"Being an official? Of course, I participated in the imperial examination! When Jin Shan heard Li Zhang ask about being an official, he replied almost without thinking about it, even a child knows that if you want to be an official, you must study hard, and it will be possible to enter the officialdom in the future.

"Except for the imperial examination?" Li Zhang asked again.

"What, do you want to go on a career in the future?" Jin Shan finally reacted when he heard this, and looked at Li Zhang seriously at the moment.

"I don't necessarily have a career path, but through the last time I was housekeeper Xu, I knew that my status was too low, but anyone with a little power could pinch me, so I wanted to have a little ability to protect myself." Li Zhang said honestly, Jin Shan is a smart person, and the two are also very familiar, so there is no need to beat around the bush.

Hearing Li Zhang say this, Jin Shan also showed a thoughtful expression, and after a while, he saw Jin Shan speak: "If you don't take the imperial examination, there are still two roads, but these two roads are not easy to walk!" ”

"Which two? Forget about the generals, you know what our army in the Great Song Dynasty looks like, and even if you make meritorious contributions, those civil officials will still bully you as much as they want! Li Zhang asked again, but he didn't want to take the road of military generals.

"If you remove the road of joining the army, then you only have to start from the junior officials." Jin Shan sighed again at this time and said, everyone knows the benefits of being an official, but not everyone can be an official.

"Start as a young officer?" Li Zhang couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

"Yes, although the little official is not an official, he can be regarded as entering the officialdom, and if he performs well, coupled with the support of nobles, he may also be promoted to an official in the future." Jin Shan explained again, "Of course, the imperial examination is the right way to become an official, so the official transfer is also more excluded in the officialdom, and the official career will not be smooth, but as long as you have the ability, you may also enter a high position in the future." ”

"There are ten times more junior officials than officials, but there are a few people who can be transferred to officials, and I heard that because there are too many people admitted to the imperial examination, many officials are not really bad, so I am afraid it will be even more difficult to be promoted from junior officials to officials." Li Zhang said with a wry smile when he heard this.

"What you said is also the truth, the vast majority of small officials become old officials, and they can only stay in their own positions, and it is impossible to be promoted, but for those who can't get fame, the transfer of officials to officials is the best way for them to enter the officialdom." Jin Shan nodded at this time and said again.

"Then there is no other way than to turn officials into officials?" Li Zhang still asked again without giving up at this time.

"That's not it, there are several other ways to become an official, but compared to joining the army and becoming an official, these ways are even more impossible for you." Jin Shan said with a bitter smile again at this time.

"What way, you say it quickly!" Hearing this, Li Zhang asked impatiently again.

"Shadow Raid, Guozi Prison and Inspector!" Jin Shan said with a solemn face at this time, he had thought of these before, but he didn't think it was suitable for Li Zhang, so he didn't say it, but now Li Zhang kept asking him, in order to make him die, Jin Shan said it.

"Yin Raid is definitely not good, my ancestors didn't have an official, you know my father's appearance, it's good if he doesn't drag me down." Li Zhang thought of his rotten gambler father at this time, and couldn't help but sigh at the moment.

"Don't think about it, only the children of officials above the seventh grade are qualified to study, and the combined number of Guozijian prisoners in the east and west capitals is only three or four hundred, and many officials' children can't squeeze in, let alone you, a white body." Jin Shan couldn't help but open his mouth at this time.

The Great Song Dynasty had two Guozijian, respectively in Kaifeng, Tokyo and Luoyang, Xijing, of course, when Fan Zhongyan was in power, Yingtian Academy was promoted to Nanjing Guozijian, but this Nanjing was not the later Nanjing, but Shangqiu in Henan, and the students of a Guozijian never exceeded two hundred, so even the children of qualified officials sometimes couldn't enter.

"What about the prosecutor, why haven't I heard of this?" Li Zhang asked again with the last glimmer of hope.

"Alas, this is even more difficult, the inspection system originated in the Han Dynasty, you must have heard of filial piety, although we have the imperial examination in the Great Song Dynasty, but the imperial court in order to prevent talents from burying the people, so it gave some court officials the right to recommend, mainly to let those Confucian scholars who are famous among the people have a way to enter the office, so if you want to become an inspector, you must meet two conditions, one is that you have enough fame, and the other is to let the court officials recommend you as an official." Jin Shan saw that Li Zhang was still not giving up, and sighed again at the moment.

Li Zhang was also completely deflated when he heard this, this probation officer is simply more difficult than Yin Xi and Guozijian, he does not have any of the two conditions, compared to these three ways, it seems that the official transfer and joining the army are more reliable.

"Li Zhang, you shouldn't actually look for me as an official, but you should find a more suitable person to discuss this matter!" At this moment, he suddenly saw Jin Shan sneakily turn his head to look around, and then lowered his voice.

