Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 53 The House of the Rich (Part [-])
After Li Wei left, Gao Wushi said to Zhang Siwei with a smile, "This father-in-law..."

Zhang Siwei twitched his lips: "You don't have enough food, you are a generation of orphans and rotting rats."

Gao Wushi chuckled: "Uncle's evaluation of him is really bad."

Zhang Siwei glanced at him sideways, and said with a half-smile: "Are you thinking in your heart, how can uncle associate with this kind of person?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "Although my nephew is dull, it's not so superficial."

"Oh?" Zhang Siwei was slightly surprised, and asked, "Then what do you think?"

Gao Wushi said indifferently: "Although your majesty is in the prime of life, this person is the grandfather of His Highness the Crown Prince after all. Besides, as his relative, he came to look for uncle, it is impossible to ask for an official, it can only be for money. Uncle has breasts. Dazhi, why would you care about the mere money and silk, just give it to him, why offend such a generation who has more than enough success and failure for this?"

Zhang Siwei's complexion changed drastically, he examined Gao Yushi carefully, and sighed: "My sister is so blessed...the Gao family is so blessed."

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "Uncle, it's too early for you to boast now."

Zhang Siwei laughed, waved his hands and said, "I'm not here to talk to you today, come on, let's go to the study to talk."

The two of them came to Zhang Siwei's back study. The servant girl of Zhang's mansion offered tea. Gao Wushi twitched his nose and said with a smile, "Uncle lived a fairy life here... What kind of good tea is this? How do you smell it?" Does it smell like peas?"

Zhang Siwei smiled and said: "The authentic product is the fragrance of peas. This is a famous tea from Huqiu, also known as 'Baiyunhua' in Song Dynasty. This tea is produced in Huqiu Temple, and it is not commonly found in the market, because there are only a few dozen plants in total. The tea tree... I only have two catties here, and it was sent by someone from your third uncle, so I wouldn't take it out in normal times."

Gao Wushi also laughed: "The tea is so good, my uncle is not afraid that my nephew will waste everything."

"How can my family have so many opinions about drinking?" Zhang Siwei waved his hand, and suddenly his face turned serious: "Be pragmatic, I don't know if you have heard of something..."

Gao Yushi looked at Zhang Siwei and waited for his next words.

Zhang Siwei coughed lightly, and said: "Mr. Zhao Ge discussed the matter of revising Wenchen Prime Minister's military administration in Beijing. Did you hear it at home?"

Oh, so you wanted to ask this question.

Gao Wushi blinked his eyes: "Sanbo talked about this with several senior brothers."

Zhang Siwei's eyes brightened: "What does Mr. Gao Ge have to say about this?"

"Third Uncle didn't say much, but the senior brothers have some opinions." Gao Wushi shrugged and replied.

"Oh?" Zhang Siwei stroked his beard and asked, "Do you remember what they said?"

Gao Wushi said: "The general opinion is that Mr. Zhao Ge's move is likely to be a cover for Mr. Xu Huating, and at the same time, he also has the intention of selling it to Beijing and Chinese officials."

Zhang Siwei nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and asked again: "Gao Ge didn't make a statement?"

Gao Wushi said: "Third Uncle probably thinks it's not a big deal, and... he thinks that Huo Benbing might not like it."

Zhang Siwei thought for a while and asked: "The former Liaodong governor Fang Xingzhi (Note: Fang Fengshi, the word Xingzhi) moved to Datong at the beginning of the year. This Fang Xingzhi is from Hubei. He has always had a very close personal relationship with Mr. Zhang Ge. Tan Zili (Note: Tan Lun, courtesy name Zili.) He is the governor of Jiliao. He and Qi Yuanjing have known each other for many years and have cooperated closely. Heavenly Governor Liu Zihe (Note: Liu Yingjie, word Zihe.) is also the same age as Zhang Ge's old man, and it is also not suitable to move lightly..."

Gao Wushi was slightly taken aback, and thought to himself: Why are there so many cronies of Zhang Juzheng among the governors near the capital?But, what does uncle mean when he told me this?It would never be said that Zhang Juzheng was going to rebel, that would be too outrageous.

