Chapter 81 Running from both ends
The fourth prince, King Su, Yan Yi, is 24 years old this year. He ranks fourth among Emperor Jingkang's princes and is one of the first princes to be named kings.
The mother, Concubine Xian, was one of the four concubines in the palace and was deeply favored by Emperor Jingkang. She was a foreign Duke Yingguo Mansion and was a veteran nobleman. She was very energetic in the army. Her three uncles held important positions in the military. Her uncle, Duke Yingguo Chang Jia, was also the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard of Yulin Guard, and was deeply trusted by Emperor Jingkang.
The princess he married was the eldest daughter of Zhejiang Governor Mao Xie, and his father-in-law was a second-rank official. He had been in Zhejiang for decades, and his disciples and former officials were spread throughout Zhejiang.
He himself was sent by Emperor Jing Kang to the Ministry of Revenue, which was in charge of money. The Ministry of Revenue's status in the six ministries is self-evident, second only to the Ministry of Personnel, which was in charge of the appointment and removal of officials.
Whether it is character, knowledge, ability, background, or the power behind it, Yan Yi is the best among many princes.
Now that Emperor Jingkang has not appointed a crown prince, it is purely a lie to say that Yan Yi has no idea about the position above.
But Yan Yi now has his own embarrassment. He just managed the government and had few people under his command.
His foreign family, Duke Ying, was mostly in the army, especially his uncle, Duke Ying, Chang Jia, who was the deputy commander of the Yulin Guard, had a sensitive identity, and Yan Yi did not dare to have too much contact with him, so as not to cause taboos from Emperor Jingkang.
My father-in-law Mao Xie is in Zhejiang again and is far from reaching the affairs of the capital.
Yan Yi joined the Ministry of Revenue. Although some officials came to surrender, they were all unsatisfied officials who were usually unsatisfied. He also wanted to gain a future, and most of them were mediocre people. Otherwise, he would not have acquiesced to Yan Yuan for help from the Eighth Prince.
His top priority at the moment is to check the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue as soon as possible, find out the imperial borers hidden in the secret, so as to seize the other princes and show their faces in front of Emperor Jing Kang.
Now he lacks the most in mathematics talent. Today, he saw Ma Jin's sexy operation and was very surprised.
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Eighth Palace
"Mr. Ma is really a genius, Xiao Wang admires it."
Yan Yi's attitude towards Ma Jin suddenly changed a lot. He grabbed Ma Jin's arm and praised with a smile on his face.
Ma Jin smiled reservedly: "His Highness Su praises him, and the students are ashamed of being."
"otherwise."
Yan Yi refuted Ma Jin's words with a serious expression and said seriously: "I have been in the Ministry of Revenue for several months. The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the imperial court's finances and household registration. There are many capable people in the yamen, but no one can be on par with the teacher. Xiao Wang is really eye-opening today."
"Where, where, Ma Jin will never dare to compare with all the adults of the Ministry of Revenue, and will ruin the students." Ma Jin shook his head and said.
Then the two started to joking each other for a long time, with each other's own thoughts and had a very happy chat.
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The Eighth Prince, who had been watching the show next to him, was also stunned. He didn't expect that Ma Jin was really good at it.
At first, Ma Jin said that he was good at math, but he thought Ma Jin was arrogant and overestimated.
So he was waiting to see his joke. Unexpectedly, Ma Jin was able to calculate it with a fierce operation. And judging from Yan Yi's reaction, Ma Jin's math ability was definitely not bad, otherwise he would not have put down his prince's figure and respected Ma Jin with wise men.
The Eighth Prince looked at Ma Jin and Yan Yi who were having a great time talking below, and suddenly reached out and patted his thigh hard, feeling regretful.
If this kid goes to settle the score for the fourth brother, who will tell me about it?
But he had already said everything he had helped Yan Yi just now. Ma Jin was the one he summoned. Now he wanted to help Yan Yi, so he couldn't object.
He is Yan Yi's elder. If he goes back on his word, wouldn't he let the younger generation laugh?
