Chapter 0015 - The Way to Buy an Official
In a room on the third floor, Zhang Xiaoliu hugged the unconscious Steward Yang, staring at the group of people in front of him with blood-red eyes.
Among them, there are several members of the Li family's descendant clan, who are forcing Steward Yang for the real estate title deed of Zuixian Building, etc., but Steward Yang is loyal to Li Yanming, no matter how the three of them abuse their private deeds to torture him, he did not divulge half a word, and finally couldn't stand the torture and hit his head on the pillar, intending to commit suicide, which can be described as loyal.
Li Weiguo came to the third floor, witnessed this qiē, and immediately became angry, and shouted: "If you don't give me an explanation today, don't even think about going out from here!" ”
"Presumptuous! You're just a junior, and you dare to talk to our three elders like this? A member of the Li family who recognized Li Weiguo was the first to speak.
"Give you an explanation? Which green onion are you? It's just a wild boy who was kicked out of the Li family ancestral hall! Then another clansman sneered.
"I almost forgot, why didn't your little lady Fu Shanxiang come with you? Wow, she is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in the second master, even the sensational Tianxiang Pavilion top brand Shanyue girl can't compete with her, if you know each other a little bit and give her to the second master, the second master I am happy, maybe I can let you return to the clan. A clansman who claimed to be the second master had his eyes shining, he had seen Fu Shanxiang from afar, and since then he has not thought about it, he has dreamed of having her, but he has never had a chance, and now when he sees Li Weiguo appear, his heart is ready to move again.
Soon, several members of the Li family scolded together, ridiculed and ridiculed Li Weiguo, they had the inside story before, and Li Yanping was the guarantor, guaranteeing that Li Yanming's family would not be able to turn over, so they targeted Li Weiguo so unscrupulously, and lynched him in order to seize the real estate title deed of Zuixian Building from Steward Yang as soon as possible.
Listening to the words of these clansmen, Li Weiguo's face gradually turned iron-blue, especially staring at the guy who claimed to be the second master, his eyes were full of murderous aura.
The idea of a woman who dares to beat Lao Tzu is really looking for death!
The dragon has reverse scales and cannot be offended, at this moment, Li Weiguo has already sentenced the other party to death.
"Originally, my father asked me to read the same clan and clan to open up to you, but you almost forced Steward Yang to death, he is a member of my Li family, and I should uphold justice for him. So I changed my mind, how do you hurt Steward Yang, I will pay you back tenfold and hundredfold! ”
"Did we hear you right, this kid is going to stand up for a minion? And teach us a tenfold and a hundredfold lesson? ”
The crowd laughed, clearly not convinced.
Li Weiguo snorted coldly, stopped speaking, slowly retreated to the staircase, and said sharply: "Come on, beat them up for me!" ”
As soon as the words fell, the foreign soldiers in the staircase rushed out, kicked the people in the hall to the ground, and then smashed them down with the butts of their guns.
"Damn, what's going on? ……”
"Oops! ……”
"Help! ……”
The hall resounded with the sound of ghosts crying and howling.
"And that guy, beat me to death!"
Li Weiguo pointed to the guy who called himself the second master and added, and suddenly several foreign soldiers were ordered to focus on taking care of the "second master", and in a moment, he broke his leg and arm, and his face was swollen and his mother couldn't recognize it.
"The dog's day thing dares to hit the idea of my young lady, go to death!" Zhang Xiaoliu also joined the beating, he was no less angry than Li Weiguo, and he was even more ruthless when he started to move, he had also heard the words of this "second master" before, and he was furious at the moment, and stepped on his crotch.
"Ah!!!!h
stepped on this "second master" with one foot, and felt that his parts were directly crushed, and he howled like a pig, and died of pain.
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Half an hour later, the Drunken Immortal Mansion was calm, and several of the Li family and their minions were thrown out into the street.
The people in the distance watched one after another, only to see that these people were blue and swollen and bloody, and it was difficult to tell who it was, they were covered with injuries all over their bodies, and they couldn't even stand up, so they could only lie on the street and wail.
A carriage stopped at the door of the Drunken Immortal Building, which was the car of Shen Ziyan, the eldest lady of the Shen family, and she rushed over as soon as she learned that Li Weiguo was going to sell the Drunken Immortal Building.
At this time, Xiaohe was telling her the scene she saw in front of her, and after listening to it, she just faintly squeezed out two words: "You deserve it!" ”
In the Drunken Immortal Building, Steward Yang had woken up and received timely medical treatment, and there was no major problem.
He already knew the ins and outs from his nephew Zhang Xiaoliu, and knew that Li Weiguo had taught those people a hard lesson in order to give him a head, and he was grateful to this little young master in his heart at this moment.
