It turns out that we were at Madam Wang’s house tonight. Mr. Cao was entertaining distinguished guests from the Fucheng Weaving Bureau and asked Lou Xinyue to accompany the guests. Just then Mr. Wang and Madam Wang asked Li You about Lou Xinyue and told Mr. Cao, and when he heard that Inspector Li also
Here, Mr. Cao hurriedly came to visit after finishing the banquet.
Li You asked Zhang San to let people in. He saw Mr. Cao, who was covered in silk and satin, entering the small hall. He said he was reckless and bowed to Li You with great courtesy. Inspection Li was surprised. His attitude was a bit too humble.
, you must know that this rich man has hundreds of employees, he is one of the top rich people in Xujiang County, and he is also a big business in the city. Mr. Cui was also shocked. How can a small inspector be so powerful in the county?
Li You quickly understood that this must be a request. He stood up and returned the courtesy: "Old officials don't need to be polite." Then he introduced: "This is Mr. Cui, the imperial censor's attaché."
Mr. Cao recognized it after looking at it, and thought to himself, isn't this the famous Cui Xiucai who lives in Nanmen? He also bowed his hands in greeting, and then said to Li You: "I don't want to meet by chance today, so I can take a new seat. Please
Mr. Li appreciates the honor."
Li You thought he had finished talking to Cui Jing today, so he waved for someone to take Cui Jing to find Miss Hongyi. He stayed behind and said to Mr. Cao: "I've had enough food and drinks tonight, so there's no need to spend any more money. If you have something to do outside, please tell me."
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Master Cao invited him to drink tea again, but Li You couldn't refuse because of his kindness (only a fool refuses when a rich person asks you to do something), so he went out to find a quiet tea room, sent all the entourage out, and the two of them sat across from each other to drink tea.
Inspector Li thought that the rich man Cao was looking for him because of the raw silk and silk satin trade. Unexpectedly, Mr. Cao never mentioned this and came directly for Li Inspector's "legacy".
It is said that as a wealthy man, Mr. Cao had a few good friends and useful officials in the county government. However, in early August, the government made a trick, and the plan to annex small businesses failed.
, and spent two to three thousand taels of silver in vain, only to get back the name of a great philanthropist that makes people laugh or cry.
So he deeply realized a truth. In the yamen, money can only be used to win people's hearts. He can help with small things, but it is too easy to fall off the chain at critical moments. He must have a true one of his own to be reliable. There is someone who works as an official in the local county government.
, is more practical than going to work as an official in other places. As long as you enter the yamen, you are afraid that you will not be able to spend money to produce a canon of officials and leaders?
But Mr. Cao’s wish is not so easy to achieve. Maybe some people are wondering, if you can’t buy a Jinshi or a serious official these days, why can’t you still buy a petty official? In fact, there are as many officials as there are in each county.
Government officials are not randomly determined. The number of officials and officials in more than a thousand counties and hundreds of state capitals across the country is determined and clearly announced by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The official officials and officials of each government office must be registered with the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
, otherwise even if you work in the county government to earn a living, you will only be a white laborer.
The quotas in the yamen in various places are a scarce resource. Whichever family is lucky enough to occupy the slot, it is passed down to the male rather than the female, and the grandson rather than the nephew. It is passed down from generation to generation as the family business and rice bowl. For example, Li's father passed down the position of yamen servant.
Li You is like this. So no matter how much money Mr. Cao's family has, he can't find a place for a while. He doesn't have the ability to go to the official department to buy a place. He has to expect that any official will immediately wipe out his whole family.
It's also unrealistic to free up space.
Now the opportunity has come. At first, Li You had good luck and was promoted by Mr. Chen to be a pawn historian in the county government. He was a rated official registered in the Ministry of Personnel. The day before yesterday, Li Dianshi officially became Li Xunjian, and his status was If he becomes a military attache again, his original official position will be freed up. In the eyes of Mr. Cao, this is simply a God-given opportunity to place one of his own people in the county government. The next time he has this opportunity, he still doesn’t know that he wants to do it in the year of the monkey. To fight for this quota and ask his youngest son to be an official, why should he be a useless scholar?
