Chapter 2054: The Miserable Wang Quantai

However, even the outer city where Wang Quantai lives is a mixed place. Although there are not as many royal men making troubles in the inner city, the outer city is definitely a place of restlessness. It's nothing, don't say that you are a Jinshi, even if you become the number one scholar, so what? The most important thing in the capital is to know what your identity is. If you don’t know this, you will only be the one who suffers in the future. The capital is completely different from other places. Almost all the dignitaries in the entire empire One-third of them lived in this place. Wang Quantai saw with his own eyes that when the foreign governor entered Beijing, it was only because his car frame collided with an ordinary person walking on the road, at least it looked like an ordinary person. The governor who didn't expect this incident to cause trouble was disgraced.

At that time, Wang Quantai was a little tired from studying, so he went out for a walk to see the scenery of the capital. Maybe you will become a person who is obsessed with reading. In fact, there are only so many books. Although it is impossible for people to finish reading, if you keep reading and don't go out, there will be problems in your mind. Wang Quantai has been a brain since childhood. A flexible person will naturally not let himself become a sour Confucian. If that is the case, it is better not to study.

On that day, the governor entered the capital city with dozens of soldiers in eight sedan chairs. It is estimated that this guy must have entered the capital city for the first time. The rank of the governor is not the highest. If you are in another place, it really belongs to that kind of extraordinary official position. After all, you are the biggest in a province, and you are mainly responsible for His Majesty the Emperor. For other ministers, the Minister Some of them are also on the same level as themselves, but that sounds nice, can they really be on the same level? That is absolutely impossible. There are many governors in the world, except for the governors and governors in these provinces. Even on the river, there are many governors. But how many officials at the same level as them are there in the capital? It is estimated that they are less than 1% of them. Therefore, when the general governor enters the capital, he will restrain his subordinates well, just because he is afraid of these domestic slaves They made trouble and put themselves in it. There were quite a few such things in the past.

It's a pity that the governor didn't properly restrain the servants in his family. In the capital, he directly bumped into a guy. When you bump into someone, you just need to apologize to them, how can you scold them, of course. As long as you enter the capital, basically no one dares to do anything, at least not in broad daylight. Otherwise, it is your own fault. There are too many yamen in the capital, and there are people who can talk everywhere He didn't come to the capital to fight a lawsuit, so he wouldn't make a move on the road unless it was absolutely necessary.

Just when these guys from the Governor's Mansion taught them a lesson, within five minutes, these people took a turn for the worse. It turned out that a team of city guards ran up ahead, and these city guards were most displeased with these The Governor’s Supervision Camp is here, do you think this is still your one-acre three-point land, and none of you look at this place, this is also a place where you can play wild? After saluting the governor very disrespectfully, they will start to arrest people. No matter what the governor says, they will do it according to their own ideas, and tell the governor that this has to happen.

This is the rule, these things cannot be torn up on the streets of the capital. Wang Quantai thought at the time that the governor was a member of the party, and a small army of the capital guards dared to talk to the governor. It seems that after returning Guys are having a hard time too.

In fact, this is really because Wang Quantai's brain is broken. He doesn't even look at where it is. If they really cared about the status of the governor, they wouldn't come forward directly to take his bodyguard away. , This is a slap in the face, it really doesn't give you face, let me tell you clearly, in a place like the capital, the governor is really nothing, in the powerful family, the governor comes to give money every year, if If the delivery is in place every year, we may help him with his affairs when it doesn't affect us. If he doesn't deliver in place, maybe our mouths will be crooked at any time, and you will be told one by one. Now that I understand what's going on, this is to tell you that the men in the capital have nothing to do with you.

Soon the guy who looked like an ordinary person took out a sign from his arms, it looks like an ordinary guy, and it was not made of good materials at all, but he didn't expect the guy from the City Guards to see it , but treats this person with extra courtesy. Just now, he treated the governor in a business-like manner, but now he can't wait to kneel down to this guy. Wang Quantai thought that this guy was the young master of some family or even a member of the royal family. Come out, if this is the case, a governor will naturally not be able to offend, no matter whether he has a title or not, as long as he is a member of the royal family, if you run into him, the higher ups will definitely not be against you. Yes, but it's not something ordinary people can bully.

