Chapter 48 Buying an official position

Author: Use your soul to aim

Chapter 48 Buying an official position

After three rounds of drinking, both Zhang Zongxian and Eunuch Li were a little drifting off.

At this time, Eunuch Li and Zhang Zongxian chatted about their past life events.

Speaking of which, he was young and frivolous, liked gambling every day, and was obsessed with drinking and sex. It wasn't until he lost everything one day that he realized the truth, brandished a sword and became a eunuch in the palace. After that, he stayed in the palace for more than 20 years, and relied on the Wei Dynasty to take care of him.

In charge of the imperial dining room.

When Zhang Zongxian heard that Eunuch Li had cut himself, he subconsciously crossed his legs. He was a cruel man.

Zhang Zongxian also pretended that he was young and frivolous and did not study hard. It was not until his father died of illness that he changed his mind and started a new life.

Zhang Zongxian saw that the time was almost up, and Eunuch Li mentioned that he wanted to go further. He wanted Eunuch Wei to have more activities in the Wei Dynasty.

I also want Eunuch Li to help get some Jinyiwei Baihu Dangdang for his men.

As he said this, he took out 30,000 taels of silver notes. He said that these bank notes can be exchanged at Taiping No. at any time.

Eunuch Li picked up the bank note without hesitation and kicked it into his arms. He asked

"My good nephew wants to take a high position!"

Zhang Zongxian has already studied this, and his next step is to become the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture. In this way, he can not only keep an eye on the industry in Qingjian County, but also continue to help the people in northern Shaanxi get rid of hunger.

"That little nephew wants to go to Yan'an Mansion."

"It's easy to talk about going to Yan'an Mansion to be a general judge! I want to be responsible for that side of things!"

What kind of magistrate? I want to be the prefect. Is the money given not enough?

"My uncle and nephew want to be the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture."

After saying that, he looked at Eunuch Li.

Eunuch Li was also surprised that this boy had a big appetite. You were born as a donor and became a county magistrate. It was already Eunuch Wei's great effort. If you want to go to the magistrate, you have to look at the emperor and nod.

Zhang Zongxian thought it was because he didn't have enough money, so he immediately said

"I'm sorry for bothering you uncle, my nephew will pay you another 60,000 taels when everything is done."

You kid is really rich! It seems that I didn’t recognize your cheap nephew in vain. But it’s not about money.

"My dear nephew, this is not a matter of money. The first-level magistrate is a fourth-rank official! You are only a seventh-rank official. You need the emperor's consent to be promoted to such a high level.

Even with the credit of offering wine, it is impossible! Those officials who have passed the scientific examination will cause trouble. The emperor does not like those officials making trouble the most.

Why don't we just act as general judge and wait for two years before we talk about it."

Don't you say that your master foresaw who the emperor was? If your master were to be right, appointing or removing a prefect would be a trivial matter.

Is this academic discrimination? Damn it, there is still such trouble.

No! Time is not waiting for me. There is nothing left to be explored in this small Qingjian County. The territory must be expanded.

"My uncle is not my nephew who is greedy for power, but my master's last words asked me to prevent the people from revolting. Otherwise, the capital of Shaanxi, no matter how close it is, will shake the country's foundation.

If you want to keep the people from rebelling, you have to feed them. Everything my nephew does when he takes office is not for the people."

Eunuch Li also knew that corrupt officials were exploiting the people. Along the way, he also saw that the land in northern Shaanxi was barren and the people were already suffering. If they added taxes, they might actually rebel.

Moreover, this kid does not do things all for himself. If it were for himself, there would be no need to exchange land deeds and lend people to farm cattle. He would just rely on the milk wine.

Could it be that his master really stole the secret? He must serve his grandson Waiyi even better when he goes back, right?

After thinking for a long time, I asked Zhang Zongxian to talk about the administrative division of northern Shaanxi.

We talked about the fact that nearby Jiazhou is a poor place. Moreover, Jiazhou is a scattered and small state with only three counties, and they are all lower counties.

