After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

For a while after that, Yu Zizhen never paid attention to how Wei Heng's family affairs were being handled. Wei Heng thought that Yu Zizhen was deliberately leaving time and space for him, and he became more and more grateful and admired her in his heart.

What he didn't know was that Yu Zizhen actually learned about the development of this matter through the Xiaonaiyin system every day.

Recently, she became obsessed with learning Fanbang. While studying Confucian classics, the Six Arts of the Gentleman, and Chinese medicine, she also applied to the emperor for a young official who was proficient in multiple Fanbang languages ​​to be her teacher.

The young official came from a small noble family that has declined. His father who died young was once the young minister of Honglu Temple. He was extremely talented and had a good family background. He became a master of Honglu Temple when he was only twenty years old. A young official who speaks the most foreign languages.

This title sounds loud, but in Daqi now, places like Honglu Temple are basically Qingshui Yamen with nothing to do.

The young official couldn't make meritorious deeds based on his own expertise, so naturally he couldn't improve his rank or salary.

However, not only does he have a mother, wife, and young children to support at home, but also daily interpersonal relationships with his colleagues are a huge expense. His meager salary cannot support all the expenses at home.

Before Yu Zizhen approached the emperor and asked him to teach him the language of the foreign countries, his wife and mother had been working hard spinning, weaving, and embroidering just to earn some money to support the family.

He didn't know that Yu Zizhen had a "cannon fodder self-rescue system" and he would do tasks from time to time in exchange for points, and he was one of the target people selected by the system for Yu Zizhen, so when he was ordered to come to Zhenbei Prince's Mansion to teach Yu Zizhen spoke Chinese, but when Yu Zizhen immediately and seriously gave him a year's generous gift, he unexpectedly stood on the spot.

"This, this is not appropriate." Although he really wanted these two hundred and forty taels of silver to meet his urgent needs, after all, he came here on the emperor's order. He was receiving a salary from the treasury. The emperor asked him to do something. How could he have the nerve to ask Yu Zizhen for a share of money again?

"There is nothing inappropriate." Yu Zizhen smiled and gestured with his eyes to Jiang Yunshan to give him the small wooden box containing the banknotes, "My lord, you are eating the emperor's salary. It is right to be loyal to the emperor, but the affairs of Honglu Temple are yours. What you should do. As for teaching me the foreign language in private, this is obviously not your responsibility."

Jiang Yunshan also said: "Take it. If you don't accept it, my heir apparent will be too embarrassed to bother you anymore and run to Zhenbei Prince's Mansion."

What can young officials say? He was sent here by the emperor, and he must not be kicked out by Zhenbei Palace.

He bowed his head to the end with gratitude and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for this generous gift. I am deeply grateful."

Yu Zizhen smiled and said, "You usually have to be on duty and it is inconvenient to run between the palace and Honglu Temple. Why don't we set the study time on the holidays of the officials in the court?"

Officials in Daqi took a bath every ten days. By arranging this, Yu Zizhen was already considering this young official to the maximum extent.

However, to her surprise, the other party actually replied to Yu Zizhen with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, I don't know. The Lord Temple Minister has already given the lower official a long leave as soon as he received the imperial edict."

After a pause, he continued: "Our Honglu Temple is now in existence."

Yu Zizhen: Is Honglu Temple now just a display?

When he thought about how many officials were idle there with nothing to do, Yu Zizhen's heart, which belonged to King Juan, immediately became restless.

As far as she knew, Honglu Temple actually had a lot to do.

Whenever leaders of ethnic minorities or foreign envoys come to Beijing for an audience, Honglu Temple is responsible for distinguishing their superiority and inferiority, the number of banquets they enjoy, and is also responsible for welcoming and receiving them. The tribute items must first be counted at the Honglu Temple, where the Honglu Temple will assess their value and determine the amount of the items given in return. In addition, those who inherit the title will be identified as legitimate concubines by the officials of Honglu Temple. If there is a seal, officials from Honglu Temple will go to the ceremony to confer it. When a senior official dies in the capital, Honglu Temple Minister, Shaoqing, and Cheng will represent the court to pay homage and provide funeral utensils.

In addition, he is responsible for translating Fanbang dialect, studying Fanbang customs, and accompanying the missions to the surrounding ethnic minorities.

With so many things going on, even if Da Qi is now weak and the surrounding ethnic minorities and vassal states no longer come to Beijing to pay tribute, won't Da Qi still have to continue to operate?

The inheritance of titles from noble families, the title of marquis and prime ministership for meritorious people, and the death of high-ranking officials in the capital. Aren't these matters all handled by Honglu Temple?

When she had questions, she asked, but the young official was very scrupulous and did not dare to speak frankly.

In the end, Xiao Naiyin System, when he hesitated and didn't know how to explain the secrets to Yu Zizhen in a vague yet clear way, simply told Yu Zizhen:

"Nowadays, the etiquette in Da Qi has long since collapsed, and many of the previous rules are no longer mentioned. The succession of noble titles, meritorious people being granted the title of marquis and prime minister, and high-ranking officials dying in the capital. There is always something to be gained. The Lu family has already tried their best to get the errands into the hands of their own people."

Fan Zhongming's grandfather Fan Ting came from a wealthy family, and the interest community headed by him looked down upon this small gain at all.

Yang Shixian's grandfather, Yang Zhengde, was born in Qingliu, and his followers were basically hard-nosed scholars who attached great importance to integrity, character, and reputation. They were unwilling to trample on the law for a little money and let themselves be remembered in history books for thousands of years.

Therefore, the followers of the Lu family have almost no competitors, so they can't just put money into their pockets.

As a relatively weak department, Honglu Temple was one of the first departments to be targeted by Lu's cronies.

As they continued to reach out, Honglu Temple gradually became the current state of almost suspension.

The more Yu Zizhen listened, the more speechless he became. The Lu family's cronies could even make this kind of money. It's no wonder that the Lu family took less than twenty years to turn their family from a prosperous and prosperous state to the final state of almost annihilation. miserable state.

She put the matter aside, changed the subject, and seriously discussed her study of the foreign language with the young official.

The young official said that he had time whenever he could, and if Yu Zizhen was called, he would come to the palace immediately to teach her.

Yu Zizhen thought about her current class schedule and said, "Then please come to my place every Monday, Thursday, and Sunday in the afternoon."

They have a break every ten days, not counting the New Year holidays, but Yu Zizhen usually has other things to be busy with during the rest days and New Year holidays, so she sets the time to study Fanbang language on the first, fourth and seventh of every month. , eleven, fourteen, seventeen, twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-seven these nine days.

They had no classes in the afternoon for these nine days, so she could spare time. (End of chapter)