prosperous age

Chapter 195 Chapter 194

Thanks to this year's riots by Xinke Jinshi, the imperial court immediately paid attention to the serious consequences of the Shanxi earthquake. Although the relief money and food were not much, the impact of betting on the feelings of the imperial court officials was significant.

Wei Guangde entered the Hanlin Academy for half a month, but he didn't even have a day's rest.

The official holidays of the Ming Dynasty were divided into two types: regular leave and personal leave. Regular leave was the statutory rest day, including holidays and festivals.

The system of statutory holidays appeared as early as the Han Dynasty. At that time, officials took one day off every five days, which was called "five-day rest". This example is also followed.

Compared with the holidays of previous dynasties, the annual holidays of the Ming Dynasty are more complete, and some festivals are fixed, such as the beginning of the year, the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other festivals. On the tenth day, which belongs to the Zhengdan Festival, the officials will stop working and have a one-month rest.

"Ming Hui Dian" contains: Every year on the Zhengdan Festival, starting from the first day of the first day, all civil and military officials have a five-day holiday.The Winter Solstice Festival starts today and has a three-day holiday.In the seventh year of Yongle, the Lantern Festival began on the eleventh day of the first lunar month, and all officials were given a ten-day holiday.

Personal leave is an official’s initiative to request a rest. This requires the approval of the superior. There are mainly two types of personal leave and sick leave.

Regarding the regulations on sick leave or special personal leave, officials can ask for leave to return home and are allowed to stay at home for two months; if the time limit is exceeded and the time limit is more than one year, officials will not enjoy salary treatment for five months; Officials who are more than half a year old will be sent to the government for interrogation.

In the Jiajing Dynasty, the qualifications for officials to ask for personal leave were clearly stipulated, "after three years of examination" before they can ask for leave, if it exceeds three years, they will be dismissed.

There is also a special kind of personal leave, which is Ding You.

"Ming Hui Dian" contains: "Ding You is not allowed to leap for 27 months according to the official regulations. Anyone who exceeds the limit by two months will be sent to prison for interrogation; if it is less than one month and has a sick diploma, he will be sent to prison.

The above two categories are the main official holidays, and there are also two special holidays: grant leave and pilgrimage leave.

The so-called "granting holidays", that is, granting holidays with the emperor's approval, is entirely a kind of favor from the emperor to officials, and it is not customized.

In the Ming Dynasty, the main reason for the official holidays was the funerals of members of the royal family and ministers, and not all officials could participate. In the Ming Dynasty, the suspension of the court due to funerals, on the one hand, was convenient for officials to rest, and it was a kind of treatment for officials, which encouraged officials to adjust On the other hand, it condenses the relationship between members of the royal family and the emperor and officials, so that officials can better handle official affairs.

When it comes to the vacation system of the Ming Dynasty, it is because Wei Guangde, who should have been given a holiday long ago, has not been able to get the chance to take a holiday, and the reason is the Shanshan earthquake.

Emperor Jiajing felt that the heavens had brought disasters, so he canceled the three-month holiday, hoping that the civil and military officials would be diligent in their work, and moved the heavens to take back the punishment.

In short, Emperor Jiajing had an idea that Wei Guangde would not have Xiumu's turn for more than two months, so he could only run to the Imperial Academy like a cow, and the matter of moving naturally fell.

It has been less than half a month since I met Yin Shizhen in the household department last time, and I haven't heard from Li Shida and the others that the Prince Yu's Mansion has received the silver.

Wei Guangde was also helpless about this, and he didn’t know whether Yin Shixuan went back and said he didn’t talk about it or how he said it. Anyway, he was fine at this time, either drinking and chatting with people from the Imperial Academy, or eating and drinking with his contemporaries. Still happy and happy.

"I got the news that the political observation is over, and I'm going to Zhejiang."

At the wine table, Zeng Xingwu said with a little disappointment that his ranking in the imperial examination this time was not very good, but it was not bad, and he was 69th in the top three, but maybe points were deducted in the imperial examination, and now it is rumored that he may release it.

"Zhejiang?"

Wei Guangde frowned slightly and said, "Brother Sanxing, do you know where Zhejiang is?"

"It may be a magistrate, but I don't know where it is."

Zeng Xingwu shook his head and said.

"Although there are Japanese pirates in Zhejiang, there is a need for capable officials to fill in. Maybe it's because the talents of the three provinces are favored by the adults above."

Wei Guangde could only comfort him by saying that Zeng Xingwu was sent to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to watch politics like Lao Kan, and he and Lao Kan came back to drink with Wei Guangde today, probably because he also knew about this terrible thing.

"I heard from the Ministry of Military Affairs observers in the same year that the Xuan Mansion sent another warning, and the Mongol Tatars appeared in the outer area of ​​the Xuan Mansion again, but there was no trace of the enemy in Datong. They were worried that the Tartars would be like what they were a few years ago. Raid the capital."

