Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 384 Thoughts on conferring officials

"And your elder brother also has things he cares about. As long as you talk to him about these things, he will agree. If you have his help, it will be much easier for you to deal with Xiao Qin's family." Li An said.

"What?" Gu Tingye asked after a long silence.

"The Gu family, and his wife and daughter." Li An said calmly.

In the original drama, before Gu Tingyu died, he tricked Xiao Qin.

Some people may think that Gu Tingyu is doing this for the future of his wife and daughter, and is just planning for them.

After all, at that time, Gu Tingye had become a popular figure in front of the new king, and Zhao Zongquan also intended for Gu Tingye to inherit the title of Marquis Ningyuan.

But Li An didn't see it that way. You must know that when Gu Yankai died, King Yan had not yet rebelled.

How did Gu Tingyu know that Gu Tingye would become prosperous in the future?

Why did he keep Gu Yankai's will?
Moreover, although Gu Tingye was kicked out of the Gu family at that time, he was not kicked out of the family tree. Xiao Qin was worried about the long nights and dreams, so she proposed to let Gu Tingyu adopt Gu Tingwei's child.

He knew that Gu Tingye would not embarrass his wife and daughter.

Gu Tingyu knew that Gu Tingwei could not support the Gu family. If the Gu family was handed over to Gu Tingwei, the Gu family would inevitably decline.

In Li An's view, Gu Tingyu helped Xiao Qin force Gu Tingye away, and he did have hatred for Gu Tingye.

"No, if I threaten him with these, I'm afraid his body won't be able to hold on." Gu Tingye shook his head.

Gu Tingyu must know all the things that Xiao Qin did to Gu Tingye.

Of course, he did this because he understood Gu Tingye's temperament.

It can be said that although Gu Tingyu hates Gu Tingye, he cares more about the Gu family and his wife and daughter.

After all, although the adopted heir is not his biological child, in terms of etiquette, he is his son.

If he could get help from Gu Tingyu, Gu Tingye thought it would be much easier to deal with the Xiao Qin family.

But Gu Tingyu refused and kept Gu Yankai's will.

I dare not disrespect Gu Tingyu's wife.

So he left Gu Yankai's will.

For the sake of the Gu family and his wife and daughter, he could let go of his hatred for Gu Tingye.

It's not that he doesn't hate Gu Tingye anymore, but he cares more about the Gu family.

But after forcing Gu Tingye away, he sobered up.

As long as Gu Tingyu agrees, even if Gu Tingye comes back, he will not be qualified to compete for the title.

If Gu Tingyu is planning for his wife and daughter, he can definitely agree.

After Xiao Qin's death, Gu Tingyu's wife became the head of the Gu family.

Li An was startled, but he ignored this.

Even if Gu Tingye is not prosperous, when he is about to die, he will look back to Tingye and pass the title to Gu Tingye.

Compared with letting Gu Tingye inherit the title, it is obviously more beneficial for his wife and daughter to inherit the title through adoptive heirs.

With Gu Tingyu's body, if Gu Tingye went to talk to him about this, he might be really angry to death.

Li An shook his head. The two brothers obviously cared about each other.

Although one hated him, he never killed him.

Although the other one kept saying that his elder brother was plotting against him, and there was a bit of hatred in his words, he was worried about the other person.

But as long as Gu Tingye can calm down, it will be fine.

"I am afraid that this matter is Xiao Qin's handiwork. She will probably ask you to get married next. This is the real killer move. You have to be careful when dealing with it." Li An reminded.

"I know, I've made arrangements a long time ago, waiting for her." Gu Tingye sneered.

Gu Tingye chatted with Li An for a while, calmed down, and then said goodbye and went back.

After sending Gu Tingye away, Li An continued to read in his room, but his mind was not on the book. Whether the Gu family's affairs succeed or fail, the result will never be worse than in the original drama.

Li An was thinking about the matter of being promoted to an official by examination. He had already gone to see Liu Xuewen yesterday afternoon.

Liu Xuewen told him something about the appointment of officials.

In the early Song Dynasty, there were few people admitted to the imperial examination. As long as they passed the imperial examination, they could be directly awarded an official regardless of their rank.

But now as more and more people are admitted, the court has no shortage of officials.

Only first-class and second-class officials will be awarded officers. Those who are not related to third-class officials can only be given casual officers.

Officials in the Song Dynasty had a dual-salary system, one for prose officials and one for their positions.

This is also the root cause of the serious redundancy of officials in the Song Dynasty.

Although literary officers are paid, they don't have to work.

But studying hard in a humble life, and passing through all kinds of hardships to gain fame, who doesn’t want rights?
Of course, it’s not that people in the top three don’t have the opportunity to become officials.

The imperial court often held formal examinations, and through examinations selected some non-commercial officials who had not yet been conferred official positions for conferment.

Ang Lee is the lowest ranked second-class player, so he doesn't need to worry about this problem.

However, although the first and second grade can confer official positions, there is a difference between official positions and official positions.

The top two candidates in the list will be directly awarded the official positions of the sixth and seventh ranks, and they will also be officials in the capital.

Officials will also select a few from them to serve in Hanlin Garden.

The rest can only be sent down to the local areas to serve as county magistrates and supervisors.

Officials in the capital are definitely the best. Even if they are just serving as part-time jobs in the capital, they will be promoted after a few years of work when they are transferred to other places.

The most important thing is this qualification. Except for the founding meeting of the People's Republic of China, most of the other Xiangong entered the Hanlin Academy after passing the imperial examination and were then transferred to local governments.

After serving in the local government for a period of time, he returned to the capital and entered the Sixth Ministry, and finally became the prime minister.

It can be said that only after entering the Hanlin Academy will you have the opportunity to become a prime minister.

If the Shangshutai is similar to the secretariat of later generations, then the Hanlin Academy is the private secretary of the official family.

Li An didn't think so long-term, after all, it was still early for him to get married.

If Zhao Ceying can ascend the throne in the future, implement reforms, and follow Wang Anshi, he will not worry about official positions at all.

But this time he was awarded an official position, and he really wanted to stay in Bianjing, because Bianjing was about to change.

If he leaves Bianjing, it will be too late by the time the news of Bianjing reaches him.

And it was too far away, even if he wanted to do anything, he couldn't do it.

But what Liu Xuewen meant was that the most he could do was find a better place for Li An after the appointment, but he couldn't help Li An with anything during the appointment.

To put it simply, whether Li An stayed in Beijing or was sent abroad, he couldn't help much.

If Li An was transferred to another place as a county magistrate, he would be able to help Li An choose a better place so that he would not be assigned to some remote area.

Li An also knows that Liu Xuewen's abilities are limited and does not blame him.

If he wants to stay in the capital, he will have no chance unless he succeeds in the palace examination, gets second place in the examination, or leaves a deep impression on the officials.

However, in the palace examination, the officials set the questions on the spot. It is too difficult to prepare for the questions in advance.

Don't worry about Sheng Hong. Even if he has that ability, he will only pave the way for Sheng Changbai. How can he care about his future son-in-law.

Li An regretted not going to Hai's house more often.

Su Shi took him to Haijia before, but he never went there again.

Li An felt that people like Hai Wenren were actually very aloof at heart, and that they would often come to visit on purpose, which could easily leave a bad impression on others.

This can be seen from the fact that he married his daughter to Sheng Changbai in the original drama.

(End of this chapter)