Qin Baigang was indeed angry after knowing that Wu Shaoying had made up for the lack of eight grades in Jinling Mansion. But now, a few months later, no matter how angry it is, it has almost disappeared.

After Wu Shaoying entered the house to greet him and the Niu family, Qin Bai just reprimanded him with a straight face, blaming him for not making his own decisions and taking an eight-rank official position as an official career, which would make him do everything one step slower than the same year. If he wants to catch up with the promotion progress in the same year, he will have to put in more effort. Wu Shaoying was obviously able to go more smoothly, but he chose a difficult path, so why was this difficult? As a division commander, Qin Bai was the last thing he wanted to see.

Wu Shaoying honestly admitted his mistake, and also said that he was delayed because he wanted to go south with Qin Ping, and the good seven-grade officials were all available to others, and he didn't want to suffer in the poor countryside, so he decided to come to Jinling. Anyway, Jinling is not a completely unfamiliar place for him, and there are acquaintances who have settled here and become officials. It is better for him to come to Jinling than to go to other strange places.

Qin Bai also understood this truth, so he only reprimanded him a few words, but mentioned to him what Huang Jincheng said. It is very likely that the post of promoter will be vacant next year, as long as Wu Shaoying behaves better, the Jinling prefect is already much more honest, and Huang Jincheng and the governor Yamen will be able to promote him to the position of acting magistrate. If he does a good job, he will be able to save three years of hard work if he directly becomes a regular after half a year, and he will not have to slowly work hard to rise from the eighth rank to the seventh rank, and then to the seventh grade.

Wu Shaoying was very surprised, but also quite surprised. He chose to go to Jinling Mansion to serve as an eight-rank mansion experience, although he had his own intentions, but if he had the opportunity to be promoted on the spot, of course he would not refuse.

Although Wu Shaoying didn't know why Huang Jincheng would be willing to help him with this, he didn't have to guess to know that it must be in the face of his teacher Qin Bai. He solemnly thanked Qin Bai and said that he would definitely do a good job and would never disappoint the teacher.

Qin Bai sighed: "At the moment, I don't know when the current magistrate will leave office, maybe only two or three months, but it may also wait for more than half a year." You have to familiarize yourself with what you do as soon as possible and try to do it as well as you can. When there is a vacancy in the magistrate, the governor will nominate you to take over, and others will not be able to find fault. Otherwise, you will not do well on your own, even if you get a substitute job for a while, you will not be able to sit steadily, and sooner or later you will be replaced. This is your chance and a test for you. You have to do it yourself. ”

Wu Shaoying solemnly agreed.

Qin Hanzhen saw that the atmosphere was a little solemn, thought about it, and then interjected with a smile: "I remember that the government experience is in charge of the cashier's documents, and the official is mainly in charge of the criminal name. If my cousin does well in both the government experience and the position of magistrate, it will be okay to be the chief official of one party in the future, right?"

Qin Bai's expression slowed down a little: "It's not that simple, the official also has the responsibility of praising the plan, that is, the official has a three-year performance appraisal." This is no trivial task. Besides, the punishment alone is tiring enough. He turned to Wu Shaoying, "You are a serious jinshi, and you have been reading books in the country for many years, so you must be familiar with the laws of the imperial court." I remember that when you were in Suide Prefecture in the past, you used to go back and forth with Zhizhou, but have you ever seen the state government handle cases?"

Wu Shaoying said: "I've seen it, but I've never tried to judge a case seriously, I'm afraid that I have to study hard." ”

Qin Bai nodded: "It's okay for now, since you have already gone to the government to report, the most important thing is to hurry up and handle the handover and do a good job of the responsibilities experienced by the government." But if you have leisure, it is best to pay more attention to how the magistrate handles the case, there are still old officials in the government, all of whom are old, you should ask people for advice, so as not to really sit in the position of the magistrate in the future, but you are in a hurry, and you don't know how to deal with it. ”

Wu Shaoying was busy.

Qin Bai said something about the situation of the Jinling Mansion again. He had already asked someone to inquire about these things clearly, and now he told the students one by one, which also saved Wu Shaoying from being confused, and he didn't know if he committed a taboo. Wu Shaoying knew that this was the teacher's love, and she was grateful, so she quickly memorized it.

Niu listened for a long time, and became a little impatient: "Master, you teachers and students can talk about this after dinner." I'm still waiting to ask Shaoying's in-laws about it!"

Qin Bai looked at his old wife helplessly: "What kind of big deal are those? Aren't they all solved? What we are talking about is the right thing." Shaoying has already taken up his post in the government, and Ming'er has to go back to work. I have to explain everything that should be explained clearly, so that he can avoid a little detour. ”

Qin Hanzhen also whispered to the Niu family: "Yes, grandmother, don't worry, my grandmother won't be able to come for a while." She was too old to go out in winter. It's not a problem on my uncle's side, my cousin has been prepared for a long time. ”

Niu Shi hurriedly asked Wu Shaoying: "What have you prepared?"

Wu Shaoying glanced at Qin Hanzhen helplessly, and said with a smile: "I didn't prepare anything, but I just said something in front of some clansmen of the Guan family and my cousin's mother's family, and asked them to go to my cousin to persuade him not to leave home easily." It's not that I deliberately instigated it, everyone in each family has their own selfishness, the Guan family is afraid that they will not be able to benefit from the Qin family's crooked in-laws, and the cousin-in-law is reluctant to parents and brothers. My cousin is not a very courageous person, and the people around him have persuaded him a lot, and it is difficult for him to make up his mind to really leave his hometown and live in a completely unfamiliar place thousands of miles away. He lived a fairly prosperous life, and he didn't leave home for the sake of fame and future, so there was no need to suffer that. My cousin and I grew up together, and we know in my heart what kind of temperament he is. I think there is a good chance that he will choose to stay in his hometown, whether it is the capital or Jinling, he will not go. ”

Qin Hanzhen blinked, thinking that Wu Shaoying didn't seem to say this to her outside the house before. He explicitly mentioned the issue of the guide......

