One day without two mornings, time does not come again, in the blink of an eye, Zhu Pingan has joined the Yu Wang Fu for more than a month.
In this month’s time, Zhu Pingan successfully stood firm in the Yu Wang Fu, not only get along with colleagues quite well, and gradually won the trust of Yu Wang, in the mind of the Yu Wang has a pivotal position, and gradually into the decision-making centre of the Yu Wang Fu.
Yu Wangfu decision-making centre is not a specific institution, members are Yu Wang appointed, decision-making before Yu Wang will consult their views, and finally by the Yu Wang board decision, and the cabinet is a bit like, can be called Yu Wang small cabinet.
Before the small cabinet members for Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, Yin Shi Dan, and a name Gao Shiding old Confucian.
Of course, now there is also the new addition of Zhu Ping ah.
However, Gao Shiding age, health is not good, half a year ago to hang back to Sichuan Chengdu home to recuperate. Since Zhu Pingping entered the Yu Wang Fu, he has not yet seen him, and recently heard news that Gao Shiding has the intention of resigning from the government to retire, it seems that Zhu Pingping will not have the opportunity to see Gao Shiding.
At present, the Yu Wang Fu substantive decision-making centre is Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, Yin Shidan and Zhu Pingan four people.
Don’t underestimate this small cabinet, don’t look at it now is just a small cabinet of Yu Wang Fu, wait until Yu Wang ascends to the throne, this will become the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty.
Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, Yin Shidan, they all entered the cabinet after King Yu ascended to the throne and became cabinet ministers.
It could be said that entering the small cabinet was the same as entering the cabinet in the future.
On this morning, as usual, after having his breakfast, Zhu Pingan came to the Yu Wang Mansion early accompanied by Liu Dazhou.
After arriving at the Yu Wang Mansion, Zhu Ping An found that the atmosphere was a bit off, no matter whether it was the royal officials or the servants, they all looked as if they were under a cloud.
“Senior Zhang, what’s going on?”
Zhu Pingan stopped an official surnamed Zhang and asked curiously.
“Oh, it’s Lord Zhu, have you eaten?”Lord Zhang stopped and raised his head meaningfully and asked.
“Eaten, at home, does it matter?”Zhu Pingan was even more puzzled.
“It’s good to eat.”Senior Zhang said with some envy.
Erm, it’s just a morning meal, is it necessary to put on such an envious expression? Zhu Pingan was even more confused.
“My little Lord Zhu.”Zhang Daoren saw Zhu Ping An look confused, could not help but close to Zhu Ping An’s ear whispered, “You do not know, our house is usually served breakfast, although only porridge small dishes steamed buns and eggs, but this day the public kitchen is not even open, I find familiar with the cabinet servant asked, it is our Wang Fu public account even buy the most basic ingredients of the budget is not available. ”
Err.
Yu Wang Fu is so poor that it can’t afford to open the pot?
Zhu Pingan was stunned.
He had known that Yu Wang was having a hard time, but he didn’t expect it to be so bad that he couldn’t even open the pot!
Fortunately, the salaries of the royal officials are issued by the central government, otherwise the days of King Yu are even more difficult, and the crisis of unpaid wages would have erupted long ago, making it difficult for the royal palace to function properly.
However, it seems that King Yu is now at the end of his tether as well.
Don’t underestimate this morning meal.
People live on food, and officials are no exception.
There were already official public kitchens during the Qin and Han Dynasties, but at that time, they were only special favours for outstanding ministers by the court and were not popular. To the time of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Taizong set up a “can set the world, the party diligently in the rule” of the wish, in order to achieve this wish, Tang Taizong often extend the time of the court, which led to a lot of ministers on a hungry stomach to the office of the court, affecting the efficiency of the office not to mention that it will also leave the reputation of censure of the ministers. In order to solve this problem, Tang Taizong made the court to provide ministers with breakfast. Unexpectedly, the ministers of this particularly enthusiastic response, praised, and work efficiency has greatly improved. So, Emperor Taizong of Tang extended the experience of this minister to the whole country and ordered all counties to set up public kitchens wherever there was an official office to provide breakfast for the subordinate officials. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, the prime ministers also held a meeting on the theme of “providing food and precious soups in the Hall of Government” to discuss the standard of serving breakfast.
Public kitchen breakfast development to the present, it is not only to solve the problem of officials full stomach, behind the representative of the significance is also very heavy.
For the royal family, the royal breakfast supply or not, as well as its richness, breakfast standards, etc., on behalf of the king’s trust in the subordinate officials and the degree of importance. Breakfast rich, proved that the royal government attention trust compassionate subordinates, subordinate officials motivation is also high; otherwise, or like today, if the breakfast are not supplied, one day two days three days okay, if it is a long time ago, the people will slowly scattered.
“It seems that in the future, I will have to eat breakfast at home before coming back, hey, again, I have to get up at least two quarters of an hour early.”
Lord Zhang shook his head and sighed, some enviously glanced at the direction of King Jing’s Mansion, next door to the Yu Wang Mansion, I heard that King Jing’s Mansion’s breakfast is very rich, all the time are delicacies of the sea, and do not bring a repeat of the same.
“Ai, Lord Xiao Zhu, let’s not talk about it for now, I’m going to go outside to find some food to fill my stomach.”After complaining, Lord Zhang arched his hand and bid farewell to Zhu Pingan.
“Alright, Senior Zhang, take care.”Zhu Pingan arched his hand in return and watched as Elder Zhang walked towards the outside of the Yu Wang Mansion.
Along the way towards the office, Zhu Pingan encountered several more officials, and in the midst of pleasantries, several people mentioned the issue of the broken breakfast supply, and although it did not reach the level of a complaint, it was evident that there were opinions.
Yes, the Yu Wang Fu compared to the next door Jing Wang Fu, welfare was not much, light breakfast is Yu Wang Fu is one of the few benefits, the result is that now even the breakfast supply is cut off, it is no wonder that people have opinions.
From the looks of the servants and maids, it could be seen that their breakfast meals were probably also cut off or cut back severely.
Simply supplying a morning meal shouldn’t cost much silver. If King Yu had any means at all, he would not have cut off the supply.
Thus, it seems that the financial crisis of the Yu Wang House is a close call and imminent, Zhu Pingan observed all the way and came to this conclusion.
Without thinking about it, Zhu Pingan knew where the crux of Yu Wang’s predicament lay – the annual gift, Yu Wang had not received the annual gift for three whole years.
Due to a series of reasons, Yan Song and Yan Shifan’s father and son did not like Yu Wang and did not deal with him, especially Yan Shifan, who instructed the Ministry of Revenue to withhold Yu Wang’s annual gift and not to give him the annual gift and other benefits of the Prince. King Yu repeatedly let the royal servants to go to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for, but year after year, the Ministry of Revenue year after year, there are excuses, year after year, no follow-up, the Household of the King of Yu year after year, can not receive the annual gift.
Yu Wang has no side business, the only with Princess Ning An opened a pastry shop, or month after month losses, in addition to the annual gift, no other income, the Royal Household should be spending all rely on the court customary annual gift to live.
God knows, three years did not receive the annual gift of Yu Wang, relying on the previous savings, mother consort Du Kangfei subsidies, Wang Fei subsidies, can last to today is how difficult, a copper are hate to break into two halves to spend.
However, even so, Yu Wang now can not hold out, has reached the point of exhaustion.