But if Ma Jin and Yan Yi left, who would he hear? The Eighth Prince looked at Ma Jin and Yan Yi with a smile on his face and felt a little uncomfortable, and his fat face drooped.
And this scene happened to be seen by Ma Jin, who was talking and laughing with Yan Yi.
When Ma Jin saw the Eighth Prince's expression, he thought for a moment and knew what the fat old man was thinking.
I thought to myself that it was not good, why did I forget him?
No matter how good the relationship with Yan Yi is, Yan Yi is just a prince. Not to mention that he has not yet ascended the position of crown prince, even if he becomes the crown prince, he will have to give this current emperor's uncle, Prince Lu, three points.
Ma Jin's little abacus is so good. He can tell who is light and who is more important and who is easier to talk to.
But the fourth prince Yan Yi finally got on the line, so he couldn't give up.
Ma Jin's brain was spinning rapidly, and he finally came up with a solution that was not a solution. It was just like this, and he would have to work harder.
Thinking in his heart, Ma Jin winked at Yan Yi. Yan Yi looked over and saw the Eighth Prince's despairing face, his pupils shrank, and his heart suddenly became nervous.
Uncle Wang shouldn't go back on his word, right?
Yes, why did he forget that Ma Jin also has a storytelling skill...
Yan Yi thought to himself in annoyance.
When I was secretly anxious, I suddenly saw Ma Jin giving him another look, blocking his right hand in front of his waist and abdomen, making a gesture to ask him to invite him.
Yan Yi was very thoughtful and understood Ma Jin's hint. Although he didn't understand the meaning of asking him to do so, he still nodded slightly to Ma Jin and invited him according to Ma Jin's request.
"Mr. Thirteenth brother said just now, Mr. Xiao Wang is now worried about calculating the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue. Since Mr. Xiao Wang is good at calculating, can he wish Xiao Wang a good help?"
At this time, the strength of the actor Ma was reflected. Ma Jin looked embarrassed: "Students are willing to use their meager power, but the students are from the storytellers of Izumi Garden, who were invited by the Eighth Prince. They want to tell stories for the Eighth Prince in the morning, and I am afraid they are not that rich in time."
Ma Jin left a step for the Eighth Prince in his words.
Sure enough, as soon as Ma Jin finished speaking, the Eighth Prince sitting in the upper head widened his eyes. The old man was not stupid and immediately heard Ma Jinxian's implicit meaning.
It would be fine for one morning, it would be better than nothing. The Eighth Prince went down the road and hurriedly decided on the matter without waiting for Yan Yi to answer.
"It's okay, Zisheng was here to tell me in the morning and went to check the accounts for the fourth brother in the afternoon. This way, we would be happy without delaying it."
"This...Your Highness, look at you." Ma Jin looked at Yan Yi in a hesitant manner.
Yan Yi's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he looked at Ma Jin with deep meaning, and smiled: "Nephew Sun is following the orders of Uncle Wang."
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In this way, Ma Jin lived a day of running around. He woke up in the morning and had breakfast, and then he started to tell the story to the Eighth Prince. At this time, the Thirteenth Prince Yan Yuan would also come to listen.
After two paragraphs, at noon and after lunch, Ma Jin was taken to Jingyi Garden where Yan Yi lived by the eunuch sent by the fourth prince Yan Yi, and to calculate the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue with Yan Yi and Yan Yi and some of the accounts he found.
In the evening, Ma Jin returned to Baxi Palace with the account book that day, and then calculated it again. The next day, he planned to hand it over to Yan Yi and sort out the content of tomorrow's storytelling. It was already Zizheng (two o'clock in the morning), and he fell asleep again.
Ma Jin came to Quanshiyuan on the ninth day of the first lunar month. On the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he had been working hard for days and staying up late. Ma Jin lost weight a lot, his face was dark yellow, and his condition was extremely poor.
This scared the Eighth Prince and Yan Yi, for fear of getting tired of Ma Jin again, so it was Lantern Festival again, so he simply let Ma Jin go for a day and asked him to go home to rest for a day.
Chapter completed!