Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 395 Marquis Mansion

Xu Zhiqiong has become a marquis, with five thousand taels of silver every year.

Thinking of the five thousand taels, Xu Zhiqiong couldn't help laughing.

Five thousand taels of silver a year, no matter how much it can be spent, I, Xu Zhiqiong, will never have anything to do with the word poor in the future.

The income in the food city is exchanged every year, and this year's income has not yet been paid, so it doesn't matter, it will come naturally after autumn.

But now there is a problem that needs to be solved.

At noon, Liang Yuyao invited Xu Zhiqiong to Neishi Ling's mansion for a drink, and asked, "How is the preparation of the Marquis Mansion?"

Xu Zhiqiong drank a glass of wine and said, "I forgot if you didn't tell me, tomorrow I will go to the Ministry of Officials to ask for a house."

"Why are you looking for officials?"

"Aren't the official residences of officials assigned by the official department?" Wu Xu's servant's mansion was assigned by the official department back then.

"What do you want!" Liang Yuyao glared at Xu Zhiqiong, "If you become a third-rank official, maybe you can have an official residence, but that is not yours. After you leave office, you will move out immediately. You will be in charge of the government office for thousands of years." Hu, where is the official residence?"

Yes, after working with Qianhu for such a long time, no one really mentioned the official residence to him.

But that's not the point.

"I'm already a marquis, and I'm older than Yipin. Isn't there an official residence for me?"

Liang Yuyao sneered: "Official, official, don't confuse official with noble. An official is an official. When you are an official, you live in the official residence. When the official position is gone, the official residence will be taken back. A noble is a noble, not an official. There is no official residence." , even if you become a duke, you have to buy the mansion yourself."

This is the official system of Daxuan.

"Forget it," Xu Zhiqiong waved his hand, "I don't have the money to buy a mansion, I should still live in the yamen."

"Are you joking, the majestic Marquis, who doesn't even have a mansion, lives in the Lantern Yamen, if a guest comes, how do you entertain him? Is it in your Bright Lantern Hall?"

"We are a real person, I invite him to go to Goulan!"

"Bah! Facial!" Liang Yuyao took a sip of wine, "I asked for you in the past two days, and there is a suitable mansion, just because I'm afraid you might dislike it."

"What's so disgusting about the mansion? The place is not good?"

"Okay, ruthless, a prosperous place in the south of the city."

"The workmanship is not good?"

"There's nothing to say about the workmanship of the mansion, it's just that it's neglected and looks a bit bleak."

"The pattern is not good?"

"There's nothing to be picky about in terms of layout. To be honest, I'm in love with the mansion. If you don't want it, I'll buy it myself."

"As long as the price is right, I'm willing to buy it. How about three hundred taels?"

Liang Yuyao choked on the wine: "Forget it, pretend I didn't say anything about it."

Xu Zhiqiong asked in surprise, "Did I say too much or too little?"

Liang Yuyao sneered and said, "What do you think? For three hundred taels of silver, you can buy a house in the south of the city, with two small courtyards one in front and one in the back. Do you think this is a suitable place for a dignified Marquis to live in? Go ask your yamen Qing Denglang, their yards are bigger than this!"

Xu Zhiqiong's heart tightened, this figure might not be acceptable to him: "Your Highness, don't be fooled, just tell me how much money is it?"

Liang Yuyao stretched out two fingers.

Xu Zhiqiong raised his brows upside down: "Could it be two thousand taels?"

Liang Yuyao shook her head and sighed, "Twenty thousand taels."

"Twenty thousand taels!" Xu Zhiqiong jumped up on the spot, "Murder? What kind of house is it made of gold bricks and jade tiles?"

"The original protector, Ren Songde, you should know this man, right?"

Xu Zhiqiong pursed his lips and said, "This person has such an impression."

"This scum was convicted, his title was cut, and all his property was confiscated, including his mansion.

His mansion will not be exchanged for one hundred thousand taels. Yuyang issued an edict two days ago to sell all the property that should be sold to fill the treasury. If you want it, I can bring the house deed and title deed tomorrow. If you don't want it, I will accept it myself. "

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "Your Highness, accept it yourself."

Liang Yuyao hooked Xu Zhiqiong's chin: "Tiepi, why are you afraid that I will lie to you?"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "How could you lie to me?"

"Are you worried that Ren Songde's bad reputation will hurt you and ruin your reputation?"

Xu Zhiqiong still shook his head: "Ren Songde's reputation is not good, what does it have to do with the mansion?"

"Then what are you worried about?"

Xu Zhiqiong raised his head, straightened his chest and said, "Do you think I have twenty thousand taels?"

