Chapter 699 701. Fighting for Justice
"Mr. Zhou, please stay." Chen Zishu quickly caught up with Zhou Shicong.
Zhou Shicong stopped and looked at him coldly. Just now in the court, these people didn't say a word for him, so what was the point of calling him now?
"Master Zhou, you are not thinking of backing down like this, are you?"
Even a fool could hear the provocative words. Zhou Shicong sneered, "Master Chen, you are here to add insult to injury."
"How could that be possible?" Chen Zishu stroked his beard and said, "I feel sorry for Lord Zhou. Although Lord Zhou is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, I didn't expect that he is like a puppet and can't make his own decisions. I just feel a little unfair."
"Sir Chen, this is wrong. I am working for the emperor. This Ministry of Revenue is naturally the Ministry of Revenue of the emperor. I understand the way of being a minister."
But in his heart he was thinking that this old fellow Chen Zishu was not here to speak up for justice, but to step on someone else.
"I don't believe that Lord Zhou can't see that the emperor finds us old ministers a bit of an eyesore." At this time, the two men came to the bottom of the palace wall and saw that there was no one around. Chen Zishu dared to speak.
Zhou Sicong didn't think that Chen Zishu would come to talk to him and comfort him at this moment. Maybe the old guy was still harboring some bad thoughts in his mind.
Chen Zishu didn't care that he didn't respond, "Now we have less and less to interfere in the court. In many matters, as long as the emperor has made a decision in his mind, there are a few times when we can outwit him.
If things continue like this, I guess there won’t be any place for us old guys in the court.”
Zhou Shicong, "Minister Chen is wrong. Concubine Chen in the palace is accompanied by the Sixth Prince. As the Sixth Prince's in-law, is Lord Xu saying this to show off to me?"
Zhou Shicong thought darkly in his heart that the Sixth Prince was still in his infancy and it depended on whether the Chen family had the luck to do so.
"Alas, Lord Zhou has misunderstood my meaning. There is nothing to brag about. The palace is now full of princes. I can only hope that the Sixth Prince can grow up safely and give my daughter a support. It will be a great blessing.
I called Master Zhou today just to tell him what was in my heart. This is really not a place to talk. The cold wind is too much for my old bones to bear. Let's find a place to drink a cup of hot tea and warm ourselves up."
Zhou Shicong did not refuse. Although the Zhou family had a queen in the harem, the queen only had hatred towards their branch and could not possibly be their support.
Chen Zishu was quite lucky. His daughter gave birth to the sixth prince for the emperor in the palace, and his granddaughter Chen Ziyan was named a princess and went to marry into the royal family.
This is not a matter of consideration for the monk, but for the Buddha. Even if the emperor wants to take action, he will not use this old guy.
The other party is now extending an olive branch, and if he doesn't accept it, he would be a little ungrateful.
As soon as the two of them left together, Hua Shunming in the upper study had already received the news.
"These people are full of twists and turns. It would be better if they could focus on serious matters." Hua Shunming said as he read the memorial.
"How are the wedding preparations for Marquis Cheng'en going?" Hua Shunming suddenly asked.
Le San replied carefully, "Your Majesty, all necessary formalities have been completed, and the auspicious date will be set in three days."
"So soon?" Hua Shunming stopped writing, "Remember to remind me to give you a reward when the time comes."
After saying this, he felt something was wrong. Marquis Cheng'en was his elder brother-in-law, and the Zhou family had been loyal for generations. It would be a bit of a neglect to just give him a reward. "Go tell the queen. I will go to Marquis Cheng'en's mansion with her in three days."
As early as after he issued the decree to grant the marriage, Queen Zhou had already asked for permission to return home to attend the wedding. Now that they were going to the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion together, it could be considered a beautiful story.
Le San quickly agreed, but when he went to the Queen's palace to convey the order, he became more cautious.
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When Zhou Shixiong got married, everything was done according to regulations, and the Queen sent several female officials to take care of it personally. Even though there were no female relatives in the mansion, everything was in order.
Instead of seeing the joke that the various governments in the capital wanted to see, they returned from the wedding banquet filled with anger.
No one expected that the emperor and empress would come to the wedding banquet with their two legitimate princes.
This shows favor better than a large reward, and also shows the importance of the Zhou family in the emperor's heart.
Some people even secretly speculated that the emperor placed Zhou Shixiong in such an important position because he was preparing to make his eldest son the crown prince.
After all, the eldest prince had already taken it, so even if everyone wanted to refute it, they couldn't find a reason.
The others thought about this and put it aside. After all, it had nothing to do with them.
But in the homes of the concubines who have princes in the palace, I don’t know how many teacups were broken tonight.
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At the end of the year, there were many auspicious times. Jin Qianqian not only married off several of her personal maids at the same time, but also began to arrange Gu Yi's wedding.
But this was different from the marriage of the maids. Naji did not miss any of the arrangements. Even the betrothal gifts were arranged by Gu Yi to the best of his ability, using all the silver he had on him.
Jin Qianqian wanted to add some, but was rejected by Gu Yi.
"I know that Sister-in-law Qi loves us, but she is not worried about the lack of wealth but the inequality of the people. We still have so many brothers and relatives, so we should follow the rules."
If he used this example at the beginning, it would be difficult to handle later.
He was not ignorant of numbers, so naturally he did not dare to push his luck further.
Jin Qianqian really didn't need this much now, but she appreciated the other party's kindness.
When it came time to present the betrothal gifts, Jin Qianqian still added some, and did not allow for rejection, "This is a little gift from your seventh brother and I. Even if you marry in your hometown, we will still give you gifts."
The items are really not very expensive, but they are valuable because they are rare. They were collected from all over the country through maritime trade in the past few years.
Gu Yi was even more grateful in his heart. In the following days, he studied harder and tried to help Gu Wenheng share some of the burden as soon as possible.
Gu Wenheng also received 200,000 taels of silver from the treasury allocated from Beijing before the New Year.
Seeing such a large amount of silver deposited into the warehouse, everyone below was shocked.
They can only pay money to the capital, so when will they be able to get the money back from above?
But this is the reality. Faced with the glittering silver, everyone suspected that they were dazzled, and some even pinched themselves hard.
The two deputy envoys, Cen Gaosong and Li Mingyun, stood on the left and right behind Gu Wenheng.
Only after all the silver was deposited into the warehouse and locked did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Cen Gaosong could no longer hold back and asked, "Master Gu, the imperial edict says that you can freely dispose of this batch of silver. May I ask what this means?"
After serving as an official for so many years, the Ministry of Revenue only gave out so much silver in times of disaster relief or war. This was the first time they had encountered such an inexplicable and ambiguous imperial edict without any explanation.
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All efforts are remembered, and all efforts are meaningful. In 2023, I hope you will become a better version of yourself.
：Happy New Year! (^o^)
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