novelraw Chapter 241 Pick Up
Chapter 241 Pick Up
On March 15, the 28th year of Xuande, Shengjia came to Yangzhou.Prior to this, all the guards in Yangzhou had been taken over by the Imperial Guards of the Dragon and Tiger Army who arrived earlier.
Up and down the city of Yangzhou, there was a lot of joy, and the wives and wives of the officials were all dressed up according to their ranks, waiting to see the ladies who came with them.
Lin Ye didn't go to school that day either. He dressed according to the rules, and waited with the eldest son of the official family in Yangzhou City to pay his respects to the emperor in the side hall of the east wing of the front yard.
According to the past, on the first day of Shengjia's arrival, in addition to all the officials in the city to greet him, the elders of the officials' Xungui's family who are over ten years old also respectfully greet Shengan.In the next few days, the emperor will summon officials at all levels according to the arrangement.The sons of each family are all dressed up, and stand in civil and military positions according to their father's title and official position.
Lin Hai didn't have the time to take care of Lin Ye at this time. As the second most senior official in Yangzhou City, he was waiting for the holy driver at the gate of the city at this time!
From a distance, I saw a yellow carriage slowly approaching, and when it came to the front, all the officials present knelt down to greet them and shouted, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
"Everyone is in peace!" Emperor Xuande said calmly.
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone stood up sparsely.
Now the biggest official in Yangzhou City, Master Li, the inspector of salt and censor, stepped forward and said: "My ministers welcome the emperor to Yangzhou. The ministers have prepared the most unique residence in Yangzhou City for the emperor and empress. Look, your majesty, are you the first to come?" Let's take a rest before eating!"
"Let's look at the residence first! I want to see and see what is the most unique residence in Yangzhou City!" Emperor Xuande became interested after hearing what Mr. Li said. It stands to reason that the place where he stays is usually The built palace, or like Jinling, directly call a certain family to pick them up.Haven't heard of it yet.
Mr. Liu has already told the place first.Let the Dragon and Tiger Army take over first.That place is exactly the place Mr. Gao mentioned earlier, it is in a private courtyard, this courtyard is a courtyard of a salt merchant with the surname of Song, and it is used by the imperial court as a pick-up place.Master Song was naturally ecstatic.The salt merchants are not short of money, but they are short of fame. Master Song doesn't feel bad at all if he gave up this yard to the imperial court for nothing.As long as the officials of Yangzhou City can remember his kindness!
Of course, if Emperor Xuande is happy, give him something affordable, such as an inscription, or a last-ranked title or something.Master Song will be even happier!
The courtyard is surrounded by water, and you can see the scenery before entering the garden, which is unique among Yangzhou gardens.It's early spring now.It is March in Yangzhou.As soon as you enter the garden, spring flowers are everywhere, the spring breeze is blowing, and the spring water is long, lingering among the pavilions, trees, smoke and reeds, white walls and black tiles.It is really free to look at the scenery everywhere.
Even the emperors and concubines have never seen such a grand place. The royal gardens pay attention to an atmosphere, while the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River are unique in every inch of land, and exquisiteness can be seen everywhere. Every plant, tree, pavilion, pavilion, stone and water are all meticulous. The carvings are delightful.
"Good!" Even Emperor Xuande, who was used to seeing gardens, couldn't help but praise. This garden is indeed well-built. The garden is surrounded by water on three sides, but the water is outside the garden, and there are all kinds of rare trees everywhere, even if the path is random. Each stone is carefully selected and placed appropriately, which makes people forget the customs.
Emperor Xuande praised: "The scenery in this garden is exquisite. Wherever you live, it is like a fairyland. The ancients said that the fireworks will go down in Yangzhou in March, which is really well-deserved."
Seeing that Emperor Xuande was happy, the officials of all sizes in Yangzhou City breathed a sigh of relief, not asking for the best, but not the worst, as long as the emperor is satisfied, "The emperor is absurd!"
Emperor Xuande squinted at all the officials, "This yard can't be repaired in a short while, um..." The implication is self-evident.
Lin Hai bears the title of imperial censor, so it is inevitable that he will come out at this time, but the people here are eager for him to come out. "If you go back to the emperor, this place was built by a salt merchant to support the elderly at home. That's why it's so exquisite. Because you are lucky enough to come to Yangzhou, the emperor, you specially donated the newly completed garden to pick you up. The emperor's garden was named after Zeng. If the emperor likes it, why don't you give the salt merchant a face , give a name."
Lin Hai's words were ingenious, and he immediately explained the origin and history of this garden clearly!
As for the title at the end, well, the emperor likes to play tricks like this.
"That man is full of filial piety, loyalty and filial piety are commendable. I will name this garden 'Ge Garden'!" Emperor Xuande said calmly, but he was very happy with Lin Hai's acquaintance. Prosperous.Especially the Zhen family, which is extremely luxurious.
