He was a Jinshi in the sixth year of Daxing. Later, after inspection, he was sent to the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas as inspectors and county magistrates. In the autumn of the ninth year of Daxing, he was transferred to the Suhang Weaving Bureau as the fifth-grade weaver.
This time he returned to Beijing to report on his work. He heard that the Prince of the East Palace was getting married and could receive gifts in advance, and he immediately became interested.
He sat in the position of Suhang Weaving for several years. When his term was about to end, his original backer in the court offended Xu Changqing, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and was directly kicked out.
Faced with a bumpy career and the possibility of being benched at any time, He Kun gritted his teeth and sent almost all the benefits he had gained from this lucrative job over the years to the East Palace.
He Kun knew that this was a move with great political risk, because the person standing behind Xu Changqing was the East Palace, and his backer originally belonged to the cabinet faction.
He didn't know if the prince would be grudged by his background.
After all, the first one to eat the crab may make a lot of money, but he may also be poisoned to death.
If the prince had a grudge, the fact that he, a fifth-grade weaver, had come up with so many peerless treasures would be a crime worthy of beheading, so he wouldn't even need to look for evidence and would just deliver them to his door.
But if the prince doesn't have a grudge and actually likes him, then he will have a bigger backer and he will be able to rise to prominence.
It can be said that He Kun, who had staked his fortune and life on this, had been waiting uneasily in the post house after returning from delivering gifts in the East Palace.
He knew that no matter what the outcome was, there would be news when the prince returned to the palace.
In the evening, he finally waited for someone from the East Palace.
The prince wants to see him!
What came was a summons, not Jin Yiwei's Xiuchundao, which made He Kun deeply relieved and overjoyed.
He knew that his bet was half right.
The remaining half depends on whether your performance can catch the eye of the prince after going to the East Palace.
After asking the eunuch who gave the order to wait outside for a while, He Kun changed his clothes as quickly as possible and tidied up his appearance, He Kun followed the eunuch who gave the order all the way to the East Palace.
"Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law."
He Kun was a well-rounded person. Even though he was an ordinary messenger eunuch, he did not look down upon or look down on him. Instead, he took out a few taels of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into the little eunuch's hand.
The eunuch was still pretending to refuse, but as soon as he got the thing, he knew that it was not light, so he immediately smiled and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please go in quickly. Your Highness is in the warehouse at the moment, and the gifts you sent are also piled up in the warehouse.
"His Highness doesn't like to wait for others, but judging from His face, you must be lucky."
A few taels of silver were exchanged for an important piece of information. He Kun's eyes lit up and he said, "Thank you so much, father-in-law, for reminding me. I will definitely be rewarded in good measure in the future."
Grinning, the little eunuch didn't take this seriously.
The future?
What day will it be?
He only looks at the immediate benefits.
Under the leadership of the little eunuch, He Kun came to the outside of the warehouse, and then he waited respectfully for the little eunuch to go in and report. After a while, the news came that he was allowed to go in.
He Kun lowered his head and did not dare to look around. He just stared at the road under his feet. He quickly entered the warehouse, knelt down in front of Li Chen and said: "Weaving from Suhang Weaving Bureau, He Kun, I have met His Royal Highness,
Your Highness the Prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."
