Afternoon time just after shenzhen, the sun slowly westward, the sunlight from the blazing heat gradually become a little gentler, the breeze at first, blowing up the leaves, ruffled the wind chimes hanging in the eaves of the roof, rattling a twilight.
“Oh, the sun is setting, it’s almost time to release the government office.”
Inside the office, Zhu Pingan puts down his brush, stretches his arms, stretches a lazy waist, lazily looks his gaze out the window, seeing the slowly westward sloping sun outside the window, Zhu Pingan can’t help but tickle the corner of his lips.
Happy?
That’s right, Zhu Ping An was indeed happy at this time.
As the sun was setting in the west, it was time to let the Yamen go off duty. Today is the twenty-ninth day of the sixth month, according to the Daming calendar, the sixth month is the small month, the small month has a total of twenty-nine days, the big month has a total of thirty days. Today is the twenty-ninth day of the sixth month, which means that today is the last day of the sixth month, and tomorrow will be the first day of the seventh month.
What does the first day of July mean?
The first day of July means that the day of rest is finally here!!!!
It’s finally a holiday!
After working so hard for so long, it’s finally a day off.
That said, compared to the Ming Dynasty, modern people are really happy, modern society protects the right of workers to rest very well, the national laws are clearly stipulated, employers should ensure that workers have at least one day of rest per week, usually a week of double rest system. However, this is not the case in the Ming Dynasty! Hongwu Emperor hated the fact that officials went to work every day! The officials of the system, from the two Han, Wei Jin, North and South Dynasties, five days of one day off, Sui and Tang’s ten days of one day off, changed to the first day of the month, fifteen days off, only two days off in January.
Misery for half a month of work, finally going on holiday, Zhu Pingan can not be happy?
I miss double holidays!
If the ancients travelled back in time to modern times, they would definitely be attracted by the lenient leave system of modern times. With more leave, the ancients would have more opportunities to travel and visit their friends and relatives, and then their poetry production would definitely increase by more than a few times.
Zhu Pingan slandered in his heart for a while, and then began to pack up his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, ready to leave work ……..
Just as Zhu Pingan was putting away his pen, ink, paper and inkstones, he suddenly heard a clamour of noise coming from outside.
Then, he saw the heads of people outside the window, running around and forming a group, looking like they were cheering and jumping for joy.
What’s the matter?
Did something great happen?
Zhu Pingan curiously looked out of the window with a pang.
“Zi Hou, go, go out together and take a look, it seems like Zheng Fu (Yin Shi Dan, character Zheng Fu) has brought back His Highness’s yearly gift.”
Chen Yiqin appeared at the door of Zhu Pingan’s office room with an excited face and beckoned to Zhu Pingan.
“Ah? So soon?!”Zhu Pingan sniffs in delight and at the same time is taken aback, when did Yin Shi Dan go to the Ministry of Households to collect the annual gift, didn’t he say at noon that he would go to the Ministry of Households again tomorrow to collect the annual gift.
Also, this morning only gave Yan Shifan a gift, this afternoon before the end of the day to receive the annual gift back?
According to historical records, after Yu Wang sent the gift, it seemed like it was the second or third day ah before he claimed the yearly gift.
I didn’t expect that now, it was claimed back on the same day.
Unconsciously, this little butterfly of his own stirred his wings and accelerated the speed of a certain historical event again.
Da Ming!
I, Zhu Pingan, will not come here in vain!
Zhu Pingan spread a smile, as bright as the sunlight outside the window, and his inner confidence in the future was strengthened by a few more points.
Zhu Pingan and Chen Yiqin went outside the palace in company, and in the middle of the journey, they ran into Gao Gong again, so the three of them travelled together in company.
The three came to the outside of the hall, the crowd outside the three people arrived, have bowed to the three salute, and flashed open a road, so that the three people straight through the centre. The most centre, Yin Shidan with a smile on his face stood there looking at the three, at his feet are three wooden boxes, the boxes are open, inside the golden piece of ……
“Haha, a whole 180,000 taels of silver.”Yin Shidan kicked the boxes with his feet and said with a happy face.
