In the end, Qin Dewei did not go there, because the person who could foresee the future of his father and Li Jing should be Wang Tingxiang, Minister of War.
After returning to the bedroom to finish the business, Xu Miaoxuan asked again: "Isn't it appropriate for Sister Gu to live here? Isn't it too slow to wait?"
Qin Dewei has two wives. In terms of status, the definition of Mrs. Gu is rather vague. She is from the uncle's branch, so she cannot be regarded as a pure concubine.
It’s hard to say that the status is on the margins, but in terms of treatment, they should indeed be given a separate residence, which symbolizes an independent room.
There are more troubles associated with more women. Qin Dewei scratched his hair and said, "It seems that we have to find a way to buy the mansion next to it, and then open up internal connections here."
Brother Xu Shian did not leave either, and also moved into the Qin Mansion, planning to gain experience in the capital before returning.
The next day, before Qin Dewei went out, he and his brother Xu Shi'an paid homage to his mother Zhou.
When he came out, Qin Dewei said: "If you want to visit the capital today, I will ask Ma Er to be your guide and take you around."
Xu Shian chuckled and said: "If you accidentally transfer to Jiaofangsi Alley"
Qin Dewei said crisply: "When you get to the alley, tell me your name! Someone will definitely receive you warmly!"
Xu Shi'an said with great joy: "You are indeed a good brother!" Then he remembered something and asked in surprise: "Then what are you going to do? Is there anything else that is more important than staying with me?"
Qin Dewei said with emotion: "I am not the same as you. I am too busy. I have a lot of ministers to meet today, so I can't accompany you to play."
Xu Laosan thought about his low-end status as a member of the fifth rank and a thousand households. He couldn't help but feel ashamed, but he also didn't believe it. "Could it be that you learned to talk nonsense from the people in the capital? Can the minister still line up to see you?"
Qin Dewei was too lazy to explain and just said: "You can follow me!"
Xu Laosan made up his mind and said: "You can go to the alley any day, but today I will follow you to open your eyes."
So Qin Dewei took Xu Shi'an out and went to Wang Tingxiang first to ask about Zeng's father-in-law and Li Jing's appointment.
Wang Tingxiang looked at Xu Laosan curiously, and Qin Dewei introduced him: "This is my brother-in-law. Come out with me to see the world. If you have something to say, it's okay to say it."
So Wang Tingxiang began to say: "Your Majesty is not a big problem. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel have jointly recommended your Majesty to patrol Liaodong. They have already submitted the report and are waiting for approval.
It was the matter of Li Jing's appointment as the co-ordinated camp that caused some troubles, and many honorable officers came out to oppose it."
This is all to be expected. When it comes to the level of co-camping, the military positions in the Beijing camp are the exclusive domain of noble nepotism.
For Li Jing, a military attache from outside a border town, to want to be promoted to a co-camp officer, it would be simply a fantasy.
Qin Dewei sneered and said: "The selection of military positions is the authority of your Ministry of War. How dare a group of useless nobles dare to make irresponsible remarks? Who has the loudest objection?"
Wang Tinglian said hurriedly: "That's not how things are done. We can't be like you, always doing things without considering the consequences."
Qin Dewei was very dissatisfied and said: "Why don't I consider the consequences? Ordinary people can only consider the consequences in a few years at most, but I only consider the consequences in decades or even hundreds of years."
When Wang Ting met Qin Dewei, he went further and further away, and then brought the topic back: "I told those nobles that after Li Jing is promoted to the joint camp officer, he will not continue to serve in the Beijing camp for a long time, and will be transferred to Liaodong immediately. Only then did the backlash come.
It calmed down."
Qin Dewei didn't care how Wang Tingxiang solved it, as long as he could get the matter settled in the end.
But speaking of it, among the three major ministers, Wang Tingxiang has the strongest ability to do things. After all, he has been in the officialdom for more than 40 years and has held most types of official positions.
Next is his uncle Wang Yiqi. Although he is low-key and doesn't talk much, he has very good practical ability. He has served as a county magistrate, trained troops, built rivers and supervised canals, and has rich experience.
As for Teacher Zhang, Qin Dewei is more "hehehe". He has been working in the Hanlin Academy and has been on the bench for ten years. He is not the kind of extremely talented person.
Finally, Qin Dewei asked: "Who is the object?"
Wang Tingxiang revealed: "It is Cui Yuan, the Marquis of Jingshan. He has a relative who also seeks this military position."
I know something about this man Qin Dewei. He was born as a consort and was one of the most famous noble relatives in recent years. He was able to gain the trust of Emperor Jiajing and was granted the title of Marquis. He often served as a mascot for ceremonies.
Qin Dewei said, "You talk to him first. If it doesn't make sense, I will step in."
Then Qin Dewei talked about another thing: "The express delivery stores are all under the management of the Ministry of War, so there is a win-win thing that I want to do with Da Sima."
