Lin Dong was embarrassed in his heart, Zhou Zhengye was also the new county magistrate, although he was exchanged for the spiritual skills he provided, but he took the liberty of suggesting how to be an official, it seemed a bit arrogant, don't make people unhappy.

Zhou Zhengye was in awe and guilty of Lin Dong because of what happened half a year ago, so he didn't dare to face him at all, but Fu Chunjian found Lin Dong's strange appearance and couldn't help asking: "Does Shopkeeper Lin have any suggestions?" ”

"It's a little, it's just not easy to say." Lin Dong said truthfully: "I'm afraid that Zhou County's heart will not be happy." ”

Zhou Zhengye suddenly stood up like a frightened rabbit, and didn't dare to say anything.

The two of them looked surprised, and some couldn't understand why Zhou Zhengye's reaction was so fierce. If it weren't for Lin Dong knowing Zhou Zhengye's personality and trusting Fu Chunjian's vision, he would even wonder if he was extremely powerful. Otherwise, if you don't want to be famous or profitable, you don't need to be so respectful to yourself.

"Zhengye, are you feeling unwell?" Fu Chunjian said with concern.

"No, no, no ......" Zhou Zhengye also understood that he was a little too nervous, so he hurriedly picked up the teacup in front of him and took a heavy sip.

Fu Chunjian didn't believe it, but he didn't delve into it, and looked at Lin Dong: "If Shopkeeper Lin has any suggestions, I know that I know who is a serious person, and I will definitely not be dissatisfied with Shopkeeper Lin because of this, not to mention, his county order itself is also obtained by Shopkeeper Lin." ”

"Don't mention the matter of spiritual skills in the future." After thinking about it, Lin Dong smiled and asked Fu Chunjian: "Dean Fu, have you been an official before?" ”

Fu Chunjian was stunned for a moment, and then nodded with a wry smile: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have given this drudgery to the right business." ”

Lin Dong nodded: "Dean Fu thinks that how long can Zhou County Order be done?" ”

Fu Chunjian pondered for a moment, and said helplessly: "If there is no more contact with the county pastor, there will be one year left in this term, and another three years will be added to the next term." Then, the county pastor should send someone to knock on the side and ask if there are any spiritual skills, if not, this official will be over. ”

"Why?" Lin Dong asked.

"With the surname of Zhengye, it is enough to be a thorn in the side of most of the big families in Sealand, and a thorn in the flesh of the officials under him. When you are outside, your boss is disgusted...... If there is no pressure from the county pastor, I am afraid that this term will be the head. ”

Lin Dong nodded, and said with a straight face: "I know what kind of character you honest literati have, disdain to befriend your bosses, disdain to be in the company of corrupt officials, and even more unwilling to be with the annihilation of businessmen and wrongs." But wouldn't it be better to be flexible? The bribes that should be accepted are collected, and the bosses should be stammered, only the longer the official position sits, or even the bigger it is, the more it can benefit the people. ”

"It's that simple, don't mention factional disputes. Take bribery as an example......" Fu Chunjian sorted out his thoughts and said: "If an inn covets the business of Lin Ji Inn, and spends a thousand taels of silver to make it difficult for Zhengye to send officials to the door every day, does the shopkeeper Lin think to accept it or not?" ”

"This ......"

Lin Dong suddenly found that he also had a simple and naïve time, he understood what Fu Chunjian meant, businessmen are unprofitable and can't afford to be early, just like himself, don't they also think about how to bring down Fenglin Restaurant all day long, so that the inn's business can be taken to the next level.

Without a greater return, who would be stupid enough to send this thousand taels of silver. If Zhou Zhengye accepts this silver, he will inevitably have to help the person who sent the silver to make more money, that is, to bring down the Lin Ji Inn. If you don't do anything with money, you still can't change and become a thorn in the side of those big families.

Serious businessmen may applaud good officials, but in these years, serious businessmen rarely become big, so they can't talk about any influence.

