In the Lingjinfang warehouse, Wei Qing looked at Zheng Shuqing and Fang Chongyong with an angry face, and was so angry that he could not speak for a long time.
His handsome face was twisted, as if he wanted to open his mouth and eat someone. His tightly clenched fists seemed to want to beat Zheng Shuqing and Fang Chongyong to a pulp.
However, Wei Qing finally sighed in despair: "Last year in Kuizhou, I took good care of Zheng Shilang and Fang Xiaolangjun, and I didn't say anything bad about you two in front of the saint.
Now why do you two bother to repay kindness and embarrass me?"
"General Wei, you're so polite. I heard that after you returned to Beijing, you received the official position of General Jinwuwei, the inspector of the school. That trip can be regarded as nothing, right?"
Uncle Zheng said with a smile, and the other party Chongyong winked.
You have already said this, so why are you being so polite? Just tell me what you are saying and make it clear.
If this thing is done well, everyone will benefit. If it is not done well, not just one or two people will be unlucky!
"General Wei, what do you think of the brocade in this warehouse?"
Fang Chongyong asked, pointing to the Tang Jin on the shelf next to him, hoping to get reliable answers from "industry insiders."
Hearing this, Wei Qing also woke up from his rage.
In fact, he also knew that the source of this matter came from Li Longji! It was not Zheng Shuqing and others who were deliberately looking for trouble.
"Based on my experience, this should be the first-class brocade in our Tang Dynasty, and it can be used anywhere.
If a saint sees its beauty, he will definitely like it."
Wei Qing picked up a piece of cloth and stroked it repeatedly, inspected it, nodded slightly, and said firmly.
He is someone who has seen the world around Li Longji. Of course he has good vision and his words have a certain degree of credibility.
However, Wei Qing's words are not fatal. If the "gorgeousness" of the fabric is not shown to Li Longji, it will be in vain.
Fang Chongyong and Zheng Shuqing looked at each other and nodded silently without speaking.
Wei Qing's opinion is important because, as a descendant of the Liyuan Garden, people like Wei Qing, to a certain extent, have similar aesthetics to Li Longji.
Birds of a feather flock together, and people whose aesthetics are too different from Li Longji's will obviously not be able to stay in Liyuan.
If Wei Qing thinks it's okay, then Tang Jin won't have a big problem.
So the question now becomes, how to show the beauty of these brocades in front of Li Longji.
"What exactly do you want to do?"
Wei Qing asked curiously, the anger in his heart having dissipated. As a special bureaucrat who serves Li Longji, Wei Qing is obviously not a person who clings to boring questions.
It's not like no one has looked for Wei Qing before, and even a situation like this happened today.
After all, Wei Qing is a manager affiliated with Liyuan, and there are many people who come to him for help on weekdays.
As long as the person looking for him does not enter the Liyuan of Daming Palace, there will be no problem at all in terms of procedures.
For example, it was very common for Wei Qing to be called out when he was invited to perform singing performances at the Ten Princes' Residence, or to participate in activities such as celebrating the birthday of a prince or grandson.
But the situation today is indeed different, because that Yang Yuhuan danced face-to-face with Li Longji, and he could actually compose his own music!
This is completely different from the woman Li Longji favored in the past.
Before Yang Yuhuan appeared, a beloved concubine was a beloved concubine, and a geisha was a geisha. One pleased people with sex, and the other moved people with art.
The two are two parallel lines and will not intersect. Each eating its own food is not considered vicious competition.
Because each of them will only satisfy one of Li Longji's interests and needs.
But Yang Yuhuan is different. She can fully meet Li Longji's psychological and physical needs, with almost no weaknesses!
Yang Yuhuan is proficient in music and can sing and dance well, allowing Li Longji to adjust his emotions through music and obtain spiritual satisfaction after releasing his body's desires.
To put it simply, it was Yang Yuhuan who controlled Li Longji. There were moves on the bed and moves off the bed. There was no cooldown gap when switching skills. Every move hit Li Longji's weakest link.
As a result, the emperor of the prosperous Tang Dynasty has been inseparable from Yang Yuhuan recently. He is so favored that he doesn't care about the opinions of others!
This situation not only dissatisfied many concubines in Li Longji's harem, but also many geishas in Liyuan privately complained about him.
If a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will blow it away. Although Yang Yuhuan is favored, the risks behind her cannot be underestimated.
For example, Wei Qing himself, and Aunt Gongsun who teaches sword dancing. They all think that Yang Yuhuan has "crossed the line."
It’s no problem if you want to be sexually pleasing, and if you want to be talented and charming, it’s no problem. Everyone is here to make a living, so how can you be both a performer and a prostitute?
