Chapter 156: Ten Standing Attendants Ask for Advice
A few days have passed in a blink of an eye, and Wu Yong does not participate in anything in the outside world except for accompanying Liu Hong, the son of heaven, to read every day.
He knows very well that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and as a servant of the Son of Heaven, it may not be a good thing to come into contact with too many people.
No, Liu Hong saw that Wu Yong was so clean and self-conscious, and he became closer to him, and went to the Dragon Garden in Beigong several times to play, and took him with him.
On this day, Wu Yong just came out of the Dragon Garden, and was stopped by a voice.
"Wu waits to stay." Wu Yong stopped, and found that it was the confessor who taught him the etiquette in the palace when he first arrived in Luoyang, and asked with a smile: "What is the matter with the adults looking for the boy?" The confessor walked a few steps quickly to Wu Yong, and then waved his hand and said, "I can't afford to be called an adult!" There are a lot of rules in the palace, Wu Shiyu don't hurt me, if it is heard by others, report to the servant, and scold. He breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "It was a few Chang Shi adults who asked me to pick you up, and they have something to talk to you about?" Wu Yong was stunned for a moment, and didn't ask much, so he walked outside the palace with the confessor.
On the way, Wu Yong asked the name of the confessor by the way. The two are now officials in the same palace, and they should meet many times in the future.
However, when he knew that his name was Ju Shou, Wu Yong was also surprised, a eunuch was also called by this name, which is indeed rare.
The two turned left and right, and when they came to a courtyard, Cheng Huang and Guo Sheng, who were dressed in dark black civilian clothes, stood under the eaves at the gate of the courtyard and greeted each other with a smile.
As soon as Cheng Huang saw Wu Yong coming, he smiled and quipped: "You kid, you can be regarded as coming, but let's wait for a while!" ”
"Good guy, I didn't expect you to become the Son of Heaven after not seeing you for a few days! Fortunately, the old man befriended you when he was in Wancheng, otherwise, if he wanted to make friends with you at this time, it would be difficult to go to the sky. Guo Sheng also sighed on the side.
"The two adults look up to the kid too much, and they go out to greet each other and torment the kid!" Wu Yong was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly saluted.
"Haha, you can afford it, we have something to ask for today." With that, the two pulled Wu Yong into the courtyard, and Ju Shou closed the door very interestingly and stood outside the door.
At this time, although it was late May, it was unbearably hot outside, but when I entered this courtyard, it was a burst of coolness, which made people feel refreshed.
It turned out that a leafy locust tree was planted in the middle of this spacious courtyard, and the wooden shelves in the southeast corner of the courtyard were covered with grape branches.
A few pots of unnamed flowers are scattered at the base of the grapes, welcoming the arrival of summer with a brilliant and ephemeral beauty.
After a while, the three of them came to a spacious and bright flower hall, the windows in the hall were wide open, and the cool breeze of early summer made people feel very comfortable.
At this time, Wu Yong found that there were still eight people sitting in the hall, and he quickly glanced around and found that he didn't know any of them.
As soon as Cheng Huang came in, he laughed and said, "Colleagues, this is Wu Yong, who is the son of today." Then he pulled Wu Yong forward and introduced Wu Yong one by one: "This is the Marquis of Yuyang, the captain of Changle Cao Jie Cao Changshou." ”
"This is the Marquis of Gao, the Marquis of Changle, the Marquis of Changle."
"This is Guannei Hou Zhao Zhong Zhao Changshou."
"This is Zhang Rang Zhang Changshi." …… After a round of introduction, Wu Yong finally understood who these people were!
Cao Jie, Hou Lan, Wang Fu, Cheng Huang, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Chun Yudeng, Yuan Yu, Feng Yi, Guo Sheng, these are the top ten permanent servants of today's son Liu Hong!
None of these people are simple people, Wu Yong recalled the information prepared for him by Zhu Zhu some time ago, and these ten middle servants bore the brunt.
The first is Cao Jie, who, as the head of the Ten Standing Attendants, has the most information. Cao Jie was originally a descendant of Cao Shen, the Marquis of Pingyang, and his family lived in Wei County, because the imperial court favored his family, and the title was inherited, but the marquis who was sealed would be cut off after two or three generations.
In the third year of Yongchu, Emperor He ordered Da Honglu to visit Cao Zhan's close relatives to Shaofeng, continue Cao's worship, and found Cao Jie's family, attacking the Marquis of Rongcheng, and the family was worried that the heirs would be cut off again, so the family moved to Nanyang Xinye.
