A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 219 Qingshui Yamen
The young prince lowered his head, nodded to the majestic Li Gang, and promised to hand over the 2000-word filial piety scriptures to him for inspection tomorrow, and today's meeting will be over.

The prince was also in no mood to say hello to other officials, and left in a hurry under the attendant of his eldest grandson brother.

Wu Huaiyu looked at the back of the prince leaving, feeling a little pity.

Children who are only eight years old actually have similar natures. Although Li Chengqian has just become the prince not long ago, it can be seen that this child is just the general arrogance and extravagance of some noble children. Which child from a wealthy family is not like this.

At best, it's called nobleness, at worst, it's called arrogance.

Li Gang, an 80-year-old man, bullies his eight-year-old child, shameless.

"You have all seen how my official admonishes the crown prince just now. As an official of the Eastern Palace, one must be loyal and upright. The crown prince is young and needs good guidance..." The old man was actually a little complacent, thinking that today's The prince made a big move and straightened the prince up a bit.

"Go back to the government office to be on duty."

Huaiyu and others all got up and saluted Li Gang and Pei Ju.

The Chongwen Hall is only where the prince studies, and it is also the place where the officials of the East Palace usually visit the prince. After all, the prince is young, and at most he comes to report for roll call every day like a morning meeting.

The Bureau of Economics and Economics is affiliated to Zuochunfang, one of the six bureaus under it, to the east of Xiande Hall.

Another prince, Xima Cai Yungong, went out of the Chongwen Hall together, chatted with him briefly and then left. He was going to be on duty at the Xiuwen Hall for introspection under the gate of the imperial palace across the wall.

The bachelor of Xiuwenguan is his official job now, and the prince washing horses can only be regarded as a part-time job.

"The affairs of the Department of Economics and Economics will be taken care of by Lao Wu."

Zuochunfang is equivalent to the imperial government's Menxia Province, and its subordinate Department of Economics is imitated by Dianzhong Province. The Department of Economics and Economics is mainly in charge of books and official documents.

He, the crown prince, is actually the director of the East Palace Office.

All the way to Zuochunfang, which occupies a large area of ​​land and houses in the east of Xiande Hall, and the six bureaus are lined up. Wu Huaiyu, the prince who washes horses, is also a high-ranking official in Zuochunfang.

The two sons of Zuoshu, the fourth rank, are equivalent to the servants, and the two princes, Yun Zheng, the fifth rank, are supposed to be the servants of the Huangmen.

The bureaus of Sijing, Dianshan, Yaozang, Neizhi, Dianshe, and Gongmen, Wu Huaiyu's bureau of Jingjing imitated the secretary province, and his prince Xima was from the fifth rank, which was quite high.

But when we arrived at the Bureau of Economics and Economics, only four people came to greet him.

Two are Prince Literature of the Department of Economics and Economics, and two are Zhengzi. The two princes are in their thirties and claim to be from the Jinshi Department of Wudeben Dynasty. birth.

The prince's literature is from the sixth grade, and the orthodox characters are from the ninth grade.

Those who were also born in the imperial examinations had a huge difference in grades. It can be seen that in the imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty, the scholar section had the highest gold content, followed by the Mingjing, and then the Jinshi.

And Ming Shu, Ming Law, Ming Calculation, and even Ming Medicine and Ming Dao are very worthless.

As the old saying goes, fifty young Jinshi, thirty old Mingjing.

It is considered old to be admitted to the Mingjing at the age of 30, and it is considered young to be admitted to the Jinshi at the age of 50. As for storytelling, law, calculation and medicine, they are often recruited officials.

These two young men were able to become orthographic because they were born in a famous family and had their own halo bonuses. Just like Wang Ji, a master of wine fighting, the secretary has been an orthographic for many years, all because of his good family background.

"Are there just a few people in our Economic and Economic Bureau?"

The more than 40-year-old Jinshi Zhang Chengde replied, "Our Bureau of Economics originally had two princes washing horses, three princes literature, four school scripts, two orthographic scripts, and also Shulingshi, regular script hands, and Dianshu. Wait, there is also the history of arresting money."

"Our Bureau of Economics and Economics also has a company that lends capital and collects interest?" Huaiyu was overwhelmed when he heard this. He now has this job, which is related to his salary, daily materials, miscellaneous envoy and other benefits.

