Sir, you have to pay more

Chapter 670
In the shameless officialdom, insisting on showing face is undoubtedly a disrespect for the officialdom and even the entire Qing Dynasty.

If you want to say shameless, the current emperor is the most shameless.

Everbright selling the official system, the innovation of criminal justice, and the proliferation of prisons, which one is shameful?

Corruption prevailed from top to bottom throughout the Qianlong Dynasty. Officials tried different tricks to make money. The clean and honest officials did not come out of the silt without being stained, but were completely soaked in the cesspit.

Therefore, Jia Liu had to follow the Romans and force himself to adapt to the characteristics of Qing Dynasty officialdom, even though he hated this kind of behavior in his heart.

For his own requirements, Jia Liu has always been clean and honest.

But he knows that being honest and honest cannot be used as a silver envoy, nor can it allow him to better serve the Qing Dynasty.

The Zhili New Deal is a gold-swallowing beast, a bottomless pit, can you do it if you don’t want to find ways to make money?
Moreover, serving full moon wine to brothers is a legitimate way to generate income.

So don't put too much pressure on your mind, you have to let go, let go in an all-round way.

If he wanted to save face, his name would not be Jia Jia Shikai, but Dead Devil Six.

It’s just that the ceiling made by Laofu makes people feel like swallowing flies. Fortunately, the quantity is large, and the profit is small but the turnover is high.

There are actually not many officials above the fourth rank and above in Beijing, excluding the Eight Banners system, less than 300 people.

But if you want to count the Eight Banners system, if the second-class bodyguards, Yunhui envoys, coated guards can lead the army, coated Xiaoqi can participate in the collar, and the first-class guards of the palace, if the bannermen of the fourth rank and above, there are thousands or even thousands of people up.

Among other things, there are too many guards above the fourth rank in the sticking pole office, guard office, and Luan Yiwei in the palace.

Due to too many officials, backyard invitations are still being produced in batches.

The list of officials serving in various places in the Eight Banners is backed up by the Ministry of Officials, and they are checked and written now.

Make sure not to miss one person, otherwise people will definitely have an opinion in their hearts, saying that Jia Jia looks down on others.

According to the rules in the officialdom, no matter whether you know someone or not, and whether you have a superior-subordinate relationship, as long as you send an invitation card, even if you can't go in person, you still have to send your family to accompany you to present a gift.

If you don't send it, it means disrespecting the host.

As for how much to send, do what you can.

Master Jia Jia does not force others to give more gift money, but don't blame him for putting on a donkey face when it comes to officials who donate less.

More and more officials came to congratulate them after hearing the news. Gradually, Sun Chengyun and others became overwhelmed and flustered.

The bamboo basket containing the gift gold was carried back and forth four times.

This fully shows that Jia Liu's official status in the capital is good. The alternate officials in the alleys outside Chongwenmen are not on the banquet list, and they all come to give gifts. Among them is the owner of Yuchunlou, who spent 3000 taels a year ago to make a marquis for himself. Make up for Zhang Dadong who is missing in the magistrate county.

These Jiaxuan marquis replacements are so authentic, once the money is released, they don't go in and take a seat, they just turn around and leave, saving Mrs. Jia Jia a lot of food money.

Jia Liu saw it in his eyes and was also happy in his heart. He planned to introduce Jingshi's entertainment industry to Tianjin Port.

Since ancient times, the development of the entertainment industry has been a sign of a good economic situation.

As long as you earn money based on your ability and don't steal or rob, you can pay taxes to the treasury.

Seeing that the officials who handed over the gift money began to line up, in order to avoid the waiting time for the officials to be too long, Jia Liu thoughtfully asked for more hutong reception staff and gift money registration personnel.

The former Jia Office and the current governor's office are all staffed by large and small agencies, and even the accompanying reporters of the "Daqing Daily" are all recruited. This ensures that the officials who come to congratulate them can be received in a timely manner, and the waiting time for paying money is greatly shortened. .

