Chapter 154 Your Majesty, if we don’t rebel, we just want to buy some officials! (Please subscribe, please vote)

Author: Da Luoluo

Chapter 154 Your Majesty, if we don’t rebel, we just want to buy some officials! (Please subscribe, please vote)

In the autumn of the tenth year of Kangxi's reign, for the Eight Banner old men, Eight Banner aunts, Eight Banner sisters and Eight Banner children in Beijing, it was simply the beginning of a nightmare.

The battle in southwestern Sichuan not only completely shattered the illusion that the Eight Banners were invincible, but also gave these Eight Banner old men, Eight Banner aunts, Eight Banner sisters and Eight Banner children in Forty-Nine City a real taste of

What it feels like to lose a son, a husband, a brother and a father. For some of them, this means that the sky has fallen, the earth has caved in, the backbone of the family has fallen and there is no hope for the future!

Starting from the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the Eight Banner Heavenly Soldiers led by Prince An were defeated by a hundred thousand rebels led by the traitor Wu Sangui in Xuzhou Prefecture in southwest Sichuan. They lost many troops and suffered heavy casualties. After hundreds of miles of rout, the bad news came.

One after another, like a bolt from the blue, they crashed into the Forty-Nine City.

At the beginning, people were still in disbelief at the defeat of the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers, but soon they realized that the Qing Dynasty was likely to be in a national crisis. And on July 22, more than ten days later, the Qing Dynasty

As the Eight Banners Dutong Yamen in Sijiu City began to post notices of mourning, they began to distribute letters with the words "So-and-so is no longer in the king's business" and packages of pension money.

After learning the names of their relatives, receiving letters and money, they realized that it was not the Qing Dynasty that was facing the disaster, but themselves!

They have lost their most important family member forever!

Starting from July 23rd, the color of the forty-nine cities has changed - almost every house is in plain clothes, and every household is hung with white silk. There are cries day and night, and you can see people burning firewood wherever you go.

paper money.

Early in the morning that day, brothers Wang Zhongxiao and Wang Jizhen also changed into plain clothes, carried two large boxes of gifts, walked out of the house in Dafu Lane with serious faces, and walked south along Chongwenmen Nei Street.

, walked towards the residence of Zhenglan Banner, as if he was going to "eat a feast".

The two of them, especially Wang Zhongxiao, are considered to be quite "stars" in Sijiu City. Butlu Bu is a pig-killer, a small job, so he has a lot of acquaintances. Many people said hello to him along the way.

But he didn't have anything nice to say. He just said "I'm sorry," and "Who in your family is gone" and so on.

Wang Zhongxiao was okay. He sighed when he heard this and replied: "My eldest brother-in-law is gone (Wu Shilin)"

But when Wang Jizhen heard these mourning words, she looked as if her biological father had died. Those who didn't know better thought that Wang Fuchen was dead!

However, his unlucky look is not unreasonable, because today he is not going to have a feast, but to collect the levy. The levy is also called Na coins, which means that the man's family goes to give the bride's family a betrothal gift.

What a joyful thing!

The husband's family is the eldest son of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the daughter's family is the youngest daughter of the governor of Shaanxi. She is no longer the former governor of Shaanxi!

After receiving the certificate of surrender, Jia Hanfu has come back to life, and has once again been appointed by the governor of Shaanxi. He will go to Xi'an to take office in a few days - Jia Hanfu is a rare good official who does not engage in corruption, bribery, or rectification.

He also spent his own money to run schools and academies. The revival of "Guan Xue" in the Qing Dynasty can be said to have started from his old man. Therefore, his popularity in Shaanxi Province was very high. When Wu Sangui was about to conquer Shaanxi,

Letting him serve as governor of Shaanxi would obviously be beneficial to the Qing Dynasty.

On the one hand, a man is getting married and a woman is getting married, and on the other, it is a high-ranking official's job. This is a great thing to bring about double happiness. Logically speaking, a drum group should be invited to play and beat all the way to deliver the betrothal gift.

But isn't this a "good day" when the city is full of people? How can we brag about it? Is this a celebration of the heavy casualties suffered by the Eight Banners disciples?

Of course, it is not appropriate to postpone the wedding. Among the six wedding rites, the three rites of nacai, name asking, and naji have been completed. Now that the wedding ceremony is completed, the next step is to ask for an appointment and personally welcome. According to this

The original arrangements could be completed before Wang Zhongxiao, Jia Hanfu and Wang Jizhen took office.