After listening to Mr. Cao's plans for the future, Inspection Li suddenly realized that he had not thought that he still had this "legacy", but there was no abnormal expression on his face, he was just thinking about the situation in his mind. He had been hanging around in the Yamen for so long. , the quiet kung fu is still practiced.
But he said that the tradition of fighting for his father is really long-standing in the country. I won’t mention it in the previous dynasty. Since Taizu, this dynasty has been trying to use class consolidation policies to build a stable society. In addition to the official position of civil servants, it is normal and very normal for a son to take over the position of his father. Social customs are commonplace and irresistible. Only if you are gifted and suddenly become a scholar, can you break out of this stereotype. Oh, by the way, you can also become a eunuch.
Now the problem arises. Li You left the position of an official in an unconventional way. Who should take his place? Xujiang County has never seen such a situation where an official suddenly changed his career to become an official when he was still young for hundreds of years. Especially since the official didn't have a son yet, no one knew what to do according to the custom. Mr. Chen didn't say anything, maybe he was tacitly allowing Li You to handle the matter by himself. A junior official position was not worthy of the big man's attention.
There are many, many, many people who want to grab this position. In theory, they can just go through Chen Zhi County, but they don't dare to take action. Li You is not an orphan and a widower who can bully and usurp the throne at will. Moreover, Inspector Li has been promoted to an official. He is also a close associate of the county magistrate. If he rushes to grab the position and is regarded as a troubling move, the consequences will be serious.
Therefore, people in the county who are eager for this position are waiting to see how Inspector Li will arrange his funeral arrangements, whether he will occupy the position and embed relatives and friends, wait for a price, or let it go after becoming an official with a broader vision. It's ridiculous that none of them knew that Li You didn't have this matter in his mind at all, and he was not aware of it. It was probably because he was temporarily possessed by the thinking of the 21st century.
If Mr. Cao had just gritted his teeth and gone straight to get through Mr. Huang and County Magistrate Chen, he might have gotten the job done while Li Xingjian was ignorant. Unfortunately, he had gone through the normal route to find Li Xinxun, and the result was It just adds to the trouble.
After Mr. Cao's reminder, Li You had come to his senses, but he couldn't think of how to deal with it in a hurry, so he delayed and said: "I haven't made up my mind on this matter yet. I'm waiting for news."
Mr. Cao, a wealthy man, said, "This old man has very little family wealth. Master Li must have heard about it. If the child enters the public service, he will be rewarded generously and I will not regret it."
Li You waved his hand and said: "The old man's words are too strong, I will think about it carefully."
"One more thing. The Suzhou Weaving Bureau is carefully inquiring about the government-run raw silk in the county. Mr. Li should remind County Magistrate Chen to be careful." Mr. Cao finally said it was a good deal.
The Suzhou Weaving Bureau was headed by eunuchs sent from the imperial palace? Li You thought for a moment and didn't take it to heart. With his background as the magistrate of Chen County, he was afraid of a mere Weaving Bureau. The eunuch who had been in power after the Jiashen Year had already been Lao Huangli.
After the two talked, they left the tea room and went to the atrium to say goodbye, but they saw Cui Jing coming out to leave. Li Youqi asked: "Is it because the reception was not good enough that Mr. Cui didn't want to stay here?"
Cui Jing replied: "The procuratorate has rules and officials are not allowed to spend the night outside. I dare not violate it."
Li You provoked again: "Mr. Cui has worked so hard with Ma Yushi, and he doesn't even have this convenience?"
Cui Jing left without answering.
At this time, the girl Hongyi who was waiting for Cui Jing came out of the room with a frown, covering her buttocks with her hands behind her back. When she saw Li You, she complained: "Where did Mr. Li find his dead husband? He only wants to take the dry road. This is the first time the slave family has experienced this."
It hurts like hell, the price should be increased."
Li You laughed and said: "What's a small price worth? If you open this sign that no one else has, you will definitely have customers coming in. You won't even have to drink medicine."