Bachelor

Chapter 249
"This time I finally have an official status, and I am also the majesty of Qipin County!"

After receiving the letter of appointment from the Ministry of Officials, Sun Dan couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion.Although he is not yet a Jinshi, once he is appointed, he can be regarded as an official of the imperial court, and he is finally mixed into the system.

Sun Dan didn't encounter any trouble in the Ministry of Officials. After all, he and Qiao Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, were old friends, and they just called "Old Qiao" when they met.When you are in a good mood, call out "Master Qiao."

At the beginning, Qiao Yu was very angry when he heard Sun Dan calling him Master Qiao, and said, "Jingyuan, you two have forgotten your friendship, what kind of master is not a master, it seems to be born."

Sun Dan chuckled and said, "In our hometown, Mr. Qiao is not a good name. There is a saying that asks Mr. Qiao to get on the sedan chair."

Qiao Yu was puzzled, so Sun Dan told him the allusion of Master Qiao getting on the sedan chair.

"Master Qiao on the Sedan" is a famous movie in modern times. The story tells that Sheng Qiaoxi took a boat to Beijing to rush for an exam. While visiting a famous mountain and ancient temple in the south of the Yangtze River on the way, he met Lan Xiuying, a lady from the Tianguan Mansion.The two fell in love at first sight and fell in love with each other.Xiuying's brother, Lanmusi, often relies on his father's power to run amok.When he saw Huang Lijuan, the daughter of the Huang family, was young and beautiful, he wanted to snatch her.Huang's mother and daughter fled after hearing the news and stayed in a certain inn.Lanmusi led people to carry the sedan chair to chase to the inn, and told the servants to lie in ambush around, and act after dawn.
After visiting the mountains, Qiaoxi lost her way, couldn't find a boat, and was penniless. Seeing an empty sedan chair parked in front of the inn, she entered the sedan chair to rest.The family members mistook Qiao Xi for Miss Huang because it was dark and couldn't see clearly, so they carried her home.Qiaoxi heard them whispering in the sedan chair, and realized that she was being regarded as a yellow girl. In order to avoid the weak girl from suffering, she decided to change into a woman's dress in the sedan chair, pretending to be a "bride", and let them carry her back to the Lan Mansion.

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After listening to Sun Dan's story, Qiao Yu burst out laughing: "Jingyuan, I heard people say that you often help the Zhanjia troupe write plays, this must be a new play you wrote, show me the book when you have time. Haha, Jingyuan, Jingyuan, you must have used me as a prototype. Considering that I was born as a Jinshi, I was so wronged by you for having a romantic affair!"

Sun Dan secretly smiled in his heart: If you don't tell Qiao Yu, I still can't remember this.The last time you came to make money with Yang Shen together, we are not polite, and you have given you the reputation of being a vagabond, which is considered a breath of malice.

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There was no story about the official department, and Sun Dan just went to receive the appointment as a matter of routine.The only thing that made him feel a little dissatisfied was that the officials were too harsh in the matter, and their attitude was very rude, and it was embarrassing to see local officials.

The sixth-rank official is just a sixth-rank official, but he has a lot of airs, and it can be said that he will not give face to anyone.

Sun Dan saw a governor from Guangxi who came to Beijing to report on his duties, and was reprimanded by the Ministry of Officials for a small matter, and he was speechless for a long time.

The dignified officials of the frontiers also dared to yell loudly. The six subjects that Zhu Yuanzhang set up at the beginning were not ordinary domineering.

Qiao Yu also knew the famous tricks here, and was afraid that Sun Dan would suffer, so he ran up and down with Sun Dan himself, which surprised the officials in the official department.A small Juren was actually received by Master Shangshu himself, who is this person?

After asking, they realized that it was Sun Dan and Sun Jingyuan, and everyone suddenly realized.A Juren at the imperial division level naturally deserves to be accompanied by Shangshu in person.

Coincidentally, Sun Dan met Chen Rong in the official department.