Zhang Siwei glanced at Gao Yushi, and then said: "You have a senior brother named Wu Dui, who is now a soldier in Jizhou. He has a good performance in the evaluation, so he has a chance to be promoted. Mr. Gao Ge has mentioned Wu Junze many times before. It's just that there are no shortage of frontier ministers at the moment... The Prime Minister's military affairs in the Beijing camp are usually not handled by the soldiers themselves, but by the assistant. The assistant needs to have a long experience in the military and is familiar with military affairs. In this way, Fang Xingzhi will most likely be able to move to the right to be the governor of Xuanda, leaving the governor of the Xuanfu to be the governor, and Wu Junze can be placed..."

Oh, it turns out that you have been making such a big circle all the time, because you want to recommend your uncle Wang Chonggu to Beijing as the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Prime Minister of the Jingying Rongzheng?It's just that I'll just keep telling you about this matter, it's hard to say whether it will work or not.

and many more!

Gao Wushi thought for a while, and secretly said: My uncle first counted the leading civil servants around the capital as mostly belonging to the Zhang Party, and then proposed that Wang Chonggu be transferred to Beijing as the Prime Minister of the Jingying Military Administration, although Fang Fengshi, a member of the Zhang Party, was also promoted one step further. , but Wu Dui of Gaodang was also able to move right from Bingbeidao to governor of Xuanfu... Generally speaking, it is more difficult for Bingbeidao to be promoted to governor than governor to governor. This is a very important step in the officialdom of Ming Dynasty.In other words, this deal is a bargain.

There is another point worth thinking about, because Gao Gong and Zhang Siwei are barely related by marriage because of my high-practical existence, and Wang Chonggu is Zhang Siwei's uncle, so Wang Chonggu will probably be closer to Gao Gong, and if Wang Chonggu received Gao Gong's help in the transfer to Beijing, and this relationship is bound to be stronger.

Gao Wushi thought for a while, then nodded to Zhang Siwei: "My nephew already understands what uncle means, and my nephew will convey it to Uncle San in private." Seeing Zhang Siwei's expression relaxed, he couldn't help reminding: " However, the third uncle probably needs to coordinate with Mr. Zhang Ge on this matter. In addition, he has to wait for Huo Benbing to express his attitude. Therefore, it will take a month or two to reach a conclusion on this matter. Uncle, don’t worry. .”

Zhang Siwei smiled and said, "Of course I know that."

Gao Wushi laughed: "That's good. Oh yes, uncle, my nephew is going to the manor in the west of Beijing today, and may stay there for a while..."

Zhang Siwei was slightly surprised, and asked, "I'll keep the servants over there for you. It's not inconvenient for you to stay for a while, but your third uncle brought you to Beijing to personally supervise your studies. , why let you go out to live alone?"

Gao Wushi smiled and said: "Sanbo is also very busy during this time, my nephew will go over there first, and I will read the courses that I will learn this year, and it will not be too late to ask Sanbo for advice when I return to Beijing after a while. "

Zhang Siwei nodded, and added: "Old Gao Ge has a strategy of invincibility, and he wants to build invincibility. It is not surprising that he is extremely busy on weekdays. If you encounter some questions about how to read sentences, you don't have to ask for advice on everything." He can write to me and say."

Gao Wushi quickly thanked him, and Zhang Siwei said again: "Your other courtyard was originally a safe place, except for a barren forest, there is no property. The servants in it were originally supported by Zhang's money, and now they have been transferred to others. You, I don't think the little money you have is enough, and it will be the first time when I see that the servants can't even give me a reward, and I will lose face for nothing."

He said, stretched out his hand and patted it three times, the steward of the inner palace immediately appeared at the door of the study, bowed and said, "Master, what are your orders?"

Zhang Siwei said: "In a while, you will pay 5000 taels of cash to Young Master Biao, and transfer thirty servants to Zhang Jin to escort Young Master Biao to the Cherry Spring Hospital in the west of Beijing."

Gao Wushi was taken aback, I... I got another 5000 taels?

　"My lord, you can live without silver, but you can't live without collections and recommendations."

　　"The main hall only has money, you can only ask the judge for what you want."

　　


(End of this chapter)