"Young master, this is all the real estate and title deeds of the Li family, and the old slave has been carefully hidden, and they have never robbed them." Steward Yang handed a mahogany box to Li Weiguo.
Li Weiguo opened it and saw that it was indeed all the real estate and title deeds of the Li family, and the drunken immortal building was also impressive, so he nodded and said: "Steward Yang has worked hard, you are loyal to my Li family, and my Li family will naturally not treat you badly!" ”
"Thank you, young master, the old slave is a member of the Li family, and it is right to do this." Steward Yang paused and continued: "It's just that the young master of Shicai beat those Li family descendants for the sake of the old slave, I'm afraid that the clan will blame it, and the young master is afraid that there is trouble, and the old slave is cheap, but he is tired of the young master, and he really deserves death." ”
"Clan blame? Hum! If Young Master Ben doesn't go to them for trouble, they should burn high incense and rejoice, and dare to blame? Li Weiguo snorted coldly, he is no longer the twelve-year-old boy who is afraid of his head, he has his own principles of doing things, if people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, if people offend me, I will retaliate ten times and a hundred times.
"On that day, my Li family suffered, not only did the people of the clan not only not help, but also fell into the well, seized the property of my Li family, and even drove us out of the clan with a wolf heart, and let us live on the streets, this account book young master will remember it for them, if it were not for my father's benevolence, I ordered me not to embarrass the clan, otherwise this young master would have destroyed them a long time ago."
Steward Yang was in a daze, is this still the young master he knows?
It's been a long time, the young master who was only submissive in the first place, and was only bullied but didn't dare to fight back, has now become decisive and decisive, and it is completely a look and style that can only be seen by a person who does big things.
That's a big change, isn't it?
However, God is pitiful, the Li family has gone through this catastrophe, but it has made the young master grow up quickly, becoming mature and decisive, and for Steward Yang, he is happy from the bottom of his heart.
"Young master, all those crumbs were thrown out into the street. Also, the eldest lady of the Shen family is here to see the young master. At this time, Zhang Xiaoliu came in from outside and reported to Li Weiguo.
"Why is she here?" Li Weiguo looked surprised, he didn't go to worship these days, he just avoided Shen Ziyan, he felt ashamed, afraid to see the other party.
Zhang Xiaoliu replied: "Didn't the young master tell the minions to inform the wealthy merchants in Jinling that they planned to sell the Drunken Immortal Building?" This Shen family is the richest man, and if the young master wants to sell it for a good price, he naturally wants to inform the Shen family. Unexpectedly, the Shen family attached so much importance to this matter, and reacted so quickly, or the eldest lady of the Shen family came in person. ”
"I won't see her anymore, Steward Yang, you go and talk to her, you know Zuixianlou better than me, and if the price is right, you can sell it directly." Li Weiguo sighed lightly and decided not to see Shen Ziyan to avoid any further entanglement.
Steward Yang seemed to notice that Li Weiguo's demeanor was different, and it was inconvenient to ask, so he directly received the order.
In another private room, Shen Ziyan learned that Li Weiguo did not come to see her, and she looked a little lost.
The maid Xiaohe on the side bit her lips tightly, she knew the young lady's thoughts, and said angrily: "How can this be true, is there no one in the Li family?" Do you want a steward to call the shots? ”
Steward Yang hurriedly said: "My young master has something important to do and is inconvenient to come, so the old slave is fully responsible for the sale of the Drunken Immortal Building, and I also ask Miss Shen not to blame." ”
"Xiaohe must not be rude!" Shen Ziyan sighed lightly and continued: "Since this is the case, then ask Steward Yang to make a price, our Shen family wants this drunken immortal building." ”
Li Weiguo was not there, so Shen Ziyan was not interested in staying longer, she was very simple, she did not bargain with Steward Yang, and directly bought the Drunken Immortal Building with 200,000 taels of silver.
After Shen Ziyan left, Steward Yang hurriedly took the silver ticket issued by the Shen family with 200,000 taels and handed it to Li Weiguo.
"She is willing to spend 200,000 taels of silver to buy a drunken immortal building?" Li Weiguo was surprised, and quickly turned to frown, he knew that this was Shen Ziyan deliberately demonstrating to him.
"Having money is toughness!" Li Weiguo smiled, he was short of money, since there was no reason not to give him silver, you must know that silver at this time is very valuable in China, 200,000 taels of silver is enough to equip a foreign gun team of 10,000 people.
After collecting the silver ticket, Li Weiguo left the Zuixian Building, and under the guidance of Zhang Xiaoliu, he soon came to the Jiangning Mansion Donation Bureau.