Since then, the family has prospered, and has held the official position of 2,000 stone for generations. When Cao Jie was a teenager, he was cut off by a passing ranger for bullying men and women. roots, can only enter the palace, and later after the family's dots, tired of moving to the West Garden.
In the early years of Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty, Cao Jie was promoted to Xiaohuangmen with the position of riding in the West Garden. During the period of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, he was promoted to the rank of Zhongchang Servant and Captain of Fengche.
Forever. In the first year of Kang, Emperor Huan of Han died. In the first year of Jianning, Cao Jie led a thousand troops from Zhonghuangmen, Huben and Yulin to welcome Liu Hong, the son of heaven, to succeed him.
Cao Jie was named the Marquis of Chang'an Township for his contribution to the establishment of Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and had 600 households. In September of the first year of Jianning, Cao Jie and 17 people, including Zhu Yu of Changle's Wuguan Shi, Gongpu of Congguanshi, Zhang Liang, Wang Zun of Zhonghuangmen, and Teng Shi, the Confidant of Changle, jointly falsely claimed that the edict of Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, took Wang Fu, the food supervisor of Changle, as the Huangmen order, and led troops to kill Chen Fan and Dou Wu, as well as Yin Xun, Shangshu Ling, Liu Yu, and Feng Shu, the captain of Tuncai, and exterminated them all.
Cao Jie was promoted to the rank of captain of Changle for this merit, changed the title of Marquis of Yuyang, and increased the number of food towns by 3,000. In the second year of Jianning, Cao Jie was seriously ill, and Liu Hong, the son of heaven, issued an edict appointing him as a general of chariots.
After more than 100 days, Cao Jie recovered from his illness, handed over the seal ribbon of the general of the chariot cavalry, removed him from the position of general of the chariot cavalry, and still served as a regular attendant in the middle of the ranks.
Under Cao Jie is Hou Lan, who is also one of the eunuchs who were made marquis. Hou Lan, a native of Shanyang Fangdong, has been poor since he was a child, and in desperation, he entered the palace as a eunuch, but he is cunning, good at observing words and feelings, and is quite popular with the Son of Heaven.
In the early years of Emperor Huan, he was promoted to a regular attendant. During the Yanxi period, due to the imperial court's successive expeditions, the treasury was empty, so it borrowed the taxes of hundreds of officials and princes.
Hou Lan saw that this was an excellent opportunity for promotion, so he took the lead in donating 5,000 horses, thus gaining the trust of Liu Zhi, the son of heaven, and giving him the title of Hou Nei.
Because of his participation in the planning of Liang Ji's meritorious service, he was named the Marquis of Gaoxiang, and later moved to the servant of Changle. After Liu Hong succeeded to the throne, he continued to meet and greet him, and soon won the favor of the Son of Heaven and favored him.
As for the remaining people, they are all led by Cao Jie and Hou Lan, and there is very little information. It is worth mentioning Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang, these two are the heads of the last ten permanent servants, but the two are now attached to Cao Jie, and there is not much information.
Zhao Zhong is a native of Anping, and Zhang Rang is a native of Yingchuan County. Both of them entered the palace since childhood, and worked in the court when they were young, and Emperor Huan was the little yellow gate at the time.
Zhao Zhong was named the marquis of the capital because of his participation in the killing of Liang Jigong. In the eighth year of Yanxi, he was deposed as the Marquis of Guannei, and the county rented a thousand Hu.
After Liu Hong, the son of heaven, succeeded to the throne, he took a fancy to the two at a glance and promoted the two of them to the middle standing attendant together. Thinking of this, Wu Yong took a deep breath, it seems that he has to act cautiously today, and he doesn't know what these ten middle attendants are going to do when they invite him.
When Wu Yong was thinking about things, these eight Zhongchang attendants who met for the first time were also carefully observing Wu Yong, and they were quite curious about Wu Yong.
From the first time Cheng Huang sent Taixu food to Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, they paid attention. Because Cheng Huang was strictly guarded at that time, and because of the existence of Nanyang Taishou Chen Qiu, they never got more information.
Later, he finally learned the truth from Guo Sheng's mouth, and did everything possible to get Chen Qiu from the position of Nanyang Taishou.
Unexpectedly, the will of heaven made people, and Liu Hong, the son of heaven, recruited Wu Yong from Wancheng to Luoyang in a word, and became the servant of the Son of Heaven.
