Chapter 254: Troublesome Favors
For this kind of thing, it can be regarded as taking advantage of the loopholes of the Tang Dynasty's laws, at least if you have passed the examination and are famous, if you are selected and appointed to an official position by the ministry, this kind of successive relationship, as long as both parties are willing to do so, it will be like this. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
As for the family members of the officials doing business, that's two things.
"Let him in first." Xuan Shijing folded the scroll in his hand and commanded the brocade guard who was lying down.
"Yes, Master Hou." Hearing Xuan Shijing's words, the brocade guard turned around and went out, and Marshal Zhao, who was waiting at the gate of the Shenhou Mansion, invited him into the Hou Mansion.
"Marshal Zhao, the grass people, have seen Master Hou." Entering the hall, Marshal Zhao bowed and clasped his fists and saluted Xuan Shijing.
The Shenhou Mansion is not as good as Yanlai Building, if the two meet in Yanlai Building, Xuan Shijing doesn't care what identity and the flow of identity intersects with him, that is a friend of wine and meat, but in this Shenhou Mansion, the class identity has to be taken seriously.
"Zhao Gongzi doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat." Xuan Shijing stretched out his hand and motioned for Marshal Zhao to sit on the Taishi chair on one side.
Marshal Zhao saw this kind of chair for the first time, no matter what the occasion was, if he was usually seated, he would kneel directly on the couch.
"Zhao Gongzi, I don't know why you have the idea of throwing this scroll into the Shenhou Mansion?" Xuan Shijing asked.
Marshal Zhao sat on the Taishi chair on one side, arched his hand to Xuan Shijing, who was sitting on the main seat, and said: "In fact, it is where the ambition is, but because he was born in the family of Xia Shangjia, if it is elsewhere, there is absolutely no chance, so I can only come to the Hou Ye's Shenhou Mansion with a cheeky face and try my luck." Speaking of this, Marshal Zhao looked a little embarrassed.
Going to the Shenhou Mansion to invest in the bank was a move made by Marshal Zhao after careful consideration at home, and then he made a lot of determination, and he also had a little cheekiness to ask for Xuan Shijing through the matter of the Xuanwu Lake painting boat.
The Zhao family has been doing business in Chang'an City for generations, and Marshal Zhao has also seen through it, so what if the family has more money? When there is a certain amount of money, it is just a number, but as a businessman, in terms of identity, he is inferior, and even a craftsman is inferior, which makes Marshal Zhao determined to find a way out, and the Shenhou Mansion is an opportunity.
First of all, the Shenhou Mansion has just been established, and it is the time to employ people, although he does not have too outstanding talents, but a certain position in the Shenhou Mansion is also sufficient, and secondly, the embarrassing reason that has been mentioned before. That is the two-sided friendship with Xuan Shijing.
"Zhao Gongzi, don't tell so-and-so, what is written on this scroll is true." Xuan Shijing said with a smile.
Hearing this, Marshal Zhao looked grim and said, "Master Hou, what is on a certain test paper is indeed true. ”
"Oh? That martial arts said....." Xuan Shijing said with a frown.
Although he has a good impression of Marshal Zhao, after all, there has been an intersection in the Xuanwu Lake Painting Boat and Yanlai Tower, and Marshal Zhao doesn't know about other abilities Xuan Shijing, but as soon as he said martial arts, it made Xuan Shijing very suspicious.
If Marshal Zhao still insists that everything written on the dome is true, then Xuan Shijing will have to reconsider Marshal Zhao's image in his mind, after all, Xuan Shijing doesn't like a liar.
"Master Hou, although he is not good at fighting the enemy, what he practices is riding and shooting, and the big opening and closing on the battle array, for this reason, my father also invited a hundred battle veterans from the middle battlefield to teach me, so the martial arts mentioned by a certain refers to the military formation." Marshal Zhao said with some embarrassment.
Xuan Shijing nodded, I see, hearing this explanation, Xuan Shijing figured it out a little, Marshal Zhao, Marshal Zhao, just by this name, you can see how much Marshal Zhao's father hopes that Marshal Zhao can join the army.
But just want to join the army, there is no way, and it is also blind, now there is no big war in Datang, and the soldiers in the Guannai are busy farming at home, it is the Sixteen Guards, and it is just practicing in the military camp all day long, there is no war, where did the conscription come from, don't say that Marshal Zhao and other ordinary people, it is Xuan Shijing who sent Shi Hu to Longxi, and it is also the relationship of Qin Qiong.
"You said this, Ben Hou can also guess that your ambition is in the army, not in Chang'an." Xuan Shijing looked at Marshal Zhao and said, "Do you know that after entering this Shenhou Mansion, in the future, you may not have the opportunity to go to the battlefield." ”
Hearing this, Marshal Zhao's eyes dimmed slightly, and then he raised his head to look at Xuan Shijing and said, "I won't regret it, I hope the Hou Ye will accept it." Marshal Zhao stood up and said to Xuan Shijing.
"Let you enter the Shenhou Mansion, Benhou can be the master, but you also know why you couldn't take the big exam before, why you couldn't join the army, all because of your merchant background, now, how do you think that Benhou will have a way to let you enter this Shenhou Mansion as a merchant and become an official of the Tang Dynasty?" Xuan Shijing smiled and said unhurriedly.
The sentence "this ......." stunned Marshal Zhao.
Xuan Shijing is right, the biggest obstacle to Marshal Zhao's desire to become an official is the Zhao family in Chang'an, who has been in business for generations.
Seeing that Marshal Zhao was frightened by his words, Xuan Shijing smiled and waved his hand, and said: "That's it, let Benhou think about this matter, and wait for the day after tomorrow, Benhou will send someone to your Zhao Mansion and give you an answer." ”
Hearing Xuan Shijing say this, Marshal Zhao's heart was only half relieved, since Hou Ye said so, then these two days but time, he can still afford to wait, maybe Hou Ye is thinking of a way for his own background, Marshal Zhao thought in his heart.
bowed to Xuan Shijing, and said again: "Since this is the case, then so-and-so is waiting for the news of the Hou Ye in the mansion." ”
Xuan Shijing nodded.
Someone sent Marshal Zhao out of the Shenhou Mansion, Xuan Shijing, who was leaning on the Taishi's chair, began to think about this matter, to be honest, Xuan Shijing was happy to summon Marshal Zhao into the Shenhou Mansion, whether it was from Marshal Zhao's talent, or his personality or the life-saving grace on the Xuanwu Lake Painting Boat, Xuan Shijing should find a way to help Marshal Zhao remove the stumbling block that blocked him from entering the Shenhou Mansion, that is, the identity of the son of Shangjia.
It's just that for a while, Xuan Shijing didn't have any good way, so he delayed it until the day after tomorrow, planning to discuss with someone to see if there was a safe way.
Saying that, the money pile was here, and he took the waste money of five carriages with people to the gate of the Ministry of Industry.
The porter at the gate of the Ministry of Industry saw the pile of money and immediately stopped the person.
"This is the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, who are you and what are you doing here?" The porter asked sharply, standing under the carriage of the money. (To be continued.) )