In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 58 Money really is everything

The youngest of the three is Li Pingbao, the younger brother of Li Pingbao.

The other two are Li Pingxia's uncle Li Shiguo and Li Pingshan father and son. One is middle-aged in his 40s and the other is in his 20s.

According to Wei Liaoweng, he also has a younger brother, Li Pinghu, who is the head of the imperial army and is on duty today so he didn't come.

Li Pinghu is the largest in the Li family's army, and he is the head of the forbidden army (100 people in charge).

Li Shiguo is in business, mainly selling wine to make money for his family.

Li Pingshan has been studying martial arts for two years, but he failed to pass the exam. If he fails to pass the exam this year, he will be expelled.

Li Pingbao didn't dare to make up for it, let alone qualified, so he could only wait for the opportunity.

The genes of the Li family are really good, everyone is tall and strong, riding and ejaculating, Li Shiguo also wanted to make money for the family back then, so he didn't take the job of military officer.

When Wei Liaoweng talked about this with Zhao Yurui, the young Li Pingbao was full of longing, very excited, and hesitated to speak.

Zhao Yurui sensed his emotions and glanced at him, but Li Pingbao knelt down directly: "I beg King Yi for help, everyone in the Li family is very grateful and vows to die."

"Pingbao." Li Pingxia was ashamed and annoyed, stepped forward and kicked him, unexpectedly Li Pingbao was in such a hurry.

What is Li Pingbao anxious about?
He wants to be a military officer.

Li Pingxia used his father's qualifications to make up for him, and Li Pingxia's father used his grandfather's qualifications.

Li Pinghu, the head of the imperial army, used Wei Liaoweng's recommendation.

Li Pingshan used the qualification of Li Pingxia's other deceased uncle.

As mentioned earlier, there were three ways to become a military officer in the Southern Song Dynasty, special performances, martial arts, and Yinbu.

The descendants of military officers can be recommended by their parents (senior military officers) or Beijing officials to obtain the qualification of shadow compensation. They take one exam every year and have three years of opportunity.

Li Pingshan had been in the exam for two years, but because Li Pingxia was serious about evaluating others, he himself failed the exam for two years and was quite depressed.

Li Pingbao is even more unqualified, and has to be recommended by a Beijing official (civilian) above the sixth rank or a military officer above the seventh rank.

The Li family counted five people including Li Pingxia, and the highest military rank was Li Pinghu, the head of the imperial army, but Li Pinghu's military rank was 53-level Wupin Yongwei, a military school lieutenant, lower than Li Pingxia.

Entering the martial arts school, Lieutenant pays three guans a month, three bolts of spring and winter silk each, plus the on-the-job money he sends the capital, the total monthly income is probably only five or six guans.

With the prices in Lin'an, life is quite difficult.

Li Xianzhong, who was an official to Taiwei back then, must have never imagined that after his death, the Li family would decline to such an extent.

But Li Ping Baokong has the courage to fight against a hundred, but he doesn't even have the qualifications to make up for it.

Some people may say, why didn't he take the path of martial arts?

The Southern Song Wuju inherited the Northern Song system, but it has been improved. Not all the Northern Song Wuju exams are required, but the Southern Song Dynasty is required to take the exam. It is mandatory, and before the exam, you have to study martial arts for three years .

Only then did Zhao Yurui know that there were military academies in the Song Dynasty.

Wei Liaoweng was a doctor of martial arts before, which is equivalent to a teacher in a military academy.

For a man like Li Pingbao who is excellent at ejaculation and ejaculation, if you let him stay in martial arts for three years, and learn martial arts under someone who is not as good as him, he will be useless.

So he would rather die than take the road of martial arts, he just wants to rely on Yin Bu and others.

As for Yinbu, in addition to relying on his father, he had to rely on the recommendation of Beijing officials.

For example, Yi Wang can also be recommended.

King Yi is not a Beijing official, but as a vassal king, he is qualified to recommend others as military officers.

Just like before he recommended Zhou Lai, Niu Bao and Quan Yong, he hadn't taken the way of Yinbu, because Yinbu could only recommend one, and he took the way of special performance (the way of the emperor opening the back door).

After Zhao Yurui finished listening, they first called Li Pingbao to get up, and then asked Wei Liaoweng: "How many qualifications can I recommend for Yinbu?"

"Yinbuzhong, each person can only recommend one." Wei Liaoweng said.

Zhao Yurui looked at Li Pingshan. This guy hadn't passed the exam for two years. Even if he helped Li Pingbao get the qualifications for yin supplementation, he might not be able to pass the exam.

"What if you ask His Majesty to play a special?" Zhao Yurui said.

