Five hundred and thirty seventh chapter teachers and students
Zhang Yue knew that He Qi and Wu Anshi had been in contact before.
Nowadays, He Qi is really good. After taking away the Yue family's property, his wife fell ill. He Qi took very good care of his wife and did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to seek medicine or hire famous doctors for treatment.
All in all, he had invited all the famous doctors in the capital. Some famous doctors refused to come, and He Qi even visited the thatched cottage three times.
For some reason, these things were spread and gave He Qi a good reputation.
However, He Qi was completely cut off from the imperial examination because of the fraud in the provincial examination.
But after all, he was once a student of the Imperial Academy, he was good at flattering people, and he was also shrewd and powerful.
There were many supervisory officials in the capital, so they were persuaded by He Qi. The chief official of the supervisory department lent government money to He Qi. He Qi then turned around and loaned it out. This was what Cai Jing had tried to persuade Zhang Yue to do.
thing.
He Qi was able to do something. In fact, many officials in various yamen in the capital also did this. The money and goods in the supervisory department could be loaned to earn interest, but because it was the money of the imperial court, the officials did not dare to do it openly, so He Qi
It helped open a way for these officials.
In addition to this matter, He Qi also helped to handle litigation, private lawsuits or the court's failure to get back the money owed to certain businessmen.
He Qi came to communicate with the court on their behalf and collect money.
Of course, He Qi's real fortune came from annexing the assets of his wife's family, but what he did later also made He Qi's business grow bigger and bigger, and he also made a lot of connections, so it caused a stir.
Even a big government official like Wu Anshi could be persuaded by He Qi to negotiate with him.
But in Zhang Yue's opinion, He Qi caused these things because the officialdom was so chaotic now, so no one cared about it.
But if one day the court runs out of money, just like the minister's money case, it will be troublesome for the court to take it seriously.
After Wang Anshi presided over the reform, didn't he cut off the financial path of people like He Qi?
It's okay for officials to have this kind of protection, but people like He Qi will definitely have no chance of survival. People like him should avoid getting involved with him to avoid getting into trouble in the future.
He kindly reminded Wu Anshi a few words, but Wu Anshi felt that Zhang Yue was not giving him face, so he said: "My brother-in-law is now prosperous, and he is serving the officials. Compared with the past, the cloud and mud are of course different. For He Qi."
Naturally, I cannot look down upon such an old acquaintance."
Zhang Yue couldn't help but laugh after hearing this. When did he and He Qi call themselves brothers? The two of them still had some personal grudges, but they just put on the hat of not remembering the old relationship.
Zhang Yue didn't bother to explain that it was indeed inappropriate for him to quarrel with his uncle. After all, his father-in-law and his wife still had to take care of themselves.
Zhang Yue was about to leave.
At this time, Shi Qi Niang stepped out and said, "Brother, you are such a ignorant person. Who is He Qi? When you asked him to copy books in the library, my servants reported that this man did not move his eyes when he saw the valuables in the house.
Yes. Later, he and Wang Kui were in the same boat, and Wang Kui ended up in such a disgraced state. Doesn’t it have anything to do with him? "
"Do you still regard a person like this as your friend? Why would you introduce him to Saburo when you are just hurting yourself?"
After being scolded by Shi Qi Niang, Wu Anshi suddenly became angry and said: "Okay, Shi Qi, your husband has not yet been granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister? You are somewhat of a first-class lady, and you actually scolded your brother.
No wonder my parents say that among the girls in the house, you are the most capable."
Seeing that Shi Qi was about to speak, Zhang Yue stopped. Wu Chong had already walked out of the study, and his eyes swept over the place.
Wu Anshi, Zhang Yue and Qi Niang were silent.
Wu Chong knew what was going on as soon as he saw it. There must be a dispute between his son and his daughter and son-in-law, so he immediately scolded Wu Anshi: "Come into the study!"
Such a dispute has just ended.
