yang Yuanzu explained the reason why he couldn't help, just like he was treating a friend, and asked the young eunuch to take it back.

"This Lord Yang is really different." After Xiao Lezi finished speaking, he saw Xiao Fuzi looking at him and continued, "On the one hand, he gave us five taels of silver to send us away, and on the other hand, he gave us a serious explanation." Five taels of silver was something they could earn by running errands for a few days before, and it was not considered much.

Xiao Fuzi said, "You don't know that Lord Yang doesn't have much money. It's very good that he can give me these five taels!"

"He is a fifth-rank official, how can he be short of money with a salary of 100 taels?"

Xiao Fuzi leaned forward and whispered with a gossipy look on her face, "Mr. Yang hands over his salary to his husband every month, and only keeps nine taels for daily expenses. Sometimes he is even more short of money than us!" Xiao Fuzi suddenly remembered something and smiled, and said, "I still remember the first time I met Mr. Yang, he couldn't give me the reward for running errands, so he actually borrowed money from his colleagues on the spot, and the amount he borrowed was half a tael. You didn't see the expression on the face of the person who borrowed the money, it was so funny."

"Hey! What are you two doing squatting together and laughing instead of working?" The toilet supervisor said as he picked up a feather duster and came over. Xiao Fuzi smiled and greeted him, stuffing two taels of silver into the supervisor's hand. "My brother and I are new here, so I hope the supervisor will take good care of us."

The supervisor was delighted to receive the money, and he gave the two of them fewer toilets than others. He liked people who knew how to handle current affairs.

A few days later, the execution of the rebel faction came down. Yang Yuanzu heard that several main offenders were sentenced to death with nine generations of their clan according to the laws of Daning, and other accomplices were punished according to their crimes. Several of Yang Yuanzu's classmates had their property confiscated, but they retained their official positions.

The family property can be earned again if lost, not to mention that several people can be reinstated, which can be considered a pleasant surprise. Yang Yuanzu was ready to congratulate them, but when he went to court the next day, he heard the news that several people were promoted.

Yang Yuanzu:......

It turned out that these people had long ago turned to the light and followed the Sixth Prince. He was the only one who was kept in the dark. He was still lamenting that the Third Prince and the Eighth Prince were weak and that their decades of business were ruined in just three or four months, which was faster than the bankruptcy of a business.