The Luhua Hall of Yichun Palace was Chen Shuyi's bedroom. There were more than 200 eunuchs and maidservants serving here.
It was very lively at the moment. With the acquiescence of Crown Princess Yang Yinjiang, the old Chen family was allowed to enter the East Palace to visit Chen Shuyi.
The court etiquette system of the Sui Dynasty was far less complicated than that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the boundaries between superiority and inferiority were not as clear as the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The main reason was that the aristocratic families were too powerful.
If it were placed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it would be impossible for the concubines in the emperor's harem or the prince's harem to have so many relatives from their natal family entering the palace to visit.
Dozens of people from Old Chen's family are gathered here. Both men and women are helping to clean up. A lot of new clothes have been given away. Chen Shuyi's bed has been raised several levels. As the senior elder, Liu Jingyan is... Holding Chen Shuyi's hand, she talked and laughed with the juniors in the hall.
After Yang Ming came in, everyone obviously became very unnatural. The originally cheerful atmosphere suddenly became cautious. That is to say, Liu Jingyan was neither humble nor overbearing, and he did as he should. After all, he had seen big storms.
Chen Shuyi had just finished vomiting, and now her mouth felt bitter. She chewed black plums to remove the bitter taste. She took Yang Ming's arm, helped Yang Ming sit down very obediently, and then sat aside.
Yang Ming looked around the crowd and said with a smile: "Shuyi is usually willful and unruly. Is it because everyone is here today that she pretends to be so elegant and solemn?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately laughed, and the atmosphere relaxed a little.
Chen Shuyi curled her lips without smiling.
Liu Jingyan said with a smile: "People say that one's temperament is hard to change. Although Heng'er has gone through many twists and turns, her delicate and noble spirit remains unchanged in the end. The prince shows mercy to her now, and whether she will be able to survive in peace or not will be her fate."
Yang Ming said sternly: "Shuyi and I have a deep friendship when we were young. I will make it up to her twice as much as she has suffered in the past."
Chen Shuyi pursed her lips and quietly stretched out her hand to hold Yang Ming.
Yang Ming smiled and stroked the back of her hand, and said, "It's rare to be reunited today. You should give me a good introduction."
Chen Shuyi nodded and began to introduce the old Chen family to Yang Ming.
Most of them are Chen Shuyi's younger brothers. Because they are still young, they have not yet entered official positions, but the Ministry of Personnel has already prepared them.
In the past two years, with the efforts of Chen Shuyi and Yang Guang, the two Chen wives, the children of the old Chen family continued to pour into the capital and were assigned to one post after another. The prestigious people like Chen Junbin, the prefect of Wu'an, were assigned Priority placed.
The Chen family didn't know that Yang Guang re-employed them because he wanted to support the children of Jiangnan. They always thought that Chen Shuyi and the others were trying their best to speak for the family.
Among them, Chen Shuyi relied on Yang Ming, so many people naturally thought that Yang Ming was helping them, so they were sincerely grateful and respectful to Yang Ming.
In fact, Yang Ming didn't help much.
Chen Shubao's eldest son and second son have all passed away. Now the third son Chen Yan is the eldest, one year younger than Chen Shuyi. When he was old, Chen was named King of Yongjia. Now he is just an alternate official in the Sui Dynasty. When will he be able to become an official? It depends on how many people are in line in front of him.
Yang Ming is twenty-three years old this year, and Chen Shuyi is four years older than her, twenty-seven (the previous article counts one year less, which has been changed), so Chen Yan is twenty-six.
"It's been two years since you came to the capital, right?" Yang Ming asked, "If you are in a tight situation, just ask and I will definitely help."
"Don't dare," Chen Yan said hurriedly: "Although my family's financial resources are small, I can still barely make ends meet. The prince loves me so much, and the common people appreciate it."
Chen Shubao's family property is all in the hands of the fourth son, Chen Yuan. Chen Yan has no money, but after all, the old Chen family is also the old Chen royal family. There are many acres in the south, and they can barely make a living with the common people. Those are two different things.
