Old Wei neither lives next door to the Chu Mansion nor has any blood relationship with Chu Qing. The old man just admires the Chu family father and son, that's all.
Lao Wei, who admired the Chu family and his son, transformed from the Minister of Household Affairs into the king of the cottage. He called in a group of high-ranking officials. The first sentence was to take out all the money from his pocket. The second sentence was, "Bring it." You, the third sentence, get out.
Then, Chu Qing had forty-five more coins in his hand.
Lao Wei was very considerate and called the clerk and asked him to take the two yamen servants to the bank to exchange the scattered cash into banknotes and then hand them over to Chu Qing.
At this moment, Chu Qing decided that he would recognize Wei Changfeng as an uncle or uncle if he had the opportunity in the future.
Because he heard that if the diaosi wanted to counterattack, there were only three shortcuts. First, there was a high-ranking uncle or uncle, second, there was a second uncle with great powers, and third, the father was particularly good at fighting.
If one of the three can be included, then life will be like poking a frog with a big iron stick, it will be croaking!
After a few sincere flatteries, Chu Qing returned to the class room and waited for the clerk to exchange the banknotes.
It is worth mentioning that Chen Yan was also called into the main hall just now. Everyone was "raising donations" and all contributed money. Only Chen Yan was penniless and was despised by everyone.
Chen Yan felt aggrieved because he was the first to donate money, but he donated it privately, and then he was too embarrassed to tell everyone about it for fear that everyone would misunderstand.
A sixth-grade manager leaves an eighth-grade chief minister penniless, which is easy to say and unpleasant to say.
Another reason is that for some unknown reason, Chen Yan doesn't want others to know that he has a particularly close relationship with Chu Qing.
Of course, this is wishful thinking on his part.
Back in the class room, although Chu Qing was still worried, at least with forty-five strings, he had "start-up capital". In the future, there will be people who use three billion to leverage 300 billion, so as long as they don't do human affairs, everything is possible.
Chu Qing is not going to do personnel matters anymore. Let’s take a discount, let alone a hundred times, reduce it by half, forty-five guans and fifty times, which is more than 2,000 guans. It is enough to repair Taowu Palace. At worst, this matter will be over. I built a road and planted some trees to make up for my lack of conscience.
After thinking about it, Chu Qing ran to Qiu Wanshan's cell again.
Qiu Wanshan looked up and saw that it was Chu Qing. His expression changed and he spoke very quickly: "I am penniless and my family has no money left."
Chu Qing was not surprised, closed the door and sneered: "Pay back the money!"
"When did I owe you money?"
"Wenbang, three lists, one ten-guan, a total of thirty-guan, fifty-fifty, you owe me fifteen!"
Qiu Wanshan smiled bitterly: "It will take three days for the essay list to be finalized. Even if we win the battle, it will be listed on the list tomorrow, and the red gift from the palace will not be delivered until at least five days. "
"It's a routine, okay. Whoever will compose you poems to help you become famous will be your grandson. Goodbye."
After Chu Qing finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Qiu Wanshan quickly shouted: "Okay, okay, I'll give it to you."
"I know Master Qiu is reliable."
Then under Chu Qing's gaze, Qiu Wanshan took off his official boots and pulled out a crumpled silver note with a face value of twenty-five guan from the wrapping cloth.
Twenty-five guan, this is a huge sum of money. Even an official would not carry so much money when he goes out on weekdays.
Chu Qing hurried over and snatched the smelly banknote, with a smile on his face: "I know Mr. Qiu is rich."
Forty-five guan plus twenty-five guan, a total of 70 guan. If you want to increase it fifty times, that would be 3,500 guan. It is enough to build a Taowu palace for the emperor, and you can also give him a garage and an open-air terrace. .
Qiu Wanshan said with a smile: "Next month, you have to help me find a poem and a word pair."
Chu Qing was stunned for a moment.
The spoils of the battle list are divided into fifteen guans. As agreed before, poems, lyrics, and pairs are divided into five guans. This means that after all calculations, Qiu Wanshan, the bastard, has earned himself five guan more?
"That's not right, Mr. Qiu, then you should have given me thirty guans. Five guans are still missing."
"Okay, I'll give you fifteen strings in the next few days, and another fifteen strings next month."
Chu Qing cursed his mother secretly. He knew that he was the only one who could take advantage of the other party.
Chu Qing stuffed the banknotes into his sleeves and sighed after sitting down.
"Master Wei asked just now. He said that the emperor allocated a total of 1,500 guan to build the Taowu Palace. Now I only have 75 guan. The difference is too much."
"Are you borrowing money to repair Taowu Palace?" Qiu Wanshan was confused: "But the emperor didn't allocate..."
