Yu Wang Fu into such a financial crisis, according to the character of the Yu Wang, it is estimated that will soon call the small cabinet deliberations, Zhu Pingan into the office room, did not as usual boil water to make tea, but sat in front of the desk while warm reading “Tang Taizong Li Wei Gong Question and Answer”, while waiting for the Yu Wang to declare the call.
Sure enough, Zhu Pingan had only flipped through two pages of the book when a chamberlain came to ask Zhu Pingan to go to King Yu’s study to deliberate.
The name of King Yu’s study was: Yuan Hall, engraved in gilt regular script above the door plaque.
The first time he saw the name of King Yu’s study, Zhu Pingan associated it with the I Ching’s Qian Gua, which reads, “The dragon is in the abyss, and it is bound for the nine heavens”. A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a prince who does not want to be an emperor is not a good prince. Zhu Pingan believes that Yu Wang named the study “Abyss Hall” must have this meaning.
Yu Wang study for three rooms, a rare layout of a front and two back, the front is the most spacious, standard study arrangement, behind the Yu Wang temporary living room, as for the further in that room is to do what, Zhu Pingan does not know.
However, Zhu Pingan has heard that the innermost room is also a bedchamber, but it is quite secretive, and I heard that occasionally there will be a courtesan serving Yu Wang called by Yu Wang to make up the bed in it, and often more than an hour before the hair is messy and hobbling out ……
“Elder Gao, good morning.”
Walking to the front of the study, he ran into Gao Gong who was walking from the other direction, and Zhu Pingan took the initiative to arch his hand in salute.
“Zi Hou, good morning.”Gao Gong nodded with a slight smile, “Yesterday, I newly obtained a copy of Mi Fu’s running script calligraphy, I heard that Zi Hou is quite fond of calligraphy, and that he practises his brush every morning, so he can play with Zi Hou for more than a month.”
“Really? Then I would like to thank you, Elder Gao.”Zhu Pingan’s eyes lit up as he arched his hand and thanked him.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Gao Gong entered the study in front, with Zhu Pingan following closely behind.
“I, Gao Gong/Zhu Pingan, meet Your Highness King Yu.”After entering the study, Gao Gong and Zhu Pingan simultaneously bowed to King Yu.
“Master Gao and Zi Hou are exempt from saluting, quickly please take your seats.”Seeing the two men enter, King Yu quickly stepped forward to give them a false hand and invited them to be seated without salute.
“Thank you, Your Highness.”
Zhu Pingan and Gao Gong both responded with thanks.
Gao Gong directly took his seat, while Zhu Pingan greeted Chen Yiqin and Yin Shidan, who had arrived earlier, before taking his seat.
After the small cabinet arrived, King Yu directly dismissed the serving subordinates and strictly ordered no one to approach the study.
“Today, I have invited all the lords to come, and I am sure that all of you know the reason for this.”
After dismissing the subordinates, King Yu, all exhausted paced to the seat and sat down, glanced around the crowd and said in a hoarse voice.
King Yu’s body sat very low, as if he was going to fall into the chair, it felt as if he had walked for three days and three nights without sleep and still had not come to the end of his journey, and finally could not hold on and paralysed halfway there.
Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, Yin Shidan, and Zhu Pingan all nodded lightly.
Age bestowed.
Everyone understood.
It had been three whole years since King Yu had received his yearly gift, and this was no longer a secret in the court, not to mention all the subordinates of King Yu’s House.
“Yes, I am now at the end of my tether, I won’t hide it from you all, I only have less than a hundred coins left on my books now.”King Yu leaned back in his chair and gently patted the seat handle, confessing with a face of anxiety and exhaustion.
Well, how does it feel to be a king with less than a hundred coins left in his value.
Zhu Pingan sniffed and reported deep sympathy for King Yu.
In addition to this, there was also a feeling of being at the same end of the world. King Yu has not received the annual gift for three years, and himself, he is also being punished for his salary, he has not received his salary for two months, and this kind of zero salary days will continue for another ten months before the end. Moreover, not long ago, check the treasury merit, but also by the black hearted Jiajing emperor fined 160 two silver, if not Li Shu to support their own a hand, their even the fine silver can not come together …….
Of course, since opening Zhu Ji fast food, Zhu Pingan’s life has been much better.
Although Zhu Ji’s shop is not big, but the business is very hot, although it can’t reach the degree of daily income, but every day, after deducting the cost of labour, materials and other costs, there are still three, five taels of silver in the account, a month down, more than the salary.
“Your Highness do not worry, I will go to the Ministry of households today to urge him to urge, repeatedly do not send your Highness annual gift, what is the reason. If the annual gift is issued on time, why does your highness suffer from this worry.”Yin Shidan got up at his words and said with an exasperated face.
King Yu shook his head at these words, reached down and pressed his hand, signalling Yin Shidan to sit down, then laughed self-deprecatingly, “Yin Shi doesn’t need to go, the Ministry of Revenue won’t allocate the funds. Lone yesterday has even sent three people to the Ministry of households to urge, three times three reasons, or pressure or drag, are not issued. Oh …… lone, dang son of the son of heaven, feel is a joke, in the household department is like a beggar, again and again begging, again and again to be rejected out of the door ……”
Their own hall son of the son of heaven, belonging to their own age gift, was actually deducted for three years, time and again sent to the Ministry of households to receive, time and again was like a beggar to send out, is simply a big joke ……
Laughing and laughing, thinking, Yu Wang heart feel powerless and hard, the corner of the eye can not help but wet ……
“As the saying goes: the car to the mountain, the boat to the bridge natural straight, Yu Wang Wang Your Highness and relax.”
“The way is always more than the difficulty, your highness and a little peace and quiet.”
Seeing Yu Wang like this, Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin hurriedly got up to comfort Yu Wang, encouraging and cheering for Yu Wang.
From Zhu Pingan’s point of view, Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin were like two old birds comforting Yu Wang, a wounded young bird.
Zhu Pingan familiar with history, know Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin two in Yu Wang, but also the minister also teacher and father, both are sincere for the sake of Yu Wang, in Yu Wang submerged in the abyss of this time, thanks to the two multi-protection, or Yu Wang has long been out of the game.
Yu Wang at this time is the most need to comfort time, can not let Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin two people exclusively in front of ah, so Zhu Pingan also followed the two got up, a serious face to the Yu Wang arched his hand to relief said: “the Lord worried about the minister insult, the Lord insulted the minister to die. Today, Your Highness has been thwarted, I dare not die, and will share Your Highness’s worries.”
“Don’t worry, Your Highness, we will share Your Highness’s worries.”Yin Shidan similarly rose to comfort King Yu.
“Many thanks to all the divisions.”Yu Wang in Gao Gong, Zhu Pingan and other people in a row under the relief, slightly calmed down a little bit, but only a little, as long as the thought of the current financial constraints, even the rice can not be supplied, Yu Wang can not help but be clueless, after the words will be a face of worry, rose to Gao Gong, Zhu Pingan and others arching to ask for advice: “only, now is the end of the mountains and can not be followed by the day, the Ministry of the household and do notThe Ministry of Revenue does not give out yearly gifts, so what can we do? Please give us your advice.”
Food is the only thing that matters to the people.
When marching to war, if you can’t supply the army with food, the soldiers will mutiny; it’s the same reason when you put it into the royal house, if the royal house can’t even supply three meals a day, how can you expect the royal officials and subordinates to serve for you again.
How can King Yu not be worried.
