Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

The king's heart is unpredictable, Wen Qingyan has no way of knowing whether the emperor has any regrets.

In the end, Wen Qingyan just silently withdrew his gaze and exited the imperial study.

The fact that the emperor asked Gu Yanshu to participate in the construction of the cement road, soon spread to the ears of the rest of the Wen family and Gu Yanshu.

Knowing that this matter was first proposed by Wen Qingyan, the brothers of the Wen family, especially Wen Qingxiao, praised their fourth brother full of praise.

After all, Wen Qingxiao has not forgotten that her father said that the emperor initially treated Princess Li as an abandoned son.

Therefore, what Wen Qingxiao was most worried about was that in the future when His Highness Prince Li was entrusted with the crown prince, the emperor would directly give Princess Li to death with a glass of poisoned wine.

But now, the emperor is willing to let Princess Li participate in major events such as road construction, which can more or less prove that the emperor has no intention of killing Princess Li.

Wen Qingxiao, who had been carrying a big rock in her heart since spying in the study yesterday, finally felt a little relieved at this moment.

Looking at his fourth brother's eyes, there was also a hint of a smile:

"Since that's the case, why don't fourth brother go to the newspaper office with Qing Xiao in the afternoon, and tell His Highness the news by the way?"

"Alright." Wen Qingyan nodded slightly.

People from the back house intervened in the affairs of the front hall, after all, they violated the ancestral system.

Therefore, regarding Gu Yanshu's assistance, the emperor did not issue an explicit decree, but only gave Wen Qingyan a written order to convey it on his behalf.

It was the same letter, and the Wen family brothers once again fell in admiration of their father.

Yesterday my father said that rules are dead, but people are alive.

The emperor is not a person who is static and only knows how to abide by the rules and regulations of the ancestors. Today the emperor has proved this with practical actions.

Originally, Wen Qingxiao thought that because of her ability to take care of Yanshu, she was forced to marry Prince Li as a concubine, and she must have regrets in her heart because she would never be in court.

Now that he has this handwritten letter from the emperor, although it is still not a serious official status, it can be comforted.

But after receiving this handbook and reading it, Gu Yanshu didn't express his opinion directly, but asked a question first:

"Why did the emperor suddenly think of me to assist the fourth son?"

Although I don't know why Gu Yanshu suddenly asked about this matter, Wen Qingyan still gave the answer honestly:

"The planning document was written by His Highness, so the Emperor should know about it."

Wen Qingyan also casually mentioned that several ministers objected at that time, but the emperor still issued this order.

When mentioning this matter, Wen Qingyan originally wanted to express that the emperor's attitude is very clear, and there is no need for unnecessary worries.

However, Gu Yanshu just stroked his forehead and replied in a low voice:

"It's my fault that I didn't make it clear to the Fourth Young Master yesterday. This plan is 'given' to the Fourth Young Master."

Gu Yanshu emphasized the word "send". At this time, Wen Qingyan finally came to his senses:

"This is the princess, you don't want to interfere with this matter?"

Not to mention Wen Qingyan, even Wen Qingxiao couldn't stop the surprise on his face.

After all, from a certain point of view, Wen Qingxiao and Gu Yanshu have a lot in common.

For example, both of them have ambitions, for example, both of them missed their official careers due to factors such as accidents and accidents.

Therefore, Wen Qingxiao thought that, at least in terms of being an official, he could somewhat know some of Gu Yanshu's true thoughts.

Although Gu Yanshu always said that people have their own ambitions, he has no interest in being an official.

But Wen Qingxiao felt that there were some unavoidable compromises in it.

For example, now, when he is faced with concerns and inquiries from his father, brother and teachers, he will also say "I am not interested in being an official, and it would be good if I can concentrate on learning".

But deep down, there will inevitably be some regrets and unwillingness.

It was also because of the regret and unwillingness in his heart that Wen Qingxiao agreed so readily when Gu Yanshu asked him to be the person in charge of the newspaper.

But now, seeing Gu Yanshu's attitude, Wen Qingxiao realized that he really seemed to have guessed wrong.

At least on the point of not being able to become an official, Princess Li really seems to have no regrets at all?

Without paying attention, Wen Qingxiao said what was in his mind.

This was the first time that Gu Yanshu knew that Wen Qingxiao actually had such thoughts in his heart.

Dang even couldn't help it, rolled up his sleeves, and decided that Wen Qingxiao would talk about it.

Do you regret not being able to become an official?

In the end, is it because the daily money can't keep people warm, or is it not fragrant enough to wake up naturally after sleeping every day?

In his previous life, Gu Yanshu didn't talk about it, but just said that in this day, what's so good about being an official?

When seeing someone with a higher position than oneself, even if it is only half a rank, one has to bow down and salute. As for those who are several ranks higher than oneself, one has to kneel down and kowtow.

One must know that Gu Yanshu used to kneel down dead people only when sweeping graves!

If you enter the officialdom, in order to reduce the frequency of kneeling, you always have to climb up, right?

At least one has to climb to a second-rank position in order to feel comfortable.

If so, a new problem arises.