Speaking of this, Qiu Wanshan's eyes lit up: "Is Mr. Chu greedy for the money he gave to the emperor?"
"No." Chu Qing shrugged: "My father gave the money to help the victims."
"Disaster relief..." Qiu Wanshan looked contemptuous: "Your father must be confused."
Chu Qing said nothing.
He mentioned this matter to three people, Chen Yan, Wei Changfeng, and Qiu Wanshan in front of him.
Not to mention that there is a huge gap between people. Chen Yan and Wei Changfeng were full of admiration when they heard about this. Looking at Qiu Wanshan, he actually said that his father was confused. This guy is really not a good person.
Chu Qing complained in his heart, but subconsciously ignored that when he first heard about this incident, his reaction was almost exactly the same as Qiu Wanshan's.
Qiu Wanshan said cheerfully: "Above the court, Mr. Chu was attacked by a group of people, even his colleagues from the Ministry of Industry and Yamen Office. It turned out that it was for this reason that when the water was clear, there would be no fish. Mr. Chu was already the minister. Why do you want to be an alien in your position?"
Chu Qing's face was full of teasing: "There are quite a few such strange people, and they are even regarded as ministers. Do you think it's strange or not?"
Qiu Wanshan was stunned when he heard this, and then his face turned slightly red: "No wonder Master Wei asked us for money."
Speaking of this, Qiu Wanshan sighed slightly: "Who doesn't want to be a gentleman, who doesn't want to be a good official with clean sleeves, but there are many things that can't be explained clearly. Master Wei is naturally a role model for our generation, but do you know why Xiao County is so greedy? Guanyin has been there for more than three years, but Master Wei only wants to investigate thoroughly now."
Chu Qing's expression changed slightly.
Yes, Xiao County is a lower county in the capital. It has been greedy for three years under the eyes of the emperor and the six ministries. It is impossible for Mr. Wei to know about it today, but why didn't he check it before?
"It's because the new king ascended the throne and the emperor granted..."
At this point, Chu Qing quickly stopped talking.
Lord Wei did not investigate before because the Emperor did not ask him to investigate. Now he is investigating because the Emperor asked him to investigate. This means that Wei Changfeng...
Chu Qing didn't want to think about it anymore. The Minister of Household Affairs knew that Changjing County was embezzling tax money, but he just turned a blind eye and didn't investigate until the emperor asked him to. What's the difference between such a person and Qiu Wanshan?
Qiu Wanshan smiled slightly: "If the water is clear, there will be no fish. There is only half a sentence left. Do you know what it is?"
"If a person is careful enough, there will be no disciples?"
"Yes, this person has to pretend to be ignorant, even if he is an official, even more so. If he is too shrewd, if he is too harsh on others, he is an alien. If he becomes such an alien, there will be no friends. There are no friends in the officialdom. , it is difficult to move forward even if you are the Prime Minister, the chief minister, or even the Minister."
Chu Qing remained silent.
Qiu Wanshan's words are difficult to accept, but they are not unreasonable.
He didn't know Tao Shaozhang, but from his observations over the past few days, Chen Yan had no friends in the household department, he was alone, and no one was willing to deal with him.
And Chen Yan, isn't he just the outlier in Qiu Wanshan's mouth?
Qiu Wanshan spoke again: "You have never been to the court or met the emperor. Do you know the difference between the emperor in the political hall and the emperor?"
Chu Qing sat up straight and shook his head.
People always have to listen to experience and truth, especially experience and truth from the mouth of a "treacherous person", which often has a high gold content and is more practical than some chicken soup for the soul.
Chicken soup for the soul is a good thing, but the person who says it can't do it himself. The truths of "treacherous people" are not easy to hear and will not be recognized, but they are always some insights. Good people can say it casually, and bad people can say it casually. , a rare piece of gold.
"The difference lies in the emperor's jade crown. In ancient times, emperors' crowns were hung with strings of jade beads, just to warn themselves not to see too clearly. They stuffed their ears with cotton wool to warn themselves not to listen too carefully. , all the emperors of the Chang Dynasty were like this, but today the emperor never wore a crown on his head, but only a jade crown. That's why you have the strange minister you call. If the crown is still worn on the emperor's head, there will be no I am a different kind of minister, but I understand that I will not make false promises with you. Those who are ministers are still ministers after all. Whether a minister is greedy, lazy, wise, or kind, it all depends on the emperor. Others, I am not arrogant. Add a comment, but this is what I am like, the Emperor will be the kind of minister he likes, and I will be that kind of minister."
Chu Qing stood up and saluted Qiu Wanshan solemnly: "Chu Qing is taught."
Qiu Wanshan nodded slightly: "If you can understand the profound meaning, you will not be in vain for my hard words."
