Chapter 20: The Prince's Thoughts

Huang Fuheng nodded slowly, he believed it, believed all the good words of Su Hanzhen to Wu Jin, true and false East Palace tax silver, who would have thought that the silver ticket he protected with his surname was still fake in the end, and the real silver ticket was not revealed until the last moment, what kind of mind is this, although Shao Jingwen is powerful, he is still planted under his hands.

Huang Fuheng had only one thought in his heart, this person would either be used by him, or he would be killed immediately, leaving no trouble.

He applauded Wu Jin gently, "Beautiful! Well done indeed! ”

Huang Fuheng smiled at Wei Ming again: "Your brother is a great talent!" ”

Wei Ming couldn't help but be impressed by his brother's wit, he smiled and shook his head, "Thank you Your Highness for your kind words, Wujin is a little different." ”

Huang Fuheng's gaze looked at Wu Jin again, "Say it!" What do you want me to reward you? ”

Wu Jin scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "Can Your Highness reward me with a piece of clothing?" ”

'Poof! With a sound, several maids covered their mouths and laughed, and the guards in the hall laughed, and Wu Jin was still naked!

Huang Fuheng squinted his eyes and nodded, "What a smart young man, he said that a suit of clothes, I'm afraid it's not as simple as ordinary clothes, this Wujin can actually guess his own thoughts, and use this subtle method with puns to express his loyalty, well!" Ruzi can be of great use. ’

"Pass my order and give Wujin a first-class guard uniform."

There was a low exclamation in the lobby, the first-class guard of the East Palace, that is the prince's pro-Xun Yiwei school guard, is the sixth grade of the upper ranks, that is to enter the palace as a guard for more than ten years to slowly survive, he is only seventeen years old, one step to complete the road of others for seventeen years, many people's eyes are full of envy or jealousy, but Ming is sincerely happy for his brother, the prince has talked to him in advance, as long as he is admitted to the Jinshi, he will also be reused by the prince, Wu Jin is the deputy envoy of the silver protection, he got the high title of the sixth grade, and he is the silver protection envoy, Then the rank he will get in the future will not be lower than the sixth grade, and I believe that the prince knows this.

In a way, Wu Jin's reward is a mirror of him.

Wu Jin knelt down on one knee again, and this time he changed his words, "Thank you for your highness's reward!" ”

Huang Fuheng nodded, and said with a smile: "The dagger in your hand is the fish intestine sword, if you like it, I will reward it to you!" ”

The prince's reward sword once again attracted an envious gaze, the fish intestine sword is one of the top ten famous swords in the world, and the cadre Mo Xie is equally famous, this is not the key, the key is that the prince actually rewarded his most beloved talisman short sword to Wu Jin, which shows the prince's importance to him.

However, Wu Jin was able to escort one million taels of silver into Beijing, which solved the prince's urgent need, and the road was thrilling and dangerous, and the guards couldn't do it.

......... Yu Hailan and Chen Ying did not follow the red dragon boat of the prince of Wujin, they stayed in the official boat, especially Chen Ying had three sword wounds on his body, and he had to be treated in time, and Wujin had a heart, he didn't want the prince to see Yu Hailan.

But Wu Jin was not able to return to the official boat, but lived in the auxiliary boat of the crown prince Chi Long Zhou, and lived in the same cabin with his eldest brother Weiming.

"Wu Jin, how do you feel about the prince?"

Wei Ming spread the futon on the floor for his brother while talking to him with a smile, "To be honest, I didn't expect him to be so approachable, I really responded to that sentence, the higher the status in the officialdom, the easier it is to talk, I didn't think I was the head of Hucao at all, and allowed me to sit next to him, you know, to be able to sit next to the prince is at least the qualification of a bachelor of Hanlin, hey!" I didn't expect that my Daning Dynasty would have such a master. ”

Wei Ming sighed with emotion, he saw that his brother had been silent, he couldn't help but glance at him, and saw that he was a little uneasy, so he asked him with a smile, "What's the matter, you don't seem to be very happy, do you think the prince gave you a small official?" ”

"How so?"

Wu Jin smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Big brother knows, in fact, I don't want to be an official, I'm going to go back and open a bank!" ”

"You're talking stupidly again, what do you mean by not wanting to be an official, do you think Qi Ruifu's proprietor doesn't want to be an official? If you really give them a history of thorns, to ensure that they don't want to be any more proprietors, everything is inferior, and the only way to be an official is to be a high-ranking official, don't you understand this truth? ”

Speaking of this, Wei Ming's mind turned, and he understood his brother's worries, so he laughed, "It turns out that you are worried about me, don't worry, I am not jealous of you at all, I am just happy for you." ”

In fact, Wei Ming guessed correctly, Wu Jin was more or less worried about the eldest brother's unhappiness, obviously, he completely took away the aura of the eldest brother, from protecting the silver to offering the silver, he was brilliant, and his eldest brother became a foil, you must know that the eldest brother is the real silver protector, Su Hanzhen repeatedly explained to him before the departure, he can be the master along the way, but the last step of the silver sacrifice should be left to his eldest brother to do, he also thought so, but he didn't expect the final destruction to be so urgent, there was no time to give him the opportunity to be flexible, What's more important is that the eldest brother is already beside the prince, and if he asks Weiming to offer silver afterwards, it will be called bullying, so Wujin feels a little sorry for Weiming in his heart.

"Although the eldest brother doesn't care, as a brother, I robbed the eldest brother of the credit, and I feel uneasy."

