Prime Minister

Chapter 539 Teachers and Students
Zhang Yue knew that He Qi and Wu Anshi had been in contact before.

Now He Qi is really good. After inheriting the property of Yue's family, his wife fell ill.He Qijiang took extremely good care of his wife, and did not hesitate to spend a lot of money for medicine or famous doctors for diagnosis and treatment.

All in all, he invited all the famous doctors in the capital, and some famous doctors refused to come, so He Qi still visited the thatched cottage three times.

These things were spread out for some reason, which gave He Qi a good reputation.

However, because of the fraud in the local examination, He Qi completely cut off the road to the imperial examination.

But at any rate, he was a student of the imperial court, he was good at currying favors, and he was shrewd and formidable.

There are many supervisory officials in the capital, so they are persuaded by He Qi.The chief official of the supervisory department lent the official money to He Qi.He Qi then changed hands and took it out to lend money. This is what Cai Jing tried his best to persuade Zhang Yue to do.

He Qi is able to do things, and this is actually done by many officials in the yamen of the capital. The money and goods in the supervisory department can be used to lend money to earn interest, but because it is the money of the imperial court, officials dare not openly start this matter. Help these officials open a way.

In addition to this matter, He Qi also helped to monopolize the lawsuit, and the court could not get back the money owed to some businessmen in civil lawsuits.

He Qi went to communicate with the court on their behalf to collect money.

Of course, He Qi really made his fortune by annexing the assets of his wife's family, but what he did later also made He Qi's business bigger and bigger, and at the same time he made a lot of connections, so it caused a lot of trouble.

Even a big yamen like Wu Anshi can be persuaded by He Qi to talk to him.

But in Zhang Yue's view, He Qi did these things because the officialdom is so chaotic now, so no one cares about it.

But if one day the court runs out of money, it will be troublesome if the court takes it seriously, just like the minister's money case.

After Wang Anshi presided over the reform, didn't he just cut off the source of income for people like He Qi?
It's good for the officials to have this skin to protect them, but people like He Qi will definitely have no way out, so such people should not get involved with him, so as not to get into trouble in the future.

I kindly reminded Wu Anshi a few words, but Wu Anshi felt that Zhang Yue didn't give him face, and said: "My brother-in-law is now prosperous, and he is also serving the officials. Compared with the past, it is of course different. For He Qi Such an old acquaintance from the past, I can't look down on it."

Zhang Yue couldn't help being amused when he heard this. When did he and He Qi call each other brothers? The two of them still had some personal grievances, but the hat of nostalgia was just put on like this.

Zhang Yue didn't bother to explain that he really wasn't suitable for arguing with his uncle, after all, his father-in-law and his wife still had to take care of them.

Zhang Yue was about to leave.

At this time, Shi Qi Niang stepped out: "Brother is such an ignorant person, who is He Qi? When you asked him to copy books in the library, the servant told him that he saw the valuables in the mansion, and his eyes did not move." He did. Later, he and Wang Kui were of the same breed, and Wang Kui's ruined reputation has nothing to do with him?"

"A person like this, do you still regard him as a friend? You're just hurting yourself, why did you introduce him to Saburo?"

Being reprimanded by Shi Qi Niang, Wu Anshi immediately became angry from embarrassment: "Okay, Shi Qi, your husband-in-law has not yet been conferred the title of Marquis and Prime Minister? You have the aura of a first-class lady, and you actually scolded your elder brother. No wonder my parents said that among the girls in the mansion, you are the most capable."

Seeing that Seventeen was about to speak, Zhang Yue stopped, and Wu Chong who was in the study had already walked out, his eyes swept over here.

Wu Anshi, Zhang Yue, and Shiqi Niang didn't speak.

Wu Chong knew what was going on at a glance, his son and his daughter and son-in-law must have had a dispute, so he immediately reprimanded Wu Anshi, "Come into the study for me!"

Such a dispute was just over.

When the husband and wife returned home in a carriage.

