Chapter 572 The Three Pure Ones Taoist Priest Who Knows How to Amass Wealth

After Lin Zhiwei and Mu Laidi left, Ning Bao and his group also prepared to depart for Beijing.

Bai Zhi's situation has been basically settled. Bai Ming bought a piece of land next to Lin Dajiang's house and built a yard for her.

They bought her some more land, and with Bai Zhi's own dowry, it was enough for the three of them to live comfortably. Bai Zhi was finally able to settle down in Chuyun Village.

Later, Bai Zhi's eldest son, Li Bai, began his education in Chuyun Village. Li Bai was very intelligent and was greatly favored by Master Xu in the school.

Master Xu, Xu Qingbin, was a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations) and was originally the tutor of the Zhou brothers, Zhou Mingcheng and Zhou Qingbin.

Later, when there weren't enough teachers for the school in Chuyun Village, he and Chen Boyu became teachers in Chuyun Village together.

Mu Chengan and Mu Chengju were among the first batch of students to graduate from the academy.

Xu Qingbin disliked the imperial court and was a lone wolf, so despite his great talent, he preferred to remain in a secluded corner as a scholar rather than serve as an official in the court.

Xu Qingbin, in his thirties, had never married. Li Guizhi and the others had tried to arrange marriages for him many times, but he always refused. As time went on, everyone stopped mentioning it, and they assumed he would live a lonely life forever…

Unexpectedly, he ended up with Bai Zhi.

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Getting back to the main point, the people who came back to Beijing with Ning Bao this time included Mu Chunping and his wife, Mu Dasheng and his wife, Daoist Sanqing and Bai Ming, and Gu Zheyuan's family.

There were many people and many carriages, but not much luggage. The apparent lack of luggage did not mean they had no luggage at all; rather, they had stored their luggage in storage talismans.

The luggage they carried was all that they would need for the journey.

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Three months later, the group arrived in the capital, and Gu Zheyuan's family went directly to the Gu family mansion.

The once dilapidated Prime Minister Gu's residence has long been renovated.

The powerful families in the capital have long since been reshuffled; previously, the Liu family was at the top.

Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne and the Liu family has fallen, most of the officials in the court are newly rich.

Many astute people had already sensed that the new emperor intended to support the Gu family after their return to the capital.

After all, the Gu family is the maternal grandparents' family of the new emperor.

On the second day after Gu Zheyuan returned to the capital, he brought his wife and children to the palace to express his gratitude. Zhao Junyue invited him to stay and have a meal with him that same day.

Gu Yunrou was also invited into the palace that day.

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Upon Gu Zheyuan's return to the capital, Zhao Junyue immediately placed him in the position of Minister of Revenue.

The Ministry of Revenue was the purse strings of the country.

Previously, Liu Xuenian had always held the position of Minister of Revenue.

Every time the army needed food and supplies, they would face various difficulties. Zhou Chengxing often used the private property of the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion to subsidize the army.

After Liu Xuenian's incident, the position of Minister of Revenue became vacant.

To be honest, many people have been vying for this position these days, but the emperor has ignored them all.