After the matter was done, Lin Yanchao chatted with Xu Guo for a while. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info when Lin Yanchao was about to leave, he was forced to stay by Xu Guo.

Lin Yanchao begged someone to do something, and since Xu Guo was invited, he agreed. Xu Guo also generously booked a good restaurant, feasted Lin Yanchao, and had a valuable banquet.

When Fang was in Guozijian, the two talked about official affairs, and it turned into a private conversation at the banquet, and the two talked and laughed at the banquet.

Lin Yanchao also heard Xu Guo's comments when he was in the review hall, saying that when this Xu sacrificial wine was in the Hanlin Academy, he liked to argue with others the most, and he belonged to that kind of argument, whether it was reasonable or unreasonable, he had to talk about the last sentence to win people. Therefore, everyone thinks that Xu Guo has no bearing, his temperament is narrow, and his popularity in Hanlin Academy is not good.

However, Lin Yanchao had private contact, but he felt that Xu Guo was not difficult to get along with. Lin Yanchao himself is more tolerant, he doesn't quarrel with others on non-principled issues, and the other party is also his senior, so he doesn't easily argue with him.

So the two of them chatted well, Xu Guo can be called everyone for poetry and articles, and the two can be regarded as friends.

The next day, Xu Guo ordered someone to send three catties of pineapple tea to Lin Yanchao's mansion. Lin Yanchao handed over the article he had been writing for the past two months, imitating the theory of salt and iron, to Xu Guo, and asked him to correct it for himself.

Then Lin Yanchao waited in the cabinet for Xu Guo's news of Lin Chengyi's affairs. Sure enough, there were no three days, and the officials issued a document to draw the calendar for Lin Chengyi, and Daxing County passed the assessment. Lin Chengyi's name is entered into the selection book of the ministry, and then to be selected.

Lin Yanchao ran for Lin Chengyi and spent three hundred taels of silver, which is equivalent to saving him several years of work.

Lin Yanchao was secretly happy when he found out, he couldn't visit Lin Chengyi at this time, so as not to show his feet, so he asked Liu Zhenna, who had a good personal relationship with Lin Chengyi, to inquire.

Liu Zhen is before Lin Yanchao was admitted to the Jinshi, and met the fellow villager who failed the three tests in the Fuzhou Guild Hall.

He and Lin Yanchao took the exam together, but he fell to Sun Shan again, and he was unwilling to take the exam again, so he lived in the Fuzhou Hall to prepare for the fifth exam. Lin Yanchaonian borrowed twenty taels of silver from his fellow villagers, so that Liu Zhen had a stable life.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao asked Liu Zhen to help him inquire about Lin Chengyi's news, and agreed without saying a word.

Then Liu Zhen came back and said that Lin Chengyi was very happy to know that he had pulled out the calendar, but he just sighed that it was not easy for the Ministry of Officials to listen to the election, and he didn't know how many years he would have to wait.

Lin Yanchao heard what Liu Zhen said, and he knew it in his heart. After the proctors listen to the selection, they are almost the same, and if they don't 'cut the queue', they have to wait for seven or eight years, and there are more than ten years.

Lin Yanchao thought that Lin Chengyi was in his forties, and if he waited for more than ten years, then the real official would not do it. Therefore, Lin Yanchao was ready to help his mentor again and directly let him fill the vacancy.

On this day, Lin Yanchao was going to have a lunch at home, and he would go to the ministry in the afternoon when the yamen was free. He chose to go to the ministry in the afternoon, because he didn't want to be so crowded, but before he ate, there were guests in his house.

Lin Yanchao looked at the post Hou and thought that he couldn't see the person who came, so he put down his chopsticks.

After Lin Yanchao sent this person away, he returned to the house and had lunch with Lin Qianqian. Lin Qianqian waited for Lin Yanchao to eat, but she didn't eat either. Because he missed the meal, Lin Qianqian warmed the meal again and accompanied Lin Yanchao to eat together.