The common people relied on the moon for lighting at night. They had at least no shortage of lamps, oil, and candles, and they could read books at night. The common people only had two activities at night: chatting and being shy.
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Chengyi (Chen Yan) is in his prime. Living in the capital for a long time will inevitably be neglected. I have been busy with government affairs in recent years and have no chance to accommodate you. Today I will take this opportunity to plan a future for you."
With that said, Yang Ming ordered Qian Niu to prepare for Dugu Lingyun and went to the staff department to check the waiting list.
The children of the Chen family in the hall could no longer suppress their excitement.
Now that the prince oversees the country and arranges some errands for them, it is really a piece of cake. What's more, Shuyi is favored and knows their thoughts. With Shuyi by his side, their affairs will be easier to handle.
Liu Jingyan also winked at Chen Shuyi, and Chen Shuyi returned the look with a "received" look.
It is easy for Yang Ming to arrange the old Chen family, but sometimes he has to pay attention to public opinion. Now he is taking advantage of Chen Shuyi's pregnancy to make arrangements for the Chen family's children. In the eyes of others, this is a reward, which is understandable and there will be little resistance.
You have to queue up as an alternate for the Ministry of Personnel, and there are many people who jump in line. The children of those families who have the ability will get in first. Therefore, it is difficult to fill the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. If you are not careful, you will offend others.
And Yang Ming doesn't need to worry about his father's objection, because their political direction is the same, they both emphasize the use of southerners, and the imperial edict "call all the Chen family's children back to the capital and use them as they wish", but Yang Guang Down.
Cui Junsu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, personally came with the waiting list because he was afraid that Yang Ming would seem to be struggling, and it would be convenient for him to explain it in detail.
The children of the Chen family stood up one after another and bowed to Cui Junsu as disciples. After all, he was a third-rank boss.
Cui Junsu returned the courtesy with a polite smile.
In other places, Cui Junsu would not even look at them, but here, it is obvious that in terms of close relationship with the prince, he is not as good as the Chen family.
Yang Ming took the thick directory and began to flip through it.
Not long after I read it, there was a name that stood out. It wasn't that this person was very famous, but that he was a candidate for the title of Emperor in the 10th year of his founding. He is still a candidate to this day.
How many queues have you been cut into? Looking at the surname, Gong, it's no wonder.
Then, Yang Ming saw a familiar name, Liu Zhuo, the one who was kicked out of Taichang Temple because of the abacus formula.
This person is an absolute top talent, and he was the candidate that Yang Ming once considered as the crown prince. Unfortunately, in history, Liu Zhuo should have died in another year.
With the expressions of expectation on the faces of the Chen family's children, Yang Ming spoke, but the first person he asked Cui Junsu was Liu Zhuo.
"Where is Dr. Liu now?"
Cui Junsu said: "The spring of last year, I returned to my hometown in Xindu, Hebei."
It's a pity that such a long distance and you are too old to be able to handle a long journey. Moreover, when you return to your hometown, it is obvious that you don't plan to be an official anymore.
Yang Ming asked again:
"Liu Xuan and Liu Guangbo, where do you live now?"
Liu Xuan and Liu Zhuo, also known as the "Er Liu", were the two most famous academic masters in Hebei. When Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he was awarded a doctorate in Taixue, but was later dismissed because of his low conduct.
Historically, Liu Xuan was displaced during the war period in the late Sui Dynasty. He returned to his hometown alone, and finally froze to death at the foot of the city wall in his hometown of Jingcheng County, Hejian County. His body was collected and buried by his disciples, and he was revered as "Mr. Xuande".
Cui Junsu replied: "Now I am in the capital, opening a school to teach."
"Let him enter the palace and say I want to see him," Yang Ming said.
Cui Junsu nodded and said, "Yes."
Then, Yang Ming began to look through the vacancies in various counties and counties. There were 190 counties in the Sui Dynasty, which governed more than 1,300 counties, so there were many vacancies.
Normally, there are only two situations when a vacancy occurs: death or being transferred.
Yang Ming asked while flipping through the pages: "Chengyi likes the south or the north?"
