The natural environment of Yanjing, the capital of the gods, suffered from serious damage in the Ming Dynasty, when the timber was cut down to provide firewood, charcoal, iron smelting, etc., the timber supply during the Hongzhi period reached more than 40 million catties, Dashun only increased, and the forests on the side of the Great Wall gradually decreased.

During the Ming Dynasty, Wutai Mountain in Shanxi Province was also bare because of indiscriminate logging, and the places of interest and historic sites were just in vain, and the situation was similar in Helan Mountain and other places.

The endless exploitation of nature has suffered the revenge of the laws of nature, so since the Ming Dynasty, the capital has been constantly winding and sand every April.

Jia Cong's horseback riding on Kua Street, including when he turned back to Xicheng from Andingmen, was also squinted by the wind and sand, and the more populous the area, the worse the natural environment.

In addition to supplying the officers and soldiers of the Nine Frontiers with charcoal and the huge and bloated consumption of the imperial palace personnel, many of the timber felled in Zhili Province were illegally felled, and the bureaucratic landlords and common landlords were building large construction projects inside and outside the city, all of which exacerbated this situation. Fortunately, at this time, it is estimated that there is no smog of industrial society.

Entering the west of Ningrong Street, the gatekeepers came up to congratulate, Jia Cong first went to the black oil gate on the East Road, only to see the demolished east wall to establish the champion archway, the new wood lacquer smell, the suspended wooden beams, he was in a trance for a few seconds, like a dream.

Just as he was about to go in to meet his parents, Uncle Si Qi, who was the leader of the gate, replied: "The inner supervisor in the palace has arrived." reported to Jia Cong, and slipped into the inner door to pass on the little girls and girls in the inner house.

Not long after, Jia Yu and Mrs. Xing greeted them in front of the wall according to their clothes and makeup, and they didn't have time to talk to Jia Cong.

The celebrant eunuch is the fourth grade, the young eunuch is the fifth grade, the eunuch is the sixth grade, the pen, the hall is seven, and the seven are from the seventh, so the hall wears the seven-grade supplementary service, the principal is the sixth product, and the heron is worn to supplement the uniform, and the Ministry of Officials is responsible for the coupons, seals and other things.

Jia Cong and his parents knelt down to listen to the announcement, the Hanlin Academy was revised from the six products, and the heron was supplemented, and he passed on the clothes and praised the street to wear this set of temporary court clothes, but there was no need to change it.

The director of the Ministry of Officials solemnly recited: "...... According to the "Dashun Huidian", from the first-rank official great-grandfather, grandfather, and father, the great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother are each sealed with a first-grade wife...... is from the mother of the six officials, the wife of the Feng An people (quoted from the "Ming Hui Dian"), please Lao An people to take over. ”

Mrs. Yipin, Mrs., Lady, Gongren, Yiren, Anren, and Ruren correspond to the mothers and wives of officials from one to seven grades respectively.

In addition to being a first-rank official, the fathers of other officials cannot be knighted because of their sons, and in addition, the eighth and ninth grades are not qualified to give orders to their mothers and wives.

Xie En stood up, Jia Cong took the coupon from the hand of the eunuch in the hall, and swept it slightly, the shape of this coupon is like a tile, divided into two columns, inlaid with silver, it is estimated that the six products have not yet been qualified to be inlaid with gold, one of the columns was torn off by the principal, and returned to the Jixun Division for archival records, and Jia Cong held it in the hands of his mother, Mrs. Xing.

Mrs. Xing and Jia Yu were very excited in their hearts, and the main person changed his face again, although he was not deliberately pleased, but his attitude was very respectful: "Jia Xiushu doesn't have a wife yet, right?" I didn't expect it, so I didn't make an extra copy, if there is, I'll make up for it tomorrow. ”

"I have never married." Jia Cong said: "The two of you are on a hard trip, please go in and rest." ”

"Then when you get married, you will be sealed separately." The principal waved his hand: "There is no need to drink tea, I'm still busy." Jia Xiu has a bright future, even if he is a jinshi, no one has a six-grade official as soon as he comes, look at me, the head of the ministry, and the Jixun Division has no power, and he can only be promoted after nine years of general examination...... The champion and the first, I really envy others. ”

