eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 377 Special Salary No.1

Gu Zuo has a wretched wife named Xie, and she has been following him for the past few years.

As the magistrate in Henan, then as the head of the household department, and then slowly promoted, Gu Zuo has always had her on his way.

Mrs. Xie understands righteousness, Gu Zuo is upright, and the husband and wife are deeply affectionate. Although life is not luxurious, it is always happy.

However, after Gu Zuo was arrested,
Xie's desperation and pain were as if the sky was collapsing,
Gu Zuo's colleagues who have a good relationship with him always comfort her, saying that if Gu Shilang's crime is serious, he must be sentenced to death like Yongkanghou, Zou Cheng and others.
But the fact is that there has been no conviction for a long time, which shows that things have turned around.

Mrs. Xie has always had such fantasies ever since she heard this statement.

"... Later I heard that although my husband is in the imperial prison, he will not be punished or interrogated. I feel more at ease in my body and mind. I finally hope that my husband will come back today."

After experiencing the reunion of life and death, it must still be different.

Xie didn't dislike her stinky husband, sobbing softly on his shoulder.

"Ma'am, I'm hungry."

Hearing this sentence, Mrs. Xie just wiped away her tears, wiped her hands on the apron, and then said: "I'm going to do it now, eat a bowl of plain noodles? Husband... also go to wash and change clothes." Have a meal."

"it is good."

His ten-year-old son was standing under the eaves with his clothes.

Gu Zuo walked over and patted his head, and didn't say much to the little guy.

There was no injury on his body, but it was not an interesting experience to be locked in prison. After more than a month, he lost a lot of weight, and his cheekbones seemed to protrude a lot.

Scrubbing the body is also washing the muddy water all over the floor.

When the family of three sat down to eat together again, it felt like a world away.

"Madam, you have worked hard these days."

Xie's nose was sore, he just bowed his head and sucked the noodles.

Gu Zuo turned his head and looked at the house. In fact, he felt a little...feeling like the house was empty.

"So, what about the one with a pair of words?"

"The concubine sold her. Please forgive me!" Mrs. Xie is still like a little daughter-in-law in her decades.

Gu Zuo is not the first day to be an official, he naturally knows why he wants to sell,

Originally, there was no silver in the family, so they must have exchanged all the valuables at home for money, and then took the silver to entrust various relationships.

If you don't have money in your hands, you can't enter many places.

"Forget it, it's good for our family to be reunited."

But Mrs. Xie still didn't figure it out, "It was said that my husband, Sheng Chong, was on the rise, but he was suddenly arrested at that time. What's going on here?"

"It's hard to tell what's going on in the court for a while. Generally speaking, I was framed by someone as a husband. Fortunately, Your Majesty is wise, it is not so easy for some treacherous villains to deceive the current Holy Majesty."

Xie clasped his hands together, they usually heard some good things about the emperor, but this time it happened to them personally, so many feelings are real.

At this moment, she is also praying for more blessings to the emperor.

in the afternoon,

Yan Song knocked on the door.

He has been waiting for a long time, in order not to disturb the family reunion after a long absence.

After being imprisoned for so many days, Gu Zuo felt much calmer. Even though Yan Song was just a servant in the attendant room, he did not reject people thousands of miles away.

"I've bothered Gu Shilang."

"Where is it? Please come in."

The husband and wife are polite, but it is a little simple. What is placed in front of Yan Song is white water, not even tea.

Yan Song was also admiring,

How could His Majesty be willing to kill such a person?
Only such a monarch can make good use of such a person.

"... His Majesty proposed the term special salary a few days ago." Yan Song took a sip of the tasteless water, and said slowly: "Your Majesty guesses that the reason is that Your Majesty was somewhat worried that Gu Shilang was really greedy for ink. And Gu Shilang's life is really simple. Your encounter this time has promoted the solution of this problem."

"This is a humble room, but I have virtue. Since Gu became an official, he has never regarded luxury as his life ambition. Besides, he has been poor all his life, and he is used to it. But what does the attendant Yan mean by the special salary?"

"Your Majesty considers that there are some officials in the imperial court who are sincerely for the country. Their lives are indeed difficult, and they can't even survive on their salaries alone. Therefore, they need to add a sum of money to these people's regular salaries. It varies from three thousand to five thousand. Of course, It seems that Gu Shilang must be the highest level of 1 taels."