This grand occasion reminded Jia Liu of the descriptions in history books about powerful ministers and prime ministers. Even if these big figures were not doing business, the gate was always crowded with people from morning to night.

Being an official to this state is the most comfortable thing in life.

Although none of these characters ended well, such as Suo Xiang and Ming Xiang from the previous dynasty, and E Xiang from this dynasty.

But Jia Liu believes that he must be an exception, because his goal is the top spot above the official.

I have changed dynasties, who would dare to make things difficult for me?
The Military Aircraft Department was dispatched, several military aircraft ministers came here in person except Qing Gui, who came in person and offered 6000 taels as a gift, the rest of the military aircraft ministers sent representatives to come, and without exception, they all offered 6000 taels as a gift, It's like discussing it in advance.

It made Jia Liu very angry.

The old rich foreman pays 10,000 taels, and you cabinet members pay 99 taels anyway.

Damn, I don't know how to be an official!

A group of Manchu and Han military ministers were immediately blocked by Jia Liu collectively, and when autumn came and September [-]th, they would definitely be asked to make a list.

Yiltu, Minister of the Ministry of War, did not come, so he sent a pen post to come here on his behalf. He was very stingy and only offered 300 taels as a gift.

This is the usual price tag for official exchanges.

However, it is obviously disrespectful to Jia Liu, the son-in-law of Xinwangfu, the governor of Zhili, and the deputy commander of the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army.

The old guy is also the mastermind behind Fu Lehun, and many of the conspiracies against Jia Liu came from the nominally supreme military commander of the Qing Dynasty.

In this way, Jia Liu became even more angry, and planned how to speed up the old man's right-hand man, so that he would know who was the real black man.

Soon, Jia Liu discovered another bad phenomenon.

That is, no one came from the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

As an institution that supervised all officials in the Qing Dynasty, no one came to congratulate Mr. Jia on the full moon, which shows that this institution is rotten from top to bottom, and it is also utterly reactionary.

If there is no accident, it must be another champion Lang Wang Jie who is playing tricks.

This kid wanted to kill Jia Liu in Yingtai back then.

Although Jia Liu didn't hold grudges, he still remembered the hoarse-voiced No. [-] scholar.

It’s not the time to set up the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but Jia Liu silently kept it in his heart, and told the people around him: “Who is that, please draft a clause in my name later on, stipulating that officials in the whole province of Zhili shall not wantonly organize weddings and weddings, such as full moon wine, Hundred-day banquets, housewarming and birthday celebrations, don’t do it if you can, and keep it simple if you can.”

After thinking for a while, I added another sentence, "From now on, I will not allow more than ten taels of favors between officials in Zhili, and those who exceed this number will be treated as bribes."

After giving the order, his eyes were attracted by a bearded man with a long pipe in his hand. This person was Ji Xiaolan, who was comparable to Liu Luoguo in folklore.

Not long ago, he was promoted by Lao Fu to be the Minister of the Han You of the Ministry of War. Before that, he knew nothing about the army. God knows how Lao Fu got this old boy to be the Deputy Chief of Defense of the Ministry of War.

Since he knew that Ji Dayan had secretly invested in the Baolong project, and added two or three sums in a row, Jia Liu concluded that Ji Dayan's family had a solid foundation, so he asked someone to see how much gift money this guy had given.

In the end, the report said that Ji Yun only offered 800 taels of gift money.

"It seems that the people in the Ministry of War are not friendly enough to me."

Jia Liu frowned, snorted slightly, and subconsciously classified Ji Yun, Wang Jie, and that Liu Yong into a decadent bunch.

However, the attendant also said that the bearded man also presented two books as a congratulatory gift.

"what book?"

Jia Liuyi heard something strange, and asked someone to fetch the two books that Ji Yun presented as a congratulatory gift.

Seeing the titles of the two books, his expression became serious.

One is called "Ode to Pacifying the Rebellion in Shandong Province" and the other is called "Biography of Jia Gong and Han Fu".

(End of this chapter)