Liang Yuyao smiled and said, "Then how much do you have? I'll help you fill up if you don't have enough."

Xu Zhiqiong counted with his fingers: "If you want to count all the current ones, I'll borrow a little more. Two or three hundred taels can be raised..."

Liang Yuyao's small mouth slowly opened wide: "You have become a lamp-handling yamen with thousands of households, and you don't even have two or three hundred taels of savings?"

Xu Zhiqiong smiled bitterly and said, "It's only a few salaries for a thousand households, how many days have I been a thousand households?"

Liang Yuyao sneered: "You think I don't know? It's not an ordinary place to be in charge of the lamp yamen. Anyone who does business at night has to give you filial piety. Could it be that you really live on that little salary?"

Xu Zhiqiong laughed and said: "Your Highness, you underestimated me, and let your red-clothed emissary check it out, did I, Xu, ever take such ill-gotten gains?"

Subjectively, Xu Zhiqiong really wanted to be a clean and honest official.

Objectively speaking, after he became a thousand householder, he would either go out to fight, fight with Emperor Zhaoxing, go out to kill people, or be hunted down by others.

Liang Yuyao stared at Xu Zhiqiong for a long time, her eyes full of admiration: "It would be great if all the officials of Daxuan were like you,
To be honest, I intend to give this house to you. If I was only Princess Yuyao, I would have given this house to you. But now the situation is different. The emperor insisted that I be an official. There are more scruples, if I give you such a big gift, it will be difficult to explain it in front of the officials. "

That's right, if Liang Yuyao really gave Xu Zhiqiong a mansion, tomorrow's memorial to impeach Liang Yuyao and Xu Zhiqiong will be higher than Baihu Mountain.

Liang Yuyao thought for a while and said, "How about this, do you have any valuable belongings, such as cultural calligraphy and paintings, let me make a price, and I will just buy it."

Xu Zhiqiong thought for a moment, apart from the spring paintings Li Shabai gave him, how could there be any decent calligraphy and paintings.

Spring paintings cannot be sold. Those paintings have witnessed the great friendship between him and Wu Qianhu. Where there is no fence, they are the spiritual food for Xu Zhiqiong to purify his soul.

"Xu's two sleeves are clear, if it's something valuable, it's just this body," Xu Zhiqiong wiped his tears and said, "If the princess doesn't dislike it, I'll sell my body to you, I just hope the princess will treat me with pity. "

Xu Zhiqiong wanted to tell a joke.

Liang Yuyao didn't smile.

She stared at Xu Zhiqiong for a while, and asked, "Zaipi, are you serious?"

"It's not serious, just kidding." Xu Zhiqiong hurriedly lowered his head to eat.

"If you don't take it seriously, don't you take it seriously?"

Xu Zhiqiong picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and found that the glass was empty: "Then, what, Your Highness, aren't we used to laughing?"

Liang Yuyao kept staring at Xu Zhiqiong: "What if I don't want to laugh with you today?"

After finishing speaking, Liang Yuyao waved her hand and ordered the servant to close the door.

Xu Zhiqiong hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Highness, it's getting late, and I have resigned from my humble position. Listen to me, Your Highness, such things are not trivial. These clothes are newly bought, so you can't tear them..."

At nightfall, Xu Zhiqiong went back to Zhonglang Courtyard, and saw Xia Hu picking up oranges again, with a few sacks beside him, Xu Zhiqiong checked the sacks specially, Xia Hu shouted: "Mouth, who dares?" How do you use your good material?"

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Didn't I ask Lao Chang to make some good clothes for you? Why don't you wear them?"

Xia Hu lowered her head and said: "The clothes are beautiful, but they are inconvenient to wear, they are slippery, and you can't even carry a sack on your back."

"Why do you always carry sacks?" Xu Zhiqiong squatted down to help Xia Hu pick up the oranges, "I earned you so much money, so you have to do this small business?"

Xia Hu snorted: "What's wrong with my business? You go to drink with Princess Yuyao, you must be a son-in-law, but you don't like me as an orange seller."

"Nonsense!" Xu Zhiqiong waved his hands and said, "She came to me to discuss about buying a mansion."

Xia Hu put down the oranges, thought for a moment and said: "That's right, you should buy a mansion, it's a Marquis, did she help you choose a mansion?"

"I chose," Xu Zhiqiong said, "She has taken a fancy to Duke Ren Songde's mansion."

Xia Hu's eyes lit up and said: "That's a good house, really a good house! I'm afraid it's a bit more expensive, but the house costs at least one hundred thousand taels."

Xia Hu said the same thing, it seems that the mansion is really good.

Xu Zhiqiong said: "Liang Yuyao has connections, and you can buy it for [-] taels."