When the couple returned home in a carriage.
Zhang Yue saw that Seventeenth Mother was unhappy, and immediately comforted her: "It's okay, Madam."
The Seventeenth Mother said: "Guardian, I feel that my brother is so confused. He doesn't even know who is a member of the family and who is an outsider. I am annoyed that he is doing this for an unworthy outsider and my brother-in-law."
Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, it's just a temporary remark. How could He Qi not know about this?"
When Zhang Yue returned to his house, he saw a train parked in front of the door.
Zhang Yue asked the servants in the mansion and learned that it was Cai Jing who came to the mansion to pay him New Year's greetings.
After Zhang Yue resigned from office and left Beijing, he introduced Cai Jing to Han Jiang. Han Jiang admired Cai Jing very much. Later, after Chen Xiang replaced him as salt and iron judge, he also praised Cai Jing's talents.
Because Cai Jing was successful in his work, Han Jiang recommended Cai Jing to the officials before the three ministers resigned. Now Cai Jing has been appointed as a judge for Dali Temple. The speed of promotion is even faster than that of many officials who were Jinshi.
Of course, today's exchange office is also thriving under Cai Jing's management.
In the fourth year of Zhiping, the annual profit of the Exchange has reached more than 1.7 million yuan, and the annual dividend has reached 1.3 million yuan.
Of course, things were not always smooth sailing at the CTO. An incident occurred.
It turned out that the branch office was making huge profits every day, which naturally aroused the trend of imitation among the people.
At that time, some people planned to set up a reference office in Bianjing and Damingfu. This was established by wealthy businessmen who raised funds and planned to get a piece of the pie.
But this private exchange was closed down by the court within three months of its opening, and several wealthy businessmen were also fined a lot of money.
It is said that Han Jiang, the envoy of the Third Division, personally took action in this matter. It is not known what happened to Zhang Yue.
However, the Exchange and Citation Exchange eventually enriched the imperial court's financial resources. This year, the dividend income of Shaanxi Yunsi alone reached 500,000 yuan.
With the income from the branch office, Shaanxi transshipment envoy Xue Xiang no longer obtains military salary income by issuing salt banknotes indiscriminately. You must know that according to the speed at which Xue Xiangna printed money in history, within a few years, the court would have to spend two million
Salt banknotes are constantly recycled to offset the depreciation pressure of inflation.
In the end, the imperial court had no choice but to hold back. The salt banknotes collapsed, and all the wealth of the people who had bought the salt banknotes was wiped out. The salt banknotes once became the gold yuan coupons of the Song Dynasty.
Now that there is a branch office, Xue Xiang prints money at a very restrained speed, and Xue Xiang also praises Cai Jing highly.
As for Zhang Yue's dismissal from office, Cai Jing did not show any sign of the bleakness of the world. When Zhang Yue was in office, Zhang Shi was working at an idle job at the Exchange Office. After Zhang Yue left, Cai Jing transferred his eldest brother to a lucrative job.
At the same time, Cai Jing was still respectful to Zhang Shi. Not only did he visit Zhang Shi in person every three festivals, but he also treated Zhang Shi as his uncle in the yamen on weekdays.
After Zhang Yue entered the house, he saw Cai Jing and his brother talking.
When Cai Jing saw Zhang Yue, he hurriedly ran out of the door, bowed down and called him teacher.
Zhang Yue smiled and helped Cai Jing up.
Zhang Yue had no intention of accepting Cai Jing as his student, but Cai Jing always made trouble with students, so people outside thought Cai Jing was Zhang Yue's student, and this became a default relationship.
Of course, Zhang Yue’s student was not only Cai Jing, but also Li Kui.
Li Kui was Huang Lu's relative, so Zhang Yue took care of him on Huang Lu's behalf. Li Kui had been studying in the Imperial College and lived in Zhang Yue's home during his free time.
Zhang Yue often tested his knowledge, and the two of them became teacher and student.
