My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  In Wenyuan Pavilion, a new value room was cleaned up.

  When Zhang Anshi came here, some scholars and assistants came to see him.

  Zhang Anshi, the new Wenyuan Pavilion Bachelor, has a very special status.

  It is true that it is not easy to provoke people.

   After all, if you provoke Hu Gong, Hu Gong scolds you the most, provokes Jin Gong and Yang Gong, they most hate you, and provoke Xie Jin. At most, he is just thinking about how to buy you a boat ticket to Java.

   But offending Zhang Anshi, His Royal Highness the new king of Song Dynasty, is hard to say. Leaving aside the identities of the royal relatives, given Jin Yiwei's vicious reputation, he may not even know when he will die.

  Zhang Anshi was very enthusiastic, and smiled at them in an easy-going manner: "You are welcome, where is the king's house?"

   Immediately, someone came out and led Zhang Anshi to his exclusive room!

   After entering the duty room, Zhang An couldn't help frowning.

  The value room of Wenyuan Pavilion has always been small, after all, it is in the palace, unlike in other ministries, as the head of a minister, or the servants, the value room is often spacious and bright.

  You know, in this palace, even if you are an extremely powerful minister, you are just a secretary in the eyes of the emperor.

  In view of the stingy style of the Ming emperors in the past, it is enough to have a place to work, so what else do you want to do?

   "His Royal Highness, this is what Mr. Xie and Mr. Yang personally explained, and the largest value room should be vacated for His Highness..."

  It is impossible for Zhang Anshi not to be disappointed in his heart, so he said gloomily: "Then I still want to thank Xie Gong and Yang Gong?"

  The Sheren didn't know how to answer.

   I was momentarily embarrassed.

  Zhang Anshi didn't care about it, he just sat down, and then said: "Later, please come to my king for tea, I have important matters to discuss."

  Sheren nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and walked out quickly.

   Soon after, the scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion gathered together.

  Since the value room is too small, everyone can only sit in the corner with wry smiles.

  Yang Rong was the first to smile and said, "Your Highness, congratulations."

  Zhang Anshi just smiled.

  Hu Guang is different. He thinks that since Zhang Anshi is a prince, he should not be an official.

   As a result, Hu Guang pursed his lips, looking depressed.

  Xie Jin was determined: "What His Highness wants to discuss is the matter of the new ministry hall?"

  Since Zhang Anshi said that there is a major event to discuss, in fact, everyone has already guessed that it must be Zhang Anshi's new mission.

  To be honest, this matter is so big that it left several Wenyuange Grand Scholars dumbfounded.

  This is equivalent to Zhang Anshi leading the emperor's grandson, just like Meng Tian led the prince Fusu back then, and brought hundreds of thousands of horses to build the Great Wall for Daqin.

   It also means that for many years to come, many of Ming's national policies will revolve around this railway.

   Not to mention, at the local level, the authority was greatly deprived by the railway department under the new ministry.

   It can be said that it directly broke the local three-division system established by Emperor Taizu Gao.

  The people sitting here are the smartest people in the world.

  They may agree with the New Deal, but they all have their doubts about this new ministry.

  Furthermore, even if you have the same political views, you, Zhang Anshi, are not in the same league as everyone else. Naturally, it is inevitable that people will be wary.

  What is one of us?

Take ten thousand steps back, just like Xie Jin and Hu Guang, who read the same books and take the same exams, are from the same hometown, and have been colleagues for many years, so they can barely be regarded as their own. They can be tacit to each other.

  But Zhang Anshi is different, Zhang Anshi is like a tiger that has entered a wolf's den, although everyone eats meat, but what everyone has in common is only meat.

  Yang Rong smiled and said: "Your Highness has a heavy responsibility to shoulder, and this old man really wants to hear some of His Highness's opinions."

  Jin Youzi was silent as always, just sitting quietly.

  Zhang Anshi looked quite enthusiastic, but he was afraid that all the princes who had concerns in their hearts thought that if Wenyuan Pavilion can get along well, things will be more than half successful.

  Zhang Anshi is not worried, the cabinet ministers turned against him, Zhang Anshi is not a vegetarian, but... What he is most worried about is that everyone will not work hard.