"Yes, but the capital of our Bureau of Economics and Economics is relatively small, only 45 capital, which is handed over to nine money-grabbing Lingshi to be responsible for seizing the money and lending. There is [-] interest per month. However, in June, the money was seized. Misappropriation, and still haven't made it up..."

Huaiyu held his chin and sat in his new office. The Bureau of Economics and Economics had a not-so-small yard. He and Cai Xima each had a separate office, but the others did not have such conditions.

"How many people are there in our Bureau of Economics and Economics?"

"In addition to Wu Xima and Cai Xima, two Shangguan, we have two literature and two orthographic characters. Officials still lack one literature and four school books. Only four of each,

The capital of the company has not yet been made up, so there is no special order to catch money for the time being..."

"Is there a public kitchen and canteen?" Huaiyu asked directly.

"not yet,"

"Where are you having lunch?"

"There is a public kitchen in Zuochunfang, and we eat there at noon, but we need to pay extra to eat at the Economic and Economic Bureau."

Huaiyu shook his head when he heard this, it's no good.

"Our Bureau of Economics and Economics is a bureau-level unit anyway. There are ten high-ranking officials here, more than the officials in the Shangxian Yamen. How can we not even have a cafeteria, so we have to go to other places to eat."

"The company's money hasn't been pulled out yet, and it's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice." Zhang Chengde actually likes Wu Huaiyu, his boss, unlike Cai Yungong, who basically doesn't care about this place even though he is a horse cleaner. Anyway, there is no serious job here. .

Wu Huaiyu ignored the work for now, but the canteen had to be set up first, and the capital of the office had to be brought first, "You draft an official document right away, and I will use it to find Prince Li to save money."

"Go and call all the Shulingshi, etc. from our Bureau of Economics, Miscellaneous, etc.."

In a short while, everyone from the Bureau of Economics and Economics except Cai Yungong came, five officials and twelve officials.

The Lingshi of the Bureau of Economics and Economics is of the third rank, and the history of Shu Lingshi is of the fourth rank. As for the regular script and the official script, the status is even more humble.

It can be seen that everyone usually has nothing to do.

Although the Bureau of Economics and Economics said that it was in charge of the books of the Eastern Palace, but now there are not enough people, let alone books.

"Secretary Province and Menxia Provincial Xiuwenguan, I remember that they both have many craftsmen? Don't we?"

"Back to Wuxi Ma, there should have been paper makers, decorators, pen makers, etc., as well as pavilion chiefs, palm guards, etc., but now they are not complete."

"Then how many books do we have in the Donggong Sijing Bureau?"

"Back to Wu Xima, and now there is no book."

"What?"

"It turns out that the Eastern Palace Bureau of Economics and Economics had a lot of books, but after King Xiling's conspiracy was punished, the imperial court transported all the books in the original Eastern Palace to the Xiuwen Museum in the Secretary's Province and Menxia Province for storage. Now the Eastern Palace has no collection of books. .”

Hearing this answer, Wu Huaiyu felt that this new errand, isn't it purely for food?

But he, Wu Huaiyu, is not that kind of person. He found out that although there are no books now, the Bureau of Economics and Economics actually manages a lot of places. For example, the Chongwen Hall, where they discussed before, used to be the collection of books in the East Palace, and they were also in charge of it. .

In addition, there were many craftsmen in the Department of Economics and Economics, who cooked paper, decorated, made pens, inks, etc. There were many workshops. They could copy books, bind books, and even produce paper, pens and inks.

In Wu Huaiyu's view, these are all high-quality assets. If you revitalize them, everyone's life will be nourished. Even if you have money, you can take the initiative to do something, such as compiling a book, or buying some books from private collections. Isn't it credit for rearranging or something.

Zhang Chengde said just now that they have nothing to do all day long. Although it is easy, life is quite difficult. Most of them are officials from the imperial examination. They have no real estate in Chang'an. The expenses are not small, but the Bureau of Economics and Economics did not even distribute the capital of the company, nor the company's land, nor the employment land, and only two buckets of grain per mu.

He didn't even have any salary and food, so he just relied on Lumi, and he didn't even have any money. The price of food was too high before, and he even had to borrow money from Beijing.

It is said that the secretary province is the Qingshui yamen, and it is difficult to be an official, but the economic bureau is even worse.