Isn’t this just destroying people’s jobs?
"It's like this. If there are any girls who are good at dancing in the opera garden, use these Tang brocades to make dancing costumes for them.
Three days later, the saint will hold a large banquet in the Forbidden Garden Liyuan, and there will be singing and dancing to add to the fun.
Those dancing girls can become popular because of it, and Zheng Shilang can also use this kind of Tang brocade to make business.
Isn’t it the best of both worlds?”
It’s actually for this!
Wei Qing was stunned, and somewhat understood why Zheng Shuqing and the others were so anxious.
He sighed with emotion: "Young Master may not know the rules in the White House.
The clothes used for dancing are the public property of the palace and are not privately owned by the geisha. They can only be used when needed.
These Tang brocades you are talking about in the warehouse, since they are produced by Lingjinfang and become the public property of Liyuan, naturally they need the nod of the saint.
Of course, if it is used as a so-called gift to give to those dancing geishas, it makes sense. But what should we use to make up for the shortfall of these Tang brocades used for making clothes?
The accounts of the Shaofu Supervisor cannot be altered at will."
Wei Qing said very seriously.
If the Tang brocade is used as a "public property", then Zheng Shuqing does not need to pay for it, and the other party does not need to bear the risk. In the same way, if this batch of Tang brocade is to be shipped out of the warehouse, it requires Li Longji's approval procedures. After a set of procedures are completed,
The flowers have faded!
Wei Qing combined with what Fang Chongyong wanted to do, and found that the other party definitely didn't want Li Longji to know these things in advance.
Of course, there is another way. That is to use private money to make up for the shortfall and then misappropriate the goods. This kind of thing happens often and is considered one of the "hidden rules" of the Shaofu Supervisor.
The craftsmen's workshops under the Shaofu Prison, no matter what they are producing, are actually cruelly exploiting and squeezing labor.
These people work in various workshops under the Shaofujian in the form of "corvee", and it is not the so-called "employment relationship". Of course, it is not in vain to work here. Many farmers who have lost their land have
I came in with the intention of learning "a skill".
Since the labor force is "free", the Shaofu Supervisor has also done a lot of private work, and even signed something similar to a commercial agreement with private workshops and played various tricks.
In short, it is impossible for these workers to stop them.
If Zheng Shuqing was willing to spend his own money to make up for the money spent on making clothes for the geishas, this matter would still be easy to operate within the corresponding rules.
In other words, to accomplish this, Zheng Shuqing had to advance his own money and bear the risks. Only if the performance was a big success would Li Longji buy it.
If the effect is not good, Zheng Shuqing will have to make up for the shortfall himself, otherwise he will not be able to escape the charge of embezzlement of public funds.
"I need to make some clothes, you can just take them as you like. That's how the matter is arranged."
Zheng Shuqing gritted his teeth and said.
A real man can't eat with five pots of food, but he also has to cook with five pots of food. If you don't go all out now, then when will you wait until you take action?
"You're crazy! These Tang brocades are worth a lot of money. You don't think that a piece of brocade is worth a piece of cloth, do you?"
Fang Chongyong quickly pulled his sleeve and exclaimed, and the two stepped aside to discuss.
"Bet a big bet. If you win, you will pave the way for the Minister of Household Affairs. If you lose, you will lose everything!"
Zheng Shuqing's eyes were red, and his old habit of liking stud at critical moments happened again.
"Oh, you are..."
Fang Chongyong was speechless. Perhaps he said from Zheng Shuqing's point of view that ministers like them who did not follow the scholar's path had to perform well to ensure their official career was prosperous.
And those "normal" bureaucrats in the imperial examination system are constantly adapting to the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty, changing the rules of the game in the court by playing tricks on each other.
By the late Kaiyuan period, the so-called "Qingliu" who came from scholars had basically controlled the normal promotion channels for imperial officials. It was a suffocating stranglehold and blockade of power. Those who were not Qingliu would encounter great criticism if they rose to power.
For example, Niu Xianke.
The promotion of civil servants has formed a kind of unspoken rules that cannot be explained clearly. What kind of people should be given what kind of official positions after how long after they join the officialdom? Which official positions are empty positions, which ones are fat positions, and which ones are derogated and assigned.
The positions that they can only hold, the dazzling official arrangements and backpacks, these "clean people" have actually arranged everything clearly for a long time.
Nowadays, the petty officials who come from the bottom have gradually been marginalized and have to hang out at the bottom all their lives.
Since you can't get promoted, you should start making money with ease, which will lead to further corruption of officialdom.
