Chapter 684: The Story of Nanjing (3)
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Zhu Hai and Qian Yiai entered the first floor, and there were immediately several young and beautiful maids on the side to help them undress. The fastest update is now although the weather is fine, but after all, it is still March, and it is still a little cold, and the two of them are wearing a bibi armor over the long shirt.
Zhu Hai took off the outside bijia, handed it to a maid beside him, and whispered thank you. Zhu Hai's father is Zhu Hongsan, Zhu Hongsan is from later generations, although character is not a thing, but there is one thing that people in this era do not have, that is, treating people equally.
Zhu Hai is Zhu Hongsan's successor, and he was personally educated by Zhu Hongsan when he was a child, so Zhu Hai is also equal and polite to others. This is also the reason why although Zhu Hai's ability is not very good, he has a large number of literati and doctors around him to assist.
That maid has served here for many years, and she has seen such a polite and beautiful man there. The old men who came in the past saw that they either didn't squint or had squinting faces, how could there be such a person who smiled and said thank you. The maid bowed her head and smiled, and immediately withdrew with a flushed face.
Qian Yiai on the side saw Zhu Hai teasing the maid here, and laughed in a low voice: "Cousin, you are so romantic, look at it makes people blush!" But don't worry, cousin, the maids here are all complete, if my cousin likes it, he can naturally receive it in the room to enjoy! ”
Zhu Hai was stunned when he heard Qian Yiai say this, there are more than a dozen maids in the house, all of them look like flowers and jade, this kind of little girl must not be cheap outside, who is the boss of this place? There is such a big deal!
"Zigao, who is the boss of this place? So rich, such a superb little girl said that she would give it away? ”
"Cousin, can you open a restaurant in this place, do you think it can be an ordinary person? The boss behind this house is Tong Ge Lao! ”
After hearing this, Zhu Hai suddenly realized that the boss behind it was Tong Yangjia. But it's not an exaggeration to think about it, this place is expensive, and it really can't be opened without strength. However, even if you have money, you may not be able to open it here in Xuanwu Lake, after all, Xuanwu Lake is a royal garden, and even if Jinyiwei comes to you to make trouble, it is enough for you to bear it.
But Tong Yangjia doesn't have this scruples, Qian Lide, the big boss of Jinyiwei, is Tong Yangjia's son-in-law, this kind of trivial matter is not easy to do?
After Zhu Hai and the others finished sorting out their clothes, they went up the stairs to the second floor.
The second floor is a whole hall, facing the Xuanwu Lake at the front, where you can enjoy the scenery of the Xuanwu Lake, and the back half is the dining room, but it is arranged in the style of a study.
Zhu Hai turned his head to look, the restaurant is surrounded by celebrity calligraphy and paintings, there are Mi Fu, there are Mo is dragon, there are Dong Qichang, even these calligraphy and paintings are more than a daughter.
Shen Yuanwai stood at the top of the stairs and greeted the two of them, he observed his words and saw that these two people respected Ma Gongzi, and Qian County ordered him to give up half of his position when he stood beside Ma Gongzi. Shen Yuanwai naturally knew what to do, and hurriedly stepped forward to invite this Ma Gongzi to a seat.
After a few people sat down, a mother in the room stepped forward and asked, "May I ask what song do you want to hear?" The head of my family was a famous character in Ruan Dacheng's mansion back then! ”
"Ma Gongzi, Qian Gongzi, I have heard this Kunqu opera troupe, it is very good, what repertoire do you want to hear?"
Qian Yiai looked at Zhu Hai, meaning to let Zhu Hai order.
Zhu Hai took the music card, flipped it over and said, "Let's have a soul rejuvenation!" ”
The Soul Restoration is the Peony Pavilion, which is one of the four dreams of Linchuan written by the great opera artist Tang Xianzu, but this opera is a tragedy, through the love marriage between Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei, shouting out the call for personality liberation, love freedom, and marital autonomy.
Qian Yiai looked at Zhu Hai and knew that the prince was still depressed about the killing of the Xiang family, otherwise he would not have ordered this drama.
This Kunqu opera team is all a female class, and her singing skills are very good. Especially the female student who plays Liu Mengmei, her singing skills are excellent.
At this time, the wine and food were put on the table, and the three of them began to push the cups and change the glasses and drink.
Today, Qian Yiai is here to donate, and after drinking three glasses of wine, Qian Yiai asked: "Shen Yuanwai, are you ready for the silver you promised to donate?" ”
The Shen Yuanwai smiled and said, "This has been prepared for a long time." After speaking, Shen Yuanwai took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve and pushed them to Qian Yiai's side.
Qian Yiai picked it up and saw that it was a bill of exchange for silver dollars, a total of 50,000.
Qian Yiai saw that the number was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Shen Yuanwai, aren't we talking about 20,000 taels of silver?" How did this become 50,000 silver dollars? ”
At present, the exchange ratio of silver taels and silver dollars on the market is one silver dollar to one tael and five taels of silver, and these 50,000 silver dollars are 75,000 taels of silver, which is a large amount. Qian Yiai only has an income of 120 silver dollars a year, which is more than 400 years of his income.
"Lord Qian, 20,000 of these silver dollars are donations, and the rest are filial piety to the elder of Qian Ge! Please hand it over on your behalf! ”
Qian Yiai's family is a big landlord in Changshu, and the family is very rich, but it is still rare to earn 30,000 silver dollars this time. Qian Yiai asked hesitantly: "Shen Yuanwai, this is inappropriate to blatantly bribe!" ”
Shen Yuanwai heard Qian Yiai say this, thinking that he was afraid that there was a horse in the house, so he didn't dare to accept it.