   You must know that in the past dynasties, those ministers have been very polite to each other. If you don’t know, you may think that everyone’s relationship is so good on weekdays!

   But in fact, it is a discord between the face and the heart. Even if it doesn't trip you, as long as you obey the yin a few times, it will be enough for you to toss.

  For Zhang Anshi, the most urgent task right now is to stabilize his rear.

After Zhang Anshi made up his mind, he laughed and said, "This big event right now is much bigger than the one in the Xinbu hall. It has only been more than half an hour since I came here, and only now do I know that the scholars of Wenyuan Pavilion, It's really hard work. I'm an extremely personable minister, but this room is dark and narrow, and I can't use it if I want to move my muscles and bones, so that's all right, this place is still so dark and humid."

After a pause, Zhang Anshi said with concern on his face: "My lord has heard people say that when you are old and live in such an environment all the time, you will suffer from bone disease. What's more, the place is small and there are so many people going in and out every day. The bills and memorials are piled up on this desk, which is higher than the mountain. This king has thought about it. For everyone's health, and to serve His Majesty better, this Wenyuan Pavilion... needs to be repaired. It is not only necessary to expand, it is better to renovate, especially the value room of the university scholar, so as to make it spacious and bright. Outside... it is better to set up a courtyard for people to live in, some artificial stones, and a little lake view... It doesn't cost much money...but the benefits to me, Da Ming, are endless."

  Xie Jin: "..."

  Yang Rong: "..."

  Hu Guang's face twitched, his eyes straightened.

   This really hits the heart of everyone here.

  Maybe when it comes to talking about the Xinbutang, everyone has their own ideas, but everyone feels the same about the harsh on-duty environment of Wenyuan Pavilion.

  This place... may not even be as good as a county government.

  Of course, as a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, even if the power of Wenyuan Pavilion is increasing day by day, how can such a matter be mentioned as a scholar of the University?

  Everyone is a scholar, a prime minister, and a minister of your majesty's humerus. How can you care about your personal enjoyment?

   Your Majesty is stingy, and the ministers want to save face, so... everyone pretends not to know about it.

   But the backache and backache on weekdays, and the depression accumulated over the years, only I know.

   "Oops...it doesn't make it..."

   This time, the upright Hu Guang took the lead in saying: "Your Highness, we are cabinet ministers for the court..."

Zhang Anshi interrupted him and said, "What can't be done? The academicians are the pillars of my Ming Dynasty. If the pillars live such a miserable life, is this justified? Here, thousands of things are decided every day. The so-called benefiting the world by plucking a hair, all the people need to rely on it, but if it affects the body and mind of the cabinet ministers, and even... taught the princes to suffer grievances and have no energy for office work, is this okay? This matter The matter... I have thought about it, and I must invite His Majesty."

  Zhang Anshi expressed everyone's aspirations in a few words.

but…

  Xie Jin said: "Your Highness, forget it, now there are so many places in the imperial court, and they all want money..."

Zhang Anshi said disapprovingly: "How much money can I use for repairs and expansion? If my Ming Dynasty is short of money in Wenyuan Pavilion, it would be ridiculous. You don't have to worry, you are gentlemen, so naturally you don't care about this, but I don't mind. , This king will report this matter to see who dares to object."

  Yang Rong frowned, but felt quite at ease.

  They can’t take a stand on this kind of thing, but Zhang Anshi is willing to be the bad guy and work for everyone’s welfare, which is another matter.

  Jin Youzi was still silent, but his expression softened a lot.

   Such a bad on-duty environment can be described as a worry for everyone. Originally, this kind of matter was impossible to solve unless the emperor mentioned it first. But the emperor was pretending to be blind. It was even worse when Emperor Taizu Gao was in college.

Zhang Anshi said solemnly: "In my opinion, it needs to be greatly expanded! In addition to the value of the house, in addition to the courtyard, it is also necessary to have several reception halls, tea rooms, and kitchens. This matter will be announced tomorrow. Play! Turn around, I'll go find Eunuch Yishiha and the Ministry of Industry, and draw up a sketch of the design, and I'll ask you guys to give me some pointers."