“One hundred and eighty thousand taels?”Zhu Pingan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, isn’t the annual gift 130,000 taels, 50,000 taels for each of the first two years, 30,000 taels for last year, adding up to a total of 130,000 taels, how did he receive back 180,000 taels ah.
Listen to Yin Shidan said led back eighteen million taels of silver, high arch and Chen Yiqin is also surprised.
“Hahaha ……Just now I went to the Ministry of Households on official business and asked for the yearly gift in passing, just to try it out, I didn’t expect the Ministry of Households to let me claim it directly. The Ministry of households rare opening, I fear that the Ministry of households and then change their minds, so simply do the formalities, direct collar. A collar only to find that the unexpected joy. I did not expect that in addition to 130,000 taels of silver in addition to the annual gift, there are the Dragon Boat Festival, Tanabata, Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year’s Day, Lantern Festival, the New Year’s Eve, Mid-Year, the winter solstice and other festivals, three years counted down to a surprisingly large number of 50,000 taels, the annual gift plus the festival gift plus a total of eighteen hundred thousand taels of silver, the Ministry of the Household and the quick reissue of the. Whole loaded three boxes, after receiving, the Ministry of households to see me alone, but also specially sent people to help me send. Oh, to say ah, this gift is really worth it, you are not see the attitude of the Ministry of households, compared with the previous, really a heaven and a hell.”Yin Shidan laughed and said, said to the rise of the time, but also reached out not to gesture up.
Worth!
Indeed send value!
Originally thought that 130,000 taels of silver, did not think that actually led to 180,000 taels of silver, a whole more than 50,000 taels of silver it, is really a great unexpected joy.
With fifteen hundred taels of silver in exchange for one hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver, can there be anything more valuable than this?
Just as the crowd was getting excited, they heard a rush of footsteps, Zhu Ping An turned his head to look and saw Yu Wang with an excited face, throwing his sleeves and flying from the palace with big steps.
Those who did not know thought that King Yu was on fire.
“Greetings to His Highness King Yu.”
“Greetings, Your Highness.”
The crowd saluted King Yu one after another.
“Exempt, exempt, exempt, quickly exempt, Yin Shi, age ……Age bestowed, lead ……back?!”Yu Wang was anxious to know the result, waved his hand vigorously, let the crowd to be exempted from salute, and then with a face of excitement, eagerly looked at Yin Shidan, gasping for breath and asked.
“Back to your highness, led back.”Yin Shidan nodded vigorously.
“Good!”King Yu was overjoyed.
“Your Highness, I have claimed back a whole 180,000 taels of silver this time!”Yin Shidan added.
“What? One hundred and eighty thousand taels?!”King Yu was overjoyed.
Then, Yin Shidan explained what he had just said to Zhu Pingan and the others to King Yu again, who was overjoyed upon hearing it.
“Good!Good!Good! Now I finally don’t have to be hamstrung by these coppery things anymore!”King Yu excitedly even said three good words, and then gritted his teeth and said hatefully, there is money in his hands, his heart is not panicked ah.
At dusk, as the sun set, Zhu Pingan returned to Marquis Linhuai’s mansion with a brilliant face, carrying two fifty-two denomination silver bills and five taels of broken silver in his arms. A fifty-two silver cheque is the money that Zhu Pingan lent to Yu Wang in the morning, another fifty-two silver cheque is Yu Wang’s reward (Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, Yin Shidan and others also have varying amounts of rewards), and the rest of the five-two pieces of silver is Yu Wang’s unified reimbursement of benefits to the royal family.
Of course, the reward is not important, the important thing is that after this incident, Zhu Pingan is sure and clearly perceived that his position in the heart of the Yu Wang on a new height.
In this way, it is very good!
