Chapter 1491 Arrangement
Although Kong Jijiu was a little reluctant, he still accepted it.
Ever since the Crown Princess became pregnant, the Crown Prince has become commendable, although he still cannot satisfy the court officials. Thinking of the time when the Crown Prince was willing to be taught, Kong Jijiu reluctantly took over this part-time job. Forget it, just give it another try. What if he can teach him well?
It's better than really changing the crown prince.
Kong Jijiu sighed sadly in his heart, thinking that if the prince was replaced, there would be rivers of blood.
Yang Heshu was transferred from the Ministry of Revenue, and was mainly responsible for the expenses of Chongwenguan and Imperial Medical Bureau, as well as the allocation from the Ministry of Revenue.
The expenses of Chongwenguan had to be paid through the Ministry of Revenue. The emperor could only take some money from his own private pocket to support the crown prince.
As for the Imperial Medical Bureau, there was too much controversy before. It required building a medical bureau, recruiting students and teaching, and purchasing medicinal materials. The expenses were too high and the ministers were not very happy about it, so the emperor's treasury was emptied.
At least 80% of the expenses had to come from the emperor's treasury, so the emperor carefully selected the person to manage the money, and finally chose Yang Heshu after much deliberation.
Yang Heshu didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He accepted the new job without much hesitation, even though this matter was closely related to the prince and he would most likely be classified as part of the prince's group.
But when he saw the list of Chongwenguan and Imperial Medical Bureau, he became a little uneasy. Why were these three children on it?
His father had a lot of inside information, so he specifically found him at noon and said, "The memorial from the Imperial Medical Bureau was submitted by Zhou Man, Bai Shan, and Bai Cheng. It was first delivered to the Empress, who then gave it to the Emperor."
Lord Yang shook his head and smiled, saying, "When His Majesty showed us old ministers the memorial, we thought it was a way for him to have fun with us. We read it with great interest and made fun of it during the New Year. But the next year, His Majesty decided to reorganize the Imperial Medical Bureau, and we became the laughing stock."
Lord Yang said, "Bai Shan and Bai Cheng are fine. They entered the Chongwen Hall to accompany the Crown Prince in his studies. But you should be more careful with Zhou Man. Their memorial has offended countless people. What she is going to do in the Chongwen Hall also affects other people's interests. Don't think that the doctors in the Imperial Hospital can only heal illnesses and save lives. Those who can survive in the palace, we don't know if they are good people, but they are definitely not simple people."
Lord Yang knew that his son had a good relationship with Zhou Man and the others, so he specifically reminded him of this, intending to let him stay away from Zhou Man and not get involved in these disputes.
Yang Heshu agreed in person, but turned around and found Manbao, asking her to go to the palace to ask for a rank.
Of course, he also saw the manuscript of the memorial from Zhou Man and others, and even saw a lot of original content that had been modified and deleted.
It took them quite a while to write that memorial. The three of them looked up information, came up with various ideas, and even wrote suggestions based on the responsibilities of the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Works. It took a lot of thought.
The initial draft was quite imaginative. The three even came up with ideas such as allocating land from the court to grow medicinal herbs and providing free medical treatment to poor patients.
Fortunately, they changed and deleted a lot of things, otherwise this memorial would have become a piece of fun that everyone would circulate.
There were too many manuscripts for Yang Heshu to finish reading them all at once, so he just glanced at them and occasionally saw a few ideas that even shocked him.
Then he calmly put it away, placed it in a box, and said to the three of them, "The Chongwen Pavilion is already being packed up. You will be moving into the palace soon, so spend the next few days packing and getting ready."
He said, "The Chongwenguan is different from the Imperial College. You can live outside the Imperial College, but if you enter the Chongwenguan, you must live in the palace. Just like the government offices, you have to rest once every ten days and on festivals. You all know this, right?"
Manbao and the other two didn't have any objections, but they were curious, "What about those students who got married?"
Yang Heshu smiled slightly and said, "I want to live in the palace too."
Manbao looked sympathetic and said, "How pitiful."
Yang Heshu: ...
Bai Erlang asked curiously, "They live in the palace like us, so what's so pitiful about them?"
Bai Shan couldn't help but hold his forehead.
Yang Heshu stood up and nodded, saying, "I'll go back first. When we get to Chongwen Hall, tell me what you want to do first, and don't give me any random ideas."
After he left, Bai Shan said to Man Bao, "It's not just us. Feng Zongping, Yi Ziyang, and Liu Huan are also on the list."
They are all descendants of third-rank officials in Beijing.
Manbao asked curiously, "What about Yin Huo?"
"Yin Huo is also on the list, but Lord Yin declined to go, citing poor health. He will most likely not go."
Except for a few individuals who would find excuses to turn it down, people like Bai Shan would not think of refusing because it was a good thing to enter Chongwenguan.
Even if he will be labeled as the prince.
It is undeniable that this is a path to advancement, and opportunities are always accompanied by risks.
Now that the prince is about to have a child, the risk is much smaller than before.
Several people sat in the study and talked. Manbao frequently looked out the door and frowned, "Why hasn't my fourth brother come back yet?"
Zhou Silang was on his way to keep an appointment with the shopkeeper Zheng at this time, and the servant sent by the Zhou family just missed him.
When he got home, Manbao and his family had finished dinner and it was almost dark.
Manbao simply tested Sanya in the courtyard, teaching her some medical knowledge. Behind him was Zhou Lijun's room, where she was clacking away on an abacus under the lamplight. After taking down the accounts, she took out the account book. Seeing Fourth Uncle coming in, reeking of alcohol, she said, "Fourth Uncle, I was just about to look for you. I've seen that it's not cost-effective for us to go to Shangzhou with an empty cart to buy porcelain and then take it back to the capital to sell. It would be better to take it north, to the grasslands, and sell it to the people there. We'll make more money there."
Zhou Silang was about to talk to Manbao when he heard this and said, "That's a long way to go. The road to the north is even harder to walk than the south."
Because of the unexpected experience during this trip to Beijing, Zhou Silang became much more cautious. He was no longer as fearless as before, traveling around the world alone with just one car.
So he said, "We have to cherish our lives, you know? Only with life can we make a lot of money."
After replying to Zhou Lijun, he turned to ask Manbao, "Why did you ask someone to bring me back?"
Man Bao said, "I want you to tell your family to plant more medicinal herbs, including more red dates, as they can all be used as medicine. Besides that, you also need to find a way to contact more herbal farmers so that you can get the medicine from them when the time comes."
Zhou Silang was startled and asked, "How did you know I was trying to contact the herbal farmer to get the herbs?"
He said, "I just made an agreement with the shopkeeper Zheng that from now on, all the yam slices, privet fruits, and old ginger produced by our family will be given to Jishitang. They will take whatever medicine I have."
Manbao didn't expect that Manager Zheng would act so quickly. So it was she who reminded him of this, right?
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