Chapter 127: People grow old and become fine
He Qufei did not live in the palace, but settled down in a mansion near the palace, thinking about this period of time is really like a dream.
A month after returning to Kyori from here, there was a messenger who had been wishing for many years to come true. The emperor felt that he had been an official for many years, honest and diligent, and benefited one party, and was allowed to be reassigned to a civilian position, and he was promoted to a doctor in the fifth grade, which made him ecstatic, but when he calmed down, he linked it with his trip to Xiangyi, thinking that Prince Yan heard his wine words and secretly made someone help him fulfill his wish.
Sure enough, within a few days, the head of Prince Yan's mansion came to the door, saying that he was congratulating, but the words were long and short, and the prince was thinking about you and thinking of you, as long as people who were not stupid could hear it, he was here to be a lobbyist, and wanted him to go to the mansion to serve. This time he was not polite, he agreed immediately, this time he was able to agree not only because of the kindness of the prince, but mainly because he thought about the quiet and peaceful place in the palace, which was a good place to retire and do learning, and he was now in the age of the sixtieth year and did not want to run around.
He Qufei thanked the palace, made a report, thought of taking up a post in the Xiangyi Prince Yan's Mansion, and also sent a letter to the family to ask them to pack up, and was always ready to go to Xiangyi with him to take up a job. But things suddenly reversed, and people kept coming to the door, and they were all bigwigs in Beijing or people who could turn the clouds and rain. He Qufei was really stunned at this time, he had no contact with these people, let alone any relationship, why did he suddenly make friends with himself, a petty official of Bapin Sesame who was penniless in Beijing a few days ago.
These people are all here to lobby, hoping that he will stay in Beijing to take up a post, and of course the positions arranged are all positions that are rich in oil and water and can earn money while resting. Take a step back, if you really want to go out of Beijing to take up a post, they are responsible for doing it for him, and definitely find him a rich place to serve in Zhizhou, the general meaning is one sentence, as long as you don't go to Prince Yan's mansion to serve in the office, you want money to give money, and you want officials to officials! Speaking of which, He Qufei didn't know that he was in trouble this time, and he was already involuntarily involved in the battle for the storage position.
It is indeed the dream of many scholars to become the teacher of the prince, because there is hope here, once the prince he teaches ascends the throne one day, as the emperor, the new emperor will inevitably treat himself with courtesy, and he will rise to the top, so he can contribute wisdom to the court and show his talents, which is really a good thing that fame and fortune dream of. In order to avoid harassment, he closed the door and waited for the documents of his subordinates, but he didn't expect to wait for nearly three months to make the trip.
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"Uncle Huang, there are more things for you this time, come back and have a good rest!" In Zhao Ta's small study in the summer courtyard, Huang Jingchen came to report his work during this period, and Zhao Ta asked him to sit down and ordered the tea ceremony.
"It's my duty to work for the prince, where can I be the thank you of the prince!" Huang Jingchen smiled with a smile.
"Uncle Huang, this matter has dragged on for so long, is someone obstructing it?" Zhao Ta took the tea sent by Jianxi, took it with his own hands and handed it to Huang Jingchen and said.
"Alas, I didn't expect such a trivial matter, but it caused many characters to jump out, it seems that we have been targeted, I am afraid that the matter is still related to the rumored Lichu in Beijing!" Huang Jingchen took the tea and sighed.
"Oh? Does anyone still want to let me go! Zhao Ta was surprised, he was far away from the capital, and he didn't say much about the affairs of the prince, and he told his people not to say much, but he didn't expect to involve himself in it, it seems that the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop!
"From the old man's point of view, there are indeed royal people involved, if we don't escort us this time, I'm afraid He Zhengtong won't be able to go to our territory..."
After the official award, Huang Jingchen went to the post house to visit He Qufei and got his promise. Huang Jingchen is very happy, he is also tired of living in the palace of Prince Yan in Beijing, although it is bigger than the palace in Xiangyi, it is magnificent, and the food and drink are not worse than there, but he just feels that although Beijing is prosperous, it is lifeless and lifeless, but it is not as comfortable as staying there. With the letter, Huang Jingchen replied to his mother, and also asked someone to greet the people in the ministry, and waited for the completion of the work to go home.
Just when Huang Jingchen breathed a sigh of relief, Shunzi sent to 'protect' He Qufei's people but found that Geng Nanzhong went to the post house to visit He Qufei, and then the housekeeper of Jiawangfu came to visit with gifts, and his descendants continued, and most of them were related to the two mansions, but when Wang Huang and Cai You, a scholar in the imperial history, also sent someone to invite He Qufei to the banquet, Shunzi knew that the matter was big, and hurriedly reported to Huang Jingchen. ,
Dingwangfu and Jiawangfu sent lobbyist Huang Jingchen is not surprised, although the two families now seem to be in harmony, secretly fighting for the crown prince but small moves, this time it is reasonable to prevent the two from joining forces, after all, no one wants to have one more competitor, and they are happy that brother has become an authentic villager. But the appearance of Wang Hao and Cai You was unexpected, Huang Jingchen didn't dare to be careless, because one of these two people is the emperor's new love and the other is an old love, and the attitude of the two of them may be the emperor's attitude, and it can represent the weather vane of which way the 'grass' in the court is falling!
