"Just like this, I have to be accused of accepting bribes. I really don't accept it, so I got angry for a moment and asked Your Highness... Wuwu..."
As he spoke, Gu Chen couldn't help but cry sincerely.
The teardrops were falling down, which made people feel sad just looking at them.
He feels so miserable! ! !
Really, he wasn't lying.
It's not easy to be Lao Zhu's minister. Do you know how much his little censor's salary is?
A seventh-grade official has an annual salary of eighty stone, which averages out to just over six stone a month.
As he spoke, he did not forget to secretly look at Zhu Biao's face.
Yeah, handsome.
Like Lao Zhu, he has a square face and looks blessed.
It's a pity that it was a bit short-lived, and in the end the throne fell to Zhu Di.
His mentor is a fan of Zhu Di, and he is a fan of Zhu Biao.
Because of this, he and the bad old man often quarreled.
Alas, I don’t know how that old man is doing now.
If he dies, the old man must be responsible. I hope my parents will let him go.
Back to business.
It is now the early Ming Dynasty, and one tael of silver, which is regular money, can buy rice and two shi, a pound of lean pork for twelve cents, and a pound of fat pork for fifteen cents.
Eggs cost two cents a penny, and the rent is six hundred cents a month...
In other words, his monthly salary is only more than 3,000 copper coins.
This salary is just enough to make a living. If he were even a little bit greedy, he wouldn't be able to live such a miserable life.
That's why he couldn't accept being wrongfully accused of corruption.
"Okay, big man, stop crying." Zhu Biao couldn't help but sympathize with him when he saw that he, a big man, was crying with snot and tears.
My father is indeed a bit stingy towards ministers.
In all dynasties, he was the only official in the Zhu family who could live in such poverty.
"It's just a bit poorer. Is it as miserable as you said?"
"Li Jin, go and find the memorial to impeach Mr. Gu."
He didn't rush to ask Chen Baochuan why, he planned to see how much money he had embezzled after being impeached.
When someone brought the memorandum over, Zhu Biao opened it and took a look at it. His face instantly became a little unsightly.
"Gu Chen from the Yushitai accepted a bribe: two kilograms of rice, two jars of wine, four kilograms of cured mutton, a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone..."
He threw the memorial on the table and looked at Chen Baochuan, who was confused.
"explain?"
Do you have the nerve to write about this kind of bullshit?
"Your Majesty... Your Highness... I don't know who this is, but he slipped it into my memorial and handed it to me."
"I...I really didn't write this memorial, but I would like to ask Your Highness to take a closer look at it."
He is almost crazy, a good brother who once wore a pair of pants.
"This is indeed not your handwriting."
Zhu Biao saw that he didn't look like he was lying, so he found his previous memorial and looked at it to express his agreement, then turned to look at Gu Chen who was stunned.
"Did you accept the things mentioned above, or did you not accept them?"
Although these things are not worth taking seriously, a warning is still needed.
If you dare to collect these today, wouldn't it be time to collect gold tomorrow?
Besides, his father's mind is smaller than the eye of a needle, and he might be chopped off even if he harvests a grain of rice.
"You are wronged, Your Highness." Gu Chen said immediately: "A few days ago, there were indeed people from my hometown who brought things to Yingtian Mansion to visit the ministers."
"But he said that the things brought to me by my brother and sister-in-law were not gifts."
"Among them, the expensive ones like pens, inks, paper and inkstones were given to me by my unmarried daughter-in-law."
"He came to Beijing to complain, but he couldn't figure out the way out."
"I just told him the location of the government office and helped him write a petition. Your Highness, I really didn't do anything."
The original owner had no father or mother, and was raised by his brother and sister-in-law.
It is said that they are the brother and sister-in-law of the original owner, but in fact they are just like father and mother.
They were always worried that he would not be well fed or clothed in the capital, so they would ask someone to bring him things every month, as well as his unmarried wife.
Well, occasionally I ask someone to bring a purse and bring me something I need.
"Come to Beijing to complain? What kind of complaint are you complaining about?"
If he remembered correctly, this Gu Chen was from Nanchang.
Coming so far to complain, could it be that the local officials went too far?
"Back to Your Highness, his parents were engaged to be engaged many years ago. Later, when the girl died, he guarded her and refused to get married again."
"When the official media saw that he was twenty-three this year, they planned to force him to get married and have children. But he refused to live or die, and the county sentenced him to listen to the official media."
"He still refused, so he came to Yingtian Mansion..."
You said that an ancient person still had such freedom in marriage and the courage to fight.
Could he not admire it?
Isn't it just a matter of writing a pleading?
Done.
Unexpectedly, just like that, he was still being targeted.
Sure enough, it's not easy to be an official. Look, it's all about offending people.
What's all this?
Zhu Biao was speechless and choked, but this matter still had to be dealt with: "It is wrong for you two to fight in the palace. Since it is your first offense, each of you will be fined three months' salary."
Penalty?
It’s March!
Gu Chen's tears welled up again, but he thought it was better than letting Lao Zhu handle the matter, so he had no choice but to agree.
Zhu Biao waved his hand, signaling for them to go back to work.
After they left, Zhu Biao looked at Li Jindao beside him.
"Have I seen this Gu Chen before somewhere?"
Strangely familiar.
"Go back to Your Highness." Li Jin said hurriedly: "During the Lantern Festival, Your Highness was traveling with the Crown Princess. When he saw an old woman asking for food, he wanted to help."
"Unexpectedly, a young man dressed plainly gave me the meat first."
"I also gave you a few copper coins. You also said that it would be great if the young people of the Ming Dynasty were so sympathetic to the poor and weak."
Unexpectedly, that young man actually became an official in the court. I believe His Highness will take more care of him in the future, right?
"It's him..." Zhu Biao nodded and was about to do something when he suddenly remembered something: "Go to the Crown Princess and ask for twenty taels of silver."
"Send it to Gu Chen and let him go home to visit relatives. He will come back in a few days and let Chen Baochuan go back too. But there is no need to give him any money."
He was afraid that when his father came back, he would deal with it severely when he found out about the matter.
As for why he gave Gu Chen money, it was purely because he was crying pitifully.
I want him to take advantage of this opportunity to go back and take his wife home as soon as possible.
Gu Chen and Chen Baochuan came out of the palace, both of them were in shock.
"Brother Gu, you are so impulsive." Chen Baochuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said fearfully: "You have to treat me to a drink to calm down the shock."
Gu Chen knew that he had misunderstood his good brother, but he had no intention of rejecting him.
"Okay, let's go to Qingfeng Tower."
But when he got downstairs, Gu Chen refused to take another step forward.
"Brother Gu, what's wrong?"
Chen Baochuan looked at his good brother suspiciously. Could this guy have regretted it?
"Brother Chen, we'd better not go in. What if someone comes to visit us for prostitution tomorrow? Wouldn't that be an additional crime?"
As for prostitution, according to the Ming Dynasty law, you should be over sixty years old, okay?
Chen Baochuan said very innocently: "It's simple, we just don't have to go whoring."
Besides, the two of them only had enough money for two dishes.
Where can I find girls?
