bookcurios Chapter 160 Reporting Involvement
Chapter 160 Reporting Involvement
After returning home, life became easier. There were not many people in the Hewang Mansion, and there were not many properties or farms. In the past, Zhou Qinghe did not have the financial management awareness and had no place to spend large amounts of money.
Even when the common people talked about spending a fortune on Zhangtai Street, he didn't spend much. After all, he was a prince, and the courtesans all rushed to have him judge their skills.
No one is a fool and would really make a deal like asking the Second Prince to spend a fortune to buy a cup of tea.
In these years, the income and expenditure of the palace have been maintained within a safe line. It is not extremely poor, but not very rich either.
There weren't many farms or properties. To put it bluntly, there was nothing to take care of because she had nothing. Others were like a skilled cook who could not cook without rice, but she was like a skilled cook who could not cook at all.
Zhou Qinghe's mother is crazy and won't make plans for him. His father hopes that he will be a playboy all his life. When he was young, all the loyal people around him were transferred away, and the people he has now are those he has trained later.
But the emperor kept a close eye on him and did not allow him the opportunity to build his own property.
"I see that the expenses in the mansion are not much, and the remaining money is useless wherever it is kept. It is better to use it to open some shops and add two more sources of income to the mansion."
All of Zhou Qinghe's money was in Zhao Fangyu's hands, and Zhao Fangyu could spend it however he wanted.
"Just take care of it. I don't know how to do business, and I don't know how to spend this money."
This is the truth. Zhou Qinghe is okay with other things, but it is a real headache for him to look at the account books.
Zhao Fangyu nodded, and decided to open two more small shops in the capital. However, there were not many prosperous shops in the capital, so he had to slowly look for a good shop.
"It's hard to find a good shop during the New Year holidays. Let's buy a farm first. When spring comes, we can plant flowers and sell them without any worries."
"When the time comes, plant some fruits and vegetables. It will not only help you make a living, but also be convenient for your family to eat."
Zhou Qinghe nodded, thinking that when he took Zhao Fangyu out to play, there would be an extra place for him.
"Today, my elder and second brothers and I discussed some things in the mountain view room. I won't hide this from you. I have already told your two elder brothers and asked your second brother to seek a job outside the family."
Zhou Qinghe was afraid that Zhao Fangyu didn't understand the purpose of his actions, so he brought some hot tea and snacks for Zhao Fangyu to eat while he sat beside him and explained, "The situation in the capital is not good this year. Your elder brother has a good Yue family and your brother-in-law's family to help him. He is also stable. It's a good thing for him to stay in the capital for a while."
"Your second brother suffered because he didn't have a good Yue family to help him. The third brother and his family are keeping a close eye on him now, and the Minister of Personnel can't help him, so he was sent out."
"You will be sent out for three years in the south. If you want, you can find a place close to your second sister so that you can help her when the time comes. It won't be easy for you to suffer, but you can make achievements."
Officials sent to remote areas were usually appointed by imperial decree, but most of them were first evaluated by the Ministry of Personnel, who would then make a list, which was then submitted through various levels until it was presented to the emperor, who would finally stamp it with the imperial seal and send someone to announce the decree.
Since ancient times, it has been easier to achieve political achievements in the south than in the north. If you are transferred to the south, you can come back after a few years when the capital is stable. If you want to achieve political achievements, you will not be like other candidates of the same period who have to endure the hardships in the Hanlin Academy and the Hongwenguan, and their brains become numb.
It was not a big deal for families with connections in the court to find a better place to send their children. All the procedures were legal and compliant, and as long as they passed the approval of the emperor and the cabinet, there would be no hindrance.
Zhou Qinghe thought that it would be better to let Zhao Zhirun go out for two years to gain some experience and temper his temper than to let him be plotted against in the capital and fall into the trap of the Third Prince and others, which would then implicate Zhao Zhihuai and the Minister of Personnel and others.
“The civil and military officials in the court all look majestic and unattainable, but in reality they are just like setting up a stage to perform a play.
If you pull out a carrot, you'll bring out the mud. If one person falls, all his friends and relatives will be impeached by the people of the Censorate in every possible way."
"It would be better for your second brother to stay in the capital than to be sent out. As long as he takes care of himself and leaves no evidence, it will be good for him and the capital."
Zhao Fangyu nodded, then thought of something and turned to ask, "What about my elder sister? Now that you and I are married, will the Third Prince and his people also keep an eye on my elder sister and her family?"
Even if Zhao Fangyu didn't understand, anyone who had studied a little history knew that among the six ministries, the Ministry of Personnel was an extremely important department. It could be called the king of interpersonal relationships and had always been an important battlefield in the battle for the position of crown prince.
At first, she had never thought that there was such a thing as marrying into the royal family. Now the son of the Minister of Personnel and the prince were brothers-in-law. How could she avoid suspicion? She couldn't break off her relationship with Zhao Fangjin.
Zhou Qinghe pushed the plate of pastries in front of Zhao Fangyu, and called Su Re to make a bowl of lychee paste water.
"Don't worry, your sister's father-in-law is a very experienced man, he will be fine."
"He just reported me the other day, saying that I was unkempt, behaved inappropriately, and was disrespectful to society."
Zhao Fangyu became interested, and from Zhou Qinghe's expression he knew that Zhou Qinghe didn't take it to heart.
"Your sister's father-in-law was the most ruthless person in the court in his early years. He was born in the Song family, which is also a big family. But in order to become an official, he broke off his relationship with the family in public after entering the Ministry of Personnel."
Zhao Fangyu looked at it in surprise, but then he thought it was wrong.
"Breaking off the relationship? No contact from now on?"
Zhao Fangyu thought that officials like Zhao Minshan who disregarded the father-daughter relationship were rare, but he did not expect that there were people who were many times more ruthless than him and directly broke off relations with the clan.
How powerful was the ancient clan? Not to mention the distant past, just talking about herself, she had deceived the Jinyiwei with the banner of the Longxi Li clan.
In order to become an official, Lord Song broke off relations in public. If this happened in their hometown, their ancestral graves would definitely be turned over with curses!
Zhou Qinghe took out an orange from the fruit plate beside him and peeled it for Zhao Fangyu. Although they were talking, they still had to eat.
The good girl has become thin due to hunger after just a few days of coming here, making it seem like the Hewang Mansion has no money to feed her.
While sending him to Zhao Fangyu, he told her these secrets that had never been circulated in the outside world: "Song Lord is different from ordinary people. He passed the imperial examination at an early age and was originally sent out to work. Later, he was transferred to the Ministry of Personnel. He is honest and upright, but the court was not stable in his early years. There was an elder in the cabinet who, because his son was not promising, relied on his reputation to bully men and women in his ancestral land. He was reported to the capital, and not only was he dismissed, but he was also sentenced to exile."
"If one works hard, passes the imperial examinations bit by bit, and works diligently as an official, and can enter the cabinet, then he is an extremely remarkable person. Only if one does not tolerate any flaws in his conduct and work, can he have the opportunity to enter the cabinet.
Who could have imagined that such a high-ranking official would not only lose his official position but also be sentenced to exile because of a fellow tribesman he had never met in his ancestral land.
It is not enough to describe it as an unexpected disaster. It was simply a complete destruction of all one's energy. He vomited blood and died of anger before he had even walked 50 miles out of the capital.
Lord Song learned the lesson from this lord and cut off his relationship with the public as soon as he entered the Ministry of Personnel. It is precisely because of this decisiveness that he has come this far. "
The position of the Ministry of Personnel is of utmost importance. Among the six ministries, if one wants to establish connections and use personal connections, the Ministry of Personnel should be the first.