0p0 Chapter 228: Early Morning Argument
Chapter 228: Early Morning Argument
Lin Wulang felt that she was a little tired, so he pulled her to the yard to rest.
Gu Yao rested well that night. After all, she felt pretty good after listening to some music and drinking some tea.
When she woke up the next day, Gu Yao said while putting on her clothes: "The teahouse we went to yesterday was pretty good. It's only been open for two months. When I have some free time, I'll take you out for tea and you can listen to some traditional Chinese songs."
Lin Wuyi smiled when he heard it: "We can listen to some music, that's great, we can go together then, and let Sanye go too, he hasn't gone out to play for a long time."
Gu Yao said lovingly, "Okay, I'll take you with me then. This teahouse was taken to me by my colleague yesterday. I didn't expect the tea there to be so delicious. I also brought back some tea leaves. You can give them to the people in the backyard later so that they can also taste them. If you think they are delicious, I'll go to the teahouse to buy more after tomorrow. I heard that this tea is their specialty."
"My wife loves to pamper us. Every time she goes out, she brings us some delicious food and drinks. The men in our Gu family are really enjoying themselves with my wife."
"We are family, so of course we have to be nice to you."
After washing up, Gu Yao talked with Lin Wulang for a while and then went to work.
After arriving at the Industry Department, Gu Yao immediately started to devote herself to work. Now the Industry Department has become organized and everyone has their own things to do.
Everyone is in high spirits. After all, the Ministry of Industry now has many benefits, and who wouldn’t want to work?
"Master Gu, please take a look at this."
"Master Gu came so early today."
Everyone in the Industry Department was greeting Gu Yao. They had so many benefits now because of Gu Yao, so they all wanted to establish good relationships with customers.
Gu Yao was quite popular in the court. After all, her threshing machine made her famous and also gave her an extra name in the eyes of the emperor.
She has already started attending the morning court, and it is held inside the palace. You should know that all officials except the fourth rank attend the court outside the palace, and sometimes in winter they have to blow cold wind.
Gu Yao has become a third-rank official and can enjoy the environment inside the palace.
But she usually didn't talk much, unless the emperor called her or someone else pointed at her. Most of the time she just listened to what others said so that she could learn from their experiences.
Today, the two senior officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Justice are arguing with each other. After all, some weapons from the Ministry of Justice must be approved by the Ministry of Revenue, and they need to allocate funds.
After all, the Ministry of Justice manages the criminal law of the entire country, and some matters are also managed by her, so she always feels that her funds are not enough. Today she was arguing with the Ministry of Revenue over funds again.
"I've already told you that our Ministry of Justice needs funding, why don't you give it to us? Don't think that you are in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and don't care about other departments. You should have a good talk with me today."
Minister Shi said disdainfully, "You have already received so much last time. Why do you want so much? Other departments will have no money. Lord Liu, you must not push your luck."
"How can I ask for more? Your Ministry of Revenue is just allocating funds. If you can't allocate funds, then please step down and replace you with someone else. Don't tell me that you just want to help this Shangshu's position.
Minister Shi said that he was very angry after hearing her words and wanted to curse her directly.
The emperor stopped her directly: "Okay, stop talking. Since the Ministry of Justice wants funds, the Minister of Revenue will allocate funds to her, but it still needs to be investigated and the amount should be as much as possible."
When Shi Shangshu heard what the emperor said, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, this won't work. It's not that the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Government have allocated funds, but there really isn't much money."
Minister Liu said disdainfully: "You two are making a lot of money from the threshing machines in the Ministry of Works. How could you not have money? Minister Shi, this is not a fair thing to do. Your Majesty, please make the decision for me."
The Minister of Justice cried with tears all over his face. He was so shameless that it really opened Gu Yao's eyes.
She didn't expect that these prominent adults would act like this when they threw a tantrum.
Looking at the normal expressions on other people's faces, I know that they probably think about this kind of thing often.
It seems that being an emperor is not easy. Watching these adults bickering every day is like going to a vegetable market. But it is still good for Gu Yao. At least she can read gossip, which she cannot see anywhere else.
And when they were arguing fiercely, the emperor came and started to beat them each with fifty lashes, which made them stop, and then they started talking about trivial matters again.
Although it was just trivial, Gu Yao watched it with great interest.
After nearly two hours, the morning court finally ended. Gu Yao followed other officials out and was stopped by someone.
"Master Gu, don't go, let's go together"
Gu Yao knew it was Fang Fei after hearing the voice, and said with a smile: "Sir Fang, of course you can. Although we are not in the same department, our routes are similar."
"I was just thinking about having a good talk with Master Gu. We had a very pleasant chat in the teahouse yesterday. I admire everything Master Gu has done."
Fang Fei and Gu Yao were already very familiar with each other. To her, Gu Yao was very approachable, and there was indeed a sense of comfort in chatting with her. After all, they both came from farming families and could still chat with each other.
As they walked and chatted, Gu Yao said with a smile: "I never expected to see two high officials fighting this morning. This is really the first time I've seen it."
Fang Fei was standing outside the hall and was not very familiar with the inside. Although she heard some tiny noises, she was a little sleepy at the time, so she couldn't hear them clearly.
Fang Fei listened to Gu Yao's words and laughed: "I didn't expect that there were still adults fighting, but Master Gu should have seen it more clearly than me in that hall, and I don't know when I can enter the inner hall."
"I believe you will be able to do it soon. Work hard and strive for a promotion when the time comes."
"Then I'll borrow your words, sir. I hope so." She wanted to be promoted. After all, she had worked so hard to climb up the career ladder just to become an official, for power, for wealth and glory.
Although her family is not very rich now, she thinks it is enough. After all, she has good benefits as an official and has some connections, so her family can still afford servants.
Looking at Gu Yao's attire, she thought that she was definitely not as good as Lord Gu. After all, everyone knew that Lord Gu got promoted quickly.
As for Fang Fei, she still needs to learn more from Gu Yao. If she can get some advice on business, she believes their family will not be short of money so easily.
In fact, she had done business with others, but she didn't make much money.
I don’t know when she will be able to live a life like Lord Gu, so that she can be worthy of her family.
Gu Yao and Fang Fei chatted all the way to the intersection of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry: "Master Fang, I'll leave first. We can have tea together when we have time."