Chapter 137: Weng Xuezheng is feasting
The Caizhou barn corruption nest case, the Huaikang army mutiny, any one of them brought to the court is an earth-shattering case.
It only took one day before and after, the Caizhou Barn corruption nest case was cleared by Charification, and the Huaikang Army mutiny was suppressed by bullets, and Lotte contributed a lot in the two incidents. The role of the Imperial City Division in it has been affirmed and praised by his father. Looking at Lotte's name on the letterhead, and thinking of the Linjiang Immortal, the smile on Jiawang Zhao Kai's face became more and more obvious.
Doing things makes people worry-free, and they have great merit, so that they have a long face in front of their father, a clean background, and a few talents, such a person should be reused, and they must be transferred to the side to listen to it.
Thinking of the crown prince Zhao Huan, Jiawang Zhao Kai's face showed a little unwillingness.
In terms of knowledge, he has learned to be rich in five cars, and his achievements in writing and painting are all good; In terms of talent, he has managed the Imperial City Division in an orderly manner, and now he has made such a great contribution; Look at his eldest brother the prince, who has a cowardly personality, indecisive behavior, and capriciousness, and lacks judgment and sensitivity on political issues, which point can be compared with himself.
Why can he be a prince two days early, and he can only be a subordinate a few days later, this is a stone that has been pressed in Zhao Kai's heart for a long time.
Since he is not the eldest son, he can't be the prince of that country when he comes out. There is only one thing to do, and that is to compete for favor, only by getting the favor of the emperor, the balance of opportunity will tilt towards him little by little.
Zhao Kai believes that as long as he makes unremitting efforts, that high position will eventually be in his bag.
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Ouchi, Yeonfuku Palace.
"The third brother came just in time, listen to your opinion, my father has been dizzy in the court for the past two days!" Emperor Huizong sat on the chair and said helplessly.
"Father!" Zhao Kai stepped forward to salute and tried to ask: "Could it be that because of the mutiny of the Caizhou soldiers, Ye Zhizhou beheaded a group of corrupt officials?" β
Emperor Huizong nodded: "Back then, Emperor Taizu had the ancestral motto of not killing scholars. β
Zhao Kai replied: "These three people teamed up with a group of officials to embezzle the official warehouse, forcing the Huaikang soldiers to mutiny, and they can't atone for their crimes after a hundred deaths, the stakes are very high, and when it is unusual, it should be done in an unusual way, and Ye Zhizhou is not at fault for doing this!" β
"Why don't I know, the Huaikang army has more than 10,000 men, and the Xiang army stationed in Caizhou is also four or five thousand people, fortunately, the suppression is timely, if there is a rebellion, it will be extremely troublesome!" Emperor Huizong sighed, and his eyes were full of appreciation when he spoke at Zhao Kai, the king of Jia: "This time, thanks to the effective handling of the Imperial City Division under the third brother, Ye Meng, the governor of Caizhou, handled it properly, so that it did not cause a big chaos." β
Affirmed by his father, Zhao Kai's eyes flashed with joy: "Father has always known how to make good use of people, and children are just taking their father as an example." β
Emperor Huizong nodded and advised: "The subordinates who have made meritorious contributions should be treated with kindness, and don't chill the hearts of the soldiers!" β
"The child knows." Zhao Kai replied.
Sighing, Emperor Huizong was a little helpless: "It's just that the courtiers are arguing about Ye Mengde at the moment, which makes me a little embarrassed." β
"From the child's point of view, the controversy over Ye Mengde's unauthorized killing of corrupt officials is just an excuse for the new party and the old party to clash in the court." Zhao Kai thought for a while and said.
"I don't know that when I ascended the throne and took the four characters of 'Jianzhong Yasukuni' as the year name, it meant to balance the new party and the old party, but I didn't expect that after so many years, the contradictions between the old and new parties still exist." Emperor Huizong was helpless, and sighed again and said: "Okay, isn't Ye Mengde, the governor of Caizhou, impeached himself, and let him think about it behind closed doors, and it's not too late to appoint him after a while." β
"Father Shengming!" Zhao Kai said.
Out of Yanfu Palace, Zhao Kai summoned Shi Gou as an official, handed over a holy decree, and instructed: "You take someone to Caizhou for a trip, the Imperial City Division Caizhou is loyal and brave to the country, and has the merit of chaos, so he will be promoted to the imperial city envoy is a seven-grade martial arts doctor, and his subordinates will be rewarded with a hundred dollars, and the official will be added to the first level......."
This holy decree was specially obtained by Zhao Kai for Lotte.
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What is called the hot and cold state of the world, probably all over the world, now only Lotte has the deepest feelings. In the past, no one paid attention to him, but now in the state office, except for Huang Tongju, who has never dealt with him, everyone below the demoted official has a smiling face when he sees him.
The counterinsurgency is meritorious, and everyone knows that this musician is not far from rising to the top.
Recently, Lotte has also gained a certain understanding of flattery.
The realm is different, and the level of patting horses and whiskers is naturally different. The realm of the little people such as the officials in the yazhong is too low, and the words of slapping the horse make people can't help but want to vomit; The officials are different, and Ah Geng's words make people feel like they are eating sweetly.
In the afternoon, when Lotte was writing a script with a pen, Menzi Niu Er ran over.
"The big officials deserve the reputation of Peach Blossom Langjun, the poems are well done, and the words are also written elegantly like fairies...... Menzi Niu Er didn't know where to learn the flattery words, and the kung fu of patting the horse has grown much better than before.
"What?" Lotte asked.
Niu Er presented an invitation card to Lotte with both hands, and said: "The old man of Zhou Xuexue is calling the little one to send the invitation to the big officials." β
opened the invitation and glanced at it, sure enough, it was the invitation sent by Weng Xueren, and he was scheduled to feast on himself at Mingyue Tower tonight.
