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The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the supervisory department, also known as Yushitai, which was collectively referred to as "Kedao" together with the Six Divisions in the former Ming Dynasty.

Qingliu refers to this group of people.

In the Ming Dynasty, the top leaders of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were Zuo and Youdu Censors, both of whom were ministerial officials of the second rank. Down is the censor.

Although the Qing Dynasty inherited the Ming system, it made some changes to the establishment of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the actual operation, that is, Zuodu Yushi was responsible for supervising Beijing officials, and Youdu Yushi was responsible for supervising local officials.

The left and right censors are both Manchu and Han, but unlike the Zuodu censor who is a Manchu and Han, the Youdu censor is not one person, but a group of people.

Half of the governors and governors of the feudal officials have the title of Youdu Yushi.

A governor or governor with a title is one level higher than one without a title.

That is to say, the right capital censor is basically an honorary official position, which is only awarded to the governor and governor.

Before the 40 years of Qianlong, there was only one person who actually worked in the Metropolitan Procuratorate as the Yushi of Youdu. This person was Wang Jie who questioned Jia Liu in public when Jia Liu was mentioned in Yingtai.

That is, He Shen's deadly enemy.

Compared with Wang Jie, Liu Yong and Ji Xiaolan should be said to be He Shen's accomplices.

Lao Fu lured Jia Liu to Baoding to become the governor, and he gave him the title of Minister of the Ministry of War and Yudu Yushi, which is the highest title that a governor official can get.

No less than Shao Bao Shao Fu.

The eldest brother-in-law said that the left deputy capital censor Jiang Hao was actually the fourth person in the leadership team of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in accordance with the principle of full nobles and Han inferiority, and the practice that the right capital censor did not actually work in the headquarters.

When meeting, have the right to vote.

According to the eldest brother-in-law, Jiang Jun was born in the famous Jiang family in Changshu. His grandfather Jiang Tingxi and his father Jiang Pujun were officials to bachelors.

In essence, he does not belong to the family of traitors, because he is a Jinshi in the late Kangxi period, which is fundamentally different from the old man Jia Liu, who was a lieutenant general of the Ming Dynasty but surrendered himself to the Qing Dynasty as a traitor before the death of the Ming Dynasty.

Jiang Mao himself was born as a second-class Jinshi in the 16th year of Qianlong. After being selected as a Shuji scholar, he has been working in the Imperial Academy.

Both Grandpa and Lao Tzu were bachelors, and I am a Jinshi. I have been working in the Imperial Academy and the Imperial Academy. From Jia Liu's knowledge, Jiang Min can be said to be the backbone of the Qingliu.

A Qingliu backbone secretly spends 1000 taels to meet him through his brother-in-law. What is his purpose?
Apart from wanting to improve, Jia Liu couldn't think of anything else.

But it's a good thing.

Jiang Jun was able to capture the great political value of Jia Jia Shikai with his keen political sense from the chaos in the capital that was constantly being cut and straightened out. It has to be said that this is a smart man.

Jia Liu likes dealing with smart people, because there are definitely benefits.

Of course, Jia Liu definitely does not advocate the vicious atmosphere of buying and selling officials.

Therefore, he first asked his eldest brother-in-law how Jiang Miao commented on his official style.

The eldest brother-in-law gave affirmation and a very high evaluation, and said that this Jiang Hao is good at painting, and his paintings are also very popular in the capital, and can sell thousands of taels on the market.

Jia Liu didn't speak after hearing this, but asked the servants to fetch pens and inks, then spread out the rice paper, swished a few strokes, and drew a small animal that looked like a bird and a chicken.

"Brother-in-law, how much do you think your brother-in-law's painting can sell for?"

Jia Liu is satisfied with his painting skills, at least, this phoenix looks like it.

"Can this also be sold for money?"

Although the eldest brother-in-law knows that his brother-in-law is now a high-ranking and powerful person, and he is all thanks to his brother-in-law, but he and the sixth son are close relatives, so he can't speak against his conscience, and frankly, this painting is probably worthless.

Because, what are you painting?
Brother-in-law can't see it, but others can?

"It's worthless, brother-in-law is underestimating Liu Zi."

Jia Liu smiled, took out his seal and signed under the painting.

