Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 599: Zhou Xiaxia

Regardless of whether it is praise or criticism, she will pretend that she has never heard of such a thing, let alone get involved in it, even if you beat her to death.

Who doesn’t have children and grandchildren?

Helping to fight for this kind of iron rice bowl that is almost like "hereditary" is no longer a matter of owing a favor. It is no different from digging up someone's ancestral graves.

Scary.

Apart from these, is there anything else? If there is, tell me everything you know as soon as possible, so as not to be mistaken for a mortal enemy without knowing it.

"No. I was just worried that my parents didn't want to mention this to you. You were taken advantage of by someone, and you got yourself into trouble even though it had nothing to do with us.

Also, if the eldest sister-in-law mentions it in front of you, you should tell the truth that Uncle Zhao wants to fight for this quota for his son, and there is nothing wrong with refusing. "

"This situation shouldn't happen. Maybe Uncle Ma has already learned from our father what Uncle Zhao is thinking, and he also knows what our father means.

If they were not 100% sure that we could accomplish the task, he and Aunt Ma should not be so foolish as to force my sister-in-law to come to me for help.

After all, although my mother's family doesn't need this quota, you have cousins ​​here, so in terms of kinship, are you closer than Gu Yangqing?
He is not only the eldest son of your second grandfather, but also his cousin who has a good relationship with my father. His son married the daughter of Zhao Erbo's eldest brother-in-law.

If we want to fight, who else has more advantages than his son? It's unreasonable. My sister-in-law wants to bring this up to me, so I can only say that my cousin also came to me. "

You are really smart this time, Zhou Haha!

Gu Wenxuan laughed in silence, "That's a great way to put it! Just say that we're all relatives and you don't dare to compete with Uncle Zhao. No one can say anything bad about you."

That's still something to be said, but she has no regrets, so she'll just say it. If it works, she can help her brother-in-law grab the spot first.

Who could be more beneficial to her parents' and husband's family than letting her eldest brother-in-law take over? It's a pity that at this critical juncture, it's too late to even gild her eldest brother-in-law.

"Xuan Zi, what do you say? I should send my eldest brother-in-law to my great grandfather's school for a year or two, and then find a way to get him into the government?
It just so happens that uncle said that we know the next county magistrate. It shouldn't be a problem to let my brother-in-law help me with chores, right?"

Gu Wenxuan laughed, "Do you know what the people who help the master with odd jobs are called? They are close servants, not trusted servants, but they are also relatives, and they do not have the right to inherit their father's business.

The county government is permanent, but the county magistrate comes and goes. Once the county magistrate leaves, you become unemployed. As for us in Qingyang County, the key is to enter the clerical circle in order to gain a foothold.

It is not easy to get along with the clerks in the third shift and sixth room. Although there is no explicit "hereditary" text, it has been passed down from father to son invisibly, and there is a hereditary practice.

Everyone in their circle is either a senior official or the son or grandson of senior officials, and they are already extremely familiar with official affairs.

He is very familiar with the county's situation, and has a good understanding of the ways of the world and the bureaucracy. It can be said that whether a county magistrate can be successful in his official duties is closely related to the clerk.

No matter how dissatisfied I am with my subordinates who don't obey my orders, if I don't first appease them and use them for my own purposes, and then thoroughly purge them when the time is right, it will be impossible for me to carry out my work smoothly as I wish.

The question is, can we clean them up when the time is right? These people have long been deeply rooted in the local area, with complicated connections, and it is not easy unless we catch them all in one fell swoop.

You put your hopes on the next county magistrate. As far as the current situation in Qingyang County is concerned, it would be better for me to ask County Magistrate Cheng to insert my brother-in-law into the position. But in this way, I would owe you a bigger favor. As a local, I only need to have the status of a juren to make the clerks dare not offend me easily. Why bother?
Then again, it's impossible that their circle of clerks and bookkeepers does not have gray income. If your brother-in-law can get along well in that circle, it means that he has changed too.

Whose influence did he rely on? Wouldn't that be even more fatal? So in this kind of situation, to be honest, whether Uncle Ma came to the door first, the answer is actually three words: impossible.

There is no way I would do such a thing when I am capable of protecting my family. I should either help them in their time of need or have a bigger agenda. Having a clerk in the government office just to make things easier is of no use.

I am either short of a housekeeper to run errands or short of people to gather information. I can't support an ungrateful person who will step on me and harm my interests.

Instead of using the time to support an outsider as a clerk, it would be better to cast a wide net to support students with good academic talents. If only one out of a hundred people shows up to repay the favor, wouldn't the return rate be higher?"

Zhou Banxia glanced at him speechlessly, but had to admit that this was the most rational way to deal with it. "I'm not as good as you, brother."

"Don't try to deny it. We are essentially the same kind of people."

"I'm much kinder than you."

"To be precise, I am always rational, and you are sometimes emotional, but this emotion must be within your tolerance range, otherwise you will be more ruthless than me.

This is also one point where I am not as good as you. It is difficult for someone to be as decisive as you, without even a moment of hesitation. You turn against me as soon as you say so. Hiss, slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue."

"Don't give me that. My hand just touched your earlobe." Zhou Banxia couldn't help but let go of his hand. "It's almost eight o'clock. Do you think the guests have left by now?"

“It’s hard to say. When I came back, even my uncle and his family were here. They were having a lively conversation. We didn’t have to worry about them disturbing our rest in the outer courtyard.

Forget about them, Dad knows how to interact with them. But why did Aunt come here today? Did Mom mention it? No, you don’t have a chance to be alone tonight. "

"Yes, our mother is not any more relaxed than our father today. Dad still has you and big brother, while my sister-in-law and I have already left."

Zhou Banxia tilted his head and thought for a moment, "But I guess it's not just a normal trip back to her parents' home to visit them and stay with the old lady.

When a group of women were sitting in the living room chatting, the eldest aunt glanced at the third aunt and the old aunt several times, and it didn't seem like the third aunt and the old aunt had said anything wrong.

Moreover, apart from the occasional thoughtful look on her face, she would also occasionally interject a few words and joke with everyone, plus the old lady's words and actions at the time.

If I'm not mistaken, the reason why my eldest aunt came back to her parents' home to visit us was definitely not for any personal matter, but had something to do with my third aunt and my old aunt.

To be precise, it should be related to Third Aunt. It seems that the eldest aunt has some happy event and doesn’t want to mention it to Third Aunt first. It seems that she wants to talk to our mother alone first--"

"Marriage."

Zhou Banxia was stunned when Gu Wenxuan interrupted her thoughts. "Are you referring to Sanniu's marriage? It's not about the fifth cousin's wife who is also a twin. It's not good to talk about it in front of me and my mother. Do you want to talk to my mother in private about some superstitious things?"

"She's definitely not here for superstition. Today is the first day of the new year. If she wants to do anything superstitious, I'll just have to wait until tomorrow. She won't come today."