"Don't worry, everyone, our Bureau of Economics and Economics will gradually be fully equipped, and everything will be available. There will be money for the company, food for the company, kitchen and canteen for the company, and miscellaneous materials for the New Year and the holidays. There will definitely be no shortage of benefits. I will come to find a way, but there is one thing, we have to change our mentality and stop being sloppy. I will slowly assign some tasks next, and everyone must work hard to complete them ······"

In the public room, Huaiyu painted cakes for the dozen or so subordinates.

After igniting the enthusiasm of the poor scholars, Huai Yu went directly to find Shao Zhan and Pei Ju.

Before Pei Ju worshiped the prime minister, he succeeded Li Gang as Prince Zhan.

Although he is gone now, he is still Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Minister of Finance of the Empire, in charge of the money bag of the Tang Dynasty, and also has the post of Prince Shao Zhan. Huaiyu will naturally go to him if he wants money.

And although Pei Ju and Li Gang were both about the same age, it was obvious that Pei Ju was more flexible.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs of Shangshu Province is in the imperial city, not far from the Bureau of Economics and Economics. When he arrived at the Yamen to sign up, Pei Ju had someone tell him to come over soon.

Old man Pei's real name is Pei Shiju, and when Li Shimin became successful in the first palace, he immediately took the initiative to remove the word Shi.

"Just after leaving Chongwen Hall in the East Palace, Wu Erlang came here so quickly to ask for money?" Pei Ju asked with a smile, and called the officials to pour tea.

Huaiyu looked at Pei Ju's public house, which was much better than his bureau's.

"Mr. Pei is really good. I can see through it at a glance. To tell you the truth, I went to the Bureau of Economics and Economics when I left Chongwen Palace. It turned out that there were only eight officials in the Bureau of Economics and Economics. Cai Xueshi was basically not there. Rats in the Bureau of Economics and Economics were all I'm going to starve to death, I don't have a single book, and I don't have a penny of official money. The officials of our Bureau of Economics and Economics have borrowed usurious debts. They don't even have a place to eat lunch, and their official uniforms are about to be pawned... "..."

Pei Ju just listened to him with a smile, but didn't express his opinion immediately.

"Pei Gong, I am relatively young and have little experience, but I also know that I can find a job in this position. Our Bureau of Economics and Economics is responsible for the records of the Eastern Palace, so I plan to find some aristocratic families in Chang'an to make some connections. See if you can donate some books to the East Palace, our Bureau of Economics and Economics will organize and transcribe these books, and then store them in Chongwen Hall, so that His Highness the Crown Prince can read them."

"Good idea." Pei Ju smiled.

"I'm confident that I should be able to get some books, but the books need to be sorted out and copied, and I need a calligrapher, a decorator, and more importantly, paper, ink, pens and inkstones. It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, so I can only come to Mr. Pei." , you are the young master of our East Palace," Huaiyu was also blunt.

Pei Ju brought him a cup of tea, "How much do you want?"

"The office money of the Bureau of Economics and Economics has not been withdrawn, and as a rule, at least 45 yuan is required. In fact, the official offices of Chang'an government offices have a lot of money. Mr. Pei should give us 100 million yuan.

Paper, ink, pens and inkstones are also very expensive. I also plan to set up a public kitchen and canteen, and then recruit craftsmen such as cooked paper, decoration and pen making, so that I can save a little paper, pen, ink, binding and other expenses in the future. Mr. Pei will allocate another 100 million to us······"

Pei Ju raised a finger.

"I can only give you [-] yuan first, plus ten stones of corn. I can temporarily pull out some paper, ink, brush and inkstone for you, and the extra ministries are gone."

Asking for 200 million, but only giving [-], Pei Ju bargained hard.

But Wu Huaiyu stood up and accepted happily, "Thank you, Mr. Pei, where can I get the money? Our Bureau of Economics and Economics is still waiting for the rice to cook for lunch!"

Pei Ju wrote a note and called a Shu Lingshi to take Wu Huaiyu to fetch money and food.

He also personally sent Wu Huaiyu to the gate of the Yamen of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, "The thing you said about collecting and arranging books and storing them in the East Palace is very good, so do it well."

"Why don't you, Mr. Pei, take the lead in donating a few sets of books? No matter what kind of books we want now." Huaiyu said with a smile.

"I have a copy of the Book of Filial Piety in my public house, but I ordered Ouyang Xun to copy it himself, so I donated it to you."

"Pei Gong, the book was presented to the East Palace, not to me." Huaiyu corrected with a smile, and then thanked Pei Shangshu on behalf of the Bureau of Economics and Economics.

(End of this chapter)