In addition, Emperor Kangxi issued a special edict not long ago, emphasizing once again that "anyone under his banner can't mourn for more than twenty-seven days, and marriages are not allowed to be postponed for too long because of the funeral." - There are not enough children of the Eight Banners, so we must speed up

Production!

In this case, how can the Wang family and the Jia family postpone the wedding if there is no dead person in the family? Isn't this destroying the production work of the Eight Banners? Be careful of the censor Benzi Shen and them!

So Wang Jizhen had to quit the drumming troupe, and she and her brother Wang Zhongxiao went out casually carrying two large boxes of gold ingots (the boxes were quite big, and the gold ingots were only a few kilograms).

When the two brothers Wang Jizhen and Wang Zhongxiao arrived at the Jia family's mansion in Xiliu Hutong, Chongwenmen, the whole alley was in a miserable state. Almost every household was hung with white silk silk, and only the Jia family's front door was clean.

Jia Hanfu's official position was not small, but his house was not big. It was just an ordinary four-in-one courtyard. It looked quite old. It hadn't been renovated in I don't know how many years. It didn't look like it belonged to a governor.

Homestead.

Moreover, the courtyard of this Jia's house is also a bit neglected.

"Is it here?" Wang Zhongxiao felt something was wrong, "Brother, did you get the wrong message?"

"Can this be wrong?" Wang Jizhen glared at her brother, "This is my wife's house!"

"That's not right. Didn't Jia Taibao (Jia Hanfu added the crown prince Taibao in the 16th year of Shunzhi) want to be Futai of Shaanxi Province? When my father was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, the threshold was almost crossed!"

Wang Jizhen smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Can this be compared? Who is our father? He is a corrupt official. He dare not do anything corrupt and perverting the law? What kind of official is my father-in-law? He is an upright official who will go down in history!"

"Hey, what are you talking about? I won't be able to go to school in the future." Wang Zhongxiao didn't say any more. If he continued, he would spoil the scenery.

No matter how much Jia Hanfu served the country and the people, he would still be listed in "Er Chen Lu" during the Qianlong Dynasty. If he didn't want to be listed in "Er Chen Lu", then he would have to be a third minister!

After Wang Zhongxiao stopped talking, he quickly walked to the door of Jia Taibao's house and knocked on it. After two clicks, the door opened, and then he saw an old man with a gray beard, looking sad.

Like that, and then heard the noise again.

"Amma, I'm not talking about you. You have been a governor for so many years, why don't you make more money? Now the court is selling off its officials and titles. If you have money, my second brother and my third brother can donate the real money now.

The official!"

"That's right. If we have the officials we really need, we won't have to serve as soldiers to fight Wu Sangui!"

"If there is no actual vacancy, a candidate will be fine! The worst we can do is buy four vacancies from Guangdong, Guangxi and Guangxi. We have moved to the territory of your old in-laws, the Dukes and the Army. Are you afraid that there will be no vacancies to fill?"

"That's right, Zha Zi, who is preparing to recruit troops in the Dutong Yamen now, except for the boss, all four of our brothers have not arrived yet, so just wait for the white-haired man to send the black-haired man away!"

This should be the four filial sons of Jia Hanfu's family, Jia Guobin, Jia Guodong, Jia Guoyi and Jia Guokai, scolding their father.

Although the Wang brothers often educated their unreliable father in the past, educating his father was a family matter that was not convenient for outsiders to know, so they are quite embarrassed now. They are too embarrassed to enter the Chuihua Gate, so they just wait in the outer courtyard.

Wait for the old servant of the Wang family to go in and report.

However, the old servant's movements were a bit slow. Before he could reach his position, Jia Hanfu had already started to retort, "I have already asked you to read more books. Read more books. Won't you be able to take the national examination? Are you?

Bannerman, how easy is it for the Bannerman examination? Xiaoliuzi, your second brother, third brother, and fourth brother have no hope. Your fifth brother died early. You are still young and can still study hard!"

"What are you reading? Buy it. You can buy it even if you are a person!"

"You, you, are you going to make your father angry to death? If you don't study hard, you and I will..." Lao Jia seemed to be really angry this time.

"What do you mean?"

"I will really take that little beauty from the Wu family as my concubine, and I will give her another seventh child!" Mr. Jia Hanfu Jia really has a clever trick!

Now the brothers of the Jia family were anxious. Jia Hanfu was an upright official and did not have much property. If one more brother wanted to share it, the brothers would get even less. But before they could get angry, the old man

The servant has already informed the masters of the visit of the two Wang brothers.

As soon as they heard that a visitor was coming, the "internal strife" in the old Jia family immediately ended. When the hanging flower door opened wide, the five Jia family fathers and sons were called one father and son filial piety!