Jiangning Prefecture Donation Bureau, as the name suggests, is a special office set up by the Qing court in order to facilitate the collection of money from officials and officials from all over the country.
The feudal dynasty has reached its peak in the Qing Dynasty, and of course it has reached its peak, and the legalization of selling official porridge is the most favorable proof.
This also provided convenience for Li Weiguo, he had the most headache for those biting and chewing on the imperial examinations, and now there is a way to become an official without the imperial examination.
The donation bureau is not a big place, but many people gather every day, they either come to buy officials, or they spend money and wait for news.
Seeing Li Weiguo and his entourage coming in, a little guy immediately came over to talk to him and introduce the details of the relevant buyers. For example, if you want to buy a Beijing official, the highest Langzhong five-grade requires 8,800 taels of silver, the highest fourth-grade Taoist among the magistrates requires 16,000 taels of silver, and the ordinary seven-grade county order requires 4,500 taels of silver.
This is the price of buying officials in the Xianfeng period, which is much cheaper than in the Kangxi period, and the reason is that there are too many people who donate officials. For example, there are only 1,300 counties in the country, but every year the imperial court sells as many as 250,000 official certificates of the Qipin county order, and millions of people of all ages have been supplemented over the years.
"I wonder what grade Young Master Li plans to donate?" The steward who received Li Weiguo asked.
"Donate a four-grade Taoist to my father, and I only need a seven-grade county order myself." Li Weiguo replied very casually.
"Young Master Li is new to here, I'm afraid I don't know much about some of the rules." The steward smiled and reminded, "Young Master Li, this donor is not just a matter of throwing a few silver tickets on this counter. The donation officials of our provinces are signed by the local donation bureaus, and then sent to the capital, and are examined and approved by the relevant departments such as the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Guozijian. ”
"Oh, really?" Li Weiguo is extremely smart, and the other party has something to say, so he gave Zhang Xiaoliu a look.
Zhang Xiaoliu was clever, and immediately took out an ingot of five taels of silver and stuffed it into the hands of the steward.
"Young Master Li is polite!" The steward smiled, put the silver in his hand, and continued: "It's not a secret, there was once someone who didn't understand the rules, and spent 4,500 taels of silver thinking that he could handle the official certificate, but he waited until he got the official certificate when he was eighty or two. ”
"Please also ask the big brother in charge to teach me!" Li Weiguo's eyes rolled, and he gave Zhang Xiaoliu a look, and handed over a piece of ten taels of silver to the other party.
The steward saw that Li Weiguo was very good, and his eyebrows immediately fluttered, and he opened the chatterbox, and said: "Young Master Li ran into me today, and he didn't reveal these things to you at all, you see those stupid bs who come here every day to wait for news, they all pay the money but don't make a point, they can only wait for the news here, but they don't know that their money is in vain." ”
It turns out that there is an insider, black enough, ruthless enough.
Li Weiguo smacked his tongue, knowing that the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty was dark, but he realized once he put himself in his shoes that it was really dark!
I just listened to the steward and continued: "Young Master Li listened to me, first paid the official donation silver stipulated in the imperial court's accounts, and then there were two choices, ordinary delivery does not cost money, when we have time to donate the bureau, we will hand it over, this is for those stupid bs who don't understand anything." Young Master Li, you have to choose the second one, hand it over quickly, just pay 600 taels of silver to our donation bureau, and our donation bureau will immediately expedite 600 miles, and it will be delivered to the capital in one day. ”
Li Weiguo nodded, it turned out that if you don't add money, it is "ordinary mail", and if you add money, it is "express mail".
"After your donation document arrives in the capital, it needs to be stamped and reviewed by the yamen such as the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Guozijian. If you add another 1,000 taels of silver, you don't need to go to the capital to verify your identity, let alone participate in the assessment of the national supervisor, and directly stamp you with a big red seal, and this official certificate will be counted. ”
, Lao Tzu spends money to buy officials, why is it so troublesome? Although Li Weiguo's historical knowledge is good, he only understands the general direction, and he understands these trivial details.
"These young masters have all understood, take this young master to see your master!" Li Weiguo waved his hand, interrupted the steward's words, and went straight to the point, he knew that the steward was just a pimp, so he didn't want to waste time.
"Young Master Li is really as wise as a torch, at first glance, it is the life of a great official, the villain is here to congratulate Master Li in advance on his master's temple!" The steward slapped his ass vigorously, and seeing that Li Weiguo was a little impatient, he suddenly changed his words and said: "Don't worry, the little one will guide you, let's ask for it in the back hall!" ”
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