This Jiazhou is so good. The Jinshi in the poor frontier area will definitely look down on it. The emperor won't say anything if he finds out about it? If he lowers the grade a bit, he should be able to pass.

Then he said to Zhang Zongxian

"You might as well go to Jiazhou and become a magistrate. It's right next door, and it's a land of three counties. Wait two years before seeking the position of magistrate."

Zhang Zongxian also thought about it, and it was indeed a bit exaggerated to go directly from the seventh level to the fourth level. It would be good to make a transition in Jiazhou first, which is also close to Baotou and Hohhot.

"Uncle, can you make some more plans and move Qingjian County to Jiazhou?"

"This is easy to say, but you have to do it slowly and don't rush. You must know that this Zhizhou is also a fifth-rank official!"

"Then I'll bother you uncle. When the matter is done, my nephew will definitely honor you and Eunuch Wei with another thirty thousand taels."

"Don't worry, my dear nephew, just wait for the good news." Even though he called me uncle, I didn't know how to charge him less, and all he said was money.

"Uncle's affair with hundreds of royal guards"

"This is simple. When the time comes, the palace will arrange for people to be stationed to supervise the delivery of Tianru wine to the capital on time. When the palace people come, they will not bring the Jin Yiwei people with them.

When the time comes, I will make arrangements for my nephew to have a hundred households. The hundred households will be under the jurisdiction of two general banners. Just who can report it when the time comes, how about it!"

Why don't you give a few more hundred households? Isn't the money enough? Forget it, let's do this for now. Wait two years to curry favor with Wei Zhongxian.

"My nephew, thank you uncle."

Then he took out another 10,000 taels of silver and stuffed it into Eunuch Li.

Everything that needed to be discussed was discussed and settled. The more they drank, the happier they became. Zhang Zongxian gave full play to his rich knowledge reserve and stunned Eunuch Li. Eunuch Li also had a good drinking capacity, so they drank alone.

A pound of wine.

After all, Eunuch Li was old. He was so drunk that he was eventually knocked down by Zhang Zongxian.

Arrange for someone to send Eunuch Li back to rest.

Zhang Zongxian went next door to see how Uncle Ding and the others were doing with the Jin Yiwei.

As soon as I walked to the door, I heard the sound of throwing a sieve and calling for bets.

You don’t have to go in to know what they are doing?

Since they were having so much fun, Zhang Zongxian stopped joining in the fun.

He called one of Yu Nong's men and gave him four thousand taels of silver notes to give to Yu Nong, and told Yu Nong to lose all the money to the four Jin Yiwei.

After making arrangements, Zhang Zongxian went back to the county office to rest.

After Eunuch Li was helped back to his room to rest, he waved away Xiao Si who was serving him. He immediately took out the banknotes from his arms and began to count them.

After counting the banknotes, he opened the box and counted the silver ingots one by one. After counting, he took out the silver ingots one by one and placed them on the bed for reward. After placing five boxes of silver ingots, he almost twisted his waist.

After all, he is fifty years old. Five thousand taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty was worth more than three hundred kilograms.

In the end, Eunuch Li fell asleep holding the more than 300 kilograms of silver and 40,000 taels of silver notes.

It wasn't until dark that Ding Bo and Yu Nong finished losing the four thousand taels. The four Jin Yiwei were so happy that they were almost talking nonsense.

I thought this trip would be a chore, but I didn't expect that everyone won a thousand taels in one afternoon.

At the beginning of the meal, several people were still drinking because they were on official business. Yunong and Dingbo took turns to toast, but in the end it was Dingbo and the others who couldn't bear the drinking.

It was Yunong's suggestion to throw away the sieve to get money, and that's why they stopped making each other drink.

The four of them returned to the backyard to see if Eunuch Li was awake. They knocked on the door and saw no one answered. After all, they were responsible for fearing that something might happen to Eunuch Li. Then they went into the room to check.

When I entered, I saw the white money piled up on the bed, dazzling my eyes. Eunuch Li was sleeping soundly holding the money in his arms.

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