Xiliu Hutong, Jia's house.

"Isn't the sixth son of the evil spirit, how can a good person think of buying an official, and that official can buy it casually?"

Hearing her husband say that her younger brother wanted to buy an official, the second sister Jia Lan was immediately a little incredible, and felt that this matter was too unreliable, so she was the first to stand up and oppose it.

"He Shen is the guard at the sticky pole, and he is the grandson-in-law of Yingshangshu, everyone says that they have found a way for our family, so what kind of official to buy... Doesn't our family have the lord of the Cloud Cavalry, and when my father is gone..."

Jalan suddenly stopped talking because her father was coughing.

What does it mean to be a girl? When your father dies, won't Shijue fall on you!

Isn't the five-grade Shijue better than the official incense bought?

"If you want to come out, it's a big thing for our family to come out at the moment, even if you have a little money at home, you should do it tightly, where can you use it to buy an official. Besides, what is the future of this donation? Don't spend the money and let people look down on it, and you will regret it. ”

Wang Zhi'an, the eldest brother-in-law who failed to pass the imperial examination three times in a row, looked down on those who spent money to buy officials, so he had the same position as his sister-in-law Jia Lan and did not agree with Xiao Liuzi to buy officials.

Of course, the eldest brother-in-law's words are also reasonable, after all, donating to an official is from a different background, and the future is really limited. Looking at the court, which important minister was born in a different way?

If you really want to be an official, you still have to participate in the imperial examination seriously, or you can ask someone to get a shade student to go to the yamen to be a pen sticker.

Li Shiyao, the current scholar of Wuyingdian University, the governor of Huguang, and the great-grandson of Li Yongfang, the founder of the Qing Dynasty, didn't he ask someone to find a shadow student identity to go to the Dutong Yamen as a pen paste in the early years, so that Huang Tengda became a feudal official.

If Li Shiyao hadn't taken the right path at the beginning, would he have achieved what he is today?

Jia Liu's brows furrowed slightly, the family even his grandfather and sister, brother-in-law have a total of six, and now there are two negative votes, if there is another opposition, his dream of being an official will probably be snuffed out in the blue.

Therefore, only now can he only count on Jia Juan, the eldest sister who loves him the most, to support him.

The eldest sister Jia Juan's idea of asking her younger brother to buy an official was quite surprised, but she didn't pour cold water on her younger brother like her husband and sister, but asked her brother-in-law Gao Delu who was sitting next to her: "How much silver does it cost to buy an official now?" ”

"Pretty expensive."

Gao Delu shook his head and didn't want to say it, because it was really expensive.

But the eldest sister-in-law had to ask, but helplessly, Gao Delu had to say that he had gone to see it when the officials released the list last year.

"If you want to donate a Beijing official, a five-grade lang will have nearly 10,000 taels, the six-grade main is cheaper, but it will be nearly 5,000 taels, and the seven-grade is less than 3,000 taels."

As soon as Gao Delu finished speaking, Jia Juan was shocked by the price: "So much! ”

"But isn't it, it's because of this high price that I stopped thinking about buying officials."

Gao Delu pursed his lips, his family is rich compared to the average Han army bannerman, the problem is that his father is not one of his sons, there are seven in total.

No matter how big the family property stall is, how much can it fall on the heads of seven sons?

And donating to buy officials is not cost-effective, take a few thousand taels to buy a six- or seven-grade official, it is better to take it out and put profits.

Jia Juan came back to her senses and asked her brother-in-law a little unwillingly: "What about the magistrate?" I'm afraid it's cheaper. ”

"Cheap? Eldest sister, you think too much, this magistrate is not cheaper than the Jingguan..."

Gao Delu said that if you buy a magistrate, the four-grade Taoist will get 10,000 taels and the prefect will get 10,000 taels and a few thousand taels. The five products are less than 10,000 taels, and the seven products may be about 5,000 taels. How much exactly, how can he remember so clearly.