While eating, Lin Qianqian asked, "Who came to the door just now?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "It's the secretary of the military department, and the subordinate of Chen Wenfeng, the governor of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong, sent a letter of silver, saying that it was not respectful. ”

Lin Qianqian added a duck leg to Lin Yanchao's bowl, and then said: "I know, it turns out that Chen Shilang from the Criminal Department, he is your fellow villager of Brother Chao, will he give you a guarantee when he tries it, but I didn't expect to be transferred to Liangguang?" Is this a promotion, or a demotion? ”

Lin Yanchao picked up the duck leg and tore a big mouthful and said: "From the squire to the Shangshu, of course, he is promoted, the governor of a place, the peak of foreign officials, and there is no way to be promoted." ”

Lin Qianqian listened to it and said with a smile: "I see, then how much farewell did Chen Shangshu give you when he was promoted?" ”

"Sixty taels!"

"Is it more, or is it less?"

Lin Yanchao said: "When the governor leaves Beijing, he will send off the cabinet ministers, according to the rules of officialdom, send two hundred taels to the cabinet ministers, fifteen taels per person in the two rooms, fifty taels per person in the Shangshu and Zongxian, and thirty taels for the Dajiuqing." He gave me sixty taels, which is too much. ”

Lin Qianqian heard that there was so much money in the account, and immediately said happily: "That must be for the sake of Brother Chao and your fellow countryman." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled, if you only look at the thirty taels for the sake of the fellow villagers, it will be almost the same, and the thirty taels are to marry yourself and pave the way for the future relationship.

Lin Yanchao finished eating, and then the two maids brought tea and towels to the painting screen.

Lin Yanchao took the tea and drank it, wiped his face with a towel and said to Lin Qianqian: "I will go to the ministry in the afternoon, and I won't come back to eat tonight." ”

Lin Qianqian listened to it for a while, and suddenly said angrily: "You often don't go home to eat on weekdays, but today it's easy to rest, and you have to run outside, and you can't even eat together." ”

Lin Yanchao saw that Lin Qianqian was angry and said: "Today is a trip to choose an official for the teacher, if it is not an important matter, it will be at home." ”

Lin Yanchao thought that the explanation was useful, but he didn't expect Lin Qianqian to be more angry, but when he saw her, he said: "Last time you went to find your teacher, and you went again today, could it be that your teacher needs to bother more than me, if you leave today, don't give me back!" ”

After speaking, Lin Qianqian was so angry that he cried and sat on the edge of the chair.

Lin Yanchao was angry when he heard this, although there was really too little effort to accompany her since he joined the cabinet, but what era is it now, the husband is the wife, and people go to Beijing to take the exam and be separated from their wives and children, and in a blink of an eye, it will be a few years or even more than ten years.

It's not like I don't go home at night.

Lin Yanchao consciously wanted to pet Lin Qianqian, so he straightened his face and said, "If you are unhappy, you can go back to your hometown first." ”

"You." Lin Qianqian suddenly cried.

Lin Yanchao saw Lin Qianqian crying with pear blossoms and rain, and his heart softened, but he refused to show weakness on his face, snorted and turned around and went out. And Lin Qianqian saw Lin Yanchao go out, so he stopped his tears, twisted his handkerchief and said angrily: "I'm really angry, I don't know how to coax me." ”

Lin Yanchao sat in the carriage and went straight to the official headquarters.

When I arrived at the gate of the Ministry of Officials, I saw that even in the cold winter season, there was no shortage of officials waiting at the gate of the Ministry of Officials.

On a row of benches at the entrance of the official department, officials wearing official robes of various colors, holding a stove and wearing robes that can resist the cold wind, chatted loudly in front of the gate of the official department, talking about some official promotions, yamen observations and other things.

Lin Yanchao is looking for Lu Weizhen, an old man who is an old man, to fill the vacancy for Lin Chengyi.

