Chapter 458 Sunshine always comes after wind and rain
This time Longyou took the imperial examination and won a great victory. The players continued to drink in Mingyue Tower, and the restaurant owner was even more excited.
With so many Jinshi drinking in their upstairs building, it will definitely become a good story in the future. Then there will be even more scholars who will go up to the building on the day when the results are released.
The owner of Mingyue Tower simply waived Wang Chengwei and others' drink money and only asked them to write poems for the upstairs.
This kind of literary event is naturally good for personal reputation if word spreads about it, and everyone is naturally very supportive.
There was a lot of news about the pilot test in Mingyue Tower, which had already spread throughout the square, and everyone looked upstairs.
The boss specially asked people to buy snow-white rice paper from Longyou, and started from the first floor to invite the successful scholars to write poems.
In this way, everyone drank and wrote poems, and finally waited for Wang Chengwei, the number one scholar.
As the finale, the boss of Mingyue Tower looked at Wang Chengwei and said:
"Master Zhuangyuan, all the middle-class scholars who have climbed up the stairs today have already composed poems. Please give me poems from Duke Zhuangyuan!"
Wang Chengwei drank a little wine, picked up the pen and wrote on the paper:
The sun always shines after the storm, and there is a clear sky above the dark clouds.
Cherish all the touches, every hope is in your hands.
The sun always shines on the dark clouds after the storm.
Cherish all the touches, every hope is in your hands
The boss of Mingyue Tower looked puzzledly at the fact that the poem didn't look like poetry and the words didn't look like words. He was full of doubts in his heart.
Isn’t the Number One Scholar brilliant in literature? Why did he write such a limerick for me?
This isn't even a limerick, is it?
After Wang Chengwei finished writing, the players in Longyou looked at each other and smiled, and they actually sang to the lyrics.
"The sun always comes after the storm! There is a clear sky above the dark clouds!"
As the players sang in chorus, the simple melody and catchy lyrics quickly aroused the chorus of other scholars in Mingyue Tower.
Some scholars who had failed the imperial examination and were feeling depressed actually felt that their souls calmed down after hearing this song.
These scholars also sang along.
The melody is simple and the lyrics are easy to remember. Soon the singing gradually spreads out, and finally all the candidates in the Imperial Academy Square began to sing this song.
This optimistic attitude of sunshine and hope for the future world after the rain also resonated with the people of Chang'an who had just recovered from the puppet Yan.
Gradually the whole street was singing this song, and the boss of Mingyue Tower also sang along.
After singing, everyone felt disappointed.
I saw Wang Chengwei raising his glass and saying:
"Everyone, let us drink this cup together! Congratulations to the Tang Dynasty!"
"Congratulations to the Tang Dynasty!"
When everyone shouted, they saw Shizishan shouting "long live" in the square in front of the Imperial Academy. The officials of Shangshu Province felt like the first roar of a young tiger or the first cry of an eagle, which resounded throughout Chang'an!
Pei Mian, who had just come out of Shangshu Province, heard his subordinates report on the situation in the Imperial Academy Square. He couldn't help but stroke his beard and said: "As expected of the Wang family!"
Cui Guangyuan was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat when he heard that Wang Chengwei, whom he was scolding, turned out to be the number one scholar in this new class.
Fortunately, he took refuge with King Jianning in time. If he had not taken refuge with King Jianning, he would definitely have been impeached by Yan Guan for his punishment of the new champion.
In the East Palace, Dou Shen saw the lists of Jinshi Ke and Ming Jing Ke, and his jealous eyes were about to burst into flames.
The reason why Dou Shen wanted to invest in the East Palace was so that he could become a Jinshi with the help of the prince.
However, since the former prime minister Wei Jiansu, an ally of the East Palace, went to Xichuan to serve as the governor, the influence of the East Palace in the court has been greatly affected.
The prime minister who presided over the imperial examination this time, Pei Mian, was the political enemy of the former prime minister Wei Jiansu.
This time, several of the candidates that Dong Gong promised to be the guarantee failed, and when Dou Shen saw so many people from Longyou appearing on the exam, Dou Shen even broke his teeth.
Is King Jianning of Longyou going to compete with the East Palace for the title of heir?
But King Jianning is not in Chang'an, how can he seize the throne?
Dou Shen just wondered if King Jianning was colluding with King Qi. He broke out in a cold sweat. If King Jianning and King Qi cooperated, the situation in the East Palace would be even more embarrassing!
The officials in the Eastern Palace who stayed in Chang'an just felt that a storm was coming.
Prince Li Chu, who was stranded in Guo Ziyi's camp, felt that everything was constrained and everything was not going smoothly.
He could not enter Luoyang, but the emperor did not order him to return to Chang'an.
Li Chu knew very well that this was his father's fear of him.
Logically speaking, preparations for the emperor and the emperor to return to Luan Chang'an should be left to the East Palace.
Because Donggong is the crown prince, he can offer sacrifices to the ancestral temple and the country on behalf of the emperor. Before the emperor returns to Luan Chang'an, he must first complete the sacrifices to his ancestors.
But I don’t know what Empress Zhang and Li Fuguo blew in the emperor’s ears. This time, the emperor actually used the military emergency as an excuse to let Li Chu stay in Guo Ziyi’s army as a military observer, that is, to supervise the army.
But he sent his younger brother, who had just been promoted from Nanyang King to Qi King, to Chang'an to prepare for the ceremonial work back to Luan Chang'an.
