Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Thinking of this, Su Mu suddenly smiled, the whole person calmed down, and smiled slightly: "Thank you brother Gu for your concern, Su Mu will remember Wu Nei. Thunder, rain and dew are all God's grace. Since His Majesty wants Su Mu to manage the same hall, Su Mu Just thank you. Liu Jin is a treacherous villain, and he is very pleased with the emperor. It is not surprising that Su Mu punished this villain and expected such consequences a long time ago."

Seeing Su Mu's face as usual, Gu Hong felt admiration, and called out: "Okay, what a Su Ziqiao. Although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go! Admiration, admiration!"

As he spoke, he bowed to the ground.

Su Mu hurriedly helped him up, the two looked at each other and laughed.

With this smile, the whole heart is clear, and there is a whistling wind under the feet, and it only takes a moment to leave the imperial city.

Zhao Hulu was still waiting outside, hurriedly greeted him, and asked anxiously, "My lord, have you got the appointment?"

Su Mu nodded: "Naturally."

Zhao Hulu cheered.

Su Mu: "By the way, where is Xie Ziran?"

Zhao Hulu: "If you go back to Eldest Master, Mr. Xie hasn't come out yet, why don't you go back home first, Elder Master?"

Su Mu thought to himself: I am also familiar with Yang Yiqing, he is serious in his work, talks a lot, and he came from the Tripartite General Administration, and he is familiar with military affairs.Xie Ranran is going to be a senior officer in the Shanxi Metropolitan Command Division this time, and Shanxi is the Ming Dynasty's national defense frontline, so Lao Yang will definitely give a lot of advice.

He said: "No, I have an appointment with someone, and I want to have a drink at the Yuquan Pavilion in front, you wait here for Xie Ziran, wait for him to come out, let him come with you."

While talking, he walked forward chicly.

"Yes, master... By the way, have you been promoted yet?" Zhao Hulu asked, "I can also send someone home to announce the good news to Madam."

Su Mu's voice came from a distance: "I have been promoted to a higher level.",

"Amitabha, you have been promoted!" Zhao Hulu was a child after all, so he jumped up for joy.

Hearing the voice behind him, Su Mu smiled wryly.Ascension is a promotion, from the seventh rank to the sixth rank.It's a pity that the official became smaller and became an ambassador.

Thinking that I am the number one scholar, who was born in Hanlin, and was Xianning Bo, but to be such a small Zhima official, it is really appalling.

This situation is like a department-level cadre in later generations who becomes the general manager of the hotel. Isn't Zhengde playing tricks on people?

Just as he was about to smile wryly, he saw an old man in front of him with a rickety body slowly moving in front of him, looking like he was dying.

If it's not Guan Jizong, who else is it?

It is a happy event to meet an old friend.Transportation and communication were inconvenient in ancient times. Once many people broke up, they might never see each other again for the rest of their lives.Seeing Guan Jizong, Su Mu was also happy in his heart. In addition, he had an explanation about the matter in Datong, so he chased after him in three steps and two steps in parallel, and shouted: "Guan Zhizhou, Guan Zhizhou, we met again in the Ministry of Officials just now. Why didn't you wait for me and left alone?"

When Guan Jizong heard someone shout, he stopped, turned around and looked at Su Mu with dull eyes for a long time, then became flexible, and sighed: "It turned out to be the inspector Mei, no, you are the seventh-rank official now, it should be Master Mei Yes. Hey, don’t bring up the matter of knowing the state but not knowing the state, I’m an official, I’m afraid I won’t be able to do it again.”

"Yes, yes, you will no longer be the magistrate of the state." Nonsense, Guan Jizong will soon go to Datong to be the magistrate, and he will be promoted to a higher level.Coincidentally, the two of them walked to the gate of Yuquan Pavilion, and Su Mu grabbed his hand: "Master Guan, meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land is a great joy in life. Let's go for a walk, and my younger brother will be the host. Let's have a drink and talk inside." .”

"Okay, just have a few cups." Guan Jizong was in a sad mood now, and was trying to drink away his worries: "Let me treat it."

Went up to the second floor, found a seat by the window, ordered a table of food and wine, and had two drinks with Guan Jizong. After he recovered to normal, Su Mu asked curiously: "Master Guan, if I say something unpleasant, would you like me?" Don't take it to heart. At your age, it's time to take care of your life at home and enjoy the family relationship, why do you still think about being an official in the officialdom, isn't it too tiring?"

Guan Jizong sighed: "My lord, in Cangzhou back then, we were considered our own people! I don't want to hide it from you, it's not that Guan is an official fan, but the fact is that there are too many people in the family, and there are many responsibilities to be fulfilled. Guan came from a poor family. At the beginning, I relied on the power of the family to study. When I became an official, I had to spend a large sum of money every year to take care of my family. If I didn’t become an official and had no income, how would they live?”

Su Mu: "Master Guan, how many people are there in your clan?"

Guan Jizong thought for a while: "There are more than 100 households together! When I was studying, it was these 20 households. You gave me tuition fees for every penny. I, Guan Jizong, have to pay for the construction of the ancestral hall, old age, sickness and death. I have been an official for nearly [-] years, but my little income has been subsidized."

Su Mu was startled, so many people reached out to Guan Jizong, the burden was really terrible.I remember that the later philosopher Li Zhi was also a sixth-rank official, and his income was also very good.But no matter how big or small the clansmen are, they still want him to pay.Li Zhi couldn't afford it, so he simply became a monk.

"That's no wonder."

While talking, I heard the sound of the floor, and a few people came up.Then came Xiao Er's exaggerated voice: "My lords, please come inside."

Su Mu thought it was Gu Hong who came, and looked up, but found that the two officials who came up were the two officials who were waiting for Gu Hong to meet in the signing room of the Department of Literature and Selection of the Ministry of Officials.

These two people, one surnamed Wei and the other surnamed Liang, were both county magistrates of the seventh rank.After a busy term of office, this time I came to the Ministry of Officials to accept reappointment.

From the looks of it, the two of them should have gotten a good job, and they were all beaming, presumably they came to the restaurant to have a drink to celebrate.

When signing the mortgage room in the Wenxuan Department, Su Mu found that these two people talked a lot, and their words were mean.For this kind of people, Su Mu keeps a respectful distance and doesn't talk to them.

Now that he saw them, he turned his head back.

Su Mu ignored them, but the two had sharp eyes, and immediately called out: "Oh, what a coincidence, let's see who I met, it turned out to be Guan Zhizhou!"

The two exchanged glances, walked over at the same time, and sat at Su Mu's table.Obviously, they were bored and were going to make fun of Guan Jizong.

Guan Jizong stood up and saluted, and said in a low voice: "It's not Zhizhou anymore, it's not Zhizhou anymore."

"I know, I know." The official surnamed Wei smiled and said, "Although Mr. Guan is in his prime, he looks a bit old-fashioned. The court is sympathetic and will definitely let you go back to your hometown to enjoy the blessings."

"Maybe Master Guan begged for the bones himself."

"How could it be? Didn't Master Guan say that he is only fifty? The country is using people to plan, so how can we retire? According to my opinion, Master Guan can still be an official for ten years. No, twenty years is fine. Anyway. Master Guan will always be 20 years old!"

Having said that, both of them burst out laughing at the same time.