Celebrating the Year of the Fish: A Princess is Not a Concubine[GL]

[one twenty]

Meng Changru sighed deeply after hearing Emperor Tianshun's words.

Now that the national treasury is empty, Emperor Tianshun already knew it, and he also knew that if he wanted to take out the relief money, he would have to borrow it from the wealthy households in Beijing, and he did not expect to ask the Zhou family to get the money, because in this way, Wei Huanian It became his move. With Wei Huanian's relationship, even if the Zhou family refused to do so, they had to do so.

While he was in a daze, he heard Emperor Tianshun say again: "I will send appropriate people to the Ministry of Industry, and this matter must not be delayed any longer. Also, I intend to send an imperial envoy to secretly investigate the corruption that has been exposed at this time. Is there any suitable candidate for Prime Minister Meng?"

Meng Changru was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Your Majesty's words are very true, but if the imperial court sends imperial envoys there with great fanfare, I'm afraid they won't be able to find anything."

Emperor Tianshun nodded, pondered for a while, and said: "So this person must catch them by surprise."

Meng Changru said: "Yes, it's better to be a face."

Emperor Tianshun narrowed his eyes and smiled, and asked, "Does Xiang Meng have a suitable candidate?"

Meng Changru replied: "My minister thinks that Lu Yao, the secretary of the Central Committee, is suitable. First, he is originally from Lingnan and is familiar with every plant and tree there. Second, this person is the son of Lu Xunnian, a wealthy merchant in Lingnan. If he comes If you come forward, you will definitely be able to find out some things that others can't find out, maybe."

Emperor Tianshun frowned, shook his head, and said, "I don't think Lu Yao is a man of the city. It would be wrong for him to go."

Meng Changru hurriedly confessed: "Yes, the old minister is confused." Then he asked: "Then your Majesty, who do you think is suitable for this imperial envoy?"

Emperor Tianshun smiled: "I do have a candidate, but...let me think for two more days before making a decision."

Meng Changru hurriedly said, "Yes, I understand."

Emperor Tianshun said: "As for the disaster relief money, let Prime Minister Meng come forward. Go to the Zhou family to borrow money first, and then go elsewhere. I will send someone to hand over the roster to you. Remember, the more the better."

After Meng Changru received the decree, he wanted to kneel down.

When he came out of the imperial study, he saw Yuan Tianfang, the national teacher, guarding the door, talking to the little boy beside him. Seeing him coming out, the two looked as usual.

The chief eunuch, Jiang Youde, also followed out at this time, and said to Yuan Tianfang: "Master of the State Teacher, Long Live Lord called you in."

Yuan Tianfang took the bottles and cans from the little boy, smiled with the corner of his mouth bent, and walked in.

Meng Changru took a few steps forward, and then looked back. The door of the imperial study room was closed, and Jiang Youde was also left outside.

Ever since His Majesty was seriously ill that day and Yuan Tianfang appeared in the palace, he had a faint premonition that this person's appearance was obviously not a coincidence, and Emperor Tianshun's illness at that time was also very strange.

Emperor Tianshun was in a coma that day, and all the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital were helpless. Emperor Tianshun was all normal, but he just couldn't wake up.And after Yuan Tianfang appeared, Emperor Tianshun recovered immediately, how could this matter be so simple?

Moreover, Yuan Tianfang was from the Western Regions, and he was regarded as the Imperial Teacher of the Great Jin Dynasty at a young age, with a respected status.

A few years ago, Emperor Tianshun personally conquered the Western Regions. All tribes and people in the Western Regions surrendered, but they were beaten and surrendered. If Yuan Tianfang had a different intention, what would happen then?

Thinking of this, he turned around and came back again, and asked Jiang Youde: "Eunuch Jiang, how is Your Majesty doing these days?"

Jiang Youde was taken aback for a moment, wondering why the old prime minister suddenly asked this.Jiang Youde said with a smile: "Going back to the old man, Your Majesty was in poor health a few days ago, but he has taken the miraculous medicine of Master Guoshi for the past few days, and he has recovered."

Meng Changru's expression turned serious, he took a deep look at the closed wooden door, and turned around to leave.

Jiang Youde looked at his leaving back, sneered, and then returned to normal.