In Fang Chongyong's view, whether it is Li Linfu who is outstanding in eliminating dissidents or the meek civil service group behind Zhang Jiuling, in fact, it is not about who is progressive and who is reactionary. They are all trying their best to demolish the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
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The only difference is that some are removing door panels and walls, while others are removing foundations. Some are demolishing in a hurry, and some are demolishing slowly.
"General Wei, if, I mean, if Yang Yuhuan continues to develop in the field of rhythmic dance in the future, Aunt Gongsun will be very dissatisfied.
She might be pregnant and lose her job. After seeing Yang Yuhuan's dance, the saint was afraid that it would be difficult to like anyone else.
So is Madam Gongsun interested in letting her and her disciples wear gorgeous Tang brocade, and once again stir up the world with their sword energy to please the saint?"
Fang Chongyong asked straight to the point, not avoiding what many Liyuan disciples are worried about nowadays.
"I will take you to see Aunt Gongsun, and you will be alone."
Wei Qing said to Fang Chongyong in a deep voice and glanced at Zheng Shuqing.
Fang Chongyong was right. He also felt that it was indeed necessary to kill Yang Yuhuan's limelight now.
Of course, if that's not possible, it would be good to let Aunt Gongsun and others show their faces in front of Li Longji.
"That's great!"
Fang Chongyong held Wei Qing's hands tightly and said excitedly.
I heard that Aunt Gongsun is also a beauty, with a thin waist and long legs, and is good at dancing swords. Wearing this brocade robe made of Tang brocade, she will definitely be able to exert her full power!
Fang Chongyong was full of confidence! He would definitely win!
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In the Tang Dynasty, the title "aunt" generally did not refer to the "aunt" who often participated in square dancing activities in later generations, but usually referred to the eldest daughter in the family.
Moreover, the eldest daughter is often called this way when she is very young. After she gets married, she no longer calls her that way. Only when she dies and an epitaph is carved, will she be called "aunt" again.
Therefore, a woman with the surname "Da Niang" should not only not be old, but should be a girl in her teens.
When the sun set in the west and turned the sky orange-red, Fang Chongyong finally saw Aunt Gongsun who was instructing his female apprentices to dance swords in the Forbidden Garden to the north of Chang'an City, which was the pear garden outside the city in the past.
Then, the faith in my heart was shattered to pieces!
This is an aunt, an "aunt" who will be called respectfully in the vocabulary of later generations.
A slightly stooped back, a thickened waistline due to childbirth, and wrinkles on the forehead due to hard work.
The crow's feet at the corners of the eyes are also clearly visible.
In Fang Chongyong's fantasy, he wielded a sword and waved it like a surging storm. She had a heroic temperament, was dressed in a jade face, was slender and elegant, and was as light as a swallow.
It's all just a dream.
Time is like a butcher's knife, it shows no mercy to anyone it sees.
Today's Aunt Gongsun has a forehead full of wrinkles and looks particularly old. Her figure has deteriorated to the level of a square dancing aunt that was common in Fang Chongyong's previous life, and even her hair has turned a lot of gray.
Only those eyes are still sharp, and the temperament on his body is calm and intimidating.
Time has left a deep mark on her body, taking away her youth, but leaving behind something that others, even herself, cannot see.
Experience, wisdom, character, or something else.
"Xiao Langjun seems to be very disappointed when he sees the slave."
Aunt Gongsun said with a chuckle, and she could see Fang Chongyong's emotions almost written on his face at a glance.
From Wei Qing's words, she already knew the other party's intention.
"Let them try on those Tang brocade clothes. I am already old and can no longer dance with swords. Even if I put on those gorgeous brocade clothes, it will only be embarrassing."
Aunt Gongsun sighed and said, now she likes coarse linen clothes on weekdays.
Now that he is old, there is no need to take out the gorgeous clothes he once wore when dancing swords as a ridiculous show off of his past achievements and glory.
"Li Twelve Niang, take them to have their bodies measured and prepare for making clothes.
Don’t embarrass me at the saint’s feast in three days.”
Aunt Gongsun said to her disciples calmly. She turned around and left, too lazy to argue with Fang Chongyong.
It can be seen that Yang Yuhuan, who is good at singing, dancing and proficient in music, really has a great impact on Aunt Gongsun! Perhaps due to Li Longji's face and authority, Aunt Gongsun cannot say bad things in front of Li Longji.
However, it is hard to tell what these people are thinking behind the scenes.
"Is it really okay?"
Fang Chongyong asked Wei Qingdao with some confusion.
"I don't know either. Only a saint can give the answer."