Leaving the palace and returning home, I sent Boss Chen to Zhang Juzheng's mansion to send the New Year's gifts to Wei Yunqing in advance, and there were many relationships that needed to be dealt with in the first year of the marriage, even the little princess had to send them

The business on the first floor is very hot, most of the guests are going to the emperor's words, less than a month of income, more than 60,000 taels, I calculated, should give the emperor is 36,000 taels, but in order to look good, I decided to give him 40,000 yuan, I went to the silver number, and replaced the silver taels with a brand-new silver ticket that is one hundred taels a thick pile of clean cloth wrapped, and then prepared to go to the palace to find the emperor

On the afternoon of the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, I came to the Qianqing Palace, and after seeing it, Mu Zong asked: "Lan Yunjie, this is the New Year, why do you still have time to come to the palace to see me?"

"Your Majesty, the emperor came tonight, Weichen came to give the emperor the profit from the first floor, and Weichen felt that it was going to be the New Year, and the Long Live Lord also had to distribute red envelopes, so he sent the Long Live Lord a silver ticket of 40,000 taels," After speaking, I handed the cloth bag wrapped in the silver ticket to the eunuch

The emperor took the heavy cloth bag and asked, "Why are there so many?"

"Long live the lord, this is a month's income, Weichen thinks that these are all given to me by the emperor, so I took all the profits of the first month, and there are more than 1,000 taels, in order to make up a whole number, I didn't put it in"

"So much, I don't need to prepare the red envelopes separately this year, Chen Jiu will put them away for you, 'get' some red envelopes, and put one in one," the emperor did not hide his happiness, and immediately ordered Chen Jiu to do it

"Lan Yunjie, you have worked hard, this is you, and there are a lot of 'flowers' for the New Year, whether the silver is enough, why don't I lend you a little and reward you with some New Year's goods?"

I am here to send the emperor the silver, this is also polite, I hurriedly said: "Long live the silver of the micro minister, the silver is still enough for the 'flower', the blessing of the long live lord when I get married, I received a bad gift, and it is enough for the 'flower', this first floor is the first floor where the silver comes in every day, and the minister is not enough to 'flower', you can go there to the fulcrum first."

"If there is anything missing in that line, tell Chen Jiu"

Look at nothing, there is nothing to say, I also quit the palace, returned home, send Boss Chen to give Zhang Juzheng's New Year's gift, Zhang Juzheng's can not be missing, a thousand taels of silver tickets, as well as a variety of native products, silk and satin proclamation, there are a total of two thousand taels of silver, I know that Zhang Juzheng will not refuse, although he is not a corrupt official, but the family has a big business, there are many places to 'spend' money, so go to Zhang Juzheng to give gifts, generally, Zhang Juzheng looks at the things that the other party asks, he can do it, and his subordinates, if he can't do it, tell people directly

Arranged to leave Boss Chen, I asked the three tigers to bring the things prepared for Wei Yunqing to the Wei Mansion in person, although they often come and go on weekdays, but today is different, this is the new aunt to send the New Year, so the Wei Mansion is also very grand to take me in, Wei Yunqing is also at home, now although the Ya 'Gate' has no holiday, but which official still has the heart to sit in the Ya 'Gate' office, they are all going around, visiting relatives and friends, sending things, what boss has to go there in the same year, so the current Ya 'Gate' is almost no one to work

Wei Yunqing let me into the living room and asked, "How about you, are you all ready over there?"

"Uncle is ready to let Uncle '' it"

"I'm '' about everything, it's all your own purchase, and I'll come over and say whatever I need, but I have something to say hello to you in advance."

"Uncle, if you have anything, you can tell me."

"That's the case, Lord Shangshu guaranteed that I would be released, and I might be sent to Henan to participate in politics as a political envoy, and the details are not clear, Shangshu has already handed over the fold, if I really go out, the family will all depend on you."

"Congratulations to my uncle, this participation in politics is from the third grade, if the uncle goes out to participate in politics, it will be a good thing to be promoted two levels in a row."

"Alas, you don't know, in fact, my uncle doesn't want to leave Beijing at this age, and it doesn't matter if the officials are big or small, but I beg the emperor to send me to a nearby place, not too far, if I am released, let your aunt be at home, you and Zihan take care of her."

"Uncle, don't worry, there are two of us at home, you go out for a year or two and come back."

During the Ming Dynasty, most officials were willing to stay in the capital and were unwilling to go out, unless you made a mistake, they would be delegated, like Wei Yunqing, it may be Shangshu, seeing that he is not old, or from the officials of the fourth grade, they want to promote him, so let him out, but like Wei Yunqing, it is still okay to be in the political envoy department, they are all in the provincial capital, and there is no need to go to the place, and there will not be much to do, that is, to go out, "mix", "mix", "mix", "seniority", as long as you don't go to those who want to Qinghai, Guizhou, and remote provinces

"It's a good thing not to say it, I haven't told your aunt, don't tell Zihan when you go back, let them worry, let's talk about it later."

