Minister

94【Seven years of Jiankang】

After noon, Wei Chi packed his things and prepared to go back to the mansion. When he walked out of the courtyard, the supervisors of the Imperial College had already started their evening reading. Hearing the tone of singing and reading, Wei Chi remembered his appearance when he was a child, so he couldn't help but stand in the corridor After listening for a while.

I was a little forgetful for a while, and when I felt cold, I realized that it was raining lightly.Wei Chi wrapped his clothes and turned around to leave, but saw a man standing in the garden with a flower basket, wearing the black smock that was issued by the Imperial College to do rough work.

"Jijiu, it's raining, can the students come to hide from the rain?" Lin Mao raised the iron fork in his hand.

Wei Chi came back to his senses and said with a smile, "Is the new student going to work today? Let me see what you did?"

Lin Hao didn't wait for Wei Chi to give him an answer, and covered his head with his hands and ran into the corridor: "Pick up leaves, Lord Jijiu, what are you doing with the leaves? Can you eat them?"

Wei Chi deliberately laughed at him, pointing to the scholar in the corridor, then pointing to the basket in his hand: "You don't read well, and you don't work well, tsk..."

Lin Hao said indifferently: "Please don't worry about Jijiu. Although the students are not talented, but you can support Jijiu's sister, Jijiu doesn't need to worry about it."

"You all know?"

"...I know everything!"

"Oh..." Wei Chi snorted, "Brother-in-law, come here."

Lin Mao was so angry that his nose was crooked when he was called brother-in-law by this guy younger than him.But Mr. Lin is also considered a smart person, knowing that this 'Brother Wei' looks pure and good, but in fact he is an out-and-out hooligan.Under all kinds of anger, he had no choice but to follow Wei Chi.

Wei Chi took Lin Mao back to the garden. It was spring rain, wet and winding.Wei Chi pointed to the leaves all over the ground: "It's such a small place, why do you still look like you haven't picked it up after you've been picking it up for half an hour?"

Lin Mao pulled the leaves on the muddy ground with an iron fork: "It's sticky, I can't fork it up."

Wei Chi took the iron fork, and gently picked up a dead leaf on the ground. The leaf was picked up honestly and put into the flower basket as if it had obeyed a military order.

Lin Mao was very surprised, Wei Chi handed him the iron fork: "Wrist needs to be turned!"

Lin Mao imitated it a few times, but to no avail, Wei Chi pressed his hand with his hand, "Don't use too much force." After speaking, he pointed the iron fork at a leaf, flipped it lightly, and the leaf fell into the basket.

Lin Mao felt the warmth of Wei Chi's palm, and suddenly understood why the 'little book boy' looked at him so hotly.

"Master Wei," Lin Mao found some sense, shook off Wei Chi's hand, and asked while picking up the leaves, "Why did you bring my fiancée to see me? Don't you think it's too lenient?"

Wei Chi stood under the tree and watched Lin Mao pick up the leaves: "I have known Geng Yunmei so far, but it has only been two years, but you will spend more than a few decades with her, what are you worried about?"

Lin Mao snorted.

"Like this leaf, it fell last autumn, and it fell when it fell. Didn't it take two seasons for someone to give it a home?" Seeing that Lin Mao was coming to hide from the rain, Wei Chi fanned it loudly. The sleeves drove the muddy guy back into the rain: "Quickly! Don't be lazy!"

Lin Mao pawed at the leaves for a while, and suddenly said seriously: "Snatch my land, rob me of money, rob me of my wealth, I can give it up, but if someone dares to rob my wife, don't blame me for killing me."

"I won't fight with you. The leaves in this yard are all yours." Wei Chi stomped the mud on his feet and walked out of the mud: "Come to me tomorrow to get the copybook, so I can please your future wife. But don't forget I want to invite my brother to dinner, so that my brother won't speak ill of you behind your back, remember?"

Lin Mao ignored Wei Chi, his butt was facing the corridor, and he buried his head and pawed the ground without saying a word.Wei Chi felt that this person was really interesting, so he breathed a sigh of relief, put his cold fingers to his mouth to warm him up, and walked out of the Imperial College with the sound of singing and reading.

After returning to the Imperial Academy, the steward was already waiting in the yard. Seeing Wei Chi come in, he quickly bowed: "Your Excellency, there is no need to rush. It doesn't hurt to move after finding a house."

Wei Chi thanked: "Thank you for your understanding. It's just that this year is sometimes the year of the big exam, and it's a bit tight here. I'll think of something as soon as possible."

"You're welcome, you're welcome." The visitor didn't sit still, took a sip of tea and left.