Originally, I was thinking of getting close to Wu Yong, but I didn't expect Wu Yong to come up and take out Wang Fang and dedicate two and a half "Shangshu" essays, which made the court boil and made them dare not contact easily.
Later, Wu Yong presented the method of printing and printing, which was sought after by the students, which made them unable to sit still, and they were afraid that Wu Yong would be pulled into the camp of the Tai Academy.
You must know that these Tai students study scriptures weekdays, in order to pass the assessment of the two subjects A and B, and become court officials, so they also look down on them the most to obtain official positions by flattering the Son of Heaven.
That's why the ten of them gathered to give Wu Yong a dismount together, and by the way, ask him if he has a good way to make money.
Don't look at them as regular attendants, their appearance is very beautiful, but many officials in the imperial court have always regarded them as a thorn in the flesh, and if they are not careful, they will end up in pieces.
They are all from poor people, but they can't compare to those big families, once they die, they will be destroyed and wiped out, and in the end there is not even a person to collect the corpse.
The hall was silent for a while, and Cao Jie took the lead in breaking the dull atmosphere, and said with a smile: "I have long heard that Wu Shi is wise and knowledgeable, and he is a rare strange person, and when I see it today, it is really worthy of the name!" ”
"Lord Chang praised it falsely, the kid is ashamed!" Wu Yong was modest, and then asked straight to the point: "I don't know what the adults have recruited the boy, what is the so-called matter?" Cao Jie glanced at everyone, and pretended to sigh: "Since Wu Shishu is so refreshing, we will not hide it." It's really that I've been spending a lot of money recently, but I don't have a way to make money, so I want Wu Shiyu to give me some guidance. As he spoke, he pointed to the circle chair under him and said: "Just like I sit on these chairs, they are now very popular in Luoyang, and they can be sold for thousands of dollars, and it is said that they are still from the hands of Wu Shiyu." Wu Yong was stunned, only to find that they were sitting on circle chairs, and the speed of this spread was too fast.
But why didn't he see anyone in the Hou Mansion and the Yuan Mansion? It seems that I have time to go out and walk more.
Cao Jie didn't care about Wu Yong's surprise, and continued: "There is also the method of printing that Wu Shi read and passed on to the Taixu Academy, if this is handed over to us, not only can we easily get money, but also earn fame, it is really a lot of money!" After speaking, he also glanced at Wu Yong intentionally or unintentionally.
Wu Yong suddenly understood that the Ten Standing Servants wanted to earn money and reputation, so he let himself think of a best of both worlds.
Wu Yong raised his eyebrows, thought seriously for a while, and then said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this!" Like Cheng Changshou and Guo Changshi, you are all young elders. The kid thought about it just now, and there is indeed a way to do it. ”
"Oh, are you going to hear it?" Cao Jie's words were very flat, as if he didn't believe that Wu Yong would think of a way so quickly.
"In fact, the method is very simple, that is, to build a toilet in Luoyang!" The reason why Wu Yong thought of this was because he thought that with the spread of the method of fertilizing fields, the people's demand for farm fertilizer would definitely increase sharply.
Nowadays, there are not many livestock breeding, so the manure of livestock needs to accumulate over time, but people are different, three meals a day do not stop, and there are many people who eat and drink Lazar every day, especially Luoyang, a super city with a population of one million.
Didn't later generations have proof that until the Republic of China, there was still a business that specialized in buying and selling dung balls. Cao Jie listened, but he frowned, glanced at Wu Yong suspiciously, and then said angrily: "Are you perfunctory and making fun of me?" Wu Yong sighed and said that his heart was really tired, these people really can't see it!
But he had to explain: "The adults must have misunderstood, they are all elders in front of each other, how dare the kid have such an idea!" The adults first listen to the kid's explanation, and if they feel dissatisfied, they want to ask the kid for the crime, and the kid has nothing to say. Then Wu Yong explained the role of fecal water, how to build public toilets in crowded places, how to sell fecal water, and how to charge money for entering the toilet.
This series of operations is really a million profits, it is difficult to make money, the key is to earn this money, and you can also get a certain number of names, which is really a lot of money!
Hearing this, everyone in the hall was really dumbfounded, and after a long time, Cao Jie reacted and sighed: "Wu Shi is really a genius!" Then, he stood up again, patted Wu Yong's shoulder, and said meaningfully: "Don't worry, as long as I am waiting for you in the future, you will not be robbed by others." ”