Zhou Jianwei has never been idle in the past few months.
There is no such thing as a new employee being benched or squeezed out in the commercial department... I really don't have that kind of free time, so everyone is busy walking and jogging.
Especially for someone like him who was the number one scholar in the trade department, he didn't even have the time to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors. Anyway, he entered the Ministry of Commerce and immediately took on the leading role in promoting glass windows.
In addition to private promotion, he also took on the task of replacing glass windows in palaces and other places.
A few months ago, the workshop had just developed stained glass. He recruited a group of young eunuchs to learn it first, and then while the emperor was in the palace, he replaced all the glass in the palace.
The pattern was chosen by Emperor Ming Yan and the Queen before they left. In addition to the palace, the prince's palace, the princess's palace, the palace of the king, the duke, the marquis, the uncle, etc., there are also the six ministries and imperial hospitals and other court agencies, all of which need to be used while
The main officials are not replaced.
Compared with the window paper and window screen, the glass is indeed completely new. After the folding paper was presented to the imperial court, Emperor Ming Yan was so happy that he was praised and ordered that all the homes of the fourth-grade and above stewards be replaced. This is equivalent to an employee benefit.
Already.
After all, they are all high-ranking officials. Zhou Jianwei also handles his job with trepidation. Even though he doesn't have to do it himself, he still has to take care of everything. He is so busy that one person can't wait to split it into eight pieces.
Originally this was nothing, just replace it step by step, house by house.
But after the palace was changed, the concubines began to act like monsters.
The women in the harem were extremely bored and loved to compare themselves with these superficial things. From time to time, the concubines would send messages, saying that they would wear them even at home.
Zhou Jian was born as a micro-businessman, and he was square on the outside and round on the inside. He was not unsophisticated, and he was also stooped. Therefore, no matter how arrogant the eunuchs were and how unreasonable their demands were, as long as they had a title and had some influence, they could
He agreed to all the things that made sense.
After all, they are all the emperor's women, and the cost of the glass itself is not high. It is impossible for Emperor Mingyan to refuse to agree to this trivial matter. If it were to cause trouble in front of the emperor, it would be because the people below are ignorant.
So he just agreed, quietly wrote a letter to inform Qu Sinian, and then told Yan Shiyue that it was over.
But the amount used was so large that the inventory previously accumulated by the glass workshop was quickly consumed.
So we had to work overtime on production and installation at the same time, with various people in between, competing with each other, and it was like one head and two big ones.
Fortunately, Qu Sinian was thoughtful and Yan Shiyue's second housekeeper Tang Xiaoying followed him all the time, so these people finally did not dare to make too much trouble.
As a result, one day when he just went to the Ministry of Commerce, a female official came over. Her attitude was quite friendly, and she asked why Nan Suibo's mansion had not installed it yet.
Nan Sui Bo was the younger brother of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother had two younger brothers. One brother inherited the title, and the other brother earned the title on his own. He was Nan Sui Bo, but he was dead at this time. His son was demoted to the title.
The two families do not live in the same house.
Zhou Jianwei was confused as soon as he heard this.
The Queen Mother's relatives are very important. They are at the top of the list. After finishing the palace, they went here immediately. Looking at the watch, the installation was completed more than a month ago!
Zhou Jianwei didn't know what was wrong for a while, so he apologized hurriedly and went to see it in person. Sure enough, he saw that the uncle's house had not been installed. Zhou Jianwei quickly called someone to come and install it in the uncle's house.
But Yan Shiyue was not here at this time, and neither was the Queen, so no one could say a word for him.
Afterwards, Zhou Jian checked carefully and found that Nan Sui Bo's house had it on the watch but had not installed it, but another Ming Cheng Bo's house did not install it on the watch but actually installed it.
Most of the craftsmen were illiterate, and he didn't know whether it was a coincidence or someone deliberately causing trouble. He could only write a letter and tell Qu Sinian in detail.
Yan Shiyue was speechless after learning about it.
So these people are just idle, right? How can a glass window cause so many things?
Now that she was far away, there was nothing she could do but report to Emperor Ming Yan first.
Emperor Ming Yan didn't take it seriously. Zhou Jianwei was just a new official, so it wouldn't be surprising if he made a mistake. It would be fine in the end.
Then Uncle Nansui definitely wanted to go to the palace to express his gratitude. Mrs. Uncle knelt down and thanked the Queen Mother for her care. She also said that Mr. Zhou was watching An in person and couldn't stop apologizing.
In fact, he just accepted Zhou Jianwei's money and said a word for him.
Then Concubine Shu said gently and gently: "Don't pay too much attention to it. Who knows that Her Highness is the most selfless person. The people under her will naturally follow the example. But this Master Zhou is quite good. I heard that
He has a sweet mouth and is good at talking!"
There was an eerie silence in the scene.
Her words seemed kind-hearted, but in reality they were extremely mean.
Doesn't this mean that they are already viscounts according to their rank and are not among the imperial gifts, so they were first settled in Mingcheng's Mansion, and then after being asked by the Queen Mother, they were settled with the families of the palace concubines?
In other words, they didn’t take the Queen Mother’s relatives seriously at all? Are they still ranked behind a bunch of concubines?
Madam Bo was extremely embarrassed for a moment and opened her mouth not knowing what to say.
The Queen Mother's face suddenly darkened.
Aunt Fu next to the Queen Mother saw this in her eyes and couldn't help but sigh.
She knew that Yan Shiyue had a quarrel with the seventh and eighth princes, but the seventh prince took the blame for the big mistake. The eighth prince only stayed with him for a few days. Concubine Shu stirred up the dispute and plotted against Fu Yan, but she also got involved.
The Queen Mother doesn't want to see her, so why bother to come?
After everyone left, the Queen Mother said: "Now the Ai family can't even protect their mother clan!"
As soon as she heard this, Aunt Fu knew that the Queen Mother was angry.
Urgent advice: "The Queen Mother, please don't think too much. Your Highness is a filial person. These junior officials are all educated people and know filial piety best. Even if you are uneasy anywhere, you must first settle the family of the Queen Mother."
That's right! This time, the person below must have made a mistake."
The Queen Mother closed her eyes and said: "After all, it is the children who have no future."
It’s hard to persuade Aunt Fu to say this.
Uncle Nan Sui was a capable man, but his descendants were incompetent, so he was left with such a single child, but he was incompetent in literature and martial arts, lustful and addicted to alcohol. Now he spends his days hanging out in restaurants and brothels...
But these things could not easily reach the ears of the Queen Mother.
In the eyes of the Queen Mother, he was the well-behaved nephew. Because she pitied him for losing his father, the Queen Mother had always loved him and always wanted to ask him to become an official. However, Emperor Ming Yan never let go. This was originally the Queen Mother's heartache. Calling Shu
The concubine made a sentence.
But anyway, after working hard for several months, I finally got everything that needed to be installed.
It wasn't until Yan Shiyue received Zhou Jianwei's letter that she suddenly realized that she had delayed a lot of things.
When she arrived at the palace and stayed there for several months, she originally had many plans. However, because she took time out to take care of the children and also had to learn to write articles, all her plans were delayed. Fortunately, she did not take the top exam, otherwise
Don’t do anything for at least three years. (To be continued)