Wei Chi thought to himself, this is the Qingshui yamen, and even the servants have a scholarly temper.After lamenting Qingshui Yamen, I had to start worrying about my own house. Thanks to Qingshui Yamen's blessing, I have been well-off in the past two years.It is still possible to buy a small house in the capital, but it is unaffordable to buy a slightly better one.Just as I was thinking, someone knocked on the door.

"It's Lord Geng." Yiqing happily entered the door and said.

Geng Bingran put the umbrella under the porch, saluted Wei Chi, pointed to the person beside him and said, "My accountant, I asked him about the house a few days ago, we found a few places to live, but in the end we didn't agree It depends on you."

Geng Bingran was very happy when Wei Chi was promoted. After all, Wei Chi's trip to Monan was arranged by him, and he was also happy to get such a good result in the end.

Wei Chi thanked him and said, "You know my family background, so I won't show off in front of you. The only thing I can get out now is 600 taels. This amount is really not easy to buy."

The old accountant gave a salute: "As an adult, you can't buy a small house casually. According to the villain's consideration, the money should be spent on buying a house. As for the furniture and other things inside, it will not be too late to buy in the future."

Wei Chi nodded.

The accountant went on to say: "If you choose a small house, you have to look for a house with three entrances and three exits. It is not appropriate to choose a lower one. This time, the villain and the master of the villain showed you a few places, and you should listen to the villain carefully." explain."

The accountant asked him about five houses. After explaining the details, almost all of them bought land to build by themselves.Wei Chi felt that this was going on for too long: "Now my official file has been handed over, and the Imperial Academy is a Qingshui yamen. I have been doing favors for a long time, and I will not be able to pass it if I delay it for half a year. What's more, the big exam is coming soon, and the Imperial Academy You also have to think about your own transfer, I'm afraid it won't be easy to accommodate me. Is there any ready-made yard? After tidying up, we should move there as soon as possible."

The accountant thought for a long time before saying: "There is one place, the house is good, the location is good, the price is right...just..."

Wei Chi looked at the accounting room with a difficult tone, so he smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of ghost houses or anything..."

Geng Bingran laughed haha.

The accountant also laughed, and said: "It's not a ghost house, it's the old house of the General Secretary You Maoqing, Lord You."

You Mao was thoroughly investigated when he was young, and the reason for this period is extremely difficult to sort out. It is reasonable to say that this old man, and he also strongly supported him when he was the crown prince, but a dispute over the censor a year ago Inexplicably, Pei Luyun was lifted up, and the honest man and old man You Maoqing was trampled to the ground inexplicably.Even the Nan officials didn't give a single one, they directly dismissed the officials and became ordinary people, and went back to their hometown in Liuxi County.The old man is also in his 60s, and it is estimated that he has been disappointed in the officialdom. He didn't have too much ink, so he packed up his bags and left, but the old house is still there.For those who are officials, this kind of house is somewhat unlucky. The common people and merchants either have no money or no status to buy it, so they are still there in the coming year.

The accountant said: "Although it's not a lot of money, the price is affordable. It was also the year when everyone didn't care about buying a house. After this year, it will be sold very quickly."

Rich people will buy this house, tear it down and rebuild it.The location is good, so it's a good deal to buy.What Geng Bingran was thinking about was not that his official luck was unlucky, but what he was thinking about was avoiding suspicion. After all, they are all officials in the capital, and it is still warm for the elders to go to tea. It is so desolate that a young man will be promoted so soon to take advantage of it. To make people angry.

"Let's go and have a look first." Wei Chi said after thinking for a long time.

You Mansion is in Huiliu Alley, Huiliu Alley is indeed a good place, and there are some government houses in it.Apart from the Geng family, Huangmen Street, where the noble families of the Wang family live, and the west gate of the city, where the princes and royal families live together, are the largest gates on this street.However, now that Wei Chi is a fifth-rank official, he is worthy of this place.

"My lord, please come in." You Fu also left a door, unlocked the door, and led a few people in.

Although Mr. You lost his official position, he is not a master who is short of money. The cheap sale of this house is because he can't swallow his breath, not just to make money.From Menzi's point of view, he is also an official, and he understands a thing or two in his heart. It is absolutely impossible to talk about Xin Gao Cailie.

"Adults, please look, the little one is waiting at the door, the price is like that, if it really means that, then come to the door to find the little one, the land deed and house deed are all in the little one's hands."

Yiqing wanted to reprimand the doorman, Wei Chi held him down, and smiled at the doorman: "Okay, I won't bother you."

Menzi ignored Wei Chi's kindness, saluted, and left coldly.

"How rude!" Yiqing said.

