lied to Kangxi

Chapter 504 The crime finally happened

Tang Bing's younger brother, He Zichang, a former Jiangnan student of politics, celebrated his fiftieth birthday.

Yuzhu must be going.

After He Zichang returned to Beijing at the end of his tenure in Jiangnan, his official career suddenly became smoother. He had successively served as a minister of the cabinet, Shaoqing of the Honghe Secretary, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites, and Jijiu of the Guozijian.

He Zichang, who had a very difficult official career, suddenly seemed to be on a rocket. He was promoted from a sixth-rank official to one of the nine ministers, Honglu Temple Minister, and he must have a big backer behind him.

On the stage, everyone thought that He Zichang had climbed the door of a certain cabinet minister.

In fact, only a few people know that it is Yu Zhu who is behind the scenes.

He Zichang is a very proud person, he originally didn't want to send an invitation to Yuzhu.

It's just that, all these years, he has never begged Yuzhu, but was taken care of by Yuzhu all the way, and he climbed to the high position of Jiuqing.

If He Zichang passed his fiftieth birthday without inviting Yu Zhu over for a glass of wine, it would be unreasonable.

Honglu Siqing, the Qin Dynasty called Dianke, and the early Western Han Dynasty called Daxingling, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed it to Dahonglu.At the time of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the official signature of Honglu Temple was first determined.

Due to the establishment of Lifan Yuan, Honglu Temple took away most of its responsibilities for managing foreign feudal clans.

Today's Honglu Temple is jokingly called: Yinyan Temple.

He Zichang loves reading and compiling books, and his ability to do practical things is far worse than Tang Bing.

Therefore, Yuzhu secretly arranged for He Zichang, almost all of them were very noble official positions with little work and little money.

Unlike the greedy and talented Tang Bing, He Zichang is a well-known upright official.

There is a very interesting rumor about He Zichang.

According to the unspoken rules in the officialdom, after the banquet at Honglu Temple was over, all kinds of dishes on the banquet were tacitly allowed to be taken away in boxes.

The officials of Honglu Temple all knew that He Zichang liked to eat meat.After each meal, he would fill a big pot full of meat for him and put it in a food box so that he could take it home and enjoy it with his family.

Over time, He Zichang gained the official nickname of "The Meat Eater".

When He Zichang learned about it, he didn't take it as an insult, but said generously: I used to despise meat eaters, but now I am a meat eater.

When Yu Zhu arrived, there were not many carriages and horses in front of He Mansion.

That's right, Honglu Siqing is nominally one of the nine ministers, but in fact, he doesn't have much real power.

In the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty, almost all the officials with real power, except for a few people, were invisible rich people.

Not to mention anything else, only Tang Wusi, the big housekeeper trusted by Tang Bing, is said to have bought a large courtyard house in the capital, with beautiful concubines and servants serving him.

There is no other way, anyone who asks to see Tang Bing must secretly plug in the bag.

Naturally, Tang Wusi also made a fortune along with it.

Yuzhu was extremely strict with those around him, and anyone who dared to close the house in private would be shot with a cane and thrown to Wudaokou to feed the wild dogs.

However, human nature is profit-seeking in nature, and torture alone is actually not enough.

Therefore, Yuzhu learned from the old four's way of doing things, and invented the "duty silver" only for servants and maids.

The first-class servants, including Wu Jiang, Wu Sheng, and Hu Biao, can go to Xiuyun at the end of each year to receive 300 taels of cash.

These days, the servants serve their masters attentively, just to dedicate their youth for nothing?

My lord, don't be ridiculous!

No benefit, who gets up early?

In the He Mansion, Tang Bing had already brought his disciples, and they all arrived early.

Zhao Donghe stood behind Tang Bing, looking in the direction of the gate every now and then.

Tang Bing's son-in-law, Yue Ming, the magistrate of Liangxiang County, couldn't stand it anymore, and secretly reached out and pulled Zhao Donghe's robe sleeve.

However, after Zhao Donghe restrained himself for a quarter of an hour, he reverted to his old ways, and couldn't restrain his eyes from glancing outside the door.

Yue Ming, who had a sense of justice, couldn't understand Zhao Donghe's snobbery, so he deliberately moved half a step away, simply keeping a distance from Zhao Donghe.

Tang Bing was still very well-educated. He and He Zichang talked about poetry and poetry, and then from classics and history to sub-collections, and then talked about the recently edited "History of Ming Dynasty".

"Junior brother, I have heard that after the Qian family participated in compiling Ming history, the quality of compiling history has been greatly improved?" Tang Bing asked He Zichang with a smile, holding a teacup in his hand.

He Zichang snorted coldly, and said: "The water is too cold, my scalp itches, the willows are out of the wall, I am in a hurry to repent, and the Qian family has done all the dirty things."

Tang Bing always knew that He Zichang didn't have the slightest affection for Qian Qianyi, a capricious second minister.

He Zichang's ancestral home is Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, and Wang Bo'an, the great master of Hexin School and the originator of Yaojiang School, can be regarded as a proper fellow villager.

Han officials these days are not only not allowed to serve as officials in the province where their ancestral home is, but the yamen where they are appointed must be more than five hundred miles away from their hometown.

Therefore, He Zichang can serve as Jiangnan Xuezheng, but it is absolutely impossible to serve as Zhejiang Xuezheng.

"Junior Brother, you still have that stinky temper!" Tang Bing was also helpless for He Zichang's overwhelmed sense of justice.

As the saying goes, the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.

He Zichang had stubbornly been an upright official for half his life, and Tang Bing had no choice but to let him go.