The person next to him was an old man in the capital, so he said it straight away. That guy is a slave in the palace. He probably came out to do something under the order of the prince. This guy probably wants to play with the governor in his heart. Just to play, so that he can pay the money. Sure enough, the governor knew that he could have something to do with a royal palace, and he was scared immediately. It doesn't matter if he has connections, after all, he is also a governor, but he has something to do with the palace, so this is not a joke, so get off the horse and say hello to others, and see if he has fallen somewhere , this change even Wang Quantai felt a little too fast, what the hell is going on, a governor came to apologize to a slave? Is this a bit unbelievable? Is this still a society ruled by ethics?

In fact, if you think about it carefully, this is also a very simple matter, how many governors there are in the entire empire. How many palaces are there in the capital, and the total is less than 30, which is one percent of the number of governors. Besides, although some palaces do not look good on the surface, they have been passed down. After so many years, who knows what's going on behind the scenes, maybe their strength is all hidden, if the palace wants to deal with a governor, it's really too easy. Could it be that the person who can hold the token of the palace is a fool? And the people in the city guards also know each other. This is not a joke, how did it end in the end? The governor had his guards whipped hard, then took out 3,000 taels of silver to drink tea for this servant, and 1,000 taels of silver to drink tea for these gentlemen of the city guard. Even this matter is over. After all, this money is a trivial matter. The governor of Yinzi still doesn't care much about this, the most important thing is the face problem.

Others thought that the governor must have died of remorse, but that was not the case. The governor still feels very good, even if he loses his people and money, what's the matter? If you don't tell me, who will know? It can be said that there are too many things in the world, who would care about such small things? But I used this matter to have a relationship with the Wangfu. Although it is a very rubbish servant, but after all, I also have a relationship. I can use this servant to have a relationship with his superiors. In the end, I will have a relationship with the prince Is it okay? Although these servants of the palace are very arrogant, they are short of money. Although the palace gives a lot of money, their ability to make money is not bad, but this is the capital, not some other city outside. It is not that simple to live here, and many people live beyond their means.

All of Wang Quantai's performances are not in line with the development of this matter. When he came, he was also afraid of those powerful people, but he didn't expect that even the governor of a province would do things like this. It seems that he still didn't understand it before. Ah, the water in the capital is so deep at this time, but this incident also made Wang Quantai understand one thing, that is, he has to climb up hard, otherwise, even if he achieves the position of governor in the future, he will be able to climb up. how is it? Don't you want to apologize to others? If I become a governor and encounter such a thing, I still have no other way, and I still have to apologize to the person in front of me. This is too humiliating. It seems that the governor just now is also a scholar. I really don’t know what to say, but it’s actually a very normal thing. After staying in the officialdom for a long time, all the good qualities of this scholar will disappear. Not much difference.

In the past, Wang Quantai’s development was also because he liked to study, but after this incident, Wang Quantai understood that he has entered the officialdom now, and he must do well if he wants to do it, otherwise he will suffer in the future Local, these people don’t care what you think, it’s also possible that the governor was targeted by this person, or it’s possible that the city guards colluded with this slave, and they used each other, Then it is possible to blackmail the governor's money, so you must make yourself good and strong, so that no one can deal with you.

Finally, another three months passed, and it was time for TV. At that time, Wang Quantai already understood how difficult it is to live in the capital. First of all, the prices in the capital are too expensive. In their hometown, ordinary people can eat and drink enough for one tael of silver a month. The price is astonishingly high. He still lives in the guild hall of their province in the capital. He is not responsible for all the food, drink and other expenses. That's it, his money is not enough. A few of the Jinshi who came together cost tens of taels of silver to go out for a meal. After eating a few meals, they will spend up and down, but they have to go. Since they are going to be officials in the court in the future, these Entertainment and so on are things that must be done. If you don't go, others will definitely say that you are a nerd. This poem and wine, poetry and wine, how can there be good poetry if you don't drink.