Geng Bingran smiled and said: "If you want to be cheap, you have to suffer a little bit, brother, don't worry too much."

Nothing to say about the house, not even the yard.Moreover, Mr. You was frugal all his life, and he never had three wives or four concubines. The backyard was kept very quiet. Others might think that the backyard was narrow, but Wei Chi was suitable for it.

Geng Bingran joked: "You haven't married yet, so it's enough. You see, it's just so big. If you want to marry ten or eight, it won't fit. You have to count."

Wei Chi smiled and said: "Extremely true, fortunately I don't marry ten or eight."

There are only three courtyards in the inner house, where Mr. You's wife and two concubines lived.Wei Chi thought to himself, she is still too big at such a big age, where can he find that wife and concubine to plug him in?It's a pity that Mr. You's study garden doesn't lack anything, so the two yards can only be left empty after buying.

"How much is this house?"

The accountant carried an abacus and a pen and ink with him, and snapped a few times: "Lin Lin is finally together, it really costs 500 taels of silver, and you can negotiate the price with them..."

"No need..." Wei Chi turned around and asked Geng Bingran, "What do you think?"

Geng Bingran said: "... If you want to say it's a good deal, it's nothing to say, the house is ready-made, and it will be fast... But I think you should write a letter to Mr. You first, that's the best."

Wei Chi thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "It's a courtesy." He turned his head and said to the cashier: "I see there is a jug on the door seat, please get some good wine and chat with him, as long as his master arrives There is no other meaning in time, I want this house." After saying that, he took two strings of copper coins to the accountant.

The accountant hurriedly said: "How can you get so much! Even five people will be drunk to death!"

Wei Chi smiled and said, "The rest will be your hard work."

"No way, no way! My lord is a friend of the villain's lord, how can a villain accept money from my lord!" After finishing speaking, he was about to hand it over to Wei Chi.

Geng Bingran said: "Since Master Wei gave it to you, you can accept it."

Only then did the accountant thank Wei Chi, took the money and returned it.

Wei Chi and Geng Bingran were the only two left in the deserted garden. Wei Chi looked at the dilapidated flowers and trees and sighed: "Everyone says being an official is noble and a businessman is cheap, but the official has lost his fortune and the businessman has lost money." It makes no difference."

Geng Bingran knocked on the stone railing next to him: "Look, although this courtyard is not magnificent, a lot of thought has gone into its elegance. Mr. You is willing to be rich and noble, and he must have understood this when he walked away in the breeze. Official..."

of what?Wei Chi lay on the stone railing and looked at the dry bottom of the pool: "We still have to clean up before we can move in."

"Don't worry about that, I'll send someone to do it."

"You're busy too. Yunmei's marriage will be arranged in the next year, right?"

Geng Bingran suddenly smiled wryly: "I don't know, the little girl cried and said that she didn't want to get married."

Wei Chi's smile froze on his face, he didn't know what to say, so he had to look back at the yard again, although there was no water in the pool, there were flowers on the trees, and there was no one in the yard.

Wei Chi wrote a letter to You Maoqing according to Geng Bingran's suggestion, and his words were reserved and respectful.At the same time, he also sent a letter to the King of Yan, which roughly talked about the recent gossip, and finally mentioned that he had already taken a fancy to the house, and whose house it was.

King Yan didn't want to show the letter to Mr. Dai, but it was a pity that Dai Tongyan was aware of the details and grabbed the handle.Then Master Dai seriously asked about Chen Ang's attitude, and Chen Ang hummed.

"He is not the prince's son. The prince has no need to protect him. He is willing to write to the prince to say that this is... the meaning that he will not get off the boat of Prince Yan's mansion. He has not forgotten the favors that the prince has given him over the years. The prince does not have to I can't bear it... What's more, the palace doesn't have much power now, the prince shouldn't be generous even if he wants to be generous, even if he doesn't think about anything, he should consider the forbearance he has endured for so many years. These... I don't say anything, the prince should understand. It's just !" Dai Tongjin slowly folded up the letter paper in his hand: "My lord has always acted rationally, so why can't it work when we come to Wei Chi?"

"He just wants to be a good official." Chen Ang shook his head: "We don't have to squeeze him dry, and his official position is also small, can the Yan Palace be close to him instead?"

Dai Tongjin stuffed the folded letter paper back into Chen Ang's hand: "My lord, if I die, I can exchange it for my lord, will my lord change it?"

"This……"

"If Wei Chi has to die in order to return to the lord, will the lord change?"