Wang Tingxiang couldn't help complaining and said: "Can I not listen to you? You actually use the words "total and total". It seems that it must be a very difficult thing to handle."
Qin Dewei said straightforwardly: "In fact, it is not difficult to handle. It is just a matter of renting an express shop for Yuanfeng. Each express shop is given five taels of silver per year, which is enough to levy one person!"
Between the capital and Nanjing, the Yuanfeng has a need to deliver messages quickly."
Wang Tingxiang frowned and said, "Let me think about it for a few more days and see if there is a safe way."
Coming out of Wang Tingxiang's place, Xu Laosan was greatly shocked.
Just now, he directly felt what kind of status Brother Nai had now, and he actually had a finger on the Secretary of the Ministry of War.
You must know that the Minister of the Ministry of War is in charge of the selection of military positions, and Xu Laosan is also under the control of the Minister of the Ministry of War!
Moreover, Xu Laosan was still a little bit pantothenic, "Then who is Li Jing? Why are you so dedicated to helping him? I am just a member of a thousand households, and it has not changed for many years."
Qin Dewei said lightly: "The reason is very simple, he has a good sister,"
Xu Shian: ""
Qin Dewei then went to the next door to the Ministry of Revenue and found Wang Yiqi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue. He analyzed and said: "The time is actually almost ripe to start trying to connect Nanjing and the capital.
This is roughly the case. The tax collection offices on the Yangtze River and the customs clearance offices on the Southern Canal can all be concentrated in Nanjing first.
Then there is no need to waste manpower and financial resources to escort him all the way to the capital. He only needs to pick it up from the capital.
In addition, if officials in the capital plan to transfer silver to the south, they can also deposit the silver in the Yuanfeng number in the capital and then withdraw it from Nanjing. It is better to get a silver note."
These are matters within the scope of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It depends on how determined Wang Yiqi is to promote them.
After coming out of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Qin Dewei went into the Ministry of Rites to meet another minister.
The experienced Xu Laosan really opened his eyes, and he thought Qin Dewei was a chief assistant and could have a hand in everything.
After Qin Dewei saluted, he asked Teacher Zhang inexplicably: "Teacher, are you ready?"
Zhang Chao was confused and asked: "What are you preparing for?"
Qin Dewei reminded: "Teacher, times have changed!"
Teacher Zhang Gujing Wubo responded: "It has changed again?"
Qin Dewei ignored Teacher Zhang's teasing and said directly: "Put down the poetry and prose for now. Teacher, you have to prepare to study Qingci! Others may be able to avoid it, but you, the Minister of Rites, cannot avoid it! And it is a sin not to write it.
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What Qin Dewei said seems to be very unserious, but in fact it is all a prediction of the general trend.
After Emperor Jiajing really started to cultivate immortality, he had a pathological pursuit of the quantity and quality of Qingci, and he was particularly obsessed with it.
Teacher Zhang is still a little resistant to Qingci in his heart. Let alone Teacher Zhang, any normal scholar-official would not take a second look at Qingci.
Teacher Zhang couldn't help but complained: "You spend the whole day encouraging others to study Qing Ci, but you don't see yourself writing it!"
Qin Dewei replied: "Who said I wasn't prepared? I have two hundred Qing Ci poems on various subjects. They are the painstaking work of one of my disciples, Gui Youguang. They are enough for a short period of time."
Teacher Zhang:""
Then Qin Dewei thought of another question: "Teacher, have you received the imperial silver medal?"
Zhang Chao shook his head and said: "How can I get a silver medal? Generally only cabinet bachelors have it, and occasionally some other ministers are awarded it."
The silver medal is the personal seal given by the emperor to the ministers. It is indeed very rare and complements the secret system.
If there is anything that is not convenient for disclosure, the memorial can be left unsigned and sealed with a silver seal so that Emperor Jiajing can identify who it is through the seal.
Some people may ask, is density so important? It's hard to say at other times, but it was very important during the Jiajing Dynasty.
The power-minded Emperor Jiajing attached great importance to the secrecy system, and even revised the secrecy system and formulated many rules for ministers to abide by.
Moreover, in practice, dense criticism became the most important tool of party struggle in the Jiajing Dynasty, and it was even an information channel for the emperor to understand the trends of foreign countries.
To use an easy-to-understand analogy, a general memorial is equivalent to a speech in the work group five hundred years later, while a close communication is equivalent to a private chat with the leader, and receiving a silver medal is equivalent to adding the leader's WeChat account.
It can be said that in the Jiajing Dynasty, if you did not have a silver medal, you would not even be qualified to participate in party struggle, and Qin Dewei does not have this thing at the moment.
If Qin Dewei has any anxiety deep in his heart, this can be regarded as the biggest anxiety at present.
The emperor doesn't go to court and doesn't see his ministers. Xia Yan and Yan Song both have imperial silver medals and can write secrets. So what should Qin Dewei do?
