Even if Lin Te is his, even if Lin Te is older than him, age is not the key point in officialdom. The key point is who has a higher position and who has more power.
Lin Te must have been happy when he got the title of ambassador. After all, an ambassador is also a minister.
In the past, others could only call him 'Lin Shangshu' (the Minister of the Ministry of Justice), but in the future, others can call him 'Lin Xiang'.
In life, what you seek is nothing more than fame and fortune.
Lin Te is now more than seventy years old and has reached the age to become an official. He can obtain the title of prime minister at this time.
Even if it was only in name, it was enough to satisfy him.
Why did Lin Te fawn over a minister who was younger than him?
Isn’t it for the sake of progress?
If we follow the normal trajectory, with Lin Te's current position, he probably won't be able to hold the title of 'prime minister' in his lifetime.
However, now he has it, and it was given to him personally by the official.
If someone from Linte were at the scene, he would definitely shout "Guan Jia Sheng Ming", and if Guan Jia was interested, he would definitely join Guan Jia without hesitation.
For a person who has half a foot in the coffin, the title of 'envoy' is too fragrant!
Among the courtiers present, not only Ding Wei felt sour in his heart, but also others felt as if they had eaten lemons.
Sourness permeates the air!
Seeing the performance of the ministers, a smile slowly appeared on Li Jie's lips.
It is true that Lin Te is not worthy of the title of ambassador.
Of course he knew this, but he did it.
It's just a false title, it's no big deal. At most, it's just an extra 400 yuan of salary every month.
As we all know, officials in the Song Dynasty had very high salaries.
Like the Jiedushi, the Prime Minister, the Privy Envoy, the Deputy, and the Imperial Envoy, the monthly salary alone is 400 guan, which is 100 guan higher than that of the Prime Minister and the Privy Council.
Not only that, every spring and winter, you can also receive 100 pieces of silk, 20 pieces of large damask, 30 pieces of small damask, 500 taels of cotton, 10 pieces of Luo, 200 shi of millet, and some additional money.
, fuel, charcoal, salt, paper, etc.
In addition, you can even receive 50 pounds of meal expenses every month.
The court provided subsidies for all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation. As an official in the Song Dynasty, you could live a decent life even if you were not greedy.
But a high salary may not guarantee integrity.
Without corresponding supervision, even if the salary is doubled, it cannot satisfy the greed in the heart.
As Lin Te, Ding Wei's right-hand man, Li Jie had already paid attention to him and sent someone to investigate.
As a result, as expected, the bottom of Lint's butt was unclean.
Lin Te has two sons, Lin Wei and Lin Zhu, who have both entered officialdom. The eldest son Lin Wei is now the shipping judge of Jianghuai, while the second son Lin Zhu is idle at home, taking care of his elderly father.
His second son has no problems and has a relatively clean background.
But Lin He, Lin Te's nephew, is not so clean.
Lin He is extremely wealthy and is a well-known tea merchant in Beijing with a large business.
The Changxi Jiaoyin Shop in Beijing was opened by Lin He, named after the word "Changxi". Lin He was indeed very courageous, fearing that others would not know that this was the Lin family's business.
(PS: Lin Te’s grandfather Lin Kui was from Changxi, Xiapu)
Lin He was so blatant, even if he thought about it with his toes, he knew that Lin Te must be involved behind this.
In fact, there are many cases like Lin He's. After all, there is no law prohibiting public officials from doing business these days.
Among all the princes in the dynasty, how many are without a living?
Even if you don't do business, your family still has plenty of fertile land.
The Song Dynasty was famous for not restraining mergers and acquisitions. Of all the famous families, which one was not a big landowner?
Land annexation was an unavoidable problem for the feudal dynasty. By the end of the Song Dynasty, 0.5% of the people occupied more than 50% of the country's land and wealth.
Moreover, there are still a lot of hidden fields in this data, and the real data may be even higher.
The famous 80/20 rule no longer applies. It should be 0.5% of the people who own 80% of the wealth.
Although industry and commerce in the Song Dynasty were very developed, for the vast number of people at the bottom, land was the foundation of their lives.
After all, only cities have the soil for craftsmen to survive.
How many cities could there be in the feudal period?
A large number of people still live in rural areas.
Li Jie also feels very troubled by the problem of land annexation. Forcibly suppressing annexation will probably not work.
No matter how good a policy is, it ultimately depends on people to implement it.
Reforms in the past dynasties, in the final analysis, will still return to the rule of officials, just like the famous Wang Anshi's reform.
Green crop law, exemption law, farmland equalization tax law, farmland water conservancy law, market transaction law, equalization law, armor protection law, general war law, etc.
From agriculture to commerce to military and political affairs, Wang Anshi's reforms were comprehensive, and every decree was aimed at the country's ills.
Regardless of the intention or the original intention, it was all good, but in the end it ended in failure.
In the final analysis, it is the people who implement the laws who have the problem.
For the court, Wang Anshi's reforms were undoubtedly good, but for those with vested interests, Wang Anshi's reforms were obviously bad.
It’s about competing with the people (those with vested interests)!
Because of this, Wang Anshi's reform was strongly opposed by big bureaucrats and big landowners. Under the opposition of conservatives, the reform ultimately ended in failure.
Although Wang Anshi's reform began during the Xining period, it was still more than forty years ago, and the government at this time had not yet collapsed to the point where it was unsustainable.
But as long as the policy touches those with vested interests, these people will inevitably sabotage it secretly.
Therefore, land annexation can only be done slowly.
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About half an hour later, the court meeting ended, and the position of Deputy Privy Council finally fell to Li Wei.
This should have been a done deal.
However, the next day there was a change.
Li Wei personally wrote a letter, rejecting the imperial appointment on the grounds that he was a minor minister because of his lack of talent and knowledge.
In the next few days, the imperial court issued several edicts. Li Wei declined several times and his attitude was very firm.
Bao Ci Hall.
When Liu E saw Li Wei's memorial, she couldn't help but feel a headache.
Things that were thought to have been settled have caused another stir, and no one else would be happy.
Li Wei declined several times, and it seemed that he really did not want to be appointed deputy privy envoy. But if he gave up his choice, who could take up the post?
Is it possible that there will be another court meeting?
In fact, Liu E doesn't like court meetings very much now. Compared to court meetings, she prefers to discuss affairs in the form of memorials.
Because the officials were present when the court was discussing.
The more times the official family appears in front of the courtiers, the more the courtiers know about the official family.
Liu E knew very well that the pearl of the official family would shine in the world sooner or later.
She no longer wants to cover it up completely because it is almost impossible.