"Don't worry, Lord Qian, the grass people don't know that Ma Gongzi is coming today, so they didn't prepare Ma Gongzi, it's all the grass people's fault. However, the grass people have already asked their subordinates to go home to get it, and Ma Gongzi also has 30,000 silver dollars, so please accept it with confidence! ”
When Zhu Hai heard it, he still had his own? As the crown prince, Zhu Hai's annual income is only 30,000 silver dollars. You must know that there is a large family in the East Palace, and these people have to rely on Zhu Hai's money to feed, so Zhu Hai is not having an easy time.
Zhu Hai heard that he also had 30,000 silver dollars, and he was also a little tempted when he didn't have enough money, if this Shen Yuanwai's request was not difficult, it would be good to meet him.
Zhu Hai thought of this and smiled: "Hehe! Shen Yuanwai is so big-handed, but he doesn't know what to do with the old man of Qiange? ”
Shen Yuanwai sighed when he heard Zhu Hai say this: "Hey! It's not for the grass people's rebel! ”
It turns out that although this Shen Yuanwai is snobbish, he is not indebted in the big festival. At the time of the national crisis, he took out 50,000 taels of silver to fund the rebel army in Taihu Lake. Therefore, after Zhu Hongsan returned to Nanjing, he was rewarded for meritorious deeds, and this Shen member was meritorious, and his eldest son also gave an errand of a county order, and gave him the background of a fellow jinshi.
His eldest son was originally a showman, but now he has become a jinshi and an official, so he is ready to take office happily. How do you know that when you get to the place, you will know that the place to become an official is Anxi County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian, and next door is Nan'an County, Zheng Chenggong's hometown.
Anxi is a place with poor mountains and bad waters, the people are brave, and the pirates are still the base camp next door, Shen Yuanwai's son is a scholar, and he has seen this kind of thing there, so he stayed in Anxi for less than a month, and then asked for leave and went home.
This time I went home for more than a year, and it was okay at first, after all, everyone has a headache and brain fever, but it is really unreasonable to not go to work for more than a year. The Fujian Political Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Personnel gave him a down in the year-end assessment.
The assessment of local officials in the Ming Dynasty was divided into three grades and nine levels, and the upper class was excellent, and they were excellent for three years. Medium is qualified, and if it is qualified for five years, it will be downgraded. The third class is inferior, and this time Shen County ordered a subordinate, which is basically a farewell to officialdom.
That's why Shen Yuanwai is in a hurry, his family finally has an official, how can he lose his position? Shen Yuanwai also persuaded his son at home, but it was easy to say that the rebel just wouldn't go, and Shen Yuanwai had no choice but to find a way to intercede.
But he is a rich man in the countryside outside Shen Yuan, where does he know any court bosses. When he was in a hurry, Qian Yiai came to the door to ask Shen Yuanwai to donate.
Who doesn't know the identity of Qian Yiai's love in Nanjing? It was the son of Qian Qianyi, the boss of Donglin and the old cabinet of the cabinet, who heard that Qian Yiai and the prince had a good relationship, so Shen Yuanwai hit Qian Yiai with his idea.
"Ma Gongzi, Qian Gongzi, the grass people know that your hands and eyes are up to the sky, so please help the little old man!" After Shen Yuanwai finished speaking, he left the chair and knelt down directly for Zhu Hai and the others.
Qian Yiai hurriedly stood up and helped Shen Yuanwai up: "Shen Yuanwai, this official really wants to help you, but now the person in charge of the personnel department is Fu Wenlong and Fu Ge, my father has a general relationship with him, and he really can't speak!" ”
That Shen Yuanwai saw that Qian Yiai refused to help, so he hurriedly came to Zhu Hai and said, "Young Master Ma, you are the nephew of Ma Ge Lao, can you help Xiao Lao'er?" ”
Zhu Hai looked at the silver dollar bills on the table, and he wanted these silver dollars very much in his heart. He is different from Zhu Jiang and Zhu Huai, those two princes have imperial farms and factories given by their fathers, and their annual income can be around 100,000 silver dollars. But his crown prince is different, as the prince, the country will be yours in the future, and you are embarrassed to ask for a salary? So Zhu Hai now only has a dead income of 30,000 silver dollars a year.
Zhu Hai thought about it, for the sake of the silver dollar, help you! Anyway, now that the Organization Department and the Personnel Department are under the management of Fu Wenlong, he can still give some face by interceding for a seven-grade petty official.
"Alright! I'll help you out! I don't know where Shen Yuanwai wants Ling Gongzi to go? ”
Shen Yuanwai was overjoyed when he heard Zhu Haiken's help, and hurriedly said: "Young Master Ma, it's best to stay in Beijing, after all, the grass people are old and need dogs to be filial by their side!" However, if it is difficult to stay in Beijing, you can also go to Zhejiang! ”
Qian Yiai laughed in his heart after listening to Shen Yuanwai's request, you want to stay in Beijing as a Beijing official when you were born as a Jinshi? If this doesn't work, I still want to go to Zhejiang, and I really want you to take advantage of all the benefits.
However, Zhu Haizhi didn't think so, it was easy for him to stay in Beijing, but it was difficult to go to Zhejiang.
"Shen Yuanwai, let's do it, the East Palace now lacks a Zhongshu Sheren, but the official position is only from the seventh grade, I don't know if you are willing?"
Qian Yiai was stunned when he heard Zhu Hai say this, although the official position of the Zhongshu Sheren is not high, but he is a subordinate official of the East Palace, if the prince ascends the throne in the future, then these subordinate officials of the East Palace will naturally ascend to heaven.