Chapter 263 Seeking an official position
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Zi Congheng knew that Mr. Jiang was seeking an official position in the capital.
In fact, there is a good way at this moment.
Hand him over.
Mr. Jiang can get a good position.
Jiang Changtian just looked at him.
Zi Congheng was frightened by the look in Mr. Jiang's eyes.
A sick person looked at him like this.
He was very uncomfortable.
He moved his body and got closer to Mianmian.
"Is the class over?" He said.
Mianmian's eyes were filled with happiness.
"Is the class over?"
Jiang Changtian touched the lady's head.
"Class over."
She liked to call the test a class, and the end of the test a class over.
Jiang Changtian didn't really care about the lady's academic performance, but she would be particularly happy to see her finish the test and finish the class.
For her extra happiness, I would reluctantly accompany her to study for a little longer every time.
Actually, teaching a young lady to read is very tiring for Jiang Changtian.
Mentally tired.
Zi Congheng felt that he seemed to have said something remarkable.
A secret that had been hidden in his heart for many years. A
secret that cannot be told.
But this father and daughter were too bland.
The reaction was too bland.
They were neither more noble nor more distant.
Mianmian pulled him and asked, "Brother, what do you want to eat in the evening? I don't want to eat noodles. Can you go and order some dishes? We won't eat noodles."
Zi Congheng: ...No, I'm the son of the prince.
Isn't it more important than eating noodles?
He was so angry that he didn't care about his headache.
Jiang Changtian spoke carefully: "Congheng."
Zi Congheng looked at him seriously.
Is he finally going to say something?
Is there something he wants to explain?
"Congheng, Mianmian's Analects is not very good. As her brother, you should teach her and try to teach her."
Zi Congheng: "Well, oh... OK."
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The next day.
Jiang Changtian went to the government office to report.
Several officials like him were waiting.
In various places, local officials, and outstanding figures from all over the country, when they arrived in the capital, it was as if they had finally succeeded in their cultivation and ascended to the fairyland. They
became the lowest level of the fairyland.
They were all waiting in the government office for officials.
There are still things to be said about this.
Family background, whether they are sensible, how many red envelopes and gifts they gave, and the time they lined up.
Jiang Changtian chatted with him for a while, and unexpectedly a colleague who had been waiting for more than a year came...
This colleague couldn't afford to rent a house, and now he shared a house with others.
The people waiting for the official position were really bored. It was a rare sight
to see a newcomer. Those
who came here so foolishly to report in must be unrelated.
Those who were related had already been arranged.
Seeing that the newcomer looked so outstanding, everyone
wanted to make a good relationship with him.
They all gave him suggestions.
"The emperor usually doesn't deal with these matters. It's all handled by Prime Minister Lu. Prime Minister Lu is actually very fair. If you give him money, he will do it for you.
But Prime Minister Lu's door is very difficult to visit."
It would cost several thousand taels to meet Prime Minister Lu's butler.
Not to mention giving gifts to Prime Minister Lu later.
If he is a normal official without the backing of a big family, he may be able to embezzle such a large sum of money through corruption. However, if he is completely corrupt, he will not be able to pass the official assessment and enter the capital. However, if he wants to pass the assessment, he cannot be corrupt. If he cannot be corrupt, he will have no money. If he has no money, he will not be able to function. If he cannot function, he will only waste his time here. A strange cycle.
If you don't have money to give, there are plenty of people who have money to give.
Nowadays, buying and selling official positions in the court has become a normal thing.
So Jiang Er, who came from an anti-thief background
, is not particularly bad. Some people who buy official positions purely are really fat and big-eared, and they don't know anything.
They rely entirely on their staff.
Because they spent a lot of money to buy an official position, they naturally want to make the money back, so they will do their best to extort money, a vicious cycle.
The current emperor has turned a blind eye to all this, or maybe he knows something about it, but he thinks it is harmless.
People spend money to work for him, it doesn't matter.
For the current emperor, as long as it does not interfere with his enjoyment, everything else can be put aside.