"How on earth can I get a silver medal?" Qin Dewei said to himself.
Teacher Zhang laughed and said: "The silver medal symbolizes the closeness of the emperor. You can only ask yourself. If you can't even get the Jiajing man, there will be no chance for others."
When we came out of Teacher Zhang's place, most of the day's itinerary was over.
Qin Dewei asked Xu Laosan: "What do you think?"
Xu Shi'an lamented: "Being a powerful minister is not leisure at all. I didn't expect that I need to worry about so many practical matters."
Qin Dewei replied: "This is just my daily life!"
Although Qin Dewei was not a cabinet minister, he attracted so much attention that news of his return to the capital spread.
Then Zhan Shi Lu Shen of Zhan Shi Mansion waited boringly for a day in the public room, but Qin Dewei did not come to report.
Lu Zhanshi doesn't understand. Since Qin Dewei doesn't care about Zhan Shifu so much, why did you fight for Zhan Shifu in the first place?
In the eyes of Lu Shen and Lu Zhan Shi, the current team of Zhan Shifu can be called the strongest lineup of the Eastern Palace Assistants in the Ming Dynasty!
Two champions, one Tanhua and one Huiyuan, after all the years of Hongwu, no other Donggong team can compare!
Such an excellent lineup, but because of the absence of a very important person, could never officially start work and could only waste time in vain, which made Lu Zhanshi feel extremely heartbroken.
But we can’t do without this person, or we dare not do without this person.
The matter had to be solved, so Lu Zhanshi decided to find someone to remind Qin Dewei to report, or to ask Qin Dewei to report.
But after taking stock of the entire Zhanshi Mansion and more than thirty people including himself, Lu Zhanshi discovered a strange phenomenon. There was no "acquaintance" of Qin Dewei in Zhanshi Mansion!
According to official rumors, when the temple's senior officials decided to establish the East Palace and then establish Zhan Shifu and nominate candidates, Qin Dewei was very inactive.
Even Qin Dewei himself didn't want to join. Later, the emperor forced the youngest number one scholar in history to join.
So now among the more than thirty people in Zhan Shi's house, they only have casual acquaintances with Qin Dewei at best, and there is no one who can really talk to Qin Dewei.
Fortunately, the Hanlin Academy is next door to Zhan Shifu, and the relationship between Zhan Shifu and the Hanlin Academy is inextricably linked. It is like a set of people and two brands. Most of the officials of Zhan Shifu basically have part-time jobs in the Hanlin Academy.
So if you can't find a suitable person in Zhan Shifu, you can go to the Hanlin Academy next door to find one.
As for Hanlin, who could talk to Qin Dewei and whose status was suitable for running errands, there were basically only three people, Xu Gu, Zhao Zhenji, and Xing Yifeng.
Xu Gu and Zhao Zhenji had been hanging out with Qin Dewei in the Hanlin Academy for several years and were about to evolve into veterans, while Xing Yifeng was still an honest newcomer and was eventually caught by Lu Zhanshi running errands.
When Xing Yifeng arrived at Qin Mansion, it was already approaching dusk. He didn't have to go in, but he saw Qin Dewei standing on the roadside outside his front door from a distance, looking towards the east.
Xing Yifeng walked over and asked curiously: "What are you doing?"
"It's nothing, I just want to buy the house next door to the east." Qin Dewei answered truthfully, and then asked: "Why are you here?"
Xing Yifeng also told the truth: "Senior Lu of Zhan Shifu asked me to send a message, asking you to go to Zhan Shifu and take up the post as soon as possible."
Qin Dewei smiled and said: "There's no rush, no rush! Your Majesty has given me two months, and now there are still a few days left before the deadline is reached. It won't be too late to go then."
Xing Yifeng hesitated to speak and did not continue to persuade him. He had known Qin Dewei for so many years since they entered the county school together. He understood Qin Dewei's character very well, so his persuasion was in vain.
He hesitated and asked again: "Why do I feel that you are so alienated from the people in Zhan Shifu?"
"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!" Qin Dewei denied three times in a row.
Xing Yifeng understood immediately: "So you really don't think highly of these people."
Although Qin Dewei didn't say it clearly, he knew very well that people like Zhan Shifu were indeed a big trap.
In fact, it does not refer to the fact that the prince will die in more than ten years. Maybe the butterfly effect will occur and the prince will continue to live?
The people in Zhan Shifu are indeed people who are well-read in scriptures and have decent character. They are really carefully selected for the prince, but their actual operation is indeed not very interesting.
For example, they are all like Teacher Zhang, or even worse than Teacher Zhang.
The main manifestation is that he is very naive politically. A big mistake will be made next year, which will cause a large number of East Palace officials to rush into the street, so Qin Dewei does not want to get too close to them.
Character determines destiny, and there is no luck in politics. Even if something doesn't happen next year, something will happen sooner or later.
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