Officials in the middle of the capital, five rank and above, need to go to the morning court every day.

How long is Tianqi's morning morning?

Time!

Calculated using the time before the end of the world, that is five o'clock in the morning!

And this is only the time for going to the morning court. If you add the time to get up and wash up, and then go out to the palace, then you have to get up at four o'clock in the morning!

Coupled with Gu Yanshu's observation of Qin Lu's time in court these days, the current emperor is really very diligent.

There is only one day in a month, and the emperor will stop and rest.

Not to mention that he couldn't go home to catch up on sleep immediately after the court, and had to go to his department to apply for a job.

If you are the head of this department, you can be like Qin Lu, go around to show your face, and go home if you have nothing to do.

But if it's just the second-in-command or ordinary employee of this department, it will be miserable. Can you wait until the end of get off work before leaving?

And the unified off-duty time of Tianqi officials in the capital is at the end of Shen Shi and the beginning of You Shi.

In other words, it was five o'clock in the afternoon.

It's not even a matter of working overtime or something.

Like the snow disaster in Shaocheng a few days ago, it was common for the people below to get busy and not go home until eight or nine in the evening.

Good guy, I get up at four o'clock in the morning to go to work, and I can get off work at five o'clock at the earliest and go home to rest.

One day off for 30 days, can this stuff be affordable by ordinary people?

Even the ruthless capitalists who are called vampires by later generations are not so ruthless in implementing the [-] system.

What is nine nine six?

This is almost catching up with zero zero seven!

Forget it, Gu Yanshu felt that something more terrifying was yet to come.

Even the previous saluting and kneeling, and the high-intensity work of [-] every day, he persisted.

But this cannot conceal that being an official is a high-risk occupation.

Think about it, in order to live comfortably, you have to climb up, and this way up, the official position will naturally not be low.

Today's senior officials in Tianqi are not the executives of the later generation company.

The senior officials of Tianqi have one more extremely dangerous project than the executives of later generations:

I get along with my boss, that is, the emperor, day and night, and the contact time is greatly increased.

Who is that emperor?

That is the king of a country!

That is the emperor who controls the life and death of others and holds the power of life and death!

Don't you see that from ancient times to the present, Chinese people have written many serious or sloppy sentences to describe this right of the emperor.

For example, "Wrath of the Son of Heaven, lay down millions of corpses, and bleed for thousands of miles."

For example, "To accompany you is like accompanying a tiger."

Another example is "I order you to cure my beloved concubine, otherwise I will ask you to bury my beloved concubine with the whole imperial hospital!"

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If the executives of later generations make their boss unhappy, at most they will lose their jobs. If the high-ranking officials of Tianqi don’t pay attention and make their boss unhappy, then in addition to losing their hats, there is also the risk of losing their heads!

I know my own temper, Gu Yanshu is very self-aware.

With my dog ​​temper, if I really entered the court and became an official, climbed to the position of an extremely human minister, and faced the emperor day and night, I'm afraid it would be the beginning of playing back and forth on the edge of life and death.

If the emperor had been less tolerant, he probably would have lost his own life.

In addition, the most important reason why Gu Yanshu is not interested in being an official is that the salary of the official is the same today.

As the saying goes, high risk and high reward. Today, the official of Tianqi is [-], and he is on the verge of being ransacked and exterminated. How can this salary be worthy of the hard work?

But not.

Still taking Qin Lu as an example, before Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu got married, Qin Lu was a glamorous and beautiful family.

After giving the dowry, even the money for food for the next month is gone, and I have to rely on the salary of the imperial court and Lumi to live.

After living so hard, how can it look like a high salary?

Even if Qin Lu is the prince, let alone other officials.

As far as Gu Yanshu knows, any gray income and side jobs are not considered.

The annual salary of Tianqi's first-rank officials is 200 taels, and the imperial court will at most provide board and lodging.

200 two.

It wasn't Gu Yanshu's Versailles, just this little money, he could earn it back casually, and it didn't take much effort.

That being the case, why did he choose the riskier and harder road to becoming an official?

Of course, when he said these words, Gu Yanshu also paid attention, and deleted some of the content that could not be said.

For example, things like his previous life, of course, he didn't mention a single word. As for the corporate executives, he used the positions of several shopkeepers under him to replace them.

Even so, Gu Yanshu's remarks are enough to shock the world.

Not to mention Wen Qingyan, this is the first time Wen Qingxiao has heard of it.

The two brothers subconsciously wanted to refute, but when they opened their mouths, they found that they seemed unable to refute.

At this time, Gu Yanshu hadn't stopped his speech:

"Perhaps you will say that scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen can only have power if they become officials, so that they will not be coerced by others because of their humble status, and they don't need to worry about crimes in order to keep their wealth."

I have to say that these words really inspired the brothers.

That's right!

The merchant is indeed richer than many officials in the DPRK, but once an official has a wrong mind, even a seventh-rank sesame official can bring disaster to the merchant.

If it weren't for this, the Zhou family, who was a rich family back then, would not have sought the protection of the First Prince.

But before they nodded, they heard Gu Yanshu's voice again:

"But what does that have to do with me? I am Princess Li!"