The most favored Prime Minister Lu is like this, controlling the government, allowing the emperor to have fun, trying not to disturb the emperor, and maintaining a certain tacit understanding with the emperor.
People in the court privately call Prime Minister Lu the three corpses of Lu and the five ghosts of Lu. The three corpses and five ghosts are not as greedy as Prime Minister Lu.
Jiang Changtian listened to his colleagues' serious popularization.
He was very interested in this Prime Minister Lu.
He remembered that when he went to court, he saw a fat old man with a loyal face next to Prime Minister Wang. That should be Prime Minister Lu.
I heard about it from my father-in-law.
The worst civil servant my father-in-law mentioned was Prime Minister Lu.
He was very bad.
General Meng was fighting at the border, and the grain and grass here were not transported over. It was probably because Prime Minister Lu embezzled it.
Prime Minister Lu embezzled the army's pay, and was caught by General Meng once, who reported it directly to the emperor.
In the end, the emperor did not punish him.
Because Prime Minister Lu used the money from the embezzled military pay to build a theater for the emperor.
If the emperor wants to punish Prime Minister Lu, he must punish himself. Anyway, Prime Minister
Lu is always like this in the repeated struggles, cunning and slippery.
Even He Yushi couldn't catch him. Prime
Minister Lu seems arrogant and full of loopholes, but in fact he deliberately showed these loopholes to others.
Qi Chi also analyzed the court with him.
Now the most powerful person is Prime Minister Lu, Lu Sanshi.
He controls the government and is above everyone else. Prime Minister
Lu has a small temper, but he is very good at doing things, and the emperor likes him.
Jiang Changtian came to report and learned about the situation. Sure enough, he was not assigned a position.
This kind of thing is a lifelong event for officials.
But for the emperor, it was just a matter of assigning work to his staff, no matter how small it was, it was not his turn to worry about it.
For Prime Minister Lu, it was also normal.
You were promoted without even coming to pay homage to the temple, who are you?
Another official saw that Jiang Er was kind and polite, and brought them food, so he couldn't help but say one more thing: "In fact, if you have connections in the inner court, it will be possible. Now the eunuchs Duan and Liu who are popular in the inner court have some power. If you can use your connections to send gifts and let them say a few good words in front of the emperor, maybe it will be faster. Of course, the most powerful one is eunuch Yan, but it's a pity that eunuch Yan usually doesn't care about these things, otherwise if he asks, the emperor will definitely do it."
Everyone sat in the small gatehouse. It was very cold in winter. They ate almonds. There was no charcoal fire. They ate one piece and kept warm with their body temperature. They said that it was really not easy to be sad and frustrated.
Jiang Er took a notebook and wrote down everyone's contact information, and handed over his own contact information at the same time.
This method was inspired by the cards made by his daughters. He felt that making a name card in this way would be very recognizable.
In this way, everyone remembered him after passing it on and recording it.
He felt that the two Jiangs were really good.
Jiang Changtian looked at the sky. It was already afternoon. He could go home and have a hot meal.
He planned to go back.
Anyway, according to everyone's experience, it would be useless to wait.
Either give gifts or find connections.
Others were also ready to leave.
Most people still wanted to stay and try their luck. In case they could run into Lu Xiang, say hello, recognize his face, and get to know him.
In fact, some of them had used connections and gave money.
But they were too greedy. Some people had stronger connections and gave more.
Jiang Changtian walked out, and was almost at the door when he was stopped by someone.
"Master Jiang, please stay. Prime Minister Lu invites you."
The officials who were waiting for the official to come looked over in surprise.
Jiang Changtian also stopped and turned back in surprise.
He hadn't looked for Prime Minister Lu yet.
According to the rules of officialdom, he would give gifts. It's a matter of reciprocity.
At most, he could give it out and get it back later.
But he didn't expect Prime Minister Lu to find him first.
Jiang Changtian was a little surprised.
He followed the official inside and bowed to the group of colleagues when he passed by.
At this moment, the expressions of the group of people waiting for the official were different.
Some were envious, some were jealous, some were curious, and some were resentful. There
are all kinds of officialdom.
A small gatehouse shows it all.
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