Zhang Yue saw that Seventeen Niang was unhappy, and immediately comforted him: "Miss, it's okay."

Shi Qiniang said: "Officer, I think my brother is so confused, he doesn't even know who is from his own family and who is an outsider. He is like this for an unworthy outsider and his brother-in-law. I am annoyed at him."

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Brother-in-law is just talking for a while. He Qi is such a person, how could he not know?"

When Zhang Yue returned to the mansion, he saw a train parked in front of the door.

When Zhang Yue asked the servants in the mansion, he learned that it was Cai Jing who came to the mansion to give him New Year greetings.

After Zhang Yue dismissed from office and left Beijing, he introduced Cai Jing to Han Jiang.Han Jiang admired Cai Jing very much, and later Chen Xiang also praised Cai Jing's talent when he replaced him as the judge of Yantie.

Because of Cai Jing's success in handling affairs, Han Jiang recommended Cai Jing to the officials before the resignation of the third envoy. Now Cai Jing has been added as an official to judge affairs in Dali Temple, and the promotion speed even exceeds that of many officials with Jinshi background.

Of course, under the management of Cai Jing, the current cross-referencing institute is also thriving.

In the four years of Zhiping, the annual profit of the Exchange has reached more than 170 million yuan, and the annual dividend has reached 130 million yuan.

Of course, it was not all smooth sailing in the exchange, there was an incident.

It turns out that the sub-quotation office is making a lot of money every day, and it has also aroused the trend of imitation among the people.

At that time, someone planned to set up an exchange exchange office in Bianjing and Damingfu. This was established by wealthy businessmen raising funds, and they planned to get a share of the profits.

However, this non-government exchange was shut down by the court within three months of its opening, and several wealthy businessmen were fined a lot of money at the same time.

It is said that Han Jiang, the envoy of the third division, personally took action on this matter, but Zhang Yue does not know exactly how.

But after all, the Exchange has enriched the imperial court's financial resources. This year, Shaanxi Yunsi's annual dividend income reached 50 yuan.

With the income of the sub-quotation office, Xue Xiang, the Shaanxi transshipment envoy, no longer obtained military salary income by distributing salt money indiscriminately.You must know that according to Xue Xiangna's money printing speed in history, within a few years, the court will have to spend 200 million guan to recycle salt banknotes to offset the depreciation pressure of inflation.

In the end, the imperial court had no choice but to take the bottom line. The salt banknotes collapsed, and all the wealth of the people who bought the salt banknotes at the beginning were wiped out. The salt banknotes once became the gold coupons of the Song Dynasty.

Now that there is a sub-quotation office, Xue Xiang's speed of printing money is very restrained, and Xue Xiang also praised Cai Jing very much.

As for Zhang Yue's dismissal, Cai Jing didn't show that the world was indifferent.When Zhang Yue was in office, Zhang Shi originally had an idle job at the Interchange Office. After Zhang Yue left, Cai Jing transferred his elder brother to a lucrative job.

At the same time, Cai Jing still respects Zhang Shi. Every three festivals, he goes to Zhang Shi's house to pay a visit in person. He also treats Zhang Shi like an uncle in the yamen on weekdays.

After Zhang Yue entered the house, he saw Cai Jing and his brother talking.

When Cai Jing saw Zhang Yue, he rushed out of the door and called him teacher after bowing down.

Zhang Yue smiled and helped Cai Jing up.

Zhang Yue didn't mean to accept Cai Jing as a student, but Cai Jing always regarded students as students, so people outside thought that Cai Jing was Zhang Yue's student, so it became a tacit relationship.

Of course, Cai Jing is not the only student under the name of Zhang Yue, but Li Kui is the other student.

Li Kui was a relative of Huang Lu, and Zhang Yue took Huang Lu's place to take care of him.The other party has been studying in the Imperial College, and lives in Zhang Yue's home in his spare time.

Zhang Yue often tested his knowledge, and the two of them became teachers and students.

(End of this chapter)