   "No, no, no..." Hu Guang stared and waved his hands hurriedly, as if hiding from the plague god: "I am not good at building, and I don't understand after reading."

  You Zhang Anshi just go and get it, don't show it to me, I, Hu, need to save a little face.

Zhang Anshi smiled, and said again: "Since the performance is going to be played tomorrow, it is a bit unreasonable to play it just for this matter. This king has thought about it. The cabinet ministers are on duty, but the official salary of the court has been low. To be honest, It is not easy to live in the capital, when Emperor Taizu Gao was here, the world was full of waste and the people were poor and weak, Emperor Gao of Taizu cared about the common people, so he wronged all the officials."

Speaking of this, Zhang Anshi sighed, and then continued: "But it's different now. To be honest, now... the imperial court still has some money. This official's salary should be figured out. On this point, the governor of Zhili The mansion is doing very well, and the salaries of the officials... can also allow everyone to live and work. In my opinion... the official salaries of the imperial court should be compared with those of the governor's mansion. Gentlemen... you are Wenyuange University Scholars, and these things are related. The well-being of many officials cannot be neglected."

  This sentence really stunned the four great scholars.

   Speaking of the salary of the Dudu Mansion, it is notoriously high.

  As for the official salary of the imperial court, to be honest, it was set by Emperor Taizu Gao. Not only is it ridiculously low, but it is really not easy to live in the capital.

   What's more... the emperor returned chicken thieves, gave them treasure notes, and even discounted their salaries and defaulted on them.

   Now if it is on par with the Dudu Mansion, it will be terrible.

   You must know that the salaries of the third-class civil servants in the Dudu Mansion are roughly equivalent to the official salaries of the eighth and ninth ranks, and they are not discounted.

  The ninth-rank official who came to the Dudu Mansion is enough to compare with the ordinary seventh-rank county magistrate.

   What's even more frightening is that, for example, at the third rank, it can almost be equivalent to the salary of a Marquis.

  The problem is that all the lords here are appointed as the prince's tutor or the prince's junior teacher. As usual, they are treated as first-rank.

   This means that almost everyone, like Zhang Anshi, receives the highest official salary in the Dudu Mansion. How much is it?

  Anyway, to feed a family of dozens of people, and you don't have to worry about spending in the capital, if you are on duty for ten or twenty years, you don't even need the usual ice and charcoal respect, which is enough to make people respectable.

   "This...this...isn't right." Hu Guang's face was very unnatural, um, a little guilty.

  Among all the great scholars, he is the poorest. He refuses to accept ice and charcoal, and his life in the capital has always been tight.

Zhang Anshi said proudly: "What's wrong? From now on, we will implement the New Deal in an all-round way. All provinces in the world, regardless of each other, so... this official salary should be on par with the Governor's Mansion, no wonder it shouldn't be? My king's wish is Push the affairs of the Governor's Mansion to the world! Mr. Hu... we just need to jointly play together..."

   "This... no, no..." Hu Guang sullenly shook his head.

  Zhang Anshi said: "Why?"

  Hu Guang said embarrassingly: "Those who don't know, think... think... the old man is greedy for money."

  Zhang Anshi sighed and said: "Hey, if you don't play, I will go to play. This kind of thing has to be done by someone. You are too honest and too gentlemanly, but I, Zhang Anshi, don't care. Anyway... I don't have a good reputation."

  The four bachelors fell silent. It was a bit embarrassing to say so much, and everyone didn't know what to say.

  So, they all bowed their heads silently and drank tea.

  Zhang Anshi said at this time: "There is still retirement..."

  Hu Guang swallowed water and almost spit it out.

Zhang Anshi said: "In the future, when everyone is old and has served the court for a lifetime, when they can no longer do it, once they become scholars, they must have a place to settle... Forget it, this king will not discuss this matter with the princes. I will think about it myself. two."

  The four of them all smiled and drank tea with their own concerns.

  Zhang Anshi continued on his own: "The body is also very important. If you ask the medical school to check everyone's body every year..."

   "..."

  A discussion came and went quickly, and the meeting was successful, although it seemed that nothing important was discussed.

