Chapter 070 The Spring Emperor Asks for Cultivation

Lin Jue complained of illness for two days, and when he returned to the mansion, he didn't look like he had been sick. Everyone inevitably speculated, after all, now that Lin Jue is the boss of his mother's uncle, and he is vacated by his own uncle, everyone will inevitably wonder if Lin Jue is deliberately pretending to be sick and does not dare to compete with his uncle from his own Hou Mansion.

But seeing that Lin Jue was still smiling and having no temper, everyone only talked about it in private, they were serious nephews, where could it be their turn to be blind to outsiders.

Lin Jue does not fight for power, but he mingles with the other members of the three ministries every day, and he doesn't know what he is discussing. But now that everyone is staring at the position above, Lin Jue is so weak and deceitful, and the other people don't take him seriously anymore, that is, every time he goes in and out of his house, he also turns a blind eye, and he doesn't see it.

Lin Jue is the Lang of the Ministry of Works, and there are foreign men who assist him, and there are three principals and other miscellaneous servants under him. For example, the members of the Lang Zhonglang are all of the upper grades, and they often look down on the principals of the nine sesame petty officials below, so these principals are often the ones who contribute the most, have the least credit, and have the least oil and water. But in the end, there is still a soup to drink, many people are content, but it is inevitable that there are a few who are not satisfied.

Seeing that Lin Jue, a five-grade official, didn't have any quarrel with them, even this official had no power, and they were also flattered. After becoming more and more familiar, there are few people who love to talk and chat, can't hide things in their hearts, or are indignant in their hearts, so they leak a lot of private information to Lin Jue, and Lin Jue has benefited a lot.

After listening to a handyman complaining with satisfaction, Lin Jue walked back leisurely, and met Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry who was also wandering around walking birds on the way, Lin Jue hurriedly saluted respectfully, "Xiaguan Lin Jue, I have seen Lord Shangshu." ”

Qu Shangshu shyly held the general's belly, squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Jue for a long time, before he said slowly: "It's the new Xiaolin Ministry of Labor, it's good, the young man works hard, and the future is immeasurable." ”

This is Qu Shangshu's cliché, basically seeing his subordinates, they are all such promising words, Lin Jue smiled and thanked him, and took it safely.

Qu Shangshu waved his hand, "Go, go, go." ”

Lin Jue said goodbye and left. Qu Shangshu stood in place for a while, and then slowly moved his steps and continued to walk the birds.

Lin Jue was not in a hurry to gather power, but wandered around every day, which made Jia Zheng nervous for a few days. Later, when he saw that Lin Jue was really just hanging out, he slowly put his mind at ease.

Emperor Hongzheng made great efforts to govern the country, and experienced the glory and chaos of the first emperor, so he advocated frugality. Except for normal construction, no major construction has ever been carried out. In this way, the Ministry of Industry is also very rich in oil and water.

Emperor Hongzheng does not like to enjoy, the following border city construction, road traffic, bridges and rivers which do not need to be built. As long as there is a project, there will be something that is greedy for ink, and this matter cannot be avoided even if you want to.

It is not yet spring, and many projects under construction have been suspended, and the ground can only continue to break after the spring has opened and the ground can be opened. At this time, the accounts of the Ministry of Industry have been settled at the end of the year, which is the clearest time, after all, Lin Jue has just come into contact with these, and there are some frauds, which are also difficult to find. However, after the groundbreaking, the accounts will be used continuously, and the problems will gradually be exposed.

As the head of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Industry. In addition to the construction work that it is mainly responsible for, they are also responsible for other general affairs of the Ministry of Works. Despite this, the Ministry of Industry is not listed above the other three departments, but there is a faint feeling of miscellaneous.

Especially Lin Jue in the Ministry of Industry Langzhong laughs every day, and more and more people assign him to do the work, and he can slowly integrate into the various departments, plus he is young, he can talk and chatter, and he has a clever mouth, and he is gradually accepted by everyone. Even among the other three Lang who were wary of him before and looked like a thief, their attitude towards him has changed slightly.

