Chapter 66 Section ten

It's finally Chinese New Year.In this year, so many things happened that the nerves of the good Chang'an people almost collapsed.It's all right now. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, there is no war, no border troubles, and no one stares at the neighbors' mouths all day long for information. In addition, the emperor is young and promising, and prices have not skyrocketed. For the good people who are optimistic by nature, it is considered a great happiness. Therefore, several personnel changes of the ministers of the DPRK and China did not attract much attention.

The matter that Zhongshu ordered Zhang to say was satisfactorily resolved, he was only demoted to be the governor of Xiangzhou, and the emperor did not pursue the matter between him and King Song any more.Although Yuanzhou governor's status is completely different from that of the current prime minister, Zhang said he is still young and still has the opportunity to return to Beijing.Zhang said that he couldn't tell how he escaped, but he just worshiped Buddha more, burned more incense, and begged Yao Chong not to think of him again. After the accident that day, the Deng Yu who took away the night pearl curtain never appeared again.After experiencing this catastrophe, Zhang Shuo also thought about it.In the end, it is money that goes to people's well-being.

As for the dismissal of You Pushe and Liu Youqiu, a member of Tong Zhongshu's third rank, as the prince and Taibao, it will be a matter of time. Chang'an people who are quite proficient in political affairs have always believed in their own judgment. Its staff must be as talented as the sea. The news that Song Jing said that the imperial censor is also the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the third rank of Tongzhong Shu's sect is a happy event for those officials with dignified character and scholars who are struggling to make progress. Although Song Jing is not interesting, he chooses officials selflessly and appoints people on merit .Of course, there are also some people who have all kinds of worries. They are afraid that Yao Chong, who has a loose personality and is brave enough to do things, will be difficult to work with Song Jing, who is rigid, although both of them are rare talents.

The appointment of the last prime minister is a bit confusing.At the age of seventy, Lu Huaishen, the servant of Menxia Province, inspected the school servant, and made peace with Zhongshu Menxia. Yao Chong was not familiar with Lu Huaishen.Although they have been officials in the same dynasty for decades, due to their different personalities, the two rarely interact.This time the emperor hand-picked Lu Huaishen as Prime Minister, which was really beyond Yao Chong's expectation.Therefore, Yao Chong decided to pay a personal visit to this famous figure in the two capitals. This Lu Huaishen Master Lu was born as a Jinshi, and he was an official in the capital during the Empress Dowager Wu. He has lived through the Empress Dowager Wu, Zhongzong, Emperor Taishang, and the current four dynasties. He has never left the eastern and western capitals. , there is no one who does not know this Master Lu.

Lu Huaishen's fame is not because of his outstanding talents, nor is it because of his outstanding achievements, nor is it because of his extraordinary intelligence and abilities. His fame is entirely because he is poor, and he is surprisingly poor. From the point of view of ordinary people, Lu Huaishen's position as servant is a third-rank official position, and he has no bad habits, so he shouldn't have any difficulties in making a living.According to the system of the Tang Dynasty, the salaries of officials have their own grades. Although it is slightly less than that in the Sui Dynasty, a high-ranking official like Lu Huaishen will never have a hard time.Under normal circumstances, the officials of Zhengsanpin would be given 400 dans of Lumi a year, nine hectares of official land and 18 dans of rice, and twenty-five hectares of Yongye land would be taken care of by themselves.In addition, a monthly salary of 5,100 Wen was given, and 900 Wen was used for miscellaneous purposes.Then there is the company capital set up by various functions in the DPRK and China, lending money for interest, and part of the income.There must be rewards from the emperor every festival, and if you pass the year-end examination, you can also reward Lumi.Adding all these together, at the price of only 15,000 Wen for a farm ox at that time, although living in luxury was not possible, it was still not a problem to live a good life.

The problematic one is Lu Huaishen.Lu Huaishen's family settled in Huazhou with his father who was a county magistrate in Huazhou, but Lu's surname is Fan Yang's surname. There are many relatives in the family, and many people gather in the two capitals to make a living.But Lu Huaishen is a person who treats money like dung seriously. The lumi, rewards, monthly salary and other properties he got almost never stay at home overnight, so they are distributed to relatives and friends from far and near who flock to him. He is so poor that he has to leave his old wife and young children He was fostered in his hometown in Huazhou, so as not to suffer from cold and starvation in Beijing.

Yao Chong's guards are quite famous in Chang'an city, they are really furious horses in brocade clothes, and their pride is also like a tiger.However, when they came to Master Lu's mansion in Chongxianfang, Xicheng, they encountered an unsolvable problem: Lu Huaishen rented three thatched huts in the alley at the southwest corner of Chongxianfang, such a narrow and winding alley Yao Chong's huge wheeled car couldn't be tolerated. This area is where entertainers, hawkers, and even well-paid beggars from the West Market live together. The alleys are winding like a maze.Under the guidance of the leader of his guard, Yao Chong walked for a meal, but he did not find Lu Huaishen's residence.In the end, it was the Fang Ding of Chongxian Fang who found Lord Yao and his party, which led them to the gate of Lu Huaishen's residence.

Of course, if the gate of Lu Huaishen's house can also be called the gate of a mansion, then Shengdou Xiaomin's house can be called a palace.This is a firewood gate made of four or seven wooden strips tied horizontally, three vertically, and tied to the so-called door frame with straw ropes. Looking inside, the yard is extremely small and messy. An old man who looks at least a hundred years old is squatting in the corner and struggling to fan a small stove. The smell of medicine. In the north of the courtyard are the three famous thatched cottages.To be honest, calling it a house is indeed a bit of an exaggeration.In Yao Chong's view, it was just a rotten straw shed that might collapse in a blink of an eye.

The old Cangtou suddenly found a group of people squeezed into the door, so he rushed over with wide eyes, frantically waving the broken cattail fan used for fanning fire, and shouted: "Get out. I can't owe you any money, what are you doing?" Are you bothering me endlessly?" Just when the broken cattail fan almost touched Yao Chong's brocade clothes, Fang Ding hurried forward to stop him. "Brother, Master Yao is here to visit Master Lu." "Oh. I'm rude, I'm rude." Although this old man is old, he obviously has been with officials for many years and knows the etiquette. "Master Yao, please forgive the villain for being rude. Please leave the name stab!"

The family generals following behind Yao Chong had already grown impatient, and said loudly: "Our Lord Yao is here to see you, Lord Lu." The old man smiled, and the dust in the wrinkles on his face fell down. "Young man, is your adult an official?" "certainly." "It doesn't matter. Our master is not private. All officials will go to the province to find our master tomorrow." Although this old man is old, he is quite eloquent. At this time, Yao Chong stepped forward and said with a smile: "The housekeeper, please tell your master that my surname is Yao, Yao Chong. Today I came to disturb you because of business."

"So it's Mr. Yao." The commotion in the courtyard attracted Lu Huaishen from the cottage. "Yao Xianggong, this is..." "Take the liberty to come to the door, please forgive me." "Don't dare. If you have free time, please speak in Master Yao's room." Lu Huaishen was short and thin, wearing only a torn cotton robe that had been mended again and again, but he did not lose the demeanor of a courtier in his graceful manner. "Just about to disturb." Dozens of guards were left on the street, and Yao Chong followed Lu Huaishen into the lobby of his new prime minister's mansion. When Yao Chong came out of Lu's mansion in the evening, the worry he had when he came had already vanished.Lu Huaishen is a person with whom we can share great affairs.