Sir, you have to pay more

Chapter 17 Who Are We?
Xiliu Hutong, Jiajia.

"Could it be that the six sons have run into evil? Why would you think of buying an official if you are so good? You can just buy the official?"

When her husband told her brother about buying an official, the second sister, Jia Lan, was incredulous and felt that it was too unreliable, so she was the first to stand up and object.

"Heshen is the bodyguard at the sticky pole after all, and the grandson-in-law of Shangshu Ying. People say that they have figured out a way for our family, so why should we buy an official? Isn't our family a nobleman of Captain Yunqi? When my father is gone in the future .”

Jia Lan suddenly stopped talking because her father coughed.

Being a girl probably means that brothers spend so much money to buy an official?When father dies, Spyker will fall on you!

Isn't Spyker of the fifth rank better than the official fragrance bought?
"If you think about it, it's a big thing. Right now, our family has a major event. Even if the family has some money, we should take care of it. How can we use it to buy officials. Besides, what is the future of the donated officials? Don't waste the money. Let others look down on you, and you will regret it."

The eldest brother-in-law Wang Zhian, who failed the imperial examination three times in a row, looked down on those who bought officials with money, so he agreed with his sister-in-law Jia Lan, and they did not agree with the little six sons buying officials.

Of course, what the elder brother-in-law said is also reasonable. After all, donating to be an official is from a different background, and his future is really limited.Looking at the court, which important minister was born in a different way?
If I really want to be an official, I still have to take the imperial examination seriously, or ask someone to get a shady student to go to the Yamen to be a pen sticker.

Li Shiyao, the great-grandson of Li Yongfang, the founding hero of the Qing Dynasty, who is currently a scholar of Wuyingdian University, governor of Huguang, and Li Yongfang, did not entrust someone to find a shadowy identity in the early years to work as a pen in the capital's yamen. .

If Li Shiyao hadn't followed the right path back then, would he have achieved what he is today?
Jia Liu frowned slightly. There were six of his family including his father, sister, and brother-in-law. Now, there are two objections. If there is another objection, his dream of becoming an official will probably be extinguished It's in the blue.

Therefore, Weijin can only count on the eldest sister Jia Juan who loves him the most to support him.

The eldest sister, Jia Juan, was also surprised by the idea of ​​asking her younger brother to buy an official. However, she did not pour cold water on her younger brother like her husband and younger sister. Instead, she asked her brother-in-law Gao Delu who was sitting next to her: "How much money does it cost to buy an official now?"

"Pretty expensive."

Gao Delu shook his head and didn't want to say it because it was really expensive.

But my sister-in-law insisted on asking, but Gao Delu had no choice but to say that he went to see it with someone when the Ministry of Officials released the list last year.

"If you want to donate to a Beijing official, a fifth-rank doctor will cost close to ten thousand taels, and a sixth-rank doctor will be cheaper, but it will be nearly five thousand taels, and a seventh-rank doctor will be less than three thousand taels."

As soon as Gao Delu finished speaking, Jia Juan was startled by the price: "So much!"

"Isn't it? It's because of the high price that I stopped thinking about buying an official."

Gao Delu curled his lips, his family is rich compared to the average Han army bannerman, the problem is that his father is not one of his sons, there are seven in total.

No matter how big the family property is spread over the heads of seven sons, how much can it fall?

Moreover, the cost-effectiveness of donating to buy an official is not high. It is better to spend a few thousand taels to buy a sixth- and seventh-rank official.

Jia Juan came back to her senses, and asked her brother-in-law unwillingly: "What about the magistrate? I'm afraid it will be cheaper."

"Cheap? Sister, you think too much, this local official is not cheaper than the Beijing official"

Gao Delu said that if you buy a local official, the fourth-rank Taoist will get ten thousand and several thousand taels, and the magistrate will get ten thousand and several thousand taels.The fifth-rank Tongzhi is less than ten thousand taels, and the seventh-rank magistrate may be around five thousand taels.How much specific, how could he remember so clearly.

"Anyway, even if you buy the cheapest Bapin county magistrate, it will cost one thousand taels."

"The local officials are more expensive than the Beijing officials yesterday!"

Jia Juan stuck her tongue out in shock.

To be precise, the price of Bapin County Cheng is 980 taels. This is the list price announced by the Ministry of Officials.

Jia Liu was also shocked, he didn't expect the official price to be set so high.

Just taking the one thousand taels of Bapin county magistrate as an example, it can catch up with the total income of his Jia family in seven or eight years.

Although his Jia family was in decline in the banner, it was more or less a middle-class family.

The price of goods in this era is not comparable to that of later generations, but the book "Scholars Outside History" read by Jia Liu in his previous life clearly stated that the minimum daily expenditure of a commoner household is 50 copper coins, and eating out a meat dish only costs about one penny. , so you can have a good meal in a restaurant for five cents.

Although "The Scholars" tells stories of the Ming Dynasty, this book was written during the Qianlong period. The life in the city described by the author in the book cannot be unaffected by reality. Therefore, it can be generally considered that the writing in the book is a portrayal of the Qianlong period.

Although Jia Liulai's life in this era is not long, he has experienced it himself, knowing that one tael of silver can make ordinary people live for more than ten or twenty days.His Jia family only received 85 taels of Spyker subsidy and 23 taels of bannerman's salary and rations a year. Based on purchasing power alone, one thousand taels is equivalent to about 1 million yuan in later generations.

The owner of the Sanxi troupe asked the whole troupe to rehearse the play for Jia Liu. The total cost including props, labor expenses, and the three-day performance required was 260 taels. When converted to more than 20 yuan, the price is really not high.

1 million to buy a deputy county magistrate to do it, whether it is a loss or not, that is everyone's opinion.

But for the Jia family, it is definitely not worthwhile.

Gao Delu went on to say that it is not possible to become an official immediately after paying the money, and there are many ways to follow.If you only pay the prescribed silver taels, then most likely you will have to fill in, and there is no real shortage.If you want a real shortage, you have to spend money to clear up the relationship, so if a Bapin county magistrate is finally implemented, it will be at least twice as expensive as the price announced by the Ministry of Officials.

"Don't talk about the amount of money, just talk about our family's conditions, little six, I think it's better to forget about buying an official."

As the son-in-law of the Jia family, Gao Delu must be clear about his father-in-law's family background, and he didn't want his brother-in-law to mess around, because that would ruin the family.

Now the path is clear, the elder brother-in-law, the second brother-in-law, and the second sister all vote against it, and Jia Liu has not enough votes in the situation.

However, these three together do not have the weight of the elder sister, and the elder sister Jia Juan has special weight in front of the father, so Jia Liu must fight for it.

He stood up and looked at the group of relatives, first silently, and then suddenly said excitedly: "Do you know why I insist on buying an official?"

Xiaoliuzi's sudden roar really startled his sisters and brothers-in-law, even Jia Daquan, who was still holding the teacup, was also startled.

"Because I don't want the descendants of the Jia family to be scolded as the descendants of traitors!"

Jia Liu clenched his fists tightly, with a look of grief and indignation.

"That's a traitor, don't talk nonsense," the second sister Jia Lan muttered.

Jia Liumeng stomped his feet: "Second sister, isn't that second minister a traitor!"

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Jalan said nothing.

Although the eldest sister, Jia Juan, had learned from her husband what it means to be an official, she couldn't help but persuade her at this moment: "Sixth son, don't talk nonsense, we are not Han Chinese, we are banner people."

"Sister, we are Han army bannermen!"

Jia Liu fiercely raised his hand and pointed outside, "There are no outsiders here, do you think our Jia family is Han Chinese or Banner people?"

(End of this chapter)