Because Chen Xiucai is a relative of Empress Chen, he won the fame of Juren.He also knew that with his own ability, he should not be called a Jinshi in the future, and he might not even be able to win a Jinshi.Just through the Queen's door, I came to the Ministry of Officials to report to see if I could fill a vacancy.

Generally speaking, scholars do not know how many years they have to wait to make up their real positions.Short three to five years, long ten or eight years.Not only does it take time, but a lot of money has to be thrown out.

However, with Chen Rong's relationship, of course they can make love immediately, and there is no need to wait.

Seeing Sun Dan, Chen Rong shouted happily: "Mr. Jingyuan, I see you now, I miss you so much."

Sun Dan: "It turned out to be Shuzhi. You kid, you disappeared after you were selected for Juren, and you don't know where you went these days. After this meeting, you actually came to the Ministry of Officials to fill in the vacancy."

Chen Rong was a little embarrassed, and cupped his hands: "Ashamed, ashamed, the queen called Chen Rong over to meet once after being promoted. The empress took care of me and asked me to make up the supervisor of the thirteen storehouses."

"Ah, you have become an official in Jingcang, that's a fat job!" Sun Dan was a little surprised, the so-called thirteen warehouses are actually the common name for Jingcang.Managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs, it is an important place for national warehouses, including Lumi, Nanxin, Jiutai, Haiyun, Beixin, Fuxin, Xingping, Taiping, Chuji, Benyu, Fengyi eleven warehouses, plus Tongzhou Central Warehouse, west warehouse, a total of thirteen warehouses.

The supervision level of the thirteen warehouses is very low, that is, the seventh and eighth ranks.But because this position is very lucrative, not half of the people can get in.

Sun Dan didn't expect Chen Rong to be able to get such a lucrative official position, he smiled: "Shu Zhi, you are also a poor person, after entering the thirteen warehouses, you can eat whatever you want every year The loss is enough for you. By the way, which warehouse did you go to?"

"It's the Lumi warehouse in the city. It's not because of the empress's mercy that I can get this job." Chen Rong said seriously: "Chen Rong has read the words of the sages all his life, and when he takes office, he must be a clean and honest official, so that he won't be in danger. Embarrassed to empress."

Sun Dan smiled and didn't say much.It's hard to be an upright official, if Chen Rong is so pure that he won't take anything, I'm afraid he won't be able to continue as an official.As far as Sun Dan knew, the quarterly storage and exchange of rice in the Lumi warehouse was outsourced to the children of the powerful and powerful in Beijing. Every year, the losses alone were enough to make those children a lot of money.Even if a supervisor like Chen Rong does nothing, hundreds of taels of filial piety will be sent every month.At that time, he will accept it or not.If he accepts it, he will naturally be unable to be an upright official. If he does not accept it, he will offend the powerful and powerful, and he will not be able to continue as an official.

It seems that you can't be stubborn in life.As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, there is no need to be too serious about the details.Just like Zhang Juzheng of the later generations, he was also very greedy, but because he made a big career in the position of chief assistant in the cabinet, he can still be regarded as a generation of enlightened ministers.One of his whips helped the court survive the financial crisis, and at least continued the Ming Dynasty's 50-year national fortune.

Sun Dan didn't want to be an upright official like Hai Rui who was so poor that he couldn't do anything. He should be like Zhang Juzheng, with a big handle in his hand, benefiting hundreds of millions of people, and living a life of wealth and glory.

Naturally, these Sun Dan would not tell Chen Rongduo that being an official and doing things is a science, which needs to be pondered slowly in practice.

He probably told Chen Rong that he was going to Fangshan to be the county magistrate, and was about to leave, but Chen Rong stopped Sun Dan: "Jingyuan, if you don't tell me, I forgot one more thing."

Sun Dan: "What's the matter?"

"The empress asked me to bring you a sentence." Chen Rong probably didn't understand how the empress knew about Sun Dan, and why she said such words. When she said this, she looked puzzled: "My empress said, thank you I helped her some time ago, if you have time, please ask Mr. Sun to meet her."

Sun Dan also couldn't figure out what the queen needed to thank him for, and said, "I am a foreign minister, and I am not allowed to enter."

