Taking advantage of the rain and not going out, Shi Qing looked through the account books, and found that apart from An Le Wang Xiao Tingyue, there were only a few truly poor adults who did not pay any money.
These adults borrowed money from the treasury not to subsidize their family expenses for eating, drinking and having fun, but to repair books.
There are many books in the government and the public. Although they are not on the list of revision books of the Imperial Academy, the content is very good. It is a pity that they are buried in the market. In the future, the juniors may not be able to read them again.
So several adults joined hands to repair the books and preserve them, hoping to leave something for future generations.
It costs money to repair the book, and it also needs money to reorganize some missing content.
With just a few salaries, it is enough to barely support the family, and it is not enough to allocate a part of the book.
"Little master." Mi He took off his bamboo hat and came in from the outside, and said to Shi Qing who was sitting cross-legged on the soft couch eating, "King An Le said that he would not pay back the money, and then I will come back as you said."
Shi Qing was not surprised at all, "Leave her alone."
Shi Qing closed the account book, asked Mihe to prepare some melon and fruit gifts, and went out with her to the residences of several adults.
This time, there is no need to bring the Yulin Army, just her, Yun Zhi and Mihe Yaqing are enough.
Afraid of frightening the old Confucian scholars, Shi Qing didn't let Yun Zhi carry the sword.
She asked someone to deliver the post first, and then went, full of courtesy.
Among them, Master Ma Wenzhu, headed by Mr. Ma, gathered at Mr. Ma's house on rainy days to write books and write poems.
Compared with other people, Lord Ma's mansion is relatively large, so they agreed to meet here in private.
"My lord, my lord Xiao Xiao handed me a post."
The servant came in quickly and handed the invitation card from the Shifu to Mr. Ma.
"If the number goes up, only a few of us haven't paid back the money." Mr. An beside him sighed.
They made it together, if they can really make up the money, they can borrow it from the imperial court.
Among the few people, there were those who thought seriously, "It's really not possible, it's better to delay it for another month or two, and you and I will pay back after the salary is paid."
It's just that I have paid back all the salary, not to mention whether it is enough or not, it's just how the family lives in the mansion.
There are also those who feel aggrieved in their hearts, "Who am I doing these things for? It's not for future generations, but now I have been forced to such a situation, and from then on I will pay off my debts!"
The speaker flicked his sleeves and walked to the window to watch the rain, and the sentimentality of the literati came out immediately.
"What does this have to do with Mrs. Xiaoshi? She is just on an official mission, not to mention what we are doing for it, but she borrowed money after all. Since she borrowed it, she has to pay it back."
Master Ma carefully put away the invitation, and said to the servants, "Master Xiao, please go to the front hall, I will be there later."
Master An also said: "Master Shi Xiao just won for us literati at the gate of General Cheng's mansion, you shouldn't blame her. This time she almost offended all the officials in the court in order to collect the owed money, how can we Show her face."
The man in front of the window said awkwardly, "I'm not angry at her, isn't it really difficult."
She thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she looked sideways at Master Ma, "My lord, An Le Wang is a student you once taught. Didn't she bring a box of silver here a few days ago?"
At the beginning of asking for money, King An Le sent someone to send the money over, thinking about it because he knew the situation of his teacher better.
Mr. Ma straightened the hem of his official uniform without raising his head, "I sent it back."
She said, "This head cannot be opened."
This is the same as the dam that stops the flood. Once an opening is opened, the reputation she has maintained with her teeth all these years will burst.
"I'm going to see Mr. Shi, everyone, keep busy and you can always figure out a way." Mr. Ma bowed his hands.
The rest of the adults stood up to see her off.
Master Ma was still thinking about whether he could make up for the three thousand taels of silver after selling all the valuables in his house.
Together, the few of them have borrowed more than three thousand taels of silver from the court one after another in this year.
When repairing books, the ink and paper used are all good. Literati only pursue so little, and they can't even save these things.
It's just that I couldn't see it when I spent it, but now I did the calculations and found out that it was so much.
When Master Ma arrived, Shi Qing was sitting in the front hall having tea.
Mr. Ma was not there just now, Ma Fulang came out to help entertain, and brought out some home-made pastries, which were shabby to say the least.
Master Ma stood by the door and looked in.
She had met Shiju, the unsmiling Du Yushi, silent and introverted but not daring to be presumptuous, she was like the eyes of the court, supervising the emperor and all the officials.
