Red Mansion, Second Master Lian is too despicable

Chapter 10 10 Uncle Zhang Erhe

The father and son were joking with each other, and Jia Lian finally found out that his uncle's surname was Zhang, his given name was Hu, and his courtesy name was Erhe.He was born as a Jinshi during the reign of the Supreme Emperor, and was awarded the title of Jinshi by this dynasty.

In a Qingliu leader family like the Zhang family, such test results are equivalent to half-failure.

The Zhang family is a well-known farming and studying family, a leader of the Qing Dynasty, and his own conditions must be outstanding; the Zhang family is the top six Jinshi in a discipline, and the father and son are the leaders.

Although the old man of the Zhang family is gone, he presided over the imperial examination many times in those years, and it can be said that the whole world is full of talents.

Although because of the involvement of the former prince, not many people in the Zhang family are serving as officials now, but if they were to revive, their network of connections would spread all over Shandong, Shanxi and parts of Henan.

It's a pity that these relationships are not considered relationships now. They will not be useful until someone from the Zhang family sits in a key position.

And Zhang Erhe is not Jia Lian's biological uncle, but just a cousin, who has the same grandfather as Jia Lian's mother who died young.

However, the Zhang family has few daughters, and the uncles in the family love girls very much, so they also have some affection for Jia Lian, their nephew.

As he said this, Jia She took out a 3000 tael silver note and stuffed it into Jia Lian's way.

"You take it, after Dad and your uncle have discussed it, you will give the money to your uncle!"

Jia Lian was so happy when he got the money, he thought his father was sensible enough to take the initiative to give him pocket money. Who knew that the money was not for him, he said doubtfully.

"Why, isn't that my uncle?"

3000 taels of silver is not a small amount, it is enough for Jia Lian to go to a brothel and lose contact.

Seeing that Jia Lian was about to put the money in his pocket, Jia She gave Jia Lian a slap on the head.

"Family affection is family affection, and business is business; the head of the Ministry of Officials Inspection and Sealing Department is a place to buy and sell officials. It is the emperor's private treasury. How dare you squander the emperor's money?"

Only then did Jia Lian realize that his uncle was also a second-rate dealer, which was not an appropriate companion.

"Dad, please speak up, why are you hitting people?"

Jia She was not used to being sick and gave Jia Lian another beating. I beat my son as a matter of course, by the way.

"Don't think it's a business because you've spent money, it's impersonal; remember your uncle's kindness, other people's money can't do anything!"

Jia Lian, who was familiar with general affairs, was a little surprised.

3000 taels of silver is not a small number!
100 taels of silver was enough to bring a bankrupt family back to life and start a small business to buy a few acres of land; roughly, this person's living standard could match that of Wu Dalang.

3000 taels, even the high-ranking official Ximen Qing may not be able to deposit this amount.

But Jia She said that this was the price of favor. Jia Lian really didn't know the price of buying and selling official positions, so he asked hurriedly.

"Does it cost so much to buy an official position?"

Jia She smiled disdainfully.

"Then what do you think? There are so many rich people, and there is no barrier to entry; besides, your uncle's barrier is not that you only have money to get in. It doesn't matter who knows you!"

"Besides, a candidate for a seventh-grade county magistrate outside Beijing costs 600 taels of silver. The actual price is ten times the price of a candidate for an official position."

As he spoke, Jia She nodded Jia Lian's head.

"Haha, I want to make up for your shortfall in the capital, but 3000 taels of silver is really not much money. Just give it to your uncle for tea money."

Then he educated Jia Lian.

"My son, don't be ungrateful just because you spend money. This is something most people can't send money to. You have to be grateful to your uncle! That is, your uncle can help us with this little money!"

It seems that Jia Lian's alternate colleague was also helped by his uncle.

Jia Lian nodded hurriedly and asked with a smile.

"What kind of official position are you going to ask for for me?" Jia She was very satisfied when his son used the word "beg" instead of "buy"; his son's running around for the government all these years is not considered a delay, at least he is a worldly person. got it.

"Don't even think about being an official in the Sixth Ministry. There are many rules and regulations there, and the forces are so intertwined that you can't handle it. There's no need to think about the Three Laws Department. They are all controlled by a few families all year round. They are not relatives or disciples and you can't join them. Can’t get in.”

Jia She counted on his fingers for Jia Lian.

"If you're lucky, you can get into the Sixth Section of the Sixth Supervisory Department; that's the best place to go. The official position is low, but the power is great. If you're not lucky, your uncle can send you to Taichang Temple, which is in charge of sacrifices, or Honglu, which is in charge of foreign affairs. Let the temple arrange it!”

Jia She is still optimistic about Honglu Temple.The coming of all nations made the imperial court pay no attention to the people outside the country. Honglu Temple was really just a Qingshui Yamen.

"Honglu Temple is not an eye-catching place! Our Qingfeng Dynasty has a strong national power, and there are no major external affairs! It is suitable for you!"

Jia She's arrangements were thoughtful.

First of all, Jia Lian is destined to have no future and cannot have any hope of being promoted to an official position above the fourth rank; because at that point, he will have to show his face in front of the emperor.

And no father wants to see the descendants of his dead son's bad friends.

Especially the powerful father.

The Supreme Emperor is this father, and Jia She is his son's bad friend.

Secondly, being an official in a government office is all about connections, ability, family, and origin.

Among them, ability is the most basic, it only establishes your bottom line; only when your personal ability is up to standard will it be less likely for others to seize the opportunity and squeeze you out.

It is your connections, family, and origin that determine your upper limit.

A wide network of contacts, a powerful family, and a good background can all give you more trial and error costs to become an official.

With these, you can do things. Only by doing more can you gain achievements.

Only with merit can one be promoted.

And when you do things, you face the risk of possible failure; if you do more, you will make more mistakes, if you do less, you will make fewer mistakes, and you will do well.

Ordinary people will be completely wiped out if they fail.

But such people don’t have to be afraid of this.If a yamen can't do well, only with these can we have a chance to start all over again.

But Jia Lian is not well-connected, powerful, or well-born!

Although he is a young master of the country, how many friends can an official talk to?How many relatives are there who are officials in the family?Is it someone who was promoted to an official position or someone who became an official through the imperial examination?

neither!
Don't use Jia Yucun's argument to prove that the Jia family is related.

Jia Yucun was able to make a comeback with the help of Jia Zheng because Jia Yucun himself was born in the second rank of Jinshi. In the end, it was only through Jia Zheng that he joined Wang Ziteng.

But these are not the relationship between Jia Lian.

Even if the Jia family does have some connections, these connections are all used to maintain Jia Zheng, a sixth-grade official who has been the head of the Ministry of Industry for more than ten years.That is, a section chief of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

So Jia Lian is nothing to a newcomer to the officialdom.

Jia She just hoped that Jia Lian could go to a Qinggui Yamen to live out his life slowly. When Jia Lian got rid of his grandson and his ambitions were gone, it would be over.

Seeing his silly son falling into infinite expectations for the future, Jia She felt secretly happy.

"You brat, the right way is to give me a grandson!"

But what Jia Lian thought was, I did the job of buying and selling officials.

(End of this chapter)