Whether it is a Beijing official or a foreign official, the fourth grade to the third grade or even the third grade is the most difficult hurdle to cross.

Not to mention that a political envoy like Duan Dazhang is a governor, a feudal official who holds great power, and the treatment such as the guard of honor and the queen of the official is also far from being comparable to the four-grade officials.

When in the capital, Duan Dazhang can sit on the silver-topped black sedan chair carried by four people, and can sit on the green sedan chair carried by eight people on the place, and there is an apricot umbrella from the instrument, and two green fans, six flag guns, and two golden sticks...... It can be said that the front and back hug, majestic on all sides. In Beijing, the four-rank officials can only sit in a tin-topped black sedan chair carried by two people, and in the local area, they can only sit in a blue sedan chair carried by four people.

As long as the third-grade officials are not deprived of their posts, they can receive the full salary when they are in office, whether they are old or sick in the future, while the fourth-grade officials who return to their hometowns at the age of 60 can only receive half of the salaries when they were in office. Third-rank officials can bring their heirs, and they can choose one son to study in the Guozijian, so that they can get official positions faster in the future, while fourth-rank foreign officials do not have this treatment.

Guo Peilin was sent to Jiangsu to make up for the use of the fourth-grade Taoist, and he was very envious of Duan Dazhang, who had been in the same year of the official residence of the third grade, and hoped to get the support of the same year, and rushed to the Chongqing Hall again as soon as he received the invitation.

Duan Dazhang sat on the head, and Huang Zhongyin, the superintendent of Huguang Road, accompanied him and toasted frequently, Guo Peilin was really flattered.

"Brother Zhong Ji, I can't hide it, I invite you to eat and drink today, in fact, I have something to ask for."

"Please?" Guo Peilin was stunned, holding the wine glass and smiling bitterly: "Zhuo Yun, I am the most unproductive in these years in the same year, if you want to please, I beg you to be about the same." ”

"I'm not kidding you." Duan Dazhang put down his chopsticks, looked up at Han Xiufeng, who was standing on the side, and explained with a smile: "You have seen your nephew, and I have been running to your house a lot these days. It's not that my Duan Dazhang Wang Po sells melons and boasts, my nephew-in-law is a person who values love and righteousness, and is diligent and reliable, if it weren't for his painstaking management, there would be no Chongqing Hall now. ”

"Xiufeng has seen Master Guo." Han Xiufeng hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.

"Zhuo Yun, is this your nephew?" Guo Peilin asked subconsciously.

"Exactly." Duan Dazhang beckoned him to eat vegetables, and sighed: "My nephew's personality is well-known among our fellow villagers in Chongqing, if Brother Zhong Ji doesn't believe it, you can ask Yongzhuo, or you can ask Ji Bowen." In my opinion, it is really better to stay in the capital and do the first thing in the guild hall and take good care of the guild hall in these years. But his family is cold, and if he doesn't become an official, future generations will not be able to turn over. ”

"Zhuo Yun, with your uncle, it's not difficult for Xiufeng's nephew to be an official, right?" Guo Peilin asked puzzled.

"It's really not that hard, and I don't even have to worry about it." Duan Dazhang glanced up at Han Xiufeng again, and said slowly: "He had already thought of helping himself donate his background as a prisoner, donated a nine-grade candidate for inspection, and even found a way to fill the gap by himself, and this gap was almost filled." ”

"That's a good thing."

"It's a good thing, but I'm always a little worried, he is afraid that going to Gansu will attract criticism and cause me trouble, so he asked someone to help make up for the lack of Yangzhou Mansion. No matter how he said that his lack was selected by the ministry, there should be no problem in taking office, but whether he can work for a year is a matter of two words. ”

Thinking that no matter whether it is a Beijing official or a foreign official, they must be on probation for one year before they can actually be taught, Guo Peilin realized Duan Dazhang's good intentions, and couldn't help laughing: "Zhuo Yun, with your uncle, this is not a matter for Xiufeng's nephew. As long as I write a letter to Qi Youzhang, I don't believe that Qi Youzhang will not give this face. ”

"Youzhang is naturally looking for it, I have already written the letter, but my nephew is just a nine-grade inspection, and I can't go to Jiangning to find Youzhang if I encounter something."