But Shi Qing seems to be different from her.
This Jinke Tanhua, Mr. Ma met at the gate of the imperial city when he was parading on horseback. His appearance is really beautiful, but I don't know more about it.
Today I saw her sitting in my house eating tea, only to realize that she was just a child of seventeen or eighteen years old, and when he ate novel pastries, he would give a few more pieces to the people around him one by one.
If she hadn't been wearing a formal blue official uniform, Mrs. Ma would have thought that the groom was entertaining someone's girl and Mr. Ma.
After all, at Shiqing's age, it is considered too young to be her daughter.
From her point of view, Shi Qing is not as aggressive and powerful as the rumors in the market. With his unreasonable mouth, he can tell people to death.
In the front hall, Ma Fulang said with a smile, "Eat more if you like. When you leave later, I'll ask someone to bring you some back."
Completely treat Shi Qing as a junior.
He was afraid that Shi Qing would refuse, so he said first, "They are all ordinary things, not worth much."
So it's not a bribe.
Shi Qing never thought of being polite, "Thank you uncle."
Ma Fulang smiled, watching her pinch a pastry for the man in the blue shirt beside him, just about to talk about homework when he heard someone cough twice at the door.
Several people followed the movement and looked outside the door.
Master Ma raised his hand to his lips, and stepped in.
According to the official rank, Mrs. Ma is from the fourth rank, which is higher than Shi Qing, but she still smiled and said first, "Mr. Xiao."
Shi Qing stuffed the remaining bite of pastry into his mouth, clapped his hands, swallowed the food, and bowed his hands to Master Ma as an official salute, "Master Ma."
Knowing what she was here for, Lord Ma didn't plan to play Tai Chi with a young man.
She raised her hand to signal her husband to avoid it first, so that he would not worry about her when he heard that he owed so much money.
"I know the reason why Master Shi came here," Master Ma said, "Give me three more days at most, and I will find a way to get you all the money."
Three days, almost the deadline given by the emperor.
Shi Qing took a sip of tea, and said to Mr. Ma, "Let's open the window and tell the truth. You owe a lot of money. It's a bit difficult to get it together in three days. But I believe in your character, and I know that you borrow money for What, let me give you a trick, listen to it?"
Shi Qing said from the very beginning that honest officials have their own way of asking for money, and that money cannot be forfeited just because they are honest officials.
Erasing their arrears, on the surface, seems to encourage this kind of honesty, but once it starts, it may cause many troubles in the future.
So simply treat everyone equally, and you have to pay back the money you owe, without looking for reasons.
Rescue the emergency, not the poor, this sentence is suitable anywhere.
Master Ma was ashamed, but he raised his eyes and looked at Shi Qing when he heard this, "Say it."
"You're not doing this for yourself. Although you don't get subsidies from the Imperial Academy, it's not a problem if you always put money into it yourself."
Shi Qing said, "You can cooperate with a few rich academies in central Beijing and let them pay for your book repairs. After you complete the book, you will return the book to the academies. This will not only keep the books, but also solve your problem of lack of money to repair books. question."
If the imperial court does not allocate money, then the private sector will raise funds.
Master Ma frowned slightly, "I'm afraid the academy won't agree. Besides, it's not appropriate for us to talk to the academy."
As if they were involved in some relationship, they also prevented the academy from making a fuss about them.
Shi Qing smiled, "Who told you to talk, I'll find someone to help you talk."
She has existing relationships in the academy.
The second child of the Shi family, Shi Ju's second sister, and Shi Qing's second aunt are teaching in the academy, so it should be much more convenient for her to lead a conversation with Shan Chang.
Mrs. Ma was still a little hesitant, they were used to being bored, and she couldn't quite get used to Shi Qing's sudden offer of sponsorship to them.
"If you don't worry about this matter, leave it to me. You and the adults can follow along the whole process. If you find something unreasonable, you can stop it in time." After finishing speaking, Shi Qing patted his clothes and was ready to go back.
When she came here just now, she found that the adults were all in Ma's residence, so there was no need to go there one by one, as long as Master Ma told them about it.
If someone is unconvinced, Shi Qing will not persuade her, as long as she pays back the money, let alone pretending to be arrogant, she will stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun, and Shi Qing will not hesitate to look at her more.
If she is not obedient without paying, Shi Qing doesn't mind smearing ugly words on her big face.