Fortunately, after the past few months, the life will be easier. During the palace examination, Wang Quantai also met the world, in a square of tens of thousands of square meters. Just set up so many tables, and he still remembers the topic given by His Majesty the Emperor himself. Back then, he talked about how to increase the financial revenue of the imperial court. Wang Quantai came from the bottom, so he knew too much about these things. It is very simple to increase the income of the imperial court. As long as the income of some corrupt officials is reduced, the income of the imperial court can naturally be increased, and the income on some road cards can also be increased. For merchants, leave it to the imperial court It's the same as handing it over to those adults, as long as it allows them to pass. Anything is possible with this money. Wang Quantai's articles were directly valued by His Majesty the Emperor, and Wang Quantai was responsible for several of them. Oh shit. how many years. Everyone came here like this, how come you can't do it anymore, being a city lord. If you can't get more than a hundred thousand silver a year, what is this for? Do the millions of people under him want to live in poverty? Relying on the little salary and silver from the imperial court? I have to go poor and crazy.

But at the beginning, the imperial court was really short of money. The emperor thought it was good, and they could only think it was good. For the sake of the empire, this is not a small crime. One by one, they rushed to the memorial to agree, saying that Wang Quantai's methods are good. His Majesty the emperor is really happy, and immediately promoted this guy to the fifth rank. Announcer Wai Lang, this kind of thing doesn't surprise everyone, after all, there are quite a lot of top ranking officials who become fifth-rank officials every year, but there are really very few officials who become officials of such an important department as the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Households Officials in the government have always been subservient to the officials of the Ministry of Officials. Of course, the department that controls money is the most important department more often than not. I haven't got this position for a long time, and now I didn't expect an outsider to take this official position. They were all really surprised. What if they don't want to do such a thing? As soon as His Majesty the Emperor opened his mouth, he couldn't do anything reckless.

Wang Quantai's family is also in the early years. Not only the county magistrate often visits the door, but the city lord of the county and even the governor of the province often send people to walk around. Is this just a joke, Governor It is very powerful in the local area, but it is nothing after arriving in the capital. It is so easy that one of my fellow countrymen went to the capital. He is only in his twenties and is already a fifth-rank official. But Beijing officials, not these local rubbish officials, if they don't flatter them well, how will they find them when they do business in the future? This is no joke.

Because Wang Quantai went out from King Ning's territory, many people directly attributed him to King Ning's tent. King Ning's power in the court is very powerful, and Wang Quantai himself went to King Ning's mansion twice. People outside really thought he was from King Ning. In fact, the emperor knew very well that Wang Quantai didn't have any background at all. It was His Majesty's own intention to let him go to King Ning's mansion. The jobs you do are all done right with the officials. Such a guy with no foundation will probably be eaten by those officials. With King Ning as his big backer, if someone deals with him in the future, he will be regarded as someone. Forget it, King Ning couldn't say it after suffering such a dumb loss. He really felt uncomfortable, but this Wang Quantai is a person with real talents and practical learning. After coming here twice, King Ning also feels very good. It's a real communication, and I can't use it now, maybe I won't be able to use it in the future.

Ten years later, this guy has become a servant of the household department, definitely a member of the imperial court. The most important officials of the household department are the two ministers, the left minister and the right minister, and the other four servants. The Minister of the Ministry is a senior member of the first rank, and the servant of the household department is a senior official of the second rank. They are on the same level as the local governors, but there are too many governors in the local area. There are only four of them, and there are too many officials in the world to fawn on them. At the beginning, the officials in Wang Quantai's hometown were all depressed. At the beginning, they knew that Wang Quantai had his own way, but no matter what I didn't expect him to be able to take the position of the servant of the household department. This is simply impossible. Most people didn't expect that this guy could go so far. If they knew it at the beginning, they would definitely have a good relationship with this guy. Pull the relationship. It can't be treated as an ordinary juren, but now there is no one who sells regret medicine, but although Wang Quantai has arrived in the capital, all the old and young in his family are in his old home, and I heard that Mr. Shi Lang and his three The relationship between the two younger brothers is very good, and it is not Mr. Shi Lang who wants to curry favor with him. We all need to curry favor with his younger brothers. Therefore, the three younger brothers of Wang Quantai are also very important figures in the whole province. They often meet with each other. He became a guest of the Governor's Mansion and the Governor's Yamen.

