Chapter 6: The Difficulty
But the problem is that Fan Li doesn't have the money, so he deserves to be an official in two words: difficult!
Fan Li's difficulty is that he is poor, that is, he repeatedly borrows money to repay money, borrows money to repay money, and demolishes the east wall to make up the west wall!
So he has to find a way to make some extra money, how to make it? Quietly do something for others!
As a Beijing official, Fan Li is still able to help others do something, and the most he does is to help others get rid of relationships when they have a case.
Just like a lawsuit between a defendant and a plaintiff, if there is a way to spend some money to get people to get the judge and talk to the judge, then someone must be willing to make money!
But the problem is that the judges are not familiar with you, so why should they favor you, so you have to coordinate and coordinate with people from the system like the judges to see if they can be accommodating.
Fan Liang does this, relying on the relationship between colleagues, interceding with people, saying hello, this money is still easy to earn, the money is given to you when the thing is done, and if it can't be done, you can also give some errands, hard work and the like, which has no cost at all!
There is also a plaque for the shop, write a couplet or something, this is all a way for Fan Li to make extra money, but it can also be imagined: this is definitely not a lot of money.
But in other words, is there only a Hanlin in the imperial court? The rest of Hanlin are all living very well.
It's just that Fan Liang has not been an official for a long time, and he hasn't found a way to make money, or as a scholar who has just become an official, Fan Liang is unwilling to take some money from the bottom of his heart, which is against his conscience!
In addition to money, talking about other factors, Fan Liang did not mix well because he had a strong peasant atmosphere, and he couldn't get along with those colleagues, and his popularity was not very good.
Of course, there are other factors, such as impetuous temperament, can't sit still, Hanlin's work is not particularly busy, so Fan Li goes out to play all day, but after playing for a while, he finds that many of these new friends he has made are rooted in the family, or people have been mixed in this officialdom for a long time, it's okay, play with them every day, and people can afford to play. I can't afford to play!
At this time, Fan Li still has ambitions in his heart, and he still wants to continue to develop through his own efforts, what should he do?
So Fan Li made a rule for himself, stipulating how long he would read books every day before he could go out to play.
As a result, I can't sit still, isn't the saying said: always aspire, always aspire, always aspire!
Fan Li is the same, every time he goes out to play, he makes up his mind: I have to read as many articles as I want to read today before I can go out to play. As a result, he ran away.
Or sometimes when no one asks for him, after Fan Li reads a book for an hour, he thinks: Who is who, who are they doing? I'll go to him, I'll go to the bar, I'll go to the chess, I'll go to the flower and bird market, I'll go to the theater, I'll go to the karaoke...... What did he do when he was most bored? Fan Li went to watch people play chess for a day!
After coming back, Fan Liang scolded himself in his heart: Fan Li, Fan Li, are you still human? Can you do some work? Every day you know how to play, you are bored or not, you also watch the two old men on the street play chess, and you watch it for a day, it's so boring!
There is also arrogance, I am talented, my hometown is out of me, although I was born in the countryside, but I can study, and the people at home are also used to me, so I look at you people in the capital, what are you doing all day long? Every day I know how to eat, drink, and be merry, and not do business.
Look at me, buddy Jedi counterattack, brother is the legend of the people in his hometown, Mu Shangzhi is my teacher, I am under his protection, I am an official in the capital, and I have changed ways to create opportunities for me to promote me, just you, can you do it, I will surpass you one day sooner or later.
That's what Fan Li thinks in his heart, he looks down on these colleagues and the second generation of officials, and he is also very impulsive in his speech, and he doesn't have a good cultivation.
What's more, when he interacts with people, because his level, status, experience, and background are different, so in his heart, Fan Li always feels that it is not real to be friends with others, and there is no way to make sincere friends with others, and he always feels that what others say is false, false, and insincere.
So in Fan Li's heart, he felt that he was the best, and no one else could do anything, and no one looked down on him.
So what is the impact of these Fan Li's problems on him? Don't look at him when he first came, running out day by day, eating, drinking and having fun with people day by day, but in fact, he was very lonely in his heart, and he felt at a loss about the future!
Of course, it is not all Fan Li's faults, but also the external environmental impact at that time. What was the environment like in the capital at that time?
It's just that everyone doesn't want to do serious things! I'm tired for a day, I earn this money, I'm not tired for a day, I'm idle for a day, I still earn this money, so why should I be tired for a day?
Moreover, the network of relationships in officialdom is complicated, and it is difficult for you to say that if you do something seriously, who will you offend, and whose interests you touch.
So, basically, the characteristics of big officials are to kowtow more and talk less, and small officials just kowtow and don't talk, shut up, just promise, see what others do, you follow what you do.
This is the officialdom of Fan Liang in the capital, so on the whole, because of Fan Li's own problems, and the officialdom at that time, Fan Li's official situation was not happy, very uncomfortable, poor and unhappy, and Fan Li's happiness index was very low.
How low? Fan Li's uncle, the same uncle who sold cattle to raise money for him to go to Beijing to take the exam, wrote to Fan Li and said that he wanted to come to the capital to see Fan Liang and see how you behaved as an official? Let me also enjoy two days of glory and wealth!
As a result, what did Fan Liang say, he wrote to his uncle and said: Don't come, the capital is bitter!
But he can't say it, you are the pride of the people in your hometown, you are a legend, can you say that you are poor? Can you say you're not a good mix? Even if you say it, who will believe it! You are an official, you are Hanlin, you are a Beijing official, who believes you when you say you are poor and bitter! Your father's family now eats meat every day, and you can still eat pickles every day!
Therefore, when my uncle got the letter, he cried in a hurry, and hurriedly replied: "I have to go and see it anyway, and by the way, I will help bring you some money from your house!"
As a result, Fan Li resolutely refused to let his uncle come to the capital to see him, you said that if he was in the capital and lived in the wine pond and meat forest every day, could he not let his uncle come? That's impossible!
It's because it's not good to mix, poor! How poor is Fan Li? He is so poor that he can't afford to pay the servant, and the servant fights with him, can you give the money? If you don't give you money, we'll withdraw!" Fan Liang had no choice but to lend money to the servant's salary.