Chapter 138: Outwitting the best relatives
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Pei Xie Tang also couldn't help sneering in his heart, this is the marriage, does Xie Yunmao want Xie Yijiang to follow this relationship and give his scientific research some relationship?
Don't even think about it!
Xie Yijiang has been honest all his life, and this thing must not be done, otherwise, it will ruin his own name!
Seeing that Xie Yijiang didn't speak, Xie Yunmao was not angry, he continued with a smile: "Big brother, you are a member of the imperial court, and you are very envious of your younger brother, I also took the scientific examination this year, but the results were unsatisfactory, I heard that the test will be imminent, and the test will be taken at the end of the month, I want to beg the eldest brother to add a name, I don't know if it can be?" ”
"No, I can't. The spring exam in March has passed, and the exam at the end of April is over, just waiting for the palace exam in May, and the list of personnel has been decided, how can I add it to you? Xie Yijiang subconsciously shook his head.
Xie Yunmao said: "Look at what the eldest brother said, how can it be so complicated, just how difficult can it be to add a name?" Anyway, there are more than 1,000 people all over the country who are going to enter the examination, and one more than one is one less, and I can't see it. ”
"Yes, your brother is right, it's just to add a name, and it's not difficult for you, it's really unbelievable." Old Lady Xie nodded his crutches and made a decision that could not be said: "That's it." I'll leave it to you, Zhijiang, don't let us all down. ”
Where is this begging! It's clearly coercion!
Pei Xie Tang was angry, looking at Xie Yunmao and the others, his eyes were full of anger.
How hard is it to add a name? These people say it easy!
The scientific examination is held once every three years, and the class examination starts from the locality, and only after passing the class examination can you participate in the township examination, and only after standing out from the township examination of tens of thousands of people across the country can you enter the general examination. When it came to the examination, ninety percent of the people had been removed, and only about one percent of the people remained. After passing the examination, ninety percent of the people were eliminated, and finally the remaining forty people entered the temple examination. In the temple examination, the top three and twenty-seven people were decided, and a total of thirty people could be promoted. This layer of checks, not to mention how strict it is, is not an account book at home, and it is so easy to write down a name if you want to. Not to mention, even if it is a family account book, if you want to record your name, you have to write down your whereabouts!
Xie Yunmao failed to get a ranking in the township examination, and he would not be in the list of the examination, and his examination paper was not sealed.
At that time, it will be Xie Yijiang who will be implicated!
Furthermore, let's not talk about the possible consequences, but about the difficulty of doing this.
First, Xie Yijiang is not an official in charge of scientific research, so he is not qualified to read the papers, and he cannot change the papers; Second, he is not an official in charge of this matter, and he can't even see the list of people who participated in the examination; Thirdly, he is not an official of the Imperial Historical Observatory who is in charge of supervision, and it is impossible to even find an excuse to look at the directory.
If you want to do something, you have to ask Xie Yijiang to beg other officials, risk being sued, and find someone who is willing to take risks......
This money, it seems that Mrs. Xie and the others don't plan to take it, just waiting for Xie Yijiang to pay for it himself.
What a calculation!
If she hadn't been here today, with Xie Yijiang's character of not being good at refusing words, Old Lady Xie would have knocked on the floor, and I am afraid that this matter would have been decided.
At that time, Xie Yijiang will do a good job, and he will fall into the handle;
If you can't do it well, you will end up with a bad reputation for not being able to do things and not helping your relatives.
It's really unflattering!
Xie Yijiang has been in the officialdom for a long time, of course, he also understands the twists and turns of this scientific expedition, and he was forced by Xie Yunmao and Old Lady Xie so much that he was so anxious that he was about to sweat: "No......"
As soon as he opened his mouth to say two words, Pei Xie Tang grabbed his wrist and shook his head gently.
Xie Yijiang was stunned for a moment, and before he understood what she meant, he saw Pei Xie Tang Yingying blessed with a blessed body, raised his head and smiled softly at Old Lady Xie: "Ancestor, you leave this matter to my father, I'm afraid it won't work." My father is not an examiner in various places, second, he is not an official of the Ministry of Officials, third, he is not an imperial historian, and fourth, he does not have close friends in these three departments, so it is difficult to do. Uncle Yunmao reads a lot, and he thinks he knows the promotion rules of this scientific examination better than Cheng Yin, is Cheng Yin right? ”
Xie Yunmao's face was scornful, and he couldn't admit that he didn't even understand this, so he had to nod: "But that's the case." ”
Xie Yijiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
His daughter understands things, and he can't say these words, so it is appropriate for Xie Chengyin to say it.
However, Xie Yunmao was not stupid, and after saying that, he immediately added: "But the eldest brother is a court lieutenant in the court, and there are always people who know these people, but it is troublesome, not that it can't be done." ”
"That's what Uncle Yunmao said." Pei Xie Tang blessed his body again: "My father is an official in the imperial court, even if he doesn't know the people of these three departments, but the prince of Huai'an does." Isn't Cheng Yin going to marry the prince of Huai'an, Cheng Yin went to beg him, he must find a way. ”
"No way!" Xie Yunmao's face changed, and telling Zhu Xinzhi was not equivalent to telling him that he was cheating? The prince of Huai'an is upright, if he knows, don't say that he can't get his wish, I'm afraid he won't be able to take the test in the future.