"Weng Xuezheng is sending invitations to what am you doing with me?" Lotte was puzzled, and when he thought that he had come to the state for more than a month, he had never even been to the state school once, so he didn't want to take advantage of the situation to ask for benefits from himself.
"I don't know anything about the big officials." Niu Er said flatteringly on the side: "Weng Xuezheng is related to people. β
Listening to Niu Er's words, Lotte became interested, "Who Weng Xuezheng is related to, you can tell me about it." β
Niu Er replied: "The big officials know that the business of the official warehouse in Caizhou City is monopolized by the three big grain households of Wang, Chu and Shen, and now these three people are being put in prison by the big lord of Zhizhou and the big officials......
"You mean, Weng Xuezheng is related to these three grain merchants?" Lotte was a little surprised, and then laughed again: "It is said that the old masters are very high-minded, but I didn't expect Weng Xuezheng to marry his daughters to merchants, which is really interesting in Qingliu officials, and I am not afraid of laughing at my colleagues." β
"The master of this city is a master who loves money." Niu Er said with a smile, and talked to Lotte carefully, "Weng Xuezheng's eldest daughter married the eldest son of the Shen family, the second daughter married the eldest son of the Wang family, and the youngest daughter also married the third son of the Chu family, so naturally she wants to find a big official to intercede." β
At the end, Niu Er added, "Not only is the master of Xuezheng, but also several other scholars and masters of the state school, most of whom are also related to the three grain merchants." β
It turns out that not only Weng Xuezheng has no discipline, but also the scholars and masters of the state school have no discipline, and the relationship between the locals is complicated.
Lotte thought for a while and said: "This case is not under the trial of Le, and Master Xuezheng is afraid that he has found the wrong person." β
"But the big officials have the ability to reach the sky, and they can talk to the master of Zhizhou." Niu Er's face flattered, and he asked again: "Whether the big officials are going or not, and the small ones should have a message with the people who deliver the letter outside." β
Although he has an official body, he is just a small military attachΓ©, a military attache who is inferior in front of civilian officials. Civil officials are the talisman of being an official themselves, and they are also the iron coupons of Danshu to save their lives, how can Lotte give up the pursuit of being a civil official.
"Go, why don't you go, wouldn't it be a shame to learn the face of Master Xuezheng." Lotte waved his hand.
With Lotte's permission, Niu Er responded to the sound and walked towards the fart, and it seemed that he had taken a lot of money for the door rules.
The doormen collect money from the door rules, and it also depends on the person, which is the charging standard and has different prices according to the status level. At present, Lotte's market is gradually rising, and the door rules are also considerable. Of course, the disciples also have to have vision, who can collect money, who can't collect money, and have to know in their hearts, in case they receive the body of an official's relatives, it will be a big deal.
Lotte naturally has his own calculations in his heart, how can he cope with the state school entrance examination with the little goods in his stomach, this Weng Xuezheng is looking for his help, how can he miss the opportunity.
At the beginning of the lanterns, Lotte called a sedan chair from the yamen and went to the Mingyue Tower.
If it was placed in the past, Lotte wanted to call a sedan chair from the state office, so as not to be ridiculed by the sedan chair driver, and now it is this time and that time.
In the past, when people feasted Lotte, Lotte would leave early when it was nearly dusk, but now they choose to leave at nightfall and the lights are on. Because Lotte's identity is different now, now Lotte has an official body, and there are still people who ask for themselves, so they naturally have to hold a few shelfs.
After two teas, the sedan chair stopped. There were already people waiting at the door of Mingyue Tower.
"You are the official of Leda!"
As soon as he got off the sedan chair, three well-dressed people greeted Lotte. Lotte looked at it, two of them were in their thirties, and the other was about the same age as himself, and they all looked like sons and daughters of rich families.
Lotte was puzzled: "What are the three?" β
The person at the head arched his hand and said: "My old Taishan invited a banquet for the big officials today, and I was specially ordered to wait for a seat to accompany me!" β
It turned out that these three people were Weng Xuezheng's sons-in-law, and Lotte returned the salute: "I don't know where the boss Xuezheng is, take Le to meet him." β
After a few polite sentences, Weng Xuezheng's three sons-in-law led Lotte to the second floor.
There is a large circle of screens upstairs, and Lotte used to see Weng Xue, who had only seen one face, standing there, and there were a few scribes sitting next to him, but they were very raw.
Weng Xuezheng saw Lotte come in, the color on his face was very different from last time, he got up and arched his hand: "I won't see you in January, Leguan I am not the same as before." β
"The students have met the old man." Lotte returned the salute and said, "The boss invites you, it's really torturous for the students." β
Hearing Lotte call himself a student, Weng Xuezheng's eyes flashed with a little joy. smiled and nodded, pointed to the few people sitting next to him and said, "These are also your teachers, the deputy masters of the state school, and a few teachers." β
"I've seen all the teachers." Lotte gave a gift again, and people who were related to the three grain merchants in Xindao County School all came.
After all, Lotte has an official body, and he has a request for people, and several deputy students and teachers of the state school did not dare to hold it up, so they all got up and saluted back.
The guests and hosts sit down and call people to serve the food.
Weng Xuezheng laughed: "Recently, I heard that some students in Weizhou School chanted, 'One hundred steamed buns and one hundred monks, three big monks are more indisputable, three small monks are divided into one, and how many small monks are each?' The official was curious and asked who came up with this question, and the student said that you had come up with it in the past. β
An opening remark let Lotte know that this Weng Xuezheng is by no means an old pedant, but a sleek person.
"When the students used to be officials in the county government, they used to do some tricks and tricks to pass the time when they had nothing to do, which made the teacher laugh." Lotte said politely.
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