Chen Yan glanced at Chen Shuyi first, and then said: "In the Sui Dynasty, the north and south are united. It is the same everywhere, but it depends on the prince's arrangement."
In fact, he likes to go back to the south. After all, in the north, it depends on the faces of the powerful families in Guanzhong. It is difficult to be a man and it is also difficult to be an official.
So that look in his eyes was that he hoped that his sister Chen Shuyi could help him express what was in his heart that was inconvenient to express.
But Chen Shuyi ignored him and took over the job honestly. Did she think this was the Chen Dynasty?
Of course Yang Ming would not let him go back to the south. Southerners serving as officials in the north would help challenge the Guanzhong Group and help integrate the north and the south.
"There are a lot of vacancies in Hebei at the moment, and it has the advantage of the canal. Guantao County, Wuyang County, is close to the canal and has good water transportation. You should go here."
Chen Yan was overjoyed and quickly thanked him.
Needless to say, Yang Ming knew that Chen Yan was asking him to be the county magistrate. Under the Sui Dynasty system, the chief officials at the county level were appointed by the Ministry of Personnel, and the county magistrate's assistants were appointed by the county magistrate.
Next was Chen Qian, the fifth child, who was assigned to be the county magistrate in Gu'an County, Zhuo County, and Chen Zhi, the sixth child, was assigned to Sili Tai
At the moment of the Sui Dynasty, there were more than seventy vacancies in the local government and various institutions in the imperial city, and Yang Ming arranged for eight of them in one go.
Cui Junsu remained calm, thinking in his mind that after returning home tonight, he would write a letter to Shangshu Niu Hong to inform him of the situation.
More than seventy vacancies have been divided up long ago. Cui Junsu has four places in his hands, and they are all people who asked him for help, and he agreed to them. At the moment, it seems that these people can only wait any longer. Let's make arrangements with the prince first.
When Yang Gongren, the previous Minister of Staff, left, a group of people were arranged in the front line. These people have not been settled yet, so Cui Junsu also had to write a letter to Yang Gongren to explain the reason.
The eight people without official status present today were all settled by Yang Ming. Liu Jingyan kept praising Yang Ming, and the wrinkles on his face piled up like a flower.
Chen Shuyi also teased the people in the clan, and the atmosphere in the hall became harmonious for a while.
Yang Ming simply asked people to hold a banquet and drink wine with the Chen family's children. He also asked people to call Chen Shuda from the Jialing Temple.
In such a grand manner, Yang Ming also wanted to show everyone his absolute love for Shuyi.
That night, after Pei Yun finished his duty, he sent his entourage to contact the core members of the clan in Beijing to meet and prepare to discuss the kiln matters.
General Pei Renji and his son of the right prison gate, Pei Nanjin, the minister of the Food Department under the Ministry of Rites, Pei Xian, the Duke of Linfen County who is retiring in Beijing, Pei Xizai, the younger brother of the new Chang'an County Magistrate Pei Xizai, Pei Heng, the minister of the Driving Department under the Ministry of War, Pei Zitong, the senior official in Beijing, Zhao County Sima Pei Wendu, secretary Cheng Pei Shen, will be the temple's left school administrator Pei Hongce. This man is brother-in-law to Li Yuan, and his wife Dou is the biological sister of Li Yuan's wife.
Twenty-seven people in total met at the home of Linfen County Duke Pei Xian, who was over seventy years old.
Among the people in the clan, Pei Yun was a high-ranking official, but his status was not high. However, he was in charge of the party, so he started the topic first and explained it to everyone from beginning to end.
"Since the prince is taking the lead and is affiliated with Taifu Temple, what can we do if we only spend 500,000 yuan?" Pei Nanjin, who is still young, said directly: "If you want to see it, you either don't do it or you do it. Anyway, so does your Majesty. Know this."
His father, Pei Zheng, was Yang Yong's crown prince Zuo Shuzi.
The person in charge, Pei Xian, who was also the senior one, blew his snow-white beard and said:
"The matter hasn't been discussed yet, so don't jump to conclusions. Let's discuss it carefully."
(End of chapter)