   But obviously, everyone is still relaxed and happy, and extremely harmonious.

  At noon, someone delivered a meal to Zhang Anshi.

  In Wenyuan Pavilion, the emperor Laozi does not provide meals, so all the prefectures send people to bring food boxes early in the morning, and eat some pastries.

  At Zhang Anshi's side, there were dozens of food boxes. Zhang Anshi taught others to warm them up, and sent a copy to the other Wenyuange Grand Scholars.

   After finishing his meal, Zhang Anshi paced around Wenyuan Pavilion to digest his food.

  Unexpectedly, seeing Hu Guang with his hands behind his back, he came towards him as if walking in a courtyard.

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Mr. Hu also takes a walk?"

   "Uh, uh, stretch your muscles."

  Zhang Anshi nodded, just as he was about to pass by Hu Guang.

  Suddenly, Hu Guang seemed to think of something casually, and said: "Yes, Your Highness, I have something to ask."

  Zhang Anshi said: "How dare you."

Hu Guang still said nonchalantly: "The old man is planning to give a performance in the past few days and ask the Metropolitan Procuratorate to check Taicang. The official salary will be issued soon, and it is always better to plan ahead. How the salary of the Dudu Mansion is distributed depends on the teacher. The old man is a little curious."

  Zhang Anshidao: "This...there is a special financial secretary in charge..."

"Oh." Hu Guang suddenly realized, and he said teasingly: "This is not good, wouldn't there be more redundant officials and redundant staff? This is how much official salary, how can someone specialize in this position? Yes, the Governor's Mansion How much is Yipin's salary?"

  Zhang Anshi pinched his fingers and said: "It should be about three thousand nine hundred taels, and I can't figure out the exact king."

   "So many." Hu Guang was dumbfounded, the shock that couldn't be concealed on his face.

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "In the whole world, there are not many first-rank officials. How many are there? I, Daming, can get first-rank, and I can count with two hands..."

  Hu Guang asked again: "Is the official salary calculated according to the actual position, or even the false position?"

"Forget it, it's all counted. In terms of real positions, I don't have a first-rank official at all in Ming Dynasty." Zhang Anshi thought for a while and said: "Furthermore, even those who are ranked first-rank in vain positions have experienced decades of official career. It will take a few more years to become a scholar. These are the treasures of the court, and they are the humerus of my Ming Dynasty. I can't teach them to eat wind and drink dew? This is too cruel."

  Hu Guang coughed, and then said: "Well, this statement is not unreasonable."

  Zhang Anshi continued: "Just talk about Mr. Hu..."

  A look of embarrassment flashed across Hu Guang's face, and he quickly waved his hands: "Don't use the old man as an example, the old man is just asking casually. Or, you can use Yang Gong as an example."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Okay, okay, let's take Yang Gong as an example. Yang Gong was a Jinshi in the second year of Jianwen, and he was ranked first in the top two. He was directly awarded the editor of the Imperial Academy. Look, how many people have studied hard For many years, he couldn't get it. In the past twenty years since then, he has dedicated himself to his career, and he has worked hard in the court, right? Now, he is considered a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and His Majesty granted him the crown prince Fu, Minister of the Ministry of Industry. In terms of qualifications, how many people in the world can compare with him, in terms of talent and learning, how many people can compare with him? And in terms of merit, he can be regarded as indispensable. Now, he is the prince Shao Fu , from Yipin, this is not easy, there are not many people like this in the world, and such a person is given three or four thousand taels of silver a year... Is this too much?"

  Hu Guang nodded his head with a serious face and said: "You are right, Mr. Yang has worked hard and made great achievements, so he deserves this."

Zhang Anshi went on to say: "But according to the current salary, Yang Gong now gets seventy-two shi of money and grain every year. How much is the silver equivalent? It's a hundred taels of silver. Hu Gong, let's talk about Yang Gong. You say... this one hundred taels of silver ...Is it true?"

   Hu Guang sighed and said, "I feel sorry for Mr. Yang."

   "That's right." Zhang Anshi said: "So, we should not let Duke Yang feel disappointed, right?"

  Hu Guang's face was serious, and he said with a straight face: "You are right!"