"Anyway, even if you buy the cheapest Bapin County, you will have to pay 1,000 taels."

"This magistrate was more expensive than the Beijing official yesterday!"

Jia Juan was so shocked that she pierced her tongue.

To be precise, the price of Bapin County Cheng is 980 taels, which is the list price announced by the Ministry of Officials.

Jia Liu was also shocked, he didn't expect this official price to be set so high.

Taking only one thousand taels of Bapin County Cheng, it can catch up with the total income of his Jia family for seven or eight years.

Although his Jia family is in ruin, it is more or less a middle-class family.

The prices of this era are not comparable with those of later generations, but it is clearly written in the book "The Outer History of Confucianism" that Jia Liu read in his previous life that the minimum daily expenses of a household are 50 copper coins, and a meat dish outside only costs about one cent of silver, so one dollar and five cents can have a good meal in a restaurant.

Although "The Outer History of Confucianism" tells the story of the Ming Dynasty, this book was written in the Qianlong period, and the market life depicted by the author in the book cannot be unaffected by reality, so it can be roughly considered that what is written in the book is a portrayal of the Qianlong period.

Although Jia Liu's time in this era is not long, he can be regarded as having experienced it personally, and knows that this will allow ordinary people to live for more than ten or twenty days for one or two pieces of silver. His Jia family only got a subsidy of 85 taels from Shijue and 23 taels of rations from the banner people a year, so it is estimated that one thousand taels is equivalent to about one million yuan in later generations in terms of purchasing power alone.

The head of the Sanxi class asked the whole opera troupe to rehearse Jia Liu's play, with props, labor costs, and a total of 260 taels for three days, which is converted to more than 200,000 yuan, which is really not high.

One million to buy a deputy county magistrate to do it, whether it is a loss or not, that is everyone's opinion.

But for the Jia family, it is definitely not cost-effective.

Gao Delu then said that it was not just by paying the silver that he could become an official immediately, and there were many more ways to go. If you only pay the prescribed silver taels, then most of them will have to be replaced, and there is no real shortage. If you want to be really lacking, you have to spend money to dredge up the relationship, so if a Bapin County Cheng is finally implemented, it will be at least twice as expensive as the price announced by the Ministry of Officials.

"Don't talk about how much money you have, just talk about our family's conditions, Xiao Liuzi, I think it's better to forget about buying officials."

As the son-in-law of the Jia family, Gao Delu must be clear about his father-in-law's family background, and he doesn't want his brother-in-law to toss around, because that will bankrupt the family.

Now that the path is clear, the eldest brother-in-law, the second brother-in-law, and the second sister are all against the votes, and Jia Liu is no longer enough votes in the situation.

However, these three people together do not have as much weight as the eldest sister's words, and the eldest sister Jia Juan is particularly important in front of her father, so Jia Liu must fight for it.

He stood up and looked at the group of relatives, first silently watched, and then suddenly said with some excitement: "Do you know why I have to buy an official to do it?" ”

Xiao Liuzi's steep roar really startled his sisters and brothers-in-law, and even Jia Daquan, who was holding the tea bowl and never said a word, was shocked.

"Because I don't want the descendants of the Jia family to be poked in the back and scolded as the descendants of traitors!"

Jia Liu's fists were clenched, and his face was sad and angry.

"That's a traitor, don't talk nonsense..."Second sister Jia Lan muttered.

Jia Liumeng stomped his feet: "Second sister, isn't that Erchen a traitor!" ”

“......”

Jalan didn't squeak.

Although the eldest sister Jia Juan had learned from her husband what Erchen meant, she couldn't help but persuade at this moment: "Sixth son, don't talk nonsense, we are not Han, we are banner people..."

"Eldest sister, we are the bannermen of the Han Army!"

Jia Liumeng raised his hand and pointed outside, "There are no outsiders here, do you think our Jia family is Han or banner?" ”