"Senior brother, I have something to talk to you about." He Zichang said solemnly, "Qin Benchu, the head master of Jiuhua Academy where Yuzhu once studied, was very quiet and wanted to be an official in the court. But, I People speak lightly, so they can't do their best."

Tang Bing was shrewd like a ghost, and he understood when he heard this.

It must be that the imperial court's remarks on restraining Jiangnan scholars have become more and more severe, and the strikes have become more and more ruthless, which made Qin Benchu ​​feel uneasy.

Qin Benchu ​​was not only Xie Yuangong in the Jiangnan Township Examination, but also Tanhualang in the Palace Examination in the 29th year of Kangxi.

It's just that this man is not interested in officialdom, but is active in teaching and educating people.

According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, as long as you pass the Jinshi examination, you have the qualifications to be an official.

Now, Qin Benchu ​​can come out to be an official anytime, anywhere, just need someone in the court to help him say a few solid words.

Hearing that Yuzhu had arrived, He Zichang still sat still, and Tang Bing was embarrassed to openly greet his disciples.

As soon as Zhao Donghe rolled his eyes, he took advantage of the situation and took the initiative to ask for an errand to meet Yuzhu.

Therefore, Zhao Donghe and Li Zhengren, the eldest disciple of He Zichang's sect, who is currently You Zanshan of Zhan Shifu, went out to meet Yuzhu.

"Greetings to Lord Zhu." Zhao Donghe bowed respectfully to the ground.

Zhao Donghe's waist is too soft, Li Zhengren just doesn't like it.

Li Zhengren stood up straight on purpose, cupped his hands in a very perfunctory manner, with a slight smile on his face, and said, "Master Yu took the time to come, Ren thank you for my teacher."

It's just that Li Zhengren's smile was too fake, and his superficial smile was very irritating.

Yuzhu secretly felt that it was funny. If there is a teacher, there must be a disciple.

Yuzhu already knew about He Zichang's temperament eight years ago.

He has a lonely and lofty personality, and he does not bow down for five buckets of rice.

Therefore, over the years, Yuzhu and Li Guangdi made secret deals, pushing He Zichang without asking for anything in return, and rose step by step to the high position of Jingqing.

"Disciple Yu Zhu pays respects to Master Uncle." After Yu Zhu entered the door, he bowed to the ground unequivocally, and paid homage to He Zichang respectfully.

He Zichang sneered and said, "I don't dare to call myself your uncle." There was a thorn in his words.

Tang Bing smiled and said: "You are my serious junior, aren't you Yuzhu's uncle? Unless, you don't recognize your mentor as an old man."

This is absolutely true, and He Zichang can't refute it at all.

Confucian disciples, especially pay attention to inheritance.

Both Tang Bing and He Zichang studied under Li Bai of Meixian County, one of the "Three Lis in Guanzhong", a great Confucianist in Neo Confucianism.

Li Bai of Meixian County, Li Yindu of Fuping, and Li Yong, the "Great Confucian in China", are also known as the "Three Lis of Guanzhong", and they are admired by scholars all over the world.

None of the three Lis in Guanzhong served in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.However, most of their disciples became officials of the Qing Dynasty.

If you are good at learning, you will be an official.

Learning literary and martial arts, goods and imperial families, was the norm before the concept of modern nationalism was established.

Yuzhu stood by He Zichang's side for half an hour, but few officials came to pay their respects.

It is the norm to follow the trend and follow the red top and white, so there is no need to make a fuss.

After the birthday banquet started, Yuzhu carefully looked at the dishes served on the table, yes, boiled tofu with vegetables and fatty meat, stir-fried bean sprouts, fish head soup, all are home-cooked dishes.

Forget it, the wine served was also baijiu for the lower classes, not the Beijing rice wine that high-ranking officials and nobles often drink.

Yuzhu has also seen the demeanor of an upright official, but not many.

Moreover, according to Yuzhu's secret observation, among the ministers who discussed politics, the cabinet scholars, the six ministers, and the governors of various provinces, the so-called upright officials are really rare.

Of course, there are very few giants like Longkodo.

In most cases, the annual gray income of the first- and second-rank officials with real power is between 20 and [-] taels.

Objectively speaking, relying on the salaries of Beijing officials alone, not to mention the theater troupe, even the bearers, grooms and horses could not afford to support them.

When Zeng Guofan was a small Beijing official, he often tore down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and lived on loans.

"Everyone, my meager salary is used to buy books, so I can only buy this kind of shabby banquet. Please forgive me." He Zichang admitted that he was poor.

Yuzhu smiled slightly, although Uncle He is not greedy, he actually has a lot of eyes.

Back then, there were so many academies in Jiangnan, why did He Zichang let Yuzhu go to Jiuhua Academy where Qin Benchu ​​was?
People who can pass the Jinshi exam, pure nerds, are actually rare.

He Zichang's purpose, looking at it now, is actually to make Yuzhu owe Jiangnan Shilin a favor, so that when Jiangnan scholars get into trouble in the future, they can ask Yuzhu for help.

Yuzhu knew it well, but pretended not to know.

Help, it's love.It is our duty not to help.How to help, who is worth helping, he has a clear account in his heart.

If Qin Benchu ​​was in trouble, Yuzhu must have tried his best to save him.As for the other great Confucian scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, hehe, then you can’t say for sure.

However, no one expected that while Yu Zhu and the others were drinking, something serious happened to Shilin in the south of the Yangtze River.

Silence is worse than words!
Yuzhu has never written a book, let alone anti-poetry!

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