Afterwards Zhao Jinzhong was called and told him to take the painting to A Siha, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and asked him how much money he was willing to pay for it.

Ask Zhao Jinzhong to go and come back quickly.

When Zhao Jinzhong went to work, Jia Liu didn't say anything to his brother-in-law, but made tea for his brother-in-law himself. He didn't talk about the court situation, but only asked about the recent situation at home.

Just as he was talking, two nephews, Dabao and Erbao, came.

The two nephews hadn't seen their uncle for a while, and when they were about to come over, they saw their father. As a result, the two brothers' faces changed, like a mouse seeing a cat. Write.

Anyway, he wanted to stay far away from his father, and his father would have been angry if he saw it. If it wasn't for his brother-in-law, he would have gone looking for a stick long ago.

The nickname Jia Liu gave to his son Keqing was also called Dabao, which was similar to that of his eldest nephew, but the nickname was not proper at all, and there were many people called Dabao in Beijing.

The names of the two nephews were chosen by the elder brother-in-law Wang Zhian himself, one is Wang Quanzhong and the other is Wang Quanxiao.

For the whole character generation, loyalty and filial piety each take one character.

Jia Liu looked at it and smiled. As an uncle, his mind is relatively free, and he really doesn't care whether his nephew can study.

Nothing to do, so I asked my brother-in-law and two nephews about their studies.

With the help of Heshen, Dabao and Erbao went to Xian'an Palace Official School to study. This is the highest school in the Qing Dynasty, and its gold content is somewhat higher than that of Guozijian.

"Don't mention the studies of your two nephews, I will get dizzy if I mention them."

The eldest brother-in-law hated that iron could not be made into steel, saying that neither Dabao nor Erbao inherited his knowledge, and they were restless all day long.

He also said that Er Bao was better, he knew how to go home after school, but Da Bao disappeared as soon as school was over, and he heard that he was fooling around with the dude who helped the banner people all day long.

"If this continues, your eldest nephew will be the same as you were before."

My brother-in-law, Wang Zhian also told the truth.

"Nephews and uncles are right. They can read books. It's better if they can read them. If they can't read them, let's arrange them to be officials. Nothing else, even officials?"

Jia Liuneng doesn't care about his nephew.

It has been planned long ago, Dabao has a restless temper, exactly the same as he used to, this kind of temper can't be pronounced even if you beat him to death.

Thinking that Dabao will be 14 years old next year, didn’t Lao Fu allow him, the governor of Zhili, to expand his navy in the name of protecting merchants, and then set up a Beiyang Naval Academy in Tianjin, and train his nephew to be an admiral, who will lead the navy in the future? Isn't it good that the fleet will meet the two bandits of England and France.

Wouldn't it be nice for Erbao, who was a little older, to be assigned to the army, to help his uncle in the Southern and Northern Wars to become a duke and a marquis?
As long as you can contribute to the country, it really doesn't matter whether you can study or not.

"Um"

Putting aside the pedantic mind and temperament of the older brother-in-law, he had to say a few words about Jia Liu as an uncle, but this time he didn't say anything unexpectedly, and he tacitly agreed that Jia Liu, the uncle, had arranged for the nephews.

This is the atmosphere in the flag.

The powerful or well-connected children in the family, who can't read the books, are not officials under the arrangement of their parents?
Those who read well may not have a bright future like those who read poorly.

I don't know whether Zhao Jinzhong should be said to be quick in handling things, or that Asiha is sufficiently enlightened to buy the divine bird picture painted by Jia Liu at a high price of 5000 taels, and asked Zhao Jinzhong to bring back a message. How much to charge.

Looking at the 5000 taels silver note given by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the eldest brother-in-law was really stunned for a while.

He said that my brother-in-law's paintings were worthless, so what happened to the 5000 taels?

"Does brother-in-law understand?"

Jia Liu just wanted to let the eldest brother-in-law understand the most practical truth, why the paintings of the left deputy capital censor Jiang Miao are sold at a high price of one thousand taels in the market, isn't it because he is an official.

And the paintings that are official paintings are also divided into three, six, and nine grades.

Jiang Xi is a third-rank official, and his paintings are worth a thousand taels.

My brother-in-law's painting is worth 5000 taels.

Because, Guan Da.

