Lord Wu who saw Dali Temple left, and Lord Zhao of the Ministry of Rites came again. Facing this fourth-rank official, Gong Yuhua Qian, the West Factory, did not even raise his head.

It is an honor to be received by the factory in person. Seeing this factory manager who usually smiles, Lord Zhao couldn't help but feel a little scared.

"Secretary Zhao Wentong, pay homage to Eunuch Yu."

Yu Huaqian still ignored him, but stretched out his two fingers and bent them and knocked on the table, one after another, one after another...

It seems that Yuhua Qian deliberately extended this embarrassment. This made Lord Zhao a little scared. Zhao Wentong was actually quite honest as an official. However, this person was extremely brave.

I don’t know where he learned that someone gave gifts to the West Factory. So Zhao Wentong, who was trembling, raised some money and came.

Yu Huaqian still didn't raise his head and continued to tap the table with two finger joints. Everyone could tell that he was in a very unhappy mood.

Zhao Wentong never gave a gift, but just to protect himself, he finally raised some money and came. Seeing that he was not welcomed as soon as he came, Zhao Wentong had to give a gift and prepare to leave.

But as soon as he moved, he finally hesitated for a while. After rummaging through his arms for a long time, he found a wrinkled silver note and placed it on the table: "This is the little intention of the Xiaguan. Please don't dislike me, please leave it here."

Finally, Yuhuaqian stopped his hand. He stared at the wrinkled silver note on the table in front of him. This silver note worth 200 taels of silver seemed to be looking at him mockingly.

After a while, Yu Huaqian finally couldn't help laughing. However, his laughter was sharp, and he was more harsh as if he was a girl holding her voice.

Zhao Wentong sweated like rain and said tremblingly: "Xiao, Xiaguan also knows that it is a little less. Yes, but Xiaguan died three months ago. He will use all the saved silver to bury the old mother. This is the most money that Xiaguan can take out."

After all, there is still Qingliu, and even the darkest court still has sporadic Qingliu. For example, Zhao Wentong, the fifth-rank rank dynasty official of the Ministry of Rites in front of him.

A fifth-rank official in the Ming Dynasty said that he was big or small. The Ministry of Rites was one of the ancient Chinese official offices.

The Northern Wei Dynasty was first established. After the Sui Dynasty, it was one of the six central administrative departments, in charge of the five rituals and the school's tribute. The chief was the Minister of Rites, which was not changed since then. From the Sui Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, the Minister of the Secretariat was the Minister of the Secretariat, the Yuan Dynasty was the Minister of the Secretariat, and the Ming Dynasty was an independent institution, and directly obeyed the emperor. The Secretary of the Sui Dynasty was established.

The Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty had one Shangshu, the second rank; one left and right assistant ministers, and the third rank. Their subordinates were two officials, the officials, the ninth rank; the ritual system, the temple sacrifice, the host and the guest, the four rituals, the four rituals, the doctor and the fifth rank; one official, the chief officer, the fifth rank; one official, the chief officer, the sixth rank. In the sixth year of Zhengtong, the ritual system was added, and the ritual system was one in charge of the two rituals, and one person in charge of the two rituals was added. One person in charge of the ritual system was added, and one person in charge of the ritual system was added, and one person in charge of the teaching prince consort. In the fifth year of Hongzhi, one person was added, and one person in charge of the head of the head and guest office was added, and the admiral was appointed. Under the jurisdiction, there was one ambassador and two deputy envoys. In the ninth year of Wanli, one person was removed.

Zhao Wentong is just a mere minister of the Ministry of Rites. In fact, with his qualifications and seniority, he will definitely be a third-rank assistant minister.

However, this person was too honest and timid, and served as a sixth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites during the eunuch party's rampant period. Over the past twenty years, he was still just a small fifth-rank doctor.

It is just that people will not flatter or flatter, and they are even more timid and dare not accept bribes. However, this also saved him from the party struggles in the late Ming Dynasty. After all, such a sesame official who was dispensable like air would not attract Wei Zhongxian's attention.

After more than 20 years of official career, he only climbed from a sixth rank to a fifth rank, but still from a fifth rank. It can be said that Zhao Wentong is really incompetent.

At this time, Zhao Wentong's forehead was sweating profusely. Yu Huaqian laughed and picked up the small 200 taels of silver notes on the table, as if he had seen the most funny thing in the world.

Then, Yu Huaqian's face changed drastically, and he rubbed the silver notes and threw them on Zhao Wentong.

For Yuhua Qian, this is an insult and a huge insult.

Others gave gifts, and bribed them at tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver. But he actually gave them 200 taels of silver, which was equivalent to sending beggars.

Even so, in the face of the silver notes thrown by Yuhua money, Zhao Wentong still trembled with trembling. However, the 200 taels of silver he squeezed out from his teeth. In this amount of silver, there were seventy taels of silver borrowed from his fellow villagers.

"Come!" Yu Huaqian shouted loudly, and then a few Western factory banners came in outside.

Zhao Wentong secretly called it a bad thing, and he shouldn't have come at the beginning. Although 200 taels of silver was a huge sum of money for him, how could he take it seriously? It was his wife who had long hair and short knowledge, so she insisted on giving gifts.

Because when the Jinyiwei was searching for the Beijing officials, he almost implicated Zhao Wentong. It was just because Zhao Wentong was weak and easy to bully and was most suitable for being a scapegoat.

Later, the Jinyiwei probably also knew about the wise and wise martial arts of the current crown prince Zhu Cilang. If Zhao Wentong was captured, once Zhu Cilang was stabbed, the Jinyiwei would not be able to take care of him.

In the end, the matter was left unresolved. When Zhao Wentong was frightened, he was frightened and his wife was even more horrified.

They have seen with their own eyes how powerful the Jinyiwei arrested people. Those important officials in the court were arrogant and arrogant on weekdays. Once they were arrested by Jinyiwei, they would be like dead pigs.

Then, there are beheadings on the law almost every day. It is said that even the executioner's ghost-headed sword has been chopped and rolled up.

Now that the court has re-established the East-West Factory, Zhao Wentong's wife is even more anxious. So she instigated him to give gifts to the West-West Factory.

As a family member of a Beijing official, Zhao Wentong, the wife of the Ministry of Rites, naturally knew some female officials in the capital. This man was poor, short and thin, and Zhao Wentong's incompetence also became a laughing stock among the female relatives.

It was from other officials and female family members that the important officials in the court are now giving gifts to the Xichang Factory. So, she asked her husband to raise 200 taels of silver to exchange for the silver notes, wanting to come and curry favor.

As a result, Yu Huaqian shouted to his subordinates: "Come on!"

Several banners from the West Factory immediately went to set up Zhao Wentong. Zhao Wentong's legs were trembling, but they were still driven out of the factory by the banners.

Outside the gate of the West Factory, the banners from the West Factory looked at the fifth-rank Yuanwailang in front of him with contempt. His eyes were full of contempt.

Zhao Wentong was disgraced and angry. He stood upright all his life, but he did bribery when he was about to fail. It was really embarrassing.
Chapter completed!