"This……"

"My lord always thought that I had a gap with Lord Wei in private, so I couldn't tolerate him everywhere. He claimed to be the person who understood him best, but he didn't understand him after all. If I was going to die, I wouldn't hesitate for a moment, and neither would lord Wei. After hesitating for a moment, we will definitely change back to the prince. This is what a courtier would do. In fact, you are the one who doesn’t understand him the most. Therefore, if the prince really values ​​him so much, then you must use him. As for whether he is worth your use, that is another matter."

The next day, the inner court sent a booklet, or a letter, which sincerely talked about Wei Chi's difficulties, and finally asked King Yan to help Wei Chi manage the mansion.Even if the emperor didn't like Wei Chi, he would start to sympathize with Wei Chi, and he suddenly had the urge to throw this 'thing' directly into the spittoon.The cabinet actually received a similar letter, but the words were serious, not as affectionate as the one read by the emperor.A group of old men in the cabinet suddenly fell silent, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were also disgusted.

The censor must have not moved yet, and the cabinet unexpectedly received Wei Chi's letter from Wei Chi himself. When he saw the content, the court was shocked, but Wei Chi agreed. All of a sudden, the entire Chen family was patted.It is estimated that after so many years since the reign, he has never received such a eulogy, the emperor immediately threw away the memorial, and laughed secretly on the desk for a long time.

In the end, the emperor agreed, and there was a lot of discussion in the court, but it was not a big deal after all, it was Wei Chi's scandal at most.

What he really needs to worry about is... Wang Yunyi.

After the emperor was happy, he still had to clean up his mood and get down to business.

In the end, whether everyone wanted it or not, Wang Jiajun returned to Beijing at the end of March.Wei Chi originally thought that the emperor would discuss the matter of Monan with Wang Yunyi fiercely, but he did not expect that the whole court would be full of praise. The people who jumped up and roared during the battle of Fengyi seemed to have disappeared all at once, as if they had never been there before. It doesn't exist.

While Wei Chi was busy with his mansion, he was silently amazed at how quickly the officialdom changed.

Wang Yunyi didn't get too entangled in the matter of whether to deliver the food or not, but went to the palace to find the emperor and cried hard, saying that he was going to retire.Of course the emperor did not dare to agree, and he could only appease the Wang family after appeasement.Pei Luyun, the former celebrity, also lost his temper, and always lowered his head every time he went up, and the people who surrounded him in the past were also a little weaker.

People often say, eventful autumn, this spring only comes, autumn is still far away, but things don't pick one season after another.

Wang Yunyi's heel of returning to the mansion has not yet been firmly established, and April has not yet begun, and a sad news suddenly came out from the inner palace - Queen Wang had a miscarriage.

Miscarriage when you are about to give birth?This matter is really unclear, the inner palace only said that the queen fell ill, and the emperor was also very sad.Not only did the Wang family feel distressed, but they also worried a lot.

Wei Chi has been promoted to an official, but she is still far away from the affairs of the inner circle of the officialdom. She is not a censor, and she can only see the back of other people's necks when she stands on tiptoe.What's more, the mess of Guozijian is enough for her to be tired. Thinking of the relationship between herself and General Wang, she feels that she needs to add some sympathy to the matter of Queen Wang, but also thinks that the Wang family is back, and the emperor may not have the time to toss Yan The king is gone, and I feel a little ecstatic in my heart.Under the mixed flavors, every day is very tiring.

The three parties in the Imperial College were entangled, teachers were unknown, and cheating in assessments was prevalent. Wei Chi still had a lot of things to get rid of. Geng Bingran was so busy worrying about his sister's marriage during this period that he was so busy that he didn't come to visit for half a month.Wei Chi lamented that it was fortunate that Chen Ang took care of all the affairs of his mansion, otherwise he would not be able to handle it even if he was separated.As for the memorandum, Wei Chi guessed that it must be Master Dai's idea, and Chen Ang's disgusting writing can be regarded as a disturbance in the emperor's heart, and he will try his best to protect himself at the end.Sighing, Wei Chi turned on the oil lamp again, put aside all these distracting thoughts, and take care of the Imperial College in his hand for the time being.

After Wei Chi took office, he issued an order in a lukewarm manner. At first, everyone didn't care, but after a few days, they all complained.Wei Jijiu didn't care about the three parties or several parties at all, he just ordered that from now on, all students except junior college students should take credits.Starting from this school year, there will be five exams per month, six subjects in each exam, and scores will be recorded for each exam. Those who do not score enough in the end will definitely not be released from prison!Every test in the first month, starting from the second month, after the first test, most of the people failed, and now they lost a lot of points. It's coming again, another six subjects!What faction are the students still caring about at the moment?I have been reading all day and night...