Wang Quantai, who is a capital city, also knows about the changes in the family. Such is the atmosphere of the whole empire. Isn't this what I have been doing all my life? There are too many things about the court. Even when my old father left, I didn't go home. Why? It's not because there are too many things about the empire. Wang Quantai really deserves the appreciation of His Majesty the Emperor. It didn't take long to enter the household department. The annual income has increased by more than 10%, which is definitely an extraordinary amount. His Majesty the Emperor can spend hundreds of billions of silver every year. How can you not be happy about this? In an instant Wang Quantai became the most eye-catching person in the entire court. Naturally, the emperor would not be stingy with such a useful courtier. The inner city has given a mansion, if not for the etiquette of the ancestors, the title would have been awarded, mainly because the ancestors stipulated that no one under the age of thirty could be granted a title even if he had made great contributions Yes, it mainly depends on whether a person has longevity. You can basically see it at the age of thirty. If not, there is no need to waste that matter. But even so, people in the court also I understand very well, it is estimated that at the age of thirty, a viscount cannot escape.

Sure enough, on the day of Wang Quantai's 30th birthday, his life reached his own peak. Wang Quantai still remembered that he didn't want to hold any birthday party that day, but all the subordinates in the capital still came to his home , if this is not done, it will seem a bit hypocritical. Anyway, it’s just a birthday party, nothing else. Just when the birthday party came to **, the third son of the emperor came with the imperial court’s order. Wang Quantai also knows that the time when he has a title is coming. No matter how high the official position is, he is alone. It has nothing to do with his descendants. Only things like titles can be passed on, and he is worthy of it The old Wang family is gone, and he is the first person in the history of the family to have fame and a title.

"By heaven's blessing, the emperor said, Wang Quantai, the servant of the household department, has a noble character, has written a lot, and made a lot of achievements. He is a man who can be used by me. This year he will be 30. The ancients said that he will stand at 30. He will be given a court uniform. Dongzhu One, and the second-class viscount, and the eldest son was named the third-class captain of the light car, hereby." The imperial decree is not long, but it makes these guys look dumbfounded. There are many people who are 30 years old, but I gave it on my birthday, but this is the only one. There are really too many jealous people, Dongzhu? Damn, is that something that ordinary people can do? You must know that in the court of the Eastern Empire, only the prince's hat has this thing. Although it is only hundreds of thousands of silver, it is a symbol of power, second-class viscount? Generally speaking, it starts from the third-class viscount, and this kid directly went up to a higher level. The second-class viscount is from the first-rank civil servant according to the rank, which means that he will not need to kneel down when he sees the first-rank ministers in the future. , because he is equal to others, as for his son to have a title, this is even more impossible, which means that the two sons of Wang Quantai's family have a title, and the eldest son and grandson will naturally inherit his title of Viscount. The other son is the third-class light chariot captain. Although he is the lowest in the title, he is equivalent to a fourth-rank civil servant, which is more or less acceptable.

Wang Quantai was really in tears at the time, that is, this incident made him feel that he had to make some achievements to show to the emperor. His title should not stop at the second-class viscount. He is still young and strong, and he will definitely There are more things to satisfy you, that is, the idea at the time was considered a trap for this guy.

When the emperor likes his courtiers to be capable, especially Wang Quantai, other than the emperor, no one else is a bird at all. Such a courtier can be said to be a pure minister. Of course, the emperor should protect such people, but Sometimes such courtiers are too incomprehensible to figure out the holy will. For the next ten years, Wang Quantai will still stay in the position of Minister of the Household Department. It is said that he should be able to be promoted in ten years, but the emperor has his own. Intend. The two ministers of the household department are both uncles of the country, and they are both young. It is impossible for them to be dismissed from office. Wang Quantai was in charge of it, and the other three servants of the household department also understood that the emperor wanted Wang Quantai to manage the household department, and each of them was either complaining about illness or wandering around. Anyway, we will do whatever Wang Quantai tells us to do. For a while, everyone regarded this guy as the Minister of the Ministry of Households, even the emperor thought so, but it was just that he was under the age. As for the issue of grade, it didn't matter. Wang Quantai himself is already a Viscount. It is the same grade as Shangshu.