"If you are a commoner, like my brother-in-law used to be, you will be the reincarnation of the painting saint Wu Daozi, and I'm afraid it will be worthless."

What the brother-in-law said made Wang Zhian silent for a long time, and finally asked with a wry smile if the brother-in-law had met Jiang Mao.

"See, why don't you see me?"

The eldest brother-in-law rarely opens a business, can Jia Liu, the brother-in-law, help prop up the stage?

After all, if the eldest brother-in-law has money, it means that his eldest sister has money.

With money, wouldn't life be easier?

Jia Liu can give the elder sister money, but it is better to give the eldest brother-in-law a fishing rod for a few fish occasionally, so that he can catch fish every day.

What is a fishing rod?
It's the word human feelings.

The higher Jia Liu's status, the more people would ask him to do something, but many people couldn't ask him directly because they were not familiar with him.

Furthermore, it is even more inappropriate to come to the door directly to ask for help. It is a taboo in the officialdom, and there must be a middleman.

Isn't Jia Jia's brother-in-law's direct brother-in-law the best middleman?

Seeing that there was still time, Jia Liu didn't delay, and asked Zhao Jinzhong to take his name sticker to go to Jiang's house in the outer city. Needless to say, just say that the son-in-law is at home and respectful.

Perhaps Jiang Jun never dreamed that the forehead would send someone to look for him so soon.

Without thinking too much, he immediately prepared a car and followed Zhao Jinzhong into Mancheng to the Ebofu Mansion.

Some courteous procedures are indispensable.

Jia Liu didn't talk much, he asked his elder brother-in-law to do this procedure, which was also training his elder brother-in-law.

At first, the eldest brother-in-law was a little unfamiliar, but gradually he understood the way.

Under Wang Zhian's deliberate words, Jia Liu said some unnutritious things to Jiang Min, and finally, the topic naturally turned to the main topic.

Flowing clouds and flowing water, without a little ink, and very smooth.

Jiang Jun appealed to be the Minister of the Han Dynasty.

Cheng Jingyi, the former Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, has been sentenced to death because he participated in the anti-Qing organization of the Red Flower Society, so the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials is vacant.

The Ministry of Officials is a heavenly official, the core department related to the future of Manchu and Han officials in the Qing Dynasty. The deputy minister is a high-ranking minister. Half of the ministers of military affairs have served as Ministers of the Ministry of Officials or Ministers, so it is understandable that Jiang Miao wants to seek progress.

In terms of rank, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials is an official from the second rank, and Jiang Mao is the left deputy capital censor from the third rank. There is no problem with the qualifications required for promotion to this position.

Moreover, Jiang Jun's previous resume was not stained, and he was born in Qingliu. If he was promoted to the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, the old Fu would have no objection.

So, he nodded to express that he had no objection, and he could greet Fu Zhongtang on this matter.

If Lao Fu disagrees, he will not go to Baoding.

Jiang Hao also came prepared, and when he saw the forehead let go, he quickly presented the 10,000 taels silver note that he had prepared earlier, to the effect that he would invite the forehead to drink tea or something.

Seeing that this was the first business deal that the elder brother-in-law acted as a middleman, Jia Liu didn't want the lion to open his mouth to ruin the business, so he accepted the banknote.

The money was sent, the tea was drunk, and Jiang Xi left happily.

After they left, Jia Liu took out 3000 taels to the elder brother-in-law.

How could the eldest brother-in-law ask for it, but Jia Liu said, "This is a kickback, brother-in-law can't break the rules."

One is forcible, the other is not, so you push me to give, Wang Zhian finally accepted the bank note.

After accepting it, I always felt something was wrong, hesitated for a while, and finally said something wrong with this approach.

It is necessary for Jia Liu to enlighten the eldest brother-in-law, and not to let the eldest brother-in-law have any psychological barriers, which will affect his continued business of selling officials.

So he asked, "Brother-in-law, whose money is this?"

The elder brother-in-law hesitated for a moment: "The one who bought the official."

Jia Liu chuckled lightly: "Then who does this official belong to?"

Wang Zhian was very hesitant: "From the imperial court?"

"What is the brother-in-law thinking?"

Jia Liu shook his head with a smile: "The imperial court sells officials themselves, and we help sell some, so what's the problem?"