When Liu Haojia returned home drunk, he discovered with a headache that a celebration banquet was also held for him at home! Of course the main reason is to celebrate his promotion again! The servant had immediately spread the news to his family that Emperor Wanli had promised him a promotion!
As the backbone of the family, of course he couldn't ignore this friendship. He drank a few glasses of wine, celebrated with his family, and encouraged his servants' fighting spirit before returning to his room and falling asleep.
When he was still asleep the next day, he felt someone pulling him! He reluctantly opened his eyes and saw that Zhang Peijia and Tan Cuiying were shaking him. When he opened his eyes, Zhang Peijia said eagerly: "Wake up quickly, the person announcing the decree from the palace will be here soon!"
Liu Haojia was surprised when he heard this and said: "How is this possible?"
Then he figured it out when he rubbed his face and sat up. His decree to become the commander of the Jinyi Guards will be effective as long as Emperor Wanli personally signs and retains the document. As for his decree as a general in the capital camp, the civil service system will not block it. Especially at this sensitive time, blocking this imperial edict would give people the impression of deliberate targeting, so the cabinet approved the imperial edict very quickly.
Not surprisingly, it was Zhang Jia who came to announce the decree. After announcing the decree with a smile, he generously distributed all the rewards to the eunuchs who followed him. Because of the close relationship between him and Liu Haojia, it would not be good to take the reward. Moreover, Liu Haojia had gained a lot from helping him run the shop, but he didn't look down on such a small amount of money!
After the edict was announced, Zhang Jia asked Liu Hao to withdraw from the crowd and said, "Long live the Lord, I have asked our family to tell you something, saying that the Marquis must move faster and enter Beijing as soon as possible to join the job."
Liu Haojia rubbed his sore temples and said, "Why are you so anxious, Long Live Lord?"
Zhang Jia smiled bitterly and said: "You and I are brothers, so I won't hide anything from you. One is that Long Live Master has a lot of expenses during this period and needs you to help him get money. The other is that Long Live Master is really a little impatient with Liu Shouyou. I hope you will take over the Jinyiwei as soon as possible."
Liu Haojia said: "Long live the Lord, Liu Shou has been displeased for a day or two. I can understand this, but how can the expenses be so high? A lot of money has been sent to the palace in the past two years!"
Zhang Jia smiled and said, "I have to blame you now!"
Liu Haojia said in surprise: "What does this have to do with me?"
Zhang Jia said: "In the past, Long Live Master was young and had little expenses. The most important thing is that there was never much money, so I could only save money. But since you have sent a lot of money to the inner treasury, the expenses have naturally increased. It’s getting bigger! And the silver cannot be spent by the Long Live Master alone. From the Queen Mother to the servants in the palace, all the servants have to use the money. With so many people spending it together, the money is not enough!"
Liu Haojia chuckled and said, "This is a typical example of how easy it is to go from frugality to luxury, but how difficult it is to go from luxury to simplicity! Just raising a troupe for the Long Live Lord would cost a lot!"
Zhang Jia also said with a smile: "That's indeed the truth! Not to mention Long Live Lord, our family has bought a lot of lovely things during this period and spent a lot of money! But the main reason for Long Live Lord's recent increase in expenses is The reason is Concubine Wan Gui!"
Liu Haojia immediately remembered that in history, Emperor Wanli only doted on Concubine Wan Gui in the harem. This noble concubine also gave birth to a son for him, the future Prince Fu. It was said that Emperor Wanli loved him very much, and he also wanted to pass the throne to Prince Fu. Even the reward given to King Fu in the future will be very heavy!
So Liu Haojia thought to himself, it seems that the legendary Concubine Wan Gui has finally appeared! But he still pretended to be careless and said: "Who is this Concubine Wan Gui? Why is she so favored all of a sudden?"
Zhang Jia briefly introduced the situation of Concubine Wan Gui, and finally said: "Xu is our Concubine Wan Live because others respect him and are afraid of him. Suddenly, someone who dared to quarrel with him appeared, which made him feel quite interested. Right? But there are so many women around Mr. Long Live, so he probably got tired of them at some point."
Liu Haojia sneered at Zhang Jia's idea! Because he knew that this Concubine Wan Gui had been sweet with Emperor Wanli for a lifetime, so he pressed the back of Zhang Jia's hand and said: "Zhang Banban, we are all people close to Wan Live Emperor, so you don't want to think like this! Although I I never inquire about the harem, but I also know that some people are deadly if they blow pillow wind.
! So no matter which concubine gains power and fails, we don’t need to offend them, don’t you think? "
Zhang Jia was not confused to begin with, but he suddenly realized it when Liu Haojia woke him up! He smiled bitterly and patted his forehead and said, "It seems that our family has become a little arrogant in recent years! You are right, as long as Long live the Lord likes, even if it is a cat or a dog, we have to respect it! "
After speaking, he said with great emotion: "Brother Liu, you have said these sincere words to our family. You are truly a good brother and a good friend!"
Liu Haojia patted his arm and said, "I won't tell you whether we are good brothers or not, you can feel it yourself! But I can tell you clearly, I don't want to face the Long Live Lord alone when I enter the palace!"
After saying this, the two of them burst out laughing! Then Zhang Jia stood up and left. Before leaving, he was still urging Liu Haojia to hand over the affairs of Tianjin as soon as possible and return to Beijing to take office.
Now that Emperor Wanli has given orders, Liu Haojia's idea of staying in the capital for a while is completely ruined! After quickly meeting some people, he led a large group of people to Tianjin. However, he left his family in the capital. Anyway, they will live in the capital permanently in the future, so there is no need for them to go to Tianjin again.
On the way to Tianjin, there were more than fifty scholars in the team, the same people who went to make trouble in front of Liu Haojia's gate. These people are extremely excited!
The Ming Dynasty had been peaceful for so many years, and countless Jinshi and Juren candidates had been accumulated through examinations over the years. But when so many Jinshi are unable to get official positions, forget about those who have been promoted, let alone those who are talented! But now there are official hats dropped from the sky on their heads, which naturally makes them excited and unable to extricate themselves!
At the front of the team, Liu Haojia, who was riding a horse, and Zhang Zhi, who was sitting in a carriage, were talking. If you are careful, you will find that although the two of them look relaxed, the servants drove away all the people around them! Even the driver was replaced by a servant of the Liu family. It seemed that there were some things he didn't want others to hear.
At this time, the two of them finally came to the important point. Zhang Zhi said uncertainly: "Master Hou, if you follow your request, the scope of the fourth phase of the salt farm construction will be less than half of the original plan. Why is that? ?」