"That's just as well."

"So I want to entrust my nephew to you, and I bother you to take care of it."

Before coming to the banquet, Guo Peilin was really worried about whether Duan Dazhang would introduce him to a friend or family member, once he opened that mouth in the same year, not only could he not refuse, but he also had to treat the people recommended in the same year with courtesy, even if he did not entrust him with important responsibilities after taking office, he had to support him, but he didn't expect Duan Dazhang to just ask him to take care of Han Xiufeng, the young head of the Chongqing Guild Hall, and Han Xiufeng had already helped him find a vacancy for himself.

In Guo Peilin's opinion, this is a favor, he looked back at Han Xiufeng, and agreed: "Brother Zhuoyun is serious, and he can't talk about the trouble." ”

"Zhixing, what are you doing in a daze, and you don't respect Lord Guo for a cup."

"Oh," Han Xiufeng reacted, and hurriedly poured Guo Peilin a full wine, and then poured a glass for himself, and said respectfully: "Thank you, Lord Guo, Xiufeng will do it first, Lord Guo, you are free." ”

"Okay, I'll do it too."

"Brother Zhong Ji, Zhixing is not only Zhuoyun's nephew, but also my junior Huang Zhongyin, I have to bother you to take care of it in the future." Huang Zhongyin wasted no time in raising his wine glass and drank it all.

……

Even Huang Zhongyin attaches so much importance to Han Xiufeng, a nine-product inspection who was born as a donor, Guo Peilin feels a little incredible. Full of wine and food, and was about to go to the backyard pavilion with Duan Dazhang to reminisce about the old days, Ji Yunfei, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, Ji Shi Ao Tongchen, the member of the household department, Wang Zhirong, the member of the criminal department, Jiang Haoxuan, the member of the criminal department, and He Heng, the secretary of the cabinet, and other Beijing officials from Chongqing Prefecture all came.

Although I am not very familiar with it, I have seen it before, and I just exchanged a few words with everyone, and the Sichuan businessmen such as the shopkeeper Wen and the shopkeeper who were doing business in Beijing also arrived.

"Zhuo Yun, what's going on in the guild hall today?"

"Isn't my nephew going to Jiangsu to take office, the big and small things in the hall must be explained, let's go, let's go to the backyard to drink tea, and let them be busy with them."

Guo Peilin asked curiously: "What about Yonghuan?" ”

Duan Dazhang said with a smile: "Yongzhuo is a Beijing official, and he has to be present for such a major event." ”

They praised Han Xiufeng's first incident, Guo Peilin was very curious about what Han Xiufeng was so special, and couldn't help asking: "Zhuoyun, it's the first time I've met the handover of the guild hall, can I, an outsider, listen to it on the side?" ”

"What's wrong with this, let's go to the flower hall and listen through the screen, so as not to restrain them."

"It's fine."

As soon as the two of them sat down in the flower hall on the left, Huang Zhongyin presided over the handover under Ji Yunfei's humility, Han Xiufeng opened the public box, took out the account book, and read the current accounts since taking over the hall to everyone, Pan Er and the eldest son of the shopkeeper Wen sat on the side and crackled and checked with an abacus.

It only cost more than 4,000 taels to renovate this hall, including the purchase of this place at his feet, Guo Peilin was taken aback, and he couldn't believe that he only spent this little money.

After Han Xiufeng finished paying the account, he said in the main hall again: "The shopkeeper, the credit report has been printed, Young Master Hu will return to his hometown in a few days, please print all the inscriptions, print a few more copies, and ask Young Master Hu to bring it to Master Gu and other gentry in his hometown together with the credit report." ”

"Yes, I wrote it down."

"This is the account of the association's personal exchanges, the street is right, the first chief, the official in charge of our area, we have to take care of all the New Year's holidays, and we have to go to the provincial hall if there is anything on the other side." Han Xiufeng paused, and then said: "Then there is the incense money of Wenchang Pavilion and the Xiangxian Temple, which can only be used to help the candidates who come to Beijing to take the exam and the villagers in Beijing who are living in poverty, remember to make another account ...... when you look back."

Zhuo Muxian said

The cold is uncomfortable, and I insist on a chapter, and my brothers and sisters will look at it.