Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 807 What a picture of sentient beings
A few days later, Zhang Jing's outer house was decorated with lights and festoons.Two red lanterns hung high above the mansion gate.The big "Shou" character is pasted on the lantern.

Zhang Jing was born in February.What kind of birthday do you spend in late autumn?In fact, celebrating one's birthday is just an excuse, and being an official is the purpose!

Emperor Wanli handed over the appointment and removal of more than 70 speech officials to Zhang Jing. How could Zhang Jing not take the opportunity to make a fortune?
Early in the morning, officials who came to Zhang's mansion to pay homage to his birthday lined up in a long line.

A fat sixth-rank official waited in line for an hour, and finally arrived at the door.

An old man in his 70s stood at the door and asked the sixth-rank officer, "Why are you here?"

The sixth-rank official replied: "Of course I came to pay respects to Eunuch Zhang's birthday."

The old man at the porter sneered: "Worshiping birthday is like worshiping Buddha. Buddhas need to be worshiped one by one. First worship the Arhat who protects the Dharma, then worship Guanyin, and finally worship Buddha, right?"

The sixth-rank official is very knowledgeable about current affairs.He quickly took out a 50 taels of silver bill from his sleeve, and handed it to the old man at the porter: "Old man, please help me. I have a very pious heart for worshiping Buddha. If I fail to worship Buddha, I will be heartbroken!"

The old porter said: "Go in!"

The sixth-rank officials enter the front yard.I saw a table in the front yard.A young eunuch was sitting in front of a table with a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and a booklet on the table.

The sixth-rank official said: "Little eunuch, the next official, Xu Huan, the prime minister of Tongzhou Prefecture, is here to celebrate Eunuch Zhang's birthday. This is the list of gifts."

The little eunuch didn't accept the gift list, and looked at the sixth-rank official without saying a word.

The sixth-rank officer thought, this should be the "Guanyin" that the old porter said.He took out another 500 taels of silver note from his sleeve, handed it to the little eunuch, and said with a smile: "Little eunuch, I'm sorry."

The little eunuch lazily picked up the pen: "Tell me, how much money?"

The sixth-rank official replied: "1 taels."

The little eunuch made a few notes in the account book, and then said: "Did you see the three lines in the west of the courtyard? You are in the last line. Just wait."

The sixth-rank officer asked: "Row in the last row? Little eunuch, I don't know what's so important about this?"

The little eunuch replied: "Those with more than 5 taels stand in the first row. Those with 2 to 2 taels stand in the second row. Those with less than 10 taels stand in the third row. Oh, yes, those with more than [-] taels Yes, you can see our Eunuch Zhang anytime, no need to line up!"

The sixth-rank official cursed in his heart: I took out 1 taels of capital, but turned around, but I can only be the last one in this mansion!

The sixth-rank officer cursed in his heart, but in order to change to a bigger black hat, he could only stand in the third row in a pitiful manner.

Zhang Jing's study room.

An official handed a gift slip to Zhang Jing with both hands.

Zhang Jing opened the gift list and saw that there was a silver ticket of 5 taels in the gift list.

Zhang Jing closed the gift list and asked with a smile, "What's your name?"

The official said: "The head of the Ministry of Rites, Chang Fang."

Zhang Jingdao: "The head of the Ministry of Rites is the sixth rank. What do you want to change?"

Chief Chang replied: "Subordinates don't seek promotion. They only seek transfer at the same level. I will be satisfied if I can go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to be a supervisory censor of Shanxi Province."

The censor of Shanxi Road is supervised by the six ranks.Although the position is small, it supervises and supervises the officials of Shanxi Province.

Zhang Jing squinted his eyes and asked: "This is strange. You spent 5 taels of silver, but you only want a transfer at the same level?"

Director Chang explained: "In front of Eunuch Zhang, I dare not hide anything. My brother-in-law is Zhao Zhenglong, the governor of Shanxi Province. It turns out that the censor of Shanxi Province is in the capital every day looking for officials from Shanxi Province. Stubble. Grab a little trivial matter and make a big fuss. My brother-in-law has a headache."

Zhang Jing said with a smile: "So, your brother-in-law bought this official for you with money. From now on, my family will monitor my family, so naturally you won't embarrass the officials in Shanxi."

Master Chang said: "Why don't you say that Eunuch Zhang is a sage? That's exactly the case."

Zhang Jing said: "That's all! A gentleman has the beauty of being an adult. I will transfer you and let you be the supervisory censor of Shanxi Dao!"

Mr. Chang left with a thousand thanks.

The little eunuch at the door of the study shouted: "Next!"

A white-haired official in his seventies walked in.