Wu Shaoying's eyes flashed slightly, and he glanced at Qin Hanzhen. Qin Hanzhen immediately sat up straight, closed his mouth, and had no intention of spitting out a word at all.

Wu Shaoying said to Qin Bai and Niu's again: "I see that my cousin actually doesn't want to leave home in his heart. Although the situation of the Guan family in the county town is not as good as before, it is much more prominent than when the teacher and his wife left. People inside and outside the county know that they are in-laws with Yongjiahou Mansion, whether they are close or not, and they are not something that ordinary people can underestimate. The Guan family has lived in Mizhi for several generations, has a family, a business, a house and land, and is deeply respected by the county. Besides, I have to go out to be an official, and I can't take care of the family business over there, so I have already entrusted it to my cousin to help take care of it. My cousin has a lot of things to do, and there is actually no shortage of money on hand, so I also entrusted the Wang family and promised to let Brother Xiu go to the Wang family school annex. My cousin is in his hometown, and he lives so comfortably, what is there to go out of the house? It was my aunt who was confused for a while, for fear that she would be separated from her in-laws, so she forced him to go to the capital. As long as the cousin has made up his mind, the aunt will eventually listen to him. After all, the husband is subordinate to the son, and the aunt is not an unreasonable person. ”

Niu Shi said: "If the wife of the in-laws can really understand the reason, we will recite the Buddha." Actually, we don't care, it's just to spend some money and buy a house to settle down with relatives. It's not for them to live a rich and expensive life, how much food can they spend? But if our relatives don't do things in accordance with their own etiquette, we can't blame us for not being happy. Especially Yun Niang's girl, why didn't the in-laws discipline this daughter? I sound like I'm more foolish than before?"

Wu Shaoying was a little embarrassed: "She is guilty of bullish leftism." The aunt felt sorry for her daughter, and she was confused for a while. My cousin and sister-in-law all know that they won't let my cousin mess around. Before I came back, I had already heard my cousin mention that I planned to bring up the family matter that I had said before, and I would marry my cousin off when I was filial piety next year. ”

Qin Han was really curious: "What kind of family affair?" There is still someone willing to marry Guan Yunniang?!

Wu Shaoying smiled: "It's a child over there in Sanchuankou, and his family background is still passable, he used to talk to his cousin, and it was one of his cousins' mother-in-law who pulled the strings." It's just that because the Guan family is still in the filial piety period, it has not been promoted. My cousin once had some misunderstandings with his family, and the family affair was ruined. Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, the family knows that the Guan family and the Yongjiahou Mansion are serious in-laws, and feels that this is a rare good marriage, so they agree to renew the marriage contract. The cousin is very happy, and now he only has to wait for his family to be filial next year, and the child's parents will send a matchmaker to the door to propose marriage. This time, the matchmaker is no longer the cousin's mother-in-law's parents, but the master of Qi. Together with my cousin, I seriously invited him to come forward, and I will never make another mistake. ”

It turned out to be the child's family. The parents of that family had obviously seen Guan Yunniang's spo, just because they knew that the Guan family and the Hou Mansion were in-laws, and there was a county master as a matchmaker, so they endured the previous unhappiness, and accepted this family business for the sake of their son's future, which was really well-intentioned. This family affair was also approved by Mrs. Guan and Uncle Guan at the beginning, but it was only about Yun Niang's dissatisfaction. Now that the previous appointment is renewed, I'm afraid that Mrs. Guan will have nothing to say. As for Guan Yunniang, once the family refuses to indulge in her nonsense, how can she be unhappy? Could it be that she really expects that she can marry into the family of an official?

Qin Hanzhen pursed his lips and asked Wu Shaoying: "Since the uncle has decided, my grandmother shouldn't object, right? ”

Wu Shaoying said with a smile: "Don't worry, this family affair is already a certainty, and it won't be in vain." My aunt also knew in her heart that in addition to this family, I am afraid that it would be difficult to find a second scholar who is willing to marry her cousin. My aunt was able to even accept Hu Kun at the beginning, not to mention the child who had once discussed a parent, and that child was just a short of passing the hospital test. As long as the time comes, maybe he will be able to pass the Xiucai exam the year after tomorrow. The aunt may be reluctant in her heart, but when her old man knows that her cousin has decided not to leave home, and her cousin will not have a big family in the capital or Jinling to marry, she will never miss this family affair again. After all, my cousin is not young anymore, and if she doesn't get married, she will really become an old girl. ”

Niu Shi said: "There are many old girls in the world, but it is rare to see someone like her who does not know the importance of it. If she can really marry honestly this time, we can also breathe a sigh of relief. It's just that her husband's family is a little pitiful, and I don't know how angry she will be in the future! Anyway, if she bullies her mother-in-law's family in the future, our Qin family will never support her!"

Wu Shaoying couldn't help but smile: "My wife is too worried." Such a thing, even the Guan family could not tolerate cousin Hu. ”

Niu finally relieved himself and said: "It's not early, you have worked hard for half a day, just rest at home tonight, and enter the city tomorrow morning." I'll let the kitchen cook your favorite dishes for you, and you can talk to the master. Then he got up and went out.

Only Qin Bai, Qin Hanzhen and Wu Shaoying were left in the house. The former asked the latter lightly: "You said that you entrusted the family business to your cousin's care, what does this mean?"...