"Buy it! If you don't buy it, when will you wait?" Xia Hu really didn't feel bad when it was time to spend the money, "What did I say, this money can't be spent indiscriminately, I don't have the previous [-] taels of silver." If you move it, it will be spent on the blade."

"This money is yours, how can I be willing to spend it!"

"What's yours and mine? You earned it in the first place!" Xia Hu turned around and was about to move the money.

"Come back!" Xu Zhiqiong shouted, "Why are you so stupid? Where did the two thousand taels of silver come from? Can I explain clearly?"

Xia Hu pouted and said, "Didn't you earn it seriously?"

"I cheated from Huazhou Tongzhi Liu Jiangpuna," Xu Zhiqiong sighed, "Just spend the money slowly, if you take it all at once, you will be in big trouble."

Xia Hu thought for a while and said: "How about I pretend to be a rich businessman and buy this house with money. If you trust me, you can put it under my name first."

"How many times have I told you that the money is yours?"

"Then there's no need to discuss it, I'll move the money now!"

Xu Zhiqiong pulled Xia Hu back and said, "Silly lady, if you make the move, is this still the price? Liang Yuyao can't ask you for one hundred thousand taels?"

Xia Hu bit her lip and sat down on the ground, Tangerine didn't bother to clean up: "Why can't such a good business be done?"

Xu Zhiqiong pinched Xia Hu's face and said, "The Department of Punishment has your Zhonglang Court, and I have a Zhonglang Court here, two houses are not enough for you to live in?"

"This house is not our own! How can I sell it?"

Xu Zhiqiong supported his forehead and said, "When it comes to business, why are you so interested?"

On the candlestick in the main courtyard, a twin candle suddenly lit up.

This is Liang Yuyang looking for him on something.

Xu Zhiqiong comforted Xia Hu a few words, left Zhonglangyuan, entered the palace, and under the guidance of Lu Yunxi, directly entered the secret pavilion.

Seeing the former prince, Xu Zhiqiong did not presumptuously, saluted in a proper manner, and called out: "Your Majesty!"

Liang Yuyang ordered the left and right people to go out first, stared at Xu Zhiqiong for a long time, and asked: "Zhiqiong, there is something that you have to tell me the truth."

Xu Zhiqiong's heart shuddered.

Does he know my way?
Can you tell him?
He is the emperor now, and the way of judging officials is the evil way in the eyes of the royal family after all.

Xu Zhiqiong said slowly: "I don't know what His Majesty said?"

With a gloomy expression, Liang Yuyang said in a low voice:
"I heard that you put my sixth sister to bed, but have you seen Na Hong?"

Xu Zhiqiong's face turned pale: "Who made this rumor! There is no such thing!"

Liang Yuyang grinned ferociously and said, "She's not popular, right? I knew she wasn't popular!"

"It's not that there is no red, it is that there is no sleep, Your Majesty, this matter cannot be joked!"

Liang Yuyang curled his lips: "How many times have I told you that we are still called brothers in private? I heard from Sixth Sister that she took a fancy to Ren Songde's house for you, and you have no money to buy it. I intend to give it to you." You feel wrong again."

Xu Zhiqiong raised his head, and said righteously: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with something aboveboard?"

Liang Yuyang shook his head and said: "The things that the royal family rewards are not my own after all, I can be the emperor for ten years, and when these ten years have passed, the next emperor will take back the house with an edict, but who do you turn to to complain?

It is indeed a good house, you can just buy it, I will lend you [-] taels, and you will pay back [-] taels a year. After ten years, I should abdicate, and you just have to pay back the money. "

Xu Zhiqiong thought about it, and it was a good idea.

Liang Yuyang personally drafted the imperial edict, which will be sent to the cabinet tomorrow.

But if the emperor lends money to his courtiers, does he have to draft an imperial edict?
He did it on purpose.

Xu Zhiqiong's purchase of such a large mansion will definitely attract criticism from the officials. The emperor issued an edict openly, saying that I lent him money to buy it. This matter is easy to explain.

After drawing up the edict, Liang Yuyang said softly, "It's better not to make it public."

Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "I'll live in that house carefully, without showing off."

"That's not what I'm talking about. I lent you money to buy the house. What can't be publicized? What I'm talking about is that Sixth Sister is not popular. Don't make it public."

Xu Zhiqiong jumped up and said, "Who said it wasn't popular?"

"That's red!"

"No! How would I know if I didn't sleep!"

"You don't recognize it, do you? Twenty thousand taels of silver, you have to pay back twenty thousand taels of silver!"

"You're still so fussy when you're the emperor?"

"What about the emperor? If he abdicates in the future, don't he need money for the elderly?"

(End of this chapter)