manynovel Chapter 845 Reward
Chapter 845 Reward
Chapter 845 Reward
Jiang Youzhen finally put his mind at ease after obtaining grace for Liao Shuyun.
"I know you have made great contributions to the salt policy. What reward do you want?" The emperor looked at Jiang Youzhen with a smile in his eyes.
"This? You can give me whatever I want?" Jiang Youzhen's eyes rolled, looking very expectant.
"That depends on what kind of reward you want." The emperor wanted to tease him. He always felt very relaxing talking with Jiang Youzhen.
It was boring, but it was also a bit fun! He wanted to see what Jiang Youzhen would want. The emperor was very curious.
"Then I will not be polite. Please take some of those rare treasures as you like." Jiang Youzhen rubbed his hands and laughed.
"You kid!" The emperor pointed at Jiang Youzhen and smiled, "Do you think rare treasures are cabbages? And you want to give them to me casually?"
However, while the emperor said this, he was actually thinking about it in his heart.
"Recently, many mansions in the North City have been vacated. Are you still living in the South City? I will grant you a mansion! It will be more convenient for you to go to the government office in the future."
The emperor pointed at Zhou Zhong and said, "Zhou Zhong, bring me the deed to the house. I want to let Lord Jiang choose."
Zhou Zhong was stunned when he heard this, because being granted a mansion was a treatment only for close ministers, and those in high positions of power.
Nowadays, there are officials of the fourth rank in the court who do not live in the North City. Lord Jiang is only of the sixth rank at present. How could the emperor favor him so much?
Jiang Youzhen was also very surprised. The reason why she still lived in South City was because the mansion in South City had three courtyards and a lot of space. Before, the Fourth Prince also gave her a two-courtyard mansion in North City, but she was unwilling to move there because she thought it was too small.
The people who lived in the North City were all high-ranking officials, and it was a symbol of status. Originally, many officials were implicated in the rebellion in the past two years, and there were indeed vacant mansions in the North City.
However, the government will not easily sell larger mansions. The only ones that can be sold are small ones, and Jiang Youzhen is not satisfied at all.
I wanted to wait and buy a bigger one when I had the right opportunity, but I didn't expect the emperor to grant me a mansion? That was a real surprise.
Zhou Zhong brought over a brocade box, which contained all the house deeds specially left by the emperor, and they were the best ones, just to reward the ministers.
The emperor opened the brocade box and found Jiang Youzhen craning his neck to look, so he smiled and waved to him.
"My dear Jiang, come here and see which one you want?" The emperor always felt like doting on Jiang Youzhen because it reminded him of the childhood of the princes.
At that time they all looked at him with admiring eyes, but they didn't know when, they were only filled with respect and fear when facing him.
Jiang Youzhen was flattered, "I picked out what I wanted, will you give it to me?"
Zhou Zhong was shocked again. When rewarding ministers before, the emperor never asked the ministers to choose their own. It was all given directly by the emperor.
"Come here!" The emperor waved again.
Jiang Youzhen immediately ran over, and when he saw the emperor picking up a stack of house deeds and looking through them, he immediately understood the saying "All under heaven belongs to the king."
"How about this one? It's right next to the Dingbei Marquis's Mansion, and it's quite quiet."
Zhou Zhong, who was standing by, was about to speak but stopped talking. Your Majesty! Lord Jiang's rank is not high enough for you to reward him with a five-story mansion!
Zhou Zhong remembered that next to the Dingbei Marquis Mansion should be the residence of Han Bingwen, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Han Bingwen was one of the rebels last year. After his house was ransacked, this mansion became vacant.
Jiang Youzhen shook his head, "Your Majesty, the Dingbei Marquis's Mansion occupies a street. I think it blocks the entrance to this mansion. Let's choose another place!"
She was very smart and knew that it was not her turn to own the house with five courtyards.
So he clicked on one of them, "Your Majesty, I think this one is good! It has a quiet environment and is not far from the market. It is a quiet place in a bustling city."
The emperor looked in the direction she pointed and found that it was the house of Li Yaojun, the former Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, with three courtyards.
He immediately understood Jiang Youzhen's intention and was satisfied with her tact. He liked people who knew when to advance and when to retreat, and didn't like people who were too ostentatious.
"Then let's take this one! It's close to the palace, and it will be convenient for me to summon you in the future. You can come whenever I call!"
Jiang Youzhen:......
Zhou Zhong quickly pondered over those empty mansions in his mind. They were close to the imperial palace and had three courtyards. Could they be the mansions of Li Yaojun, the former Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate?
"Let me have someone take care of it first!" The emperor said as he put the title deed somewhere else.
Seeing this, Jiang Youzhen wanted to resign, but when he thought about the fact that the emperor had not even mentioned a word about being promoted two levels, he felt a little embarrassed.
"Your Majesty, you mentioned earlier that whoever is willing to go to Jiangnan to wipe out the Salt Gang will be promoted two levels?"
The emperor immediately smiled, "I knew you would be unable to resist asking, when have you ever been polite to me? Don't worry! Since I promised you, I will not break my promise."
However, the emperor did not reveal where she would be promoted to, because in the Hanlin Academy, if she was promoted two levels, she would become a bachelor, and Qian Songyun was only a fifth-rank official and had been in this position for many years, so it was naturally impossible for her to steal someone else's official position.
Although he was curious, Jiang Youzhen did not ask any more questions and left.
After leaving the imperial study, Jiang Youzhen was in a good mood.
When she looked up, she saw Pang Shun standing in the corridor of the imperial study. She couldn't help but smile at him and then walked over.
"Eunuch Pang, I haven't seen you for a while!" Jiang Youzhen thought, hasn't it been more than three months?
When Pang Shun saw Jiang Youzhen coming, his eyes lit up.
"Master Jiang is still as graceful as ever, but he looks a lot thinner. You should take care of yourself."
Hearing the concern in his tone, Jiang Youzhen nodded and said, "I was inevitably negligent when I was away before, but fortunately I am in good health and will recover after a few days of rest."
The two walked towards the Hanlin Academy. Pang Shun glanced around and whispered, "The emperor seems to have changed his mind recently and abolished the imperial edict that was previously drafted to establish a crown prince."
Jiang Youzhen was very surprised, "Do you know who it is?"
"I don't know!" Pang Shun shook his head.
"Has the emperor drafted it again?" Jiang Youzhen asked.
"It should be redrafted. I only heard a few words saying that it should be called."
Jiang Youzhen pondered, the candidate has changed? Who could it be? Anyway, she didn't think it would be the second prince, his attitude was not like that.
When they were about to reach the gate of Hanlin Academy, Jiang Youzhen suddenly remembered something and quickly took something out from his sleeve.
"This is a skin care cream developed by my sister. It can moisturize the skin. I hope you will accept it, Eunuch Pang."
In fact, this was narrated by Jiang Youzhen himself and obtained by Liu Ya through experiments. It is very effective for people with dry skin.
Pang Shun's eyes lit up, and after taking it, he hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you, Lord Jiang, for still thinking about our family."
He held the porcelain box tightly in his hand, and suddenly saw Qian Songyun walking towards him, so he said goodbye quickly.
"Master Qian!" Jiang Youzhen saluted quickly.
Qian Songyun looked at Jiang Youzhen with a very gentle gaze. This kid has a bright future.
He glanced at Pang Shun's departing back and said, "I heard Pang Shun has a bad reputation. You should be careful."