"Yes, every three years, every six years, every nine years, only the Hanlin Academy, the Hanlin Academy, the promotion, particularly fast, to revise, review, edit, Shu Jishi, you can be promoted to read, waiter, Kedao, Liubu Langzhong, the temple Shaoqing, in a few years, you can participate in the meeting, the court to push into the cabinet, the glory of the ancestors, don't do it." The celebrant and the eunuch were envious, he wanted to seal his wife and son, but unfortunately he had no wife and no children, and the eunuch's food and godson were not counted.

The sealing of wives and shadows is worthy of the name for scholars, and the sealing of wives means that wives can accept the same orders as male officials. Yinzi is according to the official grade, minus the fourth grade and eight grades, such as the first grade official, can Yinzi is the fourth grade, Jia Cong is from the sixth grade, subtract the fourth grade, is from the tenth grade, according to the ninth grade and eighteen from, there is no ten grade, you can only do the official position that cannot enter the stream...... Of course, he doesn't have a son yet, and it needs to be pointed out that Yinzi has no position, can only eat a piece of imperial food, and has no actual power, just like Jia Lian's Wupin Tongzhi.

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Jia Cong returned to the palace this time, and made the palace fluctuate again.

"I'll take a look, the heron supplement hey, tsk, six-grade official, it's not big, it's not small." Jia Yingchun looked at Jia Cong's chest and back for a while, pulling at the three-foot long sleeves, while Jia Xichun came over to touch the green robe and black horn belt of the saro silk.

"It is said that Dianhanlin is different from ordinary Jinshi, and he can be a lecturer for the prince, a record of the emperor's daily life, a history revision, etc., and can also be an examiner for a province...... In the past, the old man was a foreigner, and he was a white pheasant from the fifth grade, but I only saw it from afar, how dare I touch it. Jia Tanchun looked at his soap boots again with admiration: "How many beams are there in the black gauze hat of the sixth rank official?" ”

"Six products, seven products, and two Liang Guan, I have already asked Zhang Cai's family to send someone to do it." Qingwen straightened her chest and was quite proud, Xiangling said with a smile: "Civil officials take a sedan chair, military attaches ride horses, and the sedan chair also tells them to do it according to their grades. ”

"I don't know who will be blessed to be my brother and sister in a few years? As soon as you enter the door, it is the six-grade fate, which is the glory of the ancestors. Jia Yingchun said.

Lin Daiyu sat on the chair and smiled lightly, without inserting a word, at the beginning, his father was Tanhua, and he was a great inspector of imperial history, but the grade was low, only seven grades, and the funeral after death could be added to one level, and he would be buried according to six grades.

Due to the hot temperature in summer, Xue Baochai's body was rich and timid, so he held a group fan, fanned the wind, and asked, "How much is it today?" ”

"Not much, ninety stones." Jia Cong thought about it, in fact, it can be counted, the annual salary is about 100 taels of silver, the first product is 600 stones, and 90 stones are calculated according to modern RMB, and the annual salary is about 54,000.

"You are still too little, now the number of acres in your house and our Xue family's grange has been cleared again. The extra part of the Zhuangzi that is given needs to pay summer tax and autumn tax, and others vote to give money, and those who do not pay taxes are also found out, and after the lord of Xifu, there is no Juelu, and the grange given will all be recovered, and if you want to prepare a house, you can only buy it yourself, and you must pay taxes...... "Xue Baochai sighed lightly: "Now the banquets and entertainment in the house are not as luxurious as before." ”

Xue Baochai now also helps manage the Grand View Garden, so he knows these things.

Jia Cong was indifferent to this, the things of Rongguo Mansion were not his at all, where would he care too much. Since the implementation of the apportionment into the mu, Jiafu can not afford to eat japonica rice, but it is reasonable. And the bureaucratic class is not completely exempt from taxes, there are restrictions, and the first product can be exempted from 300 stones, 30 dings, and the number decreases gradually, from nine products to 3 stones and 3 dings.