Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 598 Recruiting police officers?
"Recruiting police officers?" Gu Wenxuan changed the subject so quickly that Zhou Banxia could hardly keep up with his pace. "Would Mr. Ma want his son to be a police officer?"

Although the salary of a small official was guaranteed regardless of drought or flood, it was only two taels of silver per month. The most important thing was that the official and his descendants were not allowed to take part in the imperial examinations.

Given Mr. Ma's wealth, would he let his son become a government servant just for a mere two taels of silver a month?
No way, don't be greedy or anything.

In order to deprive his grandson of the qualification to take the imperial examination, Uncle Ma would not even give up being a hunter. Instead, he planned to move down the mountain and buy property a few years ago so that his grandson could go to school nearby.

Gu Wenxuan was silent for a moment. "You are right to think so. The descendants of the county yamen runners, constables, and local security guards cannot participate in the imperial examinations. However, there is a special case. The descendants of the yamen clerks are allowed to participate in the imperial examinations."

Who doesn’t know this?

The so-called "shuban" is a clerk in charge of handling documents. Although they are "non-regular officials", according to regulations, as long as there is a letter of guarantee, even the clerk himself can take the imperial examination, let alone his children and grandchildren.

She didn't need to be too clear about this system loophole. After all, she had considered from the beginning that if Dajiang was not good at studying, she would find him a clerk position.

It can be regarded as a step out of the peasant family and becoming an "official". By working as a clerk in the county town, he can still support his family.

The issue is!
Clerks have always had a top-down procedure. First, the county magistrate would select them from good citizens, and then they would have to get a joint guarantee from neighbors and villagers before they could pass an examination set by the county magistrate.

That is to say, one must at least have some knowledge of literature and art. Which of the four tigers in the Ma family is a scholar? Even if one gets a guarantee from the neighbors, doesn't one still have to take the exam?

Gu Wenxuan nodded slowly, "That's right. Generally speaking, only students who are at least Tongsheng have the opportunity to be selected as recommended bookkeepers.

But this time there is a very good opportunity. The county government has a vacancy for a warehouse manager who is almost equivalent to someone in charge of documents, and this vacancy falls into the category of clerk.

Originally this position was almost hereditary, passed down from father to son, and from son to grandson. But coincidentally, for some unknown reason, it suddenly became vacant.

Uncle Ma is eyeing this quota, but as you can imagine, there must be many people eyeing this quota, and the news has only been released for two days.

In the past two days, including today, almost everyone knows about it. Uncle Zhao Er heard about this incident and went to the county government office this morning to find an acquaintance to confirm whether it was true.

He went to the county government office earlier than Uncle Ma in the morning. When he came out, he met Uncle Ma and was caught by him. Uncle Ma wanted to get the quota for his eldest son.

Uncle Ma also said it clearly, and he and Uncle Zhao went to Yunkelai for lunch. Maybe Manager Wang was playing dumb, so Uncle Ma dragged Uncle Zhao to our house again.

When they arrived at our house, my third uncle and his family were reluctant to bring it up, so Uncle Zhao found our father and mentioned that there was a way to help Uncle Ma get a position as a servant.

But there is no chance of getting the position of clerk, even if his third brother comes back in person, unless you come forward."

Zhou Banxia shuddered immediately, "What a joke, this honest man is not kind at all, even if you put me on the fire, I can't do anything, okay!"

Gu Wenxuan couldn't help but laugh, and patted her comfortingly, "Listen to me first. Uncle Zhao means that the current county magistrate is about to be transferred, and the wives of the county lieutenants are acquainted with you and have connections with you. If his wife gives you a push, everyone will give you a favor."

ill!

Zhou Banxia didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Just so that the Ma family can get this quota, is it worth it for me to owe them a favor? Needless to say, Dad will definitely dispel Uncle Zhao's nonsense." "That's true, but Uncle Gu meant that this quota is not for Uncle Ma's family. He just wanted to see if Dad has any intention of taking this quota.

He knew that your father would definitely not take this quota, but my father couldn't explain it clearly, and as a result, our father was so scared that he told Uncle Zhao not to mention it at all.

So not long after we finished talking, we sat for a while and then Uncle Gu left. Before he left, he still asked me with concern whether my husband and I really didn't need this quota.

What he meant was that no matter how good the relationship was, it was not as convenient as having one's own people working in the county government. If my husband and I were not interested, he would help his second son get this position.

He is a very honest man. He is not dishonest. He just wants to hear what we think first. If we don't argue, he will find a way to use his connections to get his second son to take the position.

Compared to his second son being the shopkeeper in a silver shop, this position as a clerk is indeed better. To put it bluntly, at least he has paved the way for a grandson."

Zhou Banxia nodded in agreement. "In fact, he doesn't need to use his connections. With the Zhao family's current reputation in the county, ordinary people can't compete unless they are big tigers."

"Is he really brainless?" Gu Wenxuan laughed, "What he meant was that he didn't want to compete with us, and he even gave us a favor for free.

Do you believe that if our father wanted this quota, he would still tell the truth and fight for his son? After all, whoever gets this quota in our family should be given it?

There is no way the eldest brother would accept it, not to mention that his brother-in-law is involved. Even if he didn't want it, he would still like to be his doctor, otherwise he would at least try to take the scientific examination.

He has a good talent for studying. He doesn't rely on his sister-in-law's dowry. He has enough money now, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to pick up his books again and take the examination to become a student.

Uncle Zhao must have thought of our family, including your mother's family. Apart from my eldest brother, we can't possibly go to such great lengths to owe him a favor and snatch this spot from him."

"So, no one is stupid." Zhou Banxia shook his head with a smile, "It seems that this spot will most likely go to his second son.

I just wonder how Uncle Ma feels after this is settled. He originally wanted Uncle Zhao to lend a hand, but ended up with a powerful rival. "

"This can't be blamed on Uncle Zhao Er. He overestimated the children of the Zhao family. If Uncle Zhao Er had no other ideas, how could he have happened to run into him in the county government office so early in the morning?

Given the status of the Zhao family, what kind of matters require him to go to the county government office in person to handle. If you want to visit someone in the county government office, wouldn’t it be more convenient to go to the other person’s home? "

As he spoke, Gu Wenxuan shook his head, "I don't know what the hurry is, at least you can come and tell our father first before going out to the county government to find someone you know.

Given the friendship between our two families, would Dad really fight with him for it? Even if he couldn't help, Dad wouldn't go to the county government office with him. In the final analysis, he still looked down on Dad. "

"…It's not that serious. Maybe at first they thought that someone they knew was the matchmaker and that they could just spend a little more money. They didn't want to trouble Dad to go all the way.

However, it was only when he arrived at the yamen that he realized that there were actually quite a few people eyeing this position. He became anxious and happened to meet Uncle Zhao Er, and wanted to hear his opinion.

As a result, by some strange coincidence, he certainly didn't realize that Uncle Zhao also wanted to fight for his second son. After all, who can think faster than you? "

"Are you praising me?"