"Your Majesty has already performed three special performances for King Yi, and you are going to perform special performances again? Afraid?" Wei Liaoweng disagreed very much. It is obviously inappropriate to ask the emperor to open the back door and appoint officials casually.

"Yinbu still needs to be assessed, but in fact, he can still buy an official." Li Shiguo said in a deep voice at this time: "Now it seems that buying an official is the most appropriate."

Zhao Yurui is unbelievable, the Southern Song Dynasty can still buy officials?
In fact, all dynasties have sold officials and nobles, and the Song Dynasty was no exception.

In addition to a high-ranking person who sold an official privately, there were also public selling of officials by the court in the Song Dynasty.

The purpose of selling officials in the Song Dynasty was basically to raise money and food, which was more obvious in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the post of judge in Dali was sold for [-] guan.

In the early Northern Song Dynasty, the selling of officials was mainly about status and fame, and the number of selling officials was limited each year. However, in the fourth year of Daguan (1110), because the imperial court lacked military supplies for fighting in the northwest, it began to sell officials wantonly. At that time, Jiang Shilang was the lowest. High-level civil servants, the court sells fake generals, which means agents and quasi-officials. The price is 3000 and [-] guan, but the supply is in short supply.

A large number of slick mergers and people from the market have mixed into the officialdom because of this.

After the Southern Song Dynasty, it was even more serious. Because of the loss of a large area of ​​land, the need to raise military expenses, and the Northern Expedition, the court focused on selling officials.

At this time, the imperial court often made official announcements, directly marking the price.

During the period of Li Gang, civil servants and military officials in the Southern Song Dynasty sold together.

For example, Xuan Jiaolang is [-] guan, and Di Gonglang is [-] guan. At this time, the official price will gradually rise.

By the third year of Jianyan, Xiu Wulang had [-] guan, Bing Yilang [-] guan, and the eighth grade had sold [-] to [-] guan.

During the Jiading period, the sales of low-level officers and middle- and high-level officers were quite prosperous.

The imperial court mainly sells low-level military officers, and the price is not as good as that of civilian officials.

However, some high-ranking ministers sold high-ranking officials privately, and the price was astonishing.

Especially when Han Tuozhou was in power, his confidant Zhao Shidan "encourages power and accepts bribes, and his family is like a market".

There are high-ranking military officers ranging from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands. It is no wonder that the Northern Expedition failed.

But whether it is the Southern Song Dynasty or the Northern Song Dynasty, selling officials all have a common characteristic.

The court sells officials, basically only in prefectures and counties with poor economic conditions, or when money is needed, because the income is not enough to spend, they are forced to sell officials.

Li Shiguo has made some money these years. In addition to subsidizing the members of the Li family, he also wants to buy officials for Li Pingshan and Li Pingbao. However, most of the officials sold by the imperial court are in remote and poor areas. To the ends of the earth, so he hoped that in the name of King Yi, he could be transferred back to the capital as a military officer of the palace.

But because of Li Pingxia, the Li family had offended a lot of dignitaries in the capital. If Zhao and Rui did this, they would have to risk offending others.

After listening, Zhao Yurui did not hesitate, and immediately asked, what official do you want to buy?How much?

Apart from Li Pingxia, the most senior member of the Li family is Li Pinghu's Jinwu school lieutenant, so they want to buy a small envoy, Cheng Xinlang from the ninth rank.

Yue Fei joined the army at the age of 20, became a utilitarian at the age of 22, first became the deputy lieutenant of Jinyi at the age of 24, and then became Cheng Xinlang.

At this official price, it is now sold for 2 Guan in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Xinlang has four pieces of money for monthly expenses, two pieces of money for clothes, and three bolts of silk in spring and winter.If there is no dispatch, this work will not make up for it until the end of life.

"Buy it." Zhao Yurui said immediately after hearing this: "If the money is not enough, I will sponsor you."

"Thank you, King Yi." Everyone in the Li family was overjoyed and bowed again.

The young Li Pingbao shouted again: "Everyone in the Li family swears their allegiance to King Yi to the death."

Wei Liaoweng glanced at him speechlessly, feeling that Li Pingbao was a little eager for quick success, and he was only thinking of getting on the way of King Yi.

The Li family has been silent in the army for many years, is this trying to rely on King Yi to turn over?King Yi is not a prince, but a powerless vassal.

On the way back, Zhao Yurui suddenly said: "If you can buy officials and make love, can the young people in my mansion also be military officers or civil servants?"

"As long as you have money, you can do it, even the uncle of King Yi can be an official." Wei Liaoweng said with a wry smile.

"Money really is everything." Zhao Yurui laughed.

(End of this chapter)