Master Ma is not so rigid and stubborn.
She stood up and bowed to Shi Qing earnestly, "Whether this matter is successful or not, I will remember my love today, my lord."
When Shi Qing came up, he didn't need to owe her much money to pressure her, let alone humiliate him, he was still thinking of a way for them inside and outside the words.
Just this kind of heart, Mr. Ma won it.
Shi Qing smiled, "The imperial court can see people who work hard."
The emperor is not a fool, what he said when he entered the palace was, if these few people really have no money, forget it, and they will all be used by the court to help the poor.
The books that Mrs. Ma and the others are repairing are different from the mainstream in the Hanlin Academy, and they do not receive funding from the imperial court. But for private academies, the books that several adults have jointly edited are placed in the library of the academy, that is, a row of noodles.
And there was another small reason why Shi Qing helped them.
People like Mr. Ma have hardly any help in the court battle, maybe in the plot, there is not even a brief description.
They may not deserve to have a name in the plot, but in their own lives, they are living people, not a tool to promote the plot, nor a stepping stone for anyone.
They have their own lives and what they have insisted on so far. They deserve to be seen.
Shi Qing returned a gift.
Getting down to business, she still didn't forget to pack a box of pastries from Groom when she left.
"I'm so sorry, I have to take away what I can't finish." Yun Zhi looked at her.
Shi Qing glanced at him, "Then don't eat it."
Yun Zhi smiled, "You take everything, don't eat and waste."
Seeing that he wanted to take it again after eating, Shi Qing reached out to pat his paw.
Yun Zhi raised his eyebrows and avoided.
Every time the two sat in the carriage, they had to play this childish game again. After a long time, Shi Qing could always hit Yun Zhi once or twice, which was considered to exercise his reaction speed.
After Shi Qing went back, he contacted his second aunt and told her about Master Ma and the others.
The second aunt who lives in the academy all year round is different from the first aunt who smells of copper. She is gentle, refined and gentle, and speaks slowly.
Shi Qing sat face to face with her, and after listening to her talk for a long time, he couldn't help feeling sleepy.
"..."
Typical feeling of a student listening to a teacher.
Fortunately, things are going well.
In the end, several academies were negotiated, and the repaired books were sent to the academies, and the academies would help Mrs. Ma and the others pay the money owed to the court.
Seeing the moment when Shi Qing crossed out the names of several people from the account book, Master Ma felt unreal.
Just pay it off
Don't you need her to sell everything
"I, you, we..." Master Ma was a little incoherent, his eyes were moist, and finally he could only bow to Shi Qing, "I will thank you, Master Shi."
Shi Qing was a little embarrassed, and quickly stretched out his hand to help him up, "It's not necessary, I'm just pulling the strings, and I didn't fix the book."
However, Shi Qing was quite satisfied with being able to do something for them.
On the way back to Shifu, Shi Qing looked through the account books and said deliberately, "Let me see who else has not paid back the money. Oh~ there is only one left."
An Le Wang, who was the only one who didn't pay the money, felt inexplicably embarrassed.
All the money owed by the court has been paid, but she has not paid, it seems that she deliberately defaulted.
Can this be her fault
Xiao Tingyue paced in the front hall and said to the servants, "Isn't it because Shiqing didn't ask me for it?"
Xiao Tingyue pointed in the direction of the door, "She passed by my place back and forth, but she never came in. She even came to ask for someone like Li Yunqing. What's the matter, this king is not even as good as someone surnamed Li?"
"Look, it turned out that the king didn't hand in all the courts now! Everyone is watching, it seems that this king is so special." Xiao Tingyue sat down, picked up the tea cup, and put it down again.
It's so embarrassing.
Is she short of money? She is not bad.
Xiao Tingyue even started to ponder, "Why don't I let someone send it directly to the emperor, my surname is Xiao anyway, I really can't afford to lose this person."
The servant hesitated.
But you just said before that unless Shi Qing comes, if you don't pay, no one will persuade you.
"Isn't there still three days?" The servant said, "Let's wait a little longer, I don't believe that Mr. Shi can't come."
In the last three days, the deadline is over.
Xiao Tingyue was originally the one who should be calm, but she turned out to be even more anxious than Shi Qing.
"There are still two days left. If she doesn't come again, I really won't give it up."
By the last day, Xiao Tingyue was tired.