Although he didn't say anything on the surface, he was still a little unhappy in his heart. No matter who he was, seeing the officials below him living such a luxurious life with such money, no emperor would be in a good mood.
So many places, including the officials of Yangzhou City, barely caught his eye, at least they didn't waste people's money.
It is for this reason that the promotion speed of officials, large and small, in Yangzhou City is much higher than that of officials in other places.The leaders, Lord Li and Lord Liu, will be worshiped as first-rank officials in the future, so it can be regarded as a mistake!
"My minister thanked the emperor for giving the name to the salt merchant." Lin Hai is not without purpose, and he is afraid that he will go down the old road of the Red Chamber in the future and become the inspector of the salt censor!
People say: three years Qing magistrate, [-] snowflake silver, at least add a zero to the Yanguan.
But this statement is not false, the salt government is corrupt, that is not corruption, and the prefects and prefects want to get money, and they will get a bad official reputation.The salt official didn't say anything, just acted according to the rules, and just received the tribute from the salt merchants as usual.Regardless of foreign businessmen, domestic businessmen, or wealthy families, as long as they follow the path of salt merchants, they all have to deal with him. Even if they don't want to be greedy, the money received is piled up like a mountain!
The Lin family has its own eyeliner in the south of the Yangtze River. Although Lin Hai can't transfer it, he can apply for some from the patriarch to sort out the official relationship in Yangzhou.
Therefore, Lin Hai knew that the Xunyan Yushi was a fat job.But there are too many things involved in the above, from top to bottom, I don't know how many people took money from it, voluntarily or forced to act as the umbrella of the salt administration.
I remember in the original book that the original owner was sent by the emperor to thoroughly investigate the salt administration.But this requires a thorough investigation of the salt administration, which is simply a matter of taking other people's jobs.The salaries of officials in this dynasty are said to be low or high, but if ordinary officials have no extra money, they can even support their families.However, there are still contacts in various places, which can be fooled at will, of course not, these cannot come from the salary, which requires the filial piety of those businessmen and officials.
If you want to clean up a group of salt merchants, the number of officials involved is a shocking number. Among them, there are many high-ranking officials in the central government. Moreover, there are many wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. They are all related to the court. It is difficult to move an inch.
Therefore, some people speculated in the previous life that the original owner died at the hands of these salt merchants.If he still follows the path in the book, Lin Hai hopes to seize the initiative, so it is an advantage to sell to this Song salt merchant first, at least when he comes to power, he will not immediately form a confrontation with the salt merchant.
Lin Hai had inquired a long time ago that this Song salt merchant was the leading figure among all the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, otherwise he would not have dared to build such a garden in Yangzhou City openly!Give him a little sweetness first, so that he can speak for himself in the future.
Lin Hai's calculation was very precise.
Anyway, it's not my own thing, and I don't feel bad for doing favors.
Emperor Xuande saw that Lin Hai also looked so boring, and shook his head in his heart. He couldn't help but regret letting Lin Hai go!
In other words, why does Emperor Xuande favor Lin Hai so much? It's not that he has taken a fancy to Lin Hai, and he can't say that if he is not right. It should be said that he is not thinking about Lin Hai.Instead, he likes Lin Hai's aura-like temperament. Every time he just taps it lightly, Lin Hai will understand!
The Lin family was also a pure minister, and Emperor Xuande was happy to use Lin Hai again. In addition, Lin Hai had the memory of modern people. Let go, which made Emperor Xuande suddenly arouse the excitement that he had become an older brother when he saw the younger brother.
Emperor Xuande rolled his eyes, and suddenly remembered that Lin Hai seemed to have an 11-year-old eldest son, so he became interested.
"The children of the aristocratic family have been waiting for a long time, show me!"
"Yes!" All of a sudden, the crowd led Emperor Xuande back to the hall, and asked the boys who had been waiting in the side hall to pay respects to Emperor Xuande.
Under the leadership of a servant, the children of the meritorious families of officials, large and small, in Yangzhou City held their breaths, lowered their heads, and entered the side hall one by one. "Greetings to Sheng'an" fell to their knees, and said in unison: "Respectfully, Sheng'an, long live, long live, long live!" Then there were three kneeling and nine kowtows.
Emperor Xuande was somewhat gentle in his majesty, and said, "Get up!"
Everyone rose in response, and Emperor Xuande saw that the person standing at the top on the right looked familiar, so he took a second look and asked the boy at the top, "What is your name, and whose family is it?"
The young man who smelled like a book stepped out and bowed his head to answer: "If you go back to the emperor, the student's name is Li Yi, and my father is the inspector of salt."
Emperor Xuande heard that the young man claimed to be a student, so he knew that he was famous. He also heard that the surname was Li, and he knew it well. The Li family in the capital had a princess in the early days, and this person probably belonged to that family. Okay, so I asked a few words about this autumn's rural examination with a pleasant face.
After Li Yi answered kowtowing again, he stood up and returned to his original position, which was regarded as the completion of this conversation.