Chapter 708: Buying an Official
In early April, it was already warm in the capital. Bayi Chinese Network ā ā„ā„.ā„8ā 1ā Z=ā.ā„Cā„OāM
After changing into winter clothes, Ji Ning's whole person can also feel light, these days, he has been busy moving around, as if he has forgotten the things that Zhao Yuanrong handed over to him.
Zhao Yuanrong is most concerned about King Hui and Uncle Li not getting the punishment they deserve, in Ji Ning's opinion, it is difficult for him to help in this matter, because King Hui and Uncle Li are now low-key, they are hiding in the mansion in the capital, if the emperor does not decide that they have the intention of committing crimes, it is impossible to convict the former Ministry of Industry Shangshu and Prince by relying on him Ji Ning.
āā¦ā¦ Yongning, I didn't ask you that day, why did you suddenly leave Li Shilang's mansion? Fortunately, Li Shilang was busy letting Miss Li enter the palace that day, and he didn't have time to ask how many people went. Tang Xie and Han Yu originally asked Ji Ning to meet the next day after going to Li Jing's mansion, but they didn't see Ji Ning for a few days.
After seeing Ji Ning, they were very concerned about Ji Ning's thoughts at that time, because Ji Ning's sudden departure also made them worried, afraid that Li Jing would mind because of this.
Li Jing has real power in his hands, if he is targeted by a household servant, even if Ji Ning works in the Temple of Literature, life will not be too easy.
Ji Ning said: "It's not a big deal, I just thought that there was something to go back to." By the way, how much do you know about Miss Li's participation in the draft girl? ā
"Where do you know this?" Tang Xie sighed, "It's a little ashamed to say it, after seeing Li Shilang that day, we didn't even know what to say, and we didn't have much experience in officialdom, but it made Li Shilang feel like we were just the kind of jinshi who went to give gifts...... It seems that the end result of this trip is not very good. Yongning, ask you something, are you ...... How can you cope with so many powerful people? ā
"Powerful?" Ji Ning looked at the two curiously.
Han Yu added: "It's you, Princess Wenren, and the prince of Chongwang...... Wait, maybe there's a lot we don't know, right? ā
Ji Ning sighed: "In fact, many things, I don't take the initiative to contact people, but passively accept them, and I don't want to be involved in so many forces." The matter between me and Princess Wenren, you two still have to keep it a secret for me! ā
"Knowing it, we ourselves are very surprised, Princess Wenren is actually the son of Wen, alas! If I had known, I wouldn't have said too many things to her in Renxian Pavilion that day......" Tang Xie said with some self-reproach.
"What did you say?" Ji Ning hadn't asked carefully about the events of the day, so he couldn't help but be curious.
"The princess has been asking you about Jinling City that day, in fact, we don't know much, but when she was a friend, she told her some ridiculous things that Yongning you had done before, and she was very unhappy to see the princess that day, most likely because the princess wanted to win you over as a doorman, but after hearing about some of Yongning's bad deeds, she was suspicious...... Alas, we may have ruined Yongning's image in the eyes of the princess! Tang Xie will be full of self-blame.
Ji Ning smiled bitterly, he finally knew why he met Zhao Yuanrong in the Renxian Pavilion that day, and Zhao Yuanrong would borrow wine to drown his sorrows.
But in the end, the relationship between him and Zhao Yuanrong was also free, and Zhao Yuanrong even had a ** with him in the Human Immortal Pavilion for a while, indicating that Zhao Yuanrong didn't mind the ridiculous things that his soul did in his body before.
Why Zhao Yuanrong is so generous makes Ji Ning curious.
"Yongning, when do we have time, let's go to Princess Wenren's mansion together?" Tang Xie asked tentatively.
Ji Ning shook his head and said, "This matter is still unnecessary." Princess Wenren has never been in charge of the imperial court, and His Majesty has no intention of letting the princess come out to take charge, so we will openly go to see the princess, and it will always cause gossip from the outside, I think so, I will have the opportunity to see the princess again in the future, and we will sit down and make it clear......"
"Good! Or Yongning, you ...... to us" Han Yu said with a smile, "Don't you know, Ziqian and I have traveled a lot of places these days for the sake of official shortages, and the silver spent is also thousands of taels, and it has not been implemented yet, so I am afraid that in the end, it will be a bamboo basket for water!" ā
Ji Ning said: "This time there is a shortage of magistrates, so it's not easy to put it?" ā
"It's not that it's not bad, it's that there are too many people who spend money." Tang explained, "It's strange to say, I don't know why there are so many sons and daughters of wealthy families among the candidates for the Zhongjin Shi this time, just in the official vacancy of a county, they are willing to take out more than 10,000 taels, and some can even take out tens of thousands of taels." In the past, there were not many places where Beijing officials needed to be dotted, especially the miscellaneous errands of the six departments, maybe a few thousand taels of silver could be walked around, and some could be put down without moving, especially those drudgeries, but this year, all the errands are all 10,000 taels of silver, and if you don't have this silver, you need to wait for the official shortage. This court is becoming more and more like a place to sell officials and lords, just a middle jinshi, no money, can only be an idle errand in the court, and may not be allowed to go for a few years! ā
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.
Ji Ning hadn't checked about buying and selling officials before, and he knew very little about this news channel.
But now after being reminded by Tang Xie and Han Yu, he knows one thing, that is, there were a lot of people who bought officials back then, to be precise, there were many Jinshi who bought officials.
This is actually a signal released by the imperial court, that is, this Jinshi is generally very wealthy.
If it was in the normal range, Ji Ning wouldn't think too much about it, but now that all official vacancies have increased in price, there is only one possibility, that is, there are many people who have no talent to learn, just because they have money or background, and they are admitted to the Jinshi, so there will be so many people who buy officials in the first year of the Jinshi examination.
Ji Ning thought to himself: "If these people are through the relationship between King Hui and Uncle Li Guo, so that they have the opportunity to be admitted to the Jinshi, then now that King Hui and Uncle Li have lost power, these people should be people with their tails between their legs, and they will never dare to buy officials so blatantly." The forces behind it must not be King Hui and Uncle Li, who will it be? Is it the crown prince, or the king? ā
Ji Ning calculated based on the status of the people in the court today, it seems that except for King Chong and the crown prince, no one else needs to install so many people in the court.
It seems that even if it is a low-level yamen, they don't care, just to ensure that there are people in all yamen.
Ji Ning guessed that it was more likely that the king would be worshipped, but if he thought about it carefully, this might also be a signal that the crown prince was secretly plotting for the throne.
As for what kind of situation it was, he couldn't guess yet.
"Yongning, don't be in the Temple of Literature, there is also this situation, when the silver speaks...... If you need to, just ask! Tang Xie patted his chest and said.
(End of chapter)