Chapter 39 Zhu Youxiao, a Minor of the Ministry of Works
"Come on, Jing Ke, sit down!"
Yu Zhigan is particularly enthusiastic about Jing Ke today. If you have something to do, you need to ask Jing Ke for help. It is understandable that enthusiasm is not at all.
On the contrary, Jing Ke was a little flattered. As the loyal dog of His Majesty the Emperor, most people would walk around when they saw Jing Ke, but they would not give him any good face. Jing Ke was used to others not giving him a good face, so when Yu Zhidan didn't give him a good face before, Jing Ke didn't feel that much.
Now Yu Zhigan suddenly became enthusiastic, and Jing Ke was a little uncomfortable and became a little embarrassed for a moment: "Your Highness, no need to bother, just tell me if you have any problems!"
Yu Zhi smiled dryly and took a sip of tea: "Commander Jing, drink tea, this is a good tea. I just delivered it some time ago. Try it!"
I don’t know what tea is, so it probably won’t be very expensive. Anyway, Yu Zhigan brought it from Chen Wansan. Since it was bought by Chen Wansan, it must be much better!
"Um?"
Jing Ke looked at a few tea leaves floating on the clear water, and the right ones were just a few. Yu Zhigan was not willing to put too much. After all, Yu Zhigan was not going to buy tea in the past few months. This little tea should be enough!
"This is the first time Ke has drunk this tea with Your Highness!"
After saying that, I took a sip and couldn't say it tasted much, but it was much better than sencha, at least not the mixed flavors.
"Well, it's fine. This is the secret recipe for making tea that I have recently developed. Don't talk nonsense!"
"Your Highness is smart!"
After being photographed with a rainbow fart, Yu Zhi was in a good mood and looked at Jing Ke and said, "Commander Jing, this time I came to you, I need your help if I have something to do!"
"Please say this!"
"That's right, I'm checking the fraud case of the imperial examination, but now I'm facing a problem!"
"Please speak with your throne!"
"I need to catch a few people, but there is no big noise, so I think of you!"
"Catch people?"
"Yes, the list is here!"
After saying that, he took out the list he had prepared and handed it to Jing Ke.
"Your Highness, is there any evidence?"
Yu Zhigan nodded: "Yes, Fan Jin, the person who was taking the exam, has confessed all of them!"
Of course Fan Jin did not confess, but now Fan Jin needs to confess. Fan Jin is no longer important now. As long as people outside believe that Fan Jin has asked!
"so much?"
After Jing Ke stared at the list, he looked at Yu Zhigan curiously. Yu Zhigan nodded: "Yes, all the minor officials involved in the imperial examination are in it. Commander Jing, I hope you can try your best to capture all of them into the Jinyiwei without alerting the enemy!"
"Does Weichen need to interrogate?"
"No need, just hand me over then!"
Yu Zhigan said confidently.
"Your Highness, then leave it to Jing Ke!"
Yu Zhigan nodded with satisfaction and handed it over to Jing Ke for work. Yu Zhigan was quite relieved. After all, although this guy had astigmatism, he seemed to be quite reliable in his work and had a lot of beards. Yes, Jing Ke was a big beard!
"Here!"
However, after saying that, Jing Ke did not leave, but continued to sit quietly, waiting for Yu Zhi to do the next question.
Yu Zhigan is still a little anxious to do movable type printing now. Why is this guy not leaving? Do you still want to take care of dinner by yourself?
"Commander Jing?"
"Hmm? Your Highness!"
"There's something else?"
Jing Ke nodded: "Your Highness, have you received my drifting bottle?"
"Um!"
I fell into silence again. Is there anything in the drift bottle? But where did I go to salvage his drift bottle? I know where the drift bottle has gone!
What Yu Zhigan didn't know was that more than 1,300 years later, several cultural relics were unearthed from the former site of Chang'an moat, sealing the letter from Jing Ke wrote Yu Zhigan. It was found that there were records of the Eight Honors and Eight Shames. Whether there was a problem with the time traveler was once again boiling.
These are things that Yu Zhi doesn't know, but the atmosphere is very awkward now. Yu Zhi doesn't know how to talk, and Jing Ke is waiting for Yu Zhi to do it.
"Commander Jing, I didn't see clearly what you had on the drifting bottle. There was something wrong with your sealing, and water was in, and all the words were..."
"Is that true? So that's it. Since that's the case, Jing Ke will say goodbye first!"
After saying that, Jing Ke stood up and bowed to Yu Zhigan, and left quickly.
Yu Zhigan looked at Jing Ke's back and suddenly wanted to ask loudly: "Jing Ke, what exactly do you want to ask? Why can't you say it directly!"
But Jing Ke had already left, Yu Zhigan shook his head helplessly. There were strange things every year, and there were really many this year!
"I have traveled through time, and it's nothing strange to meet one or two weirdos!"
Yu Zhigan shook his head, got up and went to the Ministry of Works.
The East Palace is not very far from the yamen of the Six Ministry, and you can reach it within less than ten minutes' walk.
