Chu Qing ran all the way, almost at a walking speed back to the house.
Originally, he wanted to run back, but many officials went down to various government offices in sedan chairs. If he ran away, he would be too conspicuous. After all, he was now a proud official of the Dachang Dynasty, so he had to pay attention to his image.
Back in the mansion, Chu Qing asked the door in a breathless voice. Sure enough, Chu Wensheng came back from the court and was drinking in the back garden.
Chu Qing ran to the back garden and took a closer look, his face full of sadness.
Because my father was also drinking by himself with a sad look on his face.
Seeing Chu Qing coming, Chu Wensheng was surprised: "Why did Qing'er return to the house if he was not on duty in the household department?"
Chu Qing walked over and sat across from Chu Wensheng, and said angrily: "Master Wei told me as soon as he came to court that you were impeached. It was a big deal."
Chu Wensheng was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: "Okay, okay."
"You are smiling so happily, is it okay at all?" Chu Qing's face was filled with joy, and his father seemed to be happy. Most likely, his worries were unnecessary.
"I am happy for my father. Master Wei will talk to you about this matter as soon as he comes to court. He obviously favors you and regards you as one of his family members. Okay, I am happy for my father."
Chu Qing was extremely speechless.
He was convinced. Dad's focus was so strange.
"No, Dad, I came back to ask you about the Weijiang Granary. You weren't involved, were you?"
Chu Wensheng stopped his smile and snorted slightly: "Only beasts do such things, crazy beasts... Well, dad is not scolding you, he is telling others not to worry."
"Dad, if you don't add the second half of the sentence, I won't think too much about it."
Chu Qing breathed a sigh of relief. When his father said this, it must be because other officials from the Ministry of Industry were greedy for money.
Taking away the wine glass in front of Chu Wensheng, Chu Qing asked seriously: "Dad, tell me the truth, what is going on."
"Oh, it's just a trivial matter. As a father, you will know..."
Chu Qing interrupted: "Dad, I am now on duty at the Ministry of Revenue. My brother, no, we both prosper and suffer. If something happens to you, I will also suffer. Think about it, if you are glorious, I'm laid off, what will others think of me, right? Let's not talk about the granary. You are responsible for the repair of Taowu Hall, right? What's going on?"
Chu Wensheng touched the stubble on his chin and nodded slightly.
What Chu Qing said makes sense. Both father and son entered the court as officials, and they both experienced glory and loss. If he, Chu Wensheng, was infamy, Chu Qing, the son, would have a difficult career in the future.
"Okay, then let me tell you about the granary. First, let me talk about the granary. This matter has nothing to do with my father. It was supervised by the right servant, Hiromi Shangna. He has a relative who runs the stone and wood business in Beijing. Originally, it was built The granary should be made from local materials in Weijiang, but in order to enrich his own pockets, Hong Haishang left it to his relatives to manage it, and brought the stone and wood all the way from Beijing to Weijiang."
"So it turns out that the Ministry of Industry placed an order and outsourced it to his relatives. His relatives went to a lot of trouble to transport the construction materials to Weijiang. They failed to control the cost or cut corners for other reasons."
Chu Wensheng didn't understand what Chu Qing meant by the orders and building materials, but he just continued to talk to himself: "His relatives are also greedy people, and they must have acted hastily, and then they collapsed when there was a flood. I don’t know how many innocent people have been harmed.”
Having said this, Chu Wensheng smiled slightly: "My son, there is no need to worry. Qianqiying and the Ministry of Punishment will conduct a thorough investigation and they will naturally get to the bottom of it. This is not what my father is worried about."
"Is it about the renovation of Taowu Hall?"
"Yes, this matter was indeed supervised by my father."
Chu Qing asked quickly: "Then why are you not repairing it? Qiu Wanshan told me that the construction has not started at all. Is it because other people in the Ministry of Works are not cooperating, or are they greedy even for the emperor's money?"
"No, but..." Chu Wensheng laughed and said, "As a father, I don't have that much free time."
Chu Qing looked confused and asked with a grin: "Dad, do you think I understand it correctly? Today, when the palace needs to be renovated, it will be spent with his own money and handed over to the Ministry of Works. You will be responsible for it, and then …You didn’t cultivate it because you didn’t have time?”
"That's true." Chu Wensheng took a bite of food and said as if he didn't care: "The emperor wants to punish me, why should I build a palace for him?"
"He is the emperor, and you are the left minister of the Ministry of Industry. Brother... No, dad, have you drunk too much? No, no matter how much you drink, you can't stay awake for several months."
Chu Wensheng said angrily: "At that time, there was a rumor that my father was going to be dismissed from the Ministry of Education. It would take at least a season to repair the palace. At that time, my father thought that the emperor would act vigorously and resolutely. Not to mention a season, I'm afraid it would take more than a month. I will take action against my father soon."
"When it's over, just break the pot and throw it away. If you think about it, you will step down in a few days anyway. Damn it, uncle, who will do the hard work for him, so he didn't repair it?"
"Um."
"Well!" Chu Qing said anxiously: "Hmm, you are really my living father. Mr. Wei wants to protect you. How can you still do this when you are wearing an official robe securely?"
Chu Wensheng was no longer happy and curled his lips: "At that time, how could I know that Lord Wei would plead for my father?"
Chu Qing was speechless.
I can't say that Dad's idea is wrong. A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.
But this is what happened, but the situation is not like this. Seeing that the official status was saved, something like this happened again.
Chu Qing snatched Chu Wensheng's chopsticks and said, "Stop eating. What's there to eat with those pickles? They're so salty. You go back to the Ministry of Industry now, summon your younger brothers immediately, and repair the palace quickly. Qian Don’t fall into anyone’s trap.”
Dad laughed, his face full of pride: "No need."
"Why."
"My father doesn't understand."
Chu Qing: "..."
"The palace needs bricks and stones. Where can the Ministry of Works have any leftover bricks and stones? There have been recent disasters and all the stones have been transported out of the capital. Not to mention, my father doesn't know anything about civil construction. Apart from that, everyone in the Ministry of Works knows In my current situation as a father, who would still listen to me?"
Chu Qing's heart froze: "Are you saying that there is no material and no one to use it?"
"good."
"What about the money? You should have the money. Don't tell me that this money has been embezzled by others."
"It's a joke." Chu Wensheng shook his head and said: "This is the emperor's palace. The emperor's money and food are not a good job. They couldn't avoid it and handed the matter over to their father. How could they dare to take the emperor's money?" Greedy for ink.”
Chu Qing breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that they are not greedy."
"Of course they are not as covetous as a dog." Chu Wensheng smiled slightly: "But my father was greedy."
Chu Qing: "..."
At this moment, Chu Qing fell into a huge panic.
It's not about greed for the emperor's money, but about dad's intelligence. Of course, it's also the same thing.
What kind of person can say that others are not as bold as to be greedy for the emperor's money, and then laugh out loud and say that he is greedy and that others are not as courageous in his feelings? Do you think so?
"Oh, don't think of me like this. At that time, my father was thinking about the people in the lower counties of Beijing and was just misappropriating it privately."