Otherwise, 'people become old and refined', Huang Jingchen did not rush to take any action after knowing the Tao, but just ordered Shunzi to send people to monitor day and night to listen to the content of He Qufei's conversation with everyone. He wanted to see He Qufei's attitude first, not everyone can keep their hearts under the temptation of money and high-ranking officials, if He Qufei can't withstand these tests, then there is no need to waste feelings for an unfaithful and unrighteous person. He didn't tell the prince about this, he was worried that the prince would be eager to seek talent and would be willful, but took on the pressure alone.
Through a period of observation, He Qufei closed his door to thank customers, read and write every day in the post house, and then went out to socialize, which can be regarded as showing his attitude, Huang Jingchen showed up again to date He Qufei, and took him to live in the palace in Beijing, because of his refusal, he has been put on the cusp of the battle for the crown, and he may die of an 'accident' at any time! With the clarity of He Qufei's attitude, those people knew that Lu Dao had failed to buy him, so they immediately changed their methods, using their cronies to make a big fuss about He Qufei's post, and obstructing him for various reasons, that is, not appointing the official document.
Huang Jingchen found Liang Shicheng for help again, but his attitude became ambiguous. This kid has already regretted it now, I don't know where to go, if he is going to go to the Yanwang Mansion, if he knows what he said, he won't be able to. Help', because in his opinion: Zhao Huan is a decent person, an upright person, an honest person, a willow Hui, a thrifty person, a literati, and a person who will not please others; although Zhao Ta he has not dealt with much, but from the time he passed on the decree, he has learned greatly, and he knows that he is ruthless and scheming, and will never be easily deceived by people, let alone be controlled by people's roles; Zhao Kai is well-behaved, hobbies, personality, talent and even appearance are similar to the emperor, and he is deeply loved by the emperor.
Compared with these three princes, of course, everyone hopes that Zhao Kai can inherit the emperor's mantle, so that they can be rich and noble for thousands of years, and the 'fart curtain' will never fall, so the traitors who have influence on the political situation are almost all biased towards Zhao Kai. 'Yang Jian and Tong Guan' are both disgusted with Huan and strive to dominate Kai', and Cai You is even more a brother. Tong Guan was responsible for the construction of the kings' mansions, and deliberately regarded his king's residence as "the residence of the kings, and the luxury is the most." Obviously, these people want to isolate Zhao Huan, so that Zhao Ta will end up in the countryside and never return to the capital for the rest of his life. These powerful figures worked together, of course, Huang Jingchen couldn't parry.
"Uncle Huang, how did you do this, did you do it through Niangniang?" Only then did Zhao Ta realize what a big problem he had given Huang Jingchen, and he asked.
"Hehe, I found Cai Jing and I did it!" Huang Jingchen said with a wicked smile.
"Cai Xiang will actually help us, he didn't take the wrong medicine, right?" Because Zhao Ta came from a previous life, he naturally knew what Cai Jing was, and he was very repulsive to him from the bottom of his heart, so he never had any dealings with him, and he didn't want to have any entanglements with him, so he asked this.
"Of course I won't go to the Prime Minister's Mansion in person, I sent someone to find He Zhizhong, he will reach the age of Zhishi next year, of course I want to get some pension money, I will buy him a shop, let him go to Cai Jing, of course I will not do it in the name of our Prince Yan's Mansion, so as not to fall into the hands of the ministers!"
"Cai Jing did this?" Zhao Ta was a little confused, this old man is really fine, so many twists and turns.
"Of course, that shop is worth a lot of money, how can he refuse to take risks and get benefits in this matter?" Huang Jingchen looked at the confused appearance of the prince and said with a smile, but he thought in his heart that although the prince was smart, he was still young, and he couldn't see through these things in the court!
"What did He Zhizhong say, and what did Cai Jing say?" Zhao Ta asked, he was a soldier in his previous life, so he was not sensitive to political matters, let alone high-level affairs, and he can be said to be congenitally deficient in politics.
He Zhizhong said that he was a family and wanted to find an idle errand, but there was a shortage in Yanwang's Mansion, and he wanted to go, but he didn't expect to get into trouble, and he wanted to get out of his house as soon as possible! Cai Jing, a veteran of the Three Dynasties who has been weathered and has had several ups and downs, after all, is an old traitor and cunning, and he can understand the reason for it with just a little brain, and only said, 'Establish a son with a long and not virtuous, and establish a son with a noble but not a long, what can a mere royal palace Yishan change!' Because Cai Jing knew very well that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, formulated the system of pre-establishing the prince, the principle of which was: as long as you are the eldest son born to the eldest wife, even if you are an idiot, you can justifiably become the prince, and the others you toss to the sky in vain, and the next day you will take it down. Huang Jingchen took a sip of tea and said, "Although it took some money, I finally got the job done, and I finally lived up to my mission!" ”
"Alas, ginger is still old and spicy!" Zhao Ta understood the twists and turns and sighed, not only admiring Cai Jing's political experience, but also impressed by Huang Jingchen's sophistication and cleverness.