"A better fit?" Li Zhang heard Jin Shan's words, but his expression was puzzled.

"Lu Bantou, I can only give you some advice, but with your relationship with Lu Bantou, as long as he is willing, he may be able to help you enter the officialdom!" Jin Shan whispered again at this time.

"Uncle Wu? Don't be kidding, Uncle Wu is just a small team leader, and his status is not even as good as that of a small official, how can he help me enter the officialdom? Li Zhang thought that Jin Shan was joking with himself, and he couldn't help but smile helplessly.

"I'm not joking with you, Lu Bantou's background is not ordinary!" Jin Shan said with a solemn face.

"Not ordinary? What's unusual? Li Zhang's heart was also moved at this time, thinking of the previous arrest of that party spy, Lu Wu's various performances did not look like an ordinary team leader, could it be said that his guess was correct?

"Hehe~" I saw Jin Shan laugh dryly at this time, turned his head to look around again, and then said again, "You were bullied by Steward Xu last time, my father-in-law has four daughters and one son, three of which are married to officials, just one of me is to open a casino, and although I am his son-in-law, I am an outsider after all, but I can arrest Steward Xu and dispose of it at will, do you know why?" ”

"There is someone above you, so your father-in-law wants to stammer you!" Li Zhang understood the joint after a little thought.

"Yes, I'm not boasting, in the territory of Tokyo City, although I don't dare to say that I go sideways, but no one dares to bully me, some time ago Ding Xiang's nephew lost money in my casino, and I didn't pursue Ding Xiang's face, but the day before yesterday, Ding Xiang knew about it, not only let people beat his nephew, but also asked his nephew to go to my house with money to make amends!" At this time, Jin Shan triumphantly introduced his energy.

"It seems that the person above you is not small, and even the prime minister has to give you some face!" Li Zhang couldn't help but look at Jinshan Dao in surprise when he heard this.

Ding Xiang is also Ding Wei, this is a ruthless person, and Wang Qinruo and other five people are collectively called the five ghosts, Kou Zhun is such a domineering and shrewd person, and in the end he was also squeezed out by Ding Wei, and now the emperor is sick, although Empress Liu can handle government affairs, but the major affairs of the court are generally decided by Ding Wei and Li Di, the two prime ministers, it can be said that half of the political affairs of the Great Song Dynasty are now from the hands of Ding Wei.

"Hehe, the person behind me doesn't have such a big face, it's just that Ding Xiang has a request for him now, so he is so polite to me, otherwise he wouldn't usually worry about this little thing." Jin Shan smiled a little embarrassedly at this time.

But when he said this, he saw that Jin Shan suddenly changed his words, and said solemnly again: "I don't say this to praise you for the forces behind me, I just want to use this to let you understand that even if a person like me is not willing to provoke Lu Bantou, it can even be said that the bigger the person, the more scruples he has about Lu Bantou!" ”

"Uncle Wu really has such a big power?" Li Zhang still couldn't believe it when he heard this.

"Of course, don't say anything else, just say your father, he has been gambling for so many years and owes a lot of casino debts, if he were another person, I'm afraid he would have been hacked to death, but don't you see that he is alive and well now, he wants debts to debts, but no one dares to move a finger of him, these are for the sake of Lu Bantou's face!" Jin Shan saw that Li Zhang didn't believe it, so he directly took Li Yonghe as an example.

"Hiss~" Li Zhang finally believed it at this time, but then he eagerly asked, "Who is Uncle Wu, and why do you have such scruples?" ”

"This ......" As soon as Li Zhang inquired about Lu Wu's origin, Jin Shan couldn't help but show a hesitant expression, and after a while, he smiled bitterly and said, "Li Zhang, we are friends, I'll be honest with you, although I know some of Lu Bantou's origin, but I don't dare to say it!" ”

Hearing that Jin Shan didn't dare to tell him about Lu Wu's origin, this made Li Zhang even more curious, but he also knew that since Jin Shan didn't dare to say it, he must have his scruples, so he didn't want Jin Shan to be embarrassed anymore, so he had to suppress his curiosity in the bottom of his heart and didn't ask.

"That's all I have to say, if you really want to know, Li Zhang, it's better for you to ask him yourself, anyway, I think he treats you as a nephew, maybe he will tell you!" Jin Shan saw that Li Zhang was silent, so he stood up and said again, and after speaking, he was ready to say goodbye and leave.

"Tell him what?" But as soon as Jin Shan's words fell, he suddenly heard a familiar voice from the back door, and when Jin Shan turned his head to look, he found that Lu Wu actually walked in from the back door with a calm face, which made him tremble with fright, I don't know if he heard his words just now?