They saw Mr. Jia standing happily in the middle, with two sons on each side on the left and right. They were holding Mr. Jia like stars over the moon, and they welcomed him into the hanging flower door. The two Wang brothers also pretended not to have heard about the godfather of the four Mr. Jia.

Son, they first paid a thousand salutes to Mr. Jia, and then bowed to each other with the four Mr. Jia. That was very polite.

After a long period of bowing, Wang Zhongxiao and Wang Jizhen were invited into the central hall of the courtyard by Mr. Jia and the four young masters. Then the guests and the host were seated, and the servants of the family served tea.

A few people drank tea for a while and chatted for a while. Wang Zhongxiao finally couldn't help but ask the Jia brothers about the sale of officials in the imperial court, "I heard that the imperial court is going to launch a donation program?"

"Yes, there is such a thing," the young man named Jia Guokai, who was in the sixth grade at home, immediately took over the topic, "it has spread all over the place. Brother Shikai, you are so well-informed, don't you know about it?"

I really don’t know. Wang Zhongxiao didn’t stay in the city these days. Instead, he took his family to the village in Yuyuantan for a vacation. A while ago, he was exhausted and couldn’t take a good rest? And now Wu Shifan

While still hiding in Yuyuantan, Kangxi gave a secret order to Niangan Department, asking them to secretly trace Wu Shifan's whereabouts. Wang Zhongxiao was very worried, so he personally guarded the village in Yuyuantan.

In addition, Wang Zhongxiao stayed in the Zhuangzi in Yuyuantan to cultivate feelings and enhance understanding with Wu Xiaoji. Xiaoji was still young. Wang Zhongxiao planned to let her grow up before marrying her, so he "cultivated" her first.

And Wang Jizhen didn't know that he had taken leave from the Yamen in the past few days and concentrated on arranging his own marriage. For him, this matter was not just about marrying a wife and having a concubine (Wu Yingxiong's second daughter was acquired by him, so he was prepared to have good things come in pairs.

, we did it together) It’s so simple, but it’s a matter of life!

Because Wang Fuchen is now in Guangdong and Guangdong, it is impossible to come back to attend his son's wedding, so after he married the daughter of the Jia family, he had to take her to Guangdong to pay respects to the old man Wang Fuchen.

Once he leaves, he will never come back, so he has to be well prepared.

As for selling and buying officials, he felt that the old Wang family was about to rebel, so why buy officials from the Qing Dynasty? Isn't this a waste of money? So he didn't care about this aspect.

"Brother Jia Liu, tell me quickly." Wang Zhongxiao is interested in buying an official. "How do you buy this official?"

"Brother Shikai," Jia Guokai looked at Wang Zhongxiao curiously, "Didn't you let some Guangdong customs pass? You want to buy an official position for a fourth-grade Taoist priest?"

Wang Zhongxiao originally had the rank of general military officer, but because of the defeat in Southwest Sichuan, he was promoted to the third-rank first-class bodyguard. If the first-class bodyguard is sent out as a military attache, he can have a deputy general, but if he is to be placed in a civilian position, it is not that big.

The civil servants of the Qing Dynasty were much more valuable than the military attachés. The civil servants of the third grade served as supervisors in the local area!

There’s no way Wang Zhongxiao would be allowed to serve as an inspector in Guangdong!

Therefore, when a bodyguard is sent to work as a civil servant, he has to be lowered one or two levels. A first-class guard of the third grade is placed in the customs hall of the fourth grade, which is already very popular.

"I already have an official position myself," Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile, "but I also want to buy some official positions for some of my closest relatives and friends. I wonder if I can buy the county magistrate, county magistrate, chief bookkeeper, and historian who are in short supply?"

County magistrates, county magistrates, chief registrars, and officials are all officials at the lowest level. They controlled the grassroots political power of the Qing Dynasty and directly ruled the people below them.

Although Wang Fuchen's governor of Guangdong and Guangxi seems to be very powerful, he does not have direct jurisdiction over the territory or people.

Without the territory and people directly under his jurisdiction, Wang Fuchen had no way to build a base area. Without a base area, once his governor broke away from the Qing Dynasty, all he could rely on was the army in his hands.

Wang Zhongxiao had long thought of sending as many officials as he could control to Guangdong and Guangxi as county magistrates through civil service selection. However, this method had great limitations and could not make Wang Zhongxiao's true confidants

He directly became the county magistrate, because most of his close friends were not qualified to participate in the election.
To be continued...