Wei Ming felt the guilt in his brother's heart, and he couldn't help but be a little moved in his heart, so he patted him on the shoulder, and said with a gentle smile: "You don't have to worry, the prince is the king, he knows better than anyone else about the distinction between the main and the secondary, he won't break the rules, because my official is completely different from you, it's not so simple to be sealed, but you are a mirror, from the official you get, I can see my future, I won't be lower than the sixth grade, so the bigger the official you get, the happier I am, do you understand?" ”

Wu Jin scratched his head, "I understand what the eldest brother means, but why is my official different from the eldest brother's official, I don't understand this very well, can the eldest brother explain it to me again?" ”

Wei Ming sat down, smiled and said, "This is a long story, let me tell you briefly!" You are a military position, I am a civilian, the military position is under the management of the military department, the promotion depends on the military merits, and the qualifications are boiled without military merits, and the civilian position is under the management of the Ministry of Officials, and the promotion depends on the political performance, and there is no evaluation if there is no political performance, and there is no restriction on the promotion of the military position, it is normal to make great achievements and even promote to the third level, and there is no need to start from the nine products, today is a small soldier, and if you make great achievements at night, you can be a general tomorrow, which is completely possible, but the civilian position is not good, you must do it step by step, level by level, just like the criminal department squire Gao Heng, although he took five years to do it from the county lieutenant to the squire, but he was also promoted level by level, just one level in a year, and the promotion was fast, this is a special case, a typical background officer, an ordinary official who normally has no background background, from a county lieutenant to a squire, at least twenty years, generally speaking, at the same level, the military position is one level lower than the civilian position, so your sixth-grade martial career is actually only equivalent to the seventh-grade civilian position, you understand! ”

Wu Jin thought about it, he frowned, and asked again: "Since you want to be a civil servant, you have to be promoted one level at a time, why did the eldest brother say that your reward will not be lower than the sixth grade?" Big brother doesn't have nine grades now! ”

"You're asking a good question."

Wei Ming smiled slightly, "This is the beauty of the imperial examination, the reason why the prince does not seal me now is to let me go to the imperial examination and be admitted to the Jinshi, and the highest can be appointed as the county order, and the county order is also divided into high and low, the lower county order is from the seventh grade, and the county order of Gyeonggi Chi County and Wangjun Xiong County is the sixth grade, and you can be named the sixth rank of martial arts, then if I am admitted to the Jinshi, I can also do the county order, so I am very happy that you were promoted, and this is the reason." ”

Wu Jin suddenly realized, and his heart was relaxed, it seems that the eldest brother is really not angry with him, this is something he has been a little worried about, since this is the case, he is going to sleep, the toxin in his body has just gone, his body is extremely tired, he lies down, and his eyes can't be opened.

Wei Ming still has some things on his mind, but he is not good at asking too directly, and he must ask casually when he is inadverted, he smiled again: "Next, I am going to concentrate on studying and preparing for the exam, the prince allowed me to live in the Hongwen Pavilion of the East Palace, where there are several Hanlin bachelors, just ask them for advice at any time, by the way, I forgot to ask you, how are the others, that dark-skinned Miss Chen, and Miss Yu, she ..... How's it going? ”

"Wu Jin!"

Wei Ming asked twice, seeing that Wu Jin did not answer, he stepped forward to take a look, only to find that his brother had fallen asleep, he had to smile bitterly, also blew out the light, closed his eyes, but he couldn't sleep, Yu Hailan's beautiful face, graceful posture and her gentle surname kept appearing in his mind, which made him intoxicated, this is the thing he regrets the most in his life, why did he refuse this marriage? Alas, what a fool I am!

.......... In the study of the red dragon boat, a middle-aged scribe with a thin face walked into the cabin quickly, he is the enshrinement of the East Palace Hanlin, and he is also the doctor of the East Palace Hongwen Pavilion, named Li Yingwu, today he is in his early forties, he was admitted to the Jinshi champion at the age of twenty-seven, and has been teaching in the Hongwen Pavilion, and was promoted to a bachelor of Hanlin at the age of thirty-five, assisting the prince, and he is also the prince's confidant.

Huangfu Heng was pacing back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back, he was happy in his heart, the arrival of millions of tax silver relieved his urgent need, and he also heard Weiming say a little bit about the difficult and dangerous trek along the way, thanks to their brothers.

In Su Hanzhen's letter, he admired Weiming and Wujin very much, and suggested that he reuse it, it seems that Su Hanzhen also knows his biggest problem, his biggest problem is the lack of talent under his subordinates, just because he is the crown prince, he can't be like Uncle Shen Guo to unscrupulously cultivate cronies in the court, except for the subordinate officials of the East Palace and the father of the crown princess, Shangshu Zhou Jin, he has little room to play.

Wei Ming this person is very knowledgeable, but he doesn't know what his ability is, but he has witnessed Wujin's ability, this person is not an ordinary talent, and it will be a huge loss for him to let go, he must hold him firmly in his hands, if he refuses to use it for himself.

Just thinking about it, he glanced at it and saw that Li Yingwu was back, so he asked impatiently: "How is it, is the king of Lanling County willing to come?" ”

He went to invite the king of Lanling County to come to his boat for a cup of tea and express his gratitude, in fact, he wanted to take this opportunity to envelop this person with a very high status in the court, but Li Yingwu shook his head with a wry smile, "I persuaded him for a long time, but he still declined the prince's invitation, his official boat has already left, and he said thank you for the prince's kindness." ”

Although the refusal of the King of Lanling County was expected by Huang Fuheng, he still had an indescribable loss, he walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and his brows wrinkled into a Sichuan shape, "Then I don't quite understand, since he refuses to come to see me, then why do you want to hide Wujin and them for me, and do not hesitate to offend Uncle Shen, why is this?" ”

(To be continued)