"1 taels?!" Gu Zuo raised his voice several times, "The living expenses of an ordinary household will not exceed 20 taels a year, and 1 taels is [-] households! Gu Zuo's family of three, where? Do you want to get so much money? Attendant Yan, has your Majesty issued this imperial edict? If it is not for us, I will enter the palace immediately, please take back your order, this is absolutely impossible! Once this example is opened, the imperial court will be full of extravagance, and there will be endless troubles !"

"Hey." Yan Song stretched out his hand to stop him, "Gu Shilang, don't be impatient. If you think about it carefully, what does His Majesty do without much consideration?"

"The matter of the special salary is not only about Gu Shilang, but also about other ministers in the court. I also said earlier that your majesty has encountered several major cases since Yuji, and the handling is severe. This time the case of the salt class, the court It's a bit of a remark. So this silver is to show that Your Majesty is not a harsh monarch, and it's not just tailor-made for Gu Shilang, it's one of them."

"Besides, people like Zuo Fudu Yushizhang and Gu Shilang are the pillars of the imperial court. What happened? Those who are dedicated to serving the country eat bran and swallow vegetables, and eat gold and silver in their corpses. What do you call young officials? Think? So Your Majesty can't see that the pillars of the country don't get what they deserve. This is the second."

"In the end, the granary knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing are enough to know the honor and disgrace. Only when Gu Shilang has no worries, can he serve the court wholeheartedly. This is the third."

"With these three sections, Gu Shilang still thinks that His Majesty is only here to give you money?"

Gu Zuo said seriously: "Gu Mou went up to act like the father of the emperor, and went down to An Lishu, not because of this yellow and white thing!"

"Hey, this is His Majesty's character. If you don't take it, His Majesty will give it to you. If you take it, His Majesty will punish you instead."

"This……"

This is really a bit weird.

To put it bluntly, it is too personal.

But the emperor is like this, what can he do?

"But Gu still feels that the treasury..."

"Gu Shilang." Yan Song lowered his head and said in a low voice: "The official salary of the imperial court is really low. Some people are not willing to be greedy, but have to be greedy. But with a special salary, as long as you do things with your heart, you don't need it." Don't care about money. If Gu Shilang doesn't want it, it doesn't mean others don't want it. This method is also to save some officials who really serve the country. Besides, whoever gets a special salary needs His Majesty's nod, which is also related to His Majesty's control of the court. Hall."

Gu Zuo couldn't refute this.

"Your Majesty...it is indeed well-intentioned."

Immediately afterwards, Yan Song took out two things from his cuffs, one was a letter written by the emperor.One is two silver notes of 5000 taels.

If there was no emperor, it would be as if Yan Song was bribing him.

"The matter of the special salary is still being considered by the court, but His Majesty has made up his mind. After the official edict comes out, Gu Shilang's name must be listed on it. This time it can only be an oral order. As for the money, you will accept it. In this way, Mrs. Gu and the children can live more comfortably, and Gu Shilang will no longer have to worry about life in the future. In the future, he will be loyal day and night."

Holding the letter and money, Gu Zuo felt some unspeakable emotions in his heart.

He had no resentment for being locked up.If he hadn't been imprisoned, he would have been involved in the case of the salt class, and he would have forged many grievances.

The emperor protected him so much.

Today, there are still such benefits.

So he was moved.

Your Majesty, is really the best Majesty in three generations.

nothing else,
Gu Zuo knelt down in the direction of the palace, and said with tears in his eyes, "My minister, Gu Zuo, thank you for your grace!"

Yan Song breathed a sigh of relief.

Things in this world are very strange.

Let’s just say this money, if you don’t give it to some people, they try to get it for themselves.For some people, if you give it to him, he doesn't necessarily want it.

Gu Zuo is the latter.

So giving him money is not an easy task.

In this case, he can return to the palace to deal with business.

In fact, the first sentence Zhu Houzhao asked also meant this.
"Convince him to accept it?"

"Luckily, I didn't disgrace my life. Gu Shilang has already accepted the money. And what His Majesty expected was right, he was indeed unwilling to accept it at first."

Zhu Houzhao still didn't understand, and he said meaningfully: "I'm still accurate in judging people. Weizhong, you will be the same in the future. If you don't want money, I will put money in your pocket instead."

"Your Majesty, please bear in mind His Majesty's instruction. However, the attitude of Gu Shilang and the special salary from the imperial court may not go so smoothly."

"Of course I know, that's why I asked the foreign ministers to discuss it."

The reason why the hair is not smooth is also simple, some people don't want it!And even if it is collected, someone will donate it.Many people are hateful, but it is undeniable that there are also lovely people.

A few days later, Gu Zuo handed over a note to the palace.

(End of this chapter)