This incident naturally met with fierce opposition from the court.
However, after Wei Jiansu resigned as prime minister last time, the power of the East Palace in the court was much weaker. Finally, King Qi set out to return to Chang'an to clean up the ancestral temple again to worship his ancestors.
Li Chu was very irritable. From the time when his younger brother Li Xi was conferred the title of King of Qi, he felt a great threat.
But now his prestige in the military has dropped to a freezing point, and the power of the court has also been severely damaged.
But what worries Li Chu the most is the depletion of financial resources.
Whether it's to win people's hearts or to find out information, it essentially costs money.
Originally, Li Chu was the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and he also had the power of the East Palace. He also cooperated with Prime Minister Wei Jiansu tacitly, so he was a proper figure in power.
Li Chu is naturally not short of money at this time, and his subordinates will continuously transfer wealth to the East Palace. For many people, paying homage to the East Palace is a cost-effective investment. As long as Li Chu can ascend the throne, he will be able to bring profits with his capital.
to get back the investment.
But now that the status of the East Palace is unstable, the financial resources have dried up instantly.
The East Palace maintains guards, and Li Chu himself has expenses and needs to bribe the eunuchs in the palace to understand the latest developments in the palace.
All these things cost money, and the huge East Palace will be hollowed out.
You have to find a way to make money!
Li Chu stayed in Luoyang camp, and another purpose was to keep an eye on Jianghuai.
Li Chu and Dou Shen discussed in letters. Dou Shen believed that the decline of the East Palace was due to the lack of reliable financial resources of its own.
The King of Qi has the support of Nanyang Tiefang, and the King of Jianning has the wealth of Longyou.
As for the East Palace, it is just an empty shelf and has no stable financial resources.
Dou Shen's advice to Li Chu was to let him plot to seize Jianghuai!
The Jianghuai River was the most prosperous in the world, and all the military rations used by the Tang Dynasty to suppress the rebellion came from the Jianghuai grain supply.
The person who supports JAC's financial resources is Wu Qi, a financial expert!
Fifth Qi, who joined the Ming Dynasty as an official, did not have a high starting point. He was originally just a staff member of Helan Jinming, but when he reported the work of the Communist Party to the emperor, he recommended himself to the emperor and was appointed as the Jianghuai Salt and Iron Envoy.
Fifth Qi built government-run salt mills on the seaside of Jianghuai to cook sea salt and dry salt. He also set up patrols at various transportation thoroughfares in Jianghuai to specifically inspect the sale of illegal salt.
In this way, salt, a daily necessity, became a tool of expropriation by the imperial court.
And it was also because of his contribution to collecting taxes in Jianghuai that Wu Qi received many awards from the emperor.
Dou Shen reminded Li Chu in his letter that Cui Qi, the original doctor of Hubu Duzhi, was transferred to Yushi Zhongcheng. Wu Qi was very interested in the position of doctor of Hubu Duzhi and wanted to return to Chang'an.
If Wu Qi resigns and Dong Gong can seize the position of successor as Salt and Iron Envoy, he will no longer have to worry about financial resources.
Wu Qi was the first salt and iron envoy and was also a minister trusted by the emperor. He worked hard to suppress the rebellion. If he were to be promoted to the imperial court, the successor he recommended would basically succeed him as the salt and iron envoy of Jianghuai.
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Ministers like Wu Qi were called "finance ministers" in the Tang Dynasty.
The rulers of the Tang Dynasty all knew themselves, that is, finance is a professional matter, so they should be handled by professionals.
In many cases, the imperial finance minister was a master-disciple. In the Tang Dynasty, if he was labeled as a "financial expert", then the promotion channels would be limited to only a few positions, but the advantage is that the imperial court would generally respect the successor recommended by the predecessor.
list, which can also ensure the stability of fiscal policy.
This is also the reason why Wu Qi wanted to return to Chang'an due to the vacancy of a doctor in the household department.
But Li Chu and Wu Qi have never crossed paths, so it would be simply fanciful to want Wu Qi to recommend one of his own.
But Dou Shen's letter to Li Chu pointed out a way.
The position of doctor in the household department is not a very high-level position, but it is very important in the household department.
Duzhi means budget and expenditure. Doctor Duzhi is in charge of the budget preparation and money and grain expenditures of the Ministry of Household Treasury. He is known as the sub-count minister in the Ministry of Household.
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But Wu Qi's current position as Jianghuai Renting Envoy and Salt and Iron Envoy is not a serious position.
Before Wu Qi took up this position, he was only a staff member of Beihai Jiedushi He Lan and Jin Ming Jiedushi's mansion, and he didn't even have a rank.
So Dou Shen hoped that the prince could help him get the position of Jianghuai Renyong Salt and Iron Envoy.
Wu Qi needs to return to Chang'an, so naturally he cannot do without the recommendation of the ministers in the imperial court.
Obviously Li Chu can be recommended, and with Wu Qi's merits, it is more than enough to be promoted to the imperial court as a doctor.
The more important piece of information in Dou Shen's letter is that Wu Qi was once an aide under Helan Jinming, and Helan Jinming was Wu Qi's benefactor.
Helan Jinming was killed by Nan Jiyun under Zhang Xun. As an old subordinate, Wu Qi and Nan Jiyun were sworn enemies.
As long as Li Chu helps Wu Qi deal with Nan Jiyun, Wu Qi will definitely be grateful for the prince's help and join his command.