Compared with the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Revenue, and Ministry of War, the Ministry of War are bustling, and the Ministry of Works is much quieter. Apart from the yamen runners standing guard at the door, there are only some officials from the Ministry of Personnel who come in and out.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
As soon as Yu Zhigan entered the door, he saw Yu Qin, the Minister of Works, who also had a surname in the country, but he had nothing to do with Yu Zhigan, but he was just the same surname.
"Well, Secretary Yu!"
Yu Zhigan still knows this person. After all, he is one of the six ministers of the Ministry of Justice. During the court meeting, he was not very far from Yu Zhigan. When Yu Zhi was fine, he looked at the glasses with only one slit, which was smaller than that of Li, who was singing the old street.
Yu Zhigan initially thought that this person was lazy and went to bed during the meeting, but later he realized that this guy was really small in glasses.
Just like now, Yu Zhigan doesn't know whether this guy is looking at him with his eyes open or wandering around Taixu with his eyes closed. Yu Zhigan is very reluctant to deal with this kind of person because you can't confirm what this guy is doing when you talk to him. Maybe you are chatting with him, and he is peeking at a girl passing by not far away. That girl looks really good!
"Your Highness the Crown Prince comes to the Ministry of Works, I wonder what is the most important thing to do?"
Yu Zhigan squinted his eyes and looked at the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Works is a relatively dilapidated yamen among the six departments, but in general it is not very bad. In fact, the Ministry of Works is still poor. Yu Tang's Ministry of Works is also responsible for the world's water conservancy. Those who are related to water conservancy are poor!
In addition, there are also imperial city construction, repairs, private bridge and road construction, etc., which are all responsible for the Ministry of Works. There is a saying that, Jinqiao and Silver Road, looking poor, are probably all rich, especially the Minister of Works, with a glass belt hanging on his waist. This thing is not cheap!
While Yu Zhigan looked at it, he kept thinking about how rich this Ministry of Works was!
Yu Qin was a little nervous when he was staring at Yu Zhigan. He didn't understand what the prince, who had no social relationship with him, suddenly came to do?
"Well, this is the case, Shangshu Yu, the prince of the Prince recently needs to be transferred to some carpenters in the Ministry of Works. I wonder if the Ministry of Works has sufficient staff!"
"Your Highness, how many carpenters do you need?"
"Twenty people?"
Yu Qin thought for a while: "Your Majesty is renovating the Daming Palace recently. The number of twenty carpenters is quite large. There are not so many people in the mansion for the time being!"
"Then how many people can you mobilize!"
Yu Qin thought for a while and shook his head: "Have a moment, I will ask the officer in charge of the craftsman to come over, and you will know it once you ask!"
"please!"
Soon, a little fat man, wearing a blue official uniform, jogged over. Although there was still some distance between them, he could clearly see the fat man's face moving up and down.
"Secretary, lower official, Zhu Youxiao met Shangshu Yu!"
"Your Highness, this is the carpenter's order to Zhu Youxiao!"
Yu Zhigan stared at this fat man named Zhu Youxiao? Damn, if he remembered correctly, there would be a carpenter emperor named Zhu Youxiao!
"I have seen Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
When Zhu Youxiao saw Yu Zhigan, he was stunned at first, and then excitedly bowed to Yu Zhigan.
"Well, don't give me a gift! How many carpenters can I call now?"
Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and spoke slowly: "Your Highness, plus the empress, there are still ten people in total, and the rest are repairing the Daming Palace!"
"Are you ten people?" Yu Zhi frowned. It seemed that there were a little fewer ten people, but it was better than hiring someone himself.
"Yes!"
"Can ten people engrave letters?"
"Engraving? Your Highness, most craftsmen are illiterate!"
“…”
Improving literacy is indeed a problem, but Yu Zhigan thought about it and could solve it: "Then can they carve it out when they look at the pattern?"
"Can!"
"That's fine, Shangshu Yu, I want all these ten people. Is there any problem?"
Although Yu Qin really didn't want to lend all the carpenters, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already spoken, he had no reason to refuse, and he offended His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...
Yu Zhi did not know about Yu Qin's psychological activities, and thought that this guy was asleep, so he couldn't help but raise his voice a little more.
"Oh, Your Highness, there is no problem. Zhu Youxiao, just take your subordinates and follow the prince!"
"Here!"
Zhu Youxiao felt a little uncomfortable. His Royal Highness of the Crown Prince seemed to have some strange interest in himself and could not describe it. Zhu Youxiao couldn't help feeling a little nervous. It was rumored that His Royal Highness of the Crown Prince was a little... I don't know if it was true.
"Zhu Youxiao!"
"I'm here!"
"Who is Zhu Yuanzhang you?"
"Your Highness knows the empress, Emperor Gaozu?"
"really!"
After hearing Zhu Youxiao's return, Yu Zhigan knew it in his heart. It seemed that Lao Zhu probably had it, but he might have been born at the wrong time and had not risen.
Thinking of this, Yu Zhigan looked at Zhu Youxiao with some other emotions. Even though he could be an emperor, he has now become a carpenter.
Chapter completed!