At this time, Wei Guangde heard Zhang Ke suddenly say that he wanted to change the subject, so that Zeng Xingwu would not be still immersed in depression.

"You said that, I have also heard people say that the Tartars have frequently harassed the border wall in the past two years. With the lessons learned in the 29th year of Jiajing, every time there is a Tartar army, the border town will give the capital an early warning. In fact, there is no need to worry too much. superior."

Lao Kan interjected, after all, the yamen are very centralized. Although they were divided into six departments and other government yamen to watch politics in the same year, they often met, chatted casually, and passed on some heard news.

While Wei Guangde and Zeng Xingwu were drinking, in a hall in the back garden of King Yu's Mansion, King Yu Zhu Zaiku also summoned his officials to drink.

At this time, King Yu was naturally in a low mood, and he had not received the salary that the prince should have for two months, and the palace seemed to be on the verge of dying.

Don't ask why they have money to drink when they don't have money to eat. What they drink is imperial wine, which is rewarded from various places in the palace. Naturally, they don't go to the household department, otherwise they may have to use tea instead of wine.

For his sake, the prince is quite aggrieved.

At this moment, Zhu Zaixi was just pouring down his own wine glass after glass. Fortunately, the alcohol content was not high. After drinking a lot of wine, he was not drunk and was still sober.

Just as he drank all the wine in his glass and couldn't wait for the eunuch who was waiting on him to pour the wine, he picked up the jug to fill himself up, but his hand on the jug was suppressed by someone.

"My lord, please take care of yourself."

Gao Gong, who was sitting under King Yu's head, stopped Yu Wang who was about to get drunk, and reminded him in a low voice.

"Master Gao, tell me, what are you doing to take care of your health? The prince Gu is so aggrieved. Today you and Master Yin went to the household department again. I know what kind of faces those villains are. You are all laughing at Gu. , are all making fun of Gu.”

Chen Yiqin and Yin Shizhen below all lowered their heads helplessly. The current Prince Yu's Mansion is really about to become a joke in the capital's officialdom.

Although most of the officials turned their hearts towards Prince Yu's Mansion, it didn't affect their mood of watching the excitement.

The current situation is very clear, there is a big person on the top who wants to show Prince Yu's face, but Prince Yu has nothing to do about it.

As for who made the speech to embarrass King Yu, it was Yan Song and King Chuanjing, and some even suspected that it was the one from Xiyuan who gave the order.

There are many rumors, but most of them are looking at the flowers in the fog, and they can't understand the joints.

Relatively speaking, most of them believed that Emperor Jiajing did it on purpose. Even if they didn't believe it at the beginning, they already believed it to a certain extent by this time.

After all, the city was full of storms, and it was impossible for Emperor Jiajing not to know about it, but he still didn't say anything, which is evident from this.

As for fighting injustice for King Yu, only low-level officials would discuss it in private. For the dignitaries in high positions, they have never seen any storms, and now they are where they are.

When they are in their position, there are more issues to consider.

They don't care about who is behind the black hands, they only care about the impact of doing so on the court and their own interests.

They have long been tempered in the officialdom and lost their belief in forging ahead and eliminating violence and peace. In their eyes, only interests and their own interests remain.

"King Yu, you lost your composure."

Gao Gong did not lower his head like Yin Shizhen and Chen Yiqin did, but still looked up at King Yu Zhu Zaiku with high fighting spirit on his face.

After saying this, he waves to the eunuchs behind King Yu to back them off.

After everyone else left, Gao Gong said to King Yu: "Heaven has given you a great mission, and you must first work hard on your heart and will. How can King Yu lose his fighting spirit because of this? What is yours is yours. No one can take it away."

"But... lonely heart is suffering."

King Yu still lamented at this time, he and his mother have always been disliked by Emperor Jiajing, and in the future when the second elder brother was around, he would still be considerate of him, but it is a pity that the second elder brother is still gone before he is about to reach adulthood.

Originally thought that he would be canonized as a prince, but after waiting for several years, he was still not loved by his father, and he didn't even want to see him face to face.

The concubine of Prince Yu Zhu Zaiyi is Concubine Dukang, but there are only seventy or eighty concubines in the harem of Emperor Jiajing, so what can she count among them?

Although King Yu was born early, Concubine Du Kang was still not as expensive as mother and child, and he was still not favored by Emperor Jiajing.

Although Emperor Jiajing no longer expressed his desire to establish a new crown prince after Zhuang respecting the crown prince, in Gao Gong's view, King Yu is the best candidate for the crown prince, and he is not the only one who has such thoughts, according to him Knowing that most of the courtiers also have the same thoughts, it is the ancestral system to establish a head without a direct descendant, and it cannot be changed without authorization, otherwise the consequences will be serious.