Wang Quantai himself also took care of the household department in an orderly manner. Regardless of the past ills or some troubles now, in short, the matter of money and food is very satisfactory to His Majesty the Emperor, and the other officials are not very satisfied. You boy have reduced some of our extra income. What does it matter to you that the royal treasury is rich? Then some people began to search for some evidence of Wang Quantai's crimes, but this guy usually has very few human contacts, and it is not easy for you to catch him, so most of them have no results. In the end, he was reprimanded by the emperor. Everyone can see that Wang Quantai is good in the eyes of the emperor. If he goes up to talk nonsense at this time, he will be unlucky, so he should not do it. Things like this are better.

Everyone understands the truth of Hua Wu Hundred Days Red, and they also know that Wang Quantai must have a big idea in his heart. If this matter really happens, he can handle it well. If he can't handle it well , we may have a chance.

At this time, Wang Quantai really found a good opportunity, which is also directly related to the Cao's business. All of them are smuggled, but Wang Quantai has also seen a huge business opportunity. Among the four great empires, only the Eastern Empire has a huge merchant fleet, and the other empires do not. If this business can be done well, then , the days to come will definitely be much better than this. Wang Quantai played a sloppy eye with His Majesty the Emperor, thinking that His Majesty treats him so well, and he can surprise His Majesty with any amount of money, but it is this surprise that makes Wang Quantai Just fuck off.

That morning, Wang Quantai took his things to look for His Majesty the Emperor in high spirits. The surrounding servants knew that His Majesty the Emperor said that if Wang Quantai came, they should put them in quickly. I'm flattering, seeing what His Majesty the Emperor and Wang Quantai mean, the fool also knows that what they want to talk about must be some confidential things, it's better to hide away quickly, so as to save yourself from being confused. It would be wrong to lose it.

They have also made up their minds that they can give themselves some rewards when Mr. Wang comes out. Who knows that Wang Quantai has not come out after more than half an hour, and there is no sound from inside. Thinking of Wang Quantai. That memorial, so old and thick, must be a big thing related to the empire. Last time, Lord Wang directly offended half of the people in the empire. I don’t know what’s going on now. , Many eunuchs are worried in their hearts, this is not a matter of reducing expenses, their salaries cannot be reduced, thinking of this, everyone wants to know what is going on.

After more than an hour, Wang Quantai did not come out. It was His Majesty the Emperor who yelled for someone to come. The guards and eunuchs outside the room heard everything. They rushed in one by one to see what was going on. Inside the room, the memorial was thrown away. On the ground, Wang Quantai knelt there tremblingly, while His Majesty the Emperor looked angry.

"Get out, take off his court clothes, take off his top hat, and go back to your hometown for me. You are just a poor scholar. I will give you some face and you really don't know what your last name is. How dare you do such a thing Bring it up, I have been too indulgent of you these years, get out of here, I never want to see you." That's what His Majesty said, although those eunuchs still don't understand what's going on, but His Majesty is very happy. It is rare to be so angry, and everyone dares to be angry but dare not speak out. He quickly pulled Wang Quantai out, and the next thing was logical. Wang Quantai brought his family out of poverty After leaving the capital, not to mention official positions and titles, being able to save one's own life is already very good. Remember that?

Without the original brilliance, Wang Quantai is just an ordinary person. Although many people in the court want to make trouble, they still dare not do anything considering that this guy is still a member of King Ning. Today, he feels comfortable Yes, but if you just offend King Ning like that, this matter is not that simple, and you will have your own good fruit to eat at that time.

Wang Quantai was able to return to his hometown safely because he had a name at the beginning. The original deep houses and large courtyards are gone. Although the Wang family has a small foundation, they are all directly related to Wang Quantai. Now that he no longer has the status he had at the beginning, the surrounding magistrates naturally don't need to treat him so courteously. His brothers fell directly from the sky to the ground. How can they bear such days. In three or two days, they would come to my brother's place to make a fool of themselves, why wouldn't they think about it, if there was no Wang Quantai back then. How did they live?