The students are tired and the teachers are tired too. They spend all day in the Imperial College teaching, grading papers and writing questions, and there are no small holidays.To be honest, of course, is to bury your head in your work. Back then, those who were living with party struggles started to make trouble secretly. The Imperial College is different from the Imperial Academy. Fake subsidies, from time to time, I will not come on leave.If there are too many people asking for leave, the work will be tiring, and those who are fighting for the party are also thinking about it——Don't you, Wei Chi, want to take an exam?If we don't come, let's see who writes the questions and approves the test papers?If this matter is delayed... Hmph, no matter how good your idea is, if it doesn't work, it can only be discarded.

Wei Chi had expected this, but unfortunately there is a saying that goes well: If you don't have diamonds, you can't do porcelain work.

The title of the top three Jinshi is not in vain.Masters are on leave?Can!Wei Jijiu really did all the leftover work by himself!When the person on leave came back, the batch of good papers and questions had already been piled up and placed on the desk.

Ever since, the Guozijian was calm on the surface, but inside it was different from previous years.

Feng Lin, Wei Chi's classmate, he didn't talk much, but he knew it was time to help him, so he sent an invitation to the courtyard. There were few cliques in the Imperial Academy, and the scholars knew that Wei Chi was going. It was to clear the venue, so Feng Lin tacitly agreed to lead a few editors to help the Imperial Academy in the name of the Hanlin Academy.Anyway, the big exam is coming, and the Imperial Academy and the Imperial Academy will be regarded as one family at that time, so it is reasonable to help at this moment.

The people from Guozijian never expected that Wei Chi would not be dragged down, and even students like Feng Lin were brought in.Afterwards, every time someone asked for leave, people from the Imperial Academy came to take over as substitute teachers. These intellectuals were obviously much more professional than those who mixed with the party, half for their own points, and half because the teacher was correct, and the students gradually became less impetuous and began to get up. A serious mind to study.

Wei Chi was relieved now, and he was able to sleep almost before the third watch every day.

Finally, it was the half-month festival, and the Imperial College was able to take a day and a half off. Wei Chi pressed his forehead, ready to take a good rest: "Yiqing, don't go to see the house today, you also have a rest."

Yiqing smiled and said, "When will the villain go home? Let's forget about it for a day and a half."

Wei Chi ignored him and drove him home with a smile.After driving away Yiqing, Wei Chi was also planning to pack his things and go back to the Imperial Academy to rest. When he went out, he happened to see those students packing their things and going home.Hei Zhugan was talking with Yan Peiwei on the porch, the bundle in Hei Zhugan's hands was not as noble as Yan Peiwei's, it was just a rough and dry bag like him.

"What? Discussing where to go?" Wei Chi walked over to say hello.

The students around saluted one after another, and Hei Zhugan and Yan Peiwei also saluted and replied: "Students are going to go out for an outing outside the city."

Yan Peiwei pointed to the black bamboo pole and said: "Brother Wei's mother and wife just came to the capital, and the students are the hosts, so they should lead them to see the beautiful scenery of the capital."

Wei Chi nodded and said with a smile: "These exams are not bad." She remembered that this Yan Peiwei got first place once.

Hei Zhugan smiled ashamedly and said, "The student didn't do well in the exam."

Seeing that his tone of voice was really convinced, Wei Chi said, "Don't you hate me for being the one who came up with the idea after exhausting you from the exam?"

Hei Zhugan hurriedly said: "Sacrificing wine means you hate the students. Naturally, you come to the Imperial College to study. As long as there are books to read in the place where you study, the students will be convinced."

"You're right, the place where you study is where you should study. As for other things, you don't have to worry about it, as long as you study hard." Wei Chi raised his head and said to everyone: "Of course, go and have fun during the holidays." , Don’t worry about the exam, haha.”

The students around him also laughed. If they said they hated this person, they hated him at first. After all, everyone was so tired after he came, but after working with him, they found that he was very serious in teaching and had no airs in his words. There were more than 800 people in the prison. He knew the names of all the supervisors. May I ask which sacrificial wine could care so much about the students before?After going back and forth, I complained a lot less, and my mouth didn't let go, but I only had admiration in my heart.

Wei Chi bid farewell to the students, rode his horse back, and heard a familiar voice yelling before he entered the yard.

"My lord, you are back! Who do you think is here?" Before Chen Hu finished speaking, a big man jumped out of the room: "Hey! Mr. Wei, do you still remember the wish we made to you in Fengyi? Then But it counts?"

Wei Chi took a look, who is this Tang He?

"And me." A tall man came out.

"Xu Lang??"

The author has something to say: Do you still remember Brother Tang's wish? ...