He hurriedly said: "This little thing, you don't have to bother the prince, right?" Chengyin, you have to believe your father. ”
"To be honest, my dad is an honest man, and I really don't trust him." Pei Xie Tang shook his head with a panicked face: "Uncle Yunmao, if you listen to my advice, let me go and ask the prince!" ”
"Let your dad go." Old lady Xie said.
Xie Yijiang reflected at this time, and hurriedly said: "Old lady, what Cheng Yin said is right, I am not familiar with the people of these three departments, I have no opinion on this matter." It's just that I'm not good at officialdom, and for the sake of Yunmao, I can only ask the prince of Huai'an for help with a shy old face. Instead of me saying it, let Cheng Yin say it. ”
The father and daughter had the same caliber, as if there was only one way for Zhu Xinyi, Xie Yunmao was suddenly annoyed: "You just don't want to contribute to our Xie family." ”
What is contributing to the Xie family, obviously it is for you, right?
Pei Xie Tang slandered with disdain in his heart, but he smiled a little more sincerely: "What Uncle Yunmao said, Cheng Yin and Dad are obviously working hard for you!" It's your own unwillingness, and now you say that we didn't plan for the Xie family. She said, smiling, small. As soon as his mouth was flattened, as if he had been greatly wronged, he knelt down in front of Old Lady Xie: "Ancestor, you have seen everything." Uncle Yunmao, he wronged me, wronged my father, you have to call the shots for us! ”
"Yunmao!" Old lady Xie had nothing to say, and secretly resented Xie Yunmao in his heart for not being able to even do this little thing, so his tone became a little heavier.
Xie Yunmao was angry, dropped his sleeves and stood behind Old Lady Xie.
Old lady Xie sighed, it seems that he has to go out of the horse for this matter.
He cleared his throat and slowly spoke: "Chengyin is not aggrieved, your Uncle Yunmao is just anxious and a little clumsy, don't take it to heart." However, you say that you can only go to the king, I don't believe it. ”
"Oh, the old ancestor is wise." Pei Xie Tang wiped his tears, stood up, and burst into laughter. After listening to Old Lady Xie's words, her smile froze on her face, and she changed to a little sadness: "If you want to talk about this relationship, you don't need to go through the prince, there is indeed a way to go." It's just ......" She glanced at the old lady timidly, not daring to say.
As soon as Mrs. Xie heard that there was a way, she was immediately overjoyed: "What a way, you just have to say!" ”
Xie Chengyin stretched his hand towards him: "There is nothing difficult in the world, only afraid of the rich." Old Ancestor, I have carefully calculated that if we want to become Uncle Yunmao, to say the least, we have to ask for 25,000 taels of silver. My father is an honest official, and the original wealth of our Xie family has been lost by my father's original stepfamily, the Fan family, and the family is still reducing the number of personnel a few days ago, and selling a lot of girls out, and they can't get a penny. However, there are many people in our Xie family, and each family gives a few thousand taels of silver, and this money can still be scraped together. ”
This is not a lie, a few days ago, the Xie family did sell some girls, and everyone in the clan knew about it.
It's just that the girls who sold were all Fan's, Xie Yiyi and Xie Feifei's girls......
Of course, Xie Chengyin wouldn't tell them this, she counted with her fingers, and said with certainty: "Well, it doesn't take too much, our Xie family has a total of nine branches, each of which is three thousand taels of silver, which is enough, maybe there is still a surplus." ”
Three thousand taels of silver!
When everyone heard this, they gasped.
They have a thin family here, maybe the whole family doesn't have the money, where can they make it up for her?
Old Lady Xie was also frightened by the huge amount: "Twenty-five thousand taels of silver, where can you use so much?" ”
"Ancestor, don't worry, Rong Chengyin will do the math for you."
"You see, Uncle Yunmao just took the township exam and failed to stand out, and the people in the examination room with him are twenty-five according to the specifications, and there are twenty-four people in addition to Uncle Yunmao. These people have all seen Uncle Yunmao's rolls, and they have to pay some hush money, so they should be five taels of silver per person, and they have gone to one hundred and twenty taels. ”
"There are a total of three examiners who preside over the township examination, plus a chief examiner and a patrol examiner, a total of five people. These five people are the key to determining the list of township exams. If they talk nonsense, we will fall short, and the hush money given to them will be a little more, and five taels of silver will definitely not be able to send it away, and most of the hundred taels will not be too rare, at least, everyone must send five hundred taels, so that they can rot this matter in their stomachs and not say anything that spoils us. This count, another two thousand five hundred taels. ”
"Uncle Yunmao took the township test in the capital, unlike the local township test, there are people who specially send the list, which is good, saving a fortune."
"However, after the township test list is sent to the higher level, the officials have to verify it. There are a total of four officials in the verification list composed of officials of the Ministry of Officials. Similarly, the Imperial Historical Observatory will also check, the same four people. Here are eight people. These people have seen everything on weekdays, and if you want to seal their mouths, no one will do it for a few hundred taels of silver. I can't say, everyone has to start a business with 2,000 taels of silver, and after this calculation, it will cost 18,000 taels of silver! ”