"Then there are the officials under him, and if they are allowed to make a fortune, it will not harm the interests of the people." Fu Chunjian said quietly: "The boss is even more troublesome, it is still a trivial matter to slap the horse, and more importantly, there can be no less filial piety for three festivals a year, especially when the term of office is about to expire, the entire government is up and down, inside and out, if you want to succeed the county order, don't even think about it if you don't have two or thirty thousand taels of silver." If you want to be promoted, you have to go to the county office, and you will spend more money. Where does all this money come from? ”

Lin Dong was dumbfounded.

Fu Chunjian sighed and said, "Unless the backstage is hard enough, it won't last long." ”

Lin Dong gritted his teeth and said resolutely: "It's a big deal, when the term of office expires, I will send the spirit skill again." Spiritual skills are useless, out of silver! ”

"It's not that simple, it's not a succession or even a promotion with money, it depends on whether you follow the right person." Fu Chunjian shook his head and said: "The dismissal of officials and beheadings, most of them are because of party disputes, with the wrong person, even if you are willing to pay a sky-high price of 100,000 taels or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, it is in vain." ”

"I don't know how many years Dean Fu has been an official?" Lin Dong asked.

Fu Chunjian looked at Lin Dong deeply, this is to let himself out of the mountain!

"If it's hard to say, forget it." Lin Dong said helplessly.

Fu Chunjian's face turned red, he was silent for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "I understand what Shopkeeper Lin meant, to be honest, I really don't want to pay attention to these things anymore." For the sake of the people of Sealand, the shopkeeper of Kelin is willing to give his spiritual skills and silver without seeking fame and fortune, this kind of mind ...... I, Fu Chunjian, had to sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman. ”

Lin Dong also blushed, it was true that he didn't seek fame, it was both spiritual skills and silver, and he didn't really want anything.

If Zhou Zhengye is really a good official and capable, Sealand City will definitely gradually become rich, as long as Lin Ji Inn firmly dominates the preferred place for the big families in Sealand County to eat and feast, it may not be seen in a short period of time, but as it grows, the number of boxes that require seating fees will definitely increase slowly.

What's more, Lin Dong didn't plan to pay for his own money at all, he just wanted to mention Zhou Zhengye, so many merchants in Sealand City couldn't be wasted......

"Don't hide it from the shopkeeper." Fu Chunjian said with a smile: "I was the chief secretary of the Thai Mansion at the age of eighteen, and at the age of thirty, I was the head of the household department, and then I was up and down, and at the age of forty, I gave up my official position and came to Xilan County to be the dean of Qiushui College. When it comes to party struggle, although I don't pay much attention to it, it is not a problem to see the truth and the truth inside. ”

Lin Dong and the others were dumbfounded, Xilan City, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! The thirty-year-old Hubu Shangshu, that is a second-grade official, whether it is the first emperor or the Qianwei Emperor Yanjing, is not a Ming monarch, how did this official come about?

"You two should be very curious about how I did the Shangbu Shangshu, right?" Fu Chunjian said with a smile: "The prince is over sixteen years old, if he passes the assessment, he will be a general in the army during the war, and the prefect will be sent to the prosperous world, and the two of them should know it." ”

Lin Dong nodded, although his predecessor didn't understand political affairs, he had heard of this rule.

Although the eldest son of the Great Han Kingdom was born as the crown prince and had the qualifications to inherit the throne. But the other princes are not without opportunities, during the war, after reaching the age of sixteen and passing the assessment, they can become generals in the army, and when they are peaceful and prosperous, they can choose any government as the prefect.

If you can be named a commander by virtue of military merits in troubled times, and if you can be crowned prime minister by virtue of your political achievements, and far exceed the crown prince, you are also qualified to become a prince.

Of course, some princes with high ranking can also take shortcuts when competing for the throne, that is, to find a way to get the emperor's attention and bring down the crown prince.