Lin Jue didn't care, what he did before, what he still does, and he doesn't oppress people with his identity.

When the spring came, the weather was getting warmer, and Li Yibai was ordered by the emperor to go to Huangzhuang to investigate and prepare in advance. At this time of the year, the emperor would take the queen, the princes, and the important ministers of the court to the imperial village in person to plow the land in person to persuade the world to farm mulberry. This is also an old case, saying that it is to take the queen and the princes to the fields to cultivate, but it just means, can the emperor really let the emperor personally help the plow to plow the land?

Li Yibai saw that Lin Jue was just doing some idle work in the Ministry of Industry every day, so he took advantage of his position to directly "borrow" the person and return the date...... Undetermined.

Lin Jue, as an official accompanying the driver, did not have the qualifications to go down to the ground with the royal family and important ministers, so he lowered his head and secretly raised his eyes to watch the excitement on the side. It is said that plowing the field in spring was a rule when he □□ the emperor, saying that it was ploughing, but it was just a show. The soil was all finely sifted soil, which took hundreds of peasants more than ten days and touched one by one by hand, just to make it easier for the emperor to plow.

After three pushes and three returns, Emperor Hongzheng handed over the plowshare to the prince, and the prince continued to plow the land with several adult brothers. After the emperor personally ploughed, he went to the ridge, and he had already put on a thick cloak to Gonggong Hu, after all, the spring was cold, and the suburbs were still a little colder than in Beijing.

After climbing the plough platform and watching the princes and ministers plough the land, the emperor sang a blessing again, which means to persuade farmers to teach mulberry to show the royal family's attention to agricultural affairs.

After a while, the queen and the royal nobles came in coarse linen clothes carrying baskets to deliver food, all like peasant servants. Lin Jue looks inevitably ridiculous, these royal people are not so extravagant and wasteful, and the people can naturally live a better life.

Li Yibai didn't know what Lin Jue was thinking, but this is also a common practice, there is such a thing every year, and after the pragmatic prince ascends the throne, it is inevitable that he will behave like this, if he really changed the rules of his ancestors, then he is not an ancient. is that they can't do what they want, let alone the prince who has been influenced by the Confucian ideology of etiquette, righteousness, filial piety, and filial piety since childhood.

The so-called "February 2, the dragon raised its head, the son of heaven ploughed the land and drove the cattle, the palace lady came to deliver the meal, when the minister of the court lost the seeds, the spring ploughing and summer cultivation rate the world, and the five grains were bumper in the peaceful autumn." "Such a peasant proverb, I have really seen it today, and it is not in vain.

Gonggong Hu beside Emperor Hongzheng had already prepared a thick cloak and cloak, and there were also servants around the others who sent things for warmth, but when they came to Li Yibai, it was something prepared by Lin Jue. Lin Jue originally listened to Li Yibai's words and secretly prepared it, saying that everyone would not prepare, and he was not good at preparing these blatantly, so he asked Lin Jue to secretly prepare it for him, and he replaced it when he was free. Now that it was not like that at all, Lin Jue couldn't help but darken his face.

Li Yibai approved the clothes beautifully, took the cloak served in his house, shook it, and put it on Lin Jue, Lin Jue's face became even darker. However, Lin Jue is not easy to make too much, after all, the royal family is all human spirits, and it is not good to be seen. Taking advantage of the gap between Li Yibai's clothes, he pinched Li Yibai's armpit, this place was pinched the most, Li Yibai snorted, and endured it in the end.

Emperor Hongzheng was sitting on the viewing platform, and the queen, princesses, princesses and nobles were cooking in person, that is, no matter how unpalatable the things were, the princes and nobles who shared the food should also eat them all, in order to show their frugality.

Fortunately, Li Yibai arranged for Zhou Xiang to let the cook prepare the food in advance, and when the nobles went, they only went to the water to steam. What will the royal ladies do, the ten fingers do not touch the spring water, that is, they occasionally flatter the emperor and stew a soup for the emperor, but the subordinates have prepared the materials in advance, they put them in the pot, add water, and there are special people to watch the fire, where will these really be. Even if there is a meeting or two, they will only make some exquisite food, and this big cake is earthy, I am afraid I have never seen it.

