Chapter 74: His Majesty the Emperor pays attention to people
I was sitting at home, feeling happy from heaven. Yang Xuan was drinking tea and chatting with his eldest brother at his home, when Lu Chenghong came in.
Today, Lu Chenghong was not dressed in casual clothes as usual, but in official robes, followed by two guards and two eunuchs.
Before Yang Xuan could speak, Lu Chenghong shook off his official tone: "But in front of Yang Xuan in Jiangning County?"
When he saw the posture, it seemed quite formal, and he responded: "Exactly."
Lu Chenghong took out a volume of imperial edict from a bright yellow envelope and slowly opened it: "By Emperor Tian Chengyun, the edict says: Yang Xuan, a man from Jiangning County, contributed the method of making salt and solved the problem of salt for thousands of years.
In order to benefit the people due to lack of money, he was granted the title of Yazhong Dafu and was given the title of Zhongdafu. He was rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, a hundred bolts of silk and satin, ten acres of land, and a mansion. I admire this."
Yang Xuan blinked and didn't react for a while.
"Ahem." Lu Chenghong cleared his throat and reminded: "Why don't you accept the order and thank me?"
"Oh, thank you, Lord, for your kindness." Yang Xuan said, imitating the lines in the TV series, and then took out a few silver ingots and gave them to the eunuchs and guards.
After the eunuch and the guards left, Yang Xuan asked Lu Chenghong in confusion: "What is going on? What is the doctor?"
However, Lu Chenghong straightened his official uniform and saluted Yang Xuan seriously: "I have met Mr. Yang."
"Hey, what happened? Can you explain it clearly?"
Only then did Lu Chenghong put away his serious face: "Yesterday, His Majesty the Emperor granted you an official title. The middle-level official, from the third rank, is of a higher rank than me."
Yang Xuan frowned when he heard this: "But I never said I wanted to be an official?"
"Don't worry. The title of doctor here is just a false one. He has no position or power. He doesn't need to do anything or sit in court. He also has a salary."
"Is there such a good thing?" Yang Xuan looked at the things that the guard had just unloaded in the yard, a box of silver, a lot of silk and satin, as well as land deeds and house deeds.
Lu Chenghong said: "I have all the real money and silver in front of you, how can this be false? Let me tell you, I personally chose this house deed. The house given by His Majesty the Emperor is quite beautiful."
Yang Xuan gave Lu Chenghong a thumbs up: "It seems that these shares are not given in vain. His Majesty the Emperor is a very particular person."
As the business grows bigger and bigger, he will inevitably have to deal with the government in the future, but as a businessman, let alone an official, even an official like Capt. Li can easily manipulate him.
But it's different now. Although it's just a false title, the rank is there anyway. Anyone who dares to disrespect him is equivalent to disrespecting the imperial power and ethics, and can be directly labeled as disrespectful.
The eldest brother Yang Xiao was also excited and went to put a stick of incense in front of his parents' memorial tablets.
Then I have to greet His Royal Highness Prince Chun for dinner.
But Lu Chenghong waved his hand and said, "Brother Yang, today Mr. Yang has been granted a high-ranking official position, so why not set up a table of wine to celebrate?"
"That's what Brother Lu said." Yang Xuan said, "Let's go to Wenhui Building and call in more people. We'll be busy today."
Wenhui Building is a high-end restaurant in Yingtian Mansion. This restaurant has an unwritten rule, that is, only officials from the DPRK and Central Government go to Wenhui Building. Speaking of which, Wenhui Building is an official club.
Ordinary people, even if they have money, won't receive them when they go to their homes.
But today is different. Although the official robe has not been made yet, the Gaoshen teeth plaque is already in hand.
Soon, a table was set up in Wenhui Building. Although Yang Xuan said it was going to be lively, in fact, there were only a few people. Apart from Yang Xuan and his eldest brother's family of three, there were only Lu Chenghong, shopkeeper Zhou, and Guan Yunrong.
Three people.
Unexpectedly, among the people at the table, the most excited person was not Yang Xuan, but Guan Yunrong.
Throughout the whole scene, Guan Yunrong was making various toasts, and the most important thing was that Guan Yunrong had an amazing capacity for drinking. None of the four old men had ever drunk a woman like Guan Yunrong.
However, Guan Yunrong was also very measured. Seeing that the four of them were already a little drunk, she stopped trying to persuade them to drink.
Anyway, everyone can see that something is wrong with Guan Yunrong. How can you be happier than the rightful owner when he is promoted?
Seeing that we were almost finished eating and drinking, there was a knock on the box door and someone came in.
"My lords, I am Xu Jinlai, the manager of this Wen Hui House. I heard that a distinguished guest has been promoted, so I came to offer you a pot of good wine and talk about my feelings."
As he said this, he waved his hand and a waiter walked in with a bottle of wine on the tray in his hand.
This wine pot is round and flat, and it is actually made of glass. The wine inside is also clear and transparent, and there are four small characters written on it, three lives and three lives.
Yang Xuan and others looked at each other and smiled.
This is the Sansheng Sanshi wine produced by Tao Ranju. A batch of glazed bottles were produced a year ago, but because the output was not enough, Yang Xuan did not sell it directly to the outside world, but offered it as a special supply.
Only those who have settled in a certain amount of wine are eligible to purchase this wine.
And the price is not cheap. Just these two taels of wine cost three hundred taels of silver.
Rather than selling wine, it’s better to sell wine bottles.
Isn't such a big glass wine bottle much bigger than the one hundred taels of glass beads?
The most important thing is the taste of this wine, which is absolutely unprecedented.
Shopkeeper Xu carefully opened the wine bottle, poured a glass, and placed it in front of Yang Xuan: "Congratulations to Mr. Yang on your promotion, and I wish you a prosperous official career with this glass of wine."
Then he handed the next glass to Lu Chenghong: "This glass is for Lu... Lu..."
Shopkeeper Xu was stuck. The waiter told him clearly that there was Mr. Yang who had just been promoted and Mr. Lu from the household department in this box. He had not paid much attention just now, but now he recognized that the person in front of him turned out to be King Chun.
Your Highness.
In order to avoid being called out, Lu Chenghong quickly raised his wine glass and said: "Lv Fengxian, the secretary of the salt class."
Shopkeeper Xu came to his senses, but his words were not as sharp as before: "This is a toast to Mr. Lu, I wish Mr. Lu... that... little man, just wish Mr. Lu a happy new year."
After saying these words, Shopkeeper Xu broke into a cold sweat. For ordinary officials, he could say that he was promoted step by step and had a prosperous official career. But he was a prince, how could he be promoted so high?
Any higher promotion would be called usurping the throne.
He also wanted to say that he would live a hundred years, but he is His Royal Highness Prince Chun. He is a thousand years old. If you say that he will live a hundred years, it is purely a curse.
In the end, I had no choice but to say New Year's greetings.
Fortunately, everyone was a little drunk and didn't pay much attention. Shopkeeper Xu dealt with it for a while before exiting the box.
Then he caught the guy who was in charge of greeting guests at the door and gave him a slap: "You're a short-sighted guy. You didn't say anything to His Highness Prince Chun in the box, which made me almost say the wrong thing and offend His Highness Prince Chun.
Let me see how many heads you have."
The young boy looked aggrieved: "I don't know His Royal Highness Prince Chun, so the guests just said that he is from the Ministry of Revenue."
Shopkeeper Xu raised his hand as if to slap him: "You also said, hurry up and report to Manager Liao."