Although Wang Quantai has been back for two years now, this guy has tasted the warmth and coldness of the world in the past two years. No matter how poor the family of the three younger brothers is, there are hundreds of hectares of Dazhuangzi to supply them. There are tens of thousands of taels every year. Baiyin, when they came back, they spent hundreds of silver to buy this small courtyard for themselves. For ordinary people, such a courtyard is already very good, but Wang Quantai’s big house in the capital city was bestowed by the emperor. Of course, he is not a person who has never suffered. Fortunately, his wife is good. She was born in a poor family back then. The three sons and one daughter in the family are also directors. Under the guidance of Wang Quantai, they all started to study, but His Majesty the Emperor has already said that three generations of the Wang family are not allowed to be officials. This punishment can be said to be very heavy, and there is nothing to learn. I can only be a farmer at home. Wang Quantai had one or two friends who were more or less useful. When Wang Quantai came back, he also gave him a lot of money. Framed, but it’s still okay to live for Wang Quantai. Besides, when Wang Quantai just came back, King Ning also sent someone to send some things. This day can still last, but the future of the sons in the family is gone. It's a good day...

After knowing Li Cong's intentions, Wang Quantai did not rush to agree. He knew that his decision was very difficult at this time. If something was a little wrong, it was the crime of quarreling and exterminating the family. It can be said that the emperor did not want his own life. To save face, he also knows how powerful his plan is. This Cao's firm is already very powerful. If this thing is attached, it may be a big deal in a few years. By then, His Majesty the Emperor Will you blame yourself?

Knighthood? Does that thing work? Li Cong said that he could give his sons titles, and he was not one without titles in the past, but how is he now? It’s not like I don’t have anything anymore, these things are things outside of my body, I can’t take them with me when I die, it’s useless to have them, I used to care too much about these things, now it’s really useless to want them , It's better not to have, these things of mine seem to be known by someone, and Wang Quantai is very happy about this, after all, the classic things he thought of all his life are still understood by someone.

"Damn it, it's so unlucky to wake up in the morning. What should I do? You said you have nothing to do and open the door. You got all the money away. I said brother, you have nothing to write at home. That's it, no one bothers you now, I said why am I so unlucky, I went to a casino once and lost 800 taels of silver, my luck was not that bad before, and my luck has never been better since you came back, It was all your fault." While Wang Quantai was thinking, a man walked in from the outside, he looked similar to Wang Quantai, this should be Wang Quantai's brother, Wang Quantai smiled wryly, he has already done this kind of thing I have met many times. These younger brothers are no longer younger brothers, but their own enemies. They will come to me to make a fuss whenever something goes wrong. If you don’t have yourself, each of you may not even be able to marry a wife. How can you have spare money to play in the casino now? In the past, no matter whether you went to the casino or played with others, no one would dare to beat you This is a normal thing, unless they are all stunned, now your brother is nothing, how can you win money, this casino is full of gamblers, you guys If they don't mess with you like this fat fish, they will be sorry for you, and they will also be sorry for the money in your hands.

"Hey, there are still people coming from this family. I thought no one would come here for the rest of my life. What are you guys doing here? It looks pretty good. My elder brother is out of luck now, so you don't have to be afraid of getting involved." Bad luck, if it's okay, get out as soon as possible." Wang Quantai's second brother felt even more uncomfortable when he saw Li Cong and the others, what are they doing here.

"Bastards, you don't do serious things all day long on weekdays, and if something happens, you come to me to drink crazy. What do I owe you? Back then, our family was a farmer. If I didn't study, You are all still planting crops, and it is much better now than before, how can you say that the family is considered a big landlord, why can't we live a life?" Wang Quantai saw his second brother talking so impeccably, he I have no ability at all now, and I have heard of Cao's firm. If this offends Li Cong, no matter how narrow-minded Li Cong is, his second brother may not be able to keep his head. It might happen, what difference does it make between a son of a powerful family killing an ordinary person and trampling an ant to death, his second brother really doesn't know how to find time.

"Fart, that's our brother's life here. Even without you, our life would be better than this. In the beginning, we relied on your strength, but then we worked hard on our own. Come back It’s good, we’ve fought you so little, and now we all have to pay back. The nephews could have studied hard, but now they can only be a rich man at home, You yourself have harmed you for three generations." Wang Quantai, who had been silent before, spoke up now, and his second brother was naturally upset, how bold is he? (To be continued..)