allendalepharm Chapter 635: Virtual and Submissive
Chapter 635: Virtual and Submissive
For seven consecutive days, Jiang Youzhen went to the Ministry of Personnel to borrow the list and recorded most of the official positions in the Ministry of Personnel.
Although Chen Jian's rank was not high, he knew a lot because he had to organize and copy things.
However, Jiang Youzhen has never trusted anyone. After asking Chen Jian, he also had to find documentary evidence of the transfer of relevant personnel, which was relatively rigorous.
It was noon, and after Jiang Youzhen finished his meal, he planned to organize the information he had copied over the past few days.
"Sir Jiang, aren't you going to the Ministry of Personnel today?" Huang Mintao returned to his seat and asked when he saw Jiang Youzhen was busy.
"It would be too much of a bother if I went there for several days. I won't go there today. I'll just tidy up here."
Jiang Youzhen raised the file Huang Mintao gave him while speaking, "Fortunately, I have Mr. Huang's help, which saves me a lot of worry. But there are still some things that have not been sorted out. I will return them to you when they are finished."
"If I can help Lord Jiang, I would be honored. But this is a transcript from a few years ago, so I'm afraid it might be different from the current one. Lord Jiang, please check it again to avoid any mistakes."
Looking at his sincere look, if Jiang Youzhen hadn't seen through his thoughts, he would have really thought he was a kind-hearted person.
Wang Xingzhi, who had just come in, saw how familiar the two were with each other. He opened his mouth, but after a moment, closed it.
After returning to his seat, he also began his own compilation. They would be finished in the next few days, sorting out the supporting documents, which would be submitted together.
Jiang You didn't show it on his face, his smile became more and more bright. Who doesn't know how to be hypocritical?
"Some of them cannot be found in the Ministry of Personnel! Mr. Huang's files are of great help to me. I will invite you to have tea another day."
Huang Mintao laughed, "We are all colleagues, no need to be polite."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Wang Xingzhi, the smile in his eyes disappeared, and he turned his head back expressionlessly.
Jiang Youzhen stared at his back and smiled meaningfully, then continued to organize.
The Hanlin Academy originally had a five-day break, but recently the emperor was urging the progress of these classics, so Jiang Youzhen did not rest either.
Anyway, the days off can be accumulated together, as long as they do not exceed three consecutive days.
The emperor did not summon Jiang Youzhen in the past few days, and Tong Huaian was still a frequent visitor to the Imperial Study or Wenyuan Pavilion, but she was not in a hurry.
You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Jiang Youzhen is not afraid that the emperor will forget him. The fourth prince is dealing with the issue of strong liquor recently, and he has an idea about the subsequent sales model.
Whenever the Fourth Prince mentioned this matter, the Emperor would inevitably think of himself.
In the past few days, the strong liquor has been delivered to the Fourth Prince's residence and tested on the wounds of patients. The effect is obvious. The Fourth Prince is reporting to the Emperor. Only after the Emperor's approval can it be mass-produced and the Ministry of Revenue will allocate silver.
But if we only supply the imperial court, how can that be enough? Jiang Youzhen meant to let the Ministry of Revenue hold this income in its hands, and then supply goods like a distributor in the previous life.
The tea-incentive policy she suggested before was of this model, but it was only given to a small number of people.
The next day, Jiang Youzhen arrived at the Zhuangyuan Hall early in the morning and was stopped by Huang Mintao.
"Master Jiang, I wonder if you have used that file. The Master of Scholars called me today and gave me another task. He happened to be compiling the achievements of some of the officials, so I needed to look for documents. That file..."
Huang Mintao smiled embarrassedly, Jiang Youzhen sneered in his heart, but showed an embarrassment on his face.
"Sir Huang, there is still a little bit of the file that has not been copied. Are you in a hurry? If not, can I return it to you tomorrow?"
Huang Mintao nodded immediately, "Okay! It's not like I can't wait even a day."
I'm afraid you can't wait to take it back to avoid any more trouble, right?
After being dismissed from his post, Jiang Youzhen did not return home immediately, but went around to the courtyard where Asan and others lived.
When Asan heard the knock on the door, he opened it and saw a thin man wearing a bamboo hat. He was not surprised at all and quickly pulled the man in.
"What's going on? Why are you so nervous?"
Jiang Youzhen took off the bamboo hat as soon as she entered the room. She found it funny. This was the secret place where Asan took them to meet. But what they did was not some important court secret. At most they were just gathering information. Was it necessary to be so nervous?
Ah San's face was solemn. "Someone has been hanging around this house recently. I'm afraid he has bad intentions. Maybe someone was caught trying to gather information and followed us here. If they want to take us down, you will inevitably be implicated."
There is a tofu shop in front of here. Logically speaking, the strangers coming and going here would not attract anyone's attention.
Jiang Youzhen was stunned. He was not worried about his own safety first, but was worried about getting her involved?
I was touched. "Then you should not stay here for long. Move to another courtyard tonight. Don't live in the south of the city anymore. Live in the west. When you meet, change into good clothes and disguise yourself so as not to attract attention. Don't gather together unless there is urgent news."
Fortunately, she had disguised herself before coming. She changed her clothes in the carriage, asked Qinglang to stop the carriage at the entrance of the alley, and came in wearing a hat to cover her face.
Jiang Youzhen thought about it and decided that it would be better to be careful.
She continued, "Elect a team leader for every ten people, and the people below will report the news they have gathered to him. He will screen and then report to the team leader. The team leader will select one person for every hundred people, and then the team leader will report to you. This will be much safer.
Each team decides their own meeting place, and other teams don’t know it. Even you don’t know it, which ensures everyone’s safety.”
Ah San's eyes lit up when he heard this. "This is indeed a good idea. With so many people coming here to meet, someone will definitely find out."
After the two of them had discussed it, Jiang Youzhen gave Ah San another 1,000 taels. The houses in the capital were expensive, and 1,000 taels could only buy a house with two entrances at most. Of course, the location also depended on the price.
The houses in West City are more expensive than those in South City, as most people there do business.
"There's no need for so much. The tofu shop has made a lot of money in the past two years, and there are already five or six hundred taels on the books!" Asan shook his head.
"Here, those people have to spend money to raise their children. Don't I know you? You spend a lot every year."
Those young men who practiced martial arts ate well and dressed well. As the saying goes, the poor are good at literature and the rich are good at martial arts, so they spent a lot every year.
Previously, Jiang Youzhen taught them how to make a series of products including dried tofu, frozen tofu, and bean skin, and their business was booming for a while.
As the only company in Beijing, it naturally earns a lot. Although it has only been more than a year, it has a lot of surplus.
It just so happens that I also supply goods to Jiang Youzhen’s restaurant, so naturally I can make more money with larger volume.
However, there are also many people who are jealous. Although those who tried to trip him up from behind were dealt with by Jiang Youzhen, it is still annoying even if a toad jumps on someone's foot even if it doesn't bite.