Chen Rong: "Your Majesty also said that Jingyuan has always been in Xiyuan. She also often goes to Xiyuan to serve the Emperor. Maybe there is a chance to meet her."

Sun Dan thought for a while, and then remembered that since Zhengde's death, the Leopard House had been abandoned.The emperor intends to slightly repair that place, making it a good place to cool off in the summer heat.However, now that the emperor has no money on hand, and it is winter, he is not in a hurry to start construction.

"If there is a chance, Sun Dan will naturally visit His Majesty and Empress."

The two talked for a long time before Sun Dan left and went home.

After returning home, he naturally prepared his luggage and rested at home overnight.

On the second day, around four o'clock in the morning, Sun Dan left the capital with Feng Zhen, Sun Hao and Shanxi businessman Shi Wanquan.

Because of time constraints, the four of them did not make a car, and all rode fast horses.

Sun Dan also rode horses in the capital this year, and his riding skills are not bad.Feng Zhen was born in the army, so his riding skills are natural.As for Shi Wanquan, the Yunzhong area in Shanxi was originally a horse producing area. He grew up on horseback since he was a child, and he ran fast as soon as he got on the horse.On the contrary, Sun Hao was more miserable. After running for dozens of miles, his buttocks were swollen and swollen, and he couldn't help crying out in pain.

When the sky dawned, Sun Dan saw that Sun Hao couldn't stand it any longer, so he got off his horse and called everyone to the ground to rest for a while.

Sun Hao was full of filial piety, and looked a little lonely. Sun Dan comforted him a few words, and threw him a copybook written by Yang Shengang, which made him feel better.Sun Hao went to Fangshan with Sun Dan this time, and served as Sun Dan's prison master, in charge of criminal investigation and public security in a county. With a monthly salary of two taels of silver, plus Sun Dan's months, he could support his mother.

Everyone was tired after running the horse for half the night. They drank a few sips of water and ate something on the grass to regain their strength.

Shi Wanquan rubbed his thighs and smiled wryly: "Mr. Jingyuan, what kind of money can there be in a place like Fangshan that doesn't shit? I was dragged out of the city early in the morning by you. My old bones are about to fall apart."

Sun Dan smiled and said: "You will know when you go, anyway, it will make Boss Shi rich. I, Sun Dan, have a thousand ways to make you rich. Why, you still don't believe me?"

Shi Wanquan: "If it's someone else, I can't believe it, but if it's Mr. Jingyuan, Shi Wanquan will accompany him even in the ends of the earth. There is a saying in the capital: Everywhere Sun Jingyuan walks is paved with gold."

Sun Dan smiled and said, "I'm not a fairy, how can I turn stone into gold?"

Shi Wanquan: "Mr. Jingyuan is the golden finger in the business district of the capital. However, the villain is stupid and still doesn't understand. Although there is a large population in Fangshan, the land is small, and most of them are concentrated in the hands of a few big families. Without minerals, what source of income can there be?"

Sun Dan: "A lot of people is good, a lot of people is also a wealth, you don't have to ask too much, you will know in due time. By the way, I have asked Sun Jia to go to Fangshan for inspection a few days ago, and we will ask her to come over and find out when we go to the land. Condition."

A few people were talking and laughing, when suddenly, they jumped out from the nearby woods and overwhelmed a large group of people: "Do it!"

A large net was thrown over, just covering Feng Zhen and Sun Hao's heads.

Feng Zhen and Sun Hao are tall and powerful, and they are powerful characters at first glance, because this group of people will control these two people as soon as they strike.Sun Dan looked like a frail scholar, and Shi Wanquan was white and fat. At first glance, he didn't have much fighting power, so he was naturally let go by those people.

Poor Feng Zhen was originally a boxing master, and Sun Hao was also a fighter, but he was caught in a net and couldn't move.

Seeing that the two were subdued, the group of people cheered at the same time: "The villain is caught, the villain is caught!"

"Wow!" With a sound, dozens of villagers with hoes and sticks surrounded Sun Dan and Shi Wanquan.

(End of this chapter)