"Forget it, send it to the emperor. I don't want to embarrass a junior."
Even the steps have been found for myself.
Just when the money was counted and was about to be sent to the palace, a servant ran over from the door and shouted excitedly, "Master, master!!!!"
"My lord, she's here to ask for money!"
She finally came to ask for money!
The "time" stones at the entrance of Prince Anle's Mansion can be regarded as waiting for people to come.
Xiao Tingyue was sitting paralyzed, but when she heard the movement, she jumped up from the chair, unconsciously clenched the handle of the chair with her fingers, and asked in disbelief, "Is she really here?"
"really!"
"Is it clear?"
"is her!"
Xiao Tingyue sat back paralyzed again, snorted softly, and suppressed the smile on the corner of her mouth, "Come here, come, it's rare to be my king."
"..."
It's not easy for the servant to expose her, so he just asked, "Master, shall we let her in?"
Xiao Tingyue hesitated.
If Shi Qing refuses to let her turn her head and leave, she will be the only one who will be embarrassed in the end.
If she just let people in like this, it would appear that she would lose face.
Xiao Tingyue pointed to the handle of the chair, "Let her in."
Xiao Tingyue went to change into the crimson prince's clothes, ready to check her face with the time.
Let her know that the money from the Anle Palace is not so easy for her! ,
Xiao Tingyue sat on the main seat, drinking tea slowly, full of airs.
However-
"Master, Master Xiao didn't come here by himself."
Xiao Tingyue gave a look of indifference, "Oh? Who else?"
Even if the emperor came, there was nothing he could do with her as my aunt.
The servant said, "There is also Master Ma."
"..."
Xiao Tingyue's former teacher.
Xiao Tingyue's eyelids twitched, and she took a deep breath to suppress the breath in her chest.
She thought she could finally clean things up, but she brought Master Ma over.
In front of my teacher, I can't mess with her no matter what.
Xiao Tingyue shook her head and sighed and put down the teacup, "Forget it, I lost in the end."
She motioned to the servants, "Take out the silver."
What the emperor said is true, Shi Qing is really a wonderful person.
With her status as King An Le, Shi Qing would not give her a straight look whenever he came here early.
Shi Qing didn't, every time he passed by her door but didn't come in, it whetted her appetite, and finally came when she was about to take the initiative to send the silver to the palace, which was considered to have given her enough face.
Xiao Tingyue didn't know whether to be angry or laughing, but felt that it had been a long time since she met such a courageous person.
Now that Lord Ma is here, Xiao Tingyue can't sit and wait.
She went out in person and greeted her in the yard.
"teacher."
Lord Ma returned the gift, "King Anle."
Shi Qing was half a step behind Madam Ma, saw Xiao Tingyue dressed in a princely attire, and made an official ceremony, "I have met King Anle."
Xiao Tingyue is only twenty-seven or eight years old, her appearance is very similar to that of the emperor, and she is also the "ancestral" Dan Fengyan of the Xiao family.
She narrowed her eyes slightly to look at Shi Qing, with her hands behind her back, "Shi Qing, Shi Qing, you told me to wait."
Master Ma didn't know what was going on, and looked at the two of them suspiciously, "Isn't Shi Qing coming back to Prince Anle's Mansion for the first time?"
"She came in the first time, but she went back and forth at the door many times."
Xiao Tingyue looked at Shi Qing, "If it wasn't for the emperor's face, I wouldn't give the money today."
Shi Qing was honest and confident, "King An Le said that I had to come to collect the silver in person before you give it. Now that I am here, you have given it, which shows that you are magnanimous and fulfill your promise."
Don't say good things, she won't eat this set.
Xiao Tingyue said reservedly, "You only love to tell the truth."
Xiao Tingyue is a typical type of holding her hand and going backwards. You can't give her too many eyes with this kind of person.
The more important she is, the more energetic she becomes.
When you hang her in the cold and ignore her when you talk to everyone, she turns around and thinks about how to talk to you.
If Shi Qing had provided for her from the beginning, the five hundred taels from Anle Palace would not be mentioned, and it would be difficult to ask for other bills later.
Now that everyone else has paid up but she is the only one, she doesn't want to be that special anymore.
What's more, Shiqing invited Mr. Ma over today.
