In the nineteenth year of Jiajing, Li Wenxuan, who had been in the capital for two years, was promoted from the deputy supervisor of the Qin Tianjian of the sixth rank to the supervisor of the fifth grade. In other words, he is already the leader of Qin Tianjian. The pair of children born to him by Zhao Tian'er were also able to walk upright without continuing to crawl on the ground. At the same time, although the two little ones did not speak and pronounce words very clearly, they could understand them by listening carefully to their babbling words.

Lin Ruoxi gave birth to a boy for Li Wenxuan, who was named Li Wenjie. Shortly after Li Wenjie's full moon, it happened to be his biological mother's twentieth birthday. Suddenly, Lin Zhengbei, who rushed from his hometown to the capital to visit his daughter and grandson in advance, naturally lived in the Li Mansion. He has brought a lot of things to his daughter and grandson, and he has another plan to enter Beijing this time.

In order to catch him and wash the dust, Li Wenxuan set up a sumptuous banquet in Lanxin Pavilion, and let Lin Zhengbei sit in the first seat. In the direction of his left and right hands, Li Wenxuan and Lin Ruoxi sat respectively. Lin Zhengbei, who had entered the Li Mansion and had seen the flowers once, stroked his gray beard with his right hand, and said happily: "Thanks to the grace of the saint to you, the virtuous son-in-law is now also a Beijing official of the fifth grade." Although this level is not very high, it is very rare that you can have such an achievement at the age of twenty-three. Here, the old man is borrowing flowers to offer Buddha to you a glass of wine. ”

Li Wenxuan, who picked up the blue and white porcelain wine glass placed in front of the table, touched the glass with him, and then drank a full cup as soon as he raised his head. Slowly putting down the wine glass, he chatted: "Father-in-law rarely enters Beijing once, but he has to play for a few more days." At the same time, Lu'er, who was standing next to him and waiting, took the initiative to fill the empty glass with wine for them.

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the house, Lin Zhengbei did not beat around the bush, so he directly cut to the chase and said: "I came to Beijing this time to visit my grandson and daughter; Second, I want to do a little business at the feet of this Son of Heaven; Third, it is to donate an alternate official to your second uncle who is not angry. ”

Li Wenxuan, who could hear clearly, immediately understood. He knew that Lin Zhengbei, who came to the capital this time, to visit his daughter and grandson was not only true, but also the best excuse and pretense, and his ultimate goal was to help him facilitate the latter two things. Although the donation of officials in the Ming Dynasty was not as serious as that of the Qing Dynasty, it still existed and was an open secret. Wealthy businessmen make this coat of alternate officials, even if they can't make up for a real shortage, they can also make it easier to do business in the future.

Li Wenxuan, who has been in the capital for two years, does not only eat and sleep. He met and made friends with a lot of various characters here, so he thought about it for a while, and said honestly if it was inconvenient: "Isn't my hometown very good?" Why do you have to come here to do business? Trading in the capital is not so easy to do. As for donating officials, I can recommend a good way for you. However, I really don't understand why Lin Jiagui has to wear this restricted official uniform to feel comfortable? ”

"The hometown is a big place and can compare to the prosperity of the capital. Not only are you already an official of the fifth grade, but you also live in such a big house. There should be no less than 100 servants in the house! Compared with his hometown Zhengqipin, Liu Wenjing, the county magistrate who has not moved his nest, can be said to have risen quickly. In addition, you are a favorite of His Majesty today, so there will naturally be no problem with matchmaking. In his heart, Lin Zhengbei, who still hoped that he could help him facilitate business dealings with the elites of the Beijing Division, naturally wanted to make his business bigger and stronger.

Li Wenxuan, who did not play Tai Chi with him, directly expressed his personal attitude and said: "You have to do business in Jingshi, and I can't stop you." However, in this matter, the son-in-law really can't help you. Since you have made up your mind to donate to the Lin family, then I will help you complete this matter as soon as possible. I don't know how many products you plan to donate to him? ”

Lin Zhengbei, who heard the meaning of his words, was not in a hurry to complete the business of staying in Beijing. Thinking that this meal was to be eaten one bite at a time, he was able to complete the donation of officials as quickly as possible: "As for a few products, I really haven't thought about it carefully. However, I'm going to get the second child into the Salt Envoy Division, or the Salt Division. ”

"You're really going to pick a place for him." Li Wenxuan, who laughed, had long expected that he would not buy an alternate official for Lin Jiagui, but would make up for the vacancy next, and said: "Perhaps, you think too highly of me." Now, I'm just a supervisor in the Qing Shui Leng Yamen. For this reason, I have to stay honest and stay up. There is a shortage of fat like this, and I don't know how many people in the road are looking at it with their eyes. Even if you are willing to spend a lot of money to make up for the Lin family's shortcomings, you may not be able to do it for a long time. It doesn't have to be that before you get back the money, let people find a reason to squeeze it out. ”

"You are the protégé of Xia Yan, the head of the court. It shouldn't be difficult to do this little thing. "I feel that he is shirking his own Lin Zhengbei, who is a good hand in business, but he doesn't know the inside story of some officialdom very well.

"Say you're old and confused, and you won't admit it. Xia Yan is indeed the head of the cabinet, but he can't cover the sky with one hand. Above him, in addition to the emperor, the meritorious relatives in the capital, the relatives of the emperor, and the civil and official group composed of the Shilin class have formed a three-way game. Gradually realized that the politics of officialdom lies in balance, and Li Wenxuan, who is forbearing, firmly believes that he will move his whole body at one shot. At present, I should still choose to be obscure, rather than taking the initiative to stand up and be a target. Sometimes even a small thing can have a butterfly effect.

"According to what you said, I don't want to do anything, I should go back to my hometown as soon as possible." Lin Zhengbei, who couldn't listen to it, insisted that his son-in-law had already become popular, and found all kinds of excuses to prevaricate himself.

Li Wenxuan, who heard his unkind tone, comforted: "Don't be angry. I'm sure I know better than you do. If you can trust me, then do so. First of all, he donated a seven-grade candidate to Lin Jiagui, and when the time was ripe, he would use the silver to make up for his fat and thin real shortage. As for the future, slowly adjust from thin to fat. ”

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