Looking at Wei Yunqing's face, he didn't seem to be very happy, so that ordinary people were promoted two levels in a row, he had already told his relatives and friends that a big banquet was coming, for Wei Yunqing, maybe he felt that he had no descendants, and no matter how big an official was, he didn't have any attraction to him

When I returned to the mansion, I had dinner and took Liu Lianjiang to the 'jade' horse lane, and the purpose of going to the 'jade' horse lane was to see Uncle Ran and a few senior brothers, because I had just come to the capital to live, and I was not necessarily used to anything, and I was afraid, but Uncle Ran was reluctant to 'spend' money to treat a few senior brothers

When we came to the 'Jade' Horse Lane, our old mansion saw Uncle Ran and the third senior brother, and the fourth senior brother greeted them first and then sat down

"Lei Yunzi is almost the New Year, what are you doing here," Uncle Ran asked

"Uncle Shi, I'm here to see how your New Year's goods are prepared, if there is anything missing, I will ask them to send them tomorrow, and a few senior brothers and nephews are also celebrating the New Year outside for the first time, and I'm afraid you won't get used to it."

"We are all monks, nothing is not used to it, you senior brothers are also used to living a hard life, even in the capital, we can't forget our duty, you don't have to 'worry' about the things here, you pay attention to this period of time, my people reported that Jinyiwei is starting to be active again, can't be caught by them, although they are all masters, but they are few after all, this Jinyiwei is different, there are many people, there are many people, there are a lot of helpers, if they target you, it will be troublesome."

What I said is similar to my guess, it seems that the emperor intends to use the Jinyi Guard, the danger of this Jinyi Guard is great, they have a lot of manpower, and there are many secret agents, in the future, I still have to pay more attention to my own behavior, and it is better to come here less

"Thank you, uncle, for reminding me, the purpose of coming here is to see what is still missing, since you don't lack anything, then I can rest assured, we can't treat the senior brother and nephews badly, the senior brother and nephews must have new clothes for the New Year, if not, I will pull some cloth over to make new ones for the senior brothers and nephews."

Senior brother, after they came to the capital, they changed out of their Taoist clothes, wearing Taoist clothes are too conspicuous, especially a group of Taoist priests come and go here every day, not Taoist temples, so they all changed into regular clothes, and Uncle Ran is also wearing regular clothes, afraid that they will not be willing to buy new ones, so they say so

"It's okay, you go back early, we'll arrange it ourselves, don't worry about things here in the future, we will 'get it' done, our manpower is already more than 100 and slowly increasing, you don't have to worry"

I watched Uncle Ran's departure because I was afraid that I would attract the attention of others after coming out for a long time

Finally, on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, a few of us sealed the silver vault at the 'gate' and posted couplets, and then agreed to see each other again on the first day of the new year and go home

The next morning, I was woken up by the earth-shaking firecrackers, Lao Liu, they all came back, and they also followed the firecrackers outside, and then the whole family ate dumplings, I didn't care about what dignity and humility, let Lao Liu set up a table in the living room, and let the house, regardless of men, women, and children, come to have a reunion dinner together

Not only dumplings, but also fried a lot of vegetables, Lao Liu got up very early and asked the people in the kitchen to prepare, so now I have eaten, and after breakfast, they will greet me and Zihan one by one, and Boss Chen has already prepared red envelopes for me, according to my meaning, there are different numbers of silver tickets in it

Lao Liu Chen, boss Liu Lianjiang, and the three tiger brothers are all one hundred taels of silver tickets per person, the four eunuchs carrying the sedan chair are fifty taels per person, and the rest are five taels per person, originally I thought ten taels of Lao Liu said: "Young master, if you give too much, it is not good to pass it out, and the red envelopes outside are generally one or two taels of silver, and we have a lot of five taels."

I thought about it, and I gave more, and the outside would say that I had embezzled a lot of silver, so in the end, the silver was set at five taels, which is also a large amount, and those family members were also looking forward to our red envelopes, when they opened it and saw that it was five taels of silver, they were all surprised, and their faces could not hide their excitement and joy, and they knelt down together and kowtowed to us

These red envelopes and three tigers, they are all used to it, I am a righteous and squandering money, how much they give them, they don't dislike these people, and they don't need money to eat and live in the house, and the clothes for the four seasons are all prepared by me, but I was busy with the things on the first floor before the 'spring' festival, and I didn't care about holding a wedding with Sui Jian's 'spring' and 'spring' Lan, and I felt that I owed them a little

After breakfast, after the New Year, I have to go to the Great Dynasty Meeting, this is a must go, once a year, in the capital, large and small officials have to go to the emperor to pay New Year's greetings, the emperor will also give something to everyone, as for going to Wei Mansion and Zhang Juzheng to pay New Year's greetings, you have to wait for the end of the court meeting, all the officials are like this, first go to the Great Dynasty meeting, and then go to the good relationship colleagues to pay New Year's greetings after returning