In case Xiao Tingyue has a temper, it's not easy to do it in front of the teacher. After all, the teacher has paid back the money, how can you not pay it back as a student
After entering the palace that day, Xiao Tingyue complained to the emperor, "The person you chose is too suitable to ask for money."
Could it be inappropriate? In the past few years, the treasury has owed money, and this year is the only year when it needs to be paid.
Moreover, in the process of asking for debts, I also found an opportunity to rectify the military generals, and helped Mr. Ma and the others find sponsorship from a folk academy, which was quite rewarding.
Xiao Tingyue didn't understand, "Such a person, not to mention Yu'er, is more than enough to match the prince. Why did Changning give up the marriage?"
The emperor flipped through the memorial, but didn't answer the question directly, but just led her to talk about other things.
Fortunately, Xiao Tingyue's attention shifted quickly, and she talked about other things.
The emperor looked down at the folder in his hand.
In the past few days when Shi Qing asked for the account, there were always Zhezi referring to Mrs. Qian, saying that she had meddled in the dark, and said some other crimes.
In a high position, how could his hands be clean.
It is obvious that the long prince's handwriting is in these notebooks, but the emperor selectively ignores it.
After King An Le left, the emperor asked Master Qian to come into the palace.
No one knew exactly what the two monarchs and ministers said, but Lord Qian's face was gloomy when he left the palace, and he was even more frightening than usual.
Shi Qing didn't know these things.
Shi Qing looked at all the crossed-out names, heaved a long sigh of relief, patted the account books on the table in satisfaction, and raised his eyebrows at Chao Yunzhi, "It's all there."
As expected of her, she is so outstanding!
Yun Zhi sat opposite, applauded her perfunctorily, then seriously bowed his head and counted the pearls in the box.
Shi Qing really did what he said and gave him all the pearls in this box. What Yunzhi is thinking about now is what else can he do besides being Jiansui.
"Promise." Shi Qing laughed at him.
However, if the money is ready, the task can be regarded as a satisfactory completion, and now I will return to the court tomorrow.
But before going to bed at night, I heard Mihe knocking on the door.
Shi Qing was puzzled and pulled up to open the door, and even Yun Zhi who was on the other side of the screen sat up.
Mihe doesn't sleep in their room to wait on them, and they usually don't come back after washing up, so knocking on the door must be something.
Shi Qing came out wearing a coat, stood at the door and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Little master, something happened, something happened to the Qian family." Mihe realized that it was not rigorous after speaking, and explained again, "Something happened to Qian Cancan."
Shi Qing had a good relationship with the two sisters of the Qian family in private, so when he found out about the Qian family's affairs, Mihe immediately ran over to tell her.
Shi Qing was startled, Yun Zhi came from behind, stood beside her and looked at Mi He, "Speak slowly."
"The mansion just got the news that Lord Qian wanted to kill Qian Cancan with his sword for some reason after returning from the palace."
"Father Qian was pushed down and knocked down when he blocked him, and Qian Huanhuan was even captured by the guards and locked up and couldn't move."
"I heard that Qian Cancan ran out, but was stopped, and was finally stabbed by Mr. Qian's sword by the pond."
"Qian Cancan fell into the pond and said she was out of breath when she was caught."
Shi Qing's heart tightened, and his palms felt cold.
Mihe breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "Don't worry, little master, Qian Cancan is not dead, but seriously injured. It was the master of the Qian family who took the token to the palace to ask for an imperial doctor, and this is the only way to get word out."
Shi Qing squatted slowly on the doorstep, stroking his chest, "Next time you talk, tell the result first, it scared me to death."
No matter what, people are fine.
Mihe also sat down, "I was also shocked."
Knowing that Qian Cancan's fate was great, Shi Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
It fell into the water again.
Shi Qing didn't know why, but instinctively thought of Chang Shu.
Shi Qing turned his head and asked Mi He, "Have you heard that anyone else fell into the water tonight?"
Mihe shook his head, "I haven't heard of it."
The matter of the Qian family was big enough to overwhelm others. Father Qian didn't want to hide it at all, so it was announced.
Shi Qing turned to look at Yun Zhi.
The Qian family must be very busy right now, and it is impossible to get in by posting a post at this time.
But she really wanted to see Qian Cancan's situation, so she could only look at Yunzhi.
Shi Qing didn't say anything, and he understood.
Yun Zhi went in and changed into dark clothes, came out and squatted beside Shi Qing, "Let's go."
He said, "I'll take you to see it."