Lin Yanchao waited outside Lu Weizhen's office for a while, and only after seeing several officials leave did he enter.

As soon as Lin Yanchao walked into the official room, Lu Weizhen apologized to himself again and again: "Brother Fool is really busy today, don't be surprised if you neglect Brother Xian!" “

Lin Yanchao found Lu Weizhen for Lin Shibi's transfer last time, and he waited outside his office for more than an hour, and he didn't say anything. Today, I just waited for a while, and Lu Weizhen had already changed his attitude.

This is also a change in power, and Lin Yanchao is now the assistant cabinet owner. Most of the manuscripts submitted by the ministers to the cabinet were from him. So if the officials offend him, it's okay for him to really embarrass him.

So the last time they met, Lin Yanchao still had to rely on Lu Weizhen, and this time the two were already a little equal.

Lin Yanchao didn't say any polite words, and said directly: "The junior brother has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and this time I have something to ask Brother Lu for something." “

Lu Weizhen pretended to be unhappy when he saw it and said: "What is the friendship between you and me, if you don't come to the foolish brother if you have something, the foolish brother will be angry, don't think about me next time." “

Lu Weizhen's words are both soft and hard.

The two sat down, and Lin Yanchao said straight to the point: "The little brother's mentor is a prisoner, and he pulled out his calendar a few days ago, and his name has been included in the selection book, and he is waiting for the election in the Ministry of Literature. The younger brother wanted to ask Brother Lu to dredge it up, so as to avoid the vacancy and let the teacher directly confer the official. “

Lu Weizhen smiled when he heard this: "I thought there was something big, why is this difficult?" Is it a regular calendar or a miscellaneous calendar? Is it to aid the prison students, or to pay tribute to the prison students? “

Lin Yanchao said: "The teacher is the supervisor of Fuzhou Prefecture's tribute, and the previous calendar in Daxing County should be a miscellaneous calendar. “

The so-called official calendar is to take the important yamen calendars such as the six departments and roads, and the miscellaneous calendar is to go to the local states and counties to these unimportant yamen calendars.

Lu Weizhen nodded and said: "I see, our Anthology Division has rules, and the supervisors listen to the selection, with a rate of 100 people, 60 Kegong students, and 40 auxiliary students." The commander is a tribute eunuch, and among these sixty people, he is also from the right path, even if there is a vacancy in the county, he can fill the vacancy. It's just that among these sixty people, the regular calendar and miscellaneous calendar are taken in four or six pairs, thirty-six people are taken from the positive calendar, and twenty-four people are taken from the miscellaneous calendar. “

Lin Yanchao said with a smile: "It seems that I am looking for Brother Lu, and I really found the right person." “

"By the way, if the commander wants to teach remotely, the foolish brother can write a note for you, if it is actually taught, the foolish brother will also do it for you immediately after the commander accepts the donation, in short, if you don't delay it for three months, the commander can get the seal letter and sue him."

Lin Yanchao said with a smile: "Of course it's actually taught." “

Lu Weizhen nodded and said: "Then two hundred taels of silver, these two hundred taels can be used as the true color, and they can also be exchanged for hay, corn, nama and even cattle and sheep, etc., in short, you can choose it yourself." If it is an aid to the prisoner, he must be exempted from Hou Vacant and take it directly, and it must be three hundred taels of silver. “

"That's fine."

Lin Yanchao happily took out a silver ticket of five hundred taels of silver, and then said: "These two hundred taels are the true colors, and there are three hundred taels to invite Brother Lu and the brothers in the yamen to drink tea." “

Seeing that Lin Yanchao was so good at being a man, Lu Weizhen accepted the silver ticket and said with a smile: "Brother Xian, it's really happy, that foolish brother will run errands for you, this matter is settled." Is there any requirement for the commander? “

"I don't know about this, please show Brother Lu."