When Zhou Jinyu came out of the palace, she was about to go to the official department. It took about half a quarter of an hour to walk from the main gate of the palace to the sixth department of the imperial city. She was going to work on the first day, and she was afraid that she would be late, so she walked all the way quickly.

After arriving at the Ministry of Officials, a young official led her into a room, pointed at a pile of paperwork on the table and said with a smile: "Master Consort, it's a coincidence that you came this time, Master Shangshu said that we will take all these After sorting it out, the few of us are very busy, and you can help us share one or two when you come."

Zhou Jinyu smiled and said, "But according to your lord's orders."

The man saw that Zhou Jinyu was very polite and didn't have any airs of concubine, so he secretly grew fond of her, and said: "Master concubine, my name is Luo Siqi, this is Zhao Jun, this is Ma Xun, both from The title of servant."

After Luo Siqi finished speaking, the two young officials sitting at the table stood up and saluted her. Zhou Jinyu returned the salute and sat down on a chair.

Including her, there are four people in the room. Zhou Jinyu wanted to gossip with them, but they only taught her how to handle the paperwork. After they finished speaking, they all lowered their heads and went about their own business, so she started He got busy with the paperwork on the table.

He was busy until noon, and it was time for dinner. Luo Siqi stretched his waist, finally raised his head, looked at Zhou Jinyu with a smile and said, "Master Consort, the first time you came back to our official department. I want to see Master Shang Shu first, but Master Shang Shu is unwell today and asked for leave, so it’s not too late to see you tomorrow.”

Zhou Jinyu said: "So that's the case. I was still thinking about why the lord who invited me in didn't take me to greet Lord Shangshu first. I don't want Lord Shangshu to be unwell. Is he okay?"

Luo Siqi replied: "Master Shangshu is getting old, his waist is not good, it is also an old problem."

After lunch, when everyone was taking a nap after the meal, Zhou Jinyu went out and walked around the courtyard of the Ministry of Officials.

At this time, the weather has gradually turned hot, and the sun is shining at noon. From time to time, birdsong is heard from the trees, and there are mottled tree shadows under the feet.

"My son-in-law, it's really you."

Standing under the tree, Zhou Jinyu raised his head when he heard the sound, and saw Xiaoguo's uncle Su Qian, crossing his arms and looking at her with a smile.

Su Qian is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and her official rank is one level higher than her, so she bowed her hands and saluted: "Humble rank Zhou Jinyu, I pay my respects to Mr. Su."

Su Qian waved his hand casually, accepted her gift, but said with a smile: "Excuse me, I can't afford the great gift of being a son-in-law. You and I are both relatives of the emperor. If you count it like this, I can also be considered you." Uncle."

Zhou Jinyu twitched the corners of her mouth. The two of them were about the same age, and she couldn't really say "uncle." She quickly laughed and said, "Master Su is joking."

"I'm not joking. If it's the turn of the generation, you really want to call me that." He said, walked up to Zhou Jinyu, and said with a smile: "I'm joking with you, do you take it seriously? You I'm two years older than you, so I'll call you Jinyu, okay?"

Zhou Jinyu's goosebumps were shaken off by his intimate Jinyu, but he smiled and said, "That's fine, Uncle Guo can do as he pleases."

Zhou Jinyu didn't want to talk to him anymore, she always felt that this person seemed to be wanton and informal, but behind all these superficial efforts, she didn't know what he was thinking. In layman's terms, that was hypocrisy.

She didn't want to have too much to do with this hypocritical Uncle Guo, so she made an excuse and said: "Master Su, I have to go back to sort out the paperwork, so I will take my leave first."

After she finished speaking, she turned to leave.

"and many more!"

Su Qian suddenly looked at her coldly, Zhou Jinyu was taken aback by his gaze, and said with a smile: "Master Su, do you have anything else to tell your subordinates?"

Su Qian approached her again, and said with a low smile, "Jinyu, I want to tell you something, secretly, so that no one else will know about it, do you want to know?"

Zhou Jinyu looked as usual, and said respectfully: "I don't want to know."

Su Qian was taken aback for a moment, then laughed again: "If this matter is related to you, don't you want to know?"

Zhou Jinyu just bowed and said: "If the lower officials should not know, then the lower officials don't want to know."