The official reported his family name: "My next official, Li Yuanjun, magistrate of Daxing County, has met Eunuch Zhang."

Zhang Jing frowned: "Magistrate Li, are you old?"

County magistrate Li put his right hand next to his right ear: "Eunuch Zhang, what are you talking about? The officer is getting old, and his ears are not working well."

Zhang Jing said loudly, "I'm asking you Gui Geng."

Li County Magistrate replied: "Oh, the false age of the next official is seventy-one. I have been serving as county magistrates in various places for 40 years!"

Zhang Jing burst into laughter: "So, you can be regarded as a veteran of the three dynasties! How can you be an official of the seventh rank after being an official for more than 40 years?"

Li County Magistrate explained: "The lower officials are from Juren's background. The official system of the Ming Dynasty, officials from Juren's background, have reached the end of the seventh rank."

Zhang Jing said: "Magistrate Li, I see that you have gray hair, it seems that you should go home to take care of yourself."

County magistrate Li panicked: "No, no, no. The lower officials will grow stronger and stronger when they grow old. They can still contribute to the court."

After speaking, County Magistrate Li handed over a gift list to Zhang Jing.

I have to say that this old man Li has been a county magistrate for more than 40 years, and he has indeed scratched a lot of land.The silver ticket in the gift list is astonishingly 8 taels!

When Zhang Jing saw the banknote, he immediately changed his words: "Yes. Jiang Ziya is 71 years old. You are [-], and you can still serve the court. What kind of official do you want to be?"

Li County Magistrate said: "Hey, I have been a regular seventh-rank officer for 40 years. I have to be a regular sixth-ranker to be reconciled. I want to do engineering for Shizhong."

Zhang Jing said with a smile: "Success. Your brother has the heart to contribute to the imperial court, and I should fulfill it. Tomorrow, you will go to the Ministry of Officials to receive a letter from the engineering department."

County magistrate Li was overjoyed: "It's hard for an official to repay Eunuch Zhang's kindness forever!"

Zhang Jing said with a smile: "What are you talking about? You are serving the court when you are doing engineering work. I am also serving the court when I serve the country! It is the duty of an official to serve the court. How can you talk about grace?"

After County Magistrate Li left, another official with a Suzhou-Hangzhou accent walked in.

This official is very young, in his twenties.He said in Suzhou-Hangzhou dialect: "The next official is Yu Chengye. He was born as a top three Jinshi in the last imperial examination. Because his ranking was too low in the examination, he has not released any missing children for a year. He hung a sign in the Ministry of Officials for preparation. select."

Zhang Jing was a little surprised. The official's Suhang speech was very lame, and it seemed to have a smell of Shandong stubble.

Zhang Jing asked: "It turns out that you are a Jinshi of Xinke, the pillar of the country. Master Yu, where are you from?"

Hearing this, Yu Jinshi hurriedly said: "Your official is a native of Hangzhou! I heard that Eunuch Zhang is also from Hangzhou. It doesn't matter if you check the genealogy. It turns out that Eunuch Zhang is the cousin of my sixth uncle's third uncle! According to seniority, I should call Say 'Grandpa'."

After finishing speaking, Yu Jinshi also handed over his gift list.After all, he is a Jinshi of the new department, and he has never let go of the real shortage, and has never scratched the ground.There is not much silver, only 8000 taels.

Zhang Jing thought to himself: I can't just sell officials to incompetent old people.No matter what, we must promote a few promising and capable young people.This person can be admitted to the top three in the palace examination, and he must have some real talent.Heh, it's not a bad thing to have an extra great-grandson with talent and learning.It's better to fulfill him.

Zhang Jing said with a smile: "Since we are a family, we don't talk about two families. You are a candidate for Jinshi. According to the rules, you can only be a seventh-rank official. I recommend you to be the acting censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, with the title of seventh-rank , how? If you do a good job, I will transfer you from an agent to a full-time job. By then, you will be a regular sixth grade!"

Jinshi Yu was overjoyed: "The next official, no, the great-grandson has thanked the great-grandfather! Great-grandfather, if there is nothing else, the great-grandson will not bother you."

Zhang Jing stopped Jinshi Yu: "Wait a minute. Let me ask you, are you really from Hangzhou?"

Jinshi Yu smiled awkwardly: "Ah, great-grandson, my ancestral home is Hangzhou, but I grew up with my father in Shandong since I was a child. So I don't speak Suzhou-Hangzhou dialect very fluently."

Zhang Jing said with a smile: "It's really embarrassing for you, great-grandson. Since we are relatives, we should take a long walk in the future."

(End of this chapter)