Even if King Jing is really a wise candidate for the monarch, he still cannot inherit the throne, otherwise, the court will be in turmoil at the least, and at worst, it will bring disaster to Xiao Qiang.

So even today, Gao Gong still hasn't changed his original intention. He doesn't believe that Emperor Jiajing will not see through this relationship and will go his own way.

Just looking at the tearful eyes of King Yu who was slightly drunk at this moment, Gao Gong didn't know how to comfort him for a while, but secretly vowed in his heart that he must protect the prince.

Yes, even though Emperor Jiajing didn't express anything, since he was sent to Prince Yu's mansion, fighting for what belonged to him for King Yu was the task entrusted to him by Emperor Jiajing, and he had to work hard to complete it.

It's just that at this moment, if he can't find a way to break the situation, it will be useless for him to say anything.

The flower hall fell into silence, and everyone was silent.

There are some things that can be done without confidence, just like the predicament they are encountering now, for the people in Prince Yu's Mansion who have no influence in the court, they can only stare blankly.

"Master Gao, do you want to talk to Master Xu again?"

At this moment, Chen Yiqin spoke to Gao Gong.

Regarding this, Gao Gong shook his head, "It doesn't matter what he said, even if I went to Mr. Shoufu, he said that he never ordered this matter, and he didn't dare to ask."

Gao Gong is not like the resolute and resentful personality in the impression of later generations. At this time, Gao Gong is gentle and easy to speak and do things. He was also willing to make friends with the Yan family on Wang's side, and was even a guest of Yan Shifan's banquet.

Well, it doesn't matter whether he is recruiting talents for King Yu, or for himself, this is what Gao Gong is doing now.

However, at this moment, he still has no way to decipher the malice that does not know where it came from.

"If Yan Song hadn't been behind this matter, who would have done such a thing, King Jing? He can affect the court and the Ministry of Households, would he dare?"

At this time, Yin Shizhen said loudly.

"Things that have no basis, be careful."

Gao Gong glanced at him, then glared at him sternly.

At this time, what is the use of Yin Shizhen talking about these things? King Yu couldn't think about it at first, but you still say that, isn't this even more embarrassing?
Yin Shizhen also trembled under Gao Gong's eyes, and then shut up.

At this time when everyone was helpless, Yin Shizhen couldn't help thinking of the method Wei Guangde mentioned half a month ago in the restaurant.

Yes, after Wei Guangde proposed to him to bribe Yan Shifan, Yin Shizhen returned to Yuwang Mansion and did not tell anyone about it.

Letting a dignified prince bribe a courtier in order to get what should belong to him, what is this?
Even though he already felt that Wei Guangde was not the person Yan Shifan sent to extort bribes from him, after all, there were plenty of available people around Yan Shifan, so there was no need to find such an insignificant pawn and use such a "chance encounter" to spread the word.

He still doesn't think that this method can solve the problem, and it will do too much harm to King Yu and Prince Yu's mansion. How will the foreign ministers treat His Highness King Yu in the future?

Officials of the royal family like them must never make such a serious mistake. They must protect the face of His Royal Highness King Yu.

Yin Shizhen fell into a state of thinking at this time, and he still hoped to find a better way to break the situation.

But, can he still think of a good way?

It has been more than two years since the incident happened. During such a long period of time, they did not think of any way to solve it. Instead, the incident continued to escalate, and it has almost become a big joke known all over the city.

As King Yu said, he has now become the butt of jokes in other people's mouths. Even those who are interested in Prince Yu's mansion, everything is possible before reaching that step. Although they support him in their hearts, they will not show it in the slightest.

Even though he, Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin and others worked hard for this matter, contacted Tongnian from the same village to speak for King Yu, and put pressure on the household department, it was still useless.

"Is that really the case?"

Unable to think of a way, Yin Shizhen was already a little discouraged, and inadvertently muttered in his mouth.

"What did you say?"

Yin Shizhen's voice was very soft, even Chen Yiqin who was sitting beside him couldn't hear clearly, he only knew what he said, so he asked a question.

"what?"

Embarrassed by Chen Yiqin's question, Yin Shizhen first wanted to deny it, so he shook his head, but is there any other way?

The conversation between the two also attracted Gao Gong's attention. He looked over and wanted to know what they were talking about.

"Zhengfu, is there anything you can do? You might as well just say it, good or bad."

Gao Gong spoke to Yin Shizhen.

"This"

Yin Shizhen was a little embarrassed at this time, since King Yu was still here, it seemed a little inappropriate to say this on this occasion.

King Yu's attention was also attracted by their conversation at this time, and he looked up at him.

"Your Highness, Mr. Gao, someone suggested a method to me before, but I think it's inappropriate, so..."

(End of this chapter)