Su Qian suddenly put away his smiling face, and his whole face turned cold in an instant, he said: "Zhou Jinyu, do you know that before you came here, General Han sent someone to come here secretly, and told the officials Mr. Zuo Lang Zhonghan, you will not be promoted in this life?"

Zhou Jinyu was taken aback, and looked up at Su Qian. How did he know?And why tell her this?

Su Qian curled his lips, looking indifferent.

Zhou Jinyu was about to speak, but unexpectedly, Su Qian stopped talking to her, Shi Shiran turned and left.

Zhou Jinyu was worried, thinking that she had never met that General Han, and she had never even met her last time. If he really hated her, she might be the one who robbed his grandson Feng Weizhi's son-in-law , and also robbed him of the champion.

But Feng Wei's person is in the Ministry of Punishment, and she has little to do with her, the servant of the Ministry of Officials.

But it would be great if things were really like this. Zhou Jinyu originally thought so. When he came to the Ministry of Officials by himself, he couldn't compete with Feng Weizhi.

But for some reason, in the afternoon, Luo Siqi came back and said suddenly: "Everyone, guess who I saw just now?"

Zhou Jinyu raised his head and heard Zhao Jun ask, "Who is it?"

Luo Siqi laughed and said: "Do you know that Feng Weizhi, the first son of the capital, has also been transferred here?"

Zhou Jinyu was taken aback, and quickly asked: "He was sent to the Ministry of Punishment, why did he come to the Ministry of Officials again?"

Luo Siqi said: "I don't know about that, but our official Zuo Langzhong Han Xu is the nephew of General Han's family, Feng Weizhi wants to call him uncle, if that's the case, we should be careful , although we have the same official position as him, we are always different."

Zhou Jinyu nodded.

As soon as the words fell, Feng Weizhi had already pushed the door and walked in. He saw Zhou Jinyu sitting behind the table, looked at Zhou Jinyu, frowned and smiled and said, "Brother Jinyu, don't come here without any harm. Well, you and I are really destined, it's only been a few days, and we got together again."

Zhou Jinyu got up and smiled, "It's true, it's fate to meet from a thousand miles away, that's what I said."

Feng Weizhi smiled: "Brother Jinyu will take care of you in the future."

Zhou Jinyu cupped his hands: "It's easy to say, easy to say."

The two of them had some hypocritical politeness, and the others also stood up and laughed together, looking very friendly.

Su Qian passed by the door, looked at the people inside, sneered, and walked away with his hands behind his back.

When it was getting dark, they could go back home. Zhou Jinyu was a little slow in sorting out the paperwork because he was just getting started. Zhou Jinyu apologized to his colleagues, but the others didn't say anything, only that they had something to do together. Do it, regardless of you and me.

After returning to the mansion, Zhou Jinyu felt a little tired all over. After dinner, Wei Huanian went back to her room, and Wei Huanian asked her, "Is the son-in-law tired today?"

Zhou Jinyu naturally wouldn't tell him what Su Qian said, now it's just Su Qian's one-sided opinion, she can't tell Wei Huanian about it, and naturally she won't tell her about Feng Weizhi's transfer to the official department.

She then said: "No, it's just some miscellaneous things. The names, taboos and birthplaces of the officials over the years have been compiled and sent to the palace. That's what we little servants do."

Wei Huanian smiled and said, "Your son-in-law has worked hard, let's rest earlier."

Zhou Jinyu hummed, finished washing, and went to bed.

Wei Huanian then also lay on her side.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Jinyu thought about it and said, "Princess, when I was sorting out the documents related to those officials, I discovered something."

Wei Huanian said, "What?"

Zhou Jinyu was silent for a while, then said: "Some county-level officials in Lingnan are promoted very quickly, but some have not been transferred for many years, and those who have not been transferred are mostly meritorious, and those who have been promoted are often Nothing is done."

Wei Huanian said: "It's a common thing in the officialdom, the son-in-law will know it when he sees it a lot."

Zhou Jinyu shook his head: "No, those who were promoted faster seem to come from one county, I find it very strange."

Wei Huanian asked, "Which county?"

Zhou Jinyu said, "Su'an."

Wei Huanian was taken aback.