This is also an old example in previous years, the emperor had a small share, but it took a few bites to eat it all, and the other ministers below wanted to eat them all, and it was inevitable that there would be those who were used to polishing rice and fine noodles, and felt that they pulled their throats and poured them hard with tea.

Lin Jue was happy to see the excitement, and the coarse grain cakes of the cornmeal were difficult to swallow.

Among these people, there are also those who are satisfied with eating coarse grain noodles, even Emperor Hongzheng will inevitably look at it twice, this person is none other than Zuo Xiangye.

After everyone finished using it, Emperor Hongzheng smiled and said: "I asked Zuo Aiqing earlier, why such a coarse rice and noodles can be satisfied, I remember Aiqing said at the time, 'The original family is difficult, and the old wife still has to rely on weaving day and night to feed a large family, but I, who has read the books of sages, has become a rice worm in the family, and I am not as good as the eldest child in the family. 'Aiqing, do you remember?' ”

Zuo Xiang stood up and bowed down and said with a smile: "Why don't you remember, the old minister still remembers, His Majesty rewarded the old minister with a hundred taels of gold at that time, and he will be rewarded every year in the future, and now the family is still rich." Every time the old wife recites His Majesty, she is often grateful to Dade, and now she will go to the Buddha every day to offer incense and pray for Her Majesty. ”

Emperor Hongzheng was happy to hear it, when he had just ascended the throne, the ministers of the court still did not obey him, but he tried his best to promote Zuo Xuan, Lin Ruhai, Chen Fang, Zhao Jian and several others, and now these people except Lin Ruhai has passed away, the others are also the ministers of the humerus, and they have not wasted their hard work.

Thinking of Lin Ruhai, he thought of Lin Jue, and saw that Lin Jue was standing behind Li Yibai, so he called him over with a smile, and said to Zuo Xiang: "I heard that the Ling Room and Lin Qing are aunts and nephews, but I have never heard of it before. ”

Zuo Xuan's heart sank, and said: "This is also the old yellow calendar, Neiko and Lord Lin are considered to be relatives of the five suits, but they were not mentioned at the beginning of the year, and then they became more and more faint." If Lord Xiaolin doesn't come to the mansion to pay a visit, the old minister will forget about it. ”

Lin Jue also arched his hand and said: "It turned out that the minister came to the door with a cheeky face, but it is really that the Lin clan is a side branch, and they are all in their hometown, so it is really inconvenient to come to Beijing." The sister is not good at marrying and there are no elders present, so the minister can only come to the door with a cheeky face. I haven't moved around all these years, and now there is something to ask to go to the house, but if Lord Zuo doesn't say it, the ministers will die of shame. Mrs. Zuo is a loving one, and the brothers and sisters of the poor minister are disgraced, so they don't say a word, and they come and go, and the minister recognizes Mrs. Zuo as an aunt, which is also the minister's luck. ”

Emperor Hongzheng also knows the inside story, but he is the emperor, and what he hates the most is that his subordinates have private contacts behind his back. Especially Lin Jue, who was originally an orphan of Lin Ruhai, Lin Ruhai has not been assassinated until now, and Emperor Hongzheng will inevitably pity Lin Jue for two points. It's just that it doesn't matter how he is favored, Lin Jue is friendly with the prince, and at the same time contacts the important ministers of the court, and his sister also marries the palace, which makes Emperor Hongzheng's pity a little. Now that he heard Lin Jue's words without concealment, most of the doubts in his heart disappeared, and he asked again if Lin Jue was still used to waiting in the Ministry of Industry.

Lin Jue had to respond one by one, and Emperor Hongzheng listened to Lin Jue's words, and knew that he had not yet grasped the Ministry of Industry in his hands, and he had already made a bad relationship with Jia Zheng, so he was satisfied with Lin Jue to retreat.