Lu Weizhen said: "The selection of the second class, one is the selection of the officials, the other is the selection of the distance, and the selection of the side." The selection of the officials can be appointed as the head of the prefecture and county, the second official, if it is the Beijing official, it is the Guanglu Temple Administration, etc., and even the miscellaneous officials who have not entered the stream, as for the distant selection, it is the desolate place of Liaodong, Lingnan, Southwest, and Datong border towns, and the supervisors can recommend themselves, if the teacher is interested in teaching, I have two prefectures in Guangxi that each vacant professor is a professor, and the vacancy can be filled immediately, this is a teaching position, it is a clear stream official, not a distant selection, a side selection, the supervisor is not the turn, and the official here is more respected than the place in the abdomen! “

Lu Weizhen's meaning, at the moment you have two choices, if you want to go to a prosperous place like Jingshi to become an official, then you can't be a big official, or even a miscellaneous official who can't get into the stream.

But if you go to a distant place, it is certainly farther, but you can be a big official.

Lin Yanchao thought for a while and said: "My Fujian officials like Guangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Zhejiang are the places in the belly, I'm afraid it is not easy to choose officials, and it is not interesting to choose officials to be ordinary officials." I think I will choose Guangdong, this is a distant choice, but for my Fujian people, at least closer to home, it is also convenient to save relatives in the future. “

In fact, Lin Yanchao also wanted to say that the newly appointed governor of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong was his fellow townsman with Lin Chengyi. If Lin Chengyi is an official in Guangdong, he can repair a letter and ask him to take care of it.

Lu Weizhen laughed when he heard this: "Brother Xian is really shrewd, yes, although Guangdong is far away, it is much better than Liaodong, Guangxi, and Datong, but there are also many people staring, if you want to seek Guangdong for Lingshi, it is not easy." “

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Isn't this Brother Lu here?" I'll leave it all to you. “

Lu Weizhen smiled and said, "Then you wait." “

After speaking, Lu Weizhen turned to the bookcase and took a notebook, and then turned it page by page.

After picking for a long time, Lu Weizhen said: "There are three vacant official positions in Guangdong, one is the vacancy of the magistrate of Lingao County, Qiongzhou Prefecture, which is the real shortage of Zhengqipin, and the experience of Guangzhou Prefecture, as well as the county study and teaching of Guishan County, Huizhou Prefecture. “

Lin Yanchao felt that it was not satisfactory, but it could only be like this, this was the same as buying things, and the good official positions were picked up by officials who had a stronger relationship than him and were better than Lin Chengyi, and he could only choose among the rest.

Lin Yanchao humbly asked: "Brother Lu, in your opinion, which of the three is better?" “

Lu Weizhen smiled and said: "I'm going to test you, if you are a virtuous brother, which one do you choose?" “

Lin Yanchao thought for a while and said: "The magistrate is the official of Zhengyin, and the so-called Rather is the head of the chicken than the tail of the phoenix, it stands to reason that the magistrate should be chosen, but the Qiongzhou Mansion is too far away, and there is still a sea away from the Guangzhou Mansion, which is really too contemptible." “

Qiongzhou is Hainan Island, today's international tourist island, and one of the four major exile holy places in the country in the past.

"If I will choose the county to learn and teach, one is a clear stream, respected by the world, and the other is to teach and educate people, and there is a merit in educating the locality, but the teacher has taught him for half his life, if he is asked to teach and educate people, I am afraid there are some difficulties."

Lu Weizhen nodded and said, "Then you are going to choose Guangzhou Mansion for Lingshi." “

"Exactly."

Lu Weizhen said with a smile: "This position can be up or down, although it is only the eighth grade, but in the provincial government, it will be convenient for promotion in the future, I don't know how many people are staring at this position!" It's not you and me, but like close brothers, even if I give more money to someone else, I won't give it. “

Seeing Lu Weizhen's agreement, Lin Yanchao was immediately overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Thank you Brother Lu in this way." (To be continued.) )